New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-16

formerly Republicans, and have declared their
intention to 20 into caucus with the hepu"ii'""'
%, the selection of a Senatorial nominee
Tho list of railroad accidents in TINS country
each year is a long one. but. after all IL ooc'
not appcar that railway travel Is excessively
hazardous In the year covered by the last sea
,istical report Of the Interstate Commerce Ool'
mission the number Of passengers carrieo wac
53lls3oss and the number kllied was $40
The percentage Of fatalities, it is plaih was cA
trcmcly small perhaps the most striking way OF
stating it is to say that one passenger In every
1 500. 600 was killed. Even the most nervous
.,oyolIor must be treasured when he learns that
his chance Of meeting with fatal accident is so
minute.
Muscular Christianity has received reinforce
ment of the most practical kind In the estap
lishment of Clerical Cycling Club in BROOK
lyn When in full working order it VIII nave
# least a score of members, and the proba-
bilities are that the formation of it Will give
what the worldly would call boom to the
use of the wheel on the part of the ministers IN
our neighboring city. IL is non-sectarian, and
strictly untenomnatonal. The president Of the
club is a Lutheran, the vice-presdcnt is a Zap
fist. the secretary is an Episcopalian. and the
treasurer belongs to the Reformed Church Inc
organization of such n club is good thing IN
itself. and good thing an indication that
the ministers OF Brooklyn have proper appre-
citation Of the Importance Of good health AS a
prerequisite of good sermons and helpful pastoral
work We believe the Clerical Cycle Club OF
Brooklyn to be the first Of the kind in the
country 1t will prove beneficial TO both pastors
and people, if it is only the first OF large
number of such clubs
The attempt TO steal two three Senate seats
away from the Democracy this year IS the consistent
prosecution OF Republican purp0ses.-(Ihe Albany AT
Two or three seats, eh? Meaning the seats
of Senators Osborne, Walker and Nichols. all
of whom were defeated at the polls. but were
counted in by Democratic conspirators against
the right Of the majority TO rale Last winter
The Argusr backed the scoundrcs who put
through the worst crime against the ballot
box that was ever perpetrated at the
North Therefore it is not impressive this win
ter when it comes out in favor of fair
elections.
That railway suit in Massachusetts, to recover
the sum of Is cents has been decided in favor of
the company by Of the minor courts. The
sued for: that question being whether a pas
scnger is required 10 pay his fare if the railroad
fails to furnish him with seat Many travel
lcrs will sympathze with the man who is making
this fight, and will be glad to know that it is
his intention to take an appeal. 1t is probably
out of the question to expect the rule that pre-
walls in foreign cities regarding passengers in
street cars Omnibuscs and the like-that only as
many passengers as can be furnished with seats
must be carried-tO be enforced in American
cities but on regular railway lines passengers
are accustomed to better treatment and are just-
fed in trying to enforce what they believe TO be
their rights.
Russia has avaed herself of the advent to
power Of Mr.. Gladstone, whose antipathy TO The
Turks is notorious to put pressure once more upon
the Sublime Porte in connection with the indem-
nifty still due by the latter in respect Of the war
of 1877 and menacing communication has b, en-
addressed by the Russian Ambassador at Constan-
tinopc to the Ottoman State Department on the
subject. In fact the Russian note is regarded
at STEAMBOAT as a preliminary to serious measures.
Unfortunately, there is no question that the Porte
has played fast and loose with this indemnity
agreement. Instead of annual instalments, as
promised by the treaty of January, 1879, only
two payments have been made, namely, in 1884
and 1889, while the number Of promises that
have been made and broken passes computation.
The Russian Ambassador, it must be confessed,
makes strong point when he draws attention to
the fact that the Sublime Porte finds all the
money that il needs for its immense purchases OF
war material while pretending that its financial
resources such as to place the payment of any
portion of the indemnity beyond its power
PERSONAL.