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The evening world., 1888-02-08
AN ITALIAN BACKD0WN.

The cable dispatches from Rome published
yesterday announce that King JOHN of
Abyssinia, having become alarmed at the
prospect Of an advance on the part of the
italian army, is now abjectly suing for peace,
and that, moreover, the situation of affairs in
Europe has assumed so threatening an aspect
as to render necessary the withdrawal OF the
italian troops at Massowah for use nearer
home. The real truth of the matter. how
ever, Is that the rainy season is now
about to begin. and in consequence Mas
sowah will become even more pestilential
and uninhabitable than it already is, while
the mere natural difficulties of an advance
through the mountain gorges and defles of
Abyssipia will be vastly increased thereby.
Although the matter has been kept re-
markably quiet, the Italian Commander-in-
Chief has failed to OCCUPY Ouaa, which two
months ago he declared as absolutely neces-
sary to the success of the expedition. Prepa-
rations are already being made for the re-em-
barkation Of the italian army for Naples. The
failure of the expedition is considered as
certain to bring about the fall of the CRrsPI
Cabinet OF Rome.
The evening world., 1888-02-08
MUNICIPAL PINANCIERINa,

Mr.. ]. s. BARRETT. the efficient and trust
worthy general bookkeeper of the City Finance
Department, fails to meet the objections of
THE WORLD in the explanation he makes of
the issue Of revenue bonds in anticipation of
taxes. The point to which we have directed
the attention of our venerable and usually
v~igilant Mayor is this; The practice has pre-
vailed Of issuing revenue bonds to obtain
money for current expenses while at the time
of such issue we have more than sufficient
money to meet those current expenses lying
in the depository banks. Instead of draw
ing on the balances in those favored banks
we go outside and borrow money with which
to pay our bills.
Mr.. BAlalT7 says "It II txuA thaA 70 ala
The evening world., 1888-02-08
THE ANTI-HALP-HoLIDAY CRUSADE.

The Sun (Mortgaged) advocates the repeal
Of the Half Holiday law because "the bank
ing interests of this town " regard the law as
an abomination, because the New York
Clearing House Association " denounces it as
=" creating great inconvenience and confusion
in the transactions between the banks and their
Dealers" and because President PERKINS
Of the Importers and Traders Bank. Presi-
dent Coz Of the American Exchange, Presi-
dent TAPPEN Of the Gallatin, and President
VERMuLYE of the Merchants National" are
going to Albany TO lobby for the repeal.
The Saturday Half-Holiday law was not
passed at the request or for the benefit of
'' the banking interests of this town" the
Clearing-H House Association or the highly
respectable bank Presidents enumerated by
the Sun (Mortgaged) as enlisted to work for
ita repeal. On the contrary. It was enacted
against their wishes and despite their pro-
test.
The law was q response to the prayer Of the
people who work six days In the week from
early morning till late In the evening. It
vas designed to give them one-half day out
of the six for hat rest and recreation which
those connected with the banking interests
Of this town " enjoy every day in the week.
Because the law does not please the bank
ing interests Of this town " it has been openly
violated and treated with contempt II it
were a law benefting those interests what a
clsmor there would be for its enforcement
When the working people. for whose benefit
and in whose interest the law was enacted.
express their willingness that 1t shall be
abolished we shall be ready to advocate its
repeal. Until then it will be more just and
proper to strengthen it. 30 as to aid its
enforcement, than to sacrifice it at the de-
mand of any special interests.
The evening world., 1888-02-08
THE POINT OF ATTACK.

The high-tarif fusillade Of the Republican
Senators is heralded by the Protectionist
press as " an attack on the Presidents Mes
sage"
The preposterous speech of Senator PbArr.
claiming that the American workingmen re-
oeive the first and greatest benefit from the
war tariff and the manufacturer the last and
least, ia o fair sample of the series.
If the high tariff is of no greater personal
advantage to the manufacturers than Senator
PLArr pretends that it ia, why do they con-
tribute such large sums Of money and put
forth such desperate efforts to prevent any
reductionp Is it out of disinterested love for
the dear w~orkingmen2 There may be ma
rines" in the back districts who believe this.
but intelligent w~orkingmen know better.
There is no danger from any or all of these
Z" attacks " If the Democrats In Congress will
unitedly and earnestly attack tho surplus.
with the honest purpose Of stopping 1t by q
reduction Of taxes.
This Ii the real point of attack. II the
Democrats can carry that, the Republican
speeches will count for no more than 1.-The
chewed wind Of corner-grocery disputations. "
The evening world., 1888-02-08
PURITAN1cAL PERSECUTION,

In September, 1888, the General Court Of
the Colony of Massachusetts, decreed that no
one should take any tobacco in any inne
or common victualing house, except in q
private roome there, SO as neither the master
of the SAM house nor any other guests
there " should - take offence thereat. Which
if they do, then such person is fourwith to
forbeare, upon paine of Is. Cd. for every
offence"
This statute comes under the head of what
the people Of Massachusetts now call an
Old Blue Law" Nevertheless the Rev. Mr..
WAssAIL, of Mendon, Mass, has been
recently dismissed from his pulpit because
he was in the habit of - smoking a pipe in
Secret."
just $50 years, therefore, after the Colonial
Court laid down u law regarding tobacco
smoking which seems to possess many ele.
ments of justice and leniency, we find q
Massachusetts minister who Is obliged to
suffer severe punishment for doing that which
the Puritan lawmakers directly countenanced
by statute. For the law of 1888 says plainly
that a man shall be permitted 10 smoke 80 long
as he thereby offends no one in his immediate
vicinity.
Now, if the Rev. MI. WAssAn had been In
the habit Of smoking his pipe In public, OIL
had hlaua thrsuRh thA atrssts Of Msndon thl
The evening world., 1888-02-08

The Elevated Railroad as a permanent
means of rapid transit does not gain any popu-
larity in winter, certainly. The falling of
icicles and the drippings which take place
during that season from the road-bed to the
surface or street cars or people below are call
ing forth a number of protests. These null
sances, not to say dangers, must be provided
against by improved construction before the
system can be adapted to its environment.
And that these remarks may create no false
hopes on the part of those interested, it may
be said that there is no probability that
Elevated roads in the streets of q city can
over be entirely adapted to THAR environment.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

annoying odor Of cheap cigars, there might
have been some slight excuse for the action
Of his congregation.
But Mr.. WAssAIL always secluded himself
when he lighted his pipe, and never, even in
the secrecy Of complete retirement, did he 80
far forget himself as to smoke q cigarette.
When, therefore, the narrow-minded con-
gregation over which he has presided rises in
it's absurd wrath and says that Mr.. WAssA1L
must 60, the reverend smoker becomes at once
q martyr and is entitled to the sympathy of
all just and reasonable men.
The evening world., 1888-02-08
THE STORY OF THE VENDETTA.

Newspaper readers know in q general way
that there Is trouble between the States OF
West Virginia and Kentucky, growing out of
o vendetta between the HArT1ELps. of Logan
County, w. Va, and the MoCoYs, of Pike
County, KY. but until to-day the story Of
this interstate warfare has been unpublished
and few people outside of the blood-stained
wilderness have known what 1t Is all about.
At the risk of his life a WORLD correspondent
has penetrated the mountain .fastness, and the
terrible story that he cleaned while covered by
Winchester rifles is given herewith. 1t reads
like q page out of the history of a past GEN.
fury. For twenty-five years this murderous
vendetta has been going on, every year being
marked by unpunished deeds of blood; and
the end is not yet. Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia are equally disgraced by such lawless-
ness, and If their respective State authorities
we're more anxious to put it down than to
maintain q shadow of State sovereignty they
would combine forces and bring every MUIR
derer ON either side of the line to justice.
The evening world., 1888-02-08
The shameful Tombs Exposure.

lFfom the Witliamsport (Pa.) Sun.l
New York's most recent specimen Of local crook
edness materializes in Thomas P. Walsh, Warden
of the Tombs prison. Walsh" Fatty " Walsh
has farmed his position by a thrifty proxy, through
whose medium and under whose ostensible author
iy the Warden d~ispenses privileges to prisoners in
his custody, exacting a monetary consideration In
return. To the New York WORLD, It is scarcely
necessary to say, the public is indebted for
this exposure. The WORLD has made 80 many
exposures of rascals and public thieves that Its
continued surprises and assaults cease to startle
us; but its grand work is none the less noble, and
the good results give added lustre to that excellent
journal and increase the enormous debt that hu.
mani,y owes to It's fearless and tlreless editors and
reporterh
The evening world., 1888-02-08
AN APPEAL, TO LAW.

The title given to gentlemen now conn.,
monty called "green-goods men" needs
revision. Judging by q specimen sample,
Mr.. WILLIAM Rooms, an accomplished pro-
fessor of this school of swindling. there Is
nothing green " about them, 80 far as i'm
pudenoe Is concerned.
Mr.. Rooms lays claim, through a lawyer,
to the $500 handed to him by AsHBuRr Il.
PERKINS, of South Carolina, for number of
packages of green paper which the former
represented to be e10, 600 in counterfeit bank
bills, and which the latter purchased as such.
This $500 was part of $745 found on Rooms
when he was arrested. The Police Justice
instructed the Property Clerk, apublio officer
attached to Police Headquarters, to take
charge Of II. The balance was returned to
Mr.. Rooms when the prosecution failed.
Thu law directs this disposal Of stolen money,
and requires the Property Clerk to retain pos
session of it until the Court decides to whom
it belongs. MIR. RoaERs not only claims the
$500, but demands Of the Property Clerk
800 additional for damages caused by
lJb TepeuIOu.
As Mr.. RoaERs is 30 fond of the law, care
should be taken that he gets enough Of 1t.
OF course the money does not belong to him.
He obtained possession of 1t by fraud. His
act was as much q theft as II he had picked
Mr.. PERKNs's pocket of the amount. The
claim he makes is "false and fraudulent
and he makes it of o public officer"
Section 672 of the Criminal Code declares
it q felony for a person to present for pay.
ment to any public officer ANY false OF
fraudulent claim" with intent to defraud.
The intent of MIR. ROGERS was to defraud the
rightful owner Of the money, and his case
seems clearly to come under this section. We
believe that Mr.. ROGERS can be convicted
under it and sent to State prison for a term
not exceeding seven years. He oughtto have
the benefit of the extent of the term. Give
MIR. RoaERs all the law he wants.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

Warrington Correspondence Detroit Free Prsss.1
President Cleveland has forbid-I was going 10
say 1t, but that ugly word Is not used In the friendly
relations which exist between the two-has re-
quested Mrs. Cleveland not to have any moro
pictures taken. He does not like the disagreeable
publicity which his fair wife's features have re-
ceived In advertising schemes. Mrs. Cleveland
never gave any photographer u special right 10 ner
picture, but sat for her Own pleasure anu that Of
all the leading galleries here. Al Princes she sat
for forty different negatives. II was on q very hot
day last summer and she went accompanied by her
mother and remained In the studio TWO hours.
''She Is the best sitter / ever had, " said Nj,
Prince, Enthusiastically, ''and she never once losi
her temper. She poses herself like an artist, and
gave us less trouble than ordinary sitters do eysrt
day."
The evening world., 1888-02-08
A "LEAGUE" TO BEAT BLAINE.
The Avowed Purpose of an Alleged Secret
Organization of Republicans.
ESPECIAL TO THE WORLD

The Avowed Purpose of an Alleged Secret
Organization of Republicans.
ESPECIAL TO THE WORLD
CHICAGO, Feb. IAN evening paper announces
that q secret league has been formed in the Repub-
lican party, with well-organized branches in many
States East and West and a great number Of deter
mined members, for the avowed purpose Of CON-
trolling the Republican National Convention and Of
preventing at all hazards the nomination of James
g. Blame. The league, 1t Is said, has been in ex-
istence for over a year. The candidate OF the
society is Judge Walter Q. Gresham. 1t
Is not claimed that that gentleman 10
aware OF the existence of the league, but neither
ls 1t denied. II is asserted that the society now
numbers thousands OF selected men in all parts OF
the country, who will obey orders, and who have
sworn or given their solemn word of honor never
to reveal. until the "proper time, " the objects or
methods Of the leaders.
OHIO has been one of the principal fields Of opera
ton, and 1t Is said that a branch - Circle " exists
In every county of that State. Illinois has been
well worked also and In more than forty counties
the ''order " has subordinate organizations, some
Of which have already anhliated with the main
body, while others are all prepared and are waiting
through Chicago a few days ago. The injunction
Of secrecy on the members ia said to be very strict.
The direct object of the organization will be to get
Convention.
In reply to a question as to whether the Gresham
Association had any strength In Chicago the gen.
tleman who gave the information said: "There Is
Ia Chicago a Republican who was in the conven-
ton that nominated Lincoln and also In that which
nominated Garfield, and who stood very high In
and under Hayes, who IL the leader Of the move
ment IN ttis State. Men who are supposed to be
thought such TIL the first ballot in the convention
are heart and soul IN the movement"
The evening world., 1888-02-08
SHERIDAN AFOOT.

The trouble with Phil SHERIDAN as q Presi-
dental candidate, from a Democratic point of
view. is that he is something moro than ''the
Man on Horseback"
No man would be a+formidable candidate
before the people upon his renown as a SOL
der alone, nearly q quarter of Q century after
the close of the war in which his fame was
won. But Gen. SHERIDAN, as those who have
enjoyed the pleasure of conversation with him
know, is not only q fine soldier but o man of
remarkable executive capacity and one of the
best informed of Americans. He knows this
country as very few even of our professional
statesmen know 1t, from personal observa-
ton and experience. He has travelled all
over It. He has the broad education that
comes from an active part In great events,
the country. He has likewise travelled
abroad and proved himself O most shrewd
and intelligent observer of foreign systems
and institutions.
SHERIDAN afoot, or as o soldier citizen, Is
to-day n of the strongest and ~best-equipped
men in the Union.
Upon the issue of tariff reform, especially
if reinforced by q record of successful hos
tility to m~onopolies in business and pluto
Gratis in politics, We believe the Democrats
can carry the election against any candidate
whom the Republicans may nominate. But
there is no question that S~HERrpAN's nomina-
ton would cause a lively campaign.
The evening world., 1888-02-08
WHO WILL SUCCEED PLATT?
Con. James McLeer, BroOklyn's Ex-Post-
muster, May BE n Candidate,
ESPECIAL TO THE WORLD

ESPECIAL TO THE WORLD
ALBANY, Feb. 7.-Had Quarantine Commissioner
Judd lived q few days longer 1t is believed that
either last night or to-day nominations would have
been sent to the Senate of successors to Boss Plat
and John Alesia Nichols. The uncertainty Of the
Legislature remaining in session more than q single
day longer this week creates the impression that no
action will be taken in The matter until the law
makers come together again.
An anti Plat Senator told THE WORLD CORE
spondent tonight that Gen. James McLeor, Of
Brooklyn, was very likely to be one Of the NOM
inees. The General is a Republican, Brigadier-
General of the Second Brigade, National Guard,
and was Brooklyn's until succeeded BY
Joseph Z. Hendrix, the present
Whet her the Governor will endeavor to make q
clean swe ep, now that Plat and Judd are out, can
not be authorttatlvely stated as yet.
The Senate Judiciary to-day discussed
the constitutionality OF Senator Linson's amend
ment to the Health Onlcer Fee bill. Nj. Linson
wanted that ofhcer's total compensation fixed AT
$40, 900. The IN wGs unable TO fully decide
the question, 30 1t amended the bill so that all
fees In excess OF salaries aud necessary expenses
shall DO applied to the Improvement Of the auaran-
tine station. The Q alth Onioer 10 authorized to
direct the disposition OF the surplus.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

I issue last May some a, 800, 900 Of revenue
bonds, but the greater part of that money
went TO pay interest then coming due,
amounting 10 over %. 800, O0o." But Mr..
BARNETT knows very we'll that at the very time
these revenue bonds were issued we had
about So, 900, 900 lying on deposit in the
banks, which was more than enough to pay
the interest without borrowing money on
revenue bonds at all. He knows that nearly
The evening world., 1888-02-08

ALREADY the ~six-days' walking match at Madi-
son Square Garden has illustrated the dangerous
tendencies which pertain to Affairs Of this kind.
CARTWRIGHT, the English pedestrian, is suffering
from a severe Of the lungs A
hemorrnage, the direct result OF the violent eIer-
else he had undergone, compelled him to leave the
track and he Is now In q critical condition. There
Is no doubt that the strain to which q man subjects
himself In a ~six-days' ''go-aS-you-please' contest
is certain to iujure him in q more or less severe
manner. II the present pedestrian struggle in this
city comes 10 an end without fatal results to any OF
the contestants, there will be cause for general sat-
~isfaotion among all men who dislike to see athletics
divorced from hygiene
The evening world., 1888-02-08

Within four hours after THE WORLD
reached Washington yesterday morning
Speaker CARLISLE had ordered the House
Sergeant-at-Arms TO remove all ''tiokers"
from the vestibule of the Capitol, permitting
only the legitimate branch offices of the tele-
graph companies to remain. The WoRLD's
exposure did its work rapidly and ef~ectually.
Another chapter follows this morning, in
which is related the story of the finding of a
hidden wire connecting the Finance Com
mittee Room and the Treasury Department
with a private bucket-shop run by the
operator.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

After q desperate struggle the Metropolitan
National Bank Of Cincinnati has collapsed
and President MEANS has been placed under
arrest. 1t is the old story. The officers of the
bank borrowed funds on worthless securities
and carried on wild cat speoulations upon the
money of the confding public. The swindling
in this case is as palpable as It was in the case
hoped that the guilty wreokers will follow
promptly in the footsteps of HARPER and
HOPKINS, who are now in the penitentiary.
The evening world., 1888-02-08
PEOPLE TALKED o

A bulletin Of the great walking match a. Madison
Square Garden looks at present like an Albert me-
mortal.
There Ia only one man IN the country. who could
grasp q charged electric wire with impunity, and
that Is Senator Riddleberger.
Assemblyman James W. Hustled wears q pair OF
tortoise-shell spectacles. They are, Of course. what
are known az far-sighted glasses.
As q proof that old age IL rapidly overcoming
Benjamin +. Butler II Ia noted by q Washington
correspondent that the General no longer wears a
bunch Of mowers In his button-hole.
1t 10 estimated that In order to be able to wear all
his decorations and orders at one time Prince Bis
marck would require o breast thirty feet In breadth.
Their weight amounts u q little over forty pounds.
The Duke of Marlb orough is making every effort
to protect Blenheim from IRE. since his return
TO England from this country he has purchased a
IRE engine and organized q FIRE brigade which he
drills personally. He used to run with the b'noys
himself.
Mr.. Means, President of the Metropolitan Bank
Of Cincinnati, o., bears a much more appropriate
name than Mr.. De Camp, the Vice. President The
former Ia many times Q millionaire "a man Of
means, in fact. The latter is In custody though
he might have decamped.
In the course of his sermon last Sunday morning
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virginia iayiof Le"is' oi maryland mas INFORMED
congress through representative hayner that she
is the owner OF the SWORD worn by Gen. george
washington when ne resigned hs commission AZ
Annapolis, Dec vs. lTeS' ana that she Will sell the
| same To the G~0vernmant at n nrica In ha hXad nv
"nne W. - pt'0' y
N
mrs. M. l.. hayne recen uy cahed upon FRANK II.
stockton In washington. speaking OF ''The Lady
and the Tiger" Mr.. stockton asked Mrs. kayne
what she would nave done had she been IN the
position OF ths Princess- VI should have nad the
lover eaten by the uger' said Mrs. Rayne. $50
would any woman who loved the man, 1" remarked
Stockton lnstantIy; 'that Is, II l understand o
woman's nature CORRECTLY" This ID the nrst time
that MT. stockton mas given the public any mixing
as 70 the correct answer In MIS- mind' 10 the Famous
question which ne placed before the world some
years ago.
Speaking Of the wife OF DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, who died In Boston Monday, the Boston
The evening world., 1888-02-08

The complainant in the case of the black
mailer who was yesterday held for trial at
the Jefferson Market Police Court deserves
the thanks of the community. MIR. MAX
WEMERsREUTER, who prosecutes is ~engagedto
be married. and the defendant sought to ex-
tort money from him by threatening to tell q
scandalous story about him to his betrothed.
1t 10 to be hoped that the fellow will get q
severe sentence.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

YESTERDAY MORNING the Assembly adjourned
until to-day after sitting for I'VE minutes. Fear
tnat the ceiling Of the Chamber would fall caused
this adjournment. A despatch from Albany says,
however, that ian hour after the adjournment
half of the members and all Of the lobby were still
under the ceiling" There are queer things going
on at the Capitol Just at present.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

ThetSenate yesterday adopted q resolution
instructing the Committee on Commerce to
inquire into the right and expectancy of Con-
gress to assume control of the erection of
bridges over navigable waters within State
limits. A similar measure was introduced In
the House on Monday, and both apply to the
Hudson River. This movement will prob
ably interest certain Legislators at ALBANY.
The evening world., 1888-02-08

TFTOW INC 5uN FTuH6I6tU AFtu CuIUUTNtd.I
In the event of the Democratic National Con-
vention being held in New York some three
hundred braves of the local Tammany tribe will
take a trip East TO take part therein. A special
train will he enga ged, and Gilmore's great band
will be engaged In New York. spanish CHEFS will
the warriors, and the braves of the
Atlantic seaboard will be treated to a BULLS head
breakfast such as they never dreamed OF before.
Besides this the braves will take East two or three
carloads Of California wines, lust TO show their