New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-02

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The bad jam which the building of Jacob
Sharp's railway caused in Broadway yesterday
is a striking illustration of the inconvenience
that are likely to result from legalizing any
more schemes which would make necessary the
tearing up of this busy thoroughfare.
The acrackingn of safes in stores has not
been favOrite occupation of experienced bur-
glars of late years. They found that it did not
pay. The work was too hard, and wise men
kept most of their money and funds in bank.
But within few months u new generation OF
thieves seem to have sprung up who are bound
TO operate in this Improbable line. They
attacked three safes in a store in Duane-st on
Sunday but after working hard all day they
only obtained about $175. Disgust at such
pitiful result ought to go far toward inducing
them to earn an honest livelihood
Victor Hugo's funeral was greatly enjoyed by
the Parsians yesterday. 1t was precisely such
an affair as they delight in-grandy spectacu-
lar, and yet with real sentiment enough about
IT TO Justify a considerable amount of emotion
To the credit of the people it should be noted
that there were no communistic demonstra-
TONS Possibly the knowledge that the police
were ready for trouble was the principal rea-
son why the Socialists kept quiet, but probably
even the worst of this class realized how incOn-
gruous trouble would be at the great French
mans funeral.
The man who had had trouble with Hands,
the drug clerk found murdered in the shop in
Hudson ST., seems able to prove an abb with
out difficulty He tells a straight story, and
there is no reason to doubt it. The theory OF
the police that he knows more than he tells"
Is a vague insinuation that he got some one else
TO commit the crime for him. This is making
more ont of the affair than the facts justify.
The bloody work was done precisely as a stupid
thief who had been caught stealing by Hands
would have done it. 1t is natural possibly, for
the police to exaggerate the mystery about the
crime, but there is no Use in it.
1t used to be said of Americans that they
took no holidays. The assertion certainly
would hardly be true to-day. Americans, or
New Workers at least, take all they can get and
are constantly asking for more. The last de-
mands come from the dry-goods clerks of the
city. They want half-holday on Saturdays
during June and September, as well as during
July and August. This request the employers
are 10th to grant. 1t would injure their bust
ness greatly, they say. Possibly the statesmen
would have better chance of getting what
they ask If the employers could feel assured
that it would be the last concession of the kind
asked for. There must be line drawn some
where between work and play.
The official inquiry with view to increasing
trade between the United States and South
America may not obtain for us all the advan-
tage expected but the information Cleaned by
the Commissioners. as given in Tue TRIBUNEs
Washington dispatches, contains many in
structive points. They find that one great
reason why our goods do not sell in South
America is that they are not especially manu-
featured for that trade, but are the surplus of
what is made up for home consumption. The