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New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
PERSONAL.

The recent rumor that NJ. Roustar, French Minister
70 the United States, is about to be tranSiorreu "
Madrid, Is officially denied
David r. Hill will have to take back seat nteraiy'
70 NOT Apuratvey, next winter, II he goes 70 the
limited states Senate. The only desk obt@naoie ny
him is In the last row IN the chamDer'
correlius Vanderbilt will sail for Europe on the
steamer Etruria on Saturday to spend the summer
abroad
uMrs william Astor's friends says "The Galignani
,seanoer are concerned to hear that sho Is suner
ing hrom renewal Of the indsposition winch ac'eu
her three years ago. Mrs. William Astor nus eiv ~
for Aix-es Balns. where she VIII undergo eouiS0
special treatment"
Ex-Governor Boyd, Of Nebraska, has had strange
axnertepces for an alien, He has repeatedly held
orice has been Mayor of Omaha, and acted as uo'-
ernor of Nebraska only to find at the end OF long
official career that he never citizen OF te o'eu
states and that many all Of his official acts may ee
void lie believed that his father was natural..9H nat.9
citizen before he of age but he was aPparg9@y Ppar9 @
mistaken and will have 10 begin new poh'i''' 'N
istence citizen OF the United etates'
James Whitcomb Riley having been asked wnat he
did TO warm up irresponsible audience when he was
lecturing answered 81 do not try. You know
am nearsghted and without my glasses Pm not worth
a straw. Well, when 1 1 have cold ana
critical audience Just take off my glasses and lay
them on the desk. Then the house can be Just as
uneasy as it likes, for can't see thing Inc oS wnIo
house might get up and leave ana ia never fnioS ~
II doesn't pay for an audience of mine to be cod 1or
let them do all the freezing
Tho Hon. Edward Mcpherson has filed his mai ac-
count as executor of Thaddeus Stevens The present
market value of the securities belonging to the estate
Is s544o6 %. One obstacle In the way OF the nhal
adjudication, in accordance with the VIII Oh the ae
statesman is the claim Of Mrs Stevens, VINO alleges
that sbe s tho wife Of a relative and is a contestant
for part of the estate The will provides that me
estate amounts TO $4,000 after the claims are padu
fbe trustees shall establish in Lancaster Penn h0me
for the relief OF homeless and INDECENT 0rphans' au
preference is to be shown account OIL race UT ooo
10 fpma
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
PAYMENTS IN SILVER.

pavments in silver certificates and Treas
urv notes in the first ten days of May amounted
TO e4.5 per cent of all payments OF customs
duties at New-York, payments in United ota'es
notes to 1O.s per cent, and payments IN goid
coin and certificates to only 24.7 per cent.
year ago the proportion in May was 800
per cent gold, 2G per cent silver, and 80 per
cent legal tenders Taken by itself, this cnange
certainly merits attention.
Ii should be said at the outset that great
changes in the kind of money used 1or 'hese
pavments are not always particularly signih-
can't In 1878 more than three-quarters Oh tne
nayments were in gold certificates, but such
payments dropped to nothing when the Issue
of those certificates was stopped IN looo- o.:
In Nav. 1879, no less than 94.1 per cent Oh
all nayments was made in legal tenders, which
was perhaps the least Objectionable mode al
that time of testing the ability of the Govern
ment to maintain specie payments, and when
;ts ability had been established the proportion
Of. legal tenders used was cut down IN TWO
wears to 81 per cent. After the monetary us
t,,rhance Of 1884 silver certificates were Tor a
time used largely, and in 1886 legal tenders.
hut this movement only relieved asuperilllty Oh
certain kinds of currency in circulation. Inc loi.
loving shows the percentage OF each kind oi
money used in May of each year, 1SI S-lsso'
in April of this year, and in May TO tne Io,n
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

Miss Rosna vokes who enters on tho last week OF
her engagement at Day's Theatre next Monday VIII
then present "The Old Musician" The Circus Rider
and "A Pantomime Rehearsal In "Ihe oa Mu-
sclano Mr.. Felix Morris gives performance that has
been much and generally admired
AT the Union Square Theatre tonight Mr. Robson
will offer The Henrietta in slightly altered form-the
actor having recently made changes in the third act OF
his comedy incidental to it's presentation in London
The public attention is again directed to the openar
representation of "As You Like It," which Is % %
given next saturday afternoon at the country seao VI
Mrs r. A. stevens Castle Point, Hoboken Miss Rose
Coghlan as Rosalnd Mr. Maurice barrymore as Or
Iando. Mr. Frank Mayo Jaques, Agnes Booth as
Audrey, Marie Burroughs Celia Maud Harrison as
Phoebe aud Stuart Robson as Touchstone make re-
markaby strong attraction. E. NJ. Holland, c. W. Coul-
dock las ADAM and j. q. Peakes las Amiensl are as9
i'm the cast. St. Mchaels Home, Mamaroneck, ano
St. Katherine's Home Jersey CITY, VIII benent py w
performance. 1t Is under the direcuoh oi ~ -
Dali
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

Examination of these figures is we'll caicu-
latad IN disnel any unreasonng alarm because
the Treasury just now receives large amounts
in new Treasury notes and silver ceruhcd'eS'
for they show that similar and even greater
movements to secure virtual redemption III goid
of particular kinds of money, by their use III
nlace of gold at custom houses, have passed
without bad results 1t is better for the Gov
ernment and better for the business community
that there should be such mode OF gettlng
out of circulation and into the treasury any
form of currency which happens at any ume
to be superabundant. 1t should not be for-
gotten that the new Treasury notes are not'
like the certificates redeemable in silver only
hut by express provision of the statute they
are redeemabIe in "gold or silver CON-" ana
they are treated by the Treasury Department
in precisely the same way as the old lesa-'eh-
der or United States notes, which are redeem
able in gold on demand.
At the same time, the figures show PLAINLY
that the silver certificates and Treasury notes
have been in circulation so far beyond the re-
ulirements Of ordinary business that they gravi-
tate back to the Treasury in usual amounts.
In the present state of the finances this is in
formation which it would not be wise TO ig-
more. BY forcing into circulation just now
more of these notes and certificates the Treas
ury could only increase difficulty which it has
to meet and will have to meet so long as tho
issues of them continue. This is time of the
year, it is true, at which the supply of money
required in ordinary business is not as large as
it is in the fall, so that return of some sn-
pertuous currency to the Treasury is natural.
The only point is that tho silver certificates
| and Treasury notes come back rather than
| other kinds of currency. At another season it
is possible that larger amounts of currency will
be required than have ever been in circulation,
and then the accumulations in the Treasury
will be drawn out. But it may even then be
the fact that the silver certificates and Treasury
notes will be used in payments rather than
other money, because people are apt to retain
within their own control the kind of money
which they think surest to be available for any
and all purposes
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
THURSDAY, MAY IA, 1891.
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-It is rumored in Mexico that the
limited States cruiser Charleston has sunk the
Chian transport Itata. - The financial sltua-
ton in Portugal improved; prices in the Euro
pean stock markets generally were firmer. -
There is a serious revolt in Dutch Guiana. -
The Prince of Wales has the influenza; Mr. Glad
stone is recovering. - An anti-European riot
took place at Woo Hoo, China; there was more
anti Hebrew roting in Corfu. - new Egyp-
tian Ministry has been formed.
Domestic.-The Presidents train reached Omaha,
Neb. from Denver; General Harrison made
sueeches at Hastings and Omaha. - The State
and Navy Departments officials are still con-
sdering the status of the Itata. - Kingman
won the Kentucky Derby. - Several villages
have been swept away by the food in the Rio
Grande - Devastation by fire continues In
the Michigan and Wisconsin woods.
City and Suburban.-News was received that
attempts had been made to assassinate President
Hippolite of Hayti. - The inquest into the
murder of Carrie Brown at the East River Hotel
was begun. Many writs of replevin were
obtained against Levy Brothers & Co. - Off
GERS of the Academy of Design were elected. =-
The Bible Society celebrated its seventy-fiftl
anniversary - Stocks active and materially
higher, on more favorable news from Europe
Further exports of gold were disregarded, and the
closing was firm, although not at the highest
points.
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day Generally
fair. with slight thermal changes Temperature
yesterday Highest, 20 degrees; lowest, 81
average, SO 5-S.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
substance in them, and despite their extempo'
raneous character their form is admirable

The Coroners inquest regarding the Eas'
R;vor Hotel murder was begun YESTERDAY "A
number of witnesses were examined, but noun.
inc that the newspaper-readng public has not
been familiar with for several days was orouen.
70 Eoht. The tendency Of all the testimony
was to point to "Frenchy No. 1" as the per
petrator of the horrible murder Seeh"sS Ins
nothing has yet been discovered as 70 tnc nv
identify of the man who went to the hotei WIN
the old woman though possibly surprise Is III
store on this point. Thus far there Is SOM onaS
some rather vague circumstan.ia, eNi1o 1onht
against Frenchy," though there Is h1'e uoSS' os
test the circumstances will be deemed s'iiil-
o;an. 20 warrant holding him for trial. 10 all
o,,,,oorances no further search for the murderer
Is being prosecuted; which means either tna'
the poIioe are sure "Frenchy' is the man or
that the perpetrator Of the brutal crime is not
tn ha discovered
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY

Those who are close to Philips Brooks say thao no
much ANNOYED at the way in which certain persons
and newspapers have been trying to behtue the Eps
cOpal Church in order TO glorify him. lie iceis ''"'
he is thereby put in false position, at ume wheh
he is unable to set himself right. DR.. Brooks Is a
loyal Churchman, and believes that the Ohuroh 10
greater and grander than any man.
There is sign out on of Atlanta's side streets
that Is at least expressive. IL reads -, "a.
Going out to do whtewashing done here'-tAt
lanta Constitution.
A natural curiosity made its appearance on DreaA
fast table In this city recently. Within fresh Leg
horn hens egg Of the usual sze was found what ap
pearcd 10 he n perfectly formed egg about big
sparrow's egg lacking only the hard SHE'LL but incosed
In membrane remarkably firm
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN PROBLEM.
lie had been drinking pulquc;
He was morbid-minded. sulky.
And ugly figures passed before nus Vlsloh'
And every snake and alligator
That inhabts the equator
Marched and countermarched WIN hoiripe prcciSon'
Then his head cleared up q little,
And remained no Jot nor little,
OF the wonderful procession when hau oa1eu nina'
Bat about him circled slyly
huge creature, herce and WHY
iasuaF F,e gisaa',ssmtaasd gan sntasTed i ia1ed hm
1t was little that he uttered.
But he muttered:
ais IT fancy, or thing that wants 70 eat mel
jag or jaguar which Is iti That's what beats me
oh most unhappy day
Ii Is awful, either way
What Jag you are
or what jaguar !-(Chicago Journal.
@The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has been
treating itself to a Hoe press which print 24.000
papers an hour IL has also added 20 It's territory
that while II used TO be elghtpage Journal II
furnishes twelve. The best of II is that It's increasing
prosperity Is the logical result of It's enterprise skin
and industry.
Queensland was pretty raw when first went
there but now the land Is all taken. The western
part Of Australia, however, Is unsettled. The natives
are dying out very rapidly In all parts of the country
but the most Of them yet TO be found In the
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

He has given them taste Of politicai power
and has employed demagogue's art III us
tributing offices among those who coud Io.
expect to get them from the Congressional
coalition. lie has, moreover, been largely IN
strumental in suppnssing clercalism and secu-
Iarizine religion, and that is another claim Tor
popular support. On the other hand, the eau
Gated and most influential classes, including
nearly all the foreigners, have been repelled Dy
his arbitrary methods and corrupt adminlstra-
tion and are lending their moral support TO
the revolutionists.
The military and naval operations OF the last
so,,r months have resulted favorably for the
;,,s,roopts who have established a very strong
base ON the nitrate coast. Outnumoered SIX
70 one in effective fighting strength, they would
have been speedily overwhelmed il they had
undertaken to make stand In central Chih.
Nv the occupation of the nitrate ports they nave
mn, tho desert between them and the Govern
ment troops. and so long as they command the
soo tbov can afford to remain on the defensive,
,,;.h abundant revenues under their control
while the Government is staggering under
n.,.,o;oI or,harrassmepts The issue OF the
conflict depends largely upon the arrangements
which may be made for the presidential sue
oessi0n. IL the President secures re-elecoion
or tbrusts into office dummy who will be con-
troled by him, the war will probably be fought
out until one side or the other is financially
bankrupt. The final remedy for the disordered
condition of the distracted republic would seem
TO be a constitutional convention, equitaoiy
elected, by which the anomalies OF the present
system of laws and precedents can be removed
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
amnsemenfe.
prJOU THEATRES :I5-O'Dowd's Neighbors.
aRoApwAY THEATRE-S--wang.

gIJOU THEATRES :15-O'Dowd's Neighbors-
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-wang
CASINOS 15-Arollo.
COLUMBUS THEATRE-S-A Midnight Bell
pALY's THEATRE-s-The Light That Failed Ny Nil
liners Bill and Ny Lord in Livery.
EDEN MuSEE-Wax Tabeaus.
GARDEN THEATRES :8o-Prince Karl.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-s-The Dazzler
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-S-Davy Crockett
HARRIGAN'S THEATRE-S-Reiiiy and the 400.
HERRMANN'S THEATRES 15-An the Comfsrs sl
Home.
ROSTER & BIAL'S-S-Carmencta-
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES :3o-TNe Merchant.
NEW PARK THEATRE :15 and 8 :15-A Straight TIP
PALMER'S THEATRES I5-The Tar and the Tartar
PRoCroRs 23D-ST. THEATRES lo-Mr whknson''
Widows.
STANDARD THEATRE-s:l5-The Millionaire.
STAR THEATRE-S-The Envoy.
UNION SQUARE THEATRES ;15-The Henrietta
l4TH-ST. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mishaps.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
THE TEST OF RESULTS.

Last November many intelligent merchants
denounced the new tariff because it would sup
press foreign trade and impose added and enor-
nous burdens upon consumers. Some OF them
are now ashamed Of their credulity ana otherS
have reason to be. The stories with wmcn
Free Traders filed the air six months ago, ana
which some persons so foolishly credited had
in them not word of truth as o1iclai reports
now begin to prove. Thus the final statement
of imports and quantities in warehouse for tne
last three months of 1890 has Just been puo-
lished. During that quarter, ali but SIX Gays
of it under the new tariff, the value OF dunaDie
goods imported was S119,o64,S39, against
S11s,406, ,O7s during the corresponding quar-
ter of 1850. There was not mucn suppression
OF foreign trade, even in these dutiaole artcies'
and arlong the dutiable articles IN 1889 was
included $4,000, 900 worth OF manila slsal
grass and iute which were admitted iree 70
simil ar amount in 1890. Excluding this change
alone, the imn,rts of other dutiable articles as
whole increased more than S6,OOo,OOo, In
CREASE appealing in chemicals, cotton goods
eahthenwaro fruits, flirs, glass, iron and other
metal mapafactures, leather manufactures
silks, vegetables, and manufactures OF wood,
but not in wool or tobacco or manufactures OF
either these there was some decrease.
Not avh in these items was there any sup
presson K foreign trade. The fraudulent i'm
porta Of tobacco, pretended to be not fit for
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
~. .oru o, the oresent Bridge Trustee

The term Of the present Bridge trustees ex-
pires on June /, but, Judging the future by the
past there is not much reason ior hoping that
their successors will be an Improvement upon the
nrescnt officials. In matters as to which there is
NO large degree Of public inteestas, for instance
tho making OF the promenade free-thc trustees
are eager enough, and they have also just decided
unon the widening of an alley in Brooklyn SO as
to provide for a better approach to the Bridge
But on the important question Of improving .hs
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
HOW BROAD IS THE PRESBYTERIAN PLATFORM

One of the most promin mt Presbyteran aymen says
briggs will act will be that the Confession OF faitn
furnishes platform wide enough i9T TSr s oo gHggs 3
both without thrusting him off," BY "thcmseives'
the writer means thos" who do not agree Win Pro-
lessor Briggs i'm some respects but who, nevertheless
regard him as worthy OF all confidence as teacher
OF theology. This quoted sentence expresses very
clearly what is really before the General Assembly,
namely the Wilderness" or as II Is more generally
termed the broadness,' Of the Presby tenan Comics
sion, This is why say that IL Is more the Church
than the professor which Is on trial
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
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ENGLAND is WORSE OFF.
From Tho Boston Journal

We do not notice that any OF ee-trade con.
temporarics which attribute To the Mckinley law tho
depression In iron and steel establishments paw
any attention 10 the fact that In England In the same
branches OF industry the condition of things Is very
much worse than with Us.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

NOTHING BETTER TO DO ON THAT DAY.
From The st. Louis Globe Democrat.
AS Decoration Day approaches, the public mind nat
urally recurs TO the that when Mr. Cleveland was
President he had habit OF choosing that date for
hshins excursion.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
WAS THE rrATA SEIZURE A rARcEi

From The Norwich Bulletin.
Constuct,velv the United States seized her by put
ting a single unarmed marshal on board. Construc-
lively the United States still maintains that seiIue'
and actually IL is the United satess business 10 en-
force its constructive rights and do Its duty
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

The result of the chemical analysis in the
case of Mrs. Carlyle W. Harris has not been
made public, and will probably be reserved
until the trial OF the accused young man but
the fact that in the indictment Harris is charged
with having administered five grains of NOR
phine to his wife suggests the outcome OF Pro
fessor Witthauss examination. The death OF
Mrs. Harris had a sensational aspect at the out
set it has now assumed an aspect of the ut
most seriousness for the ex-medical student.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
CAP AND GOWN AT YALE.

whole class arrayed in this expansive costume
will make rather imposing spectacle though IL Is
doubtful II IT adds any lustre to their assembled
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

The rumors published in Mexico that the
Itata has been sunk by the Charleston are too
indefinite to be accepted until positive confrma-
tion of them is received. Probably such con-
frmation will not be forthcoming. time like
the present is the rumor-mongers harvest; IL
is not difficult to SCI the widest reports In
circulation Neither date nor place Is men
toned in the Mexico dispatches. All sensible
people. will prefer to wait for bill OF partlc-
ulars.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
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POUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

Controller Myers makes point worth con-
sidering when he says that the Agueduct Com,
missioners have no authority Of law to speno
$40. 900 for erecting building in the gate
house yard at ne-hundred-and-th thirty fifth st
TO keep the Aqueduct archives and recoros III
The Controller says that there will be storage
room enough in the new municipal building ioi
this purpose. There is no reason for keeping
the Aqueduct archives half a dozen miles away
from the centre of the municipality, which Is
the City Hail. What would be thought OF
proposition to put up building in Central
Park 70 provide place for the Park record:
and archives?
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

President Harrson's stream OF eloquence
shows no signs of abating as his long journey
draws near its end. At Denver on Tuesday
he smoke at considerable length in his best vein,
and Yesterday, although he began the day with
brief speech at half-past 9 a: M, at omaha
he made an address Of some length, marked
BY the same franlSness, oordiahty ana true
patriotic spirit which have been the predom-
inant notes wherever he has spoken to the
crowds gathered to greet him. Mr.. Harrisons
remarkable series of speeches on this trip will
bear study, and will repay 1t. There is solid
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

Queensland was pretty raw when first went
there but now the land Is all taken. The western
part Of Australia, however, Is unsettled. The natives
are dying out very rapidly In all parts of the country
but the most Of them are yet TO be found In the
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

II is stated that while the air IN tne o.nus
=, poris contains. on the average, 1910 bacteria
70 the cubic yard, in the parks OF that Guy "
cubic yard of air contains only 425 bacteria. Con,
sidering the condition of the lakes In oen'ra,
PARK it is altogether likely that New-forK wouiu
not make favorable comparison with the french
capital in respect of bacteria.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-14

The 1st of June will be q great day ior 'ne
NewYork and Brooklyn Bridge. The opening Oh
o free promenade will be something, and the emu,
ing of the term of office Of the old Board Oh
Trustees will be much more. The concurrence
of the two events is enough to make the Bridge
raise itself proudly little higher above the East
River. and the Bridge towers shake with JOY.