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. -.v.. Wi'BStoQ-Satetarv May 16. Revenue
' 0ce4i3yamuela apd J.W. Hasty
Vere'tried before the tnayor of Wilkes-
v.boro today for making ah assault upon
Editor R A. Deal of the Wilkesboro
'" Chronicle, three weeks ago. .The de-
-fendants wre bound ovejp to the supe-
Qi'4p)M to" give
il .J sv- '
, Samuels and Itasty twere also Bound
; -; ovr to'the higher court on the charge
''' of'cutttng the telephone betweenWilkes
;Xbbr''apd'JeffeUl,'i6fthe purpose, as
" alleged, of prisyentli"friends from tele
phoning blockaders pf the approach of
the revenue officers. v,
" ' Tiie evidence in .Uae awault case
showed the officers became offended on
apcount of an article in Deal's paper in
which the broad accusation J was made
' 1 ! that-certain revenue officers were re
- . ceiving pay not to molest certain block-
ad: distnieri. i The editor when: ap-
.proachedj'cleclined to give the officers
the' names of the parties, who furnished
him with his information, .whereupon
' Sa,m.uel3, knocked Deal down and beat
him unmercifully. Hasty stood by and
refused to allow friends to separate the
men. !
, , Deal, who is a. small man, and who
was just out from an attack : of illness,
- was unabl e to protect himself f rom " the
o ' seyere blows given by the big revenue
'officer.'-:" ? ...--i
It is authoritatively stated tonight
that the reports which have been in cir
culation in Wilkes for some time, which
coincide with the statements f made
; in the article published by Editor Deal,
- "will be thoroughly investigated wien
i ' the case is heard in the higher court.
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Predictions are' being freely made that
? a big sensation 'Xf promised in revenue
' circles. : , v V
ciasjainst the revenue officers
tor cutting tetephoae wires will proba-
- . bly.be transferred to the United States
circuit court'a'fer a bill is returned by
v"thQ grand: jury Hn the state' court! '
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t ' Are the-Japanee the, "Scourge of
'-'PynptiTOT William in a
- - sensajtioriai speech, while .recognizing the
.' . roarlial prowess q! tho'Japanese, declared
- that inasmuch as their military efficiency
was. directed against a Christian people,!
thy .deserve tobp regarded is the 'Scourge
''- of 'Otxl,' This was of course, and was
meant to be an appeal to ' religious racial
antipathy. :
:It"is scarcely worthy of the enlightened
- and tolerantjspiritof the twentieth century,
tj, compare the highly civilize and hur
manize.d Japanese with the barbarians who
at various periods have ' invaded Europe:
with; AtiliaVfluhs,' with' the Ayars whom
Charlemihge eitlrpated like sp' iiiany y'errr
min," with the Magyars",, who. , next seized
the vacant vaUeyf.. the Middle Danube,
Twith the nomad hordes obedient to the de
tecebdanU of Genjslfiz khan, ? or whh tbe
fapatigaj .follpwers of the Otiohtan Sultan.'
The permanent success of Attita would
perhaps have prevented the transmission of-
Roman law and Greek ihought to . tooderu
limes, while the iipnicdi ate and complete
tfiumph of the Avars, the -Magyars, th
Tartars or the Turks might have . proved
fatal to Christiaui'y. ::'. - - ' '.
There is not anatoin of foundations for
iimilaf appfensioli Tutbe " case o? the
JftUftneee-K-tiheyhave-auy cutiterparts
: , Jiu histocythey recall those, Teutonic pep-
r . .plffwhictt; Quartere4'for. centuries oh the
- v..v . . : connnes orne wman mpire nau
: -p; ."; e ,aiiyy.&)rrpi?J'f r $f$4jr neighbors'
some
with
re
for. v law afitt-csocial
organiza-
1V-SV !tioAtoloo 68t'part had be-
v ; corne r converis iff - -.juuriauiuHiy, ; so
' 1 that; when they -conquered . much of the
iiMediterraneaa'Svorld, tbcChristiau religion
' ; and to. a considerable extent the treasures
bf ciYUiziort'Were safe in their hands
; i Whcn wekeep;.in view the remarkable fa
cility- witlij which the Mikado', subjects,
'have absorbed ; Western cuUureandl their
- eiistmg alliance , with ? Great &iUrn,'lwe.
, , r must own -that , it s not wth the::IuBs '1that
the Japanese . should be compared,; put
y rather ;witb,the Visigoths; who;. on tbe. de-i
r-isivft field, of, Chalons, helped the la$i of
the Rfmana to withs'taod successfully ;tbe
Scourge of God . M I
Tbe ipomparison does hut imperfecti 'jus-
tice to th e su nj ecs ot ;;tne miKaaoj in
reasopingppwer. In capacity for Bcientinc
. knowledge to sanitary, surgical ana meai
cal purpojse'si Jn mastery,$f thdi; flnearts,
in' aaptability to a constitutii nal ; as well
as"tpWotoctticrulof
bf aj genttej-'and huinaiie dispositiqn i $n.
times of peace and of desperater valor "in
war. tbev have . shown , themselves more
: . than equal to their Russian ahtagooists.
-Fbey have given proof of 1 possessing the
esthetic the -stoic and the chlvalric vir
tues. In all that makes a man and makes
a nation the Japanese could give lessous to
the Slav. ' ' 1 '
On what ground, then, does Emperor
William attempt tr? enlist the sympathy of
Germany and of Europe upon Russia's
side? On the ground that the Japanese are
ethically of a different stock from ours;
and that they have not, as a people, adopt
ed the' Christian religion . , Or these' two
basis for prejudice, one may be at once
eliminated; at least an appeal to it does not
become the sovereign who has been for
years fct the utmost pains to gain the "good
will of the Ottoman Sultan, even though lu
order to attain his purpose he mighthave
to leave the Christians Of Macedonia to the
mercy of the Turks. In"view of his atti
tude toward the Macedonian question, we
marvel at the audacity of bisa reference to
the Japanese as a "heathen" nation. In a
candid mood, the Emperor William would
doubtless be the first, to recognize; as pe
culiarly applicable to Buddhism, which has
so largely. tinctured the ethics of Japan,
the apethegm respecting the differences of
the Israelite, the Christian and the Idlamlc
religions, which Lessing has put into the
mouth of 'Nathan i cler Weise:" There is
truth in all of them. Let us judge their
followers by I their lives and not by their
creeds."' -" . ' -: ' ' -
As regards racial prejudice, it would be
futile to deny that the roots of it strike
deep, aud perhaps at this stage of human
advancement are ineradicable. Between
the white race, the red race, and everf the
yellow race on the other, there still exists,
it must be owned," an instinctive lack ""of
8vmDathv. In the - eyes, however, of
thoughtful, large-hearted and conscien
tious men. is it an instinct to be fostered
or is it one to be regretted as the survival
of a primitive age, happily, destined - to be
weakened with the progress of enlighten
ment, and ultimately to vanish in the
brotherhood bf man? -
- That is a question which Emperor . WiU
iiam niight have done well to consider be
fore he compared the highly ;altured, hu
man e( and generous Mikado witfi the
"Scourge of God." '
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Sleeps Standing Against a: Wall;
Cleveland, O., May 15. For twenty
years Mary Dickerson, a servant in the
family of Mrs. B. H. Smoot, has slept at
night leaning against a wall while staucuug
ba her feet. - Her case has Just "come to the
knowledge of the local physicians and has
created much interest. y H
Mrs. Dickerson is seventy-nine years of
agei a small woman,-but exceedingly strong
and wiry for one of 'her years. She In
formed the pbysiciaus that for more than
filly. years she was r addicted to the use of
mophine, but has cuied herself bf
the habit through beconjing converted at a
religious reflval. ' ;
"It's this way, she said: "When I took
the" dope I had the most terrible ; dreams.
The more morphine I took the worse the
dreams got. I found that when I took the
dope and went to bed I would dream of
falling into hell's fire or going through the
worst tortures. I just couldn't stand it,
and I had to get up and take more dope.
I couldn't afford that. I had just . moiipy
enough 'to' buy a little of the stuff 'at a lime
and couldn't" afford '.to take.' it .day and
night. Sol started to sleep in a chair.
That, was 'better but the dreams slill came,
so 1 Started to sleep standing up. Then I
had no bad dreams, and I've 'kept , it up
ever since, I couldn't sleep in bqd;iv.w if
1 Wanted to. ; - ; - ; ii:.---.
. Day. of the. Gambler Gone.
The North Carolina gen trywho flip the
pasteboards for the long green there is in it
are beipg hauled into court to explain-wh
they are like ' Mohammed's coffin, "sus
pended between heaven' aud earth without
visible means oj( support." .The time , has
apparently passed whenpepple live pn
sulspicibh without any witnessess to prove
an alibi in the Old North State. . There is
no abiding place in the cities ' of North
Carolina, and those who follow this pur
suit" are being convinced 6f the, ' fact
through sentences on chain-gangs imposed
by the couTls,The
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Charlotte Chronicle.
; . ) .' Pointed: Paragraphs, v ' '
"'a v :l-Chicago News. :
Many a man's only extravagant habit is
h juieiyitT judge d riiiby:.the jeweler'a name
p A chronicrfckeT ia a "nuisance, but an
occasional kick helps some. - . , ; i
r Several peopl,e,Jiaye bumped up against
dtsgrace while tryiug; to dodge poverty;
A summer girt 'baa? many 'engagements
but the ulephonegirl gets, the; most b rings
r Eveu &Xa&Y than will get a'siove on hlm
setl when invited to "'face the bar-tender
I Taxing bacheloraay the i mat
rimonial garnei bps; apt Jtc J encourage
emigration.? tf "jF ffiS&l ! .
After rceitidgtCulfew Bbaill Not 'Ring
Tonight" at 8ch)ol a girl 'Imagines, she is a
born felocutibnisiHr-v: V-. y.r'
j Though too pouxTtd work, jnany aypung
3
fellow's wUling to-accept free board and
lodging from his parents.' i f
Almost any girl can induce a young man
to accompany her to church, but It isn't
quite so eassy to persuade him ;. to ac
company her to the the altar., - ' , v
NAN'ACCUSED OR ' LYING.
Justice Davis, Who Tried
Her
So
Declares . ; l .
New York, May 15. Supreme,, Court
Justice Dayis was the guest of honor to
night at the monthly dinner of the' Phf
Delta Phi Club at the hotel Marlborough.
The first trial of Nan Patterson t(fo place
before him, and he told Borne of his im
pressions of Uncase. T Hersaid that Prose
cutor Rand tried Nan Patterson properly
and he defended the assslstant districi At
torney from the criticisms that have, been
made.- '.'.; ., :--V;'iir
"You can't prosecute a criminal" Without
telling what you believe to be the truth,"
said Justice Davis., 'In the eecood trial
before me the defendant went on the stand
and it was quite obvious that she was "tell
ing falsehoods from the beginning, to: the
end. The very air seemed charged With
the fact that she was lying. ( , 5
'Todayj in the light of the last disagree
ment, I feel sure that most people are con
viriced; that a majority of the people be
lieve that the pistol that killed Young was
neld by Nan Patterson; was discharged by
her; was bought by J. Morgan Smith in an
attempt to get money from Ceaser YPung
for the support of tthe combined family
"."I don't mean to say that she 'took the
pistol from the reticule and shot him in
the side, but I do believe she had tlwi" pis
tol and showed it to Young, An argument
followed and he took hold of it. lu the
conversation and. consequent struggle the
pistol went off and the man was killed. ' I
believe, moreoyer.had she told the story on.
the witness stand as it really happened, in
other words had she told the truth, the sec
ond jury would have 'acquitted" her. r She
adhered to ber lies, and Instead of, getting
au acquittal there was i a disagreement;''
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. The Western Sabbath. :
- In a double-column, double-leaded ed
itorial urging full attendance on the
Sunday baseball games, a ,La Crosse,
'Wis'paper saysV. ;' '.'-' vs ' ',. ''
' Among those vfho should go are thjB
saloonists of . La Crosse. Here , istJ a
chanco or tbesa gentleme to deiuon-
strate asthey have done before, that
they are business men who have at heart
the interestsof the city, in which they
live. It jia now,, being tested whether
league baseball will s.ustaijijUself here.
Jf it will'another milestone on the way
to metropolitanism will have been pass-
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ed by La Crosse, and there will be an
added prosperity in the town, in which
the saloon men and brewers vill share
liberally. It means much to these gen
tlemen that baseball has come .to stay,;
it means much to baseball that the open
ing week be a prosperous and propitious
wjeek.Z Cret the crowds out to that game
Sunday, win the game, and the game is
made. And so, we suggest that the sa
loons be elosed Sunday during the game.
To more than suggest would be superflu
ous, for when ' such men as Freas,
Snyder, Cameron. Reget, Holzhammer,
Gilbertson, Carl aiiller, Neukomn, Het
tinger, and a score; of others who have
often demonstrated their 'public spirit
edness, realize that thepublic will gam
by it, we believe that they, will shut' up
with a bang and go out to tbe game
and " boost La , Crosse for all there, is
in it. They wjll encourage their patrons
togOj too, and there will be a tournout
that will make:it the reddest of red let
ter days for Ija Crosse. -Those
cities ' ; Which t consider them
selves 'Wide open'', when, then can have
an bcsTonl game of baseball on Sun
day and whereM.by the exercise of a
goodly amp'urt of strategy, , a, citizen
may gain admittance to a rum mill, are
laid coinpletely in the shade 'by this
Wisconsin to wn. Sabbath observance
grows less and. less marked as one trav
els toward the setting isunu ; Indeed, in
some California cities there is - no outc
ward, observance of the day"at all. It
has remained, however, for .- the I2f.
Crosse 'paper to 'appeal ; td the barsto
close on Sunday ' "d qring .the game. '
That sounds strange,' but it is doubtless
asked in all Beriousness. Charlotte
Observer.''' 'l: vVv K'-:"- '
? v It Has ttrnefHtfrne ' "
The always sane a,nd conservative
LNe.w York Journal of Co,mm,erce is'ia!r
'most facetious in its - discussion of the
announcecl ''purpose of ilie' priBsident'arid
seNcretaryOf war-Vnoi'the executtVewmi
mittee of the Panama cana,! commissioo
as was first stated --in reference to pur.
chase for the 'construction work on the
canal, to-wit:I To make ; the ; puf chas&
wherever they can be- "made cheapest.'.
"The government df theUnited states,'
it says.'is up against its ; own policy,.
it is not going to wait a year and a. half
for the tW08hfpVit needs' while they are
being built iff American ship-yards and
then T?ay nearly double prices for them
"but will commit the unpardonable sin
by purchasing the vessels where they
can be got at the lowest price, and will
probably disgrace the American flag by
hoisting it over the product of 'paupgr
laort in British ship-yards, f "Here
we have a splendid example of the work
ing of our tariff and shipping laws
Anybody building a railroad or canal in
this country has to stand it, and if he
has'occasion for a steamer or two he has
to v?ait for it to be built and pay double
price for it. But here is his own gov
ernment : kicking' at . the policy v and.
making up its mighty mind that it will
not pay the 'trust prices' or stand i the
shipping ; imposition. - It insists upon
having Jihe most favored treatment of
the foreigner or it will buy abroad, ' as
well as have the advantage of paying
no duties where its work is done. The
govenment is in the position ef a cus
tomer and can see how it is itself. Its
enterprising citizens are always in that
position and have to stand the imposi
tions of its policy.
The comment ef The Washington
Post is in like vein:
"The policy of excessive protection
successfully withstood all the logic of
John G. Carlisle and all the eloquence
of William L. Wilson, but cannot with
stand the blow dealt it by the republi
can administration in buying abroad
ships- and 'material required for the
construction of the Panama Canal?
Could Grover Cleveland have done more
to discredit the present exorbitant tariff
duties than Mr., Roosevelt has 'done in
exempting the government from their
exactions? Certainly, he did not do as
much to that end when he was presi
dent, eithertermby the Mills., bill: of
1888 or the Wilson bill of 1894. There
will be a row about it.'' .
This matter is the sensation of the
hour in the political world. tThe re
publican high -tariff px4 has come to
plague it when the rnment itself
Commencement' Program.
Following is the prOgrani, to be car
ried out from May 28 to .31, of the A. &
M.. College. -
ler, Dt Georgia. . , ' v
8:30 p.m Sermon before Young Men's
Christian Association. "
Monday, May 29, 10:00 a.m. -Meeting of
iri' A Inmnl . A ooaa o f inn
8:30 a.m. Alumni Address,- F. W.
' J iJoniU,Cla7)l.-i n i ,
Tuesday, May 30, 5:00 p.m. Battalion
: Drill and Dress JParade and Publi-
' cation bf Proinotioms. I '
8:30 p. m. Annual Address, Prof. John
; Hamilton, Washington, D. C.
9:30 p.m .Reception in1 College Li
- brary. ? .. t , ';: ; f :
Wednesday, May 31, 11:00 a.ra Gradu
ating Exercises. .-f
Orations by Members of Senior Class.
Reading honor rolls, conferring degrees.
, Atlanta's New Station.
; An event of unusual importance and
interest to the public, , especially the
railroad world, Is the "opening of. the
new Union Passenger terminal at' At
lanta Ga., on Sunday mornfng,j May 14.
This palatial station is the most mag
nificent, capacious and most I modern
passenger station on this continent. t
The first train to enter this new sta
tion1 will be the Southern Railway's
United States Fast Mail Train, No. 35,
from Washingtonj NeW York, :;and the
East, - i' - -
This station will be . used jointly by
the Southern "Railway," Atlanta& - West
Point R.;R., and ' Central of Georgia
Railway. :" : TA'hf''-Xi Ti-
A reception for inspection by the gen
eral public will be held by the manage
ment of the Union Pafesehger Terminal
Company in tfi'e ilew station on Satur
day afternon; 13th instant and will be
a celebration in which all of i Atlanta
will participate. Post 1 ? 1 :
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; .-Would-Ft)liow her Example,
; VMary, remarked Mr, "Perkins to the
lady' who, by -the way, -.was the second one
who had shared his joys and sprrows, most
ly tbe jattijr,' as he came down stairs attired
for church,' 1-notIce you did not lay out
my Sunday clothes in readiness!" ; -'ytod'loui
getting breakfast to .: think
about ypu or your clothed eiherIV. replied
Mral-Perkioa promptly. : ; j ..j..;' ,
; .And-my shlrt, went. on perknV; 'my
first wife, poor,thing,used to always make
myhite shirt nice , an,d warm for me to
, though?; '. retorted the, dame.
"Well, 1 have heard the neighbors swV sh6
used to make things warm lor vouiWffd vl
give you m ' wbrdMr. Per.k ., I'll, ; dpi
my best to follow- her ,example."4-London
Tii-'Bits ' ". '' :4 I - ; a M "
t fM-'r - it ': -h
' -r. -i ''r9'- m i- , , , i
Too bad the president cannot
impart to Togo some q the secrets
of Buccessf ally following the trail
of. the bear., - - K
becomes a purchei'ruly, It' can r6ps and' the vast increase of capital in
now ''see how it js 5: -Charlotte: bis-country- have overcome the evils of
Observer. 'A Var and warfare,, of national extrava-
Sunday, May 28, 11:00' avm.Baccalau
V:r.Wate SerttHWjfOTpatrJeC
FACTS ABOUT IRON ANDSTEEL.
The Consumption in the .United
, States 550 Pounds Per Head.
; , Raltimore,'..May 11. In,jone of his
characteristic articles Mr.Eavai'At
kinson, of Boston, gives , in' thjs-: week's
issue , of -The Manufacturers Record
some interesting views about; iron and
0TO01 iu wis uuuiibry. ne says among
other things: ':''
'The ccdistmaption 1 of iron and 'steel
jthjscohry. at.the present time is
over 550 pounds per head, andinay,reach
600 pounds per head ere' long.4 . That is,'
I believe, nearly 4 treble ; the cdnsump
tion of iron and steel in. Great Britain
or Germany for domestic purposes,. their
exports forming a large part of the de
mand, and they supply the' greater part
of the demand outside the Unites States?
which demand is constantly increasing.
With the laying down of every new line
of railway on either continent ; and the
opening of every new line of steamships
that increasing demand for iron and steel
Vill continue. ;
. "It may be remembered that many
years ago, when the mileage of railways
of this county numbered 93,000, I made
a forecast of the necessary extensionof
the railway mileage in the next 20 years,
calling for 117,000 additional miles with
in that period. The great silver 'craze
of 1893 and the paralysis of industry,
the interference vt Toxes and other
states where railway mileage was ( most
needed, and the temporary adverse in
fluence of the ; inter-State Commerce
Commission slightly retarded: rail Way
progress but in 22 years my forecast
was justified by the construction of more
than 117,000 linear miles. The great
gajice upon the, useless armaments and
excessive taxation. We are now laying
down' about 10,000 7 miles of additional
railway, in this present y.earj- and -ar
ring commercial ;?risis or international
difficulties due to militarisn-ao'djLhiipe-'
aU$tni wg
miles of railway in the "next four years
in order to even bring certain sections,
especially Texas and the Southwest, up
taany sort of approach to the conditions
of those parts of the country which now
have an average of one linear mile of
railway to each six square miles of ter
ritory.'.; "vi-:.i:iV- ..-v.;;:.
While not venturing upon a forecast
of the production , and consumption of
iron and steel,' Mr. Atkinson refers to
his earlier forecast and says: , I."
,. "In the last or third submitted to you
I fixed a year between 191 p and 1915 as
a year in which the world's demand for
iron and steel would reach 60,000,000
tons, anticipating what has probably
now occupied that Great 'Britain and
Gerpaany would have , reached ? their
maximum at the present time. Neither
Russia or China can bring their; supplies
oi ores into effect under;: existing, opn7
ditions, and this country only can ,. sup
ply the increasing demand of the world
for the imperial met:
" Russian Ambassador to Madrid. ,
Washington, May 10. Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador has been trans
ferred to .Madrid j by order of the Czar
He will present his letters of recall to
president shortly after ' the s papers, re
turn from the vre&t and will then leave
at once for his -new, post. It is stated
that a possibility of his receiving the
appointment to Paris am bass y ? later.
Cassini has served in Washington seven
years, and has been dean of the diplo
matic corps since the' death of ; Lord
Paucefote,the British ambassador, three
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A FARMER REWARDED.
Man Who Prevented Wreck1 of Pas-
... .'.,.'1' ' 1 . . ' . .
7: seriger Train Is GiveriT $1 00. r
. One day last February while E. F
Buckner, a farmer, residing in the AlexT
ander section of Buncombe county, was
waiting along the high way. close to the
tracks of the Southern rail way he saw
a f great boulder tumble from a rock
ledge and fall on the track, ' The place
was at a sharp curve In the rail and Mr.
Buckne reaiTzing tbat? approaching
trains were in imminent danger of be
ing, wrecked with a possible, loss of life,
hastened up the track and after "going
a short distance heard the approach -of
a train ' ; As the;engine hove in sightiie
gave th& danger signal, with an old ban
dana handkerchief . an.d " succeeded in
bringing the train to a stop. . -
tTHetkin; that was flagged - by Mr.
.,- . . . . . . . i;t- At' 9
D "''-L 'w,oA..-tU'rj.' it'
'Bujfikner wa passenger train Tf o. II
an investigation of 'JJ slido; tevei
the fact that lad the .engine struck
.ana
revealed
the fact that had the .engine struck the
rock the whole train" wo.uld in all proba
bility have' been Wrecked with loss of
life. - The story was printed in the ; pa
pers of the state and the matter brought
to the attention of the Southern railway
officials. As a sequel to his forethought
and prompt action in, saving,, the train'
from .wreck, Mr Buckner wasr yester
day notified that , a Southern ""voucher
for $100 had .been, drawn in his favor
with the request of the high officials of
the railway that he "accept the money '
from them in;ppreciationof his ser-
,yice.Mr. , Buckner was happy over the
receipt of the voucher and had it cashed
later in thS'dlyAsheville Gazette.
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JUST JUDE6EMENT.
Judges are Rebuking Spirit of Graft
It
aKd.dlreeatliaiTraes in. Blood. '
; . 1 is a matter for rejoicing that our judges
are rebuking the spirit of graft and greed
that trades in blood. - At the recent court
in Lexington suit was brought against the
Southern. Railway for $35,000 for killing a
"little boy .on his way home from the graded
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The railroad 'people did all in their power
10 prevent the death of the child, but the
jury, brought in a . verdict-granting the
plaintiff $5,000 damages. ' Judge Bryan
promptly set the verdict aside as excessive
and unreasonable.'; The-case - was finally"
compromjsjed for $2,750. iH
j W& desire to commend. Judge Bryan for
his timely and jtist rebuke The extortion .
and injustice practiced upon " the railroads
throngh sheer prejudice is a. crying -shame.
A jury may be lelied upon to fly in the
face of the plainest facts where a railroad
is involved," and the only h"ope these corpo-
rations nave is m tne "justice" and honesty
of the judges. All honor to a iman who'
has thft courage to rise up and d.? the right
thing in the f acejof pop.ularj , clamor based ,
upon passion and prejudice. , ; ' - '
- Railroads ought to be compelled to pay
for criminal negligence in the 'wanton de
struction of life or : property, - but that is
one thing, and pulling money, put of jthem
when they are' in ho sense to blame a. quite
another; land a raikoad which pays its part
of the taxes to support the government, is
-entitled to ; precisely , the. same protection
from covetous grafters that an .individual
.would be, judge Bryan showed r'himself
Worthy and wise.- Chiarity ..'arid Children J
President Roosevelt declined to
visit the Railway Exhibit: held in
connection yith the Internation
al Railway I Congress because of
the press of public business.. Now
his friends, insist that he made a
grave mistake because his action
antagonized :.; the railway men.
Perhaps the President thought he
had so thoroughly antagonized
the raiwayp by his advocacy of
railway rato: legislation.; th at a 1 it
tie more or.lessvwould not count.
.It. may be true that New York
State A Senators are. bringing as
high as $60,'006 Tn the open ' mar
ket', but youtwould never think it
to look at tbem-;'!.. iJ, "
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THE CRADLE OFTEARS.
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Strange Cradle (n Which are Placed
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the Griefs of the World. '
t .. Theodore i Dreslerv .inTomJ Watsons
Magazine fpr May: 'tiffix ; ':
xTbere is a cradjewjthin the door of . one
of the ' 'great institutions of "Kew York'be- '
fore which .a constanily recurring tragedy
is beifig enacted. ' It. is - a'"-plain, cradle,
quite simply draped in white, but with such
a look of cozy comf ort about i that one
would scarcely suspect it to.be a cradle of
sorrow. ,-' .v.:' ' :
This cradle is ithe most useful and, in . a -way,
the mdst inhabited cradle in the
world, ::Day af ter.day and year after year,
it is the recipient of more smaU, wayfaring
souis than aay other cyadle , in , the history
of the race.' In it the, real children of sor
row are1 placed, and over h more tears are
shed than if they were an open ;grave.'
fl It is-;the place where; annually 1,200
foundlings are placed the silent witness of
more truly heartbreaking scenes than any
other cradle since the world began For -nearly
Ihirty-flve years it -has stood where
it does today? ready-draped open while
as, many thousand .mogiers have stolen
shamefacedly inland,, aftprDolung hope
lessly about, have Jaid thejr, helpless off- -spring
within its deptV?.:; '
lFor thirty-five yearsititer and summer,
in the bitterest cold and t'tbe most stifling
heatj it has seen them cgme-7-tbe poor, the
rich, the humble, the Pfpud, the, beautiful,
the &mely--ari(J one by one they have laid . -their
childreii'do'wn ahd'brooded over them
Womleringtiei for ;
human:
asaennceand
ISP, ndie v&fts
Still theftragedy repeats itself, -and year
aJterjyiv and day affr 4ay the unlocked
door is opened and dethroned virtue en
ters the victim of ignorance and passion
and affection, and a child Is robbed of an .'
honorabla home. r .
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