New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-03
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.
FoREIGx-The Liberals in Great Britain make
gains in the counties GO Prot reported sacked
and burned GO King Ihebaw prisoner --
Surrender of General Yglesias. GO Gcbhards
Jolly Sir John won the Great Metropolitan Stecplc-
chase.
Observation-Disclosures Atkins on the Progress
of Indian Civilization. GO A tOw-bOat wrecked
at Pittsburg by natural gas explosion; nine
persons hurt. - Weakness of the report of
the superintendent of the foreign mail ser
vice. 60 Arguments before Governor Hill
on the charges against the Excise Com
missioDcrs. 60 Arguments before Attorney
General O'Brien about the Fifth Avenue Railroad
scheme. == Meeting of the New ENGLAND shoe
manufacturers in BJston another strike III Lynn
60 West-bOund passenger rates raised III But
falo GO Lillian Spencer Obtained divorce
in Pittsburg. == Natural gas found at Cleve-
land. - Opium JOINTS discovered in Baltimore
81 Decision in the case of the Troy Chamber
lainship
CIrYAND SuBuRBAx-Monmouth b. Wilson
signed as superintendent Of the fire insurance
patrol. 30 \ young lady saved her escort from
cliff. - The Senate Gas Committee nycstIga-
ton. - Immigrant railway rates to be advanced.
- Reduction in cable rates. == Disappear
ance of the County Clerk of WeStcheS.e r. --
Several children bitten by mad dog. -= Gold
value of the lcgal-tender silver dollar ll12l2
grains, 1885 cents. CD Stocks feycIish and
fuctuating, after OPP ning at higher figures, but
closed strong.
1.-The Manufacturers local observations in
dicate fair, clustering weather and stationary
temperature. Temperature Yesterday Highest,
41o; lowest, "a Eaverage, 3G's'.
The report of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs7is encouraging. 1t favOrs the plan of
giving the red men their land in severalty with
such safeguards thrown about them will
prevent their property from passing out Of their
hands and their own degradation into tIamps.
This is good, so far as 1t goes, and has the
hearty approval of most students of the Indian
problem; but there are other points which the
Commissioner should urge-such as, for in
stance, the extension of the common law over
the tribes
The discovery of well of natural gas in
ClevelandIs matter of much importance to
that city. If the supply proves to be perma-
nent, it will probably save the Forest City from
losing an immense amount of iron business,
which of late has been drifting to Pitts
burg, where the gas flows in such Quanti-
ties as to enable the iron mills to
be run by it entirely. The result has been
that iron and steel manufactures were turned
out at PittSburg at prices which were running
production at Cleveland. The mill-owncrs and
mill-hands in the latter place may well rejoice
Whenever any one connected with the gas
companies is shown before the Senate Com
mittee to have entirely lost his memory 50 far
as the details of consolidation are concerned,
he commonly revenges himself for this humi-
ating exposure by insulating that the whole
investigation is a strike to make money. This
is peculiarly exasDerating to the public, which
is not trying to blackmail the companies, but
only to get gas at reasonable rates. Why don't
the officials OF the gas companies speak out
Who are the men who have tried to "strikc"
them iOr money! Who are some OF the legis-
latOrs or lobbyists whom they come in contact
with when they 90 to Albany to oppose lc2isla-
tion affecting the companies unfavOrabIyl
Another government is now on top in Peru
CacereS, so recently supposed to be a defeated
revolutiOnst, has rallied, captured the palace
In Lima and turned out the President set up
by Chilli 1t is now the turn Of Iglesias to take
to the woods and begin over again the terrible
tragedy Of revolution and slaughter. Whether
Caceres can retain his hold on affairs is hard to
say. There has been much IN the history Of Peru
since the beginning of herrecent war with Chill
to justify Caccrcss resistance to the Yelcsias
Government; but it may reasonably be doubted
il his persistence in fighting and tins present
success viii greatly benefit Peru. What that
unhappy country wants more than anything
else in the world is peace, within and without
her bOrdcrs.
What that precious brace OF Excise Commits
sOners, Mitchell and Haughton Whose terms
expire next May are after now is delay and it
ispretty evident from our account of their trial
before the Governor at Albany that Mr.. Hill
is going to help them all he can. He announced
yesterday, for instance, that he should appoint
commission to hear evidence in relation to
these charges. What more testimony he wants
than that given before the Senate Committee
1t is hard to lmagine-unless he is looking for
points upon which to base decision that would
exonerate the Commissioners and please the
liquor sellers of New York. On the whole,
from the line of his remarks in the course of the
hearing yesterday, we strongly suspect that is
his purpose.
The physician whose opinions are published
IN another column is probably more familiar