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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-31
ARCHIBALD FORBES.
WHY n,oLEILAT WAS FOR THE UNION.

BALTIMORE, May 30.-DecOration Day exer-
cises the battlefield of Antietam were more than
usually impressive They were under the auspices Of
the Grand Army OF the Republic and were partic.
pated in by posts from adjacent towns In Maryland
and Pennsylvania. An imposing parade was formed
under tho marshalship OF Admiral Fairfax After the
ceremonies, which concluded with the decoration or
graves with flowers, the orator OF the day. General
George b. Mcclellan, introduced, and after alud
ing the last time he had the field of Antleam'
that Is, on the day OF the battle, he said:
al and my fellow Democrats OF the North fought for
the Union because we believed that it contained within
itself power Of nsurng all possible good things to
this people and OF securing us against unnum-
bered evils and chiefly because We believed
that We could the hand OF God
guiding fathers in the creation OF Nation destined
TO become the greatest OF which history bears record
believed and still believe that IL is impossible for two
governments exist in this land OF ours without soon
coming into collision some secondary question: ana
that 1t better to fight at once for the main ISSUE
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ZINC AIFssoN FROM AMERICA.

LONDON, May 3O.-There is, 1t is runloreu.
an ncipent rebellion among British newspapers against
the Reuter- Telegram Company, which furnishes the press
with largo part of its continental and foreign no"'
SERVICE Vanity Fair which is authority Tor the runor
saws that the London morning papers have ior ohs
time considered the present Reuter- charge ofSloooV
year to each paper exorbant tax for the serVico
rendered The same paper estimates that the heu'oi
Company collects in London from the morning papers
alone revenue OF 100000 year. besides the large SUN
collected from the metropolitan evening papers anu
from the papers published elsewhere In Great bri'
The London Tines Vanity Far asserts, recently ma'eu
nm organized hostility the Reuter- tax ana str'eo
series Of meetings OF newspaper 10 SOM
bat the company Men'from The Times, The Ne~s' Inc
feegraph The Post The Chronicle and The Adrerse at-
tended these meetings, and tho result according 10
Vanig Fdr has been decision to abandon the Reuter-
seryce and to form an association among themselves
on the plan Associated Press of the United stIe
for the collection OF their foreign news. ..,
The Standard, says Vanity Far, declines TO oln TINS
new syndicate. The London agent or tue Assoclit 81
Press this evening interviewed Baron Reuter- thc
and president OF the Reuter- Company on the suoect
He said that company had issued circular 10 al inc
papers taking its service asking them to submit 10 IN
sequence of the heavy expenses incurred In collecting
the enlarged of foreign news engendered p te
recent foreign complications. " The newspapers, ho
said, NAV taken some action upon TINS deinahu
but we are unaware Of any hostile movement Dy inc
Dreksn
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TO OPEN TUFTS COLLEGE TO WOMEN.

BosroN, May 80 (Specia0.-At the meeting of
tho womens Centenary Association OF the Unversaist
Church this week sensation caused by the modest
remarks OF Mrs. Skinner This lady rose to suggest as
field OF work for the womens Centenary Association
the raising the asked the trustees
condition for the opening OF Tufts College to women.
Her remarks earnestly seconded by Dr. Patterson,
and one eager lady Immediately offered to pledge $25
The words and example seemed TO inspire the whole
audience with that enthusiasm which the sudden open
ing of pet project often awakens. President Capen
-smilingy listened to Several hundred dol
lars were pledged the spot good showing, in view
OF the fact little wealth represented In the as
sembage. The enthusiastic discussion which followed
was participated In by President Capen Charles Cayery
manager OF the Uniyersast Publishing House, the Rev.
Messrs Polk and s. p. Smith the Rey. Drs Patterson
and Emerson and many others. committee OF five was
appointed which should nominate In due time complete
committee carrying the plan TO successful ISSUE The
work OF eanvassing among Uniyersast Churches and
friends OF Tufts College in New England Is TO be
amount 800 000 In the shortest possible time
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the Russians. Advance on that place, If made
would have to be with q view to retake TIN strong
force with an adequate siege train. 1t would be
serious undertaking involving 800 mile march
over rough, badly-watered country, through
dubious il not hostile population, and with ever
lengthening communications Asingle reverse would
mean ruin. The Russians have 10000 men between
Merry and Penjdeh, and renforcements are eche-
loned all along between the Caspian and Merv.
regard taking into consideration the Transcaspian
Railway and the advantage of the route being
already in Russian hands, with plentiful water
supply from Tejend Swamp right onward, that
Notwithstanding the longer distance, division
could move more easily and quickly between the
Caspian and Herat than from Candahar to Herat
England's naval superiority would be over
whelming If her fleet could find an enemy or an
objective point Admiral Hornby takes command
on June 10 of an evolutionary squadron. destined,
it is sad for the Baltic. In the event of hoslites
it would comprise the turret ships Devastation,
Ajax, Inhexible, the rams Hotspur, Rupert. Poly
phemus, and torpedo ships Hecla etc. The rendez-
vous of the squadron is at Portland, whence 1T
proceeds on @ man9uvering cruise OF SIX weeks,
With proportionatey fine fleet Admiral Napier
went to the Baltic in 1854, but found great things
impossible; and that. too was prior to the age Of
torpedoes.
have thus outlined the military situation be-
cause there is as yet positive certainty that the
dangerous war is over The statement of The Ae,os
that Russia has accepted British frontier proposals,
which it claims to be practical solution of the
Afghan boundary difficulty, establishes a settle
ment (which is a modification of the line of Lessar.
The Ameer retains Maruchak, Zulfkar and the pass
of the same name Ia much more important conces-
slon). but Penjdeh becomes Russian. The announce
ment sent stocks flying, but the Conservatives are
mindful of the previous sanguinenoss of Minister'S
and are dstrustful, pointing out many details still
open Lord Granville made the announcement to
Tie NeOs.
.. ARCHIBALD FORBES.
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NEWS NOTES FROM LONDON.


RUMoR ABOUT Mr.. EASDERBILr.-It is repor'ou ' ne
William H. Vanderbilt Is the chief stockhoider III VA"
new Metropole Hotel on the Thames Embankneh'
EARTHQUAKE AT GIBRALrAR.-Dispatches from riotn, ,
tar state that earthquake shock was felt at tnal
yesterday.
A BARK AGRoUSD-The German lark H. Peters iohi ii,
Harburg for Charleston, has been aground onc WIN
discharge her cargo and hold a survey
MR. PHELPS EyrERr AINED.-Mr Phelps and MS WIZ ie
have been entertained In london by Mrs Bloonnert
Moore and Mrs Hughes Hallett. Among those PgSSoh Sh
were William Waldorf Astor, Robert Browning ana Lisnt
ton Sullivan. At OF the receptions Mrs Le" a. "
Philadelphia rccited one OF Brownings poems N"i'
Phelps warmly welcomed
AN ANCIENT CASTLE TO DE BoUGHr.-Emperor Mn, NH
lam has ordered the German Jyernment to puIcn,n.
the ancient Castle OF Dankwarderode near B rd
which was the original seat OF the Guelph family. tr
castle viii no restored and converted into museum Lo
the display OF historical relics The Brunswick %
OF Deputies has voted $4,000 to be applied us p"'o
the purchase money
To KEEP THE CHINESE oUT or TRoUBLE.-u is ~, ~,
ported that the Chinese Government Is about 10 appV
An English barrister resident I'm London, legal
10 CHINA on the international law OF Europe; len
thousand dollars per annum Will be pald 70 th1 ~
ponee "a salary and his duty will be to keep the rek
Government instructed on all questions OF lnternhloni
law that may In Europe affecting Chinese ih'ercs
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BUTcHERED VICTIMS OF THE APAcHEs.
HANGED ALIVE on A MEAT-HooK-gYEs ooUGED
oUT-CowBOYs TO THE RESCUE.

HANGED ALIVE on MEAT-HooK-gYEs GoUGED
oUT-cowBoYs TO THE RESCUE.
Tucson, Ariz, May 3O.-A Silver City dis
patch says: The bodies of Colonel Phillips and his fam
lily, who were murdered by Apachcs have been broughs
in, all of them in horribly mutilated condition. A
daughter ad hanged alive meahook stuck In
the back head aud Mrs. Phillips had had her eyes
gouged her breasts cut of and was otherwise
brtay manged. The residents Of this place are frantic
that such outrages should be perpetrated without
check.
GALVESTON, May 80. "A dispatch to The Ners, from
Ell Paso says The residents Of socorro. ~ NJ are be-
coming greatly alarmed for their outlying mining and
ranchng districts Money is being raised to equip
company Of cowboys to pursue Geronimo train left
here tonight for Las Cruces N NJ where 1t will pick up
Major Fountain and ninety men, who will 20 at once to
the relief of Lake Valley, which Is threatened By
Apaches.
EAGLE, n. NJ, May S0-The people Of the count $50
Sierra, socarro, Grant aud Doha Ana, thd
districts being ravaged by tie Apaches,
have issued address to the press OF
the country setting forth horrors to which they arc
being subjected and threatening to march on the san
Carlos reservation and wipe 1t out OF existence they
believe tna 5000 troops should at be sent 10 the
Territory crush the Indians. The address Is signed
by the popreors the Black Range Stage Line for the
people OF the Black Range.
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EIGHT THOUSAND IRON WORRERS IDLE
MILLS IN YOUNGSTOWN OHIO, cLosING-slGSIN0
THE SCALE AT PIrTsBURG.

MILLS IN YOUNGSTOWN OHIO, CLosING-slGSIN0
THE SCALE AT PIrTsBURG.
YoUNGsrowN, May 80 SpeciaD.-The iron
mills in this city shut down tonight and drew all hress
the operators refusing sign the scale presented By
the Amalgamated Association Committee Eight thou
sand men are out OF work In this city and SUBURBS.
Members OF the Amagamated Association say they be-
leye that the signing of the scale by several mills In
Pttsburg will have the effect of causing break ia rhis
valley but this the manufacturers deny. Many work.
men say that the scale signed there would be no
objections among the mill II the mills should close
for month 1t would have tendency TO stfen prices
and thus cause better demand for iron the rest OK
the year. Other mill men say a closing Tor even
msnth would not be satisfactory to them as they could
NOT AFFORD 10 loose the time. Some men think thatis
gouId be good thing the mills would close down fo-
month or SO each year.
PlrrsBURG, May 30.-The Republic Iron Works signed
rho Amalgamated Association scale to-day. This is
sheetron mill and Is break In the sheet iron Manu-
factnrers' Association formed yesterday.
DiIworth 4 Porter employing 800 men, and Carnegie
Rros Union Works employing about the same number.
signed scale this evening IL SAID nere wiz 20 Al
attempt made Monday by several nrms 10 start up
with non-unton men,
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pooroR1yG 4 Bengal. EGREsSS TAIL
THE ANIMAL CHEWING PIECE or TIMBER DURING
THE OPERATION.
TBr TKLEGRArH TO THE TRIBuSH.l


THE OPERATION
TBY IKLEGRArH THE TRIBUNE
| BosToN MAY O-Several weeks ago a Bengal tgress
belonging TO the Van Amburg show. in frenzy bit on
the most of her tall The animal Is splendid type OF
the carnivorous species but this caprice LETT her an
unsighty aud conse uently valueless beast 10 her
owners Week after week has passed by but the Doo-
tailed Qgress grew no better The wound would not
heal InnumerabIe little pieces of bone projected
from what was left of the vertebrc and as
long IA these bones renamed there was no
| chance for the beast to recover The show exhio-
tied at Salem this week aud on Wednesday, watts o
! well-known dog doctor of Boston, was sent ior 10
operate on the tail. The tlgress was in one-haf OF
a wagon cage In the other bali was an African lion.
Around the tgresss neck leather strap connected
20 nm iron chain. The first thing to be done was I"
secure the animal in the cage. rope was put around
one paw and then tho trouble began, the tgress grow
ing roaring and biting, She plunged from one side OF
| the cage to the other and IT was fully ten minutes
before the Second fore-paw was sequed III the
| rope The hind legs we're more easily bound, four
| sharp white tusks and two eyes hllcd with rage.
together with the doatenng roar OF the beast, caused
The doctor 10 pause "a moment before he entered the
cage. II only tor moment The tigress was gwen
piece of board to bite 10 prevent ih' pos-ioliy OF
nhicng injury upon herself The door swung open ana
| In a second the doctor was at work. Two OF thtee
pieces of The bone were ed and then the animal
| succeeded in hberating one oi her iorepaWs anu
made a vicious pass at Watts but luckily Tor hn inc
reach was too short Agaih the beast was bound and
| 90 firmly that escape was almost an mpossiDihtY
This time the doctor work in earnest and the
animal stretched the bottom Of the cage, con
tnuod to nash her teeth through the board and gov
sayagely.
Piece after piece of the bone came out 10 rapid
succe sson All around the tent were cages Of Will
| animals. which seemed 90 be In sympathy with tho
| tgrc.s and their roars were deaieung. The lion
pranced from the bars one side then on tho oiher
| shaking the wagon st each jump In twenty minutes
every splinter OF he shattered bone had been removed
and the wound carefully bathed In carboic acid; IL
va no traing matter tO release the animal Her hind
legs being set liberty she rose upon her haunches
| and made n tremendous effort to free herself Then
suddenly her strength gave out. There did not seem
10 be particle of energy left in her body The ropes
! we're removed from her iorc-paws ana Tor three
minutes she lay the bottom Of the cage almost NE
| less Shs soon rcgained her spirits, however The
animal about six teet long three feet IN height ana
weighs nearly 500 pounds She Is nearly four years
1 old
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THROUGH NEW-YORK STATE.
RING PERSECUTION IN BINGHAMroN.

BISGHAMToN, May 30 (Specidt) Much dis
cusson has place in this city In the past few days
over the action Of Recorder ". Downs In lining W. T.
Burrows one OF the OF the Binghamton Glass
Works for striking Patrick Bray. IN his employ
Bray used insulting language TO Bur
rows and the latter hit him with stick. burrows was
arrested and fined $50 nifty days In JAIL. He now as
serts that the matter merely political spite that
man recently beat a negro boy at the Hotel Bennett
savagely causing blood TO gush from his mouth and
nose and yet the boy black his assailan
was fined only SO.
Burrows says that George O'Nei n prominent Demo-
cratic politician here 10 him and offered TO settle
the Bray affair for 800, which was the amount Bray
mother owed O'Neil on mortgage. He Indignantly re-
jected ONeifs Offer and the latter then used his in
fihence Recorder Downs also Democrat, with good
effect Burrows II prominent Republican business
man. but to-day several Democratic business men de-
clared the fine unjust Recorder Downs. though an nc
tive Democrat has always heretofore bsen fair and up
right,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-31
PREPARING FOR VICTOR HUGo's FUNERAL

PREPARING FOX VICTOR HUGOS FONbNhl~
PARIS, May 30.-At meeting of the Cabinet
Council to-day measures concerted TO maintain
order next Monday the occasion of Victor Hugo .
funeral The carrying Of flags and embems In the pro
oes.ion commemorative OF Commune has been for
mally prohibited. The Bourse viii remain oPcn
The Government has decided TO submit bill to the
Chambers next week enaotng thf offences connected
with the display OF sedtiocs emblems shall be tried by
jury. . ., .u, oo..
The funeral OF Victor Hngo It Is expected VIII cost
the State and municipality at least 10000 francs
committee OF authors and journalists has been APP
pointed. and under their pces subscription st mas
been opened marble brOuzc proper rep
resentation OF Victor Hugo. -
Tie Senate to-day rejected by "A vote OF l-o toOI a
mot on to ccnsure the Government for secularLng INC
Pantheon. =. 80 -...,..
LONDON May 3O-Dispatches from Paris this evening
state that Victor HusOs will bequeahes the copyrights
the poets works TO Paul Meurice the dram
atst and the copyrights his other literary works 10
Auguste Vacquerie who married Hugos daughter jose
phine so immense has been the demand Tor MOVERS ny
the admirers OF dead poet for tributes at ms
that the result Is already flower famine IA Paris len
nyson has sent disdem composed OF irish lilies inc
ladies' OF Muhausen in Alsace, will send GIT OF MOWERS
NJ Lnckroy iugos sonln-law writes 10 the dppet mat
the multitude OF kilograms OF sympathy received by the
poets family from Spain and Italy proof OF tho union
OF the Latin The working classes IN Paris have
no sympathy with the Communist movement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-31
FEIGyED SICKNESS ALLEGED IN A SUIT
CuIcLco Nav 20 The damane auit nf Isal


~ Holland. formerly conductor the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad for $4,000 damages, came
to end this morning In Judge Garys court by the rem
derng OF sealed verdict against the company for the
amount. Holland Is confined 10 his bed. and his testi-
mony was taken by deposition. According to the evi
dence, Holland, In 1882 Rock Island dummy train.
II made two trips day TO South Chicago. on these
trips II partly over the Eastern Illinois tracks and
at the time had the right OF way. on the
day OF the accident an Eastern Ili-
nois freight train was swltching and
the water In the engine running low tho freight train
delayed The Rock Island train dashed into It, Ho
land thrown against q slat striking on his back.
He laid of several times complaining Of feeling badly.
and last his absence became frequent that he was
discharged physician treated him liver and kid,
ney disease. He finally announced himself cured and
obtained employment but he again took TO his bed and
has been there for eighteen months. He instituted SUIT
the ground that his spine was hurt. Drs. Baxter
Briggs, Ceynger, Harmon and Andrews supported him
In their testimony The interesting feature OF the case
that the defence took the ground that the paint
suffering from malngery that he had dwelt so long
supposed Injury that he really Thought his spine
was injured when In reality he only eigning illness
To support this view, Drs. Gum, Beck, Lyman and
Hurst cited many instances OF tho kind.
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EXAMINING LILLIAN MA ADISoNs LETTERS.

RICHMOND, May 30.-COnsel on both sides in
the Cluverus murder trial this morning spent more
than an hour in comforting the letters found in
Lillian Madisons trunk which have not already been
disposed Of An agreement was reached that instead OF
putting the evidence should be put ON record
that the young woman and Emmett Williams, OF Bath
County wrote to each other letters OF loving character
between December /, 1884, and March 5, 1885 that
there was no engagement OF marriage between them nor
y intention OF such agreement that Williams, who
Is only nineteen years old thought the correspondence
was all In fun and believed that Miss Madison meant It
I'm the same way and that he was lead TO believe SO
from what she had said.
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MATTERS OF interest IN TIE DOMINION.

MONTREAL, May 80 (SpeciaD.-A meeting of
the Board OF Trade and leading shippers held
here to-day to DISCUSS the question OF canal and har.
Dor dues and to memorabilia the Government TO the
advsabiity OF taking of the canal dues. This done
temporarily last season and commissioner was ap-
pointed to inquire into the result The re-
ported that good done by the abolition OF the
dues and accordingly they we're again put on this
son. The shippers declare. however that while compe
tition with NewYork and other Atlantic ports Is so
these dues sufficient TO turn the tide OF
port from this port
OTTAWA, May 30.-In the report OF the Dominion ish
eres for 1884, the total value Of the fish product for the
year the different provinces is estimated at $1776G
4O4 against $1695S l82 in 1888 This is exclusive OF
the fish consumed by the Indian population OF British
Columbia, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.
There was increase In 1884 In the valie Of the fish
caught In Nova Scotia ewBrunswck and Ontario and
decline catch of the other provinces The
Of fishing county paid out last year $130.227
distributed among 002 vessels and 272 boats
Lord Melgund, with Lady Melgund and family, are
passengers the steamship Parisian, which sailed to-
day from Quebec for Liverpool.
QUEBEC, May 30.-Captain Ireland Of the bark Sum-
merlee which was in collision with tho French bark
Richeeu of the banks Of Newfoundland, has appealed
to the ViceAdmiralty Court fer caveat He has de-
posted IS 900 as security for damages all actions
which may be instituted against his vessel.
Dispatches have Just been received here from the Do
mnion OF Canada Exploring party, now at Lake Mstas
sini. In the Northwest The explorers we're unable e
speak positively to the Dimensions OF the lake, bu
they have little doubt IL would be found to exceed in size
Lake Ontario. The country surrounding the lake hat
already been pronounced by the geological branch
the expedition az promising great mineral wealth, while
for agricultural purposes VIII bo practically yaueess
The lake completely frozen ovef on November 20.
A short time ago Captain George Eldrfdgc. o
the ship n b. Lewis left his vessel at New York anS
came 70 Richmond whore he taken i'll with small
pox The disease was viralent that the Captain dice
last night from the effects OF IT, after only short Illness
Five Of the crew were III In NewYork OF the disease.
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IN MEMORY OF GENERAL GORDON.

LONDON, May 30.-A meeting of tn Gordon
Memorial Committee held to-day In MARLBOROUGH
House The Prince of Wales AMI the Duke OF Edinburgh
were present 1t decided to abandon the project OF
building and endowing Gordon memorial hospital at
Port said to be the sick and injured OF oil nations
and seek some new and satisfactory form Tor tho
proposed memorial. II was decided TO request e9ch
advice in writing to the best AMI most enduring
monument possible TO erect IN GOrdOns hOhor statues
of any kind heing barred out by unanimous voice Of
the metropolitan meeting at which the Memorial Co-
mittee was appointed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-31
ACCEPTANCE OF ENGLISH PROPOSALS.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 30.-lt Is asserted in
some quarters here that Russlas acceptance OF the
English proposals due to the Cars friendship for
the British Cabinet and his desire to do nothing which
would hazard of the Tory party In England to
power. The concession Of Maruchak and Lulnkdr 10
Afghanstan It represented would strengthen the
Liberals who are regarlet more friendly to Russia
The car expects to visit tile King OF Denmark some
time his summer.
L. NDoN May 3o-M Lossar. the Russian special com
missioner will Immediately from London TO JOIN
Colonel Ridgway in Atghanistan for the purpose OF
carrying the special details of the WORK 0f MARKING
the Afghan frontier.