New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-11
THE NEWS THIS nORNING

manifesto - 1wenty-fOur persons were Dnrneu
e. death by a fire IN Moscow. - Mr.. Shaw has
Issued an address replying to lord Beaconsheid on
the Homo Rule question
D,vtsrrc.-In the state Senate Mr.. AstoPs
F,ve-cent Fare bin WAS reported faVoraoIy
Yesterday. - Bulhon amounting to about
$500 600 was stolen at Sydney Neb
but most Of it was recovered. So
Navor Kalloch. OF San Francisco has issued
n proclamation. 49, The Governor OF British
Guiana saws that sugars are not artifclally col
ored in Demeraa Assistant Secretary French
rephos with proof 70 the contrary - Bismarck.
d. f.. is out of provisions account Of the snow
blockade
CoNGEEss.--1he Senate yesterday debated the
reference OF memorial IN regard to civil court
IN the Indian Territory the Porter debate was
continued - In the House resolutions IN re-
gard TO tho Interoceanic Canal weTe submitted a
bill to appropriate 100000 TO the relief OF Ireland
WAS reported the debate the Political Assess
ment Bill was continued.
Cry AND SUBURBAN.-Judge SinDott denied the
charges against him yesterday go Governor
Hoyt Of Pennsylvania, gave his views concern
ing the unit rule. - The Union racine
annual meeting was held. - William J.
NeAlpine was appointed Park Department En-
einecT. - MIS-. TweedS funeral was held. -
There was an interesting hearing In the Costing
ease. - The return to the MacLcan maudanins
was filed. - Eight missionaries arrived
from England - The Kelly Democrats opened
headquarters 60 The strikers were sth per
sistcnt. -; Mr. Parnell returned to the city
60 The Government bought $2.OOO,OOO bonds.
- Gold value Of the legatender silver dollar
ul2la erains). 1922 cents Stocks active but
lower. closing excited and weak.
TIE WEArHER.-TRIBUHE local observations In
dieate colder and clear or fair weather, fol
lowed at night BY increasing o0udiness and
rising temperatures Thermometer yesterday
Hlr.csf. 40; lowest, 26o average 32Ao.
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The charges against Judge Sinnott will be
made the subject of formal investigation
Meauwhilc the Judge meets them with an en-
phatc denial
The statistics of immigration at this pOr
continue to furnish strong proof OF the return
of prosperity The year ending with February
1850, shows "a gain of nearly eighty per cent
upon the year ending with February, 1879
This does not include the arrivals Of returning
citizens of the United States, or of travellers
from abroad, but is the showing Of immigra-
ton only
A correspondent discusses elsewhere the
extraordinary Till OF Assemblyman Wells
for turning topsy-turvy the educational
system of this city, in which our citi-
gems take just pride. Mr.. Wells pro-
poses, IN effect, an abandonment of the
methods which have worked well for ten
years. aud return to the methods which once
worked very badly. If experience can teach
ANYTHING. il will show the Legislature the
folly of adopting such scheme.
Mr.. Conger has had narrow escape. lie
was so unfortunate as 10 i1ltate 8
Southern member yesterday, anu vas told
that that gentleman was responsible foi
what he said "here aud elsewhere" This
meant pistols and coffee, IL it meant
anything; but Mr.. Conger, who is poor man
TO challenge to duel of any kind, as most OF
the Democratic debaters have discovered,
merely made the contemptuous response
elsewhere is good" Evidently he is not a
man of honah."
Governor Hoyt, OF Pennsylvania, expresses
himself freely in the talk reported elsewhere,
upon the binding nature of instructions to
delegates passed by State Conventions. The
Governor holds that these are authOri-
tative only with regard to delegates
at-large, and intimates that "the dis
"trict delegates will feel bound to repre-
"sent the views of their constituents as man
"ifested in June rather than the views of a
Estate Convention in February" In short,
he is Grant man who believes in free speech
for those who do not agree with him.
Important action was taken by the Legisla-
ture yesterday upon various measures. In the
Senate Mr.. Sessions's bill requiring insurance
companies to accept as the value OF destroyed
property the amount written in the policy
was passed by bare majority, and so was ,hC
bill authorizing additional expenditures upon
che East River bridge by the cities Of