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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-26
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SrS.ys 1llg I4Ij. night SUNDAY $50 1850 @ 1S'
bss o;V1 |clege Point wmtestOne-7;S5, S:45 1905.
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fa el5 lO:45 m, ~ 10 night Sunday. $50 $50 lVS1.
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Pm pe,ers:O5 1905 100 a. m; POS. 3S). $50 5:35.
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NKW.HAVEN MERIDEN, HARrF0RD SPRING
FliID &C Tickets sold and baggage checkot at 81
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-26
GUNNER Resorts.
TAINTOR'S GUIDE-BOOKS.

Describe all Cities Towns aud stations on the Routes
ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND wooD-cUTs
For sale at newsstands. rrice rs cents each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-26
NETWORK CENTRAL AND HUDsO

IN RIVER commencing June Is 1888
ss-or on Trans will leave Grand Central Depot: -
a H. w storm New-YOrk and Northern Express. with
fxging.rOOm to Montreal and 10 Rochester, -
sSr FAST Limited Chicago Express with lanS StgS
ufapngat Alb Utica Syrlc1sA ROchester BuIdo t-ie
(geeand Toledo arrivin st Chicago lE2Da n next H2V
"a m SARATOGA Lake George ana Montreal SPECIAL "I'l
trasing. room cars -. .. ,,u,r
sasu1 Roch ,sier Buffalo and chlel Springs connects
for sharon SOrazS ~, ..oo,.., 90, r-,,.o San,
~, Glen's Fails Lake George and Rutland.
szen s.rstaga special Through drawug.room cars
Rurx thrOngh 10 Lake George SATURDAYS only.
40 M ACCOMMODATION to Albany and TROY. - ..
n m 81 louis Express with sleeping cars ot Nasars
hls Bufso Cincinnati Except saturday I"e'o' Doto'
f0tis -. -. a u-..o,.. o,a o.,
AShnr. Road also 70 SarltOga and Montreal r..-.--
s9n m paciic EXPRESS. With sespng cars p'
Tusalo C,eve and. TOLEDO Detroit. Chicago y t GAPS
vincent except sunday and Clayton (eNcep oatli lAy
lin M NIGHT Express with sleeping cars % AlOAy All
Ty Connects with morning trains for ne "ssi anu NoF'A
~TcRs,s a. "a at Grare Contra Depot No Bowling
creen Ok and il3 Broadway and ~ WeNcptts Express
0ses PARK pace anG 7S5 and 9t2 Broad way New f0Ik
spa 1888 Washington S5t Fulton 81 brooklyn anu -
tihst Williamsburg ,,.oo.a
Isscags calisi fOI and checss1 from resi- 1ence ao
Ihese rTcTct,V ANY q" { b MEEhER.
o Gen Snp't Gen Passenger Agent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-26

ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND wooD-cUTs.
For sale at newSstands. Price Is cents each
HUDSON RIVER RoUTE.-Nsw.York to West Point
Casln Mountains, Albany Troy. Saratoga Springs Lake
George Lake Champaign Adirondacks Montreal and Quebec
via Hudson River steamers Contains special maps OF Ca
kill and Adirondack Mountain resorts
SARATOGA ILLUsTRATED-Ths Visitors Guide to
Saratoga springs with maps and wOod-cuts.
SARATOGA MINERAL wATERs.-Direction for their
use By DE- W. o. stilman, u saratoga Springs
SEASIDE RESORTS on tho Atlantic coast
NORTHERN REsORTs.-Boston to the White Noun
tabs, LAKE Memphremagos Mountains Lake Cham
plain, ogdensburg, Montreal and Quebec.
PENNSYLVANIA COAL REGIoNs.--New-York and
Phrtaphia to Easton Bethlehem, Delaware Water Gap
Mauch Chunk. Scranton Harrisburg wlliamsport and
Elmra.
kins Glenn Rochester Dunkirk Buffalo. Chautsuqua Lake.
and Niagara Falls via Erie Railway and branches
NETWORK TO SARATOGA, BUFFALO cHAUTAU-
QUA LAKE AND NIAGARA FALLS.-via New-fork
Central RR.
THE NEWPORT RoUTE.-New-York to Boston. via
Newport and Fall River With descriptions Of Newport and
Narragansett Bay
CONNECTICUT RIVER RoUTE-New-York to the
White Mountains via N. Y. & N. IL. and Connecticut
River RR.
NEw.YoRK TO PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE
AND WASHINGTON.
CITY OF MISUNDERSTANDING Descriptions of and
directions for Visiting the Public Buildings etc. new
street Directory Travellers Directory. and Map OF New.
YorE. Brooklyn Jersey CITY, HobOken ETC.
sent by mail receipt Of 20 cents each
COLLEGE SONGS.
CARMINA YALENsIA; A collection Of American Col
legs Songs with Music and Pianotorte Acconpln ments
Extra Cloth. 81 80. Cloth, full gilt So Songs Of
Yale, 81.
SONGS OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. with Music and
Pianoorte Accomplishments Extra Cloth, blae white.
$780,
TAINTOR BROS, MERRILL & CO.,
PUBLISHERS. Is AND 20 AsToRPLAcE. NETWORK.
THE NEWPORT, Neptune City, N. j., near
sort unsurpassed location surf still bathing boat
ing grabbing and fishing send for circular A r. DICK:
THE ARGYLE,
Only IA hours from waist or Madison Square Fine
drives balhins sailing ana nshng ., or ,s,.,ranh
THE ARGYLE.
BABYLON. l. l.,
will remain open during September Desirable rooms at
reduced prices
JAMES p COLT.
limited STATES HOTEL.
- OPEN fq 2NrI h y sEpTkEM e.
LAIRD VAN CLEAF. Prop
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS HOUSE
w ll10iee ELEVATION hot and e9a sHRhur a NAM R p.
way hear Thirty
fina1tl1L
CHOICE CITY Railroad Bonds and Stocks
" for sale paving fair interest Ga. Bank and
Insurance stocks dealt in. Il. Z. HILLIHR or r. L.
THOMAS. 81 LHehanse,g'aee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06

wise and patriotic citizens The ineiiiciency Oh
tho NAVY and the helplessness of the harbors
have become O standing reproach to American
civilization. The strengthening OF the fieet ana
the coast defences is n positive duty when
neither the Government nor Congress can
afford to neglect.
The outbreak of hostlities between France
and China affords striking illustration of the
weakness of the United States feet. One of the
first consequences of war will be the urgent
necessity of protecting foreign residents IN
Canton and other ports on the Chinese coast.
The mob which recently held possession of one
of those cities was animated by a feeling OF
hostility toward foreigners and made no effort
to discriminate between Frenchmen and Amer
leans. On the eve of war the United States
Government ought to have q strong and efll-
Gent squadron off the coast in readiness for any
emergency that ma. arise. 1t has not In the
Asiatic squadron single ship that would De
able to cope with the gun-boats in the Chinese
Navy, if they were well manned. Any demon
stration which that squadron might make
would only serve to compromise the National
reputation. stronger Navy is needed for the
protection of the com mercial interests OF the
country in these days of European hllbustcring
at the ends of the earth. American civilization
stands in the sight of mankind for the sacred
interests of industry and peace. 1t ought not
to imply confession of inherent weakness ana
heplessness at home and abroad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
Aetu2lprk Dailp Gribn,re
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
NETWORK. THURSDAY, DEC. 6.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORE1GN.-It was stated in Canton, yesterday,
that a Chinese Admiral had reported that war was
imminent between China and France in Tonquln
- Hundreds of houses were destroyed by fire IN
ConstantinOple yesterday. 80 1t was reported
that Thomas Craig, president of the insolvent Ex-
change Bank of Montreal, had absconded. --
Efforts yero made in England to obtain cOmmu-
tation of ODonnelps sentence of death. 80 The
MARQUIS of Lorne, in an address, highly praised
Canada.
CoSGREss.-In the Senate yesterday long list of
nominations by the President was received. -
Mr. Morrill, delivered speech his bill relating to
coinage = Bills were introduced to reorganlze
the legislative power of Utah; to extend the dura
tion of the Court of Alabama Claims; to relieve
ships from compulsory pilot fees to repeal Internal
Revenue laws and to abolish the Internal Revenue
Bureau. - The House referred Mr.. fuckers
motion in the Garrison-Mayo contested election
case to the Committee on Elections
DoMEs11C.-A resolution was introduced in the
Virginia Legislature, yesterday, asking Senator
Malone TO resign. - A jury yesterday declared
Freeman. the Pocasset religious fanatic, not guilty
Of killing his child. - The Fall River Mills
have lost $4,000 by buying fraudulent bills OF
lading. - 1t was found impossible to obtain
Jurors at Unontown, Penn, for the trial OF James
Mutt for the murder of n L. Dukes and change of
vi.
Brunswick indicted John Koop for the murder OF
Amanda Fluch.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-It was proved yesterday
that the plOt-boat run down by the Alaska was Co
lumbia No. s. 80 Communication rates on the
Hudson River and Harlem Railroad will be reduced
nearly so per cent on January l, 1854 - The
police force showed much anger yesterday over
Justice Murray's charges of corruption. - Adj
die Bresnan, who eloped with Captain Gordon. re-
turned to her home in Astoria. - Mr.. Feuardent
and President Barnard testified in the suit against
General di CesnOla. - Another arrest was made
in the Phoebe Paullin case. - Mayor Taussg
filled the vacancies in the Jersey City Board of
Finance - Gold value of the legal-tender silver
dollar (412l2 gralnsl, 1927 cents. -= Stocks
were active and fuctuatng, but closed weak and
unsettled.
The Manufacturers local observations In
dictate warmer and far or clear weather. Tempera-
ture Yesterday: Highest 500; lowest, 379 ave-
rage. 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
THE 4. B. c. UNION.

pbilosophers and economists have long puzzled
themselves over the difficulties which exist in re-
card TO the distribution Of wealth. Public
fnanciers Secretaries Of the Treasury chairmen
and members of finance committees have burned
the midnight oil in laborious efforts to devise means
for applying surplus revenue. And while none OF
the distinguished people referred to have achieved
more than very modest measure OF success IL mas
been reserved for q little group OF hard-worklng
Young men in New-York to solve some OF the
hardest Of social and financial problems. These
young men, known among themselves as the A. b. Z.
Union. are all grocery clerks They had doubtless
often lpondered the seemingly cruel fate which
condemned them to toll for pittanoe and which
gave all the profits of the business to their hated
"bosses" Unassisted they might have lived on in
massive and ignoble submission to their destiny
but gifted being was among them, and he opened
their eyes. He had evidently reflected
upon the doctrine Of Proudhon, that
"Property Is Robbery" and he determined to apply
II in a novel manner. SO he proposed TO his young
friends the organization Of union, for the express
purpose of obtaining Property by Robbery. Every
member of the union was TO steal $l2o per month
from his employer and this he was to hand over to
the organizer and head genius of the associa-
ton. The aforesaid head genius was then to
appropriate $50 to his own uses, and to turn the
remainder into a common fund, which, whom
sufficient, was 10 be employed in setting up the
members in business for themselves. Never was so
methodcal a scheme for associated larceny devised
before. The unfortunate grOoers were to be slowly
but surely beggared by their employees, and the
latter were then to buy them out with their own
money and might, perhaps, if they felt positively
generous offer them clerical positions in the estab
lshments they formerly owned.
The most astonishing fact about this almost In
credible affair is that the plan seems to have worked
well for several months The members Of the A. u. U.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
PRESERVE THE FORESTS.

Tn his last annual message President Arthur
called the attention of Congress to the necessity
of arresting the waste of our forests in the ele-
waited regions where the great rivers of the
country take their rise. He now makes the
specific recommendation that part of North
ern Montana. where certain tributaries OF the
Missouri and Columbia head. be set apart ana
held in permanent forest to preserve the integ-
rity of these streams. This particular region
which lies north of Flathead Lake and is trav-
ersed by the main divide of the Rocky Noun
toins and three or four other ranges to the west
of and parallel to it, is still unsettled, and can
never be available for agriculture. 1t has
rarely been visited by white men. But an ex-
ploring party of the Northern TranscOntinental
Survey under Professor Pumpelly made tour
through it during the past summer, and cor
respondent of THE TRIBUNE gave some ac-
count of its physical features and its relation 10
the great Western river system At that tlme
too. the measure now recommended by the
President was suggested in these columns as
matter of paramount Importance
The necessity of preserving the equable
flow of our rivers by some comprehensive for
est policy has been so often insisted upon by
THE TRIBUNE that there is no need to re-state
the argument. Here is one region ut least
which can now be set apart forever as a reser-
yoir of moisture without disturbing any vested
rights Tho water from melting SHOWS now
tumbles down the steep mountain sides IN
countless cascades the year round, to form the
Great Lake and feed the north fork OF the Col
nmbia. This steady flow will continue so long
as the coniferous woods which clothe these
thousands Of square miles are saved from the
axe and fire. If Congress waits until loggers
establish their camps here and the tributaries
of the Flathead are used to raft down the larch
and spruce and fir, the occupied woodland will
need to be bought back by the Government.
Self-preservation will ultimately make the
necessity of holding this and other areas In
permanent forest plain. Ii will cost nothing
now. But if the Federal Government delays,
az New York has delayed the purchase OF the
Adirondacks which was recommended years
ago by forward-loOking men, the difficulty
will be more Sc riOus and the remedy incalcu-
lably more costly.
There are few areas of original forest in the
country which exert more beneficent influence
than this one. There is not one which can be
saved from destruction with less trouble and
expense. Whether thousands of square miles
in Montana on both sides of the Continental
Divide shall be desert or fertile farmland under
irrigation is a question which will be practically
answered by the way the recommendation OF
the President is treated. Congress is now
brought squarely face to face with this impor-
tant matter and no reasonable excuse cal be
offered for pOstpOning action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
amusemsnis 90 Might.

.-S.,,,xx- ov nysIoS-Art Loan Exhibition
h0 1nD oprR, HoUsR-s-"Orpheu.a aud Eurydioe'
SS.S,So-s-" The Beggar Student
SaIcxyRISa HALIs-S-Lecture ,,
nays THslrKR-s:i5-"Gi Girls and Boys
GRAND OPERA HOUSE," SneeS @ 90 Tho Prin.
UUaySpty's SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRELs-e- i"o iii
cess of Madagascar" - , p...h-
n, .ntsoS SouARF THEATRE-S:3O-"Ihe hMau.
s, =. pT THFArRE-s-" The strangers OF Paris
SS,n,os q ARpFN-s-" Excelsior.
SSTaSnI RID THEATRES In the Ranks"
g. g. p twp ITKE-S-s Our Boarding House.
n TtIaI +. TuF ATRR--- S-"Marie Anne 49,,
iTsioS SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Beaenn'
WaTIIcK's THEATRE-s-"T The Road TO Rum;
On AyrSuf TnRATRE-S-"F Friend and roe
STu hyrSUE TuENTRE-S-" Monte Crsto.,
I4rB STREET THEATRE-S-" Fedora
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
H0uSLNG THE POOR.

The question of housing the poor in great
cities has suddenly become one of the chief top
les of popular discussion in England. Lord
Salisbury's brilliant paper in a Conservative re-
view has given prominence to it as political is
sue of the day, and not one of the vacation ora
tors on either side ventures to conclude an ad-
dress TO his constituency without referring TO
the misery of Outcast London. One Journal
vies with another In CHASTITY pictures and pain
full recitals of the wretchedness of the metropo-
lis, the large type once reserved for war bull
letns or diplomatic revelations being devoted
to the cause of the poor. Cabinet Ministers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
Is THIS CHEAP POsTAGEi

a. E. BrinckerhoG-Talkng about cheaper postage, you
should the merchants who have occasion TO send out
circulars the subject The rate has been doubled
them by ruling OF the Postmaster General In which he
places what formerly third class cent for
Ouncesn the list of fourth class matter cent
find that IL nclose several circulars in single
envelope though the whole does not weigh more than
its transmission Is delayed because somebody
In the post Office here says that envelope should con-
tain than one circular. Then again, II send
single circular accompanied by of my printed
envelopes TO secure reply, they charge me double
postage the ground that the envelope merchandise
because 1t may be used by the person receiving as
wallpocket" repository for loose stamps Cheap
postage, indeed find 1t is doubled on me.
Postmaster Pearso-I am sure that the gentlemen you
speak OF mistaken. Such matter Mr. Brinckerho
has described could not be rejected on the grounds
be represents He is mistaken. All who will ask fort
obtain copy OF the decision the Postmaster
General under which acting. Beside that, II any
merchant using circulars and printed return envelopes
will submit to articles which refused by the per
sons In charge the receiving desks will be very glad
to show him tho full meaning Of the law as now con-
strued.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
POLICE JUSTICE AND POLICE CAPTAINS.

POLICE JUSTICE AND POLICE CAPIAiNS
This community can look on with satisfaction
while Justice Murray and the Police Depart
ment quarrel. They are saying hard things OF
each other and the more they talk the better
chance the people will have to get at the true
character of both.
The Justice thinks there Is corruption in
the Department. A good many people
are of his way of thinking. lie ex-
presses his establishment at the manner in which
some of our police captains amass wealth on
salaries of $4,000 per year. Careful observers
share his surprise. He does not believe that all
these men acquired their riches honestly. This
disbelief seems to be spreading. He is OF the
opinion that backmail of disreputable resorts
may account for some of this rapid accumulation
of property. The impression is gaining ground
that he may be right in this. 20 on, JuStlce
Murray, and free your mind.
Meanwhile you are painting your own por-
trait. 1t is not pretty picture, but 1t
Is true to the life. In your Outburst OF rage
against the police for proper and neces'
sary arrests, you show yourself ready, as
always, to excuse and even encourage viola
tons of the Excise laws. For what is it but
direct encouragement of such law breaking to
discharge the prisoners and denounce the prose-
cutorsP Your sympathy and aid have never
been wanting for one of the lowest and vilest
classes in the communicative class that in its
nefarious business of degrading and poisoning
the poor and wretched refuses to be bound even
by the lightest and lOosest Of legal restraints
Such men az you, Justice Murray, bring the
lower criminal courts of this city into disgrace
and contempt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
TILE CnRRENT CARLISLE.

In the long canvass preceding his election
Mr.. Carlisle was nothing if not a Free-Trader,
tariff for revenue only" man. What is he to-
day7 Some of his party organs are trying to
convince the country that the man in the chair
in Congress is not the Free Trader Carlisle, but
some other Carlisle-most likely IN Incidental
Protection Carlisle. Here is The sun, for ex-
ample, declaring that Mr.. Carlisle seems all
"the time to be playing Mr.. Randalls own
"music. If Mr. Randall had made the speech
"he would have expressed the identical sent-
"ments." This may occasion a sensational sus-
picion Can it be that q transmigration of souls
has taken place, Randalrs going into Carlisle
and Carlisle's into Randall The World, while
not giving utterance to such an astounding
theory of the Speaker, is anxious to have it un-
derstood that he is not Free Trader A Free
TraderY Perish the thought; he Is only :" a tariff
reformer," if The World is correct in its dag
nosis. The Buffalo Courier, also prominent
exponent of Democracy, takes yet another view
of Carlisle. 1t does not regard him as a tariff
reformer, but as something more important than
.that-a tariff recOnstructor. The Courier writes
that his election means tho reconstruction of
the tariff"
Which is which Who is who2 Does Car
Isle himself really know or is he. too, in doubt
as to what manner of man yields the George
Washington gavelY And while the question is
still in the air here comes ex-senator Mcdonald
telling an indianapolis reporter that Mr.
Carlisle is in favor of tariff for revenue only
"and in favor of such protection as that tariff
gives to the industries of the country" That is
to say, Mr.. Carlisle from the Mcdonald point of
dustries of the country shall DO nourished upon
all the blood that gathers in the turnip of free
trade.
We advise Mr.. Carlisle to keep a close watch
upon himself He is liable to become as hope
lessly lost as if he were the XVllth Louis or
the man that struck Billy Patterson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
THE NAVY AND COAST DEFENCES.

One of the strongest passages OF the Presi-
dents message relates to the reconstruction OF
the Navy and the Improvement of coast and
harbor defences. He recommends that por-
ton at least of the surplus revenues shall be
applied to these long neglected duties. be-
ginning has already been made with the fleet.
Three cruisers and dispatch boat are now
under construction which will compare favor
ably with the best vessels of their class in the
navies of Europe. The Secretary advises the
completion of four double turreted monitors,
which have been launched on the Delaware and
in San Francisco Harbor, and the construction
of four gun-boats and of three additional steel
vessels modelled after those now building. In
secopding this recommendation the President
disclaims on the part Of the American people
any desire for foreign conquest or any expec-
tation of rivalling the costly naval ornaments
of foreign nations. He recognizes the pacific
tendencies of our National life and acknowledges
that it is no part of American policy to waste
money in useless preparations for war; Yet he
considers it an imperative duty to restore the
navy TO its Old-time state of efficiency and to
provide the chief harbors Of the seaboard with
defensive works capable of resisting assaults
from heavily armored ships. His recommended
tons will meet with the cordial approval OF