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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
DFtIpFKATE FALsIFIcATIOy.


We have received from Oscar Or. Moses, who
signs himself editor 0f Ge0rgr z. R1wes Newspaper
Directory" winch contains with some irrelevant
matter the very relevant admission that he based the
uuderstntement of circulation Of The Union IN
that periodical. 'n erOr" informal ion. AMI upOn
his own % belief" He Tiles 10 excuse himself and OF
course the whose work he does the ground that
The linton has "persisUently" declined To give any
atement " lis circulation since 1872, When 10 iur-
nished figures. but failed 10 send affidavit and
other PROOF OF their ruth when demand and
finally application made TO us by circular. last No
vember Tor Information regarding ercuetion, which
not Feped TO- To this We have only TO say that n
would sufficient for not furnishing further
statements To ROwell Co. that they have deliberately
faisied those We did unish tha5 their insolrnt de-
mand for an affi lavit" ignored similar de-
maud from Of the ten thousand persons VITA whom
The Union has business relations would and. finally,
II circulars OF inquiry were seat ny Rpwell Co. last
November. they were never received But II tnry had
be n, and me information asked had been persist
entity refused alleged tan TO how that usti
fees kOwell & Co. IN lying about The UHiOn II they
knew nothing alb ut It's clrcu zion there impera
tive necessity upon them e. anyth thing. Blu, nsie ad
OF adOpti the only honorable course Of silence they
puDshe 4 truth the belief" OF Oscar g. Moses-an
article such inferior quality o make The condition
Of tue wfhOuT belief al al far preferable. We
have De public uOucr to R0wel Co that their
apology ana tetrac ion. This demand we repeat And
yeriisenebts from ROweils agency and mold
any business rcla with concern. Advertisers
abroad VINO wish To- avail Themselves OF tue adva-
OF the large circulation of The UBOn VIII please
notice tins announcement aud govern tDemse YES aC-
cuTdIE giy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
LATEST SRIP NEWS
FORT OF NETWORK. NOV. 30, 1880.
III u

FORT OF NETWORK NOV. %, 1880.
ARRIVED.
str Bristol r Symnns. Bristol. oct 80, with ndse and
passen gers " ID morgan. -
Acapulco. SbackIOrd Aspinwa 10, uauSe ana
passen gers Pacific Mall - Co.
New Hascy New-OrleanS days. with mdse
and passcugcrs 70 clark & seaman
STR Richmond, stevens West Point Va with mdse to Old
Dominion Ss Co.
str Ellen Ferry, smith, Morehead City. with mdsc
VIM L Civde q Co.
Str Nereus Hlett mdse and passengers to
Sur Breskwater Gibbs Richmond with mdse and passen.
gers Did DOMINION &C.
ship of Boston, Bearse Hong Kong 1870 days.
mdse 10 IL AO1ng Co; vessel 10 Vernon "A Brown
x co.
BARR Priscilla Ger Lahnsen date BschofJ Ilolo l4s
davs. IN order; vessel % q Tobias q Co.
Doris EckhOn Hons Seville sept 10 and Cadlz Oct l.
mdse - order; vessel 10 John Zittlosen
Brig GeorgiaAa Geery COnAn SAVANNAH 10 days. with
lumber o order: vessel TO Evans, BAH n co.
Azelda Laura JorgeDsen Mayagucz II DAYS with
fruit VIM Douglass 4 son; vessel 70 J. q " enOtg
MOVEMENTS Or OCEAN STEAMERS.
LONDON Nov % AshDurne tBr Hall, from
Montre for Av0nmou; OtrInt0 Br jenkins. from New
YORK HULL Triumph lBrl. Gould. from New York for
Liverpool -.
dephi passed Queenstown without stopping az
o o'clock this morning.
New-YOrk Tor Bremen. hermann Ger, Bauer,
from Baltimore for Bremen.
QrFENsTowS Nov. 23.-Str Alt0nOwer Br Murray from
Nov for Hayre put here to-day short Of
coal.
New-York.
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AN IMPERTNENr YOUNG MAN.

A Mr. George =. Rowell, who IS an adver-
Using " tins city. sucs what ne calls the Amer
lean Newspaper DIRECTORY" De issues IN connection
with 10 circular asking newspaper prOpretOrS what
the circulation OF their journal is whether, Il MI George
ROell desires. they wiling take their
that they tell the truth and further. II 10 be ths MI
George T. ROwefs Pleasure 10 demand ocular proof
about their business. whether they are Wiling 10
furnish u by letting this modest truth-seeker
peep INTO their books and nose around among tier
private affairs until he satisfied. Although W. nave
gladly a rded many yerisers ana advertising
an opportunity satisfying themselves concerning sne
circulation OF The Fleming Post when they have called
upon and pressed desire SO to do. we have
scented the formal demand Of TIM young man Rowe as
pertneuce, aud have either thrown bis circular
into bask most business men would have
done, else have urned giving OuTcircu atiOn
% 10 our Veracity nj his Will The Mrssfs
Harper Brothers and other influential publish
year Mr.. ROwelrs " Directory so grossly
IN represented the circulation OF The LrcHtng
Post tn refused 20 continue business relations T
rs This step was ale" taAen IN TINS cry 49,
Harl,er & Brothers. The Commercial Advertiser ana
The graphic This Y reply 10 me cTcuLtr % note
wutjcn by The assistant publisher % tbs Journal
gYu circulation, but refusing a. usual 10 swear 10
VcracliY or 90 allow nOsng among our DooAe py Mt
Rowe II MIR. kOWel merely after the facts he
would be- satisfied. but the ground he takes Is this
" only want the facts hut want them IN NY own
insertion an advertis"me which is printed IN an
other column to-day oil ring SD reward TO
any who viii prove that the circulation o. Ihe
EreIiHg Post nominal. words 10 that eject Mr.
Eove 90 o. OpIn- on the part OF polite
buly. and TINS diereputdbe attempt 10 lnlWe the uuu
ence Due q respectable business firm should
resented every fairindcd business man Who has
it IN his power We trust that business men
VIII ponder moment on the ~hallncs- ot the move
OF this fe low ana THAT they VIII consider The motive
which prompts It. MI ROWel has been just cautious
hu mas lie relieved. himself from the moral responsible
ny 7 Lei every lair-minded man decide for himself
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PRoB4BLY F1TIL lFFR4E ~ i BARRooM

William Rigney, laborer twenty-five years DID,
went into the quor-stOre at No 306 Firs-aye. last
evening and there ordered and drank seven glasses
of beer When the shop1eeper, James Owens de-
manded payment for the drinks he was answered
by a torrent of abuse from Rigney. who was then
much intoxicated. Ovens persisted in his de-
mand for payment. and when R'gney attempted
TO leave the store the door closed. Riguey then
seized scme dishes from the table and hurled them at
Owens at rhe same time swearing that he would Kill
HIM. Owens warned him to stop. but as the drunken
man did not heed the warning. he caught revolver
from a shelf behind the bar and fired four shots.
On, of the shors took effect m Rigney's back the
BALL went through the leshy portion OF The neck,
narrowly missing the carotid artery, and passing
ont near the spinal column.
Rgney fell TO the floor, bleeding profusely.
Owens surrendered himself to the police and was
locked ~ together with James Costello ms bar
tender Rigury was taken to the Bellevue Hos
pItal. where bis wounds were DrOn 0uncec danger
Gus RIgney lived a; No. 413 East FIfteenth-st.
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The foreign ,AFr RDA Y NOvem.
Der ~ $50 viii Oics on TUESDAY. az 1870
m., lsap MyOmInE. VIA Oueenstown !;
WEDNESDAY. l.iu a Europe. D. steamship
BOthnia Queenstown cOFrosDouirEce Frln.e must %
suct aud direct
by steamship HaVre; THU RsDAf, az $50
A. m., fDr Europe OY steamship CIV Ol Brussels, VIA
sepuHGells flr Germany and rance DusT
spec ally addressed 30 10 a. fel Europe. ~
steamship reerL Plymouth Cher HOurs and Hamburg;
>AiL kDAl, ar I'D a N, Tor luTupe. by s'eahshlp
aan.c. Queenstown correspondence fr Germany
anu ec0'nd mus ~ sDecia g address ei ann At 10 Il NJ
% cT. by steamship Ethiopia Glasgow
Neckaf. via south
L a Z: Bei-lu direct. by
Brlgcullid. The Denmark.
-geucn ana Ispatcn3a HAMBURG Bremen
steamers The MATS HAyti aud MaracalbO eave
November %. Lne Mas Or Newf0unda8a Leave
NeH-l The mails for Honduras nd Liv-
ing NeW-i erk November - Ine for HaYu
leave Novenlbei ~ The nails ilr ayana leave
New-YOrk NoveaDci -. aud 20. TIE mails for Mexico
leave ember "a rne Tor Jamacr.
ula &C.. YORK November % The mails Nele-
zuea leave Newi November % The mails
tor JaJAH leave 5an iran December ,. Tho
mails Australia December IL
iHJ-. g.. hsS, PJ,LntsJsc
Posi- Office New-YOrG. November 20. i<.O.
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,.,ssrasie way IN which 1t was PREPARED by the
VIC vs. '..ses IN Manchester and salford The poor
tantly liable 10 disease, ana II was noticeable
VIZ ssoult u was for mothers. uninstrueted and iT
h' a. they were at present, to feed their children
noFan' .,css overlook them They seemed to have no
We - the proper nourishment 10 be gwen them
mea - -, her child ate the mother in the poorer
sss g, Manchester and Stafford usually replied: II
po" % ont :" ara It one what upon the
esss nnsiiiability of the food was evident. \
fahr id ore II the speakers that she fed her SICK
mose months Old on port wine and biscuits, ana a
chi If n,s was informed by woman In Stafford IN a
ffshn ua0 IA, was being ied ON whiskey teddy
" "a toasted cheese.
'Castela,'s recent speech at Alcira on the
,s,,ors bet wecn Continental Democracy and Roman
o,esnl was of the greatest efforts Of his career.
rnp,ent was that modern civilization even at it's
- had attempted in vain 10 eonciliatc Catholic
s,,,,on Had the POpes but hearkoned 10 the over
- of the Council Of Constance or the voice OF
s-o,a they woud have created Christian democ
~ 80 and constituted the Catholic Church as the
nai bas,s of modern society. They would not have
VI All the Caurch going from reaction 70 reaction
49, info the arms Of Jesuitism AID Jesuitism going
" ", az ,ecoratian 10 exaggerauon imposed upon the
- the : sHabus and Papal Inralibibty. AT last.
saver h rej0iced 20 believe that halt had been
nS, in This backward march. The new Pontif rep,
'.oned m aspiration for Cancellation which CASTELAR,
80 should be eagerly welcomed by European
600 Never" said CASTELAR,. DID know a
ment less opportune for quarrelling with the Church
,n.n At present" The policy of the French Republic
.,Doared 20 iu not only incompreAensible but even
i.,uipg FOR 10 sprang from a Jacobn feeling, ana
avery Robespicrre the predecessor Of Napoleon
v,e French Radical party he declared. by its treat
mi Of tn religious Orders. had departed from the
,o,,las OF hb rty which in accord with modern
IIoeracv ana tney had embarked on useless agita-
rasg ting in violence certain t. end IN inluring
u which hitherto had, by its exquisite pru
w. deserved the admiration and sympathy or tue
oe aI vzcd world. Ia religious matters the nation
W.. every one enjoy absolute liberty. Caste
ooDcluded this Grafton bv the following iHyocau ou
~ "a ca of Liberty, who prOclaimedst the dogma on
y - ,on9 ifv on the sublime night of tine Last
a, n auoin tets t with Thy divine blood Oh the
spppesinous evening OF Calvary do not reruse Iny
NDl',ce an! Thy Pruvdcnc to our good WORK. winch
a amy Toy iernai Gospel 10 human s0rictes
EtS ,r;r VOID 10 human mteects, and 10 realize Thy
inlsi ro-l on earth by means % liberty, equality
spd fraterBi 3 y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
A GREEDY PARASITE.


The Nem- York Herald and Chicag0 Inter Ocean
are va0trg a most righteous mat greedy old
nawsnsper parasite, George r. ROwe Il Co. The way
the firm OF george L. Roweil Co has swindled the
80 - the country is simply astonishing; and 10 IL a
pr AZ mn le consolation that these metro l0litan
ionTnaIs have at last opened war that viii likely soon
& Tho nress OF the most IOd iou- parasite the c0un
10 aver produced IL is notorious aud shameful truth
,bat Of ali the money paid for what Is called foreign
laV INC for the past ten years, probably half has
~ 49, 30 capaclOns pockets OF George T. Rowsli
The country ne wspaper has had no other alterna
20 ~ so1calied American Newspaper Directory" ~
io,,iiv issued ana To every advertiser IN lhr
sonnTry aud unless Rowe Co secure OH It's foreign
pa rOnage the paper Ia either bOl mentioned
au ,iicnnsIy misrepresrDted o. the Otner hiId II
newspaper submitted 20 the 1lesH ,n u, s was rep
Ich n ia situatcd and the advertiser then duped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
rEsT1Fr1yG AGAfYsr HIS FATHER.

Coroner Parslow, OF Hoboken, began an in
quest asst evening IN the ease Or Mrs. Mary Won Os
born who WAS beaten to death BY her husband satur
day night Tue first witness john Osborn, the
eightyears-od son Of the couple, who testified fol-
lows although be was not sworn Father was not
working saturday. He left home IN the morning and
did not return until evening. In his mother
sent me for three pns Of beer and liquor, which
she drank She then into the room and lay the
bed When father came nome he accused mother OF 10
ing drunk but denied thar -he had drank anything
IN his absence. Father struck her several times the
face and gged her into the bedroom and threw
on the bed lie then LETT the house and returned few
minutes later with an officer" Cniet OF Ponce Smith
also testified. The inquest adjourned unul Friday
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A FREE ADVERTISEMENT.
WHAT THE AMERICAN PRESS SAYS ABOUT
GEORGE +. ROWELL K co.
A BLACKMAILING FRAUD LAID BARE
IrofH Netr- York EcfOtd


We exposed day before yesterday some OF
the Operations OF the hrm of advertising agents Who o
selv upon the press the country sort OF parasite
Useless incoDvenient and noxious yet nourishrd
tenacity with which they adhere that which they
iniure. Cotton Mather Of opinion that there were
q great IN bell who got there through follow
ing the example OF King David. though David himself
having repented Of bis EVIL ways went 20 haven Every
evil RAY PERHAPS related 20 good as nearly at
least hat and thus TINS preposteruus Directory
might IN the simple form OF such publication have
some value Any simple list Of the spapers pub
ishcd IN the United States In any year Of the cen
and honestly gwen would be a valuable contribution
century hence nv some one rummagiuC for material
states Bnt this list would be useless even for such
purpose because of the mpuGent dishonesty and care
less uaccuFacy OF its figures As instance OF the
latter, R0weIs Directory states that TIE Herald
established IN 1881 " the easY-asccrtaiucd
that WAS Isned in 1885. IL Is pan of the
publishers OF this Directory tna when they have in
serted the Of newspaper their List certain
sum Of money thereby becomes due them the pro-
prietOrs OF the which they endeavOr 10 eXtcrt
by "a they have III hand. From some paiers
they VIII take tn money III advertising; toward
others they proceed differently But how, n a
sert their advertisements without the cash paid down.
as The Herald office, wnat tneni Will they
leave the OF his journal 0utl Here the publishers
OF The Directory IN dilemma between their impulse
as strikers " aud presumed function puryey
OF intelligence. How they leave cut OF - com
rlete list the name any paper they knowl Fancy
complete list o. the newspapers IN the United States
with The Herald not IN 1t! But though the name OF a
journal he left of the list without injury TO
the list may be put in coupled with false and mali
cious statement; ana that is what IL DONE as we nave
already pointed ont Apparently. large number OF
newspapers unable to defy these people. They re-
gard the " black lists" Of some mercantile agencies
before the II you do not contribute to this fund,
the agencies used 10 VIII pu you down an aO-
oitOust the let OF merchants IN your trade which we
send to the south and the merchant contributed 20
the papeTs summit 70 this black nst Ia their trade,
which therefore Published not for the benefit OF ad
versers the publishers but simply aud solely
a ct Cxr0rtng payments, commissions and advcr-
Using space from papers not aole 10 DEFY Them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
GUEsSWORK AND WANTON MIsREPRES In IATION
From The american MGchinid

Some weeks ago We received from Geo. L.
ROwc & Co., advertising agents, Ui TINS cty copy Of
their new American Newspaper DireCGnrt.' VITA re-
quest that examine the au publish our piniOn
II Us merits. We have given the DOCK care al tx IN
nation, and regret that cannot commend II more
than o say THAT 30 1. well pinned and neay bound.
Even Cursary pcrusal OF It's pages ful reveal the acf
tina, many irv circulated papers, wIicn have been
regularly published during pcriOns ranging from TWO TO
ten year.. more, are emitted altogether, while d
cOOiN de- uact papers are crede siil in
existence. IL rating tie circulation Oi pap elmer
gue-ses wnt0u miare presentations have been prac-
used 1t neels ut reading Of the preface and glance
lew pages Of the BOOK 10 convince any candid
observer this fact TIE publishers explain tnat they
have much dliruity persuadlng newspaper propue-
tors tAr Lurc- o. tLlr circulation, an name
some that tiY tO dJ sO yer the circu.t OF
those same papers pui &. WI the Directory with
a. much assurance that OF Otlers who refuse
tic ufOi NATION. Business men who believe tina kONC
& Co. nave superior facilities for guessing az e circua-
lion OF papers, without advlces from either the
publishers or same the news companies (whO are
firm ~ refusing sucn lnfOrmaou) may possibly consult
their book authority ON tue subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
" lsll s-ss --ss- -s---s tf'N'
Lul.ow's majority over Potts, COL.
nROOKLYN PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

The result of the Republican primary elections for
delegates to the General Committee in Brooklyn
was much discussed yesterday. \ careful canvass
of the names OF the men elected confirms the esti-
mate in The IRIBUTE, that of the 10 members
elected at least seventy are favorable 10 the IN
terests represented by Albert Daggett. Among the
uewlv-eected members OF the General Committee
are stephen '. White. City Auditor Ammerluan,
City Authorized Louis L. Nicot W. II. Lcaycraft
Fire Commissioner Worth, eX-SherIh Daggctt, e..
" GODDARD and Aldermen Roberts. Aiken and
Fritz The first meeting of the new Committee
will be on the evening Of the first Tuesday III De
cembeI. and the permanent organization Tor the
ensuing two years will be effected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
ANOTHER LINK IN THE FORGERY EVIDENCE
LL..a ~ L-.-Ltch ll The LoAtl-- LZnrLLlL

There Is one important point with reference
10 the Morey letter 10 wbIch attention mas MOI been
directed Tue MOTcy letter sad or purpOrtcC 10 nave
been maj ed n tue very day III last Jansdry when the
House voted upon the Chinese bill II i now SAID TO DE
q fact that General Garfield cd not vote that day,
although b.. htd previously spoken upon the Di and
also taat be from the city that
23-n ONO could not nave written iettef Oateu
thai dav from Washington City. This tact seems 10
have ent ely escaped attention during ne MOrey rla
bat tie accuracy o N is vCucned fOI ~ those who have
inv silsated tle subject. A prominent Democratic
member of Congress SAID tonight that he knew OF AIS
OWu know ledge thar General Garfield was nOt III wash
ingtOI CIV Gay which the pretended eIef 10
M0rev clam. been written, ana that us dae I'M
prese t-ci forcDly upon hrs mind because ne reneul
bered IL AZ date tue Chinese vote ana Rne" per
bon.lv mar General Garfield was absent from Tue CITY
On that dav believed that the records OF the house
vii General Garfield had leave OF aDsrnce ior
the very day and for some DAYS prior 10 ana IOioThg
Oi notice that Democratic CONGRESSMAN nah
called The attention Of Republicans 10 TINS Iact Dy
stating thar ma own personal Knowledge of Garheids
absence ed MIN when nrst ne saw the iac-Snie
OF tie MOrey letter 10 pronounce II forgery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-24
A FEW OF THE VICTIMS


The Union is not alone, 1t seems, in having
reason TO complain OF shabby treatment al the hands O
Rowcli & Co. We mentioned The Of The NelC i0rk
ErcRiig Post the other day and since thea we learn
good aul that such leading Vspapers "a Harper
Weekly, The Providence Journal and The IneT-OceGn.
Cmcago have time refused all business offered
that firm. and the last-named so far as o. warn
other 10 ac mediums for tie advertise
mcuc KOwel CO.. declaring that II VIII close its
count with them il they DO, How many other papers
have come a similar conclusion we do not know but
we apprehend VIII not be long before the list will In
cudr an the Journals of circulation and Influence IN the
cOunfry. BY The way, what concern does lHE NEW-
YORK TRIBUNE refer 10 IN the paraGTaph published IN
another column It's mendatlOn Of Petreng1l Co.
IS richly deserved but II ought 70 have been more eX
pllclt about the blackmaii F" fellows.
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AHcHBlsH0P PURCELDS CREDITORS.
CHARGING THE ASSIGNEE WITH BEING IN LEAGUE
WITH THE ARCHBISHOP TO PROTECT THE
CHURCHEs-ACTION AT THE NETTING YEsTER-

CHARGING THE ASSIGNEE WITH BEING IN LEAGUE
WITH THE ARCHBISHOP TO PROTECT THE
GENERALIZATION AT THE NETTING YEsTER-
lBY TELEGRAPH rRIBCSE.l
CIycIYNATI. Nov. 23.--The creditors Of
Archbishop Purcell who number about 5000, and who
hold claims amounting TO S4,O00.OO0. held meeting at
Meodan Hal to-day for The purpose Of providing for
more vigorous Of the suit AGAINST the church
property some months ago. The action Is against all me
Catholic church properly the Cincinnati Diocese In
clndlrg with half dozen exceptions all the churches.
-chool-nOuses. parsonages cemeteries and much other
property in Southern ONO.
The meetn, to-day attended by about 400 cred
,tor who believe the assignee to be league with
Archbishop and unfrieudIy to their Interests.
A committee was appointed to secure additional cOun-
sel who will DE instructed to investigate the present
status OF the suit and have pushed more vigorously
1t was charged the meeting that the assignee who Is
an ardent Catholic TO the property to
the congregations rather than TO the sale for tie
benefit rhe creditors and petition asking the Pro-
bate Court to take the matter out Of his hands was
circulated and signed by many. but was
not acted upon by the meeting IL was agreed
that the additional counsel should look to
the trust for their fees. This arrangement
will be objected by OF the creditors. for the rea
son taa they believed that all OF the assets OF the Arch
bisbop arc beng devOured by lawyers, and hat 10
appoint more OF them will be TO decrease by so much
their OF getting any tnlng. Ihe assignee
CLAIMS that the suit being pushed vigorously
0ss bic and thar there Is every prospect II its being
successful He will be brought TO till within
few weeks
should the prosecution be successful hundred
gegaOns will De turned out OF doors and their churches
and other property will sold auction. On the
trary should the suit 20 against the assignee 5000
credifors the most OF whom are from the humbest
elasses viii lose the savings their lives Nothing
vel een distr among assign
ment made. Archbishop Purcell Is now az the Con
Ursunes IN very feeble condition. He is in his
elghIy-frst year.