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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
APROPOS or CYCLONES.

That the wind blowcth where il listeth, and
mn man I,noycth whence it cometh or whittier it
gocth" was, Of course, asserted in poetic sense;
,et nineteen centuries ago the statement no
donbt literally and scientifically true But To-
day. although in its infancy, meteoroogy can tell
MS. if not all we wish TO know. at leaSt something
of the direct ion and force OF the winds are TO
expect in various parts Of the earth. The awful
blasts of the furious hurricane and the soltest
,ephvrs that fan the face of nature on May
morning arc alike controlled by eternal and divine
laws which the human mind is now bcgnang
10 understand.
The general system os winds pouring by
sort of s.nraI line into area of low barometer,
was in part discovered by several persons. Buys
Ballot has the credit Of formulating the rule; but
two Americans. ESpy and ledlield, largely as
sisted in developing the truth, although both were
somewhat IN error One Of them believed that
the winds blew straight in toward the centre,
the other that they simply went around in circles.
They agreed however in making barometrlr
depression the common factor. Franklin. half
a century ahead of them, caught glimmering Of
the truth. when he observed that "a storm came,
NOT from direction from which the wind blew,
Int the quarter toward which it. blew. And il
Is a beautiful illustration of the good that may
out OF misfortune Inab lHlH hlEulHcdu1 lhtt,
now one of the fundamental principles of meteor
oogv, was brought to his attention by bitter
disappointment An eclipse which he greatly
wished to observe was concealed from his view
in Philadelphia by northeast storm, which, he
naturally Imagined came from New4England.
To his great surprise he found that his brother,
in BOSTON enjoyed bright skies during the celestial
occurrence So enlightened scientist NJ.
Fave who will not admit that there is ascend
ing current in storm, and is naturally
bothered to dispose of the air which
would otherwise accumulate at the
centre. still holds out against the incuryd-
tnre theory; and within the last few months
Professor Ilazen has betrayed a curious sympathy
with him. But LOOMS and Blanford have con
clusively demonstrated the principle that all other
reputable meteorologists like Greedy Scott and
MaScart, accept it, as indubitablc
But as to the influences debating the force Of a
gale there is practically no difference of opinion.
Formuac may vary slightly; local topography
mod6es effects: and forecasters are much przzled
at times but in general, the steepness of gysdien.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

between the high and low areas Of barometric
pressure decides the thing
In applying these laws meteorologists are at
times embarrassed by uncertainty as to the course
which IA cyclone system like that which has
affected our Atlantic Coast for nearly week
past will talIe. The influences likely TO deter
mine this are toierably well undo rStood but data
are often lacking. This is especially true when
a storm several hundred miles across lies almost
entirely out at sea, beyond the reach of tele
graphic reports. IL has been proven repeatedly,
for instance, that the barometric pressure near
the Bermudas may either crowd West lndia
hurricane against our shores, and almost entirely
prevent it's escape toward Europe, or, on the other
hand. enhance the storms natural tendency To
move off northeastward along the Gulf Stream
4 dozen words cabled daily from Bermuda late
last week to the Signal Service or Hydro
graphic Office would have facilitated forecasts OF
immense value to the summer resort proprletors,
ship owners and other property owners along the
Jersey Long Island and New-Enghnd coasts
Bnt alas. as vet. Bermuda is still isolated tele-
graphically from the rest of the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

can he successfully hold that if it is right for
the Legislature TO have counsel to supervise
the bills that are introduced, it is wrong for
the Senate and Assembly to summon to its AID
the same sort of assistance in the Investigations
and other proceedings which it feels called
upon to undertake.
But Of course such considerations will be
lost upon whiskey's Governor. lie killed these
and other appropriations without regard to
their merits, and the question of his own con-
sistency was not one calculated to bother a
peanut politician bent upon securing reputa-
ton as champion OF frugality. But he has
scored failure. As the people come to ex-
anime his vetoes one by one they discover that
most of them are bogus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
THE LATEST FEEE-YRADE TRICK.

The New England petition for free iron. ore
coal and coke, and for reduction Of the duties
on pig-r0n and Scrap-iron and steel to q per
cent ad valorem. j. handled with irresistible
vigor BY Mr. Swank i'll the Iron and Steel
Associations Bulletin for September IL. II is
properly treated as tricky free-trade attack
upln the tariff emanatiDg not from manufaci-
urerS Of iron and steel. Is is pretended, but
from owners or managers Of fOundneS, ma
chine shops. tack and shovel factories, and
similar establishments. which do not make but
buy non rs their material. The false pretence
that one. coal and coke from Canada would
hep the manufacturers of iron in New-E Eng
land is put forward only to give color to the
petition that duties on pig and scrap iron be
reduced from So - per ton 10 "a per cent
which would now be - 80 per ton The de-
sired removal Of duties on one. coal and coke if
Of any benefit at all TO New England producers
Of iron would only affect its cost to the extent
Of - O6 per ton, while they would on the
same suppoItion lose S322 per ton by re-
moval Of duties on foreign pig iron.
With this disclosure Of the purpose. which
is 10 get cheap English iron without any re-
gard for American producers in England
or anywhere else, MIR Nwank proceeds TO show
tina; " there is no iron ore in the Dominion Of
Canada that any pig-ir0n manufacturer in New
England would care 10 import, even if free Of
duty" that very little Nova Scotia coke is
suitable for blast fumareS, and none Of il is
equal 10 the best American coke" and that
III is nothing else than humbug 20 pretend
that the pig-ir0n industry Of New England
would be benefited by tIce ore and colie.p
For proof two conclusive facts are cited. that
Nova Scotia ore and coke are not used by Ca,
nadians themselves ia producing pig-iron. and
shat w-Engand manufacturers during twelve
years of reciprocity never used Canadian ore
or coke. The material which they could not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

then afford to use. though it was free, when
pig-iron was worth as much as ~ D % per
ton and in eleven years out OF twelve averageu
over S22~per ton at Pennsylvania works, they
certainly could not afford to use now, when
PENNSYLVANIA or Virginia iron, OF iar better
ouality than any that can be made from Va
madam material, is purchaSablc by New-Lns:
land consumers at SlS per ton or less.
The disipOenuous statement about prostTa-
tion of The iron industry in New-England MI
Swank meets by the official record tha1 I'D
1856, "that blssful period before the war,
there were exactly twenty-eight rolhng- mills
in all New England, and there are now thir'y
that the production since 1857 mas hoD ue-
creased as Free Traders falsely assert, but has
increased from 16O,790 tons OF rolled IRON
and steel in 1880 to 1887 tons III 1888;
ord that the ill-success of works which were
old IN uethod ill-located or adapted only to
the production of iron rails or nails IS not sur
pri.ing when the production of iron rails has
ceased everywhere, when nail production IN
the natural gas region has outStrpped COM
ro,ition and when the newest and best works
have difficulty in competing unless equipped
with the latest machinery and well-located'
New England has profted wonderfully by
the reduction in cost of pig-iron through pro-
lection from over 81 to less than $50 per
ron. Mr.. Swank believes that most Of her
manufacturers are altogether too ShreWd to seek
cheaper raw material again through dependence
upon foreigners. But if they are not, they
must take notice that removal Of duties on pig
and scrap iron would certainly be accompanied
by removal of duties on manufactured prod
ucrs. lie says with force: "The people OF
this country will not permit tariff schedule
TO be made for the sole benefit of one class OF
producers. Reduce the duty on pig-iron and
down will come the duties on everything made
from il. If we are ever to have free trade in
this country we will have plenty of it, and
New-England will get its full share" That is
exactly what Free Traders want, and what
genuine manufacturers in New-England do not
want.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
4 FACING OTH-WAYs CovERyoR

Peanut politicians like David Il. Hill ought
to have good memories. He vetoed Sundry
items in the appropriation bills of this year
which provided for the payment Of fees to
counsel employed by the Legislature. His
excuse for killing many Of these items was
that counsel were not necessary. In running
his pen through the appropriation for counsel
to the Committee on General Laws of the Sen
ate he called attention to the fact That six Of
the seven members of the committee were
lawyers.
Now let Us compare this attitude of the Gov
ernor with that which he assumed in his mes
sage addressed to the Legislature in 1885 in
reference to this matter of counsel for that
body We quote from the message:
II is suggested that provision be made by law for
the appointment of competent person to act coun-
sci for the Legislature during ~ session who shall
cclve o reasonable compen ,stion, be paid by the
state whose duty shall be- the request OF any mem
her TO prepare any desired TO be introduced
In either house, 10 give legal advice in reference
proposed legislation to the members and the various
committees and 10 inspect the various bills before
their Gna passage ia order 10 detect errors and i'm.
projections and 10 suggest The necessary amendment,
and generally to act the legal adviser Of the Legs
lature.
II will be observed that in 1885 Governor
Hill was convinced that the Legislature ought
to be supplied with a legal adviser. He knew
then. rs he knew when he vetoed the items in
question. that il is impossible for Senators and
Assemblymen properly to attend to their ordi-
nary duties ON the floor and in committee and
at the same time to render the special services
for which counsel are engaged from time to
time. The Governor does not pretend that
the counsel whose bills he declines to pay did
not faithfully perform the duties which they
were hired to discharge, neither does he hold
that their charges were excessive. Neither
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
TEN PAGES.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING

Foreign.-A cable dispatch from Zanzibar states
that Henry NJ Stanley is expected to reach Nom
hasa on the coast. abOut the end of October.
49,. The dock directors and Cardinal Manning
hold n conference over the London strike; an
agreement is expected today. - The official re-
mort of the Antwerp disaster makes out 30 per
sons killed. 90 missing, 90 seriously and 200
,johtly injured 49, The Czarewitch is guest
IF Emperor William at Hanover. =- Precautions
are being taken by the Copenhagen police against
4, threatened attempt by NihilstS Oh the life OF
he Gar.
Domcstic.-The storm RAJ ed with undated fury
along the coast from Sandy Hook 10 the Delaware
Breakwater. - The attorneys for the defence
In the Cronin case used up large number of
their peremptory challenges - sham battle
in commemoration of the Battle Of North Point
took place near Baltimore 49, The parade OF
Pennsylvania troops at Gettysburg was abandoned
On account of rain; the monuments were trans
ierred 20 the Battlefield Association, the exercises
being held in the Rink - Pension Commissioner
Tanners resignation was accepted by the PreSi
dent VINO has invited Major William Warner to
succeed Mr. Tanner. ---- Republican conventions
were held in several counties. - President
Gilman authorized statement denying the recent
rumors about Johns Hopkins University. -
The State Fair opened al Albany.
Civ ana Suburban.-Fears were expressed that
the cruiser Atlanta had been lost in the storm.
- Frederick H. Short rstifed in the Ives
trial. =--- Judge BoOllstaver went before the
Grand Jury 10 be examined in regard TO the
Flacl case =-- Arrangements were completed
for the funeral of Congressman Cox. 49, MISS
Zela the Norwegian singer, arrived. -= Alder
man Goetz was on trial charged with brhing
voters 1900 The chief bool,licepcr of the CITY
Record Bureau resigned. =-- Georgn Ricard
Conner eX-COmmisSioncr of Public Works IN
BROOKLYN died 49, \ painter tried to kill hr'
daughter and Young man and then cut his own
throat. -=- Winners at Sheep>hcad Bay: Car
toon, Oarsman, Badge, Tournament, Gregory ana
Eelwood =- Baseball games were prevented by
the rain 49, Stocks opened active and higher ana
made further advances. DulnesS and declines fol
lowed with strong closing at tine figures
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Rainy. with
little thermal changes, and less wind. Tenn
pcrature yesterday: Highest 90 degrees; lowest
G5; average. 60 Ia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

who always opens the door, and Lycurgus lug, nm
the coal nom year TO year. He has two pretty cbn.
dren, and saw throughout the house the paInuoy.
Of Andromache, his daughter, and ] LOOKED al tia
photographs OF his little boy who has the nam.
Agamemnon. Ills Wife Is Greek She is nearly a
generation younger than her husband and She Wa
girl studying at the great female school Of Athens
known as the Arsakion when SchIemann met her
She was the best student In her class, and when thu
leaned doctor found that she knew the Tljad nv
heart the g0ssips OF Athens say that he slaiehtwav
proposed. She was beautiful. however. as wellHSs
learned and her portrait which | on the wall n
the drawingrOOm represents very fine loOklng LADY,
she is said 10 be az fond Of Greek a. her husband
ter wore a dross like those shown in some OF the
figures discovered In the excavations OF Troy DR.
schliemann Is quite wealthy, and It Is said that b,
property in different parts OF the United states'
Colonel George W. Williams, the wellknown his
torlan OF the negro in America, IS about to vst
the Congo Free State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
PERSONAL.

Governor Bukeley Of Connecticut has gone to the
West for a few weeks
sir John F. Milais has spent his vacation this year
cI oa, I'm salmon-ashing i'm which he Is an expert.
Professor willard Fiske returned to syracuse this
week after an absence of six years He will go back
to Italy soon.
THE London Tines thinks that Mr.. Cnnnghame
cobore the Socialist agitator Is not exactly fire
brand but rather waN-match OF anarchy
Colonel North the Nitrate King is building what
Will be one OF the most splendid homes in England
One NJ II. features viii be picture gallery hundred
feet long By fifty broad. At one end Is loiy
vestibue 10 be filled with sculpture, and AT the other
= marble musicians gallery. supported by columns
Of Mexican onyx. The walls are neatly forty feet
high The dining hall out>ide which runs a vanlted
veranda fifty feet long, VIII be paneed with finely
carved spanish mahogany; broad corridor, paved
with Pompean mosaic, rms through the house. and
the bulard-loom IS 10 be decorated from floor to
ceiling with slabs of "Numidlan yellow pink
payonazos and verde antique. 4 garden court which
gbt tbe library Is lined with old gold colored faence
and the best looms In France alo busly engaged In
nro,luclng the thousands OF yards of crimson silh
Velvet reaued for the adornment Of the ballroom.
A winter garden exactly ono hundred feet square,
leads 10 r ferney almost half as large: three lofty
norcb is built Of Portland stone, relieved by panels
of carved and gagged brckwork
Tho Rev Dr Phillips Brooks has reached California
ON his way home around the world.
The Gar knowing the poverty OF his father n-law,
NAYS all the expenses of tho family gathering al
Fredensborg.
Dr. sohllemann, says an Athens correspondent OF
The Cleveland Leader Is infatuated with old Greece
and he wants nothing not Grecian about MN. MS
scvI "a. have Greek names and he never changes
theEgn bah = the men mas be different II Is peleles
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Amnsemenls.

BfsoU PREArRE- s-Natural Cas-
BROADWAY THEATRE-s-The ooiah
CAsINo--sl5-The BriGands.
Nays rHFATRE-S:l5--A Poor Relation
fDEN MUsEE-Wax Tsbleaux.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-S-still Alarm.
yycErM THEATRES Lord Chumley
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE s:30-Bootles Baer'
NEwpAgK THEATRES .Mckennss Filtration.
NEW POLO GROUNDS 3;sS- Baseball
NIRLO's THEATRE Antelope
yAIMHR's THEATKF-S-Clover
PRocToRs 2SD.sT THEATSR-s-1be Great heH'F'"s
STAR THEATRES Shenandoah.
UNION SQUARE - FernclG.
srH AVENUE THEArRE-s-Paola.
llTH STREET THEATRE -S-The Fairies We'll
xTH.AvE. AND l9TH-Sr.-Gettysoure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

A letter-boX with the aperture and its covering
so arranged that it could be worked with one
hand and letter deposited without danger of its
getting soled while the other hand is desperately
clutching an umbrella, would be a sweet boon Oh
day when the rain is falling in torrents and the
wind is cutting up high iinlS. Where is the i'll
ventor who will supply the want?
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A CRYING. NEED IN CITIES.

From The IhIcagO IItTaII'
The man who viii invent noiseess rubber tr9 s
for the milk wagon will deserve ID RANK win ben
and Fdi,0n lie will capture the votes OF every
man WHO lives on a paved street it is we'll
known fact that the milk wagon Is, beyond any d9o',
the darl,est hour of morning IS not the before
the dawning-t is the hour JUS ailrr the da,hlngg
and the milk wagon rolls along and bids them break
away. Every one realizes the sweetness OF ma.
doing sIunber which accompanies the suns hfsl
rays and the hoarse rumbling, metallic interruption
M the morning milk wagon is the Immediate Gauss
OF a great deal Of sleepy. piansslno profanity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
FEATURES or OUR WORLDS FAIR.

from Inc -seW- lOIh SUI. =, A..
IL is 10 be presumed that Minister Red hah e"v
necessary maI,lrrs respecting this subject qenosrSss
buildings of various nations nom the Nor,shst ths
IN Paris 10 New-lOrD before suggesting y1 tnso ths
manager, of the Exposition here should en'o thers
arrangements Of which he speaks II no he taken
are some very important questions that m,,on with.
I'm a short time The Paris Exposition VIII ''
A a few weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
THE PENSION BUREAU.

When President Cleveland found that he had
appointed an officer who was not the right man
for the place, his way was TO keep the man,
lest a change should be deemed admission OF
q mistake President Harrison serves the pub
lie more manfuly. The resignation of Com
missioner Tanner will be falsely represented
as a Iebuke and change of a liberal policy
toward Union veterans, but the President trusts
the people TO understand the truth. IL was
not a fault in the Commissioners that he had
been more just to veterans in deciding claims
than his predecessor and il will be found that
his successor, whoever he may be- will not
adopt a different policy in that particular. 1t
was not tue Is Democratic journals falsely
pretend. that the Commissioner had exhausted
the surplus by lavish expenditures; THE TRIB-
UNE has already shown that the actual dis
burSementS for pensions in the months April
June inclusive were not larger than in the
same months Of the previous year, and the
Official statement just made shows that the
increase in actual payments for July and Aug
ust has been less than 81, 900, 900. The Off
cial account stands thus:
rxpen1itue. Aprl Nav { June sla 5sS27o 500 $50
Actual payments, July ana Aug ll,4s62s3 4,SiO.j77
Total five months s2s 81, 5G4 s2L9iO 7s7
The surplus in the Treasury has not been
exhausted or bursted" 10y trifling difference
of less than 100000 in actual payments,
and the attempt to represent that as the reason
for change in the office is simply dishonest.
The large transfers TO agents in july and
August, in anticipation Of future payments, as
Secretary Window has shown, do not take the
mt ,ft ba Tp,ous nd will n
large balance after September payments have
been made. The old mode Of reporting such
transfers in the Treasury Department may be
susceptible of improvement, but for that mode
Commissioner Tanner had no responsibility
whatever.
Getting rid Of these false explanations of
the change, intelligent voters will find that the
Commissioners has not proved the right man
for the place in other respects. His utteranceS
have not been always judicious. In the con-
duct Of his Office. with respect to preference In
the order Of examining cases, the Commissioners
had failed TO concur with the judgment of his
SupelorS who hold that methods permitted by
him have not been for the best interests Of
the service or of meritorous claimants. If
the President tenders TO him different APP
pointment as it is reported he may, it will
prove that no accusation of misuse of his
power is made against him privately as none
has been publicly, and that cntiIe confidence
is felt in his official integrity. But want Of
harmony in the Department is necessarily
preudicia to the public service and to the
interests Of all who look to the Department
for Justice.
IN the selection Of a successor President lIar=
ri>on is able to choose between men who enjoy
the confidence Of Union veterans not less than
Commissioner Tanner. BY such choice he
can retain their confidence for the AdminiStra-
ton while seeking greater harmony and eff
cheney in the conduct of public business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

An Official report by the Governor Of the
Province Of Antwerp on the recent eXplosl0 IN
dscloses grave laNnesS on the part of the city
authorities in dealing with the cartridge fac
tory. II was allowed 10 run three months with
ont a license, was then closed. but was sub
seouently reopened. license having been
granted after an inspection and the impoN-
ton cf stringent regulations" Whether the
inspection was thorough or not is uncertain.
The proprietor OF the factory is charged with
homicide by imprudence.'' 1t would seem
that the same charge ought to lie against the
city officials who permitted this extra danger
ous business TO be carried Oh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

Sceptics as to the fitness of the Indian for the
arts of civilization may gain some information OF
value from the account of the recent election OF
members of the Chickasaw Legislature Ihere
are charges of intimidation, etc, brought forward
indicating such a state of things as might oe
looked for almost anywhere in the Southern States
The other wards of the Nation have probably not
advanced to quite so high point yet, but there
is no doubt that the ChicSasaws are getting on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13

And now a man over IN New-Jersey has been
knocked down by an electric shock received by
hi, umbrella coming in contact with lOw-hangng
wire charged by an electric light current. The
obvious moral is that until the wires are put
underground umbrellas must be left AT home when
il storms, or else carefully carried without Ssng
raised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
PUPIL ouTDoNG HIS MASTER

From The IT. Paul pioneer ffess. ,,,, a,
ma, Tamont has got himself elected ptesden. VI
the Tennrssee Coal, Iron and Railroad .o ~. ppSp.i
This Is the third time Danl has been clay slaai
~, ~ some Kind OF snap since Grover Oe'es
went out Of the presidency business altosctlefs