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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-25
Facts About Kerr.

The Keweenaw Miner which Is owned
by close associates Of Angus Kerr and
is practically the only paper supporting
Mr.. Kerr in this district takes umbrage
at statement made in Mr.. Young's
announcement. The part objected to is
Whenever he (Mr. Young) has been
wanted by his constituents he has been
found at Washington attending to the
duties his position impose upon him
and not at home attending to private
business as was the case with his OPP
ponent when member of the state
legislature and of the tax commission"
The Miner then goes on to acknow-
ledge the fact that when Mr.. Kerr was
member Of the legislature and of the
tax commission he did neglect his duty
but insinuates that Mr.. Kerr's absence
was necessitated by i'll health caused by
his having been soldier in the Spanish
American war. 1t is clever piece Of
excusing but it won't stand up when
the facts are looked into.
Briefly stated, Mr.. Kerr was MEM
ber-of the state legislature elected in
1898 and 1901. There were LOG days in
the session of 1901. The House Journal
shows that Mr.. Kerr.was present exact
ly q of those LOG days. The records Of
the auditor general show that Mr.. Kerr
drew money from the state for his ser
vice during that session as follows;
Per diem $4,000 ~
Mileage LOG. go
+ Stationery 500 4,
Total $S9l.6O Old
Those are the facts of Mr.. Kerr'si
legislative record for that session and
those which the Miner seeks 70 excuse,
by its Spanish war sickness, story, aJs
Let's look at the facts. Mr.. Kerr, y,
Spanish American war veteran, y His,
war history. as shown by the srecqrdss
of the war department are as followas'
Enrolled May ~ lB9sgedqota .tqso
Mustered into service May 2c.2 Ises.as'
corporal in Go. b. S4th. Michisaif
Uoi,,.t, Uf.rt.v ..fIh ,Jffu
S1,un.eers i a,i.s WI II oegi7dbS
m r, ~ IT, & StthYS' fStff q
On July 81, 1893, betwasl reported -
absent frpHaJune lRthon orsssuitjBg
dutyoat sIrpnwocdyv Mich arepottsd pret'
sentlxtl Campo IMbadel ohb August . 81 J
ll8se. tfoqs1 edt bsinos9Tq yloiefbsfri
Il OF ssps 9 he wss1skssrs NiAseRR
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-25

Miss Irene Theobald, of Marquette,
who has been teaching in Keweenaw
County, is guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Theobald this week.
The Misses Alice M. Roman, Nellie
Ryan and Tillie Kolz, teachers of the
Baraga high school, entertained the
pupils of their rooms at the head of the
bay on Tuesday afternoon.
The tug Hebard brought in raft of
logs for the Nester Lumber Co. Tues
day.
/ The hester Lumber Co. finished
cutting two million feet of hemlock
logs for N. M. DeHaas, Of Skanee, On
4 Wednesday. ijns
4 Miss Augie, daughter of Mr.sa1d
Mrs. L. J. Gallager, who formestflrS'
sided here but now lives in Mardustsg!
was a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs VIZ
Stratton this week. s"s s'Sa !, !
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray ClisSh and denGh,
ter were L'Anse VISITORS Nussdsy. Oil
Charles Dorsey and dadR htgf DAhigt AZ
cia, left Wednesday 0af tin SSptR SR6A
excursion for Ann oAfB8T Where va
Dorsey will und AZ bill gEiRisBhnosao
Mrs. JohnA VeuehB sn6sssony Revrt
left Thursday ntp1ths&f afutaarss i5snhs
Kewatin, Camdss,dspsb s'1onsegog
John fltIlo ahHs 2iStSf, iHalelo II ssaa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-25
Through With
High School Days,
Leona Stratton, William Mcmahon
Perry Vaughan and Edna Theobald
Are Bara6a Graduates.

The four members of the Baraga
High School class of 1910 were gradu-
ated with high honors Wednesday even
ing. Commencement exercises were
held in the Opera House and the pro-
gram was one of the best ever given on
similar occasion in Baraga. The
building was crowded to the utmost
capacity with friends, relatives and
parents.
The ESSAYS by the graduates dealt
with the slavery and states rights
questions in American history. Leona
Stratton ably showed the part that
Daniel Webster played in moulding the
nation to sense of union. William
Mcmahon pleasingly portrayed John
Calhoun as the apostle of secession and
the leader of a lost cause. Perry
Vaughan forcefully interpreted Henry
Clay as the Great Peace Maker" of
the time. Edna Theobald clearly pic
tured Stephen A. Douglas as the man
who precipitated the great conflict be-
tween the North and South.
Judge Streeter's address was much
appreciated by the audience. 1t was
short and to the point. The judge
showed that success is a word which j:
ordinarily misunderstood. He PLEADED
for a standard that would judge mel
by their character rather than by theil
money or their power.
The musical features of the pro
gramme added materially to the enter.
tainment; the vocal solos by Joseph l.
LaBrecque and John A. Cochran,
the piano solo by Miss Louise Peters
and the music by STEMS orchestrs
were heartially applauded for the ex.
cellent manner in which they were rem.
defed.
Hon. John o. Maxey presented the
diplomas in few complimentary words
to the class, after which the happy
graduates received the congratulations
of their friends.
Immediately following the exercises
the Alumni Association gave the grad
yates reception in the Grandville
| Hall.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-25

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-29

gress There being only thlrty-threc
safes In the Union at the time vot-
ing on the amendment, there were
slXtysx Senators in the Senate Mt
Washington. Two-thirds of this NUM-
Der would have been forty-four. The
Congressional Globe, the official jour-
nal of the proceedings of the Senate,
shows that only thirty-nine Senator'S
voted for the amendment, or five less
than the wo-thrds vote required by
the Constitution. When objection was
made by Hendricks, of Indiana. and
Davis, of Kentucky, that thirty nine
was not two thirds of siNty-six, old
Ben Wade, of Ohio. the president pro
tenn. of the Senate. held that 1t was
enough. and he was sustained in this
ruling by the radical majority of the
amendment failed in each house of
Congress BY five votes, it was sub
mitted to the States for ratification.
and, according to Mi. Beard, 'the
IeSlSIdtlVe journals OIL the ulHeIenl
states show that 1t is exceedingly
doubtful II there was an honest rati-
fication outside of the six New Eng
land States"
Certainly. the amondment was not
ratified by California. Delaware, Ken
lucky. Maryland New Jersey, Oregon
and New York. Virginia, Texas and
Mississippi, as already noted, were
still held as military districts, and III
all the other Southern States the
amendment was driven through by
military pressure. These are the facts
and we do not believe that the SUI
i, preme Court of the United States could
] fall or would fail TO give them their
full weight in determining the legal
ity of the amendment, which has
caused such sore distress to the peo-
pie of the South and to the whole
country for thirty years. This is the
time to try the question on its merits
and the Democratic members of the
Maryland Legislature are TO be con-
graduated upon their courage in pre-
sentins 1t i'll such way that it can
not be escaped.
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uook-woRM AND L1Quon.

The Birmingham Age-Herald Is tre-
mendously incensed because surgeons
in Alton, New York, found hook
worms when operating on a patient
from Alabama. The champion of
everything in Alabama except prohi-
bition holds up to ridicule the idea
that any surgeon could see a hook
worm with the naked eye and declares
at would be safe TO offer $1,000 for a
hookworm large enough to be seen by
the naked eye" The Age Herald Is
not rash enough to make this bit it
self, probably because it never had
$1,000 at any one time, but 1t grows
facetious as It ridicules the New York
doctors. 1t wants to know what the
surgeons could have been drinking
and protests that Alabama corn IL
quor does not make men see snakes
This is very fine talk, but 1t will give
the New York doctors a chance tc
ask the Age-Herald what 1t drinks
The man who could not see the adult
hookWorm with the naked eye, would
either have to be blind or else blinded
with that same liquor about which the
Age Herald talks.
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some Northern city. In such case,
the Government will spare no effort
10 secure their arrest and will spend
as much again as was lost, If need
be, to bring the criminals to Justice
There is one oonsollng feature of
the whole affair. No breath of suspi-
oion attaches to anyone in the Gov
ernment service here. No employee
OF the post-oflice was a confederate
of the robbers or negligent in his du
ties. In the face of the discredit which
will be thrown upon the city by the
theft, this is pleasing assurance 10
all good citizens. The men WHO stole
the stamps were not Richmond men.
That much is sure. We arc glad OF
l.,
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The Hartford Courant, with its ac-
customed enterprise. has begun the
publication of a weather map which
Will show daily the different kinds
of weather prevailing throughout the
United States. 1t Is great scheme.
of course. but we should say that the
people OF Hartford would not think
very much of it, Hartford being one
of the hottest places In the United
States in summer and one of the cold
est places in winter. The sensational
disposition Of this old stager will vet
get it into trouble; but it will find the
rice diet well suited to the melting
mood.
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HIGH PRICES AND FARMERS.
Decrease In Rural Population Largely
Responsible for Upward Movement

In the nine years from 1900 to 1909
the proportion of the urban population
of the United States to the whole num-
Der of inhabitants increased more
than 20 per cent, as nearly as the
Census Bureau can get definite figures
for last year. That Is. out of every
1000 Of the populatio the number
living in cities is one-fifth larger than
1t was less than a decade back toward
the old days of rural asccndancy.
This single fact goes far toward ex-
planning the increase in the cost OF
food products Not only that. but it
also threatens a continued advance,
more or less steady. as long as the
growth of the nation shall be almost
wholly urban. If the change In the
relative population of town and coun-
try goes on a few years longer there
Will certainly be a further shifting Of
the general level of prices which VIII
tend to make food cost more, relatively
to other commodities.
There must be more farmers, many
more, If the cost OF food staples is
not to become gradually more burden
some to city people. All of the ima
provements in agricultural machinerv
are not sufficient to enable nearly
stationary rural population to supply
the increasing needs of fast-growinr
cities, at tho old prices and on the old
scale OF abundance.
Tho back-t@- the-land movement.
which has been so widely discussed
and SO little acted upon, will have to
become "a solid reality before many
Years. 1t will be forced by the stern
logic of prices and values and made
inevitable by the immense increase in
the size and consumption OF American
cities.--Cleveland Leader
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BROOKLYN CLAIMANT
TO EMGLISHPEERAGE

airc. whom irreverent people used 10
describe as the Muttonaire.''
Methodists in the United states win
recall that 1T was the wife OF TN.
ninth Earl OF Huntingdon who was the
principal supporter of the Methods.
community OF Great Britain in the
eighteenth century. She devoted a very
large portion of the immense fortune
she possessed to tho endowment and
foundation OF Methodist chapcls
throughout the United States, and
among her chaplains were tho two
and Rowland Hill. She fought many
battles with the English authorities
on behalf OF Methodism, which used in
those days to be known as Lady
Huntingdon's Connection"
The present Lord and Lady Hastings
make their home at CharavoEue. in
the heart Of Kings county, ireland. and
the mansion Is typical home OF the
been a master of tho hounds from tho
age OF fourteen. The walls are COW
cred with every variety of whip. sin
gle-sticks. foi!s and boxing gloves.
stays heads. fox masks and brushes.
skins and heads of bears. lions and
other big game killed by the earl IN
the Rocky Mountains. in Central Africa
and in India. likewise are to be found
decorating the rooms. In the coach
houses are several American buggies
which are favorite forms of convex
ance of Lord Huntingdon. and in the
extensive grounds there is a big race
course and splendid polo ground.
Lord Huntingdon has three daughters
and a siX-yerr-old boy. who bears the
title OF Eiscount Hastings. One OF his
sisters is the popular Lady Noreen
Bass
Sultan Mahomet. through his ambas-
sadors, is sounding the foreign powers
with regard to a project of his own.
for the settlement OF the tiresome con-
of Crete. tic proposes to transform
the latter into principally, on identi-
cally the same lines as the Island of
Samos, and to appoint aristidis Pasha.
scion of one OF the Oldest Greek fami-
lies of Contantinople. as first prince.
pledging the Porte that the dignitary
appointed to the governorship of Crete,
be Greek and Christian subject 'of
Turkey, and that the Cretans should
enjoy the same amount Of home rule
and of autonomy as the people OF Sa-
mos. This seems very sensible ar
rangement. 1t is meeting with a good
deal of favor on the part of the pow
ers, and possibly the whole question
may be settled on this basis. unless
the arrival in Greek waters of the new
cruiser. Georges Averoff." purchased by
the Athens government at Leghorn, re-
suits In patriotic manifestations which
develop into clamors for the annexa-
ton Of Crete hy Greece. even at the
cost Of war with Turkey Creek pa
| triotism is of very extravagant. hot
headed character. and once the Greeks
faro set going In this direction. there
| Is no knowing where matters Will end.
| Copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood
| Company.)
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DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA, TUESDAY, MARCH 80


| Charleston. one OF the best fortified
| places in the world, with an abundant
depth of water for the admission OF
the largest Slips in the Navy--and
connected with two of the greatest
railroad systems in the South, nearer
TO the Panama Canal than any other
port on the South Atlantic coast, for all
purposes of defense, as base OF sup
plies. as a harbor of refuge as point
Of military strategy, 1t stands alone.
Charleston is by long odds the best
port on the Atlantic coast south of
Norfolk, and, Of course. far more de-
sirable than any in the Gulf" The
equipment of the Charleston yard is
the most modern and the dry dock
there IS one Of the finest in the world.
The Yard has been projected upon the
largest lines. In the work that has
been done there. in the quality of the
buildings erected, in the healthfulness
OF the surroundings, in nearness to
an nllerlof lldTRCLS anu IN illc VI :
ganiaaton of the establishment, the
wisdom of the Navy Department plac-
ing the yard at that point is justified.
a great deal of repair work has al
ready been done at this Yard and done
at lower cost than 1t could have been
done anywhere else, and in time much
NJ M 81 y,i1 In O
there. The Charleston Yard is now
the headquarters of the Atlantic tor
pedo fleet, and as our interests in West
Indian and South American waters in
crease, 1t will be one of the points at
which the larger fighting ships of the
Navy will be stationed for quick and
ready service. The establishment of
this Yard will not interfere with the
Navy Yard at Norfolk; SO far 1T has
taken care of much of the overflow at
Norfolk, and with thirty-two feet of
water on the outside bar. there is
sufficient depth for the largest ships
in the Navy
ION for Panama last year there was
much said in official circles at Wash
ington about the danger of sending
the cruiser North Carolina to that
port for him. The Secretary Of the
Navy at that time, Mr. Newberry. and
the head of the navigation bureau re-
ported that the cruiser could not en-
ter the harbor Mr.. Taft insisted that
he would sail from Charleston II he
had to float out on a raft and when
il was seen that his mind was made
up on this point, the cruiser entered
the harbor with six feet of water to
spare under her keel In the winter
of 1906 the Atlantic Coast Defense
Squadron, under command of Admiral
Dickins, was stationed at Charleston.
and the battleship Texas, drawing full
twenty-six feet, sailed in and sailed
out many times without the least diff
ficulty.
Now that these practical questions
nave beeh seLtleo pS pFdCticdi TESTS
there ought TO be rather smooth wea-
ther for the Yard at Charleston. The
Government has expended millions OF
dollars for the Improvement Of that
harbor. and unless the Government
intends to use the harbor after it has
made 1T, the money has been wasted
This was the opinion expressed by Mr.
Taft when he was there last year, and
it appears to be the only sensible view.
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"a GAMBLERS RISK" WORTH TAX
ING


1T is gamblers risk, which the
sober Judgment of this community Will
never sanction" says the Baltimore
sun, speaking of the proposed amend
ment to the Maryland Constitution dis
franchising tie negro in all State and
municipal elections; but, in our opin-
ion it is risk that ought to be ia
ken. We do not share in the fear of
our contemporary that the direct
challenge of the principle or the Eff
teenth Amendment as principle
would be sure to inject into the poll
ties of the country the sectional issue
they have not been present for many
years. This would not be the case,
but, If ii should be. surely the white
people of the South are in better
ditlon of the problem might be pre-
sented for their settlement. 1t is
| generally conceded, we believe, that
| the white people must settle the
issue come as it may The present
movement is to force it to a final
conclusion, and OF that conclusion we
have no the least doubt; but whether
/ settled in our way or not upon an
appeal TO the courts, it would leave
us in no worse estate.
State Senator John Shepard Beard
Of Florida. holds that the Fifteenth
Amendment is absolutely Invalid, be-
cause it was not adopted In the man.
, ner and form prescribed by the Con.
i stltution Itself, which provides that
when an amendment is advisable and
} is proposed by two-thirds vote OF
{ both Houses of Congress it must be
ratified by three fourths of the States
: before it can become part of the
: Constitution, Neither OF these two es.
. sential conditions was complied Will
] when this Fifteenth Amendment wa.
e proposed and adopted. Two-thirds o.
7 the members OF both houses of Con
: gress did not vote for it. the vot,
i in the House of Representatives fail
a Ing five short OF the necessary two
$ thirds majority Three-fourths Of tn
. states did rot ratfy It. When it i
6 claimed that it was ratihed, Mr.
: Beard says there were actually onl.
: thlrty-three states in the Union, yir
e ginia, Texas and Mississippi being
i held at the time as military district
r. and without representation in Con
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THE YARD AT CHARLESTON.

Last week Mr.. Meyer. the Secretary
of the Navy, inspected the Navy Yard
at Charleston. South Carolina. We do
not know what he thought about it,
but we are told b. the New York sun
that he is "a shrewd and far-s sighted
administrative officer" and, such he
ing the case, he must have heen I'M
pressed by the splendid situation OF
the Yard and its fitness for the work
for whichit was designed, Remote from
the open sea-that is to say,ten miles
from the entrance to the harbor u
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THE rosT-oFFlcE noBBEnY.

AVS Will not prevent crime and
&c protection will not always stop
I. The statute books may he
|sy with penalties and the Code
be crammed with punishments.
se may be stationed ON every cor
and may be armed with every
sr of the law. Yet, crime will go
nd robbery Will be committed.
e truth of this principle was
r better shown than in the post
robbery here. If there We're any
in town which should have been
from thieves. that place was the
office. The safe was almost IN
of any passer- by; men We're
ing in the Office almost all night
Of business men passed Within
~ feet OF the burglars during
course. Vi their work, but ttt
ps are gone and SO arc The
IS.
S does not mean, oil course, tina
police We're negligent or Tx
office authorities were careless
rely means that some crooks ar,
inning for the best OF officers an,
sutlous for the most careful o
nment employees. The sam
would have happened anywheF
almost any circumstances.
S devoutly to be wished. how
that the thieves may he cap
Their daring deed, II it &
ished, win merely be the signa
her yeggmcn throughout III
to take hand in slmtla
Sts to rob the Goverrm ant. Tn
he thieves DO captured, it wi
as surely as fate itself that
Fadfed Giles VIII suffer a
bnd suffered yesterday, Crime
bous ana easy money" ind
Eakers, II is altogether proba
ham facts published This morn
The Dispatch. thar u,
II left Richmond with their loc
lEay morning and are now
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TUESDAY, MARCH %, 1910.
ANOTHER SHOT Al CANNON.

L
Asher c. Kinds. parliamentarian OF
the House, Speaker instead of Mr.
Cannon. of course, it will be neces-
sarv 10 get rid OF Mr.. Cannon first and
as the new Cannon Committee will
probably n. things so that he cannot
be disturbed, the chances of electing
Mr.. Kinds are small. 1t might he
found on examination that Kinds Is
really the fellow who has been re-
sponsihle for great deal of the devil
mcnt Cannon has done; at any rate.
when old Joe has seemed TO be 1T
lie doubtful Just exactly what to do
in embarrassing situations, anyone on
the floor or in the galleries with halt
an eve has been able to detect Kinds
In the very act OF telling him what to
do. with the result that the Speaker
has always ruled according TO Kinds.
THAT was Hinds's business AS matter
Of fact. Mr.. Cannon does not know as
much parliamentary law as John Wes-
Icy Gaines, but has succeeded, with the
help of Kinds, in running the ma
,hine at Washington to the undoinS Of
I'm his personal and political oppon-
ants.
1t is now proposed to depose Mr..
cannon and to put Mr.. Kinds in his
,lace. Upon this question we would
,ote aye, were 1t not that the next
House will be Democratic House and
lie should not care to cut the Demo-
rats out of Speaker, though what
Tould be the use II the Speaker is not
o dominate the work of the House
GREATER, we cannot quite understand.
he situation is further embarrassed by
lie proposition that all the committees
Ii the House shall be selected by spe-
s al committee appointed for that pur-
ose If this proposition shall pre-
all the Speaker will not he much
ore hereafter than an officer to call
G House to order, to invite the chap
in to lead in prayer and TO act as a
rt of head porter or chief clerk, TO.
e House. We should be willing tc
ave that sort of Speaker when
mmon enemy is in the majority
1T we should protest against any
ch revolutionary policy with the
.rty of the people and of the Consti
tion in control of the approprlatine
anch of Congress. 1t makes a grea
al of difference whose OK is gored
Mr.. Kinds is unquestionably a gen
/, eight volumes of his "Precedents'
wing been published last year by the
vernment, and If we are to follow
adopt the English idea of elect
as Speaker man who is not
allied to sit as a member of the
use, Kinds would suit our taste bet
Shan anybody'slse; but neither Kinds
anybody wous' be able to do much
n in the way of administering the
Use with rules which the present
mon Committee will prescribe for
transaction of business in tina,
" What some of the statesmen
he House ought to do is to discover
easy method of making Legislation
cult.