New-York tribune., 1885-08-13

THE WEATHER.-Tribune local observations lndi-
cate slight changes in temperature. fair weather
and possibly shower. Temperature Yesterday:
Highest, 900; lowest, 72o; average, 79s40.
Summer Hotels are frequently designated by
he Government as regular Post Offices. Before
1orcardino their orders for THE TRIBUNE
readers at summer resorts piH do ceH 10 dscer-
tain the eract Official title Of the Post Otice at
which they expect to receire their mail. Delay
and correspondence ,ciH be auoided by so doing.
We hope that the State Department VIII
ignore the petitions asking this Government to
interfere in behalf of the Canadian rebel Riel.
1t is hardly likely that he will be hanged; but,
at all events, his fate is for the Dominion Gov
ernment to decide AS to the assertion that
Riel is an American citizen, it seems sufficient
answer to say that even his counsel at the trial
did not try to get him of on that weak plea.
Boilers throughout the country have been
popping off with unpleasant frequency of late.
One exploded in paper mill in Paterson, N.J
on Tuesday, and three burst i'll Pennsylvania
collieres yesterday. The loss of life has been
small, but that was not the fault of the en-
ployers. At least three out OF these four
boilers were defective. We should be glad to
learn some weeks or mouths hence that some
body, owner or boiler inspector, had been pun
ished for criminal negligence but we do not
confidently expect news of that sort.
Evidently the 1900 votes claimed for the
PEOPLES party in this State are SO many thorns
in the Democratic side, and a determined effort
is on foot to capture the same In the interests
of Governor Hill. If the leaders of the Peo-
ple's party really wanted to keep themselves
above the suspicion of selling out, they should
not have selected New-YOrk City as the place
for holding their convention on September ..
This town is the great centre of Democracy in
the State, and the Peoples delegates court bad
influences by coming here. They may be sold
out before they know it.
1t is strange how conscience makes towards OF
murderers, or if 1t is not conscience, how poor
their judgment often is. Take for example the
case of Armstrong, who has admitted that ne
shot his stepfather In Brooklyn the other day.
Had he kept his mouth shut the probability is
that case could not have been made out
against him, for the clews were poor and blind.
But something, remOrse perhaps, impeled him
to acknowledge what he had done, and now nc
has nothing to depend on but his plea of self
defence. AS rule, man must possess rare
self-command to be able to face out homicide
cooIly and cOllectedly.
During Republican Administrations the rule
governing appointments on the Examining
Boards connected with the Pension Office was
to prefer in all cases capable surgeons who had
served as such in the War. No point was made
in regard to politics. Commissioner Black is
changing all this, and insists that the Boards
shall consist of at least two Democrats and one
Republican Thereby little matter of patron
age consisting of 500 places is at his disposal
and he is losing no time In putting good men
ont and Democrats in. Our Washington dis
matches disclose his methods. No wonder the
veterans throughout the Union object and de-
mand that the Commissioners partisan jobbcry
shall be investigated
Cholera is reported from many places In the
world inst now. There are thousands OF new
cases daily in Spain, although the death-rate is
not 90 large as it was some weeks ago. Posi-
bly the disease has lost seme OF It's viruience.
The case at Bristol, England, was undoubtedly
genuine, and it is no longer denied that there
Is cholera in the South of France. 1t is re-
ported also from Odessa, and the French troops
in Tonquin are in its grip. There Is, however,
less need to be alarmed over such state OF
nAairs now than there would have been III