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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-05-25
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The National tribune., 1907-03-14
THE srRorHER Gaze.

While homicide Is never defsnsible'
the verdict OF the Virginia jury in the
Strother case will meet with general
satisfaction even by the most law-abid-
ing. BywaterS young man Of good
family, and an intimate with the
Strother family. betrayed and shame
fully usedo Miss Strother, . young
daughter 6f an excellent family. Her
brothers compelled him to marry her,
but on the wedding night. while the
young brides arms were about his neck.
Bywaters broke away and tried to es-
cape from the house. pretending that
he had to see his mother and tell her
of the marriage. His object undoubt-
edly was to take advantage Of the tech
nicality in the Virginia law to the ef-
feet that unless husband remains
with his wife for "a hours after the
ceremony the marriage is null The
Strother boys were quite as well aware
of this technicality as Bywaters. and
they warned him that IL he left the
house they would kill him. They did
So The whole history is intensely pa
thetic and stands out In strong dis
tinction from the Thaw case. Miss
Strother was young woman of pure
life and, with the exception of her re>
lations with Bywaters, without re-
proach. She wanted to be good. true
woman. and would have made Bywat-
ers a faithful, loving wife. Bywaters.
on the other hand. was a miscreant
with much of young Thaw's disposition
in him. and absolutely regardless of the
ruin of life which he had caused.
The Strothers are relatives of Col.
Strother. of the staff of Banks and
other Generals during the civil war.
He was one of the loyal virginians and
was very popular with the older gener-
aticn from his bright, graceful writings
and also his charming pen sketches of
people and things. His pseudonym was
Porte Crayon"
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

The survivors of the old Army of the
Ohio, especially those who soldiered in
Eastern Kentucky and East Tennessee
In the terrible Winter Of 1864, have
many vivid and not altogether pleasing
memories Of the rugged notch in the
mountains known as Cumberland Gap
which Is the meeting point of the lines
of three great States-Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky. 1t owed it's inn
portance in war times to the fact that
it was a gateway thru the Alleghen,
Mountains, and the best passage from
Kentucky into Tennessee and Virginia
The early settlers went from Virginia
and North Carolina thru the Gap into
Tennessee and drove their cattle tC
market back thru the Gap to the sea
board. For many years all their sup
plies had to be wagoned over the noun
stage route between Cincinnati and
Charleston, S. C. Now a fiourishine
little town - Middletown - has beer
built on the Kentucky side of the Gap
with its suburbs extending up into the
notch and spreading over the three
States. A railroad tunnel leads to the
Gap, by which the trains enter from
Tennessee, pass thru Virginia an6
emerge in Kentucky. A few years age
MiddletOwn had great boom, ant
much was made of the picturesque fea.
lures of the country with many beauti.
full views presented in the pamphlet,
that were gotten out by the real estat,
promoters. The veterans could not rec
ognize these spots in the rugged, mud
dy, rocky, storm-swept country ovel
which they had marched and upor
which they had half starved in thsil
strenuous campaigns against Kirb,
Smith and Longstreet.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
DEATH OF DOWIE.

The years Of mental deterioration of
Alexander Dowie, otherwise Elijah H..
have eliminated in his death. This
pated, and 1t will have no effect upon
his followers. His mismanagement had
taken all from them that could be got
ten, and nothing connected with him
would make their condition worse. The
hopes that were at first entertained of
a reorganization under Voliva and saw
ing something from the wreck do not
seem to be in a fair way Of realization.
The dcspairing people are leaving Zion
by the thousands to begin life anew un-
der more propitious circumstances
While 1t may seem a harsh judgment
upon a man. who did with wonderful
energy, courage and ability what he un-
doubtediy thought was for the benefit
of his fellow man, yet there can be no
doubt that Alexander Dowie did fai
more harm than good. While he taught
pure life and a firmer faith in God
and found thousands of believers. yet
he lifted up no one, as the Salvation
Army is doing. The Salvation Army
like the Methodist Church in its infan.
cy. goes directly into the slums anL
| tries to rouse those who are lost to re.
ligion and deccncy to a sense of bette,
things. In this way it accomplishes q
good far beyond that of any othel
agency that can be readily named, and
the Salvation Army is almost unique In
| the history of the world, in being re.
| ligious organization which has beer
managed with business ability and sue.
cess. All of its schemes seem to pay
to be at least self-supporting, and Civ.
those engaged in them a better liveli.
hood than they have been securing
| Dowie, on the other hand, ministerc,
largely to those who had already ac,
quired some little property or werr
making fair wages. He got these ints
his community In the hopes Of doins
much better. and led them in the wa,
of not only losing all which they hat
accumulated. but also of wasting sew.
eral years of their life In futile effoIt
1t seems that the injury that he ha:
done in this way overtops all the good
that he may have incidentally done.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
THE BAR REMOVED.

It will be remembered that imme-
diately after the approval Of the Me-
Cumbsr pension bill, furry occurred
upon the discovery that II did not re-
peal Section 4.716, prohibiting the pay
ment Of 4 pension to any person who
In any manner voluntarily engaged in
or aided or abetted the late rebellion
against the authority Of the United
States" To cure this and other defects
which developed in the course Of a care
full examination of the statute. the fol-
lowing provision was inserted in the
Pension appropriation bill:
And provided further, That the ben-
efits Of the Act of Feb. s, 1907. entitled
An Act granting pensions to certain
enlisted men. soldiers and officers who
served In the civil war and the war
with Mexico are hereby extended to
include any person who served the per-
iod of time therein specified during the
late civil war or in tho war with Mex
'co, and who Is now or may hereafter
become entitled to pension under the
Acts of June 81. 1890, Feb. Is, 1895,
and the joint resolution Of July 1, 1902,
or the Acts of Jan. 20. 1887, March 8,
1891, and Feb. II, 1897"
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
THE MISSOURI MILITIA.

Commissioner Warner has written
the following letter to Senator Stone as
to the status of the Missouri Militia un-
der the McCumber bill:
Il have the honor to state that GER
tain Missouri militia organizations were
mustered into the service of the United
States and other such organizations
were called into the service by a proc
lamation of the President, and consti-
tuted for the time being a portion Of
the military establishment of the United
States. Those who served in such or
carnations have exactly the same PEN
Sionable status, so far as the question
of their service is concerned, as per-
sons who served in the Regular Army
or volunteer organization. There were,
however, numerous militia organiza-
tions which were never either actually
or constructively in the Federal Service,
and some of those organizations We're
never actually in the State service, as
they were never called together"
The Commissioner calls attention to
an existing statute which provides that
no claim for pension of State militia
man or non-enlisted person shall be
valid unless prosecuted to successful
issue prior to July 4, 1874. Hence per-
sons who served in the last class OF
militia organizations mentioned have no
pensionable status under existing laws"
The joint resolution of Feb. Is. 1895
which gave pensionable status to ce1
tain of the militia. reads:
Resolved, ETC., That the provisions of
the Act of June 81, 1890. be, and are
hereby, extended to include the officers
and privates of the Missouri State Mill
tia and the Provisional Missouri Militia
who served 80 days during the late war
of the rebellion, and were honorab!y
discharged, and to the widows and mi
nor children Of such persons. The pro-
visions of this Act shall include all such
persons now on the pension rolls, or
who may hereafter apply to be admitted
thereto.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

Our comrade. Luther F. Mckinney.
Is crowning a varied career by good
service In the Maine Legislature, where
he has recently come into notice by
stringent bill to repress the dogs and
encourage the sheep. He urges li-
cense of IS for every male dog in the
State and 81 for female dog. and gives
everyone the right to kill any dog found
running at large. Comrade Mckinney
was born in Ohio. served two years as q
Sergeant in the 1st Ohio Cav, went To
Iowa. and became farmer and teach
sr, then graduated from a theological
school and became a minister of the
gospel, settling in Maine. removed to
New Hampshire. was elected to Con-
gress for two terms as Democrat, and
next served four years as Minister to
Colombia. to which post he was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland. Com
rade Mckinney is evidently believer
in the proverb that "a sitting hen never
gets fat"
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

In the grand immigration into Okla
homa, all the "busted-up" little polite
ians who had played out at home join
ed. While the solid men were bus,'
opening up farms and starting business,
these chaps ran for the Constitutional
Convention. and seem to have made
about the sorriest aggregation ever
gathered to launch an infant State.
Eighteen days were spent in q scussins
whether to acknowledge the Constitu-
ton of the United States as the supreme
law OF the land, and five days more as
to putting God in the Constitution
The things which these cheap talk
tanks have ingrafted into the ConstitC-
tion are so distasteful to the people that
it is feared that they will kick the whole
fabrication into a scrap pile and con-
tinue as Territory.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
.BRAIN STORMS,o

In every sensational criminal tria
the attorneys for the defense cudse
their brains for some new invention tr
put the conduct of their client in &
less repulsive light than usual The
latest of these is brain storm" for tht
miserable Thaw. This cannot be re.
garded as a particularly happy inven.
tion; not SO much as emotional insan-
ity,'' which was invented some score oI
more of years ago to shield a man who
had killed the destroyer of his domes-
tic peace. We are all tolerably famil-
lar with brain storms" and usually
describe them as pure cussedness. They
We're disagreeably frequent in our
army life. OF course, it was brain
storm that led man to punch his
Orderly Sergeant's head for putting him
on guard again Immediately after he
had come off. 1t was brain storm
that led man to tell his Captain or
Lieutenant that if he would just lay
off his shoulder straps he would wipe
up the earth with him. 1t was brain
storm that made man run guard to
find an applejack distillery. and then
come back to camp and try to lick the
whole military outfit from the Corporal
of the Guard up to the Colonel. Not a
few of us had brain storms" of more
or less intensity and duration, over a
whole variety of things from the worms
in the hardtack and the way the cook
boiled the beans, up to the question OF
the Colonefs taste in taking the reyi-
greeable day and over unmacadamized
roads. The army had some very SIM
pie and efficacious ways of dealing with
these brain storms" For the milder
cases. double guard duty, and for the
more severe. bucking and gaggins
proved speedy. successful and usually
effected a permanent cure. After Il
man had been bucked and gagged, OF
had to carry a rail in front of the Col
onePs tent for a few hours, his brain
storms" were much less likely to oc-
cur.
We are neither great lawyer nor
do we pose as an expert alienist, but
to our simple, untutored mind, which
still holds the army lessons strongly
imprest upon it. hanging is most ef-
fective remedy for brain storms
which lead to murder. Certainly the
man who is hanged will never have an
| other, and proba bly, this will have pro-
phylactic against its recurrence in tn ose
perturbed minds in which brain
storms are indicated.
Seriously, there has been some alarm
felt over the introduction of this new
and dangerous idea into the admins
tration of justice. The alarm is unnec-
essary. These inventions are startling
but they have no permanent effect upon
the course of justice. When the doe
trine Of emotional insanity was frs,
invoked. everybody was more or less
frightened at the prospect, but the
Judges. courts and juries went on calm
ly administering justice uninffuenced in
the least by the pernicious doctrine.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

European diplomats say that the best
guarantee for peace between the Unit
ed States and Japan are the strained
relations between Russia and Japan.
The peace of Portsmouth is regarded
as but an indefinite truce. and decided
nothing except the necessity of resting
for time and of resuming hostilities
as soon as the circumstances are fav-
orable to one or the other of the two
belligerents. Many questions were left
undetermined then which might possi-
bly, have been definitely settled at the
time, but which have since been allowed
to grow into formidable points of Of
fense. There has been no cordially
between Russia and Japan since the
ratification of that treaty. Each party
is on its guard against the other and
each is preparing elaborately for hos
tile contingencies. A resumption of the
war Is only a question of time. unless
there can be some radical settlement
of the questions involved and de-
narration Of the spheres of influence
in Manchuria by which both Japan and
Russia will agree to firmly abide. Rus
sia is far from renouncing her long
cherished dream of 1ordship Of the Pa
cific. The possession of Manchuria is
necessary to this, and will not be re-
linquished without a far more serious
struggle than she has yet made. On
the other hand. the radicals In Japan
are no less determined that Russia shall
be thrust clear back from the Pacific
out of possibilities of future harm.
This means the capture of vladiv os-
took and the remainder Of the Island
of Sakalien
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

Our trouble with Japan is being made
an object lesson TO Italy and other Eu-
ropean countries as to the peculiar re-
Iations which exist between our States
and the General Government. They
are understanding how each one has
supreme powers, with a line dividing
the same, and this points out to them d
useful lesson in the management of the
colonies. The british press is discuss
ing this quite actively and applying the
American principle TO Australia, Canada
and other colonies. The Australians
are determined that their country shall
be white mans land. and are exclud-
ing japanese and Chinese. This is 4
matter that may bring about an entan-
clement between Great Britain and
Japan, but it is believed that there can
be no other course than to allow Aus
tralia to manage her own affairs as she
pleases.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT At
= SARATOGA

Commander-in-Chie Brown and the
decided. after the most searching eX-
animation of the whole situation, 10
carry out the National Encampment
decision to hold the next National En-
campment at Saratoga, N. Y. There
has been an unusual delay in arriving
there was much distrust as to the ca
pacity of Saratoga to properly care for
that great gathering, and a lack of ap-
probation on the part Of the village
people of the immensity of the task BE-
fore them. Commander-in-Chief Brown
and the Council have devoted great
deal of time and labor to this WORK,
and to assuring themselves that the Ma
tional Encampment will be properly
cared for. and all the visitors to it will
be satisfied with their entertainment.
Tho the decision has been postponed.
the time has been well spent. The
people of Saratoga and the comrades
of the Department of New York have
been thoroly aroused to what was ex-
pected of them, and there is conse-
quently every basis for the expectation
that the entertainment given to the
National Encampment will be fully
equal. to say the least. to that which 1t
has received anywhere else. Let us
hope that this will be the case.
AS heretofore. The National Tribune
will have a special representative at
Saratoga sometime in the early future,
who will from week to week furnish
our readers with full information as TO
what is beirg done toward preparing
for the great meeting, which will prob
ably occur the first week in September.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

Gov. Hughes profits by the example
set by President Roosevelt and probably
also voices his own innate beliefs and
convictions in bringing the Ten Com
mandments well to the front in his
speeches. He told the Republican lead
ers at Albany last week that he was a
Republican. had always been so, but
that loyalty to the party does not re-
quire the condoning of wrong either
in policy or administration. The party
must put an end to graft and give good
public service If il is going to enjoy the
confidence of the people and retain its
hold on power.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

England has very healthy law to
the effect that when it Is proved that a
man bought his seat in Parliament he
not only loses his seat, but the district
loses its representation in Parliament
upon the ground that a community that
allows itself to be bought up is a COM
mon danger. On this account Winches-
ter, and possibly some others, have
been unrepresented for some years. II
seems good law to try for awhile In
this country. 1t would awaken people
to a proper sense of their responsible
ties to the rest Of the country.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14
NO MORE ~rooR OLE M1zzouRA..

The good people of Missouri have
become properly indignant at the con-
slant mangling and mispronunciation
of the name of their State and they
have had recourse to the law to pro-
tect themselves, precisely as those of
Arkansas did. A joint resolution has
been adopted by the Legislature, which
declares:
THAT the only true pronunciation of
the name of the State, in the opinion
of this body, is that received from the
native Indians. and that it should be
pronounced in three syllables, accented
on the second syllable. The vowel in
the first syllable is short i. in the sec
ond syllable long double % 60 or oo),
in the third syllable short IL s. in the
two syllables in which it occurs has the
sound of s. and not z.
This is entirely right and proper, and
the too frequent pronunciation of "Miz-
zoura" shows gross ignorance. The
name begins with a common word in
the Indian languages. expressing great
ness and Iargeness. This has been varj-
ously spelled by the white men "Missi,"
"Meche," ''Mecee," etc. No matter how
it is spelled it is the same word, and
appears in our names of Michigan, Mis-
sissippi, Michilmackinac, Missouri, Mis-
tassini, Mistassa, Missisquoi, Missauke,
Missinnippi, Missoula, Mishiganme, and
many others. Mississippi means the
great water; Missouri. the great muddy;
Mistassinn means the great rock;
,oJ, he CIV of
The corruption of the name came
from it's mispronunciation by the poor
white trash" that flowed into the Ozark
region of the State in its early settle
ment and whose diction was naturally
coarse, crude and tending to perversion
Of the proper sounds. After Missouri
was secured to the Union the left wing
Of Pap Prices army" which meant
largely the guerrillas and bushwhack-
ers TEo infested the State and were re-
cruited from this poor white rash, was
scattered all over the West, and carried
their pronunciation with them. "Miz-
zoura" was the pronunciation in the
mouths of the "Ozarkers," who were
Secessionists and minions of the slave
holders. while Missouri is the pronun-
citation adopted by the intelligent, pro-
gressive people, who have been lifting
the State out of the mire In which she
was dragged by the followers of Pap
Price, and building her up into the
magnificent. progressive Commonwealth
which her climate and resources entitle
her to become. ...
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

William Rosenau, in the Chicago Is
raelite, says that every movement 10
Christianize the Jew is an insult, and
his manhood demands that he resent il.
He says that the Jew is able to take
care of himself and look to his own
salvation. Before a Jew can become a
Christian he must change his whole ma
ture, blot out the entire past Of his race
and recast the philosophy by which his
people are governed. After all this Is
done, what will Christianity give him
that is better than his own religion?
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

Switzerland Is contemplating the alb
solute prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of absinthe in the Republic.
This is a much-needed reform. While
alcohol is fiend. absinthe is demon,
and it is one of the few instances In
which something is put into alcohol to
make 1t worse than the alcohol itself Is.
Absinthe Is secured by the distillation
of wormwood. and contains a peculiarly
toxic principle which stimulates, mad
dens and finally destroys the brain. Alb
sinthe is probably doing more to ruin
France to-day than any other one thing.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

1t seems to be the same in all wars
and countries. Last week the pickets
outside of Tangiers heard a calf crash
ing thru the brush, and thought it was
Raisouli and his army. and they opened
fire and fell back on the reserves. which
began volleying. The rest of the army
It found the uninjured calf browsing
peacefully, but it will take the army
many days to recover from its BRAIN
storm
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

Occasionally even William J. Bryan
SAYS something which is strilSingly true,
and his latest utterance of this kind is
that Hill and Hartman are doing more
than any two men in the country for
Government ownership of railroads.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

Reform is taking such deep hold on
Missouri that 1t is hard to say whether
the intention Is to make it impossible
for Democrats to live in the State or to
make people SO tired Of NEEDING that
they will welcome the Dem ocrats back
into power. Legislator Barry has iu-
troduced bill to make every cuss word
worse than darn it, punishable by a
fine of so cents to 81. Legislator Hous-
ton has a bill to prevent heirs from
squandering the m oney they have inner
tied. Legislator Carter has bill to
fine heavily anyone who treats another
in a saloon. Legislator Staple has a
bill to prohibit the use of parlor
matches. This. of course. does not pro-
hibit those which are made by two per-
sons of opposite sex, in a quiet corner.
when the gas Is turned low.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

The british soldier, it has been dis
covered. costs the country $500 year,
or more than twice as much as what
the Continental countries expend upon
their soldiers. In Germany, France
and elsewhere the problem of how lit
tie a soldier can be made to live upon
has been reduced to science.
The National tribune., 1907-03-14

A race war threatens between the
Japanese and the negros. The Japan
ese have been crowding into San An
tonic, Tex. as house servants, dispiac-
ing about SO negros. The ladies much
prefer them as servants, and the ne
gros have called a mass meeting to
take action with regard to the intrud-
rr