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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
DESCRIPTION OF THE CRASH

Death Was Sudden in His Summons for
the Wreck Victims. -
When the trains met the impact
threw the two engines clear of the
track on the right hand side. The
two day coaches of the express were
between the heavily loaded baggage
cars and the weighty Pullmans. The
rear baggage car was driven into the
coach for three-fourths of it's length,
and in twinkling score of the oc-
cupants were dead and two score more
were pinned down in the wreckage,
crushed and mangled. The horror of
fire was mercifully spared the suffer
ing persons buried in the wreck. A
little fame broke out, but the unin-
jured passengers extinguished it with
snow before it could gain any head
way.
The occupants of the two Pullman
cars and the second day coach swarmed
out of their cars to the rescue. A per-
feet bedlam of noises greeted them.
The hiss Of escaping steam from the
wrecked engines mingled with the
piteous cries of the unfortunates pinned
in the ruins. The bitter cold wind and
snow added to their suffering Volun-
teer rescue parties were Immediately
formed and did heroic work. They
delved into the heap of debris, and
guided by the means and cries found
the sufferers, pried and chopped them
out and carried them to the two Pull
man cars which were transformed into
temporary hospitals.
There was scarcely any water to be
had and the volunteer nurses melted
quantities of snow with which they
Stacked the feverish thirst of the suf-
fering. The surgeons on board the
wrecking train from Sarnia were the
first to reach the scene. They fastened
around the wreck through a snow-cov-
cred field to the temporary hospitals
and began making emergency dress
ings Of the most serious wounds. The
men of the wrecking crew took up the
work of rescue. With their appliances
they were able to penetrate deeper
into the tangle of wood and steel and
extricate those whom the passengers
had been unable to reach.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01

The M. w. A. will hold an open
installation Jan. Sth.
When a woman runs the man
all laugh. Still men don't run very
gracefully, particularly fat one.
THAT time is money is shown by
the fact that the fellow who steals
money is always liable to get time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01

Our new cement sidewalks on a
frosty morning following a thaw are
an ice thing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01

The Herald's generous buggy offer
appears to hurt judging from the
weekly walls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01

ed at. The end til
He cares nothing
for the means TO
that emf.
There are thou
sands of men and
women whose
lives are at stake,
who are hindered
from accepting
the one means of
safety by foolish
prejudice.
Doctor Pierce'S
Golden Medical
Discovery has
been the means of
restoring health
to many men and
women whose hol-
low cough, bleed
ing lungs, e11la-
citation and weak
ness seemed to
warrant the state
-nent of local ply
sicians-S There is
no cure possible. "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01

A man gets cussed a good deal more
for being right than being president.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
LISTS OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED

Of the Latter There Are Thirty Four, Some
of Which Are Serious Cases.
Following is the list of dead: Alex
ander Stewart and Mrs. Alexander
Stewart, Petrolia, Ont; A. Ricketts,
Fireman No. 81 and J. Gillies ZEN
gineer freight, Sarnia Tunnel; Mrs. J.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
WHEN lIFE'S AT STAKE

The most timid man will take any
chance of escape. The slender rope
dropped down the precipice, the slip
perry log over the abyss, anything that
offers chance of life, is eagerly snatch
ed at. The end the man seeks is safety.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Sails.

Full-bosomed sails tireless and feet; tall daugh-
tiers
OF solitude and Of the wide, gray waters!
Bow and pass on, as joyoJsly you keep
Your stately minuet uron the deep
Oh, let my soul fare with you, If you
Across the embers Of the dying sun.
Across the ashes Of the day. and soon
Are ghosts that glide beneath the ghostly moon.
Or. if white priestesses, We hail afar
From da,sn's fair temple and the Morning start
Oh, when watch the sails upon the sea.
How .he old wander-lOye awskes ia me:
To lock my door, 70 say no man good-by.
And drift far out into the sea and sky
Oh. God! To leave this vapid life behind.
To bare my bosom to the brave. wild wind.
To taste the sweet. salt spray upon my lips.
And cry, ''Hail, sisteis!' to the passing ships.
Who hath not felt t!as vague, yet fierce desire,
The legacy from some old Viking sire,
That lived in days when souls we're free and
brave.
And knew wild joy upon the bounding wave?
For there Is in US divine unrest,
An ache for wings, however unconfessed;
voice that whispers, Catch the rising breeze
Away. Beyond the Gates Of Hercules;
Why sit ye here. a slave TO petty care,
When the sea beckons aud the winds are fairy
Breathe deep the sea wind, and be glad and
bold.
One with the glorious vagsbonda Of oldl'
And this l feel most bitterly in me
When ] behold the saiLi upon the sea!
-Gssrse Horton in Saturday Evening Post-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23

of the stage should not be rather to
produce works of beauty than to teach
lessons IN morals or history which
are unbeautiful in dramatic form. But
IN the case of D'Annunzio, no morals
and no history are concerned. The
Italian dramatist's marvellous power
Of artistic expression cloaks nothing
III the world but moral rottenness. Ii
Is tainted through and through, a
product of deeadent Bohemia; and 20
defend it on the ground of art is TO
defend anything which appeals to the
senses simply on the ground of that
appeal, without regard to its influence
on the intellect or the morals
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Old Spain Has Passed.

II must be that there is a new Spain. II 50,
the United States is largely responsible for the
change. Senior siIvela recently retired from the
Cortes on the ground that he could not remain
in ONCE 50 long as the country showed that it
did not want feet nor army. For Silvela
the glory Of the old is brighter than the new
can ever be. TO find an attraction in Office he
said before the Cortes. there must be foreign
policy. Il mean a foreign policy frankly sc-
cepted without fear OF risk. To be on equally
good terms with everyone Is not policy
In other words, q nation without a traditional
quarrel and the army and navy to back it up
forms hesrt-breaking spectacle 10 Spanish
politician Of the old school. spain actually de-
string peace, asking for the promotion Of its
material interests. like factories and the fAF1as
and willing to i've without hand on the dagger
or the revolver. Is Spain dccsdcnt compared to
the Spain thar at one time had colonies in all
parts Of the world and drained them Of their
wealth for the Silveiss at home
All this Was saddening 10 the old spanish
conservative leader. lie would have none Of il.
Keeping back the tears as b.st be might. he
spoke bis farewell before the Cortes and went
70 his home to spend his remaining years in sad
over his eountrys siisnged condition
no wars, no distant possessions. no fleets. no
armyg nothing but people devoted 10 the new
gospel Of miHding their own business and de-
velopine reforms Of internal government and
the industries thar spring up at the hands d
peaceful lai,or. -DetT0it Free Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23

outside. and entertaining such a horror
Of being seen BY any except the two
people in question, that his meals,
brought to him from a neighboring res
taurant. were pushed through a hole
cut In his door. without the waiter
bringing them ever catching a glimpse
of the peer for whom they were des-
tined.
His son, Lord Huntingtower. who was
wild. predeceased him. being killed by a
fall in The hunting field. and il would
have Jared IN with Lady Huntingtower,
who was left penniless. had it not been
Cor the friendship and assistance OF
fr and Mrs. Gladstone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Medals for Public Service.
The Times Oilers Decorations for Local
Firemen and Policemen.

The news columns of The Times
announce today an offer of three
medals for distinguished services on
the part of local fremen and police
men. The award Is to be made bv
The Times through a commission
chosen with the cooperation of the
authorities al the head of the two
departments concerned, and IS ex-
peeted to occur at the time of the az
nual parade next November.
BY the terms of the award all the
members of both departments are
listed as contestants by mere deter
ninatiOn to do their duty as well as
they can. One of the decorations. a
gold medal. is to mark the most no
table instance of life-saving incident
l. the years work of the fire depart
ment. it appears. however, that the
engine companies stationed beyond
the heart of the city have little op-
portunity TO save human life, and the
eward Is consequently extended to IN
Guide a bIrnze medal for efficiency.
Tie decoration open to policemen. a
gold medal also, Is to be awarded for
conspicuous bravery.
Promine local jewellers have been
invited to submit designs for these
medals. it being the purpose of The
Times to make them valuable artist
oally and materially as well as signifi-
cent of exceptional service to the com
nmnity The decorations will have
lncst value, necessarily, as memorials
cftrue bravery and mwavering fide,-
ity to the hum-drum service of every
day.
1t is the hope of The Times that
these awards may incite the public
servants of these two Important
branches of government TO extiaordi-
nary efforts IN the face of e.Straordi-
nary obstacles. But the chief purpose
cf this offer Is rather 10 reward by
public recognition notable achieve
ments which now pass practically
without notice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Freedom of Opinion.
How 1t Is Affected by the Dismissal of
Mr. Bassett.

Spencer Bassett, a professor in
Trinity College, Durham, North Car
DINA, has been obliged to resign. the
occasion beng an article contributed
by him t. TIE South Atlantic Quar-
terly," pu5' Aed at the college, and
edited Am. In this article he said
that Boxer Washington was the
greatest s.sn who had lived in the
South since Robert E. Lee. He has
also, at one time and another. ex-
pressed the opinion that race antago-
nism, fostered by political leaders.
was a bad thing for the South. and
his estimate Of Booker Washington
appears less extravagant when it is
understood to be based on the unde-
niable fact that tins negro leader has
done more to promote harmony be-
tween the races than any other one
man since the war. Nobody can ques-
hon the usefulness of Washington's
scheme Of education in this direction.
Or the fact that nobody else has any
claim to the solution Of a problem
which has bothered political leaders
North and South for the last forty
years.
The resignation Of Mr.. Basse:t Is
lamentably significant as showing the
amount Of tolerance which the. South
even now has for the opinion of a
minority. Earnest thinkers were Just
beginning to feel encouraged by the
fact that in the very heart of the cot
ton States there was a little group of
men WIZ seemed disposed 10 discuss
the race problem with calmness and
iInpartiaIity; that these men were
Southerners born and bred, and might
be expected to know what thty were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23

talking about; that they were, more
over, connected with no political ma
chine or institution, but were appar-
entity independent thinkers. The dis
missal of a professor in a Georgia
college for similar independence of
thought and speech caused people to
suppose some time ago that a minor
lily had no business doing any think
ing in the South, but the existence of
the "South Atlantic Quarterly
seemed to contradict this view, and
prove that fanatics of the Tillman,
Dixon, and John Temple Graves type
did not have the South tied to their
chariot wheels. Now. what are we to
infer?
The point at issue is not whether
Booker Washington deserved the
commentator of MIR. Bassett. That
has nothing to do with the ease. 1t
Is freedom of speech which is on trial
III North Carolina There was acri-
moniOus discussion some years ago
over the justice of the dismissal of
professor in a certain California
university for speeches and writings
which proved objectionable to a ben
cfaetor of the institution. The con
sensus of opinion among intelligent,
thoughtful, educated men in this eoun-
try undoubtedly is that the uni
yersity professor should stand for
freedom Of thought. If we have
not the right of independent
speech among educated men, where
are we to have it7 Is the ig-
norant demagogue, burning with ideas
ill-eoneeived aud ill-adjudged, TO bc
the only man free 10 express his hon
est convictions? Is popular preju-
dee to muzzle not only the politician.
who lives by it, but the educated man,
who ought on occasion to fight It +?
I LUIS tue AoohtiA WISH 10 ~ oAt iSNOIu
as allowing no expression of opinion
ca the race problem except in one d.
Ieetion7 1t was said twenty-five years
ago by one of those Northern critics
to whom the South so vigorously OBJ
jects: You all want to shoot, whip.
hang, and burn those who do not
agree with you" This was strong lam
guage, but the Bassett case and the
Gonzales ease seem TO indicate that
the South has even now no idea of
developing that freedom of atmos-
phere IN which man may say what
he thinks, even if it be extravagant.
even if it be eccentric, even if it be
contrary to popular feeling. And
without such freedom there can be
little progress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Dowie's Persuasive Way.

Dowie wants 3, 0O0. 600 more % add to what
he didn't get in New York The chances are
he viii get at least part OF IL His venerable
father abused ard yilihed as he was by his gray
whiskered son, admits that John Alexander naz
wonderful faculty for touching the poeKe-
nerve Of certain class Of eredulous fanatics,
who wouldn't buy per cent Government bonds
at 10 below par. but can be induced to place
their dncats in Zonistie enterprise that prom
Uses 40 per cent dividends and lesies assessments
instead. Elijah III may be vituperative and vul-
gar and insolent. but when it comes down to
landing the investor few Of our modern trusts
are only a few steps in advance-New York
Pres
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Monarca Fnendless.

The King is absolutely friendless, so
much 50 that his abandonment OF the
throne would be welcomed at Belgrade
by people of every political shade. no
matter how antagonistic to one another.
The Dartisans of the late King Alex
ander and all those officers and poll
ticians who appreciate the horror
aroused abroad by the frightfui murder
OF the late King and Queen are eH1bit-
tered against Peter for retaining from
Furnishing the regicides. and for thus
subjecting Servia to anronts such as the
one which she has Just received at the
hands or Great Britain
On the other hand. the assasslns of
King Alexander with their friends and
adherents, complain that Peter is too
little subservient TO their wishes and
too much disposed to forget that he
owes his throne to them. In one word.
that he is not a sufficiently plant tool.
Thus all are united in desiring Peter 5
abdicatiOn, and I have no doubt that If
he can make satisfactory financial ar
engagements for himself, place his boy
under the joint protection Of Austria
and Russia, and surround him with
proper advisers, who would feel that the
lad was bound by no obligations OF any
kind to the people responsible for the
tragedy of last summer. he would cheer
fully step aside and return to his old
home in Geneva, where his surround
ings were so much more congeniaI than
they are at present 1t may be remem-
bered that King Milan, when he found
his position at BelRrg &c no longer tena-
Bile, abdicated in favor OF his son Alex
ander. King Perez would. therefore, be
merely following an established preee-
dent in SerVia
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aimed Secret Marriage.

the death OF her father-in-law. the
nth earl. there was a lawsuit. Ow-
> to the appearance OF claimant
,ho insisted that he was heir 10 the
peerage as son of Lord Huntingtowe
by an earlier and secret marriage lie
was defeated. however. and the earl
dom, as well as the immense property.
declared vested in Lady Huntingtower $
sor.
In his youth Lord Dysart was so
weak-minded and weak-eyed that fears
were entertained both for his reason
and for his sight. He has. however.
outgrown the mental trouble of his
youth to such an extent that he merely
remains eccentric Thus. for instance,
he rSeently offered to make a large
donation TO the Richmond Hospital.
near London. on condition that the au-
thOrities introduced homeopathic treat
ment. and has distributed thousands
Of copies OF works, such as Reforms
Needed in the Pulpit" and Cure for
Anarchy among the free Libraries
throughout the United Kingdom. He
is an enthusiast on the subject OF wag-
merriam music, a declared foe OF vac
Gina don, and has inaugurated a move
ment against the wearing OF evening
dress
But he understands az about cleo
Etcity, Is an amateur chemist OF much
skill, and has designed a model laundry
on his Ham House estate on the
Thames. which is run entirely by cleo
tricity. The principal gates of Ham
House, his favorite home. have never
been opened since they were closed by
King Charles ! himself. near 300 years
age. The old Eliza bethan mansion is
full of relics Of King Charles. including
a prayer book bearing an autograph
intimation BY Charles that il was
token Of hts regard for the first Lord
Dx-aar4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Two Local Problems.
Major Sylvester Cites Municipal Evils
Which Need Prompt Attention.

As the headlines In Fridays Times
indicated, the chief interest of Major
Sylvester's annual report lies in his
consideration of the new juvenile
court and the treatment of youthful
offenders against the law.
The problem is not new Indeed
the present conditions have been ere
ated by an attempt at solving it. This
report of the Chief of Police appar-
emily makes it plain that much still
remains to be done.
An established age for newsboys,"
"a compulsory education law" and "a
thorough and properly equipped pro
baton force, with police powers and
supervision" are suggested as means
t. improvement Whether such step
would suffice or not, Major Sylvester's
statement OF crime among young
boys abundantly supports his eontenI
ton that "from police standpoint.
the present probation feature in the
District is not pro.
nounced success"
Interference with the daily duties
of his roundsmen moves Major Syl-
vester to consider at some length an
other local problem-the administra-
ton of the Police Court His men, 1t
seems, lose needed time by waiting for
their leases" 10 be heard This is,
of course, natural consequence of
inadequate facilities and poor court
organization.
The Times, if it is not yet ready to
indorse Major Sylvester's scheme of
police magistrates, says a loud
"Amenw to the chiefs general dietum
on Police Court trials. "As time ad-
vanees and conditions change" he OBJ
serves. 1.-The necessity for improve,
ment in this system Is more appar-
ent." We think no one will deny
that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
An Eccentric Peer.

The Countess OF Dysart.
just been elected church warde
little parish OF Croxton in Can
shire. is the wife of one OF the ex
~ eccentric members Of the z.
peerage, from whom she separated
time ago. finding her husband 3 odd
too much for her nerves He is not
known in this country which he visit
some years ago. when he caused aston
ishment by his intimation to newspaper
interviewers that he did not care tup-
pence for the house OF lords his
opinion that Emperor William was a
"detestable autocrats" that home rule
should be granted 20 Ireland and that
he voiced the sentiments OF many peers
when 1 say that we don't care tuppence
whether Canada goes TO the United
States or remains to Great Britain"
Lord Dysart is descended from WIN
Murray, who held the post OF whipping
boy to King Charles 1. an Office which
doomed him to undergo all the corporal
punishment which his royal champion
deserved Charles. on becoming king
created his whipping boy Baron Of
Huntingtower and Earl Of Dysart The
present and ninth earl succeeded b
grandfather. who was most eccent
miser Of colossal wealth, and who
many long years before MS death
in sordid lodgings IN an alley
Strand, alone. seeing no one
LAWYER and his Doctor: never
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
Censorship of Plays.
The London Censor Bars D'Annunzio's
Latest Drama.

Dust has been raised in London by
the fact that Kine,Edward's censor
of plays, George BEDFORD, has pro
hibited the production of Gabrielle
e'Annunzio's La Citta Morta." Those
Rho disagree with the censor ask why
ke should license Objectionable farees
and bar such plays as "Monna Var-
ia" Ghosts" and now this Italian
drama.
The contention of these critics of
the censor is a mixture of reason and
unreason. They are quite right in
demanding that he be consistent. The
smutty vaudeville and musical com
edy and French farce productions, in
which virtue is made Jest and fun
is associated with ideas and actions
which should not be brought into a
drama at all, are certainly more OBJ
Jectionable to any decent mind than
dramas which, if they introduce ira-
morality, do so for the purpose of
drawing attention to a moral prob
lem or illustrating some true phase of
human life. Such a drama as "Tess
OF the d'Urberyilles," for example.
played with all the seriousness with
which it was written, could not fail
TO arouse in the beholder a sympathy
for the unfortunate heroine which
perhaps might lead to a more just
and charitable estimate of the natures
OF sorely tempted women. Farces in
which temptation is made matter of
Jest and virtue ridiculed must, on tie
contrary, lead TO immortality and Gym
ieism, If they lead anywhere. 1t is
possible to be decent without being
pharisaieal, and the direct teaching OF
most of these malodorous funny plays
rs that it is not; or, rather, that there
Is no such thing as deceney, and those
who profess it are either imbeciles OF
hypOcrtes. BY all rules of common
sense, King Edwards censor should.
If he really wants to clean up the
stage, have begun at the farcical end
Of it.
1t is, however, unfair to put Dan
nunzio's dramas in the same class with
those Of Ibsen and Maeterlinek. The
Norwegian is powerful, but grim, and
ne never makes vice attractive. There
might be a question about its being
artistic to dramatize a seene from a
moral hospital, but the Tjsen play is
nc more immoral than q medical re-
PORT. Moreover, it is not attractive
enough to lead anybody astray. Mae
terlinck's "Monna Wanna" is true 10
the life of the middle ages, and while
painful, is not more suggestive than
chapters out Of Lecky's History of
European Morals" Here, again, It
might be questioned whether the aim
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The aBloOdrp Enslishman.

The comic Englishnsan is always represented
as being fond OF the adjective bloody" Per
haps he IS the same sort OF Englishman as the
one who drops his his This story is told OF
a London school in which little French is
taught after hours by an enthusiastic pupil
teacher:
The Head Master-Next boy
The Next Boy (reading aloud)-The English
man. with his usual sangfroid--
The Head Master-Ciood. But what does that
sentence mesHg
The Next Boy-The Englishman. with his usual
bloody cold