The morning call., 1893-09-02

which now attend the investment of m oney
in any kind of business would be removed.
IL stands to reason that wages cannot be
reduced 40 per cent, as will be necessary
tocontinue work under tariff -for-revenue-
only policy. without causing some trouble.
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The storm on the South Carolina coast
has wrought far more havoc and left a
much more deplorable tale of dead than
cyclones which. sweep over Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Iowa and the northwest at intervals
every year. The loss of life is appalling.
In one small district about 400 bodies have
already been discovered, and it is not at
all lmpr obable that the fatalities along the
whole coast far exceed a thousand. in ad-
ditiOn TO loss OF life at sea. II was hur-
rlcane as irresiStibly violent as those which
sweep over portions Of the West Indies,
the Maurtius and the Philippines. Meas
nres OF relief are urgent for those who sur
vive but have had their crops. houses and
stocks swept away and are destitute.
Chicago no doubt excels any spectacle
ever seen in Paris when pageants are given
on the waters around the exhibition build
ngs. The lake is a feature that no other
exhibition has had on anything like the
same scale for the purposes Of display. In
the hands OF artists who know what to
make of the opportunity spectacular rep
reservations may be organ iZed of no little
historical value. Tha Inauguration of
series of pageants appropriately deals with
American subjects, many OF which lend
themselves to the picturesque. but doubt
less all nations will have attention event
ually IN the programme of entertainment.
Lee Doom has been hanged. 1t is not
common event in this State within a jail.
lie seems to have had a prescience OF his
fate, for he repeatedly summed up his
case in words such as 81 am only a China
man, and they will hang me anyhow"
But as long as hanging is In vogue be de-
served his fate. The murder he COM
mitted was without a redeemng trait, and
it does not appear In be the first atroeity
in which he had imbrued his hands. Had
he got his liberty he might have added TO
the number, as he had list of dis
tlngished citizens. including Judge
Murphy. whom he had doomed TO as
sassinatiOn. For a thug of his intTacta-
hility hanging is the proper reward. He
had possibly a touch of insanity to &C
count for his ferOcity and wild beast ma
ture, but it would have been refinement
Of hair splitting not to hold him fully re-
sDonsible for his fiendish and premeditated
acts.
Just at a time when the Nicaragua
canal project is under a cloud, the Re-
publ of Nicaragua seems to. have worn
itself out with civil war and is tired of the
consequences. The elections have Just
been held, and it is said the acting Presi-
dent has been established in power, but
he has still some fighting TO q o on the At
lantic coast. The weaker party is always
StlgmatiZed as rebel until it cOnquers,
and then it is the turn of the yanGuished
to I've stigmatized. Money is scarce, busi-
ness Is unusually stagnanI, and executions
are numerous as tue reward of militant
politics What else can be expected from
incessant strife?
A steamer which was almost given up
for lost has at length reached Queenstown
in safety. The Sarnia was twenty-One days
rolling about in the Atlantic under pocket
handkerchief sail from having broken her
propelling-shait Latterly she was taken
in tow. Steamship owners have now the
prospect OF being able to repair broken
shaft at sea in a very short period. The
invention of two Belgian scientists, by
which welding may be effected in few
minutes by an electric current applied 10
iron immersed in water, provides an ap-
parRtus quite simple and compact, and
applicable To the largest surfaces if they
can be surrounded with water. The metal
is raised to white heat in few seconds
! impurities fall off and leave clean sur
face, and welding is easily effected in any
degree of soitness from Elasticity to the
melting point This application OF cleo
tricity, in short, provides heat far more
intense than that Obtainable in the hottest
blast furnace for the reduction of ores.
Any steamer could make use of the inven-
ton.
The proverbal harmless duel in Paris
does not always characterize affairs of
honor. An editor who has insulted jew
ish women was called out by champion
and the encounter seems to have been
bitter. The cham pion should have been a
better fighter, for he has only made mat
tiers worse by getting three sword-thrusts
and losing a stream of blood, while the
thinks day will give him enough of
blood to lose more, and he proposes to re-
new the combat. The doctrine of physi-
cal force is illogical.
From $4,000 to $4,000 will change
hands for theatrical entertainment during
the engagement of Henry Irving and Ellen
Ierry-truly an appTeciable tribute to
stage genius during times when money is
reported to be stringent. The eagerness
to see the Lyceum people almost recalls
the Juror with which seats were fought
Tor at the same ope1a-houSe during the
visit OF Colonel Mapleson's company with
Path as the principal songstress. The
spectators have, however, less margin for
a coup on the present occasion. Some de-
voted theater-goers will insist upon seeing
the company in every fresh production,
and that is fair way to form an opinion OF
its abilities.
The extent of the ferry business now
established by the Davie Transportation
Company makes it desirable that the Har-
Dor commissioners should exert them
selves to afford the line all the facilities of
dockage in their power. A berth is asked
which is now reserved for steamer max
ing one trip week and remaining in port
one day. 1t would be no great hards hip
TO make other arrangements for this
steamer. Thousands of people use the
Davie ferry every day. The company has
furtlier proof of its popularity in the
number of commuters who prefer tickets
which are good until they are used.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.