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New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
TIE GRAND JURY And TIE ALDERMEN

TIE GPAND JURY AND TIE ALDERMEN.
The General Sessions Grand Jury have sent
some pressing invitations to certain members oil
e Board of Aldermen to come before them Oh
Monday. Evidently they propose to make
inquiry into the stories OF corruption WIN
which the air Of all the political resorts OF the
city has of late been filed. We wish them
success but fear they will find it a difficult task
To get at the truth. 1t is not likely that II any
Alderman has been offered bribe he Will tell
of it, or that any person who has attempted 10
tampcr with the integrity OF member oi the
Board will disclose his iniamy. In fact
we suppose that the Grand Jurors VIII
discover in every City Father who has been
voting for railroad jobs or for the continuance
in power of corrupt administration an
absolutely child-li&c Inconsistencies that he
could make any money by his course.
Bnt suggestion or two TO the inquisitors of
the General Sessions may not be ont Of place.
We respectfully recommend that they give Mr..
John keenan, mn opportunity to cleanse his
bosom Of any prrilous stuff that may hc cling
ing ~ &c. Common fame at the city Hall has
assnciated Mr. Krenan's name with reports
about bo0dlr' IN painfully suggestive
way. We have M doubt thar II M Keenan,
wonh consent Us ten Al that he knows. ~
tMh tale nnmld that wcnd interest this
,,,hmnNiN Mmrnelu We riesHhe chat his
,caNAlAtANep with the lh0AdwM MilvM
seNpNe ANd With ihe enthusiastic sNrnSt W "
tN che Aldermen y el 40 exhaustive ehAihetpt
II must have aigeadt suggested i,sell 80 thN
Intelligent memhels ot the NIand lNrt chat, II
auy mpneY has heen Nsed lN the i'wAd at
Ndormon VA connection With the coRtes' oyol
tho Department OF !ubllc Works II Is more
likely to have been used 60 koop Mr. Thompson
in office than To dlsplace him. The Republican
Aldermen who have shown themselves stub
bouly opposed to any change IN the office
cannot be governed by considerations of public
policy. WHAT motive eau they have for desiring
To keen MIR. Thompson in power
The Grand Jurors owe it To this community
and to themselves to enter upon this inyestlga-
ton in a fair uuprojudiccd spirit, and with a
determination to get at the bottom of things
if possible. They should be extremely careful
that they are not duped by any so-callcd
Citizens Committee" into being made merely
the instruments of Mr.. Thompson. Mr. Charles
=. Miller who seems at this time 10 be earring
this committee" about with him under the
crown of his hat, openly avows desire TO
"terrorize' the Aldermen into allowing the
appointment of Commissioner of Public
Works to go over to Mayor Grace. a highly
honorable and credtablc business for any
"Citizens Committee" to be engaged in! The
Grand Jury will do well to pay no heed to
suggestions from that source.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27

Estimates at ho cast ot thp Nicaragua OanN
vary Wideh. Ono mad0 ten yeals ago has
recently been published, ia which with not -
few items which are frankly admitted To be-
c0nicctura the total cost ot canal harbols,
and all attendant works IL put AZ
SllO,OOOOOO. But if even this estimate were
TOO low-if the total cost should reach
$50, 600, ,OO0-that would be no objection To
the construction of n work so important. The
United States can borrow money ut per cent.
By reducing one half its payment on the
present public debt for three years, the Gov
ernment could pay the cost without borIo wing
a dollar, and net revenue of $i5OO,OOo
would return interest on the cost. When the
Suez Canal was only nine years old, it paid a
revenue of So, 400, 900, and its revenue last
wear was about $l3, 100000.
1t may be well to remember that only 4"l
ships passed the Sucz Canal during the first
year after its completion. Grave men OF
science demonstrated, to their own satisfaction,
that it would not pay In 1874, the canal WAS
passed by 1,26i ships of about 100000
tons; in 1850 the tonnage passing reached
5000, 900, and the revenue S7,2OO,OOO; in
1851, the tonnage reached 1000, 900, and the
revenue $G ,1O0,OOOj in 1882, the tonnage
reached 5.O74, sO3, md the revenue
Sl2,1O9,175. Last year the general stag
nation of commerce retarded the advance, and
yet 1907 ships passed the canal, of 5,775,56l
tons burthen, and the revenue was $13, lG7, 125,
besides some charges for towage. This year
the tolls have been reduced to 10 francs, or
81 93 per ton, and pilotage dues. which
yielded 3,515,G79 francs last year. have also
been abolished since July L. But for the stag
nation of business the revenue would have been
larger than ever in the first quarter OF the year
il was. In eleven months, 3,O57 vessels passed
the canal, against 3,O66 in the same months
last year, and the revenue, In spite OF re-
duced tolls md abolished dues, was
$I1,5S7, 43O against $l2, 1915 for the same
eleven months last year. Stockholders received
dividends last year amounting to Is per cent
on their investment.
The traffic between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans would undoubtedly increase and multi
ply in like manner, if ship canal should be
opened. Especially, the traffic between the
Atlantic and Pacific States of our own country
would Increase enormously, The saving in
cost of transportation on the quantity, possibly
100000 tons, now transported between the
two oceans, would be great benefit, and yet
would be insignificant I'm comparison with the
benefits resulting from the new traffic which
such canal would render possible and
speedily develop Whether the treaty Is IN
othrr respects a dcsirblc one Or not the
Importance OF Che great work which It c0ntem-
platcs to the commerce Of this country can
hardly ue ovecstinated.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
Ah0ff RkrkNFA

A correspondent Naka haw much revenue
~ the aFAtas designated ihe RalM foNth pat ihto
thp r,pasA,e tpaAuN hrhAieAh sppthh6
thia "a eAsIl, asepftAlapi. tha NVuNNe derived
tloN the NRstom hNNsps aNd ffNM lhN various
eoiiuotioR tstlIets "a the aiAtps mrmorly slave
hnldtns roplOsoUt aboWt enc eighth at the eniire
royouue Tho Amount n is1i WAS T1ah9,-
GD3 40 oustoms, aud P3Ho3o,T35 internal
revenue or &l5,7S3l l23 80 Ia all, out of
S3I7l5L5l0 collected IN the whole country
But this docs not fairly Indicate tho amount
of "revonue paid In any proper sense by the
inhabitants of tho,clStates. All over the North,
for example whiskoy Is consumed in great
quantity which is produced in Kentucky. Prob
ablya large part of the whiskey which pays taxes
primarily In that State goes into consumption
in Northern States, and the tax is finally paid
by Northern consumers. On tho other hand. u
considerable part of the goods imported, which
come in through New York, and primarily pay
duties there, go into consumption in Southern
States and the duty, 80 far as 1t Is paid by
people Of the United States Mt all is paid by the
consumers at tho South AS it Is impossible to
determine what part of imported goods is con-
sumed at the South, or what part of whiskey,
beer and tobcaco produced at the South is con-
sumed at the North, the question cannot be ac-
curately answered.
1t may be added, rs n matter of interest, that
there are three customs districts at the South
which collect less than 800 each in a year two
others less than 500 each; three others less
than 81 900 each three others less than $4,000
each six others less .han $4,000 each ) eight
others less than $4,000 each five others less
than 100000 each; three others less than
81 900, 900 each; and only three that collect
more than 81 ,0G0, 900 each-though those three
collect over $6,OOO,000. of the 1882, 692
collected in all the Southern States.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
THE SINKING or THE LORNTY.

The sinking of the British iron ship Lointy
by the steamer Cornwall has the appearance OF
one of the most extraordinary occurrences that
ever took place in this or any other harbor
The ship was at anchor, the time was broad
day, the weather was fine, the steamer had o
pilot on board and the captain himself was
steering. Yet under these circumstances she
ran into the stationary ship, and so cut her
down that she sank in few minutes, the crew
barely escaping with their lives The captain
of the Cornwall will, of course, have ample
opportunity to explain this amazing occurrence
1t can indeed hardly be called an accident
but certainly the theory of his first officer, that
il was due to AN error of Judgment" cannot be
accepted seriously. Tho strong ebb tide no
doubt may have made the steamer steer hard
but unless she refused to answer her helm
altos ether it will be difficult to show that the
collision was not the result of such stupidity as
should incapacitatc the master of the Cornwall
for commanding a vessel again. II may be that
the steamer would not answer her helm In
fact, If that defence is set mp it will br
regarded 10y Scataring mon as the one which
most naturally explains the affair: for if l.
certainly not easy TO believe that an oN-
p'rionccd commander neglected. 10 shift M.
helm until it was too late.
The men on the lon,1 sNv thlt the steamer
bore straight dovn upon thcm. AMI the, s,.rm
80 th,nk tha, shc s,crrrd the samr cou,sr fo, n
considerable distance. thc nilo, an the rnn.
wall "a rpmicd IA Nymr ,ha, ho ra,c thr
orlc "a eh'u tho hclm and that ne saw ,hr
rAn,an movc ,ho VhcA over 1, N can b,
shhvn nm, the sirhmc, m,lrd to ansvr, mn
mlm NJ thr vinci| moment, and a it ran alsd
bc shown thht ,hr NhrA Wts ma,th M ,rnu
SO imt ,hc dieas,r, wih tatt oN ,ht as,yrt "a
aH aredeab ,hdush 4 vt,5 tma,has'e 8Nt.
~, ~ ,Ai.stA, ,ht snsrirA mhat c4is, thai
lAe Sar,ain ~ ,hp tain@ar vAs us siBN lN
shliiMg iAa AeiAh sNpe ,kesa speMs Ne sNM
eleni geAseR M 4hp aiie4et HaNaNAgeableNesa
oi tLe vessel, ehieA haa me,leasl Aaae heg
Nay q,ale smaaiAlI IA aad pgl aluaRs Ihe
shippil,g, aud must therefore have beeA
entirely under coutrol few minules oF even
inoments before. IL is indeed a yery ugly
looking case for tho captain OF tho Cornwall,
and. oil course, it is serious affair for his
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
TRdNSPORT1TION.

The gross abuse of just principle by the
masters of railway transportation threatens to
destroy the respect which it should have in the
public mind 1t is just principle that railroads
may properly charge a lower rate per mile for
hauling freigh a long distance than for hauling
it a short distance But the railroads. instead
of adjusting their charges mcasuraby to the cost
of transportation, are making altogether un-
reasonable differences between their charges at
the West and at the East, and the popular in
dignaton at this is likely to lead to severe if
not altogether unwise and unjust legislation this
winter.
ON the 9th instant, No . red winter wheat
sold in Kansas City for - cents, in st. Louis for
76li. in Chicago at -. and in Ncw-Nork at -
cents. This unnatural difference in prccs was
in part due. it is true, 10 n speculation which
dchcs an considerations of supply and demand.
Bnt 1t illustrates, though with onggcmtion.
ch,onic diiicnltN The rates charged per ton
nr, milo tol transporting ptoin en- othcr pto-
ducts from thn Durs to chicago nrc ,vry
much Mphcr ,han tho rates chtpcd ior trans.
rmtnr thc Same g,hm from ChbDgo m The sca
board. IN Is unv even at the nominal r,trs.
and ,hr di,rulMncy htVvrN Nt,s uctn)li,
cha,rrd s. alhl Nidcr MhAr nhmMll, rm'r
ing dhr rrnt pr, tnh ir, milc iinm thngh W
NrW-i iUM ,hr r'h0hd9 ah5W h' ,hrt uWcnl
it,,Nis ,hnt ,hryNr nt,uall, rtithg lu'b mi,t
iNis DAt-NNh W \ erNt As the a,r,Ae,, uN IA
iheii lfeirht ta,oaph Asst ha-t BW jAr Ntst-
eA f'.uis HaMAsb aAA ArtAAib rhMrr ma'e
ihAN ,eAp as MAelN MA tReaa walsh gpAeA
mpsi ei lAa h1Sna west ef the M'ssssipW eAAei
slhl hi-aag rasps. ihe Wea,ern muNag AAha
Il harA eupa-h ,p comprehend tuAi llera pgs1
Ca ha ANY dnerenep whaleyor-ss there roAliy
ought between the rate per n,le ior the short
haul ol 200 miles or less aud the rate Tor the
long haul of 300 miles. But whom he compre
hends that, ho utterly fails to see why the rate
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27

peF mile should BE- two of three times IA high
ahh Wvli he may.
Or eBHfss, the ntes Ff6m Chicago rs Nov
fe,h MN NNnatasAliy isw, tee i0w hf the ih'
legpst sc ihp transporting companies bAt " u
Nat thp eAsiNst lhiNs ~ the Wellh W eehtlhea
Western WeiNepys ef ths, When iheY read "
eliplal nllWN repplis that dividends amount
rng ga mlllipns have h0an earA0d by roads which
have heon haulIns grain at less ihan cent per
tom per mile, Ito hoars 1t stated for instance,
that the New-Hork Central has been paying
per cent for u series of yoals, bat has actually
been earning twice 10 much. Then he looks at
the freight rates and says: 4" III Mr. Vanderbilt
can earn l6 per cent carrying grain from Chi
L" cagO to New York at 3 of a cent per ton per
81 mile, he can earn enough on the Northwest
"ern, carrying grain into Chicago at less than
"ccnts per ton per mile" 1t appears to him
that he, the Western farmer, is made to pay all
the cost of low rates at the East, through ex
Orbitnnt charges on the western ends OF the
long lines controlled by the different interests.
The fact is that the railroad managers are
their own worst enemies. They labor night
and day, for years in succession, to convince the
public that railroads can make great profits by
carrying grain at less than cent per ton per
mile and then wonder that the farmers really
believe it. They spend years in fighting with
each other desperately for each small fraction
of the through traffic, even mt these low rates
and then wonder when people believe that the
prize is really valuable for which they contend
so reclSlessly, and with such present sacrifices.
They manage a great many of their roads with
IN eye single TO the price of stocks, and then
feel indignant when Legislatures remind them
that railroads ought to be managed primarily
for the faithful and reasonable service of the
public All the sound argument in the world
fails to outweigh, in the minds OF men, their
own unwise behavior.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
4 EOIRRnN GUnqT

They have q ghost at Ephrata, Pennsylvania,
which is evidently a survival from the middle ages,
an anachr0nism as much out of place here and
now as an ichthyosaurus would be on Broadway.
This veteran phantom. which lags superlluous on
the Ephrata stage. is characterized by an acepba-
lous condition. Instead of wearing his head be-
tween his shoulders he carries it in his hand, and
in tho other hand he bears a lantern-whether
aight or not does not appear clearly. This headess
spectre appals the simple minded people of tho
ueIghborhood by walking alongside of them on
lonely roads, and then suddenly disappearing Now,
all these tricks and manners, are 30 to saw medie-
val II IS well-known that modern ghosts have long
rcnOunced tho vulgar scnsationalsm here mani
fested and that thoy no longer clank and rattle
chains or gr0an, or 90 about with their heads IN
their hands or under their arms, like st. Denis In
these DAYS of offamharity with the other world tho
manners of apparitions have undergone n marked
improvement. They como nowadays in the most
mattcr-of-fact way; without shoots or glbernes
or any OF the old-time devices The Ephrata head
less ghost. therefore, must be n Bourbon phantom,
which clings blmdly TO exploded iollacics, and
wandcrs among the ruins Of an exposed ghostdom
which has ceased 10 interest even our children
The genuine ghost 81 the period is very lifer
emit creature, He oiltrs himself Gov investigation by
psychical research socetirs lie dscoursrs elO-
people ~ hollis advanced ideas ns would ,nn Np
hs srectral N6se AZ tht aNtwsof Wa pennstlyania
sroah bnt u "a posNhle that the attet af,et al 70
oNlt y NfeetioN ~ the Nthiti staie NF lhA reoile
aNeN4 8heM hls heAiiess iet "a east. fefa Me
,he 8hesls M eye,y community viii eaipsNoAi W
thatesge0of " aNlmsm 90 ME Niafeais ", which
haPppns ie eNist a'NpNs the itte roepo ihNs thegN
mAI tao agNpstlp ghpsts sac plthedpN Bhosls' m 8p-
,osaUo ghosts, or modeyal ghosts ~ 90 the PesoHt
case. IL is act probahle that ghosts w eypr cease
to appear hut thoy are tolorahly sure 10 change
their oharaetorstics as the people who believe IN
them progress and the ultimate popular phantom
may bo a paradoxical arrangement almost material
istic and oyinoing little or no differentiation from
living forms. But IL Is clear that tho animlsm of
Ephrata is very strong yet, and that long time
will bo necessary to educate it up to the modern
ghost. Meantime 1t must not seek to impose ITS
obsolete ghosts upon the moro intelligent outside
public.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
DEAD SURE ABOUT 1T.

Again Tie World is moved to prophecy
Strange how many Democrats feel it their duty
just now to declare in loud voice what it is
absolutely sure they say, Mr. Cleveland viii
do, or will not do. Strange, too, that no two
of them are absolutely sure of the same thing
What these Democrats are trying to do il is
easy to sec. Each is laborng to bully the next
President into doing the will of this or that
faction. Each pays him the bachhlndcd COM
pmcnt of suppo,ing that he l. sure TO be
bulicd 10y somebody. Whether Mr.. Cleveland
has any comprehension of their performances,
or pays any attention to them, or turns thcm
over TO Manning, or Thompson. or the waste
basket each would Ike to know
Tie will not mako clean sweep The
World s tutc ltt ihst reason "a singular and
supecaH,c; "brcausc he capnot n Republican
Senate Wil puvrut H." That. we a,r bound to
nlnu ish sthhg lamn Wht mmrhd M
tic,rhnd cinno, ao. 1t is nlcnhb stm 10 "a,
NE WiN not DO nv cannot tum r,,al bol, ont.
hHcimc thr ,r,g hnng,} muioN nrrd no,
ptwr, a.
" might hw bcn srprosrA ihua gushing
unA tihlN rati.aN VbAlb MW ilnrrd a, thr
h,Ah bi hs ir'sbas vs. p',tNNAe hbNa, aNh
Nis iAt,ia,isw "An d,sit na, M bt,k his W,NA.
aab hs wish Hrt a Aeg,aia ,pr Rewia s,Nlct
mePe ihm as cp hait ihs Na,M Nes Nei Nll
q is NAe, ia eiAiA' sf,Al egeit iW hlm heeANsa
u WNi Aet pseAA hss WeA NApn he 10 NnAnia
W ae so bgi u - s'gpincant ihlss ~ pu,s nFst
and ipienrst anpns the reasUns ipr believing
that Mr. Cleveland will not do diohououble
anh unpatrlotc thing, tho Important fact that
hc has not the power.
This is reloi. Ii is we'll to have confidence
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
PERSONiL.

Tho ufanta isatella-Countess Girgenti-ot spa'u VI
horts hey mothers propensity ;or ridculns people %
hind their backs but she has moro canstic VII anu e
good nature than the oN-Qucen Consequently sAe y
much dslkc,l aud Is lrOOaDly the most Wt'p"'" "
her httlc-ONcd AmiN.
The venerable trcnicacon Abraham Ncies oi hciov.
fori canada West. whose death Il annonnced slrn' l
nf, -a,e yoays IN the ministry among tho inNAns V' "'
six nations on tho Grand river keaNe ana :"
pNccr uf the Sew England company wno hoN wy w.
ReQVNo nadcrA charter nom CnRlcA u tle oWS3s'@%
An mo- ga NanAWk CNOtch on g. palO's, me nstclWWl
h,N aaich i,s0, nnd within INC cpotyM Ni eL MHEa1
tNp hNNcs ~ the MWo0A AMI hANkhhaN N''''' w
ca,ot io,oih N,ant
N0huAy s,omA 10 sa,tor 20 know much wv W."
va Nsr,elh oxcow that n a trlatoa thatn nw lns AW
,bn o,on,.N AZ Ma NNAtri6hs mvlo hc NN uittAE.E
Egm i@S1SeSE SattS5sS ,6SA%
Ans r6s E5,ef, G W'u,h,opa sefa yot o,a'oa On on
Ana sl,,a,.lA "A, ,hN n lNlNatN NNNhiNtNf nv ttN"
8vN iWN N,5 rhlNA ANA M iha MNN NAsmentaA hors
y, N,es Pges,ies. WHyeies u sM @ i8@ hrA''h
,,9i,sess "a pgsAt,Nie- Us Mr sPsfse8a. ~ ssssiss
sp,e,teA AZ st ,y8m Ms tNsswe's w f'i,s'ssecoyi X
AlAbsser palA,,Gegs, iNAA8slA bAfN AVA NAH ts'nrs
e,gra.e upholstered Wl1A the mesl MtsNe"s SssH"Ns
aud ta,us yagiQas sRelyes 10y peess SrA ~
aggAi ot .gAr h0Aes ana lfal .a "a i;,s n, sx
slAlS \ pieasniS ssVANs "Wi'N.e N'N'" SN'''''~ "
tpr nQr0
Tho late Dr. Matthew MeKeeyer, Of Hsrrls''he' 'H''
uasa brother-naw OF AleYauder Campbell. aud once
partner VI John Brown. OF ossawatoIais' W s"''V'
farluing
The Prince and Princess Of Wales w''' ao'a As@
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27

Justice Lawrence promptly and properly as
solved the extraordinary injunction secured III
the interest of the so-called "Wolt Board Oh
Aldermen" This was simply a desperate
attempt on the part of Hubert o. Thompson 10
retain his hold on Office There was never any
justification for It, Justice Lawrence says Una.
the matter ought not to have been entertained
by any Judge unless it was perfectly appafen.
that there had been "a clca" and suDstantal
departure from the provisions of the funua-
mental law" Moreover, an injunction III
quo ,rarranto proceedings is an unheard Oh
thing. Some of the Aldermen breathed more
freely when informed that they were at liberty
70 nerform their duties as legislators.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27

rue FREEDOM OFINIkRN1HON1L TRADE
\ cable dispatch states that The London
Times declares II " knglands duty Ia preserve
"the freedom of international trade" II The
London Times has used any such language 1t
has been guilty of impcrlnencc. England Is
quite welcome to preserve if il likes. the free
dom of its own trade with other nations. The
United States will also exercise its own pleas
ure in directing and controlling its trade with
other nations. If Great Britain undertakes to
preserve the "freedom Of international trade "
between the United States and any other peo-
plo under the sun, it will find that it has under
taken Il task winch does not belong to it.
Neither is it appropriate nor decent for Great
Britain to set up as the champion of intcrna-
tional neutrality. Naturally it would please
that nation to have free use, in peace or in war
of all the ship canals that all the other nations
of the earth may construct by their enterprise,
their science, or their wealth. In order to Sc
cure the control of the Suez Canal, however,
Great Britain found it ncedful to spend large
sum of money, having at the outset scoiled at
the enterprise and refused to believe that it
could succeed. Moreover, when England had
secured the control, it did not preserve the neu-
trality of that canal, but on the earliest Occa-
sion took virtual possession of it for English
uses and made II very clear that in case of any
war between Great Britain and any other
Power, the canal could be used for transporta-
ton of English fleets and arms and munitions
only. That is what England means by the
" freedom of international trade and there is
no anxious desire TO have anything of that sort
in connection with any canal on this side of the
world
New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
A'rp9lork Dailp G,ibuple
FOUNDED BYBoRAcE GREELEY
........ 49,. -.
NrwNoRN. SATURDAY. DEC. 2I
iHE M 80 NoRNiNn.

rohtrS apisuliMp hnNh maNarct N Avs
asa euruith snicNla - ihe miiish sWhmei
tn,sNt Vas Wierhrl - Earthquake shots'
Wt,D t,i, la siu,V -- lte sraNsh MWsiVi ~
Na.hs4ue Wiil re ewpeWt'td iV wpt'h iiN teM
De,,i.i U,at,. - lAp NNA"sp piepNss'vN ~
iialtp, uD.tp p.as.d ph 0UiptW. - i, g. kieRei,
.fhop Nwt ,u,d o. stpal his chlid IA taaadA
hoAll.H .HN.- iatgo ph taHhs neaf tlwWa we're
REmodoA aud hulued. yenng man neN
Ieadiug pouu., billod himself heoause ayouug
Woman refused 60 marry hun. -- Cornelius
Auuu.u died ia Canton, Ohio. -= sixty per
cent oi thc =, Indicate coke ovens In Pennsy iVania
stepped work. mob OF ruiiians disturbed
Performance by amateur actors In Kent, ONO.
GO Bail was refused for young Blakely who
killed hs father at Ithaca. -= Two coored
thieves were drowned by masked men in North
rarohna --- Secretary frehnghuysen has
written letter to Senator j. +. Miller on the
Spanish Treaty
CrrY AND SUBCEBAN-An Internal machine sent
10 the office of the American Tract Society. ==
Aldermen smmmo ned before the Grand Jury; the
Injunction against the Board dIss lived. - A
proposition 10 enlarge the powers of the president
OF the Stock Exchange == DIR. George ii.
Atkinson paraly2ed by blood poisoning. --=- Gas
Tie Garden contracts awarded. =--= Deacon Terry
and Mrs Downs returned. --= Death of an old
woman by starvation --- Gold value of the
icgal-tendcr silver A12l2 grains). S374 cents
r- stocks opened weak and after moderate
transactions. with some fluctuations, closed weak
az about the lowest figures.
TnK WFATHEK.-TRIBUNE local obser vations in
aIcatc partly cloudy, slightly warmer weather. with
occasional snow. Temperature Yesterday: High
sst, 2io; lowest. 1Go average, 1892.