New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-17

his fingers nc inqusitive lawyers trying tn probe
him at the Jail. Suppose Fish and Ward hould re-
fuse to testify in n criminal court = Would they
have to he set at liberty in order to punish them
ehcctually for contempt
The evils OF n speculative market for products
are once more illustrated by the extraordinary and
unreasonable advance In the price OF tin, which
mounted on Monday in the London market to t9I
per ton higher price than has been touched Mt any
other time for nearly two years. lt Is noticed tnat
one firm has gained possession of 5000 out OF the
g 900 tons Of Straits tin now in the London market
BIT that fact would not affect the price, II the
market were not essentially speculative one and
il people who owned tin at all had not been per
mItted 10 sell great quantity of 1t. IL Is because
these gamblers in tin are not at present able to bny
the stud which they sold without owning 1t, that
tho price Is now advancing so wildly. As respects
these peopIe there Is no occasion for regret if they
have 10 lose all they worth but the business be-
comes-most injurious to the public because 1t aiccts
important industries aud the dealings Of merchants
engagei I'm legitimate business. In the good times
canning 10 will be a recognized fact that all sales oil
property which the seller dors not own are contrary
20 public policy. injurious To honest Industry, aud
hostile to honest trade. BIT in these speculative
DAYS the man who gamble most rcckessly seems
TO have the place of honor in many of the markets.
CAPTAIN Hugh Lewis, a union veteran and hithcr-
TO An active Democrat of Madison. Wis, has pub
lished letter announcing his withdrawal from
the marty. Captain Lewis has asked for no Office,
lint he declares that he can no longer support a
marty which discriminates in favor OF ex-confei-
crates aud copperheads. There are good many
Democrats whs think the same way but who will
not take the trouble to declare publicly their feel
ings on the subject But their votes will count as
much IN November.
There is an impression abroad that Colonel DO
Abna's offence was really his defence. II he had
only let General" Sparks make n door-mat of
him nj. head might not have fallen into the basket
What does it profit a man 10 defend his whole body
and lose his official headf
Possibly here is n chance for investors whose faith
In alleged marvellous inventions still survives their
Keelv motor experience. An Englishman James
Dekie Of Leeds, has sent to an exhibition OF ship
models in London the model OF a steamship which
be asserts will the Atlantic and return In six
d,vs She is called the .Aqua-aeral, or Wave
Shin and instead of cleaving the water is 10 glide
over the surface Her draught is insignificant even
when at rest. but when In motion 1t decreases with
her speed until when going Mt express train rate she
q entirely the surface 1t il promised. also that
nccnliar and novel devices will prevent Eer rolling
nd
secure speed there will DO practically limit to the
extent of the accommodations Stock has not yet
been placed on the market
aUarJ times for Mr.. Randall Is q heading from
which The Sum draws some interesting moral reucc
tions Mr. Randall may console himself that he
bas no monopoly of hard times. They pervade the
country aud arc shared alike by great aud small.
Even the Kentucky man pays moro for his stan OF
D,,.h .u o.lxa
The idiot who is not =" checrfnl" seems to have
found his way into The World Office. and is making
J.cided havoc with facts He reasons that. because
tbc blican vote in the State of Ohio smaller
!, the fall of 1868. when the soldiers had returned
home. than 1t was IN 1894 ut the Presidential elec-
top when the soldiers were in The field, therefore
The number of Republican voters among the soldiers
in the field must have been less than nothing. Bat
the not cheerful idiot quite overooks the fact that
unJer the laws of the State of Ohio the soldiers in
tho field voted as well rs the people at home. and 1t
was the vote of the soldiers in the field that more
than once defeated the disoyal party that State,
realty TO the disgust of the peace at-any price
D.mocrats who were shouting then as now, for
reform"
A dsr atch states that o fire at Kill Arvat has
destroyed all the material for the Trans-Caucasian
pa,lvay. II the destruction Of material has been so
compete as this. the Russian programme will DO
seriously delayed. and perhaps the necessity of 10
ferring the prosecution of the railway beyond
Askabad may render the st. Petersburg Government
tina moro willing TO make temporary agreement
with England concerning the Afghan frontier.
DELAY of even few months at such time may in
voIye important notifications Of policy.
Ono of tho pleasantest features Of the work OF
the Fresh.Air Fund is the assistance rendered by
children In providing means for the summer CAM
paias. Among Shs receipts acknowledged In yes
rdays TRIBUNE were contributions from three
ch,ldron's fairs aggregating nearly $500. One OF
these entertainments, managed by the young peo-
pie of Englewo N. j., yielded 1856 GA, very
handsome sum, which will suffice to give over
hundred children fortnighps vacation during tho
heated term At this rate the elders will have to