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NEW YoRK, March 8, 1879.
Tho nedestrjan mania still goes mad
" on. notwithstanding the fact that It
ia killing or driving mad many Of its
victims. Two women have already tainted
On the track from exhaustion, one of them in
iured beyond recovery. Tuesday, a male pc
destran. Peter Il. Van Ness, who is trying to
walk, in the Fifth Regiment Armory, 1000
half miles In as many consecutive half
hours, went temporarily mad on the track.
His actions throughout the day had been in
comprehensive. When he had completed
his half mile at 80 y. m, and retired to his
room to rest, he seems to have had sudden
mad fit, for selling q revolver he discharged
six barrels OF IL Mt his friends and trainers,
who were standing near, perforatng several
hats and severely wounding one man. His
trainer explained that this was not tho first
time that he had behaved In this manner, but
that he had had several mad fits of this kind
In the intervals between walking.
Considerable qualification was expressed q
few weeks ago when our House finally agreed
AN ArPoRTIoNMENT B1LL.
The constitution OF the state, like that 81 Lou
isiana, provides for State census every five
years and orders the Legislature meeting
next after this census to make new appor-
tionment based on It; but, although nearly
four years have elapsed since the State census
OF 1876 was taken. the Republican Legisla-
ture has refused time and time again to make
this new apportionment because 1t would i'm
crease the representation Of the strong Dem
ocratic counties of New York, Queens and
Westchester This Is plain violation OF the
constitution. and il was suggested by the
Star that the recent election of Conkling TO
the United States Senate should be contested
by the Democrats on the ground that the Leg
islature which elected him was never legally
constituted. The Democrats, however, de-
Clined to do this. Last week the House
agreed on a compromise measure, which
seemed to meet with the approval of both
Democrats and Republicans. The Senate
however, which Is ultra and radically Repub-
lican, has determined to defeat this bill. II
dare not oppose 1t openly, but will make use
of parliamentary rules To prevent the two
houses agreeing on it. And thus will be per-
petuated this outrage on the people of New
York, gerrymander worse than that in In
diana, where the Republicans with minority
curing a majority Of four Congressman.
1t Is strange that the prevalence of
THE CATTLE DISEASE
In the neighborhood of this city should have
been discovered IN England. The newspapers
here were, at first, disposed to deny it, but ia
more thorough investigation has shown that
pleuro-pneumonia Is alarmingly prevalent in
Jersey and Long Island dairies An ex-
animation Of these diaries has been going on
during the past week by the veterinary sur
geons under the direction of Gen. Patrick
This examination has shown far worse
state of affairs than any one believed. Scores
of cows in the very last stages Of pleuro-
pneumonia were discovered in Brooklyn, and |
conflscated and slaughtered. The disease was
found to be prevailing also In Morris, Hun
terdon, Warren, Somerset and Sussex coun-
ties, New Jersey As almost all the milk |
consumed In New York city comes from these |
counties, there Is naturally the greatest |
alarm. 1t is hoped that the strict and thor
ough measures now In force will succeed in |
checking, If not In wholly Graduating, the |
disease In this vicinity.
The results OF this raid have been to almost |
shut up the diaries Mt Blssville, where
form. The men employed at these diaries
who have been turned out Of employment by
the raid of the health officers are, In conse-
quence, In very ugly state of mind and
threaten to attack all sanitary inspectors Wis
iting that part of the city. Whenever, there
fore, an inspection is made, It Is necessary to
send force OF police to protect the health
officers from mob violence.
ON Sunday week ago number of min
inisters of this city, in accordance with
previous agreement, chose for the subject of
their sermons
THE TENEMENT HOUSE SYSTEM OF NEW YORK.
They have completely succeeded In their
aim that Of calling public attention to the
sanitary and moral danger OF the tenement {
system. I
Last Friday mass meeting was called In &
the large hall Of the Cooper Union, to dis
cusS this question. Mayor Cooper presided |
and the hall was crowded with leading mer-
chants and business men of the city. The hor-
rofs OF tenement-houseS were clearly shown ,
Dy the speakers The death rate in the tene- !,
ment portion OF the city Is twice as great as :,
In the upper wards. 1t was also demonstrated !
oy police statistics that the criminal classes y
come almost wholly from the tenement y
mousse population, not SO much because this =
CLASS OF the population is poorer as on &C =
count OF the manner in which they live hud- !.
died together. I
MIR. Joseph II. Choate was the only speaker !, !
WHO proposed q remedy. The tenement !
property OF New York was worth 5000 1000. =
ne said, and could not, therefore, be wiped out. I
But the men who owned this property might y
De compelled to use Ii so that il would not v
spread contagioa and moral pestilence. He 9
'eferred to the reform in tenement houses o
made in Glasgow. The city government of p
hat city purchased no less than IT. 600 housps II
t a cost of S2,00o,G00, pulled them down ami 9
rected In their stead buildings fit to live In s,
Tor did this cost the city cent as the prom v
rty after it was improved became more val u
able than it had been. Ee referred also Ia L.
that Peabody had done in Lon lon. Could u
ot some New Yorker do the same he asked p
After thorough discussion Of The subject W
he chairman was instructed to appoint q
of nine to suggest measures which =
-ould carry tenemeBt-houSe reforms into Y
feet Aston and Vanderbilt are on this com y
littee There is little doubt that now this v
inject has been called to the attention Of the y
uhlic, some reform and improvement will be a.
lade in the tenement-house system Of New y. ~
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