Chicago Man Was Chicagoed

CHICAGO MAN WAS CHICAGOED

Enticed Into a Room by a Negro Woman.

Robbed of $140

He was a Member of Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Got Back $120.

The second case within the past couple of months in which dusky belles of African descent have enticed men of Caucasian ancestry to a convenient place and caused a separation of whatever money might be lingering in their pockets, occurred here Sunday evening.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra struck town Sunday afternoon. The idea that they should come from the storm center of hold-ups, badger games and flim-flams, and get done up in a little town like Ann Arbor, never was a factor in their calculations. So a couple of the most "sporty" started out to see Ann Arbor after dark.

In their wanderings they came across the decided brunettes. A flirtation of short duration was struck up, and it wasn't long before the Chicago musicians were comfortably quartered in rooms of the women. Beer was drank rather freely, and when the musicians returned to their hotel, shortly before midnight, the one who had had the roll of money found that his treasury was depleted. He reported the matter to the sheriff. 

"How much did they touch you for?" asked the officer.

"One hundred and fifty dollars."

"We will see what we can do, but I wouldn't give you 140 cents for what you would get back," said the sheriff.

They sent out and gathered in the girl who must have been the one to get the money. She was taken to the station and confessed to where the money was deposited.

The sheriff visited the place again, and found $120 was left. This was returned to the musician, and he was as happy as the average boy will be next Monday morning.

Sheriff Gillen was asked why the woman had not been arrested and prosecuted. Said he: "Because our Chicago man would not make a complaint against her. He could not afford to stay here on the case when his orchestra is moving around the country, and I could not very well detain him against his will. Of course, he would have the legal authority to do so, but he might make a very unwilling witness on the stand."

IMPARTIAL VIEW BOER QUESTION

PROF. HUDSON GIVES TALK ON CAUSES OF WAR.

Gladstone Made the First Mistake - Wrongs of the Ultlanders - Monopolies Galore.

The large lecture room in Tappan hall was packed Monday afternoon, in spite of the rain, to listen to Prof. Richard Hudson's lecture on the Boer situation. It was of great interest, and delivered in the professor's clear, concise style, which made the hour pass very quickly. He gave a brief outline of the history of the Cape Colonies settled by the Dutch. The first great event in its history was the emancipation of the slaves in 1836. There arose dissatisfaction by the colonists in not receiving adequate compensation for their slaves. Two years later from 5,000 to 10,000 Boers left for the northeast. The great question was whether Great Britain would claim control over them or the land they occupied. At first Great Britain refused to assume the control. The Orange Free State was recognized in 1852, and two years later, the Transvaal Republic. Nothing special happened until 1877. That year the British government sent Sir Alexander Shepstone to inquire into the condition of the country and if the people desired, or he thought expedient, to annex the country. At this time the domestic condition was bordering on anarchy, and the treasury of the Transvaal republic was empty. It lacked government. War had broken out bet ween the blacks of the north and the Zulus of the southwest. They did not always discriminate between the Boers and the British. This caused the investigation of Sir Shepstone. He acted on his authority, and in 1877 declared that the country was annexed. The people would probably have acquiesced, but that the British promised them a legislature, which they failed to keep and also that the Zulus were defeated by the British so that all danger was gone. The discontent grew until the parliamentary election in England in 1880. Gladstone made remarks that embarassed him as prime minister. The question was to uphold the policy of Sir Shepstone, or to abandon it. He decided to sustain the act of 1877 in that there had been a new situation created. This decision of the Gladstone government caused much discontent in the Transvaal, taking the form of an insurrection in the years 1880-1881. The battles and number of men engaged were small, but the moral influence was great. It caused the Gladstone government to change its policy. It has often been called the policy of surrender. It is fair to say that Gladstone was very kind-hearted and shrank from the shedding of blood. Another thing developed - that a war would interfere with the development of the country - and there was danger then as now of an uprising of the Dutch in the Cape. This led to the contention of Pretoria of 1881. In the convention of London three years later the word suzerainty even disappeared to please the Boers. Gold was discovered in Wittewater in 1885, which caused a great immigration. A conservative estimate today places the Boer population in the Transvaal at 80,000 and the Uitlanders at 123,000, who are mostly English people. This fact must be kept in mind. As the foreigners commenced pouring in in such large numbers, the burghers became alarmed that the Uitlanders would control the country. Under the influence of this fear they sought to surround themselves with a Chinese franchise wall. To gain full political rights it was necessary to be a resident for 14 years, and even then the candidate was not certain that he could become a citizen. A man had to register, and as the officer received very poor pay, he often pocketed the fee and forgot to place the name on the list. Two years later the candidate was allowed to vote for the second volksrad, which was called a tub thrown to the Uitlanders whale, as the members had no power of legislation. When a man became 40 years of age he could vote for the first volksrad and become a full citizen, if the majority of the voters in his ward favored it. The burghers were an agricultural class of people and the Uitlanders the industrial. How would the people here feel if all laws were entirely made by the agriculturists. There were other grievances, such as dynamite monopoly and railroads. The miners had to pay 600,000 pounds or $3,000,000 more than if free importation was allowed. The railroad charges were so enormous that the Wittewater men found they could cart their goods 40 miles across the country from the Orange river cheaper than transport them on the Railroads. When President Kruger discovered this he closed the ford of the river and refused to let any goods pass. Then the liquor question made such trouble, as the burghers would not enforce the laws, and sold liquor to the native laborers, 10 per cent of whom were continually incapacitated from labor in consequence. The Uitlanders sent a petition to the British government to assist them, but not to raise the British flag, which was not intended. The Dr. Jameson raid was forced by the doctor after he was told to postpone the same. After the various negotiations President Kruger insisted that, while certain questions be arbitrated, the British government would promise never in the future to concern itself about British citizens in the Transvaal. Mr. Chamberlain, of course, could not agree to this, and the Boers, having given their ultimatum, declared war. England was totally unprepared for the war. What the outcome will be cannot be said at present. It must not be forgotten that taxation without representation is contrary to the American declaration of independence. It is, of course, hard for the Boers to see that they are becoming a minority in their own country.