The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-17
The ras manufacturers Of the country sat

Tho gas manufacturers OF the country sat
in council yesterday and though it wac evident.
from their conversation. tliat they all had their
minds fUd uf the threatened danger 10 their
forests from The electric Eight no ono had
word to say about tt in their mcctiny They
elected onl.crs talked ~ the happy fortune Of
London ga manufacturers who can sch their
residual pfplucts Tor GO per cent. Of what their
coal ctsts them: bronchcd the subject Of max ing
Cas from petroleum nut had not u word 10 say
about the electric light. II was evident never
thclrss that tho new illuminator WAS well
considered topic among them, and one
which they would fam pooh pooh out
Of existence il they could. II WAS. they
said. impra'fcablc Of transmission 20 any
considerable distance; it was too bright for
ladies compilations; II could not bc divided 81
as 10 render II available Tor general use II was
too costly it was not steady; and 1t wac liable
to 20 out suddenly and ineXplicably. But tho
most cautious men among them hOldtheir peace
until they shall hear what rrof MoBIoN tells
them in his lecture tonight. WIN Prof MORTON
cheer them by exhibiting electric lights that
waver and go ont. and 10y demonstrations Of tho
excessive cost and the inutility Of the new agcnU
Tho Cornell boys have shown that, with
smooth water il IL perfectly feasible TO begin
boat racc on time They not only send their
shells through the water at a rafting pace after
they get started but they start run0ually.
Therein they set u good example 10 the young
onrsmen Of the salt water colleges.
ITS astounding :" exclaimed United
States District Attorney TlNSEy Of Brooklyn
yesterday What had astoundrd the District
Attorney was the discovery that his trusted as
s.staui. CEoroE ". HoXiE had taken money
rDu'ilrl Co him Ia his fi'ial capacity into Wall
sire. and gamhlcl il away there.
Yet the blow did not fan en- the District At
torney without warning. Four days ago HONE
confessed 10 him that hc had collected $4,000 IN
a particular case. and lost it in Wall street.
IoXfE promised TO make the loss good in n tcw
days. and there the matter ended II docs not
secn 10 have occurred Ia Mr. TLSNEY that what
IloxiE had done in one cnsc he might possibly
have done In others He retained the confessed
cmb"z2ler in his office as his assistant.
In his card TO the public HoAIE fully cXone-
rates AR. TFNNEY. and attempts to eNtcnuaic
his own crime. True. he has lost other peoples
money. intrusicd to him Ms II public officer
But he ayers that he meant to he honest; he los;
the money unfortunately. and certainly i'm
prudontly." in Wall street. into which he was
" in cautiously led many years ago. lie ex-
pectcd to restore 1t. and still hopes to do SO II
he il not deprived 81 his liberty We should
say that HoXIf was tho sort 81 person who
should bee deprived 81 hi, liberty at the earliest
possible moment.
He ia not a thief" says District Attorney
TrNNEY; he IL the victim Of Wall street spccu-
lation.' The distinction is too fine for the
average mind To grasp. Victims Of this par-
ticular species are altogether too numerous.
II IL holfily ~ ha gfp
truckman. whose skull WIS fractured 10y a fall
from his truck in the Bowcry was dragged To
the Lldridgc street police station ~ a drunken
man. and thrown into q coll. IIo died about am
hour aftcrward. Tho Coroncrs jury ccnsurcl
the entire police system Of this city. This
general ccnsure had no effect. II the
verdict had been. on tho other hand.
that tho policemen who thrust him into
the cell without summoninr n physician.
though they knew that he Ind fallen from his
truck. were responsible for his death, their
trial and punishment might have followed. II
this had happcn"d. nno;her off 'cr 81 the same
station would not now ho chgrrol with break
ing n pris, nor'- log with his club. Il il only
necessary o. make an example Of one or two ot
these uniformed c.ubbcrs t. put q stop at least
Tor "a while. TO this kind Il dcyiltry.
When tho representatives. of the coal min
INK anil carrying companies shut themselves
w behind closed doors. 1t 10 u pretty safe guess
that tho subject under discussion is not tho
ways AMI means q reducing the cost II their
commodity Ia the consumer
When some Of the choicest specimens ~
haudwork conceived by an educated tact, and
wrought by consumma,c sk.l. since TvuAL
CAMS followers began 10 cxrrt refining IN
fuYn.ta la .