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New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
THE DEHOCRATIC EAGLE.

That was a fine figure of speeeh-somewhat
hackneyed, perhaps, but fine aud fOrcible all the
same-with which Congressman FOrney, OF
Alabama, described the present Democratic
outlook He was considering the party situa-
ton in connection with the Morrison Tariff BILL
and though he was free TO admit that the i'm
mediate prospect was by no means encouraging
he insisted that the depression was only tenn
porary and would soon pass away. "lf our
eagle stoops little now," said Forney in a
little burst of eloquence. I" it is only to plume
himself for a loftier fight" This is figure
which never fails to take firm hold OF the ini
agnation of tho average American citizen
"Behold," says the able and abundant orator
upon whose eloquence and address the
chicken thief depends for the preservation OF
his liberty and the vindication of his personal
honor" behold the lofty flight and swift gyra-
tiOns of the eagle
Where fasheth the lightning where crasheh the thur
der.
Where the mountains lone summit Iiefceth mp TO the
sky,
There stitch the eagle, and In dgnlfed wonder
He cockcth his huge philosophical eye"
Which entrances the jury and furnishes fit op-
portunity for the poultry embezzler to slip out
of the side door.
He is very noble bird, the engle is. From
all the accounts that have come down TO It's.
Early Man held him in high esteem. This not
on account of his edible qualities, certainly, for
no fact in natural history is more familiar than
that this. bird, ior his snewy- resistance to
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
Aep9)ork DaiIp Gribnlae
THE NEFS THLS MORNING.

FoRrrGS.--Many messages of condob nee were re-
eeiyed Yesterday by members ot tie koyal la'hl9'
.- rluor prevailed in Cairo that General eof-
don had surrendered KhSrtoum and that he was
.rres4ed. - A solicitors clerk was murdered
near London Bridge. - Ii is reported that tho
cb,iau demands for truce have been granted by
the Bolivian Commissioners.
noNEsTIC.-The Mayor of Cincinnati took COM
orehensiye measures yesterday TO restore order IN
that city an advisory committee OF one huhdreu
leading citizens appointed a >cama'ioh
was issued commanding order and warning ciiizeDs
from the streets, and request vas made for rhe
concentration of the entire militia force OF the
State In the city Troops from various points were
Sisnatehed TO the city. The feeling among the
,;cters was bitter all day yesterday
and The lawlessness was resumed al'er
piebtfsll. =--= Reports from various points Oh the
Atlantic coas; and the seaboard show that the
storm Of Saturday night and yesterday ala nucn
damape; two schoOners were wrecked near sing
Sine and two men We're killed: many vessels were
driven ashore Oh the New-England coast. @-
The friends of the bill to secure add onai accomo
dations for the Library 0f COngTets VIII make q
vigorous effort to secure action by Io9 Honse TINS
week, - The New-JeTsey Senate tis e&Pectou'
will take action this week on the corporation TAX
bills.
CITY AND suBURBAN.--fIigh winds prevailed yes
terday. and several vessels were sunk III tho rivers
and harbor; two lives were lost. - 1t was
thought that Mrs. Thorp. who was shot on FRIDAY
night. would recover. 60 concert Of Burmese
music was given before Mr. Barnums whit" eie-
nbant. - The Chinese celebrated National fes-
tixai. =- Mr. Beecher spoke on the future OF
Bro9klyn. == At the Joe Brady Emergency Cluo
revolutionary speeches were INDUCED n
THE WEATHEI-TRIBUNE local observations in
dicate clear OF fair and warmer weather. Tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest, 34' lowe, y 23'; aver
ass 263e
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
STOPPING UNBALANCED BIDS.

II is pertinent to inquire as to what has be-
come of Senator McCarthys bill, introduced
early in the session, to prevent unbalanced bids
in city contracts. The Legislature is now draw
ing near the end of the session, and if any bill on
this subject is to be passed. itshould be reported
at once. There is no question OF the necessity
for such legislation. Even Commissioner
Thomson made haste when the rotten contract
system in his department was exposed, TO as
sert that he had been urging legislation to
remedy the evils.
Senator McCarthy's bill appeared to be fair
measure. No objection has ever been made To
il. except such as was raised by the so-called
MAYORS Cabinet, on the ground that the $3.50
limit named in the bill was too low. On that
alleged ground, the Mayors Cabinet, in secret
session, condemned the bill. Whether or not
this was done at the instigation of Commits
sioner Thompson did not appear. But if the
opinions of the Mayors Cabinet are to have any
weight the discussions should be public, in
order that some reason may be furnished for
them.
II might be well to give the Board of Estimate
the power to increase the limit to $500 or
ST. 900. in special cases, for the expenditure OF
money without public letting. But that
should only be done in each case on the written
application of the department head. who should
furnish good reasons for making such request
There certainly should be something done to
preyent the continued scandals Of the unbal-
anced bid contracts and 5000 orders. And
that should be done by enacting law which
would not permit of misconstructiOn.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
STANDARD TIME GENERALLY IN Usr.

w. p. Alien, secretory Of ne Rdilrodd Tine CpHcs%
hon-The adoption OF the standard time system by moss
of the railroads has led 10 its general acceptance through
out the country have just received replies to cifct
lar sent 10 tie companies iuquirint to what eIrens
standard time has superseded local time Out Of lot
roads, lO8 report that the towns along their routes are
using standard time. Seyentyeiht out OF 100 VI tho
principal cities named III the census Of 1880 but excite
siye OF tue cities OF the Pacific coast have adopted
standard their official time The Union Pacnc hail'
road will adop, the new time its Union division when
II makes up its spring schedule and the Central Pace
will probably follow it, This will doubtless bring thS
whole Pacific into the system Most Of the cities
east of the Pacific coast that stu retain local time are IN
Ohio-they are six in number Excepting Pennsylvania,
where three cities hold TO the old system tdere are noe
more than two cities in any other state where local time
is used The official time of the District Of Columbia Is
now based ON the 75th meridian, the bill authorizing tbs
change having been approved by the President on
March l3
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

and April @, the month nearly ce,spleted: tia,
4,O39,s1O gallons more sieuid be taken out from,
April to May o; 4,l26,o76 gallons fro,a MAY 6 to
juno o; and 3, ,495,512 gallons from June 10 July
o. The largest quantity ia any three consecutive
months is not Quite 12,o0o,OO0 gallons; a; ninety
cents per gallon, the tax to BIO paid gonld bs
$10,s00,o00. The entire amount falling due frosa
March @ 10 July g. of which part hos beea paid
was $I3062, go. But arrangements have beeu
made to eysde payment Of the tax still lcsger oa
several million gallons,by exporting ii to Germany
Perhaps il may prove difficult for the syeeuia.
tors TO raise $I0,0o0.000 as 10 raise $20000, 900
but the amount of their debt need noI be oyes
stated.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.
TrrDEN. ooPFrys AND cYcLoNr =

olone, JohA Knapp, manager S. L0',is Re! !f5her".-
Tie next President the United States viii bc s1urcl
Tilden. VIII we elect coffin with hiini Certainly.
We ars goiug to elect him, IL nc dies the next minute,
Eastern people have no idea Of the terrific loics
Of Western cyclone. They grow more destructive each
year. as we have telegraph and less forest saw
heavy locomotive which had been carried by Missouri
bu1ic q a hundred yards from It's track without beng
overturned Pullman car lay over its side near By.
The track was about four feet above tie surrounding
country In Wisconsin I saw tract OF land nearly
mile long swept clear Of everything trees, stones even
the grass. . We had OT fight with the printers
years ago. IL began, in fact, Ia December,
1864. We kept union men at WORK with otaer''
suffering great annoyance, unul April l7'V'
Thon neuotled the union .nen 20 come In within ten
days or stay out In the middle OF May our six
story building saturated with c9sc SET on re sn1
I'm ten minutes wrapped In flames from basement Ia
garrett We have never hired union man since
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
co,r RAILROADS AND POLITICS.

Er-Sueaker Groic ot Peaasyiednld.-I have inst r.
turned Canada, where attended the coal c"htfa'
lettings OF the Grand Trunk Railroad They Use 100000
tons annually The contracts let 10 about the same
parties az last year Parliament Is engaged just now In
trying to aid 10 the Canadian Pacific kairoad-s
regular "wd goose scheme" There Is more Iced et
another line OF railroad the Pacific than OF hfta
wheel 10 wagon. g.. The contest for Republican
delegates TO the National Convention in Allegheny Ii De-
tween the people and the maehiue The oibcs-holdes
wanted the Delegates chosen by che delegation to ths
STATE Convention at Harrisburg. The people wanted
district conventions and didn't get them. The hghi =
now over the delegation 10 Harrisburg. Gen
eral Bayns is leading the peoples hgbt.
The outcome OF the next National RepuDh
can Convention only be guessed At IL viii be ths
FIRST delberatiye convention since 1850. Conventions
have heretofore all prearranged 10 or
Slled up with compact bodies OF rytng 70 sea when
crowd could beat the other There is no unit rule now 70
hind men against their wills Delegates will go to chess
for the most part TO consult among their fellow deega"
and see who are the strongest cantdates NOBODY CAL
nreact what the result Will he. TIE convention at hrst
win ne all split up Besides Arthur, there viii be I'd
munds presented by Vermont. Logan by nlinois FAR
child nv wisconsin. sherman will have votes. indiana
will probably unite some fayorf'e son. Inc sonuenn
vote win be pretty generally for Arthur The task OF too
delegates will be TO seek out the man who can carr! n'
Indepepdent vote-that is where success lies Under hs
presept delegate system. whoever Is nominated VIII 70
clearly the choice Of the delibeIative best Judgment "
the party.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

10 be sure, but only upon terms which render
any disturbance of the tariff exceedingly I'M
probable. The defeat OF the whiskey bill has
dreful consequences to flow from that event
have been 70 extrayagant aud exaggerated that
few people now expect any serious difficulty on
that account The local events of especial i'm
portauce have been collapse of speculation in
tea, and a reduction ofprices in coal. For some
months, a vigorous bul movement in Japan
teas has been in progress. and the managers did
not find II difficult to mark np the prices. But
when it became necessary for them to sell any
of their stock, they found nc buyers; the price
dropped one cent on a sale Of onlysix cases. and
one of the largest houses in the trade was
obliged TO suspend. The coal market looks very
like failure of the anthracite companies 10
sustain the price Half-time work ceased with
last week. NoarraDgcment has been effected Tor
reducing production any longer, and the market
has been hardly able to take the diminished ton
mage delivered without break. Hence. lower
prices are generally expected and in that state OF
facts buyers are not apt to be impatient. Large
contracts for soft coal are pending in New-Eng-
land, and the anxiety Of railroads TO get traffic,
even at low rates, cO-opcrates with the excess
of production over present demand TO dcInOral-
ize both bituminous and anthracite markets
for the present. The reduction of twenty cents
in tolls By the Reading, and the reduction OF
ten to lifteen cents per ton by the Lehigh and
Schuylkill operators look toward better times
for consumers.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

The vital statistics of this city reveal some i'll
terestng facts Last year there were "a 4Oll deaths
in the city and 2s ,972 births. OF the whole num-
Der of births 10, 800 OF 10 per cent, were of for
cign parentage. OF the entire number of marriages
in the city more than oue-half were among for
egn- born residents. But while 20 per cent Of the
births were of foreign parents, nearly one-haH the
still-births were of American parents. fOrty-onc
per cent Of the entire number Of deaths were OF
children under five years OF age.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
. crr,tAy-AMERIcAN COMIC OPERA.

A
leo Goldaark author OF he ibett0 Of l1'o 1t I"'
n,neteen nights M the Thalis and the last nsA' !" "
$500 house Englander and got our roy Jai'ioS'
cont Also reanls of abuse and advice ana =,
teal complirsent here and there. laia ue 80" -, -
America because every ether part OF inc h'0'''o
had heen trnyersed for an operate Theme. o'.u'"
% me that America furnished good heia Tor ouei
- -, n,s,ale but ore which one does not DaAe
.,ca tn succession ! didn't write II Vi German o''4
-, -, g, VrsIsh But for What good There are wv"
hosca tor Tho production OF comic opera IN New
go q a Kind OF museum OF comparative anatomy '"o
o,ha Aressing room for foreign successes Nh'' y
,,a"s,a General aid talk bad English Don't every Ger
nan 40 the saue thing as he lands IL sns e'''
, and the worse it Is the prouier he Is o. H. ih'
,cs soid I 1umbled history Did they want uisi0', .
,ha Var NJ Jndeptpdence six years condenser NV"
hours and halft Put TITS down. For one so'ocs H>
anoehrus,n in my work win show you s''ie
ore a, solecls,nsin every comic opera fiVuus'N 49,
s,noe pinaso,e" know him. whom N"!' a.
os,,c ,ybo declarsd that the music was not Original
as man s,r who couldnt tell fugoe ir'ri -.
co,.tinreF is good judge, ard she says she WIN I ~,
anera an germany Discouraged BY no means !,
ara working on another Scene Is Lana ID n.'i
,hs ,n,e Of the Troabadours II that isnI la' ,
AWAY IN time and space why. SIR wen 'aAe 'ao o
ror motive ana open The nrst act the seeo' "''
the Ark
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

A large production has gone into steel rails OF
which this country has produced more than Great
Britain for several years so that, Notwithstanding
British exports of Bessemer steel ingots to this
country. to L to,ked up here into rails produce
nearly AZ lafg, quantity of the Bessemer ingots,
as follows:
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

common sense. but Il could not have caused
popular uprising. if the patience of the com
n,nnity had not been already exhausted and ifs
temper aroused by long series OF similar out
RACES. The warning 10 courts, juiies and la"
officers is to enforce the laws at all times with
q firm and resolute hand.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

WHsKEY IN BoNp-lt was positively asserted
last week that the defeat of the Whishey OH
would force the holders of whiskey to pay @Zo-
900, 900 into the Treasury within three months or
else to have the stuff thrown oh the marker ~ u
disastrous sacrifice The official records do not JUS
tify this extravagsnt statement. Examining lac
official table Of the date Of production OF all wins
key in bond, we fad that the tax on 3,soz'@lo
gallons should be paid between March
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

Great Britain has 0Oi blast furnaces, OF whlch
SOC were in blasi jsuuary /. The ayerage'output
is said to rc 20 tons. the number of furnaces
producing during the year 1883 having been larger
than the number in blast January /. The United
States had al the same date 6s3 furnaces. of which
3O7 were in blast, and the average output was
shade less than 5000 tons each.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
amuse,aewts 90 Might.

s,,or- oP.RA IiousE-S-.ls Nie'
S.sso-s-" The MerTJ War
S.AsD orER. HoUsr-s" N s ins sssrnum. Circus
Gas.s GafsssS ~. ~ DIT TIN, $50 AIene Rose
ss,ss,,o, m ST.S orgRA HousE-s-.La drav,aVa
NV fan raan CoMrnr TuEATRE-s-" Peck's Sad BOY.
N,r,os GAspEN-s--. Fritz N ireisna is x,,s,nrv
s~ss Tup sTrr-s--" Much Ado About Nc,a.mE
SsxE Ss,. am, ,rRE--s--" Kaelheken von he.inlonu'
Iansrns ooNouE-s .ssss Aspirations
..s az "a. 81 s,,- ..F FTuEArKg-6-"separafion'
sTI,cK,s fREkrRE-s-" Lady Clare
~, aSTSUE ErHEArEs--s-'1onnlsion.
v.l ~ n.s ssTe,,,r THEAfRE-s-" kicheiieu
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

There is an unaccountable delay in taking action
in the Senate on the Civil Service bill relating TO
cities. 1t should have been reported several days
ago. After the discussion in the Assembly there
can be no good reason for such delay in the Senate
The bill should be amended SC to include the
Police Department and then passed.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

Congress might accomplish much good
work this week if il really cared to do so, 1nthe
Senate to-day the Naval Appropriation biii
will come up, and later the Bankruptcy Dli'
and possibly the Blair Educational bill VIII be
discussed. 1t is impossible to tell what the
House will do Mr.. Morrison may get ready
TO make move in behalf of the tariff measure !;
and then again he may not. 1t all depends
upon his anxiety to have his defeat over Win
The unfinished business, technically speaking
is the Trade Dollar bill. There are, moreover,
five special orders, but these may be crowded
out by measures which have the right of way
Tomorrow an attempt will be made to have
the Congressional Library bill considered III
is to be hoped the Representatives will see the
importance of passing this bill. There may oe
honest differences of opinion concerning certain
of its minor clauses but touching the main
point, the necessity of providing substantial
library building in some proper place, no KEEP
resentatiye who has the fear OF fire OF his con-
stituents before his eyes ought to hesitate
moment
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

CoKE-The syndicate Of coke producers in
the Conuellsyille district makes its first move
meut against consumers by announcing that the
price for April shall be advanced 10 cents. This
coke has recently been selling at ~ IL per gross
ton loaded on cars at the ovens. There has already
been considerable advance from the lowest point.
In January, last year. this coke sold, loaded at
ovens, for 81 35 it dropped to 81 20 late in that
month, and TO 81 20 early IN February, and by
February 9 to 81 10; early in March 1t fell to
81 %. IN May to 90 cents, and in June
to 80 cents From June TO August II
there was no recovery; from about the middle of
August to the end of the year the price was 81
il has since advanced TO 81 II, and the syndicate
propose to make it about GIL % next mouth. OF
the prospect of success in this movement we may
Judge little from an item telegraphed on Satur-
day. namely that the receipts of ore and metal at
Pittsburg last week were 722 cars, against 1897
cars for the corresponding week last year
UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN COMPARED.
The British production of iron is now lo4 tons
to 100 in this country. AS late as 1881, IT was
more than 2O2 tons to 100 here and as late as 1877
II was $40 tons to 100, as the following statement
of production each year in gross tons will show
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

If the pay Of policemen and fremen Is tc be in
creased as now seems probable from the favorable
action the Legislature has taken on bill for that
purpose there can be no reason for asking that 20
per cent of the excise moneys be set apart for the
benefit of the police pension fund. The excise
money now goes to support pauper children In
charitable institutions. II the poeepen are all to
be paid liberal salaries, they have nc claim on the
city for money 20 keep mp their pension fund
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

This bill. IL the matter had been rigidly pusiie"
nv the Chamber of Commerce people reduc-
tion Of ss Der cent in pilotage fees probably
would have been made; but it was deemed best
TO compromise on 20 per cent les. any i"s
sible injustice should be done to class OIL nen'
on the whole, most worthy. But now me pnois
don't want to stand by their own propesn'oh'
These are points for the Governor to consider
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

Apparently the Sandy Hook p ilots have not
yet given up their struggle against the bill, re-
Gently approved by both houses of the Legisla-
tuie, which reduces their fees 20 per cent. A
delegation of them will call on the Governor to-
morrow TO ask him not TO sign the measure now
before him. Mr.. Cleveland win doubtless give
them a courteous hearing; but after all the con-
cessions that have been made to the pilots, they
certainly show no little assurance in thinking
Lat they can influence the Govern0r against
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

An alsyning rumor comes irom EgyP1 tna'
IF ~ Mabdi and that General Gordon is a
nv,sooer. A Modification of this dispatch, from
London, states that General Gordon made a
so,tie on March 16, was defeated and retreated
tc the city, which he still holds. Confirmation
or denial If these stories will be awaited with
great anxiety. If the worst proves true, it
probably means the overthrow Of the present
Rritish Ministry.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

TXn0lTs
The ton of Manufactured iron represents
more than one ton Of pig iron consumed; perhaps,
ON the average as much as one aud a quarter tons.
If 50, .wo may say that there remained unscld in
manufactured form, or were consumed in Great
Britain. 3907.0 tons of iron in 1883 against
9.s15,274 in 1852. Considering the great decline
in ship building, and in some other trades IN which
iron is largely consumed il seems probable that the
country did not actually take for consumption
nearly 100000 tons Of iron more in 1888 than IN
1882. bat that considerable quantity was added
to the stock of manufactured iron unsold OF which
we have no precise records. Ii is, however, sur
prising fact that both the consumption In Great
Britain and the demand for other countries than
the United States were so nearly maintained in
year of general depression of industry
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

The Legislature has been able to give good
deal of time to the consideration of railway
measures at this session, notwithstanding the
uressure of more important business. The
General Surface Railway bill and the Cable
System bill have each provoked sharp fight; /;
but neither has called forth the discussion which
will surely take place over the measure author
izinga a road under Broadway. This was re-
ported favorably from the Railroads Committee
to the Assembly last Wednesday. An outline
of IT, principal clauses, given in our Albany
letter this morning, shows what tremendous
undertaking is proposed. It's details will be
read with more interest than pleasure, perhaps,
by the owners of Broadway property, most of
whom arc bitterly opposed TO the project.
New-York tribune., 1884-03-31

The New Jersey Legislature has had pretty
lively session since last fall. and the perform
ances il the Assembly at least have reflected lit
tle credit On the Democratic members. The Sen
ate. however, is about to come to the rescue,
and this week will probably dispose of several
iruportant bills relating to corporate taxation.
This was 4 party question last fall, and the
Democratic Assembly by way of meeting its
obligations has passed two or three contradic-
tory measures on the subject, and then calmly
left IT for the Republican Senate to decide
which should become law. The Republicans
are equal to the situation, however, and the
outcome of the work in the Sepate Off the AS
selnbly coDcus) viii probably be some laws
properly adjusting the tax burdens of the rail-
road companies.