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their criminal Jurisdiction and OF matters
relating to land compensation, ere to be
transferred to county councils. Next, the
powers at present exercised by the baronial
sessions and by the sanitary authorities are
conflded to rural district councils. Urban
district councils are also created for all the
Irish towns, and are intrusted with the
power to manage the roads and bridges
within their respective mits and TO levy
the money needed for their Improvement
and repair. Let us pass to the financial
proposals included In the bill. We have
seen that, In the great majority OF cases,
the county cess is borne exclusively by
the occupier Of q holding. On the other
hand, the poor rate is borne exclusively
by the landlord. In the case OF holdings
valued at "a q year or under, and even in
the case Of more valuable holdings, he
pays half the rate. The purpose OF Mr..
BALFoUR's bill is to relieve both the occu-
pier and the landlord OF one.half OF their
existing burdens. That 10 to say, one-half
of the county cess and one-half Of the poor
rate, 80 far as this is levied upon agrioul-
tural land, is to be provided by an imperial
grant, which, IL is expected, will amount
W ~pO,OOO,OOo u year.. 1uOho ." w ~ ~
seems, an additional grant from the Inn
perial cxchequer of $4,000 annually on
account of police, railway, and harboH
charges. We SHOULD add that IL the bill
becomes a law the new system Of local
self-government will go into force In Ire-
land in the spring of 1899.
Although the bill relieves the landlords
from one.half Of tho poor rate, which now
falls mainly on their shoulders, some Of
them are expected to critioise the measure
on the ground that no precautions are taken
to restrain the county and district coun-
ellis from reckless extravaganza. There 10
no guarantee, they may say, that under the
proposed system half Of the poor rate may
not prove more onerous than the whole
does now. 1t Is true that the tenants Of
largo holdings, who will continue to pay
much the larger portion Of the cess, will DO
IA much disposed to economy as were the
landlords who composed the Grand Juries.
But the large tenants will be overwhelm-
ingly outvoted. 1t may be that, during the
passage of the bill through Parliament,
some restrictions on the taxing power Of
the county councils will be imposed, and
that II they are authorized to borrow
money the amount will be limited.
The general effect Of the measure will be
to transfer the control Of local affairs
throughout the greater part of Ireland
from the Unionists to the Nationalist.
Thu members of the Grand Jury are, with
extremely few exceptions, U~nionists and
landlords. The members Of the county and
rural district councils, except in q part Of
Ulster, will be almost universally Nation
alists and tenants. Having thus, more
over, acquired the power of governing
themselves in their respective localities,
Irishmcn will be all the more certain, as
Mr.. DILLON pointed out on Monday, to de.
mand that the ediflce shall be crowned
with q Legislature at Dublin.
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Where Spain Would Be Responsible

While the great questions whether the
Maine was Blown up by external or inter-
nal means, and whether by accident or de-
sign, still remain to be settled by the Board
of Inquiry, it is natural hat public discus
sion should take VI all the supposable cases
in which we should hold Spain responsible
for the disaster.
Ex,Secretary ROBERT T. LINCOLN has
been quoted as saying that If the Names
disaster was due to the explosion of a mine,
either by accident or by a fanatic, that
would end the matter. Under interna-
tional law, he says, "a Government Is in no
way responsible for the acts Of private
citizens" If it were not so, he explains.
nations would be continually quarrelling
over matters essentially individual; while
II Is, equally certain that "no nation Is re-
sponsible for accidents"
There are several points, however, to be
considered which do not appear in that
statement of the case. One Is that nations
actually do demand and pay heavy lam
ages for wrongs done by private citizens,
even II responsibility under international
law Is denied. Injuries done to foreign resi-
dents by mob violence are examples of this
Sort, Our Government has sometimes held
In such cases that the regular remedies
were in the courts of justice, and yet has
Itself furnished the compensation. In the
New Orleans riot of 1891 Congress was
called upon by the President to indemnify
the families of the murdered Italians.
Half a dozen years earlier the Rock Springs
massacre of Cinnamon had brought out
similar claims upon Congress. and we in
0ur fprn I'm va frpn,taptly IauanIa5 and oh
tanned indemnity from China for mob
violence.
As to Spain. more than half a century
ago, when injury was done to her citizens
by the New Orleans and Key West riots
that followed the Lopez expedition, and
when we denied responsibility for repara-
tion outside the courts, except in the case
of the Spanish Consul, Congress was asked
for compensation, and thereupon voted it
for others besides the Consul.
In several of these cases it will be found
that the principle of which Mr.. LINCOLN
speaks is modified In actual practice by
the alleged completely of local authorities
or by a negligence amounting to completely.
That, in fact, is the habitual ground upon
which the strong nations enforce indemni-
ties upoR,the weak, where the facts as to
mob violence are obscure. The German
publicists are conspicuous In urging the
general principle, yet the Kaiser was quick
to fix imperial responsibility upon China,
and to demand Of her a great tract of terri.
tory and an enormous money indemnity for
the murder of two German missionaries
by fanatics, completely of local authorities
being alleged.
In the assault upon the Baltimore's crew
Mt Valparaiso. In 1892, we had staring US In
the face VATTEL's dictum thai sit would
be unjust to impute to the nation all the
faults of its citizens. In general it cannot
be said that one has received an injury
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and Kicker.

No stronger promise that %rowdyism will
be forced from the ball field has como
out of the recent agitation than tho confess
sion of Manager HANLoN, of the Baltimore
Club, printed in THE SUN of yesterday.
When inner secrets of the professional
diamond are laid bare, as HANLoN bares
them, we may conclude that their ex-
posure Is intended to make them no
longer desirable or possible, and that the
Baltimore Clubs future management of its
players shall be all open and aboveboard.
This means that the hidden instructions
which have i~nstigated or upheld the prac-
tice of player wrangling with umpire shall
be discarded and outlawed. JOYCE of the
New Yorks has acknowledged that he
kicked from hotheadedness, and GRIFFIN
of Brooklyn that he kicked for intimida-
ton; but HANLoN's frank speaking Is far
more instructive:
81 have opposed the methods of my men and have
repeatedly asked them TO desist. Their argument
always was. on these occasions. that all other teams
in tho League were winning games ny rowdy ball
playing and that they would not stop kicking unless
we wanted them to tumble down and lose. As q 70.
suit Ill admit that l winked At the evil because the
players were headstrons and determined to win.
"There 10 nobody more disgusted with the way
things have been going on than l.. and the Baltimore
Club can be counted as one of tho reformers from
now out. The National League cannot AFFORD to
bubble ON this question OF supporting tho umpires.
for the game itself is in danger. When l get to st.
Louis / shall notify tho other magnates that the
Baltirnores next year will not kick and will respect
the umpires. Let every other club do AZ much
toward stopping riot on the ball neld and you will
ind that baseball will be . clean sport once more.
There 10 no intention on my part to dodge the issue"
When al evil is 30 widely recognized
and its cause SO unbeatable, the remedy
is bound to come. Pure shame would
make any opposition weak. There will be
no open advocate of rowdyism at the
League meeting of next week; but If there
still should be found traces of concealed
inclination to cling to 1t, honest resolution
to abolish kicking will have to take the
more particular caro- to make all new regu-
lations effective. Bad faith must not be
left with a bare chance to escape from
their restrictions.
Manager HANLoN's very creditable and
very welcome declaration of his praise
worthy desire to restore he umpire to
his rightful place makes it more incumbent
upon Magnate FREEDMAN to express him
self to the same effect. In consequence of
the %latter's extraordinary bearing In this
matter, New York remains suspected as
the central stronghold Of rowdyism. So,
we are ashamed to confess. it must remain
until Mr.. FREEDMAN shows that the New
York club Is as determined upon decency
as any member of the League.
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Virginia and Butter.

The Virginia Legislature has now agreat
name for statesmanship. 1t is a foe of mo-
nopolies not aRric ultural. and a friend to
honest. Woodworking cows. For the glory
of the latter an act "to prevent deception
in the manufacture and sale of imitation
butter" was passed some. three weeks ago.
After providing against the manufacture
and sale of any imitation of yellow butter
produced from unadulterated milk. or cream
of tho same" the act rushes into this SOL
emn communication:
cit shall be unlawful for any keeper or proprietor
OF any bakery. hotel. tavern. licensed boarding house.
Restaurant. saloon. lunch counter. or place OF public
entertainment, to use oleomarI arine. butterine or
kindred compound. either in baking. making or
cooking of bread. cakes, pies. crackers. meat, nsh.
fowl. or other edibles. or to servo the same to guests
or patrons without frst posting and exhibiting in their
respective bakeries. stores, restaurants. and dining
rooms, in Q conspicuous place, in largo Roman letters
not less than one inch square. . sign or placard, with
the inscription. Imitation butter used here"
Violators of the provisions of this act are
to be punished by a fine of from $50 to
$3.50, or by imprisonment for not more than
six months.
Even the cook in the arcane and sibylline
caverns of her own kitchen cannot venture
to put anything but unadulterated yellow
butter into a sauce or on q section of hoe
cake. How is she to know that the butter
which she uses Is unadulterated yellow2
And why this zeal for yellow butter 2
The author of this act has forgotten the
warning of the shepherd in the eclogue /:
Minimum ne orede colori, don't take too
much stock In color. There is plenty of
good butter hat Is not yellow; and the
very yellowest sort Is liable to be the most
artificial. There are lovers of pale ~saltless
butter, but in the Old Dominion yellow is
the only wear.
How can an honest man who does not
raise with Roman frmness the imitation
butter sign, in Roman letters not less than
one inch square. be sure that there Is no
imitation butter on his premlses2 Every
milkman must be sworn. Every mixer
must be sworn at the end of every milking.
Everything and everybody in the dairy
business must be signed, sworn, and sealed.
No conscience can be r~econciled otherwise
to this act.
And the act must be amended. The root
of the matter must be reached, as follows:
"Al milch cows must mako amdavit once . week
before the nearest Justice of the peace that they have
eaten nothing during tho week that could impair tho
quality or healthfulness OF their milk.
ION and after the passage OF this act all rod and
crumple.horned COWS shall DO required TO Gtye
sterilizod milk
Tho bogus butter act IL not sweeping
enough after all.
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How tho Reina Resense Rolled Over

Our correspondent at Havana, in a
despatch which we printed on Sunday, said
that the accident to the Maine was lamenta-
BILE not only for the great loss of life which
1t occasioned, "but also for the effect 1t has
produced on the Spanish masses, who now
ridicule the American Navy, saying that
Spanish guns are not needed to sink the
American vessels, as the carelessness and
incompetence Of her officers do that"
In the discussion of such an awful dis.
aster ridicule ought to have no place. So
far, however, as the management of war
ships is concerned. Spain has not a particu-
larly brilliant record. In the February
number of BlacktOood's Magazine is a most
instructive article on tho present crisis in
the affairs of Spain. The writer gives this
account Of q notable occurrence in tho re-
cent history of tho Spanish Navy, which
ought to silence u critics as those of
which our Havana correspondent speaks :
"a capable nest is indispensable to = power which
wishes to retain colonies. The Spanish Navy con.
tanned . number OF vessels. some built abroad and
Others constructed by an English nrm. which has
been induced at an enormous cost TO tho country, to
establish . dockysrd at Bilbao. On paper It looked
we'll. but its real condition was revealed by the loss
OF the Reina Rsgsnte. This veSsel-A nns. new
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cruiser. which ives reported 70 have made ninetssn
knots an hous on ~ way out to Spain from oiasgow-
was lost when coming back from Tetuan. where she
had gone to land the Moorish Ambassador. HH
Snsvsrsaiiv beiiered that che upset beoauss che teas
not sufficiently baiiasted. Her captain had warned
the authorities that unless she was nned mp with
coal she would DO unstable. Yet the dookvard ~
Cadis was so poor IN this indispensable part OF the
stores OF . modern nest that the Reins Regente was
sent out with Just a. much coal az would take her to
the African coast and back again. on her way home
she ran into q gale. and now she lies at the bottom OF
tho sea with all her Grew. Her story 10, a. cAnLILn
would have said. significant OF muoh."
The bittercst enemy Of Spain ought not
to gloat over the fate of the Reina Regente;
but the sad end of that warship should
serve to moderate Spanish criticism CON
corning the management of the Maine.
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Fitzgerald aaa 10 Gaiuenus.

To THE Enron OF THE suN-Sfr: Commenting upon
the Boston Hsrdid's remark that "FitzgeraId's work
is even finer than Mr.. 10 Ganienno's.' you say; "Im.
possible. We will leave It to Mr.. LIE GaIlienne him.
self"
That is fair. Mr.. lie Gallienne has put into print his
own judgment on this very matter-tho relative
worth OF rtzgerAld's work and his. ] quote from Mr..
Le Galllennes preface TO his "RubAiyAt OF Omar
Khayyami a ParaphraSe from Several Literal Trans
lAtions."
Probably the original rose OF Omar " as, so 10 speak,
never a rose at all. but only petals toward the
making OF = rose; and perhaps Fitzgerald did not SO
much bring omars rose TO bloom again, a. make Il
bloom for tho nrst time. The petals came from
Persia, but 1t was an English magician who charmed
them into q living rose.
"Well. out OF that hoard OF wine-stained rose
leaves Fitzgerald made his wonderful Rose OF the
Hundred and Ono Petals-puTple rose incompatible
for glory and perfume. He had chosen many OF ths
richest petals. but no had left many b~ehind-And 10 10
chiefly OF these that l have made my little yellow
rose" RWT
NEW YoEE. Feb. 81.
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from q nation because some Of IT. members
have injured him." But our Government
took the ground that IL had been wronged
in tho persons Of those wearing It's uniform,
and that Chill had not Ion all 1t could
have done and ought to have done to pre-
vent the attack or to punish the guilty.
Our State Department, In fact, laid down
the general principle, twenty years g o
that "a Government is liable information
ally for damages lone to alien residents by
a mob which by due vigilance 1t could have
repressed." That principle, too, 1t perhaps
admitted against itself when the State
authorities had in custody the Italians who
were lynched at New Orleans.
Turning to Havana harbor, while there IL
no exact precedent for the supposed case Of
a mine exploded by accident or by a fanatic,
It may be admitted that, as Mr.. LINCOLN
says, a country 10 not bound to give the
ship of another nation Information as to
where and how it's harbor defences are ar
ranged" But the case of the Maine was
not, as we understand, that of a vessel free
to take her own precautions against attack.
Had that been 30, there might be more
force In Mr.. LINcoLN's declaration that she
"entered Havana harbor with full knowl.
edge that 1t was a fortified harbor, and took
all the chances of accident" On the con-
trary, It has been asserted that, entering
the harbor on a pacific mission, she was
conducted to a buoy Of tho Governments
choosing, not Of her own. II 1t should
prove that her moorings were directly over
q submarine mine we'll known to the Gov
eminent when 1t chose the site, and after
ward exploded either by accident or by tho
design of fanatics, whether because improp-
erly arranged or because that particular
mine could be exploded by miscreants on
the shore, should we not be likely to find
negligence of the authorities which, COM
bined with their choice Of the anchorage,
made them responsible for the ~resultsf
The case of Spanish military or naval
officials in completely with the villainy is
of course too clear for argument. On the
other hand, II some unofficial person blew
up the Maine by q machine, for example,
carried on board and connected with atime
fuse, Spain would not be responsible, be-
cause tho ship was our territory, exclu-
sively under our policing, n the crime
would be the same as IL perpetrated while
the ship was at Key West.
But when it comes either to q harbor
mine planted by the Government or to a
torpedo such as only Governments employ,
the use of such appliances to blow up the
Maine becomes a different matter. In that
case, no mere disavowal Of completely by
Spain, such as Of course would be made,
would be likely to relieve her from any
demand which our Government might
~ At
tails remained a mystery, the seizure and
successful use of war appliances of which
Spain alone should ave had control, in a
harbor solely under her Jurisdiction, would
be regarded by our Government as contribu-
tory negligence, to say the least. like that
for which we held Chilli responsible.
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Something must be don at once for the
diffusion OF information and taste in Boston. A
regular missionary service must BIO established.
and university settlements must DO planted In
frequent rows. Boston lies deep in night. Tho
Boston Herald. giving an account OF tho Boston
Art Museum, says without Q pAnR that
another department of tho institution that
draws is tho display Of prints. which q
good many people. intelligent as well as unin-
t~elligent, suppose means cloths. such as calico
prints" The standard of Boston intelligence"
iS thus shown to DO appallinRly low. From
another source We hear Of BostoniGns,
Intelligent" Bostonians. who 70 to see the
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Tho Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
tho Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS, and tho
Hon. jim JONES have promised to 20 to tho
spring meeting of the Bimetallic League at In
dianapolis. Joy Sparkles in the eyes of tho sill.
YER Hoosiers. 1.-THE size OF the crowd on that
occasion" saws the Delphi Times triumphantly,
will make the late Monetary Convention look
Ike a knot on q street corner Tho poor
old Monetary Convention was not q wild
uprising of the people. but this indianapolis
spring meeting CAUSES alarm already. Mr..
BRYAN is a largo crowd. The Hon. jim JONES 10
a multitude. The Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
is an army with banners. How can three such
vast bodies como together without danger to
themselves and others. II there are any others :
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Naming the MsEG FAMILY.

To TIE EDIToR OF TIE suS-Sir: I notice that ex
Gov. Hogg Of Texas. after naming hia two daughte
lima HoEg and Eura Hogg respectively, has again dis
played his inimitAble sense OF humor by christening
the latest addition TO his family Moor Hogs. sus
geSt that she Ex-Governor ahoW his Appreciation oi
name 70 Adam. Yam PLAY.
NEW YoRK, Feb. ~.
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To, TEE KnrToR OF TIE sUH-Sir: Nj. Kiah Moon
OF Harmony Grove. Ga. IL . distiller.
RooEE EARLE HAEMsEL, iohmea Va
NEW ToAH, Feb. Ell.
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u our Friends trho Jdpor us sctth manuscript yor
prbncation ,vt.h 10 haze rejected arftciss returned.
AR must IN all oases serd stau.ps for that prrpess
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-10-05

The Barkle V -Berryman Company have an advertisement in this issue announcing a big reduction in groceries. The firm will Yacate their present quarters October h and will sell goods at greatly re- duced prices for cash until that time. They mean just what they say in their advertisement.
 The attorney general has decided that the law does not provide for the election of assessors this year as 1t does not take effect until January 1. Speaking of the above decision J. P. Dillon, democratic candidate says he is willing to abide by the vote of the people and says that if his opponent Is elected and there is a democratic board of supervisors he will be willing for them to appoint Mir. Carter.
 In describing the work of his Rough Riders Col. Roosevelt says the regiment type6ed what We hold to be American. In 1t was the Protestant and the Catholic, the Jew and the Gentle, all alike and on the same footing. It was a Jew that I promoted for gallantrvon the field of battle. The men rose on their merits as men, and nothing else" IL is a vivid story the colonel tells when he gets on the platform with Santiago for theme."-Globe- Democrat. This Jew was our own sam GreenWaid, whom the republi- cans have nominated for D obate judge. Reward Sans gallant con- duct by electing him by an over whelming majority.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-10-05
Fr,m Fudavs Dsily.

F. s. Davis left this morning for Albuquerque.
 Shepard * Kastner have just had their sore enlarged. ! Contractor Geo. \. Gilss Is rais- ing a house today for W. Nelson. John Berkliu, contractor, on the P. x E. railroad was iu town today
 The funeral of the late D. ". Stukey took place in Prescott this afternoon at o'clock.
 H. H. Wolfey, a cousin of ex- Governor Wolhey, died in Phenix on Thursday of cancer.
 Fred W. Chase, a young man formerly of Prescott, and Miss Ina Pomeroy were married September 25, ia Chicago.
 4 vote ioi Col. Brodie and the re- publican ticket is a vote for state hood That Is 8 fac; to constantly bear in mind.
 Report is that Miss Nellie Worth ington. wno formerly resided here. IS very sick with typhoid fever at San Beuardino.
 Rspub ican candidates will t. the field next week. Democrat, candidates will take 10 the wOoas after November s.
 Position by woman to do general housework and nursing. A good cook. Apply second door north of Bnnkmeyer's hotei.
 Mir. Geo. M. Sargent has gone to Castle creek Hot Springs Mr. Sargent will meet her there and re- main till next Tuesday.
 Mrs. Cbas. Donaldson and her daughter, Mrs. Baird, left for Cali fornia today where they expect to remain for some time.
 Private Fillmore of the Santa Fe company died last night. He will be buried at , o'clock this evening at-the Nhipple cemetery.
 Mrs. W. F. Gilstrap and child will leave on tomorrow morning. train for q visit to the formers mo:hef in Southern California.