New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-04

simply Impossible Tor the head OF the Navy Department
OF this Government to single valuable invention
in eunnery or shipping without mourning the dsappro-
baton Of the whole England thinks nothing Of
Invention. The Official who would do That Ia t.is
country would be bounded ont Of place by tue eamc. Of
hear a good deal OF talk about the possibility that
and wcntered while ! chatting with Mr.. Weed n I
hal not struck one Of the reasons why the Secretary
| would be willing 10 make the change.
General T. W. Conway told incident Of the
stirring times Of 1863 the other day which involved
names Of three Of National reputation. The Cen
| eIal at the time was chaplain OF the 9th New York
Regiment the famous Hawkins Z0uayes. AMI had been
home to raise the second battalion ~ that 0rganiza
ton. Money was needed for their equipment aud he
| went around with a paper for subscrp tiOns AnOns
other places that he told TO was TO the Office Of
James +. Brady, In Nassal-st. near Wall. In Braiys
law office also John Van Buren,. 0t The ex
President Brady, who was War Democrat. lnmei-
atey subscribed $3.50. There had cen considerable
talk about John Van Buren's POSITION AMI lie Wal
generally suspected Of sympathy wtn tie Rebellion.
Alter Brady had signed tho paper he turned 10 van
Of disioyalty; here's your chance to SHOW item your
eolors" Van Buren, replied In a .Irl voice: Ir,a
olanked lilo about my not beng loytl" and SEEING tns
zen put Town an coal amount VII. br'ay rS gIsd
said -" I went later IN samuel J. fildrn np IN
GIamcrcy PARK. He said be Thought instead II raising
ought be considering ns rai,g OF ands T. "rIug tho
troops home. did not get any subscription from him
General Jack Easement, OF ono. VIII, built largo
part Of the Union Pacific Railroad. is 9ti engaged Ia
railroad COnStructlJn comes 10 NOW ho
is little Gubbn " OF a man, short and WIZ, with
sturdy figure and a face stubbly CROWN
of sandy brown whiskers In some respects tho
General looks like General Grant lie wears u little
rornd felt hat of Doys size, which gives hin janny
air. and Ire Ia invariably pulling away AZ bii cigar
rhe General has a record. He the Urst IA the
country make practical use OF D.tur" gas Ills nome
at P.uesville OHIO. besn heated ani lighted f"r
twelve fifteen oars from gas wsiI bored Oi Inn III
his door-yad. The gas Is used go ior c.3'ns pir,
| posts [ vast General who made the IN L. don't
against General Garfield tor Congress In 1874,
by which GaI6eid's huge majority was severely cht
frequently heard in The Prohibition movement !" Dho
repei: wrll. I've got couple Of boy' growing
up aud favor Prohibition on their account , T1s
oldest hoy has since died, a bright youaS man ands
college student OF PROMISE
| General Easement told me OF German who was
slightly wounded in the first engagement % the war In
which his command participated. The man got
scratch his scalp He jumped about Xix fet in tho
air grabbed his heal "itn boih hands exciaimg;
" sherlsaiem! Den first man kilt in Company d."
In a chat with Southern recently he to ma
that New Orlsans recently vent through street car
franchise Ths Cd NV Orleans and Clrr' n
line o. the first slreetca lines Dlili IN tuis
country rhe company got a Charter in 1888 winch ran
htty Years the charter out tAroe years
Legislature PASSED. law that tine franchise should be
put public sllc AMI sold to the highest bidder the
new chartet twenty I've years. The Old company
bid So 900 the ise IL not the highest
bidder. hut 1t able u sho" puzzle advantage In TIE
acceptance Of Its bid nd kept the road. As Shaving
action VI public officials il much the same the
country over, my Ormant told me of ne ise made OF
tti- ian was spaatsi n IN me O p,'st ~ Tue
streets a.ong which .he railroad HE i run Iheclty
debt. tue creditors conceived plan To- levy
on this money as soon as it should s- pad into the
treasury Tho local legislators. Councilmen ar Aider
men. Iassed resolution to leave tne m"n-y Ia Tue
hands OF street railroad until paid to the contractors
for repairs directed. The railroad line hns eea ne
custo II of the money ana made haii,om" trrsst
account by the operation. which public opinion III New
! Orleans declares was dvviol
The labor pro- lem getting every where the thought
| rffs-t IA tsll
public lie The people OF the PacIc Coast have hii
phases OF the problem presented to them which have not
distressed pc plc OF tho other staies Hound IN
talking with ex-senator Corbet OF Dragon, recently
that the Cninese question mad lei tao statesmen OF the
Coast to study aud profit sharing long before me
present agitation OF that plan the East. He salI to
remedy for the evils We now eniurc II deserve at
right tuug stand that the sr.at Touring mls
at - Paul are n'w an On tai, pl.n, ine w., :" i
sci tne interest on the capital invested Lac
cs,itI Thrv tase their disriD itlon on u raiiD OF
earnings Tue prohts Chat 20 to he aoorers 'ic ~ tner
divided into equal parts Que half i 'mne lately
distributed The end OF tue yea when TIE 'iy iona u
declared. The ot,or halt is mel ~ aro''r'e against
possible loss in the next year II th're j. no los IL
dstrpnted at the end OF tae second year. AZ con aie'
it would hardly be possble to ct apa strike or dLAf
rangement OF business ia these Hills
John Elkns brother Of 3. B. Elkins AMI memb' o;
the Colorado state Senate has been in Nog.York fora
man, wi Ii sandy hair ana flowing beard 81 nery red,
all auuiline and ligcly command OF language. hs
would never be taken for 5. b. ElAins's brother IL -
appearance. chatting with him yestcr6ar when
he told about legislation IN his State The "a ute
book Uttered up lot Of rubbish the shape OF
law that are enforced and cannot be enforced
spent last winter and this in state OF chronic objection
opposed the passIse OF any new nea ures Whatever
and kept insisting on tile reped 81 some OF te laws 10"
supposed bc in force. The 0u! bill Tor which voted
to stop the oleomaTga rln, manufacture Judge
riliord, who halls nom California, h"d Dozen h'sins
IA days before. In wlcn he Dy mistake Kept
alAiug about California instead ol Coci.t, got u9
10 do with the He shot back ~ mo win the reply
tna tue question was not pertlasnt on the p' % the
gentleman from Missouri. The joke was on ne. "hcn
the ocoulargarine bill came up he apeard 10 me- 70
it would stop the Manufacture In cooralo ani LEI
Missouri manufacturers get AL the trade Ihe9 utH
him. told him | must obey the voice OF my Missouri
constituents, OF course The bill was duly passed
II was John Elkns who surveyed the famous Maxwell
land grant He told that all he knew abort 1t was
that the Land Office instructed him 10 run certain oe-
by certaL bounds and he the lines according To
Instructions The settlers III that part OF New-Mexico
much worked up o'er tue running OF THESE inc,
banded together to resist the survey hSi' d'n'd
his Surveying corps and went ont Wth them leh tAel
came lpOn the settlers who Were pieparn- 10 EAkt
trouble Elkns msdo them It'll speech lie shid A.
had h.s instruc ions, and while he wa aware OF me
hardship it to of them h had 40 power - de
otherwise than run the lines a. Instructed nave
instructed men to shoot tho nrst man VINO oDstrct
their VOL and it will 10 done" he concluded Ih'
survey won't on uninOIssteu
The exigcDcies politics the West ilnstrate<
In a story told Tue of tho Censorship cOtc-' Out o
which Henry NJ Teller elected to the United sta'e
Senate The mother OF State senator stephenson who
WAS one of Telers supporters. died In Nebraska twOo
three DAYS before the was u meet Ia order l.
attend the funeral back IN time stephenson wa
obliged 10 take d special train and maze tie Llp Al
night. The train consisted OF an ens'nr ani ono car;
The engineer had Instructions 10 stop Zoe hpthng IL
was cold night and cattle had srhyei up on thc tracks
nj different points 10 sleep. Wien the engine dis
covered "A bu OF these he JUST pulled the nro.tr waive
ire wider omen and thc hecVes yins IN the air.
They killed seventy 1--we head q: cattle in the trp.
John ElRins enlisted sixteen in the l6th Missouri
Confederate Regiment, and served through tie entire
war as soldier II was OF this iact that the story
WAS once started g. Esns had been IN tbe con-
ieier.te service The latter was IN Genera. Thomas