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Wstake leave to remind the Judiciary Committee of the Senate that a measure of very great importance to the people of thia Bute, known the Civil Code bill, has boon in ita hands for several weeks, and ire rfpctfQlly call upon the committee to show cause why it should not report the bill with the recommenda-tjou that it do paaa. We are aware that thia bill ia oppoaed by a large number of lawyers who hare- never read the code, bat I the Judiciary Committee i to know, that thia ia not a lawyer's bilL It ta the people's bill, and in their interest it ahoald be enacted. We feel no concern whatever as to the fat of the lawyer under the coda. They are able to take care of themselvea. It la rery poor service to ex-Speaker Kei'ER that hia friends are doing in pushing him forward to conspicuous a place as that of the eulogist of Gen.

Garfield ob the occasion of the unveiling of the monument erected by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. He ia not wanted in that place by the society, and he has been told so in the plainest terms. If he bad the sensitiveness of a crocodile he would retire. As he refuses to do ao it becomes disagreeable duty to ahow what manner of man be ia. We print in another column brief story of hia Iniquitous and cowardly attack on Gen.

Botxtox, jour-naliat who enjoys the respect of all who know him, and whose offense, in Reiver's eyes, was his aggressive honesty. The facta show that even the presence of Keifer on the occetilon of the nnveiling of the monument to Garfield is an Insult to the memory of the dead President, Tie lion Eliho B. Washbcrne baa made known to prominent citixena of Chicago hia desire to present to that city his extensive collection of pictures, autographs, having both an artiatio value and historical Interest connected with the period of his service as American Minister alParia. The collection embraces portraits of Gambetta, Bimxarce, bmperor Will-; IAM, and Thiers, four of the most celebrated and Influential men of their time, with number et other portraits. Mr.

Wash- BCRXB is chiefly concerned- only that the objects In hia collection shall be always free and open to the general public It is hoped that an arrangement cau be made by which building can be ejected in Lincoln Park to contain the Washburne collection Bad reference library from the Newberry bequest. At the recent launching of the TTcteria, one of the largest of the BritUh armored ships, Bir William Armstrong drew a striking eompAiiaon between the new ahip Bad the rklery, the ship on which Kelsox died, ana one of the largest of the day. The Victory was a sail vessel of oak, and could make 13 knots with a good wind. Her heaviest shot was 68 pounds, and her whole broadside weighed 1,150 pounds, discharged by 325 pounds of powder, and ahe had a crew of 850 men. The Tictoriei ia an iron steamer, making 17 knots without refer ence to wind.

Fler heaviest shot Is 1,850 pounds, her broadside ia 4,750 pounds, and la discharged by 3,000 pounds of powder. And her crew apart from engineers and stokers is only 440; in all 650. The fig- urea show the advance In what 8ir W. Amm- tTRoxo calls marine insur Biice," But It Is a Question yet unsolved the Victoria represents a navy as powerful against ita possible foes as was the one that the VicUrt. with Xelsox, repre- Bented.

The Italians complain that the English are filling their markets with cottonseed eal sold under the name of olive ell. The trade ia the sham olive oil has Become ae great that ia Flerence the industry of making flaaka for the real olive oil of the country ha been destroyed, it ia reported that the Hobs of Commons ta disposed baqaxre whether the daraaratiosi act has been violated. It ia not probable that the BritUh Government win attack with much vigor trade that seems to be so prosperous. The Italians may take some action, however, for thTdid undertake some years ago exclude American cottonseed oil by heavy duty. We do not hear that any attempt has been made in Chicago to enforce the laws of Illinois against the great manufacturer who.

by his own admission, nsee immense quantities of cottonseed oil in making lard for the market. Possibly the Illinois Legislature intends to repeal the laws which forbid such adulteration. Arbor Day ia coming by degrees in some parts of the country to be as scrupulously observed as that of Decoration Day. Its institution was a happy thought, and it is impossible to estimate the comfort, pleasure, health, and wealth which might already be traced to it. It is known that millions of trees have been planted through ita means, and in some States like Kansas and Nebraska the gain has i been enormous.

The present month is usually selected for the appointment of thia day, and Gov. Ames, of Massachusetts, in his proclamation appointing next Saturday for its observance in that State, throws out the additional suggestion' that in each town av street or other public way should be selected for planting trees upon it in memory of Union soldiers who perished during the civil war. Probably this idea will enlist the co-operation of some in Arbor Day for its memorial features who might be less interested in its original purpose. Setting out rows of beautiful shade trees on a thoroughfare would be a very sensible and appropriate method of keeping green the memory of those who gave their lives for the country. It would also be easy to supplement the work by a simple and inexpensive tablet recording the purpose which had been thus carried out.

GOLD AND PRICES. There is notion in some quarters that prices have generally, fallen on account of the relative scarcity of gold, and that the only way to restore them is to make silver a legal tender at a fixed ratio to gold and permit the free coinage of both. Prof. J. Lacrexce Laughlix, in the third number of the Quarterly Journal of Economic.

discusses very csxefully the question of gold and prices since 1873, and demonstrates that such faU in prices as has taken place cannot be traced to the scarcity of gold, and can be explained by other causes, and that so far as concerns the supply of gold in the currency of the world there has been no such scarcity as could affect prices. This demonstration ia both valuable and interesting, and it has the more direct bearing upon the bimetallic theory because Prof. Lacohlix is not in any sense what is known as a gold monometallism On the contrary, he believes that no metal has yet been found that fully serves the purpose of money completely, and he advocates a standard of deferred payments which it is not now necessary'' to discuss. If an ounce of gold will buy more prod ucts now than it would in 1873, that may come from a relative scarcity of gold or a relative abundance of the products, or in part from each of those two causes. It is, so difficult that it may be conceded to be practically impossible to determine exactly how much of any given change in the purchasing power of gold is due to a rise in the value of gold but it can be shown, as Prof.

Lafghllv shows, that the decrease in the annual production of gold since 1873 bears so small a ratio to the stock of gold accumulated, that this decrease cannot be ac cepted as the cause of any fall of prices, unless we can prove that no other causes have contributed to that result Now' it is so far from being true that this decrease in the annual production is the only cause of such fall in prices as has taken place since 1873, that there are other causes hlch not only account for such a fall wfthout the aid of that decrease in the annual production of gold, but make it pertinent to inquire why under their in fluence the purchasing power of gold has not fallen rather than We can not, of course, within the limits of this article review the argument and demonstration of Prof. Lauohlix; we cannot even indicate all the grounds on which he rests them, but we can assure our readers that they will find the article extremely interesting, and that it clears away a good deal of the dust that has been spread over this subject. In the first place, Prof. Laugitlix points out that there has been since 1873 no such general fall of prices as the bimetallists affirm. Tb.

English authorities rest chiefly on the comparative tables of the London Economist, which are misleading. The Hamburg tables of prices are much more trustworthy and complete, and of those covering 100 articles an analysis shows that 51 have advanced since 1870 while 49 have shown a tendency to falL By another selection 21 articles have advanced in the ratio of 164.2 to while 21 have shown a decided tendency to fall, and the remainder show no marked movement in either direction. In the next place, there has unquestionably been a steady though not great advance in the devices for economising money, and par ticularly in the use of checks in retail trade. In the next place, and this is extremely Important, there has been a very decided and continuous advance in improved and therefore cheaper methods of production. inus a manuiacturer furnishes figures to show that in 1867, when he was paying wo per pay wages, ne paia lor a given piece of work 1 in 1876, with wages at 1 71 peri day.

he paid for the same piece of work cento; in 1886, with wages at fl 79 per day, he paid for this piece of work only 37 1-10 cents. Here is a fall of nearly 63 per cent, in the cost for labor of a staple product It would Be abenrd i to attnbaas a fall in its price to a decrease ia the annual supply of gold. Prof. LAraHUX takes up 21 article, on the change in the price of which Mr. Goscrex rests his argument that the scarcity of gold -a Baa aneeasa prices.

004 snows that as to each one ef them eaaees like the improved ex BrodBotioa fuHr account for the tall in pi ce. Finally he shows that from the perioc 1870-74 to 1885 the gold reserves of th hanks of Europe and the United States advanced from (in round gures) to 1836,000,000, or from 28 per eei t. of the total note circula tion to 41 per qent, of that circulation. These facts are such as any business man can unaemarit ana can appreciate their force. They mike the claim ridiculous that the United States is in any sense justified in entering on stiver coinage unlimited in amount or in continuing our present coinage for an unlimited time by any fear of general contraption or any hope of pro moting general prosperity.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN NEW-YORK. A very effecti re use of the record of passenger traffic ii New-York City the last 36 years ii made by the promoters of the Arcade project in a leaflet which they hai just issued. The question of increased fs cilities for this traffic, upon which these sta tistics have a direct bearing, .08 one of preset interest to every citizen of New-York, and the showing they make is conclusive in aring out suggestions which have repeated; been made in this paper. In the year 1 150 New-York City had two street railways and a population of 515,547. The passenger traffic of that year was 6,835,548.

Tie passenger traffic of the year 1886 up 25 street railways and with a populat on probably not far from 1,500,000 was 325,149,075. We give below the figures showing the increase in the traffic from 181 0 to 1886: I ppvla- Kail- Pattengert Tear. lion. ray. Carried.

1880 1. 23 211.222,348 1881. 23 231,386,771 1882 23 252.871.646 1883 23 268,749,877 1884 23 284,115,862 1885 25 297.116,690 1886 25 325,149,075 The average annual increase during these years was in nonnd numbers 20,000,000, but if we take the eight years from 1878 to 1886 the in rease is 154.959.573. The Manhattan Elevated Road upon its four lines carried during the year 1886 109,591 passengers. This is 39,849.982 less than the increase for these eight years.

Allowing for the greater ratio of increase in succeeding yeai by the year 1890 the addition of another Manhattan Elevated Company with our lines would inadequately meet the nei ds of the city. It appears that the ratio of increase in population to increase in pissenger traffic is approxi mately, as 1 that is to say. every addition of 1,0 00 to the population adds 3,000 to the pas sengers carried. The present ratio of inci ease in population is about 46 per cent per iecade. Upon this basis it is easy to figure out the necessities of passenger traffic foi any given year.

But as suming that an Addition of 1,000 in population adds only 2,000 to the passenger traffic, the number of persons using the street cars in 18 will be 422,444,696, and in 1900, 844.881 ,392. These records of street railway traffic show, also, that the number of passengers carried increase very largely when additional accomm dations -are provided. In other words, ne street railways make a passenger trafficjof their own in addition to what existed Every one knojws that the present facili ties for travel in this city are inadequate to tne aemana. linese gures foreshadow a tremendous increase in that traffic, and an increase which it is perfectly evident that no extension of the present elevated rail- roaa system meet sua accommodate. The Unit of burden and of speed has ben reached upon the elevated railroads.

The only possible and practicable accommodation for the passen ger traffic of the future is a system of underground lines. 'he plans for the Arcade Road show that a much greater speed can be reached thai i on any of the elevated roads, and greater speed with provision ior way ana tqrougn tramo means that a greater number if passengers can be carried over any given line. That is the kind of rapid transit tlat the city now urgently needs and will i a a few years imperatively aemano. it ia tune that a beginning was made. THE CB URCH OF SOME IN AMERICA.

The reputation of the Roman Catholio Church for gnat sagacity in making choice of its instruments is in danger of grave impairment The annals of the church contain knany splendid names and record the really heroic deeds of men who. in carrying the cross into savage lands, have done a pioneer work in exploration and civilization whiah makes their reputations, not the possession of the church alone, but of history and of the world. The Dominion of Canada and the States of the border and of the Northwest commemorate in a mul titude of geographical names the fortitude. the courage, pa tience, and the wisdom of fathers of the hurch who were the first explorers and a ittlers of the region of the St Lawrence ajtd the lakes. These were men pre-eminently able to adapt them selves to their surroundings, and by tat as well as Iby courage to accomplish their work.

And the annals of the church in America in later times are not deficient in names of likelrepute. But from the iien of these early days to Gibbons and Corrigax there is evidently a great descent It would be impossible to aay whether it is through bad counsel, by miajudgment or from the lack of fit material that the Church Rome has been led to intrust its in teres in America to men capa ble of such indiscreet courses as have lately oeen adopted ay Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Corriqax. But that these prel ates are justly chargeable with indis- creuons is, we lainx. tne opinion of many sound Catholics land of every well informed and observant Protestant American. The pastoral letter I of the Archbishops and Biahops of the Ubited States who took part in the third Pltnary Council at Baltimore declares that we must keep firm and solid the liberties of obr country by keepinE fresh the memories of the past and by sending forth continuhlli from our Catholio homes into the arena of-publie life recruit a af patriots and not of partisAnA.

Thia reference to the impor tance of kaewledre ef the hiatorr of the United States, and so far as profession goes would indicate that the church was not unfriendly to our American institutions. But what knowledge or understanding of American institutions and what degree of American feeling can Archbishop Corrigax have if we are to judge him by his letter to the editor and proprietor of the Catholic Herald, in which he threatens that newspaper with the terrors of "canonical censures," denounces its utterances as "shockingly scandalous, "and warns its editor that he will continue in his course of conduct at his peril The deliverances of Cardinal Gibboxs in respect to the Knights of Labor betray a scarcely less lamentable incapacity to understand the spirit and thought of the American people. Every decent and law-abiding citizen, native or naturalized, of the United States knows that the organization known as the Knights of Labor, under its present control, has forfeited its title to the respect and good opinion of the community. Its conduct during the past year has shown that it has an increasing disrespect for law and that it has the disposition to assume and exercise a despotic power over the workingmen within and without its ranks, such as the most heartless employer has never pretended or dared to claim. Yet Cardinal Gibboxs seizes this period in the history of the Knights of Labor to bespeak for them the unqualified indorsement and approval of the Holy See, and his letter to the Prefect of the Propaganda upon this subject expresses views and opinions diametrically opposite to those held by nine-tenths of the people of the United States.

To him the labor problem appears only as a struggle between poor and indignant multitudes" and a "hard and obstinate monopoly between the great masses of the people" and a mail-clad power." In defense of the rights of workingmen able and willing to earn a living for themselves and their families bis Eminence has not one word to say. Yet the denial of those rights by the Knights of Labor is almost universally condemned and denounced in this country. Both these prelates are obviously lacking in tact and understanding. Their errors will be viewed, not with unconcern perhaps, but certainly without sorrow, by the enemies of the church. For the church itself, if it really have an honest purpose to adapt itself to American institutions, it would seem to be a question worthy of serious thought whether the present policy of its agents in this country is either wise or safe.

CHANGES IN THE GRAIN TRAFFIC. A marked change in the current of the grain-carrying traffic appears to be in prog ress. In March, 1886. there were no exports of wheat via New-Orleans, but last month a haif million bushels were exported through that city. And the comparison is more striking as the period is extended.

In the first nine months of the fiscal year 1885-6 5,660 bushels were exported via New-Orleans, against 2,252,000 bushels for a like period during 1886-7. The disparity is too great to be explained on the theory that New-Orleans merely shared in the general increase due to the larger exports of the current season, and on looking further it appears that San Francisco is the only port showing smaller ex ports than last year, and that, too, by about the amount of New-Orleans's gain. In March, 1886. 3,878,609 bushels of wheat were shipped from San Francisco, and last month only 1,241,073. That the change is comparatively recent appears from the fact that for the nine months San Francisco shows an increase like all the other export centres, although a disproportionately small one.

When the figures of the exports of Indian are examined, each of the five largo export centres shows a decrease, except New- Orleans. Its gain is less than half a million bushels, it is true, but considering the circumstances, it is more or less like water running up hilL The aggregate exports of wheat and corn also show marked changea in comparison with last year. For March the exports of wheat were 7,722,788 bushels, against 5198,746 in 1886, and during the nine months ending with March the increase was from 34,785,243 bushels to 73,257,466. But maize shows a decrease from 8,031,481 bushels for March, 1886, to 5,352,130 last month, and for the nine months from 44.597,371 to 30,535,919. THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST.

The inhabitants of Manitoba are excited because they have been told that the Domin ion Government proposes to disallow two railway charters recently granted by the Provincial Legislature. It is reported that many settlers will emigrate to Dakota or Minnesota if the charters shall be annulled. It is not surprising that the people of the province should bitterly resent the interference of the Dominion Government with regard to this railroad legislation, for the subject is one of very great importance to Manitoba and the Northwest territory, but it is difficult to see how the Government can avoid taking the action which has been foreshadowed. For several years the agriculturists of Manitoba have sought an outlet for their products that would give them the benefit of competition with the Canadian Pacific Railroad monopoly. By its agreement with the Canadian Pacific Company the Government is bound to prevent the construction of competing roads in the Northwest It was designed that this road ahould monopolize the carrying trade of that region.

But Manitoba, at the northern end of our Red River Valley, is naturally, more closely connected with the wheat-growing region of Dakota and Minnesota, from which it is separated only by an imaginary line, than with the eastern parts of the Dominion, from which it is separated by a vast unsettled district The exactions of the Canadian Pacific have directed the attention of these agriculturist to the privileges enjoyed by their neighbors in the United States and to the transportation lines which they might use if the terms of the Canadian Paci fic'a charter did not block the way. The two ehartera are for raUroads to bo constructed from the settlements of Manitoba to railroads now la operation on this aide of the line. For two reasons the prospect that the chATters will be annulled is peculiarly exasperating to the people at this time. For about three years the Dominion Government has tried to appease them by professing to be deeply interested in the project of opening for their benefit a water route to Europe by way of Hudson's Bay. Large sums have been spent in explorations and in supporting observers at stations on the shores of Hudson Strait The people of the Northwest were'led to believe that the route could be used, and they prepared to build a railroad to a port of departure on the shore of the bay.

But recently the Government appeared to lose all interest in the scheme, and its attitude confirmed an impression that its purpose had been to satisfy the people for a time, and then to withdraw its support On the other hand, the approaching completion of new through routes from Duluth and Minneapolis to the East by way of the south shore of Lake Superior has again directed the attention of the wheat growers of Manitoba to the possibilities of competition. The population of the Northwest territory is not increasing. It is said to be falling off. The settlers feel the weight of duties imposed on their agricultural implements and other articles which they must have, and the advantages of more intimate relations with the country across the border are seen more clearly every day. Under existing conditions it is not probable that the population will gTowTor that the present inhabitants will be contented.

PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT. Fast dav should be called odd job day. Martha' I Ttncyard EeraUL Why are we always so much more re-joired at finding a dime than at earning a dollar 1 Dry Goods Chronicle. Whatever may be the justice of the law concerning manslaughter, womanslaufthter should always be held to be murder. Pittsburg Commercial (iazette.

There is a perfect mania in Boston for clubs. The atranger who makes the round of all the clubs in a day won't forget where hia head Is the next morning. Atlanta Constitution. Don't forget it Neither flies, bugs, mosquitoes, dirt, tramps, strikers. Anarchists, rum.

police courts, or malaria exist at the Vineyard. Come and see. Martha's Vineyard Herald. Writing a letter is, to many people, an Irksome task, but it isn't half ao irksome as It la to hear a lawyer reading your lettr aload five years afterward In open court. Boston Journal of Education.

It bothers the man who has earned success by faithful, honest, brainy work to hear hia friend saying among themselves: "What an infernally lucky fellow Jack Boston Journal of Education. It is understood Superintendent Andrews, of public building, is having a gavel made of solid iron for Lieut. -Gov. Jones's use In the Senate tills week, and when he uses it tba Benatora will hear it, or the Capitol will Albany Argus. It is said that hotel porters are not long-lived Decause.

the atraln of lifting and carrying heavy trunk produces disease of the heart. If this ia true the railway baggage (masher is fortunate in having no heart. irovidenee Telegram. A public reader says he has committed to memory more than 300,000 verses of poetry. We should regret his death of course, but it seetna a pity to lose the chance of getting ao much rhyme out of the world at one fell swoop, bomervilLe Journal.

Dr. W. A. Lash declines to sell land without a guarantee that no liquor will ever be sold on the place. Half a century ago the man who would make such a proposition as that In the Walnut Cove country would probably have been burned at the stake as a Yankee importation.

Ureensborough (X. V.i Sorth tstate. A very little fellow has a veny lively tongue, and talks ao much at meals that on a recent occasion, when there were to be gqests at the table, his elder brother bribed him with a nickel to be still. After 10 minutes of silence the little boy whispered anxioucly to hia brother, "Arthur, Arthur, mayn't I talk a cent's worth American Hebrew. John Robinson, of Creek Centre, Warren County, last Sunday arrived at church rather late, wearing a pair of new boots which squeaked frightfully.

Not wishing to disturb the congregation he left the boots In the vestibule and entered in his stocking feet. Upou looking for his boots after the service he found that they had been stolen. Albany Journal. A clergyman in a suburban town adopted the extreme of caution In keeping his revolver locked up in a box under his bed. and tt ao happened that on the only occasion when he ever bad to use his deadly weapon the disturbers of hia midnight slumbers carried off their booty before he had time to open the box and get out his six-shooter.

Boston Post. Did the great chief of the Wang-Wangs see any evidence of the decadence of our race in the East asked a Western Indian of the chief who had been on a mission to Washington. "Ye," replied the doughty warrior. "We are fast disappearing. Figures of basehall men now stand In front of cigar stores places that our ancestors haye occupied for centuries." lid-Bits.

The ferocious lions which were painted on the fence of the new Capitol, and which had to be obliterated because they frightened horses, have been replaced by diminutive beasts of harmless aspect, which oould not possibly frighten even the most liery steeds which may chance to pass that way. Ttiee little lions are artistically painted in red and black. They were much looked at yesterday. A tlanla Constitution. One of the colored porters of a parlor car company was tried before Justice Henderson, of Meridian.

recently, on an affidavit made against him by the Meridian Temperance Reform Club, charged with selling liquor in the cars contrary to law. The accused naa fined a small amount and imprisoned for one hour. The company has instructed their employes not to sell any more liquor In the cars In the dry counties of MisaisslppL fi etc-Orleans Picayune. It may besaid for baseball that its rewards are as much greater as Its requirements are more arduous than those of medicine, divinity, or law. It has this advantage, too, that no post-graduate course la needed to command Ha highest honor and emolument.

Iu uouor man walki out on Commencement Day, his education complete and aure of an income of or $3,000 a year. How many long years must the luckless lawyer or dat-tor struggle and toll bo-fore he can count on halt aa much Ike Hour. A youth of tender years, who, it would seem, had his lines fall in pleasant places, was asked the other day what he preferred to be when he grew to be a man. Without loss of time for Idle thought, the observant youngster replied: Why. a letter carrier, of course.

He the happiest man about; everybody smiles at him; everybody's wailing for htm and aay a something pleasant to him, and he la alwayssura of a nice Christmas present. Mr mind's made up, and Tm going to be a letter carrier. Boston Post. The horseback rider who should strap himself to hia beast so that he oould not dis mount in eas of the horse's falling or rolling "iurr v-ciuedi wouta oe considered foolhardy, but men and women will sit in a vehicle which ta securely hitched to a borne, and. If the animal runs away, remain In It in the hope of controlling it until la dangerous to Jump and dangtirooa to remain.

In such a ease a aimpla apparatus, which can easily imagined, for detaching the shafts or pole from a carriage and freeing the vehicle, would remove all daoger to human life and limb and allow the fractious act-niai to eonrinne it mad career without tmperil-tng lU bnmau passenger. Xorwien Bulletin. The aimtesenes of some people's lives was aianatngly UlnatraMd to na tba other day aa wa were drrrtng aver the bridge to Torehaai when the water was running at Its blahest ever the falls, There was a lot of boys standmgnpea tke ledges a taw tee from the Topahaaa end et the daia, aad they ware vigorously throwing- po-" late the etc warrant man lag avar the a proa to Sad that Uiey did not emet the flew ef water, and neither eould they discover what became of the little reeks so nervously east against the earreat. Lota of older and aoght-te-ba wlaer folk ha va bea ears red all their Uvea la doing preolaalj similar work. Brunswick (Ms.) Itle-graph.

In the eld town of ia Vermont, about the berinning of this century llvrd a man named to whemrkhe unique idea had ecearred of following the order of the alphabet la naming hia children. In aeeordance with thi plan Mo. l. a boy, waa named Ashley Brlgham The brief existence of No. 2 was shown name.

Death bora Epiibenia. Then followed Foster Gilmaa. Hilarity Juno, Kathira Lelona, Mellna Koulla, Obadlah Po laader, Quirotta Rosea a. Servlah Trusty, and when this point wa reached the old gentleman died, leaving a girl without a name, and hia widow flnUh-d the list by skipping the Intervening letters and railing the unnamed bebr Harper" Magasins for May. AMUSEMENTS.

LLEDER KRANZ 80CD2TT. The Liederkrans Society gave its third concert this season at iu clubhouse last evening. The gorgeous concert hall waa packed, aa It usually is on these semi-musical aeml-noclal occasions, and tha Interpretation of an exceptionally long and varied programme waa aue-oessfuily accomplished by a large array of soloists, by a band, and by the male and female chorus of the association. The most import-tnt number on the house bill was Mendelssohn's musie to Racine' The score, which was completed In 1845, had its first hearing directly afterward In Berlin; It was performed In England in 1S47, and waa rehearsed, with a view to its production In the eonoerts of the Parisian Boclets du Conservatoire, but waa never rendered publicly in Paris until riven under M. Paadeloup's direction.

In 1866; later on it was listened to at the Theatre, in connection with a revival of Racine's drama. In this country, the overture and the war march of the priests are the only portions known to musio lovers In general. The music to "Athalle" is of the same character as the more familiar music of "ElUah," but In respect of feeling and melodiousness it falls far below Mendelssohn's much admired oratorio. With tba overture and the war march of the priests, a fine soprano solo, which was extremely well sung by Frauleln Ida Klein, and a beautiful trio for female voices, best rewarded attention In yesterday eventngsperformanoe. In the concert of mls-cellanoaus muslo that preceded Athalie" Miss Agnes Huntington sang in brilliant faahion tha air from Cenerentota" which ahe has often rendered with fluency and lmpreaaivenesa.

Herr Anton. Schott was applauded in lieder by Schumann and Fischer; the Mlnner-chor distinguished Itself In part-songs by Rlets and Isenmann, and Miss Fannie Bloomfleld played with quite as much serve and nervous force as on Saturday Rubinstein's minor concerto. No. and enhanced the worth of the effort by greatly increased technical aocuraey. Miss Bloom held courteously took the place assigned to Frauleln A us der One on the programme, the absentee being detained in Pittsburg by illness.

This fact waa announced to the audience In two pleasant speecbe one In German and the other in English-delivered by Mr. William Stelnway. Mr. Steinwav subsequently Introduced Dr. Senner, who read the text of Atballe" as a substitute for Herr Keller, this gentleman also being kept away by indisposition.

THE CASINO CONCERT. The Casino was crowded uncomfortably last night when a number of the singers of Mr. Henry E. Abbey's opera company, now supporting Mme. Patti.

appeared in concert. Every seat in the house was occupied and the standing room was literally packed, many of those who stood up through the entire performance being ladles. The programme was made np of familiar and well worn numbers from tba Italian opera repertory, and it delighted the audlenoe. which at times broke forth in demonstrations of enthusiasm. The stars of the evening were Mme.

Scalchl and Slguor QalaasL The contralto was In good voice and sang all of her numbers with spirit and much flortdity of style. Her principal nuinbera were "No, no, no." from Les Huguenots;" tha brindlsl from Lncretla Borgia," and Signor Bapto's Notts di Maggio," but she was compelled to supplement each of them with a seuond selection In response to the vociferous demands of the audience. Signor Galaaal sang first the Evening 6tar" song from Tannnfiuaer." which he gave with a tine breadth of style and tone. He was enthusiastically recalled, and then treated tb house to a most poette rendering of Casto dl Ilor" from 11 Re di Lahore." Signor Novara, Hignor Mlgllari, Signor Vldnl, Signor Abrarooff, Signor Corsi, and Mile Valerga also appeared and contributed to the general enjoyment. The orchestra, nnder Signor Ardltt.

played tha overtures to "Semiramlde" and Crown Diamonds," a little composition by Paul Lecouibe, and a march by Signor ArdltL A SMALL IXDIAX SCARE. Fort Worth, Texas. April 24. Advices from Anadarko Indian Agency, are to the effect that there has been great excitement there owing to the action of the Kiowas. War talk began over a week ago, but Quanah Parker, chief of tha Comanches, not only held his own tribe in check, but lhfluenoed the better element of the Kiowas.

But few of this tribe would listen to him, and with their war talk began depredations on the cattlemen. A band of them roamed over the cattle country visiting residences, and greatly frightened the women and children. They made such demonstrations about the school at Anadarko aa to terrorize the children. The military were notified, and CapL Hall determined to withhold beef rations from the Kiowas that had rauaed the trouble, but when Friday came more of the leaders came in and it was rhen determined to arrest them. This becoming known, the Kiowas became alarmed, apd leaving their traps and wagons, took their women and children and all their ponies to a stronghold on the Rainy Mountain, about 40 miles from Anadarko.

Troops were at once so In pursuit and went into ramp on the Wichita, eight miles from the Indian position. They advanoed to the batteof the mountain on the following night. After three days' parley the Indians agreed to give up the offending Indians to the soldier stationed near the fort, where they could be watched. The troops returned to Anadarko with the prisoner. -W DISSATISFIED WITH TBS LAW.

Dr.s Moixes, Iowa, April 24. The feeling Is rapidly growing among the Iowa shippers that the inter-State commerce law it a bad thing for them, and a movement I on foot to create a sentiment that will impel Gov. Larrabee to call a special session of the Legislature to devise means of relief. So far as could be learned the feeling would be to secure the restoration of the granger law of 1874, with a lower short haul rate, of course, than in the latter measure, which stood the scrutiny of the Federal Supreme Court. But a query baa been raised since the agitation has begun whether such a law would be well regarded In the Federal courts, t'on- fress having at last assumed its prerogative, is also aald that such a State law would by reflex action modify the inter-State rates, and the decision In The People of Illinois against Wabash la referred to in support of this view.

At present the new law is working more against local manufacturers than others, the movement of agricultural product now being light, but wheat Is growing and pigs are thriving, so that farmers are expected to Join in the agitation which will probably mix Itself in the pending campaign. MANAGER FIELD TO WED. Boston, April 24. The social event of the coming week will be the marriage of Mr. R.

Montgomery Field, manager of the Boston Museum, to Miss Cynthia Endicott, daughter of the Hon. Charles Endicott, of Canton. The ceremony will take place at the country seat of tba bride's father In Canton, on Tuesday morning, at o'clock, and will be a quiet affair, only the relations and Intimate friends of the contracting parties being present. A wedding breakfast will follow, after which the bridal couple will start for New-York, where a suite of apartments haa been engaced at the Hoffman Houae. Later in the wet-k Mr.

and Mrs. Field will sail for Europe, where Mr. Field goes on hi annual trip to secure new plays for the season of 17 and nH at the Museum. The bride-elect la a tall, handsome woman, about 35 years old. and a great favorite in Boston social circles, she met Mr.

Field soma five years ago at the beach, and last bummer the acquaintance was renewed. Her family 1 one of the oldest In the cfty. MR. BVRDICK EXPLAINS To the Editor ef tXe X. York Timts In the report of my testimony in the Mc-Mahoa suit appearing in your issue of yesterday I am quoted aa questioning the veracity of Mr.

Edward Lautarbach. President of the Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company. I desire to atata that such a stata-ment doea both Mr. Laatartiach and myself area Injustice. I never Intended to convey the Idea axpreased tn your report, and utterly disclaim any suea utterance.

Whiia ha and I have differed in the adiostment of claims acainat hi company ail oar aas-ouattoas have heea condor ted la the moat gentlemanly and eonrteooa rlrtL BCRDICK. 6d Tzxtlb Cocbt, Sunday, Anvil 24, lSd7. A DEIEOIT BANKERS DEATH ATn WBlSTOlt ffCDDITLT. TAKXW 0T9 HIS CASKES AJTD LARG VnXMXSTl 1 DxTBOrr. April 24 David Preston, ftl 3 yaar head af Us banking eooas tearta vw Wama faa this olty.

died with startling this morula the slxty-nrst year of Bis aaT Bs had bee. troubled with diabetes for several 1 years. but act ao as to Interfere with hiseusteuw ary business duties. Be left his bank as umZ yesterday afteraoea. and went te bad last atcht without tha slightest premenltloa of BU ,1.

proeohlng cad. it 4 morning his old enemy aroused hia from aliepSd 5 1 soma ffortate eslllgata what seeoved oolv a tom.orary trouble. So little waaLsou7ht af tkS ware. notdlamAL? In two hours ha waa dead, eompueetteui wu. the heart having suddenly aW thtSrp, ance and defied all attempts at relief.

Mr KL ton came to Detroit In aad entered tha banking house of O. Y. Lewi, as a etorfcYjeS Tears later he started a private banging effleeof lh mnlt WT. aad from tbAtUma to this had broaeculed hi business until It hi? aasnmed large proportions. At tha time of hi death he waa head of tha Preston Bank af rw trplt.

Incorporated under tba State law. and wmk a Urge stockholder la the Metropolitan Nattonll Bank of Chicago aa tha ancoeaaor of thaton established prtvata banking house af PrastoZ Kean A of that elty. -rasioa. When the panic of 1873 so suddenly vlstteV the nnandaf world Mr. Preston was caught witk a large amount of hia assets locked up variola forma In real estate, and a run npoa hia thM Private bank compelled Its suspaoetoa tor Ursa days-Sept.

2.V27. He at once issued a ment setting forth his exact rendition, aas sT suring the public that If he was allowed ta mm. '-age hia own affairs every debt should be nata and B250.0OO remainder weald be left, Te ths importunities of some of hi business Meads and of hia legal advisers, to make aa assignmeal aa the bast method to protect bis creditors, aa Interposed a firm and flat refusal. Ia Urea day he had perfected arrangement by which be opened his doors, challenged the coBtdeaoa of his depositors, and proceeded to transact business aa before, in tha maantlme arranging for and liquidating his Indebted sea. Bo arreaa- iT TIj," wb ais axorvion tnat by the middle of Secern ber ha had paid off BeWl 000 of obligateha and established his credit oa an Impregnable foundation.

Mr. Preston wa bora In Harmony, Chantae-qna County. N. hia father being Methodist minister, and this latter faet rave a powerful coloring to all hi Ufa. Ha early beeamaa meo ber of that church, aad to the elose of hia Ufa wa a devout and unpretentious Christian, abao luteiy devoted to the Interest of his denamlne- tton.

He died the foremost member of tba church in tha State of Michigan, not excepting Doctors of Divinity, and President and Prufeeaora In colleges. His aid bad been extended for years to struggling churches In every part of tha State, an he was continually sought for advice and help, all of which waa given In the moat ganeraoa measure until his name had become a household word. In 1870. when Albion College, the da-nomlnatlonal Institution In this State, wa making a great effort to secure a needed Increase of Its endowment. Mr.

Preston offered individually to secure BrJO.OOO if the authorities of tba eat. lege would raise $90,000 of bona fids endow- ment funds. HI eharaeteristlo offer waa sere pted. and two years later tba Trustee reported their part of tha work aoeompUahcd. be having contributed of tha amount himself.

Mr. Preston thereupon flooded tha Methodist churches of tha State with circulars. Inviting the members to come to his assistance and share with hlra in raising the -larger sum he had pledged. This bold and coa-tident appeal to his brethren had It effect, and by the Spring of 1873 ha had raised by thai method $23,000. He then proceeded personally to visit various parts of the Btate.

soil (Ting ta-terest tn the college and aid to his plans. Ia -September he paid over tha entire fo000 ta the college, a liberal portion of which cam front -his own pocket. His whole life abounded In ot uch benettcences, generally bestowed In religious ehannel and In hi own denomination. Tbelr total um extended into tha hundreds af thousands. Mr.

Preston had been aware for soma rear af the dangerous nature of the disease which roatf not be shaken off from hi otherwise vigorous frame, and very recently had turned hi two banking offices Into incorporated Institutions, se that their affairs would not be tn the least disturbed by his sudden death: and there Is aa doubt that hi large bustneaa Interests -will not -be in tha least disturbed by tha sudden ehangs which brings the atneerest sorrow and regret ta tha entire community to which he ao long lives one of ita most useful and trusted Uren. Us leaves a large family. NOT TALKING POLITICS. JOHH SHERMAN'S SOCIAL VISIT TO TBI METROPOLIS. Most of the Hon.

John ShermAn's six feet and over of Presidential timber was snugly en-sconsed In a big easy armchair in one of the parlors of the Fifth-Avenue Hotel yesterday afternoon. An Illustrated magazine lay in the statesman's lap and a paper cutter which had been opening up the treasures of the periodical was held tn his right hand. Mr. Sherman was passing a quiet afternoon, but be seemed to be enjoying It greatly. Ha looked weu, and told his friends who dropped In for a few mlnnte that ha wa la excellent health after hi trtp through the South.

But Mr. Sherman was not Inclinea to sneak of political questions. It waa Sunday, to begm with, and, besides, he had not come to New-York to build or repair fences or do anything of tha sort. "My being here," he told a Times reporter, has nothing to do with politic. I am in New-York on a purely social errand.

And as that I the ease I am not willing to discuss public question." "And how did you like what you saw on your Southern trip was asked. I visited nearly all the centres of the district, Chattanooga, Birmingham, and so on. That part of the country is certainly prospering nowadays, and It ought to, too, with Its coal and iron and other resources. I went all through the land of the Will It last I Oh. well, I can't say about that, I am cure.

I knew that real estate wa war up wben I waa there, but I didn't maks any partloular Inquiries about it" "How popular did you find President Cleveland in the South Now, that's something I am not going to talk about. That's polities, you know." What did tha Birmingham Incident amount to "Oh, that was not worth notice. It was a trivial affair. My jaunt down Sooth waa for pleasure. Our party were not bent on political -conquests and wa devoted ourselves to having a good time We enjoyed ourselves everywhere, and I made two or three speeches.

Out in Ohio we are having a boom In Flndlay, Lima, and all that part of the State. There the boom depends upon oil and natural gas past aa the South depends, upon Its coal and iron. The boom Is rapidly building up the Ohio district where It is on. I have nothing to aay Just now about tha Interstate bill. Perhaps it Is not a matter of polities, but It comes so close to It that I don't want to.

discuss It Just at present." Mr. Sherman had a number of callers yesterday, but tn no sense did ha bold a rereptJoa. He will be here for two or three days more, and will then go back to Washington. In another month he will return to OhloTS HEBREW ABTLV7C The aixty-fourth annual meeting of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society was held yesterday morning at the orphan asylum. Tenth-avenue and One Hundred and Tbtrty-slxtb-street.

The following officers were chosen for the year: Jesse Sellgman. President: Henry Rice, Yioe-President; Abraham Wolff, Treasurer, and Julian Nathan. Edward Lauterbach, Henry 8. Allen. J.

W. Rlglanaer. Isaae Hendricks, aad N. Necarsulmer, Trustees. The President's report showed that there were AVi orphans in the asylum, of whom 277 were boy.

Seven children under their charge were boarded out. Of tha orphan 3tri were born In New-York. '11 tn other portions of tha Union, and 165 In foreign countries. The children are well cared for aad excellently trained In every respect. The society has sent during the past year 920,000 to tba United Hebrew Charities tor' distribution.

The finances of the society are la a good condition. Tbe receipt over expenditures were 41.352 95. The coat of maintaining tbe asylum, for tbe year was A60.54A SI. Tha reports of the committees read by Secretary Myer Stem sbowed among other thing that 16 of the male orphan had recently been provided with good position. SVSDAT LAW IK BROOK LT.f.

There were very few stores open in Brooklyn yesterday, their owners evidently having been frightened by tha order of Mayor WhHoey to the effect that the Sunday laws must be enforced. The order of Police Commiasloner Carroll to the Captains left tha man oar of the enforcement of the law to their discretion, and they took it upon themselves to give each tore-Keeper ample notice that he would be arrested If he failed to shut up shop. This leeway prevented many a man from betas marched tn tbe nearest police station. As it -was. the liquor saloon were about the only places where money could be spent, and the side door of tbee did about a good a business aa uauaL There were only two arreta for violations of tha law.

They were Samuel Colemaa. of J57 Bmadway. wno sold a poUeemaa aoaaerollara. aad Thomas Van Oehfea. who retailed some groceries at 398 South Fifth-street.

Next Sunday ao warnings will be given. TtfA" BEST PAPER PRINTED. Te mo tiitor (rent York Times Inclosed yon will find my subscription to The Wr.CKLr Tin aa tor another year. It to ao-doahtedry tba bast paper for foreign aa well a home new that Is priatad ia Vsw-Tork. have taken tt for a antaber ef years.

I H. B. Bocra Gibso. PeaUL. launder, April XL,.