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nTTBUHG. TCESDAT. JDLY M. 1892.
TWELVE PAGES
1ET JUSTICE BE DEPAKTIAI.
The particular development of the
Homestead affair yesterday which will at
tract most attention was the swearing out
of warrants by Secretary iovejoy of the
Carnegie Company against Burgess Mc
Luckle, Hugh O'Donnell, Sylvester Critch
low, Anthony Flaherty, Samuel Burkett,
James Flanagan and Hugh Ross, leaders
amonc the locked out men, directly
charging them with murder. The victims
named in the information are one of the
Pmkerton force and a resident of Home
stead who fell in the firing on the early
morning of the 6th.
That prosecutions of some sort would
be undertaken was of course evident from
the first. Where blood is shed in defiance
of law there must be legal inquiry, and a
clear adjustment of the responsibility as
the facts may disclose it The supposition
prevailed that the Coroner's investigation
would, as usual In such cases, bring out the
testimony and lay the basis for action by
the county authorities. But for some
reason this has dropped out of sight, and
the Carnegie Company's officers yesterday
took the initiative.
Where lives or liberty of individuals are
at stake it is not the custom to forejudge
the results of proceedings in courts. The
Homestead affray presents an instance of
such grave concern, that the parties to it
and the public are entitled to the facts
under oath as to the part taken by accused
and to an exposition .of the law from the
Courts rather than from the press. It is in
place, however, to note the probable de
fense of the persons against whom the
warrants are sworn. Some of them -at
least will doubtless claim that they either
did not do the shooting, or as in the case
of O'Donnell and Burgess ITcLurkie and
other members of the Advisory Committee
that they were on the ground in a semi
official capacity. Not improbably it may
be set up that their purpose was to pre
vent violence. How much legal force
these points will carry in Court or what
the farts are to give them color can only
be known when the sworn evidence is
heard.
But it is also necessary to note that the
Carnegie Company's officers and the mem
bers of the Pmkerton force are them
selves not wholly free from the possibility
of being subjected to legal proceedings.
From the day of the conflict to the pres
ent moment, the Impartial public judg
ment has been that they made at the least
a serious and utterly inexcusable blunder
in not placing the assertion of their legal
rights in the hands of the regularly au
thorized officials of the county, to be
prosecuted in the due and orderly course
of law. Instead they resorted to the de
vice of organizing a private military force
and proceeded literally with an army to
battle. The wrong-doing of the locked
out men in taking possession of the Car
negie works, and in entering upon a
bloody conflict is not defended or palliated
In any quarter; but the full recognition of
that and the prosecution of those con
cerned, does not relieve the Company in
the least from any moral or legal responsi
bility its agents incurred on their own be
half. It was held by the veteran criminal law
yer General Butler whose knowledge of
law is not to be lightly dismissed, how
ever his views on other questions be criti
cised that the Carnegie Company's agents
were themselvesindictable precisely in the
manner and form in which the leaders of
the men are now prosecuted. Other law
yers, also, have not hesitated to declare
that legally the Pinkerton force and Its
organizers and the men who met them in
bloody conflict were in law all rioters to
gether, and should be punished as such.
The company's counsel hold that the com
pany had the same right to bring armed
forces to take possession of its property
that a man would have had to defend his
house; but there is widespread doubt about
this view. Also the reliance placed upon
the intimation that the Pinkerton force
was in the nature of a posse comitatus
may prove exceedingly shaky when it is
tested in court
The idea of a posse comitatus a force
of the county supposed to be made up of
citizens of the county does not harmonize
very well with a regiment of mercenaries
gathered from Philadelphia, Chicago, Cin
cinnati and other points outside of the
State, and stealthily armed for a secret ex
pedition. The law, in asserting the ma
jesty of its processes, neither contemplates
resistance from citizens, nor ordinarily
comes upon them like a thief in the night
A single Sheriff's officer, armed with such
a writ from the Court as the Philadelphia
Ledger has pointed out might have been
obtained under the act of 1836, for the es
tablishment of the company in Its prop
erty, would have succeeded where the
Pinkerton expedition failed.
' Prosecutions under the law are neces
sary for its vindication. It would havo
been better if the county officials had
investigated fully and then proceeded
learlessly, In place of leaving it to one of
U e combatants to start the proceedings.
But, now that the law has gone into
motion, let it not fail to be thorough; and
il the Carnegie Company's agents have
Mimed against it let them also answer. It
Is as desirable to know the limits to the
levying of private war by corporations as
i: .3 to visit justice upon the most mis
'gn.ded, violent and dangerous of their
an Agonists.
HODGE AND THE HAYSEEDS.
' One of the striking features in the
English elections was the important part
pi. yed by the agricultural vote. While the
farmers in this country are showing a dis
position to flock by themselves in pol
itics, the farm laborers in England
turned the scales, and by giving their
votes to the Liberals decided an election,
which from the vote In the boroughs
seemed to be doubtful,, into a decided gain
for Sir. Gladstone.
The decisive part taken by the agricul
tural laborers in the campaign Is most
testified to by the outbreak of sneers on
the part of Tory organs and sympathizers
like Mr. George W. Smalley at "Hodge,"
This is the counterpart of the custom of
some people to talk of the Fanners' Alli
ance movements as "hayseeds." It is in
tended to decry the Intelligence of the
class which has committed the offense of
voting the wrong way in the opinion of
the writers, but it is most significant as to
the rank In Intelligence of the people who
indulge in that class of talk.
It is well to remember the rise of the
working agriculturists In both nations to
political Influence. When they can turn
the scale of national elections, they consti-'
tute a class that is not to be wiped out by
Ill-tempered sneers.
GUARDING AGAINST EPIDEMICS.
It is gratifying to note that the health
authorities on whose action depends the
protection of this country againstgthe In
troduction of foreign epidemics, are be
coming aroused to the vital importance of
the situation. The precautions taken by
the Health Department of New York City
are supplemented by a circular of the
Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital
service, for the strict enforcement at all
ports of the federal law for the super
vision of all foreign vessels arriving
there.
This is well as far as it goes; but it is
certain that it cannot go so far as to give
us an unnecessary assurance of safety.
With the cholera in France, and the yel
low fever in Mexico, every place where
travelers can enter along our eastern and
southern borders becomes a possible point
of attack for these infections. The
jeopardy to individual life and health, and
the peril to commerce involved In a great
epidemic, make it necessary to use the
most constant and thorough vigilance
against its spread.
The adoption of the most careful quar
antine, such as is promised by these offi
cial movements is a primary and gratify
ing work; but the full measure of protec
tion will not be reached until every city,
town and hamlet puts itself in a condition
of spotless cleanliness in order to abolish
all breeding-grounds for the seeds of dis
ease. PRESERVE DISCIPLINE.
The stabbing affair on Grant street yes
terday morning furnishes a deplorable
evidence that some of the members of the
force maintained by the State to preserve
order can conceive, under the influence of
a debauch, most singular ideas of
the license permitted to soldiers. Of
course there is no reason to think that any
considerable number of the State soldiery
conceive that their uniform protects them
in being drunk and disorderly, much less
in stabbing those who interfere with them.
But the fact that a non-commissioned
officer of the force could first violate dis
cipline by breaking guard and than pursue
a spree to this criminal extent, with intox
icated assertions of his immunity as a
soldier of the Stite, presents even as an
exception a view of the military character
hardly less phenomenal than some of the
violent acts of the strikers.
The affair shows the necessity for the
maintenance of strict discipline among the
troops. The force has a delicate and diffi
cult task to perform. The necessary
impression of preserving order cannot be
made if the members for the force break
guard and indulge in disorder; while crim
inal acts like that of yesterday will be
destructive of the respect for their discip
line, which is the first requisite for their
effectiveness In maintaining order.
The man who committed the offense of
yesterday will of course be duly punished
by the law. There Is the additional moral
In the affair that all the force should
strictly eschew the breaches of discipline
and the dissipations which lead to such
sad results.
RAILROAD TIES AND FORESTRY.
The announcement that the Pennsyl
vania Railroad has decided to take up the
metal ties in its track, and return to the
use of wooden ties marks the end of an
experiment of great Importance to the
railway world and of no slight signifi
cance to the iron interests. The exhaus
tion of our timber lands and the increas
ing price of wooden ties made railway
managers anxious to find an acceptable
substitute. At the same time the hope of
an increased consumption of the product
of our iron works on one hand, and the
lessening of the drain on the forests on
the other, predisposed everyone to'look
with favor and hope to the experiment
The decision against metal ties is how
ever final, and it Is the more so that it is
corroborated by the experience of Ger
many. In that country the preservation
of the forests, carried on in a way un
known to this country, Increased the
desire to find a substitute for wooden ties,
the demand for which was in excess of
the capacity of the German forests. But
while Germany laid nearly all of her
new track from 1878 to 1888 with, metal
sleepers, since then only about twenty per
cent of the new ties are of that kind. The
same experience is met with all over the
world except in India, where the ability
of metal ties to resist the attacks of white
ants, gives thenran advantage.
The prospect that wooden ties must be
relied on for the use of American railways
gives additional force to the necessity of
more scientific methods in the .treatment
of our forests. There are immense tracts
of land now practically useless' which if
planted and properly treated by scientific
forestry can bo made to yield a rich
revenue in the next generation. To do so
will require a sharp-reversal of-the Ameri
can practice of wasting forests; but the
experiment will be-well worth trying.
THE IRRIGATION PROBLEM.
Speaking of the showing by a recent
census bulletin, that artificial Irrigation
in the Western States cost an average of
but four dollars an" acre while it enhances
the value of land three times as much, the
New York Commercial Advertiter declares
that "it does not signify that the Govern
ment ought to begin spending money for
artificial irrigation." As .implying 'an as
sertion that this Is a function entirely sep
arate from the ranee of Government oper
ations, the remark is to be dissented from.
There are decided objections to the work
being done directly by the Government
prominent among which is that stated by
our cotemporary that "appropriations
wouldbe distributed not according to need
but according to greed." But with these
objections Iully weighed, there are con
trolling reasons why the Government
should either do the work, or secure its
being done under the strictest supervision,
so that private rights shall not be placed
under corporate control.
To start with tho vast bulk of the land
to be raised by this means from the value
of zero to that of arable land belongs to
the Government It Is jrood policy for
any, property owner to improve his prop
erty. Next it is an axiom in democratic
policy that the arable land shall be dis
tributed as widely as possible among the
4 greatest number of cultivators. Beyond
that the creation of an irrigation system
involves the exercise of sovereign
powers, which tho Government must
either exert itself or delegate to those who
build the water courses.
It must not be forgotten that the power
that might be exercised by a private or
corporate control of the artificial irrigation
of any section would exceed that held by
the railroads in the matter of transporta
tion. The company which controlled the
supply of water 'of any section and -had
the power to punish its opponents or re
ward its enemies, by withholding the water
supply are discriminating in rates, would
possess an absolutism hitherto unrivaled
in this country. The problem of creating
irrigation without creating this power,
either in the hands of corporations or
politicians, is yet unsolved. Our experi
ence with the railways demonstrates that
the delegation of such power to corpora
tions is not sufficiently guarded by mere
supervision. Our experience with poli
ticians raises a reasonable doubt whether
to keep the power In the hands of the
Government would be much better.
That a system of irrigation of the lands
should be brought into existence is indis
putable; that it should be securely guarded
against undue control of the fortunes of
those dependent on it, is no less plain.
How to meet both these requirements is a
problem the solution of which requires
statesmanship.
Editions de luxe of the Democratic
platform, handsomely engrossed on parch
ment and bound in white buckskin are to be
presented to Cleveland and Stovcnson.by
the committee notifying them of their nomi
nations. The idea is a good one, but it would
be better still if every member of the Demo
cratic part- or at least every Congressional
representative thereof conld be made to
enrrave upon his heart the tenets adopted at
Chicago and persuaded to act in accordance
therewith in the Interest of party consist
ency. Ix is sow universally recognized that the
present English elections are only a pre
liminary canter to the race which must take
place in the near future, though its actual
date cannot yet be named.
Passengers aboard the Iron Queen on
Snuday morning, who sleptin peaceful ignor
ance of the fact that tbelr vessel was at the
bottom of the river, were almost as fortunate
as those travelers on the Chicago Limited
Jim a week befoi e, whose slumbers were un
broken by the derailing of four cars.
Dark horses are making up for their
want of success in securing Presidental
nominations by coming to the front for im
portant positions on campaign committees.
When a Chinese general takes out his
troops to lire volleys of blank cartridges to
drive off demons supposed to carry pesti
lence, one is reminded ot the regions in the
United States where the same sort of thing
is done to produce a rainfall.
One wonders that the all powerful tele
graph companies do not have the sun vacci
nated, and put a stop to electric storms once
for all.
The national capital has at all times
plenty of people whose experience, in me
chanical politics enables them to know the
wheels. Theie are additional opportunities
Just now during the visit of the League of
American Wheelmen.
In accounting for the exportation of gold,
it ahoaianoi"bei forgotten that the Keeley
cure has opened up in Europe.
Shade trees are a great boon. But their
blessings are not thoroughly appreciated by
the unwary pedestrian at night when his hat
is knocked to the sidewalk and his face re
ceives a cut from low lying branches.
These is little to choose between rumors
and facts for sensationalism in Venezuela.
MASTERS OF MEN.
Henby Ml Stanley's real name is John
Rowlands.
. Dona Isadora Cousino, of Chili, is
said to be worth $200,000,000, and is the richest
woman, and doubtless the richest person, in
the world.
M. De Giees, the Russian Foreign Min
ister, who has been ill for a long time, but
who it is thought was recovering, has suf
fered a relapse and is obliged to keen to his
bed. He is in Finland.
K. C. Knight, the Philadelphia sugar
refiner, who has been sick at his cottage at
Cape May since April, took a turn for the
worse last evening and his condition is more
serious than at any time since he was taken
11L
James G. Blaine, Whitelaw Beid and
James W.Hu8tedare"DekeB,"ormembersof
Delta Kappa EpsUon; Chauncey M. Depew
belongs to'Pel Upsilon, the dearest foe of the
Dekes; Adlia is Phi Delta Theta; William F.
Vilas is Beta Theta jri.
Of all the Confederate Brigadiers surviv
ing and in publio life General Wnlthall, of
.Mississippi, recently re-elected Senator, is
said to be the most picturesque. He is tall
and slender, with a mane of black hair that
is striking in appearance.
Generax George P. Ihrie, who will
be tho 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.
A cablegram has been received at the
Mexican legation in Washington denying
the report that Finance Minister Romero is
dangerously ill in the City of Mexico. The
cablegram states that Senor Romero was
slightly Indisposed but expects to be at his
department soon.
Ktpxing will spend the entire summer in
Samoa with Bobert Louis Stevenson, and
expects to return to America in the autumn.
It is bis Intention to spend tno fall in travel
through the. country and next winter be
will permanently settle in Hew York City,
spending a part of the summer at the old
home of .his wife and her family at Mont
pelier. - "
METHODS OF OLD HUT0H.
The Ex-Wheat Plunger Employs Strange
Ways In Banning; Eli Store.
Nxw York, July 18. "Old Hutch" was
foundyesterday sitting upon the stoop of
tho shop on Pearl street that be engaged for
a restaurant some time aso. He had turned
aside to the business of dealing In second
hand articles. One of his customers came
along, and said she wanted two cans of sal
mon. She was told to go In and look tor them,
as they were somewhere on the shelf.
Hutch remained outside. He Joined her
finally, and being asked the price of the two
cans said: "Well,! guess 80 cents."
"But you only asked 25 the other day."
."Ob, well," said this most obliging pro
prietor,. 1'suit yourself."
The next Customer was a young man. Hf
explained that he wanted a pound, of can
dles. "Don't sell 'em by tho pound in New
York," said the proprietor, airily. "Sell 'em
anyway you like but that."
The young- man blushed furiously at his
blunder, and "Old Hutch" gave a snort, but
to atone for, the confusion he was manifestly
causing his customer, lie began to offer the
different articles In his stock at the most
ruinous prices. For 25 cents he offered a gas
stove, a looking glass and even a chair. Ho
urged the acceptance of a dilapidated hair
brush for S cents. He ottered a small secre
tary, which he said was tho only thing he
bad to write on, for $4.
Soldiers to Be Frond Or.
Baltimore American.
Pennsylvania has a National Guard worthy
of the name. So, too, has Maryland.
A LOOK AROUND.
TjNTTLyouget an Idea for yourself by
personal Inspection you fail to comprehend
how and where this big. sprawling city is
reaching out and laying hands upon the
countryside. About seven years ago busi
ness took mo one afternoon to Knoxvllle. I
found straggling sheep, scattering houses,
and broad acre's of farm land, meadows,
fields of grain and shady orchards. Yester
day I went over the same ground and how
changed it ul! was. There was a hilltop
city of homes surrounded by farms and as
settled and permanent as the First ward.
Paved streets, electrio roads, stores, pretty
brick residences and buildings for fac
tories and other commercial purposes
stretched away to the hill lines on
the horizon. The swift-running cars hurry
you to the Southside from the central city
districts and you speed to the heights on
an Incline shaped like a capital C an inno
vation in inelines and a triumph of engi
neering skill. The people were all stirred
up and were hustling about the streets
because of the inauguration of the new
electrio lino, which ran its first cars yester
day. This road is well equipped and con
nects the various inclines which belong to
the Birmingham railway system. It will do
much to build up the outlying sections of
Knoxvllle andMt Oliver. Theyare a lively,
energetic, public-spirited people up. on the
hills, and lc will not bo the fault of such men
as James G. Grimes and John Moore if their
portion of the city is not up to the march
of events in the older and more pretentious
portion of the City of Cinders.
There is talk of parks, pleasure grounds
nnd a sort of Tdxedo scheme in the neigh
borhood of Knoxvllle, which will involve
large Investments and bring about very de
sirable extensions of existing conditions.
A man of much common sense and free
from political bias and who has recently re
turned from an extended trip through the
Western States rather encourages me in the
belter that there will be strong1 Republican
gains in the silver States, despite all that
lias been said. He says that while the free
silver ciaze has permeated even those
Western States which are not directly
interested through the output of bullion,
there is general recognition of the fact that
nothing is to be hoped for in that direction
from Cleveland. Tho tariff is the next mat
ter of discussion and it has been more con
sidered and moie thought about since the
adoption of the free trade plank in tho Chi
cago convention than ever before. The
West looks upon Harrison as being in many
things a representative of Western ideas,
while Cleveland is not regarded as in
sympathy with such of the country as lies
beyond the Mississippi
In Philadelphia the other day I heard a
rumor that itobert -Pltcalrn had refused an
offer of the Vice Presidency of an Important
Eastern railway company. I asked one of
the officers ot the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company if the report was true, and he said
it was in part correct. "Pitcairn will never
leave the Pennsylvania Railroad to enter
the service of another company," said the
official. "He is one of the most loyal and en
thusiastic men in the company. He is not
to be Judged by the Jingle of suoh titles as
he holds under the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He could bavehadabout anything he wanted
for years. He has several times lefused the
position of General Superintendent of the
oompany and also that of General Manager.
He has brought to the Pennsylvania Rail
road more valuable tonnage than anyone of
its officers. I refer to the coke trade which
he took from the Baltimore nnd Ohio by the
Southwest Pennsylvania branch, which he
planned and put into operation. He is a
very rich man, one of the richest who has
any connection with the company, and his
opinion or suggestions settle Pennsylvania
Railroad affairs in tho western part of the
State.
There seems to.be little donbt that the
local Democratic managers intend to enter
Into a vigorous campaign in the Twenty
first Congressional district against Hon.
John Dalzcll. That gentleman Yhas, how
ever, up to this time but little cause for fear.
The attompt to persuade' President Weibe,
of the Amalgamated Assoclation,'to run as a
Domocratlc-Labor candidate has .undoubt-.
edly failed, as that gentleman takes a
sensible view of a political 'contest, and
thinks that, like a boil; the best place to have'
it is on some other man. Mr. Welhe was
very strongly urged by 'the Democrats, but
he would not consent. The attitude of the
Democracy this year on tariff is not of a
nature to strengthen any candidate against,
such a tried and trusted protectionist ns Mr.
Dalzcll. Of course, the Democrats here as
elsewhere are seeking to make capital out
of the labor complications, but it will not
work where the mass of the voters are so
conversant with tariff questions as they are
in Pittsburg.
The manner in which the National Guard
of Pennsylvania has responded to the call of
the Governor and the spirit shown by the
men and officers since their encampment
will have a most valuable effect upon pub
lie sentiment in the future. There is not
rnuoh toy soldier business about this year's
work of the troops. Bankers, morcbants,
lawyers and men of other professional and
commercial pursuits men in some cases of
great wealth and high social status do not
hesitate to take upon themselves nil the un
pleasant routine duties of a strictly regulat
ed military encampment. Men who ordi
narily live in luxury and highly cultivated
comfort are called upon to take 21 hours
straightaway guard duty in unhealthy and
extremely uncomfortable locations with
rough food and little or no shelter and the
call has been cheerfully and thoroughly re
sponded to. Such citizens as have Deen
placed in positions of authority in the mili
tia have shown the most commendable ap
preciation of the duties voluntarily as
sumed by thorn. People who have sneered
at those who "play soldier" have been
taught a wholesome lesson during the past
week. "BUI" or John or Peter who was
your Jolly associate a few days ago is no
longer in a position to be Blapped on the
back and made light of while on duty under
direct orders. BUI and John and Peter are
showing a marked disposition to do what
they aie told without regard to previous as
sociations ana the officers are giving their
men good examples of submission to disci
pline. "SViiiWAM Waldorf Astor and Lottie
Collins, of ta-ra-boom-de-au fame, both re
fused to remain dead in spite of obituaries
by cable, but Queen Anne and a number of
others of note are supposed to -De perma
nently done for, which provents any en
couragement of a belief that a new order of
mortal things has arisen.
A bright young lady, who has moved
from this city to Philadelphia to reside, in a
recent letter to a friend in Pittsburg said:
"Not until you reach Philadelphia and try
to be somebody can you appreciate the
hopelessness of having had no grandfather.
It is a state which breeds despair, for no
amonnt of endeavor can efface it, as the
Phliadelphlaus are not charitable enough to
permit you to try to be a grandfather, upon
whom somebody in the future can depend
in confidence and trust." Walter.
President Harrison's Vacation.
Washinoton, July 18. The President and
Private Secretary Halford arrived intiie
efty this afternoon at 3:15 o'clock, from Cape
May. In case Congress does not adjourn be
fore the end of next week the President
will make another visit to Cape May next
Sunday, but in case Congress shall decide to
adjourn early next week, he will omit the
Cape May trip, nnd will go instead to Loon
Lake, In the Adirondacks, where ho will re
main during the remainder of the summer.
As he goes for rest and vacation he will
transact such business while away as cannot
be deferred until his return to the capital.
A New Title lor AdluL
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
An Eastern newspaper asks, "Where did
Stevenson get his title of General?" It was
granted him in the great battle in which ho
presented in baskets the heads of some 45,
000 fourth-class postmasters to the civil
service reformers or Cleveland's adminis
tration. As Cleveland himself was in com.
maud, tho real title is -Assistant General
Btevenson.
BROWNING'S WORE DISCUSSED.
Cnnntanquans listen to Praises of Tbelr
Favorite Author From Prof. Seaman.
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 18. .Special
This week opened with the most promising
university extension courses so far offered
and certainly one of the best of the season.
Prof. O. Seaman read a paper on Robert
Browning. Prof. Seaman has made a special
study of thi3 great favorite of Chautau
quans and pleased them more than
anyone they had heard on the snbjoct.
This afternoon Prof. Seaman told Chau
tauquans of the university extension
work in England. There the work is done
for the benefit of much tho same class as in
this country, the artisans, men employed bv
day, etc. It is a much better work there
than in America, as popular education U not
carried, out to so great an extent there.
.Pror. Mcses Colt Tyler began his lecture
course to-day on the literature bearing
on the American Revolution. His lect
ure was Introductory, but was de
cidedly Interesting, discussing every
form of literary work at that time.
Prof. Tyler called the pamphlet "the an
cestor of the American newspaper, which,
like all good ancestors, died, leaving the
work to the more 10 oust youngster." This
evening Mr. Goodyear gave his Illustrated
lecture on "Roman Architecture." Chau
tauqua is so well filled that it isaheady
necessary to go early to the amphitheater
when there is a good programme offered to
be sure of a seat. The amphitheater is said
to have a seating capacity of over 5,000.
TJHCLE SAM'S HEW NAYS-.
It Will Comprise 45 Teasels, 304 Gnns and
11,004 Officers and Men.
WAsnmoTOir, July 18. Senator Chandler
to-day gave tho following statement of the
list of vessels for the proposed new navy:
In Class 1 there are (0 be six donble-tnrrcted
harbor defense vessels the Puritan, Mlantono
moli, Amphltrlte. Monadnock. Terror and Mon
terey, with a total equipment of 30 guns, 73 officers
and 633 seamen.
Class I-Three armored cruisers the Maine, New
York, and a vessel of the New York type, under
tho act of 1893. with an equipment of 46 guns, CO
offiVers, l.TJS seamen and 116 marines.
Class 3 One vessel, the No. 1 harbor defense
ram. with 8 officers and 84 seamen.
Class 4 Five armored battle ships the Texas,
Massachusetts. Indiana, Oregon, and the vessel
authorized by the act of 1803. with 72 guns, 103
officers. 1,763 seamen and 180 marines.
Class 5 Thirteen protected crnlscrs-the Chicago,
Boston, Atlanta. Newark. Charleston, Baltimore.
San Franclcco, Philadelphia. Cincinnati. Raleigh,
and cruisers Mos. 6, 12 and 13: equipped with 136
gnns, 55.! officers, 3.7SS seamen and.450 ii'arlnes.
Class 6 Three cruisers Nos. 9. 10 and II:
equipped with 30 gnns, 48 officers, 631 seameu and
76 marines.
Class 7 -Six gunboats the Yorktown, Concord,
Bennington. Petrel, No. 5 anu No. 6; equipped
with 38 gnns. 75 officers, 855 seamen and 84 marines.
Class 8 (special class) Five vessels the Dolphin,
Bancroft, Vetuvlus. dynamite cruiser No. 2, and
torpedo cruiser, with an equipment of S guns, 36
officers, 440 seamen and 6 marines.
Class 9 Three torpedo boats the Stiletto. Cash
ing and toroedo No. 2: enulniied with 7 officers and
Co Bcauicu,
This approximates the new naw. with a total of
43 vessels, 364 guns, 683 officers. 9,500
seamen and
911 marines.
A BULL AGAINST CLAMS.
The Strange Bet Entered Into Between
Two Congressmen.
WAsniifOTOir, July IS. Ludicrous bets are
frequently made by Congressmen during the
dog days, when business Is dull and the
House is filled with malarial microbes. Dur
ing the winter such wagers would scarcely
be entertained, but the heat of summer
works singular effects.
The bet said to have been made yesterday
between Mr. Babbitt; of Wisconsin, a
farmer, and Mr. Page, of Rhode Island, is
entitled to a place at the head of the
calendar.
Both ai e Democrats. During a lull in the
proceedings yesterday they began to discuss
tho Presidental outlook. Mr. Babbitt was
talking confidently aoout the Democratic
party's chances of carrying Illinois and Wis
consin. Mr. Page, who used to talk in the same
strain about "Little Rhody," but lias learned
the value of conservatism, was inclined to
disagree with Mr. Babbitt.
This was the Wistonsin man's opportunity.
Bristling up, he said:
"I'll Just bet yon a short-horned bull
against a carload or Rhode Island clams that
Cleveland carries both States."
Mr. Pago accepted the wager.
OPIUM BETWEEN THE EGOS.
An Ingenious Smuggling Scheme Practloed
by a Buffalo Man. f. .
Bottfalo, n. J., July 18. William Watts, a ,
well-known produce dealer ' in the market,
who brings most of his goods from. Canada,
was arrested this afternoon by the United
States officials on a charge of smuggling
oplnm.
He had been under suspicion some time
an d had been watched. The officials learned
that he was in the habit of bringing over
about $3,000 worth of opium each trip.
His scheme was ingenious. He lined tho
bottom of his wagon with eggs and in the
center put a quantity of opium. The bottom
layer of the egg crates was usuaUy filled
with onlum.
Watts made about $3 a can on the stuff.
He bought it in Canada lor $5 a can and sold
it lor $8. There are a dozen Chinamen im
plicated in the smuggling scheme and they
will be arrested to-morrow. The Canadian
end of the gang will also be taken in to-morrow.
DRAWBACKS TO DONNELLY.
Ignatius Donxzllt Is now a candidate
and the spir.lt of Shakespeare is assured a
period of unbroken celestial enjoyment so
far as Ignatius is concerned. Detroit Free
.Pro.
Thb People's party of Minnesota has
nominated Ignatius Donnelly for Governor;
and that is piobably the easiest way it
could have found to act the fool. St. Zouit
Globe-Democrat.
IorfATius Doxxeixt, who is the People's
party candidate for Governor in Minnesota,
is liable to get hold of another cipher unless
a Demociatic fusion furnishes the units.
St. Lows Republic
With Ignatius Donnelly in the field as a
candidate for Governor, Minnesota hopes to
cut some figure in the canvass. If Donnelly's
defeat will bring about that desirable re
sult there is every likelihood of theearly vin
dication of William Shakespeare. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The nomination of Ignatius Donnelly for
Governor of Minnesota by the People's
party of that 8tate, insures to the voters of
that organization an interesting and
picturesque candidate, who will lead them
to defeat without half trying. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Iovattcs DoircreixT, patentee and sole
proprietor of a Baconian cipher, has been
nominated by the People's party for Gover
nor of Minnesota. The nomination will
make the Baconian sigh for election, but
this is one of the few things that he cannot
prove by his key to Shakespeare. Philadel
phia Ledger.
. The character of the People's party Is
once more illustratod by the nomination
for Governor ot Minnesota of that con
scienceless humbug, Ignatius Donnelly.
This slippery demagogue has boxed tho
whole compass of political parties, and a
party of which he can so easily make him
self the leader must Indeed be made up of
the greenest Ignoramuses of the back
woods. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
It Fared the Country.
Philadelphia Press.
The Republicans took the lead and forced
the fight against free silver in the Uonse on
Wednesday. It is as true now as it was
30 years ago that the Republican party
stands between tho nation nnd Democracy
and disaster.
DEATHS 11EKE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Mrs. I.enh Tapper.
Mrs. Leah Tupper, wife of the late Dr.
Arelieleans Tupper. died at her home In Corning,
N'. Y., Saturday. She was 92 years of age. She Is
the mother of 11. S. Tupper, the prominent oil
broker of superior avenue, Allegheny.
O'lttnary Notrs.
Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke, the authoress, died at
PlttsOeld, Mass.. at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
General James A. Cdn.iingham, soperlnten
deutofthe Soldiers1 Home In Massachusetts, died
8una v at 'the Home In Chelsea. He was 83 years
old. He served In the war in the Thirty-second
Massachusetts regiment.
Mbs. AKXA .F., wife or Rev. W. L. Hayden,
late of BeHefonte, Pa.,dledat Watseka.111., on the
14th lust., of flurons consumption. The Interment
was at Alliance. O.. on gamrdav. Mrs. Hayden
was well-known In Western Pennsylvania, where
she lived for several years.
SOCIETY IN JULY.
A Very Handsome Turnout Several En
gagements Announced Departing for
Pleasure Besorts Society's Walkings
Up and Down and Goings to and Fro.
One of the smartest and most correct
turnouts in PIttsbnrg is owned by Mr. IL C.
Bughman, who almost every evening may
be seen with Mrs. Bughman and his pretty
daughters driving in the park andalong East
End streets. It is a natty Kensington cart,
and Mr. Bughman is to be much commended
for setting his foot npon the rage for yellow
gearing by adopting in its place a bottle
green color, which Is also that of the body
or the cart, tho entire effect being of much
greater elegance. This is humr on four
wheels and the scats are reversible, so that
rou may sit back to back or all facing the
torses, according to pleasure The team of
horses is greatly admired even by a tyro In
horse flesh; the beautiful bayand the brown
cob forming a combination worthy of n,
gentleman of the correct tastes which
Mr. Bughman its well known to possess.
The family, it is said, will not leave Pitts
burg this summer, but devote themselves to
driving, but, after all. who would leave
Pittsburg if they lived among trees and
grnss and flowers, and in so lovely a spot
as do the Bughmans?
The engagement ot Miss Louise Green,
of which I gave a hint in this column ashort
time ago, not being in a position to do more,
has Just been made public, probably by the
young lady's friends, since she is now and
has been for several months visiting in
Toronto, Canada. Miss Green belongs to one
of the best old Dominion families, of the
type which cling fondly to their English
characteristics, resulting in so manv people
in Canada becoming more English than the
English themselves, and astonishing these
Inst very much always with their loyalty.
To describe Miss Green, therefore, as a
thorough English girl would convey a more
truthful nnd telling picture. She is attract
ive rather than pretty; in fact, handsome is
her description, and is noted in the sot
in which she moved in Pittsburg for
her thorough knowledge and appreciation
of the piano, which she plays very finely.
Mr. Arthur B. Wigley, her fiancee, is also a
partner in business with Mr. Walter Green,
his betrothed's brother. He is a man of
wealth and business and social standing. Mr.
Wlaley has been mairied before, and is said
to bo connected, though in a distnnt man
ner, with the fnmily into which ho is going
to marry. Misi Emily Green, an older sister
of Mr. Wigley's fiancee, Is summering with
a young brother In Prince Edward's Island,
and in the autumn intends to follow nn
older brother to Washington State, to pre
side at the head of his bachelor establish
ment. The engagement is announced of Miss
Annetta Bunting, a daughter of W. E. Bunt
ing, Esq., of Ben Venue Place and J. W.
Daugherty, of Jcannette, Pa.
The engagement is announced of Mr.
Eugene Connelly and Miss Minnie Leonard,
of Oakland. As a newspaper man Mr. Con
nelly has got beyond the stage of showing
promlso, for ho has already performed much
clever work in tho Pittsburg newspaper
world and bids fair to rapidly gain dis
tinction. Miss Leontrd is a very attractive
young lady and much interested in things
musical.
Social Chatter.
Ma. asd Mas. Gzoroe P. Hamilton have
each chosen his or her favorite mode of
Teaching Deer Park, which is to be their
place of sojourn for some weeks. Mrs. Ham
ilton will go by train to-day and Mr. Hamil
ton, who disdains iron steeds for Arab
steeds, or what is still moie reliable, Mrs.
Hamilton's horse "Timothy" will set ont In
a day or so in his road cart. It is a natty
little four-wheeler, and sure to do good exe
cution on the rood.
Miss Flokesce O. Sullivan, a yonng lady
who received a good deal of the public's ot
tention, at the time she returned from Paris,
having given up her intention to devote
herself by vow to the work of the Catholic
Church, is a familiar figure on horseback
these davB. She, with her mother and
sisters ride almost continually, and are be
coming noted for their skillfalness and
grace.
Mr. Herbert Smith, manager of the Riding
Academy, for a Canadian has proved him
self a most patriotic American, as Battery IS
was accommodated by him to the number of
IS horses. There is not known to be any
national comollmentarv lecoenition that
might be made, but it seems as if Mr. Smith
mightnow be made an American citizen and
"no questions asked."
Let us hope they are not enjoying mal do
mer, but among the Plttsburgers on, the
lirenst of the Atlantic at nrcsentnre: Mr.
and Mrs. D. Leet Wilson, Mr. David S. -Wilson,
Miss-Susan Is. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J..
G. Pontefiactand Miss Pontetract, and Mr.
nnd Mrs. Prank H. Brush and Mrs. William
Brush.
Booms have been engaged at tho Argyle,
Atlantic City, against the arrival early next
week of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Denniston,
of Ben Ten no Place, nnd Miss Elizabeth
Snowden Robb, of Allegheny, who is a
cousin of Mrs. Denniston.
The young daughters of Mr. Schmidt,
owner of the Schmidt building, are enthusi
asts in mastering the science of horseman
ship. Though only beginners, they display
much cleve rness.
A siiix party of Ben Venue people, com
posed of Mrs. John T. Nevln. Mrs. Hawes
and her nephew, Master Edward Tassey, of
Sherman, Tex., will leave Wednesday for
Block Island.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McMurtrt and their
family are at the Mountain House in Cresson.
Mr. Cuarles McMurtry's arrival with a band
some saddle horse has given riding an im
petus. Ma. axd Mrs. Jon W. Black, of Lincoln
avenue. Ease End, and their ianilly have
chosen Lakewood as ttoeirplacn of residence
for the summer, and left for it a few days
ago.
The Rev. Alfred Arnndel was in New
York last week to welcome his sister on her
ai rival from England, by steamer Adriatic.
The Theodore Hostetters and a retinue of
riiuo servants have gone to Jamestown, R.
I., to live for the summer.
Yonno Mr. George Bughman, who sailed
from New York, was expected to land in
England yesterday.
Dr. Andrew Flxhino, of Allegheny, sailed
yesterday by steamship Kaiser Wilhelm for
Southampton.
Miss Ausje Vas KntE will spend the sum
mer at a watering place. Shu left town a
lew days ago.
The family of Mrs. John W. Daws, of
Neville street, will spend the summer at At
lantic City.
THEFresliAir fund contributed 80 people
Sesterday to the country, as it is found at
akland.
Miss Mart Moorheac, of Pittsburg, ar
rived on Saturday from Europe.
Mr. McKenzie and a party will have a
coaching party this week.
The Philharmonic Society will go to camp
at Somerset on August 2.
A CELESTIAL FOSSE GAME.
New York Chinamen fond of the Mellcan
Man's Way of Gambling.
Xew York, July 13. Some of the celestials
of lower Mott street have abandoned tbelr
favorite "fan-tan" for the games of the
"Melican man." Captain Warts, of the
Elizabeth street squad, heard yesterday of
tho charge, and decided to raid the gam
blers. With a squad of patrolmen, he Invaded
last night the building at 4 Doyers street
and surprised a round dozen Chinese shoot
ing craps. The gambling was going on in
the apartments or Jim Slick, who, with the
players, was arrested.
Word that the police were making war on
tbe gamblers soon spread through China
town, and in a Jiffy the other crap-shooting
establishments were shut up. Quong Pang,
who was running a came at 55 Park street,
paid no heed to the warning, however, and
was greatly surprised when a sqnad of blue
coats appeared in his place.
Theie was a heavy game of draw nokor
going on. but the Chinese managed to' grab
the money. Fang and eight players were
arrested.
HISS WILLAED'S ULTIMATUM.
The Distinguished Reformer Talis Why She
Stopped Active Work.
Chicaoo, July 18. Miss Frances E. WUlard
has the following notice sent out for publi
cation regarding her inability to appear on
the platform in the coming campaign:
It Is Just to Miss Frances E. WUlard that her
friends shonld know the reason why she Is not as
active In platform work as she has been for the last
20 years. Some months ago her mother, known
and revered by temperance people throughout the
country for remarkable character and talent,
which hare heen delineated with so much affection
by her daughter In alt her books and speeches, be
gan to fail In health. Mine. WUlard will be 83
years. If she lives till next January. Iter own
premonitions are thai her lire win not beofmnch
longer duration, and, while she suffers no pain,
she Is greatly prostrated and wholly wlthont appe
tite or physical tone. In her growing weakness,
she who has always been so self-poised as to have
won 'from white rlbboners the name of "Saint
Courageous." clings to her onlr remaining child
more strongly than ever, and feels that It H not
safe fpr her to bo absent from home long at a tune.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Cyrus "W. Field's life was insured for
$250,000.
The coffee palaces of Melbourne ari
said to be the finest in the world.
St Joseph, Mich., shipped 22,000 bush
els of strawberries one day last week.
Two pieces of gold and a cartridge hall
were found insido a duck at Blakely.Gs,,
recently.
Saratoga, Kan., has a ?30,000 opera
house, Dnt only the music of insects Is ever
heard there.
In 1889 Kansas had a wheat acrea;e or
less than 2.000.000 acres. This year she is said
to have 1,000,000 acres.
A street car line is now being bnilt ia
Tasbkend, the capital 01 Russian Turkestan,
by a French company.
The mercury is reported to have rejrls.
tered 106 in the shade at Frinesville, Ore,
nearly every day last week.
All the pawnshops iu Moscow, Russia,
owned by Hebrews, will bo closed this month,
by order of the Government.
Bichmond, Ind., has an organization
known as the "1827 Society," composed en
tirely of. persons born in 1327.
Telephones in service in the United
States number'nearlv 512.500, and the total
length of line i3 over 250,000 mUes.
Sewell county, Kan., has an ox which
measures 14 feet In lencth, is 6 feet high
and, when fat, weighs 4,500 pounds.
The Christian Endeavor Societies claim
at present a total of 1.370,200 members, and
they are covering the entire world.
The largest floating elevator in the
world was launched on January 14, 1S02, In
Brooklyn. Its tower rises 74 feet above its
deck.
The most expensive Legislature in the
world is that of France, which costs annu
ally $3,600,000. The Italian Parliament cost
$430,000 a year.
A man with a mind for statistics has
computed that over 65,000,000,000,000.000 of
people have lived on the earth since the be
ginning of time.
A general census of Costa Eica recently
completed shows a population of 213,205.
San .lose is the most populous provinoe
with 76,713 inhabitants.
Old-shoe throwing is done for many
purposes. In Ireland the election of a per
son to almost any office Is concluded by
throwing an old shoe over bis bead.
There are many superstitions about
funerals. Few people like to cross them in
the streets, and men and women apparently
sensible stand and wait to let them pass.
The largest child in Connecticut for her
years is reDUted to be the six-year-old
daughter of J. L. numphry, of Torrington.
She weighs 125 pounds, and is gaining fast.
Aprettyfeature of a late weddingparty
at a country seat on the Hudson river was
the dancing of a Virginia reel on thelannby
the bride and groom, bridemaids and ushers.
M. Dameny has taken successive pho
tographs of the lips of a speaker, so that on
arranging them a deaf mute able to read
from the motion of the lips can understand
them.
The School Board of St Paul, Minn.,
has abolished the distinction of sex in the
matter of salaries, and will hereafter pay
women the same as men for doing the same
work.
The natives of Vera Cruz do a large
trado in fireflies, which they catch by wav
ing a blazing coal at the end of a stick. The
Insects fly toward the light and are captured
in nets.
The Chinese value a pair of old boots
which have been worn by an upright magis
trate, and the custom of wishing a friend a
"happy foot," is still observed all through
Europe.
The railroad which is at some time or
other to traverse tho African continent ha3
been opened as far as a point near Cazengo,
110 miles from the starting point, St. Paul Jo
Loanda.
People's fingers, cut from the hands of
the dead, are sometimes carried as amnlets
by the ignorant and superstitions. Dried
lizaras sewn up in leatner serve tae same
purpose.
Orie of the big insurance companies in
Xew York pays tho manager of its-woman's
bureau for Ihe-PaciflC coast nnd'Hawalian
Islands $10,000 a year, and she is a woman
from Ohio. '
In the mythology of Enrope horses
were regarded as luck -bringers, and super
stition once supposed that a horse's hoof
placed under the bed would cure certain
complaints.
Sensible and practical people will often
take particular pains to skim off a patch of
bubbles that has risen to the top ot their
tea, because someone has said it is a "sure
sign of money."
The Emperor of Chins? does not stir
much in wet weather. This is due in part to
the fact that it take ten men to carry bis
umbrella, and It is difficult to get them away
from the fantan table all at once.
The next highteit price ever paid for a
horse in the United States was the J100.009
given by Charles Reed in the Falrview farm,
Tenn., for the great stallion St. Blaise at a
sale in Xew York City in October, 139L
Miss Nina Cromwell, of Detroit, is the
fortunate ownor of a Bible that was onca
owned Dy her ancester, Oliver Cromwell.
It is known to be more than 300 years old,
and it is valued by bibliomaniacs ac $1,000.
There are at present In the Gobelin's
manufacture two large State carpets valued
at $50,000 and $40,000 respectively at lea3t.
They were made during theemplre.one being
ordered Dy the Italian Government and the
other being intended for the palace of
Fontainebleau.
The famous termites, commonly called
"white ants," although thoy belong to the
order of the dragon fly, infest Ceylon iu
countless swarms, devouring every
thing eatable, and even gutting the
timbers of dwelling honses so that the latter
are reduced to mere shells.
1TJGIIT INTO FCNXYDOJT.
Strawber Do you expect to be married
In a dress suit?
singeriy Ifl can get home from the ofaee first.
My room mate Is going to be married the same
night. Sea lark Herald.
"How many hoars a day do you work?"
asked one of the relatives of a government ap
pointee. "Houahsl" the yonng man echoed in dismay.
"Gweat Heavens, man. do you think I dwlve a
stweet car?" WathlngUm Star.
"Where are you going my pretty maid?"
To buy me a bathing suit, sir." she said.
Can I carry It for you, my pretty maldf " 1
'"Twill fit in my glove, kind sir, " she said. I
Brooklyn Eagle. 1
Conductor I don't wish to alarm yon un- )
necessarily, madam, but If you are notacens-
tomedto the promlscnons shooting of revolvers v
perhaps you had better go forward Into the bag
gage '
Wildly Nervous Passenger What is it. con
ductor? Are we going to be robbed?
Conductor No. ma'am. Two men are about
totakeastraw vote of the car. Chicago Tribune.
Vacation time has come at last,
For Sol begins to glow;
All business aside is cast
And off we go.'
Ont In the verdant meads to-day.
Where balmy Is the air.
You find the barber cutting hay
Instead of hair.
Sao XorkFretm.
Bobbie I guess that political, meeting
papa went to last night was a real circus.
Mamma-Why, dear?
Bobble 'Cause papa said before they left they
gave three cheers and a tiger. Chicago Inter'
Ocean. j
She bought some gowns, expecting that
In Enrope she would roam:
But when her hnsband paid for them
They had to stay at home.
Detroit Free Prat.
"Billy," remarked the old gentleman
ruefully, as he brought In the remains of the
weeklvwash, 'I guess we wUl have to name the
goat Time. "
"Why, father?" asked Billy.
"Because Time, you know, my son, devonrs all
things." Baltimore Soot.
"Hullo, Dudley! "What in the world
have you got yourself rigged un with that ridicu
lous Swiss mountaineer's suit and alpenstock
for?"
O. that's all right. My wife wants to go to
Switzerland this summer and climb Mount Blanc
and she sends me oat every day to walk op a north
side aUey for practice. Qreat scheme tsu'lltT'
Chicago Sewe-Becord,