Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1889 — Page 1

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ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

DIRTY WORK OF THE TRUST.

THE FALSEHOODS OF ITS PAID ORGAN. A Tiaau of Cowardly Insinuations in th "Jonrna'." About ilie School Hook In eat'S t on Statements of Prof.s. Parsons nnl tViIy. The JournaT$ report of the investigation by the t-tate board of U-xt book commist ioners in Friday's is.ue was a tissue of falsehood and dirty insinuations, which, as a leadins republican remarked on th rdreetd yefdorday, no newspaper of any pretensions would print unles it is handsomely paid fur it. Tb stuft vtm furnished the Journal, not by one of its rrRUlar reporters, but by a fellow named Heinrichs, who U in tlio Fervice of Van Antwerp, Brapjr & Co. The rdatomeutH as to the deficienc ies in the books examined Mere entirely false, as is proved by the report of the committee, consist in;.: of PresidVnt Parsons of the ttate normal school, Supt. Lavne of the Kvansville schools and Snpt. AViJcy of the Ttrre llauto Fihools. The Journal quoted Clerk Iiookwalter of the etaie bureau ot printing and Ptationery as testifying that the hooks from JefFeron county were bound in fdraw board, and that the paper on which the text was printed waa of an inferior quality, and co5t at least 2 cents a pound less than the paper in the sample on which the contract was awarded. To a Sentinel reporter Testcrday Clerk Book waiter said that he bad not testified at all before the committee, and that he had made no Puch statement as the Journal put in hi? mouth. He was asked by a member o! the committee a question touchin? the Connersville books but bad declined to express any opinion. He was alto asked as to the comparative weit-ht of the paper in the Connersville books and in the sample books filed with the contract, but Mid that he could only answer this after weighing the paper. The Journal ao said that the books from Connersville were shipped with the understanding that they were to be sent direct to the office of the superintendent of pullic instruction in the state-house, but instead of being delivered at the office of that gentleman were taken by some mysterious arrangement to the otiiee of the pu'nlishina company. There was no mysterious arrangement or my.-tery about the matter. The books were taken in a large box to the state-house and at the sujrpestion of the state superintendent and the committee of investigation were taken across the street to the office of the Indiana company, where they were followed at once by the "committee and where the investigation was made. This was thorough ; the books were taken out, the covers lent back until they met the leaves, thrashed vigorously over a table and none of them seemed any the worse for this harsh treatment. It would be bird to subject any looks to a severer test, and all who witnessed it were convinced that the charge s as:aintthe Indiana books were purely malicious and mercenary and had no sulvstantial bans. Yet th Jounwl did not mention this test at all, but insinuated that the com cittee made no examination of the books. It was suggested while the committee was looking into she books Bent in bom Connersville that ' it would r.1 well to examine books sent out in other shipments, and for this purpose a messenger was sent to the township trustee's oilice for specimens of the books delivered to Capt. Manv. A package of books was sent by the clerk and was shown to the committee, which understood fully whre they came from. The journal insinuated that the volumes brought from Capt. Many's ofSee were arranged as a top layer of the Connersville box for the purpose of deceiving the committee into the belief that the?e were the books returned from Connersville. This is a fair illustration of the manner in which Van Antwerp, lragg & Co. '3 paid newspaper ortran tries to blacken character and deceive the public in their interest. The ajrents of the school book trust, who were swarming in this city while the investigation was in progress, were terribly disgusted over the. failure of their latest eifort to injure the home company. One of them at the Grand hotel yesterday eaid: "We are beaten again, but we don't propose to let up on the Indiana company. "We intend to follow that company as long as the contract lasts and make this school book business so unprofitable and distasteful to its member that they will be glad to get out of the field. "We" shall pive them no pea'-e until they withdraw from the race, and you can bet that we will see to it that they don't make a dollar out of theircontract. The Journal and a number of other papers in this stata will 6tand by us to the end, and the Indiana men will conclude before we are done that it would have been money in their pockets if they had never been born. "We would not care anything about this matter if Indiana was alone involved. The business of this state is only a drop in the bucket compared with the business of the whole country; but if this law succeeds in Indiana, all the otht-r states will have similar laws in a very few years, and the day of big profits in the school book business will be past. You can see that it is a matter of lite and death for the combination bouses to break down the law in Indiana and drive the Indiana company to the wall. They can a fiord to spend a practically unlimited amount of money in order to do this. We have got some surprises yet in store for the Indiana fellows. The trouble is but ju4t begun. We shall have a good many friends in the next leeislaVt jre. and if boodle and skillful lobbying wiu do it the law will be repealed. SILLY CHARGES REFUTED. What Pr.tf. Persona and Wiley Say Abont the "Jnarni'" Innuendom. Terhe Haute, Nov. 22. FpeciaL The Sentinel correspondent to-night called upon President W. W. Parsons of the state normal school and Prof. W. II. Wiley, superintendent of the public schools of this city, and interviewed them in regard to the statement of the Indianapolis Journal of this morning charging the Indiana school Jiook company with an attempt to deceive the eub-cornmittee of investigation, of which they were two of the three members, Mr. Layne of Kvansville being the other, by substituting books borrowed from the township trustee at Indianapolis for the alleged imperfect books returned from Connersville. President Parsons and Prof. Wiley jointly authorized the following official statement tobe made as coming from them, the language being dictated by them: We are satisfied that the Indiana ich 00 1 book company afforded os th fallest opnor trinity to make the examination required of tjs as member of the sub-vom mitte to investig&ia the complaints madt by certain school oüQcialJ against the booij foraished by th In

diana company. The two laree boxes of books from Connersville that were complained of arrived early in the morning and were left, with our knowledge and consent, at the oilice of the school book company. The committee had 110 reason then, and have no reason now, to suspect that the boxes had been opened till tiiey were opened in our presence and under our direction; in fact, we consider euch on imputation an unjust reflection. The books gotten from the local trustee at Indianapolis and out of which this charge grown, were procured at oar request for the purpose of comparison. We found these books to be up to the standard as stated in oar report. We ieel there is 110 ground for the charge that we were imposed upon by the company in any way in the examination of the books. Moreover, the statement that we made but a casu.il examination of the. hooks complained of is untrue, as we examined thoroujhly and with great care, going entirely to the bottom of the boxes. The Ktimtion in (.ibsson. I'ElNCnTON, Nov. 22. pSpecial.l The charges front this county in reference to the new school books not being up to the standard and the law were made by a lorg, hungry republican trustee of this county. He is a very warm friend of Van Antwerp, lira?? & Co., and of course is doiii? everything in his power to break down the law. The Sentinel correspondent has talked with all the trustees, and all of them except two-and they are republicans pronounce the books very jjood. A complaidt comes from a trustee that would not know a first reader from a second reader if the binding were changed. This trustee, when asked to produoH the faulty books, said one of Van Antwerp, Hrnpj? fc Co.'s aeents by the name of Walker had bought them. A meeting of the superintendents ot the hijrh schools of southern Indiana bgun here to-day for the discussion of general school topics, one of which is th new text book law. Van Antwerp, Urses & Co. are represented by four stalwart agents, namely: Smith, Fry, Walker and Scott. NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT.

Comm'tlrr Ileporta No Contract Violations ty tli School Hook Compinjr, The Indiana Jtate board of education says: "We are unable to see from evidence now before us that there is any nubstantial violation by the company of its contract with the board of school book commissioners, and we therefore see no siulicient reason to call a special meeting of said board of commissioners to consider the subject further at this time." That is the result of the great howl of the friends of the school book devil-fish that for years sapped like leeches the money of Indiana people who sent their children to the public schools. That is the result of ex-offioio Supt. LaFollette's work against the books lurnished by the Indianj company. The 'overwhelming" (?) complaints reported to have come to the itat department of public instruction did not appear to ma'erialize. Kven Mr. ' taFollette himself bad no complaints to make only a statement. Mr. LaFollette has presented his statement, or at least has had an opportunity to do so. Those "overwhelming complaints" from all over the state have been presented to the board, or rather an opportunity has been given for their presentation. The board considered everything that came before it. To their satisfaction the members lesrned that not one book in a thousand sent out by the Indiana compauy was defective or not up to the standard workmanship required in the contract The committee appointed by the board for that purpose Wednesday, spent the entire forenoon yesterday examining books sent here from Connersville, where the loudest complaints were made, and Patoka, Jefferson county. The whole consignment of books sent to Connersville was shipped back here, at the expense of the Indiana company. The books were all thoroughly examined. It was cluiraed that if the books were not carefully handled they would fall out of their covers, and it was especially dangerous to bend the covers of the prim try geographies back till they met. 1'rot". Wiley of the committee took one of the geographies, bent the covers bpek till they met, and whipped it over the edge of a table vigorously. Not a edt-ch gave way. The book remained sound. Of course in manufacturing .00,000 books in ninety days and shipping them in all haste, as the Indiana company was obliged to do to supply the schools by the time the term began, a few deficient books crept in, but the company signified its willingness to replace all thoae with perfect books. The following is the report of the committee: The Hon. II. M. LaFollette, Superintendent of Publiu ln-.truct.on: The committee of the state board of school-book Cmmifsionrrs to Investigate the complaints uadn 1t certain ctiool olliciai in Fayette, Jetterson ai d Ciibsin coaitie, t at books supplied under the contract with the Indian school-book rompanv sre not equal to tb ctsmlanii fixed br the law and the contract, g leave t report as foil w: 1. F'rom Gibson county were sent four copies of the second read,-r which were labeled first reader, one fifth reader wi h several loose leaves, one fifth reader with cover upside down, one complete arithmetic with several loose leaves, one complete geography with everal leaves upside down. 2. From J tier-'oit county have been sent two elementary ceojrajhi"s bound with wire only, and nt with both wire and tape, as in the sauiple on which the contract is based. The same g-etxtraphies contain a considerable number of errors in the form of bl.irred word. omitted letter, etc. ; one elementary arithmetic with four pagt , 95, 'M, 111 aud 127, numbered at the bottom of the pace; also showing defective pres work on t'anes l.W and 159. 3. Thn committee has caused to bo shipped for examination a!l the books shipped by the Indiana school book company to Gmnersville. and has found that, with one exception, ihtj hook are equal in all respects to the sample on which the cou tract wm based. The elementary eeographies sre bound with wire only, and not with both wire and tape, as the contract require. The companv, through its represent. ttive and secretary, Edward Hawkin, states that the defects and errors in printing, binding, etc., are due alone to the great haste with which it has been neeeary to print and bind the large number of books, aliout D-0,Ws, snt out on requisitions ol school officials, and that the c ninany is endeavoring to comply strietly and in good faith with the terms of its contract. The company asrees and offers 'o take back a!l defective hook, found in any of its shipments, and to replace them with cood coi lo or to credit on account all book so returned. The coinpsn v further agrees to see that hereafter all elementary Kocraphies furnished by it on requisition shall he bound with both wire and tape, as required by the contract. We are uuali'a to s e from the evidence now before us that i here is any substantial violation by the company of its contract with the board of school book commissioners, and we thereby see ;.o sufficient reason to call a special meeting of said board of commissioners to consider the subject further at this time. Jteopectfully submit 1. William W. Parsoss, J. W. Lavxr. William II. Wilkt. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 21. COLD-BLOODED DOUBLE MURDER. VTH.iara Itrnoker Kills Two People and Itoaats of Ills Crime. 8T. Pact, Minn., Nov. 24. William Brooker and William P. Coombs of Pine City, married sisters, and the former was insanely jeajons. Mrs. Brooker was made a widow eight years ago by the shootms: of her busband, a brother of William. This shooting has been spoken of as a suicide, although some intimated it was fratricide. To-day Brooker and his wife were visiting at Coombs' house. Drooker began abusing his wife, whose sister, Mrs. Coombs, interfered. Brooker sent a rifle ball through Mrs. Coombs' neck. Coombs rushed in, only to be met with a dou'ole charge of shot in the abdomen. Both died instantly. Brooker then went to the house of Christian Heister, and coolly told them he bad shot and killed Coombs and his wife and wanted to give himself up, saying- he bad one more he wanted to kill. More Postoffica.Hscket. Dr.CATCR, Nov. 21. ?peeial. John N. Sullivan, an old soldier, recently received the appointment of postmnster of Berne, this county, as a "compromise'.' after a hitter fight between the various republican factions. Sullivan proceeded to move the office into a drug store whose proprietor was a democrat. Some of the defeated aspirants, with the assistance of the chairman of the republican oouoty committeeman, at once succeeded in getting Clarksoo to cancel the apppointment and give the office to a township committeeman, named Wagoner, who now refuses to fill out bis bond and accept the office. Many of the leading repoblioana of the place declare that if the soldier spplicant gets left in the final outcome of the matter they are done voting the repeblioaa ticket.

THE DEFENSE VERY WEAK. e O'SULLIVAN TRIES THE ALIBI DODGE.

Several of Iii Kiuploye Swear Tliat Fie W at Home nud in lie I mi the Night of the Murder The Tool lleporttr'i IJtt'o (sensation. Chicago, Nov. 19. The first witness in the Cronin trial this morning was Policeman P.edmond McDonald. He testified that he saw lin Coughlin at the East Chicago avenue station at between 8:45 and 9 o'clock on the night of the murder. On cross-examination the witness fixed the tirne at 9 to 9:15 o'clock. On cross-examination the fact was developed that the witness was a member of camp 2'1, Clan-na-Gael. lie said that he remembered seeing Coughlin that ni'ht. About a week after, hen Coughlin's name was fir?t mixed up in the aflair, the witness mentioned the fuct to Officer iScott, who was also a member of the notorious camp, and said he was afraid he would pet mixed up in the matter. lie acknowledged that this fear' had kept him from speaking on the matter, notwithstanding the peril in which his silence lelt his fiiend Coughlin. It was last Sulurday that the witness firt to;d Capt, Jsthuettler, when the bitter asked him about it. The witness admitted that he first said that the time at which he saw Coughlin on that night was between 8:30 and 9 o'clock. A sensation was caused on cross-examination when the witness was forced to admit that Couchlin'a nsme was not coupled with the tragedy until May 20, thocgh he had previously Baid that he first learned Coughlin was connected with the murder about a week after the doctor's disappearance. Wiiliam Mulcahy swore he had known O'Sullivan since April 4, and had worked for him on an ice wagon. When he was feeling bad O'fcullivan bad told him to go to Ir. Cronin as he (O'Sullivan) had a contrsct with the doctor to treat all his men. O'.Sullivan had told other men the same thing in the bpariu of witness. Witness had zot fi'ty of O'ullivan's new business cards and distributed them. By its cross-examination the state insinuated that Mulcahy had driven Ir. Cronin to bis death, but this failed. Witness testified that on the night of the murder he and O'.Sullivan had slept together aud O'ullis'ati had not been out of the house. Witness had been a collector for O'Sullivan but couldn't remember anyone from whom he had collected any thing. Thomas Whaler, O'.Sullivan's cousin, swore that O'.suUiran was not out of the house on the nichts of May 4 or 5. William Glenn, a reporter, swore that Mrs. Conklin told him that Dinan's horse didn't resemble the one behind which Dr. Cronin was driven away. This was after Capt. iSchaack had at-ked her to identify the horse. Edward Jones, a Aetr reporter, testified that he went to the Carlson cottage several days after the discovery of Dr. Cronin's body. He went in company with another reporter. A story had been told that morning, in a vague way. about the Carlson cottage, and, as a joke, on the way there, they got some cotton batting and a piece of liver, the blood from which they smeared upon the cotton, They went into the cellar and put some of the blood-stained batting in the chinks in the ceiling and in some rat-holes in the floor. He did not put it there to furnish material for a seusation in his paper. Neither he nor the other reporter pat any of thn blood-stained batting in the cottage up stairs. Chicago, Nov. 21. Just as Judge McConnell was nhout to enter the court-room this morning he was met at the door by a man who introduced himself as J. S. Martin. Mr. Martin sid he had knowledge that was of value to one of the defendants in the Cronin case Dan Coughlin. He did not want to be mixed up in he case in any way, '.ie said, and forthat reason had not spoken before. Atthisstasre of the case, however, his conscience would not b-t him rest till he had related what he knew. He acted only in the interest of justice, he said, nud not knowing just what to do, concluded to see Judge vAlcConnell. His story was that he had been Dan Cotizhlin between 9 and 10 o'clock on the nicht of May 4 at the Chicago-ave. police-station. Betöre going on with the proceedings Judge McCor.ntU called the state's attorney and Mr. Forrest to the bench and informed them what Martin had reis ted to him. Martin's story, if true, corroborates the testimony of Officer McDonald, who swore he saw Couwrhliu enter the Chicagoave. statiort about 9 o'clock that nicrht, Martin will probably be placed on the witLess stand to-morrow. When court met Liveryra an Pinan testified that the horse which was supposed to have hauled Cronin to his death was now in a dime museum. Louis Budenbender of Iloboken, N. J., testified that on the evening of the murder he was in Jeckel's cigar store, opposite Dr. Cronin's residence. He was positive that he was in the ciear store at 7 o'clock and may have remained there until 8 or 9 o'clock. After he had been there a few minutes he noticed the horse and buggy in the front of Dr. Cronin's office. It was an ordinary side-bar buggy.and had the top up. He saw Dr. Cronin and another man come from the house and start to the baggy. The driver started for the horse while the doctor started for the buegy. There was some man on the sidewalk near the house line who called to Dr. Cronin and attracted his attention, for the doctor turned around, but still kept going toward the. bttgzy. Tuen the driver went to the horse's head and unhitched the horse, went to the buggy and got in, and sat on the west side; then Dr. Cronin got in ; he was talking to this man all the while, so it seemed, because witness conld not hear anything he said from that distance, then they shifted their seats and this man got in front of the doctor and then they sat down and went off". Dr. Cronin had what appeared to bo a small chest or box, which iniirht have contained his instruments or medicine. The witness was standing in the door of this cigar store looking at the horse for about fifteen minutes and saw it before the men came down and all the incidents of their departure. The horse was a speckled gray with dark legs. The horse at the dime museum was not the horse that drove Dr. Cronin away and did not resemble it. Then a couple of microscopists testified that there was no way of identifying human blood as such or human hair and court adjourned. Chicago, Nov. 2. The testimony in the Cronin case oract'cally ended to-day, though the state announced that it might have a witness or two to-morrow. William Mertes, the milkman who saw Cronin enter the Carlson cottage, admitted that he had told police officers he wasn't sure of the day and thought the horse driven by the murderers was a bay with a white face. Policeman Crow corroborated the admissions. J. W. Frelick testified that Kunze worked for him all dar May 4 and the Monday after. Henry McBride and Dyer Thompson testified that at 2:30 p. m., March 19, when old man Carlson said he heard Burke tell O'ul'.ivan that he hnd rented the oottace. O'rfullivan was several miles away. The record of camp 20 for Feb. 8 was admitted' for Defendant B-gcs over Mr. Forrest's objection. The court ruled out the testimony of Dr. Patrick Cnrran, to the effect that James Lyman had told him the executive board bad ordered Cronin's death. Alired Kettner testified that he had seen Witness Koch, for the defense, in Coughlin's company. BUSINESS MEN IN POLITICS. Crover Cleveland hex Mach Hope For the Future. New Yokx, Nov. 19. At the one hundred aud twenty-first annual dinner of the chamber of commerce to-night, the second toast, "Our Honorary Members," was responded to by ei-Prcsident Cleveland. After thanking the chamber of commerce for the honor it had conferred upon him in making him an honorary member, he said thut the business of a country was its life blood. Those who understood its laws and their operation were better able to perform their duty fti citizens than they otherwise could. A good government was best measured by business tesu. Hence the greater the comber of business men who are engaged in administering the aC&iri of

state, the greater will be the efficiency of the government. There should be more business men in our national administration. Mr. Cleveland statod that there was an abundance of good liiiterittl available which was now going to wate. Many of the evils of public life would, in hi" opinion, speediiy disappear if biiineas men would take greater interest in public a Pairs. Mr. Cleveland said that there had been a great deal of discussion lately over the question "what shall we du with our ex-presidents?" lie hoped that the country would not take the advice of nn Hanoi editor who recommended that they be shot. He suggested lhat the best way of disoosiug of them was to let them alone and give them a chance to earn their daily bread in peace. Speeches were made by Justice Miller, Secy. Noble, M. K. Phelps and others. THAT BENTON COUNTY DECISION

Obtained by Maclilnnt on of the School Hook Trut. The school book trust has been doing some Very fine work in Benton county, the result of which is a decision from a local judge (Peter 11. Ward) of the Thirtieth judicial district that the school book law is unconstitutional. The case we j manufactured one for the especial, purpose of procuring such a decision. Both plaintiff and defendant were creatures of the school book trust aud the lawyers on both sides were retained by the truL These sMck citizens seemed to have picked their county and their court with creat care. The school odii ials in Benton county have been hostile to the law from the beginning, and have done all they could to embarrass its execution. Judkfo Ward's decision, which has created prcat glee in trust circles, is in direct conflict at every point with die opinion of the attorney, general as to the character an 1 constitutionality of the law, rendered some time since, in response to inquiries from State Supt. LaFollette. It is the duty of the attorneygeneral to appear in support of the constitutionality of acts of the legislature which may be attacked in the courts, and, some time ago, Gov. Ilovey requested Mr. Michener to appear in all cases involving the constitutionality of the school-book law. In his letter making this request of the attorney-general. Gov. Ilovey sail: "I have never doubted the constitutionality of the measure, or else I should have vetoed it." The case in Newton county was bevun and brought to argument ( ?) without the knowledge of the a;torney general or the Indiana school-book compnny, or apparently of anybody else excepting the trust and its tools. Whether the case will be reviewed by the supreme court depends entirely upon the trust, which controls both ends of the cse. But the matter will unquestionably be broucht before the supreme court in some form at an early day. Gov. Ilovey was asked by a Xnn reporter yesterday concerning his opinion of the schoolbook law: "It did not exactly suit my ideas when it was passed by the legislature," he said, "and I should have vetoed it had I seen my way ciear t do so. In my study of it, 1 became convinced that it is constitutional. The chief points on which Judge Ward declared the law unconstitutional I believe to be not sound. When a trustee takes his office he takes it with all the burdens attached to it. The disposal of the school-books is as much one of the trustee's duties as is any other thing which he is charged with. Then the point that the sohool book company is a monopoly is simply nonsense. It is a monopoly exactly as the snccetsiul bidder who furnishes supplies to the insane hospital, or who get the contract to grade the state-house grounds, is a monopolist, no more nor less. I suppose, of course, the attorney-general will defend the constitutionality of the law when it comes to the supreme court." A TAX MIXTURE. Supreme Court Decision on Farms Within Corporations. A short time ago several Ilaughville parties, represented by Mr. Frank Blackledge, demanded of the trustees of that town a return of taxes which they claimed they had overpaid. A very knotty point of law is involved in these claims. The statutes provide that all lauds in a corporation exceeding five acres, and cot platted, but used for agricultural purposes, shall be subject to the township taxes, and only the excess of rpecial corporation taxes over special township taxes. The special taxes include road, tuition and special school taxes. The supreme court holds that no excess of the general corporation tax over that of the township can be collected. Taxes for a sinking fund, interest, fire, etc., are general in their application. The Ilaughville parties have paid ail the corporation taxes for several years, and now they want a rebate. Mr. C. W. Smith, attorney for the trustees, will recommend that the dillerence between the general township taxes and the general corporation taxes be returned to the claimants in lieu with the supreme court's decision on a case appealed from Owen county. NINE LIVES LOST. Farther Fartlcalti '8 of the Fire in the Great Anaconda M nes. Butte, Mont, Nov. 24. A visit to the Anaconda mine to-day developed nothing new in reference to the fire in the St. Lawrence mine. The shaft of the Anaconda is headed and no smoke or gas issues from it. All the levels of the St, Lawrence are bulkheaded, so that no draft of air can get in. The fire has no air to fan it. . It is believed that the carbonic acid gas which will necessarily be cenerated in the confined space will eventually put it out. Whether the fire has extended to the workings of the Anaconda or not, no one knows. The two mines are practically one, being connected in all their levels from the two-hundred-foot of the Anaconda. The number of lives lost is believed to be nine. The two mines, the Anaconda and St. Lawrence, employ upward of a thousand men. Five are positively known to be dead in the mine, and from two to four more are believed to have been caught in it, their whereabouts above ground being so far unknown. PRISON REFORM. Mr. C. n. KesT Talks On the Subject of "Arousing the Fubl c" NAsnviLLE.Nov.19. At the National prison congress to-day C. II. P.?eve of Plymouth, Ind., read a paper entitled: "Arousing the Public." He claimed that the true question is prevention rather than cure, and suggested laws prohibiting marriage among the criminal classes. In regard to the question in hand he deprecated the slowness of the public to move, stating that a Johnstown flood ot war was necessary, and even then the activity was only temporary. He predicted a crisis in public i sentiment, after long years of toil by the prac tical thinkers of the land; legislators would then enact laws partially incorporating the suggestions of the thinkers, and the discussions would be forgotton. Pension Appeals. Washington, Nov. 25. Asst. Secy, of the Interior Bussey makes the following report on appeals from the commissioner of pensions: Nnmber of appeals, ISO; at beginning of year, 180; new appeals, 3,109. Mr. Busi-ey says: Much t;nie has been applied to the examination of motions filed by clainmnts and attorneys for the reconsideration of appeals that bad been adrersely sdjuüic.ted by ruy predecessor In tu any instances these motions hare been given special attention, eren at the expense of temporary delay in taking op claims filed on oriirlrsal appeals from the hur-au of pensions, because thy related to cases of law, of fsct, and of practice that seemed to require immed 'ate action, and in order Dot only that ptxtioo nullit be done to i laimants. but that the ju Imut of the department might le promptly stated with reference to a large class of cls:ms that had been unrecessarilv rejected. As a reault of this course, a number of 'important rulings bare beeo mode, with a view to broadening and liberalizing departmental interpretations o! the law, applicable to numerous meritorious claimants, whoe a 'plioatlons for pension had been unjustly denied, partly because of barren technicalities and partly oy reason of a narrow definition of pension able rights. , Lunatics Cremated. BiCK Foot. Idaho, Nov, 23. The mala bulldfuf of the Territorial inssne ssylutn burned Sand morninr" Two msn, named Kennedy and Smith. sr known to bare perished, and flva other Inmates Lra Maatle. Cora Alles and t fares men, osmsd Hanson, Ktoncdy and Ulen. art miwia

A WORLD OF REPUBLICS

THE FEVER SEEMS TO BE SPREADING. nraiU'i Action Ukely to II lVlowed In the Is ear Future by Msiiy Other CountriesCanada and Australia Freparlng Feoor CatelUira Predictions. Washington, Nov. 21. Dr. Valente, minister from Brazil, culled at the state department to-day and informed the secretary that his latest advices from Brazil were to the effect that peace nd tranquility reigned, and that the new government was receiving the support of the people. A dispatch from P.io says the provisional government has issued a decree establishing universal suffrage throughout the republic. A Philadelphia rubber importer has advices from his Brazilian agent sarins that there are fears of serious trouble later. France has sent the corvette Sane to Bio. It is not believed Dom Pedro will not land at Lisbon. ALL EUROPE W LL JOIN. Senor Castellir Thinks the. Drays of I'lluces arc Ne.nily landed. New Yokk, Nov. 21. The Jfcia'd prints an Interview with Prime Minister Castellar of pain, in which he U quoted as saying: I am not In the li asl surprised to know thnttVazll bin at last decided for a republic In fact, mj only wonder is that una did not do so sooner. It is only a few weeks since 1 assured a prominent r'ren jh statesman that the tendency in l'.rnzil was Jq- slstibly in that direction. To one who lias, as I f itv, st tidied tie) condition of tbiutrs In Niuth A.iSrica. it has lonu been appsrent that tu thinking C'a,-sei there were t.odeep,y imbued with thssplritof republicanism to make any other lorm o government moie than teniorary. Iom Ptdi'o 1im aj ways tried to conceal this fact from Kurpe, and uelliad" more r les succeeded. It i simply ridiculous to claim that tho revolution in brazil was due to the recent aliolit on of slavery, for tlm meu who have h.ul the most to do with overthrowing the empire are preeW-lr the ones who brought about the liberation of the slaves, and in both cases they wrre siuipfy scting in accordance with the enlightened iiieas of the century. As to the e''eet this rv notion may h.'.e noon Tortugal, while 1 do not te. l like prophesying that it will lead to the establishment of a republic in tint Country, I am convinced it will have a direct and marked etieet in liberalising the policy of the PortugneM monarchy. The two nations aro really but one, wiihthe same language, customs and tendencies, and the action ot l.rail cannot bnt react powerfully iion PortugaL llesides, I have reason to know that many of the most influential and able Portuguese writers and orators, such men as Latino Coe! Liu and Beos.su rrara, are heart and soul in favor" of a republic. In Spain, I think, the Immediate effect of this Siuth American upheaval wili be less marked. Were wit under a conservative monarchy, unpopular with the masses, I sboa d thinV ditlerently, but the gorernmeut of Spain is very liberal, and is of its own accord approaching a po.nt where republicanism will assert it self aj a matter of cours- by the universal consent of the people. There is no i e-t1 of precipitating that movement, but all the eountrieaof Europe may well lint food fr reflection in this almost unprecedented event. Think of iL They a sake in the morning and find that a nation Imost as I art. s as ail of them put together has in tba twinkling oi an eye, and w ithout violence, changed afrom empire to republic. The revolution is over, and the new order of things is well established before they were aware the old order was compromised or that a revolution was threatened. Curious, is it not? And thev may at last open their eyes to the fact that mankind has entered upon an area of re son, and are no longer to be driven against tbei fe'lows in murderous herds and slaughtered by thousands like unreasoning brutes to suit the caprice of some vain autocrat, who boasts that (rod made him their master. The sway of the autocrat on this old continent is nearly over. If th;re is any one thi n: 1 llive with all my heart it is that before fifty years Kurnpe will be republican from end to en'L I bellee the change will be brought about without the horrors of war as easily as it has just ben brought about in Brazil. As naturally as a in so lays aside one coat and puts on another, because he likes the other better; the people of Europe are growing wiser everv year, and seeiog better what are their real interest. They will one dar say to their kings, qtiecns, e i'perers anl princes: "We are masters here after all ; this country is ours, nut yours; there Is the do r go.", And then kini$, queens, emperors and princes will go. and it will be a beautiful sight. You look incredulous and think me a Utopist, but what would you have thought hnd 1 told you a week ago that to-day Brazil would bs arrnuhiic. As I s.tid, I believe these great changes will be accomplished without war. Nor do 1 believe Europe is now threatened with war. Did I'edro Seek It? New York, Nov. 22. A copyright dispatch ti from London to the Herald pays: A curious story connected with the Brazilian revolution is obtaining currency in diplomatio society. Dom Pedro was, it is said, himself the prime mover in his own deposition. He had endeavored tr resist his son-indaw's ective hostility to the anti-clercal party, and had other reasons to be dissatisfied with him. Furthermore, his majesty whs by no means ignorant of the populnr movement. He felt that if he should outlive the republican advance his daughter would be unable to cope with it, more particularly under the pernicious guidance of her husband. He, therefore, like n wise and philosophic monarch, anticipated the inevitable, and thns, at least, save prospective bloodshed, which he felt would have come with his resistance; if not in his time, certainly in that of his successor. Hence his easy and calm acceptance of the situation. THEY CUT A SWATH. Indiana People at the Nashville Prison Con. grcss. Secy. Johnson of the state board of charities has returned from the prison congress at Nashville, Tenn. He says that the Indiana people present at the congress did very well, both in the discussion on subjects presented and in the presentation of subjects themselves. He instances the papers read by the Hon. C II. P.eeve and the Hou. J. W. French of Lafayette. The former spoke on the method of interesting the public in prisoners, and the latter on "Life Prisoners." He reports that the session was an agreeable and profitable one. "Warden James Murdock of the northern prison at Michigan City was at the Grand hotel Thursday afternoon, en route from the national prison congress at Nashville, Tenn. to Michigan City. Mr. Murdock said to a SexTIS EL reporter that the congress was the largest that has yet been held, and that the proceedings were of extraordinary interest and importance. The session began last Friday and ended Wednesday night. The opening address of the president, exd'reeident Hayes, was a very able eöort and presented in a strong way the views of the most advanced thinkers and practical experts in penology. The proceedings of the congress throughout were characterized by a very progressive and enlightened BDirit and illustrate in a very striking way, the rapid spread of human ideas on the subject of prison management during the last few years. The sentiment of the delegates was almost unanimous against the employment of corporal funiehment in any form in the prisons. A arge number of the penal institutions of the country have abolished the "cat" and all other forms of bodily punishment, and the universal testimony is that the resnlts of this chance have been most salutary. This has been the case in the prison at Michigan City where, for three years.no punishment, except confinement in the "solitary," has been administered to refractory prisoners. Mr. Murdock says that rather than go back to the old system he would resign his position as warden. The feeling among tue attendants upon the congress at Nashville was very strongly in favor of the principle of the new Ohio law, tinder which sentences are made indeterminate, the length of a convict's imprisonment depending altogether upon his conduct in prison and the prospects ot his reformation if released. It is only a question of a very few years, when this principle will be introduced into the renal legislation of all the states, aud Mr. Murdock is anxious that the next legislature of Indiana should adopt it. He favored the bill introduced in the house last spring by Mr. W'illard providing that all sentences' for life should terminate at the end of twenty-five years. The bill was a very imperfect measure, bnt was the best in sight and its enactment would have been an entering wedge for further re forms In our penal system. Oar prison system is based upon mistaken theories, and is not in accord with the spirit of the a?e or with the teachings of experience as to the punishment of crime and the protection ct

society against criminals. If the intermediate sentence system is adopted in Indiana, so that habitual or professional criminals may be kept in perpetual restraint, while men who are betrayed by passion or circumstances into Ilm comuiUsiou of crime are restrained no longer thnu is necessary to demoriKtrate that society has nothing to fear from their freedom, the result will certainly be a great reduction in crime in this state aud a general improvement in the conditions of public morals. DEMOCRATIC SOLDIERS.

Gov. Gray Speaks In Praise of Their Service in Mar. There was a large atteudance of the members of camp Gray, Union soldiers' and sailors' veteran association, Thursday at the Hendricks club rooms, to hear an address by ex-Gov. Isaac P. Gray, in whose honor the camp has been named. Col. H. J. Bobinson presided, and after the formal opening of the session of the camp, announced the first thing in order to be the appointment of a committee to escort Gov. Gray to the hall. Dr. W. C. Ihompson and Gen. IvoonU were selected to perform thut duty. When they reappeared with the governor the entire audienoe rose and repeatedly cheered the late chief executive of Indiana. As soon as quiet was restored, Mr. Isaac N. Brad well delivered a brief but eloquent address on the history of the organisation, and t the adoption by this camn of the name "which," he said, "it is proud to bear." Gov. Gray expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome he had received, 'i lie honor conferred upon him by this organization is one that the most exalted citizen in the laud woud feel proud of. He thought it was time for organizations of democratic soldiers to come into ex:stence. "No democratic organization bus ever spoken ill of any sol iier for being a republican. But, on the other hand, you, comrades, j have not bceu treated by republicans with this I consideration, .scarcely a meeting ot repu!- ! lican soldiers h:is ever been held at which demI ocratic soldiers have not been insulted be cause they were democrats. It has been snid that few soldiers that were democra's were in the army. These organizations win demonstrate the fact that there were democratic soldiers tens of thoutauus of them iu the Union army. "The democratic soldier is the equal and is entitled to as much consideration as is any other soldier. It any one deserves credit for pure and unselüsh devotion to country, that one is the democratic soldier. He knew when he enlisted that his political adversaries wr re in power; that they would claim all the glory for the successful prosecution of the war, and that there was no chance of political preferment for him; yet he did not hesitate on that account. After the war these anticipations were fully realized. He was visited with political ostracism. For twenty-four years no democratic soldier had received any place under the government. He might have left a leg or an arm upon some bloody field while upholding the honor of the flag, but it made nouiflerence to the republican party. "I said in a speech in Jay county at the close of the war that to say the democratic party was disloyal and in favor of disrupting the Uuion, was absurd and shameless," The governor rapidly sketched the origin and rise of the democraüc party under Jel'erson and brought its history down to the acquisition of Louisiana, the Mexican war and the vast empire accruing to us as a consequence of that war. "The party that has done all th;s," said he, "cannot truthfully be charged with attempting to dismember the Union." He then spoke of slavery as the sole cause of the war. "It was," said he, "older than the Declaration of Independence, older than the constitution. The peop'.e of the touth were, therefore, not responsible for slavery, lean remember when there was no antielavery sentiment in the 2sor.h. But slavery did not justify the rebellion. That was a great wrong. In this country there can never be an appeal from the ballot to the bullet. "The people of the South are glad that slavery is goue. Judge Howe of Alabama said prblicly. 'We did not deserve to succeed. We did not realize what a curse slavery whs to us.' The republican party has sought to maintain itself by perpetuatinir the memories of the w ar. They have held up the bloody shroud us Mark Autouy did that of Caesar, to iniiueuce the passions of the people. It time all this should cease. Governor Foraker did not think so, and would not quit fighting the battles of the war until the people over there quitted biui. "Why is the South democratic? The republican party made it so. The South was considered legitimate prey. The carpet-baggers were supported in their robbiug and plundering of the southern people." The governor then went on to congratulate his hearers upon the organization they had. In conclusion tha governor said: "I be'ieve the triumph of the democratic party will yet be as complete as was that of the armies of the United States. They talk of defeating this great party. Just think of it! For a quarter of a century it was out of power, stigmatized, denounced and often so nearly overwhelmed that it seemed as if final extinction were at hand. It did not die. Why did it live? itecause it was founded on principle. It did not live upou the spoils of oilice. It is the only party capable of adraiuistenng the government in a national spirit. That of the n publicans is narrow and sectional. Ths administration of Grover Cleveland was the first and only one to 6tand for the rights of the people acainst monopolies. We went down, but we will not stay down. Republicans will he burled from power in 1892. The result in our state next year is foreshadowed by the recent city election. Gen. Harrison's administration has been but a sorry imitation of that of Grover Cleveland. I don't want to say anything nhout Harrison's administration. The republicans ere saying enough. If every democrat does his duty, depend upon it, success is assured." At the conclusion of the governor's speech, three cheers were given with a wll for Cleveland and Gray, the next president and vicepresident of the United States. , A MINISTER'S DOWNFALL. Be Confessed to Acts of tho Most Shocking Depravity. PlTTPFIELP, Mass., Nov. 19. The P.ev. Harry Nichols, who, since April 1, has acted as pastor of the tnethodist church in Housatonic, has fallen into disgrace and fled to Michigan. As early as lost Mar rumors were circulated throughout the village that Nichols' conduct toward young men was of a singular nature, and about a month ago he was warned to cease occupying the pulpit or trouble would follow. He did so, but the rumors of his immorality gained publicity, and Presiding Elder Travis and the stewards of the church held a conference with Nichols, who pleaded guilty to the charges and was expelled. Documentary evidence was also produced, showing that Nichols had been guilty of similar arts while in the Christian or Campbellite church, and that he was expelled. Studying the American System. Chicago Tribune! Fuzzled Foreigner (reading flamiuj headlines in party organ) "'Grimes knocks ze persimmons'.' Wot ees,ze meaning of xtt?" American Citizen It means Grimes was elected. We have a saying in this country that 'The longest pole knocks the persimmons.' Applied to politics, it means, you know " foreigner (grasping at the idea) "Ah, yes! And wen you say a man was tcfea'ed at ze polls you mean zat he couldn't get any poles long enough to reach ze persimmons. I see, I see. Wotisze persimmons, please?"

Changeable in Co or, Yonkers Gazette, Mr. Waxear "Glad to see young Tocksin up in the choir, Mr. Chorister. Estimable young: man well read in the law, too." Chorister "He may be read in the law, my friend, but he's a yeller in the choir." He Won't Do It Again. Mcscit, Hov. 25. About nooa, while Albert Ogle was b noting a natural (as leak with a lighted match in the rtsement of his mother's residence, the gas United, causing a terrifie explosion. The bwuse was blown to pieces, wbll Albert la lelt witu but cne leg. Ills sister was alio badly hart sod may die. 4

DEAD IX A STRANGE LAND.

GEORGE H. PENDLETON IS AT REST. lie Sirrnmbi to n. Stroke of Apoplny at His Hotel in UrusM is A htatrsmaa and a Scholar Xo Illot Whatever Can Ite found Upon Ilia Hecord. BnrssELR, Nov. 23. The Hon. George IL Pendleton, late U. minister at lieriiu, died in this city last night. He succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy. His death occurred iu the hotel Uellevue, where ho had betn lyiug sick for six weeks. His two daughters were present w lien he died. The funeral services will be held in the Protestant church on Wednesday nexL The body will re main in the church for several days, and will be taken then to America. (erge Hunt I'endictun was born in C"inri-,nati, July 13, 1'). HetMiii-! from et.lw.irt revolution iry slock, and received a tliorous'i eu; cation at tlie Cineturiati college, a.'terward suppl-uiented t y a cours cd ciiosicHl ntudi uieler pr.vnte luuir'hliip. Tbl was followed br an etUod.d l-ur throiieäut Kuroj." and lotcUn countries farther Fast. Hereturned !i'iiii and suiilied iaw, a;. at t tie sve of twenty-two lrfTuo the r.wt:ep of the Irw .n c 'cneetion illi (ietKji I- I'uih. itiicrarl F. S squalor, and one of the iu..st lir.il.jm :uen tliat ihl ewr i ro-duo-d. l;..tli ol t be you ( m -li within five years entered polittfn and llie l.tw part ti. rs!i o ceased In IvVt Mr. IVini:,i.n w " lictnl to the i hio mni r r t h 11 jrn'lton county !eiiioc-ats, receiving a t-henoinenal heavy majority. 1'iir.tig the nstiin.- es-ion of tbo lecls at'ire, upon winch dev. Wed the duty o: avtptiioj the laws 01 the st it.- to tri new con-'itutioa. bw showed mcli uigr mi.l ah lit v, an l too such a ptOTiiiiirrjt j oi;i i;i, .Mi 'loiisn the rourr.t member ol the sena'e, that in InM. l.ei;re h:s t rm was ended, his irien)s nit h m forward as a eand iJ.ite fr.r cou'res in the K.r-t ' !iio district, ao l ue as norn in itc l ovi-r li.ivil T. l'isney, ti hid for sit yrnrs been th d. nioir.it lc r 'prc-ent-uivc. The fusion aud know-nothing rni'!i lii"s b-twever. wr so Mifif-ü. lül in this caoiai'n th.it ouly ahut twenty dem--crats were elected t t e nitionai lim-e of r prentatives from h entire North, unl Mr. lVuilctoa was amonz tho- defeated. In lx'. th knuw-noth'Tnr agitation havii scbs!,le,I and tne arri-Nelir:i4si'uion havinz li-ifor. Mr. Pendleton w-.,s arsiti uoitiinr.ted. aud this time was elected, ile took ins seit in toni;res ia 1ST. Puring the contest between Mr. ß jchanan's a lnuo-it"-ation ni the Ninth on the one sij srxl the ma-i of the northern democracy, healed by itepheu A. loiigla, on the otber, upxn the question of the aimision of Kant-as, Mr. Fend et,.n acted with the frieniis ' of Mr. rr.iur,a. In I.V. 3 Mr. Peu'i!et.-is was sarn nominate.1 lor coneress, his opponent this time buing T. t . lar, who in l-v"t had di.:eat-d him. The catnpa:cn, S sharpiv contested one, was gMr.rrallr unfortunate for the democrat. Mr. Pendleton King the only candidate on the tek t who w elected, and by a suiail majority, in lt t, at th time of the division of the democratic t arty at the Charleston convention, he warmly suiK rtcd Mr. IouiMa ani in October of thit xrrr was nom na'.ed Sr representative, his eonioet.lor then Ixring Judgo O.iver M. Spencer, whom be defeated. On the sectional questions, which at this time had been broucht to bltody issu-, Mr. I'eniletn wa aiways moderate and conservative, avoiding equally bo:h the northern and southern extreme of expression. He blieve.l thit the war could haT b-ea avoided, was in lavor of the Crittenden c 'iu: roniise, ami did sll he could to prevent seeesvon and preserve the covernmnt by the eiu;tab!e settlement of sectional differences. If dissolution were inevitable he preferred it should be a peaceful one. If war was to be waged, he warned congress to "prepare to wage it to the iast extremity." and the sincerity of thin injunction was subsequently attested by his action ia voting for ail measures required to enable the government to maintain Its honor and dignity. In the fall M 16.' there seemed but little prospect of Mr. Fen dieton's r -election, as iu tu October earapaign f the previous year the democrats of Ohio were beaten, and the repuMioans were oerwheiruincly triumphant in bis own district, lie was aaiu nominated, however, and after a bot campaign, the opposi K candidtte 1h?'d? Col. John Groesbeck, he was elected by a i-.sjorlty of 1,"!1. In l'S. I Mr. Pendleton was nominated forth- vie presidency, the ticket being beale 1 by ticn. Mc"lellan. Ti e campaign occurred durinc the darkest period of the war and th- republicans succeeded la electing their t cket. headed by Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Pendleton, at the close of the war, was recognized as th champion of the areenhaek theory, vif that the sovernment bonds w hich had been issued to obtain funds tocarrv on the war, should i-e paid with "greenbacks, " and in isiji m-srly succeeded in obtaiuitiu the detiK cratic nom u nion for the presidency, but was opposed by the N-w 1 ork anl other en -tern democrats, soiely lecause of bis financial views. Mr. rseyioonr was nominated, and afterward defit"d by (ien. tirant. In h was nominated for governor of Ohio. He mid" a magnificent canvass and was only defeated b- abont three thousand majority. His opponent wis lien. Hayes, Itj lvä th i democrats carried the O:iio legislature, and Mr. I'end'ieton was elected t the U. . senate, in which b dy he served as a very distinguished m-mber. Hn ws the author of the civ.l service reform bill, urcing its pasaije in a hriiliaul Seecii. When Mr. t le lnnd wan elected to the pr. nidec.cy he appointed Mr. F-ndleton minister to r 'r-iiaiv. in which cv aejiy hf serve J hisco'intry on til a -uceessor was spnointed by Pres. dent Harrison. His wife was Miss Ah , Key. th" iaiiihter of the Key who wrote th "ftrar Spangled Pa nner." They wore married in and two daughters and a soa vcretl.e fruitsof the union. Mrs. I'endl.ton died in lr'fn.m injuries received, by bring thrown from h r carriage wi.iie driving ia Js'ew York. Mr. I'eniieton for mpny years was a'most the idol of the democratic party, particularly in Ohio, il? was a .Icmoerat ol the old sriKwd. ciragous. stalwart ar i r'liihl ', although he lo-t caste oiiie hat with etrtain democrats who Hd not b?lievo in his civil service theories. Thse. however, admired him for his fine rersonal traits and his undoubted ability. He was a fi ject, attrse; ive platform orator, an 1 a polished, courteous, thoroughbred gentleman. WHAT WILL HARRISON 00? The Chil Service Commission Advises Hlra to Prosecute H'a Friends. Washington", Nov. 13. The civil service commission to-day laid before the president, with the recommendation, it is understood, thai the offenders be prosecuted, its report on the Old Dominion republican league of Virnii, for viola.ion of the civil service law in soiicitin? contributions for political purposes aroorjg th clerks of the government departments. Th circular which was sent out by the Old Dominion league was signed by C. A. Newton as president and Krooks Smith as secretary. Anion:; the ofVicers of the league whose names were printed on the circular were those of J. J. Visser, an employe of the covcrument printing oilice; W. C. Ki.mi, a chief ct division in the general lsnd oiiice. aud Mr. Goodwin. All the evidence in the case collected by the civil service commission, which is very voluminous, slfO accompanied the letter of recommendation to the ' president. Thw commissioners.it is said, are confident of having made out a good case otrainst the accused and it now rests ith the president to direct, in his judgment, the prosecution by the attorney x ceneral to whom the recommendations and evi dence in the natur tl order ct" business will go. This is the fir-t recommendation for prosecution of this character made by the commission. "GOD HELP THE SU.1PLUS." Corporal Tanner nrd U1oc':r of F:ve DadUey la Partnership. Washington, Nov. 21. Corporal James W. Tanner and CoL W. W. Dudley, boih ex-commissioners of pensions, have formed a co-partnership here in the pension and claims business. It is authoritatively stated that Gen. Altrer did not, as erroneously reported at th time, advise Mr. Tanner not to resign his office) as commissioner of pensions, and that he. Gen. Alper, would look out for his business future. (Jen. Alser, however, has informed Mr. Tanner that he is ready and wiliincr to render him whatever financial aid he may require in establishing himself in his uew business. Postal M.it sties. Washington, Nov. 25. Last year 6,5e) complaints of losses of domestic reiietered mail were received, and 10,571 of foreign; losses were located in 5.517 cases, and 14,51L?5 recovered. Domestic money orders in the last fiscal year. 10.130,140. for $115,051,810; feea received, $033,)7. Postal notes issued, fi.W2,. 729, for 12.9S.1?0; fees, $20-1,377. International money orders, S2 4, 4 27, for $12.2v1,5l6; paid, 2t,C79, for f 4,4' 1.72s; fees, Jir.l,M. The money order sjstem was jS,12S less thm selfsustaining. Attj. Tyner, lor the postoSice department recommends that assistant postmasters in presidential offices be bonded f the government; that the postmaster-erneral be given power to immediately fill vscnneies temporarily! (bat obscene scientific works ba excluded from the mails. Last year there were sent from this country bv steamer 3,L?I pounds of letters and 5.42,721 pounds of other mail matter; cost of service, 057,5412, The Brazilian service is uuuSciCnt.