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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY ID, 1892.
Those DEMOCRATIC members of the

THOSE DEMOCRATIC members OF the
L. s. House of Representatives who
voted against the silver bill are TO be
congratulated upon the fact that they
refused to set their party i'll direct oppo-
sition to lis candidate for President.
Mr.. Cleveland is even more opposed TO
free silver coinage than he is to high
tariff. and for democratic House, Just
preceding the Presidential election, to
have passed the former, would have
been nothing less than positive aiiront
10 him. His party and he are now IN
at least apparent accord, and he is saved
from the absurd position he would 9th
erwise have occupied. 1t wonld lie all
right if the silver owners would have a
dollars worth of silver coined into sill
yer dollars, but there would be neither
rhyme nor reason in allowing them to
take sixty-ciSht cents worth of silver to
the minis and have ii coined into a sill
yer dollar.
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Auor;ct ON tho ,rononcahcla

HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 14.-At the
strikers headquarters it was reported
shortly after midnight that 400 non
union men were gathered in Pittsburg
to be brought into Homestead to-day
under heavy escort of military about
daybreak.
The borough of Homestead was
practically placed under martial law
this morning. This is the outcome of
the unwarranted arrest of strangers
yesterday In the case of any arrest
made by the special police for a mani
fest breach of the peace, drunkenness
or any other like offence the provost
patrol will not interfere but, in any ar
rest not for such cause the patrol will
at once take charge Of both the arrested
person and the man who arrested
him and bring them both before the
provost marshal or his representative.
If the arrest is an illegal one the police
man will be properly punished. Genl.
Snowden is still investigating one ar
rest made by the special yesterday and
the chances are that the policemen in
each case will be brought before the
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Foreign News.

LONDON, July 14.-At 2:10 o'clock
this afternoon the returns show the cleo
ton of 246 conservatives; 226 liberals;
IS liberal-unionists; As anti-Parnellites;
I Parnellites, and 3 laborists. This
makes the consolidated opposition on
equal terms with the government.
Up to 4:55 o'clock this afternoon the
total returns received show the election
of DAG conservatives; 226 liberals; so an
ti-Parnellites; 80 liberal-unionists; I
Parnellites and laborists. The re-
turns now stand: government 2S5; op-
position 2S6.
DUBLIN, July 14.-The Independent
Parnellite) says that at select circle
of liberals held in London last night
the announcement was made that the
home rule bill would be postponed by
agreement with the Irish party in ord
er that some big reform measure may
be introduced in the coming parlia-
ment.
ST. PETERBURG, July 14.-Since the
last report twenty new cases of cholera
and II deaths from the disease have
been reported at Simbirsk on the Volga
river.
ROME, July 1.-THE eruption of
Mount Etna is rapidly increasing in
violence. Immense streams of lava are
pouring down the mountain side and it
appears certain that several villages
and a number of dwelling in the paths
will be destroyed. All the craters are
active. One is ejecting a continuous
stream of lava several yards deep and
very wide. This stream presents the
appearance of river of fire and is very
beautiful to look at, though it is bound
to ruin much property.
VICTORIA, B. c., July 14.-Thc City
of Nanaimo from Victoria has been
quarantined by Nanaimo authorities
on account of the prevalence of small
pox at Victoria. Ninety-ive passcn-
gers from Nanaimo on the steamer were
quarantined.
ST. PETERSBURG, July flowing to
a report that the doctors were causing
cholera patients to be buried alive, the
lower classes of the city of Saratoff rose
in revolt on the 10th inst The excited
populace wrecked and plundered the
police station, cholera hospitals and the
residences of the chief of police and
physicians. The medical assistants
were attacked and two of them killed.
The rioters threatened to take full pos
session of the city and would undoubt-
edly have done so had it not been for
the opportune arrival of the troops.
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Mr. whitney and the Guardianship.

Mr.. Whitney and the Craftsmanship.
BUzzARDs BAY, Mass, July 1t.-Mr Cleyc.
land was shown the dispatch in the evening
papers Saying that ex-secrctary Whitney was
wavering OH his decision as to Whether lie
should accept the Craftsmanship of the demo,
crat national committee. Mr. Cleveland said
it is was very plain that Whiney'S acceptance
was demanded by the unanimous sentiment
of the party. Mr.. Cleveland's mail is filled
with letters from prominent men in all parts
of the country, in which Mr.. Whitney So
lection is referred to as the thing to be desired
above all other considerations. While he did
not think he ought to urge Mr.. Whitney to
do anything which his judgment did not ap-
prove. it was difficult to see how the cx-scc-
rotary would stand the pressure which was
brought to bear on him to accept the place.
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provost marshal and made to explain

provost marshal and made TO explain
their conduct.
The lockout men are not entirely
pleased over the threatened strike to-
day at the Union Iron Works in Pitts
burg. 1t is the general opinion among
them that more assistance can be given
them if the men remain at work than
bv coming out. There are to-day an
unusual number of men in the steel
works but whether they are non-union
men or not has not been learned. The
strikers are convinced that by nighttall
men will be put to work in the mill
under the protection of the military.
They are watching all the stations
closely. About 10 men got off at the
railroad station this morning and an
nounced that they were going to apply
for work but they were persuaded to
90 back to Pittsburg. The men do not
threaten to enter the works and drive
off non-unionists, Notwithstanding the
military, as they did before. 1t is now
thought they will wait until the militia
leave.
HOMESTEAD, July 1880 p. MT
is announced that special train, with
400 non-union men on board, will ar
rive in Homestead by $50. Strikers
have the news and say no attempt to
prevent entry will be made.
CHICAGO, July 14.-J. A. Williams
and w. II. Jones, who have been en-
ployed in the Homestead works for ten
years, said in an interview here to-day
'There will be no collision with the mi
litia until we see non-union men en-
ployed. In that case Homestead may
witness greater slaughter than it has
yet seen"
PITrsBuRG, Pa, July 1.-THE in
uuiry into the trouble at Homestead
was resumed by the congressional COM
mittee this morning and Chairman
Oates said he would finish to-day. One
of the committee said that the present
investigation would do much to help
the passage of q compulsory arbitration
law and also an anti-Pinkerton mea-
sure, both of which have already been
introduced.
The committee will leave for Wash
ington this evening and report, and will
be submitted to Congress early next
week.
PrTTsBURG, Pa, July 1.-THE en-
ployes in the upper and lower union
mills of Carnegie's in this city quit work
at noon to-day and the gas was turned
off in the furnaces. BY 8 o'clock this
afternoon the men in all departments
will be out and the mills will be shut
down. The men struck because the
company refused to confer again with
the Homestead men. The employees of
the Keystone bridge company are non
union and will not strike unless forced.
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SUIT FOR DIvoRcE.-Annie E. Ward
in Washington, yesterday filed a bill
for a divorce against Frank K. Ward.
The bill states they were married May
20, 1876, in Baltimore, have one child
born September 20, 1877, now with his
father, and she charges drinking and
cruel treatment. She states that he de-
sired to see her will, which she declined
to show him, and he abused her with vile
epithets; that on returning from ayisit
to sick uncle in February, 1891, he
abused her and went out and returned
with pistol, the one with which he
killed Adler, and threatened to kill her
She specifies certain instances of bad
treatment August, 1891, Palm Sunday
OF 1892, June 2, 1892, July and July +.
She further charges adultry. She asks
alimony and injunction from interferins
with her and getting possession of the
house No. 4l6 Sd street, northwest, &c.
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AN OHIO Town STRUCK.-The south
end of Springfield, Ohio, was visited by
a destructive tornado at noon yester-
day, which destroyed twenty residences
and partially ruined fifty more. The
electric light, telegraph and telephone
wires are ali down, and the streets fill
ed with fallen trees. The Zion German
Lutheran Church was struck by light
ming and almost destroyed. The list OF
the worst casualties is: Mrs. Jacob
Leech. badly bruised. Her sons, Cod
rad and Jacob, limbs broken and badly
bruised, the former probably fatally in
ilwed. He was pinned under the ruins
of the house for half an hour, and his
skull is broken Jacob Nefl, seriously
bruised. Mrs. Mary A. Shonbrenner
fell under the stove; badly burned. j..
H. Roberts, internal injuries; probably
fatal. James Hinkle, internal injuries.
The losses will aggregate $4,000.
Thousands viewed the awful destruc-
ton yesterday evening, and a meeting
of citizens was held in the city hall to
devise means to aid the homeless peo-
pie. Fully thirty families are absolute
" ruined. John Leach and his family
of five children, living in the very cen
tire of the destroyed district, had q mi
raculous escape They were at dinner
when the cyclone came. 1t lifted the
house directly above the terrified fami-
Tvs head and crashed it down a mass
Of heaping ruins. None of the family,
wonderfully to state, was fatally in
iured.
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THE REFUND OF DIRECT TAXES

THE REFUND OF DIRECT TAxEs.-
The q. S. Attorney-General has given
an opinion to the Secretary of the
Treasury in regard to the refund of di-
rect taxes under the act of March 2,
1891, in which he holds that credit
should be given for penalties and inter
est collected, but not for costs attend
ing the collection to the several States
and Territories. He says that where
redemptions of lands held in direct tax,
made Under the act of June Z, 1862, the
party in interest should have repay
ment OF the tax penalties and interest
paid by him for such redemption. He
holds also that the act of March 2,1S61,
supersedes the provision in the appro-
priation bill of March 3, 1888, making
it the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to repay to the original own
ers any surplus proceeds of property
taken under the direct tax law of 1861.
The act of March 2, 1891, he says,
makes it the duty of the Secretary to
credit or repay not merely the surplus,
but the entire amount collected under
that law. The Acknowledgement says
that as the greater naturally includes
the less, the act of1SS3 is superseded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

RICHMOND TERMINAL AFFAIRs.-Re-
ceiver Foster, of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad, has been delivering
the receivers certificates authorized by
the United States Court to the Balti-
more financial institution who sub
scribed for them. 1t is understood that
more than 100000 of the S1,000,000
authorized by the court have been
taken by Baltimore institutions. The
price paid was par and accrued inter-
est. The certificates bear per cent.
interest, and are q first lien upon the
property and income of the railroad.
Richmond Terminal advanced in New
York yesterday on purchases. The
buying was of the same character that
has been prominent in the stock for
several days and was accompanied by
reports that Drexel, Morgan & Co. had
arranged to undertake the reorganiza
ton of the system The conference
committee have held no meeting yet,
but Chairman w. L. Strong said yester-
day that they had been steadily atwork
and meeting may be held at short no
tice. He says the committee has had
no consultation with Drexel, Morgan
& Co. vet.
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LABOR TRoUBLEs.-The workmen in
the upper and lower Union mills of the
Carnegie company threaten to strike il
the company docs not grant a confer
ence with the locked-out Homestead
men. Secretary Loveioy still insists
that the officials will entertain no pro-
position from the Amalgamated Asso-
citation. The leaders of the association
say that the company has determined
10 break up their organization if it can,
and they are determined toprolong the
struggle to the last. a general strike
in sympathy with the Homestead men
il threatened in all the works in which
the Carnegie company is interested.
The presence Of the military has de-
pressing effect on the men at Home
stead, but the militiamen are already
firing of the inconvenience of camp
life. The congressional committee con-
tinued its investigation yesterday, and
Manager Frick was closely cross-exam-
ined. As stated in the GAZETTE Mr..
Prick also explained at length the scale
of wages formerly in use and the one
now proposed, and insisted that instead
of lowering the wages of the workmen,
they would in most cases, ac-
tually be raised. President Weihe,
of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton. who was also examined, at
tempted to deny this, but acknowledged
that he had never figured on the new
scale, but understood that wages would
be lowered.
Burgess McLuckie declared his be-
lief in conspiracy. Everything is abb
solutely quiet. The tents of the SOL
diers have arrived and they are more
comfortable and under good discipline.
Gov. Wiley, of Idaho, has proclaimed
Shoshone county under martial law.
The strikers have destroyed Northern
Pacific bridges and track, and cut the
wires. The striking miners have driv-
en- all the non-union men out of that
section of the country. 1t is said the
strikers will fight the soldiers. More
United States troops have been ordered
to the disturbed districts.
The strikers at Mullane, Washing
ton, yesterday blew up a railroad bridge
to stop the movement of troops. 1t is
reported that the Count d'Alene mines
are charged with explosives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

Ex-CoEGREssNAY McCoMAs,of Mary
land. will, ii is said, be the secretary Of
the national republican committee
The right man in the right place. He
is the author of the scheme to take the
formation Of congressional districts out
of the hands of the States and assign
that work to the federal government,
and only waited for the passage of the
Force bill to press that scheme upon a
Congress that would have adopted it.
In view of the numerous and dire dam
gers that would necessarily result from
republican ], -vcess at the next national
election, southern white men who
talk about voting for third party candi-
dates, when the only conceivable effect
of such voting would be TO help repub-
lican candidates, naturally impusn
their own intelligence or suggest
doubts Of their disintercstedncss.
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The Situation at paducah.

PADUcAH, KY, July 14.-At So'clock
the squad of men in the northeastern
part of the city saw $50 negroes beyond
Oak Grove cemetery, and several shots
were exchanged. To-day a large body
ofmen will scour the woods and arrest
the negroes. Up to 5 o'clock this morn
ing everything was quiet except that
the streets are patrolled by 100 police
men carrying winchesters on their
shoulders. A deplorable state of affairs
exists, and it is feared that much
bloodshed will occur before the end is
reached.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

To READ that the Homestead strikers
had prepared ahandsomewine luncheon
for the militia and that some of them
received as high as SIS a day as wages,
seems strange to workmen in this sec
ton of the country, but, all the same,
such statements are written by
reliable correspondents on the spot
and are printed in reliable
newspapers. Most people down
this way rich enough to give cham
payne luncheonsand drawing &1Sa day
would think about doing anything else
rather than striking.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

THE THIRD PARTY leaders i'll North
Carolina advise union with the repub-
licans. Why certainly! Whenever a
southern democrat becomes an indie
pendent, or toinsa third party, it will
always be safe to bet that he will soon
be found working eitherias . republican,
or with the republican party, to defeat
the white people among whom he lives,
aud put them under negro domination.
All wise people who have any interest
in the welfare of the South will exert
their utmost endcavors from now until
sunset ON election day to secure the
success Of the democratic ticket, for
woe will betide this sectionif that ticket
be defeated. Mr.. Harrison is more in
favor of the Force bill now than ever,
and his party formally declared for that
bill at its recent national convention.
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stateiin the GAZETTE the Stewart

As stated in the GAZETTE the Stewart
free silver coinage bill was defeated in
the House of Representatives yesterday
by vote of 136 to 154. An analysis of
the vote shows that an affirmative vote
was cast by lis democrats Gncluding
the Speaker, 10 alliance men and S re-
publicans. All the Virginia members
voted for the bill. The House passed a
large number of private pension bills.
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LIGHTNING's TERRIBLE WoRK.-Tae
town of Freeland, in the lower part Of
Luzerne county, Pa, was visited yes
terday evening by a terrific lightning
and thunderstorm. Rain fell in tor
rents for nearly an hour, causing much
damage to buildings and cellars. The
lightning was fierce, and was never
known to be so severe in that section.
1t struck several houses in various
parts of the town. The NJ. E. Church. in
South Heberton, mining village near
by, was badly damaged by lightning
which also struck the residence ofG.
Malinky, on Ridge street, insta
killing his wife, who was in the OF
closing the shutters. a dog neJs.
was also killed. st. Mary's Ia. - ID
joining the Malinky residence, was
damaged to q considerable extent.
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TELEGRApHIC BREVITIES.

Actual work was commenced on the
Hcnncpin canal, connecting the Missis-
sippi and Rock rivers, yesterday
The California Athletic Club has tel
cgraphed Jack Dempsey, offering him
match with Billy Mabe, the Australian
light weight. Mabe says he will fight
at 40 pounds, and will allow Dempsey
a few pounds.
The steamer Nevada, which arrived
at New York this morning from Liver
pool, is detained at Quarantine owing
to a suspicious case of sickness among
her steerage passengers. Chief No
Neck with his squaw and child, and
Chief Little, of Buffalo Bills Wild West
show are on board.
Mayor Grant, of New York, received tee
gram to-day from Secretary Tracy accepting
the invitation extended to him to aid in the
4o0th anniversary of the discovery of Amer
lea The secretary has notified the mayor
that the navy will participate and that DE
will detail special officer to confer with tie
celebration committee in reference toa naval
review. Mayor Grant to-day sent invitation,
to tho governors of various States and tern.
tories to attend the celebration.
The Maryland legislative committee to con
fer with similar committee from the Viz
ginia legislature on the Improvement and
perpetuation of the oystering industry let
Baltimore for Old Point to-day. Governor
Brown expects to join the committee on sat
urday and meet Governor Mckinney, of Viz
ginia.
DR.. NJ. Mcdonald, of Binghamton, was
brought into the police court in New York to-
day and charged with conspiring with the
husband of one of his patients a wealthy Ger
man lady, Mrs. Schoenock, to poison her and
thus rid the husband of a matrimonial aii.-
ance that had long been dstastcful to him.
Dwight E. Carroll, an instructor at Lcliieh
University, Pa, attempted suicide by taking
paris green at his home in Yalcsville, Conn
yesterday. Some time since he became insane
after being "guyed" while delivering an adj
dress.
Information from Gainesville, Ala, is to
the effect that number of people have been
rendered destitute by the overflow. The peo-
pie it is said were without means of subsst-
cncc for over twentyfour hours.
All the Covington, Ky, rolling mills have
signed the Pittsburg scale and 1000 menarc
happy in prospects of work. Yesterday he
matter was cinched by the propretors Of
Licking rolling mills signing the scale.
A fight between white men and indians oc-
Cured at Chilcat, Alaska July 9TH, resulting
in three deaths. The bitter feeling was en-
gcndcrcd by the recent discharge of several
indians from canncry.
Gerhard Lang, the wealthy brewer of Hui-
falo, NY, died to-day of cancer of the stor-
ach, aged 81 years.
Cardinal Gibbons arrived at Boston yestc'.
day en- route to Halifax.
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The New York If5orld applauds the
Governor of Idaho for calling upon the
President for troops to preserve order
there without having first resorted to
any of the local, county and State,
means to that end, but ii also applauds
the Governor of Pennsylvania for hay
ing waited until FIRE and carnage had
resulted before he even ordered out the
State forces. The faculty of seeing
equal good in things directly contrary
to each other is a happy one, but is. I'M
fortunately, possessed by few.
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THE MOST fallacious ideas prevail re-
speeding leisure. People are always
saying to themselves: Il would do this
and would that if had time" There
is no condition in which the chance OF
doing any good is less than in the
condition of leisure. The man fully
employed may be able to crafty his
good dispositions by improving himself
or his ncighbor, or serving the public
in some useful way but the man who
has all his time to dispose of as he
pleases has but a poor chance, indeed,
of doing so. TO do increases the ca
pacity of doing; and it is far less diff
cult for man who is in an habitual
course of exertion to exert himself a
little more for an extra purpose than
for the man who does little or nothing
to put himself into motion for the
same end There is reluctance
in all things to be set going
but when that is got over, then
everything goes easily enough So it is
with the idle man; in losing the habit,
he loses the power ofdoing. Buta man
who is busy about some regular en-
ployment for proper length of time
every day can very easily do something
else during the remaining hours; in
deed, the recreation of the weary man
is apt to be buster than the perpetual
leisure ofthe idle. AS he walks through
the world his hands hang unmuffled
and ready by his side, and he can some
times do more by single touch in pass
ing than an idle man is likely to do in
a twelve-month. Let no man cry for
leisure in order to do anything. Let
him rather pray that he may ever be
useful. If he really wishes to do any
good thing he will always find time for
it by properly arranging his other en-
Observation-Disclosures.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

BIDS FOR the carriage of the New York
customs house were recently adver-
tised for, but the lowest one, though
perfectly reliable, was not accepted, for
the reason that the bidder is demo-
GRAFT. A large number of men are en-
ployed by the contractor, and the bid of