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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

The plan suggested to General Newton by
CORPORATION Counsel Lacomlc as a means OF
settling the controversy which has been going
on greatly TO the public hurt between the city
and the Fflh-aye. pavement contractor is
sensible and b,lsincss-like. Mr.. Lacombe pro-
poses that the question whether or not the work
has been done in substantial accordance with
the specifications be referred to a commission
of three impartial engineers, one to be appoint
ed by the Commissioner of Public Works, one
by Contractor Baird and the third to be selected
ly the two thus appointed. Ii is to he rcmcm-
bcrcd that this is the question which jury
would pass upon if the case should 90 to the
courts. If the acts Of neglect which Mr.. Baird
has committed are not of a character or degree
materially to lower the standard of excellence
established by the specifications, the jury would
award him damages which could not lal TO
exceed $25O,OOO. If The case should go against
him, his loss would bc at least $4,000 III
actual expenditures already made.
The attitude of Mr.. Baird is uncOmpromsing.
lie asserts most positively that he has done
good, fai hful work and that he is ready to prove
it. He insists that he has been made the VIC
tim of political fight: that the case against
him was made up originally as means OF
getting Squire out Of Office, and has been main
,ained because his accuscrs had TO maintain il
or acknowledge their mcndacity, and he pro-
poses to settle the business by an immediate
appeal TO the courts.
The city's case is seriously weakened in view
of the radical difference of opinion expressed
in the reports of its experts. Those appointed
hy the Mayors puppct Commissioners of Ac-
counts, in conformity with the marvellous spirit
of reform which has all at oncc possessed these
gentlemen like charge Of carboc acid in a
glass of soda water, have condemned the work
in the most eXtrayagant terms. Those appoint
I'd by the Controller and the Corporation Coun-
sci. two respectable officials who do their duty
in an even, far-mndcd way, not addicted to
periodical fits Of epilepiic reform, leave the
question Of substantial conformity with the con-
tract in serious doubt
The people are tired of uncandid quibblng.
They want that pavement, or else they want
damages out Of the contractor, and they don t
want a lot of litigation with residents along
the avenue who are suffering from the blockade.
Mr. Lacombes plan will bring about a speedy
settlement of the question. A jury would he
likely to find in accordance with the opin-
ion of three impartial and critical engineers.
If the Department Of Public Works has been
mised 10y these stern and unbcnding reform
ers," it is better to know it now rather than
learn it through a $25O,O0O adverse verdict
We are close upon Mayoralty contest and
the reform tendency about the City Hall is, for
the moment, at fever heat 1t does not do to
place n TOO tender confidence in it just at this
time especially when it is inviting such cXtcn-
siyc and costly litigation as now threatens the
city by reason of the Fifth-ayc. blockade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
TIE ABUSES Of TIE TURF

II is time for every one who has the pros
perity of the American turf at heart to give
ser,ous attention to its evils and abuses, which
have now became deplOrably conspicuous.
Racing has been carried to al intOerable ex-
cess, and while ten years ago the people
of this part Of the country were satisfied WIN
the spring and autumn meetings at Jerome
Park and the summer meeting at Monmouth,
less than thirty DAYS in all, now there is racing
of one sort OF another in or near New York In
an almost unbrOken stretch from the middle OF
Nav TO election day. This is altogether too much
There are not stables or horses or race
coers enough properly to support such an ex-
pansion of the sport. The growth OF IL HIS
been so rapid as to be unwholesOme and even
corrupt Every bad element has been stlmu-
lated and swollen, and every evil influence has
been streng; hened and difiuSed. Professional
gamblers have become constantly more power
tul on the tracks, and some OF the Jockey CUBS
seem more afraid of offending the bOokmakers
than of alternating the public. Jobs and frauds
of every kind flourish rankiy in this feveredand
rotten soil.
The main cause Of trouble is that many men
interested IN the turf have allowed their avar-
ice and greed to pass all bounds. Stakes
and prizes have been multiplied and
n agnifed beyond all reason, while
the gambling at the race-courSes has
also increased enormously. A sound and
healthy condition of affairs can only be re-
stored by united action on the part of the
Jockey clubs, by which the number of race
days shall be greatly reduced, by which con-
fiictlng interests shall be harmonized and by
which the boOkmakers shall be kept under
proper restrictions and taught that the turf is
not kept up for thtir especial benefit that IN
tact racing goes on IN spite of their pernlcions
activity and is not really dependent upon
them.
The TRIBUNE publishes to-day an extended
statement of the Opinions OF Leonard w.
jerome. the founder of Jerome Park and the
president of the Coney Island Jockey Club.
Mr. jerome has done more than almost any
other living American for the develop
ment of wholesome and honorable sport,
and he deplOres the present unhappy
condition of the turf He makes many
valuable suggestions, and his wise cOunsel5,
born of long reflection and almost unequalled
experience, will carry more weight with turfmen
than those of any other person now connected
with racing 1t is clear that changes OF a
sweeping nature are absolutely Indispensable.
The great clubs must act in harmony they
must do VIII It they can to suppress the
banditti of the guerilla tracks they must be
more vigo Gus and unrelenting in stamping out
fraud they must put down the insuiferabie
arrogance and swagger OF some bOokmakers,
who think they rule the turf If they do not
90 these things they will soon find the whole
structure of their prosperity pulled down about
their ears. And the destruction will be well
deserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

town 70 noted for its sausaees. Who makes them
Thsy are very much peppercd You are fond OF drink
here too suppose; for the beer 10 eooi" And when'
after few moments talk the Mayor veutured TO nope
that there was no immediate danger OF an0tner war ING
Chancellor replied: God preserve us from H. fou WIZ
have time ia read Goethes Faust before 1t comes
The late Rev. Gregorius Mengarni, OF Santa Clara
College, California. one OF the frat two Jesnn
taken to the Rocky Mountains BY Father De Smet
One day tho Czarina appeared In now corn-colofed
GOWN which was much admired By the Court ladies'
few minutes later Young lady attached to the Imperial
household Mics Feodorofna Ghka, entered. wearing
gown exactly like It, blCpder had been made By the
Paris dressnakers but that did not diminish the
Czarinas evident the young lsdys constSrna
tiOn But the Car To tue rescue. anu NY
lieutanants" he said, smiling, also wear exactiy
similar uniforms"
Ex-secretary Hamilton Fish had slight stroke OF
paralysis month ago his homo In Garrisonon-the
Hudson Mr. Fish is in his seventyninth year, but the
sroko was very light and he able to walk out In
week. He Is now said to be as well AS ever
Reading some OF his poems to party OF friends the
other evening, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes specified
several which he sa.d he originally had published
anonymousy Since then no less than three different
persons had deliberately and circumstantialy claimed
the authorship OF them
General Sir ReiveIs Butler Is popular and indeed
mode landlord Of large Deyonshre estates which
turn him about $4,000 year. He has only one child,
a daughter. ana H. as is likely he IS raised TO the
peeraQe the patent will probably be extended to her.
was done In the Lord Wolseev and his daughter
Sir Redyers four brothers: Stafordsnre pottery
owner, Doctor C-ylon planter and real estate
agent. Their mother was niece ~ ire DUKE oI
Norfolk. a near relative is DR.. F. Butler, the eminent
Canadian Oculist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
HANDS OFF!

The American citizen is popularity supposed
to he an easy going creature who generally
avoids the trouble of rcscnting an imposition or
even an insult but there is one thing to which
the people of this country unanimously object
they object to being taken for fools. This is
a fact which we beg to present to the atten-
ton of President Cleveland. The people feel
no particular sympathy with the village post
masters and the revenue collectors whose
political activities are more or less clrcunl-
scribed by the Administrators circular
warnings, but there is a growing feeling
of contempt for the narrow intelligence which
supposcs that the country is going to be gulcd
by any such shoddy Righteousness, so long as
the President and his official advisers are openly
dickcring to elect a Mayor of New York.
The past ten DAYS have witnessed more I'M
blushing interference in the politics of this city
than was ever known during those dark ages
when Republican Administrations were content
to do their whole duty to the people, without
training flock Of magpcs to scrccch that
"pubc office is public trust First appeared
upon the scene that eminent rcfOrmcr, Colonel
Daniel S. Lamont He came to do ga little
shopping" The Private Secretary wanted 1T
distinctly understood that he had lost his 60
loshcs. and that New York was the only spot on
earth where he could get another PAR. Next
came that guilecss student of theoretical states
manship, Daniel Manning, Secretary of the
Treasury. He was on his way to Washington,
but his health compelled him to break the jour
ncy at New-York Then the Secretary of State,
Thomas F. Bayard, the fshermans friend,
slipped over on the limited express to get
6 ,oIt "a, hn fol
rotary Whitney, who always has structural
weakness - for the metropolis about this time OF
wear. OF course The Erening Post and Inc
Times would say that these gentlemen were
never so surprised in their lives as when they
found that New Ork was about to hold inc
NEST important election in her history, put all
the people know or if they do not IL is ume
they did, that these gentlemen, the PrcsidchtS
nearest advisers, were one and all mere Ior uhc
express purpose of doing all in their power 10
elect a Mayor of this city that they came IN inc
interest of the President, II not at his bddlh9;
that they have spent their days and nights
with tie leaders of the LEGAL factions mat thelc
is not a single scheme for bargain or consol-
id;.tion TO which thcy have not listened thai
they arc prepared to dictate, to concedc, to dick
or. to do whatsoever may he finally agreed upon,
in order to control the emergency.
Now the people Of this city and of the country
NAV or may not resent this sort Of thing, but one
thing is ccrtain-thcy understand it and they do
not propose TO lose their heads or their hearts
TO the hypocrtica rcformcrs who put it in prac-
tice. If Glands off is a good motto for the
politicians of village post-oiticcs 1t is good
motto for the politicians of the Presidents
Cabinet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
WELL PAID CONFESSIONS.


Two Nev-York editor-propriciVrs nave distng ushed
aud the era itude OF thor compoNtors
~. c'n .asrs bio aud una-k-d for adyan wascs
o.nn pulitzer, OF Ihe World voluntarily raised tue
raIr OF cOmpcnsation nom 40 cents per 1000 e'os
IN AZ crns The boys chr-red aad passed. resOItiOna
for tn-y gain $4,000 10 $4,000 year Me. PutzeTs
generosity has also itself IN giving 5000 10
tne Press club, 81 900 weekly tor worSingu~ls OK
curson AID 81 900 every sunday fora king wonens
ek cursion.
But IN tue price OF composition Mr. Putzvr has been
exceeded by Wmtraw Eel I. OF raE TRIBUNE VINO
postcdly compositors 90 oents per loo
place OF AZ, mat the hzaost pro. paid
A. the uneI Saics. Ycy rnE TRIBUNE bssn repeat
edly Iougnt by unoa printers oecsusoH woatd employ
"A gotd man when he WIS uot nomDsr OF Al union Inc
uniformly high character OF the treatment thai Mr. Reid
Ia, given HIS eomposors /, app ecialoi BY them. what
ever grutses uuuus may entertain on account OF tus
failures VI their intrusive nyoEIesnces and dloAons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

toni Lift up your vision, john Disintegrato
your phrases. Free your mind from can't. AL
through the war. through all those trying years
In which your honored father fought in the
front ranks and with immortal honor against
the very men who have just called you to their
leadership, the Republican party was seeking
It's own preservation because the Nations life
depended on IL; it was political machine
because without The machinery of organization
it could not do its work.
Don't write any more letters, John, until
you know what you want to say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
4 SEBSIIIUTE FOR HOME RULE.

The announcement that committee OF the
British Cabinet is preparing Home Rule bill
on the basis of provincial councils is probably
prcmai .. The rumor has evidently been put
in circulation bv Mr.. Chambcrlain's DartiSans
who find it necessary TO promote his political
interests by assuming that he is behind Lord
Randolph Churchill. The proposed scheme IS
identical with his own project for distributing
legislative powers among four local assemblies.
one for each province. IL ie stated in London
that the bill differs from Mr.. GladslOnc's chief
ly in the substitution Of four legislative bodies
ia place of one and that the Government hay
ing secured in advance the approval Of Mr.
Chamberlain and Lord Harrington is cOnld NJ
Of It's ability TO carry the measure al the next
session. While this announcement is. as We
have said, undoubtedly premature ii is not i'm
probable that it is a correct forecast Of the
Governments Irish programme. Lord Randolph
Churchill is the real leader OF the COnScrva-
tiycs, and he is apparently bent upon reversing
the policy OF the party at almost every point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
Netp2lorls daily Grib,a,la.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1856:
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORRIGN-The week i'll London. - LORD
Kaulbars irritated and astounded. &C. Horrible
crime Of child. - Lord Harrington end the
new Irish biil. 60 The religious troubles at
Delhi.
DoMrsTIC.-The Anarchists sentenced In Chicago.
e. Guarding the packing houses in Chicago.
e. Committees appointed in the Genera. AS
sembly OF the Knights of Labor. -
Discussing tie subject of missions III
the Episcopal General Convention. - Report
that the Anchorla has been seen disabled. under
SAIL - Seizure of an American schooner by
Russia 60 Nominations for Congress and ior
Assemblymen. - Unhealthy Federal buildings.
CITY AND SUBUnBAN.-WIliard Saer Simpkins
killed while riding in Central Park. 60 Inc
Lntos Club entertained Wilson Barrett -
Prospects of Democratic union not bright. -
Lord LOnsdae's answer to DE Bensauhes suit.
g. Rumors that ex-AdermeD Kirk AM Say les
had fed. - Henry George spoke at three bg
meetings. - Winners at Parkvllle: Little Mn
ME, Climax Frank Ward, Barnum. Ferg Kyle
G. ST. Louis beaten by New-YOrk. - llsor
der at the convention that renOmlnate1 Congress
man McAdoo 60 Gold value of the lecal-t nder
silver dollar 412l2 granS-at Al ll-1G Cd. per
puuce-74 SO cents. - Stocks active only IN
spots: irregular with frequent fluctuations gener-
al closing strong.
JnE WEATBER.-Indications for to-day: Warmer
and fair. Temperature yesterday Highest, 10;
lowest, 56o; average. GO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

September 25, and given to the press on
October 8 That would be just as COED proof
as any he could offer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

1t is not at all credltable to New-York theatre
goers that tho English company now at the Casino
Is doing profitable business The nOtOrety which
this organization has won is so odlous and dis
graceful that 1t should have played to empty
benches But nothing is to be gained by conceal
ing the truth. and the impression which some
papers have tried to create that the audiences have
been extremely meagre wide Of the truth. Such
pro perity. however, as the company enjoyed last
week was stimulated entirely by a prurent cnri-
osIty and it cannot last. Entertainments whose
chef attraction is for men about town are not
likely to flourish long. and even this class Will soon
be weary of tho people who have SO outraged
decency. Audiences composed almost exclusively
of men bring injury tban profit TO a reputable
y-hOuse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

The nn.l farewell engagement OF Nue. Rnea viii
played IN New. York. The repcrlory Of that actress
includes " Frou Frou."" a DANGEROUS Came" ." Pyg-
maIOn and Galatea." Tue Romance Of Poor Young
Man" and other plays.
This week VIII probably SEQ the arrival OF Fraulen
Lehman, Nine. CavaazzI, Fraulein Leonhardt Herr
Fischer and Herr Robinson, Of tue MeIrvpohta Opera
Company. The chorus arrived last aud the Opera
House already echoed tho notes of busy prepaIa
ton for the season which Is To Dcgln on November D.
The most Interesting DIT OF intelligence that has
come from the upper house of late, how
ever, Is this It has been determined TO
Include Waguers Tristan und Isolde" In tho roper
tory aud 10 give IL probably Tue third of the
season with tho foliowing aimIraoe cast: tristan.
He Nemann IsOlde. Frau elm Leamuu Braagune
frsueIn Brandt; AOng Aaike Herr Flsner; Aeloi
Herr RobnsOn Win suoh distribution VI y ,rls Nag
ners marvellous drama ought 10 be performed In liner
Style tnan Is possible al tho present time any opera
house IN Europe. Tue season VIII began vita Gold
Marks "kOulglu Won saba Gu November 10 herr
Niemann VIII eject his entrance IN Die wakurc aud
on the thlri night the pubic viii hear Two Of the new
corners, Frau Forster dramatic soprano. and Herr LoOo
touor, IL Veriis Aida"
sgnor Angeles Official announcement OF the season OF
italian OPERA TO begin AZ tho Academy OF Music Mon
day night OF next week. ders simultaneously from tue
prospeoIuses OF the past In its moderation. 30
k We are Aplo 70 Judge nothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

"A few more new faces in the Custom House
Mt Buffalo is what The Courier of that city yearns
to see 1t is understood that the President has his
eyes upon some nice Medina Democrats who he
thinks would give tone to the Buffalo Custom
House. and In due course they will doubtless get
there Let The Courier be patient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

The morning after Judge Peckham was nomi-
mated for the appellate udgeship, The TRIBUNE
reproduced jeremiah McGuire's drastic comments
upon the choice OF the committee. Mr.. Mctiure Is
an Speaker of the Assembly and q well-knOwn
Democrat. lie stated that he had denounced the
nomination; that he had asserted that Peckham
would lose the vote of many Democrats, partic-
ulary those devoted to Judge Ruger;
that he represented Peckham having
proved false TO Ruger mt the Syracuse
Convention of 1882 when Ruger himself was
a candidate for the Appeals bench. Now here
comes The Llmira Gazette containing what purports
TO be an interview with Mr.. Mcclure III which he
Is reported as fatty denying that he er made
the statements attributed to him in II TRIBUNE.
1t IL only charitable to assume that The Gazette in
teryewer entirely misunderstood Mr. Mcclure.
For ont of the mouth of half dozen witnesses II
it were worth while, we could establish to the
satisfaction of whom 1t might concern that in
particular was Mr. Mcclure misrepresented In these
columns And if it should turn out that the Demo-
cratic machine has forced hun 10 re cant, 50 much
the worse for the ex->peaker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
REpUT1TJON Ar HIGH RISKS.

The mortality from Alpine climbing has been
unusually high during the present season. There
have been twelve fatal accidents. One was
caused by the crrlmbling Of snow cornice IN
the Gross-Glockner underneath the weight OF
four yenturesomc climbers. The Marquis
Alfred de Palavcin and the secretary OF the
Dutch Legation at Vienna persisted with their
two Tyrolcse guides. woman was killed IN
the same quarter by falling from preciplcc
and two similar accidents occurred in the
Austrian Alps. young Englishman travelling
with a friend on the Cornettes de Bisc also
made fatal misstep. German tourist and
a guide were overwhelmed by an avalanche
while ascending the SchrcclIhorn, and another
traveller lost his life on Mount Pilatrs.
Every summer a score of such accidents is
reported from the Alps, a majority of which
arc attended with fatal results. Yet the
most dangerous routes for mountain
climbing steadily increase in popularity
and every great city in Europe has
its Alpine Club of low or high degree.
There is, of course no motive except the
peasurabe excitement Of accomplishing
difficult feat to tempt tourists out of the beaten
tracks. There arc no scientific objects to be
accomplished, and the risks of accident are
taken mainly by vcnturcsOmc travellers who
are anxious to have their names and deeds
recorded in the journals Of the Alpine clubs.
1t is too often a cheap reputation for courage,
pluck and endurance that aures the victims Of
the Alps to face the chances of death so
eagerly and thoughtlcSsly.
The most striking accident of the summer
illustrates the faulty with which high risks
are sometimes taken by inexperienced mount
ain-clmbers The ascent of the Matterhom
was made during August by two amateurs
accompanied 10y two ignorant guides. While
they were returning they were bcsct by blind
ing snow-storm and were exposed for twenty
four hours to almost Arctic cold. One of them
being unable to walk was finally abandoned by
his companion and the guides, and when
rescue party returned hours aGterward he was
dead. The two inexperienced tourists had
foolshly attempted one of the most dangerous
Of Alpine fcats without providing themselves
with proper guides When the storm came
on the party became dcmoralizcd and the adj
venture became a catastrophe which will he
seriously discussed at Zcrmatt for years to come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

The Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby seems to have a
low opinion of .Hany of his clerical brethren, as
well as of the Republicans of NewYork in general.
In a letter to the Mayor, written on September 20,
he urges Mr. Grace to become a candidate again for
his present place. and says: "Only the low i'm
moral class and few pig headed politicians oppose
you. Really now, TO which class. for instance do
the Rev. X. Ieber Newton and the Rev. Dr.
McClynn who support Henry George for Mayor
belongf To the low immoral" the pig
headed And how abour the rank and file of the
Republican party in this city who will have none
of Grace Are they ali low and immoral
With three members of the Cabinet and the
Presidents private secretary pulling wires stimuli
taneously in this city for the local election. often
sive parisanShlp cannot be said to be in state of
innocuous desuetude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

FoRRIGN.-The week i'll London. - Lord
Randolph Churchirs new surprises. 60 General
Kaulbars rritated and astOunded. &C. Horrible