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READY FOR THE REILLY BILL Report On th« Pacific Railroais Filed at Laat. History of the Union find Central Pacfflc Linfj -Renewed. No Posltlva B«eammeodatlom Made, Bat tbe Sanate Commltt*e Make Soma BaeE«stlorn and Comments. Washington, .Ten. 26.?Senator Brice, chairman of the canals SOSamlUs» on railroads, presented a report from that committee concerning the Paoifia railroads. The repott is not baaed on any bill before congress, and ie intended aimnly to supply the annate with iM , tbe information attainable in the la- debteciceai of the Paoifin railroads, to- gether with 4 brief skatah ol the his- tory of 'ooth tbe Uoioa Pe-jifio and Central Pacini py.-t \u25a0 Whiob. is don) under the follo'ving hee.is a* «; .;".» the Unicu Pacific: Firat?The charter, mmttasiion of tbe road and lutolqasat legislation. Seoond?The -a/.'reads oompoaing She system at pie?ant and thair financial \u25a0lotas. Third?Foliay- of owaius l and control- ling branch linat ot read and other out- side investments. Fourth?Moßßitrs" of relief. NO EKCOMMENDATIONB, The port of tbe rsport devoted to Pa- cific railroads deals with the charter and legielation, roads embraced iv the system, indebtedness, assets end earn- ings. Tbe report makes no direct rec- ommendations, hot urges tho impor- tance of taking op tha question of tho Pacific road Indebtedness in the follow- ing terma: "The p-'ocont practical queaticn of the indebtßdocEß cf the bond-aided l-'acific railroads ia of vast magnitude and cf highest itnportenae Its solution ca- iottlorcent and a final adjustment, cf the relatione o: tho government with theae rottdij, .ooking to the ultimate dieehßigo of thi« i£M£»btf»:--nesß and of the rehebili- tatics- of ths roads an that they may Bubitp'Te the pu.'poee for which thoy we."? orlpjlaoltj' created; ia imperntivflly denand.-d, Bet only by tho United Btatta and the ro»c> therraaelves, but also by Its SOStatUcitlei aad people which they e»rvt> with railroad facilities ana by the holMfl «' Valid recuritiea is- sued if lasraatotd l>y the railroad ocn- ?aiitfi TnE MKASCnTI OF PHI.IEF. roeßeura of to bj provided ought te be comprehensive and far reaching enough to embrrce ell theae inte.eete It ehouli especially aim to preserve ths rights of the Uitiied States in the premises, and to be ench as tbe roads oan live under. Whaieve: of partnership relations exist between the United States and these roods should be terminate! in such manner as shall ba to the interests of both. In dealing with thia subject more regard must be had for present conditions than for past grievauoen. liecolleotiou of the credit mobilier and other unjust manipula- tions should not overbalance the eober bueineßß thought of today or outweigh oonsiderationß and conditions obtaining at the present time." After d scueaing various meaau.ee of making secure the government indebt- edness on the Union Facilio, the report says: "Another course seems to have been left open by the government under tbe sixth section of the aot of 1862, which provided that the grants were made upon the oondition that the com- pany should pay tbe subsidy bonds at maturity. Thia ia a condition subse- quent, and for a breaoh of tbe same the United Statoa may, at the maturity of the debt, proceed to forfeit tbe charter of the company, and wind up ita busi- ness tbrough a receiver and take its chances for a recovery of whatever por- tion of the debt it may he able to ob- tain. From what we have said t.-e think it sure that the amount would be very small indeed. It is a question, how- ever, on Che whole, if it migh* not bs the beet thing tinvter the oitciimataucee to do." AGAINST FOESCLOSURS. To this the report adds: "Your onm- mittee, however, do not wi«h to be understood as recemmetdieg this meas- ure of relief, bat merely suggees it as an alternative in suit othsr reiasdiss be- lieved now to be better should fp.il " Poeitive ground is tak»jn ugainai ths government's forselo:i:ng the lisnr. aad operating the ioadn. To ihii plan they say there are many grave objections, aad add: "No considerable n\u25a0:,::> ar of citizens of tbe Unit?.'. States, certainly not a majority, have aver declared for the government control of railroads, and fewer yet have ever seriously en- tertained the idea that tha government should enter the field of railroading bg the owner and operator of bus erie line of transcontinental railroad, and thit committee in coiapuDy with the other transcontinental iinea oi rail- roads operated by individuals. Boric i s the main line of tbe Union Paolflo and Central Pacini l ! (which wers Intended by eongreaa to wnstilut* one tract- continental line) thora are now in tha United States four other lines reaching from the Miaaouti river to the Paeilia ocean, and having their connections with eastern trunk lines, We tbink it clear beyond question that as a financial investment, the operation of tho bond- aided PaoiSc roads by the government would- be a flat failure, and we are abu tAf.ly satisfied tbat on tho ques- tion ' ?tfovernmental policy it would at prei phki and*.: existing circumstan- ces, tee, and would be fraught with serious oircumatanoea to the republio anii with results far reaching and in the end aJniiouH. AN ALTEENATIVB. In ja«e of the failure of theae plana, they 'Higgeefc that the only alternative wot. 1 seem to be to refund tbe Union Pacific debt for a conaiderable period of a rate of interest commensurate wit i the earning capacity of the road. "This," aays the report, "is the plan which has tbo most favor with finan- cier!! and those who have given the subject much attention." Aa to tha period for which tbe debt should be extended, and with respect to Ihe rate of interest, no special recommendation ia made. "Tbat," eaye tbe report, "will be a matter for future adjustment, when the details of the plan shall be more fully developed. At present our recommendations will be confined gen- erally to the matter of refunding of ths debt for ench a period, and at snob a rate ot interest as shall suable the company, under ordinary circumstances and busi- ness conditions, to meet the current In- tereat and a portion of tha principal of the debt each year, so tbat at tbe expi- ration of tbe period for which the exten- Bion is granted tbe debt may be wiped out. In this srrßngernant two place have been suggested: Firßt ?The continuance of the sinking fund and toe payment into it cf a larger chare of the not oaruipga than ate at present paid into it. Second ? Periodical payments of a fixed amount into the treasury of the Unit?d Stttis until the debt is liquid- ated^ "Tile committee dries not present ony" au&goation aa to the relief to be eHord- ed the Central Pacific. TIBHU OF TAMMANY. Report tbat Oolrlons Will Fig-are In Qartrvrala Politics. New York. .ien. 20.?The O:mmeroial Advsrtiaer aaya : ''Herman Oalricha is said to have ??-. ?<?!>' to hia friends that he is about to depart for San Francisco and would probably become a oitizen ol California. He said, half jestingly per- haps, that as an old time Damourat when DimOCrMy meant aomothing, he though', p Hsibiy ha aiight go into poli- UOO la the Golden aUild, and that he would like noU iao bettor titan to be sent ao oue of the iepreset>t-iti T 'ci of that etata td the United Statei pnoate. "With bis ow.i great wealth mad charming personality, and with the in- fluence which hia wifo'-, enormoun for- tune cnu give horn, perhape Mr Oalricha doea not indulge la viaiomtry <iewa when he permits ambitions to fo to the senate Irom California to coniroi him. He haa had considerable experience in politics here. Tammany wowld have gladly named him as iti candidate for mayor at tho last election, had he per- mitted that to be dr ue. He wan for a time New York'a representative upon the national Don-.-critic fsammittee, but the gtrce ol politic* M it bus been played by Tarriminy did not pluase Mr. Oelriohs, and ho therslora withdrew from politico! activity." CAUGHT 'mm NAPPING. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MAKES A SiiY VISIT. The Home for Adult Ulinti In a Bud Condition*? A Hurprli* for the Emptoyotafea \u25a0 Sam Francisco, Jan. 26.?Two com dittoes from the assembly made a visit to the home for adult blind at Oakland today. The employees cf the institution were taken by sur- prist. Tha haoie was thoroughly inspect- ed and found ia a moat uneiUin'aclory condition. The public sitting room in the langucgo ot -.iK of ths committee was "not fit (or a pig»peu. Dirt abounded everywhere. The sanitary conditiona wers wretched and a menace to the health of the inmates, who are poorly fed and badly treated," The oommittse cannot understand how past appropriations have been expended. The superintendent ie John Sanders, a blind man. The home asks for another large appropriation at this aeeaion of the legislature, but it ia probable that the committee will reuom- iaend tbat the buildinga be cold and new onos erected on a Bito to be chosen at some future time. The committee also visited the deaf, dumb and blind institution at Berkeley and found everything in a moat satisfac- tory condition. "One of tbe beat man- aged inatitutions of the state," was the comment of one of the committee. RAILKOAD LEGISLATION. Laws Adopted by Various States Ksg-o- latlns Transportation. The legislature of South Carolina, which has just adjourned, passed a hill prohibiting the consolidation of competing railroads, the law to go into effect on March Ist next. It con- tains tho usual provision against lenses, merg- ers, etc., etc. The (ieorgia legislature has passed a law prohibiting the running of freight trains on Kunday except to carry perishable freight. Tho number of proposed laws is quiie numerous. The legislature of Colorado has instructed its senators at Washington, aud requested Ihe representatives of the state there, to urge con- gress to appoint a single "independent" re- ceiver for tho Union and Central i'ncilic rail- roads. Tho same body lias before it n resolu- tion appointing a conimitteo of inquisition to find out all about tho railroads of the stato, how much they cost, what they aro earning, etc. The items named in tho resolution are similar to those of tho Texas law which re- quires the railroad commissioners to ascertain the cost of ovcry railroad, etc. The Indiana legislature has before it a sweeping measure to prohibit the acceptance or uso of railroad passes oystate otlieers under penalty of a heavy fine and forfeiture. The report says that the bill will havo a rough road, as nearly every member has a pass. .Senator Shearer of Kansas has presented a bill to increase the duties of the board of railroad commissioners, and to change the name of that body. I'opresentativo Gardcnhiro has presented a bill providing that any county, stale or district ufflccr who receives an annual pass from any railroad company, shall register it with the secretary of state, who shall keep a public record of such passes. If any officer accepts a pass and does not havo itregistered, he shall be punished by lino or Imprisonment, or both. Conductors aro re- quired to tako up passes not bearing the certif- icate of the secretary of slate, and a failure to do so subjects tlicm to line and imprisonment. In Illinois a bill has been introduced provid- ing for a stale board of arbitration. In Minne- sota there is a propositiou to tax tho equipment of sleeping oar companies and telegraph lines. In Missouri Mr. Phlppsof Kansas city proposes that the rate for sleeping ear berths be limited to #1 a night. Mr. Fitzgerald of New York has presentod a bill authorizing cities to contract for transportation of policemen and firemen, lv the Pennsylvania legislature there is a bill to prohibit tho consolidation of competing pipe lines, another to prevent tha formation of trusts, and one to prevent tho use of railroad trackß as public highways, Pata i,r the Fsnaar, Fred Perry Powers. The American larmer has long held a place greatly above that of tho peasant of continental Europe iv his income and stylo oi living, be- cause ho has been able to possess a l.irgor trsct of land, and greatly above tho English tenant farmer in his independence, becauso he has been able to own tho ground that he tilled. He will not continue another half century to hold this enviable position. The economic forces that have boon at work in Europe have also been at work here, but not so long, aud therefore they have not matured so much fruit. Thero have been Americans who imagined that our polit- ical constitution would protect us from the fate of tho old world. It would bo as rational for a man to expect his knowledge ot arithme- tic to keep him dry iv a thunderstorm. Somellines we find the American fsrmer slipping away from his acres, and sometimes wo find his acres slipping away from him : as a result of both tendencies there is a separation, widening witli tho lapse of time, between own- ership aud cultivation. 'I he American farmer is following tho Kngllsh yeoman into extinc- tion, and the creation of landlord and tenant classes lias already made considerable progress here. Speculation is one of tho Incidents of evolution, and evolution In agriculture is giv- ing us, instead of one class of farmers, who were simultaneously landlord, tenant and laborer, farmers of the three classes, perma- nently distlnot NEW BOOKS. . , Homo rs fVlcux Sawinui) of the PRIVCR DR JOI.VILI.K: translated by Lady Macy Lloyd; Mc.Muliau A Uo, New York. For salo by Stoll Thayer. At thia time, when Francs has peace- fully passed through a crisis, this charm- ing volume of memoirs is particularly interesting, depicting as it does, a period in the history "ot that country fust'ante-' dating ite moat unhappy asoond dalli- ance with iojporialiem. Tbe Prince de Joinville, a gallant eon of a monarch, who waa giveo too much to reasoning and too little to aotiou, takes his read ors into hia confiieoce and treats them with all tbe frankness and absence ol self-conaciouaneßS that should prevail between the most intimate friends. The description of hie journey to the United Statei is full of enjoyment. This waa hits first visit, for the volume does not bring his career to the date of the civil war, when he was a member of General McOlellan's staff, and distin- guished himself by bis gallantry. This view of life in the states in tbe 30's and 40' ais cumulative evidence to the fact that Diokena' first '"notes" and Mrs. Trollope's famous tirade were aot en* tirely exaggerated. He notes expector- ation as a national characteristic, and vividly portrays a number of obnoxious features which perhaps were then typi- cal. But he ie not a prejudiced ob- server and finds, royalist as be was, a number ol fine qualities and admirable tendencies, which gave him faith in the people and the government. Though tbe prinoe was a tvploal sailor, he was also possessed of an artistic appreciation which finds expression in many paragraphs about the more notable artists and act- orß ol hiß time. A peculiar trait, evi- dently evolved from his love of the sea, ie his openly expressed regard lor the English, evidently caneed by his ad- miration for the maritime achievements of that nation. This, in a Frenchman, botokena exceptional breadth of rrind and a generous, mink nature. The frankness, in fact, of the royal author is often amusing to a degree. In one case he describea his extraordinary difficulty at a French colony on the Da- homey coast which he visited in his ca- pacity aa admiral. He went aahore and treated the black nabobs cordially and generoualy. He made euoh an impres- sion upon them, in iact, that it was de- cided they wished thia "petit roi," the eon of their far-away king in Paris, to provide them with a future ruler in whoße veins the blood royal should course. So all the belles ol the village, numbering several score, were collected and ottered to him. He says that on discovering the situation he made off with all possible epeed, Tbe style is colloquial, witty and inti- mate, oharming to a high degree, and unconsciously the author depicts him- Beif and hiß character, with tbe same fidelity and joyousnesa that he does the scenes he baa visited and the people he met iv his journeyings in all quarters of the globe. .*? LOURDES, by Emile Zola, author of The Downfall, The Dream, etc. Translated by Ernest A. Uizettellyi cloth edition, $1.25. P. Tennyson Neeiy, Chicago. Foi sale by The A. W. Berry Stationery company, 120 South Spring street. It is undeniable that M. Zola has given in Lourdea a book of great value. Whatever hia faults, he is certainly con- scientious and painßtaking, and this atudy oi the emotional side of re- ligion is a monument of patient research and cloae obaarvation. He has chosen tbe narrative form, and the novel he has woven around the little town where miraoles are wrought is a model of oon- struotion. The five days of tbe pilgrim- age, during which the heroine is cured, give ample opportunity lor superb de- scription?pictures of hopeless Buffering and religious exaltation, ol masses of incurables, of the humblest, tbe poorest and the unhapptest of mankind turning to tbe Unknowable with confident ex- pectation. Some of theae descriptions are horrible?especially those of the train, with its revolting sick, and of the hospital?but every detail, however re- pulsive, aida in perfecting a picture of buman Buffering that haunta the mind. Zola haa ohoaen a doubting prieat as the vehicle lor his obeervations, and thia young man, tortured by hia doubts, acoompsniea the pilgrima and tells to tbem, in that wagon filled with plaints and groanß, the atory of the virgin's ap- pearance to Bemadette Sonbrionß, his thoughts accompanying the simple tale with the commentary of modern scien- tific investigation. For he haa studied the subject for many years, and has gathered all the light thrown upon it by modern medicine and psychology. He knows that the cure of the young girl whom he aooompanieß was pre- dicted by a physician, and understands the ground* whereon tbat prophecy is baed, Zola presents, throughout the story, theße two views aide by side? the belief in miracles aud tbeir explana- tion by unbialieviug Boiarjiota. #** TUB WORLD ALMANAC. 1995: Pan Pub- lishing company, Piv tzs* bull 'lag. New York. There ia nothing wrivlh knowing in the way of statistic* end garter*) In- formation which cannot he found iv thia volume. No eucyolopiedia treata of more eubjecta, and while tbe matter ia neceaaarily much nondenaed, all the essential facta that are needed in a book of reference can be found. It ia impoaaible to deal in detail with such a book in a limited apaoe, but, in brief, its quality can be gummed up aa being as near perieotion aa men's work ia permitted to be. Tbe chapter where the prieat begina the atory of tbe virgin's appearance at Lonrde's juatifies Mr. Lang's claim tbat Tola ia a romantioiat; itia tilled with myatic poetry ?tbe Bong of hope that never forsakes for long the most misera- ble. Me telle the story of Lourdes from the beginning; the attempts ol tha im- perial government to suppress the move- ment; tbe fear of the church to commit itself; the final triumph of Bernadette, and of tho suffering poor who refused to give up thia new hope of happtneaa and peace on earth. Ho tells, also, of tbe erection of tbe basilica over the grotto and of tbe increasing flow of gold from the four corners of the plauet. He lakes the reader to the place where the health giving water is bottled without core- in...,y or respect, and into the temple and tbe market-place. And in contrast with thia he shows tbe endless processions going up, day after day, year after year, with the hope of obtaining by divine grace what the princes of science have been unable to give. Then, too, come tne lassitude and despair when all ia over aud the invoca- tions have proved in vain ; but hope de- feats this doubt, and Ihe pilgrims return to their homes singing, confident tbat the supreme blessing will mrely oome at laat, Zola pronounces no opinion. As has been said, ha places side by aide the re- ligious and the modern acientifio theory. Tbat wonderlnl oures have occurred Is beyond doubt, and he indicates ths mys- rerio- p' H»o ""--r"- * " *| cine begins but now to understand; he shows that sordid side of Lourdes, which sprang into life with the unceasing influx of money with interest as to tbe duration of tbe popularity of tbis place of pilgrimage, which requires constantly new miracles to continue its pre-eminence as a source of grace. The book contains a summary history of Lourdes, compiled from all available sources, and adds a great deal of valuable-information .to our.knf/wledge of the emotional element in religion, and oi its powerful effect upon tho ignorant and the suffering. It is an extrsmsly clever and impressive book. RECORD OF THE WOMAN'S COVORE3B AT THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FA R; edited by Mrs. May w rioht Skwai.l Two volurueß. For sale by the King Publishing company of San Francisco and Los Angeles. The World's Congress of Representa- tive Women ia tbe title ot tbe only com- plete and authorized report of that very remarkable gathering held ia Chicago. The meetings were held under the au apicea of the World's Congress auxiliary, and they surpassed in interest and value even tbe expectations of their organiz- ers. Prominent women from all parts of the world, representing tbe best achievements of their sex in every branoh of educational, aocial and reli- gious work, took part. The story of what was done in this remarkable as- sembly has been told in two handsome volumes, profusely illustrated, and edited by Mrs. May Wright Bewail, chairman of ths eomraittes on organiza- tion for the congress. Some idea of the broad soope and in- tention of the congress can be bad by mentioning a few of the speakers and tbe subject! they discussed. The Kindergarten as an Eluoatlonal Agency aud Its Relation to Manual Training, by Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper oi San Franciaoo, oannet fail to aroaie in the mind ot every thoughtful parent aome solution for the oft repeated cry, \u25a0What shall we do with our boya and girlB?" Practical ideas were also presented by Mrs. Kate Tupper Galpin, Mrs. Caroline M. Severance and Rev. Mila Frances Tupper of California. Under Science and Religion the masterly essays shows tbat women will lond large aid to bridge the chasm too long assumed to exist between science and religion. In Moral and Sooial Reform the papers presented by Julia Ward Howe. Eliza- beth Cady Stanton and Mary H. Hunt are forcible and oonviucing. While the paper of Helen H. Gardner, of Mew York, on The Double Standard of Mor- als, ia alone worth the cost of the book, and should be read by all. From a Dopular standpoint Ihe work baa been made very attractive by full- page portraits of the moat prominent women who took part in tbe congress, with smaller pictures of over 150 partici- pants. The volumes are printed on extra fine book paper and substantially bound. A DAMAGED PHYSICIAN. THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SUED FOR LIBEL. Dr. Hearne or Baa Dii|o Alleges That HU Reputation Was Injured to the Kxtant or «100,000. Sam Disqo, Cal., Jan. 26.?Bait was instituted in tbe superior court ol this county today by Dr. J. 0. Hearne of this city against M. H. de Young, pro- prietor, and J. F. Blunt, local corres- pondent of tbe San Francisco Chronicle, on the charge of libel, alleged to have been committed on August 25th last, damages being asked in the earn of $100,000. The artiole with reapeet to which the complaint is made referred to tbe di- vorce of Dr. and Mrs. Hearne and to their antecedents, and the demand for damages is baaed on an allegation that the matter published waa equivalent to charge that Hearne had been a party to an accessory to tbe murder of one A. J. Still well, tbe former huaband of Mrs. Hearne, at Hannibal, Mo., six years ago. Still well was a wealthy pork packer, whose mysterious murder has been a subject of continued inquiry by success- ive grand juries of Hannibal. Mrs. Stlllwell was married to Hearne within a year afterward and was divoroed in August last in this oonnty. Her subse- quent remarriage to Dr. Hearne still further complicated this remarkable case. Blunt, one of the partiea defend- ant, is editor of the San Diego Union of this city. POLITICAL The official vote for governor of Texas, counted in joint session of the legislature, was reported as follows: Culbeison, Democrat, 207,107; Nugent, Populist, 152,731: W. K. Mauemson, Republican, 51,520; Schmidt, Lily While Republican, 502'J; Dunn, rrohibitionist, 2196; scattering, 107(5. The Democratic can- didate was in a minority by 5382 votes. The Memphis Avalanche, Democrat, declares that the Caldwell bill, providing for au inves- tigation of the election in Tennessee before the counting of the official vote, which has been Introduced in the legislature, is "an instru- ment in the hands of a legislative majority for counting out and swindling the man who was elected on the face of the returns." "One of the most hopeful features of the agi- tation for reform in the consular service is the growth of public interest in the question," says tho Cincinnati Tribune, Republican; "and there is no doubt that the business men of our country are beginning to realize what a disad- vantage they are at in the struggle for the conquest of the markets of the world, while our consular service is conducted on its pres- ent basis." No address was delivered by Joshua 11. Mar- vll on tho occasion ol his inauguration as governor o[ Delaware. A Philadelphia Record correspondent says: "Governor Marvll is un- able to read, or even to write, turthor than to traco the lines necessary to mechanically form his name. The address will be submitted later to the two bouses of the general assem- bly, alter tho manner of an executive mes- sage." Tho St. Paul Plonoar Press (Rep.) pays the following tribute to Senator Carey, who has been repudiated by the Wyoming legislature because ho dared to vote for honest money In the senate, and would not buy a renomlnatlon by sacrificing his principles: "Senator Carey has honor d the Republican party by his course in public life, as he honors manhood by the reason ot his departure from it. The Republican party should avail itself ot the first chance to honor him. " "It Is mortifying, but not Inexplicable, that there should be talk among Republican legis- lators at Albany o! squelching the Lexow In- vestigation," says the Buffalo Express, Repub- lican, which adls: "The practical politicians must be given to understand that the Repub- lican party is pledgod, not only to reform the government of New York, but to punish every man who has been responsible (or mak- ing it a sink of corruption To that end every department must be turned Inside out, and the power of removal must be put into the hands of Mayor Strong." The Boston chamber of commerce yesterday adopted the following resolution: "That the ,v i" he * ' 1"- quested to extend tho civil service rules to the consular servlre, and request congress to adopt without delay Biich legislation as will Improve this Important branch of our national service, and place the interests of this country, aB they are represented abroad in our consular service, on a sound business basis, and that there Bhall be thoroughly eliminated from appointments to the consular service tho consideration of reward for politi- cal services". STATISTICS OF HUKDBft. Also or liynchiosß «n<t Kxeoattons. Appalling Mnrdtr Roll. In the matter of record kooplng the Chicago Tribune leads all tho newspapers. Its sum- mary ol the events of last year covers practi- cally the wholo Held of human activity. Al- ready allusion has beeu made to its account of embezzlements. Its story of the murders, sui- cides and lynching* is not less interesting and instructive. According to tho Tribune figures, there was a great increase in murders during 1894. Ihe total was 9SOO, against 8615 ior 1893, 0701 In 189-2, aud 5906 In 1891. The causes assigned for these crimes are thus tab- ulated : Quarrels 4536 lli'hw'ym'n klll'd 204 Unknown 1856 Strikes 179 Jealousy 812 Insanity 126 Liquor 776 Kelf-defonse 99 By highwaymen... 525 Outrage 49 Infanticide 340 Riots 25 Resisting arreit... 273 These figures show that 1894 was a year of bad blood as well as of bad business. Possibly the great increase was due in part to the small chance which the murderer stands of losing his life as the penalty for his crime. The legal executions during the year were only 132. or six more than for the previous year. Alabama led with 13 executions and Texas and Missouri executions occurred in the north and 1)1 in the south. In some slates capital punishment is not permitted, and that fact may account in part for the comparatively small showing for justica. As the matter stands at present the murderer lius about one chance in 74 of being hanged or electrocuted, while each person in the country has one chance in 0,033 of being murdered. The record shows that lynchings during the year were 190, or nearly 50 per cent more than the legal executions. The list of victims include 134 negroes and 58 white persons, Tho aouth is responsible for TOO of those crimes, and the north for 24. Georgia heads the list with 20, Mississippi is credited with 10 and Tennessee and Alabuma with 15 each. Bad as is this showing, it was exceeded by 10 in 1893. Suicides also show an lucrease, the total be- ing 4912, against 4430 for 1893 and 33U0 for 1892. They are classified according to alleged causes thus: Despondency 1999 111 health 270 Unknown 1310 Domestic infelic- Insano 457 lty 241 Liquor 281 Disup'oint'd love 232 Business loties.. 122 The means employed included: Pistols, 1729; poisons, 1504; hanging, 720; drowning, 373; throat cutting, 347; starvation, 5. and dynamite, 4. Despondency takes the lead among the causes, but doubtless many classed under that head really belong in some of the otherdivisions, other causes giving rise to the despondent condition which prompted the self-murder. Any number of conclusions might bo drawn from these statistics, and without doubt Ihey will be made the basis of many th eories and suggestions as to remedies. The first and most reasonable conclusion is that in order to reduce the number of murders the chances for ade- quate punishment iswt be increased. W»'--p*: tf ft *i«e «f the bv**C I o^tttg. A'tUE DKBS 4JA3JL,, A Jut? Secured and the Opanlaa; State* menu Mnri*. Chic Ann, Tan. 20.-Twelve jurors in thsj Debs conspiracy trial were sworn in today* Thomas G. Mib ln iM, special counsel for gov eminent, in his opening speech claimed th* government would prove a conspiracy among the ofllcersof tho American Railway Union. For the defense Harrow contended that If there had been any conspiracy it was by the General Managers' association, the "onlybody of men in the world that sympathizes with Mr. l'ullman." NO QUORUM. Only Fifteen Sana-tors Remained Ist \u25a0««. ramentn. Sacramento, Jan. 20.?But 17 members were, present when the senate was called to order this morning. There being no quorum. Senator Ford in the chair, declared the senate ad- journed until 11 o'clock Monday morning. At tbat hour.aUhough all the desks and furniture will have been removed from tha chamber in preparation for the inaugural ball,the senators) remaining in the city will gather in the eh ana* ber and adjourn until Tuesday at 11 o'clock. 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READY FOR THE REILLY BILLReport On th« Pacific Railroais
Filed at Laat.
History of the Union find CentralPacfflc Linfj-Renewed.
No Posltlva B«eammeodatlom Made, Bat
tbe Sanate Commltt*e Make Soma
BaeE«stlorn and Comments.
Washington, .Ten. 26.?Senator Brice,chairman of the canals SOSamlUs» onrailroads, presented a report fromthat committee concerning the Paoifiarailroads. The repott is not baaed onany bill before congress, and ie intendedaimnly to supply the annate with iM, tbe information attainable in the la-debteciceai of the Paoifin railroads, to-gether with 4 brief skatah ol the his-tory of 'ooth tbe Uoioa Pe-jifio andCentral Pacini py.-t \u25a0 Whiob. is don)
under the follo'ving hee.is a* «; .;".»
the Unicu Pacific:Firat?The charter, mmttasiion of
tbe road and lutolqasat legislation.Seoond?The -a/.'reads oompoaing She
system at pie?ant and thair financial\u25a0lotas.
Third?Foliay- of owaius l and control-ling branch linat ot read and other out-side investments.
Fourth?Moßßitrs" of relief.NO EKCOMMENDATIONB,
The port of tbe rsport devoted to Pa-cific railroads deals with the charterand legielation, roads embraced iv thesystem, indebtedness, assets end earn-ings. Tbe report makes no direct rec-ommendations, hot urges tho impor-tance of taking op tha question of thoPacific road Indebtedness in the follow-ing terma:
"The p-'ocont practical queaticn of theindebtßdocEß cf the bond-aided l-'acificrailroads ia of vast magnitude and cfhighest itnportenae Its solution ca-iottlorcent and a final adjustment, cf therelatione o: tho government with theaerottdij, .ooking to the ultimate dieehßigoof thi« i£M£»btf»:--nesß and of the rehebili-tatics- of ths roads an that they mayBubitp'Te the pu.'poee for which thoywe."? orlpjlaoltj' created; ia imperntivfllydenand.-d, Bet only by tho UnitedBtatta and the ro»c> therraaelves, butalso by Its SOStatUcitlei aad peoplewhich they e»rvt> with railroad facilitiesana by the holMfl «' Valid recuritiea is-sued if lasraatotd l>y the railroad ocn-?aiitfi
TnE MKASCnTI OF PHI.IEF.roeßeura of to bjprovided
ought te be comprehensive and farreaching enough to embrrce ell theaeinte.eete It ehouli especially aim topreserve ths rights of the Uitiied Statesin the premises, and to be ench as tberoads oan live under. Whaieve: ofpartnership relations exist between theUnited States and these roods should beterminate! in such manner as shall bato the interests of both. In dealing withthia subject more regard must be hadfor present conditions than for pastgrievauoen. liecolleotiou of the creditmobilier and other unjust manipula-tions should not overbalance the eoberbueineßß thought of today or outweighoonsiderationß and conditions obtainingat the present time."
After d scueaing various meaau.ee ofmaking secure the government indebt-edness on the Union Facilio, the reportsays: "Another course seems to havebeen left open by the government undertbe sixth section of the aot of 1862,which provided that the grants weremade upon the oondition that the com-pany should pay tbe subsidy bonds atmaturity. Thia ia a condition subse-quent, and for a breaoh of tbe same theUnited Statoa may, at the maturity ofthe debt, proceed to forfeit tbe charterof the company, and wind up ita busi-ness tbrough a receiver and take itschances for a recovery of whatever por-tion of the debt it may he able to ob-tain. From what we have said t.-e thinkit sure that the amount would be verysmall indeed. It is a question, how-ever, on Che whole, if it migh* not bsthe beet thing tinvter the oitciimatauceeto do."
AGAINST FOESCLOSURS.To this the report adds: "Your onm-
mittee, however, do not wi«h to beunderstood as recemmetdieg this meas-ure ofrelief, bat merely suggees it as analternative in suit othsr reiasdiss be-lieved now to be better should fp.il "Poeitive ground is tak»jn ugainai thsgovernment's forselo:i:ng the lisnr. aadoperating the ioadn. To ihii plan theysay there are many grave objections, aadadd: "No considerable n\u25a0:,::> ar ofcitizens of tbe Unit?.'. States, certainlynot a majority, have aver declared forthe government control of railroads,and fewer yet have ever seriously en-tertained the idea that tha governmentshould enter the field of railroading bg
the owner and operator of bus erieline of transcontinental railroad,and thit committee in coiapuDy withthe other transcontinental iinea oi rail-roads operated by individuals. Boric is
the main line of tbe Union Paolflo andCentral Pacini l!(which wers Intended byeongreaa to wnstilut* one tract-continental line) thora are now in thaUnited States four other lines reachingfrom the Miaaouti river to the Paeiliaocean, and having their connectionswith eastern trunk lines, We tbink itclear beyond question that as a financialinvestment, the operation of tho bond-aided PaoiSc roads by the government
would- be a flat failure, and we areabu tAf.ly satisfied tbat on tho ques-tion ' ?tfovernmental policy it would atprei phki and*.: existing circumstan-ces, tee, and would be fraught withserious oircumatanoea to the republioanii with results far reaching and in theend aJniiouH.
AN ALTEENATIVB.In ja«e of the failure of theae plana,
they 'Higgeefc that the only alternativewot. 1 seem to be to refund tbe UnionPacific debt for a conaiderable period of
a rate of interest commensuratewit i the earning capacity of the road.
"This," aays the report, "is the planwhich has tbo most favor with finan-cier!! and those who have given thesubject much attention." Aa to thaperiod for which tbe debt should beextended, and with respect to Ihe rateof interest, no special recommendationia made. "Tbat," eaye tbe report, "willbe a matter for future adjustment, whenthe details of the plan shall bemore fully developed. At present ourrecommendations willbe confined gen-erally to the matter of refunding of thsdebt for ench a period, and at snob a rateot interest as shall suable the company,under ordinary circumstances and busi-ness conditions, to meet the current In-tereat and a portion of tha principal ofthe debt each year, so tbat at tbe expi-ration of tbe period for which the exten-
Bion is granted tbe debt may be wipedout. In this srrßngernant two placehave been suggested:
Firßt ?The continuance of the sinkingfund and toe payment into it cf a largerchare of the not oaruipga than ate atpresent paid into it.
Second ? Periodical payments of afixed amount into the treasury of theUnit?d Stttis until the debt is liquid-ated^"Tile committee dries not present ony"au&goation aa to the relief to be eHord-ed the Central Pacific.
TIBHU OF TAMMANY.Report tbat Oolrlons Will Fig-are In
Qartrvrala Politics.New York. .ien. 20.?The O:mmeroial
Advsrtiaer aaya : ''Herman Oalricha issaid to have ??-. ?<?!>' to hia friends thathe is about to depart for San Franciscoand would probably become a oitizen olCalifornia. He said, half jestingly per-haps, that as an old time Damouratwhen DimOCrMy meant aomothing, hethough', p Hsibiy ha aiight go into poli-
UOO la the Golden aUild, and that hewould like noU iao bettor titan to besent ao oue of the iepreset>t-iti T 'ci ofthat etata td the United Statei pnoate.
"With bis ow.i great wealth madcharming personality, and with the in-fluence which hia wifo'-, enormoun for-tune cnu give horn, perhape Mr Oalrichadoea not indulge la viaiomtry <iewawhen he permits ambitions to fo to thesenate Irom California to coniroi him.He haa had considerable experience inpolitics here. Tammany wowld havegladly named him as iti candidate formayor at tho last election, had he per-mitted that to be dr ue. He wan for atime New York'a representative uponthe national Don-.-critic fsammittee, butthe gtrce ol politic* M it bus beenplayed by Tarriminy did not pluase Mr.Oelriohs, and ho therslora withdrewfrom politico! activity."
CAUGHT 'mm NAPPING.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MAKESA SiiY VISIT.
The Home for Adult Ulinti In a BudCondition*? A Hurprli* for
the Emptoyotafea
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Sam Francisco, Jan. 26.?Two comdittoes from the assembly madea visit to the home for adult blindat Oakland today. The employeescf the institution were taken by sur-prist. Tha haoie was thoroughly inspect-ed and found ia a moat uneiUin'aclorycondition. The public sitting room in thelangucgo ot -.iK of ths committee was"not fit (or a pig»peu. Dirt aboundedeverywhere. The sanitary conditionawers wretched and a menace to thehealth of the inmates, who arepoorly fed and badly treated,"
The oommittse cannot understandhow past appropriations havebeen expended. The superintendent ieJohn Sanders, a blind man. The homeasks for another large appropriation atthis aeeaion of the legislature, but it iaprobable that the committee willreuom-iaend tbat the buildinga be cold andnew onos erected on a Bito to be chosenat some future time.
The committee also visited the deaf,dumb and blind institution at Berkeleyand found everything in a moat satisfac-tory condition. "One of tbe beat man-aged inatitutions of the state," was thecomment of one of the committee.
RAILKOAD LEGISLATION.
Laws Adopted by Various States Ksg-o-latlns Transportation.
The legislature of South Carolina, which hasjust adjourned, passed a hill prohibiting theconsolidation of competing railroads, the lawto go into effect on March Ist next. It con-tains tho usual provision against lenses, merg-ers, etc., etc. The (ieorgia legislature haspassed a law prohibiting the running of freight
trains on Kunday except to carry perishablefreight. Tho number of proposed laws is
quiie numerous.The legislature of Colorado has instructed
its senators at Washington, aud requested Iherepresentatives of the state there, to urge con-gress to appoint a single "independent" re-ceiver for tho Union and Central i'ncilic rail-roads. Tho same body lias before it nresolu-tion appointing a conimitteo of inquisition to
find out all about tho railroads of the stato,how much they cost, what they aro earning,etc. The items named in tho resolution aresimilar to those of tho Texas law which re-quires the railroad commissioners to ascertainthe cost of ovcry railroad, etc. The Indianalegislature has before it a sweeping measure toprohibit the acceptance or uso of railroadpasses oystate otlieers under penalty of a heavyfine and forfeiture. The report says that thebill will havo a rough road, as nearly everymember has a pass. .Senator Shearer of Kansashas presented a bill to increase the duties ofthe board of railroad commissioners, and tochange the name of that body. I'opresentativoGardcnhiro has presented a bill providing that
any county, stale or district ufflccr who receivesan annual pass from any railroad company,shall register it with the secretary of state,who shall keep a public record of such passes.Ifany officer accepts a pass and does not havoitregistered, he shall be punished by lino orImprisonment, or both. Conductors aro re-quired to tako up passes not bearing the certif-icate of the secretary of slate, and a failure to
do so subjects tlicm to line and imprisonment.In Illinois a bill has been introduced provid-
ing for a stale board of arbitration. In Minne-sota there is a propositiou to tax tho equipmentof sleeping oar companies and telegraph lines.In Missouri Mr. Phlppsof Kansas city proposesthat the rate for sleeping ear berths be limitedto #1 a night. Mr. Fitzgerald of New York haspresentod a bill authorizing cities to contractfor transportation of policemen and firemen,lvthe Pennsylvania legislature there is a billto prohibit tho consolidation of competingpipe lines, another to prevent tha formation oftrusts, and one to prevent tho use of railroadtrackß as publichighways,
Pata i,r the Fsnaar,Fred Perry Powers.
The American larmer has long held a placegreatly above that of tho peasant of continentalEurope iv his income and stylo oi living, be-cause ho has been able to possess a l.irgor trsctof land, and greatly above tho English tenantfarmer in his independence, becauso he hasbeen able to own tho ground that he tilled. He
will not continue another half century to holdthis enviable position. The economic forces thathave boon at work in Europe have also been atwork here, but not so long, aud therefore theyhave not matured so much fruit. Thero havebeen Americans who imagined that our polit-ical constitution would protect us from thefate of tho old world. Itwould bo as rationalfor a man to expect his knowledge ot arithme-tic to keep him dry iv a thunderstorm.
Somellines we find the American fsrmerslipping away from his acres, and sometimeswo find his acres slipping away from him : as aresult of both tendencies there is a separation,widening witli tho lapse of time, between own-ership aud cultivation. 'I he American farmeris following tho Kngllsh yeoman into extinc-tion, and the creation of landlord and tenantclasses lias already made considerable progresshere. Speculation is one of tho Incidents ofevolution, and evolution In agriculture is giv-ing us, instead of one class of farmers, whowere simultaneously landlord, tenant andlaborer, farmers of the three classes, perma-nently distlnot
NEW BOOKS.. ,Homo rs fVlcux Sawinui) of the PRIVCR DR
JOI.VILI.K: translated by Lady MacyLloyd; Mc.Muliau A Uo, New York. Forsalo by Stoll Thayer.
At thia time, when Francs has peace-fully passed through a crisis, this charm-ing volume of memoirs is particularlyinteresting, depicting as itdoes, a periodin the history "ot that country fust'ante-'dating ite moat unhappy asoond dalli-ance with iojporialiem. Tbe Prince deJoinville, a gallant eon of a monarch,who waa giveo too much to reasoningand too little to aotiou, takes his readors into hia confiieoce and treats themwith all tbe frankness and absence olself-conaciouaneßS that should prevailbetween the most intimate friends.
The description of hie journey to theUnited Statei is fullof enjoyment. Thiswaa hits first visit, for the volume doesnot bring his career to the date of thecivil war, when he was a member ofGeneral McOlellan's staff, and distin-guished himself by bis gallantry. Thisview of life in the states in tbe 30's and40' ais cumulative evidence to the factthat Diokena' first '"notes" and Mrs.Trollope's famous tirade were aot en*
tirely exaggerated. He notes expector-ation as a national characteristic, andvividly portrays a number of obnoxiousfeatures which perhaps were then typi-cal. But he ie not a prejudiced ob-server and finds, royalist as be was, anumber ol fine qualities and admirabletendencies, which gave him faith in thepeople and the government.
Though tbe prinoe was a tvploalsailor, he was also possessed ofan artistic appreciation which findsexpression in many paragraphsabout the more notable artists and act-orß ol hiß time. A peculiar trait, evi-dently evolved from his love of the sea,ie his openly expressed regard lor theEnglish, evidently caneed by his ad-miration for the maritime achievementsof that nation. This, in a Frenchman,botokena exceptional breadth of rrindand a generous, mink nature.
The frankness, in fact, of the royalauthor is often amusing to a degree. Inone case he describea his extraordinarydifficultyat a French colony on the Da-homey coast which he visited in his ca-pacity aa admiral. He went aahore andtreated the black nabobs cordially andgeneroualy. He made euoh an impres-sion upon them, in iact, that it was de-cided they wished thia "petit roi,"the eon of their far-away kingin Paris, to provide them with a futureruler in whoße veins the blood royalshould course. So all the belles ol thevillage, numbering several score, werecollected and ottered to him. He saysthat on discovering the situation hemade off with all possible epeed,
Tbe style is colloquial, witty and inti-mate, oharming to a high degree, andunconsciously the author depicts him-Beif and hiß character, with tbe samefidelity and joyousnesa that he does thescenes he baa visited and the people hemet ivhis journeyings in all quarters ofthe globe.
.*?LOURDES, by Emile Zola, author of The
Downfall, The Dream, etc. Translated byErnest A. Uizettellyi cloth edition, $1.25.P. Tennyson Neeiy, Chicago. Foi saleby The A. W. Berry Stationery company,120 South Spring street.
It is undeniable that M. Zola hasgiven in Lourdea a book of great value.Whatever hia faults, he is certainly con-scientious and painßtaking, and thisatudy oi the emotional side of re-ligion is a monument of patient researchand cloae obaarvation. He has chosentbe narrative form, and the novel he haswoven around the little town wheremiraoles are wrought is a model of oon-struotion. The five days of tbe pilgrim-age, during which the heroine is cured,give ample opportunity lor superb de-scription?pictures of hopeless Bufferingand religious exaltation, ol masses ofincurables, of the humblest, tbe poorestand the unhapptest of mankind turningto tbe Unknowable with confident ex-pectation. Some of theae descriptionsare horrible?especially those of thetrain, with its revolting sick, and of thehospital?but every detail, however re-pulsive, aida in perfecting a picture ofbuman Buffering that haunta the mind.
Zola haa ohoaen a doubting prieat asthe vehicle lor his obeervations, andthia young man, tortured by hia doubts,acoompsniea the pilgrima and tells totbem, in that wagon filled with plaintsand groanß, the atory of the virgin's ap-pearance to Bemadette Sonbrionß, histhoughts accompanying the simple talewith the commentary of modern scien-tific investigation. For he haa studiedthe subject for many years, and hasgathered all the light thrown upon itby modern medicine and psychology.He knows that the cure of the younggirl whom he aooompanieß was pre-dicted by a physician, and understandsthe ground* whereon tbat prophecy isbaed, Zola presents, throughout thestory, theße two views aide by side?the belief in miracles aud tbeir explana-tion by unbialieviug Boiarjiota.
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There ia nothing wrivlh knowing inthe way of statistic* end garter*) In-formation which cannot he found iv thiavolume. No eucyolopiedia treata ofmore eubjecta, and while tbe matter ianeceaaarily much nondenaed, all theessential facta that are needed in a bookof reference can be found.
It ia impoaaible to deal in detail withsuch a book in a limited apaoe, but, inbrief, its quality can be gummed up aabeing as near perieotion aa men's workia permitted to be.
Tbe chapter where the prieat beginathe atory of tbe virgin's appearance atLonrde's juatifies Mr. Lang's claim tbatTola ia a romantioiat; itia tilled withmyatic poetry ?tbe Bong of hope thatnever forsakes for long the most misera-ble. Me telle the story of Lourdes fromthe beginning; the attempts ol tha im-perial government to suppress the move-ment; tbe fear of the church to commititself; the final triumph of Bernadette,and of tho suffering poor who refused togive up thia new hope of happtneaa andpeace on earth. Ho tells, also, of tbeerection of tbe basilica over the grottoand of tbe increasing flow of gold fromthe four corners of the plauet. He lakesthe reader to the place where the healthgiving water is bottled without core-in...,y or respect, and into the templeand tbe market-place.
And in contrast with thia he showstbe endless processions going up, dayafter day, year after year, with the hopeofobtaining by divine grace what theprinces of science have been unable togive. Then, too, come tne lassitude anddespair when all ia over aud the invoca-tions have proved in vain ; but hope de-feats this doubt, and Ihe pilgrims returnto their homes singing, confident tbatthe supreme blessing will mrely oomeat laat,
Zola pronounces no opinion. As hasbeen said, ha places side by aide the re-ligious and the modern acientifio theory.Tbat wonderlnl oures have occurred Isbeyond doubt, and he indicates ths mys-rerio- p' H»o ""--r"- * " *|
cine begins but now to understand; heshows that sordid side of Lourdes,which sprang into life withthe unceasing influx of moneywith interest as to tbe duration of tbepopularity of tbis place of pilgrimage,which requires constantly new miraclesto continue its pre-eminence as a sourceof grace. The book contains a summaryhistory of Lourdes, compiled from allavailable sources, and adds a great dealof valuable-information .to our.knf/wledgeof the emotional element in religion, andoi its powerful effect upon tho ignorantand the suffering. It is an extrsmslyclever and impressive book.
RECORD OF THE WOMAN'S COVORE3B ATTHE CHICAGO WORLD'S FA R; edited byMrs. May w rioht Skwai.l Two volurueß.For sale by the King Publishing companyof San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The World's Congress of Representa-tive Women ia tbe title ot tbe only com-plete and authorized report of that veryremarkable gathering held ia Chicago.The meetings were held under the auapicea of the World's Congress auxiliary,and they surpassed in interest and valueeven tbe expectations of their organiz-ers. Prominent women from all partsof the world, representing tbe bestachievements of their sex in everybranoh of educational, aocial and reli-gious work, took part. The story ofwhat was done in this remarkable as-sembly has been told in two handsomevolumes, profusely illustrated, andedited by Mrs. May Wright Bewail,chairman of ths eomraittes on organiza-tion for the congress.
Some idea of the broad soope and in-tention of the congress can be bad bymentioning a few of the speakers andtbe subject! they discussed.
The Kindergarten as an EluoatlonalAgency aud Its Relation to ManualTraining, by Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper oiSan Franciaoo, oannet fail to aroaie inthe mind ot every thoughtful parentaome solution for the oft repeated cry,
\u25a0What shall we do with our boya andgirlB?"
Practical ideas were also presented byMrs. Kate Tupper Galpin, Mrs. CarolineM. Severance and Rev. Mila FrancesTupper of California. Under Scienceand Religion the masterly essays showstbat women will lond large aid to bridgethe chasm too long assumed to existbetween science and religion.
In Moral and Sooial Reform the paperspresented by Julia Ward Howe. Eliza-beth Cady Stanton and Mary H. Huntare forcible and oonviucing. While thepaper of Helen H. Gardner, of MewYork, on The Double Standard of Mor-als, ia alone worth the cost of the book,and should be read by all.
From a Dopular standpoint Ihe workbaa been made very attractive by full-page portraits of the moat prominentwomen who took part in tbe congress,with smaller pictures of over 150 partici-pants. The volumes are printed onextra fine book paper and substantiallybound.
A DAMAGED PHYSICIAN.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLESUED FOR LIBEL.
Dr. Hearne or Baa Dii|o Alleges ThatHU Reputation Was Injured to
the Kxtant or «100,000.
Sam Disqo, Cal., Jan. 26.?Bait wasinstituted in tbe superior court ol thiscounty today by Dr. J. 0. Hearne ofthis city against M. H. de Young, pro-prietor, and J. F. Blunt, local corres-pondent of tbe San Francisco Chronicle,on the charge of libel, alleged to havebeen committed on August 25th last,damages being asked in the earn of$100,000.
The artiole with reapeet to which thecomplaint is made referred to tbe di-vorce of Dr. and Mrs. Hearne and totheir antecedents, and the demand fordamages is baaed on an allegation thatthe matter published waa equivalent tocharge that Hearne had been a party toan accessory to tbe murder of one A. J.Stillwell, tbe former huaband of Mrs.Hearne, at Hannibal, Mo., six yearsago.
Stillwell was a wealthy pork packer,whose mysterious murder has been asubject of continued inquiry by success-ive grand juries of Hannibal. Mrs.Stlllwell was married to Hearne withina year afterward and was divoroed inAugust last in this oonnty. Her subse-quent remarriage to Dr. Hearne stillfurther complicated this remarkablecase. Blunt, one of the partiea defend-ant, is editor of the San Diego Union ofthis city.
POLITICALThe official vote for governor of Texas,
counted in jointsession of the legislature, wasreported as follows: Culbeison, Democrat,207,107; Nugent, Populist, 152,731: W. K.Mauemson, Republican, 51,520; Schmidt, LilyWhile Republican, 502'J; Dunn, rrohibitionist,2196; scattering, 107(5. The Democratic can-didate was in a minority by 5382 votes.
The Memphis Avalanche, Democrat, declaresthat the Caldwell bill, providing for au inves-tigation of the election in Tennessee before thecounting of the official vote, which has beenIntroduced in the legislature, is "an instru-ment in the hands of a legislative majority forcounting out and swindling the man who waselected on the face of the returns."
"One of the most hopeful features of the agi-tation forreform in the consular service is thegrowth of public interest in the question," saystho Cincinnati Tribune, Republican; "andthere is no doubt that the business men of ourcountry are beginning to realize what a disad-vantage they are at in the struggle for theconquest of the markets of the world, whileour consular service is conducted on its pres-ent basis."
No address was delivered by Joshua 11. Mar-vll on tho occasion ol his inauguration asgovernor o[ Delaware. A Philadelphia Recordcorrespondent says: "Governor Marvll is un-able to read, or even to write, turthor than to
traco the lines necessary to mechanically formhis name. The address will be submittedlater to the two bouses of the general assem-bly, alter tho manner of an executive mes-sage."
Tho St. Paul Plonoar Press (Rep.) pays thefollowing tribute to Senator Carey, who hasbeen repudiated by the Wyoming legislature
because ho dared to vote for honest money Inthe senate, and would not buy a renomlnatlonby sacrificing his principles: "Senator Careyhas honor d the Republican party by hiscourse in public life, as he honors manhoodby the reason ot his departure from it. TheRepublican party should avail itself ot thefirst chance to honor him. ""ItIs mortifying, but not Inexplicable, that
there should be talk among Republican legis-lators at Albanyo! squelching the Lexow In-vestigation," says the Buffalo Express, Repub-lican, which adls: "The practical politiciansmust be given to understand that the Repub-lican party is pledgod, not only to reform thegovernment of New York, but to punishevery man who has been responsible (or mak-ing it a sink of corruption To that end everydepartment must be turned Inside out, and thepower of removal must be put into the handsof Mayor Strong."
The Boston chamber of commerce yesterdayadopted the following resolution: "That the
,v i" he * ' 1"-
quested to extend tho civilservice rules to theconsular servlre, and request congressto adopt without delay Biich legislationas will Improve this Important branch ofour national service, and place the interests ofthis country, aB they are represented abroadin our consular service, on a sound business
basis, and that there Bhall be thoroughlyeliminated from appointments to the consularservice tho consideration of reward for politi-
cal services".
STATISTICS OF HUKDBft.
Also or liynchiosß «n<t Kxeoattons.Appalling Mnrdtr Roll.
In the matter of record kooplng the Chicago
Tribune leads all tho newspapers. Its sum-mary ol the events of last year covers practi-callythe wholo Held of human activity. Al-ready allusion has beeu made to its account of
embezzlements. Its story of the murders, sui-cides and lynching* is not less interesting andinstructive. According to tho Tribune figures,
there was a great increase in murders during
1894. Ihe total was 9SOO, against 8615 ior1893, 0701 In 189-2, aud 5906 In 1891. Thecauses assigned for these crimes are thus tab-ulated :Quarrels 4536 lli'hw'ym'nklll'd 204Unknown 1856 Strikes 179Jealousy 812 Insanity 126Liquor 776 Kelf-defonse 99By highwaymen... 525 Outrage 49Infanticide 340 Riots 25Resisting arreit... 273
These figures show that 1894 was a year ofbad blood as well as of bad business. Possiblythe great increase was due in part to the smallchance which the murderer stands of losinghis lifeas the penalty for his crime. The legal
executions during the year were only 132. orsix more than for the previous year. Alabamaled with 13 executions and Texas and Missouri
executions occurred in the north and 1)1 in thesouth. In some slates capital punishment isnot permitted, and that fact may account inpart for the comparatively small showing forjustica. As the matter stands at present themurderer lius about one chance in 74 of beinghanged or electrocuted, while each person inthe country has one chance in 0,033 of beingmurdered.
The record shows that lynchings during theyear were 190, or nearly 50 per cent more thanthe legal executions. The list of victims include134 negroes and 58 white persons, Tho aouthis responsible for TOO of those crimes, and the
north for 24. Georgia heads the list with 20,Mississippi is credited with 10 and Tennesseeand Alabuma with 15 each. Bad as is thisshowing, it was exceeded by 10 in 1893.
Suicides also show an lucrease, the total be-ing 4912, against 4430 for 1893 and 33U0 for1892. They are classified according to allegedcauses thus:Despondency 1999 111 health 270Unknown 1310 Domestic infelic-Insano 457 lty 241Liquor 281 Disup'oint'd love 232
Business loties.. 122The means employed included: Pistols,
1729; poisons, 1504; hanging, 720; drowning,373; throat cutting, 347; starvation, 5. anddynamite, 4. Despondency takes the leadamong the causes, but doubtless many classedunder that head really belong in some of theotherdivisions, other causes giving rise to thedespondent condition which prompted theself-murder.
Any number of conclusions might bo drawnfrom these statistics, and without doubt Ihey
will be made the basis of many th eories andsuggestions as to remedies. The first and most
reasonable conclusion is that in order to reducethe number of murders the chances for ade-quate punishment iswt be increased.
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A'tUE DKBS 4JA3JL,,
A Jut? Secured and the Opanlaa; State*menu Mnri*.
Chic Ann, Tan. 20.-Twelve jurors in thsj
Debs conspiracy trial were sworn in today*Thomas G. Mib lniM, special counsel for goveminent, in his opening speech claimed th*government would prove a conspiracy amongthe ofllcersof tho American Railway Union.
For the defense Harrow contended that Ifthere had been any conspiracy itwas by theGeneral Managers' association, the "onlybodyof men in the world that sympathizes with Mr.l'ullman."
NO QUORUM.
Only Fifteen Sana-tors Remained Ist \u25a0««.ramentn.
Sacramento, Jan. 20.?But 17 members were,present when the senate was called to orderthis morning. There being no quorum. SenatorFord in the chair, declared the senate ad-journed until 11 o'clock Monday morning. Attbat hour.aUhough all the desks and furniturewill have been removed from tha chamber inpreparation for the inaugural ball,the senators)remaining in the city will gather in the ehana*ber and adjourn until Tuesday at 11 o'clock.
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