New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-19
TOWN TALK ABOUT PERSONS and THINGS
PERSONAL, FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL.

REAL ESTATE MOVEMENTS. - Real estate dealers
say that perceptible reaction has set In against
tho moving uptown craze. The person who pur-
chased o half-acre rock, all water 'front.' at the
northern limit Of Manhattan Island the sup
position that he getting ahead fashionable site
for residence, has been obliged to sell undivided por-
lions OF his rocky realty at discount. Uptown rocks
not so much sought for just now as downtown lots
STATE SUPERVISION OF INsURANcE.-Mr. Joseph r.
Knapp the president Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company says that the two most serious difficulties with
which his company has to contend IN prosecuting thsf
business in twenty different States is the lack Of echn.
cal knowledge Of Insurance among state superintendent
and the crudeness and injustice OF State laws tho
subject. The remedy for the former he says, ID
the appointment Of experienced men like Mr..
Mccall as superintendent But trained officers.
as recently In Michigan as soon as they
get to know their duties superseded By political ap
pontees have the insurance business to learn This
they seldom do before they give way to other politicians
The remedy imperfect aud conflicting insurance laws
Mr. Knapp suggests is In National laws, which, besdol
being uniform might be framed with the knowledge and
Intelligence which the advanced States possess He
admits that cOnsttuti0naty OF this course would bd
questioned, but thinks that the same reasons exist foe
uniform insurance laws as for National bankruptcy
laws
TrLpgS REDIvrvUs.-These propositions and prophs.
cies strung together in long In which
u
tial agent of John Kelly aud official of Tammany unt
the bolt OF 1879 when followed the Tldentes in sup
port OF Governor Robinson The Democracy Will split
upon the Tariff question il Tden is not alive and well to
preventit II he takes hand In the fight as he WILL he
will, DO nominated, and nothing can prcventft Kelly
will either bolt and defeat the party or be satisfied with
nominal vlce-President OF man whom he could
trust for the succession dead Tdens shoes .Tden
on the tariff question: rather hs carries
both shoulders He sets up young Watterson 70
tax Free ercsly to the Southern Democracy and
young Pulitzer to preach mild sort or protectlon Tor
the Northern Democracy. PutLe: OF The WoMf Yes OF
course, mean him. After time you Republicans viii
date the new Ten boom for 1884 from tue date OF the
transfer of The World newspaper from Hurlbert 70
Pulitzer from Jay Gould to SAM Thden "...... Yes, thu
County Democracy did want al organ like that OF Tam
many Hall which The Star. 1t gets without expense
In the establishment of The World ms Tlden organ for
the whole party "...." Mr. Tlden is not strong; he 10
aging; but he has thought OF dying Men do not
spend $50 900 on library and $4,000 on an adjoining
dining room when they contemplate early taking Of
1890 :" Neither Cleveland nor Butler will be a dangerous
rival to Tlden. The delegates to tho next Democrauc
Convention will ask II Mr.. Tilden can certainly carry
New-York aud If answered aiirmatively all arga
ments 10 favor of the others fails to the ground;
for neither Of the two can this
part of the problem positively as Tllden can"
Butler could carry Southern states for the negroes
would vote for him where white Democrats refused but
the Pennsylvania Bucks County style Of Democrats VIII
reject him positively than they dill Horace Greeley
All the Republicans know favor Buffers nomination.
| by the Democrats"
ROGUE AND HIS CAProRs.-some OF the city detec-
ves entertain and express the belief that the bogus
Lord Ashburton lately arrested In this city for pass
ing forged London circular notes was pardoned
out OF the California state Prison through the influence
OF persons W no sh work" similar scheme on
large scale This would an Incredible suggestion
il it for the fact that from the time the fellow
fed from this city after robbng Fitzpatrick tue jeweler,
he was repeatedly used for such purposes by the western
detectives who captured him. At st. Louis they made
| him give up everything valuable he had
| but returned him the bogus circular notes
| and gave him tickets to Denver They
followed him there and when he had fraudulently OBJ
taned s. 900 from OF the banks In that city ro-
arrested him, made him surrender the good greenoacs
| and hurried him off TO San Francisco with the bad
money At that place he deposited $4,000 OF circular
notes a. margin stock operation and the detectives
waited for time for him to realize on this invest
ment intending grab all again But before he could
obtain settlement the bank officers were apprsed OF
his character and they retained his stock as security
lie was arrested and prison for five years, aud
the detectives were thus foiled He was pardoned after
four years and came directly where he was
arrested but has again quietly released. nobody
appearing prosecute him The suspicious of the de-
may he idle but it is well enough for the banks
| to he warned against the fellow.
| COPYRGHr AND TARIFF. Mr.. Charles Scribner OF
the well-knOwn book drm. thinks 1t is not quite
| the square thing to refuse to pass an inter
national copyright law and then put so high
rate duty foreign books that the honest publication
cannot be sold In United States II the privilege OF
copyright granted then the foreign author would get
something however high the duty, provided 1t Is not
prohbitory II copyright is denied the duty on BOOKS
| Mr. scrlbner thinks, should DO moderate in common
fairness for otherwise both the writers and publishers Oh
books abroad are cut of from an open market and thus
the best book Is not allowed to win.