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FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17. ih*-8.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Foriitrn?Ettiiliinii has pru tieal.y enti'ifd
Into an alliance with lin-many, Austria and Italy
?E-rrrr-r-i-: 'lhere is u emeral feeling of confidence ic
(ann.la Unit the Dominion bas not lost, licinily
Ly tin* n.'tv t italy, r - s A m.iU nt tempt cd to res
rue Ci.uunutier Dyne yestt ttlay ; the prisoner was
Lit on tin- ltc.ij willi a stone and seriously injured
t*===r.-: li is ic|Hiited tliiit Sir Henty Holland will
succsH-d Mr. Ital four u* Chief Secretary for Ire?
land. ? . .. Forty persons were killed liv a mino
explosion in Ra*.aria ycsUMiluv. ----- Prime Min?
ister Tirald threat t ns lo resiirn beranse of an ud
\en*c vote in the C kamber of De|iiiti(*s. ?-r? Dr.
Mackenzie doesn't know whetlier thc Crown I'linco
luis iain er or not.
Con pt ss. -Doth branches in session. . Sen
atc : Mr. i 11 Lr attacked thc rusioin ot s-erct ses?
sions; Mr. l'ltiinh's resolution of inquiry into tho
Itielliojeiit mail servir-e wns passed. ? House:
Disi us*i.ii on the [TtgeBl Deticienoy hill.
Diiii'stie. -Thc W.'St Virfriiua Hepuhliean r-lulis
forni'-'l a State IjCftjaic = : The American Ship?
ping l.eaj'iie convention in New-Oileans f.ivoieil
Nutioiial nial for shipping and for river ami har
1" | iiupii'Vi'ments. ?----. SuisTirjtcndetit Whiting,
Cienci.il Mannfrcr Mci-cod and DreMih nt Keim U-s
1 if.' <1 hcli.re the Uendin"* Conpressio;i:il Commil^
tee. - ? The Inttrstiite Coiumission decided that
it was pi.i|Mr to give Ncw-Vork au Bd\ai)tii?jc
over Huston in rates. == Thc Si nata* Lommittec
on tieieitil laaws was authori/cil to investidiite
tii*ts, and will bea^in work on Fehruary 18.
'ihc ljccislaturc will adjouiii to-day until Febru?
ary '.'7.
lily anti Suburban.?Mrs. (lock, %vbo was
shot ni a quarrel over a counterfeit lull, died from.
lier wt.innis, r------ Thc Grand Jury began to hear
rvidener- about thc Gould nnd Sage case. ; "'??? '?:
Dr MeGlynn secured an ordi-r from tbe court re?
llim nig tlie George men to show cauw why they
should not be restrained from incorporating the
Anti-DoM*tly Society with thc Doctor's name ox
clud'sl from the list of iinorporaVoi-s. == A j
fctherilf's jury yesterday lrcRan au iuvesti^ation
into tlie sanity of Miss ll. E. Collin, sa? The
Chaui'xT of Gommcrc: jtasscd resolutions urging
MiSartlHaO for ships_...Duiner if the New-York
l'rvts Club-?-.Cardouna, the colored barber
chniircd with murder in the first degree,
pleaded self-defence. : . ? Dr. hittredge crilicisee
I'l.^idoiit Cleveland in au adiiri-ii. before tho
Christ lilli A>sociatlou Ciilivenlioli. rr; -^ Stocks
mon- active, aud in hpiVe of late attaijlis they
ireneially closed slightly higher.
The Weather ?Indications for to-day: Warmer
pud lair. Teuij>vi.,lure. ytstaiday : 1 lithest, 16
dcgrt.*(*s, lowest, 1 below zero; average, 6 1-'.,.
Not miu'h liuht wa* ihrov.ii iijion thc causes
0a tb<* tkvatoU railwav aceiJi ni in B*^okljfl al
the first h'-ariiig bi*lore thc Coronci's jury.
Tho most iiupuruiil wUofltW-0 arc vot to bo
heard. They are the supirriuU'iidcnt who had
geneial charge, of the work and thc foiiinan,
who was in immediate charge and on tho
?"?round when the crash carne. The head of thc
linn of c>iitiai.Utr9 testified that the mishap
rt -Milted fi om a combination of eiituiii*t:iin cs
thal < >ul?l BbXj occur onec in a lik'limo. This
provis anew thc neicssilv of unieiiiiUm^ vig
ilunie in works of this kind. We n-gret to
?notue that the infiuest was adjourned until
next week. Such an ii.tjiiiry ought to oo
pushed at once, without waiting fur general
UiUiest in thc matler to gi ow cold.
A heal niil-inn bill was repoikd from ihc*
aWcnibl.v Excise Committee yesterday. If it
becomes a law it will permit the 'juestion of
granting liiiuoi liw uses in any county to bo
submitter] to popular vote whenever one-fifth
ol thc voters in mk h county express a desire
that this tahall be done. t**urh a law will be a
liUing su]n>leiiient to the Uigh-Llicnse ty..',
which all believers iu practical temperance,
reform desire to seo otiailed. Thc former.
howt'ver, should not be allowed to stand in
tho way of tho latter. The High-License
measure deserves and should nirivc the earliest
atu-ntion possible. If it could be acted on be?
fore Um recess to-day it would bc u highly
praiseworthy stroke, of policy.
_--4>- _
Tlie Metropolitan lloard of Works (London),
which posnesscs large powers, is not respon?
sible lo anybody in particular, and has been in
bad tsioff for a long tinif, is in a fair way to
lind itself the subject of investigation at tho
hands of a l.i),val Commission. A recent cir
cumstr.nco gave the public a glimpse of the.
coiiuptioii that exists here, and remarkable
diwloMit! * are looked for when the lights are
trained un. This will be all the easier because
ont- t f ti.e members nf the Hoard admits that
thc HciauVs rveoids themselves shosv things
vhich arc fur from <-icditable. In this country
pul be (llicials when engaged in (|iicstionablo
1 ,:ti*;.. liou mike st iii;u',us et"!.nts to coyer up
their ti'tcks. In Kngland probably the bar of
a *a? arching i wini ry has been conwdcrod too re
lui'le I', make such a precaution licccassaiy. '
Th'* Neu-Yoik Clianib'i "f Comnicice is an
inlitiential b"-iy. lt* meeting \e.*lctday was
unusual!*,- well attend- 1. \ls I voil* thal \\;is
uitiriiimoii*. willi a solitary c.\i'ption, it passed
I tat liol ?>f i's..bilious d(*r luring in favor of tho
TMMgO bil! (liawn uj> by tlie Ameiican .Ship?
ping and I n'! list lia! League at its recent con?
vention in Washington. This is r fact that
ought ls) lie h'-rtl'd b.V Congress. Jt, mrfff, \H. |
welioue lad to every one who deshc-s Amer
ic.in shipping to lie revived. If the United
Mutes had half the courage and liberality that
Kn gland ha* shown in this matter, we should
y-'.f.n have a mei chu ul mai inc and take again
the position on thc ocean to which wc are en?
titled.
The drastic measures for shutting oft debates
in the Ibuse of Commons which the Goyein
ment have had in contemplation are to be con
Mdoiahly modified. Apparently the leadeis of
the majority have become convinced that Ml".
1'arnell and his followers are sincere in their
declaration th it they will not persist in obstruc?
tion. Our London correspondent telegraphs
that closure by a bare majority is abandoned,
b'lt the present limit will probably be reduced
ft om "-bx) to 100. Whether anything will be
gained for Ireland by the new ai ra liniment i<v
mains to be seen.
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It Ls not apparent to the casual observer what
special benefit will result from the, investiga?
tion of " (rusts'' which the State Senate decided
to engage in yesterday. The HooM of Repre?
sentatives has already set out to do something
in this direction, and if it makes the iii'iuirv
broad enough and deep enough will no dmil).
bring to li<*ht many interesting facts, and facts
on which lcgisl.itinn might wisely be based.
I: Trusts.'' however, are not confined to ono
State, and the Albany legislators will in all
probability find themselves hampcied by this
circumstance!. Then, too, not many legislative
investigations have proved highly advan?
tageous. The lboadway railroad inijiiiry was a
notable exception, but that aftords no prece?
dent for such an inuuiiv as has now been to?
ko Iv cd on.
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION,
Two significant and weighty remarks ap?
peared yesterday in the, flood of comments on
the Presidential ijucstiou. Mr. Taylor, of Ohio,
observed that politicians who spend much limn
at Washington are not always accurately in?
formed respelling the wishes of tho people
Republican Congressmen thought that Mr. Lin?
coln was an impossible candidate; but the
people wanted bim and elected him. Repub
bcan Congressmen now may not (pule under?
stand the temper of the people regarding tho
protection of their industries, or their desire,
that the. next Presidential contest shall tako
tsiiih shape as to bring all possible n*inforco
int nts to the Republican cause, to malic tho
result a decisive victory for an American policy
against Rritish theories, and thus to terminate
the annually recurring uncertainty and depres?
sion which free-liado attacks upon the tarill
hilve caused.
At this point the earnest and almost pathetic
nppcal of "The Irish Woild'' deserves aticn
lion. That journal has battled most earne*tly
for protection, and represents a large body of
votois who can be placed in permanent hostil?
ity to Demon at ic free tiade by wise Repub?
lican management. If the Republican patty
can make these voters feel that il fight* without
hesitation for the principle ot protection to
American industry and Ame] ban rights, seeks
no evasions whatever, tolerate* no crippling
compromise with British and G'-iman trailers
find their organs, cnn ts no favor from Mug?
wump malcontents or from manufacturers who
caro more for cheap labor and cheap material
than for American manhood, it cnn surely draw
to itself a decisive reinforcement. With elo
ipient truth '"The Irish Would*' says: "It is
not necessary for you to talk Marney or l-o play
the demagogue. There is need only that you
be true to the principles upon which the party
of Abraham Lincoln was founded. . . . The
Mugwumps are the political equivalents of ibo
Toiiea of the American Revolution. Their in?
stincts are English and not American. They
are Free. Traders to a man ; nnd they went out.
of tho Republican party in lhSt because that
party is the National party, and because its
candidate is an American."
The question whether the Republican Con?
vention can niako a nomination which will not
be interpreted as yielding to Mugwump dicta?
tion has to be met with candor. "The Irish
World" believes that the nomination of any
other candidate instead of Mr. Blaine would
"'disgust thousands of voters who are in sym?
pathy with what they have conceived to be
the distinRuishirif* principle of the Republican
party, nor would these voters be confined ex?
clusively to nun of Irish blood.'' This opinion
may be in error, but it assuredly deserves care?
ful consideration. It has not been the belief
of The Tiuntxr. that the Republican party
could elect only one candidate (hrs year. Rut
if the noisy boasting of the Mugwumps that
their opposition has forced Mr. Rlaine's with?
drawal produces any effect whatever upon the
public mind, it may lessen the chances of suc?
cess with any ether candidate*.
Mr. Rlaine has taken himself ont of the field.
There is no excuse for equivocation about his
letter. He had no richi to say thal he would
not be a candidate if his party should deliber?
ately judge his nomination necessary to its suc?
cess or to the safely of the country, and he did
not say that. Rut he has declared
his personal unwillingness to serve a(min. and
Ihat his name will not be presented with his
consent. To say that it would not be presented
without his consent was not in his power. Tt
is new fer the Republican party to weigh all the
facts with care: to consider what strength
other candidate will have in the doubtful Ka?t
ern States. In Indiana and in the Pacific States :
to measure the force of anv objeetinns lo either
of them, and the st ron firth which either could
add to the natty: and in Ihe li.*ht of all these
facts to make a nomination upon which may
depend the welfare of the country for many
years. All that can possibly be done to secure
perfectly fair and candid consideration of the
merits and the strencth of every candidate Rtpp
now been done, nnd those who advocate the
nomination of any one at thi*r .tincture tthonld
realize their rosnonsihilitv to the partr and to
the country for Ihe wisdom of thc advice they
offer.
HRIT1SH RAPACITY.
The seizure, of a valuable mining district of
Venezuela is a most arbitrary net on tho part
of Great Rr ita in In 1 b70 gold was disco voi ed
in tho valley of tho Yuruari River, a branch
of the Orinoco, and the district rapidly attracted
settlers from British Guiana, adjoining Vene?
zuela. The territory belonged to the Republic
but has been claimed for many vears by thc
restless and enterprising MttteM from tho
Rritish colony. Last year tho Venezuelan
Government authorized the construction of a
railway from thc mines to tho Orinoco in order
to secure direct communication with them,
i.iitish Guiana has prevented the construction
of tho railway, made surveys for I rival lino
leading from its own territory, and finally
occupied Ihe miiiinj* district with an armed
force. The Republic looks upon this occupa?
tion as an invasion of its territory and an act
ol downright robbery. Its Government evi?
dently expects the United States to revive the
Monroe Doctrine and to warn Great lb dam
against trespassing on the domain of a feeble
South American State. We are not aware that
Secretary Ruyard has eyer interested himself
in Hie affairs of any of tho South American
Suites. Probably ho considers that tho Monroe
Doctrine ia thoroughly un-English in spirit and
should be allowed to lomain in a state of in?
nocuous lloMielU'liV
aTrom tho voluminous diplomatic oorrespond
euee between Great Britain and lix Ycne/.ueiaii
Stato Department lOOpcetiag the di puled
boundaiies it is e\ i.lent that the i launs of the
latii'opean colony have steadily inti cased .ind
lh:it the Republic has sought in vain for a
settlement of the control'efOJ b.\ li >iihiunit*
tn "thods of arbitration. The Essequibo was
the recognize! Venezuelan houinlai*. when Hu*
Dutch Goverrnient 1 nu*f ri'"<l its titles in
Guiana tu Kngland in 1814. Tin's was Ihe
boundary di fi cid by thc Constitution "f I.*-lu.
and everything mut' of it appannlly was
Venezuelan teiiitoiy. The Rtili-.li Mitlcn
have gradually enlarged their claims anti] they
now want (",01'vtliinr* south of the Orinoco, in?
cluding all Ihe valuable mining districts. Tlie
ci ricspondenco discloses a w illlngni "-s on tlie
part of the Rcpnblic to submit the whole case
to arbitrator! and a scries of shuffling delays
.'ind insincere prefaxts for marti'.n og the nari
i,f Greet BritoJn. The p**oa*edings are finally
i roo ned with an ai I of usurpation and rspai Sty.
SF.CHF.TtRY BdYABlfS THEA rv.
Secretary Hazard is ri poi ted to be exullant
over the t Kaiy w li it li tin* Commissioners have
signed. He considers it a great triumph lor
a\inr*iiirtti diplomacy. It may be, and 0*6 hope
it is, a satisfactory treaty: but something more
tlian tin* >ecielaiy's sclf-ap])i'eciati(in will bo
Deeded in order to convince the (ountiy that
a permanent and statesmanlike BcttlettiOnt of
the fisheries quo*tion has been effected. The
Mate Department under tlie present Adtnin
i-liali'in has been a centre of Riitish-.Vmei i< an
diploniaey. What is leganbd by the Sen olary
hini*elf as a conspicuous triumph for America
may bo in reality a compromise and a sur?
render. We hope that his pa*ans of victory
wiil not ploy.-* tinkling cymbals in honor "I
Mr. Cli;i!)ibei'lain*s astuteness in out maitOBUl r
ing him without letting him know that he was
e&inppod and beaten. When the text oi the
treaty is befoie the country the truth neill be
known. The atsooanta now (riven of the con?
vention are koo contradictory to bo dilfTlllfid
in detail.
Thc negotiation of the convention will prob?
ably diti'iiiiini the precise functions and tit-ten
of the representatives of the I'nit erl Stales who
have boen eonl'ii ing w it li Mr. t'hainb.t lain and
his British rollcaguco. li tiny hal Failed to
reach an agreement they would probably have
been dismissed by Sect ela iy Bayard as humbl*.
negotiators, diplomatic agents, d'-i ks, ste?
nographer*, Or what not. Now thal they have
negotiated a tn ali they will be ai tn did d
with full honois ai Comniis-ioneis o<|ual in
dignity l'i Mr. thambeil.iin, Sir Charles Tupper
and the British Minbter. The BUbmimion of
thi" convention to the Senate will i<\ive the
cont rover-y i.|'i-nerl la-*t Deer -mher mpecting
the constitutional power of the Piwidcnt to
appoint thc Commissioners. Under one clause
of the Constitution he seems to have acted
within his rightl, since thc Kwutivo is armed
with iibsolute power to make treaties, and tiiis
apparently implies liberty to select diplomatic,
agents. Under another clause he has acceded
his ri'-'lits. since lie has eicileil new oflices
while tho Constitution only authorizes him to
fill vacancies in atdltinc olbces when the Sen?
ate is not in s.-ssjen. The subject is one which
tho Sgnalois can hi rd ly fail to consider when
the treaty is |ai?j before them. Thc proper
(iiuv*e fur the Administration to have pursued
would haye been t" postpone, the meeting ot the
roinnii**ionei". mr il lite Senate had acted lipOn
tho executive nominations. The >i:\.\" De?
partment no.7l< "ctjil to do this for reasons of its
own. lt was coitviiiced that the nomination!
would be rejected. It was bent upon making
a treaty arel :ii.<a^.iiii.i)ig Ibo Cngt?coionnl
policy of retaliation.
A DEMOBILISED MAIL SIR VICE.
The Poet onie'" Department, ol all others,
ought to bc duetted rrith the greatcet possible.
business ability, because it is the only one with
which the people are constantly brought into
contact. The number of these who have to do
v. ill) a custom house, on internal revenue office,
the Patent Office or the Pension Ibireau is com?
paratively small, but the prompt and safe de?
livery of the mail atfects the lOmrinetM n*? well
as the comfort and happiness of the entire popu?
lation. The delay oi loss "f a single letter
wiil sometimes cause great mischief, and any
tiiing like a genetml demoralization ol tho mt
vice necessarily results in almost incalculable!
damage, annoyance and even suflcnng.
It may seem like an extravagant assertion to
say that the postal service is demoralized, but
there an* pails of the count iy in which sii.-h a
statement would be far within the truth. For
many months complaints have been pouring
into Washington from all quarters of tlie l'nion.
but especially brun the fast-growing WoMcrn
Stott!, where Um population increases so
rapidly that the Post Office Department nerds
tobe intelligent ami energetic?which the pres?
ent adininUtra'ion of the Department docs not
appeal to be?in order to keep pace with its
demands. Malters finally reached such a pass
that Senator Plumb, of Kansas, one of thu
States from which complaints are londeet, in?
troduced a resolution into the Senate directing
the Committee on Tost Olbces ami Post Roads
to make an investigation. It would bo sup?
posed that sn. li a rc*..I ut ion would pass as a
matter of course, especially if the Democratic)
Senators really believed the inquiry would
show the Department to be doing its Wini.
properly; but they have had so much to say
in endeavoring to prove: Brat, that the postal
se! \ ice is in liner condition than eyer before;
****fOnd, that, if it is in a bad way, it is because
the Dcpaitment has not a large enough clerical
force; tinnily, that it is in a sid slate, but that
this is nil the inuit of the small residuum of
incompetent and malicious Republican Herks,
liberally e*tinial"d at 10 per cent?that the
resolution was not passed till yesterday, al?
though it was introduced nearly three weeks
ago.
The demits given by som-* of the Senators
suggested n pathetic degree of hclplesaatiBti on
the part of the Department. Senator Plumb
told, for Ctanijilo, how it takes four days foi
papers, to travel a certain seventy-live miles
by direct raiboad in Kansas, and ciuolol a
number of prominent journals in that Slate to
show that, in the words of one of them. ,: gi uss
and almost criminal carclesMiess 1ms been the
rule for the past two years.'' Senator Man
Jerson produced proof that prac!itally the * IBM
condition of affairs existed in Ncbra*ka. These
States aro in the fast-filling regions of the
country, but Senator Platt had the same story
to tell of Connecticut, where population is eer
tainly not increasing so rapidly as to muk" it
imporasible for the Department le keep up with
it. Ile read a letter from a publishing company
at Norwich, complaining of ,: the. uppaient dis?
organization of Hi'" whole postal system of this
country," caused, as they ivlievo, "hy the ie
moval of experienced postal route agents anl
others and putting inellicient men in their
places." The neel ago delay in their mails ns
compared with former li men they estimate al,
twenty-four hours, and their losses are ko many
thut they aro forced to the conclusion that
clerks dent my matter that hun BM umulnted on
their hands. This letter appears tinder the
iiflmo of tho company in "Tlie Congressional
Record." Similar complaint* have boon com
lng for months from tho South, where, again,
lhere is no I rall aordinary increase of population,
and tram that *?eti..n, as from all othero, they
nro found iii Democratic as well sis Kcpublu.111
iicuspap' .*.
'I lo* (ansi* of the trouble is clear. It is not
bet au*" Congress does not give tho Deport*
mroi sul.ii icm rierical foiw, foi it gave the
I'ostm.isln-Ceiiei il every dollar under titi**
hcinl ho asked for. lt rannot be because ol
incompetent It'cpiibbc in clerks, fo? ho has
pOWCI to rem ve any c!?ik. t'liipelent or in
eiiinpetent lt is becOOSB, aeeordinR to Senator
Hale's Bgnres, which stand mKonti%%dicted so
far. 40.000 "f the 52,609 fonrth*claM ]?<"'*.
n:M*t'"i* liad been changed up to .Tnur* 1 1. ISBTi
ind 1,000 out of 8,871 Preridential **eet
mastero, In "i-.cr to rc-.I.it Mr Cleveland.
How many moro have boen chin_*eil -ince re?
mains lo be sen. These (hangi** meant, of
course, i correipondinf, rt volution in the cleri
(ul serrtce. No business, pH*/ate or public,
contd "sithstatid the disorganising influenoas
icpicsenteil b.\ these ligill.-s.
NO RACE Ti:Ai K IS TEE FARE.
Tho l'ark Commissioners ohotold Rei their
tai i's resolutely against the scheme of locating
aiiotting-i'iiiiM' in Cen'nil I'ark. lt i* an ex?
ceedingly absurd proposition, wholly foreign
lo the purposes for which the Park U m.un?
turned, 'the physical difficulties in the ubj of
cairying it out aro numerous, and when accom?
plished ii would bc coitain to work vast injury
tn property ?"i the West bide. Not tho slight?
est excuse exists for such a drive anyhow.
Persons who own fast horses have abundant
means ol exercising them. Fleetwood Purk ii
peculiarly their domain, and i-oventh-avo. is
lu pt in excellent condition largely for their
benefit. The argument that a driveway in the
Park would attract vast crowds oi sight seers,
BO fm- from being a consideration in favor of
Ihe plan, really tells with great force against
it. The l'uili la a place fo* quiet rccremion
arel should not be given over to roch mobs BS
Mould entirely overrun it if it cont.lined a raco
course for driven of fast, horses,
? Tie.lori, k Law Olmsted's report .** eonelti'ive
in ?"bowing that in trase the physical difficulties
io tin* way of this scheme could be overcome,
ii would re*-ii!l in I mutilation of the l'ark such
a* the public would properly resent. At just
those hours when, as a resort for women and
children, if i** nriost attractive, it would be in?
fested by cn.*\tl*., the dangerous and noisy'
diameter of which can be rosily rotrmi-sed. Its
natural beauties would soon disappear under
trampling feet, and what is now a picttrjvcB^ue,
ni fe and delightful bit of unfilial country would
i,ui(kly become as di**agreeable to look at as
it would l>o imbearable to visit. We cannot
think that the Commissioners have so r*rroneoui
a notion of their functions a*r even to listen to
'I'guineiits for the Parlr/i ipoliation and ruin,
and the ar_*itnicnts in favor of a driving track
lucan just that.
?* Charleston lins marc natiirnl :ittrii"tinns ns i
wii.tr resort than any other rtty cr town In
tl,.' United States." So asaerti "The News nnd
Courier" <>f that place. Why then does it. happen
fiat, Charl...-.ton is ci.miuir.itivt ly unknown us
ri winter resort f ? The Nessa and Courier" ls
ready with tba explanation. " We ha\c not
been i.t Um him npenaa," it remarks, "to ad
\trii*i- oar State that eur netg-hbora hove taken
te advertise Fla.ruin." M.uni for the coniidcration
if tbs wid ca wa lc* people- of all thc States: It
pays to advert '*c.
"Thc Alii.iiiv Tit::"*" furnishes thc mterestlni
information that ** Govetnoi lilli has sent. Ul
ixirtrait to be hum* In Use rooms of Ihc Pilanei
ir. ni", ratio iinii in Troy." If Colonel Lamont
is tin* inamn..'r that he is eiedlted with li.inc
he will sec that a hn>t. of Clereland rcachcH till
PllineT Club before it ls many days older.
s>
How would the pnbllfl like it if the Hoard of
Aldermen sh.mid order thc fronts ol the City Hall
mid tho white iij.'ii'iili' Court House to he divided
into l)i? squares wit li I.luck paint and the Bpaees
so out line.1 tn Ire lit out for advert i*ainr/ purposesf
Or lmw wi'ii'.il people look on it If Collector Masoni
ihonld permit sdvertlsing placards to be hung ou
the big pillan of the Cuiton House at so much a
plum rd ? Hut cither of these schemes would bo
just as sensible, irsoonshle and pro|>cr ns thc
senseless action of the IlrnnUlyii 15ridge trust ces
in admitting advertiiementi to th.* Bridge cars.
1 'ulilic prop, rt*, should never be misused in titi*
way. Why does the Legislature hcsitato to ubolii*b
i Hi** foolish Kind .I Tr istc.*,?
s>
" Maine's I. unb.sheil" ls the way " Th" Bemld"
puts it. Right you arel And its splinters lum
so demoralized nnd scattered the enemy's tine-of
battle that the lciiders will be unable for somi
time to rally thant again.
A correspondent asks whether the decline tn tht
priei* of wool iu this country, resulting from un in
crease of 400 percent in piuduotioii within twenty
three fl ors, cnn fuirly be credited to rmtei'tioii
tho reduction In price having been similar ir
Kngland. No single cause can usually be snid tr
pi-mince n change in prices, and the decline in nL
prices within thc past quarter of n century must
l><: taken into ni-count, with its many causes. But
tlie obviously controlling and most importnn1
aanae, in this Instance, is the increase in quantity
of wool ptodueed in this country, which luis di
reilly depended upon thc ?uteoungciMitt of tts
in.ii. .liii.'tiiii" herc.
? --at-?
Now, smnll boys, gel ont of Ihe way. Lieu
tenant-Governor Join s wants to be Goveruo
Jones, and has tak'-n the field in person will
tlint sbjeet in view. Mr. Jones du ubi les
irzucs that Civil St rv iee Kefoim would be hand
sum.ly vindicated l>y his promotion. Witl
Joins ronnlng for Governor and Cleveland run
tiing for President, what would be tbe post uitiu.
addia ss of Din id lt. Hill's umbiiion?
The report recently submitted to Mayor Hewit
lu President PuttOf, of the Fire Departnii-iit, give
ollie.tl continuation to Tiik 1 itiBCSr'.s stat, menti
concern ni!* the extraordinary tnc**ease in the nuin
her of fires In ibis city ilnce the insurance con
psnles have tuen vigorously tnigagcd in euttin
ciiili titliei's throats. During January of titi
jiur, there wrre 'Ml fires, '"a number," says Mi
I'ui'i'oy, " uiipr.eed.nt. .1 ni tit.. ln>t..ry of the Ut
piirtui'iit." As ii mutter of fiiet the inrTtairj i
?tiniest lifty pei ci nt our thc average Bumbei
and it will bc hard to coin ince people of eve
ordinary penetration that there was any hon.*
l'.iisoii .\li> this should I.r. so. What insurant!
brokers call tin- "" m.nal ri-.l." is very heavy ju*
now and will remain so um il the companies then
?elves cease to Invite violations nf th" law
against arson or until the Insurance I)..part.nco
coneerni it* lt ivitb tboae detnoraliiing buainei
pill Haas Illili l..tlllt i ll il TU i ll o 11 S I'l .111 I,. I I I ,, ,|l. I
orilimtiy business a lively eom|>ctitiiiii is good fi
tin- publio, 'mt when ii Muan an Increase of lift
imt cent per month in the number of the eifaj
lins, it is noi a stfe thing te encourage.
The I'residant leaves for riornlii next Tuesda;
Xeurspapsts who desiri to get a berni on theil e
lectned cont, iittioiari.s. pm referring Iii Hi." cj'Cl
prrrliil (VOL IV., Flo.y-buL tiny B/U] (atilt ll
point.
The ran"Ki**lutiire luis voted to inljoiirn from t
day until the 17th 0f February, 'lins long r
Bess and the conseijuent delny of important pub]
niensurr-s in due to the unsafe condition of ll
AssiiiiMy ciliiiR and I lie 1mtl>ilitv nf the aSBN
blymen to find ntiothcr room in Albany in whi.
they could comfortably transact business. It
to bl) hoped, tired aa Uki people hale bi collie .
" New Capitol iuveastiKiitioiih,'' tbut a stnuuoi
tifT ort will be made lu-1 nm the m.-som oloSSS
diswivftr who un*. Sj Mani" for Mm ..'iliii-*, ai
that milnes will be calh d without four or fa ve
The guilty iiersons should be iniide to shoulder
the responsibility, and care isuoiild brr tuken that
they uro not allowed to wal; a m- v. of any ni ire
itt our publio buildings.
?
Tm. TaiOtms Ivdix for 1887 ls a volume of
102 pages, uniform willi "The Almiinne," and
. ? ? a eilniKly t .linallie us a reference to the daily
liles. It contains as a preface the ttiiniiiil NvtoW
published on the hist day of th" V"rtr, \\it!i a
oompnhensirs aeoount of th" principal events ia
every g**eSt tullian. '"'Iii.* Ititi*." itself is un
nlphiibctical urran.r ni'nt of reference lines to
(Mrylli.tirr that has appeared in the daily UeS of
Tmi: limit.sk during tier year. Tbl work ta
recctiimeinletl to libral inns, Jniirni'lists, lawyers
and public men generally ai s inboi laving ona<?
tarivanoe of conspicuous utility, i'rice ">0 chis.
PERSONAL
Mm*. Christin*) Mia*.rn Mlr.vi'U SM a |SSlllB for
tapestries mill fan*. Uar cell "'ion "I UPBlll'tal ls
var] .in.ie... lier tins in etOeOs pifts Bsua smlnenl
I"*!~..n.s. one. iriven ta lier l.y a Russian p'-ni'-e. ls
a copy of the fiitnoiis fan af the Q ieee el "ul'*. mutSt
ol white silk, arltk sta..* of Ivory ami gold, *.-t with
diamond-:, emeralds, pearls Bini rubles. Another,
?.?iv. ii l.y iii" Emgnm Eugenie, tua''* belonged te Mmo.
Duberry stu) wa* painted l.y Boueher. A third, pta
Struted hy tin* .'itv ol Venire la of lllVBT filipife and
point lace iii" Oneil "f iii easM f'":i the Thakore
Sahib of Morvl. lt ls tuaUo of gold, gMM and
fe at bete.
Writing of ndney l-anlcr, TWosior J. Tl. f.r>woll
says: "I bad iho pleasure of leelBg him hm aaa...
?then he called tm ni" nt Rmwood; hut the Image of
his shining pii.ei.i.' li among tho Irlendllct In my
memory."
An aotoe'raph maxim nf M. .Iules# Simon. " Do
Cood: silence si a tu lor; I rust In lind," wa-* soil ar
auetloa la Paris tho other tlay for el. A similar
memento >.t M. Penan Inched ti 00, A quatrain by
M. Bully t'rn.ituminn* treal tor 01 00, i aote ol Ed*
ii.nnd About for .fl 40. ind a note of M. Zola for 00
cents, a drawing by < bam feti bed only 03,
Kejirest ntatlvo Tillman, el Routh Carolin... was a
private ill throngl Ihi war. ile ls probably tha only
living goathtrner who 'ines nm elalm a title.
Senator Hamilton amuses himself daring SatWiSI
hy malling and throwing paper boomerangs.
A statin, of William BL Seward, for Auburn, Lt. V .
la proseiltly to bo cast by tho Amos n'oinpaiiy, of
Massachusetts.
The Rev. Pr. Cleorpe T-ana Iloanlman has the
c.vi'"*) record l.tinli of thr* First liuptl,: Church, of
Pliila.l.lplila, .lat lng back to 1000.
Mr. William Waldorf Astor. ex 1'nited States Minister
tn Italy, ind family irrlved In Pome yesterday Ti oin
Uenoa>
Tho Bee. Dr. .Tullii Hall lins been invited te feUvor
a aerlee of lectures before the students af tha Tate
Divinity School. The Brit of tho MtiBI will be given
In Marsh,
Dr. Ala fii.iy. "Tho I.runlDn Dally News" reminds
lilli*., Witt ono of Mr. Darwin's moot eonataal
eorreBporatoati, ono af the men whom ho moil ad*
mired, ami from whom ho learned moat it was iir.
Oray who objected that natural Mleetloa could never
t"' inure than a hypothesis, ami who waa reminded by
.Mr Darwin that even tho law of gravitation waa
only a hypothetlOBl way ot accounting for aoi-ei tai neil
phenomenal
Mill Blanche willis Howard write*, from stuttgart
that she ls writing a novel, keeping house, idueatlDg
a fa'nily of nieces and nephews, nursing
several easel of diphtheria and Mariel fever, super*
t rig the t ran-!at ion of ono ..f her bootu Into (lenten,
lt ai aa. and l renrh, Improving her mnruory eccordlag
to a lyitem, ami learning to u-o a typo-writer.
THE I ALE Ol- Till. DAY.
"The fLtoatoa Qtobe*1 thialn thal th.* lawier* ought
to settle the coal dlltlcultv because ti.ey luiow all
u1 .rn Coha anl islaclt-.stoue and Little ton. This i* u
rsather iweeplag natttment
A church In Ma-EM linnetts ha? llliaillintt Iti pa-tor
bcanso le* eui. ls?il a pipe. His friends say thal- 10
he rec 1 Ivett leas Utan cOOO a year he could not alloid
to nm.1.0 cigars.
Johnny Boy?Ma, didn't th? ladies look awful funny
a' th' Keeptlon, last night, with sausages on I
Menai sausages * whel In the **roauordo you mean
Johnny Boy- mop this paper says ""the ladles?all
wore toa ie nagtw,*
.Mamma- 1 hat can't btv spell lt, Johnny.
Johnny Boy o*o-*r-aauoie gai eagle, sausages.?
(Springfield Union.
A M.iiitniia editor has tho anti r.nglDh fe*, er. "Wt
dont want any iiian In thia community," lie liyi, " win.
tallis lillian li ? Bsjwlfc omi In-1 cl.l.t. -.a,.! Risks*
fa es al tho AmerlCBn ca^'ie."
A BepnbUean ofBeehalder can't uialto Wmaolf solid
willi thin Administration nu matter how haiti ho tries.
A RepuMloan postmaster was recently displaced hy a
Democratic pnstml*tres*. Tho ex-po-tniastor felt that
he hadn't leen treated fairly as there wero no charge"
Ugtnst him. except that he was a Keptibllean. Anti lr
oi!*. to get tho be*t cf tho .\dmln!*tratlon he manleaj
tie poetmlatris*. Bm thc scheiuu diihi'i work, bs they
wero both promptly bounced.
61 ? gnod a Democrats, paper as ??Hal St. Louts Re?
publican" ul.- ,*c- the Democrats of New York to send
Ile: ry George (.? Congress aa soon a.* possible In place
of "Tim" Campbell, Oineral spinoia, t.ioyd Bryee or
Perry Bein .ont. Mr C:eorg?, \\ say*, has both vafartei
ntid brains. Are wc to Infer that th'' representative*
named aio lacking lo traine oi' In vagaries or In both*
Mr. C. .1. Jones, tho buffalo breeder of Kansas,
teoently made in thi* etty a "side of live stork which ls
quita out of the u-iial run of such traiiaf"is. Ho
sold lo Mr. Au*'In I'orhln, of this rltv, slx head of
buffalo, three bull* and th rei* heifers. These are
a part nf Mr. Jones's h>'rd of taine buffalo, and were
rnptureil l.y him as BBlVBB down In the ludiuu Nation
and texas, 'lhev will be gent F.ast before loon ami
will lo put on Hr. Austin Corbin's pla'0 on L-oim
Island, wheri In tlmo a number of native American
w.ld animals will be gatherer] by Hist pentleman.
Th'* prlrp paid for tlfat. butTalo has not been mntV
pu! Iii*, but that tho llpuro WM hlyh may be Infi-rrc'!
fii'in tho fae' that OB moro than ono occasion Mr
.tunes has rcfuoed U-jOO apleco Xor bulfalo.- floreat
and .Stream.
Pomctiody ont "tVest calLs our Chauncey, tho Crane
Central Dopew.
It was not the rdltor of "Ttie Voice," hut of ?omi
other temperance paper who wroto " pettlnp drunl
ls hilly," and was horrified to see that the printc
had perveraelf set it up "gettuif* drunk is Jolly."
Th" senior pen?rsl seerelary of the Yonnp Men"
rhrhtlaa Aaaoelatlon, wtsi la Imesrn all over th)
Christina world as the father of the methods employe)
In the eonduat ol the-e ttietetles, too. I* a very heav*
imoker, bot no one Iols iver *t'-n him ?moktng li
th" stn*.'ts, nut' does he smoke out-hle nf til- prlvat.
room* Dr. William M. Taylor of the liroadwa'
I New-York I TaU'rn.'u'h) ls equally cautions as to Kiiiiili
inp in public, flor a period covering ten yeera, ant
during which time 1 was a miiii'.er of lils church.
have trever seen him smoke outside lila studv In th'
Tatoraaeleb H? *mokes tho common linb'ln rln;
pipes, and. like his eulin! ry men. Hiles thain hrs*
WaBII they are as black B* < harmal from lang use
I know it to he a faet that hu ml reds, of his Con
??rogation don't know thal be sniuiioa. anil I don'
suppose a seor.* of them concern themselves as to lt
*o hint: as they know thev are bearing about th
?bleat pri-arli'ii-' which la heard to-dav tn the l.'nlto.
States.?<A l.aynian lu ban Francisco Hulh-tln.
Some time apo a number of Detroit pli*--*1et?.n
conceived tho Idea of adopting the contract system
That ls of contracting to look after the health of
tci tain marti Of of families charging each famlt
.*li) a year. The scheme appeared to work well
and the deetOVI tsMtagkl they batt (ll*covered
boeSjItrta, a* they had taken care to make the contra.'
only with healthy famille*. Hut they were nell
of unprofessional conduct by some of their brethrei
and un." of them was tiled, lie va* acquitted hon
ivar, and the contract system has apparently BOB
to itay in Detroit, lt la likely also to bo trieal 1
other t tai. _______________
1IOW ABOUT TU"*-.. Nr.Wsl'.U'r.i;-", QOY__COB
JTroirt The PittltMrg ' ktonttit.
That If.'on grand plano f.ovci nor Hill pul In'o th
Executive Mansion I- attracting 1 greal deal of itlei
Hon. it is feared, thoogh, tl.at his organs ita
u.'.i .* than that.
-?.-.
Till". PREBIDENT'S VI"*IoN AlTBCTEBt.
JC/a.in Ths llititiinnre American.
TUB Nl.tv Y.'ltK Tltllil sk repnbli .Lei a*t*eildei
I'li-ieland's fumom objection to a socoud tem '(
found tu his lotter of acceptance, ami a-!., whit
mean*, it means thal Mr. Cleveland w.i* s lingi
mau when he stalled nu at the While House, bi
?oeidoable at this lumtuie.
?
Qt'ITK SA1I". .ir.vr KOW.
AV lal /;.,? .Vi.1 1 i.'i [Cum ) Ru'I?!ill.
it is proposed to put loch* on tin* Panama cassi
bul there 1^ no dangar ol its being Moioo in i
[?resent condition.
hit I'liir.i'wisr. rt'i: england, EDI
/?Vi-ivi nt Ttrtmtt Worm,
lint the Kngllsh preM donbtlesi un.lei stood his r
'?<'it in. tege correctly whan they e?iieii u a lemar
able .1. ilvei alic.. In favor of Trot i 1 int a : amt the I!
pul.lu an pail} will probably prim il anti gi VB ll I wi.
circulation among the people, it, tba moal effect!)
CBUipBign iloi'iinii-iii for their side that they can pi
.luci". Taking iliii'""* from u stricUj AnaSsrlcBn lao.
of view, thia do'*-, not bank well for Cleveland
WHAT '" I.AKKV" M.i:i g
From Tits Kim.
What " LirrjT" tioilliiii iieeiLs now ls sympathy, su
part, and em'oorn^i-meiit. All good and i?eiiero
1.ann.-* shoiibl uphold him In los ilniggte nparer
iii preeem humility, sit;. 1 Bttentlon to hnHlam
growleg piiiiii'in'-1 toward io* eontamporn*_?i an
abova nil, his slow bul ai.-_. 1 > gain la roracltv, a
[alea.,am lu I'uiiii'iiipUli". Ww tliliik wo Ua.o heloi
" fjiirry" a little If he Anally tuc.cee.ilji. mn shall feel
om selves aMindantly rewarded In thu coii*rlou.sB?sa
of a good deed done.
MRS. HEWITTS MUSICALB.
F?? people who were liiTife I to Mr*. lfefT"t*t mn
siotilo yesterday afternoon scut roa-rets. a* wa* evident
by the rro-vtled drswiiis-room*. There ha* be -n so much
tHlk about the Ladies' Amnteiir Orrhei'r.i of late thal
there was it desire on the part of theae luritcd to ; ultra
for thpinscl vrs, and tlie general verdict wa*, fiat tm\\
liiiprovemeiit li.'til treen tnatln In B year. Tile aoiiinilt
tion of i,.e orchestra ls ns follows; Firtf violins. Miss
limul. Mi*s H.iitlett. .Mi?t T**B_V, Ml** Jeir tt. Mina
Hewitt, Wai Woodward. Mitt Moltim, anl Mi a. lier*
I. nd; see..nd violins, Miss I'll'soury, Miss KUuvr. Mist
Bteira, Kin TtmUt* Min McKIuj, mim Bamaei miss
Woodward, aad Hhs |___*g| violas. Miss lion isa,
Mis? K. Hewitt. Mrs. Hclicnck and Miss Knox; rteUasSs*
Io*. Mia* Pillsbury, Miss C. Arnold. Vias M Parker and
Mi-* M. Johnston; coutrah.iatte*, .Miss Smith and Ml*i
Wotherspooa: harp. Miss Diesel; organ. Mr* Joseph
Walker. |r.; plaao. Min Johnaton; kettledrum Mrs.
Henry Jiionlng; c mliala. Mrs. J.d. HMMfi and tri a apis
Mta.s STeekaa lae aaaeaM was ?mimtfeeetoeittewef
I;, inti nd Sehmela*. who had Bt-taagsi the music ea*
paelaUy EM Ikll ortueatre. Ibis was tue proxrniume;
Pi UT I.
1, Overturn "Mafic rinte." .M..zan
% Alhiitrcll'i TU) Kymplisnr .I;. ?'l> >va|]
ii. " VltBt Clie I'o. -t-r.'.o "? "-em tram .tts,". blue!
Mi-s (iiiCf) Al li.ilrt.
4. Uni.K-ar...ii Dance. UralitBl
I'AUT II.
1. Introduction ? '-f-nrelt,". Hr ut,
'2. Bsvarta. Vieuitenpi
' ? tit Mia! liSutl.
". Cavatina-"Ma*animln,' .Auin
Mr Hall.
4 La Mei niei soriiiii.'.i Ds ha Vlcrte. Miui-tiM
6. talk l?h Mareil-" Kimi* of AU.eui,".. Bs? Hists!
Mr. Sehiiii"]/. ls proud of this year's achievement awl
says that twenty of the yeuag ladle* aro capable of
Ptaftag the cclebratetl Bach Wilhelm) air M ttie Q
tttlmt, which air was played in the afternoon a* sa
encore hy Mia* It.iod. Those who were not fortunata
enoiit-b to h?.ir yesterday's concert will hare au np;?ir
luii'ty nt the I.i-c?.im 'I hear re on Thur.it i> .ml imlay
afti-riioona of next week. Aii.'iii!'.' tile truest* lester I if
wire Mr. .uni Mrs. Coreel Ittl Van.lei hilt. Mr. lei Mia.
Hi.to.ey .Munni, Mrs. Bnrke-K'whe, Mr. and Mrs.
t'ooiier Hewitt, Mr. mut Mrs. Iv lu ard Cooper. 1 ced
Baldwin, MIbi Murhury. the Misse* Ramaen. tin Mlaeal
Weiib. Itt. aad Mra. B. R. Jaaee. Oliver Harrtinan. ir.,
Miss iiaiiin.uti. Eliot Gregory, Mr*. John Taylor Joan*
Mon, Mr. noil Mrs. James I? liree.-ie. Mr. .tit.l Mrs. Ulit
lam Fellowes Morgae, Dr. and Mr*. J.?). tireen. i leone*
\*.otl)orspoon. Philip Hanals. Mr. ami Mr*. R. J. \Vi.oisay,
)r., J. O. Neeser. Mi*a K. A. NeKltB, Mi** H-eMuith. Mf
ttnal Mrs. W. I). Hu alie. Mr.t. Jun.e? Aiiiliiitese, I, Vrtd
Hclienek. Dr. an.l Mra. Kinniel, Mr. uni MlB Wullara
M '.nee. thai Mis.soa I .i-if.... Mrs. .lain * llai ninan. M.as
ll IMp, Um Mus.* Walker, Uti, SlBBtaBB da Wolfe. M'ss
ile Wolfe. Mrs. Nicholas Stall. Morton Ktvliiitin.l. Mr. anti
Mr*, cvrti* Kleld, Mrs. Paran t"toven?, .Miss PeCBs, Mm
lirant. Mr. anal Mr*. Pied Brenton, ABagaataa OuriioB)
Ute Misses (iurnee, John P. Klitirsfor I, .Mr. and Mri
Oreuvillc Kane, Mrs. Kichard M. Hunt anal Mis* Hunt,
success of nih. mu:hid snow.
A RAM Ci>I.!.Fi'TI()S "F BKAL'TIFI'L FLOW HRS A'S*
Titters MANY PBOSU To mi: BOBS HUSKS*.
Tho second annual Orchid Show, which WU thrown
i'I".'!i to tho public at tho Ellen Muse,- yeiterilay. ls a
floral treat of a hlj-h order. A private IXhib tleo waa
lives IToRI 11 to 1 o'clock for tho benefit of connois?
seurs and tbOM who lal.0 a special Interest In Hurl
culture. Tho Mam wa* tftareaged w.ih in*, net UUMU
tim 1 lija; those hour*, who iliad') no elfort lo once*
irptise ami SeUgM at the fairy scene prweallA
Here wa have an exhibition lesslsttng aol.dy of om
taiiilly, but pu i.'iii int; such an endless vanny ol
forms, tims and tinialtlHatless <*?) weaU scarcely i?o ox.
reeded In a flower show in which all tho other gMM ol
l'lo. a .teie preaaat. So many orchids in Uo.-muii have
never before been soon tegither la tail country, and a
rarer collection has probably nut been exhibited any?
where.
Owing to tho preat risk Incurred by tailing the
plant, out of the hothouse In cold weather many ol
the choicest specimen! are roprt-Miiiti.'d only by cul
How.'i-i, but such ls tho hardihood of th mo that tew
of them will rctiuire changing during the show, and
IMSt varicilori will remain unchanged In theil Bell aud
beautiful tints for two or three weeks. I'ldelyl
Naeai'i Haagarlaa liand performed a speoiai pio
giamiuo ol eight aim during tho private view of the
fe.,!.-*.!*, Invited by Mt)s*irs. biehreehl and Wadloy.
Tho orchid! belonging to pilvato collector* arc ?ej>
uiui.'ly marked, aud lu thal of William B. KlinaaUl, Oat
l'ochestcr, BIB soUiO of the choice*t specimen.*.
Among ttioso present at tho private view were Mr.
and Mr*. .le.*v) s.'ligman, Mrs. CoraeUui Vaud rlnil
Mr. anti Mis. IIIcIls Arn.ald, Mr. and Mrs. A. ll. stouo.
ItrB. C. C. Dalmonleo, Mr. and Mn Elliott Roosevelt
Mi*. I). Lonn smiiii. Dr. ami Mn. Wheelock, Mrs. *s
r. Noyes, Mn. j. Vanderpoel, Mrs. t'haries Kellogft
i>r. and Mi*. Fordyee Barker, Miss Viola ^'ar. i?.si
Veer, Mr. and Mis. Moms K. .letup,, Mrs. A. Val
Rensselaer, Ward MeAJBster, Mts. J- R. Skidmore.
Mis. Minaid Webb, Mn, Isaac PkSlSS, Mrs. Marshall
t*. Roberts, Mn. J. B. Scribi.er, Mrs. P. taoriUaid,, Jr,
Mrs. Chailes \. post and Mrs. Hoi.ry X Ga" lor.
ISCIDESTS IS SOCIETY.
The "aSewtag cla?s of '67" met last evening at th|
houso of Mrs. I* Mortimer Thorn, No. 23 Wes' Sla>
to"iith-.*t. \ number of young men were aske.l t|
como In after tho sewing hour was pa*.*.cd.
Mrs. J.din SberWued gave another of her lntor?.tln|
rervlings yesterday afternoon. A notlceible featurl
of the af emuuii's etitertainmciit waa tho singing ol
Milo. Tctlroso.
Mrs. Honi-y Villard gave a larr*e dinner party at bel
home In East aMlTSBlJ isret-l M. la.ii evening.
'Iho Thuisday Lveuing Club met at the hou.se of Mea,
John W. Mi ni urn, INo. l_ Washington bi;U!U*e, north,
i ia. evening.
ATTACKISG IHE FREE-TRADE SCUFDCLE.
Piii*nrRO, Feb. 16 (Special).?The publication of tua
tariff revfatoa schedule, as reported by tha Way* i_d
M<"ins sub coinniUtee, showing the aa'tual cut fina
U'iuleis in OmujtMR proposo to make, made a sen?
sation among man u fae tarers hero. One of the eutr, ls
to plai'O ouke on the free lias, i ulm). 1 J. W. fechoon
maker, one of the largesi ck" maiiufacaturera!, saldt
uA.*sutnlng that Coke be placed, on the free Ut. the
situation, so far a-s that cstenslvo interot in thia
region ts conccrni-d would bo must serious. The
largct consumers of EuglUh coko aro tke smelters.
In the tiitnng districts tu Ai'lzona and New Muxca*.
This roko comes as ballast In vea*eh, to Galveston and
San FrunrlMro, paying duty In lieu of freight, lt
made free lt would monopolize tho ui.itkc-s entirely,
as well as take the p ace of OonaelbtviUe coke tn ali
our leeboard mauufai turing cities. With the rec.ul
advance ol li.-lght ratuas under tho Interstate loui
merce act, CotinelUviUe coke has been practically e*
r l.ide I from tho Wc.-terii mining distriru, Bud li m*
should lose the seaboard nianufaeturlng rrade lt Would
bo a serious injury to th's industry. If the duty
shoultl be taken off mal llttiburg would be rut oil
from her beal market, New Orleans. At pi*e*eut, "ill
of the largnl Intateail thia city has In the s., iii, t*
the coaling of foreign steamers which comf light aftel
cotton. With the fii-l en the frea* if?t, thene Tl lilli
arould carry enough ur tha round trip Instead ot as al
present Just enough to l.Lsi them over."
Iron maniifaciurers deelaro that the cut proposed
in rhe metal schealulo will be dist***rous. They - tj
that taker will have to suffer. However, they ?>??
snr.. the Senate can check th?a bijl before lt pa.ts*a.
Ilepresenilng the iron and steel wairkers. willlata
Marttri, aetistary ot tint Saul sanlei all Aasooiai ion *aid j
'? I poi. the report of ihe *nb commltu-e of wm. anti
Means, In toiiiiei tluu with the rctlucfiou _if du'lea ol
Iron Sad -we'd. 1 have but little to say. T.'nq.iesfiniv
eMv, should such a bill be passed, labor would be tha
u*Bttut.m
ARREAR RRTTRW OF THE TWKT.FTn TIKOTYFS'T.
The ICth Regt*aaal Armorr wa* emwded tatt nilli*,
at Ibo annual review nf the regiment and the pretentsttuB
of marksmen'* and service b?rlg<*s. Adjutant tl.-na-ral
Joalah Porter. Assistant Adltitant Oeneral. Co!on?l John 8.
MeEstea, aad As*i*tant inspectoi Oaaml4Minil Th..maa
BL Mct'.rafh composed tho revte.vlng party, den-rsl
I'.irtef pwaaateg 108 efllrers and mon with markamen'i
badgea, and th?n Oaaefel Daniel Rutterfleld. one of thi
ivar t-aah.nels nf the re.Mn.ent, pre se tiled to Cr.nuiils.aary.
tal nippon-er. First Serr-eant E. I. Bttrttf, TUE
Ser/eant lt. C KUUMMtUt, and S.ig.aiit Ji'hn M. Ca:iipb<*S
btoata medals In reraa'fiittlon of ten years of fal'hfnl nft.
lise. TBB lr>gtBS8Bl was divided Into three battaMi'iiit <4
four cinparii.-s eaeli, all under command af Colonel JktneA
lt. .lanes. A larpe oil painting of t'lister's last hatti!
?na pim .1 BB eshlbltlon for thu flnt time, aud fttjneril
t .-'.r's wldi.tv Tia* oim of ttiiise ?!?> Iiiapeit.tl li till
night. After the review daneltig wa* Indulgnd In until
a late hour. A large number ot Ii.gular Army and biala*
mill!lumen participated.
FSTRRTAISISG TEE CANADIAN CI VP.
The I'anadlau Club (rave Ita third monthly tOBtUt
nf thg Bason \\ediiS-?taay night al tho rial
h.ni*", No. li. 1?st Tttemy ninth au Tua
ail sus were m nibers ot Uio Uiooklya A"***
lout Opera Company, and the atrvompaui*!. l*ro.' -*"*?
Baeae, aenaalal .'( IM CtSaiaB "f the intioe tURuuBRk
.*,. paalw KaaeMatf preaiaixj, nud. m n.** SsesMi <>' ***
Macy, of the tiparra company, gave ******* trom
BaXS, lift Harte, aud PBOBBB *-'*?>?? M1" lJ* *rUJ,*
was heard U ?a)..'e ISMt-tg violin MMe, M'-*^'""**
H. pun c'M.iy ntatei ??as_saw stsSBia, Ma
l^s^-t*-^^
iiopniiio. Kim! hevral solo*. Ut. "?? ?
... I'.iuniauiv iiai'" two ur lores
ii. HedMaa laaata t?Baaart tuummr* *??"
tine Ua*a awloa.
fAEMERS rfW^iS I _!__?*_
rr,,,. KartDca' ,!?b AtOtA U^ - 'SSflJ
?.? ??"?""'1" """ !"*,..,?!, n,-. Ramoel n. Ot*
QtBBdJB. CMBBtl, J- _ Johll JkT, Jame. Otis.
,.?,, rtei.t.P A na Nsw-Y?*ej
?.* ?_* K2, ";.,*_UT** Hreedlng of Swine,
.'iir^^uod'^vi.i.a.iotBulyw
fl. Ita our ot the chief pPUBUBt of tho S^J?*??
'?lin te.ua. ?? Kiatiili-uam. Mass, and J_ Nttls^e
?,..r.and! of iflwTia, IBBd lattaVt-SUBB WREBB BB fatal
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