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New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

to do away with it altogether. They intend to
leave the city without any compensation. we
look to tho Assembly to right this wrong. No
claptrap about "lovest rates of fare shonId
deceive that body for moment. what every
poor man in tins city most needs IS that the
weight of taxation, which presses most sorcIy
on those of narrow means, in the way OF mSh
rents and high prices. should be lesscncd. y
sound, direct and efficient means to secure thls
result is to get the largest Legitimate income
for the city from public franchises. Not the
companies that iugglc with misleading prom
ises of alow fares should have possession OF
our streets, but the companies that VIII offer at
public sales of the franchises the largest per-
ccDtagcs of gross receipts for the city treasury
On no other terms should franchises be DIS
poscd of. That will be faiIest and best tor ALL
Fares can easily be regulated, but to give away
n franchise which in II few years will be worth
tens of millions of dollars for the mere promise
of a transfer" system would be criminal prod
igality. The taxpayers have right to proper
remuneration for the use of the streets. The
Aldermen seem always ready to betray the in
tcrests Of the community. Our only hope of re-
lief is in the Legislature. Our Senators have
acted hastily and without thought. Reflection
will show them their error Meanwhile the
members of the Assembly should take action
that will protect the city.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoEElGN.-The order of Mr.. Gladstone's proposed
Jrlsh legislation. -= Causes Of Mr. Chamber
lain's dI content. - Tenor of addresses On ct.
Pa.iok's day. == The oervo-DulsarIan treaty
Iauned.
CoNGREss.-Sharp debate IN the Senate between
n, s-rs Edmund, aud Beck Oh the Judiciary Com
mlttee's resolutions; the Electoral Count bill
p3Ssed the Senate - The House adopted the
committee report on the Urgent Deficiency bill
g. Pan-Llcctuc investigation continued.
DOM, ,suC.-ContoIence ordered on the Cantor
bill by the Legislature. =- Hearing on the bllls
10 auuu the charter of the Broadway
road. - The Staten Island bridge bill
vetoed by Governor Albeit. - The
Southwestern strike; no compromise III
sight - Resignation of Governor Murray OF
TtaA --- The new YORK and New-Engand bond
case - Mss Cleveland on immodest dress.
- sixteenth game III the Steiultz-LnkeItort
chess con est won 10y the former.
ClIY AND SuBrRBAN.-W. :. Warner ordered to
refund over million dollars to the receiver Of
Grant Il Ward. - CeebratiOn of ST. Fa'ricks
DAY. GO Discussing losses Of baggage, etc, on
the OREGON. - Mayor Grace defended his veto
OF the Cable Railroad franchise. 60
j. Edward Simmons elected president of
the Board of Education. - Engineers who
will invest gate the Aqueduct work organize 60
Gold value of the legal tender silver doiler 412l2
grains. $50 cents. GO Stocks active with
Sharp declines, closing weak.
TnE WEATnER.-Indication for to-day Fair,
with nearly stationary temperature Temperature
Yesterday highest 49,; lowest, 33o; average,
4O6oo.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

London dispatch to THE TRIBUNE to-day
posscss unusual interest. IL appears that the
President of the Local Government Board has
not offered his resignation, but has written to
Mr.. Gladstone IN criticism of his proposed
scheme of dealing with Ireland. Our corre-
spondcnt further announces that the Premier
intends to perfec. his Land Bid first, leaving
tle IIcme Rule measure for after consideration
and at the Same time winning over the land
lords on account of the benefits that will accrue
TO them from the Land Bill, which will, how
ever. not take effect until the other bill be-
comes law Little doubt is expressed of Mr..
Gladst0nes ability to secure majority III
favor of this programme. As to the expenditure
of G1jO 100000 to buy ont the landowners
The excellent point is made that it would have
been cheaper for the United States to purchase
the slaves before the Rebellion than to incur
he enormous deb that was heaped up, not
counting the awful sacrifice of human me-
II England can put an end to the troubles ol
Ireland by cxpending this sum, large though IL
is, will it not prove a wise Investments
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

The sale o. for the performance to be given on
sunday night Tor tue benefit OF the veteran manager
author and actor, Leonard Grover, Will begin tAs
Thursday morning at the boXOice Of the Academy of
Mu.,c where tho entertainment VIII be given. MI
Grover has received many orders for tickets from prom
inent citizens Of tins city and tie Lotos and the
Carlton Clubs have applied for boxes In addition to
the long list OF attractions already announced Tor THIS
testimonial follow artists have rendered their
services: Mrs. ID. =. Bowers Agnes Booth LIZZIE hel'
sey, Agnes HerndOn aud the memi'ers oI IempIetons
Nikado COMPANY Agnes Booth VIII read an eccentric
cOmpo,ton called Tho Hat" MISS iierndOn VIII give
Ostlrr joe" and the Mkado Company VIII sing tue
popular cnOrIses from that opera
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
GIrING AWAY STREET FRANCHISES


The State Senate made a serious mistake yes
terday in adopting Mr. Vedder's amendment to
the Cantor bill. This amendment proposes to
give street railway franchises to the companies
that offer to carry passengers a: the lowest
rates of fare, and allows no compensation to
the city. 1t was plainly in the interest of the
Cable Railroad with its sChe.ne for seventy
miles of tracks. This franchise will be of enOr-
nous value. The immense profits of our local
transportation lines are now well known. Our
hOrse-car companies pay 10, ID and 20 per cent
on the capital actually invested, and some of
them far more. The huge volume of water
with which the elevated lines have been
dclugcd does not prevent the payment of hand
some dividends on the swollen stock. With
the rapid growth of the city, the passenger
traffic in our streets advances, not with slow
and measured steps, but with great bounds.
70 make IA free gift of seventy miles of streets
to the Gable people would be to bcstow without
compensation what will prove III time to be one
of the most valuable franchises in the world.
The camor about cheap fares and trausfeis is
misleading. When there is general public
demand for a rate of fare below cents, it can
be satisfied. No charter should be granted
"lIlouI lcntl lnc W 'HO III i9'i'"o va I' wy
government the clear, unquestloned right to
cut down the fares when the profits of a street
railway corporation become eXOrDitant. That
is a simple matter. 1t would be a gross injus-
ticc to deprive the taxpayers of the percentage
of the receipts from street railway franchises
which should be theirs. If the franchises of
this city were justly and wisely used taxation
would be far lighter than it is now. The Cable
people were at first willing to pay per cent of
their gross receipts into the city treasury.
Their generous friends in the Board OF Alder
men cut tiis down to 2 12 per cent and their
still more generous friends at Albany propose
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
STEAMSHIPS AND "MEcHANICAL FLoTATIoN"

TO the Ed{tOr Of The Trt6Hne
SIR: Will you permit me through your
columns call the attention of mankind, particularly
shIpbuiders To the fact mechanical hotaon vis!-
bio through all naturr) Is the law OF her huid world as
well the water as the Flying OF all kinds
rise and a and travel uIh their fluid by the
Of mechanical force When they desire TO keep themselves
from sinking they do it by the exercise Of mechanical
force No flying depends being lighter than
the air in order to able float And what is Of
the nhabtors Of the air equally OF tho creatures
whose home Is the They rise aud fall ana travel
through their fluid BY the agency Of mechanical
force When they desire to keep themselves from
sinking they too do it by the exercise OF mechanical
force No swimming creature depends on being lighter
than the i'll order to be able to noat am quite
aware Of the bladder and the fances connected
with it all just about rational Cuviers ideas or
the air IN BIRDS quill,'D
Il Is pardonable even in our mechanical age, for
vessels uuprOYided wl;h motive pO4er to sink. but dis
graceful that steamships carrying thousands of horse
power should 10 to ne bottom by the exercise OF
little mechanical ingenuity and skl.l they could DE
made tOn'y UnsinASDe, Dut cOud oe propcIed now
quIred keep such vessel as the oregon from sinking
Is less prObabIy) than hundreI:n part "l
throupb fhS the WSIrr Crra1res in Tie air,
when working thoir prOpecrs to simply prevent s!hA
ing, work them IN that direction. Ana hshr' Wh'h
working their propeler to simply prevent sinking, also
work them III that direction. his they 60 because
Irr But man with eyes shut to Nature. and set ing
up his Owl puny intellect supreme. confines the use
ing the vessel rgHt through the water forward Just
though II were not easy to push downward by pro
pusn-l Onward power, preserve the yesse ailoat.
IautIcipate all tne rough and reaty' objections
and now 10 answer tEom have been an inventor Tor
over fty years and reel safe asserting that every
ncchanlcaly that Ought to be done can DC 1ohe
No. 81 cran5crryst. Broohayn, March -, les6.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
Amnsemrnts.

ACADEMY OF AfUsIC-2-Concert.
StIoI DplR. IoySE-s-" AdoniS.'
CoNPDy rIEATkE -S-"'rhe Toy PISTOL
CAslNo-S-" Gypsy Baron
DAYS ffislrRE-S-" Nancy aud Company
fpEN MTsEk-N NaNworks- ,,,.-,-
YArRtaA AIS PARK THEATRE -s-"Lealhcr naton'
lYCFIM IHEATRE-e-" one oi our 1lrs'
G,t,toN SOTAVE IHYA ArRf-S:30-"E Encag@h a.,
N1rlsov ave AND 50rH-sT-0a II. N. TO IL p ms-9eIii
mac and Monitor Naval BATTLE.
NuI,ys (,ARDEN-s-" VI lkadO."
sTAT IUr ATRE-S-"rhe int"
srANnNBD THEArRE--s-" BlackmaiL go,
TEEATE& CoNtQUE-S--"O ON. NhhI % +NSn''
TuAiIA rHEArBs-s-N Nitterwurzer
WAIl tgK'S-S--" fTuH o.
JNION SuVARF NrRE-~-" Peplta yn
An kNp~I,F ijir A4Ra--~--'' Jaca IN me boN'
s1v ANNNIr i..fAIKt-~--'' Allh"u"
Isru srr, .. IrtATir-~-" EvduceUne
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

The most striking thing about Mr.. James G.
Carter's vigorous argument against the annul-
ment of Sharp's frauiulenty obtained fran
chse Is his admission that "mOney has been
fraudulently used on a .gantic scale" No one
outside of a lunatic asylum doubts this, al
though the fact has not been legally estab
lsbed; but such a wholesale plea OF guilty from
a lawyer contcnding for the validity of a char
ter which he admits was bought, is surprising
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

other papers no has for last three years vigorously
advanced the idea that intimate relation exists Do
tween solar storms and terrestrial weather
JACKSONVILLE Fla. March l7.--Jay Gould loft hero
today for Fernandina where his yacht lies. Tomorrow
he Will sail FOR Charleston, where will remain several
day and then set sail for New York.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
STCINWAY HALL.

The second concert Of the Lchmann-Rum'
mel-llusIn combination at seinway Hall yesterday a
ternoon was most delightful affair, aud was enjoy by
an audience that llcd the large concert room Each OF
the hrat artists compmrnteG BY enthusiastic re-
calls TO the stage and already generous programme
wa, lengtAened considerably by added numbers
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

Governor Albeit has been heard from on the
question Of bridging the Arthur Kill III an en-
phatic veto of the prohibitOry bill. He finds
several reasons for not approving the measure !;
among others, that 1t Is unconstitutional. lnas-
much as Congress has ample power to authorize
the building of the bridge in spite of New-Jer-
scy's opposition, would it no be well for the
Legislature to waste no more time over the
matter
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

If the present indications i'll regard to the
much needed bridge between Jersey City and
Communipaw prove correct, the people of those
towns will have reason to revise their opinions
Of the Trenton Legislature. The Senate ycster-
day promptly passed a bill authorizing the
brid.e and it is believed that the pressure of
public opinion in its favor is 50 strong that the
Assembly will not have the temerity to an
tagOnize it. There Is no opposition TO the
structure except that of private interests, and
this ough; not to weigh against highly de-
,sirable public improvement.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

A suggestive letter is printed i'll another
column in regard to keeping injured steamships
ahoat. The writer contends, not without rea-
Son, that by the use of proper apparatus one
tenth of the power used to propel steamship
would make her practically unsinkable, 50 that
she could be brought TO shore even if badly
leaking. But suppose that it was not possible
to MAKE use of the vessels motive power In
the Oregon the water came in 50 fast that the
fires were soon put out, and o. course the
engines stopped working. Of what use would
an elaborate device to keep a steamer floating
be if there were no power to operate it
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
NIX. LlBOUCHERE'S RLCENr LETTER.
FROM A WISE AND INILUENrIAL STATESMAN.
From Tl. N.c-I0rh >N1. ,

From WISE AND INiLUENrIAL STATESMAN.
From Tt- N.tc- YORK
The serious and influential part winch the
playful LIOr OF Lut mas begun 20 take IN idrldne nj
since his party friends the Radicals, have at last ap-
preached prcdOmiutuce must seem aS pcrplrNng 10
those crs who looked TO nm merely Tor alnuse-
mcu a. seemed ttn the aus,ere tranStOl nation or
crony when the Latter LETT the tavern Tor throne
Bui the fact that Mr. labOucherc has the H"rIiau
kuack OF ,ayluS things ncrllN, ana dccoIbhES MS
comments current affairs have been rcllrd by the
grave and the long headed as well IS 10y ne npptnt ana
the gay The sOuhducsS OF his Judgment ana his DOWN
right method Expressing his CONVICTIONS are well eN-
cnpir. IN the statement OF his views communicated
Yesterday to 1uE TRIBUNE. . II seems
already certain that, when she colossal nEure
of Mr.. Gladstone. which - yet OFerShhd-
ows and arIs all cOadJ TUTORS has vanished from the
STAGE Mr. LaUuuchcgc cannot be excluded from The list
OF n- commanders OF the Libtu thcnceiotth dehn G.
Is ymctlmurpLu-ci INTO the Eaa cal party. =: II i
even probable that outside OF the Ministry has
better opportunities than hd, Mr. Lboachere of Iear
ng the frcmioTs intentions and therefore we attach
nusn Importance To MS outline OF lhe measures To
be- prUpo sod for ireland hy Mr. Gladstone than 10 the
gucsscs made tho subject by the London newspapers
KEAs,URING TO GLAD,TONEs FRIENDS.
From me Acir- i0rN Nat dHd Express.
Mr. ChamUcraIu SCr.us ukcly To leave tAe N'pnet on
an the British Premier against the tyect 10
pay to buy out lrIsh landIorS Az one
tmo Thought that suCn secession NOuIu utpEl'
Mr. GlddstOur's project 0t the support o inc hAu''
In the Parliament, but from what Mr. lAbOuChert Say,
I'm TIM IIuBt NJ scens now more likely mat IL VII
separate Chamberlain from lhe Radicals Rather than the
Radicals from the Governments
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
TWO HOUSES BETTER THAN ONE.

Mr.. LabuuCherc WOuu not replace tho upper Louro
with body. II being his opinion that slhgo mouse
better than two. Where two legislative bOYes eAs
hc believes that lerOrns all The work. oAeroishS
all tie real authority ana In support OF sas urchr
tells us that the American Senate Is III ieaJ az
here ~ OF Congress- Americans firmly de
voted to tho dOubc-headed plan OF legislation sp recE
safeguards which IL eTects against apuso OF tho
law making function. Our system OF politics 10 exposed
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

Is there any good reason why the inyestiga-
ton of the charges made by cX-Consructon
Engineer Craven against Chief Engineer
Church, of the new aqUeduct should be con-
Quoted behind closed doors The charges
have been made in public way, and Alr.
Church ought to insist on all the evidence
beng put before the public. Mr. Craven's
counsel is anxious that the sessions Of the in
yestisaiipg commission should be open. 1t is
true that the engineers vino are 70 make the IN
quiry-Gencrals Newton, Gilmore and Greene
are men in whom the public have great
confidence, and the conclusions which they
reach will probably be accepted without ducs-
ton. But will anything be gained by holding
the investigation in secret VIII it not rather
suggest star chamber proceedings Mr.. Church
can lose nothing by having all the facts brought
out In the light of day. The commission Of
engineers will do well to decide III favor of
open hearings
; In view Of the reports regarding Mr.. Cham
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

The decidedly radical not to say revolutionary
proposition to abandon " Fast Day" IS being agl-
tated ia Boston. The Rev. Mr Savage, who fayOrs
the abandonment. asserts in an interview that the
people of my acquaintance make Fast Day time
of recreation and generally cata bigger dinner than
usual instead Of fasting" No doubt Fast Day has
outivcd its usefulness but II Is doubtful if Boston
decides To strike 1t fIOm the calendar For let IN
noyatIon gain foothold and where is the line to be
drawnl The iconoclasis who begin by warning
against Fast Day are likely to end by crying that
the Bean must 90.
If the authorities of Wcstchcstcr County had
been as active with their legs before the Dempsey
La Blanche prize fght-ol which they had ample
warning-as they have been with their mouths
since the fight Dempsey and the Marine " mis- ht
now be in jail.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

at was rule of the Office" says Alderman
Jaehne regarding his BrOOme-st place to melt the
silver as receiI ed" This indicates how
great was Mr. Jaehne's confidence in the line of
business he was engaged in.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

If the President were to spend little spare time
reading the Constitution of the United States-a
most admirable work-he would learn that the Gov
ernment Is not his private property.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

, In view Of the reports regarding Mr. Cham
beIlain's resignation the statements in the
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

EX-AIderman Dempsey says he has rheumatism.
Ex-Aldcrman Miller calls 1t heart disease Why
not make general classification and call it the
Broadway rabies
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

The kind Of representative government which
produces men like .aehne is a sham. But the
people are responsible fol it-never lose sight OF
that fact.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

The Kngs'on Frcemm talks encOuragingly of the
ice crop. lee cutting on the Hudson for the season
practically ended last Saturday and the yield has
been 50 large that there IS little prospect OF hlgh
prices prevailing next summer Ibe Fre5ma" re
ports the quantity of ice held by all the companies
ot .. 500 600 tons. which Is about 100000 tons
short of the storing capacity OF the houses along
the river.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-18

Mr. Jacob Lorillard, the Harlem River Bridge
Commissioner, tells reporter that the man who
VIII build the best bridge in the shortest time for
the least money will get the contract" Public
opinion when voiced by resolutc newspaper is GER
tainly a strong power 1t is only few weeks since
Mr.. ] or!llard was assisting in giving the contract
away without any guarantee for these reasonable
conditions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
ARRESTMG A MONKEY.

Policeman Tells How He Nabbed 1iam
for the Comxnission of Larceny
II was just thinking" said police
man on one of the downtown be ats. as
he wiped the perspiration from his
brow, addressing himself 20 a reporter,
'.of tie strangest arrest Lever made in
my life. Want to hear of ita"
YES" said the newspaper man, ON
the lookout for the aew and curious.
Ego ahead"
Well" continued the anan with
brass buttons, "the arrest reier to was
that of 4 small monkey on a charge of
sarcenv You need't look incredulous.
What am going to tell to you is true,
every word of it.
Several years ago | was on the
police force in Albany, n. Y The beat
j patrolled w&s Il portion of one Of the
principal streets of the city, and one on
which there were number of large dry
goods stores. Shortly after | went on
the force there began to be reported ex-
tensiye shopliftSng depredations in some
of the large dry goods establishments on
nv beat. Every effort was made to
detect the thief. but to no avail. Some
of the proprietors of the victimlzed es-
Establishments dubbed together and hired
experienced detectives to ferret out the
mystery At the end of month time
the shoplifting was going on Just as
regularly and myster .ously as ever.
. zone day / noticed handsome,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
WATER POUTS.
Disastrous Disturbances Formed During
Periods of Excessive Heat.

Disastrous Disturbances Formed During
Periods of Excessive Heat.
These disturbances generally form at
considerable height in the air, al
though at times they seem to ascend
from the waters surface; that is to say,
there is no visible agent influencing the
ascension of the water, but. of course,
in every instance the causative power is
from above, and in the latter case near
the waters surface. When l speak of
the formation of the water-spout at a
considerable height in the air, mean
that the embodiment of the whirl, or the
revolving current, of air, first appears
us dark cloud of infinitely divided
particles of water, the result of rapid
condensation, OF course in the air, and,
therefore, above the water. The swift
passage of the air in u spirally upward
motion over the surface of the water
raises it i'll the form of spray, and car
rieS it upward in the center of the
wlIirling cloud, which then presents the
appearance of q densely opaque body,
and conveys an impression to the eye
Of the observer that a huge column
of water is ascending in the form of
long spout, widening gradually toward
the top. There are Instances. however.
where the force manifested was suf-
ticient to raise considerable quantity
of water several hundred feet in the air.
Water-spouts form during periods of
excessive heat, generally in the after.
noon, and at or;near the hottest part of
the day. In the temperate zone they
only occur during summer months.
They are of most frequent occurrence
in the region of Gains between the
tropics, but are not altogether strange
sights in the Gulf of Mexico and along
the gulf stream, south of parallel forty
degrees north. In regard to motions,
they possess both rotary and progress
sive action, but Ill neither do they man
ifest a permanently of direction. Water
spouts can not be considered as alto
gether harmless, Cor there are instances
where vessels have been wrecked by
fhem.-Lieut. Jolbsa P. Finley, IN u. S.
Signal GerpS.