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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02

whole English people, for such indecencies Oh
Injustice Neither when they read OF the Heir
Apparent as correspondent in vile pubic dl-
yorce suit or are RECALLED, as they nave oeen
within the last month, by detailed accounts ol
the brutal vices of young earls and officers IN
Her Maiesty's service, do they hold the whole
peerape responsible for these individual mis-
deeds. They are liberal enough to see that inc
nolitical system in England which gives OPP
portunity and temptation to crime W uepra'eu
Young noblemen elevates to the poSluoh oI
leaders such men as Gladstone and Fawcett )
inst as the democratic life Of the United States,
which gave standing room to n Gulteau, offered
the chance to Lincoln, Hayes and CARRIED
which made them rulers. The higher classes OF
Enclishmen are equally just in Judging OF
American affairs. They appreciate The enor-
nous load imposed on us OF unassimllated Tor
eign ignorance and vice, as we understand thelr
burden of ancient forms and systems, out OF
which the healthy life has departed. Let us be
Just to each other.
The Pail Mall Gazette calls attention to the
recent strenuous efforts Of The Times (and,
oddly enough, of its American correspondent
ncrsistently TO set forth TO Englishmen what
ever is most dscreditable to the United States
and to fix a permanent stigma upon the admin
istration of justice here. The object OF such
petty malice, if it really exists, is no doubt to
increase the miserable jealousy so long existing
between the two peoples. But 1t Is too late to
foster any such feeling now England ana
America are virtually one nation; with one
blood, one common law, one literature one re-
-. lp
envy of their first separation have passed away,
and each people begins to recognize with a
large hearted liberality the unity between
them. We may jeer and carp at each other as
we plcase. bnt the sense Of brotherhood is there
under all trihing differences, and in time OF
trial if comes out as it did when Garfield lay
dead. The Anglo-Saxon people are joined to-
ecther by a tie too strong to be broken by the
studied insults or nasty slurs OF any man or
paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02

One of the most extraordinary characters Of
modern times to an American eye is Colonel
Gordon or as the English fondly call him, Chinese
Gordon. He was supposed TO have a few years ago.
an exceptionally accurate knowledge of affairs in
in China which, with a good deal Of shrewdness
and common sense qualified him TO give useful in
formation to the English on any current topic of
discussion regarding the unknown Mongolians.
Blt of late years the Colonel has become ubiqui-
tous Counsellor-General OF nations. When the
Chinese Russian difficulty was at its height he re-
paired post-haste TO Picking, and there issued pro-
nuncamento to the Emperor and people ordering
them how TO proceed defensively and Extensively,
what guns to buy, what fortresses to build, and
what troops 10 employ, if they would conquer
their enemy at st. Petersburg incidentally men
toning. in postscript, the necessity of beheadlng
few Chinese officers if the army was
TO be reduced to proper subsection. 1t does
not appear that the grim old commander,
TsO, paid the slightest attention to the unsolicited
chipping of this lighting English sparrow. The
Colonel apologzed for not remaining in Picking to
conduct the matter through. as he had impor-
tant affairs to attend to home; and fastened back
to London to issue another pamphlet 10 the English
people az to the proper method Of managing the r-
ing difficulty in Ireland. Last week appeared a
bulletin from him definitely disposug OF Egyptian
troubles: directing France and England to form
Council of Notabcs in Egypt who shall supersede
the Conyuls-General and Controllers thrust Iur-
key aside-in short, yoke Tewik and drive him as
they choose. This method of cutting the Gordlan
knot is spoken of with profound respect By the Eng
lish papers as ingenious but utterly mpracticable.
Colonel Gordon's advice is always treated with pro-
found respect. is always impracucable, and never
followed This public respect for an unofficial
voluntary Adviser-inChief to the Government
ready to profier orders every subject Of interna
tlonal policy, is an incOmprehcnslble thing to
Americans No amount of knowledge or concelt
would enable the foremost man among us to sue
cessfully assume such a part here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02

two or three centuries conducted under uie
strictest professional and municipal supei'i-
sion.
London is divided into parishes, each OF
which has governing board. Ihat ooaru
selects an inspector of buildings for the parish
and then provides him with body OF assistant
inspectors appointed after competitive eA-
animation sufficiently rigorous to exclude IN
competent officials. These inspectors are well
paid, and as the laws relating to building are
not only stringent, but clearly defined, they
have no difficulty in enforcing their own recon-
mendations. Now we do not presume to say
that in our own city the ward OF assembly as
trict can be organized like a London parish.
The conception of twcnty-fOw governing
boards on this island, elected mainly by the
foregn-born population OF each assembly as
trict, with power TO appoint inspectors anu
other officials and 20 conduct competitive eA-
aminations, seems horrible pleasantly. but
we cannot help acknowledging that the Lohuoh
system of district supervision is vastly superior
to the New York plan Of comforting upon one
man ill-defned authority to examine buildings
and TO order changes, with the aid OF an IN
sufficient number of assistants, appointed With
ont conclusive evidence of their intelligence
and competency.
In Paris similar system Of rigid supervision
has been in constant operation since the middle
of the last century, the city being divided INTO
districts and the municipal government avail
ing itself of the services OF large BODY OF
thoroughly trained architects. For three hun
dred years security against fire has been
special study of government architects, and the
consequence has been that the construction OF
buildings has been regulated by a wcll-dlgestcd
body of precedcnts so insecure a structure as
the Potter Building with light wooden partl-
tons in place of interior party-walls, with
higblv combustible floors cut up into maze OF
small offices and narrow halls, and with its
staircases. central lobby and roof constructed
like n single woodwork fue, could not have
been built in Paris either this century or the
last Long before iron was generally used III
building, or incombustible roofs were invented,
French architects insisted upon having interior
walls of masonry and upon lining the wooden
floor beams with solid plaster and at least forty
years ago a Government commission OF arcm-
tects decided how much iron and how much
gypsum were absolutely requisite in iloonnSs
and what filings for roofs were incOmbustlble.
The municipality has kept pace with every
stage in the progress Of modern architecture,
until to-day Paris is the most securely ballt
city in the world And why Because the
construction of new buildings is regulated by
a hundred architects of the first rank, where
the New-York municipality employs one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
MR.. cAMERoX's STOCK OF CANDIDATES.

There was the other day only one candidate
in the eld General Beaver and, personally, tne-e could
be nc objection 10 him His war and peace record were
both excellent but Mr. Cameron stood sponsor for him.
Later, Mr.. Butler, that truly good smplemlnded,
bucolic old statesman, Mr.. Butler appeared in the field
a. tLe oppOneut OF General Beaver. Whether he be
real candidate or only dummy II is not easy 10 deter
mine his "bcou" doomed so suddenly and 50 nys.
crosly as n eaa the impression that he s part OF
MIR CamerOI reserve force handy to have IN the house
like Mrs. IOOdcss" watchDOXes or collins. IL Is re-
rortcd that Mr. Cameron has provided himself With TWO
dummies providing himself with these two, and 1at
The real coming man Is our Lately esteemed Governor
Iartrantt This may be false, bat whether one
or tine other the remains the 5ape-tha N al ths
fa and action about toe coming man Tor Governor tIe
Interests OF the party ant the people To be Ignored
altogether and only interest mat appears 70 be rOn'
,ilerod that Of Dir Cameron. Well, n LC Is stronger
nu the party and the people, and can take th"u bot1
bv the throat Guul and defeat heir interests ~ serve
HE own. he il rigat to DO It. party or state has b,
rot than IL II deserves 20 Dc hOuttl
and ignOIniuUUsly defeated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
suoex to ADVERTISEMENTS.

AyrsEnssrs-3d Pa0t-6th colu'nn.
ASSoUNCEMENTs-Sh Pd0e-5th column. oar .o,u,r
R.sK7NG HOUSES AND BANkERS--Ibt fUOe-O'" 'NA~'
RoaRD AND RooMs-3d Pd0e-3d cOluhu
BusTNEss NoTICEs-4h PdQe-lst column
CoPIRTNERsHiP SoTICEs-3d Pd0e-6th coiuan'
DAsCIsG ACADRMIEs-6h Page I'd column
DTvInEND NoncBs-7h Pd0e-6th column; o,,.n,r
ETHIOPIAN ADvERTIsEMENTs-3d Fdos- 90 eo isr.
TISANcIAL--7h Pa0e-3d, 4th 9TH and oth Columns
iSsrRuCTiov-6h PdGe-2d column "a ,
LECTURES AND MEETINGS-Sd Fode-otn oViO'iAN'
IFGAl, NoTICEs--8h Page -4th cOuihh
Losr ASD FoUSD-3d Pdse,2r column mn oo,r,,r
MARRIAGES AID DEATus-2m Fege-o'H 'N
NEDICAI-3d PdGe-6th column
MisrSI1 'SroEs"3d Page-2d column; Sh Pd9e-9'h
and 9th columns. 49,, hmm
MUSICAL iSsTRUMENTs-6hP GGe-4th coiu iL.,,ra
NEw PUBIJCATiONs-6M PdOe-lst ana "a columns
OCEAN STRAMERs-3d PG0e-3d and 4th Columns
REAL EsTATE-3d Pn0e-1st aud 20 columns; ., o,,rnn
SIR ATOMS WANTED-MALEs-3d Fd0e-Su OVi"
FRMAFs-3d PdQe-3d column
SPECIAL NOTICEs--5m Pdqe-6th column. ..h ord eth
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILRoADs-3d FsSe-4'H OH" ~
columns. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
PERSONAL.

The Earl of DuDTayeu sailed for England yester-
| day Oh the BotLla.
General Burnside's large fortune desceuds to a
| nephew, who is his only heir.
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour is ili-thc c0nse-
| oueuce Of \ severe cold caught IN driving from
| Cuca 70 DecriIed.
A son of the late Senator Wagner was yearly
killed last Saturday trying to catch an outgoing
train at schenectady. He caught the rail of ear
| and wa, dragged forty yards before he could pull
himself upon tAe platform
4 kinswoman of the Sieur dc Ia Sale, the expor.
or now lives in New-OdeanS in the person OF Mrs.
Blanchard, in her maIdeuhood Mile. Hermioue de
la Sale and now the wife of General A. q. Blanch-
ard Of the United States Army She is the great
great-gTeat niece OF The discovercr.
It was reported in Washington yesterday that
Chef-Jusiice Waite had been called To New-YoIk
by the serious illness Of his SON. G. c. Waite. From
Nh Wa tes brother-iu-law, Hugh J. Jewett, pres
idcut Of the Erie Railroad. il learned thar Mr..
Waite WIS able 10 attend 10 Als business duties
every Jay, dIilpueh MS htailh mas hoi ortn 5bouS
for several werks. lie is one OF the assistants 10 The
president OF the Erie load.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, General F. W. Pal
frey. j. r. Oegood and others have oheIed a compli-
moutary benefit to the veteran comedian, William
Warren. II Is to take place on October IS, lSS2,
the hfucth anniversary OF his first appearance on
The stage These gentlemen have likewise request
ed Nh. Warren 10 SIT tor hls portrait immediately,
thar il may be completed and ready for exhibition
upon the day of his scml-ccntcuulaL f. Z. NmtoA
i, the artist selected.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is said to possess some
of the most delightful arts Of the housekccpcr The
iGca Herald says that at of her recent concerts
in the West she rushed suddenly into u stage box
wherein sal severa, of her intimate friends aud ex-
claimed: "Oh. girls, 1 know how to make tho
loyeos hash yOu ever ate-wait until como back
and I'll tell YOU how Its dOne!" She again left the
box hurried ia the stage and having obliged the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
MUSIC.
MADAME PATTIN OpPPa

Nearly all OF the details for the season Of Italian
opera, in which Madame Patti is TO sppear have
been arranged by Mr. Abbey. 1t will begin on Nom
day, February % and viii consist Of seven evening
performances on Successive Mondays and THURSDAYS.
Inc place, as stated in the original announcement
ID lHE tribune two weeks ago, will be the Ger
mania Theatre at ThiTteenth-st and Broadway,
formerly Wallack's. The list of operas embr ces
" Iravata," III Trovatore." Faust" Lucia di
LammermOor," II Barbiere" and possibly "S1n.
hambula" and lie Pardon de Ploermel." Tho
price OF the subscription will DO $50; smgle adj
mission, g. seats from 81 to IS The eight boxes
OF the theatre and the choice Of seats for the season
Will be sold at auction at the theatre some day next
week, probably Wednesday; and the box Office
sales will begin the next day.
The company will include Signor Nicolini and tho
other singers who members of Madame PATHS
concert troupe, besides other artists with whom Mr..
Abbey is negotiating The chorus is now organic
ing. After the season tere Madame Patti will give
similar seasons in Philadelphia and Boston. Her
concert engagement with Mr.. Abbey will conclude
after her appearances in ST. Louis, Chicago Detroit,
and Cincinnati. Mr. Abbey, who is back IN tho
city, says that she has not yet expressed any desire
to return to Europe, and what she will do next
son is not known
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
SUPERVISION OF BUILDINGS.

InsncctOr EsterbrOOk, of the Buildings
Bureau, apparently plumes himself upon his
ignorance of the actual condition of the build
inrs wherein New Workers work and live.
When questioned in regard to the de-
fects of the Potter Building, which had
led TO serious loss of life, he disclaimed
knowing anything about any inspectors report
on the safety of the structure, or whether there
had been fre-escapes or not, or anything what
ever about the matter. :" How am | to know
"under the circumstances p he exclaimed
somewhat testify. "There are $4,000 houses
in the city with from 1000 to 5000 more
"bulding. | cannot keep informed i'll regard
"to all of them. / have not men enough OF
"means enough. 1t is an absolute lmposslblllty
" for me to know about the condition Of the
"old World Building or to have a proper
. knowledge of the condition of 6 great many
"others. Nothing short of the Almighty could
ado itr lie closed this TRADE by complaining
that whenever lac does find out that a building
is unSafe-for ii seems that his eyes are OcCa
sionally opened to the perils of reckless and
unscientifc building-the courts step in and tie
his hands. Thus it appears that his bureau
does not profess TO know whether the buildings
on Manhattan Island are safe or unsafe, and
that when in the mysterious workings of an
inscrutable Providence it does learn that any
thing is amiss anywhere the courts will not
permit it to do anything. This explanation
will be exceedingly cold comfort for the COM
munity
We are inclined to believe, however that In
spector Esterbrook has blurted out a good deal
of plain truth. ThOroughness is not to be cx
pected-omnscience much leSs-when the sys-
tenn of supervision is VIGOROUSLY inadequate,
and the Intervention Of the courts is too often
grounded on the most f'ivolous pretexts. Now
fiat New-York has become one OF the great
cities of the world it should profit 10y the cx-
perience of the great centres of population
abroad. We propose to refer briefly to that ex-
perience as embodied in the municipal re5uIa-
tons of London and Paris. In one city the ex-
animation of buildings is managed far more
Systematically and inteligcntly than the work
is done in New-York, and in the other city the
construction of buildings is, and has been for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
TILE ENGLLSH PRESS on TIE 1RL1L.

Some of our contemporaries are unduly irri-
tatcd by the ill-natured criticism made upon
the Guiteau trial by The London Times and
Saturday Reriew 1t is true that certain i'm
pOrtancc does attach to the opinion of these
journals upon American affairs; for they
represent very fully the leading currents of
thought among the educated classes in Eng
land, and we naturally desire to be fairly APP
preclated by the people who are our kinsfolk,
and who must stand for long time TO come
shoulder to shoulder with Us in religion and
civilization. But there is no reason why we
should take any offence at the censure which
this trial has called forth from them. In
the first place, good deal Of it was deserved.
The conduct of the trial, the behavior of the
prisoner, his counsel and the audience were Il
disgrace to the country. No Englshman, how
ever acrid OF i'll -temIered, could condemn it as
severely as the American press and people
have done with an entire unanimity. In the
second place, the assertion that Guitcau, his
crime and the irregularities of the trial are not
only the legitimate fruit of democracy, but its
only legitimate fruit, and therefore a fair test
by which the Republic and its workings for
one hundred years can be Judged, is so palpaby
absurd a statement that it can only be laughed
at. Guiteau, rs The TRIBUNE said on his first
arrest, is fair specimen Of the effect Of abso-
utely free conditions of life on a desperately
vicious nature, and the vulgar scIsationalsm and
ndccencies Of the Cont during his trial could
only probably have been developed in this
county. But it would be as lust TO pick out
some ioul fungus as the typical product OF the
great wheat fields of the West is to hold up
this Individual poisonous human growth as the
sole legitimate outcome OF republican insti,u-
tons or orr social life. There is a pettincss
and lack of temper ab)ut these criticisms
which would be unbccomng in any sensible,
practical man, and which to our eyes appear
oddly small and childish in journals which pre-
fcss tc be the mCuthpieces Of English inte!h-
geucc.
Americans are not apt to show so pre-
JUDGED or lliberal a spirit in Judging Of affairs
in England When they read, as they do in thc
reports of every English police court, OF SEN
fences of long imprisonment for thcfts OF few
shillucs, aud only trihins fines imposed upon
brutal navyics for beating and kicking their
v1ctclel wives to The edge Of the grave, they
only blame an error In English Law. not the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02

audience with another song returned 10 her frionds
public. N''' ''''4a''iy' Ki'en W tho
Inc Empress Eugene. it is now related. was tbs
moving cause of tho production Of "IyAfr,cainn .
Meyerbeer' in 1862 attended reception given bv
the Empress, and game of forfeits wa, prono.ed
Tho Princess Metternch drew the forfeits. and ON
asking Eugene what was 70 be done TO the owner
OF the last pretty thing" in the bag the Empires,
replied: He must grant me q favor" Meyerbeer
was the owner Of the forfeit. and "EAfrioainaD
was the favor demanded. The opera had been lying
unheeded since 1884, when ITS production was pre-
vented by Madame Falcon, who was to have Gre
aied the part of Sclikd. losing her voice. The com
poser waited in vain for another star 10 appear: Init
none OF the great singers seemed 10 come IN 10 bis
idea OF what Seiikd ought 10 be. The unexpected
request OF the Empress resuscltated the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
THE .Tr1NVFTTES FATE.

Lieutenant DanenhOwer's dispatches to TIE
Herald from Irkutsk confirm the previous re-
mort that the Jeanette was caught in the ice
during Scptembcr 1879, and Grfted for twenty
one months until she WAS finally crushed. The
latitude of the scene OF the wreck he gives as
7G deg. - min, whereas the first accounts
made it II deg. - min. He states that three
islands were discovered, and that the retreat
was made over the ice to the Siberian Islands
and thence in boats to the Lena delta.
A final detail which lie gives adds to the
horrors of the recital. The Jeannette's fore
foot. which is the timber at the fore extremity
of the keel upon which the lower end of the
stem rests, was twisted from the 1st of Janu-
airy, 1850, so that the crew were at the pumps
for eighteen months. They were drifting in
utter helplessncss at the mercy of the pack,
snd in a leaking ship. When the vessel was
finally crushed and the agouizing struggle to
reach the main land hundred, of miles distant
was begun, Lieutenant Eisenhower himself
was blind.
The compcnsations for the terrible suflcringS
of the crew are mcagrc indeed A high lati-
tude has not been reached, and the three
islands which have been discovered are prob
ably of limited extent, as the distance between
the Rodgerss furthest point west of Wraugel
Island and the scene of the wreck is not very
great, and Lieutenant Berry saw no indication,
of land in that quarter. The islands which have
been named Bennett, Jeanette and Henrietta
are probably an outlying group northeast Of
the New Siberian Islands. Wrangel Island is not
mentioned in the dispatches. The ship was
caught in the ice near Herald Island and must
have drifted far to the north of the larger
island. The Corwin and Rodgers have added
in all likelihood more to geographical Inowl-
edge than the Inflated Jeanette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
THURSDAY, FEBRUARYa2 2, 1892.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

TOrFIGN-A large meeting to express opinion on
The of the JEWISH Russia was held IN Lon
don last evening - The closing scores III the
Paris billiard match were Slosson, 1SOO; Vignaux,
Gs5. - A Hanover banker has committed SUI
eide owing to the financial crisis. -- he MINIS
terial programme meets with general approval from
tbe Partisan press the irrecOncilable journals alone
Directing
CoxcRrss-The Sherman Refundng bill was
further amended and reported to the senate from
The Committee of the Whole; bills were reported in
the Senate for distribution Of pure vaccine virus
and 70 enable collectors naval officers, surveyors
and ipspectors TO search for and seize Struggled
goods - The Post Office Appropriation bill was
ranorted 10 the House. and notice of several amend
,,en+s was gwen The House adopted mo-
ton to set apart February 27 for memorial services
upon the late President Garfield; the Senate con-
cured in the motion.
DnNrsuc-The full text Of Mr.. Blaine's dispatch
,ronosiur a Congress Of American Nations, gar
bled version of which published yesterday. has
been furnished - The Democratic caucus at
Albany appointed a committee TO confer with the
'Coumapv members of the Legislature. - The
New-Jersey Senate confirmed the nominations for
trustees of the state Normal School. = In the
virginia House of Delegates the bill providing for
the adjustment Of the wbippng-post az punish
,nent for crime has been reported adversely. -
Andrew Miller and John Donovan were killed
while crossing railroad tracks at Bridgeport. Conn.,
- Three young women lost their lives in an
ATTEMPT to cross the Shenandoah River near Broad
way. Va. 60 Churches and schools in Brunswick
County. Va have been closed on account of the
snread Of smallpox. 60 Three Touring mills at
Iockport. " y were burned yesterday. causing a
loss of Sl25.OOO; Assistant Fire Engineer Woods
was killed
Cry AND SUBURBAN.-It is known that six per-
sons lost their lives in the Potter Building fire ;
seven are missing with chances that most Of them
will he heard FROM the loss is about million; no
bodies were taken from the ruins yesterday. 60
It was agreed to raise passenger rates on the rail
roads next Monday - Michael McGlOn, the
murderer of Louis Haner. has been arrested and
coufesses his crime. - Mayor Low appointed
General Jourdan, Ripley Ropes John n. Partridge
DIR. J. H. Raymond and others as heads of Brook
lyn Departments for two years - Gold value
of the legal-tender silver dollar 4122 gralnS S7.2O
cents. - Stocks opened higher and afterwaId
declined were dull and finally closed seemingly ex-
cited and strong.
1ylE WEArRER-TRBUNE local observations in
dictate slightly warmer and clear or fair weather
Thermometer yesterday Highest, SO; lowest, 2Go;
average 30l4o.