The morning call., 1893-03-31

soon be as many protectors for the soldiers
chest as there are patent smoEeless powders
to end his career summarily. An Austrian
engineer called Reidels is said to have per-
fected a composition which may be inserted
IN cloth. and which only weighs one-half
the German protective material. If there
be any virtue in these inventions the police
and deputy sherltfs OF America have a
claim TO consideration on the ground that
they often figure as targets.
dog appraised as worth $4,000 or
$4,000 is a prize for the canine thief.
Colonel North's greyhound Fullerton, the
winner of the Waterloo cup, is conjecIured
TO be on board the Paris, now on the voyage
from Southampton 10 New York, and the
police have been warned to keep a lookout.
10 conceal such a srOrting prize is i'm
possible flr any length of time, ana the
colonel will come to his own again IL he
spends million on recovery.
In New York State murderers are exc
cuted by electricity, in Utah by being shot
and elsewhere by being hanged. The indi-
vidual States might at will introduce other
methods of shutting off this mortal coil
unwillingly, such as the guilloiine, or be-
heading by the ak or strangulation by the
garrotte. The Chinese have quite variety
of methods, including the very cruel one of
uSpI lfGtlOn VI Slttp NO mOu0 is wholly
satisfactory 10 the victim, but there is so
little application of any system in the
United States that the homicidal mob al
ways In Jail Is not as rule distressed by
the dreadful fate which theoretically awaits
them. When Judge Lynch holds court.
however. they are under no illusion.
What is boon to one class Of public en-
ployes is an infiction upon another. 1t is
said the departments at Washington are in
fiutter of nervousness at the proposal to
make the official day eight hours long. The
brain work of the toilers is so arduous and
eXhanstng that life will have no charm
Tor them II called upon to do more duty
But it will only be nominal, not real.
Carlyle Harris, now under sentence of
death in New York, is the recipient of
many letters. some Of which comfort him
by assuring beliefs that he is innocent. n
matter no doubt on which he has his own
unalterable views, and all Of them convey.
ing expressions of sympathy. His num-
bered days are thus not shr0uded In gloom.
Irving Bishops mother sent him letter with
this address: "To the innocent prisoner DIR.
Carlyle w. Harris, Tombs." Interest in the
case Is becoming widespread by means
of petitions for mercy or pardon, and
efforts TO get at new evidence, or testi-
mony which will impeach discriminating
witnesses virtually the case is being re-
tried and the agitation will not cease until
the electric current extinguishes hone.
Sympathizers only study the. cuIprits side
OF the story. That Of the murdered girl is
remembered as bit OF horrid fiction.
poisoning case is always prolific In debat-
able elements.
The spring has come on the continent of
Europe and with it cholera 1t is now In
Austrian territory and it is reported to be
In st. Peters burg, as well as in the interior
OF Russia. 1t is unfortunate that efforts
should be made in Russia to suppress pub
lication of the news because the general
fact that cholera exists will induce people
to believe the worst and throw them into
panic. The question now Is whether the
disease Will creep down the Baltic to some
German port - perhaps Hamburg The
German authorities are believed 10 have
acted with vigor In improving sanitation
ana the water supply, and probably the dis
ease Will not spread with the frIghtful
yirulenee 1t showed last year, when thou
sands were swept away in HAMBURG.
Whatever happens in Europe, a good daSI
OF confidence ia felt that the cholera will
De stamped out In America if IL does cross
the Atlantic. 1t requires considerable faith
IN vigilance to accept this optimistic view.
Dut we are probably better prepared 20
tackle an outbreak than any other country.
The railroad managers are Converting
upon Chicago for a conference on rates
during the summer The public are TO
have some consideration shown them as an
lndueement to visit the fair. One good
proposal is to emaDate, it is said, from the
Southern Pacific. Mr.. Goodman, while he
iavors one fare for the return ticket, wants
the rate to apply to journey from Chicago
TO San francisco and back as we'll as from
San francisco and Chicago and back This
would be good policy for the State as we'll
as the railroad by inducing visitors to
make tour to the Pacific Coast. There
are many thousands who would gladly
visit California who are deferred by the