New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-03

1T -, tho stairs Of the elevated SUI
mo >.a-,o,or the managers OF the cable cars
shoy more desire to please the puo"c anu ''
e,,,,oss % remove causes Of complaint than the
--s % the elevated lines show. the eie-
.., railroads have tre,ted the people OF Ne"
vorL 60 badly that II these lines were deser'ea
.,,,.o,,, their managers would deserve no SYM
pathy
.,,o take delight in consulting Their
.,,,,o,ars On hot days and asking is IL ho'
No.. ,or ,ou >" will undoubtedly derive a GER
49,, sa.,sf,c,,on from the fact that the July just
1000, uas the hottest July known In the history
~ the Weather Bureau In this CITY,
1vo uero always fond Of the humorous aiii.era-
,rano The Tribune's having been
..,o,,ded funded and foundered' with "hic"
c,a,ono, George Bliss lightened up the letter 10
,,a republican Committee In which-ir ne VIII
othsr alI,teration--he bounded. bun-
da,ed and busted" We always greet IL WIN d
..,,o And "a I, "a now twenty-one years old'
, y, o9e u occurs TO that the Coiohei
r,,o,, nronerrv add II to his enrolment.
--,.. r,ohs sbows signs Of returning reason IS
evident IN his declaration at Terre liau'e OH
,,,. ,,oh, that he "wuild never again De-
come identified with Il great strike movement,
=, q ch.or,ne 10 discover that the amusing Deos
nosaesses the saving sense winch e"ao'''
"a know when he has had enough.
Mr. KlIpatrick the courageous builder WIN 'e
sisted the Matchmaking demands OF the ponce
49,, .ao, ,rs,rurnental in securing the punishment
., a member Of the force who had the temern'
after
b,s ,cst,norv before the Senate Committee Inc
,oi,ovy has been fined 1--WE days pay. That Is
moderate penalty. but enough TO create an I'M
,,.,ss,or on his mind and the minds Of his fellow
policemen. Mr. Fitzpatrick IS entitled 10 'ne
,bonLs OF the community for the straishtior"aru
course ne has pursued in both these matters.
Thus far we believe. ne Is the only citAeh Vi
vsvr-york known 20 have been bold enough "
da.,, the notice and refuse % submit 20 eN'or"o"'
1,,o-o 10 growing belief that William X.
c.r,ce.s ideal and only available candidate ioF
Mayor went abroad with that gentleman III d
confidential capacity.
rra,v,duaI heroisn on the part OF American
.oouen has been a characteristic OF the oh''eu
States Navy from the time Of It's ORGANIZATION
,,n,, % ,ha present day One Of tire nrst anu
mos, consp,cuous examples OF this was give"
ninety wears ago to-day. when the United states
souadron under Captain Prebe was pio'au"e
the port Of Tripoli About p m August D. i''''
the American g,nboats. under captain ""p"'
Decatur engaged II desperate haho-'o-"".''
encounter With the Tripolitan gunooa's near '"e
entrance 10 the harbor OF Tripoii In tne co"'se
NJ the action Decatur boarded one OF the ene"S
gunboat. and In the struggle that look p'a.e
rr,r,,,tar raised his sc!meter 10 deliver iu'''
hlow n, Captain Decatur's head. wheh seaman
named Reuben james interposed so as 10 '''''''
tho h,rw on his own head. thus saving be'a'u'
~. lanes had been disabled early IN 'he ac''o"
nv having both his arms broken. ana seeing "o
o,her way OF ward.nR Off the blow from MS Cum
.,., y. ,xsor,ed to this heroic method Al
though receiving a terrific gnSh IN n'9 '",' "
s,r,.,,a, his injuries many years following Deca-
go, from, on. ship to another. After the oa''e
roc,,ur asked Reuben who was quarter-sun-
- ,o,,,a Al ANYTHING for him. Taking OFT
h,s ha, and scratching his head with the same
hand Reuben replied. Nothing sir ou' 10 ~
sornebodv else hand out the hammocks to the men
, ,no, aro mined down" He was In the
4. o,,r tr,ya,e United States during her sangui-
,, oct,on with the Macedonian and was IN 'he
,,t,er, when she had her desperate action
,,, tho british SQUADRON IN 1918 He was uhner
,,..a,ur IN the a. gun frgate Guerrero wheh she
.,,,,s the Algerian frgate Masouda on the
as. ., Africa I'm 1915. IN his own words Reuben
had COON ten fights and as many scrinlmases
r. ,,or, IN WASHINGTON In 1886 TO get a pension
, obou, the same time hts limb was afnpu-
,otea when asked by the physician whe'her "e
nreferred stmulant in the shape or brow" s'o"'
nv brandy toddy. he replied Doctor. suppose
,.o give me both" Although his body was no.
u,, Nth bullets and SCARED with sabre cuts ne
s,r,.ived the amputation several years
-. .,,,ai,a1 that rat Of the