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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-21
SERIOUS FACTS NOT MET.

ETOla me PAtlddsiphtG Prsss. -
Hubert O. Thompson, the New \ oN city Com,
missioner Of Public Works has made volumlnous
To the extremely DAMAGING charges made gIs
hun by The TRIBUNE To part of the charges he aAes
complete defence but he does not meet The Two serious
fa,fs which be admits, that unbalanced bids, always
source OF corruption have prevailed, and that he has w
,enatieay eyaded the law In regard to advertising cS
tracts by dividing lettings into just under SlVV"
aud giving these 10 favored contractors
WHY HE GAVE UP LEADING THE GERMAN.
From The CAiea9o Tribune -.
A good story that has not yet been pnnteu, "a
told OF the SewIOrk Commissioner or Pubic MorAs ~,
Thompson whose tricks are being exposed IN I'M Nv
YORK TRIBUNE which Il holding him up rs u tIta,
day Tweed Some oi the contracts which ne mas NJ
the members Of his ring yield profit OF 300 per cent M
Thompson IN his younger days, though IA cry ue,
circumstances, was great society man ho ~ ,s IA
Larry proficient ia the german and his services w. "a
such request that he would often lead the IN two
fashion through the ma.es OF that popular ut mod
or three parties ON evening saddenS nc uus 49,
out oil these gay cruies and society knew MN Mn i'm
He went into politics. friend who had KNOW 49, go.
his dancing days, meeting him again, asked wns no v9
doing aud ended his inquiries IcgreuuiiI WIZ, .s,,n
don't lead the german any moTel" No, ssd in"nnRs
soD, ma II pays great deal better " eaa 'ae h''A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-21
A DENIAL THAI WILL NOT STAND
From me Eas'oa (Egaa) Free Press
II il dificult 10 get at the truth of the

II is difficult to get at the truth OF the losses
20 the city OF NewYOrk by the unbalanced bids" sys
ten oil letting contracts In the Department OF Public
Works THE TRIBUNE bas for two weeks and hall re-
peatcd its attacks the department with figures that
purpored TO show losses 0! millions OF dollars they
have evoked from Comm SsOner Thompson long reply,
in which he ia,ties all that has been complained OF III
TIE TRIBUNE, and denies the los. alleged to nave Oc
Cured To the city This denial OF loss where Is al
mtted that tue most eXorbtant prices Tor excavations
aud filing In were paid 10 favOtes who bid WIN the GER
taluty OF procuring the work, viii not stand III u alSo
on its face and the only shadow OF piaon iof hr OF
fence of ing such condition OF service 10 W" D
lie is that II springs from bad system OF contracting
mat has long existed IN NcwiOr city There i no *.
cs for such system and the exposure that has been
made OF il should be etectual 10 break IL up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-21
FORTIFIED AGAINST CONTRADICTION


THE NEwY YORK TRIBUNE continues us Nat
fare on the corruption that exists in the government OF
thar city Its charges strong and foitiueS aealS'
successful contradiction by quotations nom totIat's
biha and allowance of accounts. The sranStst uuns -
that the other Leading papers Of the cy ELMER lShoe c
wOYk THE TRIBUNE Is doing OF little consequence
alude TO IL as something of little interest 10 the puD
Can jealousy or THE rRIBuNEs enterprise IN TINS p,es
have anything to do with the attitude OF ats colleagues
The press as the record shows Is the most powerful %
effective agency in exposing and unooverihg mehclpai
corruption, by calling public attention to ts existence
and directing popular sentiment This belng So IL Is VI
fortunate that the press cannot always DC unit IN 'no
work of hybtipR had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-21

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-21
THERE SHOULD BE NO COMMITTEE SCANDAL
Erota The Tticd HarII0

TIE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, pursuing its eX
animation OF Mr. ThOmpsons management OF the Publi
Works Department Of NewYOrk discovers that the Com
missioner has increased the expenditures In his depart
cn IA per cent those or his immediate prodcces
sor Legislative inquiry into the affairs the depart
men Is probable but il made is TO he hoped there vii
be uo committee scandals following the report.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-27
The iowa Pharmacy Law.
Letter from Des Moines.

" ~ NuOlllEss .E-#f
Last week gave you the decision of the
state board of pharmacy as to their constrnc-
ton Of the statute relating to the sale of liquor
by druggists, which was that under the phar-
macy law of 1850 and 1852, they were authorized
to sell and dispose of liquor for medicinalpur-
poses without obtaining a permit from the
county board of supervisors. Now the
attorney general with an elaborate opinion
addressed to the board, in which he reverses
their decision and holds
First-That the supplemental act of 1882,
printed without number or chapter, and Which
was not approved by the governor is invalid.
Second-Ihat under the pha rmacy law of
1850, as mentioned by chapter 137, laws of 1SS2,
druggists were not required to get a permit.
Third-That chapter 143, laws of 1884, re-
peals section 1910 of the code, and provides
a substitute, which provides II penalty against
any person selling liquor for any purpose, I'M
less he has a permit; that the pharmacy law
of 1880 and 1882 is conflict with this substitute;
that chapter l43, laws of 1884, repeats all laws
in conflict herewith.
Fourth-1hat after July 4 a druggist must
get a permit to sell liquor for medicinal pur-
poses, and that his application for q permit
must be signed by a majority of the legal vot-
ers in the ward or township in which he resides
or does business.
~Efth-That the act of 1854 does not change
the code relative to the granting of permits,
and that the power is still in the board of
supervisors, and is discretionary.
This settles q much yeXeu question among
pharmacists in this state from and after Fourth
of July, and those familiar with the history Of
the legislation upon tho subject will concede
that the attorney generals opinion is in har-
mony with the object and intent of the legis-
latpra .|. H74.
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Personal Paragraphs.
The following are the Western g

The following are the Western grad.
yates this year at the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. in
the order in which they passed: VIII
ford B. Haggatt, Indiana, Attn; Albert
NJ. Beecller, Iowa, 9th: Herbert MeNul-
ia, Illinois, 18th; Horace w. Jones.
Iowa, 25th; Humes Fl. Whittlesey.
Indiana, sd; John B. Starr, Kansas,
35th.
John Lawrence, who was Admiral
F~arragnt's pilot at the taking of Mobile,
died iii a poorhouse near Mobile on
Saturday last. He was second pilot of
the Federal feeb when it approached
Mobile. but q change Of programme a
few hours before the engagement made
him famous asthe pilotof the Brooklyn.
the first vessel of the federal fleet to
enter Mobile Bay.
1t is generally believed in Paris that
Prince Krapotkine, the noted Socialist,
and Louise Michel. the communist,
who are confined in a French prison for
alleged conspiracy against the govern
ment, will be pardoned and will be re-
teased on the occasion of the National
Fete on the Nth of July, the anniyer-
sary ofthe fall of the Bastile.
Nine. Auban Moet, wife of the great
champagne producer. has left her hrs-
band her personality, amounting to the
enormous sum of $12 900 900, with the
extraordinary condition that should he
refuse it the money is to go to young
Prince Victor Napoleon, Mr.. Moet
preferred keeping the money.
General Mansfield Lowell, an ex-Con
federate soldier, and formerly promi-
nent rs a citizen of New York, died
Sunday. He was born in 1922, at
Washington, and was the son of Surgeon
General Joseph Lowell, q. S. A.
Young Lowell was educated at West
Point at the time General Grant, Col
onel John Newton and other prominent.
men We're there. He served with credit
in the Mexican war, and was given COM
mand of battery by General Scott for
gallantry during action.
In Mulberry, Ohio, lives John Long,
colored, n hundred and forty-five
10
years old. His wife, after eighty years
Of married life, died five years ago age,
one hundred and ten. He was in Alex
andria when Washington and Braddock
went through to the Indian war inlT55,
and was in Nashville when General
Jackson started for New Orleans IL.
1914.
When Mr.. Fish, the ex-president of
the ruined Marine Bank was arrested
he responded to the officers suggestion
Of bail by saying: Men in my circum-
stances lose their friends witt, remark
able rapidity. / do not think I shall be
able to obtain the most ordinary bail
And he went to jail rather than try.
MI. Love is very properly the Presi-
dent of the Universal Peace Union. re-
Gently in session in Washington.
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The sasoa1,y washington nankers.

The Washington Star says: Disclosures show
that the failure of the banking house of Mid
dleton q Co., was not only most disgracefnl,
but one of the most disastrous on record. Pro-
perry left for safe keeping, good margins on
and in fact everything, has been swept AVA
and used by this firm until it is doubtful if it
pays a cent or a mill on the dollar. 1t is shown
that they have been giving funds to make pur-
chases which they have simply passed to Their
dleton's partner in New York, said that il the
Middlctons had any defense OF explanations to
make, they could very sasily appear before the
sums were lost through failures in ordinary
business channels, or had been, as openly
charged, deliberately stolen. Some of the Off
GERS were befcrs the grand jury recently en-
deavoring 10 secure the Indictment of the Mid
dletons for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. The developments are not yet made
public, but promises some very ugly features.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-27
A MULE AMI THE BULL.
IN Interesting Adventure in the Stock
Ranges OF Nevada.

Ranges Of Nevada.
San Francisco Call.
I rode once with some cattle-buyers
through the stock ranges Of Nevada.
NV pony--it was called Bob-had drift
ed into Nevada, Utah, and was known
as a buffalo hunter. Bob was as mean
looking rs a sheared sheep, and as
bullet-headed as a political opponent.
However, Bob and / got along very we'll,
the first day of our acquaintance; got
along, in fact, about fifty Nevada miles,
which I have carefully estimated to be
equal to sixty-five Christian miles. hi
next day Bob was tired, or cross, or
bored. He regarded the wastes OF sage
brush disdainfully, while l threaded my
whip upon him, and lunched OFT the
sage-brush, while / wore out my spurs
on his shaggy sides. Then [ led him
a few miles, and he regarded me in big
eyed meditation. When / remounted,
which 1 did only when my shoes We're
worn out, Bob appeared so broken up
that / felt sorry. l determined to go
no further that day than the ranch
house we were approaching, for dld
not want Bob's life charged to my cru
city. Just before we reached the house
a herd of cattle reached us. A big bull,
the biggest and widest I remember
ever to have seen, selected Bob and me
for q target.
Considering Bob's condition, I was
about to dismount and take my chance
afoot, when Bob started. / believe he
thought he was entered for the Derby.
You never saw suth q remarkable rate
of speed attained by sucha remarkable
gait. Bob would alternately roll him
self up in a ball and stretch ont to three
times his normal length his head would
get out of sight in the distance. Sud
denly Bob stopped-yery suddenly
$50 suddenly that it unseated
my dignity and pose. Look
ing about j discovered the cause
to be that the bull had stopped. Just
as suddenly the bull began charging
the other way, and Bob-that fool of a
Bob-began charging after the bull. If
the bull had been u peck of oats Bob
could not have displayed more earnest
ness i'll the chase.
Between my anxiety lest Bob should
catch the bull and not knowing what to
to do with it, and my uncertainty as to
my seat, / was very unhappy. Bob,
however, appeared to be having a real
good time. The chase was kept up for
miles, and until the bull suddenly
stopped short, and swung his big horned
head around at Bob and me as we came
along. Both lodged beautifully, and
then the bull chased us awhile. That
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Personal News Notes.

s Charles Mckinney, eS-rhayor OF Binghamlton,
N. X, and a millionaire, is dead.
There is little hope of the recovery of Daniel
Wells. the Milwaukee Spectator. He is living
dangerously i'll at his residence.
Bully Emerson, the minstrel, is on the way to
San Francisco, to be married. He goes back to
EiropeJnly'D *. to take his place with Haferly's
MINISTRIES.
Fred ". Csarh, aged fifty tirca yenrs, a form
On wealthy and weil-known citizen, died in
the Milwaikeo station house, a common pauper.
He was o byotlier-in-law of Gen. Townsend, Of
the United States Amy.
Dan Rice, tho show,nan, now making tenn
perance lectures, sticcn,nbed to liis social glass
1t Chattanooga recently, and his engagement
70 lecture was promptly cancelled by the Young
Meme Christian association.
Goy.Long. Dr. George B. Loiing, Joseph
Cook, Dr.J. FL. Vincent, sBensonJ J. Lossing and
Coy. ST John OF Kansas, Will speak at Henry
G. Bowen's Fourth Of July celebration at Wood
stock, Conn George H Barker will read a
poem.
Mrs. George Wilson, the young wife of the
murderer, who is now serving Il life sentence
~ Jackson, Msfich. for shooting Patroltnan
l Aienzo 81 Bsllard OF Eetroit, Inst November,
died At Newberfy,7 Ont, "Wednesday, OF q brok-
On heart
Az tho flneralof Heisisr Clymer at BEADING,
Pa Senator Bayara. GA. Nichols, president
ct ths East Pennsylvania railroad, anaDr. Dill
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-27
Ar.ratying 1igh.n.ns Episode.

Some forty-f v hundred people who were in
the coliseum at Minneapolis, Thursday after
noon, had an experience to be remembered
The dress circle and balcony were well filed,
and the stage presented a bright and cheerful
appearance. Tho full chorus Of nearly a thous-
and children were eeated in the great sounding
board, the girls dressed in white.
Throughout the entertainment there was the
occasional disturbance of rumbling distant
thunder with flashes of lightning that seemed
to trace the bright wood finish. One or two
sharp peals added to the apprehension, when
suddenly there was q loud, sharp report, ap-
parently in the space between the. ceiling and
roof, the crash of falling glass from the centre
People started to their feet; faces blanched,
and their fear was written on many faces. A
panic was threatened among the children and
in the audience, audit was u moment OF intense
excitement, and wonderment and questioning
in every look
AS the thundershower passed over it singled
out for an electric shock the gilt ball on the
top of the flag staff in the center of the build
ing, the highest point that presented itself.
Tn electric current flashed down the pole,
shattered the apex OF the building, ran along a
timber, attacked a bolt, followed along to al
electric light wire, and thence made its way
without further injury to the building and to
an electric lamp and passed outside the build
ing and to the head of the steps from the rail
road, which it shattered, and then buried itself
in the ground. 1t was not an easy task to meet
the emergency entirely among the children, and
the excitement of the little ones was added to by
the intercession of anxious parents, one alarmed
mother mounting the stage from the orchcstra
while it was playing to where her child was to
he fOund l
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-27

Judge Gildersleeve, Of New York, in
~ addressto the GRIND Jury congratu,
1atedSthe police upon their . in
bringing into subjection the common
tibet and burglar, but he was grieyed
t note the existence 81 another class 81
criminals produced by The spirit Of ax.
~tTavagance and speculation who threat.
eneds the onlnunity With dire calamity.
IsWhile il obedience to the law hs
ssid,sewe IRE Furnishing theslow thieves
from the sloughs and aluna Of the city
Tor stessling small sums, let "a not neg,
lecttis guilty il high places who stea,
largesnms and are amenable to til,
same law Only in this way d I
cessation 81 ths Gigantic thefts and
swindles tlat have been brought Il
ightinNew Fork be brought about,
4If III Mediterranean Of the law against
snaal criminals has Ind asalutary effect,
I sinnisr remedy for . great criminal
ought 70 he equally e~fficacious. The
rernedyi i certainly worth trying.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-27

.ElI -
English bicyclists and tricyelists pro-
pose to have a c~yclingpath Of theirown
all the way from London to Brighton i
under a special net Of parliament. The
track willibe about 45 miles long, start
ing a few miles out of london and run
ming to Brighton, and will be IS feet
wide paved with asphalt, and of easy
gradients. 1t is estimated to cost an
average Of $1,000 per mile, or ef315, 600
in all. The Brighton to London road
is the tavoyite one for South county
cyclists, hundreds 1t wheelmen going
and returning within the day during
the season. 1t is estimated that a FIVE
shilling fee would be very readily paid
by 300 cyclists a day during eight
months Of the year for excursion tickets
from Lendon TO Brighton and back, be-
sides hundreds of smaller fees for in
termediate distances.
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ARssuls orr ,ligious Frenzy.

Wheeling W. Va, Special: A boy named
Andy Adams attended a series of meetings
held by the minister Of a Baptist church on
house. He became deeply impressed and
went insane on the subject of religion. The
family consisted OF the boy, a sister Of s years,
and the mother, who lived in a sparsely settled
neighborhood. The non-appearance of the
when the neighbors called they found that the
mother and daughter were both dead. The
former had hor head mashed and the %latter'a
throat was cut from ear to ear. The boy was
found crouehedin a corner. In reply to ques-
m noas ne , sad 1.-The; the Lord told Inn M to 90 offer nr,l his
bring them back TO life again. The mother
was killed with en- axe, and the sisters throat
was cut with a butcher knife. The boy is in
custody The relig;ona meetings have been
stopped,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-27
Rufus Choatc as G Speaker.

From recently published Memoirs
of Rufus Choate" we take the following
description of Mr.. Choate when speak,
ing, as given by Rev. DR.. Storrs: The
enthusiasm, so easily enkindled, was as
enduring as it was instantaneous. II
almost literally knew no limit. 1t saw
every difficulty, faced every juridical
danger, snatched every instrument cf
impression, watched the face OF every
juror, took instant suggestion from the
eye or w the attitude of the Judge,
felt the subtitle force of the general feel
ing ~pervading the court room, kept all
the facts andall the principles incessant-
~ in mind. transiigured them all in the
Interpretation of all npon the jury,
in the most plausible, deferential,
captivating, commanding %utterance
which even lips SO skilled and practicel
could attain. Weakness, langu0r, sick
ness itself vanished before this i%nvinci-
bic spirit. iiaggard, wan, after might
Of sleepless suffering, his throat sore,
his head t~hrohbing, swathcd in tiaunels,
buried under overcoats, with wrappings
around his neck, a bandage on his knee,
q blister on his chest, when he rose for
his argument all facts reported by wit
neSses III the case, all tn related and gov.
ernlng ~precedents, all legal principles
bearing upon it, all passages of history.
letters, life, that might Illustrate his
argument or confnund his antagonists,
seemed visibly present to his mind.
He thought Of nothing but jury and
verdict. His e~loquence was then as
completely independent OF technical
ruie as the screams Of passion or the
shouts Of a mob. He was after
a fashionable decision of the case, as
IT his own life depended on it. Short,
sharp, SCATTERING words ratified like vol
ley.s before and after resounding senten-
ces. Language heaped on his lips.
Images, delicate, homely, startling,
PLACED upon his pictured words. The
common court room became a scene of
the most astonishing intellectual action.
Judge Shaw looked at him as he might
have looked at the firm-set heavens,
glittering with meteors. The farmers,
mechanics, traders on the jury were
seized, swept forward, stormed upon,
with an utterance SO unbounded in
variety and energy, sometimes so pathet-
1c, sometimes so quaint, sometimes SO
grotesque, always SO controlling and
mpellent, as only his hearers ever had
heard. The velocity of his speech was
almost unparalleled, yet the noise Of
his mind was as undistt1rbed as that Of
the planet.
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casualties Of the Week.

Fire at st Louis destroyed eight frame build
fngs on Fourth street, occupied as business
houses. Loss, S3S, 600; insured 5000.
A chemist, working in his laboratory at
Greenwich, made IN unfortunate combination
which resulted in an explosion and blew off
his left hand. ~Straightway the police and
had been attempted. The police seem to be
primarily to blame for the spreading Of the
false alarm. They refused the reporters &c.
cess to the wounded man at the hospital tc
which Ae was taken. Some of the officers, Will
= view, doubtless, of ~magnifying the iinpor.
gerous dynamiter had been captured while a
work manufacturing explosives with which t.
make another attack upon some OF London't
public buildings.
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Foreign Flashes.

The tribunal at Havana has sentenced the
paper 81 Triunfo to twenty days suspenton
for having copied from the New York World
correspondence from Washington the rumor
that Spain was trying to sell Cuba.
In the house of commons, the under foreign
secretary stated that correspondence with the
American government on the subject of dyna-
miters, subsequent to that already before par
lament, was esumed May 10th, 1882, and had
not been continued since. He could not enter
into details, nor give the dates OF later dis
patches.
A woman has been arrested at Elberfeld,
Germany, having in her possession four boxes
of explosive material, which it was intended tc
explode at Weisbaden. The discovery pre-.
vented the emperor's intended visit to tina.
place. 1t is stated that the woman came from
America. She is tau and stout, with a deep
toned voice, She was tracked from Bremen to
Elferfeld. 1t ia supposed the Berlin police were
advised of the intended attempt to explode dyn-
amite at Weisbaden.
The Maori king, Tawhi, and his attendant
chiefs, occupied seats in the gallery of the
house Of commons, and appeared almost as
much bored by the debate as they were by the
services in st. Papl's last Sunday. One OF
| them loudly expressed his disgust, in robust
Maori profanity, at not being permitted to
smoke q Misunderstanding pipe with which he
was provided. All were overcome by the heat,
which was really intolerable in the gallery,
and loosening and discarding the nncomfort-
able garments of civilization, they slumbered
and snored through most of their visit,
A sensation has been caused in Cracow, in
Austrian Galicia, by the Stories of ~hardships
and destitution endured in the United States
bya number of Polish families who have just
returned to their homes. They were unable,
to go back by charity only. The returned elni-
at present over Zoo Galicians utterly destitute
and unable to get ont of their miserable condi-
ton because of a lack Of intelligent manage
ment of the Polish emigration to the United
States. The Galicians have started n relief
fund for the benefit of their unfortunate exiled
countl,Ymen.