The morning call., 1893-11-01

ton during the six months it has been
open is one of the most wonderful in the
history Of such displays, and Chicago has
emerged from the effort much more I'M
portant and eDterprisiug city than was as
sumed to DO her due. Nearly p, ,500,0 600
people have availed themselves Of the
privilege to visit the fair. This is su
posed to be million or two less than
visited the last Paris exhibition, but the
Paris managers had all Europe TO count
upon, and Europe Sent very few visitors to
Chicago, perhaps not 60.OOO all told.
Crazy men seem to be trile numerous
at present, but there is always an average
number of them breaking out in some sort
of incident which brings them into notori-
ETY.. The poor lunatic at Stockton who
imagined himself highwayman and played
the role with credit for time, as lar as
soaring people is concerned, is happily
now in proper hands. He has done no
real injury to any one and may be forgiven
considering the risks he himself ran from
those who could oppose firearms to cor
net tube. Even the policemen who were
held up may feel chagrued at having missed
their target.
1t causes a distinct shudder to think of
a woman being beheaded by an executioner
even when she has been guilty of horrible
murder. The criminal code of Germany,
however. does not give much play to
sQueamiShness. No woman has been exc
cuted in Berlin until Monday since 1916.
There doubtless have been murderers
among women, but there must have been
eXtenuatlng circumstances. The method
of execution by the sword seems revolving,
yet it is just as painless as hanging and
much less liable TO be bungled. A. Ger
man headsman is an Official who suffers no
obloQuy from his occupation.
A little exhibition in Georgia is some
what in competition with our Midwinter
Fair, but only in small way. Exhibitors
will find it possible 10 be represented at
both with the same consignments, because
the Georgia one only lasts one month, and
will be all over by December II. The ex-
hibits at Chicago are now being removed.
and doubtless a presentable proportion
will come further west to San Francisco.
1t would be impossible to accommodate a
twentieth part of them were exhibitors
willing to send everything, but there
should be enough of choice displays to
render the Golden Gate show little world
Of interest as long as Ii remains open.
The newspaper through which Bis
marck is now won't to give soundlngs in
the deep sea of politics is out with an ex-
panatioD of why Russia is so cordial with
France. 1t is plausible suggestion
that Russia has taken alarm at Germany's
Intimacy with England. Russia cannot be
cordial with England as long as she op-
poses her designs in the Balkans and
Turkey, and might on that account CO.
operate with France. But is there any
definite understanding with England?
There seems TO be harmony in the Medi-
terranean, but there NAV be no bond OF
any character. The DreiouDd is not hos
tile 10 Russia, but Austria does not omit
Russia from her calculations.
The agent of the Mexican Central Rail-
road. now in this city, is plain in his
declarations as to what must be done by
our merchants If they wish to succeed in
business relations with the sister repub-
lie. They will not enjoy any favor as COM
pared with the merchants of the Missis-
sippi States and the East, but neither can
they labor under any disadvantage, at least
geographically, as our visitor is anxious
that some representative men should pro-
coed to Mexico on an excursion and find
out how matters stand. It does not ap-
pear that San Francisco is in the habit
OF sending commercial agents to Mexico.
This IS an apathy which, II persisted in.
can only have the result of delivering the
The West and the Atlantic seaboard.
The finding of a note in a bottle washed
up in the pay. purporting to be the fare
well of J. J. Peters, is no proof that that
individual is not alive. As farewell it is
incomplete. Even il il were ge''une he
might have changed his mind after throw
ing the bottle overheard. There is, unfor-
iunately, tendency to perpetrate nasty
jokes by means OF these castaway mes
sages. Nothing seems to be too heartless
for the joker.
The news that the Southern Pacific is
about to push work on the San Luis
Obispo porti on of its line must be grateful
to the unem nloy ed. This work must pro-
vide employment for many skilled work
men and laborers, and to that extent will
relieve the labor market. No more cppor-
tune lime for such enterprise could be
selected. Some of the 800 workmen who
have left the city in body to seek occu-
patton elsewhere may have the good for
tune to get an engagement in the south.