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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
ANOTHER SAD MISTAKE.

One of the most significant features OF TO-
davis news is the defeat and collapse OF the
great strike of weavers in England. The strike
has lasted eight weeks, and was for the purpose
of resisting a reduction of only per cent Ill
wages. In other words, the weavers were not
willing to give up their wages for 2.6 weeks out
Of tbe fftv-two in year, and therefore volun-
tarily deprived themselves of their wages for
eight weeks out of the fiftytwO. This Is OF a
niece with the wisdom so often displayed by
the trades unions on both sides OF the ocean.
And yet the English operatives are far more
entitled to sympathy, because OF their great
needs. than similar operatives in this country,
who are much better paid, live better III all re-
snects. and have the choice of many other oc-
cupations in which living wages can be earned
The lucrative in England has poor wages at
the hest. Is compelled to live in the most
straitened and painful way, can barely escape
starvation when times are hard, ana knows that
other employments are in like measure so over
crowded that weaving or starvation Is Tor nm
often the only alternative.
Under such circumstances a reduction OF
wages is most painful change to accept ana
vet. for the English operatives as for all Others,
it is always the practical question whether the
state of the market renders any better wages
possible-whether more will not be sacrlhced
bv q strike than by the change proposed. TOO
often it proves that the operatives, IN their lack
of full information or their angry disbelief OF
statements made TO them, subject themselves to
sovero loss. In the recent case the British
manufacturers stated very fairly the actual con
dition of the business and showed that 1t would
be moro profitable to them 10 stop WORKS
oltooetbcr than to go on without lower cost OF
production Had the operatives been WISER
tbcv would have known that the same en-
barrassmcnt exists in this country and IL greater
or less degree in all countries where cotton is
largely manufactured the production has out
run the demand for consumption, and an IN
crease Of consumption can be secured only by
decrease in cost. At such periods in the ms
tory Of manufacture, the country or the local
itv that can meet the new conditions and retain
its trade secures great prosperity when the tide
Turns, while the manufacture at other points
falls behind or becomes permanently dIsorgan-
lied and crippled.
The British manufacture will be helped to
tide over the period OF depression by the re-
duction accepted by the Manchester weavers, If
similar changes are made generally. Mean
while the operatives at some points IN TINS
country. especially at Fall River, are strongly
resisting any concession. II they could sue
coed, they would only help to cripple their own
industry in competition with that OF other
countries. And a prolonged and costly suS-
pension would have in a measure the same
effect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
GENERAL NOTES.

Two-cent journalism has made its most
marked recent Improvement in NewYork IN the case OF
The Mail ana Express Always clean and safe It's ncreas
inc popularity has resulted in its becoming also more
spughty and goodlookinS.
In the shadow of a tall blue granite shaft
in Oak Hill Cemetery. near Kirlwood, Mo. stands a
small heallstone Of the material bearing the III
scription Our Dog shcp' This memorial is in accord
ance with the wishes OF George c. Hammond whose last
will and testament made ample provision for the dog
comfort In fe care and medical attendance In sickness
and final repose at his masters eet Too much rich food
emf Shcp or uutmey, but doctor, shrOud. colin
and tombstone have all combined to preserve his MEM
DRY.
The Yale catalogue, just published, an
nounces that examinations for admission to the
college will be held next June at st. Louis
"a well as at Chicago, Cincinnati San Francisco
and Andover Yale formerly the favortte college
among southeners but since the war the expense OF
iornev TO New Haven with the prospect or possible re-
iertion and return after fruitess and costly trip, ha5
Getcrd many students from making the attempt To en-
ter Vale The announcement that examinations Will De
held next summer at ST. Louis III answer 10 recent a-
neal from several influential Southern graduates
The seventeenth annual convention OF the
Young Mems Associations Of Ohio will be held at Dayton
ON February H. and will be in session for four days
Among the speakers will be the Rev. Dr. Arthur Mitchell
Of Cleyeandi the Rev II. f, Wlamsi L. d. Wlshard'
International College Secretary; r. r. McBurney, OF this
city and others prominently identified with the assoc1-
ticn Interesting topics viii be discussed among whh
will be Bible study, young meme meetings, boys WORK.
work among railroad meR anu cVeSe STU
dents and State and International work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
NEE DISASTERS IN SOUDAN.

The defeat of Bakers army has been followed
by the massacre of one of the garisons which
he was striving to rescue. Tewik Bey, with
force of four hundred men, has been holding
Sinkat against overwhelming numbers for sew
eral weeks in the expectation that ne would be
reinforced from Suakim His supplies having
been exhausted, he has adopted the desperate
expedient of attempting to cut his way through
the enemys lines This bold sOrtie has in
yolved the destruction of the garrison. The
fate of the remaining garrison at Iokar Is sealed
by the disastrous repulse of Bakers army. The
commander may prolOng his resistance short
time ; but inasmuch as the prospect OF relief Is
now homeless, either q surrender or a massacre
is inevitable. The Egyptian army was utterly
routed In the recent engagement. AT least
tWO-thirds of the force were maSSacred out
right, and the fugitives were so demorallzed
upon reaching their camp at Trinkitat that 1t
became necessary for Baker to put them on
board the transports and to return to Suakim
Notwithstanding the presence Of several British
gunboats, the position of the garrison there Is
now regarded as critical; and this seaport is,
with the exception of Tokar the only post Oc-
cupied by tho Khedive's forces between Khar-
toum and the Red Sea.
Baker has never been a fortunate commander.
At ConstantinOple he was a great favOrite with
the Sultan and the Pachas, but he failed to
demonstrate his military capacity in the cam
paign with Russia. He has always had the
reputation of being good dIill-master, if moth
ing more, and on this account he was summoned
to Cairo after Tel-el-K ebir to organize the
national gendarmerie. If he has been ignomin-
iously repulscd in his first engagement in the
Soudan, ii is probably because he found it i'm
possible to make soldiers out OF the military
mob placed under his orders. All accounts sent
from Suakim to the London journals have
represented his force to be lacking in discipline
and courage, and utterly worthless for serious
operations. He had a few regiments which had
served under Arab and been partially reorgan-
lied after the collapse of the campaign. These
went to the SOudan with great reluctance and
with open signs of revolt. The fellah soldiers
had no heart for fighting and evidently detested
their English officers. The garrisons which had
been concentrated at Suakim from various
posts in the Eastern SOudan made no conceal
ment of their intention 10 break ranks and run
away as soon as they should be led into battle.
With these were a few companies OF Turkish
cavalry and infantry. These were really good
soldiers. The bulk of his force, however, was
composed Of inert and cowardly fellaheen aad
treacherous blacks. With such soldiers it was
impossible TO rescue either TOkar or Slnkat.
These defeats in the Eastern Soudan can
scarcely fail to weaken the Liberal Ministry III
England. A premature attempt to debate the
Egyptian question has ended disastrously fol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
PERSONAL.

Mrs Langtry's geat-great -great-great- grand
father was Thomas LIE Breton, who was Dean Of che
Island of Jersey from 1905 to October 5, 1928 the
date of his death.
In reply to a recent invitation to deliver lee
ture before the Manhattan Temperance Assoca-
ton in Cooper Union p I. Barnum writes from his
home in Bridgeport: " Friend Gibbs-l have fin
isaed ccturing forever in tits world. Truly yours,
L. T. BaTnum."
Mr.. Felix Moscheles, English artist, whose
portraits of some notable New-York citizens have
been greatly admired, aud who visits New-York
warmlyindorsed by prominent Engshmen, will. IN
the language of his modest little circular Talk on
Art and TO illustrate his lecture, will paint por
trait study from life, at he Nteinway Lecture
Hail. on Friday next, at two o'clock In the alter
noon.
BRIDGEPORT, Feb. Civilian II. Barpum, ex-
chairman of the National Democratic Committee,
and president of the HousatOnic Railroad Company,
who has been dangerously Ill at his residence at
Lime Rock, has so far recovered that he Will make
a trip to New-YOrk tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07

since il was his duty to see where the vessel was
going, and to realize the approaching danger
But the evidence of the quartcrmaster'
Mcdonald. is the most significant OF all. lie
SAWS that the captain gave him the order TO
steer southwcst-by- and that II was given
70 him direct and not through the second maze
He further states that he did not change tlis
course again, but was steering 1t when uc
steamer struck. If this statement Is true 1t
may be said almost TO settle the question ol
responsibility, and to clear mp the mystery ior
if il is true il demonstrates that the theory mere
advanced is the correct onc-namely, thaI tue
CAPTAIN mistOOk his position when OIL lar
paulin Cove, and consequently gave course
which landed the vessel on the rocks. IL may
he said that the captain of the Glaucuss obser-
walton bears out this conclusion, for when he
saw the Columbus, which was shortly after
CAPTAIN Wright left the deck, he noticed that
She was much further over than she ought to
have been. And this explains the bewlIderment
of Captain Wright. When he says God only
knows how the ship came where she struck" nc
appears TO mean that he cannot understand how
the second mate could have got her into that
position. Neither can we, but if we are sure that
the captain himself put her there everything
at once becomes Ineligible.
OF course it is absolutcly necessary that an ac-
curate showing be made of the position OF the
steamer when the captain gave the new course.
If, however, Captain Hammond is right us to tlat
position, there is no escape from the conclusion
that the loss of the City of Columbus was
caused primarily by an error of reckoning on
the part of her commander; an error which ms
continued presence on deck, or the faithful
performance of his dirty by the second mate
would have rendered harmless, but which
became fatal through general negligence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
WILLIAM THE CONQUERED.

deep gloom has been cast over Arlnory Hall.
Those who most do cOngrcgate within Its lovely
precincts murmur to one another over their nom
inebriating table beer,
"But yet we know, where'er we go,
That there has passed away McGlory from the town"
McGlory was smitten with the sword OF justice
yesterlay-siX months in the Penitentiary 1t IS q
great blow not only to the individual McGlory, Dnt
fo that peculiar school of Reform of which, in
Justice consented to suspend sentence, he was to
no at once an ornament, pride and shocking ex-
annie. Justice would not consent No, not even
when her attention was directed to the fact that
+be NcGlorv interest as an earnest of the sincerity
and depth of his repentance had presented $40
nor asked any change back--tO = local temperance
organization
1t Is rough on William, but let him not mourn as
those who haveno hope. True, he will not be out
in time To attend the Democratic National Conyen-
ton But then he will be in ample time to partcl-
pate In the most important portion of the campaign
at the head of the McGOry Live Oak Jetiorsonians.
And even his temporary secluson far from the mad
ding crowd has its advantages. Committed to the
still air of more OF less delightful studies for half
wear he will have ample opportunity to ponder upon
the particular scheme Of Reform to which he has re-
solved to devote his future, and devise ways and
means for making it thorough, practical and COM
pTehensive. Too many OF our WoueTn helornleIo
rush into the field with crude plans and hence fail
dsmally Mr. McGlory. owing to circumstances
not under his own control, will he spared this NOR
tification.
For this and other reasons which it is not perhaps
necessary to state, we are inclined to congratulate
rather than condole with William on his temporary
retirement from politics and table beer For the
next six months he will be the right man in the
right place. After that the world will be all before
him where to choose. Let US trust he will become so
sensible Reformer that no will not choose Armory
Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07

Emil schenok played schuberts Berceuse" and Pop
piers "Taranellsv for viOonceo with his colleagues
OF the Philharmonic Club Philip Farber, Emil
Gramm and Emil scbenck, Mr.. Arnold played
movement from schuberts posthumous Cminor quartet
besides solo Numbers These pieces were the odtms
avorte show-pece "Fantaisio d. otilo" by Ernst and
= Res's st,Ite Oh thirty-four No. g. This viii indicate
how busy Mr.. Arnold kept employed dnrng tbe
evening; hut he bad the satisfaction OF
was In musical mood played With greater freedom
richer tone and truer information than usual, giving me
fantasia or themes "Othelo" with considerable
dash ana brhance. 49, - a.,
lie was happy In his support; Miss Huntington though
not s iJopGsinR in her artistic she Is IN her bodily
stature has "a lorey voice and pretty sentiment which
went 10 make her singing Of tbe pOetcal German songs
verv neasurabjs performances She shows Ugh degree
of musical inte Sence and whatever News may
nsfl .ss style Recalls wera won by Nine. schiller who
uayrd Schumaun's romance IN t-sharp MAJOR With
lined feeling. and DupOnt's dihcult concert toccata
brilliantly but with a rather harsh tolsJ, and Mr.
gobpuck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
amusemcnis 60 Night.

ACADEMY OF DEsfGN--water Color Exhibition.
BIJoU OPERA HousE-9-" Orpheus and Fury
CASINOS" The Merry War"
CBICKERING HALL-1l-Lecture.
DAYS THEATRE-S-" Seven-Twenty-Eght."
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-S-"ESmeralda."
HORTICULTURAL HALL--FOwer Show.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-Arion Ball. .
MADISON SQUARE Alpine Roses
NEW PARK THEATRE-S-"Threeo of aKind. ~, -,
NEw.loKK COMEDY TBEATRE-S-"Funo on the DTS W.
NIB O's G. NgDEN--S--"A Wite's Per1L"
STAR THFATRE-S-"Nanted Partner"
ITALIA TREATRE-s-" Griseldis." .,y
THEATRE CoMIoUE-S-" Cordclias Aspianohs'
yJNIoN SQUARE THEATRE-S-"S separation
WhlIACt(s THEATRE--S--"Dcceiltloh.,
80 AVTSIE THFATRE--S-" That Man g.
bTH AyENuE THEATRE--s-" Confusion
iaTn STRrFr TuEATRE--s-" Fritz in Ireland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
MUSICAL NOTES.

Mendelssohn'o cantata, The First Walpurgis
Night" Is enjoying great popularity with musical direct
ors tb season. The Times, Of London, recently threat
ened cry against plethora OF II after having re-
GREETED early In the that it seldom given.
w had n here at fine first concert OF the OraOro Society
uder Or DamrOsch Last night, under the direction OF
hs .On Walter. the c8ntata was given by the newark
Harmonic society with Mrs. - 5. Canon, f. .. Barnard
and Emile Colctti in the solo parts
The fourth concert of the Symphony Society
will take place on Saturday evening OF this week in tho
Academy OF Music There win be the usual public rehear-
sal on Friday afternoon. Following is the programme:
Overture "K0enig stephan. Beethoven
"Andante de Concerto Tor viOOncelO. clique
Mr. Fritz Griese
Symphony, Lcn0re 49,. - lh1
Concerto for pianOOrte @ minor -...--- Aendelssohn
Miss Jessie Pnney.
Selections from Die Meistersinge -......WaShi
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MUSIC.
RROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

BkOOkL1N GlllLuAhMONlC OOCIEIl'
The orchestral matnees which have been in
troduced this season into the generous scheme OF con-
cers provided by tho Philharmonic Society In Brooklyn
fnIal the Same mission IN that city that Mr. Thomass
Concerts for Young People which were concluded last
Saturday did in this. They are tho ONLY occasions on
which music OF the lighter order be heard performed
in first class STYLE aud with irreproachabe surround
ngs The liking for this music is not gone out With the
opprecaton OF higher forms There ia no antagon-
ism between such a programme as Mr. Thomas ana bis
orchestra interpreted yesterday afternoon IN the Acad
envy Of Music and the programmes OF the regu-
lar series Of philharmonic Concerts. The music vas
enoyed heartily and 1t lies, from much playing easily
in the fingers Of the musicians, 1t was well played,
though there were not wanting indications that the
concert given without rehearsal ,
The programme began with "a Prelude, Chorale ana
Fuguc, by Bach, arranged for orchestra by j. ADeTO
and ended with instrumental pieces In BerliOls La
Damnation de Faust" To the intermediate numbers
beethoven contributed the finale 10 his PrOmeiheus
ballet music (Which gave the thinking portion Oh me u
dience an opportunity to compare an earlier ana iar
treatment Of the same melody the subject OF TINS hhae
being also the subject OF the finale OF the Heroic y M
phony), Ran the march movement or ihe Leh =, ,
symuhouy Wagner the forest music OF Slegifled ana
the overture 10 Renh." Haydn the variations Tor
strings on what the national hymn OF Austria, ana
Strauss the Autumn Roses waltz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
HAS MR.. BEECHER 4 DOUBLEi
HE DENIES THAT HE SAW MRS. LANdiRi-'i"' oiN'
MORE SAYS 1T WAS A JOKE.
The following was received from MI Deecher

ur usN1Es THAT HE SAW MRS. IANdfRY-hR' GILL
MORE SAYS 1T WAS JOKE
Tho following was received from Mr.. Beecher
last evenings
70 \, Fdtfor OF The tribune.
sra, Have a lonblel be IN two places a.
., Shcuent that spent Tuesday night, February
IN Boston, and at the Parker House AFTER 90. ID
Geographic dispatch this Ines fs'rH s,cr,Sr T fa Mrs
strv and couyessing vita reporters. am much per.
neXsj 10 Anow which Of these persons wa' me
20 IDENTIFY ia lost and my CONSCIOUSNESS no lohset
Md or was in Boston during IAe very upe en"I
was listening to airs I.snstry Mha, snSb him
sei on FOR mel suspect Cannot some Sns c1's 20
him examine him in theology, maze MN p~ morning
ctnred In Worcester Monday night spent .9rsGss "
Boston aud after 1880 p H. was at me parser
Parker House, Boston, Feb. g. 1854. $50 on
Late Monday night dispatch signed FooI' an" -
,oraY Wa, received at TIE TnBCNE ohee sNuis
III, Mr. Beecher would be present al tue per
Sa.n,,pc. Of "a Wile's Peril at Niblos uarden
ON Tuesday evening. reporter WSi'Su
m, theatre tnat evening aad asked r. e Gilmore Il ''
ps.cber was present and whether he eoud NOT SEQ
him Mr. Gilmore replied that he mas asked MN '"oe
h oud talk TO reporters and Mr. Beecher had leiu'eu.
A. cnrore then gave tho substance Of the account
,,ob ,noeared IA Yesterdays TRIBUNE. lie staled tHo
to,s as there given ia matteroffact and oasines'o
vav which left no doubt IA the reporters minu ." " WV
o % o AZ ~ Bseehers telegram last night
Mr. eilmore vas again at n, theatre TIA Ion ist
not here last nlehIr said he WI nav stStenea; [
I o5 .1s o one mot Od S.t M ws S
TO please Nj Bseeher ON Mr. ne Gilmore t smiled aud s
PI'' ses. a'n you've about found out that that rf
a pretty tough citizen; The 1, i1 6eeeSsrs very
p,oroart and miatock him 9r ,ne hsd bettsr
couldn't have been possible Wen, inca y iote rom
expiain 10 every one that the "nolo su"i' W."
eganing TO end" IL, a. ,,,,hi,e IN think that he
az, "a .,uniI liz AZ Joke The public Will PrOpa"y
tSinL his real opinion Vas that the LIE was A''u
| tsenenL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07

To theatre managers: Now being played at
Washington, "A roaring farce entitled. Horizontal
Reduction" Draws q full House. For further par
ticulars address The Morrison Comedy Company,
Qimited), Washington, ID. G.
young fellow wanted to learn trade, so he APP
piled for instruction In the business of picking
pockets. Perhaps he had observed that the pick
pockets are not given to strikes. Perhaps he
thought this trade useful preliminary to poiti-
cal career But a young man who can think of no
shrewder way of filling his pockets than by
literally putting his hands into the pockets of his
neighbors, must be in these adventurous days as
far behind the times as the person who enlsts as
mode of getting living. When Billy McGlory can
earn reputation as a temperance retormer upon his
bare cheek" young man must be very poor
spirited to fall back on pocket-plcking as means
of subsistence.
Controller Grant is acting wisely in refusing to
pay the salaries Of persons on the municipal pay
rolls until he Is satisfied that there Is due warrant
of law for the outlay of every dollar. If the matter
had always been given the thorough attention 1t Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07

ground that Free Trade is not the lnterha'lohai
law of the Almighty, and in sustaining TINS
position he did not follow the Free-lrade hapiV
of reasoning from theories to laws; he pre-
forred 70 argue from facts Then he gave the cluo
some very hard facts to consider. The SUD
stance of what he said is printed on another
mage of THE TRIBUNE this morning
Mr.. Roosevelt's bill to give the Mayor the
sole power OF appointment isgetting along very
well in the Assembly but it is to have the as
sistance of such approval as is given by
a public meeting urging its PASSAGE
or the passage of some other bill like it. Inc
call for mass-meeting at Cooper Union mex,
week, Thursday, the 18th, is puolisheu u
in another column of this paper II
oil the citizens, or a quarter OF thc'u
who svmpathize with the cause OF decent
municipal government in this wretchediy gov
erned city turn out on that occasion, 'here
will be one of the best meetings IN cooper
Union which that place ever saw.
The session of the British Parliament mas
onened as excitedly as was expected. Inc Mill
istry is attacked from all sides. The Conserva-
tiveS. whose stupid laundering on TUESDAY
closed the debate on the Queens speech before
thew had said all they wanted to, yesterday
tried to hold the Government responsible for
their predicament. Lord Randolph Churchill
led the onslaught, and Sir Stafford Northcote
meeldy brought up the rear. Mr.. Gladstone
was accused of tricEery, and Lord Randolph
moved an amendment to the address asking the
removal of the Ministers, to make place 1or
,,,oo who vara better fitted to rule.
Then he proposed an adjournment. The Pre-
mier replied with spirit and said the Opposition
should have all the chance they wanted to
discuss affairs in Egypt and everywhere else.
There is a certain dash about Lord Randolph
Churchill's impudence that's taking; but 1t has
not profted him or his party much in the past
and not likely 70 do so now. Suchperformances
as the Conservatives engaged in yesterday I'M
der his command will only group the Liberals
more closely about their leader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
MP RICHARD ARNoLp's CONCERT.

With the help of some of the best local musi-
cal talent Mr. Richard Arnold gave his annual concert
last night In Chckerng Hall Miss Agnes Huntington
sang three German songs and an air, "Lingrsto
mi Abbandona," from Meyerbeers "n Proiete" !
Mime. Madeline Schiller played the pano-iortc part OF
uummels L major trio aud two panoforte solosi MI