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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
.JTNTICE To CHICAGO.

II would be unfortunate if the result oil Inc
investigation int, the sanitary condition OF CHI
caco undertaken by The London Lancet
should be nii,intcrprctod - mean that visitors
10 the Fair will ,sarily incur a serious risk.
1t will be di>crcditabc if any such error Is
fo,,crcI in this country. The published sum
mary of the report of the English Commission
deals chiefly with tho water supply, and if
real carcc,Siy it may leave a false impression
on the mind. 1t describes in emphatic terms
the horrible condition Of the Chicago River.
and on that subject eXagGcration Is doubtless
well nigh impossible. But nobody IS under the
necessity If drinking the contents of that notO-
riou, scwcr. The water supply Of Chicago Is
taken from the lake and "Thc Lancet cx-
picitly says that the Lake water contains % o
evidence CI serious pollution,' and that II
compares favorably with that supplied TO
London" though the prccaullon OF boiling and
Gltcring IT, now scncrIlly adopted j. urgently
recommended TO all. Moreover the conclusions
Of the English Commission arc based 10
large extent upon facts obtaincd prior to the
adoption cf measures which have been appli'
upon large scale and with obviously bcnc-
fetal results.
lesson from Chicago than t. make a prctcnce
If superiority in the matter Of sanitation. We
find in the current number OF "Thc Medical
News of Philadelphia some exceedingly in
tcrcSting statistics bearing upon this point
From the facts there set forth it appears that
while Now-York has been degcneratng into
ndit:On which is exceedingly dsquicting
Chicago Las ben actively and successfully
pres cutting an extensive work e improvement
Typhoid fever, like cho ca, i a disease whc!,
is chiefly contracted through tho use Of water
containing its germs. No fact is better known
than this. In 1891 there was a serious out
break Of typhoid in Chicago. Since then new
tunnel cytcn1ing four miles into the lake has
been completed, and ether means Of security
provided. The result is plainly di:c.orcd in the
comparison Of deaths from typhoid fever during
the SIX months ending with February of this
year with the deaths from the same cause dur
ing the corresponding months OF 1891 and
1892. These are the tiGuies:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
rom REFORM IN NEU-TORh.

Daring last wcc. road reform, so far as TINS
State Of ours is concerned. may be said 10 nave
made substantial hcadway The utca meet
inc Of the STATE and local officials OF the league
s,r coed roads served the useful purpose OF
ou;c,enino public interest in the subject. Inc
s,ct WIS brought out during the discussion
that in thirtv-iivc of the sixty counties the
,vo,, Of the league is in charge of secretary.
This is promising; if proper efforts are NIUE
it. will not be long before all the othcf coV''''cS
are similarly equipped. That DONE 'he soou
work ought to make rapid progress III case
tho secretaries arc equal to the task SET pc'o'c
them. o
4 moro impcrtant outcome of the week was
tho massage OF bill at Albany locking to the
improyemcnt Of our highways. ms Is Il
.ons;,Jo conservative measure. II it becomes
. law and the law is faithfully carried INTO
effect. the present system under when roaus
hovo becn constructed and repaired VIII DC
SINE, scdel by a system which comments NSeIi
ia The intCllig nee Of the people. Inc ioauS Ia
oacb county are ID be IN charge oil count!
orc;nccr and no one will be allowed 10 cc-
woralizc them. as they have been steadily uc-
moroIzed in the past by working out inc
,ox for tbrir maintenance. The bill Is not
monda,ory 4 Board cf supervisors III III!
county is authorized 10 inaugnrale the reform,
TO adept a new policy by concuning VOC o'
at least a majority of the whole number OF H.
,nomLc,s THIS is wise proSl>i Il. II there
bapp rs TO be a county in tn" state 50 lacNine
in public Shirt. 80 careless Of It's own welfare
rs TO be unwilling to exchange bad roads l"f
e,ocd ones why, for the present al least IL can
safely be allowed t have lis foolish way. II
i fair 10 assume. however that New oih
contains no such county. In his laSt annual
mcs.ace Governor Flower submitted t1bi'
which DR. wed that the counties for what they
are now paving Out from year to year for
noor roads could furnish themselves with hrst-
class macadam roads Fir>t-clasS nIacadain
roads mean rapid transit, and rapid 'rar'I
means increased prosperity.
number Of + al reform bills have been
introduced during the pr sent session. Inc
one which has passed both houses has promptly
received the Governors approval " l. 10 DC
hopcd that. having secured this legislation the
road rcformcr, will now feel encouraged t. 20
ahead with increased carnoS'neSS and complete
the work Of county organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

This progressive decrease in mortality from
formidable disease plainly tells a crcditablc
story. 1.-The Medical News supplements these
facts concerning the steady abatement of
typhoid with n statement OF the dcath-iatc in
several cities Cor the year 1892. Here it is
Chicago, 49,; Philadelphia, oil; Brooklyn.
219; Baltimore, 49, Boston, 23.9 New
York. -. In view OF this comparative record
our | Philadelphia cont mporary is justified, We
think. in the following uttc,anccs: "What
earthly need is there that the deatn-ra OF
New-Yoik should be % per cent higher than
that of Chicago? Drainage, ETC., considered.
the reverse should be the case. The fact
proves that about 10000 people die unncccs-
saIily-aIc, in fact. murdered in New-York
every year." During the week ending April
The Goa hs from all causes i'm this city reached
tie APP alling total OF LIZA dcath-ratc of
33.o per annum. 1t certainly becomes us t.
sIeak with gIsit discretion and humility of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

The English Tories are laboring under the
hallucnation that the Home Rule movement has
a parallel in the American secession movement
But South Carolina, when she seeded, had leg
isativc autonomy and Ireland has not. She had
everything that Ireland now Graves when she
entered into the war for slavery: and as soon
the rebellion was suppressed her legislative
autonomy was restored We are rot aware that
Ireland intends to fire upon the British flag or
to fight for the pcrrctuation of negro slavery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

the risks which persons attena,"s INC ~
lumbar Exposition are Likely to ino , an" -
undertake and prosecute as jealousy ana IN,
teigently as possible the lons-nesi.e'-a anu
arduous task Of reforming the sanitary con-
dition OF NeW-IOk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
How big was Alexander. pa.
That people called him greati

According 10 Frank II. Severance. "thc hest
poem on Niagara WAS written by New Highlander.
J. q. G. Brainard. who never the falls
Mr. Severance has been studying the literature
o: Niagara. and may be assumed 10 know what
he is talking about. The interesting question
suggests itself, If Mr. Brainard could do so we'll
without seeing the falls. how splerdid poem
could he have created if he had made a pro-
longcd study of the great wonder?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

Just how large is Massachusetts, a? This prob
lem is agitating the bosoms Of a number OF
citizens Of the Bay State who take an interest
in that sort OF inquiry and have passion for
exact Information. The old State map| >" The
Boston Globe" says gives the total area as
$500 square miles. but il most Of the Gizettecrs
il il nut down rs 1900 Some surveys make
It a little above 5000, and the Coast Survey
makes il 1886" Now which OF these sets OF
figures il the intelligent foreigner. or the for
cgncr who aims 10 BE- intelligent, TO accept as
trustworthy? When Daniel Webster exclaimed
in his ever memorable speech | shall enter on
no cncomium> uron Massachusetts" of course
he was not thinking Of th" number of square
miles but OF the mi.hty deeds OF the Common
wealth. But suppose il had been otherwise, how
grcqt an extent Of territory would he have had
in mind? The choir will please sing:
How big was Alexander. pa.
That people called him greati
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

Tho steal 0he Gas IBID will probably 60 through
the senate. Tor tn" bosses have undoubtedly dccrcri
II. and II Will then remain 10 be "rcn whether Coy
rrnor Flower will b" true 10 his profession Of dcvo-
lion 10 Home Rule and VIII veto this Infamous assault
upon popular rightS.-CThr L0ckpOrt Union.
"T," Union is Democratic newspaper, but it
cannot stand the present Democratic anti-home
rule Legislature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

Just because South Carolina is going TO change
rs excise policy next summer " The Philadelphia
TclogrIph7 assumes that when July comes the
Governor of North Carolina will cease from MAX
ing In" familiar observation TO his brother Gov
crnor OF the Palmetto State. We fancy that " Tho
Telegraph" is mistaken. In the language Of the
Declaration Of independence" prudence will dictate
that customs long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

All fears with regard to the fate of the
Danish liner lIekla, now nearly . 1or'nigh'
ovcrdue. we're set at rest yesterday D! 'he
vessel being sighted at Shinnecock Llsht at
? o'clock Yesterday morning. When last spoken
nv the Normandie. ] 900 miles northeast OF
sandy Hook On March %, she had her main
sbott broken. and as there have been storms
at ga sine then the chances of her reaching
this mort in safety appeared so slim to tho
underwriters that they declined TO rcnsure her
I'D olassed her as 81 fancy risk" She has
on heard some 700 cabin and Storage pas
sonpers and the greater portion of the Nor
wop'an exhibit to the Worlds FAR and her
non-arival had given rise 10 wdcSpre"
anxiety, now happily at an end
&, don,c was the fog which onvclopei the city
Yesterday that the ferries on the last liver "cfo
obliged t, Suspend operations until noontime'
While ON the North River several collisions
occurred. none Of them, however, resulting IN
any serious damage. According to the Weather
Rurcau. the fog bank extended at least 900
miles cut t, sea. and at Sandy Hook the fog
WAS s, thick that it was impossible to see more
than few yards ahead. Added to the dis
comfort resulting from the delay which the
fog caused t, traffic on land az well as on the
water the atmosphere was charged with an
a,t,pether abnormal amount OF pneumonia
laden and rip-breeding humidity, which con-
tributcd 10 render life the reverse Of pleasant.
The Giants and Bridegr0oms, as our local
representative baseball teams are called, have
now started on what promises to be an UNI
usually interesting baseball season. The
weather of the last few days has been against
the thorough enjoyment of outdoor sports. but
everybody now hopes that the backbone of
winter has been broken and that snow and hail
will no longer interfere with our National game.
The attendance at the early games has been
most encouraging, and every indication points
to a thorough revival of interest in Americas
best ard most wholesome pastime. New-Yolk
and Brooklyn both have strong teams, and tho
chances of either the Giants or the Bridegrocms
caItming the coveted trophy seem excellent.
lmbued with the essentially American prin
sple of nOn-sectarian education, TIE TRIBUNE
gladly gives publicity to-day to the appeal OF
the United French Societies Of NewYOrli for
funds in support of the schools which they have
founded and maintained in this city for the
asst twelve years. The schools, which are
thoroughly unsectarian in character and which
have furnished instruction to several thousands
Of children here, are in need of financial assist
ancc. owing to the fact that the French Gov
eminent and the city Of Paris have recently
been forced BY considerations of economy -
MT Q stop t. tae annual subsidies which they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

1rst;c, Brown, Of Brooklyn. did WISE ana
,,l,o,osome thing in refusing TO grant stay lin
tho cose Of Hayes. lately convicted in TINS Guy
and sentenccd to Sing Sing. 1t is most repre-
bonsble nractice-that Of lawyers who 20 lh'o
ober udicial disr cts for the purpose OF sccurine
delay in the administration of justice In receh'
case n lawyer applied to Judges in three districts
in behalf of his client, and said that IL he la oeeh
unsuccessful in those districts ho would nave maze
the round of the entire State. Justice pro""
remarks on the subject should De taken 70 hear'
by lawyers who practice in the criminal courts
As AN eiTcctual remedy against this way OF DONG
things, there ought to be q law forbiddihg inc
making of applications for delay to Judges OUT
side of the judicial district in which 'ral lakes
place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
Business Notirfs.
MONEY TIGHT AGA1

or exquisite flavor, pure ana wholesome ~ Dr
SlF,EEI 5 ANGOS MA BIITEfS Is slalo"ru "O'0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

Il Boston any nearer the attainment OIL the
boon of rapid transit than it was year ago |.
The Traveller"-which still finds time 10 spell
its name with two "rs"-thinks not, ana IS
moved in its detection to inquire, IS raplu
transit anything but an irdescent dream we
should say that, while rapid transit furnishes
rood article of nutritious food for practical re-
Election, it will never achieve much Of success
as an ridesccnt dream.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

The action Of the Brooklyn Aldermen on Mon
dav last in providing for committee TO arrange
for n Fourth of July celebration is interesting
from more than one point Of view In the 'irs'
placc il is to be noted that the interval between
asst Monday and July is Just three t3l months
and one Il day, whence il might appear that brook
lyn was contemplating an unusually eiaDora'e
celebration Of what the orators on the occhsloh
in question are wont to call natal day, though
no special occasion for sucn ccieDratoh IL
known 70 exist. Tie Aldcrmanic mind, however,
is fcarfullv and wonderfully constructed, ana
within Its ken there may be- something which has
cscaDcd tho view Of common men. Still more
suggestive however, i, the fact that brooklyn
had II celebration a few months ago which IS still
talked about-the celebration Of Columbus Day
which prccc he'd ~ the appointment OF an Alder
manic committee and followed by certain interest
ing proceedings in the Grand Jury room and In the
courts Doubtless one reason for appointing the
Fourth OF July commttc" so long in advance is TO
give il plenty Of time to learn what the law is
and TO prevent il from committing indlctabl"
crimes in preparing for the coming show.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

Keep's Dress Shirts from Stock, VI 81 Edcn.
Sona Sa,cr M any prce All Of bosons andseeNe
An nd broadway
The herald., 1893-09-20
AS THE English actor was preparing to

AS THE English actor was preparing to
leave San Franciscoa Chr onicle reporter
abruptly put. the question to him
What do you think of 'is?" No won
der Mr.. Irving was for a time dazed
with astoniahment at tile bald evidence
of provincialism that inspired 60 effem-
mate an inquiry. Had Mr.. Irving
answered as he really thought, he would
doubtless have said something that
would have been anything but compli-
mentary to people that had shown
themselves to be worse toadeaters than
even his own countr Emen. They have
go beslobbered the English actor with
their fulsome adulation, that we cannot
but believe, as sensible man, he has
the utmost contempt for the San Fran
cisco "four hundred 3D." He pocketed
their ducats with rellsh, but he carried
off his unexpressed opinion of them that
they were gelstirious chumps OF the
most diaphanous transparency.
The herald., 1893-09-20

WE look for a wonderful increase OF
the geld output of the mining districts
OF California this year. The vastly in
creased purchasing power the deprecia-
tion of silver has given to the yellow
metal has turned the attention OF capi-
talists and silver miners to the old and
well-known gold bolts OF this state. All
old miners know tn at the auriferous
diggings of thirty years ago were merely
skinned over, and that with our better
knowledge of the present day, and i'm
proved methoda OF extracting the met
ais, there are thousands of places that
could be made to pay we'll. One
could count on his fingers the number
of paving gold quartz mines worked a
year ago. II is estimated now that the
receipts of gold at the San Francisco
mint and the assay Offices reach one
million dollars month. This shows
that places long since abandoned are
again being worked, and that the old
miners are ngain "coyoteing" in gulches
where they know gold exists. The
mother lode is again attracting atten-
ton, and the low price of silver will
have tendency to lead to great re-
vival in gold mining all over the state.
The herald., 1893-09-20

"moral agriculturists" would bring
them well within the excluded defini-
tion. The French, however, hare an
other comprehensive soubriquet for the
class who, like Pistol, consider the
world as their oyster. which they with
sword will open. They are, in the fig
urative idiom OF the gay nation, cheva-
liers Of industry. And the application
of such an orientslism is striking
enough. The successful criminals are
by no means an idle class. Their in
dustry is proverbisl, and the highbinder
is, indeed, the very exemplar OF busy
man-not only busy with his hands, but
with his brain. To be sure, he works
for no good purpose. He is constantly
violating the law. He Is man of
blood-a desperate and hired bravo.
He lives ON the wages Of violence and
crime, and is an outlaw whose suppress
sion should be compassed at all hazards.
The herald., 1893-09-20

SHERIFF CLINE was called upon for
protection last evening by a vineyardist
iear Norwalk, threats having been made
gainst the lives of his Chinese en-
'loyes. There are indications Of serious
ificulties in the same line in various
ocalities hereabouts. In fact, the idea
esms to be prevalent that if the admin
stration can ignore one law, the sover-
ign people have the same prerogative
b regards another. Ii President Cleve-
and can assume the right to suspend
he Geary act, some citizens think they
AVE right to suspend the law requir-
ng them to keep the peace towards the
1ongolians. In fact, it would require
n adroit casuist to determine why one
Procedure is not as legal as the other.
The herald., 1893-09-20

THE opening of the public schools in
this city is attended with tremendous
increase in the number OF applications.
There we're about 5000 on the rolls OF all
the schools yesterday, and applications
are still coming in. The number al
ready enrolled is greater than the
schools can possibly accommodate, and
many of them will be necessarily con-
Quoted on hall time fe. the pupils. The
population of Los Angeles is augment
ing at very rapid rate, and we shall
find ourselves confronted with the neces-
city OF building more school houses at
once, il we are to keep pace with the in
creasing demand for school room. The
tax payers will not grumble at this state
OF affairs. 1t shows that Los Angeles is
on the upward march, and that the city
is growing very fast. There is no other
city on the Pacific coast that is 80 rapid
ly increasing in population or that en-
joys 80 great degree Of prosperity.
The demand for residence houses is very
urgent, and we have heard much COM
plant from parties who are in search OF
tsnements at the impossibility of find-
ing what they want. This loud demand
is the precursor of building boom, for
it will be filed.
The herald., 1893-09-20

JUDGE Ross's decision. that under the
Geary law Chinese highbinders take
place with the excluded class termed
"laborers," is based on the fact that the
statute particularly declares the classes
of people exempt from the prohibition
OF the law. As Chinese highbinders dc
not figure in this category, they must
necessarily be put somewhere, and there
is no other place to assign them than in
that of the excluded 'lsborers." The
HERALD, in touching upon the difficult
problem with which his honor had to
wrestle, suggested that Wilkie Colllns's
designation OF criminal eharpers as
The herald., 1893-09-20

SAN Francisco is not in very salts.
Rctory condition. There is always
nore or less distress in that city, but it
3 now overrun with poor people out OF
Employment. The agitation about the
nidwinter fair has drawn crowds OF
bersons from the interior to the metrop-
Ills in the belief that they could get
sork there. But they have met with
disappointment, and are stranded with
tut means upon the streets of big city.
,ouphouses for the hungry are not such
ividences of prosperity as should attract
leople from other places. There is
.cthing very satisfactory to the fish in
'etting out of the fry-pan if he muet 60
hto the fire.
The herald., 1893-09-20
THE Kesley cure seems to have be-

THE Keeley cure seems to have be-
,ome quite popular among the veterans
It the Soldiers home. A very large
iumber of the bibulous amongst the
,ld fellows have voluntarily taken the
reatment, and the latest reports FAY
hat the cure has been effective in cases
hat were considered hopeless. One of
hese writes that he is we'll known
throughout the camp as lone who had
frank his share of whisky, and given
he governor more trouble than little;
but today feels that he is emancipated
lnd free,"
The herald., 1893-09-20
Polk.s Remains Reinforced.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 19.-With
simple solemn ceremonies the remains
of ans X. Polk, tenth president of the
U United States, and those of bis wife
were removed from the tomb at Polk
place. the old family residence in this
city, this morning, to the capitol
grounds, were they were reinterred.
The services both at Polk place and at
Capitol hill were very impressive and
the occasion was honored with due re.
spect by the state, city, church and
people, by tolling bells, closing places OF
business and large attendance on the
ceremoniee.
The herald., 1893-09-20
THERE is peculiar condition OF affairs

THERE is peculiar condition OF affairs
egarding the bond of the newly ap-
lointed county treasurer, T. J. Flem-
hg. The supervisors. district attorney
nd grand jury have decided that if the
tanks accept the custody OF the county
aonies it must be as Especial deposits"
thich cannot be touched or used in any
,ay. This ruling deprives the banks OF
ny possible profit from having the
ponies in charge, and several OF them
ave returned their deposits to the
ounty, and all but four have declined
D 70 on the bond OF the new treasurer.
they argue that as they cannot possibly
ct any benefit from storing the coin,
hey do not care to assume any respon-
Utility. But there are four banks, the
fEsAlD il informed, which are willing
D 20 on the new officers bond. Why?
acre should be- nc. whipping the devil
The herald., 1893-09-20
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
A Family OF Six Butchered by Burgla
IN Indiana.

A Family OF Six Butchered by Burglars
IN Indiana.
WASHINGTON, Ind, Sept. 19.-NewE
has just been received from Harrison
township, IL miles from here, that Den.
son Wrilttan and family. six in ill, were
murder ed last night. The family con-
sisted o,f Nrattan. bis wife, mother and
three children. The eldest child, girl
II years old, is still living, though un-
conscious. The murderers we're after
money hidden in the house, but got
nothing. A hatchet was used. Wrat-
tan as sick In bed and powerless to de-
fend himself and family. All the dead
were lying upon the floor, except the
baby, which was killed in bad.