The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

Ol lUt luNitdStu NdiuC VI Jul oSiNu'
tural products over the selling price
of last year. is represented by the same
figures. Here then we have an aggre-
gate advance in wealth of a thousand
million of dollars. Perhaps some one
will say that this is in some respects
flcticious but to the farmer who gets
thirty cents more for each bushel OF
his wheat than he did last year there
is nothing ficticious either about the
wheat. the price, or the necessities and
the comforts Of life which the advanc-
cd price will enable him to purchase.
The subject of the administration Of
justice in this city, and the poesibili-
ties of the future are somewhat sur
prising If not indeed alarming. or the
crimes against persons. 1t may be said
that there Is comparatively little delay
in their prosecution. but when 1t comes
to the consideration of crimes against
property, there is quite another story TO
tell During the past six months
there have been no less than 1000
complaints made TO the committing
justices and there were 5000 old cases
on hand at the beginning of the year.
Al the present rate of progress 1t will
take the prosecuting officers full year
to catch up, even If there are no more
complains. This is condition Of af-
fairs that can not long be permitted to
exist. and 1t amounts in fact. almost
to a denial Of justice With sIch an
enormous amount of business on his
hands. the District Attorney is COM
PEELED TO sift out and try the most I'M
r0rtant cases. leaving those persons
who are out on bail, practically free
from prosecution. The effect OF such
| delay is an invitation to commit more
crime, and thus the blockade is
strengthened There may be some re-
! lief when we get under the new char
ter, but this is doubtful The Office of
District Attorney is a constitutional Of
flee. and the Legislature can not deal
with il unless authorized so TO do by
an amendment And while the Great
er New York will have no less than
! five District Attorneys exercising their
prerogeratives within Its borders, they
/ cannot prosecute offenders outside Of
! their own counties. 1t is evident that
| the machinery of justice will require
considerable t:nkering unless the COM
/ ing good times greatly reduces the
/ number OF crimes
/ Mr.. John c. Sheehan is now the rec
ognized leader of Tammany Hall.
which is at present the regular, and the
! only Democratic organization in the
! city. Mr. Sheehan has opened his
headquarters in the Hall. and will give
his attention to the reorganization of
the party in the city. Mr.. Sheehan has
declared in an interview that Mr..
Croker is entirely out of politics, and
he also declines to predict whom the
Democrats will nominate for Mayor
There are however strong indications
that eX-Postmaster Dayton will be the
candidate of the organization.
The horrors of the warfare which
Spain is waging against Cuba have
been brought TO our very doors by the
arrival here of two ladies who were
prison companions of Miss Evangeline
Cisreros, the beautiful young relative
! OF the President of the Cuban Republic.
! This accomplished young lady has just
been tried in Havana, and the court
has ordered the sentence kept secret.
This Is believed to mean that she Is to
be sent to Centa, the African penal
settlement Of the Spanish government.
This was the demand made by the pros
ecuting officer and 1t Is said that the
Withholding of the verdict is almost
conclusive evidence that this demand
has been granted by the court.
There is nothing against the black
eyed, sweet-faced young girl except
that she was in the Isle of Pines when
an outbreak Of Cuban prisoners occur
red, and that she is the niece of Presi-
dent Cisneros Betancourt, who heads
the civil government of the rebels in
the jungles Of Camaguay. Her convic-
ton is foregone conclusion. Under
the Spanish system of trial of military
prisoners there is no chance for acQuit-
tai The accused never hears the evil
dence, never confronts the witnesses
who appear against her. Unrepresent-
| ed by counsel she makes her statement