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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
An Original Cleveland Man.

Saline, Kas.. June 29.-Francis G.
Babcock, formerly a prominent New
York politician, is dead at Ellsworth,
HAS, aged 20 years. he made the
nominating speech at the convention
which nominated Cleveland for gov.
ernor of New York.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
sacce..fuI Fisht on yellow Fever.

New York. June 29-Yellow fever
has been combatted with such vigor
in Cuba that not a single death has
been reported as resulting from il
this year, said Col. J. Il. Hickey, un.
I'll a few days ago an assistant ad.
jutant general on the staff Of Gen.
Wood
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
May Proceed TO Warrington.

Washington, June 29.--The score
tary of war has telegraphed Gen. Lud-
low permission TO come 20 Washing
ton for medical examination and
treatment. Gen. Ludlow has just ar
rived at San Francisco suffering from
tuberculosis
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
Bridal Couple struck.

heriden, Conn, June 29.-While
seated under = tree during n sharp
thunderstorm, Friday, Fred Lee. OF
southington, and his young bride
were struck by lightning Mr.. Lee WA
instantly killed and his wife was 50
stunned that her life is despaired OF
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
The Brutus at Port said.

Washington, June pa cablegram
received at the navy department an
nounces the arrival OF the collier
Brutus at Port Said, thus indicating
that the difficulties which arose upon
her arrival st Susx on Wednesday
with regard to the payment of canal
tolls have been sAdstsete<sly sdj0ss-
3D.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
4 Dangerous Trust.

Indianapolis, Ind, June EFT is
claimed that there is an Insanity
trust" in indianapolis, the members
OF which stand ready TO testify to
any patients insanity for a consider
alton. Great Indignation has been
aroused by the exposure.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
Church DESTROYED.

Huntington. Ind, June e9-St
Mary's Catholic church at this place
was struck by lightning and de.
stroyed Friday. II was valued at $50.
600. At Nelpin, Pike county. ten
buildings were unroofed and one
stone building demolished. No lives
were lost so far as known.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
President Going TO Buffalo.

Buffalo, y. Y, June 29.-Senator
Patterson, of Ohio, one Of the states
Pan-American commissioners who is
arranging for the dedication of the
state building on July Is, says that
President Mckinley will visit the ex-
position on that occasion.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
First to Reach Berlin.

Berlin, June 2e.-Fournier was the
first of the automobile racers from
Paris 10 arrive here. He reached
Berlin at 1888 a. IN. and was tre-
mendously cheered by big crowd.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
Died of Heart Disease.

Saratoga, n. Y, June 29-Oliver s.
Carter, president Of the National
Bank Of the Republic, OF the city Of
New York, died here, Friday night
from heart disease. He was born in
Connecticut in 1925.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
Admiral Krmpf at Cayite.

Washington, June 20.-The navy
department has received n cablegram
from Rear-Admiral Kempf announe'
ing his arrival aboard the Kentueky
at Cayite, where he will have charge
OF the station during the absence Of
Admiral Remey in Australia and Ad'
miral Rodgers In Japan.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04

La Crosse, Wis, June ga lorna.
do struck this city about seven o'clock
Friday evening, doing thousands of
dollars worth of damage. The new
Norwegian hospital, in course Of cree
ton, was wrecked.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
German Banker. Suicide.

Leipsig, June 29.-Eduard Kroh-
mann, a banker, committed suicide
by shooting himself on his estate at
Lndenau, near here
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
Georg. o'Brisn 90 Hang.

Dawson, June %, via Vancouver b.
C., June 29.-The jury In the case OF
George o'Brien. charged with the
murder Of Linn Reef. Fred Clayson
and Ole olesen. brought in q verdict
OF guilty as charged. The prisoner
was sentenced TO be hanged on Au-
gust ga
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-04
sailed for Copsnha..n.

Christianis, June R9.-The United
States training ship Hartford ha,
JAILED for penhagsna.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
The PeLin Peace Protocol.

After a whole year spent in neSotia-
ton the Ministers of the allied Pow
ers and the Chinese ENJOYS on Sat
urday signed the peace protocol at
Pekin. This news will be hailed with
satisfaction throughout the civilized
world. During the progress of the ne
gotiations matters in dispute repeat
edly have been referred to home Gov
ernments, and the Ministers again
and again have been compelled to
wait upon the slow interchange of COM
munications between Foreign Offices
before anything further could be done.
Happily, there has been spirit of con-
servatism and concession on all hands,
which has removed friction and render
ed it possible to reach common under
standing. which, allowing for divergent
or conflicting interests, may be consid-
cred as fairly satisfactory.
China emerges from the situation
much more .avorably as regards her
position and amour propre than could
have been expected a year ago, or than
she deserves to. The Empress Dowa-
ger, the prime instigator of the muir
tack upon the legations, and of all the
nameless atrocities of the anti-foreign
movement of 1890, goes unscathed and
even unchided for her diabolical crimes
against civilization and humanity.
China loses nothing in the way of ter
ritory through the protocol, and the in
demnity she is required to pay is mod
crate in the circumstances. Perhaps
the greatest fault of the final agree
ment is that it spares Chinese feelings
too much. Oriental peoples have lit
tie respect for anything but physical
force. So little of this has been in evil
dence since the capture of Pekin that
the native mind has come to feel cen
tempt for the foreign Governments
failing to use it. 1t is quite certain that
the withdrawal of the remaining troops
from PelliD will be represented to the
populace as retreat before the superb
or force of the Empress Dowager, and
the knowledge that the allied soldiers
have departed is more than likely to
be the signal for a new anti-foreign
outbreak, which Prince Tuan, under
the influence of his mistress has been
plotting for months to bring about.
China is seething with disorder, and
wild with hatred of everything West
eIn. The outlook is far from encour-
aging as concerns Chinese domestic af-
fairs and conditions.
Nevertheless, the Ministers undoubt-
edly have done the best they could. At
least they have brought the general
peace and indemnity question to a sue
cessful issue, and under terms and con-
ditions which will have the support of
the signatory Governments.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
The Making of Contributions,

Modern Culture" says that consti-
tutions are not made, they grow, illus
trating and emphasizing the statement
by reference TO the manner in which
the principles embodied in the Federal
Constitution were gradually evolved
out of barbarism, long before they
We're grouped together in a concrete
written form
The idea intended to be conveyed h.
Modern Culture" is correct one, but
the form of the statement is not happy,
and standing by itself is very likely
TO misLead. 1t is true that the trainers
of the Constitution had the benefit OF
the worlds experience and progress
since the earliest period of recorded
history. But that is also true of every
thing else that is done by man No
human being is endowed with such pre-
ternatural wisdom as to be able, with
out the aid of past experience, to form
ulate a code of laws that would even
approximate perfection. No intricate
machine was ever invented that did not
embody principles already Wen known.
The merit of all modern inventions con-
of such principles. This is equally true
in literature, the grandest compositions
being mainly the working out, group
ing together, and the specific applica-
tion of thoughts, which, less clearly,
perhaps, or with no logical connection.
have occurred to many people. 1t would
be idle, though, to say that David Cop
perfield" was not the work of Dickens or
TO deny that Paradise Lost" was the
creation of Milton.
Equally futile is it to argue that the
Federal Constitution was not made by
those who, in convention assembled,
actually framed it, because they avail
ed themselves Of the thoughts and as
pirations of patriots and sages who
had preceded them. 1t was the circum-
stance that they were able 10 do this so
admirably that has given to those who
formulate ted the Constitution a repu-
tation for wise statesmanship such as
no other deliberauve body has ever en-
joyed since civilization began.
The Constitution certainly was made
by the convention which framed il.
That il was not perfect work may be
freely admitted. II was intended to
cover, in a general way. the whole
scheme OF the National Government.
which was not only vast and complex
In itself. but was further involved by
the necessity of reserving certain rights
to the several States. Some of the i'm
projections appeared almost immedi-
ateiy. and the remedy was sought in
amendments. Hence. We may with
great propriety say that the Constitu-
ton has grown since 1t was made, but
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
AN uLLuMINATIvE INCIDENT.

A Lisbon cable reports the seizure by
the Portuguese officials near the Trans
vaal frontier of large supply of war ma
terial intended for the Beers. The incl
dent is nluminative in more ways than
one 1t shows that the war treasury of
the Republics is not exhausted: other
wise they could not be still buying large
quantities of war material in Europe and
shipping them to South Africa 1t shows
further that the Portuguese territory,
through which alone fresh supplies of
arms and ammunition can reach the
struggling burghers, is for all practical
purposes British territory. The Boer
forces that still keep the field are, in
fact, more completely cut off from com
munication by sea with the outside world
than were the Confederate States in our
own civil conflict, for tnere was good
deal of successful blockade-running on
the Southern coast until nearly the end
of the war. British control of the South
African coast. with Portuguese aid, is alb
solute All the more amazing Is British
inability to finish an enemy so reduced
in numbers and so utterly cut off from
fresh supplies of men or arms or sup
pIies-NeW York World
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
A NATIONAL HYMN.

There are Americans of sufficient mu-
sical ability undoubtedly to compose a
national anthem. but perhaps the occa-
sion and the impulse have not yet come
The great and permanent national hymns,
like the Austrian and Russian Die
Wacht am Rhein." WAS Ist des Deut-
schen Vaterland," and the 'Kutschke
Lied" of Germany. the 'Malbronk" Par
tant pour la Syrie," "Carmagnole." Ca
ira and the matchless ''AIarseillaise" of
France were children of occasion and
were struck off at white heat b. their
composers. Time. system. and delibera-
ton are fatal to a national hymn. Com
pare wagner stupendous Kaiser
March. inspired by the Franco German
war with the wretched stuff of his Cen
tennial March. written for Philadelphia
Nothing of modern production in this
country can compare in fervor and go
with the homely ballads of iS12 or the pa
triotic outbursts of old Billings the Bos-
Ton tanner, which he and Sam Adams
used to sing for the edification of the
colonial troops in camp and to the great
disgust of the Britishers. Perhaps the oc-
casion has not yet come for our national
hymn. When the time is ripe the man
Will appear.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
CONSULAR REFORM.

Consular reform for this country has
been more honored in the breach than in
the observance. MANY times Congress
has considered the subject. While the
need of reform is admitted nothing has
ever come of the spasmodic efforts of
Congress The State Department has
sent out a circular to all consular officers
asking detailed information about the
character of their duties. length of serv-
ice previous experience, etc. 1t is be
lieved that rcclassificat!on Will be made
as a result of this action; and it may
result in placing the service on the merit
basis 1t is even intimated that the CON
suls now on duty may be required 10
pass examinations to determine whether
they shall hold their Positions With the
commercial expansion that we are now
experiencing. an efficient consular service
becomes Of increasing Importance. The
state Department = none too early in its
effort to improve this service. and it is to
be hoped thnt il Mil be able to make
such a showing that Congress viii not be
able to defeat the reform.-indianapol
News
The Washington times., 1901-09-09

be punished in its preliminary stages.
club should be made a felony of high
degree, and subject to severe penalty.
Whether it should be made a capital
offence may be a question. but the pun
ishment should be heavy and certain.
In principle anarchy is a species of
treason, although it does not come
within the constitutional definition of
that crime. If an amendment to our
organic law is needed to enable the
Federal Government to deal with the
crime, such an amendment should be
speedily formulated and adopted: and
in the meantime it would be well for
each State 10 enact laws fully covering
the case. OF course, It will be under
stood that the law should not stop with
merely making it criminal to belong to
an Anarchist club. Such limitation
would make escape comparatively easy.
The law should be broad enough to COW
er every case in which Anarchists may
assemble for the discussion of their
plans; it should be made a crime for any
person to teach or preach the doctrine
in any way, either orally or in writing.
There is but little danger of inno-
cence being made to suffer by any such
laws, if properly framed, for the same
rules of pleraTy proof will apply as
in other crimina! cases. and the parties
charged will receive the benefit of ev
cry reasonable doubt. There should be
no more of pa ssion in the law bearing
upon this subject than in any other,
but it should be made to shut out tech
nical quibbles as far as possible, and
fit the case in a spirit of even handed
Justice to all
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
A LOST CAUSE.

Shaffer seems bent upon carrying out
his policy of rule or ruin to its inevitable
end in the wreck OF the Amalgamated
Association. 1t is perfectly clear to the
membership of the order generally that
the strike is lost. and other leaders of
labor organizations DO not conceal their
conviction that the terms just offered by
the Steel Corporation could and should
have been accepted. There seems to have
been no Obstacl. To an honorable settle
mtnt of the controversy this week except
the pride and obstinacy Of one man.
There appears to be something so intoxi
eating in the power which is welded by
the head of a great labor union that it
unsettles the judgment of almost every
man who holds such position in a
crisis. and lands him at last in the gutter.
New York Evening Post.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09
Circulation Statement.
The President.

While the truth that President Nc
Kinley's wound is a very serious one,
and that for some days there will be
danger of complications, such as heart
failure and peritonitis, cannot be es-
capped, the history of his case for the
past twenty-four hours is encouraging
enough to justify the belief that he has
more than an even chance TO recover.
There are considerations which. taken
by themselves. greatly encourage the
attending physicians. President Nc
Kinley's life and habits always have
been regular and exemplary, and hence
it is assumed that his blood is in
healthful condition, and probably would
offer strong resistance to septic poison.
The magnificent courage and nerve he
is displaying in most trying and agoniZ-
ing circumstances is regarded as an
other point in his favor.
The American people may at any rate
be thankful that the wound inflicted by
the Anarchist would-be assassin is not
necessarily fatal, and that it is one
from which under fortuitous conditions
the sufferer may fully recover. Prob
ably the greatest crisis in the case has
passed. but it would be foolish to argue
that all risk of fatal termination also
has passed. President Mckinley, as the
reports of those in attendance on him
assert, is fully but calmly conscious of
the extreme peril he is confronting and
must continue to confront for not less
than week to come.
Should he survive that long, the
chances would all be favorable. This
appears TO be the opinion of leading
surgeons in many parts of the country.
TIE public fer the moment can only
wait and hope, knowing that whatever
science, skill. and experience can do for
the iliustrious patient is being done.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09

Richard Croker, of Moat House, Wan
tage. England. is on the liner Lucania,
speeding toward the great city which
constitutes his property on this side Of
the Atlantic On his arrival there will
be activity at the Democratic Club and
also, probably, some heated and profane
remarks in that portion of it reserved
for the particular entertainment of the
'old man 1t is doubtful If Croker
realizes how badly the hold of Tammany
on Greater New York has been weakened
of late. He viii know all about it a few
days after he lands. II the reformers
have good sense. he results Of the next
election may lead 20 his having a smaller
income tax to pay TO the British Govern
ment hereafter.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09

IT has grown by amendments for winch
the instrument itself provides.
This is suggestive of phase of the
great constitutional question which Is
now receiving the earnest attention OF
careful thinkers all over the country.
Constantly the assumption is INDUCED
that the Republic has suddenly out
grown the Constitution. which was con-
sidered altogether adequate but three
or four years ago. Men will say in the
most flippant and thoughttess manner
that the trainers of the Constitution
could not and did not foTesee existing
conditions and therefor. the organic
law of the Republic must be so con-
strued as TO meet the exigencies of the
situation. What is really meant is
that the Constitution must be so con-
strued as to meet partisan exigencies
The obvious truth is that the nation
is not confronted by any emergency
whatever that makes it necessary to
depart from past traditions of Govern
ment 1t is the disposition to do so that
constitutes the danger. and the only
danger, before us. The fathers of the
Constitution were not vain enough to
believe that they had performed work
that was perfect. They recognized the
fact that amendments would be neces-
sary. Nevertheless, as the provisions
of the instrument were mainly funda-
mentel, they felt, and properly, that
changes should not be lightly made.
They reasoned justly that if bare
partisan majority could change the
Constitution we might as well have
none, for it would be OF no more force
and effect than an ordinary statute
They therefore took the precaution of
carefully providing the exact method
by which It might be amended. The
method is such as to prevent hasty and
ill-considered action, but at the same
time to give reasonable assurance that
any amendment really necessary will
be made
II is gratifying to know THAT the new
doctrine that the Constitution can be
made to grow by liberal interpreta-
tion," or, in other words, by judicial
straining, is almost entirely confined to
extreme partisans-men who would not
tolerate such an idea for moment if
their political opponents were in pow
er. The conservative. and, we believe,
the most intelligent, thought of both
parties is against it, and herein lies the
great hope of the Republic.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09

Largely, it is believed, on account of
the opposition of President Shaffar, the
executive board of the Amalgamated As
sociation failed again on yesterday to
accept President Schwab's terms, and the
strike is still on, though evidently weak
enlnS- Desertions are reported as becom-
ing frequent. How great a number of
strikers may be ready to bolt Will be
shown this week when several of the
idle mills are to be started. There is
still a chance for the Amalgamated peo-
pie to make peace with honor" but the
opportunity is not likely to last many
days, judging from present appearances.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09

Mayor Hinchciffe, Of Paterson, New
Jersey. declares that Anarchists exist in
that town only through the yellow
sheets of New York This statement
shows that 1t is just as well to tell a
sood lie while you are about 1t. The
Paterson mayor evidently is a man OF
nerve. Perhaps he would like to swear
that his village never had Jennie Bos-
schieter horror, either.
The Washington times., 1901-09-09

Few people know that there are actual
ly men in the world who hate money.
The croupiers are the most remarkable
people in Monte Carlo. Apart from their
wonderful powers of mental arithmetic,
which are the result of years of patient
training. they may safely be said to be
the only men on the face of the earth
who hate money.
They handle thousands of pounds in
gold. silver, and notes every day of their
lives. They see ii dung down on the
green cloth by gamblers and ralied to
and fro as though it were so much dirt
In few years after a croupier has been
employed at Monte Carlo he loses all
sense of the value of cash. He is abso-
luorly Indifferent TO the sight of it. He
performs his duties of gathering in or
paying out with the mechanical calmness
of an unthinlling machine.
Every croupier is searched carefully
when he leaves the Casino to see that he
has not stolen anything The searching
however is a mere formaitv for nobody
has ever been known to attempt to carry
of even the smallest coin. The crnupiers
have plenty of chances of stealing, but
they never think of taking them.
The court of MarseiIles recently award
ed an annuity of $50 to the widow of a
miner who was killed by an electric cur
rent when assisting a fellow-laborer who
had touched a live wire. The decision
was contested by the proprietors of the
mine on the ground that the accident was
not. strictly speaking. one occasioned by
labor. The Superior Court, before which
this point was argued. ruled that all
worllmen In the same mine and placed
under one employer must be regarded ns
one body. with duties OF mutual assist
ance. They further ruled that the acci-
dent was one met with in the course of
labor and confirmed the allowance to the
widow of the man whose devotion cost
him his life
The Scottish agricultural show under the
auspices OF the Highland aid Asricul-
turll Society was h1 "a this year at Inver-
ness. and was a conspicuous success
Though it has been three-quarters Of
century IN existence. the society was never
In a more nourishias condition that at
present. The King is its patron 1t en-
joys the services! as efiicc- bearers of many
Scottish noblomen. Ncbiemen aud tenant
farmers alike are on its managing com
mittce. and carry on its business in a
truly democratic spirit. Its annual show
is in the nature OF a movable feast"
different districts OF Scotland being WIS.,
tied in turn. and wherever il goes it never
fails to have a 'salptary influence on the
agriculture of that part OF the country.