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Domestic News November 4, 1902

San Antonio Daily Light

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

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In Lake Charles, La., a judge fines two men $100 each plus costs for carrying pistols, warning of $500 for next offense and imprisonment for third. Editorial urges stricter enforcement on weapon carriers over restricting press coverage of trials. Brief comment on Mrs. Kruger's book criticizing Rhodes, Chamberlain, and Milner in Transvaal war context. Ads for liver pills, second-hand goods, and Ripans' Tabules.

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The judge at Lake Charles, La., administered the proper medicine to two pistol toters. He fined each $100 and costs, saying as he did so that the next offense would be accompanied by a $500 fine and the third by imprisonment. The judges should pay more attention to this class of gentry and less to the newspaper men who insist upon publishing the proceedings of murder trials in defiance of the order of the trial judge. The latter are merely exercising a privilege that is theirs by right and any abridgement of it is merely the exercise of a power that falls nothing short of the tyrannical.

That's the way to do it. Make it expensive and dangerous to carry weapons and that the police do their duty and few will carry them except in cases of urgent necessity.

Kruger's Howl.
Some exchanges are commenting on Mrs. Kruger's most interesting book on the late Transvaal war, in which he describes Cecil Rhodes as "the curse of South Africa," Chamberlain as "his accomplice" and scores Milner. Of course Kruger has his innings and we must not forget that one story is good until another's told.

Grove's Black Root Liver Pills.
Made from an active principle obtained from Black Root. They act on the liver equal to calomel, and leave no bad after effects. No griping, no sick stomach, will cure chronic constipation. Price 25 cents.

Money or bargains in second hand goods. EMERSON & CO.

Two years ago I began to suffer with dyspepsia and indigestion. I tried several remedies, and spent considerable money, but with indifferent success. My attention was finally called to Ripans' Tabules. I did not put much faith in them, but to my surprise I found that they did me good, and after using eight boxes I was cured.

All druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year.

What sub-type of article is it?

Legal Or Court Crime

What keywords are associated?

Pistol Toters Fines Lake Charles Weapon Carrying Press Freedom

Where did it happen?

Lake Charles, La.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Lake Charles, La.

Outcome

each fined $100 and costs; next offense $500 fine, third offense imprisonment.

Event Details

The judge fined two pistol toters $100 each and costs, warning that the next offense would incur a $500 fine and the third imprisonment. Commentary advises judges to focus more on such offenders and less on newspaper publishers defying orders against reporting murder trials, defending press rights.

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