Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-14

A correspondent of the Boston Traveller suggests new name, "Whulge," for Wash- ington territory. It is the old Indian name of Puget Sound. This is a little too much.
 The superintendent of police in New York city recommends that the police force of the oity be increased to at least four thousand patrolmen. This would make quite an army, and the general opinion seems to be that so many are not needed.
 Up in Vermont man named Bowers is working out Ar days imprisonment in the house of correction because of his inability to pay the fine and costs laid on him for a single conviction for drunkenness. He will probably be careful about getting drunk again.
 Some people have an easy way of putting things. The following advertisement has just appeared in 6 London paper: "I Emanuel Emanuel, sole surving partner of the firm of E. & E. Emanuel, goldsniths, etc., beg to inform my customers and friends that the announcement in London paper of my death and burial is premature"
 The Supreme court of the State of Penn sylvania has decided that the provision of the new constitution forbidding any statuto- ry limit to the amount of damages recover able by victims of railroad accidents, or their families, means just what it says, and that consequently the act of 1888 Qimiting the amount in case of injury to 5000 and in case of death to 5000 is so much waste paper.
 measure called the Lawson bill ,enbody- ing the principal features of the Australian voting system, has been proposed in Ala bama. The white people of Alabama have taken liking to this system because it vir- tually prescribes an educational qualification for voters, and hence would serve for de- feating negro majorities. The Birmingham Age-Herald advocates the bill and says: e'The adoption of the plan in Alabama would be a blessing If 1t did nothing more than re- lieve the necessity of rssorting to question able methods for the preservation of good local government"
 Japan makes great changes easier than any other country. The new house of commons in Japan is to be composed of 300 members, and the right of suffrage is to be exercised by all men 25 years old who pay an annual tax of $20. These requirements are more exaot- ing than those heretofore fixed for electors who are entitled to vote for members of tn @ city and prefeetural assemblies that deter mine the local tax rates. In the case of those electors the voting age has been 20 years and the land tax limit about $5. There were l nearly 1,70o, 900 such voters in 1884, By the terms of the new constitution there will | also be established 8 house of peers under conditions that will permit it to be controlled ! by the Mikado, for while some members are to be elected, those remaining, and probably 1 a majority, are either to be nominated by the Mikado or to obtain seats by inheritance
 Several years ago an artist of Dresden per.
 suaded 8 locksmith there to give up his
 trade and become an artiats' model It wal
 good thing for the locksmith, who is now
 the famous stmuscle man of Dresden" who's.
 magnficently developed body makes hin probably the most renowned model in tn,
 world. In order to preserve for future
 artists an exact duplicate of his extraordina
 " figure, the director of the Royal Saxal
 PovzeIlanfabric at Meissen recently invited
 him there that cast from life might b