Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-06-27

~ this rather fishy and
may have 80 remarked, for the
dispatch goes on to say that In the mr.
gument which followed the commander
Of the government forces shot and In
stantly killed him. The ball was then
hopelessly spoiled by the entrance Of
some Of Ezeta's army OF six hun
dred, who surrounded and cap
tured the commander Of the govern
ment forces, who seems to have been
the whole of them. At least no other
government force Is mentioned, and after
tho capture Of his general the president
up stairs promptly expired from heart
disease. Twenty.three other persons
were killed, but II IL not stated how
many of them were generals. General
Ezcta was proclaimed president. Gen
eral Gulrola took charge Of the direction
Of affairs and general order prevailed.
The Central American republics are
afflicted with general debility.
SINGLE cases OF cholera are reported
from widely separated parts OF France
from the Mediterranean TO the coast Of
Brittany, and gloomy dispatch from
several wards of the city are using the i'm
pure water of the Seine, n practice that
usually leads to an epidemic The Partisan
has horror Of water as beverage, and
never uses 1t except to dilute the cheap red
wine that Is staple product of the country
| and invariably taken by all classes and
ages The water to mix with this claret IL
largely supplied by deep and wonderfully
| strong artesian wells. There does not
seem to be any good reason for q cholera
scare in Paris, and the news of cases In 30
many parts Of France, following close on
the cholera scare In Spain. sounds more
like result OF anxiety and nervous fear
than reliable report Of genuiEo cases.
| -
| THE speed trial of the cruiser Philadel-
phia was made on Thursday, with results
that appear to be highly satisfactory, al
though there Is SOM delay In announcing
| the exact speed because OF the allowances
that must be made for tide and currents.
| This trial differs from the tests Of the other
| now war ships In the fact that the contract
| requires that the speed alone shall be tho
measure of efficiency, and penalties or
| premiums of $4,000 are fixed for
each quarter knot below or above
the required speed of nineteen knots. In
| the trials of the other ships the calculations
| OF penalties or premiums were all based on
the horse power of the engines 1t Is un-
officially reported that the Philadelphia
made over nineteen and half knots and
with allowances for tide and currents the
Cramps hope to earn a premium of a
| quarter of n million. In vessels of this
class speed il OF the gre sst import nc ;,
and the basing Of the test directly upon il
seems well advised. The ships of the
n,w navy give evidence OF staunchness
rs well as speed, and the Vesuvius has OF
| late easily stood q deal of battering. A few
day ago she was run harl against y sand
bank by an error OF the engineer In an
nouncing a signal. She IN quickly turned
by stopping either OF her twin screws,
while the other goes ahead full speed bot
tho wrong ono was stopped, and she
| promptly turned square into tho shoal she
should have circled away from. None the
worse for this mishap. she put to sea to at
tend the trial OF the Philadelphia. and, on
returning to New York, by similar but
unex planned mistake, she rammed into
the wharf Mt the Brooklyn navy yard, and
cut through several heavy timbsrs without
apparent damage TO herself. II is pleasant
to find our new ships SO strong, but rather
| alarming that the Nesuvius Is so erratic
| Whether the defect IL in the engine or en-.
ginoers, 1t should be quickly remedied as
it will never do to have a ship that Is to
carry tons OF dynamite laundering about
| in that reckless fashion.