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New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
PUBLIC And PRIVATE RIGHTS.

Mr. Edmunds proposes that the Government
shall build telegraph lines of its own, begin
ming on the principle that there are 10 other
lines in the country that 5000 or 1000 miles
of trunk lines having been thus constructed ne
gotiations may perhaps be safely entered into
for the purchase of the existing private lines ;
but that the basis taken for valuation in such a
case should be simply the cost OF construction,
plus the future prospect as affected by the GER
tainty of Government competition. Mr.. Ed
munds apparently proposes also TO coniiScatc all
patents which may be required in the prosccu-
ton of the new enterprise, including the tclc-
phone patents. He iu,tifcs this on the ground
that Il patent only exists by the permission of
the Governments whereas the right of property
j. a natural right" The whole project Is Of
course advocated on tie theory that it Is for the
good Of the public, and tlat Il there be involved
any injury to private propcit' this must hc sub
nittcd TO fol- the sake OF Tie general interest.
Now. in the case of the postal telegraph. ii has
yet TO be demonstrated that the undertaking
would be for the public benefit, and tnat dem
onstlation clearly ought toPrcocdc any serious
discussion of ways and means. The objections
urged against any extension Of governmental
IL
or invalid They are based upon i'm experience
which fully iustifics the apprehension that
postal telegraph system under Government con
troll might be costly inefficient, vcxatiouS to the
public conservative to the point of stagnation,
and even possibly refuge for political para
sites and failures. But if these objections were
met and overcome, as they have not yet been,
il would be necessary to reflect carefully before
entering upon the cOuIsc marked out in the Ed
muDds bill.
In theory, all private interests must yield to
public ones In critical junctures the practice
must coincide with the theory. But where the
existence of paramount necessity is QuestiOna-
BILE where tho issue is one of public convent
ence, and not of public needi the danger of
with private rights ought never to
be lost sight of. Mr.. Edmunds argues that
since those citizens who embarked IN ntelegraphic
knew all the time that the Govern
ent had the power to assume this function, they
cannot complain of his proposed plan. But this
is very loose argument. 1t applies equally to
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
T4LKS .IBOCT TOJgN.
EYEsrGHT INJURED BY READING IN CA

FYEsIGHT INJURED By READING IN CARS
e. T. Nun, OpticIH.-I never ride ON a street or ele
waited at night that do not shudder at the reckless
and criminal way in which see people using their eyes
Men persist amid the jOtng In attempting to read tho
fine type of our newspapers There Is now glare Of
electric leht; then the ickering of from brilliant
ly lighted and again only the dim Light of the too
often dirty lamp In this shifting and changing Of
gnt and shade and in the movement OF tine
the attempt read IL dangerous aud destructive to eye
sight 1t IS the the erIyDOats in the railroad
cars even in the crowded busses. We shall have COM
muny blind shortly unless this habit is abandon
ed have by the score under treatment, which
are directly tIaceable to this practice.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

One of the newest fields of activity for the grad
uatc, OF the Bellevue Training School for Nurses
is Rome The R"y. DR.. Neyin, rector of the Aneri-
can Episcopal Church, organized the movement in
RESPONSE 10 the solicitations OF travellers exposed
IA the msidious feycr5 of the Campaguu, and sub
iacted 10 the ignorance aud ncXperiencc of Italian
nurses His idea was that there were a sufficient
number of American and English nvalds in Rome
and adjacent cities to give constant employment to
an organized association of trained nurses. Having
formed his project. he sent to the Bellevue Training
School for recruits 1t is very satisfactory to learn
that these volunteers have succeeded admirably in
their work. The agency is known as st. PauPs
House for Trained Nurses, with an office at No. is
Via Palermo, Rome. The manager. Miss Adelaide
\ Martin. supplies nurses for cases of sickness
anywhere in Italy During the first ten months
forty-cight applications were received and twenty
three cases treated. The number OF nurses Will be
doubled during the present season, and there is
every prospect that the association viii speedily
become seli-supportmg majority Of the nurses
cmpio ,rd arS Americans and their efficiency IN the
sck-room their self-poSscssOn aud quiet ways are
generally commended. They are doing excellent
work and a.e adding steadily to the reputation of
the institution at home which gave them thoir
scientific training.
The latest lever suggested for pryng the dis
trcsscd Democratic ont of the tarfpit is credit
cd 20 Mr. Morrison. But the chances are that il is
the work of at least dozen able-and Desperate
Democratic minds. Certainly no ncmeroly human
statesman cOuld have constructed il all by himself.
The lever takes the form of the suggestion that a
tarIl bill be introduced by Mr. Morrison with tho
understanding that it shall be recomnitted without
debate and made the special order for some day
after the Presidential election. some day next De-
cember Mr.. Morrison forgets one thing. When
Congress meets next December the Democratic ncm-
bers will be feeling so bad about the election Of
Republican President that they really Will be IN no
mood TO attend to business weighty as the tar
ill., But for all that il is lovely lever.
Senator Jacobs will find it difficult Undertaking
this year to defeat the bill 20 reduce the potage
fees at this port II has already been fayoraby re-
ported TO the Assembly by Mr. House. and the
Chamber of Commerce Is moving energetically to
secure favorable action in the Senate. In 1853
pilotage fees increased ninetytwo per cent ON
account Of the greater cost of living and the then
high premium on gold. 1t was distinctly under
stood. and the law SO provided, that the increase
should be allowed for only three years. But the
operation Of the statute was afterward extended
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
cnNn1rCrnRs AND RANDs.

Gilmore band ieader. Yes. presume shall play
at Manhattan Beach next summer. MI Nor"h
old ue some time ago that | might con7'uT
myself engaged. II | were not engaged tn're
mi hit 90 to Europe. tell you there Is hothhS NE
GOOD military band for the open air. Strings are wen
fnrdoor but they are weak outdoors especially
nj tbe side where the atmosphere affects their tone
Thomas f. wonderful conductor and nothing proves h'
senbilty and devotion then the anecdote OF Us
bursting into tear hearing of the failure TO secure
a certain singer Parcpa Rosa, bclevc-lor one O '
orntoroa once SAID Thomas, "YOur orchestra sha"
be Queen, all grace and ft for the dawn1 ROOM bu mn.
sboll he King" do not know how he h!oi It boyou
tpoy have been pressed TO take my band to Monlreai
during the Winter Carnival but cannot get away owing
20 two ENGAGEMENTS In the city.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
PEKNON1[.

One of William d. Howes's children has been
seriously i'll with scarlet fever but is now recover
ing.
"Peacc if possible justice Mt any rate is what
Wendell Phillips is most fond of prciixing 10 his
signature for autograph collectors
Rubnsten, it is said, is disgusted with the
shabby treatment accorded him in 81. Petersburg
and Will probably soon leave Russia forever.
1t is now announced that the Rev. George A. Cor
don, of Greenwich, Conn, will enter upon his pas
tOrate of the Old South Church. Boston, on the first
Sunday of April next.
The sculptor of the statue of Berangcr in Paris
has depicted the great poet with a volume of Horace
in his hand But Berangcr himself declared that he
dld not know word of Latin,
Henri Blame who has just died in France at tic
age of nnety-sx. is declared to havo been the last
French survivor of Trafalg gar in which battle he
served on the Mont Blanc and was taken prisoner
when that vessel was reduced to a wreck by tho
British guns.
Slr. Horatio Ross the veteran British deer
stalker, who has just celebrated his golden wedding
has spent seventy seasons on the mO0rs, and nOw
at eightv-three year, old, is still capital shot
little over year ago hc went out one day at 3 ia
the morning fired eighty y-three shots, and brought
down eighty-thrce birds. His eldest son won the
first Queens Prize M Wimbledon. and his second
son was Tor years the champion marAsman OF India.
"With the arrival of Mrs. McEroy at the White
House. writes "a Washington correspondent Of The
Boston Transcript. the circle of ladies most promi
nenty identified with the winters social life in high
official circles IS complete. Not one among them
bears her part more mosteutatiouSly than this
good-looking little Albany lady, on the sunny side
Of forty, who loves home and children 50 alb
sOrblugy that II is a. much "A trial rs pIlvege for
her to leave them, even 10 come and stand az her
brothers SIDE III great national pageants."
III response 10 a request from President Barnard.
Of Columbia College, Mr. John Taylor Johnston,
Assistant Bishop PoJterand dmany other we-known
citizens D.. Charles Wadstein viii deliver fare
we'll lecture on The Lesson Of Greek Art at
Chckering Hall, next Friday evening. Dr.. Nald-
STEIN who is a native ol this city and a graduate Of
Columbia College viii soon sail Tor England 10 re-
sumo his duties as Lecturer Oh Greek AIT AT Kings
College and Director OF the FltZ-N lliIam Museum
at Cambridge.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The President will leave
Washington tomorrow afternoon for New-fOrk 20
attend the reception of the Union League Club, on
Wednesday evening. He will be accompanied by
Secretaries Frelinghuysen, Folger and Teller. and
probably by other members OF the Cabinet. At
tOrnry-Ueueul Brewster will join the party IN
NcW-lUIk
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Engineer in Chief
Charles If. Lorng, the chief of the Bureau of
Steam Engineering in tine Navy Department, was
commissioned to-day aud Will enter Oh his duties
tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
RESPONSIBILITY ron TIE DISASTER.

The responsibility for the loss of the steam
ship City of Columbus seems to lie between the
captain and the second mate Fuller, the first
mate, was not on duty at the time of the dis
aster, having been relieved two hours before by
Harding, the second mate. Captain Wright
went below little less than an hour before the
vessel struck, and consequently Harding was the
officer in command. The course had been fixed
by Captain Wright off Nobska, and ought TO
have carried the ship, he now says, clear Of the
rocks and beyond Gay Head to the open sea
within two hours. If the course was changed
Harding was responsible for the neglect TO fol-
low the captains orders. The quartermaster
at the wheel says that the course was not
altered until the lookout suddenly reported the
Devils Bridge buoy on the port bow, when
Harding gave the order, " Hard a-pOt J" which
aroused the captain. If this be true, Harding
cannot be held accountable for the ships course,
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
Amnsfments Co. Ni1bt.

AMERIC AN Arr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BIJoC oPERA HOUSES" Opheus and Eurydice.'
CASINO" The ReggaT Student"
DALN's Tn ATRE-S-" SeNen-IwcntY- Eight
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-S-" Those Bells )" and @ Hob
bies.'' .
HAvEX ~ COMEDY THEATRE-s" Cloches de Corneville'
HoKTICUITCRNI HAII-COnCert.
ADIsON GLIB TiE ATER-3-Rc9dings
MADISON SQUARE TnEATRE-s:3O--"Ihe Raiah.'
NEW PAEK IIIEATi DIS" Miss
NIMO's GAGuEN---Ss--" ono OF the Finest
STAR TIn.ATBE-S-" Love Chase"
ITALIA 1HEATRE--S-' AfrikarriSc" .
THEA1RE COYIQUE--2 and g." COrdclia's Aspirations
UNION SQt ARB rHEATRE-S-"S storm Beaten
WALLAC ~ THEAIRE--S--"Doception
ssD AVFNtE TIIEATRE--S--" Passions SiaVe
5Ti! AVENUE THEATRE--S"A A WIGS Peril
lSTU STREET HFATRE--S-' Unscr Fritz
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
TIE yEW PRESIDENT OF TIE ALDERMEN.

TIE NEU PRESIDENT or TIE ALDERMLN.
Thanks TO the votes of four Republican Al
dermen and his own, William p. Kirk takes his
place at the head of our municipal legislature
and has an equal voice with the Mayor, the Con-
troller and the President OF the Tax Depart
ment in deciding how more than thirty millions
of public funds shall be expended in one year.
Among all the Democratic politicians in New
York, search the halls and the factions
through. il would be hard TO find a man whose
career has been so consistently free from any
suspicion of public spirit.
If Mr.. Kirk ever had an aim that was
lofty, if he ever accomplished result
bv means that were creditablc, he has
kept the secret TO himself. See how his own
district regards him. great fayorite in Tam
many Hall-and that fact alone pitilcssly ex-
poses the character Of the organization
which has just received the accession of
General COchrane and George II. Forster
all the resources of Mr.. Kclly's party
were used without stint to elect him last No
vcmber. The Democratic factions made their
hardest fight for the control of the Board of
Aldermen, and Tammany was especially
anxious to elect Kirk. And yet with all this
strain on the part of his faction and himself he
slipped in by just hc0 votes in a total Of 1881.
Even his own district could hardly tolerate him
any longer We are sorry that Republican
votes have helped to raise such man to such
IA f,lacp
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
ORANGE COUNTY MILK AND AIR

Dr. H. A. POOier, president Of Goshen uHdJe'-Ine'o
has lately been criticism OF Orange County MIX a'
being not entirely wholesome Al | answer iN LOOK "
me. | was New-York physician and was an "oi"
down. weighed but ~ pounds when few years "k''
left the city and bought dairy farm in Orange Oou
Now weigh nearly 200 aud am sound as "ollSf
SON who was weak boy, and whom was told eou.u
rovor raise L. now stalwart sixfoOtcr. lay II all 10
Orange Comfy milk and air There Is nowhere suoh
rich milk district rs In Orange County, Delaware ''"ny
and that region. The plsrage Is sweet lhe ""'V'
tlnctnred with iron, which acts as tonic keePnS w.
cow. in vigorous health and the air Is clear anu oia~
Orange County for me.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
GRAND ARMY OF TIE REPUBLIC.

EI-1bcW0H JacoIHs-I am candidate for Com
mauder Of the Grand Army OF the Republic; anil admit
that am anxious to be elected. was soldier at six
teen years age and have been active in the Grand Army
ever since it organized think deserve the pro-
motion seek, or wouldn't ask It. ID want 1t fot
political rea,Ousl NO. sir Would use my influence &c
help nominate President Artlurl No, sir President
Arthur il a candidate The nomination, would get no
aid from Us. There Obligations my part to aid
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

person taking this sOlemnly swore that
he had never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States Government. nor
given aid or announcement to those who had
done so; that he had held NJ Office under
Government hostile to the United States, ana
that he never would. Any man who was
not rendered Ineligible to Office under the NV tn
Amendment. and yet who, on account OF service
in the Rebellion, could not take this oath, was
permitted to take much milder one. 80 II
turned out that jurors were about the onlS
persons affected by the old law. That the
House was decidedly of the opinion that the
"iron-cladn form was not OF much use unuei
these circumstances, is shown by the VoVe p'
which it was rcpcalcd-lS5 to IL.
Mr. Bradaugh the locked-Out member OF
Parliament from Northampton, has finally eaineu
one victory in his struggle against hnghsn III
tolerance A suit was brought against MN
year or two ago, for having sat ana Noteu l."
the House of Commons without hdIlhs '"A0"
the legal oath and he was scntenceu 10 pay 40
n penaltv $500. In turn Mr. Bradlaugh olouen'
n suit for maintenance (aiding III an actloh 10
which one is not a party against the man VINO
had furnished the money to carry Oh 'iie lis'
legal alprocccdings against him; and this Mr. brau-
laugh has won. Ii is victory on ASIDE ISSUE ol
course and does not directly affect the MAN
thepoint Of controversy between Parliament anu
thrmcmbcrfr Northampton. Still, 1t Will exert
n wholesome influence in his behalf, and help
him toward the final triumph he is sure TO ENJOY
some day, if he lives.
The two legislative investigating committees
avoided clashing yesterday by pursuing dliier-
ert lines of inquiry. Mr.. Thompson appeared
before the Senate Committee, and was exam
incd in a general way, but the serious work
was left for another occasion. He submitted a
list of the employees in the Public Works De-
partmcnt showing that 1s9 inspectors are en-
plovcd If Mr. Thompson can make clear the
need for % inspectors in addition to the sur
veyors, engineers, etc, who are supposed 10
watch contractors the committee should give
him opportunity to do so. OF course he said
thatnot SINGLE man could be spared but 1t
ought not TO be difficult task to show that
good many Of them are of no service To the
city. The Assembly Committee has begun
promising field of inquiry intOthe management
of the Offices of the Register, County CIerk ana
Sheriff, The peculiar fact was developed that
there are no records in those Offices to show
what have been the receipts from fees OF pre-
yiouS iurumbentS From the fact that Demo
cratic nominee for one of these places pays
so. 600 into the campaign fund, II Is evident
that the receipts OF each Of the Offices must he
large. Much of it probably comes from fees
not authorized by statute. If the committee
can show what the receipts have been and can
secure the passage of Il law to correct abuses
of this kind, il Will accomplish a good work.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

The deadlock in the Brooklyn Board of
Aldermen was also broken yesterday; but the
breaking thereof was no credit to any one, since
il was the result Of a bargain about patronage.
Ii had been hoped that with the reorganization
of the Board, by doing away with representa-
ton by wards, reducing the number of mem
bers from % to 10, and abolisting salaries the
disgraccful dickering over the limited
"spoils" within the Boards control would dis
appear Such hopes have proved futile, and
therefore the outlook for the last Brooklyn ex
pertinent in municipal reform is bad 1t is
gratifying to note. however, that the Repubh-
can members of the Board have nOt contributed
TO this result.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

The people of this city have reason to be glad
that Commissioner Thompson has made one
discovery. He said yesterday that hc had
"disc0yered" that he was paving too much for
coal on 1899 orders and he now buys coal by
contract Formerly he purchased ii on orders
given TO two members OF his Assembly District
committee Messrs. Collins and Treacy. But
Mr.. Thompson would have continued TO cVade
the law and pay nearly two dollars more ton
for coal than other departments if his wrong
doing had not been exposed. Before he gets
much further he may possibly make some more
discoveries
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
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New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

The fires in the Bowery and HoustOn-ss. yes
terday call attention once more to the need OF a
revision of our building laws. In both in
stances lives were endangered through a Lack OF
proper means Of escape. In one building espe-
cially there was no access TO the sleeping apart
ments upstairs, except through the shop in
which the flames were discovered If the fire.
men had been delayed a few moments in going
to the scene of the fire (as they easily might
have BEEN considering the amount of snow in
the streets several lives would probably have
been lost. Ii does not appear that the attention
of the Buildings Bureau has ever been directed
to the buildings; but probably if it had been
the inspectors could have done little toward
making them entirely safe
The House of Representatives has passed
o bill to repeal all laws prescribing what
A. known as the "iron-clad OATH
New-York tribune., 1884-01-22
Nep91ork DailQ Gtibrl1la.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

NEW-YORK, TUESDAY, JAN. %.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-26

The concert last Wednesday night, at Cables
Hall under the management of Miss F. B. Cam
eron, the organist Of st. Johns Church, and Civ
en- for the building fund of that Church, was a
most enjoyable affair, and reflects great credit
upon those who were kind enough To take part
therein. For nearly two hours the sounds of
sweet music filled the hail. and whenever the
character OF the pieces permitted the performers
were enc0red
Mrs. Bonsall and Gen. Gonzales added much
to the pleasure by their thoroughly trained and
excellent voices, while those who know the
sweetness of Miss Jennie Whiaker's voice need
not be told that all were charmed by it, Miss
Slppie Williams pleased everybody and added
TO her laurels by singing, as an encorc, Good
bye Sweetheart" Mr. Meek, both in the solo and
in the duets, sustained the reputation he has ac-
quired as a skillfu and careful musician.
The quartete with which the concert opened.
and the closing chorus, were the only places in
which Messrs. Schrader and Damon sang, and
that they acquitted themselves with credit is
only what was expected by those who have so
often heard these gentlemen in the choir of St.
Johns Church.
The Instrumental pieces were admirable Miss
Kate Beard and Miss Katie Kemper playing
with their usual skill and the piano duet by
Miss Mix and Mr. Meek was a fit opening for the
Second Part OF concert which will be long re-
membered for the pleasure it gave to the audi
encc and for the smoothness OF its performance.