OUR AMERICAN LETTER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10423, 27 July 1895, Page 2

OUR AMERICAN LETTER.

(From Oor Own Correspondent.) ' San FbAncisco, June 27,

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL,

There is a marked improvement in tbe iron and woollen industries of the United States. Voluntary advances in the wages of the men h?.ve been made throughout many of the large centres o£ industry, notably, at Pittsburg, where Carnegie has increased the pay of his 25,000 workers by nearly 10 per ceufc. The number of men iv the, above mills who havo reaped, the advantages ari*iDg from an enlarged volume of business is estimated to-be 250,000. Of courss suc'a facts have been eagerly ssized upon by the -politicians of both the old parties, aud conclusions as contradictory as tan well be imagined drawn therefrom. The Democrats point in..triumph to the vindication of-thfeir predictions, made whilst Ihe Wilson Bill was yeb in the throes of its evolution, arid the Republicans point ia scorn t-j the Hawaiian. Nicaragua, and currency questions as though tho alleged muddles in these, centres more than n.tontd for any temporary revival in some lines of commerce. Nor will the Republicans admit in any senas that the iucreaso in -wages can be asfigued to tha operation of the Wilson Bill. They say it is due to the geniua of the American working mau, who will ever rise superior to the impediments placed in his path by a gang i of political biundCTers.

'i'here does not appear, however, to be any warrant for the assertion that »n era of prosperity has set in. On tha contrary, I could bring much forward to prove the reverse. But it is unnecessary. The times seem as much out of joint to the majority ao ever they were, andno permanent <;r lasting peace can be looked for f.o long as conditions and human beings aro what they ace.

Politically silver is still the burning question of toe day, and many are burning their fingers, or reputations, over- it. Men who have p™vioualy opposed any .efforts towavd the free and unlimited coinage of silver are now trimming their eailu to catch the favouring breeze. The West is largely for, freo silver, ths South v slightly no, bub in the great centre? of the East thsre is litt'.o headway beiag made, although Mr Harvey (author of that peeult&c misture'of fact, noiisouie, and non-stqnimn-s known as "Coins' Financial School") is very hard at work seeking to convert tha idolaters. Nor, from Hie fact that ex-Congrestinai) Sir.ley, tho probable freo silver president!.il nominee, baa taken to cal'iog CkvaUnd ftnd Carlislatiaitors. and instit\itinj{ comparisons between tucsm.snd BfiiKoist Ariiola—to the advantage of the latter—-iJops it zw.gl thssti all is. well in fii'i white metal ci\:np.

THE SCHOOL QUESTION IN MANITOBA.

Tbe anxiously expected action of the Manitobo Legislature upan tbe demand made by tha Dominion Government thab separate scflools shoald again be establitihad within its province was tiketi on tha night of tho 19th mat. after a debate extending over three days. Prior to the final tlisiussioo the Afctoroey-genoral had, on tha 13th ins!;., given .notice of o motion setting forth Manitoba's reply. The reply was in the form of » momorinl addressed to tbe Governorgeneral, and was ia its eßsance a direct refusal to comply with the demand made. The address called attention to the extreme danger to the present national system of education compliance with such a demand would entail, as in addition to separate schools for Catholics it would inpvitabjy create a like ctemand from any and every religious denomination. This result the Government;could view with none.other, feelings than approbonaiou, as it must impair the development of the province beypad possibility of repair. In speakicgdirectlytotbepointhivolved the memorial ervid :—" Compliance with the terms of the order would restore Catholic separate schools 'with no more satisfactory guarantees , for their' efficiency than existed prior_ to the same date. ' Toe educational policies embodied in our present statutes were adopted after aa examination, of the results of the policy theretofore* followed, under which; the separata Roman "Catholic schools (now sought to be restored) had existed for upwards of 19 years.. The'said schools were found to be inefficient. As, condjacted: under ; the . Roman Catholic section of.the Board of Education they did not pofses.s the^attributes.of efficieat modern public schools. Their conduct, management, and' regulation were defective. As a result of the leaving ,_o§.jb. large section of the' population with'no better mains of education' than was thus supplied, many people grew up in, a state of .'illiteracy*... So.far as we are aware, there has never been an attwnpt to defend these schools oa their , : merits, and .we do not knowof any g;roftnd 'upon which the expenditure of public money in .their support could be justified. "We understand it has lately been suggested th*t private:. funds of tbe Roman Catholic Church and! people have beea invented in school buildings aud land that are now appropriated for public, school purposes. No evidence of such fact has ever been laid before us, so far as,we can ascertain, but we profess ourselves willing, if any such injustice can.be established} to make full and fair compensation therefor." ~ . .'.," ..-.,•....'-: ' '

: The debate upon. the Attorney-general's: memorial, wss commenced- ou the 17fch mat. by Premier Graenway before a crowded assembly. ,Hi» address, which lasted.for three-quarters:of an hour, was listened to with respectful attention throughout, and it dealt largely with tha desire of the Government that there should be (and had beea, so far &t they.were concerned) full, free, and thorough dis6uß»ion; of tbe- question. He deprecated th» idea of.taking advantage for .. party purposes .of.-, the. strong, popular feeling upon tho subject, believing the mutter should,

if possible, be decided upou other than political grounds, and concluded by affirming the Government could uot comply *ith the dem&nd made to restore the old order of things.

Mr Armstrong, who represents a Frenoh constituency, replied in a 1 rather mild way and sought to prove the action of the Graenway Government was based purely upon selfish' and politic&l grounds' and denying it was either disinterested or patriotic inHts policy. ' '

The Attorney-general enlarged upon, the line 3 of his address, criticised the action of the Privy Council, reaffirmed the; charges of illiteracy, and argued for one, language, one system, and one people.

Mr A. P.Martin made the chief speech for the. Opposition, and as his reasons for accepting the order of the Dominion Government are representative, I append an outline. He contended it was a wrong insinuation that' the' Catholic' -wanted inferior'schools. He claimed that the Catholic schools were equal to those of the Protestants, arid in some cases far superior In a Catholic school in Winnipeg more than half its pujiils were, Protestants, and in a Catholic school in Brandon more thin twothirds were Protestants. In support of. his contention that injustice".had bseri. done to the Catholic's by the ehauije in the school sjstera in 1890, he quoted froiri the corrcspbndedce' of a Methodist minister. Mr Martin inaiutniaed that the public schools \xeie. really Prbtest-aiit Bchools and in support •■ thereof ■-' he road from' the report of the Department of Education for 1893, showing that there were religious exsreiees in the public schools, but that the Catholics were not allowed to have their religion in the schools. Thero wa3 a horror of Catholic teaching. He read from the Catholic cattetusm to show■what come of the teachinps were. He quoted from Protest*nt ministers in the United States who held that public schools had bteu used. there to sap Christiauitv H« had fcestiraony regarding ths education of cirls iv those Bcboolß which he did not consider fi- fco lead in public, but ho would ohowiftoanv of tae membsrs who might dwire to fe» it He epoVe on the early difficulties experienced hp rP by both Proteatants and Cathbf^S,^ lack of funds, in mating their schools effi..k>nt He denied that the C a tholie S hadMS^ that it was po^ibto lor them to get for their schools a cent more tnan they were entitled to tt»t th. Ffo ? l Gover JS^rt "So" separate schools bacomp.li...d with, and narrowed (the hrht down to. a distinct nffirmaUva or Bsj-ative. Ibis courao l auc au inU . U6 ; t tt^ th»d d ? ,'« debate aot hitherto noticeable and tt» excttemeut was augmented by a .cporUh t he Brwwh member? i,, Ottawv were Li X :^S;ra^r^^ re-Ja^ d^aut fe^bgla a^^n^dbT^ specth from a Govetum H i,t <,„ J ■ fT d th. Bomaa^K'chSrS'K.taf:

Tbs division upon the question was taken at half-paßt 11, and resulted in a victory for the Government. Tha amendment wai voted down, and Jttanitobi's ansvror to the Dominion Government — refusing to comply with its demand for' the' re-establishment of.separate schools—was adopted p-mid cheers.

THE RAILWAYS OF AMERICA,

From the seventh statistical report of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the ytjar ended June 30,189+, I have gleaned the following items, which are not altogether without interest:— '

Tbe total mileage in" the United States at the above date was 178,708 miles ; the number of railway, corporations;-1924 ;-the number of roads nob- operated, 77; the total number of locomotives, 35,392; the total number of cars, 1,278,078; over;7o per cent. of the total equip- : meat is still without train brakes or automatic couplers; the total numbsr of employees, 779,608; the total amount, of railway capital, 10.796,473,813d01; the total amount of. current liabilities, 605,815,135a01; over 3,000,0C0,000d61 worth of stock pays no dividends, the balance paid an : average of 5 1-1 per cent.; the number of passengers carried was 619,688,189 End tons of freight, 636,186,553; grosa earnings, .1,073 361,797d01; operating. expßnees, 731,<U4-.322d01; passenger traffic yielded 235,349,558d01, and freight traffic 699,490,913 dol; 1923 railway employes :wfw killed, and 23,422 .ware injured; , 3£4 passengers were killed, and .3304 were injured ; the ratio of. employees killed was 1 to 428, and injured.! to 33; 42,000 .miles1 : wera in the hands of the receivers. The period.dealt with embraces that of the World's Fair cad business depression of 1893-4. .., '. ; .. . ;-. ... ~ ...

SOCIETY GOSSIP,

AH the world is out of town.' There is positively not a a'oul worth knowing in New York, Boston, or Ban Francisco. Bach has emptied iteelf into Newport, Saratoga, Narragansefcfc, Santa Cruz, and Monterey ; others who desire to no ultra-fashibaable bave gone furthnr. The Smith-Joneses, whose parent on tho maternx.l side it will be remembered was in the early days discharged from her position as domestic to the O'Kelly-Donohues for refusing to wash the front door steps, havd gone fco Paris, and will la'.er in the season go to Cannes^ The Browu-:Thomp-sons, whose father if is hardly uecess*ry to ohserro laid the foundation of the finally fortune at his wellrknowu saloon in Pauper alley back in the early sixties,* will summer in Switzerland, autumn in Rome, and winter in London.: The Mackay-Fairs, celebrated as the leaders of Ne<v York's mess exclusive set, and who niiuy of our readers will recn.ll as ballei of the boardioKhoustj mi .whioii their papas were wont to lodge when in/Virginia City, have hardly decided, so.great.is Aliair ,lovo for everything American, whether to cruise along the shores of. the Mediterranean, shoot in' the Highlands, 'or go np the Nile: -I believe, however, they will eventually decide, to say au revoir to the dissipations of. city life and ,the routine of social

functions, and seek a few months' complete I change and repo3e in Paris. f

: The cities being empty, lha houses being closed, the place being deserted, and thste being absolutely no one about, I am not in a position to ohroaicle much of any moment.

True, there is a little bib of scandal—don't start, it's a mere trifle—coucerning the third son of the Marquis of Qnefcnsberry, who has been with us of lute. Lord Sholto Douglas, in the inscrutable dispensation of Providence, found himself some weeks a;ro in a little town called Bakersfield, in the State of California. Weiried with thinking out the why and the wherefore of thoss problems that have vexed the niinda'of the -world's greatest thinkers, Lord Sholto Douglas sought relaxation and relief in a fece music hill and beer saloon, and there, singing stupid songs and kicking gracaful legs, he Raw the future Lady Sholto Douglas. Lord Sholto Dauglns, like roany a smaller man, got drunk and proposed mardage, or, it may be, proposed marriage and got drunk. However, his friends shut him up in gsol for a day to cool him down. He came out sober, but far from cool. He went, foolishly, to Sa.n Francisco, and hfve the newepapc-s made the must of tho third son of the Marquis. of Queennborry, Lord SnoUo Douglas. Tho young 1-g-kicker from the free concert hali at Bakersfleld at the-, same time graduated to a: free concert hall in San Francisco, but at au enhanced price. She was now the raga. Her name canifi out ou the bill boards in ail the glory of 12in letters, aud her picture was in the papers—as lam sorry to s%y was that of Lord Sholto Douglas,—and Miss Loretta Addis drew down a big salary and big applause from the crowds who gathered to gaps at the girl whose name was .associated with that of a real, live English lord. Then came rumours upon rumours, ail of which brougnt money for drinks to tbe free concert hall. We were cold how Lord Sholto Dou?las—third son of the Marquis of Quwmaberry, a fiaa old family—had Written. to the Marquis for the Marquis* consent to his marriage, and how the Marquis had uot yet responded to bis lordship, b«b that his lordship was hourly expecting the Marqui3 to do co.

Thanmoreeolumus.and then-liey presto !- Miss Lwetia Addis, -eiagar and leg-k.efcer ma free concert halt-in * *mall, en«»^T «>«u. jumord at a bouud into the r*uk3 of the oldest, proudest, noblest aristocracy in Europe !

But we have hid other mwrwges besides thos« of eoroneto and strawberry leives, and ono in-which millions upon ru.lhons o,: wealth figured lately. A vouug laay of the Vanderbflt family" tnd a y<"«? Msn' s°u of a amid » great R»thenog oi tbn Awwican Sutavinc-.onaotionw>th the "fuocf.oa" rsn up» o ,mHH«i of dollars, and the weddu,g pL one, we.ro suffic'ently numerous to *tock a iit ,> iAwollery Htocia'. .At tho eamutimc SiSrti* °!- Wsto-*y *» ***» «»s there no »ta«t. aside fcom

a tabulated stfttcmint of ths family's Wealth, takeu in tha inarriago by tho press. The ei&borate articles, tho lonf; drawnTont descriptions, tha gorgeous wocd-pain ings no were treated ta over.the Gould-Caatcl'ano business were lacking. Nor is this to be wondered at. Tho marriage of an American couple caunot for a moment; compare in point of interent with the formal binding together of the daughter of a plutocrat Rnd the representative of. one of the oldnst families in Eu«o"pe. This your readers ■will readily understand. Nor muat I omit to mention tho thrill of pride aDd pleasure that swept over tha land when the announcement wa« made that there was a bares possibility of the beir to tbe British Crown earning: over here so the autumn _aa a guest of one of our oldest and wealthiest families. We, have cot yet fully recovered the exhilarating ic4uence3 such news naturally,creates, but are devoutly hoping we may live to have our desires consummated. ,

CARNIVALS AIJD .FIESTAS. Many cities ia. California have daring the past month' Riven tbei^lvtfs up to a wild and joyous entertainment rivalling in many features tha carnivals of old Europe.' The climate, sunehine.aiid flowers have enabled the organisers wherever they were held to carry them out*with great frffldct:- In Sauta Barbara there was_a flower festival, procesMoo, and touruament; iaLosAngelos the wbole city turped out to welcome its Queen, and ma'qaeradiDg, and battles' of roses, and f^astiog and. fun were the order of the de,y and night; in Santa Eo3a and Healdsburgh the streets aud hou<>O3 wera knee.deep in flowers ; and at.Siinta Cruz a truly Venetian carnival, lasting four do'ys, was carried oub to a successful close.' In each city the moit popular slid/presumably, beautiful'girl wac elected by, vote to the poet of queen, whilst maids of honour and knights were as numerous as flies in summer. > The dresses and decorations were of the most. attractive kind, tha music and serenading and sieging were in full play from early mora^to «arly morn, and business .cares and the frets and worries of our everyday-life buried with.tbe most, determined air beneath an avalanche of roaes and pausies. . Life under auspices such as these is well worbh livibg. '"' ) "'' •■ CRIMS. ......... . '..._,. '~ .... j is so omnipotent^nd omnipreeent with*us that I am compelled:tpi'note'it..'' Iv addition to the normal narobsr of shootings, stabbings,'"and suicide?—which last, in this city and State, are neither viewed cor treated a* «, crime—we have! had several murders'of peculiar atrocity; v^: * ■ The caretaker at one of the ccireetsries'give' a young married woman| whqwas visitiog her child's grave, • a pill ■to ease her of some slight ailmant tf.;which she complained.-: In .a-'few hours-,tho- woman died in.fsarfnl 1 declaring -with her last breath that; the man in question had given her the pill., Iq this-state-meut she wß,s. t cbrrobgrated by lierJifctle giri of. six years, who w»s>il:h her at the tim's. iThe'manj denies the deed, said' the woman jW:a^a; mCTe casual acquamtaiice, and that tho; cliild. laad bion cosched. AgA.insti this;"in addition to .'.the'

mother's aud child's statement, is the evidence that he was in tbe habit of vioitir.g the woman frequently, and staying for hours .together, and the more damuiug fact that he had constituted himself sole trustee far-an in&uraues of 2000dol lie had induced the woman to execute, unknowu to her husband, on her own life for the benefit of hsr child. . One of the chief witnesses for the State has, since the coroner's inquiry, whereat his'evidence was most unsatisfactory, committed suicide.

A more horrid crime followed a few days! later. A maiden lady in comfortable eircumstaDcas, and living in a flat in one of the best districts in the city, and on a street thickly settled, and having a double iine of cable cars pa'siug every few minutes, was foully murdered between the hours of. 12 and 1 in the day. She was speaking to a lodger ou the same floor. a. few minutes before 12,- and at a quarter to 1 was found lying in her room, which was wildly disordered, beaten to death with s bludgeon, and slowly burning, the wretch haviog set fire to her clothing. Although voices esn be heard through the partitions, no one seema to have been av/aro of anything unusual,-and to this hour no aweifcs have .been made aod ho cluss obtained. Strangely enough, in this eas?, too, the witness upon whom the police relied >to give information a« to the lady's friends aud^ visitors was ou his \vj.y to the ststion, thrown' from tha buggy, dragged several yards, and died unconscious to the last, a few days later. It was on!y a bouple of daya after toe last when the night watchman of one of the large expres3 companies staggered into the police station di2ed aud unintelligible. He had some terrible wounds on the back of his head, and ero he reached the hospital -mas beyond any earthly power. He died and made no sign-— another victim to the thugs of this new Sodom., Iq this case, also, there hvve been no arrests.

It rau it ba confessed, however, the arrest and even the conviction, of r a prisoner makes little ditference here. The Evening Post nays plainly if tho criminal bo rich, and there fore able to liire an attorney, he will certainly not be hanged; if he be poor he may some three years hence, mount the gallows • but moat probably he will be nentenced for life— i c BOrne six years or sn—with a good chauea of'beinpardoned out by some asiuine Governor befotS then. This baiiig so, crime flourishes \vl have 35 murderer* in gaol now. We have had 150 murders m San Prauc.sca in less than five years, aud only four legal ba,n°-i 0 ,,. g «, Z which occurred in tho first wcekV \hf -,^r J month. Human life has uo vain". '^V"**?* is be«U* «, i.*»M r higher S£ "aud 1 XS ag^sb ib punwhed with mote celerity?nd ngour. There is a mawkish, diiewodse^ mentehty swapairt ln relation to murderer, and the more awooiouß the crime wiST^S they BUnd charged the mor a U o ie 3 7, ~ * gusi. At the trial of the hcou "edTtae 9 s case above mentioned a prottily-d essmi «U1 Km ready to r^^^and

h!s vrife, clad in fashionable aUiro, 'sbalked ] brpzcnly into court, walked up to him, flang hor arran around'his neck,; and kiwad him on this mouth. It &ppBM3 to me wifoly devoiion might vroll attest somo other mefehoii aud time and place of manifestingitn&'f. .;-.->■ ~..■', .-■.- KOTBS AND 'cp3IMENTfi. *-' :. .-'.. . The Bavcrend John Morrow, of bajabaj.has a.now faith. Its-cardinal tenet ta that-meii and women can only wofahip aqripturally wb'ea cntireiy nar;e. I nead not. Wdd ihd nasty business lias a good few. followers of. both seiea, who make no heti'.ation in avowing their belief and practice!. . • ' -•'■'; .-. : - ■■-; The " advanced woman " has token another ]ump. Thw time' "she 'proposes to have a ••Woman's Bible," Mrs, or Miss,-Cady, Lucy SfcantoDv and others are going, to pub the book nghfc. It is, .to bs a, genuine revision, based tot .fewetly. upon what the njsnnscripts do say, but what tbey ought, to "say. .'Of. coursa'tbere'are difficulties, otjnous.to the merest tyro But what of thesef {Some"point out.the Bible has wea-therecl' many storms and will'weather ti'is. Agiin it is an old book—older even than Mias StlintOn. ;: ..:;;;■:■.; .-;V:V S .i-: :

The - tOUowing was introduced into the eaicago^C.ty:^'Council the other day :—"lb Rh»H be unlawful ifor any female person within the corporate -limits of the city of Chicago to ride, or attempt,.to j ride any bicycle =or , any tncyole, or. to publicly promenade in the strett«, avenues, .or, .public highways,.of. Raid city while dressed or arrayed in costumes, known.as O'qomers, , kfiickerbocktrs, baseball.. 'attire,' or ■trousers." And': yet there are people who say Chicago is au'immaral city. "'' ' . ' Governor-Altgelci,' of lllirioi?, refers' thnsly to- the,1 Supreme Court justices':—" For 'a number of ytaws it'has been'remarfeed that the deciwons-of the (United Stat^ court were nearly ..always- in" favour of-the corporations.1 ,Thea; it was noticed,; that no-man • coa!d be .appoiat€d,to a Federal judgeship unless he was satisfactory to ; thoge interest?. .Over a jear .ago.the New I'ork World talked sbnut a packed and that court,ias within a fe^daya'rendered ,tv«p.'decisions''which' unfor: turiately tend to v conSrm this charge.. Capital sits in. the White House and legislates inthe capifol;' Th,e"courts of jastiee are its ministers and-legislators ;'ar'e'its lackeys. The' whole :mscbiQ€ry Vof' fashionable society is its'hand•va.2.te.".<: '. ■/■.•_■:■■:.■: ': :'.-■--:■ •-■..- •'•..;;■ ■■.::■■

Bishop; Doane; of.: Albany^ views possible Female gufftage '.'. a^ a wellrearned pneishment for our, many national sins " ; > bat as.it may lead; through. anarcby w and revolution, .{p. a better form of Govtromeiit, it may have some-good mit.1 ■^; v;...';;';; ■~.;.....- ,'"v ..''..'.,..:

~' Atntaose'Vßierce, spealrs of the, AEjeripan b^nch in these .werds:,;"Th.e bsneh. wiil 'be Kofficißfitly. respected when it'^is, no 'longer a place wh^re dullards dream and rogues 'rob— when i.h personnel i? no longer chosen' inthe back rooms of tipp!e-shops,"foroed:Tipo'n yawping cohvention>>,;and confirmed: by the votes of men who neither know whtttthe candidates are nor what they should be. With the gang that We have, and 'nnder our system must continue vhaye^-.'iespectris out, of the; question-and OUgbt. t.O be/ v, -. .. : .;, ■ -'-~,.•■■,.-, ■ -'- 'v; ...j.',- :

',i-The..'.'Glorious Fouith,". perhaps) to; make auienda for last year,is to be a great aif air. .Large sums of money are to.be espendei and a big show is promised. Of couise the.oratory will not he forgotten, and.l am looking forward.with pleagure to the outhurrts ofHr' Patrick Mahoney, Mr':Max''Morgenstern, and Mr Carlo' Pavallicini anent ''our patriotic forefathers;"- ; •' :

-; Which reminds me'that the Professor of History in one of the High Schools1 in Milwaukee, hssbeen asked for his resignation. -rHe called the American; revolution " a little war "fought without ju6t cause, and affirmed Washington's militar.y; repntation. rests upon iis. ''.masterly retteafcj,", Tnis",was'..,too. much. '{•'At. the same time 1 ./.wHather/^fe;-.'%boye'..'.is...g^d.'Jiistory.'.:br otherwise, most' people belieye^Bn^land '; then iadlwhat^^sKe"deemed.far morVimportant work, on' hand,' arid heyer' fealiseS Jthe' nieressity of doing 7 her', level:* test ;:to"::"win: r ;She--has long sinceT forgotten all 'it ;■'but" with young it 'isian•■ ever■ frssh,'-ever living question^—as real;-a«/when-'"the tea .■jveat tumhlibg over into. theVbay; ': > - . ;, ' ;

'It was but the other day that people, were bting frozan.to death in ; New York and Chicago;" now, they are ; djing in .numbers;:frt>m ithe.inteDse' hes^t. s r Governor Morton, of New York,-.fainted iipm \' the.lls-tter. .cause, at.. W ,recent".'public function, wher'eat'the.wits'srai:.' ';;"; "'V ; "Thrice armed is he,"wfed,bas'his .'quarrel just" ; ■ Or, down in Texas, has his weapon handy. ~. But Morton,' fainting in the iuh and dust, ; :*;? Thought."lhrice armed is hey.who has a flask .. ■■' j :pf.brandy.'1,- i .'.;-;-.:,-. ..,...;:■.- ..•-..;-^.-.--.,.'■

. The United States spends 10s per inhabitant for its edncatiqnal.By&teiTi, France 3s 4d,, Germany ?s Id, Ausbia.ls 3d. Italy. Is o^d. .The figures are ,based i:upon 1890; statistics, by Mr MulhaU. ' , '"■ v- - '■;/■;':;" ■;' "'„ •" /; '- ;

..A• Colora'dp politician" recently prdf»ied a toast in tiis'"fttehion": "The ladies, ,'f/rmeriy ■'oiii' saperiorei riow'bur equals."' How does;it eo'ucd? :-. '■ -:-':i .'-■■' i:-' :;:- ■■"■■■.-:■•''; '■• ■'..•-'■• ; -::.-.:' ;

■•■•-, The labour .unioßs = hSve"unanimously ■ de-j clined;-to: participate ih.vthevJFourth' of-r Jnlyi demonstration." The Typographical Union-put the msfcterVthis form:■—):;-■;• •-..•.' ■'..■:'•■

.-■Whereasthe 4th.of July next will he the 119 th finniveraary pf the signing, of the Declaration of Independence,; .and .-, >'.'..?.,..'..,..'.. . ... . '

Wnereas tbe machinatioas.of'orßanised capital, actins-tlirough'thepolitical parties of tbiS country upon our CougrtES,. are rapidly enslaving^ the people of tbe United States to.a foreign: power iiiul landed aristocracy; and. .. ;> c Whereas the term " American' Independence " is rapidly""her.pmihg a misnomer and a hollow mockery in a land where the conditions are daily becoming more and'more characteristic of a despotic monarchy; and ...... .Whcres^ organised labour views ■vvltH' scepticism; the sinceritj;of the motives'which actuate some of the projectors cf tlio contemnlated Fourth of. Julycelebratipn.in this city, and think that •participation. iv ; said celebration, will partake more of the nature of a celebration of the nation's slavery than its indepeodehce. ' • ' •■'"'' ;

: In.lndianapolis a few days^ihee the IrishAmericau Clob, composed of 200 'bf-the most ihttaential Irishmen in the city,* approved the movement which-is «aid: to be-secretly under way throughout the United' States lookiDg to the emancipation 'of Ireland and a resort to arms. .. ■- ■ ....- -. : - .■.■....• ■■:. ...