Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-04-30

Freemasonry very heartily Ia the Encycl1cal
about to be issued.
The international congress of medical men
to be held in Copenhagen in August will be
an interesting affair. Besides a full repre-
sentation of Scandinavian physicians, such
well-known practitioners and hygisnists will
attend as Pasteur, Rauvisr, Marty, and Vile
main from France; Lister and Paget from
England, and Virehow and Koch from Ger
many. Invitations have been extended to
the profession in this country also to send
representatives. The Danish government
and the city of Copenhagen have appropri
ated ample means for the entertainment of
the foreign guests.
Philadelphia seems to be overrun with
circuses and thieves. A police officer of thas
city says: The gang of crooks now opera
ting in Philadelphia have secured not less
than $780, 600 worth of plundsr during the
last two weeks. You look surprised, but I
could count up more than that amount
from the reports of robbsries published in
the newspapers and you are not gullibls
enough TO suppose that you hear of all the
AOOOOGAU1 bAes nAS AOHOAt7A CIV ASoN 4o~A
Why, $50, ,O09 worth of property was stolen
on Monday alone. There are more promi-
asnt criminals-that is what we detectives
call t'bie people''-in town to-day than have
been seen hsre at one time before in years
They range from common pickpockets and
scar workers. to the most expert safe blowers
and hotel thieves.
A memorial prepared by a special COM
mittee of the Philadelphia Commercial
Exchange asking Congress TO take such
action &c will either redeem, retire or legal
ize the trade dollar has been forwarded to
Washington. The circular points out that
the total issue Of the coin from the mtnts of
the United States exceeds $35, 000, 600, of
which $50, ,ooO, 600 were exported. and be-
tween S5, 900, 600 and $6,oO0,0 600 remained
at home. OF the exported coins it Is believed
that nearly all have been converted into coins
of other countries, or defaced in such way
as to prevent their being imported into this
country and exchanged for standard dollars
under the proposed legislation. The best
evidence on this point is the fact that millions
OF these coins were taken from China to
India and melted in the mint at Calcutta.
There are too many doctors In this coun-
try, but there is apparently a good chance
for some Of them in Russia The scarcity of
msdicsl men there and the habits of the ru-
raj population combine to make the Russian
death=rate the highest in Europe. Exespt=
ing the tive capitals, where there are many
German physicians, there is no district in the
empire sufficiently supplied with doctors.
According TO the latest returns, the average
duration of life in Russia is only twenty-six
years. The mortality among infants is
frishtfql. More than sixty per cent. die be-
lore they reach their fifth year. Nearly
!, Zoo, coo children perish evers year. OF
600, 600 boys, only s,77o.Ooo attain the age
OF military service-that is to say, their
twenty-afth year; and of these at least ] ,o0o..
600 are found. by reason of shortness of
stature and weakness of body, unfit foSm1li-
tary duties.
Wendell Phillips Garrison is making Lit,
tie stir by eanVassing she candidates for
oyerseers of Harvard to see if they viii
favor making the attendance on morning
prayers by the students 'sparely goluntsrv-
and whether they tsYor. = .osf,,o .,,,..,, =