Show tire samoan or navigators islands ahei group of islands in the south pacific with an anre i of over 1000 milea and about hi habitants habit anta they leave for some timo yean a subject of interest to alie govern of alio united states germany surl great britain owing mainly to the fact hat citizens of those countries have interests of greater or less value there having bought land and engaged in trade there in 1878 a treaty was made between tho united states and samoa whereby the latter granted the former ahn right to establish a coaling station in the port of pago pago the unsettled condition of government in the islands there being a struggle for the sovereignty between two natives chiefs furnished a tempting opportunity for foreigners wishing to extend their power and the action of germany in reference to affairs in tho island has been such as to lead tho government of the united states to regard her position arid conduct there with fahme concern in bis recent special message on the subject alie president said that germanas germanys Germ anys propositions in reference to what should be done in the islands by the powers most interested seemed to lead to such a preponderance derence of german powe r in samoa is was never contemplated by tho united states and that her recent conduct gave ground for tho conclusion that sho was not content with a neutral position there the matter is now being considered in both kiouses of congress and some indication of the course to be pursued by the united states in respect to tho islands may be looked for before long tin and warehouse commissioners ners of minnesota have been con si dorins the subject of car heating and have published their conclusions in a report jut issued they found at the outset of their investigation a great degree of carelessness on the part of the railroad companies of the state in the matter of providing fire extinguishers on their cars but have since secured tho compliance on the part of the companies with alie provisions cf taft law and the orders of the commissioners made in pursuance thereof they do not feel warranted in recommending so radical a as the exclusion of all methods of healing except by steam from the locomotive for winter girvice fir vice in such a region as the northwest but iliria do advise that the common car stove with its record of destruction and death be no longer tolerated beyond this they do not feel justified in going at present they cannot recommend the removal from the cars of tho safer of the present heating appliances until abeam heating shall have been further perfected the commissioners becom fiend the passage of a law providing that no passenger mail or baggage car on any railroad in the state shall be heated by any furnace or heater unless approved by the commission and that in no event shall any stove heating by direct radiation be used this ia a conservative serva tive measure but its adoption would nevertheless be a step forward THE youner people of today to day who long hours of practice required i them at their musical in lave an eai y limp of it compared etli aliat was required of those training themselves for ui artistic career a few year ngu when Mada tiie camilla urso wa j a child she had a great for the violin and her father who was a miu ician of the old determined that she be thoroughly trained or not at all sho was only 2 chilel of five years and alio work was hard so that she might hold her violin properly ahe was made to stand for hours daily doing nothing bat holding tha instrument at her ottlo shoulder this was kept up for weeks when she was given a bow with an ordinary piece of twine on it and for a much longer period she wag obliged to rub string across another on the violin this was to teach abr how to bow well it was months before she was allowed to bring a sound from her favorite instrument but all of this training has been a balue incalculable for critics all over the world have declared that for tone for bowing and for magnificent camilla urso is unsurpassed SEW HAMPSHIRE has lately hail a constitutional convention has a some amendments to the law of the state one of the most important of these was an amendment providing that no person shall hereafter be eligible to citizenship who cannot read the constitution in the english language and write his name another amendment places all religious sects de themselves quietly and as good subjects of the equally under the protection protect iun of the law an amendment providing that all civil officers be elected by a plurality instead of a majority vote was proposed propos sd but was rejected A like fate befell an amendment providing for a division of the state into senatorial districts on the basis of population instead of on that by direct taxes paid so an amendment providing for annual instead of biennial sessions of the legislature was rejected an amendment fixing tho salary of members of the legislature at per annum was adopted aa was also an amendment anen dment changing tho time of the meeting of the legislature from june to january this latter change puta the state in liae with a majority of the states aa regards alio opening of the session TIIE new york graphic says aside from their polygamous practice the Mora ons appear under some lights to be a people governor stevenson of idaho in hia annual message after describing bear lake county which has a population of the county seat paris lias a population of about 1500 all cormons mormons Mor mons and there is not a saloon or gambling house or any other pla cowher intoxicating liquor is sold and this is I 1 am told tho case in all the towns in idaho where these people have exclusive control there are very fow communities in the entire country of which BO bauch can be said UNTIL alie ath of march the succession will rest in the present cabinet As there can ho no republican cabinet until is a republican president the democratic cabinet will by of the succession act and the terms of its tenure of office be the contingent repository of the executive power in the event of tho death or disqualification of both mr harrison and mr morton there is no other apparent way of securing a regular succession A presidents term expires in exactly four years from liis inauguration but the cabinet which surrounds him at the celoso of his term does not expire until their successors are appointed As the presidential succession runs through alie entire cabinet there is hardly a possibility that the office will be without a lawful incumbent the congress which comes into existence on the ath of march has the disposition of any question that may arise in of the disability of both president and vice president between the date of their actual election and the expiration of the term of their immediate predecessors congress may order a new election or it may make other provisions for the continuance of the government but tho cabinet of an outgoing out going administration will hold over until their successors are appointed in the improbable event of tho secretary of state under mr cleveland becoming acting president upon the expiration of mr Clev elands term he will of course have the power to appoint a new cabinet the secretary of state the acting president might appoint would in that bo firstin first in the line of succession un tl a new president should be elected and inaugurated THE church suits continue to assume fresh and unique phases alie latest is the citation of the trustees by the Su court for contempt in not substantiating the charges planted by them through their attorney judge zane against receiver Dyer for fraud etc intends enlisting in the ranks of prohibition seemingly A resolution applying for the submission to tho people of a prohibitory amendment passed the legislature wednesday aad has gono lo 10 the governor As alie whirling of time brings us nearer and nearer tho ath of march the leas we hear about tho tariff being a tax |