New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-03


agtated ~ get out
Report is made Of a new application of electric
NV which will drive a frst-class ocean steamer
across the Atlantic ct expenditure OF $780,
whereas il now costs 10000 1t Is tale Of mag
nitude. surprising that Of the Australian kanga-
ro, which ia larger than the animal it grows out
OF. bu, there may be something In It, so many
vnnder. have been wrought with this unseen,
mysterious force that the promise OF new one.
no matter how great, need not excite tncreduiity-
II IS reasonable to expect 1t 10 be applied 10 the
propulsion OF all sorts OF craft ocean ana o'her'
but such saving OF expense as that proh'seu 10
beyond any thing heretofore dreamed oi, ana theie
may be- some mistake about 1t. lis economies
,..l NOT he so extreme to enable II 10 revolution
H.. m. commerce and business OF the world.
ore thing about the electrical force Is appar-
ont and that is that It's work Is only begun. II Is
:, spread through the whole system OF mans ac-
tvltles around the world with influences upon
his career and destiny not yet measured or meas
urable. The Olympian Jove e d do nothing with
his thunierbolt except to rend and destroy Edi-
son and Tesla and their compeers handle the
thing much more benehcenty; but. then, Jupiter
was much Of a humbug after all. with no humane
or industrial ideas. representing egotism sei-as-
sertion and lncompetency. and as wielder OF
the lghtnings was beaten out OF sight BY fhiia-
delphia Quaker.
Thu. BROOKLYN police still adhere 10 the theory
that William Henry murdered his father. the
old mIser but they have reached the conclusion
that the suspected son cannot be convicted. Is
the case TO be dropped at this point and remain
"A perpetual mystery?
7, begins TO look as though the Presidents pri-
yate secretary, Mr.. Henry T. Thurber. were not
doing his duty properly down at Buzzard's Bay.
Can II be that he has offended the weather clerk?
Certainly he ought to to 1t that Mr.. Cleveland
has good weather in which to attend to his nay
Ing and yet the dispatches from Gray
Gables declare, with naive air OF surprise. that
'thc President, In common with many other cape
Cod farmers. Is having poor weather 10 nay.
Thurber should look to his laurels. or people VIII
begin 10 believe that the President is after ALL
only a common mortal.
THE New Jersey Trade Review has with par
donable pride In the prophetic powers OF It's
editor Just reprinted the statement made by MN
In 1892 in answer to the invitation or The New
York Fancy Goods Graphic" to trade papers to
send criticisms OF the Republican and Demo-
cratic platforms He wrote ITO place party In
control OF the Government which boasts that 1t
will undo what has been done would be suicidal
ITO commercial interests. Such change would
"inyite disaster throughout the country; panic
"would ensue manufacturing Industries be shut
down and hundreds of thousands OF working
men be thrown ont OF employment How many
of the IS per cent OF the business interests which
ARE conducted on credit basis could with
stand the whrlwnd? Failures would be so
numerous as to make 1t morally impossible for
"many houses, that are now engaged in profit
liable trade. to stem the tide and save themselves
"from the wreck" Now he asks II he was not
justified In so writing. II the financial system
has not been changed was IL the fault OF the
Democrats who made pledges that they could
not carry out? II prosperity is returning. did 1t
begin to return till the Democratic Congress had
expired? 1t Is perfectly evident that the Jersey
editor saw clearly.
Just to think Of 1t! mere man telling Hogan
to sit down! And Grady was there. too!
The STRINGS OF resuscitation In Tammany are
like the twtchings OF a scotched reptile. and
though II s after sunset with IT, 1t seems disin-
clined to perish according to the correct and con-
siderate custom OF serpents generally. All Its
heads have been cut Off. and the proper thing for
1t to do is to die and stay dead and be quilted
away out Of sight and memory. However II II Is
necessary to kill 1t again. neither the power nor
the weapon will be wanting. and its ultimate COL
lapse will be as complete that OF st. Georges
dragon or Andromedas sea monster.
There Is pleasing prospect OF better manage
ment of the principal trolley railroad companv In
Brooklyn The new president OF the Heights Com.
pany is apparently In earnest in his purpose to
adopt fender which will do Its work thoroughly
That is one step. In his opinion. toward running
the cars with safety at higher speed than is now
permitted. In the second place. he believes In
training motormen, so that people will not be run
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