The morning call., 1892-09-24

synagogue at New York seems to have
resulted in one of the widest and most
freDZled scenes TO escape outside the build
ing that ii is possible to imagine. In those
moments OF CONSERVATION there is little
chivalry. The struggle is an exhibition of
selfishness in despair. Down 90 the weak
and the strong trample. over them. 1t is
clear that the disaster should not have
occurred, but how can human foresight
avert panic when fool calls out fire?
The report Of the Utah Commission to the
Secretary of the Interior is emphatic on the
point that polygamy still exists, but there
is no assertion that it is prevalent There
were fifteen polygamous marriages during
the year, aud 800 persons are referred to as
living in polygamy. The commission re-
CARDS as of high importance the appeal
made by the Mormon church at the close of
last year for an amnesty to the Mormon
people. This is taken to reveal the desires
and promises for the future of the Mormon
body, and the commission would be glad to
see the relief asked for granted.
The letter to a paper purporting to come
from Chris Evans may be genuine or not,
but it is the sort Of letter such man would
write to apologize for his acts. He assumes
the role OF Robin Hood, Little John and
Friar Tuck, the bold outlaws of Sherwood
| Forest, who were contented to rob the
wealthy, such as baronS, bishops and high
sheriffs, passing under the greenwood tree,
and affected to give their benson and an
occasional haunch OF venison to the poor.
| TIE thrusts at the soled reputation of the
Southern Pacific are adr0nt. Nevertheless,
Evans and Sontag are now wanted for
| much deeper crimes than train-I obbng, and
run down they ought 10 be. Meanwhile
| the trailers are completely baflled.
Edward Parker Deacon is now out of the
| clutches of the French authorities, and
meditates working all his rights in the
| courts until he has all the satisfaction lie
! can obtain. AS soon as his affairs are
| cleared he intends to renounce the life OF
! ease which Americans lead on the CONT
! nent, and to make atonemeDt Tor so much
! aimless exile by returning TO his native land
| and engaging in politics. As the army OF
| politicians is always pretty well recruited,
! especially during the Presidential year.
! could he not strain point and 90 OH the
| stage?
| Judge Hebbard yesterday came to sem
! sible decision in the injunction suit against
! the Harbor Commissioners, who seek to
1 remove the Union Trans ortation Com
! pany's Stockton steamers from Clay street
to Mission pier /. The company has the
! conviction that this change would ruin its
! business, and probably that is also the
! opinion Of the Southern Pacific Company,
! which, in its crafty, guilelesS way, is be-
! lieved to have brought this movement
| about in the interests Of the dear public,
! whom it skins alive. The attorney for the
| Union Company carried his point to have
| the case elueidated by oral testimony. To
| this course the Harbor Commissioners were
| most unwilling TO accede. but Judge Heb
/ bard was firm. He is anxious to know the
merits of the trouble. TO fight the matter
| out on afIidavits is open to objection. There
! Is nothing so easy to procure as af1dayltS,
! with the probability of a good budget Of
! lies or misrepresentation In each.
! The death of the Duke OF Sutherland is
| an event of no political AMI very little
! social Importance. He kept aloof from pol
itcs and was so very independent in his
notions of noblesse oblige that he was &C.
! centric if not bizarre, in his rule of life.
| He had enormous wealth and more broad
| acres than almost any other peer. Nearly
| the whole Of Sntherlandshire was his, but
| an ancestor stripped that county OF its pop
/ ulation by enforced emigration to Canada,
and deer forests and sheep farms were not
| enough of return for the unpatriotic act.
! The present Duke had strong views Oh the
! subject of high farming with the most adj
| vanced plOws and other implements. and
| spent immense sums in rendering bleak
soils fruitful. he also developed an ambi-
| ton to play fireman at fires, and seems to
have been capable or playing the hose ef-
/ fectyeiy.
His residence in New York for time
may have been stimulated by this love Of
! excitement at fires. His habits In the En-
! pire City were so very unconventional as TO
| call for comment and censure. but being
/ duke he considered himself above criticism.
/ His marriage with the American widow,
! Mrs. Blair. after years of life on very init
mate terms, was somewhat Of a shock 10
! English society, which is easily shocked,
| aud his sojourn in Florida with duchess
/ No. was strange episode in the career
! of a nobleman who could have exercised
more Influence in England than seven
i eighths of the c0roneied. The mansion of
/ the Sutherlands in London is one OF the
pilgrimages among the curious from all
! lands. AS a literary study the late Duke is
| good material but about all this vanity he
! is now as Indifferent as the rest OF the dead.