New-York tribune., 1885-08-14

xenders at summer resorts ciU do weH to ascer-
tain the eract official title of the Post Otce at
y.ick they expect to receiUe their mail. Delay
and coyrespondeace wiN be arOided on so do'ng.
AItboucb tbe President is IN the wild woods,
the work of filing New York post offices with
friends of the Administration goes on in way
that must make Governor Hill heart-sick. The
usual long list of appointments by the First AS
sistout Postmaster General is published In IHE
TL.BUNE this morning, as it has been almost
daily for some weeks. About convention time
Mr.. Stevenson will snap his fingers ana then
in all parts of the State, up will )ump these EN-"
cient workers. eager to carry out the Admin
istration's plans.
The great fire in Jersey City fortunately cost
no human life, and doubtless what Is the
loss of the buildings owners is the citys
gain. The ground burned over was covered III
large part by wretched tenement houses where
all kinds of diseases, moral and physical, were
bred. They could not be cleaned out, and II
was only a question of time when they would
be burned out. If, now, they are replaced by
respectable buildings as they probably will be,
the increase in the value Of the property may
COMPENSATE the owners for their present losses.
When the trial of Maxwell for the murder OF
preller comes on in st. Louis turning point
in the proceedings will be the attempt to iden-
tifv the body found in the trunk as that OF the
Enclisbman. Maxwell say it was not his
friend. Appointed out by THE TRIBUNE upon
the discovery of the crime, identification Will
probably only be assured by comparing the teeth
of the victim with the register OF the dentist
who cared for Prellers mouth. This test was
applied in the Webster murder case, and was
also used to identify the body of the Prince In
peral killed in Zululand.
A platform giving expression to such reforms
ns those discussed in tO-day's TRIBUNE by
Congressman James, and followed by the NOM
ination of candidates who would be recognized
as the true exp0nents Of those measures, would
20 far toward assuring Republican success in
the coming election. The presentation through
The TRIBUNE Of the views of representative
Republicans has proved beneficial in leading te
a clearer conception of what active members OF
the party are thinking and saying. Mr. james
discusses in fOrcible manner some OF the
various questions which are to come before the
State Committee at its meeting August 20 and
gives good reasons for his views.
It does not follow because the Paris papers
say so that France is 0verrun bv Germans whC
are spying out the military situation vet the
story is likely enough TO betrue. When thu
last Franco German war broke out, it was soon
evident that German engineers for years had
been studying the strong positions OF her
enemy, and oven possessed correct maps oi
some of her Notifications. Nothing would more
effsctually stir up France from one end to the
other than stories like this which the Partisan
Journalists are circulating now. But just how
the French are to keep ont German aspies
without instituting an intolerable system OF
surveillance over all foreigners it is difficult to
sec.
The New-Jersey railways keep tho coroners
Of that State busy. An inquest was begun yes
teriay at Chatham in the case Of the weIl-known
people killed about o week ago ut n crossing on
1he Lowell near Summit But before that inquiry