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The suburban citizen., 1901-02-16
List of Officers Together With
Time and Place of fleeting.
N THE ALTER OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS
THE FIRES ARE BURNING FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE OF THE SUBURBS.
Citizens Northwest Suburban
Association.
Meetings are Held tho First Friday
Evening in Each Month iu the Town
Han, Tenleytown, d. Q.
OFFICERS:

President, Charles o. Lancaster;
lst Vice President, Col. Robt. /.
Fleming; 2nd Vice President, Hon.
John B. Henderson; 9rd Vice-Presi.
dent, John Sherman; 4th Vice-Presi-
dent, Rev Joseph q. Mallon; 5th Vice
President, Rev j. Mcbride Sterretti
Secretary. DR.. J. w. Chappell; Treas
urer, Charles II. Morgan; Chairman
Executive Com mittee, Louis p. Shoe
maker.
R1- Total Membership about 100.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-16

he mounted his horse, and with a sim
gle black servant Bishop) galioped
away '~e may easily imagine.
without incident now remembered,
Washington reached the ferry across
"tha Pamupkey, q branch Of York
Uiyeh" and there fel! liz with a Mr..
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-16

- oAhlhN AOi AhHNNs
1t may seem good deal like ship
ping Goals to Newcastle to send a
statue to France, and particularly to
tha city of Paris, which is not without
It's many fine plastic works of art in
its streets and squares, but all the
same, through the patriotism of the
women Of America, a fine piece of
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-16

those who were incapable of compre-
bending him, and that TO the women,
who alone seem to have known him
well, he was a good fellow indeed
John r. Spears, in Golfers Weekly.
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infamy of Tammany.-Terre Haute Trib-
une.
The Republicans won a complete victory
In the election at Indianapolis. " . Tag
gartism was only another name for Doodle
Ism and the people learned it TO their sor-
row. The election of Charles Book
waiter, the Republican candidate Tor
mayor, by LOO Is a victory for honesty
and good government.-Bludton Chronicle.
Indianapolis now has the promise of bet
ter municipal government. The people
nave voted in favor of a business admins
uatlon. indianapolis is TO be congratulated
on the result. The Republicans of Indian
apons are to be congratulated on the mag
innocent campaign they conducted. The peO-
PIE OF the State are to be congratulated.
.ndsmuch as a machine that threatened
20 extend its influence over the State has
Deen rebuked.-Muncie Times.
indianapolis is redeemed from Taggart-
Ism. The municipal contest in that city
yesterday resulted in the election of the
entire Republican ticket. Bookwalter's ma
Jorlty Tor mayor was over Loo. The whole
state took a deep interest in the election,
az the Dnght of ~TaggaTtism extended far
republican victory there yesterday Will
nave a r%eaSsuring influence among the
PBieuus OF good government everywhere
Palladium.
A Republican victory at the municipal
election in indianapolis is cause for special
rejoicing by the better classes of that city
and by the Republicans of Indiana. The
capital city has been run by a corrupt
Democratic gang under Tom Taggart's lead
for several years, and although the Demo-
cTatS mad complete control of the city ma
chlnery and made desperate efforts TO keep
he eontrol the people were bound to over
throw the corrupt power and they did so
handsomely.-South Bend Tribune.
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TIE CASE OF MISS STONE.

The case Of Miss Stone. the American
woman held by Bulgarian bandits for a
money ransom, presents some interesting
aspects aside from those Of a personal
nature, and aside, also. from the fact that
she is a missionary. There are those who
think that American missionaries ought not
10 expose themselves to perils Of this sort
TO the embarrassment Of the government,
but II should be remembered that the same
thing might have happened 10 an ordinary
tourist, as it did in fact happen to a party
Of English tourists some twenty-five or
thirty years ago. But a government can
not discriminate between missionaries and
other citizens. 1t is one of the first duties
of a government to use its utmost endeav-
ors to protect all its citizens, Of either sex,
wherever they may be, if they are there
rightfully and have not violated any law.
There is no reason to believe that Miss
Stone was where she had no right to be. or
that she had exposed herself recklessly.
She is simply q victim of an unusual and
extraordinary outrage. The government
has no ransom fund and could not afford TO
pay a money ransom under any circum-
stances, but it can bring a great deal Of
pressure to bear for the release of a citi-
zen wrongfully held In captivity. and there
is reason to believe that is being done in
the present case. If Miss Stone should be
put out of the way. as there seems to be
some danger she may be, there would then
arise a serious question of demanding rep
aration if responsibility for the crime can
be located on any responsible government.
Aside from these considerations a curious
aspect Of the case is that it should occur
in the old world instead of in the new.
Americans have heard a good deal about
the advanced civilization Of Europe. and
Europeans nave much to say about the I'M
civilization of America, but such a thing as
the capture Of Miss Stone has not hap
pened in this country since the time of
Indian wars, and could not be successfully
carried out in any part of the continent.
The truth is that, with a good deal of high
civilization in Europe, there is also a great
deal of m~edievalism and semi-barbarism.
The powerlessness of the Bulgarian author
tiles to deal with the case is a poor COM
mentary on European government.
Another interesting aspect OF the case
is the rapidity with which it has become,
as one might say, the talk of the world. If
it had occurred fifty years ago it would
scarcely have been heard of yet fifty miles
from the place of happening. Now the news
is flashed across the ocean in a few hours
after the occurrence, and within a fortnight
the whole civilized world is talking about
it, several governments are interesting
themselves in the lady's behalf and con-
tributions for her ransom are coming from
all parts OF the United States. Steam and
electricity have done so much to unity the
nations and bring distant parts of the
world near together. 1t is not unlikely that
the case may lead ultimately TO important
changes in the political status of Bulgaria
and the better guaranteeing of it's autonomy
by the European powers.
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIANA

1t is a stigma upon the good sense and
patriotism of the American citizen that the
government which is entirely in his own
hands, which has more to do with his per-
sonal well-being, and which imposes upon
him the bulk Of his taxes, is the most in
efficient and wasteful. The one branch of
our system of government which citizens
can directly reach and influence is the weak
spot in it. This being the case, it is a hope
full indication that mayors of the cities of
Indiana meet once a year TO consider topics
affecting the government of cities. The
charters of most of the cities of this State
are not adequate in that the power and
duties of the different officers are not clear
ly defined. The distinction between the
executive and the legislative branches of
city governments should be made clear and
definite. AS the chief executive the mayor
should have the selection OF his subordi-
mates, and the branch which votes money
should not expend it.
The defects of charters would not count
for much if those who might have a good
influence would generally take an active
part in the control of municipal affairs.
Governor Durbin, in his address before the
Indiana Municipal League, in session in
Anderson on Wednesday and Thursday,
laid bare the defects in municipal gov
eminent with an %unsparing hand. Most of
the defects can be laid at the door of those
who are called the best citizens. They find
fault, and usually do little else, leaving the
naming of officers and the management of
affairs to men who have little experience
in any business, and limited intelligence.
More than that, the very fact that men
who are looked up to do not take an active
part in the direction of local government
gives the impression that such matters are
either beneath their notice or too common
for them to take a part in. So, in the end,
the best citizen is really quite as bad as
the man who is regarded as the worst.
AS Governor Durbin suggested, a narrow
and senseIess partisanship is mischievous
in municipal affairs. Every year councils
light over SOM Insignificant Office for
weeks and months, breaking quorums and
doing other things Of a childish character
which they would not do if they did not
imagine that it was politics. Party nomi-
nations to city offices are usually necessary
because there seems no other way to get
candidates before the voters. but when of
fcers are elected they should manage the
affairs of cities on business principles for
the general good. All these evils can be
abolished by the men who favor decent city
government if they will unite. They can
direct affairs, because it is fair to assume
that in all Indiana cities the men who de-
sire clean and efficient government, with all
that It means. are a decided majority. The
fact that ineficiency and weakness are so
prevalent in city affairs is due to the men
who stand aloof.
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Is

In the long run murder speaks with most
miraculous organ and shall not go I'M
whipped OF Justice ana IN the 3nd no one
or US, whether Democrat or republican,
can hope TO escape either his conscience or
his GOd.-Henry WattersOn.
The foregoing is an extract from a recent
editorial In the Louisville Courier-Journa
d~enouncing the assassination of Mr.. Goe-
bel and demanding the punishment Of his
murderer. 1t has been run as a special
feature in several issues Of the Sentinel,
which seems to have discovered a new
motive for making murder odious. If the
crime had been made odious in Kentucky
long ago the State would have a better
name. and many persons who have left it
by the murder route would now be alive.
The assassination Of Mr.. GoebeI was a
cowardly crime, the perpetrator of which
merited the extreme penalty Of the law,
but it was no more deserving of Mr.. Wat
~terson's denunciation than was a murder
committe by Mr.. Goebei himself soon after
his entrance into Kentucky politics. In
1887, after Mr.. Goebel had been elected to
the State Senate, there sprang up a bitter
political quarrel between him and Col. John
L. Sanford, a banker of C~ovington, KY,
and a warm friend Of Senator Blackburn.
The following is from a sketch of Mr.. Goe-
bells public career. printed in the Journal
the day after his assassination:
Always resentful and aggressive, Mr..
Goebel bought a newspaper and made a
vicious assault on the character of Colonel
SANFORD. They met on a COvingtOn street
a few minutes after L O'Clock in the after
noon and drew their weapons simultane-
ously. Two shots were fired, so near to-
gether that 1t was impossible TO say who
fired first; but Sanford fell dead. with a
bullet hole in his forehead. SandfOrd's
shot went through the right side Of Goe-
bells coat. GOebel was never ncarcerated-
the trial court and owned the coroner, and
his plea of self-defense was considered suf-
6cient to eXOnerate him. AT the funeral
Senator Blackburn said to Sandford's wild
ow: Leave it to me. I will not rest until
this is avenged" In his grafton at the
grave he declared: MY lifewOrk shall be
TO hound to the grave the assassin Of my
friend"
This incident in Mr.. Goebels career is
not recalled to justify or palliate his own
murder. Nothing could do that. But it
may suggest to honest men that those en-
gagged in the present man hunt in Ken
lucky were not always as severe in their
condemnation of the crime of murder as
they have been in this case. And it may be
added there is such a thins as murder
under the forms of law, in which an unjust
judge may cooperate with a packed jury
and perjured witnesses to consummate a
crime as heinous as any form of murder.
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HONOR FOR FOULKE.
INCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
that $4,000 be appropriated to fit out the
historic Constellation at Newport for a
training ship and small briggs of 80 TO 200
tons to be built for Newport and San Fran
cisco stations.
The most important feature of the report.
that OF personnel, is reserved for the last.
Admiral Crowninshield already has given
warning TO Congress of the absolutely i'm
perative need of the navy for more officers
and men. Now he adds some startling fig
ureS to support his renewed recommended
lions. He says if the department were
called on to man the ships for war service
1t could not meet the demand. There are
not enough line officers to man the ships
already constructed. When, in three years,
the vessels now under construction shall
have been completed the number of Of
ficers necessary to man them and a few
auxiliary vessels would be no less than a
thousand, and the problem presented is how
these officers can be secured in the short
time remaining. At present the line of the
navy under the personnel act, and as fed
from Annapolis, is increasing only at the
rate of ten per year in number (fOrty offi-
which would make thirty for the three
years. According to Admiral Crownin-
shield the only remedy is to increase the
number of cadets at the Naval Academy to
not less than 500. 1t is recommended that,
beginning with the next Congress, there
shall be allowed at the academy two naval
cadets for every representative or delegate.
two for each senator, one for the District
of Columbia and ten at large annually and
that the course be limited 10 four years.
Another striking recommendation of Ad-
miral Crowninshield under this head of
personnel is that four vice admirals be
created, reducing the number Of rear ad-
mirals to fourteen if necessary.
1t is said that the United States often has
been placed in a humiliat.ng position on i'm
portant occasions abroad by reason of the
low rank of its naval representatives The
report closes will an earnest recommends
ton for the creation of a national naval re-
serve.
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BUSY DAY FOR ROYALTIES.
Future King and Queen of England
Review Canadian Troops.

TORONTO. Ont. Oct u-Eleven thou
sand Canadian troops marched in review be-
fore the Duke OF Cornwall and York at the
Toronto Industrial Exhibition grounds to-
day, and SIS Of the number received silver
service medals cast for the men who served
the empire in South Africa. Dark rain
clouds hung over the parade grounds. and
the soil underfoot was wet and soggy, but
1900 people came TO I'll the stands. and
more than that number stood up and down
the parade field, fencing IL in on three
sides. The entire body OF troops was COM
manded by Major General O'Grady Haly.
The Duchess of cornwall reached the
parade grounds first, driving from Govern.
ed postillions and cavalry escort. The
to a hag-covered stand reserved for her
use. The duke arrived at IL o'clock, at
tended by his staff. and was given a SINH
lar welcome. He was mounted and wore
his uniform as honorary colonel of the
Seventh Royal Fusiliers. He was given a
royal salute. after which he rode through
the extended lines of troops and inspected
them. This presentation OF medals followed.
The presentation ceremony took nearly an
hour. AT its close the march past occurred,
and it made the p~rettiest spectacle Of the
day.
at 4 o'clock and received an honorary de-
gree. and this evening he and the duchess
were entertained at dinner at the proVin-
cial Parliament buildings.
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GEORGE DOLINSKI HANGED.
Killed His BrOther-in-Law in Order
to Secure His Wife.

to Secure His Wife.
CHICAGO, Oct. n.-George Dolinski was
hanged here to-day for the murder of his
brother-ip-law, Anton Lisle, a year ago.
Dolinski became infatuated with Mrs.
Lisle, who was his wife's sister. That his
clandestine wooing might not be inter-
fered with Dolinski sent his wife on a visit
to her parents in the Old country. Lisle,
however, became suspicious. Nov. q the
two men met in a pasture north of Irving
Park. When the police found Isles body
there were four bullet wounds in it and the
throat was cut. Dolinski was arrested, but
declared that he and Lisle had quarreled
about money matters and that he had been
compelled to shoot his brother-in-law in
self-defense. The evidence against Dolin-
ski, while mainly circumstantial was sufi-
cient to convince the jury that murder had
been done in order that Dolinski might
marry Mrs. Lisle.
Meanwhile Mrs. Dolinski, in Europe.
heard that her husband had been arrested.
but the Teport also said hat it was for her
own murder. Supposing that she could get
him out Of his predicanent by appearing
and thus disproving the charge that he had
killed her Mrs. Dolinski, with her infant.
hurried back across the Atlantic and ar
rived in Chicago only to discover the real
state of affairs. She did not abandon her
husband, however, but did all in her power
teroay, and when she learned that the Su-
preme Court had refused to grant a su-
persedeaS she fell in a faint. Dolinskf
made his last confession to Father RapouZ
Yesterday and spent the night in a barber
chair alternately doing and gazing at his
image in q mirror.
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Admiral Sampson Improving.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE medical re-
ports indicate that Admiral Sampson is
recovering from the fatigue of his journey
south and that the more favorable sur
roundings Of his present home are working
for his betterment. Beyond a little added
brightness in his bearing, however, it is
stated that his condition remains practical
ly unchanged. The intense headaches from
which he suffers recur less frequently than
heretofore, and this in itself is a great
relief 10 him. The admiral continues to
Mrs. Sampson. The principal obstacle in
the treatment Of his case is said TO be a
great constitutional weakness, which makes
it impossible for his system TO respond to
the physicians. Recurring periods of alb
sOlute forgetfulness also nave a depressing
effect upon the patient.
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MORE MALES THAN FEMALES.
Final Census Report on Sex, Nativity
and Color of Population.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE final census
report on the population of the United
States by sex, nativity and color was issued
to-day. 1t shows that the males number
80, O59, 242, or 51.2 per cent. of the total popu-
lation in 1900. The increase of 49, 33, 631 in
total population since 1890 is made up Of
6,744,179 males and 6.4S9, 452 females, an in
crease of 20.9 of males and 21.1 of females.
The foreign-born element have increased
only 124 per cent. and the native-born
population 22.6 per cent. since 1890. AS to
color and race the population in 1900 COM
prises sc. $50, 500 white persons and ~9,312,5S5
colored persons, the latter comprising $780,
7S5 persons of negro descent. The colored
element as a whole shows an increase of
17.6 per cent. since 1890.
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should be strictly enforced. The law never
intended that the position of bank director
should be a merely ornamental one. 1t
makes it a position Of high trust and its
incumbent a trustee subject to strict ac-
countability to those whose interests he
has in charge. a large proportion Of bank
failures are due to causes which the direct
ors might prevent or discover and remedy
if they were vigilant in the performance Of
their duties, and they AVE no right 10
complain If they are held responsible for
the results Of their negligence. 1t is to be
hoped the courts will always enforce the
rule as rigidIy as they did in the case
above referred to.
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Mayor Bookwalter's remarks to the po-
lice Thursday night Will receive the ap-
probation of all who have a correct idea
of the essentials OF an efficient po-
lice. The law divides the force between the
two parties. but so long as a man is a
faithful and efficient officer he should be
as secure in his tenure as is a bookkeeper
or a salesman in a business house. The
charter contemplates such permanency. and
in the fire department the pension system
confirms the charter. Every man on the
force should be made to feel that his
tenure depends upon his own conduct. both
when on duty and when he is not. He
should also be a reputable citizen. Loung-
ing about places where ordinary loafers
congregate should be cause for dismissal.
For the most part. the force in this city
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a general revision of the tariff means a
great deal. The present tariff was enacted
TO stimulate the industries of the country,
and it did it. 1t should be modified in
some respects, but so long as the country
is prosperous a general revision is not a
pressing necessity. The revision which
those who are shouting so loud for would
cause a repetition of the disasters which
followed the reporting of the Wilson bill,
long before any bill was passed.
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think IL wise OF prudent to depart from
the practice which prevails by which, as
an essential element OF service. in order TO
ice OF a subpoena. it must appear that the
service comprehended a delivery of the
process to the witness or a reading of it to
him in his personal presence. 1t is easy
to see how a fraud might be perpetrated by
some person ~personating a witness at the
te1euhone
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The Charge Against Neatly.

WASHINGTON, Oct. u.~-Ambassador
Clayton's intercession in favor of w. II.
Neatly. IN American citizen. jailed at Mon
terey without bail, was by direction of the
Department of State. 1t appears. however,
that the Mexican proceedings up to date
have been perfectly regular. Neatly was
charged with having retained certain court
papers, and as he would not surrender
them TO the court, nor furnish a satisfac-
tory explanation OF his conduct, he was
committed TO Jail for contempt of court
until he complied with the order. The pres
ent proceedings are in the nature of habeas
corpus and are being watched by Mr.. Clay
ton.
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Mrs. witwer Had Five Husbands.

DAYTON, o., Oct. IA dispatch from
Middletown. O., says the fact has just been
developed that Mrs. Mary Belle Witwer,
the suspected wholesale poisoner. has had
five husbands. instead of four. John WIZ
Hams, whose name has not heretofore fig
ured in the sensational case, had left two
days after the ceremony had been per-
formed, and Is the only one OF the five
husbands living. His present Whereabouts
is unknown. Mrs. Witwer secured a divorce
on money furnished by Frank Brown. the
Middletown paper hanger, who died rather
suddenly some time after his marriage to
Mrs. Witwer. The story comes from a SON
of Mr.. Brown.
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is made up OF good men who VIII obey
orders and who understand their duties.
But the point which the mayor made in his
remarks is one to be kept in ~view-namely,
that no faithful and efficient policeman
should fear removal. The same is true Of
the men in the fire department-the eff
hcient and faithful man should hold his
place; and faithfulness includes loyalty to
superior officers. There are those who be-
lieve that there should be a general change,
but these believe that all government was
established for the sole purpose Of distrib-
uting offices. Intelligent men hold the
opinion that government is established to
promote the well-being Of all the people.