Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-06-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

sive structures and tine upr0oiing oi stately trees wL,ch were horne on tbe bosom ot tue current hke dfu- There was m the town a round house ln which stood twentT-lhree locomotives An ominous cash gave the Signal of oe,,ruc- uon, aud were ali al once hgted m the air and then swallowed up n the waters.
 Among the gave ilsa ,ors flowing iron the fresht { l cas-, laEenta- ble one Is the wTeokIng of the CheSa- peake canal, which was a commercial tie linking the slopes on the two sideS of the Allegheny mountains. The canal cost over SIe, ,ooo, 600 In its con- stTuctlon, and aince then It has entalled an expenditure ot nearly S5o,ooo,ooo. The canal will now be abandoned as the
 company will be unable to raise means
 necessary to make needed repairs.
 The colhers of Illinois have reyolted againt then employers, the owners of the extensive coal mines in that state
 Their wages had been reduced to a min
 mum, which are far from sufficient lo
 furnish them with ihe bare necessities
 of hie. The strike became 50 serious
 that the governor was Induced to ais
 patch heavy force of militia to sup
 press the mutlnouS operatives. A regl-
 ment of state troops suddenly bounced
 upon the strikers and made them pris- oners without resistance. While they
 were held under cover of the guns, the law otfcers diSarmed them. They were found to pretty well armed with knives and pistols.
 The epidemic of murder and suidice Is not confined to the metropolis of Cal fornia. where for some tune cadaver has been as regularly served for breakfast as the porrIdge which largely forms the
 morning diet of the average denizen of the city of the bay. Denver IS an aDled bodied rlral In the yield oi carnage, and bids tar to eclipse its bigger sister ID the multiplicity oi murders and suicides which tosm the most eventiul chronicles m the daily recofds of the two cities. But the city by the bay as far as heard from IS ahead, for while 1t can boast oi one murder a day on an average of late. the aspiring emporium oi Colorado can plume itself on only three festive oorpseS m four days. :.
 The continuation of depravIty Tn the brutal nature of class of meR wearing the human form IS evinced m the opera lions of the savages who, amId the hor- TOTS of the disaster m the afflicted re- gions of fPen0sylvanis, are enjoying the reyslry of plunder These fends are proving ike gboulS m the fields of car page and deSolation. robbing oorpSes of iheir valuables, and in many cases wrenching the limbs Of the lIfeleSs to secure coveted treasure. The atrocious l muulatlon of corpses despolied ot thelr belongings conveys picture of brutality | that puts to shau.e thc enormiiies of an Apache or a Vaadal. Wn1e ,he tragic | occasion illustrates the sublime hero i ism which mer can display, ct the same | time suggests the depth Of infamy and | iurpitude 10 which demons can descend. |
 A number of prominent isilroad off | cials have been iniict ! IT tbe federal | district court, Chic 70, ladcr the pro visions Of the interstate commerce law. i They are charged with the ofense otil legal discrimination. These are the | first indictments found slnce the enact l ment of the statute, and they are a 1 disclosure made that the company of which the accused are the managing officers, have manipulated the grain rate m the interest of favored persons. | Should they be conYiotsd they will be fined $5,ooo. The law was amended at the last session of congress, provid- ing for imprisonment in the penitentiary l for the offense charged Had the dis | crimlnation been made since the modi- | hcation of the law, these gentlemen might ahe entitled to the privilege of liv- ing on the bounty of our benehcent gov ernment m the full paraphernala of stripes and brogans.
 The common carriers across the cUn- tinent are continually entangled m frIvo- | lous contentious with their patrons. A | short time since, because passenger on | the Union Pacific could not produce a | written contract, although he held a | through ticket, he was ejected. The company IS now sued for damages in the sum of $roo, 900. A few days ago Will lam K. Smith instituted an action against | the Southern Pacific for S5,ooo dam ages. He had travelled from Tennessee and in addition to his baggage in the forward car, he had small box in which were some birds When the train reached the Arizona line the conductor the blros Refusing to sur render them, he was forcibly put of the train. He boarded the cars three times, and on the last attempt the offcious con iuctor and bis aid succeeded Tn getting possession of the birds, which they held | intil the arrival oi the train m the city, when he recovered the birds on payment 'f five dollars.
 The territory of Wyoming IS ambitious oo IL aspires to the dignity of state lood and political independence from be tutelage to which II has been rele- ated from the day assumed the swad ling ciouts of a territorial infant On i; that pretenses It bases its claim to ad- lisslon as another constellation m the alaxy of states, it IS difficult to divine. | has not, and is not likely within the ext half century, 10 have stable nu- ,encal population sufficient 10 enti,le to the pFivelege of state government. he territory Is an appanage to the Cen - ai and Union Pacific railroads. and p e only boon that can be conferred in .t 5 admission as state, IS m lAe eiec- on of delegation to represent m =; ,ngress the interests of lot of savages | = Id the great corporations that have a V Ie in .fee-simple to its barren sand to lnes and sterile ur,sins p' From the very incepti of station i d, the subject of'r..i sestIce s1.oTm, II c, came evident that the measures then o, opposed, and afterwards favorabiy acted 1 .L lon, wonld be ineffective in its opera wl ms and sbortive m ilS results. The I; ccial plea in favor of the principle Al f- |