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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
. POINT For THE sHiPBUILDFRs.

Secretary Whitney il anxious to get bids TOT
the new cruisers fr"m as many shipbnilders as
possible. He has been in consultation Win
Philadelphia and Wilmington shipbullders
during the last week, and Mt their suggestion
has prepared "a form of contract which they will
be required to sign, if they sueceed in under
bidding their competitors. The Secretary has
admitted that contractors are entitled to
know before they compete for Government
work tie precise conditions of the agreemtnt
which they will be called upon To sign.
The shipbu,iders may be entitled TO some
thing more than the text OF the contract.
They may be justified in asking the Secretary
tn provide in advance of the competition a
legal opinion from the Department of Justice
respecting the validity of the proposed con-
tract. They have not forgotten that when the
contractor for the first four vessels of the new
navy had nearly completed his work. the
Attorney General Suddenly proclaimed his
liability for every dollar which had been paid
byth, Government. The contracts were pro-
uounced illegal and Mr.. Roach, with his credit
undermined by a distinct threat Of prosecution
for the recovery of the money paid on the
contracts, was driven out of business.
The shipbuillers are certainly entitled to a
legal opinion from the Department of Justice
respecting the validity of the pr0Dosed CON-
tracts. IL they guarantee the results in horse
power, speed aud displacement, when they are
not responsible f,r the designs, they will take
great risks. Thev cannot be expected to do
ANYTHING more. The Secretary himself mist
guarantee the results of IA legal Interpretation
of the contracts bv the Department of Justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

The Averages this year has been Si65 tor the
roads abOye named, against S 40 last year,
S453 in 1884 and sS497 in 1888. These figures
show that there has b zen real improvement in
Southern railroad traffic, as in Southern in
dustr, generally, and greater than in the
Northwestern OF Eastern section, but less than
in the Northern Genital States. They also
show that the Improvement has not been so
great as to justify an altogether unlimited adj
vance in prices, and that such an advance, If it
il to come, must he based on changes yet t. be-
accomplished, and not on improvement thus
far realized
The explanation usually given for advance in
n,ices is hardly the one which many ex
nerienced observers suggest, who remark that
a general rise in prices usually comes to q halt
not long after it has caused especial excitement
in southern securities. But other consider
atious should not be overlooked. The
Treasury IS steadily expanding the circulation,
and at the same time Europe is sending hither
for the present large amounts of gold. Last
week guild receipts were $1,000, 200, and ship
n,ents of s., 100000 from the other side are
renorted. In three weeks Of Novem Der over
ss 600 900 have arrived from abroad, and the
Treasury has taken up only 1000, 600, while
adding to the circulation $1,7UO.U00 silver
notes and $3,OOO,OOO legal tenders. Last
week the Treasury took in bat 5000, 900 gold
ond raid out but $4,000 notes. ard the
hanks increased their reserve So, $3.50. 500.
Fear of stringency having passed and per-
ceptible pause in business having occurred, the
hanks have more money 70 lend and capitalists
more to venture in speculative operations
The termination of the great strike at
Chicago was another event OF helpful influence
LAT week, aud threatened strikes in coke and
coal regions and among cotton spinners kay o
not vet occurred. Labor il just now more
fully employed than usual. The coming con-
yeution Of trades unions, 1t is thought, may
have good influence the industrial future,
if it is directed by the more conservative men.
who desire to promote arbitration rather than
| resort to violence or arbitrary measures. The
| consump tion Of anthracite coal is diminishing
| for the months of September and October it
| was b3l ,769 tons smaller than last year. or
about 7i2 per cent; but tho decrease was
mainly in September. and probably result Of
unusually large purchases in preyious months.
| Wheat was lifted toward The end of the week
| by foreign news, and by reports that growing
grain was damaged by the storm, but the
Visible supply. 5s,3o0.o0o bushels, against
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The astute NJ John Iemoinne thinks all the Balkan
troubles are due to English lntrigues. Doubtless.
It Is also time honored Gallo belief that the spots
on the sun are the work Of perldious Albion.
The frozen meat trade Of New Tea and has become
an important service to that colony. the exports
since January l amounting to moro than 100000
carcasses Of mutton. Still. December, January. Feb
rrary and March the only months IN the year
when shippers feel safe in shipping large quantities.
There is one prior Incident in his Father Josephs
life. however. which cannot DO passed over; IN
ward on the Mersoy. Mr. Adams. the American
Minister, called the attention OF Lord Rus s then
alleging that int MED for the service Of the
eSsucs c the & mr. ADAMS Sfs cons@ tel Mr. COZ
er. and forwarded to the Foreign Oifee snch 9Ni
f ss ees as ne Should e I"S Russell Sa not
satisfied. but after some decay determines 70 sesh INC
is said to the Illness OF the Queens Advocate some
delay occurred the opinion of the Law o,cers when
too late a. Alabama had 81 lei. II Mr.. Golfers
opinion. which nobody now doubts was 'he Coffee e
tention Of two steam rams In the Mersey, PAD pees
acted upon when %as Gsn int terward @ade
for the depredatons Of the Alabama.-uonhon Satur-
day Review
A red hot California Democrat recently made tho
welkin ring by excaiming. "If ever 20 back on the
principles Of the Democratic party. may my right
hand cleave to the roof Of my mouth.
young woman went into Chicago library tho
other day and asked for the novel entitled "She
Combcth Not Her Head" bat she finally concluded
to take ole Cometh Not. She Said"
Why do always talk about putting on coat
and yest3 Who puts coat before the vestl We
liso saw shoes and stockings. What's the matter
with us, ans how l-fPhiaielphia CAL.
Boston win rave thirty chamber concerts during
the coming season
More 10 the Purpose Professor" Next time. ladies,
will bring 20 your acquaintance OF the great men OF
the pssI" Delightful Young Lady ito her neighborl-"l
shou prefer 10 make the acquaintance OF the young man
who hasn't passed yet"-tGerman soke
The people Of Chicago said to feel sighted because
the missionary societies do not appropriate money for
Chicago
The political Hill and the Andovers theological hill are
the sources OF much trouble Just now
Boston boy found lost dog several miles from
home spent all his pocket money In buying IL some
thing to eat, ami then took 1t 10 its owner lho
,adyi of the house told him that he had mo bu,i-
ness 70 touch him." but after thinhlng IT over she
mildly asserted that she "didnt know as she biamei
him after an" and allowed him 10 20 without .
American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

sworn to do their duty betrayed their trust and
bartered their honor. The Broadway infamy
will be lasting blot upon our municipal adj
ministration. But good results will follow the
laying bare of this inquity. Bribery will be
made rare If not impossible. Men like Keenan,
and Moloney will be driven from public lite.
1t is no, unlikely that Canada will soon be made
no longer a refuge for the br'be-monRers'
bribe-takers and embezzlers OF the States.
Aud it is confidently hoped that some clutch
will be laid upon the men who offered the
br hes strong enough to assure them. of their
Just deserts. Not the bribe-takers alone should
be consigned to Sing Sing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
M0NEY IND RHSLN ESS.

Judging from the stock market one would
say that the business boom had gone South.
Nothing is heard of 1t in the Northwest about
these iva, according To the Street, and the
securities which were moved up so per cent or
more in price are now as inactive IA ii investors
had pasted them all into big books. But the
enormous growth of industry and business at
the South is inst now on everv body's lips. and
the CONT of Monte Crislo il expected to arrive
from that direction every day. Last week
sp-cnlaion in Southern stocks lifted the
general average for sixty active securities
above $40 per share, the highest point touched
since the summer of 1888 before the collapse
in Denver and Northern Pacific. Only five
Southern stocks averaged an advance of Si2
each last week. The fifty remaining averaged
an advance OF 81 cents per share, so that, in
Guiding the Southern stocks, the general
advance was 81 "a per share.
1t was on the 2Oth of November last year that
the speculaiion for that season eliminated IN
the highest prices of the year, aud that advance
was followed by a reaction from which prices
did not recover until last August. From July
l to Noven Der 20, in 1885, prices had risen
Just 40 per cent, taking the average OF active
securities. But ut the highest point year ago
West Point sold ut 40, Norfolk preferred ut
333., Memphis and Charleston at 35, Chatta-
nooga at 4sl2. and Louisville and Nashville at
51l2. Whoever pleases can reckon what the
advance in the Sc stocks has been. In Septem-
Der, the latest month for which there are full
returns, the earnings per mile OF Southern
railroads, 25 in number. showed an incrsase oi
81 per cent over last year; 81 rair Dads In the
Northern central re ion showed an incr ease of
81 per cent /; Q in the far Southwest Increased
80 per cent; Is Eastern roads gained As per
cent, and II Northwestern gained 3 per cent.
The earnings per mile operated On certain
roads for September of several years were as
fnllOMs:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
THE CONSPIRACY OF BRIBERY.

When the testimony of FullGraff and Duffy,
LAYING bare IN all its revol ing details the
gigantic scheme Of bribery by which the
Broadway Surface Railroad Company secured
ito valuable franchise, was told on the witness
stand. and when after crOss-examination that
Testimony remained mistaken, there was one
plaip and easy course open to the defence.
This was to abandon the case and enter plea
of ouilty. The belief pre- vailed among many
Intelligent persons who had been in attendance
nm the trial that this course would be pursued.
II was said that in view of the developm ents
that had been made the senior counsel for the
defence at least could hardly longer remain in
the case This course, however. the defend
arts, advisers have not seen wise to take, and
tie case must now go TO the jury. The men in
the jury-bOx have made good impression
pnon visitors to the courtroom, aud there is no
REASON to doubt that an honest verdict will be
rendered.
Tn the nature of the matter a charge of
bribery is particularly hard of proof. The case
of McOuade differs radically from that of
Jaebne. Jaehne's confession alone was
sufficient to convict him, but it was backed up
by corroborative evidence that could leave no
room to question his guilt. Whether or not
McQuade will take the witness stand in his own
defence is yet uncertain, but there is no con-
fession from his own lips for him to deny. So
far there has been no direct evidence showing
that McQuade received his share of the
$500, 900 DOODLE; but the circumstaniiOl
evidence is entirely convincing. ONeil of
eourse denies tho statements OF Fulgrif and
Duffy 90 will Reilly and Cleary, if they are
witnesses, and so will McQ Jade himself if it is
decided to Lot him run the gauntlet OF IA cross
examination. The confessions male public on
Friday and previously given in detail to the
Disirict-Attorney bear internal evidence of
their truth aud harmonize with all that has
been limited and suspected hitherto. No fair
minded Juror can hesitate in deciding which
side 10 believe.
1t is not pleasant spectacle-this revealing
of the shameless way In which public servants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

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9Asfxo-f-Emtut~ -. r.,r
SScsscpfa rrAN HALI~-Aztsc rsh
49, observation-disclosures u..
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SpEk msss. HoUsE-e-The Jypsy Baron.
SHArn :. 80 pa RK THEATRE-s-The Uhoagans
1890 Tur .TRy-~-FronFror a.. D.~r.-
S.,sos souARK IHxArKe-s:3o-Jin' tne re"" m.rv,
~sc and Monitor Naval Battle ,, c.
.,-rn~.r,rr.s OPERA HOUsr-S-6omeh orosS'
HIs,S US e. RDE~-s-The World u Mine.
SSoo1 va THEArRR-s-AW Wall street nan"@
ssv.~n.pn TgEArRE-s-Ro-lna Nosos.
S,sp ruRArRE-s-Hamlet o,,,
Su.yYI TTEATRs--S-Ratcatcher OF haipn'o|
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ssrusT ,UR .rRY-S-f'su n IN a 20 -. 49, pfa+o
oansy T,RrRNAcIE NEAR 9Th AvR-Chilst ns,o'e 60
90 E.sr i4rH.sr-lO n W. TO 10 D. m.-Os""''' N
pettve Art Exhibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
47.oOo,Ooo year ago, does not warrant the

100000 q year ago, does not warrant the
weeks advance of cents. Corn rose IL
cents without discOverable reason, and oats
half q cent. Pork advanced % cents per
barrel and dressed hogs 80 Of a cent Cotton
showed remarkable decrease in exports last
week, only 1885 bales against 216,229 last
year, but the quantity reported on shipboaru
not yet cleared is large, and the price did not
change. Coffee speculation was strong. ana
sugar advanced a shade, but oil, after rise 10
IT cents, relapscd 10 the closing price Of the
previous week. In iron the tone continues I'd
strengthen, but coal was a shade weaker Ine
volume of business is still little larger thah
it WIS year ago, but not much when tne
activity of specn tion is considered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
VAS CLhVkLAND BORN IN 1887

IL is evident from an article which IL puDDshed
in the current number of "iarrer's Weekly that
the editor Of that paper Is abOrin, under the I'M
preston mat it was the two hundred AMI hluet
anniversary Of the 70 n ing OF Grover CeVeani
that celebrated at Cambridge, Mas. last week
The O. tice in question. beaIing the title OF "A Lay
at Harvard" is expla nabe ON no other theory
In it the university receives in 4 entail mention
but its main purpose is TO vindicate AMI advance
Mr. Cleveland. A few sentences are devoted to MI
Lowell's address, few words to Dr Holmes
poem but 10 IS Cleveland that is dwelt upon-the
very favorable impression made by Cleveland 5
speech the warmth of the reception accorded 10
Cleveland at Cambridge an1 at Faneuil Hall ana
at the Ven ome the dis nterestedness and efficiency
OF Ceve and's supporters in Massachusetts. the de-
D essing spectacle presented to the opponents OF
Cleveland Nor does A Day at Harvard" exhaust
IFS erlogy of Clevelani in the making OF these
roints 1t goes step further The weekly
informs its readers that "thc occasion eliminated
with the noble concluding words OF the address OF
Mr. Lowell" That is TO say. as "1he Weekly
looks at it, the occasi6 n eliminated in Cleveland
an entirely proper elimination n case the two-hun
dred-an l-frtieth anni ersary was Cleve Us.
Now the Editor of "1he Weekly" ought TO know
what he was ia king about. for he was one OF the
quests Of this occasion Still there are tbous IN
of people who were led to believe that the ami
vcr<arv was not Gle Glands, hut the nnivel sltys
II il should turn out IN inves'igation THAT they
were correct. "1Ie Weekly will be plared in IN
embarrassing rositi n 1t will be convicted Of an
attemrt TO pluck the laureh from the brow OF Ilar
ward On place them up the brow of Clev elani to
transform high literary festival into boom for
its candidate for tire pcs dency in 1888.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
HHAT THE PUBLIC READ.

Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner, in Harpers
Maqarine tells us that the publishers are lament
ing the decline of the taste for books and of
the habit Of buying them and then he goes
on to remark that the people nowadays seem
to find no time TO read much else than the
newspapers and magazines, and repeats the by
this time rather trte regret about the influence
of the newspapers on the reading habit. Now
in the first place it is to be doubted very much
whether Mr.. Warner is right about the decline
in the consumption of books. We should DC
inclined TO think, Judging from several indica-
tons, that the sale Of sterling publications was
Larger to-day than ever before. There Is,
however, sharp competition in the publishing
trade, and great many books are put out
which do not sell because they do not deserve
to do so. But waving this question for the
presept. We propose to say few words concern
ing the oftcn-repcated allegation that the
modern newspaper has an injurious influence
unon literature and the literary taste. and that
in presenting a great mass Of what Mr.. Warner
calls "chopped-up literature it vitiates the
public palate and more or less weakens the
capacity for solid reading.
There is unsuspec;ed superstition and con-
vcntionalism in this complaint The supcrsti-
ton consists in what may DO called the book
fetichism What this implies is that all infor-
nation put in book form is necessarily better
than information in any other form. The con-
ventionaism consists in repeating shibboleth
without asking what 1t means or whether II
means anything. We deny that the indictment
against the newspaper Is well found. The truth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
THE MEMS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGv.--The Dublin Castle system now oca'
coverument 10 carried on in Ireland. - Rus'ian
Copsuls leaving Blu CARA - Successor OF faui
Rert. - Orderly meeting of Socialists III lraiai-
gar Square. London.
DIM src.-The President TO attend the funeral
of General Arthur. - Annual report OF 'he
Postmaster General - The condition OF the
navy; report of Naval-Cons'ructor wilson. -
Death Of Charles Francis Adams - hesiena-
tion Of the Rev. DR.. Wthrow ~ Boston. -
Killed By a Waterman in Kingston - 0enera'
Berdan's opinions of sul marine torpedo boats
CI1YAND SUM BAN.-The arrangements Tor ex-
President Arthur's funeral completed - Lev
ter carriers making complaints. - Work done
Nv the Central Labor Union. - he Rev. u h.
Taton preached on intemperance - MT.
de YounQ's views of California. - Preaching on
'Christ before Plate - Mr. Stanton aDd Dr.
Fulton aired their troubles IN Brooklyn. -
Clarence Robinson died.
THy Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Far
followed by light rains grow ing cooer. Iempera-
ture Yesterday: Highest, $50; lowest 40; aver
age. 45o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

fr0a TIA S. LOUIS 0Io0e. DenocfuL .
Roscoe Conking Is quoted rs having recently descr.
n witness u man with mouth stretching across tae
Wide desolaon OF his fountain Of falsehood and
sepnlehre of rum" speaker without Mr. Conkhngs
for the picturesque would simply nave SAID a 'u'
fellow resembled the Democratic party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

Doodle Aldermen. end the story Of persistent and untng
detective work which followed that crime through oil ts
devious twstings and turnngs t the colossal roIes
we're unasked With the story Of the crowning work Of
Mr. Byrnes within s pages, the book would have had
especial value for the City Hall library
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
HOW TO PROTECT SEWING WOMEN.

The BUSOn IFHHS'TIF| =, A.,
That IL a pleasant story which Helen Camp0ell tes ia
THE NEw-lORk TRIBUNE OF the foicmen VINO uc"uVe ~,
for "A dozen garments In dozen be defeoiisc
there no Industrial Union New York, there IN D
ton, To take such cases into courtf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
COMPLETE pEsuETupE NOT DESIRABLE

The only thing that delays the nnal banishnentf
be IN the tendency OF the shelved bcns
cratic Congressman TO continue 10 explain why they so'
left.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

Those optimistic PERSONS who have been express
ing the opinion that the newspapers have eNa:-
gcr,ted the facts about the rottcnness and infamy
in the city COVE nment will now be allowed time
to crawl into their holes. The story OF the organ
lied brigan lace Of the Aldermen has ne er been
eouarcl by anvthiny yet told bv any imaginative
rerorter about that body. And Op'y think that a
few months ago JOHN Kcenan was the bismarck
CT the Cornty Democracy. the man who gave He'd
den his orders in the Custom House and who was
the actual "hossT in more than one department
Are the reople sure that al the Kecnans and Mo-
loneys have yet been exposed?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22

The Republican candidate for SUPERINTENDENT
of Public Instruction in Indiana carried the state
by 9O47 ma GRITTY This would he a fair majority
for the next Republican President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-22
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-14
A Newell Marriage at COrtez.

Hank Smith, we'll known In Eureka and
one of the prospective millionaire mining
men Of Cortez. this county, was married
in a rather novel way on the 7th instant at
the latter Town to Miss Maggie Johnson, q
charming. youthful and vivacious bru.
nette. As yet Cortez has but a small pop
uistion and is without . minister or an
official having the authority to perform
Abe marriage ceremony. This, however,
serves as no barrier in that section to
those whose hearts beat as one, and on
the day mentioned the couple called to-
gether at the residence Of the bride a
number Of their friends to witness their
union as man and wife. The bride and
groom, arrsyed In the habiiiments OF a
wedding in high life and surrounded by
such unbounded mirth and enjoyment az
would cause the nsbob. Indifferent to the
pleasures Of life. to grow green with envy.
invested themselves by word OF mouth
with the obligations OF wedlock. After
this was over the happy couple received
congratulations from all present, and an
impromptu collation. was served. An hour
later Mr.. and Mrs. Smith started for
Bullion Hill. q neighboring camp and the
headquarters OF the former, and their de-
parture was signaled by the explosion oil
fireworks and the firing of salutes. Thus
another brief chapter is added to the mar.
risge rite in the secluded mining camps Of
the Far West.