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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14
A Heartless Wretch.

1T is our first dinner together. dar-
ling, and have invited our old friend
DR.. Safeleigh 10 dine with U.S."
The young wife was quite satisfied.
The doctor came in time. was excel
lent company, and the various dishes.
all prepared by the bride. apparently
appreciated. II was not until the
physician had gone that the wife grew
thoughtful.
Thomas" she suddenly broke out,
why. among all our friends, did you
invite but one man, and that man n
doctor, to dine with us to-day? oh.
Thomas. Thomas. to think that you
were afraid to eat your first meal of
my cooking without having a doctor
at your very elbow Royal Magazine.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14

lounging place. gave her her freedom
and declared her sane because she
had always been good to the soldiers
In another case the members OF a
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 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 fair
and to serve not only the interests OF
the person, but tia community as well" {"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14
QUAINTOLDHADLEY

Porter had a boarding school for
girls.
A short way below the oldest house
is the site Of another ancient house.
that OF Col. Elisha Porter, In which
Gen. Burgoyne was entertained when.
sick and detected, he reached the Con.
necticut on his way to Boston from
Saratoga.
SO kind was his treatment at tho
hands Of a former enemy that on leav-
ing he unbuckled the handsome pres
entation sword that he had surren-
dered at Saratoga. and had received
back, and presented It to his host.
It's sword Is now owned by Sam
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14

ting to be more and more q 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
pseudo-scientifc 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 ia cases which
have done yeoman service in the sen
sational fiction of all ages, and Ger.
tainly, If 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 is lying.
Advocates Commission If Aiienists.
"A wise procedure, first inaugurated
by the United States, District OF Col.
umba, In the Schneider case some
years ago, and lately more perfectly
brought about by the Hon. Justice
Warren w. Foster, of the general ses-
slons, provides for the appointment OF
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, OF 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 were 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
have had experience with two cases
which illustrate what | mean.
In one habeas corpus was
brought for chronic lunatic. whose
actions were so glaring 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
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14

EW YORK.-Dr. Allan Nc.
Lane Hamilton IL the dean
OF American alienists. lie
has perhaps of all men In
this country had the lar.
gest experience in the
cnnrIs- nnd has hnnn CON.
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n Inlty than are known. The husband
eno kills paramour too often does
IL In cOwardly fashion, either shoot.
Ing him In the back from behind a
wall or in the dark. There is too apt
TO be an element OF cowardlce in the
way II is done that robs II of the fine
frenzy Of feeling with which Il IS col.
ored by the lawyers for the defense.
Frequently the causes that lead up to
these tragedies are known by the
husband long before, and even some.
times condoned. My impression is
that there exists a sort Of inexpllcabie
vanity, an exaggerated egotism, that
inspires the semi heroic attitude OF in.
jured virtue assumed by the husband
who shoots another man on his wife's
account.
There is another strange evolution
OF modernism, quite as remarkable and
twisted In It's way as the husbands
motives for killing. The community.
going back TO the laws Of barbar<m.
adopts the husbands assumed proper.
ty rights in the wife TO be the moral
solution OF far more complicated
problem than they realize. Public sym.
pathy with these cases depends upon
lhe dramatic skill with which the hus.
band presents his story, the manner in
which he performs his supreme act of
egotlsm. He may 80 blunder in the
frenzy OF his attempt to impress upon
The public his chagrin and rage that
they discover an element OF the mdic.
rous In the very heart OF an actual
tregedy.
Oecadent Public Opinion.
Such a man may often neglect his
wife, subject her to extraordinary
cruelty within the law. however or
completely ignore her tastes and I'm.
clinations. and suddenly he is sur.
prised that she runs away with some
one else. After brooding over his lost
property. and fearing the criticism of
the community he makes one final ef.
fort to be sincere. and kills the other
man, usually In some melodramatIc
fashion, taking care to save his own
skin While my arraignment Is not
sweeping, there IL certainly to-day
large number of individuals whose dc.
velopment takes place I'm a community
where public opinion is decadent and
there may he n false standard of duty
and heroism. These people are quite
apt to do foolish things. or to disre.
gard the advantages and available help
afforded by the law.
While 1t may seem an extreme
thing to say, | do not think anyone
can help but deplore certain visible
decadence which finds its expression
in love of sensatlonalism, in the un.
healthy tone of certain parts OF the
public press, by the appetite for a de-
generate literary pabulum in the way
OF commonplace novels, which are full
of cheap sentiment and mock hero.
ism; and by very irregular and un.
stable social institution which exists
today. Those of us who have watched
the drift must regret the growing
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14
Showing the Juvenile Mind.

The following definitions were cuiled
from the examination papers OF pupils
in London schools: AN unclean
spirit is dirty devil" Poetry il
when every line begins with a capital
letter" The principal part of the
eye is the pupil, the moat and the
BEAM" Bacteria is kind of chair
for invalids." Lava is stun they put
on your face at the barbers. John
Bulls Magazine.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14

AOV EW YORK.-Dr. Allan Nc.
~ Lane Hamilton is the dean
dN OF American alienists. lie
'SASN has perhaps of all men In
MSD 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 a
period of nearly 40 years. He was
one OF the chief government experts
who was chosen 10 testify In the case
of Guiteau, who killed President Gar
field, and he was sent for from Buffalo
60 examine Czolgolz. the insane assas.
sin Of President Mckinley. and again
his name is found connected with
the Schneider proceeding, which was
undertaken I'm the District of Colum.
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
ngalnst 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.
Ridieules Emotional insanity.
DR.. Hamilton referred to the many
important cases that have occurred
during the last so years in New York,
whore so-cal,ed emotional insanity"
had been advanced as an excuse for
crime generally. and was disposed to
TidiCule this form of subtcrfuge. As
most OF us know, the Sicklos Key case
was one Of the earliest American
cause celebre, and even in those early
days made the judicious grieve. Gen.
Daniel Sickles. n popular veteran OF
the civil war and an eminently sane
man. after having watched Key. fol.
lowed and shot him down I'm the
street, and afterward pleaded emo.
tonal insanity so successfully that he
was acquitted although it does not ap.
pear that he afterward suffered any
incapacity or showed any sign OF men.
tai weakness, living TO a good old age
and pursuing the even and sane tenor
of his way.
"In this state" said DIR. Hamilton.
"the Cole-Illscock murder was another
OF the same kind, and was tried in Al.
bany, N. Y. In 1865, Mai Gen. George
w. Cole having murdered Harris His
cock In front of StanwiX hail on the
evening of June 4, 1867, while he was
talking with two friends. Cole sought
out Hiscock. who had been intimate
with his wife. and, placing a pistol
within a 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 "A Mr. Hadley and TO
the late James Il. Brady, for there was
nothing to prove insanity except an
array OF ridiculous testimony. As an
evidence of his mental condition Il
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 1875
there were "A 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
Law into their own hands. and who
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tendency to disregard the traditions OF
80. and even 25 years ago. but we are
powerless to antagonlze the intellec-
tual erethism which sometimes even
under the guise of scientific progress
leads people TO do foolish and incon-
siderate things.
"You may ask what all this has to
do with emotional insanity and the
commission of murder. and my reply
must be that where there is an exist
ence which feeds upon sensation and
separates itself from sanity and a cool
exercise OF judgment. We may expect
more or less moral decline.
Dangers In Mode Of Living.
thine and space do not permit me
to draw lessons which must be appar.
ent TO those who live in this era OF
extravaganza and luxury. especially In
big cities. where home feeling is get
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14
A Possible Explanatinn

Anxious Mother-Don't you know that
George Washington never. never told
lie?
Sinful Boy-Maybe his mamma didn't
care how much cakes and jam he took.
snd he wasn't 'fraid TO tell her.-New
York Weekly.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-14
NEW JERSEY HAS SET ASIDE
RESERVATION.
Feathered songsters to Have Place in
Which They viii Be Absolutely
immune from Their Human
Enemies.

New Jersey is to have a bird reser-
vation for the remnant of her wild
birds. which have been almost ex.
tirpated by the pot and plume hunt
er and the needless sportsman, writes
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-09

Report ot Riokgy public school foy
month sadius December 20. 1907.
Npmher of days taught...... Is
Avsrage daily attendance. ....4S.5
fer cent OF attendance .... "a. T
Names OF pupils neither sbssut
nor ,ardy, Lolo Hamphrs,s. Alma
Aseby Mildred White. Gertrude
Ashey Laura Lolsren. Bertha Lof.
sren, Nyrglo shelter Ressie Hilton.
Annie Wallace. Hassl Harris. Ruby
Mo0ee, Mos Hornc. laura MsGss.
Harvey Lindsay. oneu Frys.ey. H..
s'nr Cap.'scr William BsIlamv
huda Lindsay. James Siidan. Doa.
a'd slddall, R'chaol Sldaall Monroe
Cooley. lev Cooley. Warren cooicv.
frea Sisdow. Warren Wallace. Bruce
Wallace, S'andle nickman. M,rl
Poasr
Names ot pupils on the roll oi hon.
'F hndd Lindsay. lauta Lofusn.
Aapie Wallace Hasel Harris.
p A Myers. Teacher.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-09

lBy VIM. n. Fehse IN oregonion OF
January 5, 190s)
Prohibition, what does u meanY
As Is generally understood, Il means
"a prohlblt the manufacture and sale
Of ali splrtluous and malt liquors AZ
a bevsrage-not the drinking there
of AZ that IL a personal privilege,
prohlbition or no prohibition.
Il wish here 70 make a plain state
ment: The United States constitu-
tlon plainly sets forth that Il fosters
and protects all manufacturers. You
may IN ali honesty and sincerity vote
for prohibition but 10 stop the pro-
aueslon OF liquor, the constitution
viii have 10 be amended by striking
out the word "all" and put In an ex-
cepiion.
Does prohibition prohibit ] am
hold enough 10 say emphatIcally, no.
need not refer TO the state OF
Maine. but take my own native state
dear old Iowa. Prior 10 1884 we pad
local option. The river counties OF
course were wet and wide open. the
wet dIslrIcts waxing rich on the de-
slrss and thirst OF the dry. Then
came the greatest struggle OF all,
personal liberty OF n state prohibit
ing amendment The Prohis carried
by s7.o0O majority. The Republi-
can party upheld the amendment, the
Democrats voting for II as an expert
ment. what was tho result7 Under
local option we had IN my little home
town and place Of business German
club. whereby We could get good
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-09

laser beer shipped TO us IN bulk. A
good number OF our members we're
Fellglously inclined Who would al.
tend divine service sunday morning
but IN the afternoon mos, OF them
would. wllh their wives aud families.
eome 90 the club. enjoying social ana
neighborly lioroourse With mnsic:
eating and drinking; wine. beer. soda
pop or lemonade. dancing. cards AMI
ether gamca Now comes the state
prohihlsory amendment making Il a
miademeanor for a common carrier
60 haul or handle spirHous or malt
liquor This OF course put an end
% the German Social club.
What tolloMesi.
What iollowodg IN river coun.
ties continued Woi, public sentiment
eeing against all sumnuar, laws. hut
20 he Ia the Interior where rollElons
seal and. mast say. IA some looall.
tes rank fanaticlsm prevailed. They
saf eur boys are safe. Tho ola
topeft VII have TO SO ou the wafer,
NaEon. fesi the boys Were safe. the
uerman Soelai ehih was superoedei
b a Young mems club. ealheound
password eni pfiyaie passksy Oa
saturday nlghi they would have coms
bY espress box ~ bananas.
Tue opeu saloon was thing of the
pasi, hoi 10 my home towu. before
ioeai opiioa, iheFe had been siA we'll
eoniafiei saioons eompslled by eit,
oFdihsnes IS cioss a. iop. m ana rs.
main closed unui ea. m. Then Nc
had ieree ~ toar drus stores. nov
she, meiniein ana support A drag
s'ofes fhs prepriciou u some have
BEN for themselves pala,ia, resi.
atnees and, am toid hold arst mort.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-09

NeaN be healthy aud happy n
your liver and bowels vork natural.
" HOLSTERS Rocky Moun,aia Tea
Aeeps tAeie organs working rlxet.
efsesa robust 'sslA 10 an. Try a
aov sse. reA or TAsleta
iscae' store
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-09
REPREss DESIRE
FOR STRONG DRINK

Advice % Oregon Voters ON no"
Best 20 Minimize the Evils of inc
Trafilc In liquor.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-09

Cincinnati capitalist Who h purchAs
ma mortgages on many historic cas-
fiea In Great Britain. Including thos,
81 hls son-in.law. the Duke OF Man
chester.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
AFTER STEEL DIRECTORS McCARREM TAKES ACTION
Upstate Lenders Confer With Oustcd
 Boss on RctulIatoy Move.

New York April l1-Prcllminary to d conference of certain Democratic leaders In ,hc state to be hcld hcre within ten rays to crystuli2o any sen tlm,nt In disapproyal of the action of the recent Democratic state coapon- ton ln rlcctIng new state committee Instead of accepting the choice ot the several senatorial district Selemt Patrick Il MvCarpen of Kings touu- tN conrorrcd tonight with samuel A. Beardslcy of utIca and other ulal,,,a Democratic leaders,
 senator McCarrcn who met thc others at tho Hoffman House im- modlatoly after hls arrival from AL hanN would not gNc the names or those Democrats with whom he talk cd. While the situation was lls2gs- scd In general way tCnighL it ls learned that pans Tor any dchnlta pctlon to be taNCn With regard tn .ho Batten resolution which provides Tor the selection of the state committee by tho statr convention rather than hy senatorial district elections woul b1 drawn at | general conference which senator MeCdrrcn said tonight would he attended by representatives iNm q: least thlrty-6yc counties of the s.ltc,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
RELIEF FOR sEANgrREssEs.
All in New England May hc Bcncfic-
 lnrlcs of Si, ,000 900 Fund

Boston, April IA suggestion that the Income of tho fund of Sl,000,- OO0 established in 1901 by the win of Thomas Thompson of New York for the benefit of needy seamstresses of Rhnohork N, No and llrattleboro, Vt, bo applied to thc relief of such women in all towns and cities In New England except Boston, was made by Judge Hammond in the Massa chusetta supreme court to-day It was understood that the trustees ot the fund, Lawrence Minot of Bos- ton and Richard M Bradley intend to adopt this suggestion,
 It was stated that the income from tho fund far exceeded the needs of acnmstresscs or tho two towns orig. inally named In addition, differ cnce of opinion had developed rcGard- ing the distribution of the money by the trustees, some of the would-bc bcneAciaries claiming that the trus- tees had adopted too marrow . cllssi- ncation in determining to whom the money should go, Judge Hammond dccrecd to-day that the trustees should be the sole judges as to the ben c0cinrIcs under the fund and he stat rd that their management of the fund had been praiscworthy. He suggested however that under tho terms Of the win it was possible to use the money for persons throughout Now England nnd said he thought this would be a wise procedure. He excepted lios- ton from this suggestion, as this was excepted by the will
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD
Body of East Hartford Man Dlscoy- cred In Lake After Two Months.

Merldcn April 1I-'rhc body of Angelo Glacln of East Hartford. who disappeared from South Merden two months ago, was discovered Friday afternoon In Hanover Lakc by VIII Ham Wanke, who was riding about in hls motor boat The head was sticking out above the water and when examined, was found to he con sldcrahly decomposed, but the body was in fair stntc of preservation Medical Examiner llradslrcct dcalar- cd that death was accidental san gelo Snla of south Mcridon. made q positive Identification of tho body as being hls dead brothrr-in-law Glnc- in had gone to Prospect to collect some money and had Intended to stop over night in south Mcrldcn. Rc- turning he got of thu Waterbury train near the Quinnipiac bridge. It 1t believed that he walked or frIl down steep cmhankmcnt and broke through tho ice.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
GRADUATE CHIROpoDIsTs.

Doctors C. X. Soivcrd and C. II. Braun haze leased and fitted mp in a modern manner the suite of offices, sos Chapel street entracc on Or ange strceD taking in the entire sec ond floor of the building. Both gentlemen are graduates and mcm- bcrs of the Pedic society of New York and registered and licensed in that state. Their services arc available for all kinds of chlropody, from the com mon corn to the most serious all- ments of tho foot. People suffering from weak arch or flat foot often mistake Is for rheumatism. Consul tation with graduate chiropodists often saves needless suffering. Their methods are modern and painless and include sterilization and general asccptic conditions Holding diplomas being qualified, licensed and regis tered, entities them to the confidence and the patronage of the public,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
WORK FOR 100000
Idle Miners Reach Agreement With operators-Will Re-
 sume Monday,

Toledo, April l7-The 100000 idle miners In the central competitive dis tret, composed of western Pennsylva- nla, ohio and Indiana, will go to work next Monday. An amlcable agreement between miners and oper- ators was reached to-day by members of the scale committee, and this agreement was ratified by the joint meeting of tho miners and operators, Both sides arc satisfied With the re- suit of the convention and the con- ference adjourned with the best of feeling between the two parties to the controversy,
 The agreement provides for the adoption of tho old rate of 20 cents a ton for mining coal; referendum vote to be taken by districts and a call of the committee to receive the returns of the vote. the referendum being on the proposal to make the agreement hold for two years; an eight-hour day, and reference of all local differences as to prices and con dtions to the districts for settlement
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
SOCIETY FIRE.FIGHTERs
Young Women Save
 Country Residence from Flames.

Baltimore Md, April l7.--Carrylng buckets of water across the sopIng roof of Miss Marie B. Rogers hand some country residence near Rogera' station in the Green Spring Valley, Miss Mary aad Fanny Bayly and Ml- dred Dulany, three young society wo- men of Baltimore held in check for an hour, ilre which had bro',rn out near . chimney.
 Gradually. however, the blaze gain cd headway and they were driven back. As the fire spread 1t was seen by noighbors. who hurried to the assist anco of the young women fire fighters. Finally the fire companies from Tow son and Pikesvllle arrived and the blaze was extinguished after the rear part of the house had been badly dam aged. The Misses Bayly are nieces of Miss Rogers and make their home with their aunt. Miss Dulany Is their guests. They were alone on the prem- lscs when the fire broke out.