Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-08
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and the Chamberlain policy IN South
Africa Washington Post.
Congress now has Just three months
in which to determine whether It Will
make record for craftsmanship or just
common ) gplus SPEEDING PIttsburg
Dispatch.
Oklahomas delight over her population
OF almost 400, 900 need not be modified by
the reflection that the census will never
again credit her with an increase Of OLA
per cent.-Kansas City Star.
Gen. Kitchener's preamble to recent
dispatch, Il deeply regret was made
familiar by Gen. Butler and Lord Rob
erts. He is now having occasion for its
employment-Br octon (Mass.) Times.
When one remembers that 10000 MUIR
ders are committed annually in the Unit
ed States, it does not seem to be wise
thing to advocate the abolition of capital
hment-Pittsburg Chronicle Iele-
graph.
People who think that sugar is all made
from cane may be surprised TO learn that
nearly twice as much of the worlds sup
ply of sugar is made from beets as is
made from sugar Montgomery
Advertiser.
1t appears that there are twenty -fye
counties in Texas whose average popula-
ton is less than 500, Yet there are per-
sons who persist in talking as though the
country Was beginning to get crowded
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The fear of capital punishment would
at least prove a most potent deterrent,
however, and the actual execution OF one
or more kidnapers, without regard to
| their age or condition, would produce
most excellent results.-Richmond Dis
patch.
1t should be remembered that the
Count de Chambrun, who is to marry
wealthy Cincinnati girl, is not bank
rupt, but a man of vast means IN his
own right This instance is so unusual
! that it borders on the sensational -Oma-
| ha News.
The contention of the railways that if
| they are liable for accidents at grade
crossings they ought not to be held re-
| sponsible for damages caused by elevat-
ing their tracks seems to strike the SUI
prelne Court Of Illinois as good logic
Chicago Tribune.
The trend Of the evidence in the Booz
hazing case is rather to the effect that
the victim was BOBBY. But that hardly
iustifies future officers of the American
army in resorting to the petty abuses that
drove him to his death.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
1t is reported that the pay Of the Chi
nese soldier is 21a cents a day, and he
| does not always get it. Which suggests
| that the Chinese soldier must be finish
ed artist in putting up an article of fight
| ing that strictly corresponds with his pay.
4 -Pittsburg Dispatch.
/ Thus the influence of lynch law is at
work to undermine the courts, to dull the
/ public appreciation of the proper modes
of administration. The evil has grown
beyond bounds until it is necessary to
consider 1t as national menace, and not
/ a sectional disgrace.-W ashington Star.
No excuse can be made for kidnapers.
/ They plan their deeds deliberately, with
1 the purpose of working on the affections
of parents to extort money. Make death
| the penalty of the crime, and if criminals
wish to avoid the penalty, let them re-
frain from kidnapping -Pittsburg Chron-
Telegraph
1t is certain that so long as the indus
/ trials are as much overcapitalized as they
are prudent investors will have little to
do with them. If the men in charge of
these concerns care to put them on an
investment basis, they viii voluntarily
squeeze out most of the water they con
/ tain.-Chicago Tribune
Paris is suffering a ] ague of thieves,
| the remnant of the e. POSITION crowds.
Chicago had similar Experience after
/ the Columbian Worlds Fair. The ques-
/ ton naturally arises whether interna-
tional expositions have anything inner
| ent in their nature promotive OF thieves
or robbery ittsburg Dispatch.
The Boer has set the standard for the
soldier of the future. He must be a
/ man of good physique, dour fighter, a
| sharpshooter, and a man who is able to
| look out for himself, for he will be on
! his belly half the time squirting through
the sights of his rifle, with no officer to
tell him what to do.-New York Evening
un.
i 1t is about time that public opinion, if
not legislation, should deal with the par
doning power as a public responsibility
and not as private privilege Its abuse
is a serious obstacle to the proper adj
minstration Of justice and the safeguard
ing of life and property, yet there is no
way of calling its misuse TO account
Baltimore American
| The whole force of the State of Ne
braska and of every municipality in it
should be directed to the pursuit of these
| hrigands, and every State and city in the
i Union should join in the hue and cry.
| That system of italian brigandage
should be successfully operated here in
one of our large cities, that our children
should not be safe from them on the pub
lie streets in sight of their homes is too
monstrous to submit to-Baltimore Sun.
The time has come, however, when ii
should be recognized that boy goes to
school or to college to study, not primar-
lily to fight. and while he should be al
lowed to develop his muscle if he is in
clined that way, and encouraged to be-
come strong and athletic. he should not be
beaten, abused and tortured if he hap
pens To prefer the work of the brain TO
that Of the prize fighter-W Washington
Times.
Brief News Items.
Hereafter divorce trials in New Jersey
| Will be conducted in open court
/ The University of California is to be a
splendid institution al a cost of $4,000
900.
There is a Touring mill at Duluth,
Mimi, with a capacity Of $4,000 barrels
a day.
Henry I.ithco and MS mother lost their
lives in fire in their homes at Toronto,
Ontario.
]. johnson, wealthy farmer living
near Gober, Texas, was tortured TO death
by robbers.
Over S2,O00,000 was invested in new
cotton mills in the two Carolinas during
the past year.
II. W. Burrus. a wealthy stockman OF
I I ~ha& Ef~r4 larxs