Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24

to be q total disgust on the part Of the
Chilians with the Pierolist party,
from whom more or less hope
OF peaceful settlement has
been continually held out.
Now, according to the latest Panama
advices, the only lingering shred of
peace prospect comes from Inglesais In
the north. Iglesais Is personally more
OF a man than any Of the other Peru
vian leaders. He Is wealthy and ha,
his property 30 situated that he could
easily I've in ffluenoe without taking
any part In public affairs. He Saclares
that the country has been defeated,
aud he believes its safety lies In
making an early peace with Chill.
This he makes the openly protested
platform of his movement. The
Chiliaps favor him for the present,
but 1t Is said ~Inglesais has but an ex-
cessively meagre following and no real
power whatever, while on the other
hand Chill appears to have en-.
tirely failed to detsch Bolivia
from her Peruvian alliance.
Sir William Harcourt is compli.
mented by British papers as being the
fret home secretary who has had the
good sense to reoogoize the claims OF
the working classes to be represented
on important commissions by mem.
bers OF their own community. One
of his first acts was to appoint q work.
iogman to an inspectorship of fac.
tories, and he has recently given fur
Their evidence of his desire to do JUS.
tice to the interests Of labor by
appointing two representative work.
men to visit and inspect the convic,
prisons In the vicinity of London.
The request vas made by the Amalgs'
mated Cab Drivers society, which
claimed that, In the interest Of
prisoners of the working class, a peri
odical inspection of prisons should BE-
made by representative workmen,
"cognizant of the wants, habits ant
failings of their class, IN order tina
while i~ncarcerated they should not be
subjected to undue severity or unjust
treatment of any description at thu
hands Of the officials" As the prison
officials for the most part are persons
Of military training and sympathy the
suggestion wal al Important one, ant
it's adoption by Sir William HARBOUR
Is certain to productive of some good
The Sundsy law Is being strictly en-
forced In Saxony. The minister o
the interior has ordered that in til,
future workmen employed by the gov
eminent shall rest on Sunday and tn,
magistrates of towns and villages ar,
prohibited from having work done o,
a Sunday which can be done on an,
other day. The police are i~nstructe;
not to allow the peasants to work o,
Sunday in the fields, carpenters to pl,
their trade, sailors to load or unloal
ships. Hunting and other amuse
ments by which Divine service nigh
be- disturbed, arc prohibited; ant
especially military shooting parties ar
no longer allowed to practice will
music on Sunday morning during tn
time of service. Noisy amusement
are interdioted and all beer saloon
and dance halls are put under polio
SURF e.llance Saturday night and Sun
day to preserve some decorum, &C
cording to religious ideas.
THERE Is an alarming increase O
lawyers In England. One hundre'
years ago there were a few less thai
300 and at the beginning of tn
present century there were between
600 and 700. Now there are nearl
1000. The increase of solicitors |
no less marked. In 1880 there wer
about 1900; now they number nearl
5000. The population of Englan
has nearly trebled since 1900, bu
lawyers multiplied at . ratio nearl
three times faster. And this movement
has gone on Notwithstanding th
changes by legal reforms which hav
made laws less complicated than the
were eighty years ago.
Real estate In Jerusalem is booming
The American consul In that city r,
ports the Issue Of sixty.five new built
Ing permits and for adding to sixty
three others. The population has ir
creased considerably during the pa
year, rs has also that of the city
Jaffa and Hebron, the chief gain be!r
an influx of Russian Jews, and Jaf
now contains nearly 20 600 people.
Is by no means impossible that "Jud'
for the Jews" may beoomethe rallyiu
: cry and that it will be made very n
pleasant for anyone not of that RAJ
. dwelling among them.
The taxes paid per capita for W
I and educational purposes In the VI
rious countries of Europe are q fc
3 lows: In England war taxes amou,
Q to 81 40, educational to rs cents;
s France tho respective amounts a
So. II and 33 cents, In Prussia So.
t and 80 cents, In Russia 80 45 and
cents, in Italy 81 So and 16 cents,
Austria 81, 60 and 80 cents, In Swift
: erland $1.16 and 81, In Hollal
, 81 26 and 76 cents, In Denmark 81.
and 81. 10 and In Belgium $1.62 q
SO cents.
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