Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-03-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.


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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Miss Mary Happy was appropriately mar
ried to James Lucky the other day In Hall
fax. Nova Scotia. Their drst child should
be named Happy Go Lucky.
A gold mine has been discovered In New
Jersey. It will probably not prove to be
any richer than the mine worked by the
race-tr<ck swindlers has been.
Since the silver craze began the west has
turned out some queer "oritters, includ-
ing Bloody Brides Waite and bis wife, and
now q squirrel with eleven legs and four
heads has been caught In Washington
State.
Atlanta 70 going to make the show to be
given in that city in 1895 success IL work
will do IL. The site for the show, which
will be called the Cotton States and Inter-
national sxposition, is already selected, and
$3.50, 900 of the 5000. 900 necessary to put
the grounds in readiness was subscribed In
one day. This Is . promising start
The government of the British Austrsl
ian colony of Victoria has inausurated an
official loan Office. Small loans, up to Q
maximum of $1,000, are to be granted to
farmers and others to enable them to i'm.
prove their holdings. The loans will bear
interest at 5 per cent. The money will be
provided from the savings banks. It is
expected the system will be largely taken
advantage of by the agricultural commun-
ity.
There are more suicides In Germany In
proportion to the population than in any
other European country. The yearly sv-
ersgs for some years past has been 2:71 to
every 10. 600 of population. In France, Aus
tris, England and Italy the average per-
csntsge for the same period has been 1.sT,
1.63. .76, and AS respectively, to every
10000 of population. In the Austrian
army there is an average of 12 52 suicides
to every 10000 men; in Germany, o.33;
Italy. 4; France, 8 80, and England 2.Os
There were fewer suicides In the Prussian
army last year than in any year sinoe 1878.
The curious fact Ia learned that more than
twice as many non commissioned officers
as privates commit suicide. Investigations
as to tie causes which lead to so many
suicides In the army have yielded but un-
satisfactory, because incomplete, results.
The fs At of punishment for misconduct is
a chief cause,
Senator Morgan of Alabama has, 1t Is
said, prepared an amendment to the WI
son bill which he proposes to offer at the
proper time, the effsct of which, II
adopted, would be to let the present tariff
stand as IL Is, until Q commission. to be
created. shall have had time to inquire
into exciting tsrif rates and to decide
whether they are needed to raise the re-
quisite amount of revenue. Its decision
lie to be submitted to the president. II he
shall approve 1t, then 1t will be his duty
TO issue q proclamation stating the de-
cision of the commission, giving the
changes of rates made by Ii, and instruct
ing custom officials to COLLECT duties CON-
formstory thereto upon the articles men
toned. The commission to which Il Is
prop ,sed to intrust this important duty
must be made up of the secretary Of the
treasury aud of four other members, two
of whom must be citissns of states east of
the Rocky Mountains, and two from the
Psciic slope ststes. Not more than three
of the Eve can be members of the same
political party.
A striking illustration Of the religious
intolerance which prevails In Austria has
Just been furnished. When DIR. Prix, the
burgomsster of vienns, died, the most
prominent candidate for his position was
the vics-burgomsster, Dr.. Richter. The
latter was born Roman Catholic, but
twenty years ago. on marrying . Jswsss,
Was obliged to declare himself as of no
profsssed religion, since the Austrian law
forbids unions bstween Christians and
non Christians, and only allows civil mar
risge In such cases when one OF the par
ties has left the church. There arc
several thousand such unions In Cis-
leithanis, and, though legal, they are
considered to disquslify for any public
Office, Just as Judaism Itself dcsz.
DR.. Richter consequently decided,
| after the death of DR.. Prix, to return
to Roman Catholicism. and induced bis
wife 20 become q convert. In this way be
thought that all difficulties would be 70,
moved, but Prince LieohtensteiD, the Anti
Semitic leader, called upon the prince arch.
bishop of Vienna, and on the Pspal Nauc,o
to denouncs the possible election to the
Office of burgomaster of o man who TO,
twenty years had lived without religion
and other people appealed to the Ststt
halter or lower Austria, who declared thai
the election could not be confirmed unlesi
DIR. Richter regulated his position" be
forehand, which meant that he must be re
married In church. Thersupon the churci
authorities appointed the day after tn,
election for the wedding ceremony. Sooner
than consent to this, Dr. Richter decided
| to withdraw from the contest.