IWIIh llh I Hh HIIIiK committee is not whipping the devil around ceremonies will take a number of members i DlEj JiAILIlO YV KJEjU likely to be of much value to American 1 JUl. BLUJDi AiMJ ttlWil t , -O- U-lWYilllIU OWltoLl, M
It 111 I II Ml I Ml III I II Ml the stump, I must say that I never saw that out of town for two days, and it is felt that merchants." Dolonelo Want the Nevrfonndlaud Dispute m
Liquor in Original Packages and
in the Regular Army
Dies the
ATTENTION OF THE SEN ATE.
Earnest Arguments Made for
Against the Wilson Bill.
and
THE FAILURE TO REACH A VOTE.
A Demand for the Eeopeninjrof the Clayton
Jlurder Case.
BEECEEKEIDGE AFTER MOEE EVIDENCE
The Senate again discussed the original
package bill yesterday, but failed to reach
a vote. Blair asserted that the usually
dignified body-was in no condition to decide
a temperance question. The constitutional
points of the measure were argued at length.
"Washington; May 28. In the Senate
to-day the bill subjecting imported liquors
to the laws of the several States was again
taken up, and Mr. Morgan made an argu
ment against its constitutionality. Mr.
Faulkner expressed himself as in favor of
doing something, of passing some bill that
would relieve the situation which now con
fronted Congress.
The question had been discussed as if it
only affected Iowa and other prohibitory
States, but it affected all those States in
which the systems of high licenses and local
option prevailed. If he understood cor
rectly the decision of the Supreme Court, it
involved the question whether or not a
State could collect a revenue from the
license system, or could permit its citizens
to have local option, or could prohibit the
traffic in intoxicating liquors.
AS ADVOCATE OP LICENSE.
He believed (as the people of his State
did) that the high license system was the
true method of dealing with the question.
He had given notice of an amendment
(somewhat similar to the substitute since
reported by the Judiciary Committee) pro
viding that as soon as the article of spirits
was delivered to the consignee at the place
of destination all its characteristics as an
article of commerce should cease, and it
should become subject to the State laws.
The substitute .as reported differed from
his amendment in some respects, and in
those respects he criticised it He objected,
for instance, to the use of the word "pro
hibition" in the substitute; and he sug
gested that the object could be attained by
the use of the word "regulation."
THE IOWA IDEA.
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, did not agree with
Mr. Faulkner, and argued in favor of the
substitute. Mr. Pngh argued in favor of
the bill. The defeat of the bill would leave
the States in a most serious predicament.
He believed that the States had the power
(without any legislation by Congress) to
central the sale and use of intoxicants
within their limits. The exercise of that
invaluable right had been suspended by the
decision of the Supreme Court, but its ex
istence had not been affected.
Mr. Call expressed his entire sympathy
with the idea that the States had absolute
control of the question of the traffic in in
toxicating liquors and was willing to vote
lor almost any bill which would attain that
end. Mr. Call yielded the floor to Mr. Al
lison, who presented the conference report
on the army appropriation bill.
Mr. Ingalls inquired what had been done
in regard to the Senate amendment prohi
biting the sale of alcoholic liquors, beer or
wine at canteens.
A MODIFIED PEOVISION.
Mr. Allison said that the provision had
been modified so as to read: "That no alco
holic liquors, beer or wine shall be sold or
supplied to enlisted men in any canteen
or post trader's store in any State or Terri
tory in which the sale of alcoholic liquors,
beer or wine is prohibited by law."
Mr. Paddock That "gives away" the
whole proposition.
Mr. Blair I suppose that the Senator
from Iowa means to be understood that the
Sen-He conferees found it necessary to yield
to tfc- House conferees.
3ir. Allison I do so wish to be under
stood. Mr. Blair And, of course, no one will
fail to understand that this is an entire sur
render of the proposition,
Mr. Ingalls It is a surrender of the con
trol ol the army of the United States to the
different States in which troops may happen
to be located.
A CONCESSION TO THE nOtTSE.
Mr. Allison I do not wish to go into the
question now, as I promised my colleague
(if the report occupied anv time) to with
draw it so as not to interfere with my col
lejgue's bill. I will say, however, that the
House conlerees were unanimous in their
persistency that the proviso inserted bv the
Senate should not remain in the bill. " The
phraseology adopted by the conference com
mittee is the same that was proposed, sup
ported and maintained in the House oy
those who desired to restrain the liquor
traffic in the army.
Mr. Ingalls The statement is not in or
der. Mr. Allison Then I withdraw it. When
the Senator from New Hampshire and the
Senator lrom Kansas say that the committee
surrendered the whole question, I must be
permitted to disagree with them. Of
course, this provision only applies to States"
and Territories where the prohibitory law
prevails as it does ia South Dakota and in
tome other States where troops are garri
son:d. Mr. Paddock I think it is within the
bounds to state that nineteen-twentieth of the
troops are outside of States and Territories
where the prohibitory law is in force.
NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Mr. Allison Our attention was called to
the fact that there are a great many troops
stationed in the District ol Columbia, where
Congress has exclusive jurisdiction, and
where there are said to be between 600 and
1,000 saloons. The conferees on the part of
the Senate did the best they could in the
matter, and if it is a surrender, then it is a
surrender.
Mr. Blair It strikes me that the language
adopted is a substantial surrender of the
Senate provision and that the army canteen
will remain in substantially full lorce, and
if so, it should be understood bv the coun
try. Mr. Allison And if not, I hope it will
not be sn understood.
Mr. Ingalls The more this matter is
studied, the more obnoxious it appears to
me Either the control of the armv (so far
us the sale or intoxicating liquors is con
cerned) ought to be in the United States,
or it ought not to be. Some soldiers ought
not to be allowed to have access to the flow
ing bowl and the festive canteen, and other
soldiers denied it. The army ought to be
subjected to one system of control. Congress
ought either to say that all soldiers shall
have an
OPPOETTTNITr OE GETTING dbunk,
or thtt none shall -have the opportunity.
If the provision reported by the conference
committee is not whipping the devil around
the stump, I must say that I never saw that
process before. The proposition to leave
the control of the question to local legisla
tion seems indefensible, and so iar as the
Senate is concerned it would be a great deal
more manly, more straight orward, more
defensible to relinquish the whole thing ab
solutely and have the thing struck out,
rather than have it mutilated and emascu
lated. Mr. Allison withdrew the report, and said
he wonld call it up to-morrow morning.
The consideration of the bill as to liquors in
prohibitory States was resumed, and Mr.
Call concluded his argument.
Mr. Pierce criticised the arguments of
some of the Democratic Senators, and made
an argument in support of the bill.
NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS.
Mr. Turpie said that in his opinion the
Senate of the United States had under the
Constitution no duty whatever to perform
on this subject, and with respect to the
shadowy, thiu, transparent, gauzy essence,
or image of an essence, that is called "the
moral sentiment behind prohibitory legisla
tion," he did not believe that we have the
denomination of coin small enough to
measure its value. Laughter.
A dibcussion in criticism of the
phraseology in the snbstitnted report from
tbe'Judiciary Committee sprang up, in the
course of which Mr. Edmunds had occasion
to refer to Canadian whiskv and Kentucky
whisky, and he said that if he was forced to
drink either he would stick to Kentucky all
the time. Lauchter.
After further debate a motion to adjourn
disclosed the lack of a quorum. The motion
was renewed with a like result. Mr. Blair
again moved to adjourn, remarking that the
Senate was in no condition topass a tem
perance bill. The motion was agreed to,
and the Senate adjourned.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
A DEMAND FOR STATE AND NATIONAL
UMFORMITY.
Statistics bowing the Number of Passen
gers and Employes Killed nnd Injured A
Comparison of Great Britain and the
United Stales.
Washington, May 28. A national con
vention of railroad commissioners met here
to-day. The subjects which it was called to
consider relate to railroad legislation, uni
formity in railway accounting, railway con
struction, etc Judge Cooley, the Chairman
of the Inter-State Commerce Commission,
called the convention to order and made a
brief opening address. Judge Cooley was
elected Chairman, and Mr. E. A. Mosely
Secretary. The report of the Committee on
Legislation, appointed at the last meeting,
was then read.
The report states that there were two
causes for the lack of uniformity in railway
legislation in this country the first cause
was the want of harmdny between the legis
lation of Congress and that of the State
Legislatures, and the second cause was the
want of harmony in the legislation of the
different States. The report recommended
that the mam features of the inter-State
commerce law be made a part of the laws of
the different States. It was also urged that
laws be enacted by Congress securing uni
formity in the various details of railroad
equipment and management with a view to
the greater safety and comfort of employes
and the public. The recommendations of
the report were ordered to be printed.
The day's session was consumed in dis
cussing a series of resolutions embodying
the views expressed in this report. During
the session a statement compiled by the stat
istician of the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission was submitted to the convention,
showing the number of persons killed and
injured in railway accident; in the United
States during the year ended June 30, 1889.
This statement shows that during that time,
5,823 persons were killed, and26,S09 injured.
Of the number killed. 1,972 were employes,310
were passengers, and 3,511 were denomi
nnted,"other persons." Of the injured, 20,
028 were employes, 20,146 were passengers
and 4,135 were "other persons. The state
ment further says: ,
The railways of the United States carrlee
472,l"l,S43pasengers during the year covered
by tills statement, from which it appears that 1
passenger in every L623.SS0 was killed and 1
passenccr in every 220,024 was Injured. For the
j ear lt8 the rate o casualty In England to
paj-entrcrs from railroad accidents was 1 pas
pencer in 6.942,306 killed, and 1 passenger in
57,577 injured. In judcing of the above fig
ures, it snould be noted that passenger mileago
for a given camber of tickets sold is much
Greater in the United States tban in England,
afsctuhich mitigates somewhat the severity
of judement upon railway management in tho
United States disclosed in the above com
parison. The number of railway employes in the
United States Is given as 704,736.
DEMAND FOk MORE LIGHT.
FRESH EVIDENCE OFFERED
ARKANSAS CONTEST.
IN THE
Breckinridge Anxious That the Clnvtofr
Harder nnd HU Election Sbnll be More
Fully Investigated Garland Present
His Plcn to the Committee.
Washington, May 28. Representative
Lacey's sub-committee of the House Com
mittee on Elections, which has been investi
gating the election of Representative Breck
inridge, of Arkansas, to-day received a
formal application from Mr. Garland, the
attorney for Breckinridge.fora prolongation
of the investigation and examination of a
number of witnesses. The application recites
the fact that certain precincts in Woodruff
county have been dealt with by the commit
tee, although the United States Court had
affirmed the correctness of the returns, and
the defendant had not presumed that an at
tempt would be made to deprive him of the
small contingent of colored votes there re
ceived. The application reads:
As tho proceedings of the committee, how
ever, indicate that an in termon to reverse the
findings of the election officials and of the
United States District Court by the testimony
of the few negroes defendant had voting for
him, how exposed to the proscription of their
Church andraco if tbey confessed in pnblic
how thov voted, and to cast out these precincts
except in so far as the votes may be proved np
anew, it Is desired to prove up the
defendant's vote, it is true the change
In the small Democratic negro vote,
apparently proposed by the committee, docs
not defeat defendant, but if they propose to
ca-st out the white vote and only hold on to the
Republican vote, that would defeat him. He
ask. therefore, to prove np his vote at these
precincts, provided it is contemnlated by the
committee to refuse the reports of the officials
and findings of the United States Conrt which
tried and acquitted these officials upon the
charge that tbey bad tamporcd with the bal
lots, which court hadhe bailors and poll books
and all other evidence before it. If it is pro
posed to count the Republicans who did not
vote at Monrdb township (where no election
was held), defendant requests that tbe Demo
crat be also polled, and that he he permitted
to prove that the failure to hold an election
was due to the Republicans. Other matters
that it is desired to prove are that
the Democratic party usually receives 10 per
cent of tbe colored vote in Woodruff county;
that colored men who desired to vote tho
Democratic ticket were proventcd f rora doing
so by church influence or denied voting in tbat
way trom fear of race proscription; tbat efforts
were made bv tho Democrats to detect the
murderer of John M. Clayton; that colored
Democrats in Cornerstono "had difficulty in
voting their ticket, and that Powell Clayton bo
examined relative to his written request that
lace troubles be reported to him for campaign
uses. r
Evidently the defense Is not satisfied with
the conclusion of the sub-committee that the
theory of Clayton's murder bv Hooper is
groundless, for Mr. Garland asks, that
further testimony be taken on that point
from the Sheriff or Los Angeles, and other
persons in California.
.
A Kill for tbe Bnnk.
Washington, May 28. Representative
Hitt, of Illinois, today introduced in the
House the bill to carry into effect the recom
mendations of the International American
Conference for the incorporation of the
International American Bank.
An Adjournment Until Monday.
Washington, May 28. It is the inten
tion of the Republican leaden in the House
to secure an adjournment from Thursday
afternoon tyitil Monday. Decoration Day
ceremonies will take a number of members
out of town for two days, and it is felt that
the Honse has earned a holiday after its
prolonged sessions on the tariff.
afternoon until Mondav. Decoration Dav rPTTn nVTrnni TTTnnO the Russian .:.,. ...m tWsre not mTTn TiTTm l TF nDlT AIT IMPERTINEUT MANIFESTO. A ADHWIMn OfinTLVPV.
CALL'S PECTJLIAR SCHEME,
Nipped In the End by One of the Clerks of
tho Senate.
ISPBCIAI. TBXXQBAM TO TUB DISF-ATCTM
Washington, May 28. A pretty little
plan arranged by Senator Call was frus
trated to-day by one of the clerks of
the Senate. Senator Call is at pres
ent engaged in a very bitter personal
controversy with W. D. Chipley, the
Chairman of the Democratic' State
Central Committee, of Florida. Mr. Chip
ley sent to each Senator a pamphlet, giving
an exhaustive review of Mr. Call's public
record. The pamphlet contains some very
bitter charges and scandalous attacks of a
personal nature, and naturally caused Mr.
Call great indignation. He endeavored to
get even with Mr. Chipley with the assist
ance of the United States'Senate.
He asked permission in open Senate to
have his reply printed as a miscellaneous
doenmeut under cover of a misleading de
scription. Without noticing the novelty of
this request the Senate granted it. Mr.
Call thereupon arranged for the
printers a mass of manuscript about
a foot thick. The matter contained in
it had no reference whatever to any sub
ject before Congress. It was simply the
Senator's reply to Mr. Chipley's pamphlet,
and was more personal and abusive in its
character than even that document. The
clerk who received this manuscript read it
with amazement and reported the case to
Vice President Morton. It will not be
printed.
VAUX A CONGRESSMAN.
He Tubes the Oath and Receive! a Very
Handsome Flo ml Tribute.
Washington, May 28. The House was
called to order this morning by Speaker
Heed. An immense floral tribute, fully
four feet in height, adorned a front desk in
honor of Mr. Vaux, Mr. Randall's suc
cessor, who was present and the recipient of
many congratulations and friendly greet
ings. After the reading of the journal Mr.
O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, presented the
credentials of Mr. Yanx and escorted him
to the bar of the House, where the latter
gentleman qualified as a Representative
from the Third district of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Yaux affirmed, and as he took his seat
he was greeted with applause.
BOYCOTTING THE PENNSYLVANIA.
Dealers la Southern Frnlt and Vegetables
Will Use Other Roads.
rKPXCTXI. TELEOEJLM TO TUB DISPATCB.I
Philadelphia, May 28. Thirty re
ceivers of Southern fruits aud vegetables
met at the Produce Exchange to-day and
decided to request shippers in the South to
send all consignments to this city by way of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
Savannah and Clyde line of steamships,
rather than by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The circular, ot which 5,000 copies will be
mailed, concludes as follows:
In all cases where it shall be found practica
ble shippers will forward their cons'gnments
by the Atlantic Coast line and by tbe Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, by tbe Savannah and Clyde
line steamships rather than by tbe route via
the Atlantic coast line and the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. Tbe Pennsylvania Rail
road Company now requires full payment of
freight charges upon perishable frelcht, and if
a receiver will not pa the freight the company
will receive no more perishable freight con
signed to him without prepayment.
The receivers say that the great traffic in
Southern truck which the Pennsylvania
Railroad enjoys, was built up by them
selves. General Freight Agent Joyce and
General Agent Latta suggestlhat inspectors
be appointed at Southern shipping points to
see that the product is in fit condition for
transportation before it is forwarded to the
North. This'will be considered by the ex
change on Monday next.
SALOON MEN NOT WANTED.
The Ohio Grand Lodgo K. of P. Change
Their Constitution.
Cleveland, May 28. At tbe meeting
of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Knights of
Pythias, held here to-day, the constitution
of the order was amended in reference to the
admission of members, as follows:
No persons shall be initiated into a lodge
who is under 21 years of age, nor unless be be a
white male person of good moral character,
sound in health, mind and body, and
a believer In the Supreme Being, and
not engaged in the trafficking in spiritu
ous, vinous, malt or any intoxicating
liquors, and the phrase "trafficking in
intoxicating liquors," as used In this section,
means the buying, or tbe procuring and selling
of, or inanufactnring intoxicating liquors, un
less snch selling be upon the regular prescrip
tion of a reputable physician in active practice,
or for known medicinal, mechanical, pharma
ceutical or sacramental purposes.
CAUSED BY LOW SALARIES.
Two Well Known Express Companies to
Change Business Relations.
Chicago, May 28. Mr. A. B. Wygant,
for many years general agent of the United
States Express Company, stated to-night
that he would in a few days sever his con
nection with the company, to engage in
other business.' Mr. Wygant said a number
of the employes were also leaving the com
pany's service as a result of the recent cut in
salaries.
A report, apparently well founded, was
in circulation this evening to the effect that
hereafter the Wells Fargo Company and
the Northern Pacific Express would be
operated entirely independentof one another.
The idea is the Northern Paeifio now leels
itself in a position strong enough to work
entirely alone.
ATTACKED THE EVANGELIST.
A Pupil Orator Assaulted at tho Church
Door, nnd 3Iay Die.
iSrECUL TZLEQRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. I
Hillsdale, Mich., May 28. At the
close of a religious meeting which O. C.
Nash, of this city, was conducting at
Moshersville, this county, he was pounced
upon at the church door by Moses Acklcs and
Robert Ingalls, of that place, and knocked
down. Then one of them sat on the preacher
while the other pounded him with a rlub.
At first his hurts were not supposed to be
serious, but the doctors say Nash was injured
internally and will probably die. His as
sailants are in jail.
ARRESTED FOB MURDER.
A Wealthy Farmer Chanted With the (Jrlme,
fllny Provo nn Alibi.
Augusta, Aeic, May 28. Walter
DaRiels, a well-to-do farmer of Jackson
county, has been arrested for the murder of
Harrison Sailor, colored, at Riverside last
Sunday night.
At the examining trial to-day n negro
woman testified that she recognized Daniels
as one of the mob ot ten who entered
Sailor's honse when he was shot and his
wife was wounded. It is the opinion that
Daniels will have no difficulty in proving
an alibi.
A BOYCOTT AT AN END.
The Farmers' Alliance and the Business Men
orWarrcn, Ind., at Peace.
DeCATCB, Ind., May 28. The boycott
recently instituted by the Farmers' Alliance
against the bntiness men of Warren, Ind.,
which caused widespread interest, has been
declared at an end aud now all interests are
harmonious.
The Newt of that place, which suspended,
will resume publication, and the tri-county
fair managers hare determined to go ahead
with thfrthibition.
THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,' THURSDAY, MAY 29, ' 1890. 7
Once More the Subject of Discussion
by George Kennan.
EXAGGERATE,
As His Statements Are Well Founded on
Official EeporL
A EDSSIAN 0PPICEE TELLS A ST0EI
Of the Hardships and PriTations
Exiles.
of the Unfortunate
George Kennan, for some time a resident
in Russia, interviewed on the charge of
Vice Consul Dnnston that he exaggerated
the condition of the exiles. Mr. Ken
nan modestly denies the allegation and
quotes a Russian' official's words in proof..
Buffalo, May 28. Mr. George Kennan,
who is npw in this city, was asked by a re
porter to-day whether he had anything to
say with regard to tho recently published
interview in which Mr. Dunston, Vice Con
sul General of the United States in Russia,
accused him of making exaa-gerated and
sensational statements concerning Siberian
prisons and tbe exile system.
"I have little to say," replied Mr.
Kennan, "except that Mr. Dunston does not
seem to have tbe most rudimentary knowl
edge of tbe subject upon which he talks.
He says that he has lived in Russia for 30
years, and it is therefore fair to presume
that he reads the Russian language. If he
had taken the trouble to look through the
official reports of the Russian prison admin
istration for the last decade he would never
have made, I think, the reckless and pre
posterous statements attributed to him.
Even Mr. Galkin Vrassky, the Chief of the
Russian Prison Department, will smile
when he reads tbe assertion so confidently
made by an American Cousular officer that
in many respects the Russian prison system
is better than our own.
A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT.
"The most sensational statements that I
have made with regard to Russiah and
Siberian prisons are quoted directly from
the official reports oT the Russian Prison De
partment and its officers. In my article
upon "Russian Provincial Prisons,' which
Mr. Dunston, apparently, bad not done me
the honor to read, I crowded the text with
foot notes to show that nearlv all my in
formation was derived from official sources.
"That article has been more than two
years in print, and neither the Russian
Government nor any of its defenders has
ventured to dispute or question my refer
ences to official documents. If Mr. Dunston
desires to counteract the pernicious influ
ence that'I am supposed to be exerting in
the United States he would do well to qual
ify himself for the task by looking through
the published reports of the Russian Prison
Department. He might, at least, save him
self the humiliation of a discovery that he is
denying the truth of facts long ago admitted
and repeatedly admitted oy tne xtussian
Government itself over the signature of its
chief prison officer.
A EUSSIAN OFFICIAL QUOTED.
"As for the Siberian prisons in particu
lar I do not know what Mr. Dunston can
possibly know about them, since he has
neither inspected them himself nor read the
reports of officers who have inspected them.
He think that I misrepresented and exag
gerated their evils. It is unnecessary to
discuss tbat question since their condition
has been fully and frankly described by the
Governor General of Eastern Siberia in the
official reports to the Tsar, copies of which
are in my possession. In the first of these
reports Governor General Anutchiu says:
,'During my journey to Irkoutsk I inspected
a great number of prison institutions, nnd I
regret to have to say that with the excep
tion oi mo prison casties in, -rLrasnojart,
Irkoutsk and Etapes tbey are all in a
lamentable conditiou. The Etapes are par
ticularly bad.'
"In a later report the Governor General
declares that notwithstanding "the long-
practicea exile ot criminals, the exile
system is in the most unsatisfactory condi
tion. A BAD SYSTEM.
"The Etapes forwarding prisons and other
prisons, with the very fewest exceptions, are
tumble-down buildings in bad sanitary con
dition, cold in winter, saturated with miasma,
and to crown all, affording very little se
curity against escapes. The prisons in
Nizhni, Udinsk, Chita, Nerchinsk, Blago
veschebinsk and Nikolaevsk, astound one
by their bad condition. The reasons for
such a melancholy condition of the prisons
are many. They are bad because all the
prison buildings in the Empire, except the
principal ones recently built, are bad, and
especially because they were built rapidlv,
with insufficient means and almost entirel'y
without supervision, either administrative
or technical."
"Speaking in the same report of the life
exiles on the road the Gpvernor General says:
'Parties of prisoners, under guard of a con
voy command, go on foot to Etapes, and are
whole months on the way, while the hard
labor convicts, who must go to the upper
Amoor, do not reach their destination in less
than a year from the time when they enter
Eastern Siberia.
CONDUCIVE TO DEBAUCnEET.
y 'In the Etapes the criminals and their
friends who voluntarily accompany them
are kept as far as possible in separate cells,
bnt they spend the greater part of the day
together. The scenes of debauchery to be
witnessed here cannot possibly be described.
All the shame and conscience that a pris
oner has left is lost here completely.
" 'Here go to ruin also the families that
voluntarily accompany criminals into exile
without regard to age or sex. The subsist
ence of the prisoners on the road is very ex
pensive to the Government, but the exiles
nevertheless are badly fed. Receiving food
money, in'the shape of cash in hand, they
rarely have warm food and are very scantily
subsisted. Although innumerable rules
have been established bylaw for the regula
tion of the exile system, such rules become,
for the most part, dead letters lrom the verv
day of their enactment, on account of their
impracticability and the absence of super
vision.' AN ODIOUS COMPARISON.
"In the light of these extracts from official
reports ot the Governor General of Eastern
Siberia to the Czar, I shonld like to ask Mr.
Dunston in what respect he thinks the
Russian prison system is better than our
own, and what raises the prison's description
by Governor General Anutchiu to an equal
plane with any in our own country?
"But perhaps he thinks the Governor Gen
eral of Eastern Siberia is also a sensation
alist given to exaggeration. Such is not the
opinion of a better inlormed and more
competent judge than the American Yice
Consul General. ,
"On the very report from which I have just
quoted, the present Czar, Alexander III.,
has indorsed in his own handwriting the
significant words 'A melancholy bnt not a
new picture.' Will Mr. Dunston try to
maintain that the Czar of all the Rnssias
is also a sensationalist given to exaggeration
of the defect of his own system ot govern
ment? WISE TO MAKE A CHANGE.
"The Montreal Hera Jd.in an editorial sug
gested by Mr. Dunston's statements, re
marks pertinently that if long residence in
St, Petersburg has the effect of making nn
American citizen a defender of the system
of Government in Russin, it would seem
wise on the part of the United States to
change the sphere ot their officials' duty at
reasonable intervals. V
"I would only add that if Vice Consul
General Dunston's reports to the Consular
Bureau with regard to trade and commerce
in Rmsia are made with as little knowledge
of the subject ai his statements concerning
DESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS. a recniiar Kennion fleitt ai ine tmei PABis.May28.-Deputy Deioncie, in an cepons ueceiTea at tne wnyenuoa m
CONSULAR INSPECTION FAVORED IN OR
DER TO SECURE THEM.
Potter Palmer on tho Snbjpcl An Ex-Con-sol
Says n Good Word for tho Bo.
hnnlans The Inspector at Castle Gar
den Sharply Criticised.
Chicago, May 28. The Congressional
Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza
tion resumed its sessions to-day. Potter
Palmer, Eq., was the first witness. He
thought that immigrants should only be
allowed to come from certain specified ports
in each foreign country, and at which ports
they should be subjected to strict Consular
investigation. He was opposed to fixing
any educational qualification for admission
to tins country.
Charles Jonas, of Racine, Wis., formerly
United States Consul at Prague, Bohemia
was the next witness. He said he considered
Bohemians a desirable element to introduce
into this country. Not more than 2 percent
of them wonld be barred out by an educa
tional qualification, which he considered
very desirable. He favored the exclusion of
Polish Hebrews. He considered a consular
investigation into the antecedents of immi
grants both practicable and desira
ble. John Anderson, editor of the
Daily Skandinaven, was next called.
He favored consular inspection and
an educational qualification. He thought
there should be a change in the naturaliza
tion laws to prevent designing politicians
from making capital of the ignorance of the
recently landed immigrant.
Mr. Owen, of the committee, in the course
of Mr. Anderson's examination, took oc
casion to give the Immigration Inspector at
Castle Garden a rap. He said: "I have
timed the inspection at Castle Garden my
self, and the inspection averaged 30 seconds
to he immigrant. Such an inspection is of
course nonsensical."
DEFENDED HIS HOME
Aenlust a Bond of White Caps, Eager to
Whip Bis Dnagbter.
ISrXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.l
Augusta, May 28. A gang of Georgia
White Caps were dispersed last night by a
negro who defended his home and daughter
at the peril of his own life with an axe. At
Spring Place, shortly before midnight,
a band of regulators visited Bnrtly
Davis to administer a whipping on his
daughter for having a quarrel with a white
girl who lived near by. Davis was informed
by some one that the White Caps were
going to visit his home, so he prepared
to give them a red-hot reception. When
tbe White Caps tapped at the door
for admittance Davis leaned from his
bed, grabbed his shotgun and fired
both barrels into the crowd. No
one, however, was struck by the scattering
shot. Davis next emptied every bullet from
his seven-shooter, but again his aim was
misdirected.
The crowd, after Davis had fired all his
ammunition away, surrounded the house
and broke through the doors and windows.
Davis, seeing that his fight had just begun,
seized a pole axe near at hand and
used the deadly weapon freely over the
heads of his assailants. He struck and it is
thought killed one of the mask intrnders by
a blow over the head and two others re
ceived serious injuries. This morning the
battlefield was covered with blood. Davis
was found in a field nearby, dying from a
pistol shot wound he received in the small
ol the back.
THOUSANDS IN A NIGHT.
Uoir Fortune Is polling In lo the Boss
American Gambler.
New York Press.l i
John Daly's garhbling house is located in
the most frequented part of New York City.
Half d dozen theaters are within a stone's
throw, a dozen or more hotels are withinva
few blocks and the locality is one visited by
almost every stranger who wishes to see the
sights of New York.
The profits at Daly's house are often as
high as $20,000 or 30,000 in a single day.
When the game is opened at night the
dealer starts in with no money in the drawer.
and the first money that is deposited there
is that passed in bv the player who first bnys
checks. The dealer has several thousand
dollars in cash in his pocket, but he does
business in this way in order to avoid the
necessity of-keeping books.
If the bank loses before enough money
has been taken in to pay the amount lost it
is taken from the bank roll, and a piece of
paper stating the amount thus abstracted is
placed in the drawer. It is always easy,
therefore, for an observer to tell whether or
not the house is ahead or behind on the
night's play. If it is ahead the drawer is
filled with bills; aud if it is behind the
drawer is empty.
THREATENED WITH LYNCHING.
A Murderer of Two Men Strongly Suspected
of Killing His Wife.
Sedal'ia, Mo., May 28. The discovery
mdde to-day that John Williamson, under
arrest for the murder of Jefferson Moore and
his son, Charles Moore, was also the
probable murderer of his own wife,
has aroused a storm of indignation against
the prisoner. Sheriff Smith to-day received
information that a lynching party" was being
organized out of Moore's neighborhood, and
tbat an attack would probably be made
upon the jail to-night or to-morrow night.
Sentries have been placed on the roads
entering the city. The watch at the jail has
been doubled and all the guards armed to
resiBt the anticipated attack.
A WARNING TO COMEDIANS.
Salt for Dnmnges Brought Because of nn
Alleged Local Joke.
ISriCIAL TILEORAK TO TUS DISPATCH.!
St. Louis, May 28. Jeff Storts, a lawyer
of this city, has sned the management of the
"Pair of Jacks" troupe, which played here
last week, for $300 damages for libel. Come
dian W. L. Russell perpetrated several local
"gags" during his performance.
One of them coupled Stort's name with
that of a lady, and the lawsuit was a speedy
result. Bonds were furnished, and the case
will be tried in a week.
HE EMBEZZLED $20,000.
A Wayward Conddenllal Clerk Captured la
Marquette, Ollcli.
Kansas City, May 28. Information
was-received to-day at the office of the Aus
tin Investment Company, that Elba Allen,
the confidential clerk who ran away with
20,000 of the company's money, has been
captured by tbe detectives at Marquette,
Mich., whence he will be brought back to
this'city for trial.
Kovnlty Expected at the Falls.
Niagaea Falls, May 28. The Dnke
and Duchess of Connaught and party will
arrive at the Clifton House here on Satur
day afternoon and remain until Monday
morning, when thev will visit Buffalo to
spend the day, the Duchess being desirous
of seeing an American city before returning
to England. The party will leave Buffalo
Tuesday afternoon for Montreal, Ottawa
and Quebec.
To Flood the Mines.
Pittston, May 28. All attempts to ex
tinguish the fire in, No. 4 shaft nt Fort
Blanchard, which has been raging for the
past three weeks, have proven futile, and nt
a meeting of Pennsylvania Coal Company
officials it was decided to flood the mine.
This method of getting control of the fire,
ltbngh costly, is the only snre one, and
the officials hope thereby to save the mine
from total deitrnction.
nit- nf Uicoieainni. article in tbe itecfe on the Newfoundland 0r rhristinn Spiontioto. M
ORATORS
SECTIONS.
Colonel Hooker Told of the Present Feeling
in tbe South, While
GEN. K0DNTZB SPOKE FOE THE H0BTH.
The Best of Peeling Was Exhibited by the Veterans
of Coin Armies.
General Kountze and Colonel Hooker
were the orators at the Vicksburg reunion
yesterday. Both delivered eloquent ad
dresses. Tbe most fraternal feelings were
shown by both-Union and Confederate vet
erans. VlCKSBUBG, May 28. The soldiers
swarmed bver the hills this morning in
search of the scenes of'thcir former glory,
and there being nothing on the programme
to require their presence in the city, the
streets were comparatively quiet until 3
P. M. At that hour a large audience as
sembled at the pavilion to hear Hon. C. E.
Hooker and General Kountze, the orators of
the day.
C. E. Hooker's address was one of his
most finished orations, and won the hearty
applause of the entire assembly. While in
no respect apologetic, it was a manly asser
tion of the sincere faith of the South in the
justice of its cause, at the same time accord
ing tbe honesty of purpose to others.
TIME'S WONDROUS CHANGES.
General Kountze, in reply, complimented
Colonel Hooker, and said he wished his re
marks could be heard in every city in the
North. He then addressed the audience:
Comrades who wore tbe bine and comrades
who wore the gray, I thank you more tban I
have words to express for this generous recep
tlon. I did not come here to make a speech,
but to visit old scenes once more, to set foot
upon gronnd so familiar to ns all
during those eventful days of 1863
and which has been consecrated
by the blood of so many brave men. How hard
to realize the swiftness of the flying years;
more than a quarter of a century has panned
since tho blue and 'gray met in deadly conflict
npon tbe historic fields. I am glad to be here
andthank Qod that there no serious differ
ences to divide us; that the terrible struggle in
which we were participants ended in a blessing
for all, victors and vanqnished, and I rejoice in
the good feeling dominant here to-day,
tbat tbe love of country has grown so
strong and the ties of union and friendship
have been so firmly cemented tbat we who, 27
years ago. opposed each other upon the fields,
meet to-day with no feelings other than good
fellowsfiio. save that of natriotism and the
love of our common country, the noblest and
freest under the sun.
VICKSBURG BATTLES BECALLED.
General Kountze then related at consider
able length thrilling incidents of the cam
paign on the Federal side in the vicinity of
Yicksburg. Preceding the final surrender,
he said:
I need not tell you what a pleasing sight were
those signals and trbat spectators we were as
we sat npon our works. July 4, 1863. witnessing
reciment after regiment and battalion after
battalion of Confederates marched out
to stack their arms in front of our
line. That was the proudest day of
oar lives, as it marked the decisive point in
thecreat stmggle.for the preservation ot the
Union. To the Boys in Grey who now stand
before me, let me say that while not accepting
tbe principles for which you fought, I have
ever bad tbe most profound respect for the
earnestness, valor and fighting qualities of tho
Confederate soldiers, who on many a hard
fought field displayed so so much endurance
and courage, and in conclusion, I desire to
say from the standpoint of the
soldiers, that too much credit can
not be given to the gallant
defenders of Vicksburg. I thank Qod tbat be
permitted me to be here to-day and I am snre
meetings of this kind must Intensify our love
for and devotion to our common country.
Judge Frederick Speed delivered the
closing address of the day, and though
speaking very briefly, was very effective.
To-night the fireworks' were dis
charged from a barge an
chored in the lake and were
answered from the hills by the gnns of the
Warren Light Artillery. The veterans of
the Confederacy banqueted the late soldiers
of the Union at the Southerners' armory
this evening. To-morrow tbe city will be
deserted lor the battlefield of Port Gibson
aud Champion Hill.
WAIST DEEP IN MONEY.
Dow tho Lightning Ticket Seller Does Busi
ness With Circus Devotees.
New Tort Preij.J
Tom Kelly, Barnum's ticket seller, goes
through the whole process of receiving
the money, giving the ticket and making
change in three movements with the regu
larity of clockwork. The ticket window is
about four feet above the bottom of the
wagon. Mr. Kelly sits upon a high stool,
with a large sum of money in dollars,
halves and quarters piled upon a shelf on
his right. A corresponding shelf on the
left is covered with tickets and half tickets.
All this is arranged before the window is
opened. A line ot several hundred impa
tiently clamoring people wait outside,
Mr. Kelly climbs upon his stool, takes a
long, deep breath and opens the window.
Money is received in his right hand and
dropped upon the floor. The thumb of the
leit hand has in the meantime pushed a
ticket from tbe pile, and the right hand has
selected, mechanically; the change and pre
sented it to the purchaser. No attenmt is
made to pile np tbe money received. It is
literally dropped, and when the show com
mences Mr. Kelly sits like a buoy sur
rounded by a sea of money, the crests of
whose waves mount up to and press closely
around his waist and almost on a level with
the window ledge.
After the performance commences, and no
more people want tickets, Mr. Kelly closes
the window and steps carefully over this
bed of money. Then, and not till then, is
any attempt made to count and assort this
sum, which amounts to several thousand
dollars in pieces of all denominations.
TROUBLES OF THE EYES.
Tbo Habit of Reading In Bed Is n Cause of
Defective Vision.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Poor eyesight is becoming more prevalent
with each succeeding generation. This is
not because the human race is deteriorating,
but because the eye is abused more. Sleep
less and nervous people have a habit of
reading themselves to sle'ep after thev have
retired to bed. More eyes are injured by
this habit than by any other canse. A per
son in a reclining position can not get the
right focus without straining tbe eye, and
this is what hurts.
A GRUMBLER'S JOKE.
Tired of Running Ills Elevator, butEqnnl
to the Humorous, Nevertheless.
An old gentleman who runs an elevator
not far from the city postoffice is a chronic
grumbler. He is always complaining about
the long hours and the confining work. The
other day be was -taking a party up and
airing his grievances as usual.
"Do you have to run this car np all day
long?" asked a sympathizer.
"No," replied thejnan, in a good old rich
brogue, "I run it down half the day."
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIANS.
Thirty-Second Annual Assembly In Session
nt BuITiito.
BUFFALO, May28. Two hundred church
men were in attendance at the opening ses
sion to-night of the thirty-second General
Assembly of theUnited Presbyterian Church
of North America. The Assembly will
continue abontten days. Three hundred
delegates are expected, '
Delonclo Wants the Newfoundland Dispute
Settled tho Wny He Suggests.
Paeis, May 28. Deputy Deloncle, in an
article in the Siecle on the Newfoundland
dispute, calls the Newfoundland Legisla
ture's address to the Queen an impertinent
manifesto, to which.he says, Lord Salisbury
will send a fitting answer. It proves, how
ever, he continues, the urgent necessity foe
a solution of tbe question. If England only
had tbe courage to make the proposals
which he recently suggested namely, to
submit the dispute to arbitration, to
compensate tbe French fishermen
and to give Prance some indemnity,
such as territory in Africa, in return for her
snrrender of her diplomatic rights, together
with an additional proposal reserving to
France the right to buybait in Newfound
land for tbe Great Bank fisheries, her over
tures wonld be favorably received and set
tlement wonld easily be arranged.
Only let the two cabinets open negotia
tions seriously and the Colonial authorities
would see that the hour for recrimination
had passed, and that it would be to their im
mediate interest not to hinder the diplomaey
of the home Government.
THE INFERIOR NAVY OF FRANCE.
More Ship Building Is Needed nnd lbs Crews
Strengthened.
Paeis, May 28. The Budget Committee
to-day discussed M. Reache's report on the
condition of the French navy. The report
says tbat tbe navy is inferior to the navies
of the Dreibund, and it attributes the
deficiency to the mode in which the credits
are expended and to the general administra
tion or the Naval Department.
It recommends a reduction of the credits
for provisions which, it says, are far too
heavy, and suggests an increase of the
credits to expedite ship building and to
strengthen the crews.
STRIKERS BECOME VIOLENT.
They Force Their Wny Into Factories and
Cut Loom Warps.
YiennA, May 28. The strikers at Pross
nitz are becoming desperate and are resort
ing to violent measures. To-day they forced
their way into several factories and cut the
loom warps.
Damaged by Fire and Water.
Xiveepool, May 28. A fire broke out
to-day on the White Star line steamer
Tentonic, which is announced to sail to
morrow for New York. The hold had to be
flooded in order to extinguish the flames.
The damage to the cargo is believed to be
extensive.
Murdered Five Persons.
Madeid, May 28. A farm servant at
Cordoba mnrdered his master ana four other
persons to-day. The murderer had been
refused permission to visit a bull fight and
this led to tbe commission of tbe crime.
A New Consulate General.
St. Petebsbueo, May 28. The Russian
Government is negotiating to establish a
Consulate General at Balfrnsb, and a
Consulate at Ispahan, in Persia.
The Popo Takes n Neutral Stand.
Rome, May 28. The Pope gava audience
to-day to the Minister of Brazil. He prom
ised to maintain a nentral attitude toward
the Brazilian Republic.
KNOX MAKES QUAY LAUGH.
Tho Secret of ibo Sombrero-Covered Humor
ist's Visit to Washington.
Washington Herald.:
Colonel J. Armoy Knox, one of the
humorist writers for the Pittsburg DIS
PATCH came to town by slow freight the
other day. It appears that a few days
prior to the opening of our tale Colonel
Knox was swapping stories with Dr. De
pew in the Grand Central depot, when the
doctor incidentally mentioned that there
was a standing reward of fSOO in gold for
the man, woman, or child who could make
Senator Quay, the chairman of the Re
publican National Committee laugh, a
laugh.
For the purpose of coppering this reward
the Colonel freighted himself in. He found
Colonel Quay in the Inter-State Commerce
Committee room. The meeting was cordial
in the extreme. The Senator pressed npon
him his pocketbook and a corner lot in the
.town of Beaver, both of which were de
clined with thanks. He then asked him to
run for Governor of Pennsylvania ou the
Greenback ticket, which, owing to pre
vious engagements, Colonel Knox, was also
compelled to decline.
"I understand, my dear Senator, said
Colonel Knox, playing on his sympathetic
register, "that you have not laughed since
mv esteemed co temporary, Colonel Bill Nye,
in a rash and unguarded moment in a New
York paper, wrote certain articles reflecting
upon your ability to pack a town caucus
and to cotant up a quorum at a Monday
night's session of the Legislature."
"1 have not laughed since then," ejacu
lated the Senator, solemnly.
"Well, my dear man, this thing must not
go on. Paresis, Bright's disease softening of
the brain, indigestion, are bound to come.
You must laugh with me. Positively you
must laugh with me; the salvation of the
country depends on your laughing with me.
I have brought down a joke with me in my
valise. Fortunately my valise is at the
door. I will get the joke. Hal Ha! Hal
It is a new joke. I told it to Henry Carey
Lea, of Philadelphia, and, he laughed so
much that he actually went and wrote that
open letter. Harrison wants another term.
Hal Hal Ha!"
"Harrison wants what?"
"Another term. Ha! Ha!"
Harrison wants another term?" screamed
Senator Quay. Ha! Ha! Ha! Best joke
of the century. Ha! Ha! Ha!"
It will thus be seen that Colonel J.
Armoy Knox's visit to Washington was not
in vain.
NEW RELIGIOUS SECT.l
A Colony That Is Given lo Burnt Offerings In
the Way of Calves.
A new colony ot strange people is farm
ing on tbe reservation about 20 miles south
east of Pierre,, 8. D. It seems tbat they
are the nucleus, of a new and fanatical
religious sect. They are"1 under tbe leader
ship of a woman, and hold their property
all in one common lot The woman is
rather handsome and of commanding
presence, and rules over the colony of about
200 in a rather despotic manner. Their
religion savors somewhat of the Mormon
and some of the old Jewish religion, and on
Saturday last they offered burnt offerings in
the way of calves, etc.
They positively refuse to allow strangers
who will not be one of them in their midst,
and all attempts to gain any information
from them bv tbe ordinary means have
tailed. They have called their town Moab.
SENATOR W0LC0T7S BRIDE.
lie First Olet tbe Fair Bnffalonlan at Colo
rado Springs Years Ago.
New York Tress.I
Senator Wplcott and his bride are at the
Gilsey House. There has been considerable
curiosity in the East to know how and when
'and where tbe Colorado Senator became ac
quainted with the fair Buffalonian. It was
at Colorado Springs that they first met. Tbe
lady's first husband, ex-Congressman Bass,
was there for his health. He died there, I
beleive. He and Senator Wolcott were old
friends, and as the Senator was at the
Springs often a warm friendship sprang up
between himself and Mrs. Bass, which
ripened into a warmer affection after her
husband's death. I am told that Mrs. Bass
ia a woman of beantv and intellect, who will
lshine ia Washington society.
DE1IAHDS FOR MORE PREACHERS -1
Cheaper Literature to Aid ia
Progress of the Sect.
Q01TE A HD1IBEK OP CHILD C0HYERTS,
Aa Appeal to Easiness Hen to Identify TbcmselTef
With the Movement.
The Christian Scientists, now in session,
in New York, are very enthusiastic They
have received reports from various section
of the country which they regard as highly
satisfactory. The propaganda will be
pushed.
rsrXCIAI. TELIOHAit TO TUS DISVATCS.I
New York, May 28. The second day'a
session of the national convention of Chris
tian Scientists met in the Lennox Lyceum
to-day. General Erastus N. Bates, of Chi
cago, presided. The special order of busi
ness in the forenoon was the consideration
of the propagandist publications of tha
science, and as there was a considerable)
surplus in the treasury it was decided by ,
vote to devote this to cheapening the pricej
of the books and tracts.
In the afternoon the exercises were led by
C. S. ifuswell, continuing from Tuesday tha
reading of reports of spread of Christian
Science in the world. These were among
the testimonials delivered from the plat
form. GEO-WTH OP ins SECT.
Chicago There are 817 Christian Scientist!
in tbe city and one organized church, besides
several smaller bands who meet in halls or
Erivate houses. There is a dispensary where
ealingis done and literature of the science)
dispersed. What is needed is a greater sslf.
abnegation. Animal magnetism must be met
and overcome. The nothineness of educated,
evil must be demonstrated, and a national
Christian Science publishing bouse must ha
maintained. Tbere should be less talitiug and,
more curing of the sick.
Peobia There are 23 members of the band
of Scientists here. Tbere is a great need o
preachers. There have been many acquis!
tions from the ranks of church members.
Quincy There are 20 believers here. Thir.
teen of these have left the churches they be
longed to and have joined tbe Church of tho
Christian Scientists.
Bloomimotos Fifty have taken instruction
In the science, and with few exceptions ara
abiding m the truth, tired of feeding on busks
of orthodoxy. The press is favorable but tha
pulpit is hostile to the science.
The reading ol these reports was followed
by "practical talks." "A plea for children"
was tbe subject of a paper by Mrs. Amelia)
Chess, of Louisville. Children can under
stand the science of health much better than
adults trained in a misguided way. Mrs.
Chess said:
child conveets.
Miss Annie Dodge, of the Murray Hill
Hotel, related instances of children's,
knowledge of Christian Science tbat were
warmly applauded. These are some of tho
stories:
An article was Inst by a child, who, while
looking for It said: "lam asking for under
standing to find it." It is needless to say it was
found. A person was sick and a child visited '
the bedside and said: "Let me treat you."
"What can you do?" said the Doctor. "I can do
nothing" said the child. "God can do every
thing." The person was healed.
"Christian Science and business mn,"
was the subject of Mr. George W. Delano's
talk. "It is the habit of business men the
world over," said Mr. Delano, "to drawa
line between the business man at work and
the business man on Sunday. He has no
right, however, to make his minister act as
a safe deposit vault in which to store hia
Christianity for the six business days of tbe)
week. All the churches the world around"
are suffering lrom lack of spirituality and
they don't know how to get it. If business
men will give Christian Science carefnl
study I am bold to declare that they will be
come Christian Scientists."
There was a recepjkiu in (he evening
given by the students of the science in New
York aud Brooklyn.
GILLESPIE'S PHANTOM OXEN.
An Experience Tbnt Explains the Average?
Ghost Story Very Easily.
Punxsutawney Spirit.
D. C. Gillespie, Esq., of Big Run, was
driving along a county road in a buggy
early in the morning, when he caught up to
and passed an ox team. After driving as
some distance further he looked np and saw
in front of him tbe same, identical ox team,
He looked closely at it and observed many
details that had previously escaped his no
tice. His first imgression was that it was
another ox team, but as it kept precisely
the same distance ahead of him no matter
how fast he drove, he began to suspect that
it was, a phantom.
It kept on in that way for fully half n
mile before it finally dissolved lrom his
view and so real was the vision that Mr.
Gillespie got out of his buggy and examined
the road critically to see if it had left any
track. It had rained tbe night before and
his was the first vehicle on tbat part of tho
road, so that he had no difficulty in satisfy-'
ing himself that it was only a vision.
This was plainly the result of the impres
sion made upon tbe retina of the eye br
looking at the real ox team. Everyone has
had somewhat similar experience. Do wa
not often see, with our eyes tightly closed,
perfect photographs of objects and scenes
tbat were probably witnessed days, perhaps
years, before? Such a duration'of impres.
sion on the retina as the one above related
proves that the effect of external influences
on nerve vesicles is not necessarily transi
tory. The mind is lite the phonograph;
impressions are recorded upon it to be res
produced at will.
CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING.
A Society In Old England That Has Had'
Phenomenal Saccess.
Newcastle, Eng.. Chronicle.
The twenty-first anniversary ot the Co
operative Printing Society has jnst been
celebrated here. In 1SG9, a few working;
men in Manchester, mostly connected with,
the printing business, laid their heads to
gether, and decided to commence a Co
operative Printing Society. About tbe
middle of that year suitable premises were
obtained, and business was commenced.
In 1872, a branch was established in
Newcastle, where tbe question of new
premises for an increasing trade is now a
matter of urgency; and still more recently,
under the same auspices, a printing works
has been opened in London. As illustra
tive of the progress of the threefold concern,
it is stated that, between 1879 and 1889, the
trade at Manchester has increased 113 per
cent, and that at Newcastle 75 per cent;
while at tbe London branch the business of
1889 exceeded that of 18S8 by 17 per cent.
The members of the Co-operative Printing
Society, at the coming-o;-age of that institu- ,
tion, nave clearly substantial ground for
satisfaction and self-congratulation.
When the Body is Tired From
Overwork, Use
ROGERS' ROYAL
NERVINE
To Cure Pimples, Blotches and
Eruptions, Take
ROGERS' ROYAL
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