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FARN COVENANT LODGE, NO. 25,1, 0. @:. 1 ‘Hope, ant ive dramasic ui Runrical enionalisient ce Avente Wall Lo dwenty= 15 cents. The proceeds of the ren to '& family who have passed through -deep affliction by une loss of husbandand son, Be CUMBERLIDGE, W. Secretary. W, A. SAUNDERS, W.C.T. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1890. Fs Iris thought that the prohibitory amend- Ment to the Kansas Constitution has been adopted by a majority of 20,000. —————e ‘THERE was a heavy snow-storm in parts of Texas yesterday, followed by a severo frost One man, A. M. Bone, was found frozen to death about five miles from Fort Worth. Aw east-bound passenger train on the Texas Pacific Railway was wrecked near Lake Fort, Tex., Friday night, and Fred Kirk, a stock agent, was killed, three men were seriously in- jured, and fifteen slightly. The wreck was caused by broken rail. ~ 3 — A RECOUNT of the votes in the Fourth Mas- eachusetts District shows that Morse, Democrat, is undoubtedly elected to Congress by a majority of 115. The Massachusetts delegation in the next Congress will stand as it docs now,—ten Republicans ana one Democrat. ¥ .A TxpHooN recently passed over. Japan - which did considerabie damage to persons and property. In the district of Tokio alone over 1,000 residences were completely demolished, and over 100 fishermen lost their lives by being washed overboard in Tokio Bay during the storm. A Jaranrss steamer which xeturned from the Arctic Season the 12th of October re- ports a whaler recently arrived at Petro Paul- owski, 8 Russian port, which auoounces that the Jeannette and other whalers with all hands are Tost, having been crushed to pieces by the float- ing ico, 3 Grr. GARFIELD’s plurality in New Hamp- shire, with three towns to hear from, is 4,160. New Hampshire was claimed by the Democrats, and-the Republicans admitted that it was a doubtful State. A majority of 4,15) and a solid Republican delegation in the next Congress is not very-bad for a doubtful State. Tne trial of several noted Russian Nibil- ists, Including those charged with having planned the explosion on the Moscow Railroad and the bipwing-up of the Czar's winter palace at St. Petersburg, and those who have at various times conspired against the life of the Czzr, commenced at St. Petersburg yesterday before a military court. Iy a recen‘zencounter between the Basutos and the Colonial troeps, tho Iatter svem to bave hud the worst of it. They were obliged to re- treat. with the loss of five men. The Basutos were 5,000 strong: The rebellion seems to be extending to all the South African tribes, and in order to cope with it the colonists are calling far targe reinforcements. Mr. Janurs Russet Lower, the well- known American poct, and tho American Min- tater to England, delivered the opening lecture of the winter Session of the Edinburg Philo- sophical Socicty Friday evening. His subject was “Shekspeare.” Mr. Lowell is one of the “literary fellers” who creditably represents the United States abroad. Tuer pedestrian contest for the Astley belt was brought toa close at 10:40 p. m. yesterday. The scor then stood: Rowell, 566; Littlewood, 430; and Dobler, 450. During the jast three days of the contest Dobler suffered greatly from lame- ness. Howell's record is the best ever made. \ The door receipts show a remarkable. falling off from the door receipts of previous contests, being only about $6,000. = A FREIGHT-TRAIN and a gravel-train ran into each other between St. Paul and Min- neapolis on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Road yesterday morning. Tho cullision resuited in the death of three men and the bruising and scalding of two others, The accident is suid to De the result of malice on the part of Conductor * McClintock, of the gravel-train. He had orders to hold his train on the side-track tll the freight-train passed. He either forgot the orders, or purposely and maliciously diso- beyed them. The accident occurred at a sharp curve in the road. ‘The persons who were killed are George Torranzee, enginéer of the gravel- train; Clay Ross, englneer of the freight train; and Zeph Hangcomb, a fireman. . Mike Flood, the other fireman, received serious but nbt fatal ‘Injuries. -McCtintock, the conductor to whose malice the accident is attributed, has fled, and bas not yet been discovered. ——_— Eart Roseprny was elected’ Lord-Rec- tor of Bdinburg University yesterday, defeating Str Robert Christson, the Conservative candi- date, Lord Rosebery isa Liberat of the aa- vanced school, and ig a warm personal friend of Mr. Gladstone. Ale is a liberal patron of the arts and cdueation, and is something of a sportsman aswell. He acquired great wealth thryugh bis murriace with.an heiress of the Rothschild family. = fi NEGOTIATIONS between Germany and the Vatican will soon be reopened. Cardinal Jacob- inthas left Rome for Munich, Bavaria, where he will consult with Mgr. Roncetti as to the best course to adopt in order to bring the negotia- tions toa successful vonciusion. On account of the recent split-between the Clericais and Con- servativesin the Prussian Landtag, the Cardi- nal-Nuncio bas a rather delicate task before him. Mrxxgsota’s majority for Gen. Garfield is 35,$18, The Congressional delegation is solidly Republican, being a gain of one. Congressman Dunnell’s majority in the First District is 8,531; Mr. Strait’s majority over Pochler, Democrat, the present Representative, is 5,505. Congress- man Washburn is re@lected by a majority of 9,635. Even Ignatius Dounnelly would not have the cheek to contest the scat of a member elected by such a majorit Gen, Washburn's. Tue Milwaukee & St. Paul Rallroad Com- pany have purchased from the Spotted ‘fail and Red Cloud Indians the right-of-way through their territories a distance of 180 miles from the Mmouth of the American Crow Creek to the Cheyenne River. The way will be 200 feet wide, and the Company pays $110 per mile, and $4 per acre for station ground, and $5 per acre fora town site on the Rivér. Tiere now remains no doubt that John D. White, Hepublican candidate for Congress from the Ninth Kentucky ‘District, is elected over his Democratic opponent, tne present Hep- resentative, Congressman Turner. The Ken- tucky delegation in the next Congress then will stand, 9 Democrats, 1 Republican. The Dem- ocratic majority In the State is 22,000 less than it was in 1816. The world moves. - Even the State of Henry Watterson and Carter Harrison shows signs of progress. * Two YEARS ago Cangressman Ben Wilson, of West Virginia, was clected to Congress over his Republican competitor by 3,400 votes. This year the contest between him and Mr. Hutchin- son, the Republican candidate, is exceedingly close. The Democrats claim Wileon’s election by @ majority, but with a fair election and an honest count there is no doubt that Mr. Hutch- inson is entitied to a seat, although he may not getit until the Election Committee of Congress has passed on his claim. Mayor Kattocn, of San Francisco, was arrested yesterday on anu indictment found against him by the Grand Jury charging him with a Violation of. the law in hiring men to do work on the new City-Hal! by the day instead of by contract, as the statutes provide. Kalloch violated the law through pure demagogy, and in order to please the Kenrneyites, who do not like the contract system. There are not somany chances for loafers nna political dendbexts under that system as ‘there are by the day system. 2 Mr. Jonn T. Gorvon, a carriage mann- facturer at Quincy, Mass., was shot bya bur- glar who entered his house early yestorday morning. Mr. Gordon was awakened by a Boise in the adjacent room, and went to investl- gate. Ho came upon the burgtur, and grappled with him, throwing him to the tluor, In the struggle the scoundre! discharged bis revolver, fatally -wounding Mr.Gordon. He then mude bis escape. As it was dark, Mr. Gordon could not describe the murderer, and the police have | not the least information which may lead to his arrest: : Srxce the election there has been consider- able increased activity in the fron trade of the country. ATxincNE representative called on several Pittsburg iron merchants yesterday, and was told that, although prices had not advanced, the demand for the metal at present prices bad largely increased. Several merchants said that they had to decline orders. it is confidently predicted that the prices will be malatained. The-inereased activity is attributed to the confidence which exists in business cir- cles on account of the success of the Republio- ans in Tuesduy’s electi Lorp Coriw Camppe.s, M. P., son of the Duke of Argyll and brother to the Marquis of Lorne, will soon marry an heiress, Miss Blood. The young lady's futher owns extensive estates in Clare, Ireland, and the young Highlander will become possessed of it all on the death of the old man. To become the sister-in-law of a Princess of the blood Royul is esteemed no smal honor by Irish beiresses, and no doubt many of them envy Miss Blood her happy lot. ‘What the fecling of the Irish aspirants for the Jady’s hand, and her lands as well,is may be imagined: but not described. They may join the Land League.. Epwix Boorm made his first appearance in London before a large, fushionable, and se- verely critical audience in the Princess Theatre Inst night as Hamict, and was enthusiastically recelved. His acting inthe ghost ‘scene was rapturously applauded, and evoked many com- plimentary expressions. He was called before the curtain at the end of the first act, twice after the second act, and again after the third act. At the conclusion the enthusissm was unbound- ed, and Sir: Gooch, the lessee of the theatre, bad to appear before tho curtain and return thanks on the part of Mr. Booth. Bonoians were discovered in the Withnell House, Omaha, yesterday morning, and it was thought that all made their exit when the-alarm was given. A policeman and a reporter of the Omaha Herald went soon after to investigate. Thoy came upon one of the burglars who had secreted himself in a part of. the building. He turned on them and attempted to shoot the Policeman, but tho revolver missed fire. The ollicer,and reporter were afrald to grapple with him, however, and he drove them fefore him, and made his escape. No such occurrence could hbuve taken place in Chicago, where the police- men ere brave, and the reporters braver. ne Kansas does noc mean that the impression should go abroad that it is less devoted to Re- publican principles and to.the Republican party than Jowa or Michigan. Some days ago it was claimed that a Michigan Congressional district gave a‘larger majority toGen. Garfietd than any other district in the Union. This statement was disputed by the Republicans of the Fourth Iowa District, who claimed the. honor for their dis- trict, it having given 10,000. majority for Gen, Garticld, and now comes the Republicans of the First Kansas District, which gave 20,000 majority toGartleld, and they claim that their district dene. banner ltepublican district of the country. ext = Tu steamer i:hode Island, of the.Provi- dence Line, went ashore at Beaver: Point, Nar- ragausett Bay, cerly yesterday morning. The steamer was so badly damaged it is believe it willbe dtotal loss. None of the passengers were lost, though many of them -were badly Scared, and several suffered bruises in the con- fusion. A dense fog prevailed at the time the vessel went ashore. The officers behaved ad- mirably, and itis probably owing to their cool- ness dnd presence of mind thut all the passen- gerswere saved. The steamer belongs to the same company which owned the Stonington and Narragansett, and was valued at $500,000. It ‘was On its last trip for the sexson. A REVOLTING tragedy was enacted in Loudon County, Virginia, Friday. Merrill Nott, asmail farmer of that place, quarreled with his wife. His sister-in-law took the wife's part, which g0 enraged Nott that he went into his barn, where he obtained a large knife, with which he made a savage attack on the sister-in- ‘law, inflicting wounds which be seemed to think were fatal. He then took down his gun, fired its contents into the. air,. coolly reloaded it, and placed it under his own chin, and fired. The shot blew away the lower part of his face, tear- mg away the tongue, but it did not prove in- stantly fatal, While lying ina pool of blood he noticed that his sister-in-law began to show ‘igns of Iife,and with demontac purpose he dragged himself towards the prostrate body, litted a large stone, and allowed it to fall on her head. He was about to repeat the fiendish act, when his wife came on the scene. She wrenched the stone from him, and usedit on bis own head, quickly dispatching him. THesister-in-law died a few minutes after. a Gov. Joun Pore HeNNESSEY, who is said to be the original of Anthony Trollope’s Phineas Finn, is making a vigorous effort to suppress slavery in Hong Kong. Throug his exertions two Chinamen, who made efforts to sell o womun, were brought before the Chiof-Justico recently and sentenced to two years’ imprison- ment with hard labor, and two others who wero trying to sell five boys were sontenced to seven years’ imprisonment. " Gov. Hennessey hag much to contend with in his crusade against sinvery, a8 many of the English ‘residents aro interested in the trade, and try to thwart him by evory means in their power. Up tothe present, however, he has been aggressive and successful, _————— Mn. McPrrenson, Secretary of the Repub- lican Congressional Committee, estimates the c@uplexion of the next Congress ns 148 Repub- licans, 137 Democrats, 5 Greenbackers, and 3 Independent Democrats or Readjusters. This would give the Republicans 2 clear majority of 8 over the combined opposition, but the Rev. Hyatt Smith, who is classed by Mr. McPherson asa Greenbacker, has already stated that he is a Republican, and will go into caucus with the Republicans, and the three Missouri Greenbuck- ers, who were clected by the aid of Republican votes, will probably act with the Repub- licans, as wilt Mr. Bruon, the Penneylvanla Greenbacker. There isno doubt that the Re- publicans will have the orgauization of the. House, and that many of the Democrats who have been counted in by the partisan Demo- cratic election judges in the South will be un- sented early in the first session of the mew Con- gress, — Frank McDonoucu, one of the counsel who defended O'Connell, Father Kenyon, and others when thoy wore tried for gedition and conspiracy, has been retained as one of the counsel of the Lund League. McDonough is very old now, but secms to have fost none of his Jegul acumen. He bas beon engaged in nearly every important case in‘Ireland for forty years. ‘The lust cause celebrein which he was engaged was the Bagott will case. The other counsel for the defense are A. M. Sullivan, M. P., J.J. Lou- den, aud W. D. Andrews. The Crown hus a great array of legul talent, headed by Serjeants Heron and Sherlock, both of whom were agitators in favor of landvlaw reform before they became Crown lawyers. As the Leaguers are about to place Messrs. Gladstone, Bright, and. Forster on to wituess-stana to prove that these distin- guished gentlemen have made speeches quite as intlammatory as Mr. Parnell and his fellows, it fs not unlikely thut’ the counsel for the Leaguers will put Mr. Heron on the stand. It would be quite interesting to hear him explain his inflammatory harangues on the Tipperary bustings iu 1871 ‘and 187, when he appeared dressed ina green cout and displayed several National embloms. Mr. Sherlock was a Home- Ruler in the last Parliament; but, not showing .| much activity, he was dropped at the suggestion of Mr. Parnell at the general election. The stock in trade of the two gentlemen for several years bas been their patriotism and their “de- votion to the Sovereign Pontiff.” In fact, they are relics of the well-known Irish party whom the pensantry have named derisively tho “ Pope's Brass Band.’ REDISTRICTING THE CITY. The Judiciary Committee of the Council will recommend to-nurrow night the ap- pointment of a Special Committee to con- sider the redistricting of the city by. wards. It has been Wisely suggested that this matter be deferred until after the meeting of the Legistature. The number of wards in Chi- cago is now limited by law to eighteen, and any present effort at redistricting must be made upon that basis. It is .proposed, how- ever, to petition the Legislature to authorize a larger number of wards for Chicago.—at least twenty-four or twenty-five., There is reason to believe that such a movement will encounter no serious opposition, as the enor- mous growth of this, city warrants the pro- posed increase. In that case it will bea waste of time to redistrict the city now, and then do it all over again in a few months, ‘There are sone excellent reasons why a city as large as Chicago should contain more than eighteen wards, It is already certain that Cook County will gain three Senators in the new State apportionment and one more member of Congress in the new Congression- , alapportionment. It will be an extremely dificult task to divide up the ten Senatorial districts fairly without ignoring ward boun- darics if there shall be only eighteen wards. ‘To disregard ward boundaries and provide that a portion of the inhabitants of any one ward shall vote in one Congressional or Sen- atorial district and the remainder of the cit- izens in the same ward in another district will create great confusion at elections and vossibly facilitate fraud. It is better, on this account, that the wards should be made safii- ciently numerous to have the State polit- ical subdivisions correspond with those of the city. If the various interests of the city required eighteen wards when there were 300,000 or 350,000 people, then it is obvious that there should be more wards ‘for half a million people. ‘There is. also a well-grounded -impression that there is a‘greater public safety in a Coun- cil made up of forty-eight or fifty members than in a body of only thirty-six Aldermen. It will be more diflicult in the former case to secure the'requisit majority for private jobs or measures of doubtful expediency. All these reasons for an increase in the number of wards will probably induce the Legisla- ture to take carly action upon the proposi- tion. ‘The Legislature meets with the beginnmg of the new year. It will likely agree at once toaninerease in the number of Chicago wards, and in that case there will be amole time to redistrict the city for the spring elec- tion, and liketvise conform to the exigencies ofthe new State apportionment. The task will-thus be simplified, and the result will give greater satisfaction than can any at- tempt at redistricting which could be made now. — EEE eee THE NEW OPERA-HOUSE PROJECT. The movement to supply Chicago with a new Opera-House, which has been, broached SO many times since the fire, has at Jast taken practical shape by the formal incorporation of a company for that purpose, in which Mr. J. 1. MeVicker, Mr. S. P. Farrington, Mr. John C. Cochrane, and Mr. D. W. Kimbark appear-as among the original projectors. At the annual meeting of .the Academy of Design, which was held n few evenings sincé, the subject 'was discussed in an informal way and several valuable suggestions were made, while the enthusiastic manner in it is in the hands of men who aredetermined to push it through. Many substantial reasons can be adduced why such an enterprise should commend it- self to the community. Opera pure and sim- ple is unquestionably.an exotic luxury, and it could be presented, as if has been during the’ past ten years, at the various theatres, with due attention to all its requirements and with comfort to audiences;. but this scheme covers a wider area., In the first place, it is to be combined with businéss, for it must assume more or less of a commercial character in order to make it pay a decent in- terest on the investment. In the second place, it is also to afford a home for the Acad- emy of Design and the opportunity for & permanent gallery of paintings, which does not now exist, however discredit- able it maybe to the city. In thd third Place, it is to be made a musical centre, with appointments that shall attract musicians and exert a general influence, in greater or which the project was received indicates that | ress in the city, besides supplying a hand- some and conyentent place for the presenta- tion of operas. The importance of such a project may-be realized by a seference to the past. The five best years of music Chicago has ever enjoyed were from 1865 to 1870, and they dated from the erection of the Crosby Opera-House. ‘The building of that elegant house gave s healthy and solid impulse to our musical growth. Itwas # building of which the clty was proud. It called here the best artists in the world, and troupes the like of which have not been. seen here since, It, made home for musicians, and artists as well. It gave the city a musical reputation abroad. That Chicago has not recovered her tormer position is not remarkable. Sinco - the fire the energies of our people have been devoted to replacing homes and places of business, retstablishing industries, and restoring ma- terial values. Music and art had td wait, be- cause they were not necessities. That work, however, has been substantially accom- plished, and in an industrial and commercial sense the city has never been more prosper- ous than now. It is, therefore, an opportune time to canvass the erection of an opera- house. People have time enough to devote to its consideration, and money enough to invest in it, if itis onty presented to them in such a way that they can be convinced it is a desirable investment; and there is: little doubt that they will look upon it favorably. The success of the Cen- tral Music-Hall, not only as a musical but asa business Investment, fs an illustration of what the’ success of the Opera-House will be if.it is erected on sound busiyess principles. ite As to the details of the construction, that #& a matter for future consideration, and they should not be hastily adopted. It is only. necessary now to urge that money should not be recklesly squandered upon the exterior. Outward display is not so essential as.inward convenience, per- fect safety, and the best possible ven- tilation and acoustic effects, so far as the auditorium is concerned. »Mr. MeVicker, in the discussion of the sub- ject at the meeting referred to, threw out an excellent suggestion, to the effect that the only successful side of art was the one on which the dollar Jaid, and that the capital should not be entirely exhausted in con- structing the house, but that there should be an equal amount held asa reserve fund for emergencies, and for encouraging the study of music and art. As Now York is to havea new opera-house immediately, the plans of that ‘company, deserve consideration. The Secretary, in a recent interview, stated their general ideas as follows: ‘The wish of the Directors was to have a build- ing which should be in every way perfect. It was not intended to bg as to its external appear- ance a feature of the®ity, and more particular attention was accordingly to bo. given to the In- terior. The abomination of proscenium-boxes was to bo abolished. They interfere with an artistic effect within the house, and ‘lead tono end of wrangles as for precedence among stock- holders. The house was to be as large us it is possible tohave {ft and yet have the acoustic and seeing qualitios preserved. It wis to be tire-proof in every possible respect. It was to be well equipped with a roomy stage and ample dressing und property roums, The foyers, crusb- rooms, bat and retiring rooms were wo be suf- ficient in number and convenience to meet the demands of the crowds at 2 populdr ball, Recognizing the importance of the subject, and the great influence which the new house will have upon musical eniture in our midst, itshould favorably commend Itself to our wealthy citizens and to all who are interested in the growth of music and art in our midst. It is not creditable to us that Chicago alone, of all the important cities in this country, has neither an opera-house nor an art-gallery. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND POLYGAMY. The recent ses§ion of the Protestant Epis- copal Convention was held in New York during the most exciting period of the po! ical campaign, and did not therefore att that general attention which its importance merited. There were several subjects dis- cussed, however, which ought not to be lost sight of, and one of these was polygamy,— the most disgraceful blot Icft upon our Na- tional escutcheon since the ‘extinction of slavery. The resolution, which was passed, while temperate in its tone, was dignified and firm, and ought to commend itself to the attention of the country, not only becau: polygamy is an evil in itself, but because ii continues to be practiced in defiance of the act.of Congress forbidding it, under very se- rious penalties, and of the decision. of the Supreme Court aflirming theconstitutionality of the law. The resolution provided “that while there are peculiar difficulties in theexe- cution of this law, owing to religious fanati- cism, doubtless oftentimes sincere, by which the institution of polygamy is upheld, and especially to the ‘fact ‘that the interests of tany innocent persons are unhappily in- volved, it is still the duty of every Christian and citizen of this land to use his influence inaid of the United States Government in bringing about as speedily as possible a merciful but firm enforcement of the law in regard to polygamy or bigamy in the terri- tory of the United States.” The Episcopal Convention has done a timely service in recalling the attention of the people of this country to this great evil, and to the defiance of the National. statutes offered with impunity by the: Mormons, be- cate there has been no time in the his- tory of the Mormon Church when it has made more desperate efforts as @ propaganda, both in this country and abroad. The Mormon agents are quietly bet busily at work in the Territories of this’ country, in Great Britain, and in many of the States of. Northern Europe, and are making many converts among the igno- rant and superstitious, to whom the Mormon doctrines seem to appeal with a strong fasci- nation. W. P. Letchworth, a New York gentleman who has been investigating Eu- ropean systems of charity, in the course of his. mission several times encountered the Mormon agents, who were very successful in securing recruits. He writes that he met them in various places, and that while he was in Copenhagen, in August last, he saw -800 converts embark on a steamer for Hull, en route to this country, nearly all of them from Sweden. They appeared to be respecta- ble but very simple’and superstitious peo- ple, and they were huddled together on the steamer very much as coolies are. Ile also observed the saine thing in some parts of Great Britain, and in no part of Europe was there any opposition to the ‘emigration, except th Germany, where thé authorities had peremptorily or dered the Mormon agents to leave the coun- try, He writes: Mormon agent, who wascarrying on his work in Prussia, telegraphed from Kiel to the American Consul at Hamburg that he had been ordered to leave the country forthwith, and asked protection as an American citizen. The matter having been referred to Minister’ White at Berlin, it was by his direction in- vestigated, but he wisely decided not to in- terfere.”! It will be seen that the resolution of the Convention is in no sense premature or ill- considered. While it is entirely free from any taint of fanaticism and is couched in very moderate terins, it is none the less vital- ly important in its suggestions, and deserv- ing of serious and practical consideratfon. Every good citizen should respond to the ap- peal, and should call upon the Government to enforce its laws, and enforce them immedi- ately, before Mormonism takes such root -his improvements is recognized 2s a sulablo “On the 2d of August, a. | less degree, upon musical culture and progibegliat it will bea diffientt matter to extirpate the evil. It is an. evil which is as foreign to the spirit of our institufions as ever slavery was, and from a: moral point of view is in- finitly worse. It is not wise to wait for that Indefinit time when -the progress of civiliza- tion will confront it and its: removal will be a necessity, for by that time. It will be so grounded that !t can only be swept away at great cost. Thetime to remove it is now, and the existence of laws forbidding it is suf- ficient reason, without any other, why the curse should be wiped out without further delay. “ THOSE SPECIAL POLICEMEN. The Common Council meets to-morrow evening for the first time since the election. The conduct on election-day of the city of- ficers, who are responsible to the Council, will naturally come up for. discussion. The unprecedented and extraordinary partisan at- titude taken by Mayor Harrison has excited so much public comment that the Council can scarcely pass the matter over in silence. It will be pertinent, at the least, to inquire into the authority assumed by the Mayor for the appointment of a vast horde of “special policemen.” TE Trosune has searched the statutes and ordinances in vain for a clause that gives the semblance of authority for the exercise of such a power by the Mayor. Verhaps the Mayar’s legal advisers may be more fortunate in asimilar search, or - ingenious enough to give the law a meaning which it does not convey to thé mind of an ordinary person. In that case, it will be in order for the Council to inquire into the character of the men who were appointed to act as special policemen, into the propriety of the instructions which Mr. Harrison gave them, and into their conduct on election-day, for which the Mayor made himself responsi- ble by his selections and his instructions. If the Mayor has not under existing laws the right to appoint special policemen by the hundreds, then it is plainly the auty ofthe Council to pass a resolution of censure upon that act of usurpation, even if the matter be carried:-no further. If it be found that‘any ingenious construction of the charter and ordinances warranted the Mayor to appoint an unlimited. nuinber o£ special policemen without the consent of the Council, then it will be proper to inquire whether this power was exerxed with fairness and discretion; if not, it-will be the duty of the Council to provide against similar misuse of authority in the future, by the passage of an ordinance explicitly reserving to the Councilin all cases the controi of the police affairs, which the charter clearly gives that body. . There is another point in the case. If Carter Harrison’s special policemen were ap- pointed without authority, then they ought not tobe paid one dollar out of the City Treasury, but Harrison should pay them out of his own pocket. If they were, as a rule, men of questionable character, and as- sumed to do things outside the function of the police, then not one dollar. should be voted to them. If these appoint- ments were made and accepted in the ab. sence of an appropriation covering their pay, then no part of the’city money now on hand should be diverted to theircompensation. It was political service that was expected from these special policemen, and no other was rendered; conséquently Mr. Ilarrison should see that they are paid out of the party-funds he was managing, and not out of the city funds he was neglecting, during the cam- paign. If neither the Democratic party nor Mr. Harrison, as its campaign manager, will pay these Democratic party strikers, then they certainly have no claim upon the money which the taxpayers have contributed. for municipal purposes, and the people wifl ex- pect the Council to see that no part of the public money.be-used to recompense them for their party services. THE IRISH LAND TROUBLES. That there should: be trouble in Ireland is by no means anew story. There has been no time within the memory of several gen- erations when there was not 3 piteous appeal on the one side,—a rough, if not cruel response on the other; a strong provocation given to “ outrage,” and a severe and bloody punish- ment of the outrage thus invited. The partial famine in Ireland and three successive short crops in England brought prominently before the English people the question of Irish land tenures, and obtained for the question a discussion not often grant- edin Engiand to any matter of Irish politics. Hitherto the Irish complaint touching the rent of their lands“has been treated with contempt in England; but the English ten- ant, as well as the English landlord, has had his own season of distress, and has there- fore been compelled to understand the Irish case, The New York Nation, a paper by no means overfriendly to the Irish, thus clearly states the present situation: It seems to have been at last made clear that the fuct that the English. landlord makes all the improvements on a farm before letting it, and keeps the fences and buildings in ‘repair, while the Irish | landlord does nothing but furnish the land, congtitutes a very marked difference between the land sys- tems of the to countries. It hus atso been es- tablished by ull but conclusive evidence that it is customary, or atall events very common, for Irish landlords to raise their rents on agcount of improvements made by the tenant, in’a manner which amounts to confiscation of the tennnt’s property; also that in’ all those districts and on thuse estates in which the tenant's property in interest, under the name of “ tenant right” or good-will, the utmost content and good fecling between iandlord and tenant prevail,-and there is pow no disturbance. ‘The Land League in Ireland has assumed the character of a tenants-union, in which those who lease lands unite and -resolye to J stand by each other-to compel a nioditication of the land system, These men propose to pay no longer any excessive rates of rent; in case a tenant is evicted, without being paid for the improvements placed on the land, no other tenant shall hire that Jend, which must thereupon remain unoccupied and protitless to the owner. The tenant evicted under such circumstances must be taken care of by the public, but the landlord loses the revenue from theland. Independ- ent of all questions connected: with the own- ership of the soil, the grievances touching the estates of tenants may be thus summed up: ‘The denial to five-sixths of the tenants of compensation to them for any improvements in the way of buildings, drainage, or any other form of betterments placed by them on the land; the enforcement of arbitrary rules by landlords which prescribe to tenants how they shall live, how many persons shall reside on the land, how their families shall be divided; the regulations of a social char- acter enforced as conditions of the lease which-reduce the tendnts to the condition of serfs. . A nobleman—a large proprietor of. Lrish lands in Wexford County—has recently pub- lished the system which has been iv force on his estates for sixty years. This system recognizes the independence of the tenant so Jong as he pays his rent. He finds ample compensation for the surrender of the ordi- naly landlord despotism in the peace, con- tent, and general prosperity among the occupants of his estate. An ejectment for non-payment of rent seldom occurs, but even then the tenant is allowed to sell his interest in the lease and in his property. Among. other things complained of is, of course, the rate of rent asked. A man who farms well is instantly charged a higher rate; his skill, thrift, and industry are at once made the pretext of extorting higher rent; so uni- versal is this rule that poor farming is en- forced to'avold the penalty of doing better. \ “rental value of lands. Against all these grievances there have been vigorous complaints for years, hut untit now ‘they have hardly listened to with the Jeast attention. . : The British people have acquired the be- lief that the Irish are an inferior race, and that they are enemies only to be restrained by force. The non-resident owners of the Irish lands always encourage this belief, and thus military force to subdue the Irish is the unvarying remedy of the landlords and the mpst popular policy in the-opinion of the English people. The Irish are an impulsive people, and under the resentment produced by centuries of enforced poverty, cruelty, and of con- temptuous treatment of all appeals for justice the tendency to revenge upon the more conspicuous of their oppressors has always existed. “QOutrages” against life and property by 6 starving, suffering people are publicly ehcouraged by the !and- lord party, because they furnish an all= sufficient pretext for military interference, the arrest, conviction, and expatriation of the agitators. Justnow the agitation by the Land League, considering that more than, four millions of people are agitating for the privi- Jege of earning bread, has been followed by a few outrages, and of course by the indictment and arrest of several of the agitator’ on the charge of sedition. These arrests have had the effect of intensifying the popular feeling. and it is possible that the acts of violence by individuals may become more general. Every man who shoots at a landlord’s agent or balliff does more to defeat legislative re- lief of existing evils than all the legal argu-. ments of the landed aristocracy. The civili- zation of the age protests against the inhu- manity of these Irish land laws. Public opiu- ion in England has at last been aroused to a sense of their injustice, and it is impossible to continue such Jaws much longer. The agitation for their repeal, and for the right of tenants to become owners by purehase of, the land they cultivate, will comniend itself to the world; but violence towards individuals is the most potent means of rendering that agitation obnoxious, Mur- der and assasination are no longer commend- able or successful means of securing polit- ical reform. Among the demands of the Land League is the adoption of some legal! mode of fixing the The Government fixes for purposes of taxation the rental value of all the lands of Ireland; but the rents exacted" by the landlords range from 50 t@150 per cent greater than that placed upon the land by the Government appraisers. The Irish ténants ‘are willing to pay rents fixed by some legal standard of valuation, and to have sucha standard established is one of the eadssought by the Land League. The policy of the agi- tation is all right, but the danger is that it will be defeated by the fanaticism of the hot- heads, who think a blow is always a part of every discussion. AFRICAN EXPLORATIONS. The New York Herald, which is so con- spicuously devoted to the work of African exploration, in a recent issuedevotes several columns toa résumé of whatis now being done in opening up the Dark Continent to civiliza- tion. So littleis heard from the interior of that far-away and mysterious country that some of its statements will be received with very general interest. It will also occasion not a little surprise that the interior of Africa is fairly swarming with explorers, not- withstanding the hostility of the natives, the severity of the climate, and the fata! diseases that are so likely to attack Enropeans. The area of exploration lies principally between the Central African lakes. the British expedition sent out by the Royal Geographical Society under the leadership of Joseph Thompson is at work." He has thoroughly traversed the west side of Lake -Tanganyika, with which Stanley has made. us 60 familiar, and discovered and définitly located and mapped the River Lukuga, the lake’s outlet; also Lake Hikwa, alarge body of water sixty miles long and twenty wide, and a very large river called the Mkafa, which empties into it. The Bel- *gian Government has three expeditions at work in the same region, the first and second being on the east shore of Lake Tanganyika. ‘The third, however, has come toa sudden stop through the hostility of the natives,—its leaders, Cadenhead and Carter, having been cruelly murdered by @ native chief called Urambo, who is noted as the great robber chief of Central Africa,.and the scourge of the Arabs. The expedition sent out by the African Soclety in Berlin, under the leader- ship of Capt. Von Schiller, has just started from Zanzibar for the interior, and is ac- companied by an eminent astronomer and naturalist. They left July 17, and will fix their station at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. A second expedition is on the way to the west coast. <A third is under the charge of Dr. Lenz, who is en route from: Morgcco to Timbuctoo. A fourth traveler, Dr. Max Buchner, sent out by the same Society, at last accounts had ~nearly reached the mysterious Sankorra Lake, which so many explorers have sought. Tho Society is also. preparing to send out the famous traveler Gerhard 'Rohlfs upon his ninth expedition into Africa. ‘This time he will again try to reach the River Congo from the north, in which he failed last year. Italy is not behind the rest of Europe in African explorations but confines herself mainly to Northeastern Africa and the countries im- mediately south of Abyssinia. It has one Jarge expedition in Central Africa under Lieut. Massari, of the navy. They left Cairo in February last, and when last heard from were at the capital of Darfour. At Naples a new society has just been estab- lished to. send out an expedition to Eastern Central Africa, A Russian expedition under Dr. Junker has penetrated the White Nile region, A.Greek expedition funder Dr. Potugos has also explored an extensive tract of country west of the Upper Nile. The French are mainly at work in the Sahara trying to find a suitable route for a railway from Algiers across the Great Desert to the Niger, and thence to their colony on the Senegal. Three of thelr expeditions are out, of one of which the Herald says: ‘The large expedition of 106 men strong, com- manded by Col. Flatters, with fifteon horses and 2H camels, left Wargin on March 5, and pene- trated to the southward into the country of the ‘Tonuregs. It crossed the sand-hilly between » Wargla and El Biodb,.and reports the practica- bility of route of 200 kilometres south of El Goléah over a level plain without sand. The ex- pedition was never without water for more thin three days at a time, and also discyvered a Juke full of fish and surrounded by vegetation. The whole country {3 infested with saakes and liz- ards, and antelopes also abound in great num- bers, Although the soil consists generally of sandstone and very bard limestone, the tamarisk tree grows luxuriantly in the Sahara. Hirer Col. Flatters was met with great friendliness by the Tonuregs, want of supplies and other difti- culties prevented him from going farther south and crossifg the Hogar plateau, as previously _ intended. Amcrica still continues to occupy the most important place amoug all these expeditions, her representative being Henry M. Stanley. His expedition ig now in camp at Vivi, on the Congo, 130 miles from its mouth, and near the second cataract, A large deputation of Belgian explorers is en route to join him, and will assist him in building a road through the mountains, over which he can transport his boats and supplies round the series of Dr. Livingstone’s thirty-two waterfalls. Sev- eral other explorers are also at work In this Congo region. With so many Governments and.societies bending their energies to this great work, and so many scientific and ex- -perienced travelers carrying out their pur- In this section | poses, the coming : year = notable one in the een Hane he a ration, and to witness a remarkable ope of the Dark Continent to the light ote tion. It will make rich returns in th = of trade forall that has been done. ry —_—_—_.._..” —_—_—_—_— THE tollowing vague para; eTaph a) at the head of the editorial colutane at Chicago Times yesterday: te ‘The report having been made that rison, In a speech it Muskell Hall take at the rll wth are sel and cpr taeet Republican Supervisors, Manshala heyy tt, e ifs, Judges, chullengers, or any one ao SUeT- the bulldozing busin on them or thei fee intim| disfranchise them, then to break uermise o doors, tear down the building take Gove, the box, put in their bullots, and rtin the poy ot selves,"—natumily his Honor the Maror ott! to bo ‘classilied, as this alleged. spay ccs Seem to pluce him, with Christian suitcenea sirous of tearing things to pieces, ‘Toate ee; 80 reported arose froin the fact thai Deck was pi from mouth to mouth, pore waile like the story of the crows, und whens, say8,as be docs in a communication feat?" aper, that he made no such Speech, and fir ng which could zive a color to it, bis erage be taken as conclusive. Reporters are com hee to cover much ground In election umes, Py - not always safe in acceptin; others as to utterances and Gecurroneeg meat © It does not seein to be clear what g; referred to, or wyere the report Geet peared, or what became of Curter Harrison's “communication” denying that ie mada any snch speech. Wecan only infer that Carter Harrison: has at some time and in-some obscure way written a denialof having mada a certain speech that was reported in some newspaper; but 2 carefal search hag failedly discover the denial, and we’ know of no newspaper except the Times. which hag made any report of any of Carter Harrison's speeches that annoyed that gentleman's" sensitive nature. There was.a report ofa speech made by Mr. Larrison in an issue of ~ the Times a little over a week azo contain- iug some such language as is quoted above, Tue TRIBUNE accepted that report as con rect, and commented thereon. The Times had acted -as_| Mr. Harnson’s organ during the campaign, and it was nat ural to suppose that it repotted his speeches fairly. It did not occur to Taz ‘Tnreune that the Times was in the habit of making upits reports of speeches from mera hearsay, nor that it would betray Mr. Har. rison, to whom it professed to be friendly, by manufacturing speeches for him and puf- ting woyls in his month which’ were caleu- lated to injure him. If the Times Has been doing this sort of thing, it ought long sinca to have frankly acknowledged the fraud, and thus have relieved Mr. Harrison of the im- putation it had pnt upon-his character, his judgment; and his purposes. If Mr. Harri- son himself was aware at the start that he had been misrepresented and maligned by * the Times in this matter, he ought to have denounced the report of his remarks prompt- ly. He should have demanded an immediate retraction from the Times, or, failing to secure justice in that way, he might have brought suit against.the Times for libel as @ proper means of vindicating himself. and exposing a reckless newspaper. We do not understdnd that any of these things was done: but, at this late. day, the above mysterious paragraph is printed,. which fails to trace the alleged misrepre- sentation to the .original source—viz.:. the Times. It is usual for newspapers to accept the substantial accuracy of other papers: when reporting the speeches of the orators. of their own’ party whom they are indors-* ing and supporting. Hence Tus TRIBUNE. has no right to infer that the Times hes concocted a speech for Harrison which he never delivered, when he has, as yet, pub-' lished no card in his organ denying the ace curacy thereof. Berore leaving Columbus, O., for Wash= . ington, Senator Thurman was interviewed. by the Cincinnati Enquirer’s man,. and is thus reported: i Senator Thurman was found at bis little law= ofice on High street, arranging his business and making. preparations to leave for Wasbingtom to-morrow. He suid be hoped to live to see the Republican party defeated. If they have car~ ried both branches of Congress, the Republicans, will retire the nbacks, or deprive them of their legal-tender quality, and will stop the further coinage of the legal-tender silver dollar. ‘While the Senator did_not care to be quoted, ho: is of thé belief that thero are Democrats in tho Senate who will aid the Kepublicans In their raid on the currency, and carry out the ideas in John Sherman's report and flayes’ messages to Congress. Tom Bayard, of Delaware, will join In this crusade. oes . The wish is father to the thought that the Republicans intend to interfere with the greenbacks. It is, however, undoubtedly true that a clique of money-changers in the East, irrespective of party, would like very” much to demonetize them, andas fast as they come into the Treasury for taxes or redemp> tion not to pay them ont again, but burn them. To pass a bill retiring the greenbacks or. depriving them of- their legal-tender quality will require the assistance of a ma- jority of the Democratic members of both Houses. It will be difficult to. name’a Re- publican member from the West that will vote for such’a scheme. When Secretary Sherman proposed It to the last Congress, and Senator Bayard indorsed the idea, a Repub- lican caucus sat down on the scheme; and the Republican Convention sat down on Mr. Sherman and squeiched him asa Presidene tial candidate. : ‘e —K_—_ GARFIELD and Arthur have received & majority of the popular as well as of the | Electoral yote. On the face of the returns the Republican majority in the wholecoun- try is about 50,000, This isa small margin to boast of, but it must be remembered that the Southern inajorities are, to a great exe. tent, fictitious and fraudulent. On a full and free vote at lenst 100,000 of the apparent. Democratic majority in the South would be + wiped out. As it is, there has been ade- cided reduction of the Democratic majorities throughout the South, and especially in the border States. The popular majorities, close ly estimated, are as follows: 7 P majorities. Reputtican majuritics.| Democratic California... e-s--{Alnbaina. 00 Colorado. Maint se. 875] Maryland. Massachusetts... 5262] M1 iasissipot Michigan, 3innesote. jovada Nebraska .. New Humps! New York. Ohio... ew Jel orth Carolina, uth Caroling. Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island. ‘Yermont.... .. Wisconsin. BAST. Deer Total, .22 er ‘THE organization and agithtion of the Irish Land League is becoming infectious on the other side of the Channel, as Toe TRIBUNE predicted would be the case. The London Spectator of Uct. % says that the English Farmers’ Alilance held a meeting in West minster on, Monday, which was largely at tended. The meeting passed resolutions, without opposition, affirming’ that’ more 8e- curity must be given to tenants by Patlia~ ment for capital invested in the Soil and im- provements ‘made on the land; that the landlord class-privileges involved in the law of distress for rent which gives preferenco to the lord over every other creditor must be abolished; that the taxpayers” must be se cured their fair share in the county govern- ment; and that taxes must be more fairly distributed between landlord and tenant,—the latter paying nearly all at pre 4