^Vmuecmcnto. ?BRET'S THEATRE B:13 Ma Court?. aCADEMl OF W'BIC B:M R rj ' the HUt aSJRhlCAN THEATRE - Tl ? Pal ATLANTIC! HARDEN, M lo ",i Bovary? Br?alas Coa? .-. ri ?i i v m Irvine. B1 '? ' THEATRE B:I8 M I BRi >At>\V W THE \'i RE - Ml ? i i Gene ?VS1M i s IS niCKERlNG H VI.!. 11 ? Lector?, POU'MUl s THEATRE S IS Tb? IM?* An It DALY'S THEATRE 11 I- ?'? 8:13 N ' v ? '' '? EDEN M. BEE v Vaud< rllte. EMPIRE THEATRE B:1B JohM-a-Dreaaaa Firm AVENTE THEATRE 8:10 HM W '?'* F?tb?r. 0 ARDEN THEATRE s l'> Little CBriatopber. GRAND CENTRAL PALACE 9 to 11 p. ta.?Bas ? n of p I Inventl na, HARltKM OPERA HOl'SE 8:18 A Whit? 1.1?. iii:i:\i.i> SQUARE TMICATHK ? 18 1: b R y. HOYT B '! HEA1 RE s 80 Hing. IRVING PLACE THEATRE sir. Ntot*. !.. n ? i lAL'S - SO VanderUle. I.y.'iiM THEATRE II Lecture '-' The Can f Re t,,.i;: N IS vti Ideal Husband MADISON BQl'ARE GARDEN CONCERT HALL 3 Re METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE I Siegfried. PAI-MER'S THEATRE S IS Oeealp. PAST' >H s v Va KlevUle. PROCTOR'S- M .i. in. to 10 no p. m.?Vaudeville. STANDARD THEATRE v.:'.u? .N t; ; im e? ...H a M.- .12 3? N..tU-Pi - ''? ! M.- . '?' 1 C ?p">">>. i ?hlp N ?? .11 ! ?? ? Bltiintlnna Pul : Hol . s r, .; Wantn] .?i G-M Km) Katate . ??< I ' * ? .11 a H.-al Kxtutc . H 4-3 Klnanrlal .il 4 11 illn ?il? .1" ?".''. lu,, m lai 1..- rtl?>n?...ll ?.Malet vi -i :i. ? H . :? L' B|.i;il N .:i rts. Semi-Weekly Tribune. 2"" .Beta Tribune Mi-": . 200 .23 eta P ?..? prepaid bj The Tribune except .s hereli ifter Mated CITY POSTAOK The law r? |ulrea that i 1-cent pnetaa* ?tamp be affixed io every copy ' thi Dally Sun lav r B*ml-Wp?kly Tribune ?? illed 'r I ?. ?: Ipllvee* ;n Kew-Torh CM Thli postace mum be :? aerlber. Reader? are I ttei by '? . ng thah "r ' in? fi m F ?N Pi 'ST \ . foreln ? Irle? fexcepi ; C - ' I The Bun ' i> Trlhune: 2 cent? a Bei \V?pkly -.nl v- ?;.'? Thl? | ?taxe mu?t b* paid by ?ubm-rlbei REMITTAN' RH R?mll by P ?tal Order, Expre*? Order, nieck Drafl or RpkI ten ! Lett' r Ca?l? ? r P m i N ??, if ? ? ? ? ? ter, a 111 ! ? i at i ... OFTirEB of THE TRini'NE Main nffloe ' Tha Trlb. ? ? I-,, v; , | v. \. ,,v v , -.? . . . ., |f 1 "12 Rmadwav, \ " ir-? , :,!1 corr--i ndenc? s:mr!v ' ?Tl . Tr ? urn ' v ??? v rl At Ihe HARI.HM OFFICES 1?o r.n*t One-hundred-and Iwent' MM ?t.: 243 We?t ndrod-and twpntj IM ?? and 828 v,'.-- i? hut !?? : ind r rty-flfth-tt.. up t> ll an., at recul n Hice i rr'irfpo-in Brai ? - Rdv*rtlaementa only. "3. Fl?ot Btreet E C. Londoi I rtand BRANCH OlTKTs. T',1 ???..av<> ? , ,. . 2" 1 ?t 182 Btl ? ? ror. 12'h ?t 342 Cn)umhU?-ave., n.-nr We?t We?t 1411 M . near 5th ?T?. t??C* ????V POUNDED BY HORACE GRZELEY. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 189?. TWELVE PACKS. IUL KEWB THIS MOMSIXV i" -. Thi argoea of two boats, containing 1,500 raaM ot dynamite, expl l< i In the Rhine,. near Loblth; twenty-flre people were reported killed. ? The s^iriis'i Bteamer Carpi? waa it" hav< !.? en . ~-. ?rlth all on board. T!:>' reporta of th-- l"--- of the Spanish war ahlp Reina Regente aren eonflrmed by the And Ini I a largi amount of wreckage The ? xaminatl ?n of m veral editora in Madrid, In ? t tlon with the re ? r;- rl ts in thit - been found In th" bunks of the Whiskey Trust Application for a change In the receivership of thi Oregon Shirt Line was denied Great damage waa to property by a tornado In Northern Georgia, City and Suburban.?The General Passenger and Ticket Agents' Convention closed with th. annual address hy George H. Daniels. Bar? ry Mints was arrested for stealing at veral th"U ?ai i dollars from tha linn of J. P. al irgan A Co., by whom he was employed ? The announce? ment was made that Austin K. Ford would be ap? pointed Fir.- Commissioner, to succeed 8. How land Ri bbins. Tw i lives were lost In a fire in the tenement-house No. ltt West Twenty-fifth at General Adam Badeau died al Rldge a i !. X. J. Tii'' st'?, k market waa leas ac? tu? ami buoyant, but was steady at th? cl >ae. The Weather.?Fore aat for to-day: Fair, pos? sibly preceded by light snow; In reaslng n Ttherly winds. Temperatura yesterday: Lowest, '?u th grees; highest 41; average, 88*4. Two livi-s were 1"*' in n lenemonl house flre ypsicnlajr which might have bwn aaved bad the law requiring Bre-eacapes on such bulkllugH 1.n complied with. Thene i-asualtlM furnlBh another argument In favor of the reforms pro? posed by the Tenement-House Committee, whose report and reeommendatlons have not yel re reived from the Leglalature Ihe consideration to which they are entitled. The presenl laws. bowevtr, require Ihe erection of Hry-escapes on tenement-houses, and the owner <>f the building in Wist Twenty lifth-st. ought to be brought to book for liis neglect. Morally, if not legally, he is responsible f"r the death of two men. Constructively al least this ?s manslaughter, though the courta might be unwilling to call H by m harsh i name. The people of the state will take satisfaction in the renppolntmeut by Governor Morton of I?:-, ?'.irlos v. HacDonak] as a state Commls si"i)cr in Lunacy, which was eonflrmed yeater day by tin? Senate. Dr. fcfacDonald lias held his uttlce since 1880, ami his present appoint ment is for six years mote. He lias performed his diitlis acceptably, and shown himself to be tile tiv'ht man In the right place. I?r. MacDoii al.l is an alienist of high standing, and the State is fortunate in securing Ids services for another term, more especially because the responsibili? ties of the Commission have been Increased by the State Can? act. und will be still further en Urged when the insane of New York and Klngfl counties are turned over to the State authori? ties. A retisus of the city is booh to be taken by the police, primarily for the benefit of the Health Department, whose statistics have hitherto been to ? considerable extent the re? sult of gnessw .rk. The desirability of an accu? rate basis for detcrmiui?g the city's death rate and other Important matten ?s s< ifevident. ???!?? dally aa it ran bo obtained through the police for a ?mall outlay. Il baa Dot? been de n ? i.> a almple enumeration of the Inhabltaota of Ihn rlty, to make a census of the school-children, which baa been nrged lijr the men Interested In securing the passage of ;i law providing for a school census for all cities of the State at regular Intervals. This will lie a Rood feature ol the work abonl to I"1 uikI. i" ?ikon, ami will show the ].pie of Sen York .in*: bow far short Ihey have come of pro vUtlujs ad.I :.ininodatlona for the boy? and girls i?f school ase. ? ? ? The nrand Jury ha? done It* duty In present Ing in Id tin.?iin for mnnnlnushtor against the owner of the building wbleb r<.inly rolkfpsed in Orcbard-st., the contractor* and the building Inspector who abould bare detected and reporteil the faulty character of the work. This action supplements in ih< right way the drastic find? ing? of an exceptionally competent ?'< roner'a Jury. 1' oughi to lie followed by a vigorous prosecution of the Indicted men. There seems to be ii" probability that they can shlfl or evade Hi" i-i -|i"iisiiiiliiy renting upon them. A clear prima-facle caae baa been made out. li remalaa for ill" District-Attorney, a criminal Judge awl a trial jury le deal with ih" facta which Tin r?' la an abundan?.f evidence to establish, It is ten yeora alt. ih" conviction of Buddcnslek, and ill" uni" la ripe for another lesson to buikl era who use |*ior material and acamp their work and to offtciala who permit Iheae tblnga to pasa nuhecded. BOW TO SERVE THE PARTY. The "il- hope of the Dem?crata In ihis State, Huir leader? now admit, is that mlacondncl of Ibe Republican legislature may nun many thousand \"t?s agalnai the Republican party, rnquestlouahly the aervih1 aubjectlon of many Republican legislator* to n machine dictation whiclt Is bostile to every mesure "f genuine [???form baa n powerful tendency to arouse In? tense aud Indignan) opposition. But it i* not to I." forgotten that ih" only advocates of r? form In the legislature are also Republicans. Tb? whole body of Democratic members trotes and works persistently for whatever policy will prolong corruption, machine rule and fraudulent clcctlou? in ih.- cities, (iovernor Morton is :i Republican, and la not on the sid" of corrup Hon. Mayor Strong I* an earnest Republican, , and is ?it ih-- bead of the reform movement In this city. A large proportion of the active workers for reform here aud throughout the Ktate are of the sanie party, With what reason could any good citizen, who sincerely desired [letter government, vote to pul back the power Into the bauds of the party which has organised corraptiou and fraud, and stin fights desperat? ly to prevent every reform"i I'h" struggle is between Republicans who want their party to succeed by serving the peo pie faithfully and those who want it to succeed by m.ans of- spolia and for the sake of spoils j When Ihe plain i.pie exime to understand the ! issue, there can be Do doubt that they will dr sin- um*! earnestly to uphold the Republican Governor and Mayor and other leaders who demand genuine service of the people I'nless they go daft, ihey will not want to restore Hill ism and .Maynardi-m. Sheehau aud Murphy. Tammany and the Brooklyn Ring, to the mas tery in the State or In any city Votera who want better government, and they are many, will make their tight to d?fi M Hie nomination of legislators who resist It, in drive tbetn ??ut of public service, and to select In place of them men who do not believe that a party should Ik a conspiracy for plunder. In ihis state of facts It i* plain that Ihe be*t service any man can tvuder the Republican party is to strengthen the hands of those who are struggling In the leglsUttnre for a genuine and thorough reform. The worst thing any man can do for the Republican party i- to help thosa who fight against the overthrow of Tammany methods and rim: rule. Here, as always, he serves his party 1 ?? ??t who serves hi* country b< st, and every good blow struck for the emanci pation of ih" people of this city and State from degrading and corrupting bondage to political machinery and machinists is a help to tl.nly party through which tin re la a hope o? attaining that blessing. Tim Republicans who get In the way. and |s*r sisl in seeking Ihelr priva'" interests Instead of the Interests of Ihe |ieople, will lind oui In 11 me that their couduct and methods make them ?ni:.,us to sincere Republicans throughout the country. With Republicans elsewhere they will bave no consideration, bi'causc they are doing what Ihey can to make Hie party distrusted by the vast body of voters in other States who want better government. Just a* Tammany i' ! self became such a stench In Ihe nostrils that Its opposition to a man helped his nomination for the Preskleney, so ?t is possible that the machine politicians in this State may discover thai they can helo no Republican candidate for ih" Preskl? ocy ? xcept by opposing him. a* tin ir Influet.lepends wholly upon ihe spoils which Ihelr supporters hope they may I?" aid" to distribute, their power within the party In this i State will vanish also, when ii is found thai i neither a Republican Mayor, nor a Republican (Iovernor, nor a Republican President, will dare to gire them consideration as true repre? sentatives of Republican interests. SOME DIPLOMATIC BYPLAY, The Spanish Government ha* complained of Ihe official conduct of tin- American (Consul-Gen eral in Havana, and threatened hi demand bis recall. The Spanish Minister In Washington ha* been most Indiscreet and undiplomatic In Ins recent utter anees, and Secretary Gresham is currently reported to lie bent upon securing his dismissal. Then there is Minister Thurston, who has been a thorn in the side of Secretary Gresham; and Ihe Hawaiian Government has been asked to recall him. But not to be out [ manoeuvred at any turn by the state Depart ? ment, President Dob? may follow up th;* de ! maud with a similar request for ibe retirement of Minister Willi*. If be does this, he will nave , the best of Ibe argument, as has boon his good 1 fortune from Ihe beginning of ihe Hawaiian <.troversy. Minister Thurston may have been indiscreet and loquacious in Washington, bul In has never gone to the White House and de manded President Cleveland's resignation and ejectment. That i* what Minister Willis ha* done in Honolulu. A* "persona non grata" be may be said, in the lauguage of Ihe vulgar, "to hold over" every other diplomatist. |q Christen? dom. These hits of diplomatic byplay may be com pared to an even exchange of pieces in the game of ?Ins*. No advantage Is derived by either side from play of this kind, hut tin board is cleared of aggressive pieces and the game goes on. Tin- demand which O rea I Britain is ! making upon Nicaragua for a financial indem. I nity for Ihe Indignities offered to its represent I ative at Bbaeflekla is of a different character. i Then are various controversial matters in thi* case. Mr. Hatch has been charged with had ership in the Intrigues among the Mosquito peo? ple, and it has also been alleged that his e\., quatw had been withdrawn, and that he was mu a duly r.ignlaed representative of Great Britain, All the details of Ihe ?ase are not known, bal we venture to forecast prompt acquiescence on Ihe pan of Nicaragua la the payment of the bill of damages. It can afford to do this, for It has secured complete control I over a valuable seaboard. Separation to the extent of $7...<*n? will be cheap, when the value of Its new territory H taken into accoont. VEMZll-LA ?ND 9MBAT BBiTAtS. The controversy ..ver tl.wnershlp of the i'liyuiii V'alh-y has been complicated with many elaborate phrase* ami outiaudi*h geographical names So far as Ihe essential farta arc eon ? cerned, bowever, nobody needs to be for a single ; moment in doubt. The case is perfectly simple. Venezuela owns the land. Great Britain covet* It and 1* trying lo grab H by guile If she can, by force if she mu*t. I* sin- to sue-.IV Tint j i* ihe wind.. Venezuelan question. And It Is a question in which not only Venezuela but .?very American *. t :. ? 11. ?oiiih and north, is I deeply Interested. The territories .>n the northern roast of s..uiii America formerly belonged lo Spain and Ho] land. The dividing line between the two Towers was the Bssequlbo River, all cast of II belonging io Holland and all west of it to Spain. The i.i.iaiv was not tixfd by written treaty, bat was tacitly accepted by both parties, and re malned unchallenged by either for nearly two hundred y.ars Countless historical fads of record and diplomatic reference* establish i;. in right, beyond all question. In 1810 a large territory Immediately west of the river revolt? ed, became Independent of Spain, and formed tli" Republic or Venexuel.1. I' Inherited all the right* and privilege* and territorial owner? ship Spain had formerly enjoyed there. It owned, that is to *av. all the land on Ibe wes| bank of ih" Kssequlb '. s utbward lo the Brn xlllan frontier Pour y.ars later, in IS14, Hoi ; land ceded lo Great Britain .nsWerable por lion of ln-r territory. i<> wit, that |Kirtlon lying on the east bank of Ihe Esaoqulho and extend ?ul: eastward lo ihe Corentln Rlv? r, since known a* British Guiana. In tin* transaction t;nn Britain ncqnlred all Ihe ti--li-*.. privilege* and territorial ownership Holland had enjoyed, but n.? more. Tin- Kssequlho River remained Ihe rightful dividing line between Veuezu?ia and British Guiana And this fact was substantially acknowledged by Great Britain toi- sixty years. Observlug, however, that tin- entire lioundary w.i* m.? m.itbematlcally .i?-s.-riti. d in a written treaty. Great Britain early hegau to make vari ous attempts to seize Venezuelan territory. Down 'o IS40 she reaeheil out no further than ih" I'omnron River, a small sttvani a few miles West of ih" K**. quibo. This a.ham.- l-ivo In r but liiil" more land, but It gave In r entire con Irol of th" Kssequlho and of the mouth of its chief affluent, the Cnyunl. In lspi. however, she suddenly claimed < \ erytblng clear up to the gri il Orinoco River. Prom this demand sh" presently receded a little, and between Ilia I lime and the presetil ha* made about a dozen claims, for a* many entirely different/boundary inn*. drawn a: random here and there In Ihe i Ik Veen Ibe Orinoco ?and the Kssoqiilbo, with Do ? s].. ? lui reason for any save the last ? ami fancj of ihe land-grabbing mapmnker On the i ?i British map* of recent date the iKiundarj begins at the delta of the Orinoco and follows the Amacurn River, zigzagging southward along Hie sixtieth meridian. This is what i* known .,. original Sehomhurgk lit;' It was nt ide arb trarlly, without tin- least regard ?> right, ai I wa* soon repudiated by the verj man s i m ide ? A^ 1 ite as is;? ?' lies of M Guiana i x| In nh adui lied that I I no valid ? laim lo ar.j land w?*si ol the I" >n I; ?,. p Bnl Kin?i ihai il ite dise?iveri< * ha? ?? Im U made of exec? illngl.t I II il I gold .- , *'l\ er, II im aid*, asph lit, and w hat ,li*].u-"d : Ind ? >p". tally In ' valley of tin- Yumai I River, an ifflu (muni Tin *" have exi ltd Ihe gn i d ol H i*h prospectors, and In consequclU'e ? ' ''? t"t iinind . ffori than ever bel :.. "rab ih it n g on nid inn? i It i llritl? Guiana. 'I be Importance of tin < ?rin thlnl great river of tl practically all t ta ir id?' ? ' '? i i. ognlz? d. and Gre it II to control it by si mouth. And for all bi ? ;? grouisl Ih m Hi i ago some wnn?l< ; ng I tut? hm< n bulb raiy fort or two on tin Pwmaron River, and ha?l a skirmish with fh< Spit inls ?-hose ?I they wer?'trespassing ii|sin! Just a- though on. *h, nld *a\ that l" ' ? i-- - m?1 ' inad ins ci -- l Hi?1 Sl Law rein ?? and . ; : ... I . * ? Lake all of N< W Y ilk and N'?'\\ Kllgliiml llillsl b. m zed i" ihe Domlu It i- uothing ii?-? i-? - nor l?*ss Una i harcfac? ! attempt bj a Kimus in l'??w? r to i ppr? -* a i Indi pi udeut Amerli an Si it mid lo -, ./, an ! colonize ii* lerritorj What Inti-resi Ibis conn tr.\ has, ?ir should liave, In II I? scarcelj i mit ter of doubt h ? i* . \\%r<.?! m??r?? Hi in seventy y? irs ago by ih?' llnti Pn-sldent, .linn* Moni'"", w In n Il?' sal?l: "Til?' Ann i lean i-?>ntl , "neiita . an' hencefortb not t?i Im? consid ? ".f. d a.* suhjeeta for future coltitiization by any "European Power With ibe G?iv< rn "ment* win? have de.-iaf i ihelr t * ; ? l ? : ?? - ? i ? I n.. "and maintained It we cmUd n??i view ' "any Interposition for Hie pur].? "f oppn sslng , "them, by anj Huronean Power, lu miy other "light than a* s manifestation of nn unfriendly "disposition toward the Pnlted State-" Thai doctrine is a* pertinent and a* Important in 1HU? a* it w a* in lX?t, TUE KINOS COCXTY I 'ARM. There is substantial agreement on ihe pan <>f all interested that tl.are of Ihe Indigent In sin,, of Kings ?oiinty sbotlkl without further delay be turned ov?r to the State, under ihe State Care law; aid a bill ha* been tat nsluccd providing for the sale t.. the Sut" of the county I farm at St. .lohnland. or King'* Park, I. I . and tin- pinal of the asylum buildings at Putbush for i lernt* of years. The main point at Issue, hut ti"t ih?- one winch will attract mosi atten? tion al present, i* thai under Ihe auspices of the state the Insane poor of Brooklyn will re (vive proper and adequate treatment. This has not i.e.ii ib., case hitherto, even wlien tin- Chari lies administration ha* been In the hands of Commissioners above suspicion. There bas been scandalous overcrowding, and the physical condition of the buildings baa been such as to subject the patients especially in severe weather, lo rruel suffering. Every ronsMcra Hon of humanity and good management favor* the placing of this Important matter in the hands of experienced State officials, who will s> .? lo it tli.it these helpjeSM people are card for humanely and wisely. There I* absolutely no argument on the other sale, and DO obstacle whatever la likely to be put in the way of Ihe passage of Ihe bill so far as (hi* feature is con cerned. Bat tinie ?s another question in which the taxpayers of Kim.-* County cannot help taking 1 a de.p interest. This involve* the price placed up.ii th.mty farm property. The sum named in the bill I* S.'.imi.oimi. which is less than one-twelfth of ihe total amount spent upon the St. .1 .l> ?lind enterprise. When the farm w.i* projected It was supposed thai the solution ,,f tin- problem .,f dealing with tin- losane In Brooklyn had been reached. It* establishment was hailed as tin- dawn of a new era, which would be free front tin- abuses and scandal* thai had covered t|?. Tlatbusli Asylum with In fumy. Instead, scandal and Jobbery flourished at St. .b.hnland a* never before, and the record I mad.- by rlngatera ami corrupt contractors would bave done no discredit t.. the Tweed Hing j or Tammanj Hall under th.- Croker r?gime. j More than M.000,000 has been sunk in the I county farm; sunk for the most part us abso lately as if the earth had opened and swallowed it up, lu comparison with this the $900,000 offered scms a paltry sum. bul even that is Soii.immi more than Controller Roberts thought the State OUghl t,. pay. Th" Kins;s County < 'iiiiiies Commissioners were will:",' to accept soim.ixMi. : i ti. i uiii probably nol demur now at S",iiii.ihhi. w/e do n't hesitate t.. say that Kings County thnuld gel this white elephant off its hands at any terms that it .an make. The name St. .lohnlaii'l h?S l""ii dropped, the railroad station DoW bring known as King's Park, and th'1 soon? er 'lie thing for which ii stands Is made non* existent as a county Institution ihe better it will is?. si. Johnland has been a sink of Inbmlty. Whether the full truth regarding it will ever I?- to!.I is extremely doubtful. The money lavished upon i' has evaporated to the amount of nearly W.000,000, with visible re ?nil- thai are pitifully meagre, and the tax? payers may count themselves lucky if they are freed from the necessity of spending an addi? tional rent upon It, even ?f they do have to gel rid of ii at a tremendous sacrifice. The bill in trodu.I by Assemblyman Friday ought to b> passed promptly. " TIMID." We learn from m.r Mr. Plan's newspapers in ihe interior il.it The Tribune i* "getting i i,-i"i]i-," It does ii"! surprise na; and though it Indicate? an Irritable and impatient frame > f mind quite nnsult d '" calm and temperate dis? cussion "f publie questions, and contains a re fleet ion it'iou Ihe editorial conduct of this paper ! which ran hardly be considered complimentary, | we are endeavoring lo bear up under it with j Kiimething like equanimity, though, of course. \\i;li heart bowed down. We are somewhat sus. j t.lined by the reflection that The Tribune is nol j alone in Kein- "tiresome" to Mr. Platt and h\< \ friends, a large numlier "f citlxens of this j town, whose only offence was th.it they dlf f.?:?' i ? ? -;.? . ? a quite striking parable In ?tig ? I \ w kluu m thai city" liroog il su I him, and n is mi Imp irtunate that Khe . him I' ?]? i while ie- would not yield to milieu, "!";? afti ru ml he s thi with i In ugh i t, ar not i ; ?I nor re il man, ? I ' ? tuse Miis w Idow t r< 1.-rU l v\ II at nge lier 1- ?l by 1er e< ntlnm I ? ilng ?he w ? iry me ' " If an unjust |nd/e n in wearie l lut? dolnj bj the "rontlmial ' i |m ?r w id >w. a h) inaj nol au un M ? ? ? ? ie.i i ; d nor reg inl< th ?? il oui w th the ' ??..?? int.il romiug of I ' I the ( ? ?' S \ . ity and - of ?' - iv'd " ? I . unmnnltj until ? orders to Ida i . do thi in luatl ? u ? are aorrj. ? ??? "tin ???mi " : ? Mr. Plait, or of I newapafters or lieutenants, but really We d ?.. ,' . in I" hi l|M ! [ways op t in i i nil's*, In ? ? m Is thai ? ? Si nul up In thai oiiutit Till f.Vi /. / ASE is import*. i ' .. . .:! , -? !i ? foreign irade I ,:? i.t.,1, !?? nul < the pn - nt per ;! reai h the H di reports . r approp ?? ? t theriselit l?i ' ' - H ?Ugh? ? ,|. arable i ? have the public Informell as . ?. tt,,rk, ih pnblli itli n ??f the ?-. ihe ., ?.?i k-hifli glvi - oft em r than ou . ir ,?v ib-tn Is uf quantities or rallia of ,t |tu|NirtM, - ?:n- ' ? h ive be. II ... ,P, on ;,p. I The "tlii lal British n port f ,,. | , .,;,; iry Is already al hand, how ci r. and ,_.A, , ?>;. iirst Information as to the practical H-Ul i.n... ,.t ni -.v duties "ii v.H' n gisais, and ns ; | , ?j] Kirtaiit ? ip rts from tire it Britain to i Ml.,.,| s- iti s for two months . f ive. Most unkindly, the Kn-e rraders on tl.ther sl?le ? ,~iuk the Information whli h the l ,.. | : ,,|. :, hi re have endeavored t.. keep froiii ih. in. ib.it ahipments "(' woollens from tirent Britain to the I'nlted Stales were In \ hie four linn's and in quantity over live times .,, | irp. in .1.1 ; 1111 iv and February as m the ajinie months last year. Tlie value, including rani, was > more than 100 ?kt cent. At the same rate for a full year, the now tariff would transfer to British simps and workers a boslncsi worth 151.500,000 from the shops and workers of our own country._ .1 MESSAGE PROM NAPLES. The Hon. William C. Whitney was in Naples when the Alliati'.-.i outrage was committed, but he responded promptly When asked for his opin? ion of an unprovoked assault upon an American merchantman. The .able dispatch which li? sent to ? riie New-York TltneS" was as vigorous a bit of writing as we have seen for many days. We have no criticism to pas? upon it, but desire t.. express our bearty approval of its uncompro? mising tone; yet W" cannot refrain from ex? pressing surprise that Mr. Whitney should have broken a prolonged silence so unexpectedly. What be has to say about the wilful insult to the American flog and people, tin- most wanton outrage offered "to any first-ctaaa Power in , fifty years," and the "general brutality and rafflnnlsra that holds Cuba." is w.-ll Mid; but mor.- significant that anything else ?s the fact ] that In- ?s taking the trouble to make his views known. Mr. Whitney describes Spanish rule in Cuba as -a r.l:c of th" Middle Ages," and dedar * that "it makes his blood boil." What does a message of this kind meaol Coming, as ?t do"*, all the way from Naples, and from a statesman who has been in retirement sit.the r. election >.f Mr Cleveland, i: is evidently more importan: than the outspoken utterances of Sen? ator Morgan or Senator Prye in a similar vein. It indicates Mr. Whitney's ?loir.? r.i have the . follow"; luit that cau hardly be construed as an expression of hearty approval. Th.- de? vout Cleveland worshipper i* expected to say that the President Is always infallibly right; and tti.it I* a very different phrase fron "gen? ii safe person." The whole tenor of the d -?..? li. -le fiery energy "f the styl", tin- pas? te Indignation over an Insult : ? th" nag, i d 'in Immoderate denunciation of Spanish misrule, ludiente a verj serious purpose on the paii of Mr. Whittle-,. Between the lines, In OUT |il?lgnn lit, may be read hi* desire to I, t Ameri - ..now t'ait he *taiids for a markedly differ? ent orl.r .f diplomacy from that of the Clev ? 1 il Administration. Tin- Naples message may be th" first bull"-,a ,,f a ['residential canvass. Por mir own part, we have never ceased to r?-ganl Mr. Whitney's refusa? to enter President Cleveland's seoinil Cabinet as a National mis fortuuc if he had been in Secretary Uresbam's pi i? ". lb? i" A'inikl have been in? p illcy of shame m II iu ill, a I American diplomacy would have !""'.i dltwted witt, a llrm hand In .very ?piar i. r "f ih" earth. Hi* seU >ii in aendlng marines t.- tli.. Isthmus when he hid 1.u in the Navy Dcpartmeul only a few weeks disclosed ?he true Instinct of Vmerlcan feeling. We can well un? derstand hi* patriotic Indignation over tin- .\1 liam.i affair; and We have DO manner ..f doubt to.,- 'his blood has been boiling" at every stage .f (tresham Incompetence until a right stand unexpectedly taken in tin- Spanish negotiations ? ?iiabb d him to break silence. The votera "f NVw-Y ,rk iVv are Just now In? terested In tins mathematical problem: Th?' Ijegialature has been In session eleven areekaand ins passed on,, reform measure the i'mvr of Re? moval bill. If it take* t.-n weeks t i pass on? bill, how i"ii? win it take to pass all th.- bills ordered at the i,i8t elecu m? And boar much will it cost the taxpaystvf The Utah Conetttutlonal Convention continues t. atruggle with th.- propositions submitted to it by men .ml a/omen who believe they have i'1"'^. Many i f the pr ip .sit! ma set 'ii to be more lit for atatutea than f..r a Conatltutlon, and a large number are not tit for either. Th.' com mltteea will find it eaay i ? lisp ?e of the bulk of thi' hit:, r s it of auggestlons for there arc itn used cabinets, containing l,s*f pigeon-holes, in ,i roorr- adjolntng the contention hall, The con? vention minutes are so full of Btenographlcal and typographical errora and are s, voluminous that it takes nearly an hour every morning to read, correct and adopt them. As the dally sessions of the . onventlon are ab ut three hours l ?g, and tie- expense Is about $t.'><> a day, the adoption of the minutes alone coats from 1180 to $:"? u day. ? Inasmuch as Qovtruor Altgeld, of lllln >K his Indorsed Attorney-General Ulney'a refusal to au? thorize the ua? of Federal troops lr quelling tha wharf riots In ffew-Orieana, it is time for Mr. i?l ney carefully to review his-action and see whether It might not have been a mistaken one, after all. As a general rule, the F?lerai officer whose acts n elve Altgeld's approval la tolerably safe in as? suming that h.- has done the wrong thing. Spain has a ion? historic background and be. hind that a traditionary era of unknown extent, but It has been for some generations an inert na tlonallty, retaining Just - nough vitality to keep u from dismemberment and dissolution. Of alt its great transatlantic possessions, s?, meretlotaiy won and ruled and so rapaclousl) despotted, Cuba and Porto Rico are about all that remain In Its pos? session, hihI it Is not surprising that it does all It can to hold fast to them They turn In a good Share of Its revenues and their official places af? ford almost the only profitable sinecures for Im noveriahed Dona and Hidalgos of which it now has th.- distribution. It has made Its rule in the islands li.tolerable, and there Is no chance of Us holding them in permanent subjection, it is only a question "f time whan their independence win 1... established and power R-lven them to deter? mine their own future. They ate as much enti? tled to this as the American Colonies were in their revolt from Brlttah rule, in fact, the latter never ' bad any auch MUsg injuries and cruelties to impel them to Insurrection. Spain Is infuriate when? ever anything threatens to loosen her grasp of UN Wands roady to break into domestic disor? der and riot, overturn ministries or perhaps tear In pieces the whole fabric of her government; but these pre not signs of strength and will not for? ever preserve hoT oppressed and outraged trans? atlantic, possessions. She has already h. id th?ra UM long. That Is the decided opinion of her sub Je,?t Islanders, In which all the rest of the world except herself heartily concurs. It will take $300,000,000 and perhaps mors t<> m.e' China's war indemnity, and raprusotottvee of all the Rreat Kuropean banking house? are now winging their way thither to have a finger in that spacious financial pi". Whether it h? paid in gold or silver its influence will be felt In the bu?ln"i?s ami financial concerns of the West? ern nations, but net necessarily to their injury. With the advent of PSOCS there is a prospect 0f i revival of Bastora trade on a seals hitherto un. known, and the beginning M a period of d.-vel opment in China H active and progressive at that which lias taken place in Japan, producing in that country a political, industrial and meUS. revolution, reacting wholesomely upon the activ? ity of the world at lar.^e. Horses are vastly cheaper than they were ft?* y.ars ago. and s.. is the cost of maintaining them. Vehicles are lower in prh' ?, and so art harnees and equipment ..f all descriptions Labor Is cheaper, and so are stable rents. If there la any philosopher >t economist who ..in show that these facts ore no argument in favor of a re? duction in th" rates of cabfare, he will oblige * patient public by explaining the matter lnunoa> ntely. _?____-?? PEE80SAL. Th? Main" State Senate has unanimously adopte?! a resolution to mak>- Un? oln'e birthday a ho!, lay in the Bute. Trie Maharajah of Kuch n.har. India, has rea an order to a liirmlngham fir;n :?? make fir him a illver dessert service triat srUI cost si re (ban 115,001 ?The Springfield Republican" ?Unies that there Is anything sensational about the retirement of Stephen 0*Meara from th- editorship of "The Hog, tun Journal." "If any A. I'. A. people,*' It saya, "are pleased over the withdrawal of thtl courteous, fair and al.le gentleman, that is a matter from the main issue. The lons-ln-law of Mr*. Kogera have been deetroua of running The .'..-ir nil.' ami are now to nave the chance. Tbe tees who have had charge or' ti'." estate sine? th? death of Charles <> Rogers would not cons? the "han.:" which has now been brought about, and rather than have any conflict with the belra they have resigned, and the i'robate Court has naturally appoint. . - . >ra ?in are agreeable to tin? heirs." President Knurrr. of South Africa, Is mire nnx lOUS f> )>?? truthf.il than ballant, if the following ?tory told of him is u*ue: At a social gathering Kiven In hi* honor BOOM tim.- ago OSO o? li: m font^in's ssreetest lady stag? rs gave an artlaUe rendering of > n ?ailar sont-. Ttie lady of the house, -? to "' >:n Paul," who ?ras i ibo.1 ly i ? for ? pipe. .i-k.. - . ??.?,. ? .1 Irishman. A-; a f.irnn r m"mv^-r for I>urv Kraven. he Is well krn.wn to parliam. ntartaaa . j rememher the racy ?tori.s he used to tell of ? countrynea in the most faacinaUng of broguea As f-.r his own mots, their name is I.-- ,n. bit .ne 1* well worth recalling at th.- prvs.-nt t:me. While at dattes he was < ngage l .i the d.-fene*? f ?' I-' Heal ' luipect," who Krai ., th* ? :.^ .i member of the !. m irotherhood, and In the .-our?.? of th.- ? t that th- .i . . i i republl .m hat. "What son of ;i ha) - 1 sk,-i th" presiding Judge, -i aupi ntwject. 1 Barry, r,thal :t arlll be ... hat without a, 1 Bench, bar, prisoner*, policemen ..:?.! :-pvc tors Joined m a hearty peal of laugh:.-!-. .,- : n as ivine USM liefere bu?in? *s could be resumed r/7/: tai.K or thi: day. Some on.' ha? Calculated that 10.000,000 color*! photographs of tha Queen ant tba Prince of \\.:tj . < \ ery ftt r. A biii.-ksniith v..is ones summoned 'o a ? ntv court a- t arltnesa In i dispute between two i ? i workmen. Th" Judge, after besting the aalted him why !.? did not advlae them to aa tl,.- coati m! already amount? l to three ian.>a ? ; sum. He replied "i t.,i : ? - to aettle, tor, i aatd, th.- clerk would ?..? m tha world, M, imu urv la licrmaay. Customer Fifty ?vnts for filling this pn m r Whj .i- i ??? In Katore down the atreet the) ? i me only a auarter. Druggist That'a all It'a worth at tha: re, ma'rm. They put up 4 eenta' worth "f drugi :a th? !? :?.. and then till it up with water. I put la the same drugs and till the bottle with the ? . .j. pura. Thanks. .\n> thing eise??tChlcago Tribu An English paper asya that the Archbishop of York recently Bent a e-tr.-r to his c'.criey. Sfhtnf them I ? abatata from ; ?>.i -.-o durtnjr I-ent; an an aouacemsat waa ma Is at th? samo time that tha Ar nbtahop would go abroad foe a longer vacation than SSUaL ?Now tell me." asid Ule? Flatnote. in a compli? ment-courting tone, "do you think my singing votes is .,? ,i!, ,i lapted f >r the stage?" "Certainly, Mademoiselle." reptied th*? profesor; "a Imlrably adapted, and :' .r a very difficult . u? el' stag work." -t ih, v.iii mean t.. flatter me!" "Not at ail. I n fer to pantornirafc"?(BosaSl Transcript An entertainment was recently jclven by the etO> r.etis of (Jatoetows, Ky . t> the atoehlMrtaera of a dlstllllBg company Whose plant Is there. Thi ; ro grsmma sty;?.-? th.> visitors "the quests of t1-.. ? jin i close a.? follows: "After which a committee from the Catholic, Episcopalian, r Christian and Baptist ehurehee will i s gueats, and after the reception there win bead I at the Opera II"-!.-*? I ' end l!:.- pU Ii UPCS i.il ?injjy? inents of the avetUng." Hal Not Bothered KiSS.?Young Husl ?:? 1 tl ' B* down a conn.- paper) All this umf<>>'lerj ? it women's extravagance mikes me ;:r '? ^ < IV,J been married two months, and > i ???? - bob me for a cent. Vounj? Wife of curse not. What would is* tne uae of bothering you for every little thins 1 wmt. ?Then It's so much easier u hav,' UM I i charged.? robbers do not call thems. !\. ? un insurance company, and are governed by a boss Instead of a president. Jack i save a cha?es to marry a poor ??ri m a I love or a lieh woman whom 1 do no: love. What would you advise' tieorge Love is ti\" Ball of Ufa, my friend Without it all else is naught Love, pure love, makea poverty wealth, pain a Joy,-? irta a heaven "Enough I will many the poor ftrl whom I love." "Hrsvely spoken! !>y tha w.n, would you er mind Introducing me to Ihe n.-h woman whom you do not love'."- (Illustrated ? No credence ne? d bS accorded to th?> BtsrlSB which from time to time Und their way into BCBBt describing la graphie language the recent as ipt ?>r release of French aoldlera alleged to kaes baso detained In Oertnaa prisons on em pretext or another sine the ?lose of the war jast a quart, r of a century ago. Mile. Coraba Caben, who i* decorated With the CrOSS of the Legion of HOBOf f..r her aervlcea la looking after the steifere of tha French prlsonera of war la Oerssany, sad "n0 look a leaning part in perfecting the arrangements' | for their return horn?- aft.-r the cnclustoii of ! peace, declares In the most positive manner that I not a angle Preach prisoner of war remains in any Herman prison, and that those who claim to hive : b? BO detained as such subs?quent to th-1 signature I of the Treaty of Frankfort arc as much Impostors '? as w.re those "last survivors of the (Jrand Annv. | just returned from the steppes of Ruaste," ohoss pretensions 1. came a byword In the rSBga of Klag , 1.ou?s l'hlllppe. A Htorv Is told by on?, of Lord Zetland's party. j who were making Inquiries Into the condition ot a distressed district, fhej wer.- creasing a laK': a ?ule was blowing, and waves were dashing over tha boat The gentleman referred to had besa a*j aured that an Irish peasant. If treated aren, WIU always aitree with what Is said to him. rather than appear rtlnagiaeab'e it struck the gentleman that hers was a good chance to put the assertion to the proof. "There Is verv little wind, Pat '" said to one of the boatmen The answer came through the bowling of the element?. "Vary little. tndade, \?r honor, but fhwat them la Is moUjUiy sthruui,'!"?(Youth's Companion.