Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18
CURRENT EVENTS.

our people, last week; and, perhaps
some of our attorneys will take excep-
tion to Judge Wilson's ruling that a
policeman cannot arrest for a misde-
meanor excepting on sight of the offense
committed or on warrant for the same.
Rut be that as it may the shooting OF
an escaping prisoner, accused only OF a
misdemeanor. could not be justified,
nnder the law, and McGrady was con-
yicted and sentenced.
An effort will be made to secure Nc
Grady's pardon
The annual gathering of the teachers
in Butler, reminds many of us that we
missed the most interesting, important
and responsible period of human exist
ence by neglecting to teach school
Ali the great men this country has
produced have, at some period Of their
lives, taught school, and thereby laid
the foundation for their future great
ness
The young men attending the lnstl-
tute. this week, will be our future
legislators, governors and presidents
no others need apply-and as for the
young ladies. they are destined to De
the happiest of wives.
All the roads of Butler county have
been either too rough or too smooth,
this week, owing to an unusual comol-
nation of frost and moisture, and that
remainds us that this is good time to
talk about roads-good roads. Penn
sylyania is far behind several OF the
states in the matter of roads, and we
see it stated that Senator Sproul OF Del
aware county will have road bill ready
for the next legislature to consider.
His plan. is the creation OF a state
highway commission composed of three
persons, with a State engineer. 1t is
proposed that the commission shall
work with the County Commissioners,
and that the expense of construction
shall be divided between the state, the
county and the township. An appro-
priation of six millions is contemplated,
but only one million is to be expended
in year. This is moderate. A million
dollars spread about the state every
twelve months in connection with the
money provided by the localities affect
ed would make most excellent start,
but what is the matter with spreading
the Finn road bill oyer the state, 1t
has done wonders in Allegheny county.
The railroad in Cuba from Havana to
Santiago, has been completed and open
ed for traffic and travel. 1t was built
by Americans and with American CAPT
tai. 1t traverses the central part OF the
island and is called the Backbone"
railroad. What the Cubans will do
with it, and how they will treat the
owners of the road remains to be seen.
The ingratitude they have shown their
benefactors ought to teach this Nation
not to interfere too brashly in the pun
ishment now being given by the Eng
lish and Germans to the same blood IN
venezuela-a mixture Of Spanish, ma
tive and negro-and which they proba-
bly, deserve.
In medical circles the visit of DIR. Lor-
enz, the celebrated Vienna Specialist, to
this country has made sensation. lie
il dry surgeon" or osteopath; and be
ginning with the unheralded operation
on the daughter of Chicago million
DIRE, for which he is said to have receiv-
ed fabulous fee, he has Travelled ex-
tensively and has operated on many
persons, but not ON one per cent OF
those who have sought his services. Ii
is probable that very many people never
heard of congenital hip dislocation un
til he arrived, and the number who
we're suddenly found to be suffering
from this cause has been a matter Of as
tonishment OF course they are moi
many compared with the eighty mil
lions of inhabitants of the country, bu
they aggregate large number and the
public has been touched at the knowl
edge of their miseries. That so many
cures are possible by the Lorenz method
is glad surprise, since most of the vic
Tins have hitherto been doomed to life
long affliction.
He is not miracle worker, as son'
seem to think, but simply surgeon o
great intelligence, large experience an'
phenomenal strength, who perform
feats that have hitherto been supposed
impossible The fact that the who'll
country has been interested in his worl
shows how strong is the feeling of sym
pathy for the suffering, feeling whicl
finds its expression every year in tn
many millions that are voluntarily Civ
en- to help suffering humanity.
The coercion of Venezuela by tn
English and Germans has become O
moment to the United States.
What is known in diplomacy as
pacific blockade" was established o.
Wednesday Of last week and en- tn
same day three Venezuelan gunboat
going in TO the harbor La Guayra wer
seized with their crews, numbering owe
three hundred men. They are reporte
to have been taken out to sea and tw
of them sunk, under circumstance
which have not been made quite cleal
The British have disclaimed respons
bility for this act; which it would b
difficult to justify, and which is said I
have been committed by the German.
While these things were happenin
on the sea coast Castro was firing tn
popular heart with infammatory procli
nations at the capital. One of his firt
acts after the presentation of the ult
matum was to order the arrest Of all til
German and British subjects in til
country. In some of the reports this
said to have been done in retaliation Il
the seizure and destruction of the Ven,
zuelan vessels, but other dispatches il
dicate that the arrests had taken plaC
before such seizure and destruction ha
become known. However that may b.
they were improper, and Ministt
Bowen succeeded in persuading Castl
to annul them. All of the arreste
persons were subsequently released
: Whether the German and British Coz
suls, each of whom is a Venezuela
citizen, who were arrested at Puert
Cabello, have also been set at libert
remains in doubt
On Friday things took another and
surprising turn. Minister Bowen cable
the information to the Department