Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
 Maryland courts are asked te decide whether church pew is personal propert or real estate. In Massachusetts 1t ha, been held e real property, but in ths pending case the defendant claims it q personal.
 The Prince of Wales is the owner of on, of the worst sium districts in London. Hs refuses to purity 1t. There are sixtssn other rluns and the city council estimates that to removals and purify them would cost SIG. .o0o, 900.
 A curious organ is to be ssen st tho Jssuits' church st Shanghai, China IL VI, manufactured by native. . 'hrother co sdjutor" of the Jesuit srder. The pipes oi the instrument are of bamboo wood instead of metal, and the sorority is of incompara. ble sweetness, "sngslic and supsrhunsn, says . correspondent, and such as haa never been heard In Europe.
 Bsshop Futile of Missouri has been en. follsd in the auxiliary lsagus of the salva. Hon array. Hs h the hrst prsiats in tha world to give in his sdhssion to this cause, He will not be compelled to do duty e . common soldier, neither will he wear the dress peculiar to thsss religious spscialists, but he has given in his adherence to thsiI cause and is one on whom they can call for assistance in raising funds.
 
 The great Ponsmah cotton mills st Taft vile, near Norwioh, in this State, are tc be run by electricity brought four and . half miles from the Baltic dam. Two s4c horse power dynamos are worked by the water power of the Baltic mill, and the power is sufficient to run all the machinery in the Ponemah mills and supply enough for the trolley cars between Norwich and Taftville. This Is said to be the first ap. plication in this country of the use of long distance electricity In working c textile plant.
 Great preparations are being made in London for the celebration there this sum- mer of the jubilee of the Young Mems Christian association. It Ia expected that more than two thousand foreign delegates, representing every part of the world, win attend the celebrations. There VIII be re- captions by the Lord Mayor, ceremonies In Westminster Abbey, services in St. Paul's cathedral, and c great gathering in the Royal Albert hall. The fftieth annual meeting of the parent association was held in Exeter hall the latter part of April.
 Upon the construction placed by Judge Pugsley, of Toledo, Ohio, on one word Is involved $50, 900 in case brought before him. It is the suit of Frances P. Isher- wood against Armins D. and Libble N. Is. herwood. The deceased bequesthsd to his wife all of his personal property of every kind and all the proceeds of his rssj estate. The question Judge Pugslsy Ii called upon to decide is what is meant by the word proceeds. If he should decide that proceeds" as used implies the amount realized. by the-ssle of the land, then diff ference of slmost $5o, 900 is involved.
 
 Abd-ur-Rahman, the Emir of Afghanis- tan, has sent an extremely valuable copy of the Koran to the holy city of Isnsn- Ruzs, in Persia, according to foreign papers. Itis in casket of gold and silver, whose carvings are said to be of great beauty. The Koran Is written on paroh- ment, ssd was copied by . famous Mara but, an ascstic who enjoys great reverence @ saint in Afghanistan. The bearers of the book were reosived with great pomp by the Governor of Choroesn, who, with . numerous suite, met them at the Persisn border, and escorted them to the holy city. The book, which is valued at $125, 600, was placed in the mosque with appropriate ceremonies.
 A decision which has attracted wide st- tention in the fire insuranss interest waa rendered in Philadelphia, . few days ago, by Judge Riddle, declaring unconstitu- tional the act of the Pennsylvania lesisla- ture of 1870 which makes 1t misdsmeanor for any person, partnership or association other than corporations to issue policss of fire insurance. The case bsfors the court grew out of the prosecution of Samuel B. vrooman, who, with others, not being In corporsted, insured furniture. In giving judgment for the defendant, Judge Biddl. said: "Thst no citizen can sgres to In dsmnify another against loss by fire is OCT tainly most startling proposition. Tn, most odious species of monopoly is vhsr, . government grants to body of men an, particular trade or business. If the powe, exists, the legislature could grant to en' corporation the exclusive right to sell dry goods, infictipg penalties upon any on' who interfered with 1t" The Lloyds lool upon the decision with much favor.