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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
PERSONAL.

senator-eect Enstis. Of Louisiana. il alumnus of
Harvard
Francis Murphy has secured mole than 1000 sigma
lures to his temperance pledge In Chicago.
The Rev. DIT Huntington ia moving into the rectory OF
Grace Church Bishop Potter has in Grace House.
private letter from the Hon A. a. Sargent, lately
United Minister to Germany states that he viii
return this country about the end OF next month.
The Rev DR.. John Hail. pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church. viii sail June H. in order
De present at the Presbyterian Council at Belfast, Ire
land
The Rev John Cuckron. Of Bradford England who has
been called the Unitarian Church Springfield. Mass
WIS al ist Methodist but aitrrward studied Uaarian
doctrine under the Rev Brooke Hereford Of Boston
General Grant is seriously affected physically by the
trouble OF Ward. relative said yesterday that
the mental strain on the General had 80 great that
10 must hereafter be counted an Old man. lie has been
confined to the house FOL several days.
Attorney General ire Ester is called the most
scrupuously polite III Washington aud ho appears
20 deserve the distinction gentleman calling his
house tne other evening met him the steps. coming
ont and sutcd hun with Good evening, Mr. Attorney
General" to which MI Brewster merely replied Good
evening sir" and went The gentleman entered the
house and was engt ;ed conversation with Mrs Brew
ster when. I'VE minutes later tGe Attorney General
th ~ e1 'lr ne e,d Vr viii H. , ~, iT nav, wy
don When OF the hoilse. did not recognize
iItiOn should have passed the time oil day aud asked
after your health hope you well, SIR ana that you
Viii EXCUSE my carc.cs,ucss."
remember IN the spring OF I-Gj,it must have boon
va April" says JcnarsOn Davis. recalling memories OF
.,ddah +. Benjamin ID" We were going from Greensboro
to Charlotte y. c. benjamin wa- in ambulance with
Cooper and George Davis. and went ahead horse
back ~ usual. It toward evening that reached
farmhouse Which looked Ike eligible quarters Tor the
night. but the ambulance coming mp. turned and
.gtst
After distance found tho ambulance stuck In
the mud, W.iin Boulumin engaged In hts fayOrite
Treliutiuns Of Ienny apparently depending solely
upuu Providence pu tur ambulance put OF tho saape
C enthusiast OF fcny oOn and placed b. -ycu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
ATTACKING AN HONORED OFFICIAL.

ATTACKING An HONORED OFFICIAL.
The TRIBrYE has already pointed out some
of the objections to the act now before Governor
Cleveland which proposes to increase the
salaries of the Commissioners OF Accounts ana
to put those officials in entirely new relations
with the municipal departments. By its enor-
nous enlargement of the powers of the Com
missioners it in effect sets up a new tribunal to
which public servants are to be responsible, but
its provisions are of a sort likely to increase
rather than check extravaganza. Governor
Cleveland will show good Judgment if be with
holds his approval from this measure.
. II should not become law, even if there
were no other cause for dissatisfaction than that
il deprives President Aston of the Tax Depart
ment of his place in the Commission. This
seems to have been an effort to punish Alr.
Asten for his tireess opposition to jobs and
prodigal schemes in the Board Of Estimate and
ApportiOnment. His whole course has been in
the public interest, and for the protection of the
public treasury He deserves the hearty sup
port and approval of every friend of good gov
eminent. If other public officials had been as
faithful as he, there would not now be
$1,000, 900 of city funds buried under the ruins
of the Marine Bank, and we should have been
spared the shameful disclosure of the intimate
association between the City Chamberlain-the
best paid officer in our municipal system-and
that thievish adventurer, Ferdinand Ward. Is
this time TO assail such public servant as Mr..
Asten? He has been diligent in surrounding
the public money with every safeguard. He
has had no part in turning over great sums for
such precious pair as Fish and Ward to work
their will with. 1t would be bad enough at any
time to try to limit the authority of one who has
been so clear in his Office. 1t would be mon
strous now when he has just been instrumental
in saving the taxpayers more than two millions
and half of dollars by covering the mexpended
balances into the General Fund. We want
more public servants like Mr. Astcn and we
want to give them larger scope
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

the losses involved by a long period OF ldleness
would have been great for them also.
This il the result for the iron and steel work.
ers of the Western Association only. But the
glass workers of Pittsburg were also on the
verge of q controversy. Before the bill was
killed it was thought that another prolonged
struggle in that industry was probable. But On
"Wednesday new agreement was made Tor TINS
class of workers also, continuing the wages
paid last year. Nor is il possible TO say in how
many other directions the defeat OF the Nor
rison bill has proved helpful to labor Bat 1t
was the bill approved by Democratic caucus.
And abont three quarters Of the votes to Kill it
were given by Republicans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
roo BAD. TOO BAD.

The familiar Spartan lad displayed beaming
smile and chattel gaYly Of the weather and things
while the wolf concealed beneath his jacket " as
mnchng OF his yitas. Hence tho difference be
tween that Spartan youth and oar ghbor The
Times Is at once seen. When The Times : hurt 1t
rcars up upon ITS hind leg, and means for all it is
wOrth-a tTo-cent moan, rs II were.
TnR IRIBUSE hurt it on "Wednesday by making
far better report Of tho Arthur meeting. 1hs
consequence was that yesterday discovered IL
gnawing flea file containing In own inadequate
report and INDUCING Ia an explanatory moan.
There aro lea saddoF sights than that Of II news
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FORTIGN.-A meeting was held III London IN men,
ory of the Reformer Wychfe. - Egyptian
troops were sent from Cairo to Assouan. GO The
Servian Parliament opened == Hanlsn de-
feated Laycock in seuiling race at Sidney. 60
The cyclone on the shores Of Buunah lasted twelve
hours.
CoNGRFss-The Senate yesterday debated the
bill to establish a bureau Of labor statistics; no
action was taken. bill was passed making the
Csntilever bridge over the Niagara River post
route. The Pension Appropriation bill was reported.
with amendments - The House decided the
Engiish-Peelle election case in favor of English,
and hs was sworn as a member. The House adopted
resolution directing special committee to inquire
whether William II. English has violated the
privileges of the floor.
DoNrsTIc-Three persons in one family were
burned 10 death near Portsmouth, o. = The
2sth Regiment of this State given a hearty
reception AT Staunton, Va - wife only two
weeks married was accidentally shot by her hus-
baad in Buffalo - William S. Holman was
reRominated for Congress == The vault of the
CITY Clerk of St Louis was bloken into aud S22,-
COO ia money and scrip was stolen. 60 The an
NAL excursion of the junior and senior class of
yassaT College took place. - The new bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church were cOnsecrated
at Philadelphia. 60 The senior society elections
took place at Yale
CIIY AND SCBUEBAN.-FeTdinand Ward
locked up in the Ludlow Street Jail last night
g. Rufus 7. Andrews struck Peter Mitchell i'll
The face yesterday in the Supreme Court. 60
Freine u. Smith was appointed receiver of the
Atlantic State Bank. - The children Of the
Madison Square Theatre Company had May-pole
iaaOes and picnic in Central Park. == The
Boston baseball nine were easily defeated by the
New-York nine. - Ex-Judge Beebe killed
BY train near Planfeld. \. J. == Dr.. Terhune
wss Installed in the Bedford Avenue Reformed
Church, Brooklyn. - workman was killed by
the falling of scafiold five stories. - Geld
value of The legal-tender SILVER dollar (412l2
grams, S521 cents -= Stocks generally were
dull at declining figures. and closed weak after
some recoveIies.
TIKI WEArHKR-TRIgUNE local observations in
deate partly cloudy weather. with slight changes
IN Temperature and occasional light rain Temper
sture yesterday: Highest. 500; lowest, GU; av-
erags, 1889.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

paper gnawing IT'S own Gle. The humiliating cx
crcisc suggests ;h tailor in the ballad who beat out
his brains with his own goose
We are iCath TO say anything calculated TO IN
crease The TiR.9S modification. but fidelity to the
starry eyed goddess Of Truth prompts the remark
that the apology which it presents for its short
coming only makes matters worse What, for IN
stance its readers concu from its casual as
srrtion that BANKER" endeavored to make dicker
with Thy the terms OF which was fully to report
the meeting fora consideration, prOuidei 1t would
refrain from uniay orablc editorial comment Why.
they will cOnclude-wOut they that The lines
must be known to be in the market with its virtue
else a banker would not have presumed to make
such proposition to corrupt or silence its editorial
columns. He comes too near who comes TO be de
MED. Our neighbours frank confession this point
is what is known in the vernacular rs Z" a dead
give-away." Neither " n banker" noi any other
person ventured to make any such subterranean
overture TO The TRIBUNE. We reported the meet
ing with our customary fulness and accuracy. and
editonally spoKe our mind in regard To it with
out fear or favor. Another damaging feature of the
apology is that possibly it may induce wicked
and aduterous generation To query If the struggles
of wO-ccnt paper for existence are so desperate as
to necessitate the sacrifice of important political
meeting to the end that murders. cock-ights,
divorces. sea scrpents twO-headed zchras. and re-
lated sensatons may not be shorn of their fair pro-
portions.
We submit these considerations to Our contcm-
porary for its good, and because it touches MS
to see a newspaper going about gnawng Tile,
these fair May days when nice straw berries can
be had for twenty-five cents box. The next time
It feels tempted to institute comparison between
its own reports and those OF TIM TRIBUNE, let 1t
reflect aud so stay its hand For it always has been
and always will be the fashion of The TRIBUNE to
take a mean advantage of The Tines by furnishing
the public with tho best and most complete reports
OF all kinds of interesting and important gatherings
During the last few months. for example, TIE
TRIBUNE has thus surpassed The Iimes in reporting
not only the Arthur meeting, but the New-York
Free Trade dinner, the New-York Charter Reform
meeting the Republican State Convention. the
New-York Board of Trade dinner, the Boston
Phillips memorial meeting lat which sir. Curtis
delivered his notable eulogyl. the Harvard. Colum-
bia. Princeton and Brown dinners. and the dinners
of the Sons of st. Patrick and st. George.
On the whole, hadn't The Times better quit gnaw
ing its file and turn its attention to Strawberries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

above Byron. who IL great fayDrilc ~ mine on one
occasion he had discussion concerning the merits OF
each Insisting that Tcunyson should rank first aud APP
pealed to TO decide. Upon my making some obec-
lions he with his good nature and exquisite dO'home,
exclaimed Well, let IL admire both ."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
A BROADWAY RAILROAD BELOW THE POST
OFFICE.

James " Fnshng, President Of the BTOddody and SIR
enh ArfnUc RGitOdd C0mpGny-I have sounded the
propcry-owners along Broadway from the Post once to
the Battery In regard 10 the extension OF our track
Some are opposed 10 ls some are with us and
the fence believe will succeed however in winning
the consent OF half Of thom-all we want
and anciuate no trouble with the Board OF Aldermen
The Broadway Cable Road Company Cthey can never
operate cable road iu Broadway proposes TO bud from
the Post Office to the Battery and allow the use OF that
mart Of their track in return for their OF from
the Post ONCE to Foureenth-st We have not come TO
terms I don't know when shall break dirt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
NOT AS II 1873.

Coiouei eeorqe H. Grdd OF 81 Louis. Railroad Con-
tractor-Thc depression IN Wall stree: viii not cause
great business panic. In 1873 it came like man step
ping off high precpice The present situation is rather
like that OF sliding down steep incline WIN BIS
legs and arms thrown out to stop the descent lie
roocbes the bottom lust as surely as the who went
over the prccpice but instead OF being mashed 10 Jelly
he only loses his limbs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
INpROYTNG THE CITY PRISON.

Henry H. Porter. Commissioner Of Charities Ghd COR
rotion- Our plans for the Improvement Of the CITY
Prison will he ready in few days We have only
100000 70 increase accommodations with and orr speci
caons must be brought within that sum. II we can't
build on 500 900 we won't build at all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

The champion of Tory Democracy has for
feited an invitation to Dublin. The Irish Con-
servatives, alarmed by his action in supporting
the extension of the Franchise bill to the island,
have reconsidered their decision to give him
public reception. This will enable Mr.. PaInell'
if he be so disposed, to make amends for the
discourtesy and in the name of the Nationalist
to invite Lord Randolph Churchill TO Dublin.
As the leader of the Tory Democracy is destined
to be the intermediary in political intrigues and
contacts between the Conservatives ana the
Parnellites, compliments and civiliues would
not be ont of place. Lord Randolph Churchill s
part in British politics is fantastic one, but Ne
is PLAYING it with energy, shrewdness and good
Judgment He has ability and fearlessness. and
when once subjected to the restraints OF official
responsibility will make a powerful Conserva-
tive Minister 1t would be strange freak OF
political fortune if he and Mr.. Forster were one
day to occupy the same Ministerial bench.
The caucus campaign against Mr.. Forster has
evidently made him very angry. After oppos-
ing the Liberal Government in various ques-
tions of foreign policy, he now refuses to take
part in a demonstration at Bradford in behalf
of the Reform bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
amusemeuis Go-Nisbt.

Ac.pxNY or MUsIc-S-1eoced.
1,1oT orrK, HoysE-8--Bive Besra
T.,S.s Tsr.fRE-s--" Night IN ycniso."
Eps s., ~ son IRy THxArRE-s Blossom
MTTporoIIIRN PARk-Baschan-
Nvw PARK THEATRE-S-"The Deaa hoarL
Ns~ NORA CoMYDY THEATRE-S-kaudoms hot
WA c,s (,Akp9S-S--" The Blue and the Gray.
ToI a {; ROT Sps-Baseball
SIR TNrarnF-s-"The Pulse OF New-YorS.
T1r. rxT CoNiouE-2 and g." Dams Trbu,atleea'
waYJ.ck's PHEArxR--S-"Madam Piper"
Srn ayrNUr TBrATRE--s-" wellied Dora"
IiTa srKsKr THEATRE-s-" The Wages OF SIM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
MARRYING AID GIvING IN MARRIAGE.

John Dempsey. Of Dempsey G CdrroH.-JudgnS from
our business tho community is in prosperous state We
have engraved many wedding invitations this year
than last both parties in this city and throughout the
country or course may be fairly supposed that when
people marry most they are most prosperous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

Persons Ieorng torn for the season, and sum
mer Travellers, can hare THE DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed TO them. postpaid, for 10 cents per month,
the address being changed as often as desired.
TIE DAILY TRIBUNE ,ciH be sent to any address
IN Europe for 81 IS per month, wh,ch includes
tkf ocean postage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
NOT FRIEND OF INVENTORS.


james RcAfc, custodian ofthc Post ONee.-Iheyre al
II again. are thcyl Trying nevfanged water litter
ell What will il be next This Office is not an adver
Using medium, though some people seem to think II Is
thought put stop 10 it some time ago when run
fellow ont by the nape OF his neck What for why ne
came here in broad day light and went deliberately 10
work the gas burners in the Hobbies and putting
on some worthless invention of his own. Not word 10
any about It. Trying new water h.terf Our
CrotOn water doesn't need to he filtered.
A HIGH ESTIMATE OF CLEVELAND'S STRENGTH.
Er-G0cernor D. IT. Chamberlain, ~ S0uh CdOitHd-
The Republican Presidential problem is very much mixed
I'D. tits very doubtful who will be the nominee l do
not think It will be either Blaine or Arthur 1t might be
Lincoln though that would not be very satisfactory,
either Cleveland il nominated by the Democrats 1t Ia
very doubtful II any Republican carry New York
do not think Tammany would do anything against him.
They mghtn Arthur IL nominated because they have
always been able make deals with Arthur But Kelly
now sfys he will support Cleveland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.
Committed TO FIGHT TT OUT.

CnrroU r. Smith, Of Syr0cUsc-AIthur's friends counted
very much the business mems meeting but Its strength
has been very much broken by Wall Streets troubles III
Will have no effect outside careful canvass OF the
Stale shows that Arthur has only twentynne possibly
thirty votes. out Of the sevcDty-two. Mr. Blaine has
twenty and If ie Albany contest Is decided IN ns
favor twenty nine There Eduunds delegates who
Will Blaine in preference to Arthur The con-
test seems to have narrowed down TO that it will he
either Blaine Arthur. As ast resort the Arthur
might have throw their vote to Lincoln but
this business mems meeting commits them to fight 1t out
TOWN LOTS IN KANSAS.
ErGOrfynOr Foster, Of OhiO-This story in the Demo
cratic papers about Senator Plumb Senator Miller, myself
and others being bankrupted In a Kansas land scheme
through Tom Nichols is all Nichols did get MS
In for about 1900 but he sold worth OF town
lots on which We have been paid $4,000 That doesn't
look very bad does it
HOW THE INDIANA DELEGATION WILL VOTE
genera GeorOe D. WHut5ts Of Lahryeite, I'd, Dc'e
gote 10 NJ Re9,,jlicqn National O0are'h9H-inhants
will be favorable the nomination OF an Ind
1t will heartily support either Harrison OF "feshsn'
II the demand for either comes outside source
II will be solid FOR either IL that event Aside from ths
am OF the opinion that The delegation inclined TO study
the situation and learn candidate Is the strongest
in Eo York When il ascera;n1 this II will vote accord
inaly REGARDLESS personal preferences Ihaye Just
spent days in Washington To-day had conferences
in New-York with a large number OF the most acuVc
politicians diversity OF opinion exists on The point
have mentioned and have tousd it difficult to reach
any conclusion do not believe 1t will be possible 10
determine who is the popular choice uat the c0nYen
ton Among the Democrats OF Indiana hcDohalu
unIrosonably the popular choice LOOK to see the
tic et Cleveland and Mcdonald There is considerable
feeling for Tden but think it will DC Cleveland, mover
theless.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
GOOD USE or 4 err FROM J. j. ASrOR.

The West Side Lodging-llouse for Homeless
Boys formally opened last evening The building Is
al Seventh ave. and TLirtysooOnd-s, ana erected
by tho CErcns Aid Society through tho beneyoenoe OF
j. j. Aston President william A. Booth stated that the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

II is stated that there is much excitement in the
region above and west of Lake Superior on account
of exceedingly rich discoveries of silver in the
Rabbit Mountain mines. Accordingly to report,
some Of the ore having been sent to a Newark mill
yielded So, 900 per ton in silver One hardly knows
whether TO be glad OF not We have more silver
than the country knows how to use and the danger
is that some enterprisine members of Congress may
presently propose that the Government shall buy
and coin more because the product increases.
1t IS now month more since the Captain-Gcn-
eral of Cuba informed he world that Aguero and
bis band were surrounded aud would be captured
Immediately. But Aguero with utter disregard of
the feelings OF the Captan-General, aud shocking
carelessness about fulfilling that gcnt'eman''
prophecy, has persistcutly refused to be caught.
Even the manifesto issued by one OF the local jus
tees politely inviting the iusrrgcnt leader TO come
and be hanged has not beon needed. This is all
extremely sad, and calculated to disturb that
tranquility which The Captain-General used to
talk 50 much about. The fact is, the government
of Cuba by SPAN has been horribly wrong and
oppressive. The Cubans love ease andquiet They
are fond of siesas, festaS, bull-iglts and sanga-
rces. But there is enough remaining of that spirit
which once enabled Charles V. TO boast that the
sun never set his domains to make them resist 70
The death the extorrion ard tyranny that have
been 50 long grinding them down.
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ward for month after reaching the Danish


settlements.
Rarely is more pitiable wreck OF lie once
filed with happiness and honor brought TO
notice than that which aroused compassion anu
sympathy in the Court of General Sessions yes
terday. The daughter of college president
became ten years ago the wife of dissolute
man. The husband once wealthy, wasted his
means in dissipation until his family were desti-
tute. The efforts of the wife and mother to
earn the means of living for her children and
herself were made futile by the miserable
wretch whom she could not east OFT, and finally
he induced her to steal. So touched were the
prosecuting officers and the Judge by her
pathetic story that sentence WAS suspended III
her case. while her husband was sent to prison.
Freed from the curse of his influence she may
be able to rise from the degradation and despair
into which she has fallen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23
society was Indebted to Mr. Astor for HE t OF s,ooco

which enabled II to build the new home This tho
fifth house OF that kind now under the control Of the
The is fOurstOry brick building. well veni
tlate1. and neatly and substantially finished. IL vii
accommodate about $50 boys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-23

Somebody once posed the world by inquring what
became of all the old pins, but an almost equally
difficult problem is what becomes of all the
doctors. Here are medical colleges turning them
out in patches pcrcnnially hundred now and fifty
the next time and so on without ccasing, and they
seem somehow TO be absorbed into the community
and disappear; yet it must be concluded that few of
them fail to make some kind of living But how
do they do it : The mortality among doctors GER
tainly cannot be 80 great to provide continual
vacancies for tho newly Pledged practitioners. The
hoathness of the rural districts demonstrates that
no abnormal eruption of doctors has appeared there
In the cities the competition has long been keen
that few newcomers shoulder their way in
under any circumstances. Where, then, does this
great army of doctors got That they do not all
find practice is conclusvely proved by the fact that
the rate of mortality over the whole country de-
clues rather than increases every decade. Some of
them may be accounted for by the rise Of new towns
in the far West. but the fate of the majority re-
mains one of those inscrutable mysteries of
which so many of what seem common affairs are
nevertheless full.