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New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
TBE ELIZdBETH ACCIDENT

The shocking railway accident at South Ellz-
abeth, by which a young woman was instantly
killed and the gallant official who tried to res
enc her was probably fatally wounded, ought
to rect public attention to danger common
n mast railr oal in this county. We refer to
the practice of bringing trans into stations
so far from the platforms that intending pass
enpers must Gloss one or more lines Of rail IN
order to reach them. In the large ana busy
deppis this is going on continually. travellers
are dodging engines which are pass ng up ana
down as constantly, and 1t is remarkable that
the accidents from this cause are not much
more numerous than they appear to be. Ihe cor
porations of course would say that when severa
lines pass through station, and hundreds Oh
trains daily have to be handled, it is Impossible
TO bring every train up to the platform. but
this is not a good defence of the practice. 1T
is the duty of all railroad corporations to protect
the public against every danger growing out OF
the operaion Of the road, and it is no part OF the
duty of the public to undertake risks to life IN
boarding trains
Nor is it enough to caution passengers. III
because of the company's mode OF operating,
they cannot reach trains they Wish 10 DoaIu
without crossing other tracks, the company Is
plainly responsible for the risk tncy run. we
believe that in England all trains must be
brought to the platform before they can be en-
tered by the passengers and the rule beng
compulsory the thing is done. There is II, lea-
son why similar law should not be enforced
here. The existing practice is really an inpo-
sition on the public. Life is endangered IN or
der to save a little time and trouble to train dis
patchers and superintendent. As an obviously
necessary precaution, to be taken wherever
there is proper regard to the public security
every passenger train ought to be brought
alongside the PLATFORM, and no passengers
should either be compelled or allowed to cross
the tracks in order 10 reach a train. There Is
something barbarous in the liberation OF meth-
ods which show SO small regard for the puDlc
safety and convenience on the one hand, ana so
strange an Indifference to their own rights ana
interests by the public on the other hand. III
such accidents iuries generally give heavy dam
ages against corporations; but 1t would be
much more to the point if the accidents, which
are certainly preventable, were prevented.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

Friends of the American Opera Company
which occupied so large part of the New York
public's attention last winter, will be much en-
tertained by letter from England printed
elsewhere in this paper. showing how the Eng
lish musical people regard the undertaking. 1t
will be admitted that the cOmpany's financial
success has been somewhat Overestmated but
that does not matter 1t Is only anticipating
results little, and may be taken as favorable
omen, because next to actual success nothing
succeeds better than the reputation OF success.
W hat the English musicians believe has already
been accomplished here every patriotic Ameri
can, whether he can distinguish Yankee Doodle
from Old Hundred or not, is entirely sure will
speedily be brought about. Soft is not neces-
sary that our self-complacency should be at all
disturbed by any little inaccuracies In the in
formation which has caused us to become an
object of envy to our English cousins.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
PERSONAL.

Mr. j. L. Toole, the eminent comedian. is rapidly ~
covering from alarming illness.
Tho Rev DR.. wsyand Hoyt. OF Philadslphis has gone
for a bicycle in England The Rev. Dr. Henson OF
Chicago, will Ill his pulpit during his absence
A late theory OF King Ludwig's drowning is ths.hs
Of Rheing gold which he imagined wac
dropped into the Rhine but into The Bsvarian lake
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Is at Glouceter Point fos
tho season.
The Times Gondon) recently called Mr Rgskin ~ tho
Gladstone OF art criticism" and in another column
printed Mr.. Goodwin Smiths remark that Mr. Gladstone
combines the violence OF reyOluOnist with the dos
potism OF Pore"
Paris papers say that VI Paul Bert is having had
time Tonquin. 1t appears that the anita -onism
the French civil aud military au horiie. there
great in spite OF the enieavors OF the Gov
OF the Republic Suppress it. All of
tricks being played the Resident at the expense
his dignity and comfort One day the military bani II
music whicn he ordered ID accompany him during an
official reception did not arrive on the scene till the
ceremony WAS over. On another occasion somebody
stole his solitary dress-c0at at the very moment lie
wanted TO don II 10 receive some high native Junction
aries A few days later he was crossing . river tho
marines tbs hoat into sand-bank. aud there N.
Paul Bert stuck for couple OF LOur- while the natives
ON th hank, laughed and eered Other practical iokes
are mentioned OF which hs has been made the victim.
Several Radical Deputies have waited on General
Bnu GER TO ask him 10 order an inquiry aud unlsh hs
officers guilty OF such aw. want ~ Respect but t0e Nas
Minister says that the French Resident has not com
painei himself.
When Representative Bland. the silver statesman.
takes aud tobacro from his mouth and throws 1t un
der his desk MS colleagues know that bc is going to
make an extended speech.
Mr. John Gilbert venerable actor Is spending tho
summer in capital health at his summer home at Man
chester by tho Sea.
Professor A. s. Hardy occupies the first summer
cottage built on Mt Desert Island. at Bar iiarbor
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY lsscs1xTEEN PAGES

for interest," and $91 ,OOO, 900 payable for the
redemption of legal tenders held by the
banks alone, besides other legal tenders which
the banks may receive or which are held by
other financial institutions, how long would
the Treasury be able to continue gold payments
Cannot members of Congress realize that sls-
pension of gold payments might become forced
in very short time
Senators will hardly say as members of the
House have been saying, that it would do no
harm to have the Government compelled to
force silver upon its creditors. Most of the
members of the Senate are men who have enough
knowledge of business to understand that
financial crash would be a frightful
calamity for all sorts Of people
in this country. Sales of bonds in order
to get gold would become the first duty of man
ayers of great many financial institutions,
if this resolution should pass. Trust companies,
insurance companies, savings banks, building
and loan associations, would he compelled to
protect their depoSitOrs. Senators may say that
"a dollar in silver would be worth just as much
to these institutions as dollar i'll gold. But the
financial institutions, and the millions who
have their savings in those institutions, do not
think So 1t is their opinion which will control
their action. If they do not want to hold
bond which, they believe, the Government will
soon be forced to redeem in silver, they will
sell the bond. If many oIfcr bonds .or sane at
once collapse comes. If they do not want to hold
legal tender notes which they believe will soon
come to be redeemable only in silver, they
will send such notes in for redemption while
it is still possible to draw gold. If many of
them have the same idea, the exhaustion OF
the Treasury reserve, in any case inevitable
under the resolution within few months,
would be so FASTENED that it might come before
the harvest has been marketed. Western
Senators can guess what that would mean for
their constituents.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

ont. and the Anarchists OF to-day will find their
heresy treated in the same way. 1t follows that
the United States appreciates the distinction
with difference between liberty and license,
and intends that all who seek these shores shall
respect the difference. SO long rs the Anarch-
lists confined themselves 10 preaching their gos-
pei of rebellion against constituted authority
our people we're inclined to let them .alone.
But when license is fonnd taking the form OF
dy namite tho country arouses itself and the
freedom that has been so Outrageously I'M
posed upon asserts itself in a stern demand Tor
the punishment of the reckless incendiarIes
who have forfeited all claims even upon mercy.
The testimony given Friday by Waller the
Swiss went far to make good the indictment
against the prisoners. He swore that he was
formerly Socialist and had been member OF
n society or order for exercising arms and IN
struction through which bombs had been
distributed to be used in case OF an encounter
with the police The Anarchists have shown
themselves to be enemies Of the country, not IN
creed only but in deed. They must be treated
accordjncly,
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

conceived while creating novel, the scheme OIL
n Peoples Palace where all manner or aInlise-
ments were provided, and also the means or
instruction Now the administrators or tie
Beaumont Trust happened to be men OF sense
and reflection. They took fire at Mr. Besanps
notion, and forthwith terminated the ldea OF
real Peoples Palace, so to be called, Oh wiiich
tbc foundation stone was laid on the 9th OF
last month"; by the Prince of Wales, with impos-
ing ceremonies. TO sum up, the original De-
oucst has been increased, by liberal subscriptions,
to f75,OOO, and plot of five acres having been
bought on very easy terms, 1t has Decn ''r'nsco
TO build handsome and spacious edlllce, Win
provision for 10000 students in the techmcal
schools which are to form an important part oi
the programme and also with fine concert
hall, gymnaSia and swimming baths for Doth
sexes summer and winter gardens, anu many
other devices and arrangements well caic"id'eu
TO finnish that rational recreation ana amuse-
mentn which Barber Beaumont aimed To sup
ply to the poor folks of East London.
So the Peoples Palace is fairly under way,
and no doubt it will be carried forward steadily
to completion, and in due time Will De thrown
open to the public, for whom it Is destined III
81 course an experiment, mi one almost Ger
tain to succeed For no matter what can De
sad of the debascment of the poorest residents
of great cities it is probably true that put
small percentage of them are past reclamation
or beyond profting by opportunities to improve
their mode of living. Gymnasia and swimming
baths appeal. too, to physical needs and I'M
pulses. and if wisely used contribute to sanity
of mind as well Us OF body. Much Is expected
Of the technical schools, and it Is to be hoped
that the hopes of the founders Will lind frutlon.
But perhaps at first the thing of most practical
import is the object of rational recreation and
amiisements which is the purpose OF the Beau
mont Trust, and we think the most tangible
good is likely to flow from the arrangements
made to this end the concert hail. the gardens,
the gymnasa, the baths, the provisions OF every
kind for physical education and amusement
The Peoples Palace is a noble enterprise III all
its parts, and it is one the like OF which might
well be founded in New York and every other
gleat city of the Union. The wealth Is here to
cndow it. The poverty is here to need such
sclace. The philanthropy to utilize the inst Tor
the benefit of the second cannot be wanting.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
FPEE RVU ON THE CONGO.

Mr.. Uornadav's letter in to-day's TRIBUNE
make, an appalling exhibit of the dcvli's work
being done on the Congo through the conscience
less greed OF the traders. 1t Is well lor uhc
credit of the United States that the protest
of its representative ut the Brussels Conference
against the policy of free rum III the new Congo
State was emphatic. Germany and Holland then
and there assumed the responsibility OF the
evil work which was To follow while America
and England stood together for more enllght-
eucd policy But if the Governments, OF the
two last named counties ab,olvcd themselves
of completely in the hidcous wrong inflicted
upon helpless s;ivagcs, it is too evident that
both English and American traders have been
actively engaged in the internal traffic. New
England rum is only too well represented in
Africa, and the trading spirit, here a> in every
other part of the world, has shown it elf wholly
alien to any kind Of moral law.
Perhaps the most striking and in every way
shocking case cited by Mr. Ilornaday is that of
the native chief whose clear sight and patriotic
split led him to Danish rum from his territory,
and whose protective measures were made futile
by the mupuvIes of scoundlcly English
trader who Smuegled the liquor into the coun-
try Think Of the monstr0u> hypocrisy OF So
called Christian nations, Wanting thcm,clves
ol their enlightened civilization, pretending
desire that the Gospel should be carried 10 all
peoples. and then invading the Dark Continent
armed with the rum-botlle, and i'll cold blood
debauching and running its people. On the one
hand aIe the missionaries. On the other hand
i, the rum of Chisendcm. Fee Ium against
a free Gospel 1t is to be feared Mr.. HoTnaday
is right III propheSying the success OF the former
But what this letter shows most clearly is tnt
unless the moral forces of England, America,
Germany and Holland are organized and applied
10 put an end 10 the outrageous and abominabe
.tltc of things on the Congo, few years will
~.tlice TO rot the heart ont OF the Ahican-, and
their further development will be made impos-
sible. What is being done ont there in the
mime of commerce is world-cIimc of "a char
acter so colossal, of an immortality 80 shameless
ard profound, that if it could be REGARDED as IA
type and illustration of nineteenth century
civilization it would be necessary TO dcnounce
that civilization rs horrible sham and Il con-
spicuOus failure.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
TIE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.

The trial Of the Chicago Anarchists has fairly
begun, and its progress will be followed with
great interest by all law-abiding citizens the
country over. 1t cannot in the nature of things
be otherwise. In opening the case for the pros
ecutiOn the attorney for the people revealed the
enormity of the offence with which the prison.
in the dock stand charged in the statement
that he expected to prove that they were en-
gagged in IA conspiracy last spiing, having for its
object the destruction of Chicago. menace
OF the public veal of this magnitude necessarily
commands the general attention. If the prose-
cutlon can establish ITS case to the satisfaction
OF the jury an ir preston will be produced as
broad as the continent Our people will have
been confronted they never were before with
one of the serious dangers to which "the land
Of the fret " is subjected.
There are two salient elemental truths which
foreigners of the Anarchist type who come TO
reside in the United States ought TO Law 10
heart. 1t has been Uncle Sans fault-a fnult
growing out OF his ardent love of liberation
that they We're not compelled to do so long ago
The United States is what it has ALWAYS
claimed to be-nOt without prde-an "asylumu
for the men of all nations. But those who seek
the asylum are to remember that self-preserya-
ton is It's first law, AS il is the first law of all
Governments everywhere. Anarchists gcDer
ally proceed on the principle that the land of
the free is a land that one Can abuse with i'm
pnnity that while beyond the sea they must
respect law and order, over here they can tram
pie them under foot with none to modest or
make them afraid. In 1861 treason reared its
head to the motto that the Nation had no right
to protect its life. That hercsy was Stamped
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGN.-The political situation IN England.
e. Lord Harrington to decline Office. - No
coalition Ministry possible. 80 The Dllke-Craw-
ford divorce case. - BlOodless duel between
General Boulanger and Senator Lairenty i'll France
- The Mexican Revolution; enthusiasm III the
State Of Nuevo Leon.
CONGRESS- Both branches in session. -
Senate Debate on the OleOmargarine bill. --
House: plea for coast defcnces; the Foriitica
tion bill discussed. 60 Politics in the Pension
Office. - The Indian leadership investigations
- How General Bragg and Colonel Morrison de-
feated pension bill.
DOMESTIC Testimony in the Anarchist cases III
Chicago g. Confession of Cashier Thomson, OF
st. LOUIS, made public. - boy On trlal IN
Kansas for killing all his family. = Municipal
officers indicted in st. Louis for bribery @= The
dronth broken In Colorado 60 Albany crowded
with visitors to the bi-centenary. 60 Governor
Vests proclamation against the Mormons.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A large fire in Long Is
land City. - man probably fatally shot III
Nonroe-st. 80 Assistant Chief McCabe on trlal
g Attempts to force Mr.. Comstock ont OF ine
Custom House. 60 Winners at Monmouth PalA: ::
Anarchy unnamed Nevada colt, Inspector B..
Rock-and-Rye, Letritia, Joe Shelby. - BosIons
beaten by New-York, Nets by ST. Lous and LOUIS
yies by Brooklyns = Cricket and summer
games ON Staten Island 80 Parade of cigar
makers. - An attachment against kiunders
property. 60 Gold value of the legal-tender sill
yer dollar t412l2 grains, 7224 cents. -
Stocks dull and generally steady. closing quiet and
featureless.
Tur WEA1HKR-Indications for to-day Fair
weather with higher temperature. Temperature
Yesterday: Highest, So; lowest Co0; average
757oo
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

THE "PEOPLE'S PILACE" IN LONDON
Forty yeas ago IA citizen of London, MI
I'al Der Beaumont, left legacy OF fl2, 900 to
"pioNide rational recreation and enjoyment
for the people of East London. The idea was
"a happy aud bcncicent one, for nowhere in the
world Is there greater need OF rational recreation
aUd amusement than in the aforesaid quarter OF
EngLlnd's huge metropolis. 1t l. the region OF
the poor classcs of the crowded and sqnalid
tenement banack OF the faring gin-pallce ;
Of chronic intcmpelmce, deStitution, wilc-bcat-
ing, Ickelty children and general wIetchcdness
and discomfort The dOmicllcs of the East
Enders tHIly drive th,m into the street The
street welcomes them with the hamboyant
GI-palacc. That they should dlink under the
circumstances is not only quite natural it may
almost be said TO he inevitable. But what
forces them 10 the saloons chiefly is after all the
lack Oi any other means OF recreation or dl,
traction. Even the co,temonger, when not
engaged III jumping on his MOTHER" would
meiap phoiically prefer to lie ba king in the
SUM- bat there Is never any sun in East Lon
don. and no place to lie but the CUTTERS which
are both damp and unSlvoIy.
So it was a happy thought of Mr. beaumont to
leave this LEGACY, and yet it might never have
been applied with any good effect had not Il
certain writer. by name Air. Walter Besarnt
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

accused men than in favor of the prosecution.
Despite this thejury found verdict of guilty.
The most ignorant of the labor demagogues
must presently see that it is no use to try to
coerce America with the boycott
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

Governor Vests proclamation to the Nor
mons of Utah abounds in sound doctrine but
it is not likely to make much impression on
the Latter Day Saints. They know very well
that their pOygamous practices are AGAIN ST
the law and they don't care for denunclation.
Imprisonment and fines, however, they do fear,
and if the Governor really means to DO his duty
in enforcing the present laws, he can accom-
plish more by vigorous prosecution and few
arrests than by half dozen proclamations
Deeds, not words, must prove his Intentions
toward the MOrmons
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

The probabilities of the political situation in
Great Britain, as set forth in our cable letter to-
day, indicate that Lord Harrington Will not
favor a coalition ministry despite the frantic
endeavors of the Tories to get him to consent
to the scheme. On the whole 1t may well be
doubted if this determination will help the
Home Rule cause If he is not III the next
ministry Lord Harrington viii at least be sure
to lend it much help In pushing along a certain
class of legislation not necessarily favorable to
the Irish and in so doing he Will materially
strengthen a Tory Goyernment-morc, perhaps,
than if he were part OF 1t.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

The world is wide and the history of day
must necessarily contain much news neither
local nor domestic, and yet of great interest to
every one not wholly absorbed i'll bis own small
affairs. This explanation accounts for the
large proportion of The TRIBUNE's space de-
voted this morning to foreign news. In addi-
ton to the usual dispatches, eight letters from
abroad, covering a wide range of topics social
artistic and political, are spread before our
readers. There Is indeed little going on in the
Universe in regard to which the latest info,ma-
ton may not be found in the pages of this issue
of The TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

to have been carried away by their enthusiasm int
paying the q. o. M. q somewhat questionable con,
pliment. One Of the banners they displayed bors
the following couplet:
Great is thy power and great thy fame,
Far kenn'd and noted 10 shy name
The ST. JameSs Gazette points ont, what Mr. Glad.
stones Scotch friends seem TO have ignored. thai
these lines are from Robert Burnss "Addrcss "a
the Dell"
1t will be unfortunate for any member OF IN.
Custom House gang il bis word comes into conflieA
with that of John NJ Comstock. whose honor ana
crediblity are not to be questioned. Bnt probabIv
none Of the Custom House gang cares for IittIe
thing like that.
In refusing to grant license for Captain Lynch's
barroom the Brooklyn Excise Commissioners have
shown more regard for public opinion than soms
of their previous performance, had led poopIe 70
expect Bat then Mayor Whitney had signed the
protest against the license. and he had told tho
commissioners that they must do better Thess
things, held as club over them. rather than
desr, to do their duty, probably Influenced their
action. II the number Of drinking places 10 Brook
lyn is to be kept within decent bounds, tho com.
missioners must be cOerced into q moderate coura
Nothing but a fear of summary removal will kee,
them from granting an enormously excessive
number Of licenses.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18

The return of the New-YoIk Club to the
Polo Grounds on Friday revived local interest
in baseball, as the crowds on that day and yes
tcrday amply proved. Few other exhibitions
where mere Skill endurance and science are
shown, have attracted such large and demonstra-
tive throngs The nine plays in excellent foim,
ard their friends are delighted at the woik they
do They are still within hailmg distance OF
the much-coveted League trophy, and may yet
win it.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
.lChicago Ir bune.

Lake Copias. which is situated near rheoes in b, 't.
covers AN area of nearly hundred sluaie miles Ths
French Company which has been engaged IN
digging a canal to diain II has almost Ihlshoa
IL, work and about twothrds OF tho waters
~ tho lake will DO drawn OF within the next Two
or three months. Hitherto this inland sea has been
chiefly remarkable for tho malaria and fevers regularly
prevailing on its during the hot season. By us
drainage not ouly will this evil be permanently removed
hut re.ce will aud to her territory many tDousah"so o'
acres OF arabic soil OF the CREATES, fertility IN" So
fen by the rivers coming down from Mount Parpassus
whose waters are hereafter to DO employed By help o's
ne~ systsm of canals, In irrigatng tho surrounding
country.