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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
The Kansas Lynching.

A correspondent writes to The Star in he
half of the state of Kansas to protest
against iudicting the people of that state
for indulgence in lynching. He asserts that
the recent mob murder there was virtually
a protest by the people against the decad-
ence of the administrator OF the criminal
laws. resulting from a succession of gov
ernors who have refused to enforce the
statutes which provide hanging for capt.
tai crimes. 1t appears that these laws have
become practically obsolete through this
anomalous condition of affairs, murderers
remaining in Jail for years after sentence
of death has been passed upon them by the
courts.
This state of affairs is truly depIorable
and does in large measure alter the bear
ing of the recent lynching. But it by To
means justifies the mob's action. The peo-
pie of the state have had repeated oppor-
tunities to cure the evil which the preju-
dices and fears of successive governors
have created. They have chosen several
legislatures which might easily have amend
ed the statutes to prevent executive mac
ton. There has been ample chance to
ev olive a corrective public sentiment which
would have forced action far more surely
and speedily and safely than through the
desperate medium of mob violence.
The fact seems to be that the common
wealth has suffered through executive
abuses and the people have tolerated them.
The lynching may, Of course. sufficiently
arouse the state to an appreciation of Its
danger II Is not safe to play with crime,
either in lenity or in cruelty. ana Kansas
has perhaps now discovered the fact as a
result of this iynching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

London is reported to be 50 sobered by
the war and SO depressed by the British
.revcrses that the theaters are all but de-
serted. The managers have tried old COM
ejies. new comedies farces. everything. but
10 no purpose. An unusually elaborate pro-
duction %. "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
draws no money. Ever the Christmas PAN
tornimes went begging. The people are in
n" mood to be entertained even by the
most gifted entertainers The most gor-
geous of stage speetaeIes and the wittiest
tef stat,. texts aiikr- go for nothing.
g. \ different spirit was manifested in this
country curing the civil war. The Ameri-
Can <5rec in those days did not possess the
variety or the expensive furnishings that
]. now possesses but it thrived all through
che struggle. The soldiers in particular,
when ri,ey had opportunity. patronized it
with zt-s1. Il helped 10 tighten the burden.
r fsha,F 10 dispeF gloom. The most trivial
pieces. If conceived in a spirit of humor
rad Success The people trooped in to en-
jos Il laugh between signs and sobs.
Mr. Lincoln was especially fond of the
I,lay, and was always glad of an oppor-
unity to attend. The piece on view the
night he VAS shot was a clever little COM
edy of the day whose lines and situations
appealed to the humor in his composition.
He suffered always from spells of melan-
choly, and the anxieties attendant upon his
great office in time of war increased the
measure Of his depression. He often sought
refuge. therefore, and found it, in his art
Of storytelling. and in the theater.
The English, too. will be likely TO recover
themselves as the war continues. They are
a bit stunned now by their surprises and
losses. and carry themselves like mourners
But if the Beers hold out. and protract-
ed struggle sets in. London will grow phil
osophical and settle down to life again in
everyday fashion. Moping helps nothing
On the contrary, it binders If the spirits
fail at home they cannot be kept up in the
field The soldiers who are carrying the
Tag III South Africa are not to be benefit
ted by the intelligence that the folks at
home are in the dumps from anxiety
Heads up. everywhere, should be the Eng
lish order of the day. Or. adapting to the
occasion the language of the stranger to
Mr. Pick~ick, while they bang the field
piece in South Africa. let them ''twang
TIL 'yre" in London Never say die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

The saying familiar in New York that
property holders in that city own all
the way up receives fresh interest from
a suit brought against the owners of one
of the tallest buildings there by a man
who claims that the cornice of the build
ing, 300 feet above his modest roof. pro-
jccts five inches over it. He has found ex-
perts who estimate his damages from this
''encroachment' all the way from 100000
to S25n.000 and a learned judge is now
weighing the evidence and arguments, pre-
paratory to giving a decision in the case.
It IS said that the matter is one of much
importance, because the owners of several
other sky scrapers' have not been careful
to keep their cornices and other ornaments
from overhanging their neighbors' premises
and the ueighbors are awaiting the outcome
of the present suit before putting in their
own claims for damages. In New York,
as IN Philadelphia, men are extremely jeaI-
Gus of such rights as have a direct fnan-
cial yalua
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

Rourke Cochran. who. supported Mr. Nc
~Hinley In 1896 on the money issue and is
still a champion Of the gold standard. is
YET toying with the question of what he
shall do in this years race In denying a
report that he is enlisted in an effort to
defeat AIR. Bryan for denomination, he de-
cIares that he is democrat without prefix
or qualifcation-just a democrat The
money issue he does not regard as perth
nent this year. Silver legislation would be
impossible for several years in any state
OF case But imperialism is at hand and
must be met and in his Judgment the
democratic party should go to the country
g on that issue alone. In that event it is
evident that Mr.. Cochran will be found in
the thick of the fray on the democratic
side
This is the way Mr. Cochran would have
the issue presented
Il would reaffirm the Declaration of In
dependence. and go to the people on thai
alone. On such a platform the campaign
Of 1:sp would resemble the campaign of
1s0 in its issues, its temper and its re-
suits: W ho can doubt that JefferSon'S i'm
mortal work would obtain in 1900 an in
dOrSement as emphatic and as saiutary as
its author received in 1SoD?
If Mr. Jefferson is to be made the issue
that great mans history must be presented
in its entirety. Why single out one ad-
dress he wrote. although the most notable
address ever written, and remain silent as
10 the most notable act as an executive
which stanls to his credit? How can the
sentiments of the Declare ton of Indepen-
denee he used against Mr. Mckinley in the
matter of the Philippines without injury to
AIR. jefferson himself in the matter of the
Louisiana purchase? Who was the first
American expansionist? And how does his
record as an expansionist affect his fame?
Mr.. Jefferson has three claims to the last
ing gratitude and admiration of America as
nation. He was the author of the Dec
laratton OF Independence. the founder of
the University of Virginia, and the Pres
i'ient who added the territory of Louisiana
by purchase to the dominion of the United
States. These three; but the greatest of
ths - * the last
History is strangely interpreted in times
at extreme partisan necessity. If Jefferson
rfzay be quoted against expansion. Jackson
in favor of the free coinage of silver at III
10 |, and Lincoln against the assertion of
the national authority when the flag is as
sailed by an armed force then it is but
question of a few years when Washington
will appear as an oppresSor and George the
Third as champion of liberty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
"Get n Pension"

Under the above caption. printed in deep
black type among the reading adver-
tisenents of the Manila American, APP
pears the following appeal by an American
pension claim agent to the soldiers and
sailors now serving in the Philippines:
Soldiers and sailors of the Spanish war.
and soldiers and sailors of the United
States Army and Navy, or their heirs. Do
you want a pension? If 80. write for ques-
ton blank and circulars. 10 Charles ]. AL
den, POI Grand Ave-. Milwaukee. Wiscon-
sin. He is the most successful Pension
Claim Agent in the United States. He has
had twenty years experience and has pros
ecuted thousands of Pension Claims to "a
successful issue Mr.. Alden formerly
Il member Of Co. H. 81 Regt. Wis. Inf. Vols
and was three years in the service, and his
sympathies are with the boys who wear the
blue.
1t is this get q pension outcry which
has SO Disguised the people of all sections
with the pension attorney business. 1t has
caused such a prostitution of patriotism
that many men are led to believe that the
pension is the first consideration of military
service. Aside from its immediate effect of
swelling the roll of applicants with I'M
worthy claimants and eventually adding
many undeserving men to the bounty
list, 1t debases the spirit of the people
IL ieuuceS eHiiStIneil 10 tue pidhe VI an
investment. 1t may be safely taken for
granted that the men who really suffer
and thereby earn rewards and sustenance
from the republic will find their rights
without the Intervention of these drum
mers. whose announcements. whether hon
estly meant or not, only too plainly sug-
gest that soldier or sailor need hesitate
To believe that. by hook or crook. whether
deserving or not, ne can-with the aid Of
fee-''get a pension
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

blow. but quickly RECEIVERS and bravely files
"A cablegram in reply costing sf22.06, In
which the words defamation. insult, in
gratitude shine out. Comte de Castellaue
requires the support of the medical staff
al the Waidorf-Astoria when this message
arrives. He masters himself. He stands
erect. He shakes his fist in the direction
of Paris and then he writes. Two hours
later he has prepared his thunderbolt- He
has many copies. One is for the wires,
: nc other, for the newspapers The cable
gram is filed. 1t costs SI.2,.i4. 1t calls De
Rcdays many unpleasant things. 1t says
his paper is corrupt and disreputable" and
the editor ''poitroon. The effect in Paris
is not known yet. We will hear soon
whether De Rodays is vanauished or
whether he has further resources. If he
replies with a $500 message what will hap
pen? If it is true that the entire Gould
millions are behind CasteIlane. De Rodays
had better give up at once and end the fear.
full battle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

With the single exception of the use of
lyddite. which is merely very marked de-
velopment of the high explosive there has
been practically no use of advanced war
materials during the Boer war thus far
The military balloon is by means a new
agency. having been used freely in other
wars. The heliograph has also had an
earlier use The legitimate successor Of the
Photograph. wireless telegraphy. has not
thus far been utilized, as far as known.
The British are reported as using armor
piercing shells in the naval guns around
Ladysmith. but this seems to indicate
rather a lack of suitable ammunition than
any desire to exploit this particular form of
missile out of its proper sphere. The chief
factor in the artillery fire up to this time
seems to have been the shrapnel. which has
been used with marked effect The British,
forces have suffered severely from it. Later
reports may show that the Beers as we'll
have felt its effects. Indeed. the latter are
more likely to have been punished seriously
by shrapnel than the English, for that form,
OF shell is used especially against an on
trenched force which cannot be reached hy
direct shell fire. The shrapnel, bursting
over line of entertainments. does great
execution by throwing cloUd of small
missiles downward thus effectively bonn
harding a hidden enemy. The Beers STRAIT,
egg throughout the war has been marked
by the wonderful development of their en-,
trenchments, which have given them a ma.
terial advantage in almost every engage,
tnt. In all the reports Of the operations
under Butler the frequent references to
shrapnel shows that this standard shell has
been found most useful. There are evil
IDENTIFY few opportunities to bring novelties
to bear upon land campaign. Whereas nj
sea torpedo tubes and submarine boats and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

rom tue Atlanta Journal,
The demand for the election Of United
States senators directly by the people has
been growing for years past and has been
strengthened greatly by recent events
-Four states are now deprived Of one-half
of their senatorial Representation because
their legislatures have failed to elect SEN
ators.
If the Will of the people could be regis
tered in senatorial elections no such yacan-
cles could occur. Another spectacle now
Presented is calculated to increase the feel
Ing in favor of popular senatorial elections
1t has been shown conclusively that money
was spent lavishly for votes for Clark, and
the logical inference is that it was Clark
money. The purchase of senatorial COM
missions has been going on VIGOROUSLY for
years in the new states of the west. The
man with the longest financial poe gets the
senatorial persimmon in these rotten Dor
oughs. The Clark case is a powerful ar
gument in favor of turning the election of
senators over to the people.
The election of senators by popular vote
Is sure to come sooner or later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

thick arnor have wrought great changes
in the general aspect Of naval warfare. lit
tie has been done to alter the general cir
cumstances of war afield. save perhaps the
development of the machine gun. such as
the Maxim, which permits volley firing.
Yet even the Maxim is but the result Of
many predecessors. such as the mitrail-
lerse. which have had their effect on for
mer campaigns. The important part played
in this campaign by the artillery suggests
that Napoleon's adage about providence
favoring the side with the heaviest bat
talions must nowadays be somewhat
amended to accord victory to the side with
the longest ranged guns and the most dis
pcrsive ammunition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
Nebraska Wind ns Ills.

Scientists have lately had their attention
called to the ingenuity displayed by the
farmers of Nebraska in the invention ana
use Of homemade windmlllS. which trans
form the winds Which sweep over the prai-
ries into power for watering stock, irrigating
land and churning butter. One type of the
mills is called the Jumbo while another
and more popular form is the 'merry-go-
round" 1t is to be hoped that these de-
vices bring more benefit to the people Of
the state than do the exertious OF more
famous combination Jumbo merry-go-
round Windmill from Nebraska whose gy-
rations even now markedly in evidence,
a long way from base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

FROM Tue boston Globe.
Because of the sickness of one of the
jurors In the Molineux trial it had to be
of New York SIZE, 900, the sickness of this
one juror might necessitate beginning the
trial all over.
III one of the jurors in this trial should
die. then all the money that has been spent
upon 1t would be wasted and the peopIe
would be obliged to hear the revolving
story all over again in order that the ac-
cused man might have a chance to vindi-
cate himself.
Such an organization of courts of Justice
seems ridiculous. Why should there be ex-
actly twelve jurors? Again. in a valid case
Of sickness or death what possible harm
could there be in allowing the other eleven
to complete the trial?
There must be some superstition attached
to the magic number twelve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
Cold Weather Fools,
From the New York Herald,

Did you meet him yesterday-the cold
weather fool? And Of all kinds of fools
didn't he seem more kinds than you
thought one man could be? Did he leave
the Office door open? And forget to shut the
car door as he went out? Or. worse still,
made his exit by the front way? Did you
ever realize before how many different
idiotic things a cold weather fool can do
with door on such biting cold day as
yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
A Possible Motive.

80 they decided you were not entitled to
4 seat in Congress"
They did,
Yet they paid you a congressman's sal
AIRY all the time you were in Washington"
They did
Yet you make long speeches protesting
that you have been unjustly treated
Il do. The more time l spend making
speeches and fostering argument, the
longer my salary runs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27


The vote of the House is a most salutary
precedent. 1t will teach constituencies that
they cannot send criminals to Congress
Not many constituencies will need that
lesson. but Utah needed it, and the moral
sentiment Of every other constituency in
the and demanded that the lesson be en-
forced, 1t has been effectually enforced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
His Salary Went On.

You are no congressman they cried.
TT all depends" he straight replied.
I've been, although you said me nay.
Upon the payroll. quite o. X
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

The ease with which emperorships are
settled in a big country like China ought
I" remind Kentucky that it has been max
ing more than its share of difficulty over
such small Office as that OF governor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

rs muzzled de dog" said Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley. AN now Is waitin'.''
FOR what!"
TO see if dey's swinter go de res O de
way an see to de puhtection OF US human
bein's. Eff dey'lI lin up some way o muz-
zlin' de him feet oh er mule, deyu sho'ly
stop heap O. damage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

Some life insurance expert might be called
in the MOlineaux case to demonstrate what
the chances are for all of the members of
the jury living to see the end of the trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

The Empress Dowager of China does not
bother about the emancipation of women
When the government does not suit her she
changes emDerors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
An,iab}e.

So said the young girls father rasp-
ingiy; "he has such a lovely disposition,
has he?"
Yes she answered. He said that if
will marry him, he won't object to living
in the same house with You, even II YOU
are real Cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

Mr.. Roberts has by this time surely
changed his mind about ho.ing to convert
the people of the United States to the be-
lief that Mormonism is to be tolerated
under some circumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

Mrs- Kruger has restrained her feelings
admirably in refrainins from appearing in
IuUlic and shouting the Dutch equivalent
VI ''viye Tar1nee."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
SHOOTING STARS.


How did you like the symphony con-
cert?' asked the young woman.
WELL" answered the young man, Its
better than a good many shows I've seen
lately. There wasn't anything suggestive
in 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

1t may be proper to make fun of Dom
Paufs whiskers, but the style OF general
ship he affects commands serious consid-
Grafton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

Mr. Rockefeller has at last the nerve
and originality to come out hat-footed and
say he Is for trusts. first, last and al
" ays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

y good lively dog-catcher with a stout net
might succeed in landing Aguinaldo If
turned loose in the Philippines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

Count Boni de Castellane seems to divide
his time between writing personal attacks
and l. o. Us.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
ANOTHER INVENTOR.

Lars Peterson of this city is an apple
ant for patent on rotary steam en-
CINE which will prevent back pressure
of steam on the piston He has applied
for patent and considerable progress
has already been made toward securing
one Mr.. Peterson is confident his in
vention will work us he intends it should
and if it does he will unquestionably be-
come Il wealthy man as by means of this
invention considerable power now vast
ed will be utilized The continuance is
very ingenious though simple. Patent
lawyers have the matter in hand and are
making satisfactory progress with it.
Mr. Peterson is not an engineer or u
machinist. He is a ship carpenter, is fore
man of the shipyard of Burger q Burger
and Of an inventive turn of mind. He has
given much study to his invention and
his success will be pleasing news to his
aPQualut2nceS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
AN ICE MACHINE.

Mr.. CHARLES STAHL, chief engineer
for The William Rahr Sons Company,
returned from st. Louis on Saturday,
where he had been in the interest Of the
firm inspecting an ice machine which
will shortly be installed. For some years
past the question of harvesting ice has
been dubious one owing to the open
winters, and to do away with this con-
stantly recurring solicitude the firm de-
cided to equip their brewery with com
plete refrigerating machinery, thus max
ing it a modern, up to date plant.
Owing to the ice machine, much great
er uniformity of temperature can be
maintained in the beer cellars, and this
fact will absolutely insure an nnquali-
fed product. The machine is Corliss
Engine, having attached thereto two 81
IS ammonia compressors which are
again connected to two ammonia con
densors, and these are connected to the
circulating system in the cellars
As this will be the first and only ice
machine in Manitowoc it will no doubt
prove of great interest to those TO whom
ice machines are a novelty, and after the
machine is in operation the firm will I'M
doubtedly take great pleasure in asking
the public to look at it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

Dan Herzog sustained an accident on
Friday evening last and it is almost in
conceivable that he escaped death. He
will probably be crippled for life but he
will live with the discomfort of crippled
limbs.
He recently went into the employ
ment of the c. & n. w. as switchman
and was at work on the yards at the
lake front. He was standing on the
foot board of the locomotive tender
and was about to step off to per-
form some duty, when he slipped and
fell on tire track between the two rails.
Thirteen cars passed over him. He was
and conscious when picked up. He says
he was not much injured by any of the
first 12 cars which passed over him and
that it was the last one which did most
of the harm. An experience of this kind
is something few men are able to relate,
He had been dragged for distance of
TWO car lengths. There was compound
fracture of the right arm between the
elbow and the shoulder and the muscles
were cut off. This latter will necessitate
a stitching in time so as to enable the
to knit. There was nc pulsation
at the wrist of that arm for two days,
but on Monday the pulse beat was good.
The right foot was badly torn, the joint
at the ankle being open. The toes of the
left foot are bruised and. so are both
knees The right limbs sustained all
the serious damage Amputation will
not be necessary.
The wheels did no part of the damage.
his body and limbs remain
I'd the whole time between-the rails 1t
was wonderful escape.