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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
THE MAJORITY "A VORED HIGH LICENSE.

Frank f. Blake, recording secretary of tho Church
Temperance Union OF Jersey City, writes to THE TRIBUNE
correcting report OF meeting OF the Union on Monday
night there the Park Reformed Church MI Blake
denies meeting decided to favor prohibition and
oppose high license and local option" and adds;
Resolutions offered OF which the following Is
copy
Resolved That the Church Temperance Union. repre-
sentng the c"cs u al! 1ynomaons III Jersey Cy'
cordially approves the Consolidated Temperance BAL IN
Guiding high license and Local option provisonsl now
pending before the House OF Assembly, and respectfully
our Senators and Representatives In the Assembly
moi only the till but 10 resist every attempt
nuy its value by reducing the required Zee Tor license
Resolved That copy OF this resolution be forwarded
representing Hudson County and Assem-
bymen OF IT. several districts
These created heated discussion the part Of two or
three Prohibition brethren who present. one OF
whom took advantage Of clause In the constitution OF
Union. which provides that in division Is called
By any the vote shall be taken BY the ehurehes
possibly killed resolutions although the general
Sentiment " the Individual members OF tho Union was
overwhelmingly IN 81 passing the resolutions as
offered In order to restore harmony the writer who
offered the resolutions asked permission 10 Withdraw
them, which granted"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
PROPOSED OFFICERS OF THE YALE ALUMNI.

The Nominating Committee Of tho Yals Alumni As'oca
ton submitted the following for tho various
Offices: President ChsunceY " Depew class Of SO; vice.
presdents BrAyton Ives 81 and Daniel H. Chamberlain
20; secretary iogrins Coke. 10; treasurer William
Copp 80. EIocative Com nttea Clarence t. Bee0e. 7l
Albert McGresor rs Joln p. Clarke. T3. Frederick
Stokes. 10 Russell A. BI Ieow. 81.
Tho nal ssction vii bs holt at Domonic0s tomorrow
and when the business dsposs OF thsrs will DO social
meeting. at itch literary entertainment will be gvon.
Nonresident alumni will bs cordially weoonoi. The next
regular meeting will tsko pac, this third Friday In
March. unless other All Yale alumni are
invited 10 beosme members OF Tho a, ,oe lLion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
LARGE CLAIMS AGAINST GrsrAYR RANGER.

Gustaye Ranger the well known cotton merchant and
banker, OF No. so Wal-st. and OF Galveston. Texas
where the business has been carried Ranger
Co., is reported to be financially embarrassed, and his
notes have gone protest The Old Bangor Slate
Company has brought suit against Ranger Co. to re-
GOVT IS. 600 protested and Judge Patterson
Of the Supreme Court has granted attachment.
the ground Of non residence against Max Neethe, Of
Galveston. who, (, is claimed Is a partner the firm
OF Ranger Co.. and who managed the business
Galveston. The First National Bank OF Psinheld ~
j. also brought suit against Mr.. Ranger protested
note and entered Judgment for O., j5l but Stern
Myers attorneys for Mr. Ranger. had the judgment
vacated by judge Andrews
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16

Dr. william A. Hammond. OF No. As West Pity fourth.
ST., complainant at Jefferson Market yesterday On
December 81 doctor whle riding TIL plat
form SiKhsva horsecar robbed OF his gold waca.
chain gold seal aud gold pencil On Tuesar Detectives
Crowley and McGuire arrested Samuel jenkins alias
Biackie and charged him with the theft. In court Dr.
Hammond identified Blackie" OF two hal
josed against before he missed his watch.
He 81 Sunday.
said he thirty years OF and lived OF No IA
West Twenty second.st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
swTyDLrvG SOME NAIDgy LAVE JEWELLERS

Benjamin oppsnhoimer. lawyer. OF No 237 Broadway
reported to Inspector Byrnes at Police Headquarters
night that diamonds worth sl stolen FROM
Jsreller IA Maiden Lane Tho good, obtained q
memoran lum by young who employed q some
downtown house lilo got tho diamonds the representa-
that he had Customer who wanted couple
the Jewels He was 10 have returned the other stones
Tuesday but no faed TO do IL Yesterday the Arm for
The young man but ho eOui not be found lie had sod
stones pawnsd tn, rsst and gone O- with the
NAAh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
No cOIORED OFFICER PROMOTED.

WASHINGTON. Feh Is speciaD-A local organ OF the
Administration stated few DAYS ago that the appoint
ment OF Charles E. Thyman to be Second Lieutenant
I'm the oath Infantry. and OF T. Mciuiie to be
Second Lieutenant In the 25ih Infantry were hearty
recognition OF the rights Of the cnlorrd assuming
apparently both rhyman and Mcfinre colored
men As matter Of fact, they both white. and both
have been appointed coored ginents In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
KNOCKED TO PIECES BY4y AMENDMENT

A. Foster Higgins, chairman OF the Chamber OF Com
meree Committee on Harbor and Shipping has written
letter t. Senator Evars relating to the bill In Congress 70
establish Board Of Commissioners prev dumping
Of refuse and other the harbor 10 the eject
that the ndment, by the Senate Commerce
destroys all that Is regarded essential feature OF
the bill and leaves matters a. they present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16

Tho failure of material in working the Charleston
has bcen worry small The probable cause for the np
narent Import ance given this matter was In Allowing
tic beams 70 DO Incorporated into the ship sftor their
failure. The why they failed is OF character
that I am unable to determine.
1Tbe experiments as carried on have fully demon
strated the necessity for annealing beams. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
To sI-ccEEp SOLICITOR MccUE.

WASHINGTON Feb. 15.-Charles r. Carey. OF Olean. N.
" has been appointed Solicitor OF the Treasury vice
Alexander McCue appointed Sub-Trsasnrer At New
York Mr.. Carey Is leading lawyer in Western New
York and for many years member Of the Demo-
cratic state Cow vttee The nsmin asn will DO sent to
the Senate tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16

wAsmSGroS. Feb IS Spec aN.-The House Com
mittee on Public buildings and Grounds reported to-
day g. s. Cox's bin providing for the erection OF an
Appraisers warehouse in the city OF New-fork
An Associated p dispatch printed In THE TRIBUNE
on ebruary IA asserted that the bill required the
building TO be 10 ated north of l1bertyst and with
I'm five blocks of the Hudson River This Is a mis-
take. he blu leaves the section OF site for the
building entirely to the discretion Of tho Secretary
of fbe Treasury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
UOJJSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

In tho absence OF tho SPEAKER, Mr.. cox. OF New
York, presided over the House this morning
Mr. ROBINSON, of Louisiana. from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported the bill for the payment
of 800 to soldiers who enlisted the act Of July
%. 1861. and who discharged by reas Of sur
geons certificate OF disability or by promotion before
the paton OF two years and who have not received
800 bounty. Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. RANDALL, OF Pennsylvania, from the Com
mttee Apr priations, reported q resolution for
tho appointment Of Special committee OF five men,
bers to investigate and report to tho House the delay
In the construction Of tho library building.
Adopted
The II use then went into Committee Of tho Whole.
Mr.. BLoUNT, Of Georgia, in the chair. on tho
Urgent Deficiency bill. brisk debate sprung up
the bill In the course Of some remarks, MI
BURNES, of Missouri, called attention to the num-
Der Of persons arrested for trivial violations OF tho
Internal Revenue laws. which called forth the suG
gestlon from Mr. BUCHANAN, Of New-Jersey, that
those laws should be repealed
Mr. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania, said that tho
Committee on Appropriations had been so frequently
attacked that he had become somewhat hardened, and
he thought. indeed that he had acquired some of tho
characteristics Of prize fighter lie was able to
stand more pummelling and come up moro serenely
than most Of his colleagues Laughtcr.)
Tho Committee Judiciary should frame some sort
OF amendment the statute law which would pre-
vent tho gross Injustice Which done TO Innocent
and lnOfcnding citizens by trivial prosecutions.
Many OF those Osecglions, as said by tho gentle
from Missouri (Mr BURNEoi came under the
Internal Revenue laws. BY all means they should
be abolished. tAppiause.l Tbs time had como when
these wrongs should DO duiy considered, and he
hoped the judo :ary Committee AM he gentleman
from Arkansas (Mr ROC EfSl as member Of that
committee, would take a hand in the work WINK
was sometimes good as nod to blind horse
(.aUghter.)
Mr.. ROC ERS-I sometimes take wink. but when
i wink, | wink at tho tariff. Laughter
Mr.. RANDALI-An right: We will wink together
maybe (Laughier and applause.)
Mr.. ROC ERS-If that suggestion means anything,
II gives profound qualification, for heretofore we
have not been wnhing t0g .ther on that subject
Mr.. RANDALL-1he gentleman may DO uttie
color blind on that subject. uaugherl
Mr.. ROC EI,S-lt Is not the tariff that blurs tho
eyes II Il the product OF the Internal Revenue sys-
tenn that makes blind. tLaughierl
Mr. BURNES said that no would never cease de-
nonncng the horrors and evils perpetrated In the
name OF the law by the officers Of law At the same
time. hs wished TO say to the gentleman from Penn
sylvania tNr RANDALL and the country, that he
would remove the burden OF tariff taxation and re-
duce tho taxes Of somo of tbs necessares OF lifo
before he would undertake to lessen Internal Revenue
taxation (ApDlaUse)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
TIVE Ways. Choose which

There OF doing what nature sometimes
completely namely relieve the bowels One is TO
swallow drastic purgatve which svscuaes profusey alb
Iuytly and with pain. Tie Other take Hoseters Stom
scb Bters the eject Of which violent but sufficiently
thorough and which does not grpe the Dtestnos II The
first selected the employing need expect per
aDent benefit aud hs hope to debita
ing reaction which
before H. On the other hand he Buers he
can rely upon the ressratsn OF habit OF body
sequsnt upon renewal Of heaihiu tone IN the intestinal
eaDsL Beside heslthuy relaxing the bswcS the Btters
scuses dormant liver impsrs benehciai impetu, TO the
action The kdarys aud couneracis tho early twingss OF
ghsansm tendency to govt and malaria In oil It's FERNS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
CLASH OF WITS IN THE HOUSE.

Mr. RANDALL AND MR. ROGERS EXCHANGE VIEWS
ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE QUESTION.
WASHINGTON Feb I5.-Among the petitions and
memorials presented in the Senate and referred to
committees were the following:
From tho knights 81 Labor Of South Amboy, n. j.,
protesting against the proposed change in the plans
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge over the
XIII Kull
From the Womcn's Christian Temperance Union OF
North Carolina and South Carolina for the repeal OF
all taxes alcoholic liquors
From citizens Of Massachusetts, for proper rc-
vision of the wool and woollen schedule the tariff
And the usual number from various states for
prohibition Ia the District OF Columbia
Among tho bills reported from committees ana
placed the calendar was a Il use bill to reward
the Esqumaux Indians of tho Asiastic coast In the
Arctic region for acts Of humanity to shipwrccked
seamen. - ..
Mr.. BECK introduced bill to reimburse states
for interest paid moneys expended In raising troOPS
for tho War of the Rebellion Referred
Tho Senate then resumed consideration OF ana
passed the Blair Educ att nal bill (For summary OF
The proceedings, see another column)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16

than before in tho regard Of tho masses. ne VII.
undoubtedly stand higher than ever with most VI MS
friends by reason of his conclusion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
HE CANNOT BE CALLED A sELF-SEEKER, NOW
Trrm Tho Milwaukee Evening W sconsIn.
STILL A FACTOR IN THE SITUATION.
LION TIA IndIa II nnlls hmm al lnn

No calculation can be safely maCe that leaves him
ont matter where he may be OF what station no
/ may FILL no viii be followed by the admiring
friendship OF his party an continue OF tho chefost
apostles Of Its policy and destiny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
LUMBER AND SALT ON THE FREE LLSI.
SOME LIGHT ON THE WORK OF INK DARN
LANTERN" TARIFF Committee.

THE DEFECTIVE DECK BEANS CAST OUT.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-The Secretary OF the Navy
to-day received a report, dated February q, rom
Chief Naval Constructor Wilson. In regard to the
singular behavior OF several deck beams intended FOR
cruiser No Q. charleston, while being worked to
shape He says
In order that shadow OF doubt shall exist as 10
tie quality OF material Incorporated In the nun OF
the Ship consider 1t for the best interests OF 'ho
Government to have removed from the ship four
beams referred by Constructor Fernad On bis etter
OF December 22, 1879 as having failed In wornhg'
although welded and considered By him suihcienuy
strong, and Others substituted. have to state as
the beams In ship have act not merely as glrders'
which support the load, but tics between the two
sides and as part OF the ship frame II Is important
that they should be made of the very best material.
@The failure OF these four beams was certainly
unusual occurrence. and at the present time unsccOunt
able as the material had stood all the regulation
tsts previous to It's receipt at the building yard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-16
HE MAY BE PERSUADED TO SERVE, EVEN YET.

Shond. however changed circumstance ca,se II TO
appear that Mr. Blaine IS Tho ono man for whom the
Republicans looking, who Of all oilers viii N.
most likely to carry the doubtful States and should
Mr.. Blaine become convinced that his present views
are erroneous and should the convention by arelama
tion tender him tho nomination and were he TO re.
cede from tho position OF hts letter and accent the
nnrnlnailnn. L Wnuld Involve no dlahnnnr ~ ~
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

When a woman wishes to make
soft soap she never gets mad because
her n~eighbor gives her the l~ye.-leras
Sittings.
A health journal is telling people
show to lie when asleep" II it could
persuade then to tell the truth when
awake it would do good.-M. q. Pica-
yune.
-Ncwsdcalcr--"I havcn'tthe change;
You can pay inc tomorrow" Gentle.
man-"But suppose ! should be killed
to-day?" Newslealer--''Oh, 1t wouidn't
be Il very great loss"
An all-round wag has placed the
following on his coal bin: Not to be
used except in case Of fire." The
cooks relatives are in CONSERVATION.
-Buriington Free Press.
did you even see Il ghost?" asked
a travelling man of an actor. yes"
was the reply. II have met with a
ghost, but not so often rs I'd have
liked. "-Nercham 7irarcier.
--Hc-.'Handsome woman. that Ma
jor Bold's wife; but why will she wear
such loud gowns:?" She-"Out of con.
sideration for the Major, | fancy. He
is so shockingly deaf, don't you know"
life.
In one of the leading uptown
l,,ta1. an.l ,.,,I, A.. f.ll.... -,
scription has been placed over the
piano in the drawing room: ''lneX.
pcrienced performers are requested tc
deny themselves the use OF this in.
strumcnt."
Wealthy Floridian-"lIcrc we are
wreathed in ogange-blossoms, and the
birds sing in every breeze. What
could be lovelicr in %January?" New
York Girl (~twenty-cight and desperately
just n orange-blossom wreath,
and Memberships march ripping
through the perfumcd air."--Ha,per's
Bds6y.
1t was in u cheese factory and the
party han matted before some prime old
L%imburgcr, which had an odor of fifty
pounds to the square inch. 'Phcw!'
said one, sit smells like the flowers
that bloom in the spring." Quite
wrong" said Il bystandcr; tho flow.
ers that bloom in the spring, ira la
have nothing to do with the k~ase!"-
Musical Herald.
AT u dinner at the Mansion House
three foreign consuls were present
whom the Lord Mayor wished to honor
hydrinking their healths. He according.
~ directed the toast-mas.er to announce
the healths Of 1.-THE three present ON.
suls." He, however, installing the
words, gave out the following ..The
Lord Mayor drinks the healtls of the
Three per cent Consols. SAT- Ldse
Gazetteer.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17
AMONG THE TYROLESE.
Mon aud Women who Are Pictures Of
Strong Health and Happy Spirits.

Mon and Women Who Are Pictures q
Strong Health and Happy Spirits.
The Tyrolcse are by no means font
of very hard work. Money is not I,
them what 1t is to their neighbors. th
Swiss. They love pleasure. and will
ingly take lower wages if they are a!
lowed plenty of time to amusa them
selves. The schools, too. do not carr,
education 10 the extent which prevail
universally through Germany ant
Switzerland. and must confess that
for a purely agricultural population
as the Iyrolesc are, reading. writin!
and arithmetic, with good religious in
struc;ion, II enough; and certainly
here you see no signs of overworket
brains. as are only too often to be me
with in the aforementioned coun'
tries. Here the children are pictures
of strong health and happy, careles;
spirits.
l have as yet said little of the scenery
of the Tyrol. an | it is difficult to de-
scribe lis grand loveliness. Imagine
mountains half-covered with smiling
pastures. dotted here and there with
little chalets, and higher up one dense
mass of pine forests. Sometimes you
come upon a tiny lake, glistening with
gold and silver, as the yellow and
white water lilies CLEAN in the sun.
while in the distance there is n range
of snow-capped mountains raising
their g!ittering crests heavenward
and standing outin bold relief agains'
the bright. clear blue of the sky. How
often have l sat at the foot Of some
pine-clad mountain and watched the
sun so down, listening the while to
the Alpine horn calling the cattle TO
come down from the heights to lower
and safer pastures for the night. and
have felt that surely this must be the
very embodiment of peace and tram
guilty.
On saints days there are generally
professions, which start from the
church, consisting of a large proper
ton of the villagers, both young and
old, some carrying banners, the chill
dren decorated with wrcaths, the sis
ters singing some sweet anthem rs
they go, and all looking full of peace
and happiness. On tLesa days no
work whatever is done in the village.
In the evening the people amusc them.
selves as they like best. but there is
very little drunkenness, Boggars you
seldom see, and if by chance you do
encounter one. five kreu,zers will in
sure you blessings and prayers to all
the saints, for your health, wealth and
happiness. Gypsies abound, and are
much dreaded by the peasant
farmers, as they make free with their
poultry. with their cows, and commit
other small depredations. Robbery
of houses is, however, almost I'M.
known in the Tyrol, the people helm.
singhlarly honest. and by no means
Coz. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17
MILLIONS IN OIL
Vas. fortunes Made and Lost in tho
Pennsylvania Fields.

l. has cost $50 900 600 TO pay tha
storaga and carrying CHARGES on the
stocks since January /, 1881, or very
| nearly twice what the entire amount
Of oil OF hand would bring if sold at
present prices. The annual loss to oil
| spectators on the fluctuations Of the
market has been $40, DOC, 90. O l. total
of $40. 900 600 since January 1, 1881.
This estimate Of the annual loss may
seem large. hut prominent brokers'
say it is not large enough. Olc broker
said his customers alone los 81. 600. 900
in 1882 and 81 so 900 in 1881 1t has
taken about S2l 900. 900 10 pay the
brokers commissions since 1881. maxi
ing u total OF S1i1 900. 900. which loss
has been carried by spectators In
W. years l. it any wonder that
most of them have lost money? II n
man is going 10 take II flyer in oil be
hal better tax it on the producing
side Of the business. Few men have
gone into producing oil but have
made money, provided thcv conducted
their business in n legitimate manner
and did not Try and capture the whole
world.
Since 1859 there have been drilled
about 81 600 wells at a total cost of
$500, 600 600. These wells have Fro.
duccd $50, 600, COO barrels Of oil, which
have been sold for $575. 900. 600. leav.
ing II net profit of 1910. 600. 600. The
three largest companies engaged in
the oil business are the Forest Oil
Company. the Anchor and the Union
companies. All these pay good divi-
dends, the Forest paying u per cent.
a year.
Oil-producers are divided into two
classes; one is the daring %willcaiter.
who. going far from all other fields.
leases huge tracts of land and tests
them by drilling several wells. II he
is lucky enough to strike n good well.
his fortune is made. The other class,
as conservative as the wilLcatter is
reckless, so about the thing in a busi-
ness-likc manner. and buy properly
where it has been proved hal oil ex.
lists in paying quantities. They have
the business down so fine that they
a tell you almost 10 a week how long
it Viii take to pay for their property
with oil at a certain price.
There are any number Of men who,
beginning with n fow hundred dollars,
have made $4,000. 500. 600 and 5000.
900 in the last 'ew years. The i .fic!ds
of Western Pennsylvania arc the rich.
In tho world, and there Is more
money in oil-producing than there is /
in the United States Mint. OIL tay
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17

Il little bell on the hall table and his
housekeeper, an elderly lady of dig
nifed. matronly aspect, who knew
what was expected of her. descended
the staircase and passed on into the
parlor. Just outside the library. en-
sconscing herself in a big rocking
chair with a volume of Thackeray.
This excellent dame, during the hour
and q halt which followed. watched
Mr.. Trent rather curiously. His a
ner toward the young woman who sat,
busy with notebook and pencil, at the
big walnut desk. was that of a prince
toward a great lady. Daring their
occasional pauses tor rest he made in
quiries as to her health and that of her
entire family circle, interrogated her
as to opinions on various matters con-
nected with the Office and in other
ways threw n vail over the distance
that lay between employer and de-
pendent Moreover. when he had &C.
casion to refer to q memorandum on
the desk beside her, he more
than once remained in a STOPPING
posture, glancing into her face much
longer. Mrs. Herrick thought, than
was either ne ccssary or like him
For an instant Mrs. Hcrrlck looked
grave. but frightened when. an in
slant later. Mr.. Trent's voice was
heard. calm, hard and distinct, dictat-
ing the dry -as-dust points of a brief.
The old lady had known Mr.. Fer
dinand from his boyhood, and she
had told herself then, as she had done
a hundred times before. that his honor
was above suspicion as his common
sense was beyond question.