New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-06


An inmate of the Amityville Lunatic Asylum was
said by his wife TO be sane. - Gravesend
farmer hanged himself In his barn.
THE WKATHER.-i RIBUNE local observations in
dictate clear and fair weather, with eight changes
IN temperature. Temperature Yesterday: Highest,
800; lowest 6io: average. 69oso.
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Tribune readers ordering the Daily sent to them at sum
se resorts are requested TO make Of the erac
ofs Post Office to ,cick the paper is to be sent Much
trouble arises ev9y from neglect Of this pre-
caution
As was to be expected, the announcement that
Monsignor Capel would preach in the Church
of St Francis Xavier drew large crowd yes
terday to listen to the distinguished and elo-
auent speaker. Those who attended the ser
vice simply because they love to "spend their
time in nothing else but either to tell or hear
some new thing I" were probably disappointed
In the sermon. Monsignor Capel took as his
theme the Church and the services which 10y
OLA the founder of the Jesuit Order, rendered
to it. The substance of what the preacher said
is given elsewhere in this paper.
President Hamlin makes vigorous reply to
his critics in the letter printed on another page.
He scouts the recent challenge TO debate be-
fore the faculty of his college as an indecent
proposal and mildly suggests that Mr.. Shear
man ought to know something about Turkish
affairs before venturing to discuss them. DR..
Hamlin is not grateful for polite compliments
upon bis career in Constantinopie and New
England. Hard facts and good logic he is pre-
pared to give and take in the course of an
argument, but he despises loose generaliza-
~ Ixr;oa for of
soul.r After this bit of fine irony his free
trade critics may as well suppress their pous
calculations and meet him on his own ground
Of economic controversy.
The whirlpool has always been one of
the sights worth seeing at Niagara Falls,
although most visitors heretofore have failed
to give it particular attention. The sad fate
of the unfortunate Captain Webb, however,
has suddenly made the whirlpool and the
rapids famous, aud no sightseer now passes
them by. correspondent in pleasant letter
TO THE TRIBUNE, which will be found in an
other column, comments on the favor which
Mr.. vauxs suggestion to extend the pro-
posed recreation at the Falls 80 as to inelu Q
the whirlpool rapids meets in Western New
York. 1t would not be wise to attempt to re-
serve too much land there for the publIc's
exclusive use !; but the Commission which has
the matter in charge will do well to see if
something cannot be done to carry the sug-
gestion into effect.
The news from Egypt concerning the cholera
continues tOsbe encouraging. A great falling
off is reported in the number of fatal cases IN
Cairo. Sunday, week ago, there were $50
deaths on Saturday there were not more than
100. This is rapid decline. The disease,
moreover does not seem to be making much
headway in Alexandria--if the dispatches from
that place DO not conceal the truth. The pro-
eress and action of the disease go far toward
sustaining the opinion that after all 1t is not
Asiatic choiera, but choleraic fever. The latter
is friehtfut sickness, and often as fatal as the
plague; but stiil it Is a disease which depends
upon peculiar sanitary conditions and which
does not travel from one country to another
as the real cholera does. It Is yet too early
to cay certainly that the epidemic, whatever
1t may be, will not get foothold In Europe |;
but 1t looks ~ IL II might not
In his letter on Industrial Germany, printed
In THE TRIBUNE this morning, Mr.. Robert p.
Porter gives detailed description of the
great Krupp Cannon Works at Essen, Prussia.
American workmen 10 iron miils viii be par
tieulzr'y interested to learn how their brethren
in the Fatheriand live, The Germans ct
Kfupp's are certainly much better of than most
! Of the Engligh workmen Of the same class bat
stu they are not 20 we'll situated as the In
habitants OF some Of our exclusively manu-
Featuring towna Al Mr.. Porter points out.
much y yet to DO done even at such places as
Eepen - Improve the condition of the German
: Ion- woeker; but Tia encouraging feature u
thas OWING 70 BismArck's protecsjye policy,
sne fcnaency II he Empire Il upward. The
Wages n krupps great estabIishn,snt -.