Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-22
Few=Line Interviews.


William \. Pinllcrton. Head of the
Pinkerton Detective Agcncy-Crime runs
in IL groove. One crime, if it be a great
one, will be followed by another one sim
liar to it. You can bet your last cent on
this theory. 1t will work out every time.
Small crimes do not have that effect, but
large ones invariably do. The human
mind seems to be constructed OH that
plan. Crime, although horrible in the eX.
treme. seems to possess Il peculiar, unex.
plainable fascination about it. 1t is con.
tagious, and is catching. The Cudahy
kidnapping was IL pronounced success. II
was so bold, daring and successful that
1 knew Il series of others were bound to
follow. They have. We have had an
epidemic of them.
John Barrett. former United States
Minister to Siam-Japan to-day threatens
to dominate the Pacific as. England does
the Atlantic. She is building Il fleet which
i'll proportion to her size is equal to Eng
lands. She has the best organized army
on earth to-day. She has an extensive
consular service-for instance, over lie
conSuls i'll Australia alone. against our
SIN. She is fostering her merchant ma.
rine i'll a way no other nation is doing.
To-day she is suffering from a temporary
depression. but it is due to temporary
conditions. She is planning to dominate
The Pacific. and with all our tremendous
strength we may some day be rudcly sur
prised to find ourselves overmatched in
the Pacific.
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Gustav Frcllson, Agent of the Milwau.
lsee, Wis, Associated Charities-I not
only believe in the public whipping post,
but Ill volunteer to do the whipping MY.
self without pay. 4. man who beats his
wife ought to be whipped, but the whip.
ping should be done Systematically. I've
got n good stout right arm, and Ill prom.
Use the judge that the full extent of the
stripes he orders shall be administered
I'd like nothing better than u chance to
whip some of the men whose wives come
TO me day after day telling the same
pitiful story of hard work on their part,
cruelty on their husbands sides and in
the end abandonment.
George Pearce of Cripple Creek, Colo.-
There's an old story about far off cattle
Aa' ~ iOhS u stiANi ttliOlllcI dUOul elS.
tant fields looking green. That's the
way l felt about Honolulu before I wen.
there, four months ago. Colorado is good
enough for me now. or course, Honolulu
is a great place, for those who like it, but
a Il must be cut out, l think, for life
in that kind of a country before he can
be satisfied to live there. Business and
socia, conditions are SO entirely different
from what we find them at home shat a
man has to readjust his whole mode of
living and thinking to get i'll touch with
the people.
James l.. Jackson of Palatka, Fla
Strawberries will be plentiful this year.
Berry conditions have advanced suffi.
GENTLY to indicate that the coming crop
will be much heavier than last season,
You may remember that the CROP of 1899
was enormous all through the South, and
that last years was poor. This year the
plants are maturing earlier, and if the
present Indications are upheld by results
the prices will be low.
Lawrence d. Harvey, of New York
One of the greatest Affections the people
Of America have is the Legislatures of
their several States. They pass too many
laws. There is hardly a State in the
Union in which life would be endurablc
lie all its laws were enforced. Then, when
the ordinances and regulations enacted
by municipal legislative bodies are added,
there is not much liberty left the .Ameri-
can citizen. II the State would adopt ON
organic law and q criminal code and let Il
30 at, that it would be far better for all
concerned.