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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

A Good CdUSE INJURED.

Civil Service Reform does not seem to be II
specially nonrshing condition under the new
Administration. Several organizations In
various parts of the country have been reported
recently in languishing condition. In Buffalo,
the Presidents home the Democratic Board Of
Aldermen had to be forced by a mandamus to
make an appropriation to carry out a provision
of the State law. And in other places respect
for the cause has been growing less. In Water
town the local Civil Service Reform Association
has dissolved. Among other reasons given
we're the following as reported In The Water-
torn Times;
rne opinion was expressed that "a the civil service
reform movement 1 q non-partisan one aud as IL Is
necessary that all local associations should DO in com
mupIcatInn with central head partisan organzn-
ton such associations must nov lind themselves IN
rather awkward relations with their ackuo fgei heal
heretofore the NewYOrk AssociatiOnsn"o during tho
late national poltic contest every officer and member
OF that body who publicly known ~ taking any part
At all In Il made hn-olfa very prominent advocate Of
the election OF one and the nominee for the Presl-
denoy and a vehement assaler OF tho only other one
vhose election was possible; that this course was
followed throughout the campaign BY nearly eVerV
officer high position In that association OF ciV service
reformers and that they sensible OF the violence
they we're doing t1e non pariisanship OF the eVi
service reform movement that they felt obliged 10 pup
liam circular protesting that Notwithstanding their
noI,teal aets the Sew-York Association Was still non
partlsan boIy The result Of this general expression oil
views was the evidently unanimous conclusion that II
VIVA desirable discontinue tho existence Of this organ
iEation.
IL is unfortunate that n good cause has been
injured by its self-styled leaders. But the
reform is one demanded by the public interests.
The Republican party is determined to see il
carried out in spite of the pretentious humbugs
Who have labored in the name of Civil Service
Reform in behalf OF Boss" Manning and his
Higgins and Pillsbury followers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
NJ USfC.
THE DECORATIVE ART soCIErYs CoNcERr

THE DECORATIVE ART SOCIETYs CONCERT.
The concert given at the Academy OF Music
last night for the benefit Of the Free Industrial Cass
under the auspices of the Society of Decorative Art was
a brilliant success The programme was pleasing. the
artists fayortes with the public. and the
charity worthy and popular There .
large audience that greeted with enthusiasm
every one who took part there were many recalls and
It was nearly Midnight before the performance closed
The artists who appeared were Mines. Materna, scac
Misses Kellogg and MargulIes sgs Giannini DE
Cherubini, Bmboni, Herren Bergner, Lehtenbers
and Mr.. Theodore ThUuas and orchestra
Even Mr. Thomas appIauded several or tho srtisss
among them Herr LfchteBbrrg. whose exquisite volu
playing won instant recognition from all. Miss Nevada
whose name appeared the programme. failed 10
appear owing to sumo trouble concerning the accom-
panment OF her songs The committee OF arrangements
were Mrs. william I. Blodgett, Mrs. Richard Irwin
ir., and Mrs. Francis b. ThurbeT.
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Natp9lorls Dailp Grib1l1r&
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FopEiGH-Recall of Sir Peter Lumsden. -
Shakespeare memorial window unveiled IN London
- Riot in Philippopolis between Greeks and
Bulcarians 60 Cholera in Spain. - Death
of Dr. Gustavus Nachtigal.
D,Nrs-Ic.-The BROOKLYN Bridge, the Long
island City Tax and the Dock Depar' ment bills
nassed the State Senate. - William T. Letch-
worth was nominated and confirmed as Commls-
soner of the State Board of Charities - Mr.
English succeeded Mr. Sperry as postmaster at
New-Hay.n - Mr.. Roosevelt OF Staten Island.
as,narred after being thrown from horse in Bal
timors. - General Irv i'll McDowell,U. ). Aided
at San Francisco 80 A negro married white
xvoman in Syracuse. 60 Nat Goodwin went ON
the war oath in Chicago. - Veterans OF the
war left Gettysburg for Baltimore. - Speaker
paines. of the Illinois House of Representatives,
haa trouble in New-Orleans. - a land slue
stopped trains on the West Shore Road.
Cry AND SUBURBAN.-A building collapsed IN
BROOKLYN, killing an unknown number OF persons
- General Grant worked on his book. -
Romance of an English earldom. - The New
York Baseball Club beaten by the Providence ana
the Attn etic Club by the Brooklyn. - Two
fremen dangerously hurt. 80 Trial OF Richard
Short begun.
fuy MANUFACTURING local observations IN
aientc slightly warmer. partly cloudy weather, fol-
lowed by colder weather and light rains. Tempera-
ture Yesterday: highest. 600; lowest. ~; aF
GRACE 517so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
TILE ST1rE hnRYRY

II depends upon Governor Hill to say whether
the State Survey shall be continued or not. A
competent committee Of the Legislature APP
pointed to investigate the work unanimously
reported in its favor, a sufficient appropriation
bill has been passed, and tho Governor has, we
believe, until tomorrow at midnight in which
to sign it, OF the excellence and economy of
the survey there is no question. The United
States Coast and Geodetc Survey has cost about
SIS a square mile, and the Prussian Govern
mental survey about $18. The State Survey
has cost 50 80, and tho quality of the work is
unsurpassed any where in the world in the judg-
ment of engineers, including Professor Hilgard.
who are most competent 10 form an opinion.
Governor Cleveland thought to serve his own
interests as an economic reformer ny vetoing
the appropriation. but he gained nothing in
popular estimation by the act. The people
have before them convincing proofs that Pro-
fessor Gardner has done his work in q manner
altogether creditable TO himself and to the
State, and they desire to see it continued and
completed by the same competent hands. Ten
successive Legislatures have voted appropria-
tons, and the objection raised by Governor
Cleveland, that the survey was proceeding too
slowly, has even less force at the present time
than when it was made, for the appropriation
has been doubled. The opinion honestly main
tanned by some persons that heState Engineer
and Surveyor ought TO be intrusted with tht
work was discarded by Mr. Ely OF Otsego
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
THE ATLANTIC Avenue SLAUGHTER

THE ATLANTIC AVENUE SLAOGHIEh'
Ate o'clock yesterday morning hundreds OF
men, boys and girls were at work in nest oil
little shops ana mills hudlled together behind n
row of tenement houses ia Atlant'c-ave''
Rrooklyn. Each one of these hives of industry
vas small, but there were many OF them III the
irregular mass of badly built, tottering Old
brick buildings, hemmed in by the tenement
houses. The floors on which these hundreds OF
human beings were working were broken ana
insecure. The walls which shut them In were
weak and out of plumb. The ways OF escape
were too few and too small, and were difficult
of access. Some stupid and reckless workmen
were braciug up a wall OF one of the wings OF
the big stumbling, trembling mass OF Ill
compacted brckwork. They applied the press
ure uneyenly, and the rotten bricks and fiabby
mortar gave way. Down came the wall with a
crash. dragging with It parts Of other feeble
wavering walls, which could not stand alone
Metalsmiths of ali sorts with their little furnaces
swarmed in the building. The roar ana rush Oh
flames swiftly followed the crash ot the bop-
Ming bricks. There is now great heap OF
smoking ruins where hundreds OF people we're
painfully canning scanty livelihood yesterday
morning. How many bodies these ruins may
conceal no one yet knows.
Three charred corpses were dragged from the
shapeless wreck. Many persons were injured.
The estimates of the number of missing vary
widely, aud until the slow and painful search
through the enormous mass of broken and half
burned stuff is completed it may not be deter
mined how large is the loss of life. There were
40 many at work when the wall fell and the ire
followed the ROOMS in which they toled we're
SO cramped and confined; the stairways were
so choked; the panic was so great, and the time
for escape was so short that it seems almost
certain that a number OF bodies are buried
under the scOrched bricks.
The people of brooklyn and the people OF the
whole country will expect to see Mayor Low
hold the Brooklyn Department OF Buildings to
swift and sharp account for this. With proper
inspection, with proper enforcement OF the law,
this calamity could not have occurred. AS TO
the owner aud the agent who permitted such
structure to be 30 crowded with hard-working
men, women and children, the courts have no
penalty for them. But every one knows where
their proper place is.
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TRASHY, SILLY AND CONTRADICTORY"

To TIE Editor or Inc Irtouhe'
SIR: Our New York Russophile, The Hera'as
com,neuds everything Russian-dupbcty, sreaeherI
lying chcauery and despotism IL also Ignores ths Ac'
that during the last between Russia and ruraeh
when the former Power was approaching coas'auuy
nle eeaconsfea cried stop, and she stoppcd and nov
~ ali. were To accept Englands proposals IL would "
ease OF astuto craftsmanship on the part Oh n
but II England 70 yield an insigninsaht IA
would he proelaiIued u complete DRk-loNn -
H,yaLFs trashy silly aud contradictory articles 40 ss
sIckenng many subscribers Will give up 'A P'
7 fnr one shall take The Tribune instead 80
N,,v- York May 4, 1885. hoSn
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Az AusrRIAN PROTEST..

To the Bdftor Of TIE Trtosae.
SIR: The appointment of Mr.. Kelley to the
Austrian Mission Is direct insult to the Emperor :"
Austria and his people II Mr. Keiay Is not n TO ep.o
sent this in italy then he also Is unh' ~
Vienna. Our relations with the Empire Oh Austria
uungarv have always been the most friendly. and W
aIways have boon honorably represented there IL va
wise and prudent to send Minister Penietor 70 -
MANY bat Il Is unwiss and ridiculous to send
to tie noble and splendid court OF Austria Our lelo
citizens from Austra-Hungary should puDncy eaY''
their Dissatisfaction. n. a. h asn1srv
aud others from Austria Hanga''
Baltimore May 2, 1855.
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whose hostility arose from that conviction, after
the committee of which he was member had
made its investigation. There is no objection
to the bill which candid inquiry will not dispei'
and the Governor ought to sign it at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

was an Arab, who occupied an apartment adjoining
hers and separated from IL by thin PARTITION only
She had Just composed herself TO WOO y the drowsy
god" with every promise of success when the Arab
began to pray so loudly as to render sleep impos-
sibIe. She demonstrated. He dessted for few
minutes, and then rased his voice in supplleasion
as high Sho xpostuiated again. but before
sleep came to her relief he at it once more WIN
uudimInished vigor Repeated adrnonition5 and
entreaties failed to silence him, aud at last she
gave it up III despair, and :he pious Arab was
allowed to finish bis long invOeations in peace. She
found ont. afterward, that no belonged to sect
which required its followers to say long prayers
aloud, and ID start again at the beginning and
repeit them TO the enl If interrupted by the voice
of dog donkey or woman. If she had ascertained
this peculiar custom beforehand what sore trial
sue might have saved that poor Arab. Travellers
ought to inform themselves about such matters be-
forehand.
The popular clamor against Buddensiek is just
and should not end until Buddensiek is properly
cared for. But his conviction will only be pun
ishment not q prevention. The Building Inspectors
must not be permitted to forget that he is merely
u type of the shoddy builders who infest the city.
and fatten on the Indebtedness and poverty of the
INDECENT.
In these DAYS when the su ject Of Civil Service
Reform absorbs so much of public attention and
the beauties of the English system, with its re-
wards for merit and open competitive examinations
are parallel BY the "uneO guild" it is interesting
to observe that the English themselves are aware
that the system is not without It's imperfections
and hat the days of official patronage in England
are not yet numbered. young Englshman In the
Postal Service writes to friend this city: :" 1t
is a hard up hill fight to get on. The old machine
Of seniority grinds with exasperating sowness tor
a young Radical like myself Despite all the
promises of Fawcett that the best men should have
che best places they never get them. Men who
have friends high places are safe. Promo
ton with them is as rapid as ono could wish tor
But for us poor beggars that have to hight Tor
every inch of ground, il is hard"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

The President Is agreeable to everybody" says
The PHILADELPHIA Times. We trust that ex-senator
Dooiittle will be spared the decorating effects OF
reading this observation. IL Is rough enough to be
kicked down stairs rougher sill TO have the bruises
rubbed with hartshorn but it Is little snort of an
outrage to bo told that tho sensations experienced
are delightful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

Persons leaUiag torn for the season, ana sum-
a,er Travellers, can hare THE DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed 10 them, postpaid, for 20 cents per MONTH
the address being changed as often as desired.
TIE DAILY TRIBUNE riH be sent toany address
in Europe tor 81 30 per month. ,chich includes
the OCEAN POSTAGE.
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MORE EXCLUSIVE. CASSIE DISPATCHES coz

Vrona The l7lgNdtd BSptDtFouf n
The yesc- York Herald zeal without knc~soas AZ
wes ,nle shine all over Que 800
IT, Etdav issne giving cAbiegram about tue poy~ 80
In the French SALON. oves eoamn o. tss ~ whch
,S lin IONS appeared The Ari Amateur e
zine the week bsier. IL is reported that ias ,e Ccu
nransri 20 reeeye by she COMMERCIAL CaD''
pany - Hume's History OF England.
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xsraa swrrr sHOULp HOLD THE FORT
srov TAS Bosten Herald lkseuyssPh !. uuis,
Rut n the sis pcD sivu shall DO made it VIII ~ s.d n
take. The senate woula nos e9nnfn ~
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decisions in the second great game OF the season
between the Providence and New YORK ciuos'
has caused more dissatisfaction than any oil MS
predecessors. The general feeling atnohs 'no
wrathful sympathizers with the new io,A
PLAYERS is that Mr.. Decker should spend tho
summer at some secluded retreat on Narragan-
sett Bay. The air of Rhode Island wouid agree
with him perfectly. But the admirers OF tne
New-York nine must not forget that, win OF
without the cooperation Of the umpire, the DIX
men from sLitte Rhody are hard TO Deat'
They have played ball before.
bill was passed by the Senate yesterday
which ought not to become law liz mIgh'
properly be called an act to Promote Ihe
Slaughter of Helpless Pleasure-Seekers on EN-
curslop Trains but it is known more pleasant
" as bill to exempt railroads not more tnah
fifty miles long from the use OF the ar brake.
Most lines which come within this condltioh
are for excursion purposes, such as the Coney
Island roads, or for rapid transit; and 1t wouid
be easy to name many disasters anu hiany
more narrow escapes from disaster when the
records of these lines during the last Few years
show. most of which were directly or indirect
" due to insufficient mechanical precautions.
Experience proves, if 1t proves anything that
safeguards agains6 accident should be m
creased rather than reduced, especially on
short roads.
The recall of Sir Peter Lumsden probably
implies that the boundary negotiations are 10
he resumed in London, and that his special
knowledge is needed there as an offset 10 NJ.
Lessar's familiarity with the Typographical
features of the country. Mr.. Gladstone mas
stated in the Commons that communications
are to be exchanged forthwith between the Two
Governments at the Foreign Office. Sir Peter
Lumsden is accordingly summoned to LONDON
to meet NJ. Lessar, and to give the Ministry the
benefit of his recently acquired information. IL
was only common charity to rescue nm from
the sorry plight in which he was l5ft IN Centrai
Asia by the Governments peace negotiations
II is scarcely credible that his recall implies
lack of confidence in his version OF the fenJueh
battle. since the Ministry cannot be suspected
of publicly dscrediting their own witness III
advance of the arbitration. The rumors relat-
ing to Lord Dufferin's resignation are probably
groundless. If they are confirmed the Govern
nlent will receive a staggering blow. III Is
reasonable to suppose, however, that the change
Of front on the part of the Ministry dates from
the meeting between the Ameer and LORD
Duflerln, at which objections were raised 10 tine
invasion of Afghanistan by British troops.
Lord Duflern probably advised eonciliatory
policy and has no thought of resigning.
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the address being changed as often as desired.
TaE DAILY TRIBUNE uiH be sent todny address
On Euyops tor 81 30 per month, chich includes
the ocean postage
The public is gradually Learning what the
definition of an offensive partisan" is accord
ing TO Higgins, Manning g. Co. lt Is broad
enough to cover any official who believes in
Protection and puts his belief in print. This is
the crime of Mr.. Joseph Nnnmo, chief OF the
Bureau of Statistics and he has been requested
To resign. There may be something after all
in MIR. Henry Watterson's cheerful assertion
that the policy of the Administration is to be
truly Democratic.
Captain Phelan goes around with his pockets
fIled with revolvers, but we d0ubt II he Is as
dangerous as he looks. He testifes that Short
stabbed him nine times, with three extra cuts
thrown in. The first lunge at him was made In
Rossa's Office, aud the fight ended on the side
walk and yet during all this time Phelan was
only able to get in one shot at Shorthand
missed him. Since he could not use one pistol
to advantage, it is doubtful IL three would do
the fierce Captain any good at all. 1t is to be
hoped. however, that Short will be out OF his
reach in the Penitentiary within few days.
The Injustice done Colonel Crawford, United
States delegate to the international Postal Con-
gress at Lisbon, calls for publicity If not for
reslress. He went abroad unwillngly. and
made .lis stay as short as possible; yet he re-
turned only to find his place as Superintendent
of Foreign Mails filed by" Nick Bell, OF st.
Louis Colonel Crawford worked his way mp
from a clerk to the place from which he was re-
moved. His experience and ability are great |;
his integrity is undoubted. All the experience
his successor has had in postal affairs consists in
receiving and sending letters as a commission
merchant in the West.
A good deal OF ingenuity and powder was
wasted against the high banks OF the Hudson
yesterday to see If long pieces OF Irvine could
not be caught on the rocks and trees with one
end trailing down below. The experiments
were in behalf of inventions 10 rescue people
from windows in burning houses when access
NV stairs or horoscopes has been cut on This
ia all well enough, and if lofty apartment
bouses are to be built time is not thrown away
in experiments of this kind; but the best, de-
fence against loss Of life In towering dwellings
would be law preventing their construction.
Such q measure is before the Legislature ana
should be passed Immediately.
A more indignant crowd than the one which
left the Polo Grounds yesterday has rarely
stalked through Harlem's dusty streets. New
York has seen some singular umpires In late
years, but Mr. Decker. who made the amazing
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THE TALK CP TIE DAP.

The geac- Orleans Tines Democrat says that 10000
people In that city visited the Exposition.
MAY God deliver MS from war;" said Admiral
symouds OF the British Navy, recently. deem II my
boundeu though painfu duty TO state that con-
slider the navy so starved, weak in numbers arma-
neu structure and personnel that war broke out TO-
morrow do not how could avoid the most awlui
disasters"
When you dine with the vceroy OF india you present
Yourself In the reception In your regulation SWAT
ow-ta but before you 20 10 dinner YOU chanEe ~ ot
nice, cool white linen Jacket Philadeipnla rress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

In the reception Of the marble bust OF Charles
OConor by the General FERN of tho Supreme Court,
an appropriate honor was done TO the memory OF
man whose place among jurists is as unique it Is
lofty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

English disappointment and irritation must be
very keen when the best tempered journal in Lon
don overwhelms the Government with whitening
snrcasms and caustic reproaches. The Standard,
commenting upon the artistic manner in which Lord
Granville has thrown mp the sponge, surmscs that
the Empire when it perishes will have learned to
die nsthetically. AS bit Of fine irony this is
delicious Equally dry is its conjecture that Sir
Peter Lumsden will not DO entirely without occu-
patton since he will be able to report on the sever
ty of the weather the sharpness OF Russian sabres
and the 6neness of Russian hnmor The next OLD o
toral campaign in England will evidently be cpn-
tested by the Conservatives mainly on foreign
issues
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POETIC JUSTICE ~ A cOPPERHEAp'
Sron TAs UficS HERALD ..,,.as
The south being again In the saddle, poses hIm
A.. aone 10 the disleyal jud 20 lAerrck BY rozsonns
70 the bench at tho nrst opportunity
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Though 1t may DO questioned whether II Is
always good thing when In Rome to do as the
Romans do, there DO no doubt that It Is always
desirable to find out as far as possible. what tho
Romans do before going TO dwell among them.
Thereby much needless treading on other people"
toes and getting your own toes trod UPON may he
avoided This has received striking illustration
in the experience of Mrs. Speedy Us recorded in her
sWandcrings in tho Soudan." Her host one niuht