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Foreign.?The German Emperor passed an ex ecllcnt day; he was fret from lover and had a fair amount of Bleep. ___-.__ Attention is being called to the fact that the l*arit Bourse has ceased to lu- thc leading Continental market for deal? ings in international funds. _______: Thirteen livet wen- lost dy tho -inking of a ship off the Isle of Wight yesterday. ________ Two art critics fought in the Boulogne woods yesterday, and ono waa killed. ________ "The London Economist" comments on the Presidential election. ________ Students fired on a Boulangist crowd in I .iris on Saturday night and a Keueral fight ensued; gendarmes dispersed tiie inoli. Di.mest ie-?Only fifty-five saloons out of 2,300 were ojien in Cineinnnti under tho Owen Sunday Cloafal law, (sss- s Harvard students expressed dis BBtot*BBx\BB with tlie report to the Hoard of Over Nets opposing intercollegiate athletic contests. fa--A strike of brewers in Buffalo and St. Louis WM aiuiouiired to begin on Tuesday. sss-Sssnt Democrats havo laid usitle tunny important meas? ures In Congress until after tho Presidential election. r~^_: The Chippewa investigation will pM.li-.hly bc continued by the iSenate commit te*, i h.) mid Suliiii-lmn.? 'Ihe Kev. Edgar L. llecr manc-e, former pastor of the Presbyterian Ctmroh nt White Plains, committed suicide by shooting _________ in the pulpit. rrr__r A fire in one of the b(fa taftMH blocks of Brooklyn, E. D., destroyed propertf valued at $.-.0,000. _-__The Brooklyn ball elu li WM be .ten hy the Athletics at Ridgewood l.irk by a score of 8 to 2. -__._i The Rev. Dr. P. ll. ber .Newton preached on ".Matthew Arnold af a Religious Teacher." ________ The Diss Dellar children wero committed to tho care of Mr. Ger ry'.*> society to await examination. ________ Levi P. M*.rt on returned from Europe; he reported Mr. Blame to bo in unusually good health, and said he hojied the Maine statesman would not with? draw from politics. ____-_*. Dr. Clemence S. Lozier buried. ______ The Ito v. N. B. Thompson preached his farewell sermon and talked about the trouble* in the church. The Weather.?Indications for to-day: Colder tnd threatening, with rain. Temperature yester? day: Highett, 87 degrees; lowest 68; avraga Tl 1-8. A suicide in a pulpit is certainly not lacking In the element ef sensationalism. The minister in White Plains who chose to shoot himself in tho church from whose pastorate he had re? cently resigned had not shown signs of mental aberration; but there can be little doubt that ho was not in tho full possession of his senses. Nothing could havo added to the tragic interest of tho melancholy occurrence unless he had taken his lifo la the presence of his congre? gation. _ Tho new liquor law in New-Jersey goes into effect to-morrow. The High-License feature is moderate enough not to arouse much oppo? sition, but the strict provisions of the law, especially in regard to gelling liquor on Sun? day, are likely to be the subject of contests in tho oourts. That the constitutionality of the Jaw will be attacked has already been decided. If Sunday selling is stopped in Jersey City and Hoboken, and if the side-doors of New-York wloons aro kept closed, thirsty people in this city will havo no recourse but to fleo to Coney Island or Staton Island. Yes, there is one other way open, and the best of all?stop drink? ing. -? ? One of the most amusing things in Maurice B. Flynn's testimony was his account of Mr. Grace's method of getting up a "Citizens' Movement." Everybody knew that a Grace "' Citizens* Movement" was a fraud; but it has pleased a few adherents of the ex-Mayor to insist on tho genuineness of these bogus affairs. Flynn now " gives the whole thing away," and any ono who needs a " Citizens' Movement" for any purpose has an infallible recipe for starting one. Flynn sent up "a lot of 'Citizens'" from his foundry; Grace got 200 "Citizens" Irom his lumber-yard at Hunter's Point; tho gas-house in Flynu's district furnished 250 "Citizens"; tho other County Democracy leaders helped on tho cause, and so a iirst-class "Citizens " boom was got under way. Mr. Grace will probably not havo the effrontery to try this littlf game on New-Yorkers again. Few were deceived by it the last time it was attempted; now nothing would be surer to make a man the town's laughing-stock than to couple his name with a "Citizens' Movement." It h-t* be-ri forty-four year* sinco tho Meth? odist Episcopal General Conference met in this city. This great council of the largest of the Protestant denominations is a gathering of prime interest in tho religious world, and the sessions which open to-morrow in the Metro? politan Opera House and are to last through the month will attract especial attention from thc nature of the subjects to be dsjeussed. The Conference fs a pretty lively body. The minis? terial delegates always show a good deal of independence, whil- the Bishops occupy a minor placo, having neither voice nor vote in the dcli-cnitions. Those not already familiar with the leading subjects to bo discussed will find them well bumrned up in an article printed on another page, which contains besides a good deal o_ intereuUng and valuable infor GOTERNOR HILL AND HIGH LICENSE. It has been thought that Governor Hill might veto the High-License hill upon the ground that what wa. needed was a revision and simplification of the Excise laws, such ai? lie proposed in his message of March 1(3, and not a further addition to them. But this is not possible, for the Governor said in that message : Xor should tbe consideration of tho measure her* contemplated necessarily lnt?-rle_e with any bill upon ' tbe general subject now before the Legislature. I j have noticed that there aro numerous bills pertaining j tn tho excise quest lons already upon tbo file, awaiting action, and should any of them become laws they will como before tho comml.sloa for Incorporation la tho revision. This was as positive a pledge that no bill should bo interfered with, simply because a revision was pending, as could be asked. But there are special, as well as general, reasons to be found in Governor Hill's own titterances why ho cannot consistently volo the High License bill. In his memorandum filed with the Five-Gallon bill June 24. 1887, he ...id : It ls needless to suggest tl.at inch (excise) laws should be fair and equitable In their prnvi.lon. and uti!form In their operation. They should provide that | licenses should be granted by the local aiithnilties and not otherwise, and all the revenues derived therefrom ] -?whether called fees or taxes, or by whatever nam. j they may bo called-.hnuld belong to the localities under whose authority the licenses are granted. Tl.e sums exacted should be reasonable In amount so long ?_ the granting of llcennes prevails as the general policy of the State, and the minimum license too fixed by statute should be uniform, while tho maximum fee, If not also definitely fixed (and unless lt be found im? practicable and lew satisfactory tn have the same based upon th? amount of b-.iRlne.s done and graded propor? tionately, which would always render lt fair and equi table), might then be loft to the discretion of the local authorities everywhere, thereby exemplifying the prln rlple of home rule, and enabling any locality desiring tn Impose a higher license feo than t.ie tmttM :n minimum one to have the privilege nf doing so. There? by the policy of local option ls sustained, th* principle of home rule ts Illustrated, and the responsibility for a moderate or a high license ls thrown upon each locality which ls to be ben-Med, Injured or affected by tho course which it Itself adopts. Such legislation, If cart fuUy and Intelligently limned, would, lt ls believed, prove reasonably .all-factory, snd while violating no Just poUcy or proper principle of taxation, would en? able publie sentiment upon tbe liquor question lo mani? fest lt_elf In ari or-am-i. with the dotfres of a majority of tbe people of each community. This conies very near to being an exact de? scription of thc High-License bill which ho now has before him. We speke the other day of the utterances of the Governor in his veto of the bill last j ear, mat ion relating to the Conference. We also tm nt to-day I contribution from tho Rev. Dr. Crooks on tho question of admitting women delegates to tho body. This question will bo ' raised early in the sessions and p_-_____M to . occasion an animated debate. Dr. Crooks takes the same ground as was taken ly the Rev. Dr. Strong in an interview printed yes-..* terday t namely, that there is no pi .vision in the fundamental law of the Church for tho ad? mission of women. Both these clergymen aro high authoriti's. and their conclusions seem sound; yet as the women delegates will take their seats at the opening of tho Conference, will it not be an ungallant act to turn them out? ._________??______ DIST Ef:SS AND ITS CAUSE. Without warning thero comes to a thousand men employed in a Pennsylvania axle estab? lishment the choice, reduction of _3 to 4 0 per ' cent in their wages or a eli sing of the works , for an indefinite time, until tho market de- | maud for products may revive. So without warning several knit-goods establishments aie forced to suspend, whether for a short time or not is yet uncertain. Again without warning, the coke workers, who were struggling so long against the reduction of wages, lind that a sudden collapse in the business has stopped work for an indefinite time in most of the es? tablishments, while those still at work get only $1 per ton for coke and cannot pay the former wages. Thus several thousand workers, somo of the highest and some of a lower grade of in? telligence, are astonished to find that their labor has at present no value, or a much lower value than it had a few days or weeks ago. Their entire modo of living must be suddenly changed. Their wives and children must suffer in many cases, or must submit to changes whieh seem scarcely endurable. To the workers these thing.*- prove that they aro in some way most unjustly treated, let many know not in what way. The companies cannot afford to continue work with markets so overstocked, unless the men choose to accept wages so low that the products can be safely accumulated until a better demand arises. It seems hard to the men, but the companies may claim that the cessation of the demand for products is not their fault, that they havo paid the wages which tho men require just as long as they could, and, in fact, could havo estab? lished their business moro securely, gained i more and better permanent customers, and so BUBB able to continue work longer, if they had not been required to pay quito as high wages | in the past. But the present undeniable fact is that the market will not take products any longer at tho old rate of cost. The men naturally look further in their in? dignation. If the companies aro not to blame, somebody must be. The men do not feel ready to admit that they ought to havo been content with lower wages all along, and doubt whether that would have mado any difference except in the profits of owners. This doubt is natural, and yet the workers are apt to reject plans of co-operative labor when proposed, as Mr. Carnegie's workers at Braddock havo refused to work at all on a plan which makes the earn? ings proportioned to tho market value of tho product. Their daily necessities, they answer, are not conditional. In that case who is in fault when the market breaks down and no work or lower wages is the alternative? Tho indignant workers know that the de? mand for iron and woollen products has sud? denly and largely diminished. The axle makers, like other iron workers, are aware that purchasers are looking for lower prices, bo cause the great party now in control of the Government has proposed a bill to reduce thc duty on iron axles from 2 1-2 to 1 1-2 cents per pound, or 40 per cent, and if that should pass hot even a reduction of 40 per cent in wages would enable tho works to continuo without other changes. Tho consumers of woollens aro looking for lower prices; tho samo bill proposes to reduce the duty on knit goods from _;_ 1-2 percent, to 40 per cent, a reduction of 86 per cent, and consumers aro naturally in no haste to purchase now if they believe tho bill will pass. The proposed reduction on steel rails and many other forms of iron and steel has suddenly arrested the demand for Iron and steel products, and therefore the demand for the coke used as fuel in such works. Thus the knit-goods workers, tho axle makers and the coke burners, all have to look to tho election of a Democratic President and House of Rep? resentatives as the vause of their trouble. Other causes of uncertainty not infrequently disturb markets and put down wages, it is true. But in this instance one perfectly obvious cause is visible, the powerful influence of which, upon the markets for all woollen and iron products, and fur coke and wool, tho ma? terials used in thosfi manufactures, cannot bo disputed. Hence, if the men are indignant, it might be well for them to consider how many of them voted in 1884 for Mr. Cleveland, or in 1886 for Democratic Congressmen. in which he stated practically the same views M those quoted above. We need not repent thom here, except to say that they ..pain put him in th*- attitude of urging such a bill as he is now asked to sign. We ask the Governor to read these lines: The evils ot U-len-p-M-arie. are not hid In a corner; they cannot be concealed: to ail they are patent, and to none more patent than fa those who. rvs public ser vnnts, havo to deal In any degreo with the criminal law. Il ls not. and li cannot be denied, that society i, in? jured, that the State receives harm, thal the character .of o people ls deba_ed by the exeesslvo, misguided and undiscriminating use of Intoxicant.. These evils ?exist In country and In town ; these injuries touch both rich-nnd poor. Whatever measures to promote soci? ety ami good morals may bo deemed wise and proper, they should be applied wherever the evil aimed a* exists: applied alike lo rich and poor, alike to enuntr> and to city. Such laws should be no respecters of person.* or of localities. These words are taken from a message signed by David B. Hill, vetoing the High License bill of last year. Can BM read them without a sense of grave responsibility ? He has it in his power to do much for thc good morals of the State. Will he do it ? Or has he sunk the citizen uttcrlv in tho politician? THE LAST DAYS OF THE LEGISLATSRE. Some weeks ago a resolution was passed pro? viding for sine die adjournment of thc Legis? lature on the 11th of May. The New-York Republican Stato Con- mtion is to meet on the 16th of May, so that it is hardly possible the resolution will be reconsidered, as has some? times happened, and a later date than tho 11th be finally determined upon. A number of the Republican Senators and Assemblymen have already been elected delegates to tho Buffalo Convention, and doubtless many more will bo chosen later on. These law-makers would not desert their posts at Albany to go to Buffalo, so that it is entirely safe to assume that the gavels will fall for the last time this session one week from next Friday. The time that remains is short, but it is long enough to dispose of all the really important measures still on the calendar. The dangT is not so much that any bill of general public concern will suffer as that in the hurry and con? fusion of the last days some jobs may manago to slip through. From now until the end is reached the Republicans cannot attend too closely to business. Up to date the responsible majority has made a record upon which the Republican party can conlidently go to tho people this fall. The fiscal bills have leen kept clean ; the tax rato has been kept down ; tho lobby has been kept out. In tho face of all tho obstacles presented by a solid Denne eratic minority banded together to serve tho liquor interest, the great reform meastiro of tho session, the High-License act, has been passed. It is only necessary that nothing should occur during the next two weeks to nullify this worthy record in order to render tho year's work tho subject of popular approval. Of course duriug the next eleven days private and local bills will be pressed as they havo not been pressed before. Realizing that the Legis? lature is so soon to "cease and determine," legislators who believe tbat if-they are to havo a political future they must secure the p_-_nRC of some particular homo bill will make a desperate effort to accomplish their object. It is well to watch theso local bills. It is lind policy to allow a measuro to advance to a third reading merely on tho assurance of a member that it is " all right." If tho presiding officers of the two houses will rigidly enforce the rule keeping persons who are not members from the floor, if tho leaders will 6et their faces against log-rolling in all the demoralization which the term im? plies, if every Republican Senator and AAwOYOr blynian ..ill do his whole duty until May ll, all will be well?the session will run to its closo without a serious blunder. COUNTERACTING THE IRISH. Professor Gol dwi n Smith ls in the habit of taking such gloomy views of the alien ele? ments of American population that anything liko hopefulness on his part has the effect of a startling surprise. In his recent letter to "The London Times1' he discerns two "cheer? ing signs'' in the political horizon. One li tbe opening of a lino of cleavage in tho Irish American party, which until the last Presi? dential election had voted with unbroken front for tho Democracy; and the other is tbe nat? uralization of large numbers of English and Canadian residents in the United States for tho purpose of counteracting Irish hostility to Great Britain. He assumes that the Republi? can recruits gained from the Irish political clan in 1884 will muster in larger ^c-rec this year, especially " as some of the ecclesiastical leaders have astutely recommended'' this course. " But the British and Canadians," he adds, "have now been persuaded that they will best shew their affection for their native laud bv a lcgiti mate exercise of their political influence in tho councils of their adopted country, and they are applying for naturalization accordingly. Their number is more than large enough to turn tho scale in a contest so closo as the last Presi? dential election." This is a very quiet state? ment, since the shifting of GOO votes would have defeated President Cleveland. Obviously the English and Canadian residents who aro organizing for the puipose of rendering tho practice of twisting the lion's tale hazardous in American politics will not have to exert themselves in order to maintain so artiiiiial a balance of power. Professor Smith, hnvover, is equally delighted with the evidence of di? vision ia the Irish ranks and of political activity on thc part of his own countrymen. Ho is pleased becauso he thinks the Irish voto will not be likely to monopolize the anxious attention of politicians, and because also it will be counteracted in any event by an undivided English-Canadian party. It is not easy to understand why Irish in? fluence in American politics will diminish in consequenco uf division, nor how the English and Canadians can be expected to counteract "the sinister activity" of "the Irish elan" when so divided. Professor Smith, indeed, concedes that that influence will be increased when their vote is not cast in solid bulk for the Democratic party, as it. was from the da.,* , f slavery until 1884, since the leaders of two parties in place of one will be bent upon con? ciliating the Irish and avoiding any public | action tending to alienate their support. Thli j would seem to be a natural result, and may be illustrated from English politics. In ti,,. I elections of 188 5 the Irish vote was Openly courted b.v the Tory parly and was cast in part against tho Liberals by Mr. Parnell's express order. In previous elections Irishmen in Kng 1 land had uniformly voted with the Liberals, but many of them changed sides in that con? test ; and in consequenco of that divi-i..n of forces they acquired increased influence with both parties. The Tory Government declined to renew the Coercion Act in that year; Lord Carnarvon in Dublin Castle was almost eos* vinced that a separate legislature was Mee. B__r_ : and Mr. Giadstono when ho returned i,, offlce announced his conversion to Home l<u|e. The Irish in ...ngland made tremendous gains in consequence of their partial alliance with the Tories in 1885. Division strengthened their political influence with the leaders of beth parties. The same result is likely to fol? low il America. In proportion as the Irish vote comes to be more equally dividod between partic* will tho difficulties in the way of counteracting its in? fluence by Iho formation of anti-Irish cabals be mul.iplicd. When Mr. Parnell began to work alternately with the Liberals and tho Tories lie adopted the best method, not only of strong!hening his cnuse, but also of preventing ]i*,s'i!e ci.iiibinatioiis against the island. When h.* p-orr.uwionlly united his fortunes with the (.lads)'mians and delivered the solid Irish voto to their keep-Off, he enabled the Unionists to effect that powerful allianco which to-day stands in the way f legislative autonomy. Tho -.uno pruicip'e wit' apply to the action of tho Irish in American politics. If they were to continue to vote as they had voted until 1884 ?for tbe Democracy without rhymo or reason it might be possible for the British-Canadinn contingent to make a combination against them. But if they divide their forces, there will be no chance for the formation of an anti Irish league. A divided party can only bo antagonized on its Apposite flanks, and the English and Canadians would have to doable up their own forces in order to counteract what Professor Smith describes as "the sinister in? fluence of tho Irish in general and municipal elev lions." That would not bo practical politics. ____??___?____________ MONEY AND BUSINESS*. Purine; the pest, grotk, notwithstanding the pur? chase of $2,-00,OOO Of the 4 1-2 per -cuts ut 107 5-8 or les-., and ll,.145,800 of the 4s at 12. or less, in all $:t,0--5,800 pur value, costing about $4,500,000, the Treasury holds $1,1*24,487 moro cash than it held a week ago, as" follows: April 28. April 21. Kel Gold.$210,10_.S40 $216,2..4,327 Net -liver. 44, .07.BIB 44,0-1..10 KM Uga! Tender- , . 2k._10,013 20,580,099 Total.?2S3,780,433 $280,8-..,_45 Tbe amount, of money on deposit with banks has diminished during the week only $103.32-, I and meanwhile the bunk notes destroyed have ___> 1 eeeded tho amount issued by $202,255. It ls | worth while to sec that there has been no addition ! to circulation, but for the we"k ft decline of j $2,000,000, because the talk during tlie week hus turned almost entirely on " the Treasury I pouring millions into Wall Street" Whatever Mr. Fuirchild means to do, or may do hereafter, he has ! taken money out of thc market and into tho Tn usury as the net result of all operations since Inst- Sunday. With money bore ruling nt 2 1-2 j jver cent, and the surplus of $10,000,000 in banks, it is ____j* to surmise that the sales of bonds may hnve been mainly fur parti.s at distant points. I-_i*-t year the largest, seller was a capitalist, at San Francisco, and while Wall Street was counting upon the millions for his bonds, tiley apiieared on tha Tie Uk Coast, irlMN they were very much wanted. There are ninny point! at the West and South where money eonvmands higher interest nnd is limn- wanted for new enterprises or mills, rail? roads or nal elute operations than it is now at New-, ork. Th" upward movement of stocks nnd the down j ward movement of commodities have both con? tinued. Stocks have risen un average of $2 14 per share for the past week, and $.. 07, or more than 10 jxt cent, since March Bl, Ther*- havo been j mon- substantial reasons for the advunee than \ the " emptying millions" idea. The cessation of disastrous railroad wars ought to have some in? fluence. Railroad et-ftdngl continue good; of > some very -rood. For the third week of April forty si\ roads report a gain of 10.23 per cent, j and for thc second week the gain on seventy-six roads is 4.S8 per cent, a little more than the in crense in mileage. Some important roads have made singularly favorable reports for March. Nor is *lt to be overlooked that British refunding ns well ns American bond-buying tends to estab? lish a lower rate of return for tlie best Invest? ments, and so to encourage higher prices for securities deemed safe. What was supposed to lie " threatening'' in tho osiieet of Europe has [i.issi-,1 from sight, at least for the time, and the rates for exchange advanced early last week, bub the tone hus of late been weaker. This is sig? nificant, because merchandise import* exceed ex? horts for April. Imports here have been 4.8 per cent below lost year and exports 2.4 per cent above, but in April, 1887, thc excess of exports was $1 COI 2,832, so that New-York returns point to an excess of $12,000,000, aud the actual ex? cess in March was $l2,2.-,394. With such trade balances, the rate of exchange indicates somo movement of capitol to this side. While Mieso facts mako a rise- In securities easy, it is equally true that tho condition of bn-iriess is not entirely hopeful. When Wall Street, pu:s its mind on bulling things, it hates to be reminded that Industries do not expand as fast as prices of stocks. But accounts of injury ti wh.-at grow more definite, complaint coming also from California new, where wheat has risen rapidly from $1 38 to $1 55 per cental, while Central Western States seem forced to antioi[ute short crops. Kansas aud Missouri appear better than lust, .var, and sowing in Dakota and Minne? sota progresses wbh favorable conditions, lut th*' toWMBB i- lal-, and favorable weather will be required. Wheat has risen but slightly here, ex? ports being checked; corn has risen one cent, hut oats have declined slightly. Cotton has ad vunced ti shade, exports foe four weeks having been '-Ci;.Ono bales against 227,700 last year, but, other prices are generally weaker. Supar :tii<l lard nre a shade lower, eggs and cheese are weuker, oil bas declined 17-8 celts and turpen? tine 2 1-2 ci nts, while tin has tullen 7 1-2 cents. The rig-, lng ol cont met s. by the largest producers I of copper with the French syndicate for thc entire ! output fur three years has not yet steadied tlie murki t; lcd is a shade lower, and spelter is dull. The iron business does not improve; be? sides Southern and Western iron pressed for sale, some lots of Scoteli ima have been sold at $18, a lostt-g priee, but evidence of fading faith in higher pliers. Bar iron and steel rails both ?een winker in tone; LftlGI Bessemer ore has sold at Cleveland for $5 50, and the closing of the Vulcan Works at St. Louis is announced. lin- downward tendency in pr.ces, in spite of th*- a.Min*.* a breads!tiffs, has produced a de? cline of l.t |s-r cent in the average of all prices since January 1. The volume of _M___JM__ is _________ than last, year ut New-Vork, where tho decrease m stainItflSt has beea $175,000,000 in four WMkB; smaller at cities ot New-England aud Mnldl*- BtAtes, where the decrease hus been $D,000, 000; but larger at Western and Southern iii is where the increase has been $20,000,000. Nor does the incmt.se at speculative centre- account for the whole ol tho gain at the We_{, and that .c.tion rejoii'-s in the idea that its business is becoming moro independent, of the seaboard. The liquor-restriction bill now before the Massa? chusetts Legislature would reduce tho number of .alni.ns In ene town in that State from 420 to 70. Tint would be a reduction of neurly 84 per cent. lt this |Md fortune BOMMM to Massachusetts, it, will not be because of Democratis zeal lor tem? perance reform. What has become of the various schemes for k.-'i'ing out of the country undesirable, immi ?r_uls P The rn ,st important of these was Senator Palmer's bill providing f?r consular inspection. The temporary impulse given to this movement by th,- outcome of the Anarchist agitation in CmlOtt* should not be allowed to die out. There ?teaed, shortly after OoBgNM _______ to be a proS pec*. of Wise dealing with the grave question, but for several monti,., not a word has been Mid on the subject, lt, is time to stir it up if anything ii to be accomplished at this session. Would it not bc a good idea to put the contractor | who repair* the Assembly Chamber ceiling _______ bonds to keep the work in proper condition for a j term of years? ______ Hie fata! a. eul-nt on Atlantlc-ave. on Thursday | is a powerful argument for the abolition of tho ! surface niilr.*ad in that Brooklyn street, I/b* tlc Common idun. il heed ii. If Uie consent to build an elevated road which Mr. Corbin asked for ? nearly two years ago had been granted, as it should i have been, the cause of sm h accidents as that of j ^ last w;;ck might have been rcuiov.d ere this. Thew j ought to bo no longer delny In toking favorable _crb.il in this matter. It is glllfjl'm to see at last some signs that the Brooklyn Aldermen mean to take up the question of increasing the city's water supply in tamest. Action on this important matter lias beon put off for no good nason, whllo the work ought to have been far under way by ibis time. Tlie plans for pxtending the waterworks were made long ago, but-ft differe-i e arose between the Aldermen and the Commissioner of City Works regarding priority of notion, ard so not bin? has been done. Mean? time the city has been going on with a supply that might Easily become insufficient. Should lin re bc a prolonged drouth, the condition of tho people of Brooklyn would probably be extremely unfortunate. No more time should be wasted in profitless disputes. The work should be under? taken without further delay, and carried to com? pletion as quickly as may be. Our neighbor is growing rapidly, and improvements of this char? acter ought more than to keep paco with the in? crease of population. Assemblyman Mathison has succeeded In get? ting his bill for the election of Brooklyn Aldermen by wards advanced to a third reading. This is a bill that ought to pass. The system of choos? ing Aldermen by districts and by the. vote of tho city at large has not produced thc results that it was expected to bring about*. Absolutely nothing has been gained by thc change made in 1883, which Mayor Low strongly advocated. If any? thing, the tone of the Brooklyn Common Council has been lo vcr nineo that law went into effect than it was before. A return to tho old method ls therefore to bc desired. The strike at tb" Edgar Thomson Steel Works, near Pittsburg, will cause delay in tho delivery of the steel angles for the construction of the new gunboat Benington and tho new cruiser Philadelphia aud San Francisco. Tho Carnegie Company had tins contract and lias been obliged to transfer t.;e cuutract to another mill at I .tts -**--"???? A committ.-e of thc Heal Estate Exchange thinks that the motive power for rapid-transit railroads should not be steam but cables. That depends. Tho principal cable road in this vicinity is that on the Brooklyn Bridge, when the highest Speed attained is ten miles an hour. Docs anybody call that rapid transit? What is needed in this city is ono or more rapid-1 musit roads on which trains can be run at forty miles an hour. Nothing like that hns ever been done with a cable. As ft substitute for horses, the caldc no doubt can servo an ex? cellent purpose; but for high-speed trains it probably cannot bo mado available. -?*? Ex-Mayor Grace did not take long to make up his mind to return from Europe and resume pbarge of City Chamberlain Ivins. Mr. Crace sailed from Queenstown on the Cunard steamship Etruria early yesterday morning, and when he reaches here he wiil give Ivins a lesson in how to govern one's tongue discreetly. Dispatches from Washington state that there is much confusion in thc Navy Bureau of Pro? visions and Clothing in connection with Secretary Whitney's ** new system of accounts." Thero seems to bc a lack of knowledge of bookkeeping, as debit! and credits are made under thu wrong head ings. In one ease there is a discrepancy of $m.o in an item of powder tunks, and yet the accounts , balance. _______________________________________ I PERSONAL, Mr. Kee ly has given 1....000 and Mr. San key fl,000 toward paying for the now Congregational church at Nurtlit.eld, Mass. M. Floquet wanted M. Goblet to be Minuter of Ptrblle instruction and Fine Arts In the present French Cabinet, Instead of Foreign Minister. But M. Goblet, refused, because ho niitrht un* day he _sk-.il lo Men a license for the perform ines of M. Zola's ?? Germinal on the Steps, and that he could not con.clenilou.ly bring himself to do. The eldest son of Lord North ls proprietor of a prosperous butcher's shop. Professor A. A. Stair, of Westfield, X. J., ths well known microscopist, lu-i lost his sight. Dr. Gatling has patented a new gunmetal, .um poie(j of steel aud aluminum, and said to bo of remark? able strong! lu Pundlta Bamabal ha. said good bye to Boston and start ed for home ty the way of San Francisco. She expects to reach India In September. A friend recently spoke lo Louis Ko*su'h of the flourishing condition of l'e-th, when the Hungarian exile said that. It almost broke his heart to hear ot that beautiful city and not, bs allowed fa see it. The friend suggested that he might go thore wearing blue f;opulr_ and a w-|g, after the style o' General Boll? inger. "No," was the inply, -->i-t it ls Ju.t possible that I may see Hungary ai/aln. If Bus,la attachs my country I will ro without a wig or disguise, and will visit every village, and every city, and give my right arm In the service of my fatherland.** Senator Sawyer's new houso will bo ono of the finest at Washington. It Is to be of brown stone, fiO by Co feet aud tinco stories high with an attlo, and to Cost ifnO.OOO. Mr*. W'Isehnewct/.ky, daughter of tho lion. William I). Kelley, ls tall and blonde and very much at home on the loctui. platform. Tho Hon. Campbell Brown, one of tho leading farmers of Tenues*-eo, has become Insane. Mrs. William D. Bishop, Jr., daughter of tho late Killin H. Washburne, ts 111 with smallpox at Bridge? port, Conn. a Mr. J. G. Howard, tho Indiana Bepresentatlve, who ls charged wlih appi-oprlatlnx lo his own use *7e,,000 belonging to lils Insane ward, has given up :. p.j'i.oOO worth of real estate to bo sold to settle the claim. The venerable Dr. Andrew p. peabody ia visiting friends at Ballimore. Berlin, April CO?Mr. Pendleton, tho American Minuter, will remain at Wiesbaden some time longer. His rondltlnn ls Improving and lie leaves his bed dallv. Mr. Carl Kc hu rr. ls staying with Mr. Henry VUlard In this city. ____________ THE TALK OE THE DAY. An American gentleman who was recently visiting In England thought he would try au experiment to test the i-rediiUty of l.tiglMimen la regard to the Fiilied States. So one day when he was with a num? ber of fadly Intelligent F.ngll-hmen ho gravely told them that o.i varlou. street corners of Chicago thero are peculla machines run by Intricate clockwork on which ls laser-bed the legend : " Drop ten silver dollars In the slot and get a divorce." Half of his auditors believed the story, and the other half accepted lt In Its main f* -hires, but crlth-lscd certain details. A lilith Office.?" What does your father do?" asked the teacher nf the new hay, " ll-'.-, a '"ont cacti ir." was the reply. "A railroad oent rae tort" '? No, ma'am : a sausage contractor. He tie- np fhe ends after auothci man has tilled 'cm."?(Tld-lilts. A little fat roly poly fellow essayed the character of "Hamlet" In Chicago last Week Frank Lincoln who saw him said that between fat Hamlets and ham fstlets Chicago playgoers are made pretty tired. WHY. Heart of me, why do you sleh. Why droop your eyelids, pal*- and shT, Like snowflakes that on vi*ilets ile I? Why do you sigh, my heart! Sweeting, wherefore* rio ynu weep?? 'Til the flower*, that May trioda -Hep, When tho day hath sunk to sleep. Sewn fnirn Leads o' dew to pe Why do you veep, my -.weet. O my love, whence conies this glow, Like .he sunset on thn snow. Which on your fair face doth show T? Why do you blush, my queen. Must I .peak your an-ver. deai-T Listen then, and you ?ui hear Why you sigh and weep and blush, Why e'en nov. you bid me hush: Sing, ii sing, ye bini* that be; Answer, music of the sea; Bein, old earth to melody;? tor my one love lovelh me Doth she not, my heart . ?(Amelie Klvcs In .May " Harper." -lenry Watterson las o column e*t|t,irial in "The Louisville Courier ?Journal" entitled: "To your Tents, O Israel." It Is a fervid address to the Democratic party to fall down and worship the Star I'.yed Goddess of lb-form what time iho sound of tho Free Trade dul? cimer, harp, sackbut and all kinds of music ls Ik anl. Tho party I. also exhorted to r-nounco the Money Devil and all his works, and cleave to Grover Cleve? land only as long as they both shall live. Selah. Henry can write a fli-t-rato pleco when he really trios. I receive so many orders for nut-of the way articles of jewelr>' that lt takes a good .leal to a-ioul-,!. nie; but when a pretty young lady ramo in Ibo other day and had a ring mad-* to order foe her tii.nub, I must confers thai I was surprised Hie ordered a plain, broad, dull sold band, aud I must _ay ihat when I saw lt on her jr* tty lit t lo l.-ft thumb I changed my mind about tho young woman's taste, for the ring was really very becoming. Are thumb rings going to be fashionable 1 Who lmow.. Tn tho day* of ancient Greece* and Rome they were generally worn, and tr Ka-tem countries are sill! In vogue. I wouldn't h. a blt surprised to see them become fashionable here (Jeweller In " Jeweller.' Weekly." The necessity of putting stringent restrictions on the sale of such substances m " Rough on Rats" |( _*_ coming more apparent every week. Il ai di y m day pasesa that a case of suicide or of fatal accident from this cause I* not reported. Tho Witty Nobleman.-An American girl recently had tho honor of meeting an Kngllsh nobleman. Cord F.-, at an entertainment tn London. Hs opened the conversation by .vklne If she had heard the story shout tho man who wisher! to erost the river with his donkey, there being no bridge and only a small skbT as a means of getting over. Tho young lady adroitly avoided saying she did not know how tl* party man? aged to cress, whereupon Lord E? Condescended to try her on another tack. " Aro you tho head of an awse .* said be. " No." replied Miss I--. "Are you tho tail of an awael" "Certainly not," answered the lady, rather nra* voked. s~m " Then " said his lordship, " you're no end of aa awse."-(May "Harper." As the law In Colorado now -tandi, lt would be poa. slble for a newly arrived Immlgiant to arrive In thst State on May 8, and voto as a cltlicn at the neil election on Noverr-ber 0. A Bad Break.?Patent Medicine Man (to Edltor.-Yoe mad* m nice mesa of that testimonial advertisement. Editor- Bow; Patent Medicine Man-Jchn Smith wrote: "Tom 'Live Forever Pellet*-* are doing me a great deal i*| good, lead a'cihor Box"; and 1 told you to give lt a prominent pince. Kdltor-1 dld-lmmedlately preceding the death no? tices. Patent Medicine Man-Yes: and the first death nof kn ?n },h~ "'* w** tmM "t JouD -smith:-(Phillp H. Welch A recent ar Ide on carving says that when a maa carves a duck he should sit down and not Jump around. It might have added that It is the duck which Jumps around. ? ->n tho Road to Fame.-Friend (to young phys'.elaaj -How are you getting on professionally, Doctor! Young Physician?.amoiuily. Klnro I was fortua? ate enough to bo called In the case of old Mr. Trillion, of Flfth-ave., my reputation ba. rapidly extended another ca?e like that and my fortune ls made. Friend-But Mr. Trillion died. Young Physician?That doesn't matter.?(The Epock POLITICAL NOTUS. The proposition to nominate Colonel D. R. Anthony, formerly Kdltor of " The Leavenworth Times," for Oof erivor of Kansas, ts meeting with much favor among the Republican newspapers of that State. A rumor reaches "Tho fit. Louis Republican" from Washington that Black and Stevenson, who at one time, were likely to bc rivals for the Vice Presidency, havo adjusted matters so as to pool their Issues, the Assistant Postmaster General allowing his friends te present him for the Governorship Instead. " Missouri might cast her electoral vote for a Re publican this year," "Tho S\ Louis Globe-Democrat" thinks, If the Third Party Prohibitionists polled g heavy vote; for this would como largely from tho Democrats. Tllden's-majority In Missouri (1876) wu _-,0_-i, but Cleveland's only 'd'A.Oid). Mayor Ames, fa Minneapolis, ls again tn the Held for a nomination to the Governorship, ar.d "The "I .Ibune" oi that city says tho Democrats virtually concede that he will get lt. Tho York County (Penn.) Republicans, in choosing a delegate to Cblcago, affirmed their hearty prcferenc* for Blaine. Tho movement In Kentucky lo press W. O. Bradley for Vice -President lal candidate on tho Republlcae ticket makes good headway. His friends think the schema ought not to antagonize tho Sherman boom; for Kentucky and Ohio, though adjacent Hates, really belong to sections as distinct as Maine and Florida. There ls talk of sending General N. P. Banks te Congress again from the Vth Ma. ___________ District, now that his si.cco-.ut- as tn!ted States Marshal has been appointed. Congressman Henry Bowen, ol Virginia, ls being pushed by th. Republicans for tho Governorship. Tho Wheeler patty, a fort of Granger Labor combine, tlon, ls making a formidable demonstration In Arkan? sas again this year, and wll! probably hold a State convontlon a day or two before the Democrats, to mako certain demands. If theee ai*, not heeded ao Independent ticket will probably be named, and every Knight ol Labor bo ashes! to vote for lt. This diver? sion may enhance Republican prospects In that Stato, YOUNG LADIES ACTIVE FOR CHARI1Y. Quotatl Plano i AN INT-RUSTING 1NTI*?.TAINM_..VT TO III. GIVE* IN' All) OK Till. TRinCNF FRK-H-Air. Kf-'NP. An entertainment will be given this evening In tha Harlem Presbyterian Church, Ouc-hundred-and-twonty* lilt li st., by the pupils of tbe Jackson Kemlnary, at No. _.,'._:5 Flfth-ave., in aid of The Tribune Fresh-Air 1-.ind. The selections will be -hake-poarean In character, wlt| vocal and Ins tm me nt al music. Tho opening addresi win be made by tho Rev. Dr. William N. Dunnell, thi rector of All (saints' Protestant Episcopal Church. Tbs programme will be as follows : Hims from Shakespeare . , By pupils of the Seminary solo. a -finning Song.Mo nfl.', ssc ha b OlJ lolita At Homo . Transcription by ll. DuuneU ProleMtor Harry 1'uiiii.ll. From "King John." Act IV, Beena l. J. R. W. Snead, ll. Spooner. Recitation fruin " A* You 1.1k. Ii.' A.t II. Scene 7, Miss May l-l Ho it. nano *olo. Selected . Mis* Helen Sweeney i...iUiiloii from " Aa Yi.o Mk" lt " Au 111, Siva. A mu. a sals Mediae. Gund duo fer pinn.) mid violin--- Wallam Tell," Charlea Welt sui carl Looter. "Midsummer nigel's Imam." Act V, .veno 1. Ry thu ..'.?-? Kim ? Cook. F.thel FiauMln, Nettle Herrmaii. llc*sle Medina. Kelila rn-oii?, Minni* Smith, lUy Bchcyev, Geialdluo Vl_n*ux and Jennie Wilson. Vocal solo-Selected .... Mrs. f. M. Jicksos lv-.llaltuii Iiom ?? Henry VIII." A*;l ll, bc.ua 4 Mi.-_ SU'li. Uk.iiHi-. Plano solo. a Song nf the Furies .... Jn?enh Aseherl b Tbs Harp that Ono. Through Tara'* Hall . Pm* l-,. ...-.ir Harry Uuunoll. Recitation from - lleniy V1U-" Act IV, Scene 2 Ml*? Florence K. Scott. By special request several rcdiatlons will bo de* livered by ?lee lien Ckarry, ihe mofa-.o.- of elooitioo ul tho seminary, who ai-r-iigeU tho programme of the eui-ortaiinneiii. Tho eutlio proceed, will bo glvou to the Fresh-Air Fund. ? ? - INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY. To-day will bo a busy ono as regards wedding* At noon Miss Marthe Barnes, daughter of Mrs. t hailee Wheeler Barnes, will bo married to Rudolph Schlmer, at thc First Presbyterian Chiireh, Fifth ave. and Kiev* etith-st. In the same church at ll o'clock, Miss Josephina Lenox Banks will be wedded to Charles Henry Marshall. Tho receptions for both of theso weddings will be small. At Ti o'clock, Miss Margery Chl-olm will be mauled to J. Hook.r Hamerslej, at her father's homo. No. 76 Clinton place. The wedding will be quiet owing to a recent death In the family of tho bride's father. An evening wedding will be that of Miss Cecilla Andrews lo Charles M. wilkinson, at tho Collegiate (?hurch, Flfth-ave. and Tweutynlnth-.t. A largo re? ception will follow at the homo of the bride's mother, Mrs. Thoma. Andrews, No. I*- Kast Sixty-seventh st. Ml*s Kinma Beatrice Van Dcu.scn will be married to Frank A. Cornell, at her brother's house, No. I'M Wert Forty-ninth st., at _ o'clock. A large reception will follow. Mrs. Ii. H. Van Aulicn will give a theatre party to young married people at Daly's Theatre to-morrow tilclit, Instead of the Berkeley Lyceum. A dance will follow at her house. No. Iffl Flfth-ave. Tho marriage of Miss Adele Durant lo Mr. W heeler will take place at tho Church of the Ascension, Fi_th ave. and Tcnth-st., on Juno <_. Tho last KatherlLi. of tho Saturday F.vonlng Dancing Clubs occurred at the Mendclseohu ..lee club rooms on Saturday evening. About three hunderd people wete pre-ent. Including a number who were specially Invited. Tho guests wero lecstved by Mrs. John C. W ilmerdnig, Mi- .lani.*., c.. ri. l.ner. Mis. LeRoy Satterle.. and Mlse Faneull D. Weia.e. A double cotillon waa BhWg**_ Thomas Howard, Jr, and Aleaaudcr Iladdt-n leading* COLONEL SHE <?*ARD TALKS TO TOUNO MEN, The large hall In the building of tho Young Men'I Chriatlan Association was Ailed when Colonel KUlott F. shepard stopped to the front of the platform ye-ter* rt-.- to deliver his address. He *as Introduced by IL , .h.tor, who presided. Before this Ira D- 6ankey ,.*l mail* an address and had sung several nongs. Colonel Shepard did not sing. The subject upon whick be spoke was the cructfixic.i. and resurrection of CM-** lu his remarks Mr. shepard displayed a model ol the walls of Jerii.a.ciii, which he said had U*en P**> iee ted to him by --i .iinese"* Gordon, when he was i. J.iu-alom tinco years ago. ALL DF.MO.RATS ARK ELIGIBLE. From Iho Ballimore American. A Ve_t club, named after the UoWAmU jBff_o_\ has been started out West. IU motto probably isl Olve us tlie unices aud you can keep your Amtm ??*? Moo reform. -?. THIS SLANDER S.IOFI.J) BE RUTTED BKOMPTLY. From The Lincoln (Neb.) Republican. lt ls now stated that senator Ingall* ?"J._'rc*',it?, Cleveland are related. It U cloar ibai the Domotto J Intend to stop at nothing In their offorts to huminau tho senator. A HINT TO DE LESSKrf From Tho Chicago Tribune. Why not rail a meeting of your -Wll**1". V* yoi.i-wilf at tho head of the Immense niiiUliu?l?, P***>: claim yourself Emperor, end finish the l'anaine OS-UU with eclst 1 Tbo gaxoe ls tn your Laude. #