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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
mr. COLLYER on HANDSHAKiNG.
NE DRAWS LESSON FROM A RECENT WELL
KNOWN INCIDENT.

NE DRAWS A LESSON FROM REGENT WE'LL
KNOWN INCIDENT.
Tho Rev Dr. Robert Collyer In the Church OF the Mes
,h selected for his text yesterday morning passage
,u that portion of the Book OF Kings where Jehu In
niding ehonadab goodby, said " Is thine heart rshtf
Ifbe give me thy hand" Iu introducing his sermon
M colIyer said that the foreathers called handshake
houdfast as the snake OF the hand was the outward ex
,ession of AN honest heart. lie continued;
rh thought TO mo quite naturally as
e. NAV have when you read te story s1e daS
ago Hsen good trends friendship stands among those WAC
ant 10 highest among US W cmonH On INC
% Their ieilows they met IN company ana one neI Sn,
S,s nand comrade- ashton. ana or lhis sgn vi oue
Iii good know that There as no Vuau ., tn1 near
sn, ami IN business AS ell AS W te Journals
iI nep DO our tannns .r S o we ryss ON this
nv al mans se oi the question tla mas lar Wider ieae
anu as neart has aItey to the man VINO
stood taers aei Ss raSn 10 nun Oh the instant aud
mains with INN for what he dd nat dayIt was brave
@ ~ o and true holds may AL lay 10
op vi oyaily OF man to mar before Inc neent
r. su., wider aud deepsr-wlder they may
80, deeper tsy ~ 10 b. also gentleman oil real honesty
,v,I1ont lear without rcproaci. 49,.
# sands o might be rssl IN the tins he @ dons wnc
head his hama ior nanaas. asu 40 ay @Se TSe nj .S
r Of word But on that instant aud ~ what was
Tn could proven aud his long tune friend was true there
was 5 sna tr nH,' me Wa wa T
s seery loyalty 70 wori ami ese And so SAM IN,
st.ni- AS good and all Time
uu IA the uutn 10 made good ag~In. ~ II
ors nv much reitrraton. that 1 must also be
,ow good heed how 1 give my hand when
on'oot give something from my heart win "
Vsn NV ellowman good rrason TO know when this
ne r about last must accept but must 70
fu,e The sgn and pledge 49, =, a..
The true lesson day Ia simply this We are Otter
Luos 10 aud usually 10 nty Tor hate
1--we In me total ucp Ity hand And
a. nuestons go Ueoro after. The gentiona
~ drew l,ack Gay did thing then an
,eps while II DO ior hom both would
g., Al. men of cslng aud " they Ind not IL
nn,ie 40 much IL especially certain Times and seasons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
Iyy1vrpsaRy OF TIE HOUSE OF MERCY


At the anniversary services OF the House
NJ Mercy in St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church last
ncht the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix delivered an impressive
sermon illustrative OF the prevalence or vice
In this ago. basing his remarks on the text; Know ye
not that your body Is the Temple OF the Holy Ghost D
Dix made graphic word picture OF the sensuahty' ma
terialism immortality and irreligion which pro
vailed In Corinth In the year 81, when
st. Paul wrote the words Oh the te1t
in an epistle to the Corinthians and compared 1t
with the condition Of affairs existing In New-fofK
and other large cities. He denounced as contributing
causes to much OF the vice of the times the printing
some of the public journals OF columns OF hitn
calculated 10 corrupt the morals the display OF certain
pictures In shop windows, the exhibition OF represents.
lions of nude women in galleries Of art me inodese
exhibitions theatre. and the low-necked ann sp9hL
seeyet dresses women In society. Nho can nvo no
asked i'm the midst al these mpropreties without
being tempted to treat them lightyf He closed WIN an
earnest appeal for funds to carry on tno wor VI to
House Mercy. which he described as % ,a
Urinary for the cure Of the profaned ana deseciaeeo
dwellings, OF the Holy Ghost ,,... d.. rr
The yesper services were conducted By the rev. III
William f. Morgan assisted by the heV. Messrs. a.
Mack ay-Smith and A. b. Carver. ,o-, e.,
Thc iiouse of Mercy. which was founded In 1904 ior
the reception and reformation OF destitute ana laen
women who may wish TO avoid or abandon vicious
course of life is at Eghtysixthst and the Hudson Ver
There are at present sxty-hve women III Tue Tue
YEAR situations procured for seven,
ortytwo were to friends to DO cared or SIX
enf IN other institutions left with permission oi
| fine managers and two have died.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
,rvwrE1,ny ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.

The decision of the Tammany Committee on ois@ui1@
ton To divide the XXIvth District delegation ID sucn
wav as TO give separate delegations from the anu
xXIvth Wards because of the great extent OF erioy
and the rapidity with which 1t is being popua. n"s
called attention TO other districts notably the anu
yxd The XIXth District extends from Fiityfourtn 81
west Of Eightha ve to spuyten Duyvl tits more tnan
nine miles long It comprises what was formerly nve
villages but is now being rapidly built up The average
r,mher NJ election districts Assembly dstrct Is
iTty Tis district has fortythree and Tor Assembly,
man casts a vote OF l,6oo. ,,..o...o q,
The Kid District Is even more dlspropOrtonate IN
pont of population than the XIXh IL Is bounded py
ry uinthst Ninety -rst-st, Lexington ave. ana tne
East River IL cast the last election l449o votes LOT
Assenblyman and has ftyeight election DISTRICTS ror
the same office its neghbOr the XXIs cast only e'ol'
votes - A., ca. 4. 81.
The most populous Assembly district In the state Is he
XXIIId comprising what Is generally known as Harlem
It's growth within hafdozen years has been phe
nomenal. Year after year the Police Commissioners
increase the number Of election districts in order 10 ac
commodse the voters and each succeeding year the rate
shows that certain election districts must Dc AGAIN
divided to comply with the law providing that wmero
more than 400 polled the district snaii oe
divided This Assembly district alone mas vote alnos
equal 10 some Congressional districts AT the ast
tie total vote for Assemblyman was ii3S IL mas
sixt,-six election districts. - L.. r.w
Leaders and candidates alike are praying LOT NC"
census and reapportionmen OF the Assembly diseco''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
THE raADE Nv COIL AND IRON.

RENEWING THE MINING CONTRACT sfsrEM-N@@D
OF cARs-Sgw BLAST FURNACES.
ppuApsrpurA Dec I2-Tho receivers Of the Reading
Railroad Company have concluded to haze their coa
mined upon contracts for the present. instead OF
the coieries This 1t is stated will nearly SoO0ooo
in the OF year. a.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has begun INC
movement Of anthracite coal over its pennsylvania
schuylku Valley railroad, starting with tmrty cais
aav 10 be increased this week TO fifty cars inc snip
mepts of anthracite to Baltimore and washington over
the Baltimore and Ohio have become so large as 70
a BILE portion Of the Reading Railroad equip
ep and the result this has been to greatly straite
that corporation in its efforts get cars to meet he TO
Quirements of this trade.
The soft Coal Pool Committee meets tomorrow 10 1T
range the percentages. aud the result IL IS PROXY ~o
understood will be follows Clarified, 81 GUNNER
land %; Elk Garden, 81 Beech Creek IL ChcshpcaAe
and Ohio 9; Norfolk and Western. IL A; and Erie A.
It's estimated that within the last six months no e
than 81 900 900 has been spent in this State IN tne
provemcnt OF iron-prOducng properties. d wtthn
are coming into the works In this stae, anu Wy m
the last two weeks orders have been PLACED Win %
400 freight cars The Baldwin Locomotive WORKS aie
stil engaged up to their greatest capacity III ''"e
orders. .,.o.os In tho coa,
and ore producing portions OF the central anu Mes'o.
nortions OF the state IL IL conended tnat iron
be produced In these regions AS low as @lu .o "A
winch price the Sauthern made irons cannot conpetc
for iron in 1887 and the other companies tired or wait
ing upon them. have placed ORDERS EISeiy "0" :, Js
prices ranging from $50 so to $2l ton ior no L. ~
believed that the Thomas Iron Company Is quicby o.
when the open price is made 1t will not be over @|i
a
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day 30 that no may assnd the examination before Just
Patterson tomorrow, which his sickness interrupted
THE CBEGAN iNVssTIGAnoX

A GREAT DEAL OF EVIDENCE coLLKcTRD-fhos-
Feet OF LONG HEARING
No Investigation by political committee has excited
more interest than that Of Captain Michael Cregan ana
his euteuants In the XvIth Assembly District which
will begin this evening a In the Cooper Institute
Building Thscommttee consisting of Theron O. Strong
Leonard Hazetine John d. Lawson Scion b. smith an
John X Brodsky is one that thoroughly representative
OF the Republican party In this city and its decision
unanimous will be acquesced in by all factions OF the
party. ILL.,.
The case has been thoroughly worked up on ootn
II looks ma II there would DO plenty OF contceonS
hacked I'D by afndavits on both SIDES Assembly man
Robert RAY Hamilton Is conducting the csss or A e
Thorndke Rice and has received able assistance HVna
lain RI W KiI,een the candidate for the Assembly ~
the XVIII District who believes that captain
and II he is convicted OF treachery toward MI ce ~
viii De largely owing the exertons OF MT heG. wv
has busted himself In collecting evidence III,
dav,ts nom neople who are In position 10 Know lus.
what az done on election day including some Of
Cregan's captains Of election districts anu IN
committees In other ways at some personai 'i' " ~
self. $50 - .s,o.od In n manner DOR
fectly fair 70 both sides Nothing VIII pe keps %
,aEs nm of the committee precludcs the iuea tnst a.
anronted for .whifowashng" purposes Inc aeaS ~
@ nating n was owing the fact that CHAIRMAN iNo
wanfed II composed OF men IN wnom VIC pora lie
Comfy tomuiee and the Republican parry eens , AID ~
G ,hs CITY wouId have entire confidence Inere VIII 20
nrohaby seyera hearings, and IL Is douDtiui whenea M
COMMITTEES will finish its laoors IN ne ~ o nesdav
Comfy Committee at its regular meetihs y" Auo'N'
evening December Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
FryFRtL OF CAPTAIN ". IT. COURTNEY.

The funeral OF W. H. Courtney captain Of Company T,
18Th Regiment died the Presbyterian Hospital
Friday from the effects of operation performed to
move cancer from his throat took place In the chapel Of
the hospital p yesterday Besides the family and
personai friends OF captain the people present
included the company which no had com
manded. In full uniform and wearing mourn
ing badge on their sleeves; U. s. Grant Post,
No. 327 g. A. r., also in uniforms Colonel Fackner
and staff and most the line officers OF the 18th Reg
ueut I'm civilians attire Brigadier General McIeer.
Geueral Barnes General Gates, exLieuenant-C oonel
Kende and ok Captains Hampstead ana squres The
body dressed In fuil regimenta UNIFORM lay IN plain
Hack coffin on cataalque near the chancel rail- and
oI,out IL were several large floral offerings.
he services were OF military Character, the ritual OF
the Grand Army OF the Republic being read by
Ghsnain Foster, Of the u. S. Grant Post.
. lie body had placed In the hearse procession
was formed headod by the Held musicians OF the 18Th
Eegiment with draped bugles AM munied drums, and
foowed h, Company r, with seventy men In line unuer
con,n.ud 9f oal,tan Collins and Leutenants hhman
,n1 AIexnnder /: IT, = Grant Post, with eighty In
linz commanded by James Hewitt, the hearse guarded Dy
details of four men each from the regiment anu the post
ana The family anu friends In carriages The line Of
march was through Seyentiethst To Lexingtonaye. 10
torty second-sL to the Grand Central station
where the body was placed special car attached q
the train starting az D. TO be taken 10 Albany and
buried In the Rural Cemetery there detail vi line Oil
GERS "a squad OF six priyates from the l3th Reg
ment and squad from Grant Post accompanied
the body 10 Albany, where IL was o he met ny Company
n OF the Tenth Battalion, N g. b. N. u. and buried VIII
all the military honOrs OF the rank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
CONNECTICUT FINANCES.

ooon su,w, sG-p.KMASESr REPUBLICAN CLUBS
UNITED STATES sENAfoR-hTP.
u.,rvo,p Dec. l2-Controller Munson's report
shows that the receipts or the state fro al sources
for the civil list the year ending June 81 1885,, 10
he S34SO,O4O, and the expenditures, inoiddinI
Sl.7379OO paid for State bonis redeemed
S32i9,597 so, leaving balance IN the treasury o.
S23O442 49, The largest single source OF revenue Is
the railroad corporation tax, which is paid 10 the
State in lamp suns ana was $626.l99 Az; the tax
f,om towns Si37,47t 80. coming next The other
large sources OF the taxes from savings
banks. 800, $50 81. the military Communication taA'
slO2 472 10 and the insura tax divided between
State com ,anies and foreign companies don business
In the STATE and amounting alto gether to$zo3SOl a.
The report is loo xed upon showing better coll
dition of financial affairs than had been expected
The movement among The yoln5 R'ploleAn' OF tue
State in the direction OF to. ming permanent 'luos
which shall keep "ooen house" for the disPensatoh
OF R-pu Jcau doctrae all tae year roi al ha' II eIeu
Hartford, and the pros' eets are that ia - - G
be formed. The organization o. the p'sn hd9'nev1i
Corps which kept alive tor tue Last SIX ears wa
be mer ,eu proposed central ciao a.n"us
committee OF the cors has taken tue initatNe IN 0e
matter Some 900 OF more of the young hepuo"cau'
have been asked to assist III the orga nsuon' anu
meeting Tor th- purpose VII be held az an eaiJ u"J
The nan to secare convenient roo rs III some cshrd
Ioc.tions furnish them Hastily, supply then WIN nc
puhl,can newspapers AID o0cInentS anu uh'S .u''u
CONTINUOUSLY open for the benefit oil members anu 'ne
friends. .,oa ~, cov
aTne Evening Post" which was founded oy gov GOV,
ernor Jewell. H. T. Sperry and j. A. ep"dins souie
sontaen wears aro ana succeeoei Tue Morning
Post and Evening Press" will soon appesr IN
new dress torn OF eish pages win so ros
colnmns 10 a mage "The Post" has been very pros
ne GUS. and with am lie capital at its command ha
kept itself well the front IN New-En land Jolrnai
lam Ii was the leading Blaine paper IN TINS Slcn..
In 1854 and Judging from ats columns is in favor
his RECONCILIATION . -, 40,
The two stan appointments OF Mr. Lounsoury @h'e
ara generally known to have been absolutely maue
are those o. General Hiram T. Camp TO or Ad)utant
General and Colonel George NJ. White tn be ASSi'ah
Adimtaut- General The position he now occapies- a,
A the tune draws tor the meeting OF VI
Legislature and the election OF United States senate
APPROACHES 1t is more evident than ever thai Senate
Hawley's reelection will be accomplished w"nOu
ANY break or Jar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
oo.osyAy ACCUSED or BLA oKMATr.

A German coachman, Eugene Wenneth, living with his
wife at No All East Fifty ninthst, was charged with
blackmail in the Harlem Police Court yesterday Theo-
dore schumacher of No. 81 East Sixtysxthst was the
complainant He had received series OF annoying let
ers and postal cards he said the defendant wenn
eths wife had employed TO do some washing In the
compliments house on two occasions shorty atter
ward MIR schumacher began receiving letters accusing
him of improper relations with the woman one oil Tue
letters says that Mrs. Wennleh had confessed all that
Now she is Sick and lost her senses had 10 give up
my help my poor wife, II goes ON 10 say tnat
the writer OF work, and in the name OF his VIE
inland tor 900 and promise that the writer would go
TO Germany IL he received It, In court the prisoner au
med having sent the letters. and said that the letter
containing demand for 900 he had been induced W
write by detective who had furnished him with baskets
Of nn,visons etc. Lawyer Bland. the complainants
counsel said his client not responsible Tor the means
employ ed by detective to work up the case ANA
admitted that detective had been employed 0y hin.
Justice Wede held the prisoner in $1,000 " answer
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nousb thu symptoms wore 1t time such as TO Cause
ths FAMILY Alarm OF account OK his age sone spPioo~
siou wa felt that his illness might prove serous
AMERICAN NAMES ON FOREIGN CUTLERY

r..r rr,rps pRorRsr AGAINST THE YRAUD-
BILL TN CONGRESS TO REMEDY IT.
IN. cutlery manufacturers In this country are awaiting
With much interest the result Of the bill introduced
Congress by Senator Platt designed 70 proven. mus
an American manufactures II provides that no nj
,,. NJ foreign manufacture shall bo admitted NJ any
custom House Of the United States. when sucn arucic
~ IN, box or containing It IL so stamped MARKED
branded or labelled represent that sucn sr1cAe VINE
manufactured In the United ssstes"
Tte executive committee Of the Associated Cuuery
Manufacturers OF the United States has sent 10 oo'
=, Conursss a memorial of which the following Is
the substance: ,,,,s.s
Before cutlery made in this EnSs sases as
regarded as most excellent ss sna their repu
ss,s,.s Il eut EsG Of al ar sssai S
as never been extremely profitable but the goods manu-
a as favor with and reputation, ns TOR
American cutlery German ma r nu,ch 10 profit
by the demand for American cutlery Iney D.
Labelled their own SSSds large Buyers
sections Of the country to have the buyers Names al %
the state tat os In to hom result
not less than three hundred American names " u'0 u'A
cutlery was sold In this country before Amer
can cutlery was made. Its German repetaaoha was az
fast becoming low price Il appears now almost en-
trely under American names The community Is i9 !"
tSsse foreign manufacturers who killed their name
and trade With poor goods fast DESTROYING the
can The importer duty on these AMER
can-lmprnted goods cheap German goods they are
sold tho consumer as the best American goods me
Importers sell the obbers at price that destroys the
business OF the legitimate American as
the obber sell the goods TO the retailer as American
| goods. a.. .o-,oon
We have made the fight at large cost for American
reputation cutlery and just as we were ready 70
some benefits from Its acquisition, foreigners VINO aa
disguised the trade with their inferior wares unoer lot
egn names send patterns abroad aud have then re-
produced under enticing American Names with ten es
the agencies to distribute them and the advantage Oh
ing able sell them at much less price than we can az
ford goods greatly inferior In quality IL ID
fraud upon the public but in rapidly increasing anu
changing population by continually adding fresh amer
lean Names they confuse the consumer and the TASK 9I
educating the public to which Is genuine ana WHICH
bogus seems to us endless one which would proDapy
entail bankruptcy upon many American conp"h0' w
| fore 1t could be accomplished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
NEWS From CENTRAL AND SOUTH IAsRiCA.

VIEWS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH lHkRICA.
The Consul Genera of Costa Rca III Paris having asked
for salary the has replied that 1t cannot
nay for its Consular service and has cancelled his exc
oaur along with those OF several other Consus at the
same lime thanking them for their previous services
In Colombia the provinces Of Boyaca anu Cundnaarca
have recently been devastated by heavy Hoods An I'm
ueuse number of sheep persisted and villages have
been destroyed
The COLONEL OF the I'd West Indian Regiment
as recently led " courtmaral at Jamaica for drunk
snuess He ~; 8 @ Generated, and his sword. which had
been taken away him, delivered TO Nun I'D the
presence OF the regiment
Peru is now atated over the question OF the expulsion
NJ the esuit Many cities and towns have sent TO the
National Congress protests against the act OF Punishment
The Chuian Times. in speaking Of the recent earth
quahes in Chill, says;
rter vioen shock OF earthquake occurred at Iquque
an ociosr Is az 3Uj a. IN The Dir coD OF tie shock was
uort TO sot and duration two SECONDS Ihree
eartnnulkes Anofagasta on OcoDer 10 Inc
lasted thirty seconds, Occurred Az a. III
he ECO 40, al 8 a. IN the thrd at 10 M NO noise ac-
soni, violent shock OF earthquake was experienced AZ
Is At 4.U An earthquake occurred AZ
na,, ON oct .E2Us The intensity OF the snvc X
a IA At lasted hitcen W twenty secohds was
m rhe the shock WAS west W o~Ss az"
It's duration iorty -nve seconds
rhe Colombian Government Is trying 70 negoliate
loan of $l5,OJOOOO. ~, H.. ham M
ceiyed with enthusiasm
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yeyDcpARTURE OFTas HAITgS STAR LINE
ivy, Twiy-scRKw STEAMERS TO BE ADDED TO lis
FLERT.

TWO TwIN-sCRKw STEAMERS To BE AIDED ~ AA
FLEET.
The White Star Steamship Line is TO introduce
new feature in the regular transatlantic steam scr''
The company is TO have two new steamships WIN
twin screws and one the Majestic has been begun anu
is to be ready for service in June, 1850. ne o'ne'
vessel is to be the Olympic and her Keel VIII soon o'
laid Several steamers have been onh' WIN wv"
soreus and there are three or four running run
Iyerpool TO this port at irregular Intervals M 'h0
,v,nter time. and to Montreal in the summer ihey
.re called the Hill Line steamers, hut have not YET
made noted speed so that the proposition Oh Ine
White S,r Line is experiment t., -,
Varlous Objections have ueen presenter ny n"'"l
n,cineers against twin scrt VS. The long pro ectinG
shaft. ON etner side the vessel ana tne support
sl,uts must rrtard the speed appreclaoiy, anu 'noSo
cannot be avoided except by making the lines az.
wnen would inurOusly AFFECT the SAVING quii.fo. 80. W
the vessel Then the complaints maze now Oh 'no
vibrations of the stern, caused by the reVoutone vi
the single propeller, are increased with twin soe"s'
Tuin screw engines whether independent or geareo,
take up more space. are not 30 ecohoi-c IN .ui,
aud cost more tor repairs and renewals than tne s'S
screw engines The arguments IN favor Oh inc Twin
are shat there the same danger Oh to'a'
breakdown as there ia with "a single screw iron
proken shalt or broken propeller blades; tha thcy w
not orng so gr.a weight tie rudaer-post ana that
a yesset NAV be easily haDdled, since one scre~
NAV be reversed and the other kept running 'ncao
when turning round