Show TUL new local go eminent bill introduced in alie british iiri is likely to prove the hobt measure brought before the people in many ears it enlarges the powers of alie local boards of and wales and it is promised that alio principle of alie bill will be extended 10 scotland by another 5 car abo marks a notable advance in alie direction of popular government a that tho home rule agitation has not been luth aut a decided ou act upon tho english people it ia a significant fact too that the bill ivaa introduced by tho tones who have usually been counted na tho strongest opponents of liberal lans the position of mr gladstone and his colleagues in aliis scheme is not yet de kno n but it is difficult to see liott they can consistently oppose it as i whole since it embodies many of the i cry principles which they have been urging with reference to legislation for ireland THE havo found a crumb cf comfort in the decision of the united states court that eliat clause of the iowa lav which enjoins railroads as common carriers from bringing liquor into the state is unconstitutional and v oid alie decision is announced in all the daily papers as fatal to the rause of prohibition in iowa wo cannot regard it in that liblit atall the decision does not affect that part of the law which prohibits tho manufacture and sale of liquor in low a it does not mako it law ml to keep liquor for sale the question is ghether a railroad as a common carrier cm be enjoined from transporting liquor into a prohibition state it till le ve tha liquor after delivery within tho state at the deicy of the law as before it cannot be sold or given aa Piton inirio inlove in lova lias so reduced alie amount of court business eliat go arnor Larrab cc in hia latest message a of judicial circuits so au to dispense with fajr judges lie cilia for additional tion so that alio lav can bo enforced by the go arnor m localities in which the liquor power overawes ove and controls the local machinery of alie bbate THE united states senate has determined to amend its rules so that treaties may be considered in open session it H as a ause decision to make secrecy in logi slathe proceedings is contrary to the spirit of democratic institutions and tho practice except in cry rare tasos t is not defensible on ground of public policy A BRANCH of the national league in ireland has passed a resolution declaring that the refusal of mayor alett itt to hoist bc irish flag on the nc york cit hall evaa an insul tto the irish race throughout alie orld this is van hird on mayor II eRitt he should consult alie national league after tins bo fore ho issues any orders ANE army bill has been prepared by the french senate army commission it subjects all citizens alike to erico for twenty the 5 ears but provides for anous partial exemptions in tho case of students and others imposing taxes upon person thus exempted anese taxes it is calculated nill result in a revenue of francs 5 early according to a preliminary report of the imperial commission the number of li es lost in the great flood in china was and people were rendered homeless and destitute these neues are not as as those given in abo first reports but they are large enough philadelphia license court is earnestly engaged in tr ing to find out fotr many honest and reputable men there are adf the liquor dealers in that city are having acry hard work oo 00 it is very much like hunting L needle in a haystack in ane oxford cambridge university boat race over the putney morblake mortlake course the cambridge crew won of the five facea including this one oxford has one twenty three and cambridge twenty one in missouri fifty one counties out of eighty one and thirteen towns out of twenty one have voted for prohibition THE bill grantins grant ios the franchise to women in england ing ia the house of lords A country editor in missouri lias done some thinking inking Ih lately with the following unique results an editor works days in the year to get out 52 issues of a paper labor once in a while a subscriber pays a years subscription in advance for his paper capital and once in a while some eon of a sea cook of a dead beat takes the paper for two or three years then skips out without paying for it anarchy but later on justice will overtake the last named hell the language is not remarkable for its grace but it is vigorous aud conveys a very excellent quality of truth |