Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-25
lay her head on Q mans shoulder whils
sitting on any of the park benches.

| sitting on any of the park benches.
A. B. Bidwsll, who eight years ago WA
sentenced to die on the gallows, and wa.
subsequently proved to be innocent, died
the other day in Florida. The case was
that of the murder of Harrison Riley al
Sara Sofa, Florida, by a society of which
Bidwen had been q member, and 1t attract.
ed much attention at the time by reason oi
Bidwell's being Mason and the efforts OF
his brother Masons to clear him. The
death sentence was commuted to life i'm.
prisonment and three years later q free
pardon was granted. A strange feature Of
the case was the fact that Bidwells wife,
who worked indefatigably for him while
he was under sentence of death, accepted
the release which the law gives the wife OF
q capital convict, and married again while
he was In prison. = On his release Bidwell
spoke of this as his greatest misfortune.
A bill recently introduced in the British
house of lords shows how far England Ia
behind the United States in the matter Of
protecting the makers of contracts. The
bill calls attention to the fact that the
tendency Of recent legislation has been to
interfere with existing contracts, and says
that 1t is only through the legal upholding
of contracts that property is secure. The
important portion of the bill is given:
"And whereas in our unwritten constitu-
ton there is no legal safeguard for the in
volatility Of contracts, such as ia to be
found in the written constitution of the
United States of North America; this
house do resolve that a standing order be
made, which shall forbid the presentation
to the house of any bill, public or private,
that breaks or interferes with existing
oontraets."
The Alien bill, which was passed by the
French chamber the other day, requires
any foreigner arriving in place and de-
string to carry on profession, trade, or
industry to send in to the mayor within q
week declaration with proof Of identity.
A certificate will then be delivered to him.
If he removes to another place, he must
within two days have the certificate vised.
Neglect, refusal, or false declaration in
wolves fine of from 50f to 200f, with or
without permanent prohibition of resi-
dence. Persons already settled in France
will be allowed month from the passing
of the bill (Which has yet to go through the
senate) for making the declaration. An
expelled alien returning without permits
sion may be punished by from one to six
months imprisonment, followed by re-
newed expulsion. Any person knowingly
employing an uncertifcated alien will be
fined from 25f. to 200f. The chamber by
large nsjorlties rejected amendments for
taxing the employers of foreigners, and for
imposing on the latter the tax for exemp-
hon from military service. N. Rouvier
strongly objected to the entire bill, main
tanning that it was contrary to the princi-
pies OF 1889, and that foreigners performed
hard manual labor from which natives re-
coiled. The chamber likewise passed q
bill whereby an alien born in France, the
iseue of q mother (but not of father)
born in France, will have the option on at
tanning his majority of declining French
nationality.