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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28
THE CURRENT OF LEGISLATION.

THE CURRENT OF LEGlSLAlION.
PASSAGE OF THE MIDLAND RAILROAD BILL BY THE
AssEaBLY-THR NEWSPAPER CLAIMS AND THE
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT BILLS PAssED-DEATH OF
THE NEW LOCAL OPTION LAw-THE INDUSTRIAL
EXHIBITION AND THE GILBERT ELEVATED RAIL
WAY BILLS IEC0MMITTED.
IpRom A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY, May 27.-The Assembly spent the
morning session in the third reading OF bills The bill "
allow the Midland Railroad Company 10 increase its
capital stoclrwas passed This bill recalled from
the Governor for amendment which should require
the consent OF majority Of thpresent stockholders TO
such increase. The amendment was made, and the ofi
repassed without opposition. The bill flor the appon
ment of O Commission by the Governor TO settle news
paper claims against the City OF New York was passed
with an amendment comprising all claims OF that char
acer up TO May 1879. The bill requires the Governor
10 select for Commissioners three in number) men not
holding office under the city Government. The unani
nous vote OF the Commission required to decide upon
a claim, and the decsion Ii final II accepted by the
claimants
Mr.. Deering from the Committee on Cities reported
the Local Improvement BILL Of which so much has been
said, with amendments to its provisions in tho
shape which passed the Assembly before and was
recalled from the Senate. Mr. Person Chairman or tho
Committee, moved TO recommt IL To the Committee OF
the Whole. He said IL exceedingly complex bin
aud dfcut 10 understand. He confessed that he was
In . fog IS 10 its import and effect and he thoneht
should be discussed Committee Of the Whole before
being passed. The motion TO recommit was lost by
large majority. When the bill put on Its passage
Mr. Wight moved TO reoommit 20 Committee Cities,
with instructions TO substitute for 10 the original bill
introduced In the Senate by Mr. Temann This was also
lost by large majority. The bill then passed by vote
OF IS to 90
The new Local Option bill framed by the Committee
on Internal Affairs meet the views OF the Governor,
came up for third reading and gave rise TO some dis
cusson members voted for the bill vetoed
by the Governor refused for the new BILL assign
ing various therefor Some preferred law ike
the one existing In Ohio while others thought that all
the virtue bill vetoed by Gov Dis had
evaporated In the bi aud the State might as well
not have any Local Option law " have this one AS
the old bill only obtained barely enough votes 70 pass H.
the smallest detection sufficient 70 defeat the new
one and The sunous<esent VI he vote showed thas II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28
TIE TORNADO IN KANSAS.

Usage MISSION Kan, May 27.-The most
violent and destructive tornado ever experienced In this
section eight miles south OF this city last
Thursday afternoon. whirlwnd tempest desolated q
tracti OF country shaf mile In width and six miles
In length. Twenty houses were lifted In the air and
blown 10 atoms. Six persons were killed outright, six
MORALLY wounded, and fifteen dangerously injured One
little girl was carried quarter OF mile aud drowned
In creek Many persons were stripped OF their cloth
K, and birds OF their feathers and number Of horsee.
cattle and hogs were killed Fourteen families were le
entlrely deSuIuIs,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28


THE LINE or THE FLUSHING AND NORTH SIDE RAIL
RoAD-PLEAsANT SUBURBAN HoMEs-RAnwAY
AND REAL ESTATE IMPROVEMENTS.
A short time since The TRIBUNE published a map
showing the natural extension of New-York City
northward; the accompanying map is designed
to show its natural extension eastward. AnneXa-
ton becomes proper when the interests Of adjoining
towns become identical, and uniformity OF govern
ment is rendered important in consequence. This IL
already the case with New-York and the annexed
towns of Westchester, as has been already shown
it will undoubtedly be the case within few years
with New-York and the Long Island towns lying
within radius of IL miles of the City Hall.
WhItestone is now practically as near the business
streets of New-York as many parts of Manhattan
Island and nearer than any section Of the annexed
towns and Tiff the tendency of population to the
line of the Flushing and North Side Railroad con-
tnues for few years longer past and present APP
pearances indicate, all the East River shore from
Brooklyn to Little Neck Bay will be as cOmpactly
built up as Brooklyn is now As the different towns
grow together their interests will become the same,
and lone by one the smaller will be absorbed in the
larger Demands for drainage, water supply, street
and park improvements protection from fire, and
other common interests will make this inevitable.
By the time this shall have been accom-
plished, increased facilities for communication
with ~ New-Yorls' Z will X render a union
with this city no less natural In former article
mention was made Of the vast railroad interests
which are soon to converge at Port Morris, on the
north shore of East River Plans were spoken of
which the Port Morris Improvement Company have
formed for connecting with the Long Island rail
roads by ferry. Plans have also been made by the
Wmtestone and Westchester Railroad Company 10
connect the Flushing and North Side Railroad
with the roads the north shore, by way
of Throgg's. Neck. When freight can be
brought from all parts of the country to the
Brooklyn docks, or perhaps by bridge to down
town New-York, without breaking bulk, the two
sides of East River will be essentially city
the two sides of the Thames or the Seine. 1t is not
improbable that within 20 years these things will
have been accomplished, and that business men Of
New-York can reach Whitestone as quickly as they
now reach Prospect Park. When this is so, annexa-
ton will follow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28
EXPLORATIONS IN THE BIBLE LANDS.

ALEXANDRIA,, ERypI, May 70, 1919,
The pioneer party of the Oriental Topo-
graphical Corps from New York, engaged IA expiora
tons Of the Bible lands gone from Egypt to Syria
and Asia Minor scale photograph OF the Nneoneter
devised by Of the corps, has beenltaken which it LIS
claimed will definitely settle the vexed cubt question
plan OF rapidly taking attitudes OF rnins pyramids
&C. invented by the party, ia said to work ad
mir
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28
THE LONG ISLAND WATER FRONT.

IHE LONG ISLAND hAlEh
The attention of prominent business men, as
we'll Of those who looking for pleasant residences
within Of the business parts OF NewYork.
has beer, within the past few years. directed TO the
opposite shores Long Island where larger sales Of
real estate have been effected and extensive i'm,
provements planned and partially carried than
any other part of Long Island any portion of Maui
haitian Island or Of Westchester County.
The increased facilities provided by the Flushing and
North Side Railroad place all the towns upon its line
practically TO the City Hall wall-st. as are
parts Of NevYork City lying above seyentiethst-
Whitestone-the terminus OF the railroad-oan no
reached from Hunters Point In 80 minutes where ferries
connect with Thirty-fourths,. end James slip. Ths
second TRACK Will DO ready for the OF tho
Summer THIS will run through tne old Fashion races
ground, and viii shorten distance ten minutes. The
rolling stock Of the Company is first Glass; and the equip
ments are such insure safety land comfort t. tho
passengers. Communication, including ferrage, Ii only
I2i cents each way the whole length Of the oad
To those 10 whom time OF less value, the steamers
Seawanhaks, Arrowsmith and Port Royal provide q
pleasant means OF Summer transit through Eas RIVER,
He'll Gate, and Newyorh Harbor.
LONG ISLAND CITY, SEwTowS AND FLUSHING.
In Long Island City many residents annually at-
trae,ed by pleasant building sites along the op
posite Blackweh's and Wards Islands. improvements
are RAPIDLY pushing forward, and IN a short tms
will be introduced probably from woodside. The new
County Court will cost not less than soGOO anA
will be an ornament the city. In Astoria which IL m
cuded In Loag Island City, the Messrs steuway are
erecting new piano factories, which will employ large
number OF workmen Newtown and West Flushing
where many lots nave been sold the slo month";
sysem) are intermediate stations on the Flushing au
North Side Railroad and growing rapidly they beuz
almost connected by houses which HAYES sprune ny
along the whole line Of the road which already Ia THIS
respeci resembles the Harlem Road above the Harlem.
River. Allentown is the tine residence OF MI Lord ~
the firm Of Lord Taylor.
College Point, Flushing aud milestone arr al
porated villages within the town Of Flushing. West ot
Flushing Bay the surface is unduang and the soil is OF
the best quality In 1887 Thompson In his History &c
Long Island wrote The farms in the vicinity Of Fush-
ing, on the road to whtessone exceed for their
beauty fertility and excellence by any In the country.
and very Justly excite the wonder aud admiration oe
strangers" This historian Is authority for saying tLa
ls ~S9 xse ast sskzsa N IA ~ A s2ppasx " I'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28
THE. FIRE RECORD.
SIX LIVES LOST IN LONDON.

LONDON, May ga fire attended with Ia
inevitable loss of life occurred this morning In Berkeley
square. Six persons unable TO escape from the
burning building and perished Six others were injured
by falling walls No water was available and the flames
spread with great rapidity.
ELSEWHERE.
A fire broke out in the hotel at Bedford,
Canada Saturday night, and despite every exerton
large norton of the village mass Of ruins
Among the buildings destroyed the town hall, three
hotels and the leading stores.
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TO OUR EYCHANG rs.

In general answer to multitude OF circu-
lars from our exchanges, drawn out by inc
approach of the time when the new Postage
law abolshing free exchanges takes effect, we
make q brief statement:
Newspapers which have paid for an exchange
with THE TRIBUNE will continue to receive
it, unless otherwise requested until the 2'th
of December next.
Other journals with which we wish to eX-
change will continue, if they desire, to receive
The TRIBUNE as heretofore,-they paying post
age on it, and we paying postage on what we
receive in return.
We shall give notice on or before list July
10 those which we shall be unable longer 10
receive on these terms.
The exchange list of THE TRIBUNE. although
of late considerably reduced, has nevertheless
amounted to nearly $500 copies. When the
payment Of postage on these is added it be-
comes too serious tax. Unwilling to break
up old and agreeable relations, we have con-
tinued many pleasant exchanges long after
the telegraph aud the mails from the large
cities have reduced our need for them. They
will, we are sure, appreciate, and accept in the
kindly spirit intended, our necessary action
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-23
COY. DIX IND CERT1IN JOBS.

The law-making powers of this State arc
the Assembly, the Senate, and the Governor.
OF these the Governor has of late years be-
come the most important. An honest Cover
nor is q bulwark against corrupt legislation,
of which there is always more or less at Al
bany. In the last ten days of the session it is
well known that the Legislature becomes
more unsteady than ever. Fortunately at this
very time tho defenses which the people
have in tho Executive chamber become pro-
portionately stronger. While the Legislature
is in session the Governor cannot keep a bill
more than ten days, and is sometimes forced
to act without mature deliberation. He must
sign or veto within that time, or the bill be-
comes law in spite of him. But if the Leg
islature adjourns before the ten days have
expired, the Governor may keep the bill In
his hands until Christmas if he pleases.
Knowing this TO be the fact, and having
some confidence in tho good intentions and
powers OF mind of Governor Dix, we have
never felt very uneasy over the bill TO grid
iron that part of the city which lies south of
Duane-st. A bill was fixed up in the last
days of tho session for horse rail
road To connect the Chambers-st. ferry
and down town New-Jersey railroad ferries
with the Fulton and Wall-st. ferries The
proposed railroad was so laid out az TO cross
and Obstruct Broadway at no less than four
points namely ut Chambers Duane. Liberty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-23

point about which this combination was W
crystalline; and if this issue is TO DO Withdrawn
it is very doubtful whether the alliance VIII
have any practical result.
The Ring has shown its astuteness, there-
fore, in giving battle TO the reform nio'o-
ment promptly in the CONSTITUTIONS Oon'on-
ton. II has it's representatives, OF COURSE III
that body, and every man who IS popniaiiy
supposed TO be in league with 1t was iouhu
voting for adjournment. Undoubtedly great
many honest and well-meanlng gehtielheh
Joined them; and yet the reasons tney as
signed for their votes seem to us slhgulaiS
inconclusiye. There has been marked re-
luctance on the part of the delegates 10 40
any work in hot weather. One gentleman
declared that he never had remained ana
never would remain in the city curing
the month of July; another oOJec.ou
to the discomforts of the hall; IniIu
was afraid he might ruin his own constitution
in the labor of making constitution ior
Pennsylvania. The oldest man In the houSe'
however. the venerable Henry e. Carey, OPP
posed the proposition to adjourn, and oliereu
| m work all Summer if the Convention would
agree to il. We are rather surprised that thls
Identified and distinguished assembly shouiu
have forgotten that over half-a-million peo-
ple stay all Summer in Philadelphia without
destroying their constitutions, and that 1t is
only a fortunate few who can afford to stop
work when the weather grows oppressive. Inc
Convention has already been six months IN
session, and if it has not concluded its laDors
in that extended time, justice to the people
seems to require that the members should
submit to the slight personal discomfort oil
working in July. We dare say Philadelphia
ia hot and the hall is ill ventilated; but 1t is
not q pest house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-23
pENNSYLT1NLA REFORM

The action of the Constitutional Convention
in Pennsylvania on Friday has severely dis
appointed the leaders of the new reform party
in the keystone State, and if it is not recon-
sidered NAV lead to disastrous results. The
efforts of the honest citizens to free them
selves from the bondage in which they have
so long been held by the Harrisburg and
Philadelphia Rings all depend for success upon
the promptness Of the Convention in revising
the registry and election laws. 1t is well I'M
derstood that while the present infamous
registry law stands in Philadelphia the Ring
can return to Office whatever candidates it
pleases. ANY majority piled up by the
RefOrmers outside of the city = can
be neutralized by miscounting in
Philadelphia, and there is no device by which
the fraud at present can be prevented. The
amendments proposed by the Convention to
the election laws were understood to meet the
difficulty, and to insure a fair poll and en-
honest count. 1t was essential, therefore, that
their work should be completed and submitted
to the people before the October election, and
it was the general opinion last week that this
could easily be done. On Friday, however,
the Convention voted, by majority of one,
to adjourn over from the 9th instant to the
third Tuesday in October.
This means that the next election shall be
conducted by the old machinery, and not only
gives the Ring another year of power but en-
dangers the existence of certain combinations
upon which the Reformers rightly placed a
great deal of Importance. A movement had
made considerable progress for union OF
Liberals, new Anti-Ring Republicans, and
Democrats in support of the new constitution,
with the ultimate purpose of purifying the
whole State Administration. The Democratic
State Convention is to be held early in Sep
tember, and the Liberal State Convention
about the same time while an independent con-
ventiOn Of Administration Republicans, who sup
ported Grant and IIartranft last FALL but are not
willing to vote this year for the nominees of
the Ring, is to be called unless the failure of
the Convention cause the plan to be abandoned
The Liberals intended to pass resolutions APP
proving the new constitution, but TO make no
nominations; the Democrats and Anti-Ring
Republicans were expected TO agree upon n
partisan reform ticket, giving the State
Treasurership 10 a good Administration man,
and the Supreme Court Judgeship to some
Democrat of high character. The ratification
of the new constitution. however. was the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-23

really intended for foreign consumption and to
embarrass the negotiation of the Japanese
loan in Europe, the communication has all
the cunning address of an ingenious Amer.
can politician--say the Congressman from the
Essex District of Massachusetts. The upshot
of t all is that the Empire has a debt Of
about s140,O0O,0O0; that the annual income is
s4O,OOOOOO, and the annual expenditure $780,,
100000. One il irresistibly reminded of Mr.
Micawber's financial formula, which had
for its result" Misery" But we have
here only the worst and most ex-
aggerated side of the picture Against
this is the statement that Japan has 35O,OOOOOO
of coin on hand; and the world knows that
the Empire has, in the construction Of It's navy
and vast system of internal improvements, In
Cured expenses which will not only need no
repetition, but will in some instances event
ually add to the revenues of tho Empire.
What Japan has already done is the wonder
of the Nineteenth Century; that this has cost
much money is not surprising; that the re-
| signing Ministers of Finance have made no
attempt to provide for the extDguishment
of the debt seems to be greatly to their
disgrace. They appear to confess their in
competence. Our Yedo correspondent init
mates that these men have crept into power
in the tumut which the late revolution in
Japan produced in public affairs Our own
Republic, like every other nation, has had its
painful experience in adjusting political and
financial machinery to a new order of things /;
and bad men have everywhere resisted the
attempts made to Dust them from the places
in which in such times they have been most
mischievOus. The sympathies of all progress
sive people are with the Dew-old Empire of
Japan ia this strenuous emergency. We be-
lieye she will scarcely feel this petty attempt
to injure her foreign credit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-23
SJJARKEPS CONVICTION.

There was no grave legal question involved
in the Sharkey trial to confuse it; hence 1t
was brief and the verdict so quickly reached
is justified by the facts as brought out. The
circumstances of the homicide were not singular !;
on the contrary they were of only too frequent
occurrence. The characters who iigured-the
man who was slaughtered and the other
who is to-day to be sentenced-are common
place enough; in fact, such are only too numer-
Gus in this city. Perhaps, however, from the
circumstances we may extract moral Tor the
benefit of those of like character with the
murderer and the murdered which will not bo
lost.
Both the men and most of the eyewit-
nesses of the crime belonged to the criminal
classes of this city. Ignorant and idle in youth.
they had become in manhood hangers-On OF
low drinking places, and later the followers
Of depraved but powerful politicians, until
they had finally been developed into reckless
rufians, who believed that their political pat
rons were influential enough to save
them from the consequences Of any crime
they might commit. There are thousands of
such reckless fellows daily engaging in just
such bar-roOm br0ils as ended in this murder
and this conviction and each unthinlling ras-
cal is confident that his friends are still power
full enough to save him from punishment. The
conviction of their fellow criminal may possibly
awake some of them TO a comprehension of the
fact that Tweed and Connolly and Barnard and
Dowling and all the rest Of that once potent
Ring, are helpless to save even themselves.
At any rate it is only some such startling de-
monstraton as this conviction of Sharkey, or
some vigorous action by the police against the
daily offenders who make grog-shops danger
Gus to life as well as debasing to morals,
which can dispense the rufiians of New-York.
Such an effect is all that can be hoped for
"a the immediate result Of the conviction of
Sharkey. And this will be lost if our judges
through mistaken clemency, grant a new trial
except upon clearly sufficient grounds, or if the
prompt execution of the law, so long as the
odious system is legalized, is prevented by
bubbles of the lawyers. And even then the
reform will not be accomplished unless the
police by stricter surveillance and greater
activity enforce the peace in all dangerous
places Of resort.