New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-27


10 abdicate threatening him with instant dealh |
il I've resisted 1t was at his order that enc OF the
yo n. Officers wrote tha fata paper which nobody
rould read but which the ruler OF Bulgaria was |
forced 10 81 N al the mIzzc OF a revolver, sign,
or III shoot shouted MAJOR GrIch POINTING his
weapon in the Princes face as he hcSitaled IN
the effort 10 deciller the series OF meaning less
scratches made by tho drunlcn officer Tod
save Bulraria Alex. n err wrote the Prince !
and then he WAS hustled out of the door and away
10 NikoIois IAit LiriIeh. what became of him !
Has the redoubtabe Major mysterously drsap-
reared benin the seems? 1t would be PITY TO
lct so prom mt an actor in the Balkan drama
sink into oblivion
TIE college football teams apparently cannot be
trusted TO kick without gloves
The filing by the Police Commissioners OF the
vacancy caused by tie death On Thursday OF
Police surgeon Pu1oy viii afford one OF the best
tests OF the work n and establishment OF tho
Civil Service Laws in NewYoik city. This VIII
lie the Fl 81 a pOintnent TO n permanent medical
position under The city government since the
Civil Service laws went I'M operation An ex-
am D..ti,n the rues howe CT, was hcid
more than year 40 for candidates to fill the
I.s ton OF Police Surgeon when vacancy should
occur At That examination there wee thirty
n ne can dal,s from anon. the physicians OF The
CITY Dr. K. H. Nj. Dawbarn received the max
imum mark OF 100 DR.. c. w. Cutter was marked
90. AMI IT. G. s. Mack 90. The Civil Service
rules require that the ap. onting power shall
appoint 10 the vacant position one OF the thee
pcrs.n rs receiving tie histest MAX IL VIII be
interesting To oil serve whether the Police Com
IN IS ones win be able 10 resist The pressure That
doubtless will be brought to bear upon them TO
persuade them 10 pass over the three who are
eisible within tie rules in favor Of some other
physician with greater pc itica or social influence
From The Evening Posts outspOken and
ferrid remarks about the dismissal Of District
Attorney one, apprehend Il al it has 20 no
that terrible Syndicate which it was bitterly
denouncn n, few days ago.
The Board OF Aldermen wants more money ap
propriated TO enforce the Truant act. notwith-
s. an in that there arc thousands OF children VINO
cannot get INTO the public schools for lack of
room. But more money to hunt up truants means
larger salaries for the men employed TO do that
woIk The Aldermen can always be counted In
favor of larger salaries.
! There was lots of offensive partIsanship and
some pernicious activity at Princeton ON Thanks
giving Day.
There seems TO be as much riflianism in college
| football rs in the prize ring. The police In all
wcllrcsulat cities break up brutal exhibitions
of pugilsm. Cannot tile college authorities be
depended upon to be equally rigid in repressins
such dcmorahzing contests as that Of ThanllsSiv-
| ing Day at PI1nccton?
The bond that unites President Cleveland and
The Evening Post OF this city has become
somewhat strained. Even "1he Post which has
| well been called the most INSCRIPTIONS OF the
AdministI alton organs. cannot stani the attitude
| OF tie ~ resident in the Benton and Stone cases
II insists that the two cases being essentially
alike ought to have been treated alike OF course
they ought 10 have been but a President who Will
want to "gct the delegates in 1888 cannot be
| OK ected in 1856 to act the principe that
what's sauce for tho goose is for the gander
| Some OF the statements made to reporters by
the ulrymen in the McQuade case are very curious
IN view OF their votes for the lIisonerS acqulttal
| Not one OF them has expressed the slightest belei
in McQuaies innoccnre. Several OF them nave
said that the Recorders charge left them no op
ton but TO acquit Juror Lebl>uchner says. bin
to his own inconsistency, that he is glad thai
,bee were tluce men who voted for conviction
l,ecause otherwise McQiade would have been set
| free "and Of course Inc did not deserve to be
acoattcd" Certain it must be that Mct(uade was
! either guilty or innocent He could not be both
On the evidence lie deserved to be set free or TO
90 10 prison lie could MT deserve both The
nine men who voted to acquit the man were John
LYNN Isaac S. Solomon, Edward j. 1immon'
wi liam Burcis, Thomas a. Nugent, James lIN
in ston and JACOB LicblIuchner We should like
10 know if there is any one OF these men who
from the evidence nc heard in that case, has any
sort of doubt in his mind but that Mctluade wa
guilty as charged? No matter what a perJuIers
testimony is worth in general, is there any on
among them who did not believe that DUFFY ano
Fulleraf told the truth? Was Is possible fol
Them 10 account for the circumstances in the case
! in any other wayr
The cynical franlSness with which the President
has reduced Civil Service reform to the level Of
common, every day partisanship staitles our re
cent friends-tlie Nugwllmp en- my. Gentlemen o
The Indetenient press, be sincere and say that yol
have maze o mistaiSc IN your MAN. The Piesi
DENT b Democrat from the crown oil his head u
the solcs Of his feet He has not an honest Re
publican hair in his head Ills Civil ser ice dis
. 10 L., fanfix