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The Shame of KentuCku.
Either Unwilling or Powerless to Pro-
tect Witnesses of the People.

tect witnesses OF the People.
The presence of a black sheep in
the family is n misfortune for which
the family cannot always be held re
sponsible. 1t is somewhat different
with a community which has the
power, if it hasn't the will or the en-
ergy, to stamp out an evil and to SET
Its house in order. To such COM
munity there attaches a disgrace
which it richly deserves, if it does not
move heaven and earth to rid itself
Of the blot on its name and TO cut out
the disease by an application of the
knife.
We are moved to say this by the
spectacle presented in the State of
Kentucky of a witness summoned by
the people to testify in a criminal
case being nailed up in a box and
shipped TO his home as freight to save
him from assassination. When first
subpoenaed this man, Capt. b. J.
Even, was warned not to pay atten-
ton to the writ. He announced bold
~ that he would obey the mandate of
the court. An insurance company
was warned not to accept a renewal
of its policy on his hotel, and as soon
as the policy expired the hotel was
burned, Captain Even and bis family
barely escaping with their lives. Still
Even said he would go to court. and
he was again threatened. Before he
went to court he made his will, and
after he had told his story he was
Struggled home as described.
All this in the great State Of Ken
lucky, in the year of our Lord 1903 :
We are told that these are Ignorant
mountain people, the descendants of
pirates and buccaneers, accustomed to
carry family feuds from one genera
ton to another and to settle their dis
putes by the shedding of blood" We
ere told that, in their own peculiar
way, they are men of "honor and
courage" men "swayed by primeval
instincts and passions, but at heart
gentle!" To us they appear to be
othing more than band of coward
ly ruffians and assassins- vermin that
ought TO be ruthlessly exterminated.
What has the great State of Ken
lucky done to protect the life of
Captain Event What has it to say
to the ignominious spectacle of one of
its own witnesses being boxed as
freight to escape assassination
What excuse has it to offer for limp
and nerveless governor who, with am
pie power at his command to sweep
those lawless regions of the State, sits
idly by and prefers playing politics
to doing his sworn duty and prevent
ing the fair fame of the Common
wealth from being smirched7
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.LIFEGUARDS RESCUED
BY THEIR COMPANIONS
Thrilling Experience Follows Capsizing
of a Lifeboat.

ASBURY PARK, n. J., July 23.-Life-
guards Hurley and Truax had z thrilling
experience today. They went out in
their surf boat and rescued a bather
who had called for help. and just after
pulling him into the boat the latter
was capsized.
A half dozen young men started 10
help the capsized men, and these. in
turn, became exhausted, and were
who had launched the second lifeboat.
The guards and bather in the water
chung desperately to the slippery sides
of the boat. The crowd on the beach
cheered when the men landed safely.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
Sold His Daughter.

Among those to whose purse he had
most frequent recourse was Anatole
Demidoff. One day when the ex-Kine
was, as usual. engaged in negotiating a
loan from Demidoff. the latter suddenly
turned and asked for the hand OF Prin-
cess Mathilde. then a singularly beauti-
full girl. with blonde hair, dark brown
eyes, exquisitely cut features and a
superb figure. On Jerome showing re-
luctance and hesitation. Demidoff not
only rendered the grant OF the loan
conditional upon the ex-King's consent
to the match, but likewise offered to
cancel the total Indebtedness. which
amounted to a very large sum. Jerome
accepted this proposal and thus prac-
tically sold his daughter to one OF the
most rufianly barbarians who has ever
disgraced the upper ranks of European
society.
There was no question of love on
either one side or the other IN the mar
riage. ard Mathilde only yielded to the
entreaties of her father in the matter
after he had explained to her that it
was the sole means OF saving him from
ruin and disgrace. For she was at that
time not merely devoted TO her cousin.
Louis Napoleon, and he to her. but ac-
tually affianced. Indeed, Louis would
undoubtedly have-married his beautiful
cousin ere then had II not been for her
father, who actually turned him out of
the house, branding him az the time as
a penniless adventurer. and even as
marked with the stigma of illegitimacy.
the truth being that Louis at the time
was incapable OF comforting upon him
the pecuniary benefits which he subse-
quently derived from the marriage OF
his daughter TO Demidoff.
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A victim to Blood Poisoning.

Poor Lord Colyille, who from the
time OF Queen Alexandra's marriage
forty years ago until his death the other
day was her lord-in-waiting and her
lord chamberlain. may be said to have
succumbed to the silk stockings and
black knee breeehes which are de
rigueur at all dinners and evening en-
tertainments either given or attended
by the King and Queen. The old gen.
tleman had a slight cut on his right
foot, and it seems that the black stock
ings which he wore when dining at
court poisoned the wound and caused
gangrene to supervene. He was a most
courtly old nobleman. and one OF the
most familiar figures OF British court
life during the past fortv wears.
MARQUISE DE FONTENoY.
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A Cruel Blow.

Louis Napoleon was in captivity at
Ham when he heard of his cousin Ma
thilde's marriage. and is on record as
having burst into tears with the excla-
nation that this was the last and most
cruel blow which fate could nave in
store for him.
AS was 10 be expected. the marriage
OF Mathilde and Demidoff was unhappy
from the outset. There were scenes and
disputes resulting from the gross mis-
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
The New Auditor.
The Appointment of John r. Garrison
an Excellent One.


The District is to be congratulated
upon securing the services of John r.
Garrison as Auditor He is in every
way qualified to I'll the place. No
better appointment could possibly
have been made by the Commission
ers. An official of the Treasury De-
partment for many years, he brings
to his new task the indispensable ex-
perience which other candidates
lacked. As Auditor of Porto Rico he
did more to impress the people with
the honesty of American officials than
any other one man In the island. He
was, as one of his former chiefs in
the Treasury Department very justly
described him, the crock of integrity
upon which the entire government of
the island rested" In his hands the
Office of Auditor will be revitalized
and become thoroughly efficient once
more. John r. Garrison is man of
few words, but he does things. He
is the right man in the right place.
In requesting Mr.. Petty to resign
the Commissioners discharged a pain
full duty no doubt, but a duty never
theless, which they owed to the tax
payers. Since the Treasury experts
submitted the report of their investi-
cation Of the Auditors Office, show
ing defective methods and lax admin
istration in recent years, it is difficult
10 see what other course was left open
TO them.
Mr.. Petty, we believe, continues to
assert with increased vehemence that
his Office has all along been what il
should bean establishment run on
strict business principles and in every
essential detail up to date. He can
not see that he has been guilty of any
wrong, and he therefore declines to
accede to the wish of the Commits
sioners by resigning. He desires TO
place the burden of what he thinks
en- unjust and unjustifable removal
upon them. Some of his friends, in
misguided, we fear-went so
far as to circulate petition demand
ing his retention.
Now, all this is unfortunate, we
think. 1t is unfortunate, because it
indicates the existence of a belief on
the part of the signers of that petit
ton that "public Office is a private
snap" It is unfortunate, because 1t
places Mr.. Petty in a position which
we are sure he does not wish to as
sumo himself, Of wishing to set a
precedent which would divest account
ing officers hereafter of all respon-
sibility for embezzlement on the part
of their subordmafes.
We have no desire to add to Mr..
Petty's present troubles. He is, no
doubt, a gentleman Of the highest in
tegrity. He still retains, we are sure,
the respect of the community and the
regard of large circle Of personal
friends. But he has been unfortu-
nate. And so has been the captain
who runs his ship ashore, or the gen
eral who loses a battle. Both, as a
rule, step down and out. Cruel, per-
haps, but essentially just, neverthe-
less.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
The Field of Politics,
S1emp Not a Prophet.

Col. Campbell Slemp, who enjoys the
distinction and the isolation of being
the only Republican member Of Congress
fron, Virginia, ana one of the four Re
puhlicars in the rext House from out
the solid South IS on record as predict
ing that the Republicans will carry the
Old Dominion next year. II the states
reer in Congress with any such prophe-
cies as that he viii ruin before he be-
gins any reputation he might gain as a
political prophet.
Virginia and Texas will be two states
which the Democrats will carry next
year il they lose ell else. and one rea-
son why they win Win IS because there
is no Republican organization in the
State worthy OF the name TO oppose
them. Just so long as the Republican
State organization is composed of and
conducted solely ir the interests of the
Federal officeholders there is no hope
for the Republican party in Virginia.
There are thousands of good Repub-
licans in Virginia. but they have no in
terest in their State organization. which
is long on getting Federal jobs and shof:
on getting votes. II has been reported
that the President has delivered an ulti-
matum 20 the Virginia organization and
demanded that Il do something, and that
in consequence there is a movement now
under way to place candidates in the
field in every legislative district. The
organization is. however, too weak and
Ineffective to cause tho Democrats much
trouble.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
PROTEST AGAINST
CHlLDREN'S PLAYGROUND

The Commissioners have received a
complaint from Henry Wells. repre-
senting the National Homeopathic Hos
pital, protesting against the establish
ment of a children's playground at
North Capitol and y Streets on the
property of Allison Nailor. Mr.. Wells
argues that the noise OF the children
playing will without doubt cause much
disturbance TO the patients in the hos
pital. which adjoins the property The
Commissioners have taken the matter
under consideration
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
BUSINESS METHODS
FOR DISTRICT MEN
Merchant Protests Against Present
Conditions in District Building.

The following letter is sent to The
Times by one of the city's best known
merchants. and is accompanied by an
editorial from The Times of July IA
headed. What Do They Think Of It2
The Business Men OF the City and Dis
trict Affairs
To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
They think It a mighty feeble ad
ministration of important public affairs.
while the excuses and explanations that
are advanced for the existing state Of
things are simply childish. I'll venture
to say that plenty OF men can be found
at SIS per week who would prove more
efficient. TAXPAYER.
July 20. 1903.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23

she occupied, as a grandmother of the
King of Wurttemberg. a by no means
remote place in the line of succession
TO the throne of Great Britain.
Born at Trieste as the daughter of ex-
King Jerome Bonaparte of Westphalia
and of the latter's second wife, Prin-
cess Caroline of wurttemberg. she pass
ed her youth in financial straits, her
father, spendthrift and a gambler, who
had saved nothing while on the throne
of Westphalia. being dependent entirely
upon the allowance OF $4,000 a year
grudgingly allowed to him by his father
in-law. the King of Wurttemberg. and
upon loans that he could extort from
friends and acquaintances.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23

and countries, that the preservation
of the beautiful, the picturesque, and
the historic pays"
The beautiful" and the ''pictur-
esque" pay! What have the land
butchers, who are converting the
beautiful country surrounding Wash
ington on every side into a bowling
wilderness of mud, to say TO that?
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
Draws a Large Annuity.

II requires a stretch of the imagi-
nation to recall the fact that she was
at one moment engaged to her cousin.
VINO afterward became Emperor Ma
poleon III of France; that she is still
to this day drawing an annuity OF $4,000
a year from the Demidoff estates as his
wife. and subsequently as the widow, Of
Anatole Demidoff, and that at one time
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
WASHINGTON MAN HONORED
BY FISHERIES SOCIETY

U. d. Cravenci. of Washington, was
yesterday elected corresponding secre-
tary of the American Fisheries Society,
which IS in session at Boston. At the
same time Frank n. Clarke, of Worth
Vile. Mich, was chosen president OF the
association.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
TRANSFER OF CHAPLAINs.

The Secretary of War has ordered he
following transfers of chaplains: Chap
lain Edward J. Vattmann from the
Twenty ninth Infantry TO Twentieth In
fantry; Chaplain Paul T. Brockmann
from Twentieth Infantry TO Twenty
ninth Infantry.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
CALLED TO WASHINGTON.

Col Thomas VI. Fisher, Chinese in
spector of immigra ton. has been called
Secretary CoTtelyou, of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, and Commits
sioner General OF immigration F. p.
Sargent.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
The Beautiful Pays. +"
A Lesson Our Land Butchers Might
Well Take to Heart.

A recent report Of the commission
ers of the New York State Reserva-
ton at Niagara asserts that, aside
from its educational and esthetic
importance, the Niagara Falls reser-
walton is q valuable asset Of the State
Ii has been a profitable investment,
land has afforded a practical demon
stration in this country of principle
long acknowledged in European cities
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY.

The Commissioner OF the General Land
ONCE has directed the withdrawal from
entry of l60. 600 acres OF land in the Ros-
well. n. NJ, district. The land will be
added 10 the Lincoln Forest Reserve.
The Washington times., 1903-07-23
Daily Calendar of American HistoTp.
June az.

1TsT-Ordinance of 1877 passed.
1s61-General William Rosecrans took
command Of Department of Ohio.
1SS5-Gen L. s. Grant died at Mount
McGregor. near Saratoga, n. Y;
proclamation issued suspending
business on day Of funeral
1S92-Two thousand troops sent to min
ing district in Idaho. where strike
was in progress.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
NEGRO PRESS
ASSOCIATION.
Sends Memorial To Pope Plus x.
Through Papdl Legation.

Colorado Springs. Colo, Aug. s.
The Western Negro Press Associa-
tion in convention to-day, sent a me-
mortal to Pope Plus Y, through the
papal legation at Washington, call
ing his attention to the numerous
lynchings, burning of members of
their race at the stake in the United
States, and the refusal of labor or
ganizations, which the memorial de-
clares is dominated by Catholics, to
allow blacks membership, thereby
preventing them from earning wages
equal to those of the white man.
The refusal of the Protestant church
es to protest against lynching of
negroes is set forth and the Pope is
asked to use his moral influence in
behalf of the colored race, large
numbers of whom are Roman Cath
olics."
The above dispatch may suggest a
movement far reaching and of great
import. Should the colored people OF
the country. feeling that the Protest
ant churches of America refuse to
take action in their behalf, go over
to the Catholic church, and add Isl
OOO. 900 to its communicates, it would
vastly strengthen that church in
America, and would add greatly tC
the protection and welfare of the
colored people. There is no doubt
whatever that the Catholic church
looks after the interests of its people
better than the Protestant churches
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COUNTY NEWS.
Ireland.

Mrs. John Marker, of Bellefontaine,
visited her daughters, Mesdames Col,
Inns and St. t.inbarger, last week. Her
little granddaughter, Ruth Collins
accompanied her home.
Miss Blanch Tallman has so far re.
covered from her severe illness as to
be able to ride out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Creviston en-.
tertained company. Sunday.
Miss Eva Creviston will chaperone
her Sabbath school at Silver Lake
next Wednesday.
Mrs. Catherine Baldwin is visiting
relatives near Gretna.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, of Iowa,
are visiting MIR. AS sister, Mrs. Freer
at L. p. Taylor's.
Mr.. Edwards will retire from farm
life this fall and move his family tu
East Liberty. His farm will be ten.
anted by Frank Baldwin.
Grandma Bishop is failing in health
and strength very rapidly.
Miss Lena Creviston has not recov-
cred her watch lost some days ago al
Silver Lake.
Howard Baldwin returned from a
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-11
THEPRESIDENT
Condemns LynChing and
Suggests Remedies
In a Letter Commencing Gov.
Durbin of Indiana.

The President has written a long
letter to Governor Durbon, of Indiana,
condemning lynching and suggesting
remedies for it. The following ex-
tracts express his position:
"All thoughtful men must feel the
gravest alarm over the growth of
lynching in this country, and especial
ly over the peculiarly hideous forms
so often taken by mob violence when
colored men are the victims.
THE spir to lawlessne>s grows with
what it feeds on, and when mobs with
|impunity lynch criminals for one
crime, they are certain to begin tt
lynch real or alleged criminals fol-
other causes.
"It certainaly ought to be possibl,
by the proper administration of the
law to secure swift vengeance upoI
the criminal; and the best and i'm
mediate effort of all legislators
judges and citizens should be address
ed to securing such reforms in our leg
al procedure as to leave no vestige o
excuse for those misguided men VIII
undertake to reap vengeance througl
violent methods.
We must show that the law is ade
quate to deal with crime by freein
it from every vestige of technicalit
and delay.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
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East Liberty.

Burt Wood and family of Rushsyl-
vania. visited his father, James Wood
Sunday.
Daisy Rea, of Columbus, died Sun
day and will be inferred today, at
West Middleburg.
Mrs. Emma Bell and her little
daughter, Devona, of Trenton, Mo-,
are visiting her brother-in-law, c. w
Bell.
Edward Johnson is improving from
his illness, an abcess in his back.
Dan Humphreys visited Mac-o-chee
last week preparing poultry for the
fair.
Miss Ethel Packer visited at Union
Chapel last week.
H.G. Lanes family visited at Mac
o-chee last week.
The uncle of lobe Alexander and
Jerome Hollopeter and his wife are
visiting here. They live in Iowa.
II. II. Reymer visited here Satur
day.
The East Liberty folks are prepar
ing for the fair although the farmers
are very busy with their work.
Hazel Louden has returned from
her visit at Maple Hills.
r. p. Wooley and Smith LaPortt
are pleasing their patrons very mucf
with their new meat market.
DoMINY.
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81. 900 BADGE
FOR STEWART.
The National Commander OF the
G. A. X. viii Be Given A
Costly Token
Special Dispatch to the Leader.

Special Dispatch to the Leader.
Troy, o., August 5.-One of the
handsomest anu most costly presents
ever received by a retiring command
er-in-chief of the G. A. R. will be that
to the present commander, Thomas
]. Stewart, in San Francisco, this
month. 1t is a jeweled badge of the
organization, made of solid gold and
studded with diamonds. The cost of
the jewel, which exceeds $1,000, was
met by the members of Commander
Stewards staff, on which c. j. Wi
mans, general travelling agent of the
c., H. & D. Railway, is chief. Mr.
Winans will in all probability make
the formal presentation.
A novel feature of the badge i:
that it can be separated into four
distinct jewels, any one of which
would attract more than ordinary at.
tention. The badge is made up ol
two brooches of diamonds, stud, and
a ring In all there are eighty dia
monds in the piece, having a tota
of nearly eight carats. The
flags are of enamel, but the rest o.
the jewel is of solid gold, fourteen
and eighteen carats. A cross in the
center represents the Sixth Army
Corps, and the white signifies the
Second division,
For several years it has been the
custom to give the retiring com
mander some token, but rarely any
thing as costly as this badge.
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visit with relatives, near Belllefon-
taine, Saturday evening.
So many persons attended camp
meeting at Urbana, the attendance
at Sabbath School was very small.
Quite a number of young people
took dinner Sunday with Mr.. Maffet's
family.
We greatly honor the Hopewell
correspondent for the stand taken
in regard to horse racing at the
Fair and hope others will speak
against it also.
Miss Mae Baldwin has a bed room
suit which she values very highly
The bedstead formerly belonged tt
her grandmother, the stand Il
grandfather Baldwin, the chair t,
her great grandmother Neer. Sh,
has painted them with white ename
and dressed them in white furnish
ings, and they are dainty as well a
valuable as heirlooms.
| Among the many improvements w
note: Sherman Collins new additio
to house: l.. p. Taylor, new kitchen
Ransom Baldwin, new wagon shed
Frank Creviston, new barn; Verna
: Steinberger, half dozen new built
: ings on tenant farm; S. L. Devor,
addition to house.
An automobile party stopped fc
repairs at Frank Creviston's Sunda,
l Why cannot some one send in Ir'
1 land items every week?
PEARL PRENTICE.
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RuShSylvdnid.

Rev. Fulton, NJ. D., of Bad AK,
Mich, is visiting with his family, Mr..
John Stephenson, his father-in-law.
and other kindred and friends in the
community.
Rev. j. d. Grabiel, d. d, of Deni-
son, Ohio, is spending his vacation
with relatives and friends in the com.
munity. and preached an excellent
sermon in the Presbyterian church
Sabbath morning
The churches of Mt. Victory, Ridge
way and Rushsylvania are talking OF
united excursion and picnic at Silver
Like in the near future.
The pastor of the Presbyterian
church attended called meeting Of
the Bellefontaine Presbytery, al
B-llefontaine, Monday afternoon. tt
act upon the request of Rev. c. J
McCracken for a dissolution of ths
pastoral relatio between himself and
the church of West Liberty.
A large audience attended th'
Union meeting at the Presbyterian
church Sabbath evening, and hear'
a stirring address by Rev
Marsh, of Toledo, Field Secretary o
the AntiSaloon League of Ohio.
A large number of our citi
zens attended the Johnson-Ansley re
union at Titus Grove, last Thursday
and report a good time and yer.
large gathering, the crowd bein
variously estimated at 1900 to 500
lpeople.
The Presbyterian Christian En-
deavorers will hold social at tn
suburban residence of Thomas Stept
enson next Thursday evening.