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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
A N1TAL REFORM.

The appointment of an Assistant Secretary
of the Navy is practical reform which The
TRIBUNE has heartilI advocated. The office
has been created by ,his years legislation and
worthily filled by the nomination OF Professor
Soev. While he has been connected with the
service as a professor at Annapolis and Chief
of the Bureau of War Records, he is partisan
neither of the staff nor of the line, and COM
mands the respect and confidence OF each.
While he may properly be regarded as CIVIL
IAN he has a practical acquaintance with the
requirements and the personnel OF the service
which equips him for executive functions III
the Department. The responsible duty OF ar
ranging details affecting line and staff can be
ntelligenty and impartally performed by
the Assistant Secretary, and the Department
brought under direct civilian control This
will be a substantial gain to the service. The
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation has been
armed with undue authority over his com
panons in the Navy. Even with the wisest
and most equitable administration of that
Bureau jealousies feuds and faction resent
ments were inevitably created. With the
restoration of efficient civilian control we look
for decline of favoritism and a great improve
ment IN the morale or the service.
The Secretary of the Navy will be released
by this appointment from much OF the routine
work of the Department, ard enabled to de-
vote his attention exclusively to larger meas
ures of policy connected with the development
of the resources of the fleet. This will be n
marked advantage TO the country. With many
complex and technical questions connected with
the building of a new and symmetrical navy
10 be Investigated and mastered the Secretary
holds one of the most la6orlous and responsible
of the Cabinet Offices Errors of Judgment on
his part will be most costly, and Congress has
acted wisely in diminishing the liability to
mistakes and premature decisions by provid-
ing him with adequate civilian assistance in the
conduct of his office The present Secretary
has not been surrounded like his predecessor
with natterers and partisans eager to eXagger-
ate the value of his services to the country
but he has shown himself to be a NEST capable
and industrious official, and the weight OF his
mature and conservative judgment has been
, felt in every branch of the Departments work
No other Cabinet Office under the present Nd
ministration has been conducted more brilliant
" and satisfactorily than the Navy. Cheat re-
suits have already been accomplished, and
these will be enlarged in future by the division
Of executive labors in the Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18

for subsidies, will be benefited by the proposeu
laws, if enacted In word, the languisnihg
American carrying trade which was once III
most PROSPEROUS condition will be restored,
and every industrial and productive interest
will profit by its revival. This is something
moro than rewardinc importunate subsidy
begpars." 1t is high National policy entered
into without reference To- the demands OF the
half dozen American lines in the foreign carry
ing trade. The premiums and bountles are
not exclusively offered to those lines, but are
extended to all future ship-owners whose ell
terprise may be stimulated by the protecuoh
offered to their investments and interests.
Let the Shipping bills be enacted and there
will be American steam lines in operation
within n few wears between New-York and
LIVERPOOL New-Yorlk and IIavre. New-lork
and Hamburg. New-York and the Plate, New
Orleans and the Spanish Main, San Francisco
and Valparaiso, California and Australia, ana
Tacoma and China. There will be a remark
able expansion of the export trade OF the coun-
try. Not only will Americans be able to sail
for foreign countries under their own nag, but
every productive interest will be stimulated
by the opening of new markets for surplus
breadstuffs and manufactures. These are the
comprehensive objects which are TO be kept IN
mind when shipping bounties and mall sub
sides are considered. 1t is not that few
known corporations will be aided in struggling
against foreign competition, but that new IN
terests affecting the future prosperity OF the
entire country are to be created 1t Is not
true that trade will follow any flag. If 1t had
been true England would not have expended
hundreds of millions in developing its CONNER
cial marine English trade has followed the
English flag over all seas to all lands. Ameri-
can trade will follow the American flag.
Patriotism and enlightened self-nterest render
the restoration of that flag to the seas mat
ter, not of subsidy begging, but of supreme
National policy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
CRTELTY TO FLIES.
try has.

A discussion which, though it may not command
the attention accorded the tariff or the crowded
condition of the elevated cars, nevertheless takes
place every summer. has already begun-we refer
TO the proper way of cXtcrmnating the common
domestic fly. To bald-headed man who delights
in taking a nap in the rockingham of an after
noon it may seem impossible that there should
he any quest oning of any way that kills the fly,
but we can assure him that there is. Instances
are on record where members of humane societies
have driven four miles in their carriages, the
tails of their horses having been carefully
locked" some time in the past to attend meet
ngs to consider the most nearly painless way
Of putting flies TO death. and The Tribune is al
ready in receipt Of communication from valued
correspondent protesting against cruel and M
usual ways Of helping flies out of this life of
uncertainty.
1t is generally agreed. we believe even by
these people who professionally humane, that
it is right and proper to put the common house-fly
to death if one sees fit Some scientists-the same
ones. il we mistake not who have warned us
against drinking milk eating eggs. meat or
vegetables, aud who have told us Of the microbes
in water and limited darly Of the dangers which
Turk in bread-a few scientists we say, have
from time to time tried to say something about
the NY as n ScaNebScr, Out 'neN nave oeen rlghty
frowncd down. and the general public has gone
on saying great deal about the fly as n nuisance
The fly exists everywhere; the fly should be
killed 50 far the people are a unit Now as TO
the means of death.
In former times the fly poisoned. Some
times the poison came in the form of dark-col-
ored powder which was put in little water
in saucer and placed on the window-sill More
often, perhaps, it came in the guise Of thin gray
blotting paper, which was also put in little
water in a saucer and stood the window-sll.
The final result VAS the same in either case tho
fly lit the edge OF the saucer, braided his rear
legs braided his forward legs, paid no
attention to his intermediate legs, rubbed
the top of his head, took look at
the weather, slipped the fluid, and walked
| away and died. The effect OF the poison on the
hy was more immediate, il not more sure, than is
a Prohibition State liquor on man. But the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18

lived there for many years after, and the sessions
the General Assembly were once held in the house.
Professor C. B. Richards, Of the Sheffield scientfs
School Yale, has been made by the French Governh1a
A chevaller OF the Legion OF Honor.
Responding 10 the American students at Gottingn,
who had invited him 10 their Fourth Of July ceebrsi
Prince Bismarck wrote: ~ thank you for your kinx
ness in informing me In what manner the annver>ar
OF the United states independence will be celebrate
in the Aula. OF the four distinguished Americans IA
he honorcd BY memorial tablets. have the pfyik.
Of counting two among my intimate friends, the h,.
John Motley and George Bancroft. J. therefore, an
doubly sorry I find IL Impossible TO take part in TIA.
interesting ceremony. Convey my thanks "a y0g,
cmntrymcn and receive the assurance OF my hish
consideration
Mr. Robert Rae, the wellknown Temperance reforms,
OF London and his daughter have been guests at Ca
Seat Mr.. Joseph Cooks summer home. near LAkS
George, They met there Mrs. Mary II. Hunt, NJ
ional superintendent Of SCIENTIFIC Temperance nsrc.
ton, and her secretary also MISS Whiting professor
OF physics I'm Wellesley College.
Mr. Henry NJ. Stanley has first cousin living on
Hazle-st., wilkesbarre, Penn. His name is John r..
Jones. He is a small shopkeepcr and wel;to-do He
Is the physical image OF the great explorer, hay.
ing the same cast OF features.
At the banquet Of the National Club Of Montreal
Canada. recently NJ Laurier. the leader Of the Liberal
party said Canada cannot always remain colony.
The time must come when We will take our proper 10
sition in the world and for my part favor .nds
pendence.'
A cable dispatch from Father Fransio whose goha
Jubilee was celebrated recently in Brooklyn was n.
ceived yesterday by his friends in this city lie ey.
poets soon % reach his birthplace IN the Canton a
Ticino, switzerland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
POINT FOR THE TUIRD-P3RTT n

A POINT FOR THE THIRD-PAR1T MEN.
The Third party PrOhihitiOnistS have already
made their nominations in this metropolis They
are to run candidates for all the city and coun-
ty offices which are to be filled in November,
and later they propose to nominate for the
next Assembly in each one OF the twcnty-four
districts of the county. Furthermore 1t Is
understood that they will run separate tickets
in all, or nearly ALL the other counties of the
State. Now, unless they can demonstrate that
the course which they are pursuing is in the
interest of practical temperance reform, the
Third-party people certainly have no right to
look for the support Of intelligent voters who
are bent upon promoting the common welfare
Can they demonstrate thls3
New-York State is divided to-day into two
great political parties. The one, under the
leadership of man who has come to be known
for cause as WhislSey's Governor" is recog-
nized as the always trustworthy servant OF the
saloons Ii is the Obvious truth that the De
mocracy of New York is as meany subseryient
to-day TO the rum power as in the era preced-
ing the war it was 10 the slave power This
truth received a signal illustration last fall in
the call for the Democratic state Convention.
That call il will be remembered, contained a
special invitation to the saloons 10 be repre-
sented in the convention. But the Third party
leaders, while admitting that the Democracy
of this State has shown itself to be the i'm
placable foe of temperance reform, contend
that they are justified in maintaining sepa-
rate organization and presenting their own
candidates for public Office, since the Repub-
lican party has not acceded to their demands.
That the Republicans of New-York have never
been inclined 70 play into the hands of tenn
perance extremists is granted but it is false
TO claim that New-York RepublicaniSm does
not stand for genuine practical temperance re-
FORM If the efforts of Republican lawmakers
had not been brought 10 naught by the veto
of Democratic Governor well-conSidercd
High License law would have been in opera
ton in this State long ago. Next April, thanks
TO Republican lawmakers, the members of the
Third party and all the other voters of the
State will be afforded an opportunity of pass
ing upon an amendment 10 the Constitution
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquors.
OF course, the bill providing for this popular
vote was resolutely opposed by the Democrats
such was their devotion 10 the rum power
that they were unwilling that the people should
be allowed to express themselves on this great
issue. In view of its record on high license
and the Prohibition Amendment and related
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
PERSONAL.
confrOnts tn

John Greeneaf Whittier will spend next month at
Centre Harbor y. II.
Mr. Clinton Scotland has got married and gone TO
Europe for year.
The late Sir Edwin Chadwick, according to The
London Globe" did not illustrate the old poets dictum
that men as they grow In years grow dissatisnen
with the world around them. lie was confirmed opiim
ist with regard to the present and the future. paper
which he prepared for of the learned societies last
winter was continuous eulogr upon the theme that
the former times worse than these, and that bet
ter times are coming. In the matter OF sanitary 70
form, 10 which his long life was devoted. SIR Edwin
was right In his optimism beyond contradiction.
DIR. Amelia n. Edwards is still suffering much from
her broken
The old house OF John Endlcott. the first head OF
the first popular government established In America, is
being torn down az salem. The structure framed
In England. brought to the country and first
put together al Gloucester. Later II pulled Down
and rebuilt by Endicott az salem, and became his
permanent home there at the of Washington and
Church SITS. IL was a twostory building originally
and of the Elirabethan style OF architecture John
Endicott died In the dwelling In 1885, but his family
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
rvvopx nA,1y TRR,NE FRIDAY 49, ls9O-rEN fA1i1o.

method had its drawbacks; the fiies wouio oi@.
wander from the saucer before death overoooN
them. and would sometimes make tneir emu "".N
they. were not wanted. Sometimes, too' 'i'e ""DS'
.i,L ,ho innocence OF childhood, drank up the
poison. after having refused his proper 1000, a"u
tho rosults were always serious and occasionally
'fatol Tbere were. TO be sure, other ways OF
dealing With the superfuous fly There was an ap-
n.ratus NJ wire which entrapped him: and some
tbrftv housewives took a tumbler nearly fuli OF
soansuds and covered it with half-siice oil preau
with molasses on the underside OF III, ana s'"""
hole through the middle and the ny weh' oo""
the hole and came back not, thouen no mo"
,knoweth the reason thereon. buc ohe'e ".'
mere incidents Of the war; ana the poison WAC ''ie
chief reliance, and this, as we nave sa,o' ""o
unsatisfactory. Therefore was sucky hS-p"pe'
invented. - ~,
Sticky fy-paper consists OF large S"eeu "
MINER covered with thin coating OF mnciiage
Tho Av aI;ybts on the edge braids his rear legs
and braids his forward legs, again ignoring MS
other psir. rubs the top of his head, glances az
tho scenery and buzzes over into the mlddle OIL
tho roner lie finds the track heavy, II we may
borrow n sporting term. He never rises again
He NAV struggle few minutes before he s'hh'
down and is smothered by the muciiage' ouo ne
does not rise TO vex this world longer-which 10
L.
the great beauty Of the sticky paper. now inc
noint which our humane friends make is that the
fly is unhappy for the few minutes that ne s'rug-
giles They say his death should be instantaneous
and as this cannot be with sticky paper us use
sbould no discontinued. Our correspondent calls
on lis TO lend our influence to this emo. inc
whole av must be dealt with gently, says our
correspondent. To all of which The Tribune,
drawing back haughtily. replies in the words OF
Spartacuss praetor: 81 Let the carrion rot In
life he preyed on man-if it takes him ten minutes
n die we do not care. Besides, we do not believe
that he sufers-we are Of opinion that he enjoys
the struggles, and when he sinks in the giue ne
dies-as he richly deserves to. come noV 10 us
asking sympathy for the dying fly. Strew your
rooms with sticky f1y-paper, is our advice-paper
vour walls with il, decorate your ceiling with H.
that wherever the weary fly stops to rest there
NAV he stick and die, first struggling II nc
wants to.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
4 BRO1D VIEW OF 1T.

great deal of time has been expended IN
the Senate and doubtless the process will be
repeated in the House, in denunciatiOn OF
American steamship lines as subsidy beggars."
Now The TRIBUNE certainly cannot be ac-
cused of being hostile to the interests OF those
lines. But we do not hesitate to say that If
the pending Shipping bills were solely designed
to promote the prosperity of the few corpora
tons which have survived generation OF Ma
tional neglect, nothing would be said i'll these
columns in favor of such legislation. That
those corporations will profit by the scheme OF
navigation bounties is undeniabe; and it is
also probable that by improving their service
they will also be enabled t. take advantage OF
the Postal Subsidy bill but their interests in
the long run will be insignificant in comparison
with those of other lines which will be created
by the operation of the proposed measures.
What every patriotic American desires Is to
see the flag restored TO its rightful place on the
ocean. Bountics and subsidies would be in
defensibe if their benefits were confined to a
few existing corporations 1t is only as a mat
ter of high National policy that The TRIBUNE
has advocated these measures for the revival
of the commercial marine; and 1t is only on
that ground that England France or Italy
has ever attempted to justify Government aid
TO shipping interests. 1t is one thing to APP
propriate National revenues for relieving the
necessities of certain corporations that are ex-
posed TO mercIess foreign competition and il
is another and a very different thing t. adopt
comprehensive policy for developing the ex-
port trade of the country and opening foreign
markets for American produce and manufact-
ures.
The bills which have passed the Senate will
have the inevitable effect of creating a large
number of American steamship lines. Some
of these new corporations will compete with
existing lines and others will open communica-
tons with foreign markets not now reached
under the American flag. Some of the very
corporations which are now denounced as " sub
sidy beggars' will be compelled by the opera
ton of subsidies and bOunties TO share their
foreign trade with new companies. Other
steamship enterprises which are not now in
existence, and consequently are not begging
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18

,,oosures the Republican party is rightly 10 Dc
,o,,,r ded nc n temperance reform party. 1t has
,,nt dome all that the extremists have de-
manded that it should do, but IL mas zone
better than that. 1t has endeavoreo 10 piaoo
upon the statute books temperance iesisa'ioh
which would place wholesome check upon inc
drink evil-legisation which, because IL was
not excessive in its provisions, would commahu
the assent of public sentiment, without which
the most stringent of legal enactments arc
worse than worthless.
late number of "The Innkeepers' Jour
nal'' contains an article which throws gnu
deal of light upon the relation OF Dehho1,doy
and Republcanism to temperance REFORM he'u
this extract from the article IN question
The dealers should very carefully keep track OF the
rolitIcal field and support candidate who Is against
their busness We will add that the only great party
which has dealt with them in fairness Is the Demo-
| cratic party: Republicans have never been other u""
inmical to the saloon. and in every case tne'r an
election pledges to men in the trade have been 'oS'
outrageously disregarded -, .
No one will deny that "Tho Journal" Is IN
n position to know whereof it speaks ltS
name attests that it is nothing If not an OUT
and ont organ of the saloons. And it assures
the saloonkeepers of the Empire State that tney
can trust the Democratic party, and that they
cannot trust the Republican party. We COM
mend this fact to the careful consideration Oh
rho Third-party people. The nominations
which they are making are in the interest OF
the party which, on the testimony OF Inc
InI,eeners' Journal" is the saloonkeepers
marty. and the nominations work to the dlsad-
vantage of the party which, according TO the
same competent witness, is the antl-saloon-
keepers party
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreirn-It was reported that a Newfoundland
scbooner had been seized by the French. -
Some citizens of Fcz have been arrested for try
ing 70 take the life of the Sultan of Morocco -
Five persons were burned 10 death at quebec.
Servia has demanded reparation from turkey 1or
the murder Of its Consul at Pristina - Inc
American rifiemen had an enthusiastic greeting at
Bingen.
=, CA1sros-Both branches in session. -
The Senate The day was spent in further dis
cusson OF the irrigation survey paragraph OF the
Sundry Civil bill among the nominations received
from the President were the following Ollver IL.
Spalding of Michigan, TO be Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury; j. II. Stackpole, II. w. Somer-
vile. and F. " Shurtleff, to be General Apprals-
ers Of Merchandise - The House: The Land
Grant Forfeiture bill was passed.
Domostic.--Sevcre gales. with rain and hail,
visited Pennsylvania and Ncw-Jersey; several
lives were lost. - The Republican convention
in the XXIst New-York District nominated John
NJ Viewer for Congress. - The Farmers Al
lance in Minnesota nominated b NJ owens Tor
Governor. 60 The population OF New-No rK Clty'
as determined by the official rough count at the
Census Office. is 1,5l3,5Ol - The PRESIDENT
left Washington for Cape May.
City and Suburban.-Two of the counterfeiters
who have been operating in the city were caugh'
in the act - Several fremen partially over
come by smoke at stubborn fire - man
killed by lightning at Far Rocl<away. - Kch'
ard Croker sailed for Europe. - The FIRE
mems Insurance Company decided TO go out OF
business. - The striking cloak contractors de
cided TO repudiate their representatives agree
ment with the manufacturers, and refused 10 re
sumo work 80 Winners at Monmouth Park
Meriden, Ambulance, Banquet, kenwood' oaii
Wood and Beauty. 80 Arrangements unue
way for trotting matches between Sunoi ana AN
tell and Sunol and Belle Iamlin. -= Stocks
duh and firm. finally yielding fractions on raid
but closing strong.
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day fair an'
slightly cooler, possibly preceded by ram. lem
perature yesterday: Highest Of degrees; lowest
~; average, so 3-s
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The proposed widening of the Bridge station
platforms will doubtless lie we'll enough in its
way, but it is only temporary and inadequate
device for meeting the constantly increasing de-
mands upon the Bridge railway. In one way it
will have tendency TO diminish danger hut it
will do nothing to prevent the crowding in the
cars, which long ago passed the point Of both
comfort and safety. The Bridge authorities
seem incapable of taking the radical measures
which are demanded TO meet the emergency that
confr0nts them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18

Secretary Window is neither panic-stricken
nor disconnected by the alarmist reports CIR
culated in the Democratic press that the sur
plus has disappeared and we are face to face
with deficit in the Treasury. On the con-
trary as will be seen by our Washington dis
patches in an extremely hasty review of the
situation he is able to point out numerous dis
crepancies and oversights that materially al
feet the figures on which the opposition news
papers base their jeremiads. What Mr.. Win
dom says supplements and confirms the recent
statement of Chairman Cannon, of the House
Appropriations Committee. On the whole, the
outlook is good and there is no reason for
ANYBODY to grow excited or pessimistic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-18

Attention is again directed to the danger OF
grade-crossings on railways by an accident near
Owego, n. Y, last week, by which three OF hve
women who occupied carriage were instantly
killed and the other two badly injured, and by
similar accident in California on Sunday, where
by four persons were slaughtered outright and
three others probably MORALLY hurt. These are
the most shocking casualties Of the kind that
we recall since the killing of several persons near
Little Silver, " j., about year ago. ouch
danger-points are TO be counted by the thousand
throughout the country, and the number is yearly
increasing. whereas stringent measures ought u
be taken to diminish them and ultimately TO ne
move them altogether