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-'kc Lynching Craze.

Friday afternoon an Evansville negro
killed policeman who was trying to
arrest him. When a white man kills a
policeman the law is allowed to take its
course. There is no public frenzy. Ne
groes belong to the widening jurisdic-
ton of Judge LYNCH. The long series
of hangings and burnings Of negroes has
put the suggestion of lynching into
the mind of the crowd. So mob sprang
up in Evansville 1t had no thought Of
waiting for the courts. 1t had no notion
of leaving to their orderly inquest and
process the determination of the guilt
and punishment of this negro. 1t did
not know or care whether he had re-
sisted arrest lawfully or unlawfully.
His original and objectionable sin was
his color. He was negro. He must
be put out Of the way.
The mob and the hysteria Of the mob
grew fiercer from Friday to Monday.
By Sunday night riot ruled. Monday
night the county Jail was stormed. The
militia company called to its defence by
Sheriff equal to his duty was fired upon.
1t answered. and seven lawbreakers ard
would-be murderers were killed and
four wounded dangerously
Governor DURBIN showed none Of the
weakness OF 80 many public officers who
are afraid to injure their political pros
poets by interfering with few thousand
- I.,tr al cifir inc uyif no
grophobia. He sent a battery company
and some Calling guns to the Jail, and
threatened to come at once and declare
martial law if order was not restored.
Evansville needed martial law Monday
night. The mob broke into the fire
arms stores. Crazy speeches were made.
For thousands of men the rule Of law
had ended temporarily.
A good deal is said by the apologists
of lynching about negroes as the wild
beasts Is there any wilder beast than
that rnany-headed beast the mob? The
appetite for hanging, torturing and
burning negroes grows with what it
feeds on. Each lynching begets new
Evansville goes mad from the conta-
gion of the lynching madness elsewhere.
Are the Americans losing their instinct
of sef-control and self-government?
Are they indeed q violent people, as
Mr.. BAYARD once called them to their
great indignation?
Brave Governors and Sheriffs and
Calling guns can do something to keep
down these outbreaks of savagery. But
what disgrace is put upon Americans
almost every day! The disorders are
not sporadic. The mob is becoming
almost the regular executioner of ne
groes. If this is Government OF law,
the mob must be cowed or shot down.
These acts of tumultuary violence for
the moment are directed against the ne
gro. But they are dangerous symptoms
Everywhere the reliance upon law
is weakening Almost everywhere the
germs of mob madness may be detected.
A motornan runs over child. Lynch
him!" yells the crowd instinctively. The
mob spirit, so ferooious in Evansville,
exists in quiet New Jersey towns. Citi-
zens of Netcong tried to lynch some
Italians. In Asbury Park, Monday morn
ing, mob threatened three negroes who
had ridden down young woman; a
mob of respectable farmers. If the girl
dies, they say, they will lynch the ne
groes. 1t is a fact that the lynchng
craze is everywhere. 1t must stop.
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Lynching and Civilization.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr' wv. NJ. W,
In Wednesdays SIN dcplOres ynChng because,
he says Lynch law cannot and must not be tolerated
In civilized community" without explaining why
not do not see why II cannot. II II Is the right
thing let US have n law authorizing IT,
Then, again. he IL afraid that the passionate
mob" will strug up the wrong man. which crcum e
stance beg to remind him seldom happens; and
in the case at hand we are told that the ynchlng
was managed by men who were neither passionate
nor excited. but cool and determined,
It'll snot the present loss Of life that worry about
but the future OF our country. FIRST docs ynchlng
promote or dcmolSh the crime that IL Is employed
to punish? Second, does lynchlng rclard clv'l'ha .
ton, or, In the words OF II. W. Carter, What has
the mob spirit the lynch law, and the burning at
the stake OF human being added to the civilization
and Christianity of Wilmington or OF the State OF
Delaware" IL T. b.
NEW York July ?.
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X. S. PEABODY THE ARCHITECT
To Prepare Plans for House or Reprcsen.
tatiycs OfiICe Building.

WASHINGTON, July Elliott Woods,
the superintendent of the Capitol, at tho
discretion of the House commission has
designated Robert s, Peabody of Boston,
to act as advisory architect in the prepare
ton of plans for the proposed office
building for the use of members of the
House OF Representatives.
Mr.. Peabody has been president Of the
American Institute of Architects is we'll
known member of the profession and tho
designer of number of buildings at the
Chicago worlds fair and at the Buffalo
exposition.
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INVENTORY IN PENSION OFFICE.
Records Made OF $4,000 Claims I'm About
Ten lDnys.

WASHINGTON, July IA force OF clerks
in the pension bureau completed to-day
the task Of making an inventory of $50, 900
claims for pensions, records Of which are
on file in the Office. The work has been in
progress for about ten days.
The stock taking" was ordered that it
might be determined how many claims OF
minors are held up pending instructions
from the Secretary of the Interior; the
number OF claims pending, rejected and
abandoned Of all classes; the number live
claims and claimants represented, and
claims have been fled
The claims on account OF the war with
Spain were counted separately
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The New Party Cleavage in Great
Britain.

The latest proof Of the descriptive ten
dency Of Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN's proposal
il the fact that on July fifty-four Union
list Members of Parliament, most of whom
oppose the taxation OF food for protec-
ton purposes, met and organized under
the Craftsmanship of Sir MICHAEL HICKS
BEACH, formerly Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer. The presence doubtless in
vited-of the Colonial Secretary's son, Mr.
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, now Postmaster
General, bears witness to the reluctance
with which any overt demonstration
against Mr.. BALFoUR's leadership is
undertaken, and the meeting made a
pcrfunctory exhibition of loyalty by con-
curing in the suggestion offered by the
Premier and by Lord LANsDowNE that
the expediency Of adopting Mr.. CHAM
BERLAIN's plan Of preferential tariff
should be made the subject of an inquiry.
That the convictions, however, of most of
the Members who took part in the meet
ing are already fixed, and that they pri-
vately regard such an inquiry as super
fiuous, seem evident from their choice
Of Sir MICHAEL HICKs-BEAcH to preside
over the committee by which an investi-
cation will be conducted. The notion is,
of course, preposterous that any new
light can now be thrown on the free trade
vs.. protection question, which has been
discussed necessarily and exclusively
during the last sixty years, and COM
mittee of inquiry is merely device for
postponing the evil day when free traders
and protectionlsts will be forced to ao-
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M'LATGHLIN LEAVES TOWN.
James Shevlln COnfabs With Him Before
He Starts for .JamesDOrt.

Hugh Mclaughlin held levee yesterday
morning in his personal and political head
quarters in the Willoughby street auction
rooms prior to his departure in the after
noon for Jamesport, l.. l., where he will
spend the summer.
James Shevlin, Mclaughlin, chief lieu-
tenant, came down from Saratoga to
have a confidential confab with the veteran
leader, and all the district leaders in town
called to pay their respects.
Mr. Mclaughlin and his party left for
Jamesport on the $50 o'clock train. They
will occupy their old quarters at the Great
Peconic Bay House.
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WILLS on FILE STOLEN.
once OF District Register or Wills Robbed
for the Third Time.

WASHINGTON, July Yesterday, for the
third time in it's history, the Office of the
Register Of Wills Of the District was robbed
probably by disappointed heir-at-law.
The wills were for the disposition Of the
estate of George A. Shehan of this city
and were filed on June 81. Last Friday
morning young man called at the Office
and requested permission to see the papers
in the Shehan case. The jacket containing
Yesterday the empty Jacket was discov-
cred, but the wills could not be found. The
purpose Of the thief will miscarry, how
ever, as certified copies of the three wills
are in the possession of the Register.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08
Tb. Late Cardinal Vaughan.

The late Cardinal Vaughan was probably the
handsomest and most distinguished looking OF the
Roman ecclesiastical hierarchy. Just as Cardinal
Manning looked the learned ascct' so he looked a
true Roman Prince OF the Church. But no was
most simple In his tastes and habits Scvrch times
Roman Catholic ladies' presented him with costly
robes and on one occasion they presented him with
a carriage But they found that he soon sold their
gifts and spent the money In charity. They. there
fore At last lent" him robes and carriage. in order
TO oblg 70 him TO retain them.
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Bar. Down for International Protests.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir; Now that pro
tests and representations" from or through Prcs.
dent Roosevelt seem to be In order. will you kindly
advise him TO send one to France protesting against
the tanatcism OF that Government In It's treatment
ofthe members Of the religious orders representing
that several hundred million Catholics view with
horror and amazement such an action of a nation
which pretrnds TO be liberal and republican,
HUGH D. CARROLL.
P.S.-"A wcllinformed diplomat" has received
word that tho Catholics OF Russia have requested
the Car to forward to President Roosevelt petl.
ton demonstrating against the expulsion OF the
nglous orders OF men from the Philippines.
PAwrUcKRr. n. l.. JulyL
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STRAGGLERS BACK ON SHIPS.
Only Two, Both Americans by Birth Have
Failed to Return.

WASHINGTON, July with reference to
a report printed in European newspapers
that los blue;ackets. all Of German BIRTH
had deserted the American squadron dur
ing the visit to Kiel, Rear Admiral Cotton,
commanding the squadron, sent this tcle-
gram to the Secretary of the Navy from
Portsmouth, England, to-day:
"Only two stragglcrs, both Americans by
birth, still absent"
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western AssO citation OF Writers.

WARSAW, Ind. july THE eighteenth
annual convention of the Western Associa-
ton of Writer'S started the regular pro-
gramme Of the assembly at Winona Lake
this year. The writer's had an informal
reception ut the Winona Hotel last night.
The session was brief because all wished
to 90 to the Auditorium TO hear the principal
address Of the evening, by William E. Curtis.
He took as his subject, Pope Leo XIII.
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WOMEN MORE TO KEEP OUT SHOOT
Says the w. &. r. u. President, Arriving
From tho Geneva Conference.

Mrs. Lillian NJ. ". Stevens Of Maine. VICE
president Of the Worlds w. C. T. U. and
president OF the W. G. T. Y. of the United
States. arrived here yesterday by the At
lantio Transport liner Minnehaha. She
has been attending the convention Of the
union at Geneva, She says the women are
going to make strong effort to prevent
the Mormon Apostle Reed Smoot from
taking his seat In the United States Senate.
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All hail Reliance, far and near,
She, who all honors now best scoopest.
Who Is In truth without peer,
And OF all sloops tho very sloopcst.
TUXEDO PARK, q. n. r., y.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
ELDER DoWIE DOES THEM UP.

Humanitys proneness to fakes, to reverenclng
mposters and to the revering of religious faddists
is anomalous Nothing is too preposterous along
the line of newly discovered, or rather invented
faiths for many people Elder Dowie's huge Chicago
congregation was asked the other day to contribute
to the fund for the conversion of New York City.
Naturally. for such an object, the contribution box
of the usual size would not do ALL and Dowie pro-
yided a barrel. His followers filled it, one man
pledging his horse and buggy which he proposed to
SELL The Dowieites have faith in the famous elder,
and will be shocked il nc fails to redeem New York
from the power of Satan.
Here is another instance of faith gone mad. Mrs.
Eleanora Ries spiritual medium died on the 18th,
ult. in Milwaukee and her husband, Mr. A. H. Ries,
says that his wife was murdered by means of men
tai telegraphy by someone who would benefit fnan-
ciay by her DEATH The assumed mental murderer
was relative who expected to inherit of Mrs.
Ries property The husband says the murder" was
accomplished nearly 800 years ago. Plain and mat
teroffact Milwaukee doctors assert that Mrs. Ries
died of fatty degeneration Of the liver but prefer
the husbands theory. 1t is much more interesting.
Fatty liyers are disgusting things.
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AND NOW THE RADIUM CRAZE.

The radium craze is having its through the
dailies, weeklies and monthlies of the world. The
X-ray it seems must give way to the Radium ray
cJire-all at least until such time something still
newer shall have been discovered. Despite the
nous cost of radium something like 100000 ounce,
the demand is greater than the supply in both Ger
many and France and the demand is for therapeutic
purposes 1t is another cureall radum, says
authority, possesses all the value of TX" rays plus
the nestimable advantage of beautiful consistency
and delicate response to regulation Already it has
been found that small tube no bigger than goose
quill containing one-ffth onetenth of grain of
radium is efectual a costly and elaborate cleo
trical apparatus accomplishing results in the
of cancer which exceed the best achievements of
locally (as for example. to the nostr and the
throat, is of immense surgical advantage.
Whatever may be the future commercial value of
fadum for therapeutic purposes however it is prob
able says the same authority that commercially it
will prove valuable as an illuminant very
little radium will powerfully excite fuorescence
il suphide of zinc to supply effective and prac-
ueally permanent illumination. All the artificial il
lumnants now in the outcome of immense
waste Of energy, producing heat than light 1t
is believed that radium viii be the main factor in
future form Of illumination which will effect econo-
mics in coal of incaculable Importance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
TwAIN,s LITERARY BEGINNING.

Mark Twain's entry into literature was rapid, but
not quite as sudden as is sometimes represented 1t
was not case of waking up on the morning after
the publication of The Innocents Abroad and find
ing himself famous 1t seven years earlier that
he began his work the Enterprise. That was his
first definite transition from the printing to the writ
ing end of newspaper, although in his boyhood ne
had helped to every department of his brothers
paper at Hannibal and in his plotting days he had
been an occasional contributor to the St Louis press
On the Enterprise he tapped at once the spring OF
satrical humor that has been said to be in litera
ture then for of the things he did at that time
would not suffer by comparison with of his later
work He was an Incompatible legislative CORE
spondent All law-making bodies are more or less
alike and the craftsmanship that propped its feet on
the desks at Carson, and ate raw turnips during
prayers furnished just good pay ore to the sarst
as the craftsmanship of Washington or of Westmin
ser At the end of the sessions of the Nevada
legislature Mark Twain delivered buresque gov
erors message the third house, which found the
raw spots of every politician in Carson with such
unerrng accuracy that the delighted listeners had to
relieve their feelings by subscribing for gold watch
for the author
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
z h ~AM 1ail y
0aliehita Ea9 | E
M M. MuKD o C X, EDiTo r.
BUpDHA AND BUDDHISM.

William Elroy Curtis, having been asked to name
the twelve men outside of Bible characters, who
have most Influenced human history, says; / wouid
rank first of the twelve Buddha, man OF humble
origin who was born in little village in the Hima-
lava mountains in the year $50 B c., and died IN
Az B. c. He taught a simple and sublime faltn'
which has been accepted by larger number OF
neonle than anv other And it is the highest source
of qualification to the Buddhist believers that no
drop of blood shed in the propaganda The
adherents of the Buddhist faith today number about
400 1000 The foundation of the religion preached
nv Buddha is defined as the four noble truths-love
OF mankind holy calm the suppression OF desire ana
the protection of life. True Buddhiss will never Kill
ar animal or even insect.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
THE OLD SOLDIER PREFERENCE LAW.

The Topeka Capital asserts that a discussion,
probably will be handed down by the supreme court
in February on the constucnality of the law giving
old soldiers the preference in state and municipal
appointments where all things are equal The SUIT
brought by Thomas Dever to GUST ]. d. Humphrey
from the Office of city attorney of Junction City was
yesterday advanced by me supreme court to the
January term Dever who is old soldier, formerly
was city attorney of Junction City Last spring,
despte the fact that Dever was candidate for reap
pontment the mayor appointed ]. D. Humphrey,
who is not an old soldier city attorney to succeed
Deyer Dever filed suit in the supreme court to GUST
Humphrey on the ground that the mayor had right
to appoint Humphrey under the old soldier preference
law This is the first time the constitutionaty of the
law has been brought into question before the SUI
preme court.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
ESCAPED THE COWBOYS.

The Rev. A. S. Orne, of Syracuse, n Y, who has
been traversing Kansas in gospel wagon, arrived
in Atchson the other day with his wife and child.
He came down from Montana, distance of three
thousand miles in 15foot skif stopping at the
different river towns to preach the gospel He says
he had no trouble except at Bismarck, N. D., where
a Methodist cowboy" took exceptions to something
he said about the Methodist church. and set out to
do him violence HE gathered" says Parson Orne,
"a lot of other Methodist cowboys and they tried to
hang me to lamppost, saying that no man could
make remarks about their religion and live" The
Parson says he blufed the Methodist cowboys and
got away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
THE SOUTH FOR CLEVELAND.

Anent the choice of politicians and expressed
opinions touching the available Democratic can
ddate for the presidency. ex-Congressman Levy, of
Virginia the owner of Monticello the home of
Jefferson in a New York interview over the politi-
cal situation in the southern states, declares that
they are more favorable to Cleveland's candidacy
than tc any other. He says the tide is setting in
strongly for Cleveland Among Virginia Democrats,
most of them not professional politicians he finds
a powerful sentiment favorng the ex-president-
Judge Earl of Georgia told that large majority
of the Democrats of his state hoping for Cleve
lands denomination. He believes Georgia will be
for Cleveland will several other southern states.
The people of the SOUTH rather than the politicians
and leaders, favor him, but the leaders viii be
forced to recognize the sentiment of their followers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
"HOMEWARD BOUND"
By George Henschel.

BY George Henschel.
Far out into the Eternal Main spied
Where Sea and Sky to melt in one are seeming;
When, from the depths of sad and tender dreaming
| heard a still small voice close by my side:
10, Such is Death and Life. Thus near allied
Beginning are and End; the redeemng
The other ever. Which was first: This teeming
And throbbing Life? Or Death? Who dare decide?
Then let live if no Death could sever
The aspiring soul from frail and mortal frame.
Then let us die if TO live forever
In this unfathomed All from whence All came
Enough to know wherever be the landing
Twill be the port of Peace past understanding.