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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

., thA legislature were elected to favor repeal
dozen country towns can outvote one CITY or
tvvo or three larger towns, and so can make
M lScense the law for the entire county, but
these country towns cannot elect the local
officers or maintain the public sentiment abso-
lutely necessary to prevent unlicensed selling in
the larger centres Of population. The repeal Of
the Local. Option law, though dictated by the
liquor interest, wah purely partisan measure
and its amazing blunders resulted from the at
tempt to frame an act with exclusive regard
to political effect but without any care as to
its practical working
1t seems to be the great lesson Of our time
that laws are worthless without an adequate
public sentiment to uphold and enforce them
Past generations of reformers have acted large
ly on the theory that law OF pious intention
is blessed thing in itself, and great triumph
for reform; that it puts the brand OF liiegahy
upon a practice at which IL is aimed. educates
the people TO new ideas Of duty, and so creates
the public sentiment by which it can eventually
be enforced. That waE tho ruling idea Of con-
stihtional Prohibition, and although experience
has tended 70 prove that an act which cannot
be enforced is a positive evil, impairs the moral
sense. and instead Of educating the people 10
better things creates wider breach between
the best and most progressive element Of
community and its voting majority, yet there
arc many who still cling to the old theory.
The deliveries of the Presbyterian Assembly
do not help the cause Of Prohibition. 1t will
probably be conceded by the most ardent advo-
Gates that the practical effect Of the three votes
in the Assembly will be inappreCiabl2' There
was not the slightest necessity for this great
body OF Christians to declare anew its zeal for
the cause Of temperance. The root Of the mat
tor is that human government, in order TO get
any good done, is compelled to choose the prac-
ticable rather than the theoretical good tho
method which can be made effective, instead
of those which by practical failure bring good
cause into disfavor and defeat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Hawley and her little daughter have gone to
Europe where the Senator will reion them later IN
the season.
Professor James Russell Lowell will reoccupy Elm
wood at Cambridge, Mass on his return rom Eng
land next fall
dore for the summer.
BY the death Of George H. Calvert, says Inc
Boston POST tho oldest American author WIN inc
exception OF Mr.. Bancroft, has passed away III
Boston he was well known, and through MS WHO
was connected with the old-time ThorndiRe famliy'
she being a sister Of the late Augustus InorhuiAe'
who was q greatuncle Of Allen Thorndihe h'oo'
A great. grandson of Lord Calvert and . connec'oh
OF Martha washington, there was no doubt OF the
high distinction of his lineage, tho expression Oh
which fingered in his appearance even In sdVs i
age, but 10 had nobility OF character anu aivsIT
which was even more Tomarn n g., nauthorsbip, he
was a sing1arly accomplished writer, and c0hVersoT
Of than ordinary That ne shoS,d
thai his townsmen credited his capacity for aars.
He was ono Of the few men Of ibis gsnerauOn, Mo Nh
bancroft enjoyed comparing notes about mat COLOSSUS
OF German literature
Mr. Georre ". winans, State superintendent OF the
Schools Of Kansas twentyone years ago worked as
common laborer in excsvating for tho fo1naauoh OF
the building in which he now boios-"0r'"nJ ." H0''
orebe office.
Mrs. Ole Bull has o fine MUSHROOM In her new
Boston house. lined with teak Its acoustic properties
are said TO be uncommonly good
A monument to General Stannardy OF the immor'A
"stannatd's Brigade will be dedicated at Lake view
Cemetery Burling ton, VT, on June 90 with imposing
ceremonies.
Nothing can be happier or moro peacetui tnAh
the life at ssDdnngham, and whether alone or en'ef
tanning their friends, the Prince and fnncesS arc
an ideal host and hostess They do NOT as ruio'
appear at breakfast but shortly after IL theS como
down and spend tho rest Of the day with their guests
In winter luncheon generally taken at some cottage
near where skating IS going on and the Princess Alu
the g1lests toin the skaters aud walk WITH mem
after luncheon Is over. Tea Is always psny IN INC
kRl At s. and every ono appears, the men IN noIvo'
suits and knIcheTbockerS and the lanles III ea
dinner is at &, and tho evening Is paSsen e''no
IN dancing or games and about IL the FRINGE ain
Princess eive tho signal for retiring, ana tnose Wiz
Gu 10 bed early can get TO rest; but ths maIorI5
Of the guests go 10 tho smoking room I'LL an carry
hour in the morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dickinson, VINO are no" IN
Paris will return 20 Australia this monn' anu mag
moi come home for year or more
A statue wrought in bronze Of the late Thomas A
Dnyle for seventeen years Mayor Of Providence H. L.
has len placed in position the head Of
at md viii be unveiled and dedicated o-oiy. Iho
statue is about feet IN height ana IS salc 10 10
worthy work OF art
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1880.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

.iorcign-The charge against the sc zed Gloucns-
Ter schooner Matte Winship will probably be that
she was preparing to fish within the Canadian
three-milc limit. - Clover won the PriN du
Jockey Club race at Paris - Mrs. Maybricli,
charged with poisoning her husband was too Ill
TO appear In court. - large number of YES
sells are overdue at Quebec where the gale Is rag
ing; much damage has been done by the floods IN
Canada. - A train of the Canadian Pacific has
crossed Maine on the shor' line 70 the maritime
Provinces.
Domestic.-The loss Of life by the Johnstown
food is now put at 10000. Out Of the hundreds
of bodies recovered from the food only lSe have
been identified. Many Ilungarians were caught
mangling and robbing the bodies; four were
chased into the river and two were
iynched; six men were shot for trying
TO rob the National bank at Johnstown. -
Three express trains which passed through the
Hood at Conemaugh, have reached Altoona with
scores of passengers - Further damage and loss
of life by the foods are reported from the Chemung
aud Genesee Valleys, and travel has been inter-
rupted on the Erie Railroad. - Part OF Peters
burg Va, is under water.
City and Suburban.-Money contributed by
churches and various organizations for the relief
Of the sufferers by the Johnstown disaster; Mayor
Grant has issued call for public meeting this
afternoon TO take action in the same direction.
- The ST. Louis ball team defeated the
Brooklyn nine by q score Of to /. - The
captain Of the Caroline Miller told the story Of
his escape from Legitimes grfnboat which chased
his vessel and fired on her repeatedly. - Two
men were burned 70 death and a loss OF about
$4,000 was caused by fire at VOORHEES, Station
n j.
The Weather Indications for today: Slightly
warmer and fair. possibly followed by rain Tenn
pcrature yesterday: Highest. rs degrees; lowest
81; average, 40 i-2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
AN EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER STORM

An EGTRdDRDINdEl StMhEh HiOhb'
The rainfall in Western Pennsylvania last
Thursday and Friday Is reported 10 have been
about five inches This is nearly twice the normal
amount for the whole month Of My In Pittsburg.
In summer, such precipitation is some times closely
approached or even exceeded, over very limited
arras In local storms Baltimore, for instance,
~ ported 442 inches in one nnd half hours,
June 20, 1885 The gauge at the West Hartford
Comm water works registered inches in two
hours, July 20, 1881 "Over five inches WAS
the report from OsIKalooSa. Iowa, July 0, 1888.
The story that - inches fell at Mobile In the
thirty six hours ending June 90 1888, though not
ofiicinl is quite credible Al Rocky Hill, Conn,
in three hours July 81, 1887, 9 IA inches Of rain
fell; and (" The Hartford Times said the water
came down almost solid" This was no doubt
what is known as cloud hurst phenomenon
bird by the same conditions which produces
,bupder-showers and tornadoeS. The destruction
ght by the enormous weight IA well as the
suddenness OF this type OF rainSt0rm makes IL
almost impossible accurately 10 measure tho
precipitation. The cloud-burst which washed
out the New-York Central embaniment, near
Amsterdam, in the summer OF 1855, lasted only
| three minutes, and covered only few towns
Thirty square miles OF land were submerged, and
damage TO the extent Of 100000 was done in
cloud-burst at O'Fallon, which WAS sufficiently
| brief 20 have been described as occurring at
| o'clock" Streams rose suddenly and 60 an APP
palling extent, just as If O dam had given way.
| Plenty OF such instances can be cited.
Except in connection with West India cyclones
which affect only the cohst Of this country, rain
falls like that near Tittsburg last week are very
uncommon east of the Rocky Mountains. Prob
| ably the worst visitation OF this kind which New
| York City has had In twenty years or more was
deposit OF 6.46 inches, September 90, 1882, in
/ connection with tropical hurricane. The amount
! for three consecutive days at that time -
| inches In New-London, Conn, February l0-l4,
| there fell 500 inches This was during the
prevalence OF double storm, the worst half being
secondary 10 the other, neither Of them COM
| ing from low attitudes But this WINS almost
without parallel in that region for half century.
| About foot Of rain fell at Charleston, s. c., at
| the time OF the August cyclone, IN 1885 while
Galve ston had 6.53 inches between September 5
and 20, the same year, from similar storm Tho
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extraordinary duwnpour at aAle1sndria, La
inrbes-in the fifty hours ending June 10, 1877,
is probably attributable 70 like cause bu1 .l'''
class Of deluepbreeders never gets inand very lhl
For this time Of ye,r, and the region oesween
Oh. Aueebanies and the Mississippi, IL wouia Dc
hard 10 find general rainstorm equailns ~
severity that OF which the Jamestown diSas'er -
srcb n startling feature. OF course, IN noun
famous country like Cambria County the snaliss.
creeks would swell enormously and quickly unuo,
suoh circumstances even if no cloud-burst oocurrsa
local reinforcement Of that sort, however m'sn.
easily have been added to the general aownp Oo,,
while the meteorological conditions OF iAs' "e'N
r,rnr-nilnH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
IMpRAcr1cABLE MEASURES HARMFUL

IMPRACTICABLE MEASURES HARMFUL.
In Rhode Island Prohibition Is TO be sub
mitted again TO vote.of the people In Penn
sylyania hot contest is expected TO end in the
defeat Of Prohibition. In New-Jersey an act
empowering counties to prohibit the liquor
traffic by a vote Of the people resulted in the
election Of a Legislature owned by the saloons
which repealed the act, but 80 bunderingy that
the saloons are now agitating for an extra ses-
sion to repair damages to their interests. Mean
while In the great Presbyterian Assembly a
majority votes in favor Of Prohibition, but ex-
plains the next day that its action Is not to be
understood as approving or indorsing political
party devoted to Prohibition.
The issue in Rhode Island turns upon the
prscticability of enforcing Prohibition, with q
large part of the population opposed to the
measure. Without expression OF opinion al
this point, it may be observed that the friends
of Prohibition complain that IL has partially
failed because of the indispostion or ineficiencJ
of the officials upon whom enforcement OF tho
act has depended, while its opponents urge that
public sentiment does not sufficiently sustain
the measure to render its satisfactory enforce
ment possible In Pennsylvania, again, an ap
peal TO the working people has been made with
great zeal and admirable organization. Re
ligious bodies, labor organizations, and all tho
ardor and devotion Of host Of mothers and
sisters, have been enlisted in the struggle, but
with probability that the defeat of Prohibition
will be more decisive than it was in Massachu
sets. In Pennsylvania, also, a great body OF
citizens who sincerely desire to promote thu
rsa of temperanca will cast their votes and
their influence against Prohibition, because they
believe that it cannot be practically enforced in
most of the cities and towns.
Behind a widely different form of issue there
Is the same doubt at the bottom Of indecisive
action in New-Jersey. Several counties had
voted for Prohibition, and yet its practical en-
torcement in some Of these counties had beer
found impossible Even from them member
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THE TRIBUNE FRESR.AIR FUND.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AN 1rlLrly TENOR SIN GER COMING.

s!gnor Tamaeno celebrated Italian tenor has bees
engaged vs. Henry F. Abbey for his operate season n ~
country which will begin next December. IL E's neh
toned in The Tribune some weeks ago that M Aeoe,
would bring great tenor, and that from tne 'hres
who alone can claim that rank. Massni. 1aJsre Ans
Tamagno, the last most likely 70 Do chosen ssu~
Tamsgno will not sing with Nine. Patti. ess on Aerns,
nights and Manager Abbey therefore hopss hat ae w
not have 20 contend with "on nights Sheh arc
impresario's bugbear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
rooMlNG THE GREAT NORTHWEST.

From The Grand Forks N. DskJ Herald,
Twelve broad columns of The New. YORK 1rounne ~ "
the 18th ate devoted 10 tho admirable letters Oh tns
staff CORES pendent Mr.. 1. +. Quigg, VINO spos,
several days OF last week IN this cliS, ihcne 49,,
are written from Mitchell and Wstert0wn. and Ahons
other things give excellent sketch OF INC Syu
Dakota struggle for statehood. Nr. oHHg io M.
written from Grand Forks will he pu6lsheu .n n
week. No paper has interested Itself more heAua
and effectively In tho new STATE than The Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
TILE WASHINGTON CENTENARY.
10 ninrhamton Republican

FfOln THO UInGhumTOW NCDWOHVdII -,
The Ncw-YOFk Tribune has lssued In panph n.iion
a history OF the Washington CentonniA ceas ,llvs
II makcS 100 pages and Is omDellished with ~ brs.
tPations II contains complete account o. Ts,v IN.
days ceremonies and paradeS In NewfofA ia as
bah and the banquet Including the oIsto' usrison
courses OF Chaincey NJ Depow, President hsaaSsss
Grover CIsveand Blshop Potter and Other spe s h
beside lists OF guests at tho ball and bsnu n4 Kss
may DO had by sending IS cents 70 The inosS~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

What peace or rest or fond anticipation can
there be for the lover Of the luscious fruits OF
the summer and autumn In view Of the harrow
ing tales which the telegraph keeps bringing,
now from this quarter, now from that? Already
this season the peach orchards have been ruined
by frosts or storms, or we have been told that the
crop babe fair to he large that IL will not pay
TO market it, Then the plum crop has been de-
stroycd by the black knot, or something else
equally dreadful; and now, just on the heels Of
the report TINT in Connecticut there were ndca-
lions OF an unusually plentiful supply of apples,
comes report from Ncw-lerscy that the npple-
trees arc being dcS CURED by u black worm, which
causes the apples 20 fall 20 the ground and Is
doing great damage These things are apt 20
give sombrc tone TO life, even in the " rare
perfect days. OF June
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

In proposing to diminish the dangers OF grade
crossings by authorizing railroad companies to re-
move standing timber in the vicinity Of such cross
inCs when IL interferes with the view Of the rail-
road from the highway, the Massachusetts, Lesis-
lature is applying only palliative, not remedy
There is only one path Of safety, and that is to
remove such crossings entirely. 1t is not to be
expected that the work con all be done Of once but
what is to hinder making beginning?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

That Is an excellent commission which has been
appointed TO investigate the requirements Of tho
postal service in this city, ns the result Of Mr..
Van Colts recent conference with the Postmaster
General We have no doubt that the commission
will agree that the New-Iork office Is entitled
to all the money It can mako good use Of, and
that the estimate based on that conception Of the
case will be liberal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
nmusssusu,s.

Afsou THHATRE-s--A Mtdntght BAH
BROADWAY THEATRE s-The oolah
CASINO s--The BrifApda
OALYs TAEATRE- e-kiss Rostsa vokea
EDEN MUsEE-wnx Tsbleaax-
GRAND OPERA HOUSE g." Martha
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE sso-Festhsroratn
NIBL0s- S-Ootoroon.
PAIlxERs THEATaE-s-Clovef.
PRocToR's 2sD.sT. THEATRE-s-Tns Ooahv fs1
sTAR THEATRE s-Annette ths Dancing enL
TERRACE GARDEN S-Beggar Student
UNION SQUARE THEATRE- s-Adrieh
sTHAvENuE ART aALLERIEs-Days and Evening-Art
Exhibition
5TH.AyENUE THEATRE- s-HsrTnann.
18th STREET THKATRE- sUneie Joe or fsies IN MAO
House
tTHAyE AND IsTH.sT.-9etysourg
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ONLY CHILDREN AFFECTED, HOWEVER

from TIC ALBANY JOuFnaI. =
The law prohibiting the sale Of tobacco 20 chu,vs
actually apparently under tho age OF siSteen -,
lew backed By the best public sentiment ana appDv,s
by tobacco dealers themselves. II viii b. instrSesS
10 watch its operation. IL will be an OBJECT n'Si
upon the practiosbity Of prohibiting the sac ~.
liquor, although every one acknowledges ina w
latter wouk 10 Infinitely the more difficult tsaH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
MOST TOO NICE TO EAT.

From Tho baltimore American.
The Maryland strawberry this year tastes az "A
had been baptized with srnGeams and Kissed ~
angel,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
ESPECIALLY IN ALBANY.

From Tho Bridgeport standard.
Tho next generation having become used 70 PEI
fccty secret and therefore pure ballot VIII look oscA
with surprise at the long delay In bringing II spoas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

Governor Hill remarked in his last work that
/" il is wise 10 constantly bear in mind that all
change IS not reform II he has the leisure TO
turn a glance backwards nowadays II must occur
TO him that number Of changes wrought by the
legislature which would nave been decided re.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
AN uNGuARpED ADMISSION.
From The Detroit Tribune.

AT his banquet last week. Grover Cleveland, tS ls
q gIeat truth In few words when he SAID 1870
been honorcd by my party far beyond my aon.m y
But when anybody elso says that no Goesh' w.
appreciate IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
- opK nAuy TRIBUNE MONDAY, JUNE 8 Iso--TEN rA.fs.

forms have not been allowed 20 become saen
because tia Governor himself ehectusily blocked
the way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

Secretary Of State Cook announces that ne y
done forever with peanut politics" now d
Governor Hill would only go and do likewise!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

Things grow worse instead of better for the
New-Jersey saloon-keepers, who put their con-
fdence in a Democratic Legislature OF their
own choosing and now find that they have III
most performed the feat of jumping from the
frying pan into the fire. 1t is held by lawyers
who have studied the new liquor law tna' ai'
licenses. whether previously renewed OF ho''
must be taken out afresh, and naturally tnere
are wailing and gnashing OF teeth among inc
liquor sellers. Probably the full force ana eN-
tent of the law will not be determined unul
the Supreme Court las passed on it.. Meantime
the saloon men are in great uncertainty and
cannot tell whether they are acting legally or
not. Perhaps the Grand Juries may help to
clear I'D their embarrassment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

The latest dispatches from the neighborhood
of the Jamestown disaster do not furnish any
basis for accurate calculations az to the loss OF
life or the destruction Of property The one
thing certain is that the number of lives sac
rifced will run far into the thousands; 10000
is regarded as reasonably conservative esd-
mate A vivid suggestion Of the horrible con-
dition OF things In the valley is conveyed by
the statement that at one point not far below
where Johnstown stood the river is actually
damned UP by the bodies OF the dead. Johns
town itself is literally swept out of existence,
and there Is grave doubt whether the town will
be rebuilt The loss of the Cambria Iron Com
rany alone is placed at two or three millions,
and the total destruction of property may not
,n1probabiy reach dozen millions of dollars.
several days at least must elapse before the full
results OF this fearful catastrophe can be known
with any degree Of deiniteness. Each hours
investigation thus far reveals new horrors.
The worst side OF human nature "a presty ant
10 show itself under such ofrcumstances as
exist in the conemsngh region in Pennsylyan,s
Horrible and incredible AZ II may seem. the
piundering Of the bodies OF the dead has been
attempted by some inhuman wretches In one
instance yesterday Hungarian was detected Ia
the act Of cutting on a woman's finger on which
hare IVES ring. He was captured, and promp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

Justice was administered by bis pursuers, who
hanged him to telegraph pole. He was cut
down, however, in time to save his lifej but IT
really seems that II the application Of lynch
law were ever iustiflable, this was a case that
deserved such treatment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03

There is no lack of signs that Governor Hill
Is uncommonly anxious to have Democratic
Legislature elected this fall, as part Of his
scheme to strengthen the Democratic party
in the State and improve his chances Of grasp
ing the Presidential nomination. 1t is even
said that he will sell out his partys State ticket
for the sake of securing majority in the Senate
and Assembly, though the Governor is not
maladroit enough, of course, 10 let any such
intention be known If he ca help it. That he
will bear watching, and a o ID deal Of IL, is
perfectly evident, and 1t behOovcs Republicans
TO be on guard during the summer and autumn
and to put forth every effort to defeat the de-
signs of the willy Governor.
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