New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
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IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
cu,c,co Dec. 1.-There is but little agitation III
olitico circles except as reports from the Speak
arsb;n connaicn or new candidates for Governor
,rela the surface and arouse passing excitement.
The Sudden melting away Of SpringeTs boom
has caused little comment as 1t was not uheA-
nected The only interest remaining now Is IN Nlf'
Springers own preferences and OF THESE ms orgah'
THE State Reqistr says: at is utterly false IhaV
MIR. Springer has any sympathy with MI hahdhiI
and the charge is so foundationlcss as 10 DO as
graceful to the newspaper that gives IL place III lts
columns unless to refute it. MI Springer is one OF
the most honest and earnest revenue reformers IN
Congress"
The latest Republican candidate for the Cover
norship is DR.. Joseph Robbins, who is much talked
of now at Quincy. The Democrats there meanwhile
are for Carter Harrison, and want Senator AIntZeh
for the second place on the ticket. HARRISON mean
while. is very quiet and seems to have retired INTO
his shell since his former allies In the Council have
fallen ont with each other and dare TO talk back
even to his highness.
Vessel insurance closed on Friday which ind-
Gates the practical close of the lake navigation,
though many vessels still on the lakes ana VIII
make short ventures as long as the present mild
Iveatber continues The season has been very dis
ostrons on all the lakes particularly during the last
month II is estimated that in the November gale
alone there we're $50 catastrophes, involving loss
NJ nearly 100 lives and over half million dollars
in property. a large part of this loss occurred
within period Of five days.
The Chicago manual training school now in pro-
cess of erection through the enterprise of the Com
mercial Club, approaches completion it IS an
nounced that it will be opened early on the new
wear. and applications can now be sent in. The
tution fees are very light and the instruction, es-
pecially in shop work and mechanical drawing VIII
he very thorough. Colonel Parker, late of Boston,
who is pursuing a similar method of instruction at
the Normal School in Englewood, it is said is also
meeting with great success There is much public
interest in Chicago and throughout the o'ate Oh 'he
subject of manual traiieg
The Habitual Criminals act passed by the last
Legislature was applied to the case of a burglar III
this city n few days ago, and under its provision
he received n sentence of twenty years in the penl
tentiary The act provides that if any one com
roits crime after conviction for first offence, he
shall be punished to the full extent allotted by law
for such crime; and that for crime committed
after second conviction tue person shall not re-
ceiye less than fifteen years in State prison
The Italian woman Sturlata, who was sentenced
to the penitentiary for one year, for numbering
Charles Stiles has served out her term and was re-
leased on Thanksgiving Day. There has been quite
a determined struggle between some of the good wO-
men of Chicago and the demi-monde as to which
would secure her; the victory thus far remaining
with the former. But her brother in Baltimore has
written to her to come to that city, where her pres
ence is needed for the settlement of her fathers es
tate and il is likely that both parties will lose her.
The amusement world presents little attraction
oh Grnok fapla az
Hayerly's another week. Emmett will be al
Uooley's. Oliver Doud Byron at the Academy OF
Music. minstrel troupe at the Grand, succeeding
the Boston Ideals, and StetsOns Fifth Avenue
troupe in "Pique" at McVickers. Stoddard is
drawing tremendous crowds with his lectures, al
The Music Hail. The loss of voice from which Mr.
Jefferson has been suffering is only the result of
temporary cold. He never In more robust
health than now.