The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-02-01
IN OUR OWN couErRv

IN OUR OWN c0uFTPN
The United States District Court
has Just sentenced Captain William
II. Van Schaick 30 ten years 10 prison
for criminal negligence IN failing Co
have fire drills ON the steamer Gen
Slocum. which he commanded in
June. 1904. when that steamer burn
ed with the loss of over 1000 lives
Ii isa pity that part of this sentence
could not be given "a those behind
Captain Van schaick. the officers aud
stockholders of the company who in
their greed, refused % pay Tor prop
erly equipping the IN fuied steamer
Il will be- remembered that The hands
on the boat we're unframed roust
abouts. aud that the life prcserver-
ON board would hardly support their
own weight
General Joseph Wheeler. who died
in Brooklyn last Thursday afternoon.
was buried az Arlington on Monday
afternoon with lull military hon0rs
II is doubtful IL there is citizen OF
the United States who does not mourn
the death Of this hero of two wars
Passing over his military record. bis
action Ia accepting the results ol thc
war Of the Rebellion places him in
the list with Generals Lee. father and
son. General Gordon. and others who
so materially aided n rcuniiing the
country after that war 40 the funeral
services iu Brooklyn. DR.. Stires said
"This is one Of thc great occlsions of
our lives For we are met CD honor the
memory Of "a rare man ! DO not speak
81 You of him principally as a citizen.
statesman or soldier. for the mere rcc-
ord OF bis deeds Is lar moro eloquent
than any praise Of ours could ho ID
Is the man ! think go this hour Was
identified to De- called great ltianot
difficult for you 90 decide he wac dis
tinguishcd by courage without rash
ness, by wisdom wiihoutpride, by gen.
tleness without weakness. hy patience
without heedltssncss and hy Justice
which always leaned toward mercy
lie honorcd man. lee trusted man and
10 every man be was ready % give his
time. his substance, his heart
"The North gives him unsiinted hon
or. The South even in her grief Is
proud Of her evcr-loyal son Cuba Tor
whose freedom be- fought sobs ont her
grief across The waves aud Che whole
world pauses for moment to-day 90
declare that this was, indeed, man
Let there be- little of sadness here
We are not concentrating defeat;
It is the victory Of life, the triumph
OF noble character
The revenue measure drafted hy
the Special Legislative Committee
and now under consideration by the
General Assembly 40 Frankfort is
provoking a good deal Of adverse
criticism, The section relating to
the taxing Of foreign corporations
doing business is being protested by
representatives Of such corporations;
discrimination against the States
Building and Loan Associations rs
charged by those interested In such
associations aud it is claimed that
the article of the bill relating 90
lands upon which taxes are not paid
practically provides for the conhsca
ton of such lands.
There has been considerable dis
cussiou Ia Congress Of the reasons
why it was Thought necessary by the
Department of State 90 send dele
gate TO the Moroccan Conference,
but this seems 10 have come to AN
end for the present There will,
however, be additional speeches ON
the Dominican question, aud the Isle
Of Pines treaty will come up for con
siderstion this week. There will be
an effort TO amend this so as to pro
tect the interests of the Americans
on the island, but there is little like
lihood that much attention will be.
given the petition Of these Tor recog
milton.
There seems TO be a great deal Of
excitement among the manufacturers
and sellers Of patent medicines over
the bills being proposed in the differ
ent state legislatures looking toward
the printing Of the formulas Of such
medicines on the wrappers Now
without doubt there are many patent
medicines of real merit being sold,
an I there is just as little doubt that
there are others of decidedly harmful
qualities. Il is said that the for
mulas of the better class of these
medicines printed on the wrappers
will place the business of the pro