The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-02

+. The strategy resoried to by Mrs. May
brick to get out of jail. has proved uffayail-
ling. The doctors have Solved the mystery
/ Of heniorriiages of. the lungs They dis
cover that the hemQfrhages come from the
stomach through swallowing needles: 1t is
not case CT phthisis but of fraud. The
poor woman has damaged her chances of
{ liberation ia Their than Improved theIn- The
:diseeyery of this artjfce:does not affect in
any degree. the appeal made by the Depart
ment of State at Washington to procure the
liberation of Mrs. SIayhrick. Its0happens
that the laws in England are severe against
criminals. They cannot obtain new trials
audit is with difficulty they obtain any re-
Consideration of verdict. even in the i'm
perfect way permitted. So Mrs. Mavbric
is probably doomed: to remain in cell until
near the end ef her life.
/. As has often been explained, the strange
feature of Mrs Maybrlck' ) case is this. She
was tried. for the murder of her husband
before Mr.. justice Stephen, and upon con-
*iction by the jury on the capital charge,
/: the Jndge sentenced her to death. This
Home Secretary always reviews cases in
volving the death penalty. and he obtains
the opinion Of the Judge as to whether he
/. is satisfied with the verdict. If the Judge
says he is not dissatisfied with the verdict,
then, in all probability, the prisoner is con-
signed to the hangman. and on short notice
100. only three Sundays being allowed to
elapse: In The main this is not hersbDess
but mercifulnesu. But very soon after Mr..
Justice FitZjamss Stephen tried the May
brick case 1t was observed by lawyers that
| he was slngularly wanting in the prompti-
tude Of Judge with clear mind The
ALTERATIONS and eOntrarieties of his judicial
conduct became so marked that the bar be-
::ean to agitate the question Of his removal.
and Parliament was appealed TO. without
mentioning names, to give assistance.
/ Finally MI Justice Stephen was appealed
to directly in the kindliest manner by the
late Lord Chancellor and others, and he
|. took the commen-sense view that the beach
should not be under any suspicion, although
he himself was unconscious of failing row.
ers. and that he wruld retire. So he now
enjoys his pension of about $1,000 a year
II is retremeptso soen after the May brick
trial tends to vitiate thar trial, but jury
does count fir something In the English
courts. There really was very little doubt
in the. public mind about Mrs Maybrck.
The agitation got UP on her behalf un-
daubtedly had influence with the Home
Department. There was just enough of
doubtnOt 10 order her to be hanged. but
; there was not enough TO order her liberia
tion.. Society should stuiliously keep in
even when woman's life is at stake.
Ii the Government is at all alive to the
interests of the United States in Pacific
waters it Will lose no time in completing
the arran gements to convert the Pearl Hat
Dor naval station in the Sandwich Islands
into all that is requisite for our purposes.
In order to obtain deep water for the heavy
draught modern wax vessel a-certain chan
mel across a reel must be blown out with
dynamite. and it appears the work is quite
| fraetteable at moderate cost. No time
should be wasted in carrying ont this work,
whatever the expenditure may be- The
completion of such harbor would give the
United States such hold upon Hawaii as
/. TO insure that whenever the moment for
absorption % annexation arrived the whole
grOnp would naturally be Appropriated by
The United States There is little to fear
from Great Britain in this matter That
country has quite enough of territory on its
hands, and it understands very we'll the
temper of the United States were British.
annexation attempted.
/ The new year came in at least like. a
lamb. A few days of the old year went out
ike roaring lion in storm and stress, but.
all is forgiven to the weather prophet when
such perfect day as yesterday was comes
round. Very few parts Of the earth could
boast of such genial weather. The. sky
clear or only fecked with light cirri, the
temperature cool without being cold, and.
the sunshine abundant. II is pleasant to
find that some of the old habits of convvi-
ality are dying out. The visits to friends,
are not 81 much characterized by indis-
cTimlnate tipping, but there is enough of 1t
left TO make New Years day TO many per-;
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