The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-07


queen in the world is her majesty Of
Italy. She speaks, besides her own
tongue, French, German, English and
Spanish, and studies such subjects as
theology, biology, geology and botany.
Guess those who say this don't know
some of our United States queens.
More than two hundred Mormon mis-
sionaries are at work in North Carolina
making many converts, most Of whom
are Immediately sent to Utah. BY thus
attracting immigration it is the conf
dent expectation of the Mormon lead
ers not only to extend the interests
and influence of the church, but also
to acquire absolute control Of political
affairs in the State Of Utah.
Frances Court of Cessation has de-
rided in a test case that money left
to school conducted by religious
community cannot be diverted to the
uses of public secular schools. An old
lady left 10000 francs in 1923 to the
town of Aubusson for the purpose Of
establishing a school under the direc-
tion Of the Brothers of Christian Doc
trine. In 1883 the Brothers were turn
ed out and the school and endowment
'Iaicised.'' The Brothers brought suit,
and after winning their case in all the
lower courts, now receive the princi-
pal of the endowment, with the accru-
ed income and interest, by the decision
of the supreme court of appeal.
Consul Monaghan, Of ChemniIZ, Ger
many, reporting ON the compulsory ac-
cident insurance law of the empire,
says that in II years, from 1885 to 1896,
the amount paid to workmen injured
in, the course Of their employment
amounted to 81, 100000. The Germans
pronounce the law a success, but that
will have to be decided after some fur
Their years of trial The amount paid
to disabled workingmen has increased
from $425, 200 in 1886 to $40, $50 800 in 1896
Since every year adds to the number
permanently disabled, the payments
must continue to increase cumulative
5ly, and a point may be reached at
which the system will either break
down under the weight of obligations
or the employers will be compelled to
make compensatory reductions Of wa
ges.
"A bill has been introduced in the
Massachusetts house to extend the
schoolhouse protective provision of the
liquor law to private schools with over
fifty pupils, the purpose being to for
bid the location of saloon near pa
rochial school. The Boston Transcript
opposes the bill, because it gives official
recognition to private schools, inc1ud-
ing those of a sectarian character. The
State has done it's part, it says, in taxi
L ing precautions to safeguard the NOR
ents choose to send their children to
private schools, that is no concern of
the State. A ridiculous extension of
the home market idea is proposed in a
bill which would forbid the gathering
of arbutus by any person except a citi-
zen or real estate owner in the town in
which it grows
The French republic has established
a sort of governmental savings bank,
called the Caisse Rationale d'Epargne,
which In some respects corresponds to
the Postoffice savings bank. On the
list of January, 1896, a new law came
into force, whose principal clause linn
tied the amount depositable on each
book to $500 annually. The object of
this was to confine the use of this saw
ings bank to the classes for whom it
was originally instituted. It's effect re-
suited in decreasing the amount depos-
tied in 1896 by 47,O0D,0OO francs. The de-
posts, nevertheless. in that period ex-
ceeded the Withdrawals by $4,000, 600
francs, and the number of new ac-
counts during the year amounted to
1876, 600, the total at present opened be-
ing 2,6S2,90S. OF these Al per cent fig
ure with credits below 20 francs, whilst
the books whose balance exceeds SOC
francs represent "a per cent. of the
whole.
An English paper records peculiar
decision in the suit of a usurer against
a poor woman. The man had lent the
woman money in such a way that il
was to be paid in installments and will
monthly usurious interest. The wo
man was unable to pay the amount
due. The judge satisfied himself tina
the woman was honest and honorabl,
and that what she had already paid il