New-York tribune., 1885-01-07
Commissioner was so promptly confirmed by
the Board of Aldermen.


There ia more or less brutality in all hazing,
for the process generally brings out all the
natural depravlty which exists in the perpe-
traitors of it but it is incredible that the caoe's
at atAnnapolis ever rolled fellow stud ent III a
barrel into which iron spikes had been driven
The case of young Strang, in which such ai'ega-
tions are made, should have the lmme-
date attention of the officers of the Academy
and of the Navy Department.
Friends of the Piegans will doubtless be able
to take steps now to prevent these poor Indians
from starving. Congress has suddenly realized
their needs, and has appropriated $5O,O0O 10
buythem food. Credit can certainly be obtained
Oh the strength of the VOTE and the purchase Oh
the supplies must be fastened by all possible
means There is no use, perhaps, to inquire al
this time why this matter did not receive
attention before. The unanimous consent OF
the House to the resolution from the Committee
on Appropriations indicates that the Repre-
sentatives generally have no wish to starve
the Indians to death. Somebody has evidently
been suddenly stirred up, and the process was
undoubtedly hastened by the praiseworthy
activity of the Indian Rights Association.
The outbreak Of typhus fever in the tone
ment houses front and rear, at No. 557 West
Thirty y-second-st is likely to be quickly sup
pressed, owing to the prompt measures OF the
Board of Health. Thirteen persons were
found suffering with the disease, and were I'm
medIately removed to the hospital, where the
contagiOn cannot spread. The outbreak seems
to have been caused primarily by the hlthy
habits of the occupants, but the owners OF the
houses are not free from responsibility, as II
does not appear that they Obeyed the directions
of the sanitary inspectors concerning the re-
mOval of garbage. No officers OF the law
should be clothed with too arbitrary powers, OF
course but it would hardly tOpple over our
free institutions if the hands of the Health
Department were strengthened somewhat by an
amendment or two to the laws.
That Americans are the most inventive pe0-
ple on the face of the globe has long been
proudly claimed by Brother Jonathan, and John
Bull has never been niggardly in supplying
opportunities for testing the claim. The tri-
umphs won by American ingenuity in nearly
all the great international exhibitions which
have been held since 1850 have been solid and
substantial. Another tempting opportunity is
offered 10 tne lnFenUorS VI oho oni'ou o'''''
and all interested in their work by the lnterna-
tional Inventions Exhibition, to be held In
London this year. A talk with }. Pierrepont
Edwards, the British Consul, which is reported
elsewhere, gives valuable information about
tho plan for this great mechanical fair. The
time within which applications for space will
be received will expire on January 81, and
those who have not yet filed their requests
have only few days to spare. 1t is unfortu-
nate that a commission has not been appointed
to care for American interests, but intending
exhibitors on this side of the ocean will find
that they will not be neglected by the
British authorities. There Is everything to
gain and nothing to lose by an imposing dis
nlay of American inventions at this exhibition.