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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

THE anonymous donor Of two hum
dred thousand dollars to the woman's,
college of Baltimore, concerning whose
name many guesses have been made, Is
now said to be Mr.. Alcaeus Hooper, one
of the trustees, until recently member
of the firm of William E. Hooper &
Sons, proprietors of the Woodbury. cot
ton duck mills Mr.. Hooper, who is
thirty-fve years of age, Is a member OF
the board Of school commissioners Of
Baltimore. The trustees are under,
promise not to disclose the name of the
donor. and Mr.. Hooper maintained a
discreet silence when approached on the
subject the other day. The gift, which
increases the resources of the college to
eight hundred thousand dollars, is to be
used in the erection Of a memorial
building and for the general needs Of
the institution.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
WOULD De ANNlHILATEp.
Chances of the Pennsylvanla Militia In
Fight With the Strikers.

Chances of the Pennsylvanla Militia In q
Fight With the Strikers.
NEW York, July ia prominent Off
Ger in the New York National Guard says
that if the militia Of Pennsylvania were
sent to Homestead they would probably
be annihilated.
"The Pennsylvania militia" he said,
fare armed with Springfield rifles of very
old pattern. They will hardly carry 600
yards, and the empty shells have to be
taken out by hand after each shot before
reloading.
"The strikers have tho latest model
Winchester rifles, which are magazine
guns. The magazines will hold from
eight to seventeen cartridges, and the gun
can be fired about five times while a
Springfield is being loaded. The militis-
men would not have any show at all.
They would be moved down like q lot of
sheep.
s'The same thing would be true of the
militia of this State, which is armed with
the Remington rifle of the model of 1878,
gun about ON . par with the Spring
field.
eff the States expect their militia to
quell riots of this sort they ought, at
least, to arm them with proper weapons,
and not leave them at the mercy of bet
ter armed mob"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
rHg ARMoR CONTRACTS.


interesting E0CG8~&&DR1FOAnH N&rnGB10'B
Governments Work.
WAsHNaToN, July lin view Of the
situation of affairs at Homestead, Pa, the
status Of the contracts between the Navy
Department and Carnegie, 'Phipps &
Company is interesting.
The only contract now existing between
the United State and Carnegie, Phipps
& Company was entered into on Novem-
Der 20, $780, and called for 5000 tons of
steel armor plates and appurtenances at
an aggregate cost of about So, 0OO, 600. OF
the 5000 tons contracted for, about 800
tons have been delivered.
The contract stipulates that the armor
plates shall be delivered as called for, and
at present, it is said, the Government has
more than enough plate on hand to meet
immediate requirements.
The price per ton for the armor plate
mentioned in the contract varies from
500 to 1915 per ton, depending entirely
upon the shape of the armor, and the
price, according to shape, is determined
by board of naval officers.
1t is explained at the Ordnance Bureau
of the Navy Department that straight
piece of armor would cost less than a
curved piece, and a curved piece less than
an elbow, or in other words, that the
shape of the armor almost solely deter
mines its price.
The scale of shapes run in the technical
schedule of the Navy Department from
the letters A to P, different prices being
paid for each shape, and even the Ord
nance Bureau is unable to approximate
the cost of armor per ton until the draw
ings specifying the shapes of armor needed
are furnished them. The drawings foa
armor still to be supplied for United
States ships have not even yet been com
pleted, so that it is impossible to give thu
exact price that the 5000 tons of armol
will cost, but it is roughly Appropriated
at So, 000, 900 as stated.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
FRlck PARTLY RIGHT.
Hugh O'DonnoM Comedies the Truth of
One OF His Statements.

Hugh O'DonnSM Comedies the Truth of
One OF His Statements.
HOMESTEAD, July II. - Hugh ODon-
nell, the strikers' leader, was seen by a re-
porter. When asked what he had to say
regarding the assertion of Mr.. Prick that
only 315 of the $500 men were directly
affected by the reduction, he replied:
81 frankly admit the truth of that as
sertion, but the situation, as it now stands,
is this:-If the men were to concede this
point it would open the way for a general
reduction in all departments 1t is a
matter of strict principle with the Anal
gamated to stand firmly by it's men. One
and all are banded together for mutual
support, and the cause of one member is
the cause of all. If the men went back
to work and consented to a reduction of
the wages of 1925 of their number, eventu-
ally the wages Of all the others would be
reduced.
''The men will, under no consideration,
yield to the expiration of the scale in De
cember. The output at that season is
much less, and they could i'll afford to lay
idle at that time of the year, as there
would surely be suffering among the poorer
classes. No sir, the final adjustment must
be made now"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

REPRESENTATIVE OATES, of Alabama,
who is chairman of the house COM
mittee which has gone to Homestead to
begin its investigation of the murders at
that place by men in the employment of
the Pinkertons, is very much in earnest
about getting to the bottom of the hor-
rible affair. He could have taken the
committee to Homestead sooner, but he
wished to give Carnegie's men an
opportunity TO bury their murdere d
comrades before calling upon them for
testimony. After getting statements
from the workingmen and from
Carnegie's representatives the COM
mittee will return to Washington where
the two Pinkertons have been sum-
moned, to be put through a most rigid
examination as to their share and re-
sponsibility for the Homestead tragedy,
A number of labor leaders, including
Mr. Powderly, have also been notified tc
appear before the committee when il
returns to Washington. Congress has
made up its mind, in advance of any re-
port from the committee, that the Pink
erton method of employing and arminl
bodies of men is vicious and un-Ameri
can and must go.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

THE reports to the Chicago Graphic
from different reliable sources of the
crop conditions over the country are
causing slight inactivity in nearly all
departments of industry and CONNER
cial enterprise. The wheat crop is far
from satisfactory in most Of the princi-
pal wheat producing sections; the corn
crop is likely to be short, especially as
the acreage will be limited in both the
north and the south. Good weather can
do much, however, to improve the con-
ditions.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

THE republicans are in very demon
allied condition, owing to the resigna-
ton of Mr. Campbell as chairman of
their national committee, whether that
resignation was brought about by the
publication by ex-senator Farwell of the
statement that Mr. Harrison had once
refused to appoint Mr. Campbell to a
federal Office because of his being pro-
fessional lobbyist, by objections of the
trusts for which Mr. Campbell is attor-
ney, or, by reason of the threatened re-
volt of the republican farmers of ILL
nois. 1t may be that all of these things
were factors in causing the resignation,
or that none of them had anything to do
with it, but the fact remains that the
decentralization exists in the republican
ranks, and political parties, like armies,
are always at a disadvantage when they
are for any cause even slightly demora-
lized.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
An Astronou,.cal Event.

The month of August next is expected
to bring important If not wonderful
and sensational developments In the
study of our mysterious heavenly little
lkinswoman. August next Mars will
arrive ut point directly opposite this
earth, which it reaches but once In If
teen years, when the distance between
the two planets will be reduced from
I41, OOo, 900 to IS, OoO, 600 miles. Upon,
that night thousand telescopes will be
leveled at the planet, which will repose
in refulgent beauty In the southern
skies, and a thousand eyes will seek to-
pierce the veil of distance that concealS
the knowledge for which science thirsts..
Wonderful results are expected by
reason of the marvellous improvements
that have been made In astronomical
instruments within fifteen years and
since the last most favorable observa7
ton was made. With the powerful
lenses and the Photographic appliances
of to-day it will be as If the PARKWAY
visitor, tempted by curiosity, had drawn
nearer to the earth than ever. Although
Mars will be IS, 900, 900 miles away the
powerful Lick telescope will magnify
her to size as If viewed at a distance
of but II, 800 miles
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
HOW LONDON VIEWS THE sTRlFE.'
Surprise Manifested Over the Indifference
of the Authorities.

Surprise Manifested Over the Indifference
of the Authorities.
LONDON, July 11.-Commenting on the
action of the Pinkerton men at Home
stead the Chronicle" says: "It is to be
hoped that this last outrage will rouse
the authorities to a sense of the double
improperly and danger in their midst,
and will compel them at length to sub
stitute State-controlled force for the
privately hired bravado."
The Telegraph" says: 1.-THE plea that it
occurred in the far west, on this occasion,
is not available It is impossible to avoid
the conclusion that Pittsburg has been
disgraced by series of atrocities to which
the annals of modern times of the Old
World afford no parallel. What must
impress Englishmen the most is the ap-
parent supineness of the Federal Govern
ment. 1t is probable that on the eve OF
an election both political parties are re-
luctant to incur the risk of losing work
mems votes"
The Telegraph" in the same article,
adds that the riots at Homestead are on q
par with the New Orleans lynchings.
Both incidents, in common with 6
hundred others Of a similar kind which
have occurred in America, says the "Tele
graph" must suggest a serious doubt
whether after all Home Rule in Americs
works satisfactorily in practice, as it il
the fashion to assert.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

1T is tolerably plain that the reports of
Bismarck's failing health and strength,
which have been circulated so indus
triously, have very little foundation in
truth. No feeble old man could have
displayed such activity and endurance
as he did during his recent visit to
Vienna, where he was in evidence all
the time. His physician, DIR Schwen-
niger, in public interview, states that
his health is first rate and that he sleeps
like a top for eight hours every night.
AS for the pain in his face, the prince,
he says has been subject to that for
thirty years, after exposure to cold, but
it never remains with him long, and
yields readily to treatment. AS a gene
raj rule, the ex-chancellor is the freshest
and liveliest member of his family, and
has the most prodigious appetite in his
| household, as might be expected from
his great frame and bulk. 1t is true
that he complains of growing old, but
that cry has been common with him
says DIR Schweninger, for twenty years
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
Twenty-Slx Killed and q Number Injure
ON Lake Geneva,

Twenty-Slx Killed and q Number Injured
ON Lake Geneva.
BERNIE, July ia frightful explosion
explosion occurred yesterday on Lake
Geneva.
The steamer Mont Blanc was carrying
a considerable load of passengers, includ-
a number Of tourists, on the lake, when
the boiler exploded, killing many and
wounding a number of others.
The scene is said to have been the most
horrible ever witnessed on Lake Geneva.
The excursionists were quietly enjoying
the beauties of the scene, the weather be-
ing delightful, and the water placid, when
the explosion occurred, and in an instant
the scene of quiet pleasure was con-
verified into a spectacle of horror and
death.
Not less than 26 persons were killed
instantly by the jagged iron, pieces of
which swept the boat like grape and can
lister.
About 80 were injured, and their
screams and cries of agony could be heard
across the Lake.
Other vessels went to the rescue and
the injured and those who had escaped in
jury were saved from drowning.
No Americans, it appears, were among
the dead or injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Navy Department has paid to the
Lake Erie Boiler Works, of Buffalo, 3d.
900 for two boilers for the United States
ship Michigan.
No bill was reported by the Grand Jury
against Thomas Ryan of Roxbury, Mass.
who was alleged to have caused the death
of Thomas H. Greelin in prize fight on
June II.
NJ. Ribot, French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has recalled M. Jacquot, Consul
at Leipsic, whose disorderly conduct
while intoxicated led to his arrest by the
Leipsic police.
Thomas Kearney, four years of age, was
struck and instantly killed by the Long
Branch express ON the Central road at
Elizabethport, N. j., Saturday evening.
His body was badly mangled.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
a CUTE OLD FARMER.
low He Induced His Neighbors to Help
in Digging q Well.

low He Induced His Neighbors to Help
in Digging q Well.
Old Farmer Heagle, in Chemung,
needed water for his stock (says a
writer in the New York SUM, and be-
gan to sink n well. It was laborious
operation. Gradually the work neared
completion and it's success seemed as
sured. Alasl one day, just as khe was
putting on the finishing touches, the
well caved in, and the labor for weeks
came to naught. For few moments
Farmer Heagle beat his breast and tore
his hair in mute despair. Then he had
an inspiration. He took off his coat
and hat and carefully laid them on the
brink of the ruined we'll Then he Sc
GREETED himself under a neighboring hay
stack and awaited developments. Soon
a neighbor passed the place and went
to the we'll to inspect it. He discovered
it's precarious condition, and, seeing
Heagle's coat and hat near by, natur-
ally concluded that the unfortunate
man had been engulfed in the ruin and
was now lying at the bottom of his
we'll. Impelled by a feeling of human
ity, he ran to the neighboring farm
houses and gave the alarm The news
spread like flash, and before long a
vast concourse of farmers had congrega-
ted around the spot. With picks and
spades they dug away at the well until
they had it completely excavated. 1t
was long and laborious piece of work,
but sympathy for the unfortunate man
and an earnest desire to rescue him lent
strength to the laborers. At length
the task was completed and the
well dug out. There was no vestige OF
Heagle. After searching for him In
vain the tired workers went home.
Then Heagle emerged from his hiding
place, thankful that human sympathy
had not entirely died out from the face
| Of the earth.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

KEEP your eye on the newspaper, and
see which of the merchants want your
custom and are sufficiently courteous to
invite you to call. There is much more
in advertising than you may think. Its
not only to tell of his goods that a man
advertises, but it is to invite the people
who read-the thinking, the intelligent
to pay him visit and judge for them
selves as to the quality and price of
what he offers for sale. People read
the advertisements. Don't make any
mistake about that. They are just as
much interested in knowing where to
buy to an advantage as the advertiser is
in selling his goods.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

ONE of the features of the state fair
to be held at Peoria September $3.50
will be special displays of farm, orchard
and garden products by counties in the
three great agricultural divisions Of the
state. The plan is to select from these
displays such specimens as may be de-
sirable to make up the best possible ex-
hibits from the state of Illinois in both
the national and Illinois state buildings
at the Worlds Columbian exposition in
1898. This is the object Of the exhibit
at Peoria, and every farmer will take a
just pride in showing Illinois to be the
leading state of the union in the pro-
1uction of these articles.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
IT WAS A GREAT GATHERING.

New Workers Now Know the Extent of the
Christian Endeavor.
New YoRK, July 11.-New Workers now
understand that the Christian Endeavor is
really something.
Madison Square Garden was unable to
hold more than third of the forty odd
thousand delegates at time; the remain
ing two thirds explored every nook of the
city and visited the suburban summer re-
sorts. Every building of interest in New
York was besieged by the untiring host
and the elevator men and hall boys were
tions piled to them by the visitors.
At the Battery the same crowd of eager
sightseers was to be seen and the boats to
Liberty Island were loaded to their utmost
capacity, and boat load after boat load of
strangers visited the famous statue.
The Coney Island and South Beach boats
escaped none the less from the raid, Ellis
Island also came in for share and the
officers at the Barge Office are sporting
mementoes presented to them by some Of
the fair members of the Kansas delegat-
ion.
Yesterday large party from the Hi
nois delegation chartered the steamer
Cepheus and sailed around the harbol
visiting Governors Island, the Navy Yard
Liberty Island and points of interest in
general.
The final meeting Of the Christian En-
deavor Association was held in the Madi
son Square Garden, and was addressed by
several speakers.
The next Convention will be held il
1898 in Montreal, and not in Cleveland
as previously stated. The ConventiaI
will be held in the latter place in 1894.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11

BIG men it is said have larger heads
than small men, not because their
mental grasp is wider or stronger but
because their bodies are larger and
therefore the proportion of the head to
the whole organism must be taken into
account Again, a large head may in
close a comparatively small brain and a
thick skull does not indicate intellect
ual force. Still further, a small brain
may have a very fine quality Of organ
ism and large and fine brain may be
imperfectly nourished Taking all these
factors into account, we want to know
something more of man than the size
of his hat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
TIE gopher plague is reported as be

THE gopher plague is reported as be-
coming serious in North Dakota.
Hundreds of the little rodents are
making inroads in Barnes county
wheat fields, and II their career
is not checked they are likely to cause
serious damage to the growing crops.
The determination of gophers has been
generally neglected during the past few
years, and now serious problem con-
fronts farmers-how to thoroughly rid
their fields of the pests which cause so
much damage. The county furnishes
poison free of charge to all farmers
wishing it.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
Real Estate at Real Bargains.

The following property will be sold on easy
consisting of one dwelling house and four build
ing lots, az feet front by 100 feet Deep good loca
ton. and a special bargain; two houses on North
a nice home on Abbott avenue; 3 good busin oss
blocks near Center SQuareon south Main street.
cheap home on Ridge street; pleasant homes
on North Main street. also three family house,
for $62 per month: houses on Central avenue;
block and house on High street; new house
home on West Side hill, house and barn; new
houses on Chapel street, brick block lately built
and one family house with one or more build
ing lots fronting on three streets. Money loaned
and loans wanted on first mortgage. For further
information call or addI .ss j S. Fay's Real rs
tate. Loan and collecting Office, No Is South Main
street. up stairs.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-11
-ELEPnANTs. HIDES.
The Big Brutes Suffer- Terribly When At
= tackled by voracious Files.

The Big Brutes Suffer Terribly When At
tackled by voracious Flies.
The elephant is formed for dignity,
and in his wild state his every motion
expresses It. He hold his head up SO
that his trunk when dropped at full
length does not touch the ground, his
ears are particularly elevated and move
freely, and he looks every inch a mon
arch; but humbled by captivity he
hangs his head so that he has to curl up
the end of his trunk to keep 1t off the
ground; his ears hang limp and hstIess
and he has way of gathering up straw
and dirt and spreading it over the top
of his head and back till he looks per-
ifectly absurd, a numbering fool, very
king of ragdom-
"That silly looking habit" said a
keeper to a New York Tribune man,
'ehas its cause. Elephants are subject
to sunstroke. That may seem untruth-
full to say about an animal which lives
in the hottest part Of Asia and Africa;
but remember he lives there in leafy
forests, well shaded, and when captured
and made to work in the sunshine or
stand in it for exhibition his head
should be covered or he suffers from
headache; so he generally covers it
himself.
''Flies bother an elephant" continued
the keeper, more than you would think
possible when you consider the thick
ness of his skin. Did you ever examine
an elephant skin closely? dare say
| not. You are like the Sunday-school
boy whose teacher asked the class il
they had ever seen an elephant skin.
| Yes said one boy. Where, johnny
asked the teacher, incredulously. On
the elephant yelled Johnny in
triumph. You, too, have only seen II
| on the owners back at distance.
"But if you had examined one closely
| you would see that the pores are as big
/ in proportion as the hide is thick, and
big mosquito can run his saw into one
Of these big tunnels as easily as a hum
mingbird can run his long bill and
tongue into the funnel-shaped honey
suckle. have seen big elephant al
dotted with his own blood and mad as {
hornet from these tiny pests and from
flies which lay their eggs under hi
skin. That's why elephants like to rol
in the mud and fill up their pores will
| IT,