The Press., 1894-02-01

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 THE article on "Avoidable Diseases" page 1st, from Halls Journal of Health, besides it's value as a timely article, has interest as having been written by one of our local physicians.
 IT is going to be the policy of republi- can members of congress to load upon the Wilson bill the income tax amendment, or any other obnoxious provision that will help to defeat the bill in the final vote. Thus encountered the bill will have a narrow squeak for passage in the house, and is pretty sure to fail of passage in the senate.
 BRIDGEPORT horse cars are running empty under boycott, and with all brok- en windows, result of a strike and several days of riot. The difficulty is not mat ter of wages, but came from the discharge of several employees and the refusal of the company to recognize "the union." The road is owned by a nonresident syndi- cate.
 RIOT, bloodshed and arson is again the story in the mines of Pennsylvania. The miners struck, and, getting hungry, began to destroy mining property and to raid stores. An uprising of citizens suppressed the riot and secured the arrest of the leaders. The mine owners are reaping the fruits of importing cheap Hungarian labor, and are entitled to no sympathy.
 Two vacancies in New York city's del gation in congress were filled by special election on Tuesday. In the 14th dis trict, where Col. Fellows, democrat, had over 5000 majority in November, 1899, Quigg, republican, is now elected by over 984 plurality. In the 18th district Strauss, democrat, has 4,687 plurality against II = 300 given for the democratic candidate in 1899. The canvass was a hot one, and the interest intense, but the vote was light. indicating that democrats were willing to let the elections go by default.
 THE Corbett- Mitchell fight at Jackson vile, Florida, came off last Thursday. The governor of the state gave up his at tempt to prevent it when the higher courts had enjoined the sheriffs from interfering. . 'Corbett knocked out his opponent in three rounds, a commentary upon the claims that there is nothing barbarous in such fights when gloves are used. The best sentiment Of the country approves Gov. Mitchell for his efforts to stop the fight and re- joice that it resulted in making it a finan- cial loss to the now snotorious Duval club, which backed up the animal show. The volume of opposition to the next like brutal exhibit will be stronger for this ef- fort.
 THE name of Judge Walter Peckham of New York, has been put before the U. $. senate as President Cleveland's nominee for the vacant supreme court justiceship. Peckham, like Hornblower was an anti-snapper, and will also be op posed by Senator Hill. It is hoped that this opposition will be futile, as there can be no good ground of opposition save that the appointment is distasteful to the New York senator solely on personal grounds. It is said that President Cleve. land will send in no more names of ap. pointees for any office until this judge ship is disposed of, and also that he will insist that the appointee be a New York man of his own selection. He holds the trump card in this matter, as nearly every democratic senator is impatiently pressing for some appointment to be made, and some may not like to have Senator Hill block the way.
 AMERICAN vessels having been prevent ed from landing goods at the docks ot Rio Janeiro by the insurgent fleet, which has held the harbor, Admiral Benham, ir command of the U. s. cruisers, gave the rebel admiral De Gama notice that ht should convoy these vessels to the docks He did so, and was fired upon twice. Tt the first he replied with shot across th' bows; to the second with straigh whacking shot that struck the insurgen vessel in such a business like way tha De Gama begged for a cessation of hos tilities, and the American ships went tt their docks without further molestation Then De Gama wanted to surrender t, the U. s. vessel, so that he might no later have to surrender to his own gov sent.