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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
A Minister'S Troubles.
rErom the Boston GIobe.l


A man bearing a very large bunch of
suspenders, the loose ends OF which dan
gled about as he walked along, was go
ing up Washington in the neighborhood
of School Street. On the same side Of the
same thorougbfare coming the other
way was agentleman who was recognized
to be one of cur noted divines-a man
who not only fills his pulpit ably on
Sunday, but is well known for bis good
deeds and uprightness. As he mean
dered about among the passers he talked
earnestly to himself and emphasized his
sentiments by an occasional gesture with
his right hand. Whether he was IN the
midst of the sixthly of hisDext Sundays
sermon or was only laying down the law
to the wicked politicians Is not known;
but it is known that when lie got oppo-
site the man with the suspenders, IN the
course Of an elaborate gesture, he thrust
one of his fingers through buckle of
one of the dangling suspenders, and
nearly succeeded in getting away with
the article. That suspender, however,
CHANGED to be fastened to ring IN the
man hand, and the result was both he
and the clergyman came to a sudden
standstin about the same moment.
"Oh, no. You don't-not this time, .
said the man with the suspenders.
81 beg yollr pardon" cried the cler'
oymap, coming IN. +" 1t was an accI'
| dent.
"Oh. of course, of course" said the
nan with the esuspenders, Everything
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
LABOR VS.. CAPITAL.
An Extensive Miners Strike Predicted
in Pennsylvania.

MosHANNoN, Pa, December 26.-
There are lively prospects of an exten-
siye trouble in the bituminous coal dis
tricts in West Moreland, Blair, Hunting
don, Bedford, Center ard CIearfeld
Counties. Producers are extremely re-
ticent ns to their plans, but it is pretty
generally known that reduction in
wages in all departments of labor will
be exacted after December 3lst. The
miners are SAID to be well organized and
1t is estimated that from fifteen to
10000 men have expressed a willingness
to cooperate and assist in q general
strike laid down for the 1st of .anuary.
The rupture between the Rochester and
Pittsburg Company and their malcon-
tent miners is not entirely adjusted, not
withstanding reports to the contrary,
and an underlined feeling of insecurity
prevails in the striking districts.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
AY.JA 1854

THE lumber mill OF Osterhout, Fox & Co..
a. Deer Lake, Mich, burned on the 22d. Loss
5000.
The stables of the Cambridge Horse Railway
Company, Boston, burned on the 22d. Loss
$35, ,090.
FIRE at Memphis, Tenn, on the 22d de-
streyed storehouse occupied by the Milburn
Machine Company. Loss $35, 900.
THE cottonseed oil mills of Boggett & Great
house. at Temple, Texas, were destroyed by
fire on the 22d, involving loss of 10000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05

A NEW law governing the ringing OF
church bells in every parish of France
provides that hereafter it shall be regu-
lated in every department by an ordi-
nance agreed upon by the bishop and
the project, the Ministre des Cultes set
tling, on appeal, any point of difference
between them. The mayor and the
priest will each have key tothe church,
and hereafter NJ. le Cure, if he chance
to be reactionary, will not be able to
prevent the ringing of the parish bell
for the festivals Of the republic,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
70 P;ob+ qoporohle Cir

THE Right Honorable Sir Edward
Sullivan, who has inst been appointed
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, says cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press,
has for years been personal friend Of
Mf, Gladstone, Ha was prominent dur
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
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EAHF quired by the travelling
ESE8 tubhc-a Short Line, Quick
I'm Time and the Best Of Ac-
ASaEH cemmodatons-au Of which
- are furnished by the great
f04E"Hy N AMsr1caY
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
AND ST. PAUL.

Rovns ana operates over l. 500 N lies Of read in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, minnesota, Iowa ana
Dakota; and Its main lines, branches and con-
pectons reach all the great business eensers OK tae
Northwest and Far West, 1t Naturally answers
the description Of Short Line, and Best RsutS
between
Chicago, Milwaukee,, 81. Paul and
MIMI capeEin.
Chicago. HiIsS &akee. La Crosse anE
wiA0na.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Aberdeen and
Chicago. Milwaukee, Eau Claire and
saltwater.
Chicago, milwaukee, Wausau and
Merrill
Ch,cags. Tfiwankee, Beaver Dam
and 0sAk O~h.
Chicago. Milwaukee, WaukeAhA = and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Madison and
Prairie du Chien.
Chicago. BeIoit, JanesviIle and Min
eral Poinr.
Chicago. EIxin, Rockford and Du-
Chicago, Cnsts.s. Reck Island and
Cedar Rapids.
Chicago. Sioux City, Sioux EsaiIs and
Chicago. milwaukee,. Mitchell And
Rock island, Dubuque, ST. Paul nnA
Minneapolis.
Davenport, CaImar. st. Paus and
htnneaPoiis.
PssHDsan aeepers and the ESness
Dsatag Cars fsa fhs World are run on
HEE 4, ST. PAIL RAIL WAY, Aad
every stteptien Ia psid to passengers By courteous
szapioyes oS the Company.
g. 3. Merrill, A.. n. Carpenter,
5eaT Manager. GenT Pass. Agent
J. r. CLARK, Geo. n. Heafford,
GEM supt Asst Gsnr Psss- AGA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
THE Observation-Disclosures INQUIRY.

Governor Cleveland has signed the bill pro-
vid;ng for a commission to inquire into the char
acter and condition of tencmcnt-houses in this
city. 1t is to be hoped that a live commission
will be appointed, and that the work will be
pushed forward encrgctically. Above all, it IS
necessary that the commission should have
some clear idea as to the practical utility of such
an inquiry. 1t does not need special inquiry to
discover the main facts of the tcnemcnt-house
situation. The press of New York has repeatedly
set them forth. 1t is well known that III great
many tcnemcnt-hOuses swarms or people OF
dirty habits and low vitality crowd together like
pigs ignore every sanitary consideration, prop
agate disease, suffer and swcter and endure
discomforts and nusanccs of the least tOlcrable
and most offensive kind. 1t is well known, too,
that many owners of such property will not do
anything to improve it, cXcusns themselves on
the ground that the tenants would ruin inn
proyements speedily. 1t is notorious that this
kind of property is exceptionally profitable, first
because the cost of maintenance Is kept down
so, and second because the tenants pay eX
tremely high rents in proportion to the accom-
mediation. All this is familiar to the public.
What it wants to know now is, how to deal with
this tcncmcnt-house problem.
No plan which has any tendency to paupcrize
the classes that require cheap lodging ought to
be entertained, to begin with. 1t will not do to
fall back upon the State to help solve the prob
lem of earning the livelihood of any class.
Neither is it easy to compel private property
owners to sacrifice their property by putting
costly improvements into the hands Of those
whose habits are filthy, and who will not take
care of or keep clean the hOnscs they nhabit.
Experience elsewhere has shown that such
peoplc must be elevated by degrees, and the
really vital question seems to be, how to bestow
them during the probationary period. II must
be realized that many if not most of the lowest
class of tenement house tenants do not appreci-
ate n better style of living, and that it must
take time and education to make them desire
anything better. Meanwhile they would have
to be schoolcd patiently or they would simply
convert whatever sort of houses they were put
into to tenement houses
70 ignore these considerations is to vitiato
any scheme at the outset, and therefore it is
necessary to emphasize them now. An intelli-
gent and panstakng commission, however,
will. we trust, be chosen, and will 20 TO work
with as little delay as possible since it is in the
summer That the worst features Of the tenement
house are TO be seen, and it is therefore in that
season that the most useful suggestions for
practical reform are to be gathered. The qucs-
tion is one which Our civilization cannot afford
to neglect, yet even neglect might be less mis-
chicyous than hasty and insulliccntly con-
sidcred action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
ALCOHOL FOR MAYUF4CTURES.

Mr. HIscock's motion on Monday, which threw
the Democratic party into such state OF agita-
ton, was not mere political catch. VI course
it is delightful amusement for able Republican
members to put the Democratic party I'm
hole semi professionally, by motions which
Democratic demagogues do not dare to face.
But this motion has a larger and more impor-
tant object
1t has now been settled, so far as anything
can be settled in Democratic Congress, that
there is to be no change of the tariff at this
session. Mr.. Hewitt has bill pending, rs other
members have, but nobody imagines that either
of them can be forced through after the defeat
of Mr.. Morrison's bill. Hence we are obliged to
assume that the revenue from customs VIII not
be changed this year. For eleven months OF
the current fiscal year, since taxes were re-
duced. the revenue has been $32 ,234, GAG,
against 1866, 371,413 for the corresponding
months last year. The surplus applied to re-
duction of the public debt for the eleven months
has been 800, O00, 900. Both parties are OF the
opinion that this surplus ought to be reduced.
1t operates to destroy the National Banking
system, it disturbs finances and trade I'M
necessarily, and it continually places before
Congress temptation to extravaganza, whereas
Democratic Congress stands in no need of
such temptation.
II has been the policy of the Republican party
to resist frequent and mschievous changes OF
the tariff. and to cut down revenue from time
to time by repeating or reducing internal taxes.
The Democrats made a formal assault upon TINS
position, under the lead of Mr.. Morrison, ana
were defeated. It only remains for the RepuO-
lcans to show in what way taxes can be further
reduced without breaking down the defcnces OF
American industry and without abandoning the
tax on spirits and tobacco as source OF rev.
enue. The only valid objection that has ever
| been made to the whiskcy tax is that it en-
hances the cost of production in many branches
of manufacture. TO remove this objection by
taking the tax off spirits used in manufacture,
and TO effect considerable reduction in rev.
enue without abandoning the taxation OF liquor
used as a beverage, was principal object OF Mr..
| lIiscOck's motion.
This motion puts the Democratic majority in
n bad predicamcnt, because of the decision
made in Democratic caucus on motion ct SINH
lar purport. 1t was offered and carried, with
intent to placate the opposition to the Morrison
| bill. but proved entirely impOtent to that end
| Having thus become committed rs party TO
| substantially the same measure that Mr. His
cock now proposes on the part OF the KcpuD-
lcans and having refused to take action on 1t
only because the Morrison bill was beaten, the
Democratic majority is now in a peculiar pre-
dicamcnt Mr.. lliscock still holds the floor for
the next occasion OF which the matter can be
considered and the bill may probably pass the
House. It's fate in the Senate is more doubtful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
III CHIGAGO.

The news from Chicago is that Mr.. Blaine is
stronger than anybody else, but not yet stronger
than everybody else. TO intelligent readers,
this is not news at all.
Ii is difficult at this distance to understand
the cxultation over the election of Mr.. Lynch
rs temporary chairman. Why the defeat of a
candidate, nominated by an Arthur oicc-holdcr
at the South, should be regarded as n
defeat for Mr.. Blaine, it is not easy to see.
Certain it is that Mr.. Blaine's foes will not
admit that all the votes cast for General
Clayton belong to Mr.. Blaine. The vote was
mixed. Mr.. John NJ. Forbes, who moved III
committee to make the nomination of General
Clayton unanimous, is not supporter OF
Blaine. General Sabin, the chairman,
who voted to defeat the nominee Of
his own committee is not a supporter
of Mr.. Blaine On the other hand
some well known supporters Of Mr.. Blaine
voted against General Clayton. Hence it will be
claimed that this was not test vote III II was
Mr.. Blainc's supporters have reason to rejoice
His friends have been talking about $50 votes
His foes have doubted whether he could get 300
If the 38s votes cast for General Clayton repre-
sent Mr.. Blaines real strength yesterday, he has
gained a great deal since the latest estimates
of his friends were prepared.
The truth is that the nomination for temper
ary chairman was first offered to ex-senator
Bruce, who declined. General Clayton did not
consent TO accept it until the same Mr. Lynch,
who has now been chosen, had as
sured him that he Uynch) would
not stand. The mixed vote for both can
didatcs shows that there was no precise test of
the strength of either nominee for the Presi-
dency although the opponents Of Mr. Blaine
were greatly surprised at the vote for General
Clayton.
The Temporary Chairman of the COnven-
ton has no patronage and no power. To
concentrate a majority vote for that Office
was obviously infinitely easier than
TO concentrate such vote upon
any candidate for President This-the real
problem OF the COnventiOn-thc opponents Of
Mr.. Blaine have not attempted as yet Mr..
Blaine, if the vote for Temporary Chairman is
any indication, lacks few votes Of majority.
HIS opponents, divided among many candi-
dates, will have hard task TO unite
upon anybody. Thus far, there is no indication
of any promising movement in that direction.
With only nineteen more votes than a majority,
for all other candidates, the chance of getting
together a majority upon any one man cannot
be called brilliant.
Mr.. Bane's friends show no signs OF weak
ness. If they have come to stay the victory
goes to them. Whenever the opposition at
tempts to combine upon anybody, we shall see
whether the will of the great majority of
Northern Republicans is altogether without
weight in the Convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04

unbeId in all recent controversies on this SUD
iect. In so conspicuous a case as that which Is
now engaging the attention of the Quebec Of
ficals, the guarantee would probably pe ln'ls'eo
upon.
Not long ago q convict escaped from inc
Michigan Penitentiary and took refuge IN Can
ada The crime Of which he had been con-
victed was not an extraditabe offence. Ills
surrender would not, therefore, be demanded
ON the original charge. A subordinate charge
was brought forward and he was surrendered
On that accusation. The Canadian officials had
acted upon the presumption that he would be
fried on this new count and not punished for the
other offence The American authorities, how
ever, having once got possession OF the crlmina''
sent him back to the penitentiary to serve out
his old term. This is only one OF many
instances of sharp practice and double-dealing
under the ExtraditiOn Treaty, and the British
Government and the Canadian authorities
have demonstrated against these glaring irregu-
larities. The principle that fugitive must De
tried for the crime for which he Is extradlted
has been disputed point OIL law in the United
States, but it has been distinctly affirmed by
the latest decisions of the courts Until IL Is
embodied in the Treaty itself, the Canadian
authorities will be exceedingly cautious In re-
spending to demands for extraditiOn.
If the arrest of Emo serve no other purpose,
it will direct public attention to the urgent
necessity for revision of all the older extra
dition treaties with foreign Governments. The
treaty with Great Britain needs modl-
fication in three respects. First the list OF
crimes should be enlarged from seven to at
least twenty, so as to include conspiracy to
murder, burglary, counterfeiting, embezzle-
ment, transportation of public or trust
funds and obtaining money under false pre-
fences. Secondly, political offences should be
carefully defined and expressly excluded in the
law. Thirdly there should be an explicit
declaration that tho fugitive surrendered can
be tried and punished only for the crime for
which his extradition has been asked. These
three principles are embodied in the latest and
most complete treaties negotiated by the
United States Government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04

Az IDLE CRITIEISM.


Several leading Arthur organs are devotlng
considerable time and energy these days to the
abuse of Collector Robertson Of this city. HIS
hcnous offence, in their eyes, is that having
been elected delegate to the National Conyen-
ton he is at present at Chicago working not Tor
the success of Mr.. Arthur but for that OF the
man of his own and his Congressional districts
choice. They are shocked at the spectacle OF
Federal ofiice-holder'S siding against the
Administration"
These newspapers must have short or treach-
cr0us memories, else they would certainly re-
fran from giving itterance to such criticism.
They are continually pointing to Mr.. Arthur as
a model of political department. And Mr.. Ar
thur did not hesitate to antag0nize an Adj
ministration of which, next to the President,
he was the chief member. Is it possible that
the Arthur organs have forgotten that clrcum-
stance? Or do they hold to an elastic theory OF
official pr0priety which makes it all right for
Vice President Arthur to work against Prcsl-
dent Garfield and all wrong for Collector Rob
ertson to work against President Arthur
In any event, consistency is lovely jewel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
THE ISSUE NARROUED.

There is no man, be he Republican or Demo-
crar. who will question that Republican can
didatc is sure of election if he can carry Maine
in September, Ohio and West Virginia in De-
tober, and the three Pacific States i'll NOvem-
Der. In that case, though New Oik and New
jersey should be lost, the Republican candidate
would have 900 electoral votes, and without
West Virginia he would still have 203 or two
more than enough to elect. But if the same
candidate could surely add New-lOrk and New
jersey, with their 10 votes, his majority would
be overwhelming.
There is Il candidate who, even according to
the published estimates of his opponents, has IN
his favor the II delegates from Maine, the II
delegates from West Virginia, % of the dele
gates from Ohio all the 2S delegates from the
Pacific States, 81 from NcwYo DIRK, and 9 from
New Jersey. In reality he has "A still layger
number from these States, but these are con-
coded by his opponents. And these delegates
20 to other delegations and solcmnly assure
them that Mr. Blaine can certainly carry every
one of the States named. Ont of the % dele
gates from Maine, Ohio West Virginia and the
Pacific States, every one except half of those
from Ohio declares that Mr. Blaine is tho
strongest candidate that can be selected, and
the remaining half of the Ohio delegation
though they may personally prefer Mr.. Shcr-
man, wo Id heartily unite in declaration that
Mr.. Blaine could certainly carry that State.
Moreover, though Mr. Blaine has not at pres
ent the active support of majority Of the New
York delegation, there are several OF those who
prefer President Arthur who would frankly
admit that Mr.. Blaine, if nominated, could
surely carry New York, so that the declaration
in his favor would cover a majority i'll that State
also, and include much larger proportion OF
the delegates from the Republican districts.
Out of the eighteen delegates from New-IerseY
too, decided majority would unhesitatiLsis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
BRANCH OFFICES OF THE TRIBUNE.
Nsw91ork Daily Gribnata
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
NETWORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4.
HE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-John c. Emo was arraigned yesterday
in Quebec and remanded &C The cricket match
between the Philadelphia team and the Dublin
University resulted in draw. - France Is
modifying its demands regarding the Egyptian Con-
ference -- The Emperor of Anam has accepted
the principles of the treaty with France.
CoxGREsS.-In the Senate yesterday bill was
introduced providing for offering reward OF
300 900 TO any person who shall discover the true
cause or germ of yellow fever. Bills were passed
granting an annual leave of absence with pay to
letter carriers; granting pension TO the widow OF
General Judson Fitzpatrick; relating to the Legis-
lature of Dakota; to regulate the payment Of bills
of exchange. - The House passed the bill to
prevent the unlawful occupancy of public lands,
DoMEsTIC.-The Republican National Conven-
ton met yesterday. and elected John r. Lynch
Temporary chairman over General Powell Clayton
by vote of 43O to 3sS; the Blaine men still look
for the success of their candidate. -
General O. f. BabcOck was drowned on
tho Florida coast 60 Mr.. Blaine arrived
ut his home in Augusta, Me-. last night. lie was
greeted by crowds of people on his journey -
The cornerstone of the new Protestant Episcopal
Cathedral at Albany was laid GO Miss Comeia
Marguerite Seward granddaughter of Secretary
Of State William II. Seward, was married at Al
bany
Duchess won the Ladies' Stakes. and
General Monroe the Great metropolitan
Handicap. ElmendOrf, Jack Of Hearts,
and Echo won tho other races.
g. Warden Bowling, of the ludlow
Street Jail, was discharged because he allowed
Ward to stay out too late. == The annual ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge of Free MasOns was be-
gun. - At the Harlem regatta the Columbia
eight were barely defeated by the Metropolitans.
The Metropolitan and Brooklyn baseball mines
were badly beaten by the Cincinnati and Louisville
clubs. 80 The Senior class of Columbia College
held its class day exercises. - Deputy Tax Com
missioner Gillespie and Stephen h. Gregory died.
g. Gold value of the legal-tendcr silver dollar
(4I2lo grains), S4.9S cents. ==- Stocks were I'M
usually irregular and giraffe, and closed weak at
material declines
TIE wEATHER-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate cooler fair or clear weather. Temperature
Yesterday: Highest, SEQ; lowest. So; average,
72oss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.
BITS OF EXPERIENCE AT TANGIER.

BITS OF EXPERIENCE Al TAhtlEh
A. r. Matthews, Consul at Tdngter.-Commerce between
the countries Is rapidly extending When went to
Morocco fifteen years ago, 1t with the greatest din
Guilty that anything American could be introduced An at
tempt made to Introduce petroleum. The high priest
spiritual oracle OF the Sultan had dream that 1t was
good" and advised the Sultan against IT, OF course
that ended the matter Street lamps not needed. be-
the natives rarely out at night and those who do
go out carry their lanterns AS there theatres
places OF public amusement there few places to
go TO. Social entertainments arc the principal amuse-
ments The streets are for railways, aveag
Ing eight ten feet In width Donkeys are the chief
Of street travel and every business has his
own donkey. One OF the who robbed my consular
office of $4,000 worth OF coins died few weeks
ago under the knout. He would not confess where he
buried the money. His confederate, the soldier Is
undergoing life Imprisonment. I did not demand
that the criminals be beheadod as had right to
do under the laws OF that country. Under the
treaty between the Governments guard Is furnished
our consular office, and that makes that Government re-
sponsble for losses had been than quarter OF
century making this collection, which was intrinacay
worth about So 600 The Government Of Morocco paid
me S25 900 as a compromise for my loss. The Demo-
cratic Congress reduced the salary OF the Consul at Tan
ger from 900 $4,000, which Is false economy, con-
sidsring tho Importance of growing commercial re-
latOns with Morocco. The American Consul ia paid less
than any other foreign representative in that country