| Show THE PENSION PROBLEM it promises to be troublesome soon PEOPLES HARD COMMON SENSE altogether too much credit is giyen the tariff for our national prosperity other news washington oct 31 special so problem that has confronted our congressional not even that of suffrage has been so troublesome or has promised in future to b 0 o troublesome as abo problem of pensions and it is not because the nation or any considerable sid erable part of it begrudges to the de serving veterans the small sum he individually receives as the reward of hia patriotism and bait sacrifice if the de airving pensioner all there be no problem but between the undeserving applicant for pension and th still more undeserving agent in such application the republics congressional committees and the republics coffers h ave a hard lime thai this time is not likely for a great many years to be any easier let these facts and figures based on commissioner baums recant report show to the incredulous the number of pensioners on jhb of june last was the net increase in twelve months having been up to september 30 there had been fully claims under the new disability act in addition to several hundred pending on other grounds before the law was enacted of course all those are not to be set down to increase in the number of p pensioners ensio ners since they are in many cases merely far an enlargement of pension but thousands of them are so to be credited with a pension list approximating and with a prospect of adding immediately soldiers and widows under s bill which has been recommended by the commissioner and which has already passed the house it is seen that the time is not far off when the large sum annually devoted by a grateful people to their preservers will haye to be largely increased in addition to the duty of devising the too ways and means of paying off the unquestioned indebtedness of the supervisors of the union army and their widows and orphans if there is such thing athing a as paying off such indebtedness in coin there is the necessity for watchfulness in legislation chice shall prevent the unworthy and undeserving from coming in as beneficiaries ci the speakers of all political parties are claiming altogether too much for their respective sides and giving too little credit to american skill and american brains there may be some decent in the numerous plans for the artificial production of prosperity but the only real prosperity thia country has enjoyed came through natural channels and was the result of superior ideas and resources neather tariffs for revenue nor tariff s for protection supply the american producer with ideas or the american mechanic with brains and to these two agencies much of the prosperity of the country is due no country on the face of the globe has such resources as the united states and for this pleasing state of affairs we are indebted to no political party it ia high time the politicians were recognizing the fact that the good hard common sense of the american people was en titled to some credit political parties are necessary bior the proper government of the country but there are times when the political parties po too far in laying their claims before the peo pie the politicians should bear in mind that we are all americans and that the people without regard to political affiliations are entitled to considerable sid erable credit for the healthy state of affairs between four and five hundred members of the british iron and steel institute swooped down upon the capital friday we have not had so many english visitors in town since tho bummer of 1814 on that occasion although they were not invited they came just the same and also extended the freedom of the city to themselves they had a capitol roast and a white house fricassee and then they went away in the meantime we had gone away also leaving the town in their hands such was our confidence in our english visit rs that was seventy bivs years ago und in the interval circumstances have altered cases somewhat today to day our english visitors are in our hands we voluntarily extend to them alie freedom of the city and have shown them what a capital has grown up I 1 here since that visit of 1814 mr cleveland who is at present in washington spent a quiet day at hia hotel yesterday during the afternoon he aw a bev friends but was practically free from th e rush that a et in when it became known that ho was in the city the ex president little about politics and appears to be wholly absorbed in his law practice to day he will argue before the supreme court and expects to concluded his business in tv ash iriton and return new york on a late afternoon train our Kati oai population washington nov I 1 special the bulletin issued today to day on the population of the united states on june 9 1890 as shown by the first count exclusive of whites in indian territory indians on reservations and in alaska is these may be slightly elight ly changed oy later computation inesso the population was an absolute increase in ten years of percentage of increase 2457 in 1870 the population was stated as according to these figures the absolute increase between 1870 and 1880 was percentage of increase upon their face these figures show that the population increased between 1880 and only more than between 1870 and 1810 while the r ate 0 increase apparently diminished from to 24 57 per cent if these figures were derived from correct date would be indeed disappointing such a reduction in the face of the enormous immigration during the past tea years would argue a diminution in the fecundity of the population or a corresponding increase in the death rate theae figures however as easily v hen the character of the data 3 understood lood it ia a well known fact demonstrated by extensive and thorough investigation th census ot and in hut to affect ery materi ilav ij adte ot increate inc in the country at 1 irr i these omissions the bulletin says were not within the control of the cen us alice the 1890 was taken a law which superintendent walker characterize i as clumsy antiquated and barbarous the census biad no over its enumerators in referring to these omissions the superintendent of the tenth census said in his report in relation to south caruana it followay fol lowag the conclusion of the highest authority either ahat the census of 1870 was grossly deficient in regard to of the state or some considerable parts thereof or else that tbt census was fraudulent those therefore who believe in the accuracy and of the tenth census and that it was thoroughly established must accept the obber alternative namely that census was defective what was true of south carolina was algo true in a greater or less degree of all the southern states the omission in all probability amounted to not less than omitting from consideration those states in which the census of 1870 is known or presumed to have been faulty the rate of increase between 1870 and 1890 in the remaining states has been very nearly maintained in the decade between and 1890 A seir packing hense la nov 1 special the new house of J M fe K H david has just been completed and ill begin operations next monday the owners intend to kill hogs a day for the present the capacity will bo increased if needed soldiers bisband ST bouis nov 1 special the cit zen soldiers owing to a lack of financial support were forced to disband today to day the keys of the first regiment armory were turned over to the chief of police with the request that a police detail be appointed to guard the building until the adjutant general takes possession of the property reverting to the state this action was made necessary by the decision of trie citizens committee to withdraw their financial support A girl beaten tt alfa ga nov 1 special the news of tha murder of a girl ba hero from tha ictus ia mis bakar and her home has been in stilesboro Stile the crime was committed about eight this morning the girl waa alone in the field where she wa at work when she was assaulted and beaten to death A heavy club was used by the murderer and after corn plating the his bloody nori the mangled body of the dead girl was dragged nome distance to a spot near the line of the east and west railway where an effort made to hide the crime by concealing the remains in a bush pile suspicion was first aroused by the failure of miss baker to return home at her usual hour and her father started out to the field in search of her after some little time his attention was i directed to the brush pile and upon looking closer he found the still bleeding body of his daughter the whole country is up in arms and a vigorous search ia being made for the perpetrator of the crime if found a lunching lynching lyn ching is certain mo nov 1 special while engaged in tearing town the vault in the first national bank of this place yesterday afternoon a colored man named samuel bamsey discovered three large sacks of silver and one of gold upon inquiry at the bank the officials declined to give out any news the whole matter being shrouded in mystery the colored man has been cautioned to mum on the subject express NEW YORK nov 1 special A heavy advance in express rates was made today to day in accordance with an agreement entered into between the managers of the various express companies ago the basis for all express ia tha rate between naw york and chicago this rate had been 2 per hundred pounds tinder the new tariff itta this step haa been taken the presidents of the companies aay because of the increased expenses they claim that the expenses of the companies compani ei have been langly increased because he railroad companies had increased the charges for their privileges all of them emphatically deny the rumor of the contemplated consolidation of the united states and adams express companies the scheme has been frequently mentioned but those mostly directly interested have never given it serious consideration exhibition of horses CHICAGO nov 1 the second annual exhibition of the american horse show association began today to day at the exposition building nearly all the noted bleeders breeders bre eders in the ibave en end hence all classes are well fill 1 there beius more one thousand nominations seven special prizes in plate are by chicagoans while the associations premium list reaches Mort gesse ends redeemed ore ov L all the m vage trust bonds 0 the oregon aud railroad were redeemed today to day at per cent and accrued interest for thio purpose the oregon transcontinental company recently sold to drexel mor gaub philadelphia the northern pacific railroad Kail road consolidated mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds set abart to take up the oregon transcontinental tin bonds with the provision that the bond holdena of the oregon transcontinental company should have eunity to exchange their bonds for tho northern pacific 5 per cent bonds saloons sail go CHICAGO nov 1 espedal the ner stone of the chicago temperance temple was laid today to day with great pomp and ceremony the occasion is significance and hundreds whose names are familiar to temperance reform circles in all parts of the country are attending the exercises the preliminary exercises were conducted in the second regiment armory all the principal nominations of the city were well represented by ministers who took part in the proceedings the exercises began with the singing ot the national anthem by a thousand children after which mr judge thompson of ohio who is styled assisted by miss florence kallock repeated the crusade psalm then the key E P goodwill of the first congregational church offered prayer and bishop fallows led the responsive scripture reading the children next sung the battle hymn of che republic and this was followed by abort addresses delivered by hon thomas W palmer president of the worlds columbian exposition by neal dow the well known maine temperance veteran the bev dr A H delano a leading baptist minister by miss frances E willard and by mrs matilda B carse president of the association that has built the temple at the conclusion of amrai garses address the great audience headed by the children marched to the foundation walls of the temple at the corner of monroe and la salle streets where the children opened the stone ceremony by singing saloons must go dr herrick johnson one of the professors of the presbyterian theological seminary then offered the dedicatory prayer and mrs carse gave the signal to put the huge mass of new hampshire granite in place while the ildren cli bang rise temple kibe two copper boxes were placed in the corner stone containing the various temperance publications tho names of the to the building fund and a set of bilker coins the ceremony s rey frank bristol the benediction aey emory J designs Ee signs BOSTON nov 1 special the bev emory J hayness resignation of the pastorate of the union temple baptist church was accepted today to day the rea eon assigned for the resignation was that more parish work was expected of him than he had argued to perform and which he waa unwilling to undertake bencion of the Niti onil union CHICAGO oct 31 special there ia much interest manifested in the reunion of the national union will take place tonight to night at the auditorium an address will be delivered ly senator M G jeffris of janesville vis atie event will be a social feature of the season as the members of the order occupy a very prominent social position t |
