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President Kru ger, it la announced here, has issued a proclamation saying he will defend Johannesburg, and calling upon all the Boers to fight to the bitter end. : London, May '',. 3:30 a. tn. Lord Hoberts' infantry advance is delayed at the Ithenrjster river for a day or two by the depth of the stream, which i3 not fordabie. The banks, which are pre cipitous, are forty feet high, A pon toon and temporary bridge construc tion are under way. The railway has not been damaged to any great extent between Kroonstad and Khencster. The Transvaalers have offended the Kite Staters by destroying thtir splendid bridges when retiring to Kroonstad. They refrained from doing this on the retreat to Hhenoster, but now they are destroying the railroad and bridges Almost completely north of the Itheu ister. The British troops are in form of a crescent, with hori s thirty miks apart, with General I-'rt neb's cavalry on the left within twenty-three miles of the Vual, and Central Ian Hamilton's mounted men on the risht, within thirty miles of the Vaal. The center of the crescMit is about forty miles from the Vaal. Boer teb grams says that 3000 British, with ten guns, ar near Vredefort, whieh id close to th- Vaal and close to Parys. One corn 'Spomlrnt refers to the ailvance as a "; rotueiia Je." An other h scribing it as a "Boer hunt." The Kree Kiateis aie pictured us "bolt ing like hares'" at the f'urt sight of the British. The latter. i.cordiiig to one writer, do not even tir.d women and children, as the ll.eing farmers take their families with thein. in conse juonce of the repmts current among the Transvaalers that the British kid nap all children over twelve years of Jge. The Boer rear guard was composed of llussians, to whom was committed the task of destroying the bridges. They llso looted freely. What the Boei s :-ue doing is an abso ute mystery. The embargo of news out ii Pretoria for the last twenty-four Hours lias been complete. The move nent toward I-ydenburg. however, con tinues and a referendum on the ques tion of continuing the war is going on among the Boer fighting men. It may ie a fortnight before the results of this singular vole are fully before the runsv.'.ai ;o ri nirieiu. if mc u .noi. view of Boer discouragement is one half right, the Boers will vote to quit. In Natal, Central Dartnell's volun teers otcupied Mi . t Prospect, Mon day. Lord Dutidoiiald s cavalry is at virmstoiit s. near Ingi go. Ills infantry ests at Si-hoenshoogte. The names are Til of fateful iiietin ly in the first Boer var. Ti e British face Laings Nek, .here the Boers, through the range lasses of the British, are occasionally .isiliU'. In the march across the Big--farsherg. all the farms except one were round vaiant. A temporary bridge has b.-en finished at Waschbanks. Trains now go to liuix'i-e. Ceneral Buller said the best way to celebrate the Queen's birthday was to repair the railway to Newcastle, and evciy man was put to work. Karl de I. a Warr. who was supposed to h:'ve te n en "Mired at the time of the disast' r tb-it befell the squadron of Bet hunt's Huso, contrived to es cape. He lay all ni:--ht with a wounded leg behfrd m ant-heap, reaching the camp next day. As the railway is now open north of Mafeking. an abundance of provisions is entering the town, plenty of flour and meat anil a few luxuries. The tele graph messnt-es will probably come from Maf-kimr direct over the north ern route in a day or two. South Af i'-a has another infliction. An extrerdintry isne of Gazette at rnrb:n nrti'"""' thf death of an Kast Tnrtlan fr t" the bubonic plague. The pnvi-rn'r'Mt b"s put into force the most Bt'rintrept Tireventlve measures, but fears are i xiti ssh! that the pesti lence may ret :i"'onf the troops. Th Transvml National Bank has suspended g''d payments, under au thorization from the government, re quiring the acceptance of bank notes. The Institution has large assets ap parently in Ixindon. One hundred and fifty thousand rounds were seized at Cape Town, and (oounds 25.000 at Dur ban. Mr. l.ucan, airman of the Lon don committer of ti. bank, says: "The Transvaal giivr 'it is laying hands upon every out f gold it can find in the country, """ e government has nothing to lose, and everything to gain thereby. Financial c ircles here are in terested in mary 'ndirect ways, es- pecialtv a to whether the Transvaal's 1. o. V.. will bi redeenieil." The BirmiPKt'nm Argus which keeps in pretty close neb " Ith the coloni.xl us. vq "We i ud-rstand that a gereral o'ect'on wi'l be ordered as soon as Tord T'obert obtains an additional j success. The r"vrrrnert will ask the country what ! v ishes to do with the conquered r"',ub':cs. London. Mav :M 1:tS p. m Under the stimuli's of t-e riir or AiareKing and Ixrd Rt'tTf m-i.t nnd success ful progress. th Oo. n's birthday has been celehrateil thn-urhimt the Kmpire with unique nd h.. r unprecedented rejoicings. Tb" two-fold nature of th'? celebrations rive the occasion unusual brilliancy. The recent demonstrations only whetted tbe poblie appetite for displays of pstriotie feelings and. con sequently to-dry vis chosen for all kinds of fun. tier's 'n cnneetion with the war and its furdi. Tn London, and in the provinciPl towns, there was a tri color eruption. Kvery private house- was decorated with miniature union Jscks. and a picturesque carnival procession a mile long, of cars, emblematical pro cessions and reviews In the garrison towns, etc.. v ere witnessed throughout the count rv. The school children had a holiday, and at most places there vs a partial suspension of business. Te Wet End of Lor don to-night is bril liantly Illuminated and thousands are crowding the streets, wearing patriot- ItheHouse cf Commons to-day. the Government leader. A. J. Balfour, an nounces that Lord Salisbury would consider a proposal to arpolnt a nation al thanksgiving day. with a suitable, form of prayer, in acknowledgment of God's vouchsafing victory to the Brit ish arms. UNABLE TO AGREE. Washington. May 25. The conferrees of the two houses on the Naval Appro priation bill to-day decided to report a disagreement on the armor plate amendment of the Senate, and also on the Senate amendments relating to the terms of Annapolis cadets and ocean gjid ?ake surveys. "WORTH WHILE.'' ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. 'lis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a soiiji; But the man worth while is the one who will smile. When every thing goes dead wrong; For the tett of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years. But the smile that is worth the praise of earth. Is the smile that comes through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent, When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within no voice of sin Is luting jour soul away; But it's only a negative viitue, Until it is tried by fire, And the life that is worth the honor of earth, Is the one that resists desire. l y the cynic, the sad. the fallen. Who had no strength for the strife. The world's h'ghway is cumbered to-day; They make up the item of life. But the vii tue that conquers passion, And the orrow that hides in a smile It is these that are worth the homage of earth, For we find them but uce in a while. I consider it not onlv a tileasm-e lint n duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my ertse I iy tiie timely use of niriulierlain'H Colic, t'lioleni and Diitiriiiea Ueiuedv. I was token verv badlv with flnv nml mo- cuicil n hot lb of this reined,- tew doses of if i ff. ctid a periiHitiPiit cure. I Itike pleasure in recommending it to Ot hers silfferimr from thiif droiiilfiil liu- en.se J. VV Lym ii, Dorr, W. Va. This remeily is sold by 1 he Dorsey Drilfr ( o. "HOME, SWEET HOME." Best Place for a Man i d Man A Grand Old Mirror Through Which Both Sides of us Are Seen. Followinjr are some of the defini tions of Home, written and submitted in a prize contest: The rolden settinjr in which the brightest settinrr is "mother." A world of strife shut out, a world of love shut in. An arbor which shades when the sunshine of prosperity becomes too dazzlinir: a harbor where the human bark finds shelter in the time of ad versity. Home is the blossom of which heaven is the fruit. Home is a person's estate obtained without injustice, kept without dis quietude; a place where time is spent without repentance and which is ruled by justice, mercy and love. A jrrand old mirror, through which both sides of us are seen. That source of comfort which youth does not fully appreciate, which the yoiinj; men and maidens lovingly de sire, iililcu mo iuimnc'ai.a in i. possess, which the old rijrhtly value. A hive in which, like industrious 1 bees, youth gardens the sweets and memories of life for nre to meditate and feed upon. lhe best place for a married man after business hours. Home is the coziest, kindliest, sweetest place in all the world, the scene of our purest earthly joys and our deepest sorrows. The only spot on earth where the faults and failings of fallen humanity are hidden under the mantle of char ity. An abode in which the inmate, the "superior being called man," can pay back at night with fifty per cent, in terest every annoyance that has met him in business during the day. The place where the great are some times small and the small often great. The father's kingdom, the children's paradise, the mothers world. The jewel casket containing the most precious of all jewels, domestic happiness. Where you are treated best and grumble most. Home is a central telegraph ollice of human love, into winch run innumer able wires of affection, many of which though extending thousands of miles are never disconnected from the one great terminus. The centre of our affections, around which our hearts' best wishes twine A little hollow scoop out of the windv hill of the world where we can be shielded from its cares and annoy ances. A popular but paradoxical institu tion, in which woman works in the absence of man and man rests in the presence of woman. A working model of heaven, with real amrels in the form of mothers and wives. The place where should be at niht. all husbands I We believe the amendment will be j carried by a good majority, but don't! let us be so sanguine about it as to! beget apathy. It is a life and death; struggle, politically, with the op-j ponents of the amendment and they j will leave no stone unturned in their; efforts to defeat it. The question is: Does North Carolina favor permanent White Supremacy? Let the answer be in the atlirmative and let it be! emphasized by the biggest possible majority. Work and work earnestly j from now until the polls are closed j in August. Winston Sentinel. Obedier t to the Letter. Mamma "Now mind. Bobbie, if; they pass you the cake a second time; at me party you must sav, 'No, thanks; I've had a plenty,' and don't: vou forget it Hostess (at the party) "Won't Bobbie have some more cake?" Bobbie (who hasn't forgotten) Nope, thanks; I've had enough, and don't vou forget it!" The Toy Dog. A copy of John E. Diehl's latest book ; on the Toy Dog has just been submitted to us for criticism. We can speak of the neat little volume only in terms of the ; highest praise. The author, who was recognized for years as an authority on Domestic Pets of all kinds, has evidently pat his best efforts on his last production, so that this becomes almost invaluable to all who admire, or intend to provide : themselves with a Toy Dog. The book has been published by the Associated ; Fanciers, 400 North Third St., Philadel-' phia, Pa., who offer to mail it to any ad- i dress on receipt of 25 cts., preferably in Postage Stamps. FRANCHISE LAW STANDS THE TEST OF CONSTITUTIONALITY AND WORKS ALL RIGHT. Every Native Born White Man Whether Educated or Un educated Votes and is Protected in His Vote Onlv Ne- a groes and Unnaturalized Foreigners Who Cannot Vote as Illiterates What Distinguished Citizens of Louisiana Say About the Operation of the Grandfather Clause, &e. . (The Wilmington Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the Kaleigh News and Observer, who has been in New Orleans making inquiry as to the working and effect of the franchise law of Louisiana, has writ ten his paper some interesting letters bearing upon that question. In his letter of the 9th inst., he gives us the result of an interview with Hon. H. C. (iage, ex-Chairman of the Demo cratic Executive Committee, who in speaking of the disfranchisement of white men, said: "The only white illiterates disfran chised in Louisiana are those foreigners who were permitted under the Constitu tion of 1879 to vote under a mere dec laration of intention to become citizens. Of this number tlio-e who took out mil unitization papers were very few. lint thousands continued to vote from 1879 to 1898 under their declaration of in- tention. Thisilliterate foreign born vote, especially that portion which was Italian, had gotten under the control of so-called political bosses, and a prejudice against it had arisen in the better element of the people, sicond only in intensity to that against the negro vote, and when the Constitutional Convention of 1898 un dertook to eliminate the negro vote, there was, especially in the city of New Orleans, a determined demand that this illiterate boss-controlled foreign vote should also be eliminated, and the effect of the suffrage provision adopted was to eliminate every illiterate foreigner who had not been naturalized previous to January 1st, 1898. "To-day no foreigner can vote in Louisiana as tin illiterate, who had not been naturalized prior to January 1st. 1898, and in the future foreigners can only vote in Louisiana who are duly naturalized, and possess either the ed ucational or property qualification.-!! 'lhe elimination ol these thousands j of illiterate foreigners, voting upon dec- j larationof intention only, accounts for : the falling off of the white registration in Louisiana. "Every native-born white man in Louisiana, whether educated or unedu- CUieti voiOi aim i Pi U I, u iii.- The bulk of tire forcign vi ite in Louisiana, especially in the cities, is composed principally of Italians, against whom in recent years a strong feeling of dislike has grown up on account of the lawlessness of these people and the murders and other crimes perpetrated by the secret bands known as the Malia, which had I carrried things with such a high hand, and shown such an utter contempt for and defiance of the oilicers of tho law that the people of the city of New Orleans coucl tided that it was neces sary to do something to awe this element, into respect for authority and visited summary punishment on several of them a few years ago by shooting them in jail, where they were held charged with conspiring to assassinate and killing the chief of police, who had incurred their enmity by too closely pursuing some of the malefactors. This feeling does not , . 1 tl Itflllnn- fe.1" lliorl O VO e.xLenu io an iLiiuan, i en uno- mi. people of that nationality in New Orleans who stand well and arc much respected; nor does it extend to peo ple of other nationalities, in which the distinction is always made be tween the rabble and respectable. No one who has read the accounts of the atrocities perpetrated by these secret, oath-bound law transgressors and defiers and stiletto wielders will tind fault with the people of Louisiana for depriving them of the franchise and of the political influence and power, especially in the cities, that the franchise carries with it, when the voters are as numerous as these Absolutely Cure No inferior or impure ingredients are used in Royal for the purpose of cheapen ing its cost; only the most highly refined and healthful. Royal Baking Powder imparts that peculiar sweetness, flavor and delicacy noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, rolls, etc., which expert pastry cooks, declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent. Alum is used in t-iakinir cher.p batons' powders. If you want to know the eSect of alum upon the tender linings of the stomach, touch a piece to your tongue. Vou can raise biscuit with alum baking powder, tut at what a cost to health i ROYAL Baking powder co., ioc william st., newyork. OF LOUISIANA. Law in That State The Morning Star.) Italians are in New Orleans and some of the other cities of the State. The better class of fereigners need not be disfranchised long, if at all, for as most of them read and write their own languages it will not re quire much time for them to learn to read and write the English language, as they no doubt will do, where they set much of an estimate on the privi lege of the ballot. Where they do not appreciate it they will have no ground for complaint as, in their estimation, at least, they are not de prived of much. They have a "grandfather" section in the constitution cf that State as amended and now in operation. Speaking of this and the small n urn- j bar of negroes registered Mr. Ga"e N..;,) - " P j "In Lafayette, St. Martin's, Vermilion, the Arcadian and other parishes there are many illiterates. Many of them are I Creoles. There were no better soldiers i than the Cnole regiments. They are men who though illiterate, have all the : civic virtues, take a keen interest in ptib- lie tiff airs, and stool by good govern- ment ail the way through. We could not j disfranchise such true men and brave i soldiers. ; "The men enrolled uuder section five, (the grandfather clause) know that be i hind them is the manhood of the State, j It is a white man'sand an American roll. Th late Hon. Thos. J. Seuunes, presi j dent of the American Har Association, I registered under this clause. It is a roll j of honor. Most of the illiterate white ' men in the State; registered under this j clause mid are now permanently on the j registration rolls. There were only .",300 negroes reg- wtproil ill tllli fsf;l tp r. f ho r'oeoii r uluptinn The pau,.itv of the negro vote took away ent.ir,.v their importance us voters, Thf.v ...., nor .nnnr,,fl or sonL,ilt, Rfrpr. As a natural result those who did reg ister will have noinceritiveto doit again, and at the new registration after the fewer negro votes who desire to register." The "grandfather" section in our proposed amendment is a reproduc tion of the provision in the Louisiana law. This is the section that such constitutional lawyers as Marion But ler and Jeter Pritchard assert is not constitutional, because it "discrimi nates" against the sable sovereign (which it doesn't); but the best con stitutional lawyers in Louisiana con tend that it is constitutional as adopted in their State, and quote the authorities to sustain them in their opinions. As a proof that the leading Republicans in that State be lieve thev are rirht no effort has been made to contest that law in thecourts. If the Republican leaders who got power and pelf through the negro vote thought they could successfully contest the constitutionality of the aw, or any part of it, in the courts wouldn't thev have done so ? Of course thev would. As they have not contested neither will the Repub lican leaders in this State, when the people ratify the amendment. They will, notwithstanding their vaporing, do as the Republican leaders iu Lou isiana did stop their chatter and submissively bow to the inevitable and irrevocable. The so-called "grandfather clause" of the Louisiana amendment is broad enough to cover every native born white man and every other resident of the State from other States or other countries, who is respectable enough and good enough to be en trusted with the ballot. j We have quoted so freely on this j head because the effort is being made j by the opponents of our amendment to create the impression that it will disfranchise white men who cannot read and write, apparently oblivious of the fact that no Democrat would be fool enough to advocate a measure that would disfranchise Democrats, and deprive his party of the votes of white men on which it depends for success. The Democrats of Louisiana didn't do that; the Demociats of North Carolina would not do it, nor would the Democrats of any other Southern State, for the Democratic party was and is the white man's party and has depended and must de pend upon the votes of white men. As further testimony to the work ing of the "grandfather clause" we quote from the interview with Hon. Jared II. Sanders, for twenty years a member of the Legislature, of which he is now speaker, and a member of the constitutional convention, in which he made one of the most power ful speeches made in that body in ad vocacy of the "grandfather clause." Being asked by Mr. Daniels how it worked he replied: "How does it work? 1 know hundreds of white men who cannot rend and write who vote and vote intelligently. They vote now just iis well as they did before the Constitutional amendment was adopted, and now they are not in danger of an unworthy negro's voting to kill their vote. They vote and their vote counts. I live in St. Mary's parish, the home of the three big party leaders, (iov ernor Foster, Democratic leader; Mr. l'harr, who was the Populist candidate for IJovernor in 1890. and their leader; and Senator Cafferey, leader of the Hold Democrats. The parish has a large negro population, but in the recent April elec tion only three negroes registered, and only one of them voted, and he claims to be an Indian. We east as big a white vote tts ever. Then was no discrimina tion, educated and uneducated white men voted, and it was a hot fight be tween white men. In 1890 there were about 3.000 negroes who voted in this parish. There was absolutely no intim idation and the election was iierfectly fair. With such leaders as Senator Caf ferey and Captain l'harr against us, we had a hard fight to win, but elected our entire ticket. Before the election some of our opponents talked about fraud, etc., but they were given representation at all election precincts and they cannot say a word now except that upon an appeal to the white electorate of the parish thev were defeated. "The negroes took no interest in the lection as is shown from the fact that only three registered. The Fusionists did not try to help the negroes to vote. They knew that if many negroes voted their ticket, it would unite the whites in op position. There was no complaint about the vote and the better element of the wiis Tu h )pfil ,Vh'A d i 1 fb t ,ttVsirAte"1,o"i3ay' so." Sneaking of other parishes besides St. Mary's, the one in which he lives, Mr. Daniels quotes the substance of Mr. Sanders testimony thus: Speaking of conditions in other par ishes, Mr. Sanders instanced the parish of Calcasieu, that borders on the State of Texas, which is largely populated by Western white men, some of whom are unable to read and write. They register ed under Section V and voted nil right and voted the Democratic ticket mostly. In the belt of counties embracing such parishes as Tensas. Concordia, East Car roll and Madison, the negro vote lKfore the amendment was adopted amounted to between 12.000 and l.l.OOO. I nder the new Constitution there wen not mole than twenty negro votes cast, and in those parishes there were not to cxi-ecd 1 ,;()() white votes registered and east. We see by the testimony of Ex- Governor Foster, Governor Heard, General Jastreniski, Mr Sanders and others that instead of disfranchisinr any native white man or any other reputable white man who has iu him the elements of good citizenship, it ensures them the ballot anil makes the "grandf ither clause" a roll of honor, upon which many of thy best and most prominent citizens of the State, well educated, are enrolled. It elevates the white voter because it frees him from attending political meetings and mixing with negroes or coming into collision with them, and from walking to the polls alongside of a negro to cast his vote and have that vote when cast nullified by the vote of a sable denizen, who knew no more of the importance of what he was doing than a gorilla would if he were in the same place. By elimi nating this element the ballot is dig nilied and the men who cast it have more respect for it. As it is in Louisiana so it will be iu North Carolina, where every native white man who is of age now or will come of age before the amend ment is voted upon will be a voter and con tinue to be a voter, as will every white resident of this State from other States or other countries who is now entitled to the ballot. It dis franchises no white man and will hereafter disfranchise none who does not knowingly and voluntarily dis franchise himself. There will be few in North Carolina who will do that and those few will be person who set no value upon citizenship. The man who asserts that this amendment will disfranchise any white North Carolinian by birth or adoption asserts what he knows to be false and does so only to deceive others. The Punctured Organ. Mrs. Sprocket "George, what in the world happened to the pipe organ in church this morning wmie you; : were singing that solo?"' Mr. Sprocket (who always talks bicvele') "Whv. the organist was h. coasting an easy grade with her feet off y ! the pedals, when she ran into some I sharp notes and the old thing punc j tured.'" An Up-to-Date Scholar. i The young teacher had just given ! them one of those musty readings in Koman history. "Now, Samuel she said. ,;. gazing encouragingly at the smallest lad, "tell tis what followed the burning 01 the admission of the association into Rome ", ! tne American Congress of Physicians .,.,. . ) an I Surgeons, which meets trltnniall "All de insurance companies bust- an fc ' ed!" responded Samuel, with some! Everything to eat, fresh and oj to promptness. dat, at H. THOMASOVS. REGULATING LABOR. TDK IN DTK 1 RIAL t OMMIASIO VM BEFOKTTO roSGBIS. BeesanmvBtla Improve LvgUlalUta tk (Mate letiaUtarra Balbrr Toaa o ((ma I Irmly -1 Haura r Ubcr I'ertulttaxl la la daalrlal rrpalluua-1aa Lracla oflbe tTorklata; ly. Washington. May 25. The Industrial Commission In its report to Congress on labor legislation recommends im proved legislation to the State Legisla tures rather than to Congress directly. The subject of greatest public in terest to-day, says the report, is per haps that of the regulation of the hours of labor permitted ic industrial occu pations, and especially in factories. As Congress has no power to legislate di rectly in this matter the enmmlsFiuTi recommends that a simple statute bo enacted by all the States, regulating the length of the working day for all per sons between the ages of 14 and 21 years who work in factories. The report says in brief: The em ployment of children below the age of 14 should be prohibited in factories. The length cf the working day in all public employments should be fixed at eight hours. The same time should be fixed for workmen in underground mines, except In cases of emergency. Employment in mines of children less than 14 years of ape and of all women and girls should be forbidden. Con gress might well enact that no person under 18 should be employed as a tele jraph operator upon railroads, and that all engineers and switchmen should submit to an examination for color blindness; also that it be made a mis demeanor for an engineer or switch man to be intoxicated while on duty. A simple and liberal law regulating :he payment of labtr should be adopted by all the States, providing that all laborers shall be paid in cash orde without discount, not In goods or due Dills, and that no compulsion, direct oi ndirect. should be used to make them surchase goods at any particular store. Provision f.r the fair weighing of coal it mines befoie passing over a siren ihould be adopted, and miners should have the piivilege of employing a .heck Welshman at their own expense. The question of the enforcement of the I O V rif-,n - rt liar (n4ittnntl.n aa r s- w tempt In equity process is a very diffl- I :ult one. mainly made so by the abuses which have arisen from injunctions carelessly Issued. It Is suggested that t might be well to limit punishment foi contempt to imprisonment for a brief period, but equity courts must not be leprived of the power to protect them selves and to make their decrees re spected. The practice of awarding .ibjjrikps. 'jc4vnli.(A..-i.Kalriat - nil the is well as the practice of indirectly en forcing the contract for personal ser vice by enjoining employees from quit ring work, should tie discouraged, not nly by popular sentiment, but by intel .igent judicial opinion. Congress should adopt a consistent :ode of laws regulating ail matters concerning railroad employment, such is hours of employment, limitation of continuous runs by engineers or contln lous service by telegraph operators or (witchmen; the enactment of a conslst ?nt employer's liability code; the lia aility of the employer or corporation for defective appliances, etc. The sta tutes already adopted in the several States discriminating as between anion and non-union labor by making t a penal offense for an employer to ;xclude union labor only, seem to the ommisslon to be unconstitutional, be ng class legislation. The statute should PIy to nun-union as well as union abor alike, if it is to be enacted at all. The right to be employed and protected without belonging to a union should be reserved; but every facility should be jiven labor to organize If it desires, md the last vestige of the notion that :rade unions are a criminal conspiracy ihould be swept away. The use of pri vate police detectives or other hired oodles of men to be used in connection with labor troubles has aroused con siderable attention, and Congress prob ibly has the power to enact reasonable legislation to prevent abuses in this direction. In a general way the commission re ports that conciliation laws have been found effective, but that strict arbi tration machlneiy works well. It is recommended that labor bureaus or commissions be established in all the States. Commissioners K. A. Smyth and C. J. Harris unite in a minority report, in which they express the opinion that it would be both unjust and impracticable to attempt any uniform laws regulating labor in all the States, if labor and capital are to have their full develop ment. They Fay the right of private contract should be allowed to both laborer and employer, and therefore the limitation of hours of labor would be fraught with danger. Commissioner (Senator) John W. Daniel, in a separate minority report, concurs In the spirit of the views expressed by Commissioners Smyth and Harris. THE BOXKUS" DKILLINfJ. Shanghai. May 24. The members of the Chinese secret society known as the "BoxerB" are now openly drilling at Pekin, and many high Manchus, in cluding members of the Imperial Clan, are joining the movement, which is becoming so threatening that the dip lomatic representatives are about to take action. B. 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