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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
ACTUAL sTArs or TIE TREASURY


Somebody has been engaged in greatly mis-
representing the actual state of the Treasury
The official reports, made public by Secretary
Manning and Treasurer Jordan, do not agree
with statements which some persons Assert that
Mr.. Jordan made before the bankers IN confer
ence on Monday. According to these asser-
tions, he represented that the Treasury had
been rapidly losing its supply OF gold. This
WAS Oh Monday, and the latest previous state
ment Of which he could have had knowledge
was that which showed the condition of the
Treasury on Saturday, which was az follows
Gold in the Treasury, - 7,O2O.9ls; gold GER
tificates outstanding, Sl2S. 124, $3.50; net gold.
SlIs,29j.9ss. The amount OF gold then be-
longing tn the Treasury was less by $1,000, 600
than the amount belonging to the Treasury
July l, as shown by the Treasures Statement,
though the amount of gold actually held was
only $1,000 less. The pas ment Of interest July
! had produced. IL was natural, temporary
reduction. But let US now look back. On the
10Th of May. Mr.. Jordan's report showed gold
in the Treasury $24 /, 1868, 543. that is 20 say,
more than 81 900, 900 less than was held July
IL. and after dedlcting certificates, net gold
owned Sll5, $40, 533 that is 10 ray, nearly
~, 100000 less than Was owned July IL.
Hence it appears that within the last ak weeks.
Notwithstanding the payment of interest July
l. the Treasury has increased Its stock of gold.
Ii may be supposed, however that the repre-
sensations recently made refer, not to the
amount of gold actually held, but TO the pro-
portion of gold as compared with the legal
tenders to be redeemed. In this reckoning, il
(: frat IN d,Hncf III. I.t,.p md ftah
ties. because those liabilities cannot practically
be met with silver. The precise statement for
July ii cannot be given, but it is fair to pre-
sumo that the payment OF interest reduces the
demand liabilities which were recognized in
the statement of July i as much as it reduces
the cash on hand. On the LIST of July, after de-
Quoting demand liabilities, the Treasury held
in tree gold for the redemption of legal tendcis
$50, 1861, $50 On the LIST OF June, after de-
Quoting demand liabilities the Treasury held
of free gold $I5, 343. 100. The proportion of
free gold thus held TO the legal-tenders out
standing was IL per cent July l, aud only Ia
per cent June /. Moreover. if we 20 back to
the first statement made in the present form,
after Secretary Mtnuing took charge, namely
that of March 81. it there appears that the
Treasury held, after deductIng demand labili-
ties, free gold amounting to $4,000, 9ss, OF
nearly 100000 less than il held Oh the / ST
of July. The proportion of free gold thus held
March 81 to the legal-tenders not in the
Treasury was 1915 per cent, actually less than
IL was July !. Hence the truth il that the
Treasury has not been losing either in actual
stock of gold or in relative strength for the re-
demption of legal-tender notes. The only re-
spect in which it seems to have been losing is in
the confidence and pluck of the Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
AN ALARMING RUuOR.

England has again been disturbed by a rumor
of another advance of the Russian outposts in
Afghanistan. Lord Salisbury in his first
authoritative speech as Prime Minister stated
that the Government would fulfil the pledge
made by the Gladstone Ministry to the Amccr
respecting the retention of Zultkar Pass. Mr..
Gladstone subsequently confirmed the accuracy
of this statement, virtually admitting that the
Ameer considered the occupation of the pass
as essential to the security Of Herat and that
Russia had promised that it should not be
s lied Lord Randolph Churchill has been
reticent on the subject of Atghanistan since he
became a Minister of the Crown, but on Tues
day he bnntly acknowledged that If the Ameer
should ask for help the Government whether
Conservative or Liberal, was under obligations
to comply with the demand. From these
official statements it is plain that England has
agreed to enforce the Ameer's right to hold
Zulfkar Pass and to render military assistance
if he asks for it. II the startling rumor that
the Russians have advanced in force to that
point be confirmed, the situation will at once
become serious. 1t will be nothing less than a
direct challenge to the Prime Minister. who has
entered upon Office with the emphatic decara-
ton that Zulikar must remain in the hands Of
the Afghans.
Two circumstances seem to confirm this
alarming report. One is an opportune explana-
ton from st. Petersburg that General Komaroff
has complained of the advance of the Afghan
outposts and received instructions to avoid any
step that might lead to a collision and to re-
main strictly on the defensive. These were the
tactics which preceded the battle near
Penjdeh. There was series of stealthy adj
yances on the part of the Russian troops and
there was final swoop upon the town itself,
and every step was justified as a military
measure rendered necessary by Afghan
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been in power now. But how different were
the tasks imposed! In 1873 days Abraham
Lincoln had created Government out OF the
wreck left by rebellion and had created an army
out of nothing. Meanwhile Republican leaders
were already considering that long series OF
splendid measures which not only brought
victory to the National cause. but opened TO the
new Nation grander industrial, commerciai
and financial future than Its most enthusiastic
sons had ever imagined.
In March President Lincoln found the Gov
eminent wreck. Traitors disguised or undis-
guised filed the most confidential places at
Washington and thronged in every depart
ment. For all useful intent, and especially Tor
the preservation Of National existence, the
Government had gone to pieces. Traitors
swarmed between the Capital and the Northern
States and tried to block the railroads by which
troops went to the defence of Washington. The
credit of the Government had been destroyed
its naval forces scattered or stolen, Its arsenaIs
seized by rebels. In this condition OF I'M
paralleled difficulty the Republican party took
the Government, and by this time in 1851 was
prepared to begin serious efforts for the sup
preston of rebellion.
President Cleveland did not find rebellion
to subdue. for Republicans do not try to destroy
the Nation because they are beaten. He did
not find traitors filling the public Offices but in
stead faithful and competent workers, whose
zeal and skill in performing their duties under
the new Administration have extorted the
praise of political opponents. lie found peace,
and united country, and National credit
never surpassed, and enormous reserves IN the
Treasury. What has he done within four
months and a half
He has spent that time in listening to the
claims of partisans for Office. He has spent that
time in determining which of the men who tried
to destroy the Union shall now be selected to
represent it in official places lie has spent that
time in rewarding treason, and in rewardlDe
the still more despicable crime by which free
dom of suffrage has for years been destroyed in
Southern States, and the election of Demo-
cratic President made possible. His time has
been spent in trying to reward his friends and
punish his enemies, and his enemies are mainly
the men who saved the Union and put down a
Dem Ocratic rebellion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

one. Men who for the sake of profit are ready to
poison their fellows with decomposed or diseased
meat ought to be In the penitentlary. and they will
be II the people of Illinois not bafed by defects
in the law. The authorization of canned foods
ought to be punished severely in oil cases but
when as in this instance, there seems no room for
doubt that the unwholesome character OF the meat
being canned was fully known to the mauufac-
turers, the penalty inflicted should be exemplary.
correspondent of The Chicago Tribune gives some
instructive facts about the effects OF prohibition IN
Iowa. Taking a single OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN
illustration of the working Of the law, he shows
that whereas under high license drunkenness was
largely diminished, the number of saloons reduced,
taxation lowered, and the social condition generally
improved. prohibition resulted in marked increase
of intemperance in higher taxation, increased city
debt. and general Generalization. The law after
time could not be enforced at all, aud there being
no license the number of saloons increased, while
more liquor was sold with correspondingly bad re-
suits In prosecutions for violation Of the liquor
law juries woud not convict. no matter what the
evidence The outcome has been disastrous in all
ways in fact and the writer referred to concludes
by saying: "There Is 50 great change IN public
opinion that if the Republican Convention ndorses
the law this county will go Democratic, although
in 1884 it gave Republican majority of over SIX
hundred"
Prince Bismarck can find no more effective way
of gratifying his dislike of Mr. Gladstone than that
of rendering aid to Lord Salisbury in the Egyptian
negotiations. BY inducing France and the other
Powers to consent to the substitution OF an English
for European guarantee of the loan and by agree
ing to sanction d protectorate. he can do much.to
make the new administration popular. Engshmen
are sorey perpexed and confused by the inter-
national phases of the Egyptian question Ihey
probably do not want the country. and are opposed
on principle to increasing the burdens OF the weary
Titan over whom they continually grooming.
But they will welcome any definite scheme for hx-
ing their responsibilities and bringing order out OF
chaos in the Nile countries The Egyptian Sphinx
has stared them out of countenance They Will
have lighter hearts when the riddle has been solved
by some ineligible plan of action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

menaces. The Cars Government never ceaseu
to warn the staff that it must remain strictly on
the defensive, and when the battle was
fought evinced its insincerity by lavIshiy re-
warding officers and men who had dlsregarueo
its formal instructions and carried ont its secret
purposes. If General Komnroff has indeed re-
ceiyed orders to remain on the defensive ana
not TO provoke hostilities, suspicion is aroused
Mt once that another Penjdeh is in the air.
This impression is strengthened by the WITH
drawal of the British Commission anu military
escort from the hills to Herat. Subsequent ex-
plantations NAV break the force OF these sus-
picious circumstances, but apparently the
Afghan question is to be reopened.
The preparations for the fortiilcation OF her"'
under the supervision of British engineers
possibly have warned the Russian officers that
they must act at once, ii they wished to antlci-
nate formidable military operations in the
future. The Komaroffs and Alikhanoifs are
rough -and-ready soldiers who prefer cavalry
dash 10 siege. They have probably asked the
Home Government "Why should we have
the trouble of hauling artillery over the hills
and cannonadng the town a year or two hence
when we can take it hand over hand within
week r. The Imperial authorities may not
have been disposed to argue the case in view
of the peculiar relations of parties IN England,
where no Ministry can feel that 1t has the
ground under its feet until the November cleo
tons have passed. 1t is a political crisis that
will tempt the Russians to advance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
THE NEE PRESIOEAT OF COR.

THE NEU PRESIOEAT OF COENELL.
The accession of new president Mt Corneii
University concerns all who take an interest IN
higher education. President White has made
the position from which he now retires one not
easy To be filed. He brought 10 the service OF
the university not only sound scholarship, but
also executive capacity of high orGer. As n
man of affairs, with views enlarged by diversity
of interests, by travel, by discussion, by the
friction of public life at home and abroad, he
occupied "A somewhat unusual place among
educators and dlffused an influence not easily
measured by academic standards. lhe ne"
president. Professor Charles Kendall Adams
will doubtless find that the stamp OF ms pre-
decessor's individuality is upon every depart
mcnt of the university.
To the graduates OF Cornell the most signih-
cant fact in President Adams's accession will be
that he was President Whites candidate. lie
does not come as the representative OF new
ideas in study and discipline, but as the man
whom his predecessor has for years regarded as
best qualified to take up the work where he
himself should leave it. Until there is EVIL
dence, therefore, of different purpose, 1t Is to
be expected that the new administration Will be
in general a continuation OF the old.
President Adams brings from Michigan Uni
versity an established reputation for learning.
culture, Judgment and discretion. But
hitherto his work has been chiefly in the class
room and the study. aud his talents for admins
tration mast now be tested on large scale for
the inst time. He is fortunate In the circum-
stance that he was the first choice of a large
majority of the trustees, upon whose hTm
support in the perplexities of his new position
he may confidently rely. Some of the alumni,
will regret that the desire, by prompt election
OF Professor Adams. to condemn the suspicion
of his literary methods which WAS made tue
basis of opposition 10 MIN IN certain quarters,
precluded the further consideration of other
candidates but they are doubtless ready To
promise to the new president their loyal adj
herence and To join in the general wish that his
administration may be brilliant aud successful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN The Russians were reported TO De IN
creasing their forces at Zufkar Pass. - Ehgnsn
and Russian securities lower IN the Paris ana
Iondon markets - The excitement continued
over the failure of the Munster Bank In Ireland.
- The committee to investigate charges OF vice
in Londos began Its work.
DoMrsrIc-Fight between the strikers at Cieve-
land and the police. - Session of the National
Educational Association continued at saratoga
- Republican Nominating Convention IN hich'
mond. - Juege Shipman refused to act In the
telegraph litigation at Hartford - Formal
opening of the Niagara Falls Reservation. -
Appointments by President Cleveland.
Cry AND SUBUaBAS.-rragic end OF runaway
marriage. ~ National Protective Tarifi
Jeayne formed - Gold taken for silver by the
hanks. - Motion for receiver for the South
pennsv yania denied - The Providence nine
beaten by the New-Yorks. - Pennsylvania poll
ticiaps in conference. - Departure oil
two Fresh Air parties. - An OH man
found diving Examining alleged bribery
in Brooklyn - Nyack editor fined for night
ing - Ex-Assemblyman Gibbs missing. =
Gold value of the legal tender silver dollar lilZ 2
prainsl 50. 43 cents. - stocks active and buoy
ant and closed strong with some reactions.
THr WrArHER- HBUNE local observations IN
dictate warmer, fair or partly cloudy weather.
Temperature yesterday: Highest. e4'; lowest o90;
average, "a 3se.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
A pnoyIso OF SOME CONsEoUEycE.


The Democratic OUTLOOK In Ohio 10 that Governor
H0ady IL to be renonin ated with Hon. George l. Con-
Lieutenant-t and Mr. Thurman as tao
pros pective Senator the legislature Is Demo.
cratic In the event OF the reelection OF Governor
Hoady Mr. Cleveland will see that he Is finally lod zed
ia the Supreme Court In other place for Which
he Is we'll qualified Mr.. Converse will then step into
the shoes OF Mr.. Hoadly, Governor and become OF
course the candidate for Governor OF OHIO. With
Mr. Thurman and Mr.. Payne In the Senate Mr.. Hoadly
on the Supreme Bench. Mr.. Pendleton in the German
Mission and Mr. Converse Governor We see no reason
why harmony should not prevail among the leaders OF
the Democracy Ohio provided Mr. Mclean can be In
duced to consent TO the arrangement
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he requires for his nee se Of cost end 4 ~ eou
templatnG the opening Of coal yard for TIE supply a
his neighb0rs. He thinks he cOmpoe prfe No
the Oldest coal dealers in tho vicinity [Tsoy Tmes
House hunterr why. 10 n that 20 many peopls,as ~
summer resorts rent big cottages now. couple u
rooms In hotel would accommodate themi" Real estate
agent. Because they can't afford 20 10 the hoea You
know times are hard now"
You looking tough. o. Diogenes" quoth socrstss
Now, by the dog. what have you been dolngw
81 have been searching for IN honest man IN The
piournfully
With what RESULT" inquired the other.
well. you see," said Di0genes ssrcast.cally. smY
pockets cleaned out aud my lantern IL gone! I
praise Zeus that they lett me my girdew-fChicseo
News
This Is how Brunswick stew ought to be made.
according to The Rome Ca Courier: Take q hundrei
OF conn., bushel OF tomatoes half bushe OF Irish
potatoes bali bushel Of okra, sixteen fat hens i've
soup bones pounds Of breakfast bacon six pounds
OF butter, two dozen lemons, box Of mustard, two
bottles Worcestershire and salt and pepper to
taste.
The pine tree says an authority, refuge
than four hundred species OF insects We can
easily understand why Mr. LonxeOw was so sire no1s
In advising the aspiring young men 10 beware the pine
trees withered brancn."-t Boston Transcript
The German Emperor has conferred upon Nine Minnie
Hank new honorary title Imperial Chamber Singer"
distinction shared by only three prima donnas-
Adelina Patti. Jenny Lind Goldsehmidr and Artof
Padilla. philadelphia Inquirer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
SAUCE FOR GOOSE AND GANDER.

We are not surprised that me Aesc FORK Eeenng Po
which distinguished itself last Of tbs
leading apologies for uocastty In public has gone
into connpton fits The Pail Mall Gdzffes ex.
posures Of crime in Lonaon. 1t has space to de-
horrible practices exposed but the exposure
has shocked its virfuOus mind beyond expression Il
expects all England aud the United States
ousIy following the London example, using The Gazsss
articles text book. II, as The Post said year ago.
offences against chastity have been consistent the
possession OF all the qualities which ennobe human
nature aud dignity human lite and make human progress
possible" don't quite why The Gazette should b
denounced as q beastly publication"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

Twenty four years ago the United States
Army before Washington began its first
great movement to assail Democratic rebel
lion. The orders were issued July ID, and the
Army began its march July Is, and few days
after the disastrous battle at Bull Run was
fought. The first Republican Administration
had then been in power just as long as the first
Democratic Administration since that time has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

It can at least be said for Mr.. Squire that ne
does not continually ring the changes on the
scarcity of Croton water, as his predecessor
MIR. H. o. Thompson, used to do. As result,
the average New Yorker has drunk and bathea
in the Croton supply thus far this summer WIN
a ouiet mind. Nevertheless. this seasons expe-
Renee shows that a new aqueduct was abso-
lutely demanded, and that the building OF II
was not begun day too soon. OWING 10 'ne
spring drouh the natural flow OF the Croton
River failed to supply the aqueduct as early as
June ~, and since then, despite the supply
from the Bronx, we have been drawing on the
storage reservoirs. The recent rains nave
given relief, however, and danger of water
famine for this year seems to be over now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

kind. But if President Cleveland had wanted 70
get safe opinion as to the best way 70 di''lio.
ute the Federal offices in Pennsylvania so as 10
help beat the Republicans this fall he couia DOT
have got ak better experts together. a glance
AZ the names of the politicians who met lby
chance) does not reveal any man 30 ue'o'eu ~
Civil Service reform as to be utterly incapap,o
of giving advice on the point above mentioned;
How these Bourbons must sigh for the goou o'u
times when the spolls were openly divided ana
when no quiet little meetings (by chance) were
necessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

Apparently policemen in tins city may club
residents thereof with impunty; but residents
evidently cannot retaatc with impuniiy. Two
fellows who tried Policeman Reeds club On his
own head were sentenced 10 five years IN State
Prison yesterday. Three others who had kicked or
siruck members of the force were also severely
punished.
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1t looks as if the Eag.lsn- speaking strikers in
Cleveland were using their fellows of foreign
birth to pull the chestnuts out of the fire. Poles
and Bohemians principally composed the party
which attacked the plate mill yesterday, and it
is noted that at all the incendary meetings the
speeches in English are pretty peaceable while
the appeals in foreign tongue are ugly in the
extreme. 1t is likely, however, that the result of
the fight with the police yesterday will make
the Poles and Bohemians more cautious about
creating disturbance again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16

II General de Courcy reported. TO DO recalled
from Anam because of the severity of his policy the
fact will mark new departure in French warfare
II may be that the present Government really
wishes to gain a reputation for clemency or that 1t
fears the indefinite proongltion Of the war If harsh
measures are taken; bat hitherto the French have
never been troubled by scrup!es in their treatment
Of weaker subJugated races. and the old army
officers will no doubt be much astonished to learn
that 1t IS no longer permitted to massacre the
Aname,e for the encouragement of the survivors.