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READY FOR THE REILLY BILL
Report On th« Pacific Railroais
Filed at Laat.
History of the Union find Central
Pacfflc Linfj -Renewed.
No Posltlva B«eammeodatlom Made, Bat
tbe Sanate Commltt*e Make Soma
BaeE«stlorn and Comments.
Washington, .Ten. 26.—Senator Brice,
chairman of the canals SOSamlUs» on
railroads, presented a report from
that committee concerning the Paoifia
railroads. The repott is not baaed on
any bill before congress, and ie intended
aimnly to supply the annate with iM
, tbe information attainable in the la
debteciceai of the Paoifin railroads, to-
gether with 4 brief skatah ol the his
tory of 'ooth tbe Uoioa Pe-jifio and
Central Pacini py.-t ■ Whiob. is don)
under the follo'ving hee.is a* «; .;".»
the Unicu Pacific:
Firat—The charter, mmttasiion of
tbe road and lutolqasat legislation.
Seoond—The -a/.'reads oompoaing She
system at pie?ant and thair financial
■lotas.
Third—Foliay- of owaius l and control
ling branch linat ot read and other out
side investments.
Fourth—Moßßitrs" of relief.
NO EKCOMMENDATIONB,
The port of tbe rsport devoted to Pa
cific railroads deals with the charter
and legielation, roads embraced iv the
system, indebtedness, assets end earn
ings. Tbe report makes no direct rec
ommendations, hot urges tho impor
tance of taking op tha question of tho
Pacific road Indebtedness in the follow
ing terma:
"The p-'ocont practical queaticn of the
indebtßdocEß cf the bond-aided l-'acific
railroads ia of vast magnitude and cf
highest itnportenae Its solution ca
iottlorcent and a final adjustment, cf the
relatione o: tho government with theae
rottdij, .ooking to the ultimate dieehßigo
of thi« i£M£»btf»:--nesß and of the rehebili
tatics- of ths roads an that they may
Bubitp'Te the pu.'poee for which thoy
we."? orlpjlaoltj' created; ia imperntivflly
denand.-d, Bet only by tho United
Btatta and the ro»c> therraaelves, but
also by Its SOStatUcitlei aad people
which they e»rvt> with railroad facilities
ana by the holMfl «' Valid recuritiea is
sued if lasraatotd l>y the railroad ocn
•aiitfi
TnE MKASCnTI OF PHI.IEF.
roeßeura of to bj provided
ought te be comprehensive and far
reaching enough to embrrce ell theae
inte.eete It ehouli especially aim to
preserve ths rights of the Uitiied States
in the premises, and to be ench as tbe
roads oan live under. Whaieve: of
partnership relations exist between the
United States and these roods should be
terminate! in such manner as shall ba
to the interests of both. In dealing with
thia subject more regard must be had
for present conditions than for past
grievauoen. liecolleotiou of the credit
mobilier and other unjust manipula
tions should not overbalance the eober
bueineßß thought of today or outweigh
oonsiderationß and conditions obtaining
at the present time."
After d scueaing various meaau.ee of
making secure the government indebt
edness on the Union Facilio, the report
says: "Another course seems to have
been left open by the government under
tbe sixth section of the aot of 1862,
which provided that the grants were
made upon the oondition that the com
pany should pay tbe subsidy bonds at
maturity. Thia ia a condition subse
quent, and for a breaoh of tbe same the
United Statoa may, at the maturity of
the debt, proceed to forfeit tbe charter
of the company, and wind up ita busi
ness tbrough a receiver and take its
chances for a recovery of whatever por
tion of the debt it may he able to ob
tain. From what we have said t.-e think
it sure that the amount would be very
small indeed. It is a question, how
ever, on Che whole, if it migh* not bs
the beet thing tinvter the oitciimataucee
to do."
AGAINST FOESCLOSURS.
To this the report adds: "Your onm
mittee, however, do not wi«h to be
understood as recemmetdieg this meas
ure of relief, bat merely suggees it as an
alternative in suit othsr reiasdiss be
lieved now to be better should fp.il "
Poeitive ground is tak»jn ugainai ths
government's forselo:i:ng the lisnr. aad
operating the ioadn. To ihii plan they
say there are many grave objections, aad
add: "No considerable n■:,::> ar of
citizens of tbe Unit?.'. States, certainly
not a majority, have aver declared for
the government control of railroads,
and fewer yet have ever seriously en
tertained the idea that tha government
should enter the field of railroading bg
the owner and operator of bus erie
line of transcontinental railroad,
and thit committee in coiapuDy with
the other transcontinental iinea oi rail
roads operated by individuals. Boric i s
the main line of tbe Union Paolflo and
Central Pacini l ! (which wers Intended by
eongreaa to wnstilut* one tract
continental line) thora are now in tha
United States four other lines reaching
from the Miaaouti river to the Paeilia
ocean, and having their connections
with eastern trunk lines, We tbink it
clear beyond question that as a financial
investment, the operation of tho bond
aided PaoiSc roads by the government
would- be a flat failure, and we are
abu tAf.ly satisfied tbat on tho ques
tion ' •tfovernmental policy it would at
prei phki and*.: existing circumstan
ces, tee, and would be fraught with
serious oircumatanoea to the republio
anii with results far reaching and in the
end aJniiouH.
AN ALTEENATIVB.
In ja«e of the failure of theae plana,
they 'Higgeefc that the only alternative
wot. 1 seem to be to refund tbe Union
Pacific debt for a conaiderable period of
a rate of interest commensurate
wit i the earning capacity of the road.
"This," aays the report, "is the plan
which has tbo most favor with finan
cier!! and those who have given the
subject much attention." Aa to tha
period for which tbe debt should be
extended, and with respect to Ihe rate
of interest, no special recommendation
ia made. "Tbat," eaye tbe report, "will
be a matter for future adjustment, when
the details of the plan shall be
more fully developed. At present our
recommendations will be confined gen
erally to the matter of refunding of ths
debt for ench a period, and at snob a rate
ot interest as shall suable the company,
under ordinary circumstances and busi
ness conditions, to meet the current In
tereat and a portion of tha principal of
the debt each year, so tbat at tbe expi
ration of tbe period for which the exten-
Bion is granted tbe debt may be wiped
out. In this srrßngernant two place
have been suggested:
Firßt —The continuance of the sinking
fund and toe payment into it cf a larger
chare of the not oaruipga than ate at
present paid into it.
Second — Periodical payments of a
fixed amount into the treasury of the
Unit?d Stttis until the debt is liquid
ated^
"Tile committee dries not present ony"
au&goation aa to the relief to be eHord
ed the Central Pacific.
TIBHU OF TAMMANY.
Report tbat Oolrlons Will Fig-are In
Qartrvrala Politics.
New York. .ien. 20.—The O:mmeroial
Advsrtiaer aaya : ''Herman Oalricha is
said to have ••-. •<•!>' to hia friends that
he is about to depart for San Francisco
and would probably become a oitizen ol
California. He said, half jestingly per
haps, that as an old time Damourat
when DimOCrMy meant aomothing, he
though', p Hsibiy ha aiight go into poli-
UOO la the Golden aUild, and that he
would like noU iao bettor titan to be
sent ao oue of the iepreset>t-iti T 'ci of
that etata td the United Statei pnoate.
"With bis ow.i great wealth mad
charming personality, and with the in
fluence which hia wifo'-, enormoun for
tune cnu give horn, perhape Mr Oalricha
doea not indulge la viaiomtry <iewa
when he permits ambitions to fo to the
senate Irom California to coniroi him.
He haa had considerable experience in
politics here. Tammany wowld have
gladly named him as iti candidate for
mayor at tho last election, had he per
mitted that to be dr ue. He wan for a
time New York'a representative upon
the national Don-.-critic fsammittee, but
the gtrce ol politic* M it bus been
played by Tarriminy did not pluase Mr.
Oelriohs, and ho therslora withdrew
from politico! activity."
CAUGHT 'mm NAPPING.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MAKES
A SiiY VISIT.
The Home for Adult Ulinti In a Bud
Condition*— A Hurprli* for
the Emptoyotafea
■
Sam Francisco, Jan. 26.—Two com
dittoes from the assembly made
a visit to the home for adult blind
at Oakland today. The employees
cf the institution were taken by sur
prist. Tha haoie was thoroughly inspect
ed and found ia a moat uneiUin'aclory
condition. The public sitting room in the
langucgo ot -.iK of ths committee was
"not fit (or a pig»peu. Dirt abounded
everywhere. The sanitary conditiona
wers wretched and a menace to the
health of the inmates, who are
poorly fed and badly treated,"
The oommittse cannot understand
how past appropriations have
been expended. The superintendent ie
John Sanders, a blind man. The home
asks for another large appropriation at
this aeeaion of the legislature, but it ia
probable that the committee will reuom
iaend tbat the buildinga be cold and
new onos erected on a Bito to be chosen
at some future time.
The committee also visited the deaf,
dumb and blind institution at Berkeley
and found everything in a moat satisfac
tory condition. "One of tbe beat man
aged inatitutions of the state," was the
comment of one of the committee.
RAILKOAD LEGISLATION.
Laws Adopted by Various States Ksg-o
latlns Transportation.
The legislature of South Carolina, which has
just adjourned, passed a hill prohibiting the
consolidation of competing railroads, the law
to go into effect on March Ist next. It con
tains tho usual provision against lenses, merg
ers, etc., etc. The (ieorgia legislature has
passed a law prohibiting the running of freight
trains on Kunday except to carry perishable
freight. Tho number of proposed laws is
quiie numerous.
The legislature of Colorado has instructed
its senators at Washington, aud requested Ihe
representatives of the state there, to urge con
gress to appoint a single "independent" re
ceiver for tho Union and Central i'ncilic rail
roads. Tho same body lias before it n resolu
tion appointing a conimitteo of inquisition to
find out all about tho railroads of the stato,
how much they cost, what they aro earning,
etc. The items named in tho resolution are
similar to those of tho Texas law which re
quires the railroad commissioners to ascertain
the cost of ovcry railroad, etc. The Indiana
legislature has before it a sweeping measure to
prohibit the acceptance or uso of railroad
passes oystate otlieers under penalty of a heavy
fine and forfeiture. The report says that the
bill will havo a rough road, as nearly every
member has a pass. .Senator Shearer of Kansas
has presented a bill to increase the duties of
the board of railroad commissioners, and to
change the name of that body. I'opresentativo
Gardcnhiro has presented a bill providing that
any county, stale or district ufflccr who receives
an annual pass from any railroad company,
shall register it with the secretary of state,
who shall keep a public record of such passes.
If any officer accepts a pass and does not havo
it registered, he shall be punished by lino or
Imprisonment, or both. Conductors aro re
quired to tako up passes not bearing the certif
icate of the secretary of slate, and a failure to
do so subjects tlicm to line and imprisonment.
In Illinois a bill has been introduced provid
ing for a stale board of arbitration. In Minne
sota there is a propositiou to tax tho equipment
of sleeping oar companies and telegraph lines.
In Missouri Mr. Phlppsof Kansas city proposes
that the rate for sleeping ear berths be limited
to #1 a night. Mr. Fitzgerald of New York has
presentod a bill authorizing cities to contract
for transportation of policemen and firemen,
lv the Pennsylvania legislature there is a bill
to prohibit tho consolidation of competing
pipe lines, another to prevent tha formation of
trusts, and one to prevent tho use of railroad
trackß as public highways,
Pata i,r the Fsnaar,
Fred Perry Powers.
The American larmer has long held a place
greatly above that of tho peasant of continental
Europe iv his income and stylo oi living, be
cause ho has been able to possess a l.irgor trsct
of land, and greatly above tho English tenant
farmer in his independence, becauso he has
been able to own tho ground that he tilled. He
will not continue another half century to hold
this enviable position. The economic forces that
have boon at work in Europe have also been at
work here, but not so long, aud therefore they
have not matured so much fruit. Thero have
been Americans who imagined that our polit
ical constitution would protect us from the
fate of tho old world. It would bo as rational
for a man to expect his knowledge ot arithme
tic to keep him dry iv a thunderstorm.
Somellines we find the American fsrmer
slipping away from his acres, and sometimes
wo find his acres slipping away from him : as a
result of both tendencies there is a separation,
widening witli tho lapse of time, between own
ership aud cultivation. 'I he American farmer
is following tho Kngllsh yeoman into extinc
tion, and the creation of landlord and tenant
classes lias already made considerable progress
here. Speculation is one of tho Incidents of
evolution, and evolution In agriculture is giv
ing us, instead of one class of farmers, who
were simultaneously landlord, tenant and
laborer, farmers of the three classes, perma
nently distlnot
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 27. 1895.
NEW BOOKS.
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Homo rs fVlcux Sawinui) of the PRIVCR DR
JOI.VILI.K: translated by Lady Macy
Lloyd; Mc.Muliau A Uo, New York. For
salo by Stoll Thayer.
At thia time, when Francs has peace
fully passed through a crisis, this charm
ing volume of memoirs is particularly
interesting, depicting as it does, a period
in the history "ot that country fust'ante-'
dating ite moat unhappy asoond dalli
ance with iojporialiem. Tbe Prince de
Joinville, a gallant eon of a monarch,
who waa giveo too much to reasoning
and too little to aotiou, takes his read
ors into hia confiieoce and treats them
with all tbe frankness and absence ol
self-conaciouaneßS that should prevail
between the most intimate friends.
The description of hie journey to the
United Statei is full of enjoyment. This
waa hits first visit, for the volume does
not bring his career to the date of the
civil war, when he was a member of
General McOlellan's staff, and distin
guished himself by bis gallantry. This
view of life in the states in tbe 30's and
40' ais cumulative evidence to the fact
that Diokena' first '"notes" and Mrs.
Trollope's famous tirade were aot en*
tirely exaggerated. He notes expector
ation as a national characteristic, and
vividly portrays a number of obnoxious
features which perhaps were then typi
cal. But he ie not a prejudiced ob
server and finds, royalist as be was, a
number ol fine qualities and admirable
tendencies, which gave him faith in the
people and the government.
Though tbe prinoe was a tvploal
sailor, he was also possessed of
an artistic appreciation which finds
expression in many paragraphs
about the more notable artists and act
orß ol hiß time. A peculiar trait, evi
dently evolved from his love of the sea,
ie his openly expressed regard lor the
English, evidently caneed by his ad
miration for the maritime achievements
of that nation. This, in a Frenchman,
botokena exceptional breadth of rrind
and a generous, mink nature.
The frankness, in fact, of the royal
author is often amusing to a degree. In
one case he describea his extraordinary
difficulty at a French colony on the Da
homey coast which he visited in his ca
pacity aa admiral. He went aahore and
treated the black nabobs cordially and
generoualy. He made euoh an impres
sion upon them, in iact, that it was de
cided they wished thia "petit roi,"
the eon of their far-away king
in Paris, to provide them with a future
ruler in whoße veins the blood royal
should course. So all the belles ol the
village, numbering several score, were
collected and ottered to him. He says
that on discovering the situation he
made off with all possible epeed,
Tbe style is colloquial, witty and inti
mate, oharming to a high degree, and
unconsciously the author depicts him-
Beif and hiß character, with tbe same
fidelity and joyousnesa that he does the
scenes he baa visited and the people he
met iv his journeyings in all quarters of
the globe.
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LOURDES, by Emile Zola, author of The
Downfall, The Dream, etc. Translated by
Ernest A. Uizettellyi cloth edition, $1.25.
P. Tennyson Neeiy, Chicago. Foi sale
by The A. W. Berry Stationery company,
120 South Spring street.
It is undeniable that M. Zola has
given in Lourdea a book of great value.
Whatever hia faults, he is certainly con
scientious and painßtaking, and this
atudy oi the emotional side of re
ligion is a monument of patient research
and cloae obaarvation. He has chosen
tbe narrative form, and the novel he has
woven around the little town where
miraoles are wrought is a model of oon
struotion. The five days of tbe pilgrim
age, during which the heroine is cured,
give ample opportunity lor superb de
scription—pictures of hopeless Buffering
and religious exaltation, ol masses of
incurables, of the humblest, tbe poorest
and the unhapptest of mankind turning
to tbe Unknowable with confident ex
pectation. Some of theae descriptions
are horrible—especially those of the
train, with its revolting sick, and of the
hospital—but every detail, however re
pulsive, aida in perfecting a picture of
buman Buffering that haunta the mind.
Zola haa ohoaen a doubting prieat as
the vehicle lor his obeervations, and
thia young man, tortured by hia doubts,
acoompsniea the pilgrima and tells to
tbem, in that wagon filled with plaints
and groanß, the atory of the virgin's ap
pearance to Bemadette Sonbrionß, his
thoughts accompanying the simple tale
with the commentary of modern scien
tific investigation. For he haa studied
the subject for many years, and has
gathered all the light thrown upon it
by modern medicine and psychology.
He knows that the cure of the young
girl whom he aooompanieß was pre
dicted by a physician, and understands
the ground* whereon tbat prophecy is
baed, Zola presents, throughout the
story, theße two views aide by side—
the belief in miracles aud tbeir explana
tion by unbialieviug Boiarjiota.
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York.
There ia nothing wrivlh knowing in
the way of statistic* end garter*) In
formation which cannot he found iv thia
volume. No eucyolopiedia treata of
more eubjecta, and while tbe matter ia
neceaaarily much nondenaed, all the
essential facta that are needed in a book
of reference can be found.
It ia impoaaible to deal in detail with
such a book in a limited apaoe, but, in
brief, its quality can be gummed up aa
being as near perieotion aa men's work
ia permitted to be.
Tbe chapter where the prieat begina
the atory of tbe virgin's appearance at
Lonrde's juatifies Mr. Lang's claim tbat
Tola ia a romantioiat; itia tilled with
myatic poetry —tbe Bong of hope that
never forsakes for long the most misera
ble. Me telle the story of Lourdes from
the beginning; the attempts ol tha im
perial government to suppress the move
ment; tbe fear of the church to commit
itself; the final triumph of Bernadette,
and of tho suffering poor who refused to
give up thia new hope of happtneaa and
peace on earth. Ho tells, also, of tbe
erection of tbe basilica over the grotto
and of tbe increasing flow of gold from
the four corners of the plauet. He lakes
the reader to the place where the health
giving water is bottled without core
in. ..,y or respect, and into the temple
and tbe market-place.
And in contrast with thia he shows
tbe endless processions going up, day
after day, year after year, with the hope
of obtaining by divine grace what the
princes of science have been unable to
give. Then, too, come tne lassitude and
despair when all ia over aud the invoca
tions have proved in vain ; but hope de
feats this doubt, and Ihe pilgrims return
to their homes singing, confident tbat
the supreme blessing will mrely oome
at laat,
Zola pronounces no opinion. As has
been said, ha places side by aide the re
ligious and the modern acientifio theory.
Tbat wonderlnl oures have occurred Is
beyond doubt, and he indicates ths mys
rerio- p' H»o ""--r"- * " *|
cine begins but now to understand; he
shows that sordid side of Lourdes,
which sprang into life with
the unceasing influx of money
with interest as to tbe duration of tbe
popularity of tbis place of pilgrimage,
which requires constantly new miracles
to continue its pre-eminence as a source
of grace. The book contains a summary
history of Lourdes, compiled from all
available sources, and adds a great deal
of valuable-information .to our.knf/wledge
of the emotional element in religion, and
oi its powerful effect upon tho ignorant
and the suffering. It is an extrsmsly
clever and impressive book.
RECORD OF THE WOMAN'S COVORE3B AT
THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FA R; edited by
Mrs. May w rioht Skwai.l Two volurueß.
For sale by the King Publishing company
of San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The World's Congress of Representa
tive Women ia tbe title ot tbe only com
plete and authorized report of that very
remarkable gathering held ia Chicago.
The meetings were held under the au
apicea of the World's Congress auxiliary,
and they surpassed in interest and value
even tbe expectations of their organiz
ers. Prominent women from all parts
of the world, representing tbe best
achievements of their sex in every
branoh of educational, aocial and reli
gious work, took part. The story of
what was done in this remarkable as
sembly has been told in two handsome
volumes, profusely illustrated, and
edited by Mrs. May Wright Bewail,
chairman of ths eomraittes on organiza
tion for the congress.
Some idea of the broad soope and in
tention of the congress can be bad by
mentioning a few of the speakers and
tbe subject! they discussed.
The Kindergarten as an Eluoatlonal
Agency aud Its Relation to Manual
Training, by Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper oi
San Franciaoo, oannet fail to aroaie in
the mind ot every thoughtful parent
aome solution for the oft repeated cry,
■What shall we do with our boya and
girlB?"
Practical ideas were also presented by
Mrs. Kate Tupper Galpin, Mrs. Caroline
M. Severance and Rev. Mila Frances
Tupper of California. Under Science
and Religion the masterly essays shows
tbat women will lond large aid to bridge
the chasm too long assumed to exist
between science and religion.
In Moral and Sooial Reform the papers
presented by Julia Ward Howe. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton and Mary H. Hunt
are forcible and oonviucing. While the
paper of Helen H. Gardner, of Mew
York, on The Double Standard of Mor
als, ia alone worth the cost of the book,
and should be read by all.
From a Dopular standpoint Ihe work
baa been made very attractive by full
page portraits of the moat prominent
women who took part in tbe congress,
with smaller pictures of over 150 partici
pants. The volumes are printed on
extra fine book paper and substantially
bound.
A DAMAGED PHYSICIAN.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
SUED FOR LIBEL.
Dr. Hearne or Baa Dii|o Alleges That
HU Reputation Was Injured to
the Kxtant or «100,000.
Sam Disqo, Cal., Jan. 26.—Bait was
instituted in tbe superior court ol this
county today by Dr. J. 0. Hearne of
this city against M. H. de Young, pro
prietor, and J. F. Blunt, local corres
pondent of tbe San Francisco Chronicle,
on the charge of libel, alleged to have
been committed on August 25th last,
damages being asked in the earn of
$100,000.
The artiole with reapeet to which the
complaint is made referred to tbe di
vorce of Dr. and Mrs. Hearne and to
their antecedents, and the demand for
damages is baaed on an allegation that
the matter published waa equivalent to
charge that Hearne had been a party to
an accessory to tbe murder of one A. J.
Still well, tbe former huaband of Mrs.
Hearne, at Hannibal, Mo., six years
ago.
Still well was a wealthy pork packer,
whose mysterious murder has been a
subject of continued inquiry by success
ive grand juries of Hannibal. Mrs.
Stlllwell was married to Hearne within
a year afterward and was divoroed in
August last in this oonnty. Her subse
quent remarriage to Dr. Hearne still
further complicated this remarkable
case. Blunt, one of the partiea defend
ant, is editor of the San Diego Union of
this city.
POLITICAL
The official vote for governor of Texas,
counted in joint session of the legislature, was
reported as follows: Culbeison, Democrat,
207,107; Nugent, Populist, 152,731: W. K.
Mauemson, Republican, 51,520; Schmidt, Lily
While Republican, 502'J; Dunn, rrohibitionist,
2196; scattering, 107(5. The Democratic can
didate was in a minority by 5382 votes.
The Memphis Avalanche, Democrat, declares
that the Caldwell bill, providing for au inves
tigation of the election in Tennessee before the
counting of the official vote, which has been
Introduced in the legislature, is "an instru
ment in the hands of a legislative majority for
counting out and swindling the man who was
elected on the face of the returns."
"One of the most hopeful features of the agi
tation for reform in the consular service is the
growth of public interest in the question," says
tho Cincinnati Tribune, Republican; "and
there is no doubt that the business men of our
country are beginning to realize what a disad
vantage they are at in the struggle for the
conquest of the markets of the world, while
our consular service is conducted on its pres
ent basis."
No address was delivered by Joshua 11. Mar
vll on tho occasion ol his inauguration as
governor o[ Delaware. A Philadelphia Record
correspondent says: "Governor Marvll is un
able to read, or even to write, turthor than to
traco the lines necessary to mechanically form
his name. The address will be submitted
later to the two bouses of the general assem
bly, alter tho manner of an executive mes
sage."
Tho St. Paul Plonoar Press (Rep.) pays the
following tribute to Senator Carey, who has
been repudiated by the Wyoming legislature
because ho dared to vote for honest money In
the senate, and would not buy a renomlnatlon
by sacrificing his principles: "Senator Carey
has honor d the Republican party by his
course in public life, as he honors manhood
by the reason ot his departure from it. The
Republican party should avail itself ot the
first chance to honor him. "
"It Is mortifying, but not Inexplicable, that
there should be talk among Republican legis
lators at Albany o! squelching the Lexow In
vestigation," says the Buffalo Express, Repub
lican, which adls: "The practical politicians
must be given to understand that the Repub
lican party is pledgod, not only to reform the
government of New York, but to punish
every man who has been responsible (or mak
ing it a sink of corruption To that end every
department must be turned Inside out, and the
power of removal must be put into the hands
of Mayor Strong."
The Boston chamber of commerce yesterday
adopted the following resolution: "That the
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quested to extend tho civil service rules to the
consular servlre, and request congress
to adopt without delay Biich legislation
as will Improve this Important branch of
our national service, and place the interests of
this country, aB they are represented abroad
in our consular service, on a sound business
basis, and that there Bhall be thoroughly
eliminated from appointments to the consular
service tho consideration of reward for politi
cal services".
STATISTICS OF HUKDBft.
Also or liynchiosß «n<t Kxeoattons.
Appalling Mnrdtr Roll.
In the matter of record kooplng the Chicago
Tribune leads all tho newspapers. Its sum
mary ol the events of last year covers practi
cally the wholo Held of human activity. Al
ready allusion has beeu made to its account of
embezzlements. Its story of the murders, sui
cides and lynching* is not less interesting and
instructive. According to tho Tribune figures,
there was a great increase in murders during
1894. Ihe total was 9SOO, against 8615 ior
1893, 0701 In 189-2, aud 5906 In 1891. The
causes assigned for these crimes are thus tab
ulated :
Quarrels 4536 lli'hw'ym'n klll'd 204
Unknown 1856 Strikes 179
Jealousy 812 Insanity 126
Liquor 776 Kelf-defonse 99
By highwaymen... 525 Outrage 49
Infanticide 340 Riots 25
Resisting arreit... 273
These figures show that 1894 was a year of
bad blood as well as of bad business. Possibly
the great increase was due in part to the small
chance which the murderer stands of losing
his life as the penalty for his crime. The legal
executions during the year were only 132. or
six more than for the previous year. Alabama
led with 13 executions and Texas and Missouri
executions occurred in the north and 1)1 in the
south. In some slates capital punishment is
not permitted, and that fact may account in
part for the comparatively small showing for
justica. As the matter stands at present the
murderer lius about one chance in 74 of being
hanged or electrocuted, while each person in
the country has one chance in 0,033 of being
murdered.
The record shows that lynchings during the
year were 190, or nearly 50 per cent more than
the legal executions. The list of victims include
134 negroes and 58 white persons, Tho aouth
is responsible for TOO of those crimes, and the
north for 24. Georgia heads the list with 20,
Mississippi is credited with 10 and Tennessee
and Alabuma with 15 each. Bad as is this
showing, it was exceeded by 10 in 1893.
Suicides also show an lucrease, the total be
ing 4912, against 4430 for 1893 and 33U0 for
1892. They are classified according to alleged
causes thus:
Despondency 1999 111 health 270
Unknown 1310 Domestic infelic-
Insano 457 lty 241
Liquor 281 Disup'oint'd love 232
Business loties.. 122
The means employed included: Pistols,
1729; poisons, 1504; hanging, 720; drowning,
373; throat cutting, 347; starvation, 5. and
dynamite, 4. Despondency takes the lead
among the causes, but doubtless many classed
under that head really belong in some of the
otherdivisions, other causes giving rise to the
despondent condition which prompted the
self-murder.
Any number of conclusions might bo drawn
from these statistics, and without doubt Ihey
will be made the basis of many th eories and
suggestions as to remedies. The first and most
reasonable conclusion is that in order to reduce
the number of murders the chances for ade
quate punishment iswt be increased.
W»'--p*: tf ft *i«e «f the bv**C I o^tttg.
A'tUE DKBS 4JA3JL,,
A Jut? Secured and the Opanlaa; State*
menu Mnri*.
Chic Ann, Tan. 20.-Twelve jurors in thsj
Debs conspiracy trial were sworn in today*
Thomas G. Mib ln iM, special counsel for gov
eminent, in his opening speech claimed th*
government would prove a conspiracy among
the ofllcersof tho American Railway Union.
For the defense Harrow contended that If
there had been any conspiracy it was by the
General Managers' association, the "only body
of men in the world that sympathizes with Mr.
l'ullman."
NO QUORUM.
Only Fifteen Sana-tors Remained Ist ■««.
ramentn.
Sacramento, Jan. 20.—But 17 members were,
present when the senate was called to order
this morning. There being no quorum. Senator
Ford in the chair, declared the senate ad
journed until 11 o'clock Monday morning. At
tbat hour.aUhough all the desks and furniture
will have been removed from tha chamber in
preparation for the inaugural ball, the senators)
remaining in the city will gather in the eh ana*
ber and adjourn until Tuesday at 11 o'clock.
Sanitary plumbing done at Farrey'g,
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Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Award.
rrM Many of tbe leading men
I hf» iv Los Angeivs buy Paine's
A IAV * celery Compound of ut for
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