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New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
VIS IT An AB1NDONMENTf

The story told by Captain Larsen, Of the bark
Alfred. Is u strange He. his mate and two men
wero picked mp at by Captain MorIne. of the
bark Lillian NJ Vigus. and he said that the Alfred
was dismasod and leaking badly; that it was
determined 10 leave her; that the boat was put
over, and he the captain and his three companions
got into II; that when ahoat they tried To yet
gside to take IN the eight members of the crew
still tho bark, but that the sea was so heavy as
TO prevent them. and that they were then drifted
away OF course the presumption is that the bark
subsequently founderod with the eight mon loft on
her and I'm Wow of this probable serious loss Of life
IL becomes proper 10 sft Captain larsen story
carefully, 10 ascertain whether he did all that was
in his power to rescue his crew. or whether he
really abandoned them death in order To increase
his own chances of rescue. In the first place. tho
fact that the captain got into the boat quickly Is
suspicious Ii Is the duty Of every master Of
vessel to remain by her to the last, and TO take
every for the preservation of those committed
to his charge before he looks to his own safety.
Captain Larsen therefore, ought to have stayed on
board until every other soul safe in the boat.
When the schooner Thomas was wrecked oil Fire
Island on Monday morning and the peIshing crew
were hauled ashore in the breeches buoy, we are
told that the captain was the last to leave"
This might be said In the majority OF cases, but IL
does not seem to have been the with Captain
Larsen. According to the reports, he of tho
first TO get into the boat and then III not easily
comprehended way, the boat driftod away" How
and why. did il drift awayf Was there limo
from the bark fast to itY And if so. why not
How could the four men in It expect to keep the
boat along sside that the rest of the crew could
embark, without a line The truth Is that this
account of the drifting away isno less open doubt
than tho action of the captain in hurryng into the
boat The boat was small. the gale high, and 1t is
unite possible that the addition of eight men to her
crew would have almost destroyed the chance of
rescue 1t is conceivable that the captain realized
this; and if he did. the temptation to abandon tho
eight men on the bark may have becnlcxceedingly
strong.
The question is did he yield to such 10 temp
tatonf Probably the eight men will never appear
10 give their side Of the story, and the men who
were saved in the boat may be supposed to have
reasons for not contradicting the captains story
even if il be fabricated. hut when captain is
saved and the greater part Of his are lost, he
must expect to be sharply examined rs to the facts
of the case and he must not be surprised If such
story as Captain Larsen tells suggests very ugly
suspcions to the minds of such as are familiar W tn
maritime practices. Because, rule. sea captains
perform their duty In crises with heroic fidelity, 1t
the moro necessary that whenever there seems to
have been failure of duty it should be thoroughly
inoutred into.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
From, The Ne,c- Tors Tribune February q, 1882
A CHALLENGE DODGED.

THE TRIBUNE made quiet statement OF CIT
sulaton the other day II S nse saving and gave
TO every advertiser access 10 absolute sworn looi
the accuracy OF rs own statements rae se dIsr
to ThI Vec York Times which eNhausts tsef III an I-
fort to shew that there must have been an enormous
rnmber OF returned copies.
The circulation of THE DAILY TRIBUNE, three-cent
sect}on over 900 ore copies per day than the high
est figure New York Iinesventnred to claim
for It's anes @ sasSs S nroynS 1%e tGs are ali oH
the total circulation Of THE TRIBUNE for one week as an
nounced 1902 10 copies and the returns iof 'o
week were less than three per cent ,, -, ,rorobt
nanyhng more is wanted this thing can be prougnt
n head very soon We hereby offer to give perfectly
fair and impartial committee the president OF e Alner
tcan News Company the president Sf NE Aaas a d m,
World me Times may prefer rrh g access &c examine aT GSs
books and records Sl'n Witnesses @ to ascertain
the exact number of copies of TIE TRIBUNE sold ter
The Times will do the same. the sole condition tat
their report the circulation OF each paper Sh % m
comspcuousy printed for ono week or ore month ~ e M
head of the editorial columns IN both-T6ane o N0V ~
1854 1854 VI ''' N'''''''
The above was published in answer .,,od 10 q
vicious effort by The New- {or6 ImsS %t 70 Tnos
did not dare to meet the challenge. IL Wds Is
published in dozen or more ISSUES, ouI 1ho
Times could not be gOaded into accepting our
We believe the disparity IN the circulation OF
the two papers to be much greater now than
it was then. The new year brought
great increase to The. TRIBUNE,
and much of it seemed to come directly from
former readers of The Times. Our belief is that
at present the regular circulation OF IhE i,iat
of III Tie weekly lines Of The sEMI;WrEEKLY
TRIBUNE four times that OF }he SENT
Weekly Times and of THE, DAILY and and
SUNDAY TRIBUNE double that OF Ihe
omen onr books and press room to the impartial
Committee above named. on the fair terms
above stated, for an authoritative decision OF
the question.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
4 OUEER A-MEND.uENL.

Mr. s. S. Cox has introduced bill in the
House of 80 strange II character that II Ia I'm
possible to believe he can have examined it
drafting it. 1t is in the form of an amendment
10 the tenth section Of the net to remove certain
burdens on the American merchant marine, and
it provides: "That it shall be, and ii il hereby
made. unlawful for any person or persons
"other than the Shipping Commissioner to
"charge any seaman, directly or indirectly, for
"procuring n situation or berth on any sailing
"any evasion OF this section in casling sea-
"men's notes at usrrlous rates of interest"
Now the plain Interpretation of this, according
to the received methods Of English grammar,
Is that nobody but the Shipping Commissioner
may charge seamen, either for procuring berths
or Tor attempting an evasion OF this section in
cashing their own notes at usurious rates of
interest.
Why the Commissioner should be allowed to
charge seamen Tor attempts to evado the law, or
why they should DO thought likely to want to
charge themselves usurious ratos of interest on
their own notes, probably no one but tho
Trainer of this curious bill can explain. But 1t
is evident that in its present form il cannot
have the least effect in preventing other people
boarding house keepers to wit-frOm charging
the aeamen usuriOus interest on their notes, and
as that was presumably the object Of it, we fear
1t will have to be regarded as q failure,
But even If we put another construction upon
it the case is not improved, for then it appears
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
TIE PLANS OF AEAMoUs ENGINEER.

way will certainly be built. 1t will mako no difference
whether tho Nicaragua affair ia o0nsummat6dor net Of
course we would bo better pleased II the United States
would from encouraging this or any other foreign
enterprsoi hut the railway enterprise viii 10 ahead In
any event Tho Tehuantopeo scheme will open com
munioaton between tho Mississippi Valley and tho
Pacific coaat as no other routo can What about Calves
ton Iarbor Why It oan DO improved that ships Of
largest size can unload with ut the docks where
shers are now necessary to roceyand disoharko oar
goes have offered to jey tho par. which four miles
wide In such manner thiry foot OF water
naead Of fourteen W Tho passage might be three
quarters Of mile Wide. II would cost In round
fgures about TsO000O0
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.


FoPFIGx-An escaped servant from Khartoum
confirmed the killing of Gordon. - Langson
evacuated and burned by the Chinese. - 1t is
reported that Burton is to turn inforner, - Dy-
Mantle plot In Switzerland to blow up Federal Pal
ace - Demonstration III the Relchstag.
CoSGREss-The House passed the Legislative
Appropriation bill with amendments. - In the
Senate the Anti-Foreign Contract Labor bill was
discussed.
DoMrsTIC-One man was killed and thirteen
others were injured in a coal mine explosion near
Wilkesbarre. Penn. - The rumored cattle
diseases at Poughkeepse, n. T., will be investi
gated by Government agent. - The defeace
in the Chicago election fraud case is weakened
by the arrest and confession of several witnesses.
g. Severe cold weather was generally observed.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Deaths increased by the
sudden changes of temperature == The LicdeI-
lranz ball a success 80 Arrangements for Dr.
Damrosch's funeral. - man garroted in Third
oye 60 Meeting of the American Institute OF
Mining Engineers. - Death Of Adolpb Dengler
Oliver Cults and Colonel JoliDe. - Three light
ers of cotton burning. - Gold valne OF the legal
tender silver dollar (412l2 graIns). e1.93 cents
g. Stocks opened dull and about steady, but
afterward made sharp advances and closed strong.
The WEATHyR.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dicate cloudlncss. light snow and slightly mildc
weather. Temperature yesterdays Highest, "a;
lowest, 60; average 10Lo.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
most important concessions az to the frontier

most important concessions as 10 tne i'""''"'
alignment. ..
tTbe recent pretence at st. Petersburg that
England had stolen march III the matter oi
the frontier survey must amuse all who nave
followed events at all closely. Two years ago
Jessar. the Russian engineer mentioned in Sun
DAYS cable dispatch, surveyed tho whole Oh lho
disputed territory, carrying his WORK almost W
the gates of Herat. His Government ol
c,urse knows all that 1t needs to know, and
eouallv of course it has long ago secured the
direction of the frontier question by 1ts
prescience. 1t is now ready to remove what
might have been a serious difficulty. Hau
England recognized the Importance OF Persian
autonomy to her own security in India, when
this was pointed out to her long since by men
like McNaghten and Rawlinson, Russian intiu-
ence would not have acquired the ascendancy II
has at Teherail, and the Russian advance to the
Hindu Kush would at least have been post
poned. But this precautiOn was not takeh'
Persia was allowed to go to the bad in her own
way, and now Russia has only to stretch out
her hand to annex Iran as easily-mOre easily,
in fact-than she annexed the khanates.
She will know how to use Persia as a bulwark
for her Central Asian provinces, and as
splendid base Of operations against India. AS
to Herat, that must be regarded as already
annexed almost rs much rs Merv. for there Is
not the least probability that the present
English Government will venture upon so bold
a policy as the swift occupation of Herat and
Balkh would involve. England will rather
continue to drift. allowing herself to be soothed
by Russian diplomacy until the time is ripe for
the abandonment of all disguise, and then
Afghanistan will have followed the fate OF
Persia, and there will remain nothing but easily
conquered natural difficulties between the
Russian army corps and the plains Of the
Puniab,
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
Amnsfments 60 Might.

AMERICAN ISsTITUTE-Roller skating
RIJOU OPERA HOUSES" Adonls."
CAsINO-S-"Apajune."
COMEDY 1HEATRE--S-" IXi0n" ,
n.Iy,s TuyATRE-s-" The Recruiting Officer"
FDES MusEE-Waxworks.- Hungarian Gipsy Band.
GRAND OPERA HOUSES" Fanchon ,,,..
HanIsoS SQUARE THEATRE - $3.50 - Tho Private
Secretary"
NITIoxAL AC ADRMY DEsIGN-Water Color T. Ahnitloi
NIriOv q ilRDEN-S-Thatcher, Primrose anu vest 5
Minstrels ,.
sTIp Inv AIRES" Our Governor"
STIYDARD TIIF ATRE-S-"A Trp TO Africa"
ITALIA IHEATEE--S-" Nanon.' wa,
WlIJACK's THEATRES" Impulse
1ATH STREET lHEATRK-s-"T me Mascot
bTH AVENUE THEATRE-S-"Spot CASH
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18

to give the Shipping Commissioner rtheexcluslve
rigbt to sshave" the seamcn's notes; and as
Sb;nnipu Commissioners are merely human, and
40 some at least of them are believed to hold
amicable relations with the boarding -house
men, there is plainly no relief for the sailors ~
asy such legislation. Mr.. COx's bill (No. 1857
has been referred to the Select Committee Oh
American Ship Building and Shp-Ownng
Interests, which will, we trust, take care thao
il goes no further in its present shape.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
T4LhS ABOUT 1OWN.
MANY DEATHS OF OLD PEOPLE.

MANY DEATHS OF OLD PEOPLE.
Assistant Sanitary Superintendent Janes-rhe recent
sudden changes temperature have been violent and
humorous a. to cause marked increase In sickness
among persons well advanced In years Old people are
affected By such climatic changes much easier than are
the young folks and thoy not 50 able TO resist at
taclts Of pneumonia bronchitis There has been an
unusual amount suffering from pulmonary and bron
chia Diseases OF Late and bronchitis which Is not con
sdcrod dangerous in most cases, has carried OH many
nnr.nna who wero ON tho shady Side OF lifo.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18

1t was a mistake to assume that the French
actually captured the Chinese city of Langson
because a dispatch from Paris the other day
that the French flag tloated over It,
Later accounts show that the place was evacu-
ated and burned before the French troops came
up. This accounts for the absence of puifs
for the soldiers in General Briefe De rlsles
first dispatch. He makes up for this unpleasant
omission, however, in his second communica-
ton. The "troops behaved gallantly,' he
says, on the way toward Langson. NJ. Ferry
ought to take advantage of the burst of patriot
ism which this report will call forth in France
to get another vote of credit for Tonquin.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
SILVER IN THE WOOD RIVER pIsrBIor..

s. p Tost catle-go,cer, SAT- Lake, spent last year
tho Wood Rlvor region In Idaho, two hundred milss
north Of Salt There Is good grazing In thai region
aud tho silver discoveries Of four years ago are pannins
out we'll Tho silver Is mixed with Load which predo-
mates to tho extent Of 90 per oen But tho sverh OF
high grade and pays we'll noticed out thare this winter
come very ourous phases Of tho weather. There arc
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18

The gangs of this city received more dis
couragcment yesterday. Michael Collins, leader
of the Tenth-aye band of rullians, was con-
victed of robbery Ga second offence) for which
his sentence must at least be twenty years. II
may be more Recorder Smyth may be trusted
to make an example of him for the benefit OF
his admirers on the West Side.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18

i. The House has taken an eminently proper
step toward providing a safe building for
the National Medical Library and the Medical
Museum. They are now kept In Fords Thea
tire, and should fire break zOat either in the
building itself or in one of fhase which sur
round it, the destruction of this valuable collec-
tion, containing the hospital records of the war,
would be inevitable But the House should not
have stopped here. An appropriation ought to
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
currents In the atmosphere that one section Of sev
hundred miles in width will be subjected 10 b,ttsr s
weather, while another right alongside Of It win ~
enjoying mild temperature.



enjoying mild temperature.
RELIEVED IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING
Robert A. VcpdNck, wT ceteran.-I spent sev1.
months in tho Andersonville prson, and remember ~
origin of Providential Spring." The water we dr.os
ran through the rebel camps above and was un0t -
use. shovols were given with which to dig Van
but after going eighty feet down gave up hope q
reaching water Our condition hard As genta
reminder that We vigilanty watched the cnsmv.
battery sent shell and then the stockade ~
the sound Of Its suffering and swshng warned US p
to attempt to escape One afternoon the sky becamS
overcast with clouds and o stin breeze shifted ths.
rapidly in the neighborhosd Of the prison. Al smsn
cloud lower than the rest and black as night noat1
close the stockade Tho rebel battery opened ana
shell burst Its way through the black mass It seensS
the signal for all Heavens artillery to begin baa
Binding flashes Of lightning lt up the armament ana
peal upon peal OF thunder split the air. making theyorv
earth trembe. All the thunder storms had ever ssss
could not combined have equaled the frightfu fury 4
this The rain down In deuge, but 1t didnx
last long The next morning broke bright and clear and
In the centre OF the stockade bubbed beautiful sprus
of crystal water 1t looked as II ws could drni
enough Of 1t; We thanked God for 1t and named n
"Proyidential Spring."
ADVANTAGES OF CABLE ROADS
OBJ Holmes, president OhfcaJo Gable Raiipay Con.
pany-The cable railways of Chicago carry 10000 pee
pie every day. The system has numerous advantages
over horse railways 1t Is cleanly; 1t does awss
with great deal OF nose real estate increases vaua
instead of decreasing by the introduction Of cable roads
the system is less liable to delays from anA
other natural causes and besides all those advantage
people be carried on cable railway than bye
thoroughly equipped horse railway.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18

Contributions for the fund of the Hospital
Saturday and Sunday Association seem to have
suffered considerably from the prevailing finan-
clal depression. The amount received was
$1,000, against $43,O62 last season. Fair
weather Christians who were kept at home
from church by the storm on Hospital Sunday
do not appear to have realized that they could
have sent their intended contributions to the
Association during the following week.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-18

We have n vague sort of imprcsson.that there
used to he gentleman named Hancock connected
with the Democratic party In its days of adversely.
We seem 10 recall some illusions describing him
superb" and "good man." When Hancock
looks back upon the past. and then contemplates
the present, what a splendid moral iessay % the
vanity of human wishes could be made, FROM his
emotions!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
THE PROCEEDINGS In DETAIL.
THE SENATE.

A Day Wasted in Wrangling Over Small
Questions, with No Results.
The proceedings of the Senate were opened
with prayer, yesterday morning, by Rev. Mr..
Roberts, an A. NJ. e. minister of this city.
The House bill authorizing special loan of
$500, 900 for completing the new State-house
building besides continuing the tax levy of two
cents, on the motion of Senator Willard, was re-
ferred to the finance committee, with instruc-
tons to report upon it this morning at 10o'clock,
when it will he considered as a special order
Mr. Willard said that he thought there was some
question about the constitutionaiity of the pro-
posed tax levy.
There was a spirited debate over resolution
allowing the members Of the prison committee
$40 each on account of expenses in visiting the
two prisons. Senator Mccullough strongly op-
posed the resolution for the reason that he be-
lieved that he would not be representing the
sentiment of the people if he voted to allow extra
pay to the members of the committee, who had
received their per diem, had travelled on railroad
passes, and had been entertained at the expense
of the prison wardeps. Senators Marvin
Campbell, Benz and Faulkner members of the
committee stated that they desired allow
ance. Faulkner offered to make gift of his al
lowance to Mccullough, to which the latter
made the retort that the money belonged to
the people of the State, and that neither
the senator from Ripley had any right to make
gift of it. nor he to receive it. Senator Benz de-
clared that Senator McCullough's clerk had not
even been in the city for more than week, but
he had drawn his $35, which was half the
amount of the whole allowance to the commit
tee. Senator Mccullough replied that the clerk
had done more work in the last five days than
the senator from Crawford had done during the
whole four years of his term. The discussion
was prolonged, and was of rather a personal
character A motion to indefinitely postpone
the resolution was defeated, as was also a mo-
ton to recommit it. The report of the commit
tee was finally adopted, only six members voting
against it. Senator Campbell of Hendricks re-
marked that the amount of the allowance~was
$685. while the cost to the State of the time which
had been consumed in the discussion of the mat
ter was more than twice that sum-
On motion of Mr.. Foulke, his bill is. 1921 ap-
propriating $3.50 to NJ. H. Schater for publishing
and indexing list of bills and acts in the Senate
journal of 1884, was read the third time and
passed, yeas 81 nays6.
The Senate proceeded with the consideration
of the special order the bill to abolish the Office
of ditch commissioner which was read the third
time. Pending the consideration the Senate
took recess until the afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

The Dinnin- Baker saloon fight will come up in
the Criminal Court next Tuesday.
Judge Taylor has granted Charlotte Sawyer a
divorce from Joseph Sawyer, on the grounds of
failure to provide and drunkenness.
Catharine Lakin wants divorce from Joseph
Lakin on the grounds of abandonment and fail
ure to provide Defendant resides in Chicago.
The following marriage licenses were issued
yesterday: Charles w. Harrell and Alice Whit
aker, and William Landers and Henrietta
Brandt.
John Hyland, of 25 Abbott street. arrested for
stealing wearing apparel from Mrs Brake of
South West street. has waived an examination
and been sent to the Criminal Court.
James M. Keys, Louisa f. Powell and Sophro-
MIA B. Snow have commenced suit against
Joseph Beatty and others to recover 800 each of
certificates issued by the Amicable Investment
Company of this city to the defendants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
A CAR ROBBER CAPTURED.
John Harter, a Notorious Juvenile Thief, Gets
Starter for Michigan City.

Last night after midnight, John Harter, a
notorious Juvenile thief, and now on ticket
ofleave from the Plainfeld Reformatory, was
shot in the ankle by Frank Madison, street car
driver. The shooting occurred in the yards Of
the streetcar company on South Tennessee
street An attempt was made to rob the drivers
box, but the effort was futile, as two other ac-
complies fed. Harter was taken to the
station-house, where the wound was
probed by DR.. Hodges. Harter denied
the matter in toto, and claimed that
he had merely dropped into the yard on his way
home from the Museum. He described one of
the parties as wearing SLOUGH hat and red
handkerchief around his neck. He also said
that they were strangers. Two strangers, sus-
pected as accomplices, were brought to the sta
tion-house at a later hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
missioner of drainage of Henry county to whom was
referred the construction of what is known the Blue
river ditch will receive sealed proposals for the
struction thereof up to and including
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 80 1885.
The contract will be let to the lowest responsible bid
der, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. IN. and z
o'clock p of said day, at the town of New CasSle.
The person receiving the contract will be required to
enter into bond for the faithful performance of his
contract. All bids must be made on blank FORMS to
be furnished on application. The commissioner re-
serves the right to reject any and ali bids All bids
to be addressed to William o. Bogue commissioner
of drainage, Hsrnly & Brown New Castle, Ind. !
and ndorsed Proposals for Constructing Blue River
Ditch" The specifications blank bids and all other
information may be had by calling at TIE law Office OF
Hernly 81 Brown IN New Castle, or by addressing all
inquiries for information to them.
March 10, 1885. WILLIAM g. BOGUE,
Commissioners.