A Week of Crime and Gambling
The week has had its usual amount of murders, suicides, swindles, and gambling transactions by persons of high and of low position. The German Government reports its lottery gains for the year as over $12,500,000, and seeks in the announcement to justify its participation in this method of gambling, at the same time advising the people to invest in the game of chance. It is reported that the Prince of Wales, in one evening, lost $35,000 at a card table, and that the king will ask for an additional $100,000 a year to enable the prince to live in the style befitting his rank. To such examples as these much of the prevalence of the gambling spirit is due. A fugitive from English justice has just arrived at New York and been arrested by the New York police, the crime for which he is arrested being a gigantic mining swindle involving millions of dollars. The American treasurer of the Rizal province, Philippines, is reported to have attempted suicide when informed that he would be prosecuted because of the condition of his books, tho he is not personally charged with the embezzlement. The record of one week's affairs of this character (of which the above is not a tithe) give one food for serious thought, and give a sad denial to the assertion that the world is growing better and working toward a glorious future.