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as il is now I'm very liberal that way. have no
desire to see them removed


VIEWS OF COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
Commissioner Wheeler gave 10 TRIBUNE re-
porter last evening an account of the manner in
which MIR MacLeln took bis place in the Police
Board. He said: " Mr.. MacLean was present
at the meeting Of the Board today, and sat
quietly listening to the proceedings a, he bad often
done before. Being the counsel to the Board
he had frequently been present at It's meetings
! think none Of the Commissioners present
knew OF the Governors action then. just
before we were about to adjourn, Mr.
MarLean said ne had a communication 10 pre-
sent TO the Board. and he produced a document
which was read by each Commissioner. The
paper stated that he had been appointed
Commissioner of Police in place of
Commissioner Nichols, removed. The latter
sad be- could not cOI-id himself rem wed until he
had received Off" notification from The Cover
nor messenger bearing this uotihcatIon was ~
waiting, and the papers were served on Mr. Nichols
at once. Mr. Nichols then Withdrew. After
having lunch the Board met again, with
Mr. MacLrIu as q member By resolution which
offered. Mr.. MJcL.an was placed on all the COM
mttces of the Board in the same position winch
Mr.. Nichols had occupied Tins made hIm chairman
alarm was '.nt ont 10 ne police force acpndlntlng
all The members ct the Department Of the change
whlcH had been made IN the Board
of the Police Board r.
The Police Board has needed a man like Mr..
NacLeau. who possesses 'gH legal attalnments
for questions of law are constantly arising IN the
proceedings OF the Board. / regard Mr.. NacLcau
Is a man of marked ability, and dO not doubt that
he Will make an excellent Police Commissioner.
He seemed willing 20 take the chalrmag>hlp OF
the Street Cleaning Committee. I'm the present con-
dIuOn of affairs reorganization OF the board
seemed 10 demand that he should be placed m the
same position which Air. Nichols had occupied
What Is your opinion OF the charges which
Mayor Cooper made against the Police COmmls-
siouersV
Il d0 not think 10 would be proper for me 10
make any comments on these charges. was ABB
sent when they were prepared, amt l was not in
cluled with the other CUmmI SslOuers and do not
wish 10 give my opinions regarding the actions OF
my associates on regarding the treatment they
have received. | do NOT know what intentions the
Mayor has regarding myself
Did You have any understanding with MAYOR
Cooper about your beng absent when the charges
We're made, rs has been reported ~
Il did NOT. / went South py the advice of my
physician. 10 get rid of % cough. There was no uu-
der-8ndug u any manner whatever have seen
such reports published. but they are untrue. ! had
mo- know edge, when / went away. that charges
wer. To- bee made. / went south tO get my health,
and I remained until the object of my journey was
accomplished. / did not think myself called up'n
to return 90 the city when learned " the charges
AGAINST rla other C1mms,, )ners, and demand 20 DE-
included ia these charges
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UNSUCCESSFUL ~ WHEAT TRANSACTIONS

CHICAGO, April 1S.-Messrs. Harding and
savage who have agents for extensive purchases
oil wheat Oh Change. suspended to-day owing TO the
taiure Of theig customers 20 put up margins. Three
quarters OF a million bushels OF wheat and 100000
bn.hels OF corn were Lsus thrown Oh tic market
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HENRY HOLT & Co.

Boswell, Life u Johnson including .lr ro1r % ma
Vrld,- The reviewed passages ~ ODsJ-
.ptr interest. Largc .-uI. -.
English Actors from shakespeare 10 hacready. ~
Hrnrs Barron bdorr tae AIl II series, UNIFORM
WITH t..'yrs on Actors lni Acting, % DID,
Zoology Of the invertebrates. by Alex Na.s ster.
professor 10 Al4rrl.a
jt a Packard. fHuI. CENTS
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ErfriL. Nr.I-.I

Or Chnadle'- ,hamoui'ic Pho" 'a. D. ,'r 1i rir'iy,.
peps't oppressive 1f-ii-' ..-'i 20 t a..- i-'' re
T. ~ stewart, steam carpet .c.aur Nars. 32I eth
Mans H.-son On LARA, ...: 3 N- - t,ea'i5 10,
,AF". .eu' ot D SUE -r az. ., ..f 10 '
Hooe ,raassIenri y,- ad .a.a .,a,.- oa. u liaib
u.4t have been impaired HF H.rtty.D u."- b ''ftn'hg
Ey anal. .c .Irenry % uu.,ale s,uap,I Address -ccy
Museum Anatomy AMI ~rrl.r. Liza bF1-t"ti. N.l.
Post OGice Non,e ae lrr'sI ul. ,or aae veg enlnE
wa Queenstown. webs ~ AZ, ar D. for Europe
by -toausniy BothHA va .een,ioFn .c 'p3Hagneo Tor
france T.rc' ny -''in'.'p h-.' d. ti-fl ~.
li "a .psf ~, ,,or-.r,i.r-e -5r ,r,1,Iy ma Fr.nc,
must %" specially aidr's-eo aA a. - l ilr France Ger
hamburg corrcsgoaoenes 'qr Great 1 .i t!e Cla;
ulyh' nus p, 'ge,;-' 1 X ~ ~ , by ,y
ion ,ni bsemen trrc'loaa,acr or selj b aa and t15
CIlcca.cva torres 6ndsace t5r GERMANY and
'tat must Dee slcc.sIlv a.drr,-,t ,Hd at = M. for
7co-anl direct by -tonlDo ROMA. va '.''a'" ihs
mails 80 Deng-S ys"sp an. ~ .Ay n On ~. t i
St',i ie,y Iear. Npf Is s H. Tho mails l1r Mrlirj
ana Japan cave San Francisco Nav The mails Tor
trlIa &C. leave san Fsias'eo MAJ H. ,,... .,....
Postonce, New yor- Apn. T. 1879.
Geo. 4. Leaylrt ~. Auctioneer
THE BALE-rER COLLECTION.
way. until un.c ~ flle -'t ans -tth
ANCIENT AND MODERN PAINTINGS
Belonging Joseph ". BAie,le., csl, l luis examples
Arm'cld sebastian H0urd1n, Thro Frcre.
jules Roster, houuu.haru, gop.cF,
tar56ea. N'rr', Senior, S'@ a'isi-''
SNYDER. Ifnughton. trrsNics,
Hu. Slayer .sr1 L4la,Ur b5ac-er
RAFFAELDE. RUBGNs. ~ RILLO,
ala mo-' than i'u ytHcra.
standard Fare Insurance. 20
80 ,bertyst 100 ithave.
The Friedrich-hnlI
ID The ouly reliable .n4 ins orss oi a. Bitter NiterA
Thos T. Airby, AacnoReer.
once. sSl broadway.
On FREE EXHIBITION DAY AND EVENING
AZ klNlX~ ART GALLERY
-JDol. EAST OF BROADWAY.
ANTIQUE PORCELAINs
BkCA BRAC.
RUGS AND SILKS
THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF
WILLIAM p. MOORE
FIfIH-ANE. NETWORK.
SALE At KURTZ's GALLERY.
"Wednesday Thursday ami Fr iay April - - ana IS,
AT =. NJ EACH DAY.
Catalogue may b. obtained alcry on application
20 the nctI0neufsS No. 81 Broadway.
Tor Gsut ana RheumaIi-m DR.. IsyiIlu ReuIesiies-
LquIa and Pils-have edua. Descriptive pamplle -sn
Dy the agents L. FOUGkRA X CO.. 50 North Wlnllu
81. New YORK
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HOLGnTON. O-GnOD s. ~.

Artists OF the Nineteenth Centrry and fh".r WorSs.
IIHI .UlI
Er4IDo Clement aud Laurence Hutton vos.. crown
q
The Southern states Vol % of Poems p' Places III
tied Dy a.. 81. L0uaIe.Dw. 81.
The Lady OF the hroost oh By " p. UoveIt a.
Angelo. pom OF AIlclae. Angno and NitrOua CJJaaL
e.
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1cnD rRouUh GFEELEYS D1rgHrERS

The following communication explains itself:
Certain mIs-lateueuts having gone before the
pu 1c Iu gard TO 5nc dissipation of respective
estates. we desire to state in this public way that
within tie past year the income derived from
them has doubled and this previous tO
tae payment of o debt of about $4,000
If r~hichuparIv - 600 was ouflawed. The previous
Improvement DO the income from our property was
chiefly due to the advice and good management of
one who holds near position tO u- both. and wAo
greatly % OUT sorrow, has been Uuiu-t.v accused of
SQuaudcrug what Lee has t0stercd and preserved
gucuJ IDA GREELEY SMITH.
GABRIELLE GREELEY.
" l-Lem-n =. ~ Nnr- Tork. AprlI Is lS-9'
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CHANGES IN CITY OFFICES.
Coptinued from First Page.

appontment Is for the long term reaching after the
next Presidential election; that more than any
other nersop he Is the immediate representative of
Samuel j. Tiden, and that the Police Department
has control of the election returns OF the city, are
all pointed out by Tammany officials IN support oil
their predictions.
Charles f. MacLean has derived all his pronl-
nence ~ q politician from bis close connection WIN
Mr. Tilden. He has never held any public once eN-
cent that of counsel % the PoIce Board at salary
of 81 600 a year This was procured for hm by
MIR Tildcn IN 1875. He has long been in Mr.. III
denis law office. resides next door to the exGoyer
nor and i. said to enjoy his closest confidence, hav-
inc become the successor m that respect 10 Col"ht
Peltou. Ills strong resemblance In looks. aci IONS
and tone of voice % Mr. lIldeu have gained Tor MN
the reputation of being nephew nut TINS ne ueieS
He accompanied Mr.. Ildcu on MS european 'yHI'
and lltterly has appeared rs Nr INdru cnh,tl Jul
"A number Of important cases. Mt AicLeIh
was the iusfigat0r of the charges against the
couDtv officials. and the means on pfocuTiht
action by the Bar Association on that matter IN an
of which he Is SAID 20 have represented Ihr
purposes of Mr.. llldcn. Ht l. also cltuil'" WIZ
having largely assisted the Mayor IN procuring
evidence against the Police Commissioners. Ger
tam n tuao ne has been frequent VISITOR At 'h'
Mavor's office He Is quiet in hrs manners, hut
hard worker; and although he has never taken
rrn,i ,snt mart M the public meetings of the ANTI
T4mmauv Democracy he was one of the organizers
of the Irving Hall branch. and r. Vet one OF lS cet
supporters. HIS appointments, Ink" that OF county
Clerk Thompson, Is SAID to have been ma le not
only i'm Mr. Hldcus personal interests OUT 10 give
direct offence 10 the lammany Democrats
TALK With MAYOR COOPER.
Mayor Cooper was unusually communicative yes
tcrdav. and answered questions freely in regard TO
the appointment of Mr. MacLeau. " l am aware
he said. "that 1 shall be charged with
having appointed q personal representative
Of Nj Tiden. but I do not know that
any such reason should change my action.
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sJO broadway. fsE-. ora
tH', j. stuart Polu.l. Ec5lo"iy B ga.r .-no.
C.'tH. b.
science NJ Home. ByJ. r. Nichols Ma v5l. I2no,
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MACMILLAN y 90

Work Of Charles Kingsley. Collected inform Edition.
IT, monthly tu...H- l-IH'
CEitu.r and t1 t-rhy, 49,
II Paul and Prote,tHnti~m. ~ 1j
t.rent Prophecy oi Israeli Restoration. ~ 3D.
LAST --uy- IN jSgrch and Religion. O. D.
German ~choD and IH.ver,irie-. s..
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Cervnise tI'N..ovnojri. 4 novel OF tIo second IN
p.r Translated tuo French o lu, lola IZn" cloth.
price ~
~ W Pin1fore 4 plFtef af1n. v.'I portraits tgDn
ie OF the principal claracfrr+ Fr.n I'D cents
-pellbOand uo.e Translated 'rpr 20. French Of a. eT
dUG.T DumIs. l-fa1 c.UiI DfGu D. prc. y r'Its
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Honest None, and Labor A- e,.ig W ,ls ZION. cld
-s...l.
T',c Lite OF Louis itoiphc Tter- "-lr.'s j. cor
Tr..-I..l b.. ..-r..r. stanton. 3D.. .rrtF1. nt- p0r-
Zee. .U. ......
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PERFORMANCES TO-DAY AND TONIGHT
The next to the last matinee of "A Scrap
OF Paper" viii be gwen this afternoon at WalaoAs
"aeatre. The piece Will DO Withdrawn next week.
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spctlal Notices..


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-n,rr0-r fo0NI 0H>F0V4TI0VS.
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should decide punbiug MATERIAL hey Wish used qnti
thry nave seer tho " HELlNEk IMPROVED WAlEI
CLOSET" supplied by q" ". G. MEYER e CO.'S 81 RE ~ L
ply CI-rkHN" ntted with water attached az n IN hl
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MUM Diug goods
Dodge City times., 1879-05-31
Science and Industry,

The acreage of the cotton crop in
Western Texas is so per cent. greater
this year than it was last.
Putting up "caviare" made from
sturgeon spawn is an important indus
try at Menominee, Mich. The most OF
this "caviare" is shipped to Germany.
Glue is made Of the clippings of
hides, horns and hoofs, washed in lime
water, boiled, SKINNED, strained, evap-
GRATED, cooled in molds, cut into slices
and dried upon nets.
The CheD,iker- Zeitung states that
wall papers, in imitation OF silk, are
manufactured at Aschaffburg, dyed in
the mass, and afterward printed by
means Of the cylinder machine. The
paper is made of cellulose. 1t has q de-
cided silky appearance and feel, and the
effect is pronounced pleasing. The de-
signs are executed in darker shades of
the ground color.
The latest triumph of French chem
istry is the extract Of color from red
cabbage By boiling ndmaceration and
pressure. The Cauline is q deep viO-
let. From this, by various additions,
other colors are formed, as in the case
of aniline. They are perfectly harm
less, of exquisite bloom for dyeing and
perfection itself for the artist.
"A German inventor proposes to
make boots that will never wear out
He mixes with a waterproof glue
suitable quantity of clean quartz sand,
which is spread on the thin leather sole
as foundation. These quartz
sOles are said to be flexible and almost
indestructible, while they enable the
wearer to walk safely over slippery
roads. ''.-' ''o
Straw board lumber which can hard
y be detected from hard wood lumber,
exhibited at Oshkosh, Wis, by S. II.
dsmilton, of Bushnell, ILL.,, is attract
Dodge City times., 1879-05-31

of the large sums over which they had
supervision has b en- lost, either through
dishonesty or ignorance Of business.
Even those male educators who opposed
the law making women eligible TO this
Office now pronounce their work q sue
cess, after the five years. experience.
The Northwestern University at
Evanston, Ill, is one Of the great train
ing schools where young men are edu-
Gated for the Methodist ministry. 1t is
in pecuniary trouble. From an aggre-
gate of $4,000 u year of professors
salaries there has been cutting down
Of one-half, and even the reduced sala-
ries are now largely in arrears. En-
deayors are now on foot for relief, with
hope Of success. .r atr irfls
Mr.. Spurgeon sounds q warning
note against the habit, becoming too
common in many pulpits, of prominent
ly describing the theories of unbelievers
He does not think it necessary in giving
a guest wholesome food to accompany
it with 3 dose of poison, and declares
that many young men have got their
first notions Of infidelity from these
ministers, having sucked in the poison
and discarded the antidote. s1s7i =
An English newspaper cites an in
stance of the I" starvings" as well as
"livings" in the Church of England.
The case is that Of i" living" for
which the Bishop Of Truro wishes to
find a elf-denying clergyman. 1t is
situated in healthful part OF Cornwall
in moorland surrounded by beautiful
country; the value Of the living is S175
a year, with two acres of glebe. The
population of the parish is "a, and the
area 843 acres, but there is no parson-
age or church. lllh W Llh L1.3
There is good deal of suggestion
in this paragraph: "a State 0uperin-
tendent who had made during long
term of Office, hundreds of visits to un-
graded country schools, declared that
he never once saw teacher conducting
q recitation without Textbook in
hand; that he seldom saw either teach
er or pupils at the blackboard: that he
never saw school-globe actually in use
that he never saw teacher give an OBJ
that he never heard o lesson
on morals or manners; that he never
saw but one school-cabinet; that he
never saw q reading class trained to
stand erect and hold book properly; |
that he never heard teacher give .
lesson in local geography; that classes.
when asked to point north, uniformly
pointed upward to the zenith that he |
never heard spelling lesson dictated in |
which the teacher did not mispronounce |
one or more words; and that he never
found school where the pupils had
been trained to write a letter, either of |
business or friendship"
Dodge City times., 1879-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines proposes
10 found a great library. 1t will proba-
bly, be located in New Orleans.
Sam Small, the "Old 81" Of the
Atlanta Constellation, is writing book
about the " Fighting Alstons of Hall.
fax and the Cox-AlstOn case.
The German Empress Augusta has
offered prize for the best treatise on
.diphtheria that shall be published with
in a year.
Mr. Froude is parent of the last
curious blunder, and in his new book on
Cesar speaks of that General as return
ing "with the light of twenty victories
,5lazing round his bayonets." 2 -
The late Mrs. Sarah Josephs Hale
was active in many excellent public IN
dertakings. She had mach to do with
the completion of the Bunker Hill Mon.
ument; for 80 years she labored to have
Thanksgiving Day made National hol.
iday; and she greatly influenced her old
friend, Matthew Vassar, in the Organiza-
ton of Vassar College.
Paul Morphy is harmlessly insane.
He denies that he knows any thing about
chess, imagines that he is great law
yer, and that he was defrauded in the
settlement of his fathers estate. He is
living quietly at New Orleans, prone.
nades Canal Street daily, and if any ac-
quaintance rashly gives him chance,
rehearses the long story of his wrongs.
He is well cared for by his friends
The late Mr.. McGahan, the Lon
don NeUs correspondent who first di-
rected attention to the Bulgarian atroc-
tiles, is being all but canonized by the
Bulgarian natives in gratitude for his
fearless services to them. They are
about to hold high religious services in
his memory on the anniversary of his
death, and Prof. Muller of the St.
Petersburg University is about to write
his biography for distribution among
the Slavonic race.
Mark Twain, when asked why he
hasn't written book on England, says:
al couldn't get any fun out of England.
1t is too grave country. And its gray-
ity soaks into the stranger, and makes
him as serious as every body else. When
/ was there couldn't seem to think of
any thing but deep problems of govern
ment, taxes, free-trade, finsnce-and
every night went to bed drunk with
statistics. could have written million
books, but my publisher would have
hired the common hangman to burn
them"
Edwin Booth wrote private letter
from Chicago to a friend in Richmond,
Va, just after the attempt to assassinate
him, in which he said: 4" Your very kind
and welcome letter of congratulation
reached me in due time, but the nervous
shock (referring to the shooting) has
been so severe to both Mrs. Booth and
myself that we have been unable to do
much more than play nurse to each
other since the event. The poor fool
that committed the outrage is in safe
keeping, and hope he will be confined
in an asylum for the rest of his life. He
is dangerous lunatic-nothing more"
School and Church.
Tho Coparo1 Asoanhlxy oe tho Dros
Dodge City times., 1879-05-31


Miss Minnie Heskins, aged 16, who
resided near Greenville, o., was burned
to death in field while burning corn
stalks. ion al 5d l'si1 .ali
John Moran and John Durnell, two
young men, while engaged in plowing
near Fredericksburg. Ind, were struck
BY lightning and Instantly killed.
An infant child of Hugh Edwards,
on farm four miles from Iowa City,
Iowa, was so badly gored by COW that
it died.
Elmer Kimball and Lee Guerrin,
two Lewisville (Ind.) boys, were fool
ing with q revolver, when it was dis
charged, shooting Kimball in the mouth.
Hi, injuries fortunately we're not fatal.
"A goose attacked little grandson
of Michael Wilson, q farmer living near
Washington, lows, soaring the lad into
convulsions, from which he never re-
covered, dying short time after.
Miss Minich, living near Castine,
Darke County, o., while out in the yard
washing some clothing. accidentally got
too near fire built for the purpose of
heating water. Her clothing took fire
and she was burned so badly that she
died in few hours.
While carelessly handling re-
volver, John Montgomery, q young
married man, living near Lawrenceville,
Ind, shot himself through the body.
The ball entered Just above the heart,
inflicting y serious and probably fatal
wound. lsi ols 1a
"A 9-year-old son of John Miller,
near White Bear, Minn., during the
absence Of his parents, took down q
shot gun and, surprising it unloaded,
pointed st a little brother of 4
years, and discharged it, the charge
entering the stomach, causing death in
two hours. ---s ID
Among new industries recently in
trOduced in France is the expressing Of
oil from grape seeds. 1t Is stated that
at least five pounds of oil can be OBJ
tanned from every 500 pounds of seed
The oil extracted from the grape seed
is of light color, odorless, and Of a
mild favor.
"A 5-year-old son of Henry Boil
gan of Mankato, Mimi, while playing
in an unoccupied house with other chill
dren, jumped through 3 window, and
q scarf which he wore about his neck
caught on hook and hung hun. The
ran to the house and gave the
alarm, but 80 much time elapsed that
when released he was apYarently dead.
By extraordinary efforts on the part of
the mother life was finally restored.
Dodge City times., 1879-05-31

ing much attention among lumber men.
The process of manufacture, as explain
ed by Mr.. Hamilton, is as follows: Or
dinary straw board, such as is manufac-
tured at any paper mill. is employed
for this purpose. As many sheets are
taken rs are required to make the thick
ness Of lumber desired. These sheets
are passed through chemical solution
which thoroughly softens up the fiber
and completely saturates it. The whole
is then passed through q succession of
rollers, dried and hardened during the
passage, as well as polished, and comes
out Of the other end of the machine
hard, dry lumber, ready for use. Mr..
Hamilton claims that the chemical prop
critics hardening in the fiber entirely
prevent water-soaking and render the
lumber combustible only in very hot
FIRE. The hardened finish ON the out
side also makes it impervious to water.
It is also susceptible Of very fine pol
ish. is i"9' '"i a'
Dodge City times., 1879-05-31
School and Church.

The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church, South, met at Louis
vile, Ky, on the 18th. Rev. Joseph
Wilson Of Wilmington, N. c., was elect
ed Moderator.
The Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, met in annual session at Saratoga,
N. Y, on the 18th. Rev. DIR. Henry
H. Jessup, of the Syrian Mission, was
= elected Moderator. .4-t-r..
The forth-ninth General Assembly of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
met at Memphis, Tenn, on the 18th.
Rev. j. L. Grider, Bowling Green, KY,
was elected Moderator.
The Canon of Derry Cathedral in
England has written a book, in which
he asserts that "the divine right of
episcopacy has always been, and always
will be. an open question in the Church
of England"
The Congregational Church at
ionia, Mich, has been without a pastor
for several months. The officers of the
church take their turn at reading SER
mons from newspapers, and the people
like this plan so well that they contem-
plate continuing it permanently, and
calling no minister.
The ten ladies who are County
School superintendent in Illinois have
managed the financial part of ,heir bus
mess par .iculariy well. Not one cent