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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28
WHEELMEN TO MEET IN BUFF4LO.
THE CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE
LEAGUE-LOCAL MATTERS.

The official programmes for the sixth annual
meet Of the League OF American wheelmen areout The
meet will be hold In Buffalo July and 3. The
Buffalo Club uron which the work OF preparation and
reception will fall Is particularly strong and has
made every possible effort 10 have tho affair success.
The sum of $3s 800 has been appropriated toward the
expenses Of the meet and this with the centra location
Of the city ana the time selected leads enthusiastic
League members 70 hope for exceptionally large
attendance The League the only general organization
n bicyclsrs OF distlnctivsy American membership
Dsginnny small aud weak ct Newport years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28
AN AMBITIOUS TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

The United Lines Telegraph Company mas
been incorporated with capital OF $4,000 with power
to It, The par value OF the shares Is Sioo eac
Ia object IA TO operate telegraph In this country,
Canada Europe. The ncOrporat0rs are John Ander
son. Edward ;. Stokes, Alfred snlly, Alexander H. De
Haven Dwight TOWNSEND, Benjamin Allen, Horace
stokea Henry A. TappIn and George Turubul.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28
A DIsTRI CT EXPRESS COMPANY WCoRPoRATED
Articles of incnrnoratiOn were filed Yesterday

by the United States District Express Company Limited
The sapital 900 and the shares are 800 each ls
objects are to carry general express business ana
carry the mails Tho ineorporators are George N os
John Sessions, George f. Otis, Archibald H. sesSions'
and John Wallace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28

NBw-YoRK june H. 1880.
rI,O HOLDERS OF WABASH FUNDED
i INTEREsT BoNDs, &e:-The Trustees Of the Gen.
railroad Company petitionedhe United states Court
declare oufawed tho coupons unpaid held BY the Metro
trs Funded Debt Certificates and Bonds meeting OF such
committee TO look after the interests Of those concerned
An persons Interested IN these securities will communicate
mall with IL. A. " Post chairman "a y Pinest stating
their addresses and amount aud Kind Of securities BY
JAMES A, HoQsEYELT WILLIAM 2. IsHAM.
CYRUS J. LAURENCE, T, n. ATKINS.
H A. v. POST, Chairman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28
Financial.

financial.
Collected SECURITIES, suitable careful,
assrvatys investors aordng largest permanent In.
com. lei, r. MACLEAN Investment Baaker.43 TX.
N. ",
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28

The Clearing House statement to-day was as follows:
week Exchanges. Siis .053,920 balances. S2l
The week closes with the money market easy ~ 2al
per cent. l.. -
The customs receipts reported at Washington to-day
were Ssjs 50. and the internal revenue receipts were
S1sI 23J The United States Treasurer received
S537 900 National bank notes redemption and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28
CONDITION OF THE STATE BANKS.

CONDITION OF THE STAIE BANkS.
ALBANY, June 27.-Below are given the
accregaes OF tho several items Of and LA
bres O, tho banks OF discount and deposit operated
undcr the state laws reported to the superintendent
of rho Banking Department June b. The number OF
banks operation Is nineyone an increase Oh three In
the quarter.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07

and abominable nuisance that must
be abated and filled up, hogs or no
hogs, SO that all classes can pass
without getting befouled and mir
ed. And to accomplish this end
the Prohibitionists propose to go
right down, if need be, into the
foul depths of the wallow, with le-
gal clubs and stones, and drive out
every hoggish politician, let him
squeal as be may, that the walloW
may be filed up and paved over
for safe highway to all in the
march of progress AID reform.
This IS eohy aoe haze 70 go do'0''
into the filthy pool ofpoIltscs.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
Presbytery and Prohibition.

The West Virginia Presbytery,
recently in session at Clarksburg,
unanimously adopted the following.
"Whereas We believe the manu-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors
to be the gigantic evil of our time,
demanding condemnation by the
Church; which body is opposed to
and cannot teach compromise with
evil therefore;
Resolued, That it is our judgment
the traffic in intoxicants, instead of
being tostered and protected by our
civil laws, should be by these laws
driven from our land, and to this
end our voice in the government
and our influence among our tel-
lows shall be directed"
This is in direct accord with the
vigorous deliverance of the last
General Assembly convened in
Cincinnati, and it may be relied on
by Christian and Temperance peo-
pie generally that the Presbyter-
ian Church is sound on this
great politico-moral issue, and
that its whole influence will
henceforth be found in the line Of
legal and constitutional Prohibition
and that its membership generally
will soon be battling and balIoting
with the party that bears the BAN
ner, "For God and Home and Ma
tive Land"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07

hitherto contented itself with ar
occasional protest against the busi,
ness and evils of the legalized liz.
uor traffic. On this ground the
church stands TO day. Protest, while
always the beginning of a reform
is never more than a beginning
1t is apparent to all that SO long as
opposition to the saloon culmin.
ates in mere protest the saloon-keep-
er is satisfied with temperance
movements.
3. There is an impression that
the temperance movem ent should
be a moral movement alone.
Thousands of church people hold
this view and oppose all Others
This is doing immense harm
because it is SO utterly wrong. The
legalized liquor traffic is the most
powerful factor in American poll.
tics. The theory that this is NOR.
al reform will not permit US to Or.
ganize for the needed Legislation
against the liquor traffic, and so it
must Oh m fnra.a-
=
The great moral, social, and gov.
ernmental need OF to-day, is Practi.
cal Reform.
Without this, Prohibition is not
possible, The bribery, the fraud,
the perjury, connected with our
political elections are the natural
offspring of the saloon.
The poison of the liquor traffic
not only affects election and legis-
tive enactments, but the admins.
tration of law. All this is the re.
suit of careful organization for
wicked purpose, and the only ra.
tional way to overthrow it is for
the good people to organize for
good purpose.
In view of the foregoing facts the
following is recommended:
ResoLved, 1st. That we are I'm.
changeably opposed to the legalized
liquor traffic and cannot support
for any Office men or parties who
are in favor of such traffic.
End. We stand ready to unite
with all, who with single aim, are
striving to secure the adoption and
enforcement in this State, of Con.
stitutional Prohibition.
We believe that the friends Of
Constitutional Prohibition owe it
to themselves and to the sacred
cause for which they stand, to lay
aside mere personal feeling and
come together upon this righteous
principle, and press it upon the
next Legislature of this State, with
a determination that can not be re.
sisted.
4th. The West Virginia FREE
MAN having made brave fight
against the liquor interests, we
will still recommend it to ali tenn
perance and Christian people of
the State.
9Th. We rejoice in the Centen-
NAL of Temperance Reform and
join heartily with Temperance peo-
pie everywhere in celebrating this
great fact that our cause is one
hundred years old.
Z. WARNER, Committee.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
SILLJEK AND SILLIER.
The Political WallOW, a Nuisance
That Must be Abated.
Why ne must go do,on into the filthy
pool Of politics.

If possible the political oppo-
nents of Prohibition are growing
sillier and sillier every day.
The Oakland Republican copies
and comments on the fimsy and
illogical conclusion OF Bishop Mer-
rill's partisan letter in favor of
a'non-partisan" Prohibition, and
formulates the following very silly
remarks:
SIN other words, however desir-
abl the bringing our people to the
pursuit of tenn perance may be, it
is not to be effected by statutory
enactments. 1t is to be effected in
the same way that other moral re-
forms are worked. The friends of
temperance make the greatest mis-
take when they essay to make the
question political ISSUE"
Now, why can't sensible people
talk on this subject with the same
exercise OF common sense as on
other matters of public interest ?
All honest people preach and decry
against gambling, but who would
have the hardihood to say, "Keep
the question out of politics-you
can't make men honest by legisla-
ting against gambling?" And so
with prostitution, theft and other
criminal evils.
But the silliest phase Of this op,
position to making Temperance a
f'political issue" appears when we
look the bald facts in the face
These very fellows who decry
against befouling so sacred a ques-
ton of reform, by bringing it down
into the filthy pool Of politics, will
meet in caucus and convention
with the liquor men and THEN
agents, and after arranging every
thing to the satisfaction of the sa-
loonists, gamblers and brothel.
keepers, will lift their faces in
sanctimonious opposition to any
appeal or petition, brought in by
heart broken women or Temper.
seace committees. ooh" they say
don't befoul the Temperance ques.
sion by bringing it here-it has nc
place in politics"
Alike hogs in the wallow, having
pre-empted the political mud-h ole
with the liquor men and saloon
sLums of society, of course they are
displeased with any proposed inter
ference with their family muddi
mess.
1t may be but natural that hog
should enjoy his wallow, and at thu
same time insist that a sheer
should not come in and get hi
nwool contaminated and we shall
not now discuss the hogs motives
u trying to keep the sheep out
But we do sag, that this huge pc
Eitical mud, hole, right in the high
s'eay Of progress, is most griev
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
A Little Tardy.

Because of the editors absence
attending Temperance Meetings,
and lack of help in the Office, the
FREEMAN is unavoidably a little
tardy this week. 1t will try and
be on time hereafter.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
PROHIBITION SOWING.
How the Seed is being Scattered
on The Ohio Battle Field.

1t is said that all about the old
forts, trenches and earthworks OF
the battle fields of Petersburg, Va,
there sprung up Immediately after
the war, a wild, luxurious and pro-
ductive Peach orchard. And the
same is said of other sanguinary
fields of the late civil war. After
enjoying the lucious fruits of those
localities the contending soidiery
threw aside the Peach stones,
never dreaming of the harvest of
fruit they would bring forth, long
after the battles were over, and
those who scattered the seed were
in soldiers graves or discharged
and returned to peaceful ways and
occupations.
And so is it now in the political
battle so holly raging in Ohio.
The politicians of both leading
parties, while contending for the
mastery, are sowing vast quantities
of Prohibition seed that will lodge
in better ground than they wot of
and will bring forth fruit an hun
bred fold, to their utter dismay as
politicians, but to the great joy
and blessing of future generations.
While trying to belittle the Pro-
hibition issue and insisting on ev-
cry party stump and in every par
tisan sheet, that the question of the
liquor traffic is "side-show" that
has no business in the campaign,
yet this same question is demand
ing and commanding more atten-
ton and consideration than all
other matters combined.
Without seeming to realize the
fact, the partisan soldiery are con-
Stunning vast quantities of Prohibi-
ton peaches and scattering abroad
among the people the seeds
of Prohibition truth that will
spring up straightway and bring
magnificent harvest in the very
near future.
A few instances will explain.
Both the old parties having allied
themselves to the liquor interests
and SO presented hostile fronts to
the moral and Temperance people
of the State, are driven to the dire
necessity and extremity of bidding
directly against each other for the
beer and hummer vote. And in
this disgraceful political auction,
the partisan criers of the two old
parties are compelled to hold up
and discuss the position and de-
mands of the Prohibitionists, in
order to prove to their saloon mas
ters that their party is the surest
refuge for the liquor interests
against the destructi We purposes Of
these Prohibition "cranks." IT'S
true their situation sometimes be-
comes quite embarrassing, for while
thus coddling and fondling with
The be er-bosses and bummers in
the rear, bidding for the slum vote
they mustlt the:3ame time take care
that their hostile front toward the
Temperance people is not so hostile
as to bring on q collision with
that large class of conscience-troub
led Prohibitionsts, who are YET
trembling and hating between
love of party and love of principle
And go it was that the viciously
and villainously edited Commercial
Gazette, was recently constrained tt
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
THAT VOTED DOWN REPORT.
The Prohibition Stone that
The "NOn- Partisan" Builders
Reject.

hC,JOOOs
We gave below the Temperance
report, by DR.. Warner, Committee,
that caused the little stir and fur
nv in the recent United Brethren
Conference.
AS the action of the Conference
on this report has given no little
delight and hope and encourage
ment to the saloonists and liquor
men, with their political henchmen
and strikers, and afforded an &C.
casion for much editorial hilarity
and rejoicing on the part of the
partisan and whisky press of the
State, it is meet and proper that
we give the simple facts as they
occurred.
AS we are advised, the report
met the hearty approval of the
Conference, except that Brother
Harper, who has enjoyed so freely
the use of the FREEMAN columns
since the Grafton Convention,
seemed to think the FREEMAN de-
served a rebuke for its fearless en-
couragement given to the advanced
lines of the Temperance army, and
to formulate this reproof he moved
to strike out the 4th resolution.
The Bishop thought it not wise to
especially endorse any journal out
side of their own UNCONVENTIONAL
papers, and SO through his advice,
surprise, or somehow,the motion to
strike out prevailed. But what
was the astonish ment of those who
would reprove the FREEMAN, to see
the whole vigorous report, shorn of
section 4, rejected on the final vote.
1t seems that upon reflection,
the Conference would have
none of the report without the res
olution commencing the FREEMAN.
The above facts we have from a
member of the Conference. AS we
were not present to take in the cir
cumstances, we refrain from further
comments. The FREEMAN will still
try to do its duty with charity for
all and malice toward none." For
account of Conference proceedings
and appointments, see inside page.
THE REJECTED REPORT.
COMMITTEE Room, !
September %, 1885 I
The Temperance Reform is fill
ing large place in the public
mind and has reached that stage
when the Political Ahabs are char
ging it with causing great trouble.
That the principles and aims of
this Reform are right, no fair min
ded man will deny.
AS to this there IS very general
unanimity, while as to methods
there is wide difference OF opin-
ion.
By this difference, this movement
will be hindered, and yet in the
very nature of things there will
be a concentration of methods
and purpose, chrystalizing into
a movement, before which the le-
galized liquor traffic will 60 down.
That which is no more than a
temperance movement, is a moral
suasion movement, and deals with
the drinker only.
A moral reform has the same
methods and purpose.
For one hundred years these
methods have been in use, and yet
the power and evil of the liquor
traffic have steadily increased, I'M
til now it lays tax upon human
appetite to the amount of 100000,
600 per annum, This amount is
not only collected from the people
of the United States, but two.thirds
of it from the laboring mon of our
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07

of sound prohibition truth and logic
by Bishop Merrill, if haply it might
pacify and hold some of the dis
gusted and revolving Temperance
Republicans by the Bishops clos
ing partisan sophistry in favor Of
"non.partisan" Prohibition and
against the Prohibition party.
From the same motives the Com
Gazette and all the leading Repub-
lican papers of Ohio, together with
their Campaign Executive Com
mittee, are flooding the State with
this noted letter of Bishop Merrill's.
While its closing partisan pleas
and sophisms, may temporarily
save a few party votes, yet the in
vincible Prohibition logic Of the
body Of the letter will lodge in the
thinking minds and stirred hearts of
the sober thousands and brin 6 forth
harvest, the gathering of which
will cause the liquor oligarcbs to
tremble. And thus it is that while
the editorial columns of these pa
pers are filled with venomous para
graphs about "St. John, the fraud"
and "Leonard, the Reverend crank"
&C., to please the beer-bosses and
tickle the bummers, they are COM
PEELED to argue the question with
the sober, sensible end of their par
ty, and SO scatter the Prohibition
seed while vainly trying to extract
it's life and germ. And sown, the
process Of propagation and multi
plication goes rapidly on.
And now for an instance of this
same Prohibition seed-sowing by
Democratic journals and leaders,
to spring up in Democratic soil.
The manner Of sowing is different
on this side the political lines. AS
matter of policy, the editorial
columns of the Cincinnati Enquirer
and other leading Democratic jour
nails of Ohio, are graced with kind
ly paragraphs and favorable notices
concerning the Prohibition leaders
and meetings of the Ohio cam
paign; this to show the magnitude
and threatening aggressiveness Of
of the Prohibition movement, and
to enforce the appeal made to the
liquor men and entire saloon e]e-
ment to rally for refuge and securi-
ty to their tried and true friend,
the Democratic party. 1t is in
this line, and from these motives,
that the Enquirer has published
entire speeches by St. John, Leon
ard, John B. Finch and others.
The speeches must be published to
show the liquor men the purposes,
plans and growing power of the
movement for the destruction of
the Ii luor traffic, and as a basis for
column editorial appeals to all in
terested to unite with the Demo
cratic party to save the "vast in
dustries" OF brewing, distilling
and liquor-selling. And so here,
while these appeals may save some
whisky and beer votes to the Dem
ocratic party, yet all these Prohibi-
ton speeches and arguments, in
the stirring interests of the cam
paign, are being read by thinking
thousands of honest Ohio Demo
Gratis, and the good seed thus sown
will bring forth whole regiments
of Prohibitionists where only squads
ofDemocratic votes are saved from
the Republican whisky ranks.
And SO the Prohibition seed is be-
IN m coup hroo 5o OF h. 4ri n n n y, Il foo
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07
Parkersburg, w. Y;

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puper. This aOiU save as much trouble.
PLEASE SUBSCRLBE.-Let every J1tend
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guest to subscribe.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 1885.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-15
NOR scHooL cH11DREy THAN EVER BEFORE

Thousands of children were on the streets
before a. IN. yesterday, making their way TO tue
schools An army Of young scholars appeared 70 nave
sprung into during the vacation 10 begin the
school life year In the schools OF the upper wards
the scholars were I'm greatest numbers Above foft}
secoud nearly every school reported an Increase over
the first dny OF last year In many Instances thls IN
crease reached 200 while the falling on among the more
advanced classes tho schools VIII not average
more than twenty-five. There "a public schools
primary and grammar IN tho city These were opened
with single exception yesterday. No. ~. In firstst
which has rebuilt during the summer Will NOT Do
ready for another week , q,
In the afternoon superintendent Jasper had received
reports from eTent parts Of the city aud he gave II as
his opinion that the opening attendance wOnd 30 inc
largest ever recorded. expect. he SID, "that II
will reach nearly quite 1875 OOO this VIII be On excess
OF about last year. several new schools AI
additions are TO bo roady within short time that w
give room for OOC children who are now waiting
but N We had accommodation for 10000 more children
I'm the upper wards I beliovo that would be hucd'
our force Of teachers Is nearly $500. 49,,
At the College OF the city OF New-fork the exercise,
began with larger attendance than dsua nut the room
iu tie building was sufficient 10 provide Tor all In tho
Normal College IL was different Tho register shows
7Bg anes and moro than 1000 girls were present
The class rooms were crowded 20 their full limit am II
became necessary 10 organize two classos and place
some OF them In the chapel President Hunter said that
the college had never before been 20 crowded ana u
weuld be difficult for some time to get along smoothly
New-York tribune., 1885-09-15
BROOKLYN

The evening schools will open on tho hrSt MONDAY IN
October
The foreman Of the Grand Jury sworn IN yeserd9y Is
Thomas Goodwin real estate dealer, Of NJ. 80 BUSH
wick-aye.
Robert Furey. whose bid for the garbage contract
was $1,000 year, says that thc hNuieS SHV"N N''
been $4,000 year
pnin three cars on the Bridge has been discontinued
for the present as II was Ionna % ,1ht h 'e hv one
train had time to get of the platform Dciofe he
arrival OF the next one.
The CITY Works Department has ordered Balsleys
Pond one OF the sources OF the water supply IN queen.
connty TO be cleaned. Tho water has been drawn Oh
10 augment the supply In the distributing reservoir
There was no meeting of the Bridge trustees yesterday
for lack of quorum. The reasuIeTs report Tor August
shows receipts Of S5iSS 90 from to aTS TSe reps
were about $4,000 more than III August, ioe8, .heh
the tolls were twice "a high. Inc to'si niur 'o o pr
sons using the Bridge In August was lS24,6lo' d'y
average OF o2,O5o.
the bite OF a dog has been brought by Mrs Ezh Brown
| OF Coney Island against George Tilyoul who owns
ferocious mastiiI Tue alleges that the dog bit
noptb and sbe fears hydrophobia Her husband seeks
10 recover - 900 for the loss OF his wifes services
Cantain William Bonnel OF a West India steamship,
died s his home NO 2I0 Degrnwst Saturday al the
age Of oryfour On his return voyage he was stckch
with fever and agne and when he arrived at Quarantine
on Frtday his vessel was efused permission enter the
harbor until Health Officer Smith bad personally exam
ned bis He was then taken 10 MS hone' Dut ueu
| in short time lie owned several vessels
Abraham Lott, OF Fatbush, whom Governor iiill ap-
pointed Saturday 10 MI the vacant once OF sHrrosae
OF Kings County took the oath OF Onco before County
Judge Moore yesterday. His aPpointments for tho time
il understood to be until January l. new Surrogate be
Ing elected at the coming election Mr. Lott nled bond
| of soS 600 The Kings County Supervisors divided
upon the question OF making an appointment and con-
testing the office.
T. Dewitt Talmage returned from his trip abroad yes
| terday. The Aurana, In which he was passenger
reached Quarantine at midnight, aud party OF trustees
OF the Tabernacle and other friends OF Mr Tanage met
the vessel with aud taking hm on board steamed
| back to Brooklyn. He reached his home
! about a. His wife,, son ana Two uausIteI :
for the reception To be given this evening IN the laber
| nace Mr.. Beecher Is expected 10 preside and Miss
| Emma Abbott TO sing.