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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 <ity, was
?
Domestic?A s| . , ? etlng of the Cabinet wai
?;. ; i to consider the situation of affaira In Vene
suela and Nicaragua. The Republican Sen
atora in caucus al Albanj decided t" make the
Lex w Pollci bills party measures. The ?
New-Jerwy Legislature discussed parka for th.- :
Palisades anil passed a number of Important bills; '
Governor Werts vetoed the Bt irrs Nal iraltzatlon
bill a-^ being unconatltutlonal. The case of
the Robins ns, on trial for murder at Buffalo,
was aubmltted to the Jury. - Fresh evld? ?'? ? i
of corrupt practb ea ii.i\>- 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
<i?i<"i. in :t ? Iti i i i< >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 front Mr. I'la't in desiring the extermina?
tion "f n system which, In the words "f Judge
Ingrabam, "fustera vice," when Mr. ITitt de
si-.'l in ?ave that portion of ii whlcb he had
!? un I useful tn himself, fell nntler the tllsap
prov.il "f Mr. Platt's friend, Senator Lexow,
lime ago for a slinllnr reason. Tha' cml
?talesman, breaking the silence by the <?!'
urn mre of whielt during a long perilmI be had
?.i me ?lowly and painfully famous, remarked,
eonrerning these citizens, with a little overflow
of era Mon. thai he was "tire?! of the whole
gang of reformera." Rui somehow the "gang of
lers" b ti' up under it, ami kepi right on
making the Xenator and hin 11-^- "tired." They
are Mill nl It. This somewhat i*nc<niragca t?a to
k'.p on being ?
We are igi il by n mra-li older ? i
The story Is told in Luke's i;?mp 1
the xvlllth chapter, to wit of an unjust Judge
"which fi ired nol Cod, n< iher regarded man."
in w li> 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< <it>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 ><v. i*m-, i..;,. against mij.'.-H? last year,
and th" quantity ?I fabrics 1 I...7 I.s'mi yards.
tignlnsl ?_,.T'_''..I'ki list year, l?esldes ?_'.*.:'..?hmi
p .und- of yarn against I.Vbsl last year. On
i!,,. fare "f things, Ihe British export prices
s. em i" h in. i.u greatly rt<duced In ortler In
aectire larger nade, worstetl go "is from an
average of h ?'. cuts last year lo ?W.8S this
y.ar. and Woollens from 00.3 to ?U cents, bin
thi* is largely because Ihe removal of duties
b.\ weight lets in a great quantity of the cheaper
?.is which are also easily undervalued In in
robi -
Imports of linens from (Ireal Britain have
nlan largely Increased, from r2.70M.300 yards
laul year to JT.if.f.t.'.itMi 111?- y.ir. and the average
price has beeil ledllC'd al?OU< ll? p"f Cellt. Til"
Increase In cotfon -.Is is about HO per cent in
quantity, from H.104.0INJ yards to I7,8tr?.100
this year, bui ihe ,m rage price is a little higher
than a year ago. Jute manufactures have In
creased about a fifth, from I3212.000 yards lo
is.nii.'.'iMi, with prices substantially unchanged.
Wool has im le.is.d more ihau fivefold, lti.iis.s,
I'm? pounds having been sent to ihi,s country
from lile.it Britain in two months, against
3,117.8011 la-t y,ar. and Ihe value has Increased
in a little great ?:? proportion, more high-priced
wool having been sent hither than last year,
though die average Is substantially the same as
in 1803. it will strike many with astonishment
that British exports ,,f iron and manufactures
thereof i.? ihis country have Increased less than
a tlili'l in quantity, from 38,101 tons lo SO. 1111,
bin much less ?n value only 29 per cent. This
Is I.:tuse the increase is nearly all lu tlnplatea,
fr. 31,7(? t"iis to 41,827 this year, but at the
expense rtf a reduction of H per ton in average
price, from |IC lo |38 per ton, and this follow.!
a reduction from |6350 per Ion In the previous
yar Other Iron imports were 8,20?, tons,
Sgslnst 0,482 last year, quantities relatively In
algniflcant, and in p|g, bar and hoop Iron I dc
crease appears. The value outside ,,f tlnplatea
la only $340,530 this year, Bgalnsl S I.T-V-7? last
V".li?
lt Is an Interesting fad that imports of ma?
chinery have Increased quite largely, though
mostly In machinery for textile works, which
was in value .SUM. ton, against ??_? 111,1 l?i? wat
year, though les ih.ni lu 1808 under the old
i tariff. Brtfl with lower duties, the prostrated
industries do not add as much machinery as
with higher ?loties and prosperity. Other im- j
ports of machinery amounted to only 8123,145
In value, agatast .S".'!,!'*.? last year. Imports of
lead and tin. though both itisignitli-unt. increased
largely; paper Increased S3 pet cent, clothing
S3 por cent, millinery 4.1 per cent, spirits about
80 per ?'''tit. and beer marly 40 per cent. Im?
ports of alkali to this country decreased in value
about $96,000, or 18 per cent, though th" quan?
tity attentif Increased. Hut Importa of bags
from Groat Britain Increased from ...if.?."? donen
to 843X1 doten, and imports of cart lien ware
from 8353*180 to 8630JMS in value about 14 per
cent. Tli.se af" changes which directly affect
industries of considerable Importance here.
The aggregate value of British exporta to this
country in tin- two months, so far ?is they are
important enough to be separately slated in the
British report, was 819,724,775, against $0,417.
il4i> 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 .
<?? an try understand that if in- were to 1?" elected
Presiden! in- would !?? I?? good an American
t,. allow- tin- Bag |,, i?. nreil npon with Im- ',
punlty, .uni al*., ih.it he would favor aggressive
action against Spain in ihe West Indies. Por
two year* there ha* been Democratic diplomacy
of iii,. m,.st pusillanimous kind, with tin- policy
of infamy in Hawaii as the CTOWOlng achieve
men I -?!' Incompetence and folly. Mr. Whitney
has never found leisure, even when In-lias ben
;.t borne, for commenting upon this extra ?rdl
nary record. Hut suddenly, when he is a long
way ..ff in the Mediterranean, lu- answers a
.able .all and lets the country know that his
blood bods over the Alliatn.a affair and the . m
dltlou of Cuba.
We may he wren.', for Mr Whitney is ? deep
and w ii\ mm. whose poiltlcul designs are in
* mi ''?!?; but it *<?? ms to us that h< has adopted
an ingenious method of intimating to Ihe coun
try thi' he ha* Dot been in sympathy with the
diplomacy' '?' lb1 lleveland A.lmin;strat;.'i. He
* i\ *. to !.?? sun . at til" close of the dis|
tha' ??the Prcsld nt la generally a safe person
t> 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.<!. "How did your honor '.'.ke that?"
nt bluntly replie?!, "I go ;i.-,. the reld
when I want to : ? ?? ?cream!"
Captain .lames A. Or-n...?man. the commander of
the Allian'.a. srhlch ha I ItlCh a narrow escape 'rom
nnon of a Spanish gunboat, was an acting en
l an ;n the United States Navy from December li.
Us . to August :.;. uus,
\ -.rung to ??I'asseirs Jouma!." Lord .1, s
Barry, whose retirement from the Irisa ; . . hol
bench, owing to III health, aras recently maesa >.
- . ??.?,. ? .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 ?.<?<?? ir.? ir . its,
the lawyers their ihlrl .if thei -???' Your
Honor'? court, you'd ?kin 'em!"?1.\. ???. .'hron
i .-.
uf th.- .".i ./o breweries mid to !>.? 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.?<Xew-Yorfc Weekly.
The robbers of Caatja (China) have aegassaed a
peculiar insurance company, it lasurss ail its pol?
!???. holders against robbery and plunder for one
?.n We are familiar with the same thinif In N.w
Tork, except that th-> 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.