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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-20

SATURDAY, April 19-P ".
This was a day of disappointment 10 operators in
stocks who were late in forming their opinions that
Il rally was due and that yesterdays advances
were only the beginning of il. The market
opened with an exhibition OF considerable spirit
and early fgnrcs generally showed moro or
less of advances upon last evenings last
prices. Bnt the apparent strength proved to be
delusion and a snare, which, however, brought il
no more valuable haul than a small lot of pro-
fessioual traders. The business was moderately
large, and recorded transactions amounting TO
AZ 300 shares or 600 shares more than were Ie-
corded yesterday. Union Pacific was
special feature and furnished 114, i30
shares more than one-fourth of the
days total transactions. II has been mentioned
during the last few days that il of the
stocks that conspicuous for their strength
to-day il the pan. ocular weak spot IN the mar
ket. 1t opened at 20 and rose 70 703s later Il de-
clined 10 $685. and ended az }G's The decline put
in almost everybOdys mouth the question, What is
there now about Union Pacific (which finally form
Mated into guess that the next dividend will he
passed. No one stopped TO think that the stock
had held for several days uDac"Ountably strong
against the company's official reports showing net
earnings for January and Februaryof only
1888 900, while its first charges for the same
ptIlOu amount 10 ABOUT Sl,-UU,Oub EOi lndl "
the report of loss in net earnings for March proves
to be correct, the net earnings for
the quarter that ended March 81 Will be some
800 900 less than the amount of its first charges
for interest and rentals for that period. Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western was second in point of
interest the days dealings; il opcned at 1893,
rose to 1893, and later sold Mt J1sasd I1sl..
Reading, however, continued TO he weak ;
it did gain L III the early business,
and sold up to 50l2, but it later
fell 10 4Sl264S1s Central Of Eew-Jer.ey was
dull but declined from sol2GS5zs to S4as The
Street is beginning to take interest IN the dis
cussion of what is the price az which the hypothe
Gated stock of the Central of New-Jersey Company,
which belongs to the Reading Company, will DC
offered for sale D; there arc hardly two opinions,
except as TO date, that the Philadel-
phia trust companies which are carry
ing il for the Reading Company viii
sell il to protect their loans St. Paul less ac
tive than usual and for the greater part of the day
was held moderately firm against the drift Of the
general market; but it finally dropped from S8isd
S6ia TO SO, and closed at SOL. The trunk lin,
shares we're not active, but their early price
showed como gains. followed by prices lower thar
: those Of yesterday. Central and Hudson got ~ b
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1147s and the last sale was 11tII but the closine
quotation was 113L0flf. Lake Shore cold up at
to 9si2 but ended At 97ia and Erie, after 20, sold
at 19l01ess. For Michigan Central tho7o was
not quotation all day, and Canada Southern
from 81 declined to 490f9ls, There was little
left oflast nights boom in the Omabas; the pre-
ferred stock did sell up to o. but IL closed az 90.
The whole Southwestern system moved IN unison
with the general market; higher in early dealings
and lower at the close Western Union declined
from 8s s to 663i a 667s and Pacific Mail from 4sl2
a 10 fell to 47l49t7I2 The whole market closed
weak.
Government bonds were almost neglected; bids
for tho 3s without transactions, were advanced 80
per cent. Otherwise the quotations are unchanged
and closed as fOllOws
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MONEY FOR 4 CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

The Harlem Branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association will hold fair this week in Choral
Hall eIngton-ayo and one hundred and twenty NTH.
~ II will he opened on Tuesday evening by Chief JUS
tice Noah Daylr. The fair Is held to raise money for
new building costing $50 600 that Is to he erected the
two lots in One-hundred snd-twenty nthst, adjoining
Holy Trinity Church, which have been purchased fot
$4,000 Already $4,000 has been subscribed An Ell
hbition OF valuable paintings and brics-brac will be
among the attraction. OF the fair Among painters to
be represented are Carat DiaE Zamac0s Milet Meyer
Won Bremen and Clifford. J.dge TruaI Jordan L. Mott
Marshall AJres, William f. lodge, u. slsyback and Il j.
Cbsfee are among those who have loaned the pictures
Judy shou and gypey camp bnt no railing, voting nor
tohtmts OF chance OF any kind. The Buldin0 Fund
Herald sixteen pago paper win be Issued every dsy
and for sale at the fair.
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THE UNHAPPY oHURoH IN A QUIET STATE.

The Easter services in the Madison Avenue
Congregational ChIrcn had soothing effect on tho
factions who uphold and deny DIR. Newmans claims to
the pastorate Since the meetings last Monday night
when tue church its members were enter tanned by
protests not stroke has delivered by either aide.
Revival services led by Miss Jenny Smith, have succeed
ed n converting almost every person IN the DeigbOr
hood except Dr. RaDney and his h1ends Dr. Newman
has reiutod In no weakening Of his position and Or.
Ranney and DEACON Cumnings proclaim with their
seveal and peculiar warertes The light just begun
Tomorrow nisAi IL. literary society "i b. Introduced
By Of aleeIuIs TO Tho Rtpenteg In tho abstract
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BANKING AND FINANCIAL.
HATCH 4 FOOTE. BANKERS.

No. II WALL-St., NEw-ioRK,
Buy aud Sell T. :. Bonds, execute orders in Stocks
and Bonds for Cash and on Margin; Interest al
lowed on Deposits. Desnsb Investment >ecu.
rites on baud. Attention given TO correspondence.
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atarantua, sailed yesterday on the steamship
Monarch A short time after his vessel lett havana Nv
experienced intense pain in his right hand where NC W."
bitten His hand swelled and the poison au pbv
way into his fore-aTiu when he arrived IN inns slI.
scians contriycd TO keep the swelling down bu. ie
for time that they would he forced 10 s"p"'"'0 wv
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THE PLIRoLKUM N4R6EE.

SEw-YoRK, April 10.
The strong closing of the petroleum market
Yesterday was followed BY sn advance TO 0SL2
day Then me Of the opening o. two wells In the
Macksbury field, with good fOw. ana prices dr Ell
down 10 90 cents The market unsettled and irreg-
ul4r throughout. but the c.oss "a male on Ia ".
Carrying RATES ranged from Hat = - CATS
The range prices aud he total dealings we're "a fol-
lows: :. -, r. ..
flaming ............................ q1L G1S
..---
- - q. 'SNvsNvS
Clearsnces, yesterday -, 30, Nv le,oiS 20
Al OH CITY ana Bradford tue Clcaramces we've 1899
coo aud 10, 26,000 barrels respective y
The refined market was uucnanEeu
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moneys received for the city He hal no recollection Of
having Endorsed tho check shown. . -
The committee then adjourned TO MondsJ al III a. m
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Diui )cnI Notleey.
MAIL STEAMSHIP GO.
FER FOOT OF CANAL.sr.

DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP co.
FER FoorU CANAI.sr.
Nrw.loRA April ld, issL
The Board ot DTecors!aye this day decsrrd quarterly
and cent the TAI Stock
OF this COMPANY On and ater May "a at the Snco
nj the Mercantile Trust Ompany No 20 BrOaway, New
hOl efs of the CLOSING Of the books
The transfer books will the ore VI tn Union trust
Company 40 ~ Broadway, Now.I0rA, Mopday Aprl ~,
1854 atthree O'Clock aud Will reopen Tuesday Nay
JOSEPH HELLEN, I suIer.
BAN FRANCISCO, April ., ssl
TNHE FATHER DE SMEr CONSOLIDATED
1 GOLD MINING COMPANY has declared biyhsnd
twenty PAYABLE AT me oneo Ok
IAIDIAW 4 90, j. wa.s-, Newlors, on the SOth mat
Transfer books will close the I'd =, ,,,.s s..
rNHE ST. PAUL, MINNIE POLLS AND
Il MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY,
Us WnlAAsT. NswlOU,
April \ 1884.
ANNA, quarterly dividend Of two per the capital
soch Of this company this dAy been declared payable
A. I'm, once on and Nay 49,, 20 soekhoidss OK
rcoor op that The transfer books WV De oiosoi on
"Wednesday April rs. at 2. N and VII rscpenso On
A"""' -" vseePTesidsnS
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EVIL EPggOTs or A SPIDER BITE.
Captain John Kerr, who arrived in this city
bvcra dsys ago from Havana, suffering RON tns b'o o.
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CLOSING PRICES OF PHILADELpHIA STOCKS

R.eot!.A " u I. [. d.. . u. U gNl.N.
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THE GEN LIST.

op's. Wg't Lort Final Bid lAss'a Soil.
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The Clearing House statement to-day was as io!-
lows: Exchanges IO5. 262, 512; balances, $i540,-
500. For the week: Exchanges, S652,-SO 100;
balances S32, 9S1 40.
The customs receipts reported at washington to-
day were $500 723, and the internal revenue re-
ceipts 1906, 900. The United States Treasury re-
celved 1903 900 National bank notes for redemp-
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Drinking A Farm.

NY homeless friend with the
chromatic nose, while you are stir
ring the sugar in that ten cent
glass of gin, let me give you fact
to wash down with it. You say you
have longed for years for the free,
independent life of a farmer, but
you have never been able to get
enough money together to buy a
farm. But that Is just whore you
are mistaken. For several years you
have been drinking q good improv-
ed farm at the rate of ono hundred
square feet at a gulp. Ifyou doubt
this statement figure up for your
self. An acre of land contains 49,
220 square feet. Estimating for
convenience, the land at 49,
So per acre you will see that this
brings the land to just one mill
per square foot, one cent for ten
square feet. Now pour down that
fire dose and just imagine that you
are swallowing a strawberry patch.
Call in FIVE of your friends and
have them help you gulp down
that FIVE hundred foot garden.
Get on a prolonged spree some day
and see how little time it requires
to swallow pasture large enough
to feed COW. Put down that glass
of gin, there is dirt in it-one hun
dred square feet of good, rich dirt,
worth 1885 per acre.
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THE REPUBLICAN, CONVEN.
f- TTON.

The Arthur representation seems,
so far, to have captured the Fort
Worth Republican convention, and
the colored delegates are represen-
ted as being greatly dissatisfied,
and openly assert that they are
tired of getting nothing but prom
Uses from their white brothers.
The ofice-holders have displayed
eonsumate skill in the manipula-
ton of the convention. Webb
Flanagan claims that the conven-
ton is for Blaine, while the dele
gates are for Arthur. Much trou-
BILE is apprehendcd yet before the
convention is fully organized, and
a split is not improbable. Col. A.
B. Norton announced himself as in
favor of a straight Republican
ticket in Texas, which was Justify
cheered. Jack Evans delivered a
short haranguc, in which he waved
the "bloody shirt" frantically.
Webb Flanagan advocated "free
grass, free schools and free ballots
and championed the cause OF
Blaine.
The feeling at II o'clock Tues-
day night was at feyeF heat and a
worm and stormy session was ex-
pected Wednesday. 1t seems to be a
regular kilkenny eat fight between
the sins and outs"
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5ARTjRURS CLAIMS.

Cheek is the chief stock in trade
of the average Republican politi-
clan. President Arthur is Repub
lican politician who ranks some
what above the average. He failed
to secure a delegation pledged to
him from his own state, New York,
and some innocent persons might
have been led to suppose that he
would have gracefully withdrawn
from the presidential race, but not
So; he has too much check to be
put out of temper by such trivial
circumstance. He is thorough
bred New York politician and has
caused to be issued manifesto in
which his many claims, actual and
NEUROLOGICAL, on that nomination
are fully set forth with an assur-
ance and hardihood that is truly
refreshing. The manifesto tells of
the many extraordinary and I'M
suspected public virtues associated
with the presidents name; his
lofty indifference to a nomination;
the high official morality and pro
priety he exhibited when holding
the New York collectorship-the
self-same Office he was summarily
dismissed from by Secretary Sher-
man for neglect, ineficiency and
tolerance of corruption; his pas,
sionate and steadfast devotion to
civil-service reform, notwithstand.
ing his appointment of a third-rate
New Hampshire trickster to the
navy department. and his placing
the federal patronage in Virginia
in the hands of Senator Malone,
etc. If President Arthur has done
anything of a statesman-like char.
acter since he has occupied the
presidential chair no one outside
of the Republican party will
acknowledge it. He is ajovial com
panion, good liver and jolly
fisherman and personally is popu.
lar with his intimate friends, but
these qualifications hardly fit him
for the exalted position of presi
dent.
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wattersou's poker-P aging

1 heard the other night story
about Watterson, writes CORES
pendent. Not long ago he was in
Indianapolis. There he sat down
to game of poker with "Diek"
Bright, who was recently sergeant
alarms of the senate and the presl-
dent of the city horse railroad.
Watterson had great luck. The
money rolled in upon him. When
he was about $4,000 ahead he be-
gan to think how he could spend
it. ~ will ride home in the best
hack this city Affords" he said.
Before a great while he had 81, 900
in winnings. II will drive to my
leading hotel with four white
horses, and darkey leading each
one," was his exultant announce
ment. From that moment his luck
turned. Every cent in his pile was
gone, and his pocket-book began
to look thin. The railroad presi-
dent fumbled in his pocket. TAX
ing out car ticket, he passed it
across the table: aHere, Watter-
son; you said you should ride
home. Put that in your pocket
and You cam" Watterson walked
and still keeps the car ticket as a
reminder Of the night the Hoosier
strapped him.
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Il This Is True itlsR ,m ,rk.sI E.

A Eufaula, Alabama, paper re-
lates most remarkable incidence
as told by Rev. B. H. Sassnett.
Rev. Sassnett with friend were
sitting in a room engaged in con-
vcrsation with a gentleman. HIS
little boy came in while he was
talking and troubled his fatner-
The father, not wishing to be dis
turbed, pushed the little fellow
aside, telling hun at the same time
to go away; as he did so the little
fellow stumbled and fell against a
hot stove, killing him instantly
The father screamed and in so do
ing startled his wife, who was up
stairs washing the baby. In trying
to come down stairs she fell and
broke her neck. The heart-broken
father and husband went up stairs
a short time after and found that
his wife had left the baby in the
tub of water, and it was drowned.
1t was more than the father could
stand, and IN few moments he
blew out his brains. Thus a fam
lily that had an hour before been
perfectly happy, was each and
every member dead.
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THE DUTY OF JURORS.

At Fort Worth the jury in the
case of the State VS.. Cunningham,
on trial for murder, brought IN
verdict of manslaughter and as
sessed the punishment at five years
in the penitentiary. Cunningham
killed a man named Fleming. The
Gazette gives what seems to be a
fair resume of the evidence addue-
ed at tho trial, and from it it is
plain that Cunningham was guilty
of murder and had justice been
given him by the jury his sentence
should have been life term or
hanging. In this connection it is
not necessary to review the testi-
mony: it may be taken for granted
that the Gazette has simply told
the truth. The killing occurred
during a personal difficulty on the
public road and in the presence of
witnesses. Cunningham was the
aggressor and an old difficulty
or bad feeling existed between the
men. The probability is that an
appeal will be taken and perhaps
new trial granted, in which case
there is every possibility that Gun
ningham will eventually escape
scot free. The men were both
we'll known and the trial attracted
great deal oflocal interest. Much
surprise was expressed at the YER
dict. Tho Gazette gives the names
of the jurors, and says they were
jurymen of average intelligence,
also that, perhaps they can recon-
Gle their verdict with the evidence,
but they will not easily convince
the public of its fitness" There IS
always a wheel within a wheel in
the verdict of a pistol jury; the
able criminal lawyer knows his
men, and the work of empaneling
the right kind ola jury being well
done. il makes but little difference
what the evidence may be. The
;udge and thc.oficers of the court
NAV be honest. and conscientious
in the discharge of their duty, and
yet in complying with the forms
of the law a jury may be empanel-
ed which the Judge knows will be
favorable to the prisoner and is
powerIess to prevent. In other
words the shrewd criminal law
yer can fix the jury to suit his
Z purpose. Sueh things have been
done in the past. We do not say
that it was the case With tho Gun
ningham jury, but 1t was aossibIe.
Again the law requires an mani
nous verdict, and IN cases who,o
there is wide differences Of on,n
ion among jurymon compounds
verdict is frequently arrived at
ono, two or three strong men or a
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To Live for Her Alone.

The other night, when one Of
our prominent society young men
called to see his girl he found her
mother sitting quietly by the fire.
After bidding him Hgood evening"
she looked HIM full in the face and
said: aDo. You really love my
daughter Emma ?" "Well--ah-my
dear madam" stammered the
youth, turning red in tho face,
~ have only been coming to see
your daughter two months, and /
really think you are a little pre-
mature in propounding such a.
question" ''That's where we differ,
young man. If the seed you are
sowing now will bring forth ma
trimonial harvest Fam willing to
put up with you a while longer
but ifyou are coming here three
nights out of the week just to pass
away the time You had better cease
coming at once" eyes" "Well,
really, madam" put in the youth
his voice all IN a qulvor, "slnce
you press me so closely for an ans
wer l must admit that 1 am very
fond of Emma, and that 1 live for
her alone" 'Yes," broke in the
anxious mother, chats the trouble
with you young men; you waste
too much time living for a girl
alone, when you ought to be living
with her. "1'm plain old FASH
toned woman and always say what
l think. I'm willing to give you
month longer as trial, but if at
the end of that time l don't see a.
spankin' new ring on Emma's fin
ger your visits to the house will be
cut off" And then, to the great
relief of the young man, she left
the room and sent in her daughter
who, of course, was utterly uncon-
cious of the "good lloks" her
mother had been putting in for
her.-Madisonville Times.
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jury can frequently make the 9th
ers do as they please. We want
better juries and an amendment to
the law SO that, say, nine out OF the
twelve jurors can render verdict.
Majorities rule, and why not in
juries as in other affairs? Hereto
fore the press has had delicacy
in criticising the verdict of a jury
In criminal cases, but when 1t
comes to be understood that YER
diets are subject to criticism jurors
will be more particular. Outsiders
are as competent to judge of the
weight of evidence ms juries.
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Farm Life.

The person engaged in farm life
can realize more real pleasure and
happiness than in any other occu-
patton. The editor, lawyer, doc
tor, merchant, and in fact, all other
classes, trust in the tiller of the
soil for subsistence; while on the
other hand the farmer looks to the
soil and Providence for his. This
being true, he is the most indie
pendent character of Gods erea-
lures, and this makes him feel a
degree of comfort and happiness
that nc other class ofmen can feel.
The tiller of the soil has far bet
ter opportunity of sitting down
when his work is done, and think
ing candidly and.soberly in regard
to things in general, than any other
class. II seems to us that his sur
roundings are such that he has
more inclination and desire to
serve his Master than any other
class. This of itself, is true hap
piness.
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1lnHEYAND JUSTTCE.

mo AuSCln Ototesman Is now
making a splendid fight in behalf
ofiusticc. 1t will be remembered
that a few days ago Willis Adams,
the man who murdered Mike
Burns, a poor man, in Dallas, was
admitted to bail in the sum Of s10,-
GOO which was promptly given.
AT the time the BBNNER remarked
that his admission to bail was the
first step toward his ultimate &C.
quittal. The Statesman says it is
not surprised at the result of the
examination of Adams on habeas
corpus; it would have been sur
prised Of any other result. Had
Adams been refused bail and re-
manded to jail it would have caus-
cd a general surprise; it would have
constituted an anomoly in justice.
It's evident that the judge be-
fore who Adams was examined was
satisfied that there were very
strong grounds for believing that
he was guilty of murder or he
would not have fixed his bond at
tho large sum of $4,000. He
knew that Adams had wealthy
friends and that he could give
bond in almost any amount, $780,
600 or more Unnecessary. The law
is plain and explicit murder in
the first degree is not bmlable Of
Tense, and Adams having been ad-
mitted to bail it becomes evident
that the judge either did not be-
lieve he was guilty of murder in
the first degree, or he believed that
Adams would not be convicted of
murder in the first degree. Itmay
be claimed that a newspaper has
not right to criticise the acts ola
judge, but it is not so. A judge is
a public official and his acts are as
open TO criticism as those of any
other public officer. It is a we'll
known fact that poor men are
hanged and rich men are allowed
to 60 scot free, and it is further
known that this rule applies not
only in Texas, but in every other
state in the entire union. In this
respect the United States is far
behind England. In England a
mans social or financial standing
avails him nothing;.if he is charged
with erime he is arrested, put in
Jail and treated the same as any
ordinary criminal would under the
same circumstances all prisoners
receive prison treatment and pris-
on fare. In this country the
wealthy prisoner is allowed to fur
nish his cell luxuriantly and to
have his meals served in the best
style he is able to pay for.
If there be any truth in the pub
lishod accounts of the Adams case
he is guilty of a cold-blooded and
atrocious murder, and if proven
guilty he should be hung; allow
ing him bail gives him prestige
and it gives him every advantage
over the state. In this case it is not
Adams personally that is COM
planned of, he is only doing what
any other man in similar circum-
stances would do, but it is the
principle involved that Is subject
to criticism. It is perhaps, we'll
that public attention should be
called to his case.
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Three students of the. Harvard
medical school, who last week pass.
ed their examinations, are not
happy. One wrote an excellent
set of papers, the other two copied
them word for word, and the ex.
aminer ranked them at 9S per cent.
He remarked however, that as the
three papers were identical, this
gave the three about 80 per cent.
each, and as so per cent. is requir-
cd for a diploma all three were
plueked.