Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1894 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. Gbgrr E. Marshall, Editor. RENSSELAER - INDIANA

“Tht house of the wicked shall bo overthrown; but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.” ; . The German Kaiser appears to be one of “them literary fellers,” as a noted politician once expressed himself about some tyros in politics for whom he had supreme contempt.” The Kaiser often “drops into poetry”* and is said to be at present writing an opera, the music and verse of which will be wholly original with him. The fair sex in several counties of Southern California held a mock election, Nov. 5, just to “see how the old thing worked.” Twenty thousand votes were polled and the Prohibition candidate for Governor was “elected.” Dispatches fail to state how many candidates were in the race. The wedding trosseau of Princesh Alix, who married the Czar, was ordered from a Paris firm. The new Czarina is to be dressed “regardless.” The Russian Govern- ’ ment will supply part of the material, buckets full of precious-stones, furs, etc. The contract called for an expenditure of 1,000,000 francs — {200,000. To any of our readers out of employment we would say: Get appointed receiver for something—anything almost. The recent allowance of an additional $35,000 to the receiver of the Iron Hall at Indianapolis, making $50,000 for “services” in less than two years, shows that a receivership is a mighty “good thing in a family where they don’t keep a cow.” The enterprising associated press is just now industriously engaged in moving eminent Western statesmen with Populistic tend<!uck:S to “greener fields and pastures new.” Gov. Waite, of Colorado, has been assigned to Illinois, and “Jerry” Simpson to Indiana.. Both are supposed to be prospective candidates for G overnor of those com • mon wealths; Senator Peffer, so far, has not been interfered with. From 1860 to 1893 inclusive, the population of the United States increased 113 per cent. Money in circulation increased 268} per cent. Our foreign trade increased 149 per cent, and the public debt was swollen 1,000 per cent. Farm animals increased in number 81 per cent, and their total value Jan. 1, 1894, including the field crops of 1893. was estimated at five and a half billion dollars, or an average of about $1,500 for each of the five million farms.

A Chlcago “con” man swore out warrants before a Justice of the Peace the other day against two parties whom he charged with swindling him in a game of dice. He then confidentially told the J. P. he need - ed ready cash and persuaded the Justice to cash a check for $lO. The •‘con” man disappeared and the J. P. found that he had been beautifully .‘‘done up,” but ’expressed himself as perfectly satisfied. He didn’t think any mfm could “do” him that way. A very wise man once tried to formulate a motto for his own guidance through the vicissitudes of life, and the following bit of wisdom was the result: “Hope Nothin; Fear Nothing. Expect Anything. Be Prepared for Everything. That about covers the ground, and we submit it as worthy of preservation. It is of especial value to politicians—be they successful or unsuccessful—and will prove useful, in a way, to “all sorts and conditions of men.” ■ A remarkable instrumen t has been submitted to that Navy Department for trial. The inventor calls it a “Stadimeter," and if it will accomplish the results claimed it may be called miraculous, to a certain extent. It proposes to inform the mariner in whose possession it may be, upqn sighting a light house, or. any well known land mark, just how far the ship is from shore; how far his ship may be from another vessel,and in many ways proposes to prove itself possessed of semi-intel-ligent powers. Lieut. Fiske is the inventor. “There’s more in the man than there is in the land,” is a somewhat trite sentiment, the same being used to illustrate the fact that a man’s outfit for business —his tools, so to speak —need not be of the most superior quality if the man hasufnc genius for accomplishing results.

The latest and most forcible illustration of thia truth . has been made by a jail inmate, at Joplin., Mo. This talented individual. one night recently, dug through an eighteen inch-wall with a case knife and escaped. Not satZ isfied with this achievement, he proceeded to drive off a . S6OO herd of cattle belonging to a neighboring farmer. —We are not informed whether he realized on the beeves, but it x is safe to Say that the future has a great career in store for such an enterprising criminal. Weary Waggle- “t i red, ”hes ai d• —so he thought he’d go to bed.— wandered down Fifth avenue, didn’t care much for the view—spied a handsome open door opening on a marble floor, and he gently wandered in- “Gosh!” said he, “they’ve the tin.” Up the softly cushioned stair to a bed-room did repair this same tramp and laid him down on a bed —the best in town. ■ Soon the chambermaid came round, and the—sleeping comrade—found. "Strange,”~she thought, “he never asked her. This here bed belongs to Astor.” So the pulice took him in, though for sure it was no sin just to rest his weary frame in a bed that Astor’s claim.

New issues aYe already in the air. Specifications can not 1- be given at this writing, but it is understood that Grover Cleveland is at work on the details. It is believed that in his forthcoming message the President will make suggestions as to a financial policy that will have the effect of relegating the tariff question .to the rear as a question for pol i tie ian s to quarrel-abouLJ'hose who know the President best are said to anticipate some ideas and suggestions that have not occurred to any one, and many financiers seem to believe that the next Congress, although it may be Republican in both branches will be more in accord with the President and Secretary Carlisle on monetary matters than the present National Legislature.

An old proverb says that “Necessity is the mother of invention.” This probably accounts for a new machine —no less than a miniature flouring mill —that has been put on the market as a result of the low price of wheat. Farmers have contributed freely to the great prosperity of the merchant millers, but now find that it is to their advantage to save in every possible way. This machine—hand or light power grist mill—produces, or proposes to produce, superfine—flour, bran and middlings. By its use. the. farmer can be entirely independent of the miller, and if some genius should now come forward with a “pocket ’ woolen factory our “infant” Indus tries would receive an addition that would sadly interfere with the supposed exorbitant profits of capital engaged in manufacturing enter- ‘ prise. .

The terrible atrocities reported from Armenia are appalling to every sensitive mind. That such crimes can actually occur in our day seems incredible to every civilized being. Secure in our peaceful homes, sur-rounded-by all that goes to make life desirable and happy, we can hardly comprehend that the same sun that lights and cheers our way has the same day illuminated the scenes of the most revolting crimes and inhuman barbarities, perpetrated by fanatics in the name of God and Mohammed, his prophet. Stranger than fiction, more revolting than the darkest chapters o' ancient history, the story recalls the martyrs of the Dark Ages, who gave up their lives for the same cause. The scene of the outrages is believed by scripture commentators to have been the site of the Garden of Eden. It lies near Lake Van. between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

Early Salutation.

Texas Siftings. Mr. Whoopla and Mr. Gayboy took a lively interest in the campaign. They had been to a political meeting up in Harlem, and after the meeting they had some oysters and wine with a few friends, so it wa,s about three o'clock in the morning when they started for home. Next day they met and Gayboy asked?” “Well Whoopla, did you get jhome all right?” “Oh. yes, I got home all right, but as soon as I opened the hall door I got a box on my ear that knocked me against the wall and made me see fifteen different kinds of fireworks." , j “What did you say?” “Good morning, my dear.”

A Di[?] of Labor.

Trtrth. . r Husband —Will you remind n»R that I have to write a letter tbk evening? Wise —Yes, dear. And will you remind me of something? “Of course. Wbat is it?" “Remind me that I have to remind you.”

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

“Gas” Wilson, a well-known trainer and driver of trotters, has become insane. 4lt is said that Senator Hill will renew bis fight on the income tai in Congress this winter. Unknown citizens of Little York, 111., used dynamite to rid their neighborhood of an objectionable house. Another bond issue of $50,000,000 is said to be probable next spring, immediately following the adjournment of Congress. 4 President Cleveland is suffering from a severed attack of rheumatic gout to which he I)as been subject for a couple of years. Charles L. Routt, who inherited the bulk of the estate of Reuben Springer, the Cincinnati millionaire, died at Jacksonville, 111. Two companies of California State militia have been mustered out of the service tn disgrace for refusing to obey orders aga ins trio ter.? (irrniigt be s trike. The anthracite coal barons have decided to limit the December output to oue-balf the June output, and have advanced the price 50 and 00 cents a ton. Samuel Seeley, a bookkeeper in the National Shoe and Leather Bank at New York, disappeared a few days ago. Investigation disclosed a defalcation of $354,000. t> Mrs; Paraa Stevens, the New York society leader, has been sued by a former servant, who alleges that she was compelled to leave because of Mrs. Stevens’ bad language. The Whisky Trust, it is said, will here • after make whisky by the Taskamine process, which is in use in Japan, and which saves about three cents a gallon in the cost of manufacture. Efforts of the defense in the San Francisco strike controversy cases to have President Cleveland and general managers pf railroads subpenaed, have been thwarted by adverse rulings. ’ A bogus messenger boy secured 81,000 worth of Paris-made clothing from Mrs. Geo. Gould at New York. The theft was kept secret for ten days! The thief got away and the dresses were not recovered.

It is possible that an attempt may be made before the Tennessee Legislature to contest the election of H. Clay Evans as Governor. .It is contended, on the other hand, that the law makes no provision for snch a contest. The fishing schooner Gracie H. Benson was sunk in a collision with the steamer Reading, Of the Philadelphia & Reading line, at the entrance of the Boston harbor early Wednesday morning, Six of the Benson’s crew were drowned. Official figures of the late election in New Jersey am as follows: Democratic, 115.345; Republican, 163,823; Prohibition, 7,252; Peoples, 4,14'.h Socialistic-Labor, 4,454; Peoples and Socialistic- labor, 1,193. Republican plurality iiXthe State, 48,478. Secretary Carlisle, Monday, accepted the bid of the Stewart syndicate of New York city for the entfnl issue of $50,000,000 5 per cent, bonds, ojn a basis of 117.077. It is figured that the ponds will net the Government about which will restore the gold reserve to its normal status. The news of the terrible massacres in Armenia has been confirmed by letters just received at Boston from Bitlis, Turkey, The number of Christian Armenian villages wiped out is nowjplaced at fortyeight. Cholera is now raging in that part of Asia and is believed to have been brought on by the stench arising from the unburied bodies of the unfortunate martyrs. ceJndge Dallas, at Philadelphia. Nov. 27, fiPd an-opinion in the United States Cir cuit Court dismissing the petition of Hicks et al..railway trainmen seeking-to compel the receivers of the Philadelphia & Reading company to retain them in their employ and at the same time allow them to remain members of their union. The discussion in effect states-that the petitioners have no standing in court. Men must give up their unions if they desire to work under receivers.

FOREIGN,

Fifty thousand persons have been made homeless by the earthquakes in the district of Reggio, Italy.

Princess Bismarck, the wife of Prince Bismarck, died at Varzin, Nov. 27, after a iong illness. At a meeting of the Anglo-Armenian Association in London, the British Government was denounced for apathy regarding Turkish atrocities. A royalist plot at Honolulu, details of which were brought by the Oceanic which reached San Francisco. Nov. 27. attempted to overthrow the republic, but the scheme was prematurely exposed and failed. On November 15, the British Commissioner formally presented to President Dole an autograph letter from Queen Victoria recognizing the Hawaiian republic. * Managua advices indicate a grave situation in the Mosquito reservation. The British Minister, Mr. Gosling, has notified Nicaragua that Great Britain refuses to recognize the Nicaraguan government at Bluefields. After an exchange of views. Minister Gosling telegraphed to Port Limon for a British warship to come at once to Bluefields. It Is reported that the Nicaraguan canal project is at the bottom of the matter, and serious trouble is feared. According to a dispatch from Shanghai, a sensation was caused there by a memorial to the throne signed by over 120 high officials. Impeaching Li Hung Chang, charging him with corruption, peculation and deceptiqn. 'J,'he memorial also says that Li Hung £hang rejoiced at the Japanese victories and prevented the Chinese from achieving . success. Ho is said to have represented that China was prepared for war. when he knew the contrary was the case. Li Hung Chang Is said to be implicated with Prince Kung, the Em-

i peror’s uncle, president of the Tsung LI Yamen and president of the admiralty, who was recently appointed dictator, and with Tatoai Wu, the commander of the Chinese forces at Port Arthur. The popularity of the new Czar increases daily. Nothing has been done to popularize him so much as his familiar ways, and his* dispensing witir military guards around the palace. The order withdrawing the troops from the line of march on his wedding day has produced a good effect. The crowds were unable to believe that they would be allowed to stand and witness the procession without the invariable hedge of soldiers, and when they saw that this was a fact they were frantic with delight, and expressed their satisfaction in a thousand ways. There is no doubt that a 'marked change has taken place everywhere in StTPetersburg life in consequence of the Czar’s admirable policy. ’

ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY HOKE SMITH.

The annual report of Secretary Smith of the Interior Department, was given to the prrss, Thursday. The leading subject discussed appears to be the Indian question. Upon the subject of allottments the Secretary says: Ido not question the advisability of allotting lands to Indians in severalty, but I do most seriously question the propriety of this course before the Indians—have progressed sufficiently to utilize the rand when taken. The allotments should be made to the Indians in severalty for the good of the Indians, for the advancement of the Indians, not for the purpose of obtaining land connected with the Indian reservation to satisfy the' insatiable desire of border men, who obtain it frequently, not for homes, but for speculation. I urge a treatment©! Indian land based solely upon the purpose of realizing from it for its owners the highest possible value. what is best for the Indians—to keep their land or to sell it. If the members of a tribe have reached a state sufficiently civilized to be able to progress stifl further by selling a portion of their land, then sales should be made, but the land should not be purchased from the Indians at the best bargain the United States can make. Upon the subject.pf Indian schools the Secretary says: “Education should be practically directed with a view to tile probable fiitnfe, of the Indian. If he is to remain away from iris former home and to enter the struggle of life in our cities and towns, as any other citizen, then his education should be as broad and as liberal as possible. But if he is to return to his reservation, to the place of hjs birth, and to commence his active life in the development of the resources of the reservation, then his education should be directed especially with a view to the life he will lead upon the reservation, and to the possibilities of the reservation itself.”

The General Land Office is discussed at length and a change in the system of surveying is recommended. The great importance of the special service division is urged. On the subject of forest reserves the report says: "On account of the small appropriation for special agents it has thus far been impossible to detail any of them for the protection of the forest reserves which have from time to time been created. Practically, this great extent of reserved lands is no more protected by the government than are the unreserved lands of the United States, the sole difference being . that they are notsubject to entry or other disposal under'the public land laws.” Congress is urged to make sufficient appropriation to employ at least one superintendent on each reserve and upon the larger reserves to provide a sufficient force of assistant.' to prevent public property from being wantonly destri) The report shows that the entire number of pensioners upon the rolls June 30, 1894, was 969,544. The estimate for the fiscal year, 181'6, is $140,039.0J0. Pensioners added to the rolls during the year were 89.085; number dropped. 37.951. The greater part of the cases now pending in the bureau are old cases. Many of them have been pending for years, and have been examined one or more times prior to the present administration. Upon examination it has been found, in many instances, that proof was not sufficient to sustain a pension. The attention of the applicants having been called to the defect, in some cases efforts have been made to supply the needed testimony. Tiie Secretary says the work accomplished in eighteen and a half months is unprecedented in the history of the department, being moie than twice the number of cases disposed of in a like period by the prior administration. The report shows that the total disbursement to date for the eleventh census amounts to $10,365,676. In the last annual report it was stated that something less than $503,000 would be ample to finish the census. It is now apparent that $275,000 will complete the work. The Secretary ends his report with an earnest recommendation for an additional building for the Interior Department.

THE PROPOSED RE-APPORTION-MENT.

Hon. Smiley N. Chambers, in an address before the Marlon County Lincoln League, at Indianapolis, Thursday night, on "The Apportionment of the State,” advised against the' contemplated re-apportion-ment by the coming Legislature. He took the stand that the present law, which ho denounced as “iniquitous” had not been successfully assailed. Any attempt to change it at this time would surely be declared unconstitutional by the courts, the constitution expressly providing that apportionments are to be made every six years. Further, Mr. Chambersiheld, the present law was surely good enough for Republicans, as they had elected a solid delegation to Congress and a Legislature with an overwhelming Republican majority under its provisions. Jle advised that the party trust to the good judgment of the people rather than to present a doubtful constitutional question that might jeopardize the interests of the party in 1896.

TO BULLDOZE BRAZIL

Italy, It It Said, Will Send a Fleet of War Ships to Brazil. A special dispatch to the Now York World, Nov. 26, from Rio de Janeiro says: Italy has decided to send a fleet against this country, it is learned, on account of Brazil's refusal to arbitrate a pending question. Though the action of the government in the case is universally approved hero, President Moreas will prepare new propositions and forward tljem to the Italian government. The United States may be asked to, arbitrate. Part of Brazil’s fleet has left* with sealed orders. It Is rumored that war ships have been sent after Da Gamma, who now commands eight thousand men, The monarchists, the report says, propose rising 'Ail over the country. It is feared that the government will ho unable to cope with them. Troublesome times are predicted.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Annual Report of Secretary Herbert. ...... .. . . Statistics, Recommendations and General In formation Concerning Oar Battleships. The annual report of Secretary of the Navy Herbert was given to the press, Nov. 27. The most important recommendation is that Congress authorize the construction of three great battleships of Hbout 10,090 tons displacement each, to cost, exclusive of armament, not exceeding 84.000,000 each, and twelve topedo boats of from 100 to 300 tons each, at the discretion of the Secretary, to cost not exceeding an average of 8170,000. Since the last report five splendid ships have been added to the naval list, three of which are capable of speed in excess of twenty-one knots, while two of them ai« the fastest cruisers in the world. Theifivu vessels are the Marblehead,*lß.44; Columbia, 22.8; Olympia. 21.39; Montgomery, 19.056, and Minneapolis. 23.076. The report, shows the number of torpedo boats now on hand in foreign countries is 1.283, and the number building 182. Great Britain has 175 on hand and iixty-four building, while France is even better off, with 214 on hand and forty-one building. Of eighteen countries enumerated not one has less than twenty-two of these boats, while the United States, with more coasts ftxiid ftny,. j n counting those yet to be built. Attention is called to the fact that although the government is annually expending a large subsidy for vessels such as the Paris and New York to secure their use, in time of war. it has not a gun to put on them. At present, in case of war, Great Britain could speedily arm her merchant marine on the great lakes and do us enormous damage, while if we had a reserve supply of guns we could dominate these waters. • On this point—of preparation for war in time of peace—the secretary makes this very significant comment: “The latest and one of the most impressive lessons in all historj' is now being taught by China and Japan. A nation, the most populous in the would, able to put millions of fighting men into the field, is now, after suffering many disasters, scouring Europe and America for muni tionsqf war. It relied upon its numbers Now it is buying discarded guns and discarded ammunition. whatevejL.it can get. to-aid in repelling the assanits-of a people vastlj r inferior in numbers.” The Secretary announces his purpose of establishing a new naval station in the South Pacific, for the accommodation of our naval police in those, waters. After calling attention to the urgent needs of legislation for the relief of the personnel erf the navy, the Secretary recommends that the enlisted force be increased by 2,000 men. In conclusion the Secretary submits estimates for the next year, aggregating 827.885,914, exceeding the current appropriations by 85,495.193, caused mainly by the necessity of paving for vessels now under contract. It is stated that after this year the appropriationson th.islscore.willrapidly diminish—falling from $13,259,393 next year to $750,001 in the following year.

MEMBERS OF THE NEXT HOUSE.

Only Seventy-Six Democrats Re-Elected— The Changes Slade, There will be in the next House 244 Republicans, 104 Democrats, six Populists, one silver man, and there is one vacancy, caused by the death of Mr. Wright, oi the Fifteenth Pennsylvania district, a Republican. There are 2is Democrats in the present House, and of these there were but seventy-six re-elected. Onehundred and eleven, were succeeded by Republicans, three by Populists and twentyeight by Democrats who were named in their places. Of those who voted for the Wilson bill as it passed the House in February, six Populists were defeated for re-election, along with fifty-nine Democrats. The successors of fifty-eight of those will bo Republicans and two Populists. One Democrat who supported the Wilson bill and was not renominated will be succeeded, bya Populist, while forty-two Democrats who voted for it and did not seek renomination have Republican successors. There were sixteen Democrats who opposed the Wilson bill, and of these seven were defeated, one by a Tammany Demosrat and six by Republicans. Five did not seek re-election, four will find Republicans occupying their places in the next congress, while one gives way to another Democrat. But four of that sixteen were re-elected. The Populists come from Newaskr, Kansas, Colorado, Alabama and North Carolina, each of which sends one, sxcept North Carolina, which elects two.

THE CZAR’S MANIFESTO.

k. Remarkable Document From Russia *6 ■ ■ - New Ruler. Czar Nicholas 11. in honor of his tnartiago, Monday, issued a manifesto of a •emarkably merciful character for a Russian edict. His Majesty remits varl)us debts to the crown, including the inpayment of the grants made to the peasints on account of families. He also wholly remits arrears of taxes and fines, and mitigates or Shortens sentences of Imprisonment, police supervision and deportation at hard labor. The prosecution for treason of offenders who have remained undiscovered for fifteen years will be abandoned. The indulge hces to political prisoners will be decided upon after a report has been submitted to the Czar by the Minister of the Interior. Amnesty it granted to the participants in the Polish rebellion of 1863, and they will be permitted to reside anywhere in Russia. Their civil rights, but not their property, will be restored to them. Rates on loans by the land banks to farmers are reduced. The manifesto is a lengthy and comprehensive document. Scarcely anything Is left untouched; and benevolence is the prevailing tone of the paper. Nothing to equal Its liberality has emanated front the Russian throne since the liberation ol the serfs. Forty thousand poor people dined at the expense of the Czar in St. Petersburg Monday, in honor of the royal wedding. In an interview at Cincinnati, November 26. Senator Sherman sharply criticised both President Cleveland anchex-President Harrison for their alleged Interference with the prerogatives of Cabinet officers. Mr. Sherman announced himself as opposed ts the renomination of Harrison and said if he was renominated he would be again defeated. The Senator stated that he would not servo teh days in tht cabinet-of either Cleveland or Harrison and concluded the interview by stating that he would not have the presldentia* nomination himself, if presented on a silver plate.

FEES AND SALARIES.

■ ■ " ■ *■ 1 Supreme Court Holds the LawUneoostttntlonal as to Treasurers—Recorders Can Only Charge SI for Recording Mortgages, -- The Supreme Court, Tuesday, fn Mt opinion ’written by Judge Hackney, decided that the fee and salary law adopted in March, 1891, is unconstitutional, as far as it relates to country treasurers. The case went up from Benton county, under the title of the State ex rel., the Board of Commissioners, versus Abram C. Boice. The treasurer involved was elected after the law went into effect. Judge Hackney was asked by a reporter as to the scope of the decision, and said: This case involved a question as to the salary syste.m. The Court holds that the law is unconstitutional because it violates thatpart of the Constitution which requires all laws relating to the fees and salaries of county officers to be uniform throughout the State and of general operation. in no instance is the law allowed to be special or local. By reason of the omission in the act of 1891 to provide for the salary of the treasurer in Shelby county, as in each of the other ninety-one counties of the State, the law became local, and, therefore, unconstitutional. The act of 1893, which purported to amend the law by providing a salary for the omitted officers of Shelby county, was considered by the court. The original law being jnvalid, it was as if there was no law,and the amendment, therefore, could not avail to re mb ve Tt s u nsbundn ess. By an a I ogy a newspaper might say that the. same rule renders the law unconstitutional in regard to the offices of recorder and auditor, for the reason that these offices were not treated in this county as in all other counties. The newspapers could reason thus by analogy, but the court could not because it is a rule of law that a court will not pass npon anv question that Is not properly before it.” Judge Hackney was asked to reduce to common parlance the declson of the court in the case of the State ex rel. of Thomu McKay vs. John F. Krost. recorder of Lake county, on appeal from the Lak« Circuit Court. This!involves the law as it applies to the office of recorder. Judge Hackney said: “This was a case in which Krost, the recorder elected after the passage of ths law. refused to accept from the relator, McKay, a fee of $1 for filing a deed, this being he sum named in the law as the legal fee to be charged. He demanded $1.25 for the work, and McKay went before the court and sought a mandamus to compel the recorder to accept the fee named In the law. The court refused to grant a mandamus, thus holding that the law was unconstitutional. The case came up to too Supreme Court, therefore, on appeal. The court acted on the theory that the act of 1891 had provided two distinct systems of charges, one by salaries and one by fees, for the compensation ol public officials for their services to the people. In determining the validity of the provisions we decided that the two systems were separate. By that we mean that because one was invalid the other need-not be so. . The real question being one of fees—the amount chargeable for filing a deed—even if it were unconstitutional as to salaries, this does not affect the system of fees. The decision of Hast 'winter In the Stout case settl<‘d that the law, as it applies to the Sheriff’s office, is also complete and valid. “In regard to the case of deciding th« law upon the salary feature, it will b* readily seen that there is no inhibition placed npon the law providing salariet for county officers, if the law is made of general application and uniform in its operation throughout the State. The bill, as it was passed, did not have this fatal omission, but in the hands of a careless or purchaseable enrolling clerk, the omission was made which caused ths trouble. In other words, the law as passed, was not defective in this regard, but was transcribed by someone wh<f either purposely or carelessly left this defect in the copy which the Governor signed. This is what, governs, the Supreme Court holds, and yet it is exactly the same, sort of an error which the present Governor, as Secretary of State, corrected in the gerrymander act of 1891. This was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. It would have been just as legal for the Secretary of State to have inserted the evidently omitted portion of this transcribed bill as in the g?rrymander case. I’he law breaks down; therefore, on a technical defect as to salaries of three offices, but stands as to the others.

DIRECTOR OF THE MINT’S REPORT.

Coinage of Gold and Silver During the Year. R, E. Preston, the Director of the Mint has submitted to the Secretary of th* Treasury his report on the mints and issays office for the fiscal year 1894. Th* value of the gold deposited is stated at 1140,942,545; $38,969,951 was of domestic production; 128,030,525 foreign bullion and min; $2,118,421 old material; $2,093,615 worn and uncurrent United States gold join deposited tor recoinage. >. f The deposits and purchases of silver’ luring the year was 22,746,661 fine ounces, the coining value of the same in silver dollars being $29,409,825; $19,777,71'0 was of iomestic production; $1,832,890 foreign pulllon and coin; $3,481,404 worn and trnjurront United States coin, and the remainder, $605,036, old material. The amount of sliver bullion purchased inder the act of July 14, 1890. was 11.917,159 fine ounces, at a cost of $8,715,521, the ivorago cost per fine ounce being 0,7313. The total coinage of silver dollars under the net of July 14, 1890, to July 1, 1894, was 36,0-17.943. consuming 26 911.768 fine ounces, which cost $29,110,647. The seigniorage on silver coined under the act of July 14. 1890. to July 1. 1894. was $6,977,’96. From July 1, 1894 to Nov. 1, 1894, 12,443.500 were coined, the seigniorage on the same was $986,764.27, making the total smount of silver dollars coined under tha set of July 14, 18£0. 38.531,143, and the total seigniorage, 87,764,060. The total coinage during the year was: Sold $89,474,919 50 Silver dollars 758 0* Subsidiary silver $,094,140 30 Minor coins... .... 716.910 91 Total 1106.216,780 01 The net gold exports during the year were 84,172,665, as against 886,897,275 for the prior fiscal year. T’’-' net exports of lilver for the fiscal year were $31,041,359, against 87,653,813 for th- fiscal year 1893. 4At the James Young home, north of Huntington, Gilbert Young, a boy five fears old, was playing with his little sisler in a field where some horses were oose. The girl was observed bonding over ter brother, when, on Investigation, it was found that the boy lay unconscious in the ground with his skull crushed, saving been kicked by a horse. Ills head and face were covered with blood. The girl had ter tiny arms around her brother’s neck and was trying to lift him and Io something to comfort and aid him. Her face was covered with blood, bnt it was received from kissing her disabled jrother'a futx*. Medical assistance was mmmonnd and the Injured boy is still llvng. although In a semi-conscious condlion. , \