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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
TINE MONROE DOCTRINE.

The treaty with Nicaragua should be acted
upon with great dcliberation because II involves
important changes In American policy. We
have already considered in detail its bearings
upon the Clayton Bulwcr treaty, and also the
international aspects of the question What
ever may be the advantages of the proposed
water way, the Senate cannot fail to perceive
that the ratification Of the treaty will commit
the country to responsibilities and obligations
,yhirh mus, be carefully weighed before they
nle undertaken. What will be the effect Of The
passage fthp treaty upon The cDtintiy's relations
with GREAT Britain Can the charge he sustained
that n viii involve sacrifice ~ National hUnUt
~ he iepnhai0n ~ 4 previous ttta't made M
,gNai iallhf Can lhe ii0tetahisiii albfl W iisll
q hfatf investment ~ eana passing through
f9gllEn ilgli0ff WllliNHl SECURING W llitcl sil-
Niallans lhp fghl ~ 0lttl No property w iNpaAS
vi inrlihGailnnsf pan tho ugyeinmehl venture
ia guarantee The freedam aud neutrality nf The
canal unless u haas navy strong enough TO
defend the approaches aud 10 enforce It's all-
thOrityf These are questions which must be
satisfactorily answered before so serious re-
spOnsibillty can be assumed rs that OF construct
ing tho proposed interOceanlc highway.
Then there Is the pr0tectOrate OF Nicaragua.
The treaty binds the United States to defend
the territory of weak and impoverished State
against assault by land or sea. No engagement
of this sort has ever before been contracted by
the United States. 1t Is defensive alliance
not only against European invasion but the
dissensions OF Central America. In one article
of the treaty, moreover, the good Offices of the
United States Government arc pledged to Sc
cure the union of Ave republics In one fedora
ton. If the canal be undertaken Ameri-
cans may expect to have the politics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
THE QUESTION or OIL FIRES.

Tho occurrence of the great oil fire in Brook
,vn once more raises the question of the pubilc
noIicv of allowing oil works to be Established
!, tho peiohborhood of great towns and cities.
These fires are continually occurring, and SO
far # has seemed impossible TO prevent them.
I'm some if not in many cases. spontaneous COM
husto, anpears TO take place from the genera
tiou and mixture with the common air of highly
innammabc gases In other cases lightning sc's
the oil tanks on fire but while 1t Is evident
that the risks of cuntagration III oil WORKS anu
nil rcceptaclcs are exceptionally numerous anu
great. II ia equally clear that the chances VI
checl,ing. much less Of oNtingnshlng such hlcs
after they have started are M exceptionally
small. The danger to surrounding property
from oil works Ia IN Fact even greater IMAM Wouiu
.,,isn fran thn vicinity Of powder magazine
for the burning oil IL liable to make its way
where there is any inclination oi the sfouhu'
r,, IRON, Tho scene Of ia combustion, ana II may
tlsn bp nrnliripd 10y explosion oi the tanks
When oil iirs ate once unlet way moreover
they defy all ordinary methods of rs'ihctinhi
and the blowing oil greatly iheiohanH the d'l''
Guilty ot saving adjacent property when may w
threatened,
This in neither the first, second nor thid Time
that great oil fires have occurred dangerously
near 10 centres OF population, ana II II certainty
time that their relation 10 ordinary property
risks should be seriously considered, not merely
from the point of view of the insurance COM
panics. but from that of the public. Either the
owners of such works should be called on to
discover and apply preyentivcs, OF, II they take
the position that this is impracticable, they
should be compelled to establish their works so
far from all other valuable property and from
human habitations as TO reduce the danger to
II minimum The storage of large quantities OF
oil in the business quarters of this city should
not be permitted though recent fires show
that it is DONE An oil warehouse in city con-
stitutes a danger which the public may justly
refuse to encounter, and it can only be due to
excessive competition that self-interest has not
forced the insurance companies to prohibit such
arrangements. If, however, any cause leads
in such cases to recklessness, IT is the right OF
the public to bu protected against such reck-
lcssness. and this can only be done in one vi the
two WAYS above mentioned, while there can
he no doubt that much the safest method would
he 70 Danish all oil works and warehouses to
such distance beyond the city limits as would
insure the confinement OF any fire TO the works
themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

ACTING IN Mr. THODPSOA'S INTEREST
Republican Aldermen who persist III dong
all that they can TO keep Hubert q. Thompson
in power cannot be surprised that they are
daily looked upon with increasing suspicion,
and that this suspicion is rapidly passing into
contempt. What clean and honest motive can
they possibly have for supporting the worst
leas,cs az tho No,st set Vi politicians
in his prodigal, partisan and inefficient admin
istration of the Department of Public Works
Is it to be wondered at that the air of the City
Hall is full of rumOrs concerning purchased
votes? Bribery is, of course, extremely dlill-
cult of proof Many Grand JuIies have tried
in vain at various times to get at the truth
concerning stories of corruption in our Board
of Aldermen and our municipal departments.
But the indictment of public opinion is often
harder to bear than the finding of Grand
Jury. Public opinion has already arragned,
tried and found guilty men who obstinately
misuse their positions tc keep Mr.. Thompson
in the Office which he dlsgraccs.
For time it was possible to suppose that
Republ can members of the Board were inhu-
enccd simply by desire for patronage or con-
siderations of party advantage. That theory
still holds good as to some Of them. But we
fear it cannot be stretched to cover
them all. Mayor Edison is trying to give this
city a more efficient and decent administration
of the Public Works Department. In that
effort he merits the cordial cooperation OF
every Republican Alderman. The Democratic
Acknowledgement of the State has sus-
tanned him In his action concerning the
Republican Police Commissioners. 1t was
thought by many politicians that his construc-
ton of the law would enable the Mayor TO send
in nominations Immediately for other important
places beside those of Mr.. Thompson and Mr.
Lacombe. But the Mayor has come to differ
ent conclusion. He shows no disposition to I'M
deriake doubtful experiments. lie is aiming to
put at the head of the Department OF Public
Works better official than the present incum-
bent. lie could hardly find worse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

of Central America to manage !" ~"
dition to their own, which ordinarily suil'co
to keen their minds fully occupied. a scnc"o
of REORGANIZATION and federation on u i'rso
scale ia distinctly referred to in the treaty
Let one shoyelful of Nicaragua SOIL DC
dug nv order of the Government, anu
.ha Un;tod States will be admitted 10
a large share of responsibility for the
s,,,,ro Of Central America. The destiny oil
that quarter of the continent may DC "'"s"e
in the same scales in when the h"'o''''
Senate is now measuring the advantages anu
disadvantages of the proposed treaty.
This canal policy, while in line WITH 'he MIL
roe Doctrine, marks a great advance upon !"
II was in December. 1923, that fres'oen'
Monroe sent to Congress the message wnich
has served to perpetuate his name az the
fo,,dor of a new school of American dipom'
acv The credit for originating the famous
massage in the message Is now generally con-
coded TO belong rghtfully to John quincy
Adams. who was then Secretary OF state. lhc
arcument excluded the United States from
European entan clements, and aihFmed ti''
"the American continents, by the Tree anu l"
"de,andent condition which they have as
canned and maintain, are henceforth not "
Ohio CON sidered as subjects for future colonial
L" t;op NV onv European Powers" The Monroe
Doctrine. rs it was originally proclaimed, dld not
o,courocc iptermeddling with the affairs Oh
otbor Governments on this continent. IL de-
fined the true policy OF the United states IL
one that would leave the parties to theni,
q" selves in the hope that European Powers Will
"pursue the same course" The Governme",
has advanced long way from the Original
landmark in negotiating the present treaty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
ElHNa I'M kLNRING.

A inn iias deedei shat 81, Abbpt had na tieh,
W withhold a nights salait h0m MINIS. hcaehl
hpeaVsp she refused w sne lhe nilpphpi u
AZ ynrY shnrl notice THIS dpeslon also
involves the assertion that singpr is Justified
Ia refusing ~ sing part ior lhe due perlpnn-
anee OF which she has heen incapaGitated by
eating a more than usually abundant meal, 1t
was declared on behalf ct Nine, scalch that
her solid breakfast disabled her from taking
the heavy part OF Fides and held that for such
a part she ought to have had due notice which
contention seems reasonable, though it may be
argued that Mr.. Abbey's exigcncies made 1t
impracticable to give longer notice. But the
question arises whether when Il singer Is en-
gagged to appear during season In any Of q
given list of parts, III or she ought not to be
ready to take any of those parts at any time
during the season and whether voluntary
disqualification such as may arise from too free
indulgence in food ought to be regarded as a
legitimate excuse for refusal to sing. No
doubt this question 10 nice one, aud not to DO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
TlLKS ABOUT IOWN.
CLIMATE AND WRITING PAPER

CLIMATE AND WRITING PIPER.
John Glenn representing Marcus Ward Co., Irish
linen papersAn experience Of twenty-five years In
the manufacture OF paper has convinced mo that climate
has much to do with the quality OF fine writing papers
You may have good mills and workmen as England but
YOUR climate changes 80 suddenly and violently that the
care the process cannot provide say for the
different amount Of sizing that must be put IN the
pulp aud that varies with the weather Every English
workman in IN American paper or cotton mill VIII tell
YOU that the electricity in the air in this country Is much
more intense than it is over the water SO much So III
deed that special apparatus Is made 10 correct ts n
encc about a machine English writing paper Is largely
used I'm the United states In Washington supply the
various departments and tho White House with our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

hastily adjudicated But suppose that male
singer were called upon to undertake role at
short notice, and should refuse because he had
been, not eating, but drinking too much.
Would il seem reasonable in such case that
the manager should bear the loss altogether!
1t would perhaps be said under those circum-
stances that it was the duty of the singer to
keep himself fit to sing so long as his engage
ment lasted, and that if he by unnecessary in-
diligence in the pleasures of the table Tor the
bari rendered himself unfit to sing, he ought to
be mulcted. OF course if it were shown that
the shortness of the notice in such case was
of itself justification of refusal to sing, IL
would be necessary to change this conclusion.
But to the crtent that any question OF eating
or drinking enters into the affair, 1t certainty
gives rise to considerations not only perplex-
ing but important both to managers and artists.
There are many occupations in which the ex-
cuse of what may be termed digestive DISABLE
ity would not be allowed, and in which no one
would think of Offering it. 1t may be that there
is no analogy between these occupations ana
singing. but if there is not it would be inter-
estiug to have the reasons clearly pointed out
And If the principle asserted by the jury III
Mime Scalchi's case is to become precedent
il may be necessary for the impresario OF the
future to enter into dietetic "a well as imam
cial contracts with the gifted beings whom he
desires to bring before the public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
THE MAPKET FOR RARE BOOKS.

James W. Bouton, pubhsher.-I have about S2ooooo
invested in stock and book plates which will be sold at
auoon by the rs an account can be TAKEN
re character OF my trade such easily TO foe the
business depression am glad TO be able to say mat
this fact and no outside specuaons of any sort account
for my present embarrassment Not even In 1873 was
the dsncllnntlon 10 buy rare, curious ana expensive
books 50 marked now. Perhaps the location OF my
store was against me, some Of my friends say put
than again tho rent was trnng comparison with other
places.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
Nrv9lprls nnilp GaiAa'ae
BOUNDED nYneRAoE dnnnLff
NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. DEC ~,
me NEWs TINS MORNING.

FoRyIGY.-The suspicious articles found at the
Windsor Railway Station prove to be hshhg
tackle and horse medicine --= A bank manager
in Vienna committed suicide == Three Anarch-
lists sentenced TO death for the plot to assassnae
Fm,eror William. 60 Draft for commercial
declaration signed by England and SPAIN 60
Package of dynamite discovered i'll yard III Han
fax. A.
Naval Appropriation Bill. = Mir. BlaIrs Dill pro
vidipg for commission to examine into the liquor
traffic was passed - The House was not In ses-
SION. =.
DOMESTIC. Valuable shipping was sunk IN New
Haven harbor by tidal wave. - Numerous
wrecks occurred on the Atlantic Coast. -
train laden with passengers was stopped by the
snow ON the Northern Pacific Railroad III the Cas-
cade Mountains. -- Philadelphia newspapers
began exposing disorderly houses. - Inc steel
department of the Cleveland Rolling Mil, Cleve-
land was closed. 80 David X. Paige, of Cleve-
land. Ohio. was married. g. The weather Is
acajn becoming colder in the West and Northwest.
In the New-Jersey railroad taxation cases
Che taxation of franchises is demurfed against.
- The directors of the Mexican Central asked
for an additional subscription from the stock
bolders - At NanticOke, Penn. James shea, a
nnnil died of injuries which he is said TO have re-
ceiyed from his teacher
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-Speeches at the dinner OF
the New England Society by Messrs. Depew, Long,
Lodge and Coudert and Generals Sherman and
Porter. - Damage by the fire in PratPs OIL
Works not over $4,000. = Disappearance OF
the Rev. J. r. Thompson. - The spanish treaty
opposed by the Chamber of Commerce. - Esti
mates for the Department of Charities cut down
- Mrs Buck asks for a divorce from ner hus-
band. =- Fifty-eight children of the Brooklyn
Asylum still unaccounted for. 60 Gold value OF
the legal-tendet silver dollar il2i2 gralns), s3Ai
cents 60 Stocks dull at declining figures and
closed weak.
The WKATHKR.-TRIBUNE local observations IN
dictate colder, fair or clear weather Temperature
yesterday: Highest. 4Oo; lowest, 81; average
3G7so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

xwrvrAN ISsrrrUTE-Roller skatinasv
<rxnxNY OF MusIC-S-" 5einram,eo'
6ssoT- or xRa HoUsE-S-" Adoms
Ss.SsXoUe-" Prince Methusalam, r,ors
cc.SDY 1nEArass, An A "n Grstsh ns'"
pALIs MISUNDERSTANDING -"Morey's Fa'a ~ois"A'
eRASp OPERA HOUSE," In I rarsdis0'
K xn.soS soUAnE THEATRE - s:3o - An'
Secretary" ,>,.., rxh,hit;ou salmagundi
KIM o's G ARDEN-S-" Fedora
sr.p TuE aTgr-S-" Elizabeth. .
TpAIIA TpEATIE-S-" Grcgolatls;., x,-,,os IN Ono
ijx1nS SQUARE THEATRE - 5-"Three "No' "
Husband" w.. r,rronav
NAIIkcK's IHHATRE-S-" VICTOR rW""
sra Avrvur TUEATRr--S--" MamzeHc.,
yITu STREET TnEATRE--S-" Frivoh'y'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
4 DlAGEH.

How far distant is Il premium on goldf Out
of $40. 300, 900 paid in duties at New oih
during six weeks j l,llO,OOO has been paiu i'll
silver or silver certificates. mat Is ABOUT
AZ ncr cent. During four months enulhg WIN
Octohcr. 30 per cent of duties at New ork
was maid in silver during the first half OF TINS
wear. ONLY 2s per cent; during the last hall OF
last wear. only II per cent. ms IL SUM
ciently startling progress toward demohetiZa-
ton of gold to give lis pause. How does IL
come to pass 7 In the simplest possible way
as simple Us the falling OF rain when the clouds
get overloaded with moisture. The Treasury
has been forcing into the circulation more
silver and silver certificates than 1t can mold.
Consequently the surplus runs over into the
Treasury. and if the Treasury persists in the
same course it can presently fix things so that
if shall get nc gold at all through the custom
house. What it pays out, the people have IN
hand IN nay back. But if it shows disposition
NOT 20 nav ont gold, the people will soon de-
yelop n determination not to pay III gold. ms
wear the Treasury payments have been made
largely in legal-tenders and silver notes 0oh-
seouently, the payments to the treasury Ill
silver certificates have suddenly increased, as
above stated, and the proportion OF duties paid
in LEGAL tenders, which was DIG per cent uurihS
the last half of 1888 rose to II per cent during
the first half of 1881 and then to ~ per cent
in the fonr months ending October ii, and mas
risen to 81 per cent in November and part oil
December.
Gold will not be paid into the Treasury un-
less the Treasury pays out gold. If it cuts of
its simply of gold, by compelling its creditors
., receive paprr instead the Treasury will pres
emily be obliged to pay even the interest on the
nublic debt in silver or not at ALL What would
then De the value of United States bondsf Is
there any doubt that gold would then DC
boarded. and held at n high premium Ihat
uoth leads back to bankruptcy. II the party
which has just been rejoicing over It's victory
Il, s,es to signalizc its first year OF power by
uniting the Government into bankruptcy, 1t
NAV possibly succeed by insisting on the con-
tinucd coinage of silver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

ground. There IT, however, little TO hinder except the
EXPENSE Our business is profitable and growing ona
Tho chief advantage have gas plant In the mana
scture Of light the Of labor coal and the mat
ter Of depreciation OF which spoke We get horss
power by the consumption per hour Of $40 pounds Of
say, So coal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

II Is comfort to reflect that there Ia ut least
one department nthe city government when IS
tocrably we'll managed. That is the Department
Of Charities aud Correction, and the testimony
in ts favor comes FROM an energetic member ~
the state board Of Charities, The city institu-
iions. II Ia said. are ~ u better condition 'han
over before. and The wonder s that 81 much
good 10 accomplished with tho money allowed
Thirteen cents day Ia certainly y SMALL shui 10
nay Tor the subsistence ~ one person, but thai
Is Tho amount expended by The Commissioner
OF Charities aud Correction for each OF thel'
charges, Mrs, Loweli's suggestion that the dis
iribution Of coal among the oily's poor should
be superintendent by the Associated Charities
rather than the Commissioners, is an excellent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
TRdDEs- UNIONS AND TRADE DEPRESSION

u
A singulary suggestive remark was made at
n meeting of the Central Labor Union on Sun
day. The question under discussion was
whether there should bea parade of unemployed
men. In opposition it was urged that it was
beneath the dignity of an American workman
to boast of his dleness that such parade
would show employers that they had power T."
cut down wages if they pleased; and, particu-
larry, that il would show working people and
the employers both that there was not much
good in trades unions" Inasmuch as this sug-
gpstion came from trades union, it was fairly
entitled to serious consideration. What have
the trades unions been able to do. for example,
10 break the force of the depression which has
existed for the past year or two In some eases,
It is true, they have prevented n reduction oil
wages. but the practical effect has been the
closing of establishments employing large
number Of men, In other eases they have Sc
cured an advance of wages, at IA time when sucl
an advance necessarily curtaileh the industry
in which they were employed, aud placed 1t at
,hp mercy of competitors elsewhere.
In "A rrrnt majority Of eases. however. the
e1,,ts of the trades unions have not been suc-
rpsaIul because they have not been able to re.
sisl tho general tendency ol events toward n
eurialmrnl ol production and lower rate 90
wnsca, aud IN number oI eases The unions
have eansed heavy loss to the woilthgmrh Joy
involving lhnm IN unwian ani whaleIul Alihs
elos, II Ia perhaps we'll to consider whether
the actual condition at tho wolkingmon at this
Time il not ~ this communication 10 the Con-
lral Union suggested an evidence that the
trades-unions have not been on tho whole OF
much use. -
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CAPTAIN rrMMERMANS At FORT FISHER.

Captain Joseph hurley. Steamship chy OF washington
-rsv neople knew the late Captain L. L. Zimmerman
NJ know him He was not only one OF the best nayga-
tors in the Merchant Marine and man OF eIcceding
fine education AS THE rRpuSr said in It's obituary sFcte
Of him but he was brave and fearless man In An enei-
gcncy was associated with him FOR many years III the
Alexandra Line aud brother officer win MN III
the Navy during the war He was sai'ns On Wv
,,te,h,, IN the Fort Fisher fight of February. 1903
rbe Admiral asked for volunteers and Zimmerman was
the nrst % respond lie was given conuiand OF nna
inc patty mud was the first 70 jump ashore from the
hpas Us attack tho hcbcs and olcrca his nen 70 fohow
hlm on Moving Mound when young Ensign fof'et nna
br master n, arms shot ~ his sue iiinnei'hani
t,ti. il,ri rpabie Us irute ant ht thbte iot hte
t,.a 40 s.ttt a,k when NJ ans tat,itd oh Us hts sh'p
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