New-York tribune., 1885-10-25

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no intention OF doing than getting out a .,,,
edition for circulation against Mr. Blaine The Dsro
1t was good thing and they caused orders n,
subsequent numbers to pour In Funk wagnals un,u
venture They have now q great many subscrress
campaign and otherwise large proportion OF whom M
all over the country interested in getting ts,r
scrbers because they know that every vote that ros
for Prohibition Is ono less for them 70 overcome. ~
The National Board Of Steam Navigation q pove,,.,
organization Of persons interested In shipping AFFAIR." .
taking great interest through its in natter :.
pnbic moment pertaining to our merchant marine sess
ing % relieve that service from undue eIactions and =
revive It's prosperity It has recently arranged "a,
conference through commttoes with Representative.
all the shipping interests and foreign mail seryice ,
the purpose OF placing their claims properly before c
gress met General James 3. Negey OF PirtsDury ss
other day with q notification In his hand that he bs
been appor ted member of the conference comnittss
character OF the committee should think M
their work would be highly practical.
Judge L. Bradford Prince, who has been In NewM Mero
for six years as Chief Justice Of the Territorial Cons
was in the New-York Assembly in 1s7l'72. He
chairman Of the Judiciary Committee OF the Hou'.
which recommended the impeachment Of the no,orIor,
Judge Cardozo. David B. Hill was member o, ~.
committee. On the morning when the report was pr.
pared and awaiting the signatures OF the comuit,..
Judge Prince apprsed OF the fact that Carlozs.
resignation its way to Albany. lie tried to has
ten the signing OF the report so that 1t might be AMI
mltted to the Legislature for action beo,.
the resignation was filed. Hill fought the reno,,
It read. oDiectng now 10 one clause and now Ia
| another, until long after the hour OF assembling
Finally he wrote at rhe bottom dissent from the re-
pert so far as the commission OF high crimes and mIs
| dcmeanors concerned, but assentiDg TO the NAL
sembiy Chamber Judge Prince got word that Cardo.a,
resignation bad been filed. lie expected then hear
IRON he tried TO present his report but
had no intimaon Of tho source When he got his feet
Hl was also up on rl,.ei question Of privilege.
read Cardozos resignaton which had just been flied !.
the proper office below Ihe scene IL the Assembly
apparent the Judiciary Committee tnat IIills every
action at their morning session had been prompted by
necessary get In Cardozos RESIGNATION TO cut of the
the report and impeachment and that lie simply hs
tool OF the great NrwYo thieves He ruled out Of
order and the report was made but subsequently Car.
dozo's resignation had tho effect OF giving aim m.
munity. / had these facts from Judge Prince
Judge Prince gave me another point OF interest ia
National affairs. In the OF his duties in yey.
Mexico It to his attention that many Of the carly
| land grants in the Southwest were made by ylce.
| President Thomas A. Hendricks when he CommlG
soner OF the General Land Office before the war; Tn.
Judge thinks it quite likely that the Interior De.
partment in Its anxiety TO strike at Republican holders
OF grapts, may give hendricks slap day, as II
| gave Bayard one in the Maxwell case.
Frederick Brown OF Fort Worth. Texas the inventor Of
the magnetic telephone which is attracting uch at,ea
ton electricians at present because of its operation
without batteries, Is TALL slender man OF forty VITA
small, hrewd face and quick nervous movements Like
80 many Others In the Southwest he tobacco and
| his jaws constantly moving in that operation ever
while he talks He points his remarks ny stopping to
spit him the other day engaged in demonstrating
the posslbiesoi his invention to General b. Butler
caught General Buffers remark correctly this is the
first time the Massachusetts statesman has ever said
Hello" into telephone. IL Is certainly the first time
| lie has been able TO hear through Brown said to
me: The instrument Is OF the simplest possible con-
! struction. Il is IA horseshoe magnet with the poles
consists
highly magBctized disc OF steel which nearly coses the
magnet TIs receiver and transmitter are similar In
construction. Tests have been made for distances under
100 miles several places. We made one satisfactory
| fest 500 odd miles OF wire. Yes we ground the
| ends OF the wire. That makes the crcnit. We
arranging a cable test believe can talk around tho
| earth II l can get the wire
The canvass In Scw-York naturally brings up stories
OF camp igning elsewhere. talking with Western
politician yesterday when he said: The campaigning
Kentucky IN my day was something different from what
it IL now. It in william Cassus Gooiloe's time In
Congress We could always eject him to Congress. All
that was necessary to order ont the two or three
companies OF United States troops that s,aonc in
his district and twenty thirty Deputy United
States Msrshas and the business DONE The mere
presence OF the troops ami the feeling OF security
brought the negroes ont to vote IN mi force ana thei,
course They beat year after they cot poll tax
law passed Ivy the legislature IL VAS funny incident
coored tiends and notified thea to meet him az The
house the county seat on certain day to ray IN
bright chap conceived the idea OF putting smallpox nag
on The county building. You couldn't get single
larkey to 20 within half mile OF the place. ana 30 the
remained unpaid and the votes we're not forth
coming"
W. F. shinn CT Pit-sburg. with whom talking
lately about the City of Smoke. said that 1t would
In population and Importance in the next ten years
than 1t grown In tho forty years just passed
when asked for the reason OF his belief he replied;
Natural will do It, We use IL now for making stam
for cooking for heating for pudding and nearly all tue
manufactures IL is not usel in tue blast furnaces but
that almost the only place where 1t cannot lie utilized
There two companies In Pittsbnrg which haa
charters to lay Ipes In the for the distribution
this gas. Dr. Hostetter controlled one, and George
Wesilns house, the air ora ke man. the other IheS co
soidated their nteresbs short time ago. The eas
found in the general gOn re oeum OIL exeept
that where there Is lots of the gas there very niue OIL
They dig we'll and then drive pipes down untll tnry
seemingly inexhaus,ble snpplS. 1t exists all sbOai
Pitsbnre to the north and northeast There Is se =.
w6D one hundred feet Of my hose could get ny
own gas by running plIo down bnt Il wo"ld DO s W.
heat aud light with this natural gas supply"
In speaking OF the silk industry OF Switzerland and the
prospect OF It's removal to this country Mr. Ses,r sad
The silk industry both Zurich and Lyons Is under
going crisis by OF the substitution OF ths
power loom for the hand loom Lyons mas pat up 2jOOo
power looms during the last years each power loom
representing the production OF abont four hand loom
the country thus concentrating the industry
Ia the city proper. Zurich has put up 1000 looms
More woud have been put but the Swiss fOresaw hs
present crisis which has been brought the Furoea
silk industry by the establishment OF rival industry IN
the United States and the protection OF go per ceh'
tariff reducea to 80 cent The Swiss IN lnuidct
have therefore not largely bOuna themselves Is
the Lyons manufacturers. and the idea OF putting up
factories in America occupies the attention Of tue s"
much more than the French"
The question of the preservation OF wool usei for
DOCKS and piing has become important factor OF coss
in commerce The action OF water wood and the de-
structveness of the teredO when considered IN
connection with the rapid depletion OF tho forests OF s
country have hastened Invention to preserve such tim
bers FROM both sources OF decay was talking VIII
member of the Dock Commission the other day when no
said me that creOsotng seemed he the only remedy
but was too costly. Colonel W. p Canaday Sergeant
alarms OF the United States Senate tells mo that ias
people Of his State, North Carolina. haSo