The morning call., 1893-11-24

treatment and the prospect as whole.
Ihe sacrifice they make is enough for a
lifetime. In San Francisco Judge Wal
lace mas case very sensational to trv.
Jurors know what that means and are re.
inctant to come forward. Hence the
Judge is obliged to apply the thumbscrews
OF the law 10 compel obedience to what
jury service has become.
Ihe shooting of a negro in Washington
by police officer illustrates alarmingly
the reeklessness of making arrests by re-
volver practice. The negro was on law
ful business as citizen out in the streets
In the early morning. but his movements
prompted two officers to stop him. Be-
cause he did not respond to their bail,
Two shots were fred. and one took bad
effect. Why is IL permissible to shoot at
a man at all. merely because policeman
thinks there is suspicion? The poor man
was unknown to the officers and they had
not seen him do anything to warrant ar
rest. The practice of making messengers
OF bullets was carried too far in this in
stance. yet the officers will be exonerated
as only having committed an uniueky mis-
take.
Science has still its work cut out to avert
the burning Of ships with cargoes Of coal
ID sasters are still common from either ex-
plosons of gas or combustion of coal.
rapidly or slowly. Sometimes it is coal
from Australia, but more frequently 1t
comes from Wales, and occasionally Van.
couver fuel gives off enough Of gas to blow
up the decks. How to treat cargo so as
to prevent ignition is vet problem. A
large vessel came in recently with the cargo
smoldering and the matches down. The
decks we're so hot that but for making port
the vessel would soon have had to be abaD-
doned. As matters resulted the ship and
cargo were saved. The keeping on Of the
matches was efficaciouS in this instance. In
the case of the Gosford. which has been
burned off Point Conception. the crew were
turned to work to jettison ahe cargo until
the fire was got at. The air had access and
by the time the portion on fire was reached
a big coDf1agratiOn was In progress. 1t
would have been better policy to keep the
matches on. and. il possible, pump water
down through small aperture.
There has been much complaint that
Peixoto and De MelIo are wasting a good
deal OF powder without doing much harm
beyond riddling and demolishing buildings.
Ihis objection to the style of fighting no
longer holds. According to cablegram
the rebel iroDclad Javary has been sunk by
the fire of the batteries at Ncther0y, and
unfortunately the crew are % more. The
was Wuilo luC
cannonading was in progress. and some
lucky shots have ended her career as tar
get. Her destruction supplies tale which
will be perused with interest by the naval
countries searching for experience.
Hume, the Wells-Fargo messenger, who
decamped with package containing $500,
is now in Jail. but does not appear to be
stricken with repentance. He has had
Cn0d tima in nc nd w hora oph
has exIsecrations that the company NAV
not be hard on him. But in passing sem
tence upon him the court has no business
to take advice from the company. The
wrong done is TO society. Hume went to
the bad. as so many others have done. by
the vice of gambling.
They understand how to get a ship of
the rocks down at Honolulu. 1t is quite a
triumph to have got the steamer Miow
clear of the coral reef on which she
grounded and to have her floating in har-
Dor comparatively little the worse after
being fortv-ODe days in peril. Consider
ing shat six weeks have elapsed one can
only say that the sea was merciful to the
salvors, who had doubtless slender re-
sources at command. The Miowera has
had better fate than the City Of New
York
A suggestion is said to be under consid-
Grafton that the English Judges should
re tire at the age of 65 years. They would
probably all retire gladly if they were
allowed their pension. which is about
two-thlrdS Of the salary. The understand
ing is that Judge should be on the bench
seventeen years before being entitled to
his pension. The result is that some of
them are in feeble seniity before they
think of retiring. Chief Baron Kelly was
so very much in dotage that his hand
trembled vistly when he pointed finger
at the jury or counsel To emphasize his
Poor Lo Bengula, il is reported, has been
captured, and the war with the Matabeles
is over. He will probably receive better
terms than Cetewayo or King ia ia and
other dusky monarehs who have fallen
under the heel of England. Public opinion
is aroused as to the rank injustice of this
embroglio. 1t is pronounced a dirty job by
Rhodes & Company at the Cape to filibus-
ter commercial undertaking into pros
perity. The feeling is so bitter on the
subject that Gladstone's government may
be wrecked unless it shows circumspection.
The slaughter of 5000 Mata beles. with only
two or three lost on the ether side. was
horrible butchery.
In aid Of the colliers' strike in England
the London Chronicle raised over $50. 900
and the Sun over S25, 900. In spite of help
there were thousands who often did not
taste food for a whole day, and yet there
was no increase of crime. One woman
said to her famished children: "Yes, you
shall die-die and be buried before we'll
yield. Well shut our door and lock it, and
all die together" She was a Spartan
mother. Now the colliers have won
principle worth fighting for-that Of fair
living wage. One symDathiZer subscribed
$1,000.
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