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stead Of that the Bishop Of Rochester had quite
n respectful hearing. and his petition was re-

stead OF that the Bishop Of Rochester had quite
n respectful hearing. and his petition was re-
ferred for consideration to a committee OF four
prelates.
The noisy section OF the Labor party which
wants Parliament to fix the number OF hours
per day during which full-grown mon shall be
allowed to work had. by its delegates. an In
terview with Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Balfour
this wock. The delegates would have had no
chance Of being received by those august per-
sons had not Mr.. Gladstone refusal to receive
A similar deputation induced tho Tories to bo-
lieve that political capital might be made out
OF the business Tho speech made last night
at Bradford BY Alderman Bon Tillett, one OF
the eight hour leaders. warrants the belief
that neither party has much cause for salts
faction.
Tho aristocrntic and moneyed classes"
said Tillett filled Parliament to protect their
own interests. Despite all their promises.
every politician OF note had taken q negative
position on matters affecting tho democracy.
Mr.. Gladstone was evasive and had snubbed
the Labor party. Mr.. Morley had insulted 1t.
Lord Salisbury twitted It Mr.. Balfour had
been cynical. and Lord Randolph Churchill
hysterical. There was not a representative
man in either party who was not opposed to
the labor programme. The ruling classes
cared nothing that the millions were welter-
inc in ignorance and poverty 30 long as their
own pockets were filed"
The fact is tho labor party In this country
has been so rampered and petted by all polit-
zeal parties TINT it has become spoiled child.
For years past when 1t has cried for the moon
1t has been accustomed to receive star to go
on with. Nowadays when 1t howls 1t expects
to be bribed into silence with nothing less
than the entire solar system.
Just m onth ugo Alice Marsh and Emma Shri-
veil. two young women Of decent family and
loose morals. we're found dying in their lodgings
In Stamford street. Backfriars. They lived Just
long enough to say TINT q mysterious patron
whom they know as George Clifton gave them
three long pills." nnd that they became Ill
Immediately after taking them. Post-mortem
examination proved that each pill contained
three grains Of strychnine. so that the girls
actually swallowed between them nine grains
OF deadly poison. or sufficient to kill at least
seven or eight persons. There is no room for
doubt that those young women were
foully and deliberately murdered. and
the mass OF circumstantial evidence points
to the conclusion that George Clifton
was the murderer But. although this
man. who is apparently in good social po-
sition. was seen in the girls company upon
more than ono occasion and by half dozen
persons. and. although the police have in their
possession letter written by him to Alice
Marsh. dated from a hotel at Chatham. he is
still at large. The probabilities are that no
will never be arrested except possibly in con-
nection with some fresh crime. 1t is believed
that he murdered o girl named Ellen Dom
worth. who was found dying In tavern near
Stamford street. In October last. from the Of
fects Of strychnine and morphine given to her
In glass Of wine by q casual acquaintance
answering Clifton's description.
The London newspapers reported In per-
functory fashion the frequently adjourned in
quest on the Stamford street victims. but they
have quite failed to grasp the fact that there
is at this moment at largo in this big city an
other atrocious criminal differing from the
Whitechapel flend only in his methods Of
work. London newspapers seem to require
blood and mutilation to stimulate them into
appreciation OF a great crime.
The British Medical journal to day. comment
ing on the case from a m edical point OF view.
says: 1t has been suggested that tho pills
we're really capsules. supposition not i'm
probable. so they must surely have been either
prepared by the poisoner himself or by some
pharmaceutical chemist. II by chemist. he
would probably have been told that the strych-
nine was to poison q horse. or some animal
Should o chemist have received such an ORDER
It is his bounden duty to como forward and
assist in the discovery OF the criminal
Capsules are difficult to prepare by am
ateurs. It takes knowledge OF phar-
macy and some little skill. But whether
tho long pills were really capsules. or
whether they were bulky pills prepared
by hands unaccustomed to pill making. and
therefore devlatinR considerably from ordi-
nary pills In shape. he who prepared them
had a considerable store OF strychnine and
knowledge OF its effect. Such II knowledge
argues no special medical education. for
arsenic. phosphorus. laudanum. carboic acid.
oxalic acid. and strychnine are known by
every one to be poisons. The very largeness.
the unnecessary largeness. Of the dose indeed
is rather against the doctor theory. doctor
knows very we'll that dose Of over q grain is
fatal. and would not be likely to give nine
times that amount"
The vexed question OF the immigration OF
destitute aliens was discussed at public
meeting In st. James Hall last evening.
whereat q resolution was passed warmly ap-
proving the decision OF the Government to
take some steps to remedy the evil 1t was
said in the course OF tho discussion that for
eigners. chiefly German and Russian Jews.
had driven English mon and women out OF tho
cheap tailoring and bootmaking trades. and
that similar transformation was threatened
in the cabinetmaking. chair turning. and
OtneE lnuuStTlVS Ill tH6 chSt euu VI 1LOHuou
As ia usual at gatherings OF this character tho
United States immigration regulations wcro
praised by all the speakers and hold UP as
shining example for England to follow.
Theosophy in London has not fully main
tained tho impulse 1t received some timo ago
by the almost miraculous conversion OF Mrs.
Eesant. The resignation OF Col. Olcott. who.
with Nine. Blavatsky. was ono OF the founders
Of tho sect. and was chosen life President OF
tho society. has not helped matters. Col. o.
colt resigned not because he has lost faith in
the mahatmns but because he found tho press
ure OF work moro than he could stand.
That no rupture has taken place be-
tween him and the faithful is testified
by tho fact that the latter have started
a subscription In order to make comfortable
provision for the Colonel through tho rest OF
his life. which no proposes to spend in India
One OF tho flock tells curious thing aboutthe
final disposition of the body OF Mme Bla-
yatsky. As was made known at the time OF
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