Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-23

that his appointment must be revoked
a. the Austrian government refuses to re
ceive him ~ representative ofthe Amer
lean government, on account OF his public
utterasces on Austrian politics when ,
student At Prague some years ago.
Tin, in which q successful corner ha'
lust been worked on vast scale, which
has commanded the markets of the worl6
and forced up prices without regard t.
value IL the one metal In which our tar
III for over twenty years has done moth
ing>fo develop our own resources. The
result Is dependence on single foreign
supply. and great fluctuations in price.
That distinguished American, Mr.. Sui
Ivan Of Boston. has succeeded in disgrace.
ing the authorities of Philadelphia. Boston
and Chicago by his notorious disregard OF
the law and Of decency IN public places.
says the New York Tribune. 1t is about
time that the authorities somewhere should
take this person in hand and treat him as
the common law breaker that he is. What
he especially needs is to be locked up as a
chronic disturber of the peace. and com
PEELED for once to earn living by hard
labor In some public institution long
enough to get the liquor out of him.
The cholera epidemic in Spain exists at
present principalIvi in Castellon, Valencia.
Alicante and Murca. where it made its
appearance last year. These are south
eastern provinces on the Mediterranean.
and about year ago they suffered pro-
longed and disastrous foundations. Mis-
ery, poverty. filth. and neglect of even
the commonest sanitary measures followed
the floods. and then malaria in its many
forms. dvsentery and typhoid fever broke
out The entire district became an ideally
favorable field for the growth of cholera.
and II has remained in that condition to
the present time. The daily death list
shows the sequel.
Corn. which il the crop from which the
country has most to hope. appears. from
first report made from Illinois, still one of
the first Of corn States, likely to be larger
than last year and large enough to make
up for the loss on Winter wheat. in part
ut least The important fact about this
report Is that Il shows an increase Of acre.
age amounting to one-eighth and can
diion, on the average. fully equal to a
year ago. II the weather remains favor
able a general advance in acreage on the
same scale would give the largest yield
on record, and such corn crop would
mean cheap food for tho many. profit for
the farmer and large exports next winter.
The Secretary of the Navy has detached
from duty three naval officers because
their wives joined them at foreign stations.
There IL an order forbidding naval officers
from having their wives with them when
on duty at foreign stations, and the order
was undoubtedly prompted by good and
sufficient reasons. It will be interesting
to learn. however, how the Secretary in
tends to compel n woman who Is not In
the service to live apart from her husband
II she takes II into head that temporary
residence at Yokohama, tor instance. when
her husband. who is in the Navy, chances
to be stationed there, would please Der.
Is the Secretary going to see that such
husbands command their wives tn live in
the United States and then compel the
wives to respect their vow OF obedieuceP
The imposing welcome given in New
York Friday to the famous statue of lib
erty Enlighiening the World" appropri-
atev ushered in the final stage of a great
undertaking. When the
granite pedestal, the. in peculiar sense.
gift of the people of the United States,
shall be finally completed and the statue.
the gift Of the people Of our sister repub-
lie. France, shall be placed in position. 1t
will not only stand conspicuous and
monument in the chief har-
Dor of our continent, but II will also sym.
bolixe amity between two republics, which
though on different sides of the Atlantic,
are animated with similar aspirations. 1t
will also perpetually commemorate an
other fact, that no true American should
suffer to be forgotten, that In the supreme
tor American Independence, when
the American cause was otherwise hope
less. France gave 1t not only moral sup
port. but also material aid in the form of
troops. ships, munitions OF war. and
money. The debt owed by the United
States for national existence to France is
one which cannot well be overestim ated.
There was fitness in the gilt. and 1t was
fitting that not only New York. but the
should give tia grateful and
hearty recognition.
Big HailstOnes.
A letter from Viola, Wis. to the Milwaukee
Sentinel, saws: