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burlesque of assassination. Thus one man
who went through the motions of firing
pistol at the Queen was found to have armed
himself with rusty and perfectly harm
less old weapon, which could not have been
fred because it had no lock. In the pres
emit case it is thought by some that blank
cartridge was fred, though the prisoners
revolver contained two loaded shells. But
we do not believe that the wretch who
fred the shot had any understanding with
others. Queen Victoria has no personal
enemies. Her virtues have endeared her
to her people. Nor does anyone hold her
responsible for governmental measures. be-
cause everyone understands that she has
virtually nothing to do with them. Yet in
these times, when all rulers are made tar
gets of either by conspirators, madmen or
villains like Guiteau, it would be too much
to expect that even so good Queen as
Victoria should escape altogether. For
tunately, Destiny has only reminded her
gently that it is part of the drawbacks of
royalty to be shot at occasionally, and has
not exacted from her such awful penalty as
was demanded in the case of President
Garfield and the Emperor of Russia. And
as this attempt is about ten years separated
from the preceding one, Her Majesty may
now look forward to decade more of IN.
imperilled journeys
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

1t is plain that great wave of public
opinion is gathering against the Protective
Tariff, and that if the old parties in Con-
gress are too cowardly to face the issue, the
people will soon take it in hand them.
selves, and launch third party which will
sweep the fossils off their feet The indi-
cations of the coming change are manifold
and widespread. The New York Bcening
Post the other day published letter from
Illinois declaring that there is no subject
SO much discussed as the Tariff throughout
the West to-day, and that any young dis.
trict schoolmaster can call meetings as
often as he likes, and have full houses, and
be certain of their loud applause for every
point he makes against Protection. The
farmers are rapidly getting their eyes open,
and the workingmen are following suit,
save in the strongholds of Tariff influence,
where they are no doubt afraid to think
for themselves. It is, moreover, signii.
cant that the New York Herald, which
always seeks to be on the popular
side, without much regard to principles,
has come out in the most pronounced
way against the Tariff, of which it recently
said; GA tariff for protection in the
Z" United States to-day, under the pretense
that it is in the interest of the working
men, is the monumental legislative crime
" of the country. It is pure downright
" robbery. 1t does not, as it's supporters
pretend, secure higher wages than are
"paid in Europe. 1t does not secure more
comfortable homes. Under the Morrill,
tariff New England, which it was sup.
"posed was specially favored by it, is log.
ing its legislative Importance. The strug-
:" gle for life is becoming harder and harder
" the longer it remains on our statute
"books. It is grinding despotism under
(which the poor are constantly becoming
"poorer, and the rich richer" When the
Herald takes SO decided tone as this, it
has made up its mind that public opinion
will favor the side it espouses. It is, how
ever, in the West that the most earnest work
is being done against Protection, and it is
from the young, powerful States of that
region that the final and successful attack
upon the evil must come.
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TBs PERUVIAN SCANDAL.

After the resolutions which have been
offered in Congress, and the ventilation the
subject has received through the press, it
seems impossible that Congressional In
vestigation of the Peruvian scandal can be
refused. II has indeed become absolutely
necessary to Mr.. Blaine, and to some of his
friends it seems the only plank between
them and ruin. No doubt several theories
as to the Shipherd enterprise are possible.
1t may be held that Shipherd is mad that
he is Colonel Sellers that he is in earn
est; that he is more knave than fool !;
that he is more fool than knave. But the
most interesting question after all is as to
the position of those men in public office
who had more or less to do with this ad.
venture, and some, at least, of whom did
apparently compromise themselves with
him. And while it may be objected that
a Congressional inquiry is more calculated
to "darken counsel" than to illuminate
an obscure subject, it is, unfortunately,
the only method by which this matter can
be approached in an official way. Mr..
Blaine has probably enough confidence i'll
his ability to show that he never had any
definite understanding with Shipherd, or
even that he never countenanced his
schemes openly, to desire to force an in
vestigation and all his friends will favor
it, because they must see that in the alb
sence of clearly defined evidence great
deal more than the facts warrant may and
will be alleged against him.
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BRADLAUGH's TURN.

Bradlaugh has been reelected by the
people of Northampton, and by vote
which is of itself rebuke to the House
of Commons. And now approaches the
Nemesis of that body. Mr.. Gladstone
played cowardly part when he refused
to interfere to prevent the expulsion of
Bradlaugh, though he Of course knew
that that step was wholly unwarrantable.
The House, however, deliberately shut its
eyes to the constitution and the law, and
turned Bredlaugh out by sheer brute force,
as it were, and in defiance of the right.
1t was disgraceful piece Of business for
Legislative assembly to perpetrate, but it is
about to bring about its own punishment.
When Bradlaugh once more enters the
House, with the Endorsement CT his con.
stituents, the House will be com.
PEELED to admit him. When
he offers to take the oath
it will be compelled to allow him to do so.
And thus il will be forced to eat its own
words, and to sit still while he Grams its
false movements down its throat again
for there is no other way of defeating him
now, unless it is proposed to enter into a
direct contest with the English people.
Defiance of the Constitution by Parliament
cannot be long maintained. 1t is far too
dangerous work even when there is no
public opinion against it. But in this case
it has evidently proceeded as far as it can,
and nothing remains but the ceremony of
eating the leek. The House is entitled to
no sympathy in its present embarrassment,
for it has brought all the trouble upon
itself. Bradlaugh has, however, won his
fight, whatever course the House may pow
take, for it is clear that he is unquestion-
ably in the right now, and that the House
has no reason for opposing his admission.
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may at no distant day fall into that lumin.
ary. This occurrence would be Of little
moment, did not Professor Proctor add his
belief that if or when it happened, the
result will be the evolution of SO much
heat as must raise the suns temperature
enough to destroy organic life upon all the
planets in his system. including, of course,
our little earth. Mr.. Proctor thinks that
the comet to which he has reference has
shortened its period very greatly indeed
no less, in fact, than from lis to 81 years
and that it is now whirling SO near the sun
as to be incapable much longer OF re-
sisting his attraction. Another eminent
astronomer, however, Professor Young, OF
Princeton, does not agree with Professor
Proctor, and his points of dissent
are as follows: Ql He says there is
no certainty that the comet of 1880 is the
comet of 1868 and lS43, consequently
there is no proof that we have to do with
a comet whose period is rapidly diminish
ing. ~ A comet, no matter how large,
could not so affect the temperature OF the
gun by falling into it, as to produce fatal
effects on the earth. He believes that the
comet would have to be largely dissipated
before it could fall into the sun, that conse-
quently its momentum would be much less
than Professor Proctor estimates, aud that
even though it did raise the temperature Of
the sun, the increase of heat would be so
distributed as to be probably imper-
ceptible here. (3) He believes that the
comet of 1880 was smaller instead of
larger than the average comet, and that
therefore it is not likely to do any harm
whatever happens to it, Here then is a
difference between doctors, which of course
the public cannot decide upon. Both the
parties to the dispute are men of
very high astronomical attainments, and
it might be difficult to say which
OF them was most deserving of credence.
The world, however, is now furnished
take it's choice. No doubt this will at LAST
be determined by individual tendencies.
Optimists will stand by Professor Young.
Pessimists will pin their faith on Professor
Proctor. Meanwhile, as the latter has
ben careful not to name any time for his
apprehended catastrophe, it will be posi-
BILE for him to postpone Judgment should
his comet not act according to the pro.
gramme. There is, however, one melan-
ancholy reflection about the subject,
namely, that ii Professor Proctor should
prove to have been right, there will be no.
body left alive to exult over his sagasity,
or to say, after the time-honored fashion,
81 told you SO p
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THIS MoRNIHG's NEWS.

In New York Government bonds are quoted at
lis for As of 1907 11S5 for 4s 1909 Tor BE; ster
ling, 81 s6l94 90! silver bars ll4s.
Silver in London, sgd; consols, 100 S-1Gl; s per
cent United States bonds extended, 1o3i; As, 1l9l
as. 1154
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par; Mexican dollars, s919S94.
There was a moderate business in stocks at San
Francisco yesterday, and prices were without much
change Consolidated Virginia sold, assessment
on, at 75@sOc, against Ace before the assessment.
Sierra Nevada and Union Consolidated were each
GLE better than Thursday.
Three Indians-Deai Shot, Dandy Jim aud Skip
py-were executed at Fort Grant, A. T., yesterday.
The parties charged with the Brown murder at
Portland Or, were arragned yesterday and pleaded
not guilty.
Details OF the Lansing wife murder at Eureka,
New, are given this morning.
General Sherman, General Hancock and party LETT
St Louis yesterday tour Of inspection, the trip
including California.
After desperate resistance, the Austrians cap.
tured Ulox,
constitutional amendment prohibiting the man
ufacture or sale of Intoxicating liquors has been
agreed to by the Iowa Legislature and now goes be-
fore the people,
The cable motors now in use at Chicago are to be
adopted by Philadelphia street-railway company.
Six valuable horses were killed by a locomotive in
Contra Costa county yesterday morning.
Fire at Pttsburg; also at Tombstone
Reports OF disastrous floods continue to come from
all directions
Bradlaugh will not be allowed to take his seat in
Parliament, to which he has just been reelected,
without energetic opposition.
Danenhower telegyaphs that Of his eyes is
totally ruined, but that the other will be saved.
A riot occurred at Homestead, Pa, yesterday
betweenistrkers and the police.
Rowel has withdrawn from the walking match at
New York
Dispatches from London this morning give fur,
ther details OF the attempt upon the life of Qneen
Victoria
V. Plumb, a respected and wealthy citizen, com,
mitted suicide at Hastings, Ia, Thursday.
john Cox fell down a shaft yesterday at Virginia
New, receiving injuries from which he died soon
after.
At Portland, Or, yesterday, Annie Murray shot
and instantly killed Henry C. Prang, and then shot
herself
The City of Berlin is five days overdue at New
York from Liverpool, and fears entertained for
her safety.
Queen Victoria has erected monument to the
late Lord Beaconsfed in Hughendeu Church
Ground will be broken at Denver, Col, WedEes
day, for the National Mining and Industrial Expo
sition building, which is to be completed August lst
John NJ Wilson, of Ohio has been nominated by
the President to be Consul TO Bremen
The Rhode Island Republicans hold their Stati
Convection ON the 10th instant, and the Democrats
on the I'D.
The inside pages of to-days REcoRp-U UNION contain
much interesting and valuable matter
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JAPAN AND HER NHIGHBoRs.

Japan is trying to arrange her fiscal
system to suit herself. Unfortunately she
has been taking lessons in political economy
from the United States and has imbibed
liking for protective tariff. No doubt
this is mistake, and no doubt if Japan
goes on and builds wall around herself,
she will before long discover that she has
arrested her own progress and injured her
own people. But. however fallacious
her notions of taxation may be, they are at
least, or they ought to be, her own affair.
She may injure other nations by blunder-
ing, it is true, but it does not follow that
those nations are entitled to interfere with
her, and to dictate to her, and to threaten
her with condign punishment if she does not
follow their advice. Yet some of the
Western powers are doing this with Japan,
England being the spokesman for them.
They are of course looking after their own
interests, just as they were when. short
time ago. they tried to prevent the Jap
anese Government from abolishing COM
mercial System which enabled the foreign
ers to swindle the natives But what
makes this interference so offensive is the
obviousness of the fact that it is only ven-
tured upon because Japan is weak. None
of these Western powers would think OF
pursuing the same course with each other.
or with any first class Government. They
pitch upon Japan because she is feeble, and
they bully her. Aud the powers we refer
to are all Christian powers, while Japan is
a Heather country. The superior !"
civilization does not always vindicate its
superiority, it must be confessed.
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TILDsN's cANDIDaTURE.

1t seems to US that if Tilden is Pres-
idential candidate in 1884, he will have
been made so by the Republican press.
For tho way in which journals like the
New York Tribune, Times, etc, continue
to discuss him, his health, his doings and
sayings, and all about him, is certainly
enough to keep alive the very interes.
those journals profess to wish to destroy.
The journalistic Writings of the "per.
sonal" column lose no opportunity of
saying something about Mr.. Tilden. No
matter what, it keeps his name before the
public. And as at short intervals some
enthusiastic friend Of his gets printed a
letter describing his vigor and activity and
youthful habits, and many virtues, and
splendid possessions, and great riches,
we shall not be at all surprised if Uncle
Samuel finds himself presently not only a
more talked-ahout, but more popular
man, than at any previous stage of his
existence. The Republican press appears
so dreadfully afraid lest he should receive
the Democratic nomination for the Presi.
dency that it is in danger of bringing about
the very thing it so apprehends. If it
really wants Tilden's name to die out Of
public recollection, it had better cease
prattling about him.
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10 succEssguL gIVkL

Has that superior among journals, the WEEKLY
UNION 1t is issued this morning, and presents the
news of the week to later hour than any other
weekly on the Pacific coast possibly cln The reason
OF this is easily made clear. The WEEKLY UNION is
issued not at the end of the week Alone but in the
middle OF the week also, and result it IS, for all
practical ends, ssmi-weekly journal, but retains
its old style and title under which, since its estab
lishment thrtyone years ago, it has won its way to
the homes of the people of California. 1t appears
on Wednesday and on Saturday OF each week. Esch
part consists Of eight pages of the choicest reading
matter, OF the latest news and of the purest and
best literary selections, both original and cued from
the highest modern sources. Thus the UNION is a
paper of sixteen pages week. 1t goes to its more
distant readers as soon and often is possible 80
the ordinary daily and yet it costs but about one
fifth the sum that must be paid for the daily ISSUE
and TO vast number of readers it possesses ad-
vantages over the daily. The news facilities of the
weekly are precisely the same those Of the DAILY
RECORD UNION, and nothing that appears in the lat
ter is omitted from the former, while much that is
not in the daily very frequently appears in the
wEEK1, UNION Indeed, the UNION is edited with
an eye single to making it. it is, the best family
news journal on the coast 1t is mailed to any ad-
dress for the nominal sum OF g so per year, and
the postage is prepaid by this office.
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THE NEW ANDRE STORY.

Mr.. Gyms Field and the late Dean Stan.
ley together erected monument commem-
orative of the execution of Major Andre.
A few days ago some effervescing patriot
who had not yet shed his milk teeth, Wis.,
tied the monument by night, and made an
attempt to deface it. Perhaps if he had
waited few hours he might have changed
his mind, for new version of the Andre
story has just been brought to light, and
as it is based upon contemporary letters
the genuineness of which seems uuques.
tionable, it promises to necessitate the re-
writing, in part at least, of this much dis
cussed episode of early American history.
The New York EUeaing Post is the vehicle
through which the new version has been
conveyed to the public. The explanation
OF the matter is as follows In 1917 Ieaac
Van Wart, one of Andres captors, applied
to Congress for an increase of pension, and
was strongly opposed by Mr.. Benjamin
Tallmadge, on the ground that the captors
had already been rewarded as much as their
patriotism deserved. Tallmadge had him.
self been soldier in the revolutionary
war, and was acquainted with the facts OF
the capture, having been second in com
mand of the district which included larry.
town on the morning of Andres capture.
He proceeded to collect evidence from
those who knew still more than himself,
and it is these letters from various retired
revolutionary officers which form the cub
stance of the new story. This is, in brief,
to the effect that the men who took Andre
were not patriots at all, but professional
horse thieves (called at the time " cowboys"
and "skinners ", and that they were en-
gsged in plundering expedition when
Andres evil star led him upon their tenn.
porary camp. According to the newly
published correspondence the captors OF
Andre did not intend at frat to hand him
over to the revolutionary commander, but
wanted him to ransom himself with
money. He offered to pay them whatever
they liked, but had not the cash with
him, and it was their fear of being taken
themselves if they made any arrange.
ment for future payment that at
last led them to deliver their prisoner up
1t is evident that this fresh evidence
throws an altered light upon the whole
Andre transaction. 1t makes considerable
difference whether Andre was taken pris-
oner by patriots and regular members of
the revolutionary forces, or was seized by
mere horse-t thieves, and by them delivered
up. The letters Published in reference to
the matter are certainly of SO positive
character as to appear like the clear recol-
lections OF eye witnesses, but it remains to
be explained why facts which must have
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USELESS MrsREpREsgNTATIoN.

Some of our representatives. at Washing
ton are too eager in denying all the charges
brought against California respecting treat
ment of the Chinese. For instance, Sepa-
tor Farley denied the truth of statement
to the effect that the Chinese were COM
monty pelted and mobbed on their way
from the steamer wharf to Chinatown.
The statement, however, is substantially
true. There has always been rough and
brutal white element in San Francisco
which has always maltreated the Chinese
at every opportunity. The pelting and
mobbing of them has been going on, to cur
personal knowledge, for at least twenty
years. 1t has not been serious, but it has
been OF a character to show prosecuting
and brutal spirit The truth is that the
Pacific coast is no more free from roughs
than is the Atlantic coast, but New
York mob is infinitely crueller and more
cowardly and murderous than any crowd
that has ever gathered in California.
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mR. BLarN6's "JoURNALIzlNa"

There is curious resemblance between
some of Mr.. Blaine's proceedings while
Secretary of State, and the practices which
have grown up in connection with political
journalism. Everybody has at some time
observed the progress of a controversy be-
tween two party "organs." In these
cases there is no thought OF seeking the
truth, and no intention of admitting it, if
found, unless it can be made use of. Each of
the disputants maneuvers for the weather
gage like an old.fashioned fighting frigate.
Neither attempts to answer its adversary's
arguments, but each endeavors to find a
weak spot in the others defenses. And in
order to obtain the appearance of victory
the combatants will resort to the most
hagitious subterfuges, such as garbling
one another's statements, printing one SEN
tence and emitting another, mut;latingla Ian
guage so as to alter the meaning, ignoring
part OF a statement, and replying to another
part, and so on. Now this is not respect
able intellectual conflict, but sort of
piracy which only irresponsible writers
would engage in. Yet Mr.. Blaine, es Sec
rotary of State, appears to have adopted
precisely this piratical method of conduct
ing his correspondence with the Govern
ment of Great Britain on the ClaytonBul-
wer treaty. Why he should have adopted
such a method is inconceivable, for assured
ly it could not be maintained. 1t was i'm
possible for him to continue to deny
the former acts of his own Government,
since the English Foreign Office possessed
the proofs Of those acts, and since at every
step he was certain to be refuted by the
statements of his predecessors in Office,
and by the records of the proceedings of
Congress, open to all the world Yet in
the face of these facts he actually under
took to assert the existence OF state Of
facts for which no jot or title of evidence
could be found, and which could be shown
to be fictitious beyond a question. Moth
ing could be wilder or more foolish than
such course. Nothing could tend to
discredit the United States abroad more.
AS matter of course it will be necessary
for the Government to retrace its steps
throughout in this business, and it can
hardly avoid the disagreeable necessity of
confessing that its foreign policy was for 2
time under the control of Secretary who
either was too reckless to ascertain the
facts of the case he undertook . manage,
or who for Interior purposes deliberately
attempted to falsify history and deny
occurrences of the most absolute gertrude.
In either case Mr.. Blaine's policy is the
most hopeless wreck that has ever been
seen, and it is evident that by the time the
whole Of the facts have been elucidated
his most faithful friends will have to give
him up, SO far as that subject is concerned.