New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-15

Powell of the Geological Survey, to letter OF Pro-
fessor Agassiz == Work the branches of tho
Northern Pacific =-- Searching for the Rock
Island Railroad robbers and murderers
CITY AND SUBUBBAN.-1he Oregon run into by
nschooner and sunk off Fire Islend; no lives lost
c. Talking by telephone from New-lork 10
Washington. =-- Straight tracks for short races
to be built = Chief Mahedys funeral
TltE WEATHER Indications for to-day Warmer
and fair, bat growing cloudy Temperature yes
terday Highest 49,; lowest, 800; average 4Ois'
Is the habit of the Dlstrict-Attoncy and
INSPECTOR Bylnes, when they are Informed of
suspected crime, to call in the suspected Grim
inal and ask hIm to explain And if so, how
does il work Does the suspected man con-
fess his guilt or deny ii and stralghtway hide
the evidences of it7 And Is it the Distrct-At-
torney's duty to advise him to " settle" Y
The report, which comes tins time from
Washington, that Mr.. Squire has resigned the
position of Commissioner Of Public Works
"for a consideration" is important if true.
But we confess that we doubt It, squire
knows that he has a fat place, and that he
probably will never get another like it. Writ
ing poetry is pleasant, but alas it does not
pay.
Working 10 help the poor in the right way,
that is by teaching them to help themselves is
often most di>cOuraging business, bnt II there
are any philanthrOpic souls within our range,
who are vexcd by the apparent failure OF their
efforts to do good, We commend to their attcn-
ton the record of the New York House and
School of Industry printed elsewhere. 1t was
started in $50 10 teach the poor TO sew, andlts
condition to-day shows what wonderful sue
cess often crowns quiet and persistent en-
deavOr
Some of our racing organizations are showing
great anxiety to get straight courses for short
dashes Such courses are fairer for horses,
owners and jockeys, for when big field
Swings around curve in short
scramble both horses and riders often
suffer, and the best horse is sometimes
beaten by the crowding and jostling at
the turns. But the public likes to see
clearly both the start and finish of
race. That is almost impossible on
straight course. And after all it
is far more important for our
jockey clubs to rid their grounds of the cir
cuitous and crooked ways of boOkmakers than
to straighten out the curves iii the tracks
Two common rutiians, with more muscle than
brains pounded each other with all their
might for ffty-One minutes yesterday near
Larchmont Their condition when they got
through was terrible, for the gloves they wore
amounted to nothing. In other words it was a
prize fight Who looked on and gave it sup
port, financial and otherwise A lot of short
haired rutiians from the BOwery 2 Not at all
The majority of the spectators was made up of
what are known as club men-melnbers of two
of the best known clubs in this city, which are
supposed to be composed of gentlemen. Yet,
despite these facts, the theory held by decent,
fined and intelligent people is entirely correct
viz, prize fighting is pastime pleasing only
to depraved and brutal natures. 1t should be
suppressed rgidly and the ruflians who fight,
and the less plucky but more vicious rGtfans
who look on, should be locked up in Jail.
One Of the most important contributions to
the literature of the Irish question lately made
was Mr. CITIZENS article in The Nineteenth CEN
turn concerning the profit and loss that would
result if Ireland should be separated from Eng
land. 1t seemed to show that England would
lose nothing and that the island costs England
more to keep than X is worth. Moreover, Mr..
Gifien had plan 10 buy out the Irish landlords
as the easiest way to soOthe their unhappy state
of mind, and he calculated that appropriation
would cost $500, 100000. Mr.. Citizens figures
have generally been accepted as trustworthy.
But now The LOndOH Economist denOunces them
as $50 per cent WIDE of the truth. This large
difference of opinion between the statisticians
apparently shows that figures sometimes do lie,
but that fact will not be of much Importance,