Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1885 — Page 7

JOHN SHERMAN ANSWERED.

The Prince of Demagogy and Bourbon Republicanism Pulverized. What Is Being Accomplished by the New Administration at Washington. Before Gov. Hoadly made bis opening campaign speech, the Democratic State Central Committee of Ohio designated Hon. W. D. Hill, of the Sixth Congressional District, to answer John Sherman’s recent bloody-shirt harangue, which is regarded by the Republican organs as the key-note of the present campaign in Ohio, and the embodiment of whatever principles are left of the late Republican party. Right well did Mr. Hill perform the work assigned him. It is understood that he went to Washington several weeks ago and spent much time in the various departments, thoroughly equipping himself for the work. A few days ago he answered Sherman at Montpelier, Ohio. Referring to the change in the administration, he said: The days of the United States Marshals, arme 1 posses at polls, and internal-revenue spies have, I trust, ended in this country forever—ceriainly while we have a Democratic President. These reflections alone are sub ects of congratulation. It is not six months since the administration of the Federal Government changed. Whatever changes followed have been wholesome and in tiie interest of the people. The calamities which our liepubllcan friends predicted have not come. All the dire cal mi tics which a diseased imagination of (he goutv Republican office-holder, aided by his long-con inued gorge of power and debauchery, could invent were spread through the country as official truths. But the people were tired of bine deceived, a d they voted for a change. The change has begun—slowly but gradually, cautiously, prudently, safely, and fast enough. We direct particular attention now to the stunning points made by Mr. Hill in answering the question, “What has the Interior Department done ?” He said: It issued more pensions to Union soldiers, and adjusted n ore old pension, claims dur.ng the last (,u rter of the fiscal year, than were ever issued under Republican rule in any one quar.er. It i.as stopped the cutting of timber on the alternate sections of land belonging to the Government by the great land-grant corporations. It has stepped the system of mating the claims of applicants for pensions “special” where the party has influential friends (except in extieme and palpably meritorious cases), thus putting ■all applicants upon equal footing, and preventing favorel men lrorn being jumped ahead of ■equally deserving invalids. It has given all applicants for patents equal opportunities for attention, and it is no longer neces a:y to employ certain high-priced lawyers in order to secure promptness, it opens its doers without form, ceremony, or red tape to a 1 who have claims to urge, j etitions to present, or questions to ask, and the humblest laborer is as certain of a patient hearing as any Congressman, Senator, Governor, or foreign "grandee.” It regards the public domain as property held in trust by the department for the people, and not as a grazing ground to be fenced in by the •cattle kings or a lumbering bonanza to be invaded by the wealthy timber thieves or to be stolen by the great rai road corporations. It has resisted all pressure for the appointment to responsible positions of men believed to represent great land or railroad corporations. It has saved many hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Government in the matter of contracts for the coming year. It has saved more than ltn.ooo in the contract for Indian supp ies for the present fiscal year, as compared with the last year’s expenditures. It has adopted the policy of strict adherence and construction as regards Indian treaties, and proposes to hold the Indians to their contract. It has banished, or begun to banish, all interlopers from the Ind an reservations, and in the execution of this policy will make no distinction between the vagrant frontier brawler and the herders of hundreds of thousands of cattle. It has restored, and is restoring, millions of acres of public lands that are now covered by franduleut entries or distorted claims. It has saved over a hundred thousand dollars a year to the Gove nment in the cost of beef and r our alone for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians by having a new census taken of those tribes. It has prevented a terrible Indian war on the Kansas borders by dealing fairly and firmly with the savages. It has disregarded the claims of thirty millions of capital that claimed the right of pasturage ui on the lands of these Indians, and ordered them to remove the herds at once, and the President has announced his firm determination to enforce the order, It has placed the Yellowstone Park and Hot Springs, Ark., reservation under such control as will protect them against the manipulation of r ngs and make them what Congress designed they should be—blessings to our people for all t.me. It nas proclaimed the public lands the heritage of the people, and ordered the removal of the fences that Inclosed millions of acres of Government domain in the interest of va t monopolies, cutting the settlers off from the •courses, ponds, and best p .sturage. This is but a beginning of the great work of the Interior Department alone, and this of itself, if no hing else, is enough to justify the people of the United States in the defeat of Blame and Logan and the election of Cleveland and Hendricks. Then Mr. Hill turned his attention to the Postoffice Department, and said: But, my fellow-citizens, tne good work does not end with the Interior Department. lostmaßter General Vdas has made a good beginning also. Let us see what he has been doing and is doing. First in the postal service the savings effected from April 1, Ihßs, to July 3, 1385, are: Decrease in star service Stea n boat service 72^316 Mail messenger service 23,523 Total and net decrease in above named service 180,702 And this, too, without the slightest detriment to the publio or the efficiency of the*service. Again: Tne number of ordinary postage stamps contracted for by the department for the year ending March 31, 18-4, under Bepubli an rule and serving as a basis of award, was 1,452.315,150; cost, *134,4*17.70. Newspaper and periodical stamps 2,463,270; cost, $220.30. Postage-due stamps, 12,040,270; cost, $1,100,03. Under the vigilance of General Vilas the same stamps were contracted for as follows : Ordinary postage stamps, 1,4 >2,315,120, for $101,516.88; newspaper and periodical stamps, 2.463.270, for $140.41; postage-due stamps, 12,910.270, for SI,OOO. 0, making a total of $103,161.68, against $134,834.18 expended the year before for the same items, or a saving of $ >2,041.5 For postal cards, 3 (3,620, mo; cost last year, $181,5 4.60. Two-cent cards, 68,775; $34.47. Tota'. $181,627.87. This year the same items and the number of cards cost $150,229.13, making a net e-ving of $22,430.77. Postoffloe envelopes from Nos. 1 to «, inclusive, total number, 32,836,200; cost last year S9B, io>,GJ; this year, $55,667.80; net reduction. $4'.43 .’.25. During Arthur’s administration the cost of ad ihe roregoing was $414,618.13; first year of Cleveland, $347,0 .6.56, a saving in one year of $9 v o ..fttf, or nearly $400,000 in fonr years. Beside this, the salaries of Postmasters have been cut down many thousan l* of dollars more, and th re is no lack .of applicants for these same postotflees at ■ reduced-, salar es. The firmness and ceaseless vigilance of Secretary Whitney, Bejaidv Jn discharging needless employes in the 1 pav 1-aeryfee, anti-in exacting compliance from John Roach in naval contracts, has already

saved the people millions more. The action of the Secretary of the Navy in the recent difficulties at Panama won for him the admiration of every true American; for while it was insignificant in itself, it scored notice to the world that und*r this administration no insnlt to onr flag would go unrebukec. He is a typical Democrat, and there is not a young man in this whole country who is not proud of him. In the Treasury Department 135 useless clerks have been discharged, and tbeir places have not been filled, and never will be under this administration, thus effecting an additional saving of $213,000 per annum, or in fonr years $8 59,‘>00. Senator Sherman has thus been answered, and answered in an overwhelming, masterly manner.

Disfranchisement of Voters.

The Republicans having forced a bloody-shirt issue in Ohio and lowa, the following interesting information is appended: Males of Votes polled for voting age. State. 1880. 1880. 1884. Rhode Island 76,898 29,235 32,771 Florida 61,699 51,618 59,872 South Carolina. 205,789 170,966 91,578 Vermont 95,621 65,098 69,409 Mississippi 238,532 107,078 120.019 Kentucky 376,221 264,304 276,915 Louisiana ,216,787 97,201 109,234 Massachusetts 502,648 282,512 303,383 Tennessee 330,305 241,827 259,463 According to these figures, taken from the tenth census and American almanac, says the New York World, the worst bulldozing in 1880 was in Rhode Island, and the least in South Carolina. In Massachusetts 54 per cent, voted, in Vermont 69 per cent., in South Carolina 48 per cent., in Rhode Island 38 per cent. In 1884, with the same basis for computation, Rhode Island still held the lead for proscription of voters, only 40 per cent, voting in that State, while 98 per cent, voted in Florida. There was no contest and no campaign in the Southern States named, while every possible effort was made to capture and defend the electoral vote of Massachusetts. Yet in Massachusetts only 60 per cent, of the males over 21 voted, while Kentucky voted 73 and Tennessee 78 per cent. In Louisiana and Mississippi only 50 per cent, voted, and in South Carolina only 44, but the election of 1880 showed that it was not red shirts but general apathy that kept the voters from the polls* If disfranchisement in any State is a proper subject for criticism and complaint by the people of another State, the form and manner of that disfranchisement are not, except when brought about by State laws. In the latter case it is made mandatory upon Congress to reduce the representation of the State in Congress. And until the State laws of Rhode Island, which disfranchise half the citizens in that State, are amended or Rhode Island’s representation in the House is reduced to one member, it certainly does not become Republicans to criticise the suffrage of any Democratic State which by law confers the ballot upon all its males of voting age, and thereby shows an intention and desire to conform to public sentiment, however imperfectly the intention and desire may be carried out. Alone among the thirty-eight States of the Union, the Republican State of Rhode Island has for years not only openly defied public sentiment upon this subject, but it has defied Congress to enforce the constitutional penalty, and in this defiance it has had the solid Republican vote in Congress and in all the States at its back.

Grant Believed Tilden Elected.

George W. Childs, the firm friend of Gen. Grant, has given to the world the information that the General believed Mr. Tilden was elected in 1876. Mr. Childs is a man of truth and reliability, and such a statement at this time from him is remarkable, for it certainly will not raise Grant in the eyes of the present generation or posterity, to hand the story down to history coupled with the name of the man who at that time was in command of the armed forces of the nation. The moral effect of an honest word from him at that time would have been tremendous. It would have stayed the rascally course of his dishonest party colleagues, who were bent on defrauding the people. But it was not spoken, and to know at this time that it was purposely withheld will reflect no credit upon Grant. The highest duty of a citizen is not that of being a thorough partisan. Mr. Tilden exemplified that in his manly, honorable course when he refused to countenance any and all measures looking to his securing the Presidency through other means than those receiving the sanction of the people. A vast majority of the people knew Mr. Tilden was elected, and if Grant knew and believed it, as his confidential friend reports, he became a party to the fraud upon the people that had so numerously honored and befriended him. Many of the pens that have apotheosized Grant the last few weeks will want to revise their writings in the light of Mr. Childs’ disclosures. They will want to write down that Grant fell snort of greatness when he refused to cast his influence for the right. —Omaha Herald. If Senator Sherman is secretly desirous of Bepublican defeat, we can immagine nothing better calculated to serve the purpose than the atrocious “bloody-shirt” harangue which formed the opening and greater part of his Mount Gilead speech. If he hon’estly wishes Bepublican success nothing could be more fatuous. It is the best Democratic campaign document that could be put forth. Every intelligent, well-informed, and fair-minded Republican must be disgusted as he reads that outpouring of “hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness,” and bp led to question the honesty or the sanity of the man who uttered it at such a time as this, and the decency of a party that chopses Jtlch a lfeadei’.— Cleveland (0.) Plain Dealer.

TORNADO WARNINGS.

Trustworthy Reports to Be Sent to Localities Threatened by the Funnel Fiend. Lieutenant J. P. Finley’s Observations—The Per Cent of Verification Gratifying. [Washington dispatch.] The phenomena of tornadoes, to the scientfie study of which Lieut. John P. Finley, of the signal corps, has devoted about eight years, are now so well underslood as to warrant theebelief that trustworthy warnings may soon be sent out to Ihe inhabitants of localities which may be threatened with disastrous visitations. Daily predictions are in fact being made at present, having begun last year and continued during the tornado season, and resumed reoentiy upon the return of Lieut. Finley from an inspection tour in the West, The percentage of verification is already gratifying, though the predictions are as yet largely experimental, and are embodied in the daily published bulletins of the signal office oniy when the conditions favorable to the creation of tornadoes are very pronounced. In such cases “severe local siorms” are noted as probable. To a reporter Lieutenant Finley recently described the known phenomena of tornadoes and the ends toward which present researches are directed. Those storms have distinctly marked characteristics, and are by no means to bo confounded with hurricanes, “blizzards,” cyclones, or northeasters. Their tracks are never more than a few bundled yards wide, and their forces are generally exhausted by the time ihey have traveled a course of forty or fifty miles, though in this latter respect they are quite variable, some having been traced by their lines of devastation more than 180 miles. Their rotary motion, which is greatest toward the center, sometimes reuches the enormous rate of two thousand miles an hour, while their forward moveuient.always from southwest to northheast, ordinarily does not exceed forty or fifty miles. They are usually unaccompanied by electrical disturbances, and are believed to bo uninfluenced by electrical conditions, though violent thunderstorms sometimes follow them a few miles axvay. There is a distinct and curious relationship between (he tornado and the general storm center, which is always apparent in their uniform relative positions; the tornado always occurring southeastwardly from the center of the low barometic pressure, and at a distance from one to six hundred miles. The shape of the general storm center, the direction in which its longest diameter lies, and the appearance of the upper and lower clouds enter as minor elements in the problem out of which the weather experts hope to work a complete system of tornado warnings. The visits of the tornado nre commonly between the hours of 2 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon. Its home is an area which includes the whole of lowa, all of Missouri, except the southeastern corner, the northwestern comer of Arkansas, the norlheastern part of Indian Territory, Eastern Kansas, Eastern Nebraska, Southern Minnesota, Southern Wisconsin, and Western Illinois. Here its season extends from April to August, inclusive. It is a frequent visitor to two or three regions. One is a strip along the gulf aud South Atlantic, which takes in the central portions of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, with termini in Mississippi and North Carolina, over which its devastations are confined to the months of January, February, and Maroh. The other includes a portion of southern and central Ohio, a large part of Pennsylvania, a small area in Maryland, a strip across New York, and a corner each of Massachusetts and Connecticut, where it is seasonable only during the months of August and September. Lieut. Finley further said, while a host of interesting scientific questions respecting the origin of tornadoes, the laws which govern them, and their relationship to other meteorological phenomena remain to be answered, the more practical questions as to when and where they are likely to appear seem to be advancing rapidly toward solution. The interests which are subject to disaster from tornadoes are alive to the importance of the work in progress. Intending purchasers of farms apply to the Signal Cilice for information respecting the liability of their selected locality to disaster. To such are sent the records of the past as far as they are known. Whenever Lieut. Finley travels in pursuit of his studies farmers and villagers press for information. To these he says that nothing raised by the hand of man above the surface of the earth can withstand the shock of the tornado. He advises them to seek their dugouts upon the appearance of the portentious sigi s of disaster, and there await the passage of the stoim. For their property he advises insurance, so that the losses of the individual may be shared by his more fortunate neighbors. The insurance companies which last year “wrote” $40,000,0110 in tornado policies are eagerly awaiting the completion of a map now in the process of making which will, it is expected, greatly narrow the so-called tornado regions, and perhaps show that large portions of them have never experienced a destructive storm. Upon this map Lieutenant Finley proposes to show from the complete records of several years and dates the average number of tornadoes for each locality per annum.

THE CATTLEMEN.

Conference of Those Interested in Herds in the Cherokee Strip. fKansas City special.] A meeting was held at the Brunswick this afternoon of cattlemen interested in the herds in the Cherokee strip and No Man’s Land. Fully a dozen of the largest cattloowners wore in attendance. These are the cattlemen against whom suits aggregating nearly $509,000 have been brought by the Texas cattlemen who were stopped while driving their herds north through Indian Territory about three months ago. The attorneys of the Indian Territory men were present, and at the expiration of the conference the expressions of ail those interested was *> the effect that they had little to fear from any su ts aud would make a vigorous defense. The statement was also made that while about four hundred and fifty thousand head of cattle still rema ned on the Cherokee slrip and No Man's Land, most all the cattle have been removed from the Arapahoe and Chevenne reservation, in accordance with the President's order.

THE PAPAL SEE.

It Makes Many Concessions to the Advanced Spirit of the Nineteenth Century. The Hierarchy Invested with Power o( Control Over tho Material Affairs of the Church. [Baltimore special ] The American of this city publishes a I special letter from Rome having reference to the confirmation and effect of the deI crees passed by the Plenary Council of Baltimore. The writer says that their inllu- | ence will be felt throughout America, and |to a beneficial purpose. A canon, which | took its origin in me diva 1 ' times, and was founded on and constituted for a civilizaI tion that has almost passed away, is cut into by the decrees. They will constitute a law suitable for the time. The education of tho clergy will be elevated to the wants of tho time. The Christian civilization of the people will be made to keep pace with the material civilization of the timo. Christianity will be brought into harmony with the j education aud civilization of the i present age. Regulations have been made for the establishment of schools for children, normal schools for teachers, and a university for priests and for those laymen who devote themselves to the pursuits of higher knowledge. It is not by “benefices,” that great feature of the middle ages by which, wh.le education was assisted, it was also hampered, that these results are to be obtained. “Benefices ’ will not be brought in as a means of support. The Catholic Church in the United States wants no subsidy from the state, and thus it will not become a servant, or ra her a slave, of tho state, as it lias so often beon in European countries, such us Franco and Austria. The church In America prefers to depend for her support upon the free offerings of the people. in the new dioceses it is provided that no such thing as parishes and parish priests, in the old canonical sense of the term, will exist in tho United States. These were founded on “benefiees,” but there they will •not be employed. This, however, does not indicate that pastors who have created and fostered a congregation, and m de the desert to blossom ns a rose, will be harshly treated or removed from the pi ices they have built up. There will not be an absolute removability of pastors. A certain percentage of them will be declared immovable, and this holds good except in cases whero faults are ascribed to the pastor, and these faults and their consequences will be determined by a trial. A certain amount of liberty of action is required in the United States both by Bishops and clergy, aud it is not advisable to remove or curtail their liberty. The dignity and authority will be increased and brought more prominently into relief. They will have their courts over those of bishops, in which appeals will be received before such appeals can be sent to Rome. In future bishops will have a permanent board or council, which they will assemble at certain intervals during the year. They will also give some voice to tho clergy in the selection of bishops. Another important decision of the Baltimore Council refers to societies or associations. A stop is about to be put to indiscriminate, injudicious, or conflicting condemnation of secret societies. Henceforward the condemnation of any seciet society will be reserved to a permanent board of all the archbishops of the country, nnd all cases of such a nature must be referred to them for their judgment and decision.

CRUSHED BY THE CARS.

Collision of Two Sections of a Circus Train on the Northern Pacific Road, Five Men Killed Outright nnd Many Others Badly, If Not Fatally, Injured. I Fergus Falls (Minn.) dispatch 1 A serious smashup of John Robinson's circus train occurred on the Northern Pacific, Fergus and Black Hills Road, a branch of the Northern Pacific, at Ames btation, six miles west of this city. Four cars were broken to pieces, five men killed, and a large number injured.’ The train was in two sections. After passsing Ames tho coupling of the four rear cars of the forward section broke, and there being a heavy grade they ran back toward the rear section. The rear engine ran into the wild cars at nearly full speed, with a terrific crash, injuring the forward part of the engine badly and totally demolishing the cars. These were common freight-cars, fitted up with buuks, etc., as s.eeping-cars for the canvasmen and roustabouts of the circus. They contained nearly 200 men, nnd the myßtery is that so many escaped with their lives. A terrible scene followed the collision. Their were shrieks, groans, and cries from the many injured, and howls and curse ? from those who were trying to extricate themselves from the wreck. Peof>le in the rear section, none of them hurt, ent all the aid possible, nnd the forward engine was dispatched at once to Fergus Falls for surgical assistance, returning in half an hour with the Northern Pacific physicians here. The following are the names of the dead: George Krouse, Cincinnati. His brother lives at No. 62 Main str et, Cincinnati. H. Roberts, Wadena, Minn., canvas-man. Charles Walace, Joined tbe circus at Portland, Me.; laborer. Samuel Flair, Colfax, Dakota; labor r. James W ilson, Cincinnati, formerly policeman; train watchman. 'J he most seriously wounded are as follows: James )■,<;< lew. No a Scotia, dislocated shoulder and bruises; probably fatal. Joe Brown, New York, leg hurt. Win. Winflekl, Appomattox, Ya.. side and back; will die. Thomas Yanata, ruptured. James Meyers, sprained ankle and legs bruised. A 1 Turner. lowa, foot mashed. Henry liois ■, New Y> rk, leg and arms bruised. Win. Murray, New York, head badly cut. James Coleman, colored, leg cut. Jenkins, head canvasman, jaw smashed. Fd tslegler, Cincinnati, head hurt. Wm. Warren Cleveland, both hands jammed; will have to be amputated. Nearly every man in the four cars is somewhat bruised and hurt, but, except the jbove, none seriously. A brakeman named Peterson could not be found after the wreck was cleared, and it is not known whether he was killed or ran aw iy. The i I‘ured will be sent to the Northern Pacific Hospital at Brainerd, and an inquest will be held to-morrow on the remains of the d* ceased, wh ch will be held at the dis osition of relatives, if any telegraph; otherwise they will probably be buried hore. A colored band in o* eof the cars escaped with litt e injury except to their instruments. nearly all of which were smashed bevond repair.

MONTREAL’S MOB.

The Canadian City the Scene of a Fearful Anti-Vaccina-tion Riot. A Howling Mob Wrecks Health Offices and Public Buildings—Residences Fired. [Montreal special.] Montreal was the scene of a violent riot this evening ns the result of the movement for compulsory vaccination. Tho FrenchCanadians have shown strong opposition to compulsory vaccination since the start, and trouble has been feared. The English were determined, however, that no more delay would be allowed, and decided at onco to carry compulsory measures into force. A branch office was started in the East End, and orders wero given 10-day to begin the thorough vaccination of all persons in the French- Canadian quarter. At an early hour this morning the office was opened. A crowd at once began to assemble, aud the building was soon surrounded. Several French-Canadian citizens addressed the gathering, which was becoming more and more riotous, and advised pacific measures. A squad of police was called out, and toward afternoon tho mob dispersed, threatening, however, lo return in tho even ng. They kep. their word. At seven o’clock to-night the building was surrounded by a noisy, threatening crowd of French-Canadians, whe began operations by storm ng the Health Offloe, smashing all the windows, aud creating a general havoc. Tho mob next went to the residence of Dr. Laberge, of the Medical Health Office, stoned it,aud shouted defiance. On marched the mob, gathering in numbers as i£ went, its objective point being the City H ill. The authorities had by this time got wind of the mob’s intentions, and the fire-bells sounded a general alarm, calling tho whole police force from the various stations to tho Central Station nt tho City Hall, The mob arrived, however, before the police had mustered, and took possession of the streets around the hail. Showers of stones wero ra ned upon the building, nnd many windows were shattered. The police were still in the stations, and, ns usual, a delay occurred before they were ordered out. When they first reached tho street they had only their small wooden batons, which wore utterly useless on the mob, which continued its work of destruction, moving completely nround tlie building. An order was given to arm the foroe with muskets, but the men, strange to suv, wore kept standing in the station while the mob continued its work outsido. Several of the policemen and tho Mayor’s brother armed thcmßelvos with revolvers and blazed away from the door of the station, silencing the mob on that side. On the other side, however, the work was kept up, and the health offioer got a Revere Dandling. A large number of people were here undergoing vaccination, and had to fly from the mob. In the midst of the din a cry was raised, “To the newspaper officer and in a few minutes the crowd, now numbering several thousand, had formed into li e and wero on tiie wuy. The mob marched down the principal streets, singing and shout ng, and made for the office of the Mornivf) Herald, a large fivestory bnilding on Victoria Square. Their number was considerably increased on their way, and they surrounded the newspaper office several thousand strong. The building, which occupies a prominent position, was brilliantly 1 ghted up, and formed a good mark for the rio era. The widows were soon smnshed, and the rioters took full vengeance upon the paper, which has been the most active and plain-spoken about the French- Canadians. For over half an hour the mob had it all their own way, the police remain ng inactive in the station while the work of destruction was going on. While engaged at the newspaper office the riotera gave expression to various threats, and said they would show the English whether it was they or the French who would rule the city. Tho English were roundly abused, and a number of violent scenes occurred. When the police did arrive on tho scene the mob again formed and marched back through the streets to the East End, where they held a mass meeting, nnd after several inflammatory speeches proceeded to the homes of several of the doctors and stoned them. The rioters before dispersing went down to one of the objectionable vaccinator’s houses and fired it. The fire brigade were hastily summoned, and extinguished the fire before any damage was done. When the riot was at its height the cries were frequently raised. “Bum the city! * and “Down with the English I” That such a thing as the small-pox should serve to awaken race hostility is indeed remarkable; but the faotis that it has been the cause of more bitterness than even the most serious subject of quarrel. To state the case very simply, the French in Montreal have been harboring and breeding the small-pox with apparent indifference to the loss of life it wa s causing, and comp ete indifference to its effects upon the English population. The English have sufiered to a small extent from the ravages of the disease-poor Sir Francis Hlncks fell a victim to it through infection carried to his house by a servant—but their business losses as the resnlt of the prevalence of the epidemic have been most serious. The French would not vaccinate, were reluctant to lend themselves to any sanitary measures, bnt preferred to fight the disease, if at all, by pious observances and ceremonies. A gentleman on the Citizens’ Committee to-day proclaimed that there were at least 4,000 cases of small-pox in the city. The opening of the Thenter Royal has been indefinitely postponed on account of ihe epidemic. The health officials nre encountering the most determined opposition in their work of placarding, especially in the East End of the city, and several arrests have been made.

SPLINTERS.

The railroads of Pennsylvania employ 70,000 men. It 'will take three months and $2,000 to mount Jumbo. The Gi ant Monument fund in New York has reached nearly $83,000. % Caklotta has turned her forty-sixth year, and is recovering her reason.