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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-17
THE STORY.

GSI Asst OF but not forever. Surely,
Il thy love is toward thy wayward
people Of Israel, o God"
The words were spoken in an &C.
stasy Of religious fervor, and the
prophet jeremiah arose as he spoke,
and going to the open door, he looked
out across the landscape towards the
east. But as he stood there he did
not seem to be studying the scene
which stretched in all its beauty be-
fore him. His eyes seemed only to
be looking into space, as though striv-
ing to penetrate to regions beyond the
range of his vision.
"Ah," he broke out at last, my
brethren over there shall find comfort
in this message, and the mouths of
the false prophets will be stopped. The
captivity is hard, and those whom
ACKNOWLEDGMENT has carried to Baby.
Ion yearn for Jerusalem, but there can
be no return until God opens the way
God has revealed his purpose and has
fixed the date" and again the
prophet relapsed into silence.
1t was before the complete destruc.
ton Of Jerusalem and after Nebuchad-
nezzar had visited the city and had
carried OF many Of the elders of the
people, the priests and the best of the
people. Jeremiah had been suffered
to remain behind In Jerusalem, and
he had striven to bring the people OF
the city into the spirit Of submission
to the judgments which were falling
upon the nation.
Word had come to him not many
days before that certain Jews had
passed from Jerusalem to their breth.
rem In captivity saying that they
brought a message from the Lord that
the captive Jews we're soon to return
and help strengthen the hands Of their
brethren in preventing their beloved
city of Jerusalem from falling into
the hands Of their enemies. And to
back up their testimony and main
tain that they were true prophets sent
by God they quoted passages from the
book OF the law which declared that
God had promised to restore the cap
tivity Of Judah. This had created q
spirit of unrest among the captive
Jews, and, utterly helpless as seemed
the chance Of successful sedition, the
purpose began to form in the minds
Of the boldest Of them to make the
attempt.
And when word Of these things had
reached jeremiah he had been great
" troubled, knowing that such false
teaching could only end disastrously
not only for the Jews in captivity, but
for those that still remained in Jeru
salem.
What could he do. jeremiah asked
himself, as he paced to and fro II
bis solitary retreat outside the wal
Of Jerusalem. TO meet this new din
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lounging place, gave her her freedom
and declared her sane because she
had always been good to the soldiers
I'm another case the members of o
supposedly intelligent jury, who had
been sworn to express the opinion
whether an alleged Incompetent was
sane or insane, found that he was com.
petent chiefly because they did not
like the looks Of his brother who was
the next friend, and who had brought
the action to have a committee ap.
pointed for his clearly insane relative.
These two cases are examples of acts
of injustice which can only be RENE.
died by putting the whole matter In
the hands of capable and decent alien.
lists, whose position is so good that
they are sure to be scrupulously IA.
and to serve not only the interests -
the person. but the community as well "
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had been acquitted under like circum-
stances.
Subterfuge for Lawyers.
I'm this city was connected in a
minor capacity with two early impor-
tant cases of this kind, one of which
was the trial of Mcfarland for the
murder Of Richardson, which created
much attention at the time, and which
resulted quite improperly in McFar-
lands acquittal. The term emotional
insanity as understood by the public,
is not recognized by self-respecting
alienists, because 1t is difficult to ina
CINE how man can be sane one mo-
ment, insane the next and sane after
the commission Of the crime, as Is usu-
ally alleged; and think 1t Is the dis
position nowadays to consider this de-
Tense as the veriest excuse for i'm
pulsive bad temper, cruelty and the
disposition to take the law into ones
hands. AS has been said, 1T Is term
invented by INSCRIPTIONS lawyers to
afford the jury safe bridge upon
which to pass from the disagreeable
technical duty to the accomplishment
of their desires, when the accused
has killed some one who, according to
the consensus of opinion, ought, to
have been killed. ~
ut Is really legal compromise with
the truth. Socalled emotional insan-
| devices selected to arouse false SYM
pathy with criminal violence. People
have been led to believe that there Is
such a thing as sudden frenzy of
| passion, a feeling which has led man
to shoot another suddenly, and which
| absolves him from all responsibility.
That Is ono Of the absurdities adopted
by certain desperate lawyers, who, in
the name OF science, attempt to mysti-
| fy hysterical juries. II Is hard to con-
ceive OF any form Of insanity which
has not beon Of regular development,
although the manifestations which
precede the explosion are sometimes
with difflculty recognized. In this
connection may refer to the danger
GUS precedent that has been recently
! adopted OF letting the outraged wife of
the defendant tell the story Of her
wrongs with the idea Of showing how
readily It might have inflamed an In
jured man and produced an insanity
which rendered him irresponsible.
"One genuine case has been made to
do duty as a basis for all the others.
and this decision was utilized In the
Thaw case. The case to which refer
ence Is made Is that Of man who
was really insane, and whose wife
within q week Of the time Of the sex
ual assault of which she was the vic.
tim, communicated the fact to him,
when he took the law into his own
hands and killed the paramount It
was properly alleged that his act was
an insane one. That ia q very differ
ent thing from the instances where In.
dividuals, after receiving such infor-
nation, wait weeks and months. going
about their business and holding or
binary relations with the woman, or
even INDUCING in litigation.
cowardlce Of Murderers.
There is something rather interest
ing about the mental attitude of an
individual under such circumstances
as TO his conception of his social
rights. / have often noticed that
there is a singular lack Of sincere In
fury and consistency In the husbands
motive for revenge, and there is usu-
ally q great deal more behind the
! facts as they first burst upon the com
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ting to be more and more . thing Of
the past. The life in boarding houses.
fats and restaurants breeds unrest and
discomfort, and affords opportunity
for moral laches which can only have
one tendency.
1T is to be hoped that the attitude
OF the courts In regard to the defense
Of emotional insanity will be much
more stringent and unrelenting than
It has hitherto been, and It Is to be
hoped that the public will be spared
long and expensive trials, with the
exposure Of the disgusting details and
pseudoscientiflc forms Of defense.
Lawyers should not be permitted, with
the aid Of disreptuable members Of
my own profession, to invent spurious
forms of insanity and to inject improb-
able dramatic elements In cases which
have done yeoman service In the SEN
sational fiction Of all ages, and GER
tainly, II possible. the alleged insanity
of defendant should be settled by a
commission of alienists and not be
passed upon by an ordinary jury, who
are only human, after all, and who
are utterly unable to draw fine dis
tinctions or to tell who IL lying.
Advocates Commission Of AilenIsts.
IA wise procedure, first inaugurated
by the United States, District Of Col
umbia, in the Schneider case some
years ago, and lately more perfectly
brought about by the Hon. Justice
Warren w. Foster, of the general SEES
sions, provides for the appointment of
a commission of alienists, who should
receive testimony and give an opinion
as to the alleged insanity of a defend
ant at the time OF the commission OF
the act, as well as at the present time,
and report. The decision Of this COM
mission may send the individual to a
penal institution of the insane, or he
may be put on trial should the claim
of alleged insanity be unfounded. BY
this method the community would not
only be saved from disgusting details,
such as we're poured out in the Thaw
and other cases, but an immense
amount of money could be saved the
taxpayers. AS 1t is, jury trials are
VIGOROUSLY unfair, no matter how
conscientious and intelligent may be
the tribunal. Within the last year I
have had experience with two cases
which illustrate what mean.
'Tn one a habeas corpus was
brought for chronic lunatic, whose
actions were so glazing that her own
counsel admitted her insanity and
could find no expert to testify In her
behalf. The proceedings were held in
a courtroom which at other times
served as the meeting place Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. Inciden-
tally, 1t appeared in the testimony
that during the war she had given cof-
fee and sandwiches to the soldiers,
and point was made of this by her
Ingenious and resourceful lawyer. To
the surprise of everyone the jury,
which was recruited largely from the
old soldiers who made the room
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IuIIp soup.

\ What makes this vegetable soup
taste so differentT' asked the young
husband.
"Only the leeks you sent home" re-
piled the bride. You remember you
said you were going to order leeks."
Il didn't order any leeks," growled
the husband, but he finished his bowl
Of soup rather than disappoint her.
That Afternoon he stopped at the
grocery store.
How did you come to send leeks up
to my house this morning?" he de-
manded. Il didn't order them"
Great Scott! Did you eat themr
exclaimed the grocer.
Sure, we ate them"
20. for lands sake. They were Mrs.
Jackson's tulip bulbs. She left them
on the counter and they got into your
basket by mistake."--Detroit Free
Press.
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sERMoNETTE.

The time Of the return Of tho
Jews from their captivity at
Babylon was definitely fixed and
made known by God to his
prophet jeremiah, and through
him to the people.
When God 20 gracIously re-
veals his "tlmes and seasons" to
man, II 10 that they may get Into
step with the Divine program
and falter not In faith until
promise becomes reality.
How wonderful and reassur-
Ing Is the thought that after all
that man can say or do the fact
remains that this old world is
In the control Of the infinite and
is being run according to the
schedule set by God away back
In the beginning Of time.
Mans iniquity may confuse
and obscure. His dlsobedlence
to the Divine will and law may
hinder and delay, but they can
not stay for one moment the
unfolding of the larger purposes
Of God for the world.
Seventy years." God said, and
20 years It was.
But God does not always re-
veal the definite time of his
movements, and II were folly for
man to try to penetrate the veil
Of tho unknown and learn the
secret schedule.
Christ Is coming again, but "of
that day and that hour knoweth
no man, no, not the angels which
are In heaven, neither the Son,
but the Father"
Therefore watchI
The "thus saith the Lord"
which declares the promise of
the return and fixes the date on
which the wonderful expIana-
ton: "For ! know the thoughts
that think toward you,
thoughts Of peace and not Of
evil, to give you an end and an
expectation"
And the unfolding OF Gods
plan for the world since then
has gIoriously confirmed and es-
tablished this declaration.
Thoughts Of peace and not
Of evil" God extends to the
world though his Son tho olive
branch Of peace. Whose fault
will II be II that olive branch
refused becomes at last the
avenging sword Of Gods judg-
ment against evll7
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vi Lane Hamilton Is the dean
I'm OF American alienists. He
'SXSN has perhaps Of all men in
~u this country had the lar
w. gest experience in the
courts, and has been con.
cerned in more important cases in
courts than any other American physi-
clan. His experience extends over
period Of nearly 40 years. He was
one of the chief government experts
who was chosen to testify in the case
of Guiteau, who killed President Gar
field, and he was sent for from Buffalo
to examine Czolgolz, the insane assas-
sin Of President Mckinley, and again
his name Is found connected with
the Schneider proceeding, which was
undertaken in the District Of Column
bia to determine the responsibility Of
this interesting murder. His indepen-
dent attitude in the Thaw case is
generally known and commended, and
although he had testified vigorously
against the doctors of Christian Sci
ence in the Brush will case. he was
sent for by the counsel Of Mrs. Eddy
and consulted as an expert who was
eminently fair and likely to give good
advice.
RidicuIes Emotional Insanity.
DIR. Hamilton referred to the many
important cases that have occurred
during the last 80 years in New York
where so-called emotional insanity
had been advanced as an excuse fol
crime generally, and was disposed tc
ridicule this form of subterfnge. "As
most of us know, the Sickles-Key case
was one of the earliest American
cause celebre, and even In those early
days made the judicious grieve. Gen
Daniel Sickles, popular veteran Of
the civil war and an eminently sane
man, after having watched Key, fol
lowed and shot him down in the
street, and afterward pleaded emo
tional insanity so successfully that he
was acquitted, although 1t does not ap
pear that he afterward suffered any
incapacity or showed any sign of men
tai weakness, living to a good old age
und pursuing the even and sane tenor
OF his way.
I'm this state" said DR.. Hamilton
"the Cole Hiscock murder was another
of the same kind, and was tried In AL
bany, N. Y, In 1868, Maj. Gen. George
w. Cole having murdered Harris His
cock in front of Stanwix hall on the
evening Of June 4, 1867, while he was
talking with two frfends Cole sought
out Hiscock, who had been intimate
with his wife, and, placing a pistol
within few inches of his head, fred
killing him instantly. In this case,
like many others, the defense was
emotional insanity, and the defendant
owed his escape from the gallows To
the eloquence of Mr.. Hadley and To
the late James T. Brady, for there was
nothing to prove insanity except an
array Of ridiculous testimony. AS an
Evidence Of his mental condition II
was alleged that while in the army he
had constantly whitfield lockets, rings
and other perishable ornaments, that
he had nose bleed, and that he was
melancholy, while a number Of relia-
BILE witnesses testified as to his excel
lent mental health at all times.
About this time and until 1876
there were number OF murders OF
the same kind. Judge Parker, in the
Cole case, instanced no less than eight
examples OF men who had taken the
Ia - .c.- own ha3ss. and who
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'sh I. isus, by Inc Author, W. s, Edison.

Scripture acknowledgements 70,
especially verses 1914; and chapter
32:36:44.
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EW YORK.-Dr. Allan Nc
Lane Hamilton is the dean
Of American alienists. He
has perhaps Of all men in
this country had the lar
gest experience in the
courts. and has been con.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
EAncntionnl Nhten.

Nearly fifty women took degrees at New
York university, and seated on the stage
at commencement was Mrs. Russell Sage,
who Is such a good friend of women and
all things in which they are interested.
Helen Gray Cone was made master Of
letters, an unusual honorary degree for a
woman to take.
Chancellor MacCracken of New York uni
versity says that college men fritter away
too much time at college, and President
Hadley of Yale declared the other day at
Bryn Mawr that the perpetual danger Of
the college is over specialization and diet
tantism. He said, however, that these
faults nave manifested themselves less in
women's than in mems colleges.
Dartmouth college is discussing the ques-
ton of a successor to President Tucker,
whose retirement on account of I'll health
is expected soou. one of the men promi-
nently mentioned for the place is Repre-
sentative Samuel w. Mccall Of Winches-
ter, Mass, an alumnus of Dartmouth. A
report from Hanover, n. H, says that II
Mr.. Mccall Is willing to give up his seat
in congress he is likely to be chosen to
head the college.
Agricultural college will include thirteen
talented young women, who, having COM
pleted an accredited high school course
will be graduated from the two-year nor
NAL domestic science course. As a gradua-
tion requirement, these young women have
each fashioned a gown OF approved style,
the cost of which was limited to $40. The
instructor in domestic art, Miss Rebecca r..
Boswell, assisted the girls in the choice OF
material, which consisted of sylvia lawn
and lace.
Soon there will be ip the United States
a college-bred sister for every college-bred
brother is the prediction of President M,
Carey Thomas of Bryn MaWr. She calls
attention to the fact that even the Catho-
lies nave been won over and are now
strong in the belief that women should &c
to college, although they have so long op'
right the wrongs which educated mer
women, working together, she says, viii
right the wrongs which erucated mer
working alone have been unable to pu'
right.
The splendid gift of $75O,OO by Henry
Phipps of Pittsburg to found and main
tain a new hospital for nervous diseases a.
| Johns Hopkins university will do much t
help that institution to support the pres
tige won for it's medical department in the
The Phipps donation is the largest single
gift ever received by the university.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
COLLEGE.
Year of Great Progress Evidenced at
tina Commencement.

Year Of Great Progress Evidenced at
tina Commencement.
TIL commencement exercises, June Z to
10, were of unusual interest and attracted
large audiences. Following the bacealaure-
ate sermon, the next most Important event
was the dedication of Alexander hall, the
handsome dormitory for young women,
costing 5000. 1t was named for Samuel
Alexander, for many years a prominent
citizen of Hastings. At the commencement
day exercises, Governor Sheldon was the
guest Of honor and made an address. The
honorary degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon him by the college. the APP
propriate academic costume and ceremony
being used. In the afternoon of that day,
the cornerstone of the new Carnegie IL
brary and science building was laid, the
address being delivered by Rev. SamueI
Garyin, A. M, of Kansas City, Kan. The
new building will cost $4,000 and is ar
architectural gem. The last event of the
week was a lecture song recital by Prof
r. E. Yarndley of Chicago, who is the
head of the new conservatory of music, tc
be opened in connection with the college
next fall. President Turner ard his office
force will be engaged most of the summer
in a vigorous campaign Of correspondence
and distribution of literature, with a view
to increasing the attendance for the next
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
RACINE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Omaha students Among the Prize
winners ana


"Old Racine completed another year
last week and graduated a class Of twenty
the largest class ever sent out from the
grammeT school. In spite of the chang
of wardens during the year, necessitated
by the conservation Of DR.. Robinson to the
episcopate, the year thus passed has been
a prosperous one, aud Rev. DR.. Shero en-
ters upon his career as warden with
every promise Of success.
1t is gratifying to notice the names Of
Omaha boys among the winners Of prizes
both in scholarships and athletics. Lyman
and Ernest Williams, sons of Rev. John
Williams Of st. Barnabas' church, won
honors in scholarship. The former gained
the medal for the best rank in mathe-
MATES. while to the latter was awarded
the highest honor OF the school, known as
the Grammar School medal. given for the
best rank in scholarship in the whole school.
He also received the English medal.
In athletics Larratt w. Smith, son Of
Mr.. George c. Smith, carried off many
prizes. He won the following: One hundred,
22O, 300 and 4O-yard dashes; the military
drill medal, as captain of the best drilled
company; two prizes at the meet Of the
North Central Amateur Athletic association.
In addition he received three rewards as a
member of the first base ball, basket ball
and track teams. Shortly after commence
ment he won a silver cup as second prize
in the 22O-yard dash In the nterscholastlc
meet at the University Of Chicago.
Robert Mackay, son Of Rev. t. J. Mackay,
also received the prize given to every men,
Der of the first base ball team. This team
succeeded in winning the pennant in the
lnteracademic union.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY
Lexington, Mo-, Institution Closes It's
Menty-EiRh Year.

Lexington, Mo, Institution Closes It's
Twenty-EiRhth Year.
The Wentworth Military academy. Lex
ington. No, closed its twenty-eighth year
with a record enrolment of 200 cadets. A
stirring feature of the closing exercises
was a hike of forty miles by the entire
battalion to Pertle Springs, where a week
was fittingly spent in military instruction
and outdoor sports.
The return to the college was followed
by a series OF mounted artillery drills UNI
der the direction Of Sergeant Garner, L.
s. A., of Fort L~eayenworth, concluding
with the annual sham battle. The annual
field day contests were spirited affairs.
Company. b won the meet with 671k points
Company A second, with 40 points. Cadet
Welsh, 1. of Kansas City, won the gold
medal for best athlete, with Is points
Cadet Meller of Wayne, Neb.. second, with
10 points.
In the company and individual competi-
tive drill. Company c and Cadet Patillc
OF Lexington won the respective prizes.
The following medals and scholarships
were awarded;
University scholarship-Roy Lutes, Cairo
III.
Scholarship Medal-ROscoe Groves, Lex.
lngton, Mo.
Athletic Medal-Milton Welsh, jr., Kansa,
| City, Mo.
Drill Medah-Frank Patillo, Lexington
Mo.
The class just graduated was the largesr
in the history of the school ever graduated
1t numbered thirty-four and represented
the states OF Missouri, Kansas. Illinois
Nebraska, Nevada, Colorado, Oklahoma ant
Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
SON Killed by Father.

SHE'LL ROCK, Ia, June H.-(Special. -
Hans Buelkas, a farmer, yesterday shot
and perhaps fatally wounded his 2l-year-
old son during a violent quarrel, The two
men had been drinking together at wsv-
erly. During the trip home in a farm
wagon an alteration occurred and the
older men claims his son compelled him to
alight and walk a part of the way. Finally
the boy permitted him TO get in the wagon
again and the quarrel was renewed when
they. arrived home, II is said that the son
drew a knife and that his father acted in
self-defense. He was standing about thirty
feet from his son when the shot was fired.
1t was found that at least thiryt-flve shot
had penetrated the boys body. 1t is feared
that blood poisoning may result.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
Insignia for scholarship.

A movement is on foot in Harvard to
give men Of high scholarship some insignia
to wear. As It is now insignia is given
only TO athletes, who are permitted to
wear the II on their sweaters, thus
presenting the spectacle Of a great insti-
tuition Of learning awarding honors for
athletic skill and not for scholarship. As
the real scholars of the university do not
wear sweaters, it is proposed to substitute
some other insignia for the III" and
doubtless the real scholars would prefer
an insignia that would show them to be
such and differentiate them from the
mere jumpers and foot ball players. The
matter will come before the student coun-
ell early in the fall.