Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-09

Tomorrow morning the worst remaining
distractions a. Hell Gate in the East river,
at Harlem, are to be removed. The reef known
o." Flood Roch" has been honeycombed with
passages in which dynamite deposits have been
placed. all OF which are to be exploded stimuli
taneousiy. 1t i the most elaborate job of the
sort ever attempted but no doubts are enter
fained OF Its entire success. As q result, the
present channel will be Strengthened and
doubled In width. There viii then be . water
way, % feet in depth and 200 feet wide,
leading through the narrows at Harlem TO the
docks I'm the East and North rivers. The new
channel viii be, in fact, easier OF navigation
than the one in the bay, and, for that reason,
the Improvement may divert commerce from
the Sandy Hook passage to tho entrance
through Long Island sound.
In a recent letter to political friend in vir-
ginia Senator Malone wrote: "lf bourbon
takes my seat there on the 4th of March. 1887,
then that minnie the control of the Senate
passes to the democracy. The Senate will
stand, in that case. So to SO, with the casting
vote with Vice President Hendricks" 1t is
difficult TO see how the senator reaches his
figures, for fnll Senate consists Of 30 men,
bers, and he only accounts for -. The loss of
nSenator in Virginia alone would not affect the
control OF the Senate. That body stands now
Il republicans, 81 democrats, and one vacancy
Tin Oregon), so that the democrats viii have to
capture four seats in order to control tll: body.
The debate between Hoadly and Foraker last
night in Toledo was the most interesting fea-
ture of the Ohio campaign. An enormous
fhrong was present and the speakers did their
best. Gov. HoadIy struck the key note of the
discussion, in his opening speech by demand
ing that his opponent should explain his posi-
ton on temperance legislation. and the evening
was mostly spent in debating this question and
fb.afA
shirt" As usual I'm these discussions, each
champion was loudly cEecred by bis partisans
and each was held to have the best of the ar
gumen,.
The board OF park commissioners in New
York city have iu-t voted $1,000 to stock the
ponds Oh Central park with pond lilies. The
argument was that the flowers were useful
well as ornamental, as the theory prevails that
lilies and malaria cannot thrive in the same To-
cality.
We have half an acre of lilies in fiourishing
growth in the fish-ponds and the waters of the
low ground in the Agricultural park. and as
malaria was supposed tn have its headquarters
there, il anywhere in the city it follows that
washington malaria must b. largely myth.
The passenger AGENTS ufthe Trunk lines are per
petuallf pooling their business ana then meet
Ing Immediately to pool IL .r again. The
trouble is that the railroad ,,I,ites are in ex-
cess of the business upon tn truak lines, and
SO. as soon "a an arrangement l. male. The lines
begin to secretly Violate ii in order 10 save
themselves from disaster. The railroads have
been in such a hurry To grow M with he coun-
try that they fit 1t too much. The passenger
and freight agents are trying TO make one OF
David Davis overcoats do for Senator Malone.
TIE big roads had better turn their attention
TO building up local business on their lines as
permanent and reliable source Of income
AZ Napoleon at st. Helena was fond of de-
monstrating how he ought to have won at
Waterloo, SO Mr.. Ferdinand Ward. the "Napo-
leon OF finance" deliberately plains, frc.n his
Ludlow-sLreet Jail, that, by rights, he should
have made everyb body rich iastead nf DOOR and
That he IL q victim of sharpers rather than a
scoundrel himself The mantle OF the late
lamented A. Ward seems to have fallen upon
Mr.. F. Ward.
The big talk of the friends of the Indians at
Lake Mohonk brings out the fact that public
opinion is setting more strongly than ever in
favor of treating the Indian nationally He
may not be ripe as yet for citizenship, but he
cannot be much longer shut out from the ordi-
nary right Of human beings TO hold property
and mind their own business
Mr.. Germans strategic move to head off the
independent revolt in Baltimore by throwing
Hodges. gentleman heretofore identified with
the reform party, does not seem 10 work. The
independents are out in an address, occupying
several columns OF the Baltimore papers to-dar
calling for a mass-meetiDg tonight To organize
movement "for the overthrow OF boss rule in
Baltimore" The call is signed by a formidable
list of citizens OF prominence, and il would
seem that the movement threatens a good deal
oftroubie, If not danger, FOR Mr.. German.
Secretary Manning writes that he Is going
home ~ Albany 30 Vote and he understands
that the President intends to 60 to Buffalo On
the same errand; and both expect to vote the
democratic ticket Tails indicates that Presi-
dent Cleveland does not mean TO vote for
Davenport in order TO endorse his own admin
istration.
They DO cverythin= a vast scale i'm Lon
don, even fires. y Goa. tgTitiou there yester-
day burnt up fifteen million dollars worth of
property, and nobody would miss IL, either. ex-
cept the people who are out of pocket.
The revived New York STR, under Mr..
DorsheineTs management, Is shoulderiug its
way robustly to place among the big New
York dailes. IL Is a vigorous party paper but
1t Is bright enterpri>ing newspaper a. well.
III this government Were "a republic only in
name. as General Logan says General Logan
dr.ft