New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-03-19

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engaged ia ~ 10, 600 work.peo ple.
Not the Oldest iinhab itant, g wher-
ever you find him, rememb ers such.
a sad state Of affairs as that which
exists throughout England at the.
present moment. A largely attend.
ed meeting has been held here to.
urge upon the Government the ne.
cessity Of ppointing a royal commits
sion to inquire into the present O.
peration Of foreign tariffs on Eng.
fish trade. It was attended BY sew.
eral manufacturing authorities from
the North, who made some interest
ing statements, which deserve atten.
tion in the consideration Of the great
question of the day. Mr.. Lister.
drew startling picture Of more se..
rious trouble ahead than that from
which England is at present suffer.
ing. there was time, = he said.
s'when America owed about f3OO. :
600, 900 in foreign bonds, but now
the amount is only about 98O,OOO,-
600, and when that's paid America
will not ask us for our goods, but our
money. When that period arrives
there will be such crash in England
as has never been known before. :
He stated positively that Mr.. Mum
della, Liberal member for Sheffield,
had factory in Saxony, and that
thence, and from other places abroad
goods made by the aid Of British
capital invested in foreign lands were
coming to England duty free, while
English goods sent in return were
heavily taxed. England, he urged,
had so, 900, 900, 900 Of domestic con-
sumption, which should employ her
own people. Foreign nations do
not share their domestic consumption
with England, while England shares
hers with them.
An excitement of a mild and
pleasant kind has been caused here
in London by the introduction of
the electric light into the reading
room of the British Museum. Gas
has never been allowed there, for
fear of explosion and fire, but this
magic light of science, this subjuga.
ted soul of matter, this cold flame,
drawn from the secret reservoirs OF
nature, as the waters Of refreshment
were struck from the rock of Meri-
bah, is as safe as it is pure. It flows
for minds sore athirst. Hundreds
whose days are given to uncongeni.
al toll, can now spend their evenings
in readings and study in that mag
nificent, but comfortable, hall.
Nothing in all this great, busy,
rushing world Of London has i'm
pressed me more profoundly than
this vast circular chamber, this rich
treasure-house of knowledge, so light,
SO airy, yet SO majestic; in the hours
when most thronged, still hushed,
almost silent. The abbey scarcely
inspires me with more reverence and
awe. It is the temple of human
genius, the Pantheon of Christian
civilization.
am not old enough to remember
Hudson, |'the Railway King" when
the world was at his feet; when
Dukes, Bishops, even royalty mixed
in his saloons, and sued for his Fl.
nancial favor. But few years ago
| was introduced to him, a broken
but accomplishing man, for whom
the people in the North were getting
up asubscription. Mr.. Ralph Ward
Jackson, ''the Father of the Port of
West Hartlepool," and it's first mem.
Der of Parliament, [ knew in the
zenith of his fame. He was king
in the North, king among men.
Hartshorne Hall, nesting in the
green graciousness Of English trees
and meadows with fruitful gardens
in it's rear, and floral lawns in front,
with hospitable mansion, and Mr..
jackson its owner, was beloved and
respected. Some 20 years ago, when
he should have retired into private
life, he entered upon serious and
elastic litigation with one of the
richest and most arrogant corpora
tions in England, the London and
orth.eastern Railway Company.
They have dragged him through ev-
cry possible court in the Empire. He
has won several Of the suits brought
against him, and Judges Of the land
have demonstrated against their
straining Of the law so as to twin it
into a weapon Of persecution. Mean.
while, Jackson's money has gone.
Twenty years without any other &C.
cupation than instructing lawyers
and feeling counsel have left him high
and dry somewhere in a modest Lon.
don lodging. The thing is almost
forgotten by the people he once
ruled; while several of his clerks and
subordinates ride in their own char.
lots and dress in purple and fine
linen.
The intelligence of the British
juror has seldom been more strik-
ingly displayed than in a case which
came before the Canterbury county
court few days ago. The Plain.
tiffs, firm Of rope and sail makers,
brought an action against the de-
PENDANT to recover the price for
some rope with which they had sup.
piled him. The plaintiffs council
mo-, az, ee4:eGel Ill, II.