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The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

thief catcher came to view. He smiled cynically as he said;
 T am interested in driving the thieves out of New York city. Let the other cities take similar methods. If they would all do that the criminals would have to go 10 work I would have them earn their liyelihoods as honest men do or put them all behind the bars"
 Then you do not believe in the in- determinate sentence as advocated by the Prison association?"
 e- He shook his head
 "Nor probation?'
 | See here" he said suddenly. and ke set his jaw firmly. Not one habit ual criminal out of a hundred ever reforms. Once crook, always a crook, is an old saying that I have found to hold perfectly good. Some years ago a well known thief came to me and said he wanted to reform and earn an honest livelihood, and helped him. He secured a place in the house of wealthy woman Not long after that he stole the womans diamonds When he was brought be- fore me he said: I couldn't help steal ing those diamonds. l meant to be honest, but when I saw them in the ton to take them That is the case with the majority of criminals. Now and then you may find an old crim- inal who wants to reform. But those cases are exceedingly rare"
 This feeling is shared by about all the men who are engaged in the occu- patton of running down criminals and endeavoring to prevent the perpetra- ton of crime Robert Pinkerton once expressed practically the same views to me, and only the other day Samuel J. Barrows, corresponding secretary of the Prison Association of New York, told a story where ne was made the victim of pretended reformed crim- inal. The man had come to him with a tale of reform; a small loan was made to him and repaid, followed by confidence resulting in the advance of quite sum of money for goods to set him up in business. Since that ad vance no word has been heard from the so-called reformed criminal. The incident, however, did not affect MT Barrows' faith, for he still believes there is good in many criminals and that assistance should be given tc them to reform But with the profes sional thief catcEer it is different matter. They are daily brought 1T contact with such a low order of hu manity and daily see the lowest side
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

pocket, thief or burglar, having no visible means of support, found loiter- ing about public places or on the streets and unable to give satisfac- tory explanation of bis presence, may be imprisoned for Tot more than six months.
 On the other hand, the sociologist will ask:
 How will such a law prevent crime?"
 When the criminal is born, society does nothing to prevent him from con tinuing criminal In period of 4e years in the last century statistics show that the population of this coun- try increased ITO per cent, while the proportion of criminals increased 445 per cent. This does not look as if we had treated the crime problem with any great degree of intelligence.
 Be not afraid to associate with your fellow workman. Work has DO caste.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

of degraded humanity, 90 that they naturally become incredulous when reform and crime are linked together.
 Pathology of Crime.
 But, nevertheless, there is a path ology of crime. The psychology of the thief or the psychology of the mur- derer not only Is an interesting study, but it is also a scientific study. And coupled with the psychological is the physical side of the problem. If you suggest to the professional thief catch CT the possibility of heredity or atav- ism, nine times out of ten he will re- ply positively: No; thief is a thief just because he Is thief-thats all" But back of the surface indications specialists are beginning to trace a canse and possible cure for crime. The cure does not, perhaps, lie in any great reform movement that can reach the habitual criminals of to-day. It lies, rather, in a cure for the future. It is not difficult to trace the causes of crime. They may be expressed in few general words: Pauperism, en- vironment, physical disease, insanity, with all it sociologic relations; politi- cal corruption, anarchy and false eco homie and industrial conditions. AS an elementary course in the synthesis of crimes one needs but to take a glance almost any morning at the faces in the lineup" of criminals at New York police headquarters. There you will see the young criminal just starting out on his career of crime, and there you will see the old and scared thief and murderer and all around lawbreaker, with intermediate specimens between the first and the worst stages. In the faces of nearly all the habitual criminals the pur- suits of the men and the women can be read like an open book. In the faces of the younger offenders the reader is often stopped with a query. There is mixture of good and evil.
 General Criminal Types.
 New York criminal tyDpS may he
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
General Criminal Types.

New York criminal types may be taken as general types throughout the world. The extent to which this class prevails in the United States was shown by the complete census of 1890,
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

Be not afraid to associate with your fellow workman. Work has DO caste.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
BIT BY NAVIGATING STURGEON.
Boy Swimming In Allegheny River
Seized by Six Foot Fish.

Pittsburg, June 2G.-Sunday after
noon, while a crowd of boys were
swimming in the Allegheny river, of
the Patterson coal float at the Pitts.
burg end of the Sixth street bridge, an
immense fish, which was afterward dis
covered to be a sturgeon, appeared
among them There was scramble
among the lads for places of safety.
All the boys got back to the coal
float except William Wiederseim, 10
years old, of Allegheny. Just as he
was about to pull himself upon the coal
float the fish sank its teeth into the
calf of the lads right leg.
The boy was being dragged under
water when his screams brought ia.
cob Miller, watchman of the coal float
to the rescue. He seized the boys
arm and with a baseball bat which
was lying on the float beat the fish
over the head. Even after life was
extinct the fish still hung to the boys
leg, and its jaws had to be pried
apart before the boy was released.
The fish measured six feet in length
and weighed SO pounds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
SATURDAY..

Rumors of the impending retirement
of several fire insurance companies as
the result of the San Francisco con-
flagration are increasing.
House sees and tastes many fraud
ulent foods in a practical demonstra-
tion given by Representative Mann in
aid of reform legislation.
President Roosevelt and cabinet de-
cided to begin at once criminal prose
cutions against Standard Oil and rail-
way company officials for rebating.
President Schurman, in commence
ment address at Cornell university,
scores grating" and materialism, and
declares the idle rich are an eXcre-
scence.
There was a serious mutiny at Sc
bastopol the artillery declining to
obey orders and taking possession of
the guns, but retiring when loyal reg
iments of infantry appeared.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
MILLINERY TEST CASE
Commissioner WhippIe EepadlageS o
Recent Seizure IN Rochester.

Albany, June 26.--As the result Of a
conference here between Commissioner
Whipple of the state forest, FISH and
game department and E. F, Feiner,
representing the millinery importers
Of New York, relative to the enforce,
ment Of the law which prohibits the
possession for sale or the sale of
feathers or parts of foreign birds, In
this state, a test case will be prepared.
= Commissioner Whipple, however, IN
sists that under the Lacey law passed
by congress and the state law and the
court of appeals decision in the Silz
case, the sale of aigrettes and feath
ers imported even from other coun.
tries Is prohibited in this state. Mr..
Feiner informed the commissioner that
in his opinion the sale of parts OF for.
eign birds cannot be stopped under
the law.
Commissioner Whipple declared that
the recent seizure in Rochester mil.
linery store by a state protector was
without the sanction of the department
while he was absent from the state.
He has ordered the material seized
at that time returned and says that
no further action will be taken in that
case.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
MAY PROSECUTE A. j. cAssATT.
Government Lawyers Will Consider
AdvisablIitY Of Conspiracy CHARGE.

Philadelphia, June 26.-Plans will be
completed in New York this week for
the prosecutions that are to be
brought by the government against
the Pennsylvania railroad and the
Standard Oil company. Alexander
Simpson of this city and Charles E.
Hughes will confer as to the details
and place the result in the hands OF
United States District Attorney J. w
Thompson, who will conduct the cases
The chief question is the advisable
ity of arraigning A. J. Cassatt, presi'
dent of the Pennsylvania. 1t is be-
lieved that more effective results can
be accomplished by centering the pros
ecution upon Cassatt than by scatter
ing the government energies.
The charge to be made by the gov
ernment will be conspiracy. The law
yers say that facts brought out in the
investigation of relations among the
railroads, the Standard Oil company
and favored coal companies can only
be explained on the grounds of a pri'
vate understanding.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Friday.

The house passed the bill providing
$25,OOO for the presidents travelling
expenses.
Senators are insisting that meat
packers should pay the cost of inspec-
tion, and the whole question may be
reopened.
Senator Lodge says the beef and oil
magnates, as the principal eXponents
of the abuses in big business" are
more responsible than anyone else for
the spread of socialism.
Henry Watterson discusses Sec
tionalism" in his commencement ad-
dress at Brown university and is CIV
en- the honorary degree OF doctor of
laws.
President Roosevelt, being appealed
to in behalf of the Jews of Russia,
says the United States government
can take no action to stop the mas
sacres.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Will Manane Eather,s Earn.

Margaret Maude Fish of Halls
Corners, Ontario county, N. Y, the val
edictorian of the graduating class of
the Canandaigua high school, will not
follow the graduate girls usual path.
She intends to spend year or two at
Cornell College of Agriculture, after
which she will take up the manage
ment of her fathers large farm in
that county. In her valedictory, she
appealed to the members of the class
to stay on the farms and fit them
selves for their intelligent manage
ment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
AGAINST STANDARD OIL.
Announcement of Action by At.
torney General Moody.

Arrested For Wife Murder - Cornell
Took Two Races-AnaIysis Of Coun'
try's Foreign Trade - Barnes Con-
firmed-congress Declares For Lock
Canal-Norway's Rulers Crowned.
Formal announcement of the pur.
pose of the government to prosecute
the Standard Oil company was made
by Attorney General Moody.
1t appears from his statement that
the proceedings in the first instance
will be had under the terms of the
Elkins law, which prohibits rebates in
interstate commerce.
The attorney general, however,
gives notice that in all probability,
should the investigation he still is
making justify it, he will bring furth.
er action against the Standard Oil
company under the terms of the Sher.
man antitrust law, and also will take
steps to ensure against the continu-
ance on the part of the company OF
determinations in trade and trans.
portation not now subject to prosecu.
tion under existing law, but especially
provided against in the pending rate
bill.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
roo MANY Iohnsons: Asks Aid.

Topeka, Kan, June 26.-The post
master at Lindsborg will ask the de-
partment for extra clerks because of
the prevalence of families named
Johnson, Anderson, Peterson and
Swenson which receive mail. There
are 2l9 Johnsons, 1874 Andersons, 81
Swensons, 80 Petersons and numerous
Olsons. Their children tie up the
office by asking ANY mail for Ander-
SOM" or ANY mail for Johnson?' The
question (which Anderson or (which
Johnson" must be put to every child
inquirer, and this, in the opinion of
the postmaster, makes necessary the
service of extra clerks.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Monday.

House passed the pure food bill by
a vote of 240 to III.
President Roosevelt will Witt the
isthmus of Panama in the fall and per-
sonally inspect the progress of the
work on the canal.
William J. Bryan and party Of Chi
cago visitors are presented to King
Haakon and Queen Maud at the first
levee held in the palace at Trondhjem.
Former State Senator George E.
Green of Binghamton and William d.
Doremus of Washington were acquit-
ted after four weeks trial on charge OF
bribery and conspiracy.
The electric street car company of
London has asked official permission
to put straps in its street cars Pas
sengers are to hang on TO the straps in
inclement weather only.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
To Omit Money Plank In 1908.

The Commoner, published at Lin.
,Oln, in an editorial reference to the
Democratic platform of 1896 and the
one Of 1908, says that ancient ami.
mosities should not be aroused or fac.
tional controversy encouraged. The
Democratic platform of 1896 represent
ed, as it does today the real conserva.
tism of the country. The money ques.
tion will not be discussed in detail
again, but the Democratic platform for
1908 will be written in the same spirit
which controlled the men who drafted
the largely vindicated declaration OF
1896"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Retired on $4,000 Carnegie Pension.

The list commencement exercises of
Lafayette college at Easton, Pa,
closed on Wednesday An honor
airy degree was conferred upon Albert
f. Keigwin of New York Professor
F. A. Marsh accepted a pension of $2,-
900 year from the trustees of the
Carnegie Foundation" and retired
from the professorship of English Ian
guage and comparative phiiology
which he has filled for more than half
a century. His son, F. A. Marsh, Jr.,
was made his successor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Chain Of stores Idea In England.

London, June 26.-Reynold's news
paper says the first step for the es-
tablishment of large public stores sim
liar to those in the United States has
been effected by the formation of a
company with capital of e1,0OO,OOO
under the title of Selfridge & Waring.
The former was the principal partner
of the late Marshall Field. The stores
will be located in the neighborhood of
Bond street. 1t is expected that it
will be the biggest house of its kind
in the country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Thursday.

Relatives of the late James A.
Bailey have begun contest for a
share of his $6,OO0O00 estate.
Herbert H. D. Peirce, third assistant
secretary of state, was nominated for
first American minister to Norway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth attended
the opening of the Ascot meeting and
saw the races from the royal enclos.
ure.
Count Witte, interviewed at Vichy,
condemns the revolutionary attitude
of the douma and the Russian He.
brews.
Fletcher d. Proctor, son of United
States Senator Redfeld Proctor, was
nominated by acclamation for governor
of Vermont at the Republican state
convention.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Guilt TO Be SOUGHT Hlnher up.

Answering interpretations on the
subject in the Russian parliament
Thursday, Interior Minister Stolypin
admitted that the subordinates of the
interior and police departments were
guilty in individual cases of organic
ing anti-Jewish outbreaks. Prince
Uruseff said the guilt must be sought
"higher up" pointing to General Trep-
off. When Minister Stolypin tried
to reply, he was repeatedly interrupt
ed by cat calls and cries of enough" !"
The disorder became so great finally
that the sitting was closed for an
hour. When the session was resumed
1t was voted to postpone further dis
cussion of NJ. Stolypin's speech.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
A Watermelon Romance.

The wedding at Owensville, Ind,
of John Porter, Pittsburg CON-
mission merchant, to Miss Nora
Williams of near Owensville was the
elimination of a watermelon romance.
The brides father, Colonel WILL
Jams, is one of the extensive water
melon growers of Gibson county. Miss
Williams mischievously wrote her
name and address on crate of melons,
and the melons were bought by Mr..
Porter in Pittsburg. He found it,
wrote to her and correspondence
ensued.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
BENJAMIN F. Barnes Confirmed.

BENJAMIN F. Barnes, assistant Sec
retary to the president, on Satur-
day was confirmed by the senate as
postmaster at Washington, d. c. The
vote was So to 16, and by the same
vote a resolution was defeated pro-
viding for an investigation of the in
eldent in March, when, by order of
Mr.. Barnes, Mrs. Minor Morris was
elected from the White House offices,
where she had sought an audience
with the president to urge him to re
appoint her husband to government
position from which he had been re-
moved.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
lcemen Sent TO Workhouse,

Toledo, o., June 26. - In common
pleas court Judge Kinkade imposed
the maximum sentence of $4,000 fine
and one year in the workhouse on five
icemen convicted of conspiracy in re-
straint of trade. The men sentenced
are Joseph A. Miller, who was convict
ed R. A. Beard, R. C. Lennon, H. P,
Breining and Peter H. Waters, who
pleaded guilty. The Judge said the
sentences might be mitigated in the
event the men made restitution. Hear
ing on motions in arrest of judgment
cannot be heard for some time and
the icemen will stand committed un'
til the fines are paid or the sentence
otherwise disposed of.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Cornell look Two Races.

There was no triple triumph for
Cornell in the intercollegiate boat
races on the Hudson river at Pough-
keepsie Saturday, but Courtney's men
twice were victorious in the regatta.
The four-oared and eight-oared vars
ity races went to the Ithacans, the
freshman race to Syracuse. The
freshman race was the finest struggle
the Hudson has seen in years. The
varsity failed only by little of being
the same. In the four-oared race the
quartet of Comedians romped home
first.
Not one of the races was fast, the
conditions being unfavorable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Threw His Wife In the Canal.

Charged with the murder of his
wife and having made a complete con.
fession of his crime to the local police,
William Brasch of Rochester, N. Y,
was arrested in Cleveland Friday
With Brasch there was arrested Mrs.
Mary Gilmour, with whom he is al
legged to have eloped.
The body of Brasch's wife was found
in the canal at Rochester and sus-
picion was at once turned to her hus-
band, who disappeared.
The 3-yearold daughter of Brasch
was with the couple when they we're
arrested in a rooming house. Both
Brasch and the woman have been
taken back to Rochester.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Tuesday.

Observation-Disclosures took a prom.
inent part in the reception Of foreign
delegations by King Haakon at
Trondhjem.
Government scheme to irrigate 5000
acres of arid land in Southwestern
Kansas by series of pumps operated
by electricity is announced.
Mayor Dunno will seek the indict.
ment of leading officials of the Chicago
traction companies unless they give
satisfactory explanation of recent fa'
talities.
Review of the work of congress
shows remarkable series of victories
for President Roosevelt The Repub
licans are expected to make the re-
form legislation one of the features OF
the fall campaign.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Analysis of country's Foreign Trade

An analysis of foreign commerce of
the United States contained in bull
letin of the department of commerce
and labor says that in the fiscal year
1905 4S per cent of the imports into
the United States was drawn from
Europe, 20 per cent from North Amer
lea, 13 per cent from South America,
IA per cent from Asia, per cent from
Oceanica and l per cent from Africa.
OF the exports from the United States
in the same year 67 per cent went to
Europe, II per cent to North America.
per cent to South America, s per
cent to Asia, 2 per cent to Oceanica
and / per cent to Africa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Norway's sovereisns Crowned.

With ceremonial modified from the
old Morse forms to meet the modern
democratic spirit of the country
King Haakon VII and Queen Maud
in the old Trondhjem cathedral, were
anointed, blessed and given Norway's
crowns. When, nearly 40 years ago,
King Oscar Of Sweden received the
crown he barred his breast and &c
clesiastics crossed it with sacred oils,
according to the custom of older days.
King Haakon was anointed only on
the forehead and wrists and the en-.
tire rite was simpler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Branded by Lightning.

Wooster o., June While under
a tree for shelter during a storm, Ru-
fus Billiard, IL years old, was struck
by lightning. When he revived an
hour later It was discovered that the
letter B, the initial of his name, had
been branded on the back of his hand.
The mark looks like the scar left by a
burn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Another Carneale Library.

Cedarville, o., June 26. - Andrew
Carnegie has given $11,795 for the con
struction of a new library for Cedar
Vile, O., college A similar amount
had been raised by other friends of the
Institution to be added to the general
endowment fund. Their work was ad.
vanced by Whitelaw Reid, American
ambassador to Great Britain, who is a
native of Cedarville.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Governor Harris III.

Cleveland, June Ex-Governor An
drew L. Harris is III at his home in
Eaton. Preble county. He is suffer
ing from exhaustion and it is doubtful
whether he will be able to go to Col
umbus today and take up his duties.
Some anxiety is expressed over his
condition, as he is more than 20 years
old. In the event of his death the
state would again pass into control of
the Democrats, State Senator Will
iams. a Democrat, president pro TEN
Of the senate, is next in line for the
governorship.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
YaIe-Harvard REGATTA.

On Thursday the Yale-Harvard re-
gatta will be held for the 2Sth time,
on the Thames river at New London,
Conn. AS of late years it will attract
a great throng of students, alumni and
friends of the two universities, more
of them probably than for several
years past
In the 27 times the two universities
have met Yale has been triumphant IS
and Harvard seven, the other two
races, triangular ones, having gone to
Cornell. Harvard has not won since
1899.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
MARKET REPORT.
New York Provision Market.

New York, June 25.
WHEAT - No 2 red, 94$c +. o.
b. a1oat; No. l northern Duluth.
93hc.
CORN - No. corn, 5S1ac f. o. b.
aloat; No. 2 yellow, SOC.
OATS - Mixed oats, &c to 80 lbs.
42h @42&c; clipped white, SS to 40
lbs, 4764Sc.
PORK Mess, $17OO@1750; fam
lily, per bbl, $1S.50019O0.
HAY - Shipping, 6O@75c; good
to choice, S71a@95c.
BUTTER-Creamery, extra, 201a@
21c; common to extra, 1G@201ac; west
ern factory, common to firsts, 12@16c
CHEESE-State full cream. fancy,
new, lie.
EGGS-State and Pennsylvania, 23c
POTATOES - State and western,
per bag, $1.75@2.O0.