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VOLUME IX.
AN ADDRESS ON "THE QUEST OF
ERROR IN THE ADMINISTRA
TION OF JUSTICE" AT THE
BAR BANQUET.
Judge Charles F. Amidun, who pre
Rides over the Federal court Jn this
district In the place of Judge Philips,
was the guest of honor and the prin
cipal speaker at the seventeenth an
nual banquet of the Kansas City Hur
Association, held at the Midland Ho
tel. Judge Atniilon talked on "The
Quest of Error In the Administration
of Justice," and his address was so
well received that It was ordered pub
lished in the official Journal of ihe
association.
"What Is Ihe result of the system
in this country? It makes the trial a
fight not for justice, but to get error
into the record. (Applause.) In Eng
lish courts the whole effort is to work
out. Justice, not in the abstract, but
between plaintiff and defendant. This
quest for error makes the trial of
cases a mere quibble. Our trials take
ro much longer than English trials be
cause of the number of objections
raised by lawyers.
"What is the effect of this practice
of the appellate court? Those who
are engaged in weighing the mint and
anise of lesser affairs will become In
competent to measure the weightier
matters of the law. If the judge of a
trial court allows his brain to be befog
gled by the fear lest he violate the
technical rules of law, he is sure to
commit error.
"No more effective scourge can be
placed In the hands of the strong with
which to oppress and aft) let the weak
than the easy reversal of causes for
matters that not affect the merits. It
Is the hope of every criminal, this
hope of the commission of error. If a
man has money nough to hire suffi
ciently able attorneys to prepare a
cause with sufficient elaboration, he
need have little fear of criminal pun
ishment. And by that I do not charge
corruption. I simply confess that a
trial judge is human, and with the
technical rules of law and evidence, in
the great majority of cases, it is im
possible that- error shall not be found
ir. the record.
"The lack of respect for 'law' is the
great danger of this republic. The
passionate rash rabble that stands at
the bottom of the ladder has come In
almost every State of the Union to
chooBe Instead of the uncertain gal
lows the near expedient of a post. If
you ask me what the sublime legal
fact of the past century was, I would
say that for the past seventy-five years
in the British empire not a single hu
man life has been snatched from tSeH
hands of the law and taken by human
violence. And this protection of llf3
and property Is but a profound respect
for law. A system of legal adminis
tration that can produce such results
as that is worthy of our imitation. The
difference Is that there law is certain.
There Is no reversal except when Jus
tice, not error, requires a reversal."
Judge Amidon suggested as a rem
edy that statutes be pasqed providing
that no new trial shall be granted for
error in the charge of the judge or In
the admission or exclusion of evidence,
unless such error resulted In a. mis
carriage of justice.
LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES.'
Rev. J. W. Jackson, of Clinton, one
of the brave soldiers through whose
generous gift of funds Lincoln Insti
tute was founded, was a welcome vis
itor of the past week. Rev. Jackson
is a patron who knows the history and
has watched the growth of the institu
tion from its Initial period, and the
very excellent address which he made
to the faculty and students assembled
was full of hearty commendation and
kindly encouragement. Mr. Jackson
remained over night, and during his
stay visited each department, building
and teacher, and such Inspiring words
of good cheer from one so thoroughly
versed In the workings of this and of
other institutions of learning were
highly appreciated by President Al
len and his earnest corps of teachers,
whose efforts for the benefit of the
young people entrusted to their care is
continuous.
Professor Rogers, formerly of a col
lege in Arkansas, is another in the list
of recent visitors whose knowledge of
the management of a large school, of
the Negro's present necessities and of
the Negro's personal attitude In the
matter made his address one of much
value to his hearers.
Another excellent number of the
Record, the Institute paper, Is just out
and is on sale at the president's office.
Send for a copy. Price, five cents.
NOTICE.
Two nicely furnished rooms for rent.
1233 Vine street., Mrs. Belle Willams.
LEXINGTON NEWS.
Rev. Strlcklln preached morning and
evening at the Second Baptist Church.
Miss Lula Taylor, of Kansas City,
spent Sunday here with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Est el la Lawson spent Saturday
in Hlgginsville, Mo.
Mrs. Maggie Burton, who has been
at Eudora. Kansas, waiting on her sjck
mother, returned home Tuesday night.
Mr. Head Wilson returned home
from Kansas City Sunday night.
Mrs. W. H. Caves, of Kansas City,
returned home Saturday evening to
remain- for a while.
Airs. Francis Brown, of Kansas City,
Is here visiting relatives.
Mr. A. W. Walker went to Odessa
Friday on business.
Mrs. Kinnia Caves Is Improving.
Mr. Archy More's daughter died
Sunday at Mayview. She was the wife
of Mr. Oreen. "
The Dempster Club gave a social
gathering on the 14th and 15th at the
Misses Hayden and liss Hawkins.
Mr. Bud Wilson Is quite ill.
Mr. Mose Green went to Mayview
Tuesday to cVc-nd the funeral of Mrs
Alice tlreen.
Mr. and Mrs. Washington, of Odessa
were the guests of Mrs. Olden Tues
day.
Born to the wife of Mr. Harvey Par
ker. a boy, February 15.
Mrs. Matilda Mathews left Sunday
evening for Kansas City, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Rucker.
Mrs. Hayden will serve, oysters and
chltllns and other refreshments at her
residence Saturday night. Everybody
is invited to come.
Mrs. Mattie Jackson is confined to
her bed. We hope she will soon be
able to get out again.
Mrs. Estella Lawson gave a birthday
party Saturday evening In honor of
her daughter. Miss Bessie Lawson
The little folks were entertained very
nigniy.
Tl SKEGEE, ALA., Feb. 22. 1905.
The fourteenth annual session of the
Tuskegee Negro Conference began
nere lo-uay at the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute. Hundreds of
farmers and their wives assembled in
the gymnasium of the Collis P. Hunt
Ington Memorial Building at 10 o'clock
i uese . onierences grew out of an
Idea conceived some time ago to call
tne colored farmers of the South to
gether in annual session for confer
ence as to how their moral, material
and civic condition might be improved.
Representatives were present today
from most of the Southern States, from
as far West as Texas and from as far
East as South Carolina.
Principal. Booker T. Washington, of
the Tuskegee Institute, who 'presides
at all these sessions, in his opening
address this morning, said:
"At the opening of this, the four
teenth annual session of the Tuskegee
Negro Conference, we can point to
many evidences of real progress as a
result of these annual gatherings.
"Calmness and confidence are pow
erful factors in the progress of a race
as well , as in that of an individual.
The wont accomplished by this organ
Ization with Its numerous ramifications
should convince us that the policy for
the race to pursue is to continue Its
course of seeking quietly, patiently
and courageously after the essentials
of life. We should more and more ac
custom ourselves to be unspoiled by
praise or discouraged by blame.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI.
Columbia, Missouri. February
18,
T905, Fred Kelsey, publisher.
Many Students Are Self-Supporting
Statistics just compiled at the Mis
sourl State University show that, fully
50 per cent of all Its students are de
pendent upon their own resources, and
25 per cent are now working daily to
pay Uieir own expenses.
A CARD OF THANKS.
I desire to thank my many friends
for the benefit given my husband, Feb
ruary 3, 1905. Words cannot express
the gratitude that fills my heart for
the kindly interest shown me in this
affliction. MRS. JOHN B. HILL.
NOTICE. I am agent for the cel
ebrated Key Ring and Name Plate
combined. Any design you want, from
K. of P. to a saloon porter name plate,
These Rings will not rust or tarnish,
but will alwavs stav bright. If von
don't see me, send me a card at our
office, 117 W. Sixth street. Price 25
each. Give me your order and get
your design next day.
CHAS. A. BELL,
Rising Son Office.
KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
BREEZES FROM KANSAS CITY,
KAS.
Bishop A. Grant and Prof. W. T.
Vernon returned from Topeka, where
they made addresses Lincoln day.
The discussion of the separate high
school bill reached high-water mark
last week. Numerous white delega
tions filled the capital city and urged
the Legislature to pass it, and others
urged Governor Hoch to sign It. With
bated breath everyone awaits the ul
timate outcome of It. The bill is in
bad taste, and all self-respecting Ne
groes are opposed to class legislation,
and that, among the intelligent and
thinking Negroes, is what Is so stren
uously opposed. We cannot recall a
single instance of where any Negro
pupil of the high school has grossly
acted In an unbecoming manner. On
the contrary their deportment Is as
good as any in the school, and they
nia1? their grades Just as do the white
pupils. They ask none, ami don't
want any social recognition. They
want free and untrammeled opportu
nities to acquire an education that will
better fit them for citizenship. The
boy who unfortunately killed Roy Mar
tin last year was not a high school
boy and was never one, although the
city press says he was. We trust the
matter will he amicably settled, and
that there will be no interruption. The
Forum, of which Mr. White is presi
dent, had a rousing meeting last. Sun
day and sent delegates up to enter a
protest and to ask the Governor" to
veto it.
Mrs. I. F. Bradley gave a highly
enjoyable receptiou in honor of her
niece. Miss Porter. Rev. and Mrs
Vaughan regretted that previous en
gagements prevented their being
present.
Dr. F. C. Goodwin is now ensconced
in his cozy suite of rooms In the Wy
andotte Building, where he Is pre
pared to do all kinds of dental work
His apartments are most handsomely
and elaborately furnished, and since
his work is done by the most approved
modern methods, those who have work
in the line of dentistry will do well to
see him.
Air. Will Weir, son of Mrs. Laura
Weir, a stewardess of St. John A. M.
E Church, died of typhoid malaria, at
their home, 9(!:i Bell street, Sunday
afternoon. Funeral took place at Si.
John Church, Wednesday afternoon
The relatives have the sympathy of a
host of friends.
Mrs. Rev. Vaughan, who has been
sick for two weeks past, was the re
cipient of a pleasant call from llltli
Miss Louise Thompson, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Thompson, the other day,
The little miHs brought plenty of sun
shine and cheerfulness even before
Dr. Counor prognosticated fair and
springlike weather.
Mrs. Stevens, of Eleventh and Toro-
mee avenue, is quite sick.
With the advent of sunshine, the
ring of hammer and buzz of saw can
be heard In the land again.
New subscribers to the Son: Dr,
F. C. Goodwin, Room 25, Wyandotte
Uldg.; Mrs. Dora Staples. 611 N. Sixth
street; Mr. C. W. Ish. (ill State ave
nue; Mrs. Maggie Walker, 2i:!9 Water
street; Bessie Gunn, 2023 Water
street.
EUGENE VAUGHAN".
Dorris & Finley's musical comedy,
An African Missionary," a bonton of
colored aristocracy, will bo presented
for the first time in this city at Tur
ner hall Frldey, March 10, and they
have promised us something to please
everybody. So come and go with
them for an hour or so, and you will
not regret the time you spend with
the African missionary. A ball after
the show, and one admission to all
which is .15 cents. Have your seats re
served at Smith drug store, 908 E.
Twelfth street, and 805 Independence
avenue. Don t forget the date.
Mixed Ideas of School Boys.
Here are some queer answers given
by school boys and Sunday school
boys. One youngster was asked why
David preferred to be a door-keeper
in the house of the Lord. His reply
"Because If he was a door-keeper he
could walk outside while the sermon
was being preached" is worthy of
mention. A confused recollection of
different texts and facts Is shown In
many queer answers, such as that of
the boy who spoke of the man who
went "down from Jerusalem to Jericho
and as he was going thorns (sprang
up and choked him." Still more
mixed" must have been the mind of
the child who wrote: "As Elijah went
up to heaven he dropped his mantle
and Queen Elizabeth walked over It," '
Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper In the State
4 . ."- :
ELI HARRIS.
ti-W - Ik?-.
A. T. MOORE.
The A. T. Monro Undertaking Co. is
one of the most enterprising Negro
business Inslliul Ions that. Kansas City
affords. A. T. Moore and Eli Harris
comprise the linn. They established
an undertaking and embalming busi
ness at ISL'o East Eighteenth street
about a year ago with more pluck ami
efficiency than anything else, and by
treating their patrons right, witli
square dealing, they have become the
leading business men of Kansas City.
Their object Is to own their own equip
ment. They have recently purchased
a new ll.ioo funeral car. which Is now
in their possession. It Is first class in
every respect. They also have refur
nished their place of business with
new cabinets, cooling hoards, pedes
tals, etc. They now carry a full line
of caskets atM burial out tits. They are
now prepared to offer to the public
first-class goods and also first-class
service In every respect. They solicit
i lie patronage of all.
the Language of beggars
Nicknames Used by Pan-Handlers In
Their Bowery Haunts.
In describing their possessions and
their environment, professional beg
gars use nicknames. Thus a tent t
known as an "Indian," suys a writer
In Everybody's. Other coins are
known as "while money." A ilctee-
five is a "bull" and a policeman U a
"bull In harness." A thief Is a "gun"
and a pickpocket Is a "dip " A gold
watch Is a "red ketJe." Stamps iirn
known as "stickers." Money is "cush."
A horse car is a "rattler."
When a beggar Is arrested l Is
said to "fall." Tim workhouse Is
known as the "bandhonse." The peni
tentiary Is known as the "big houso '
A revolver Is a "rod." A beggar who
gives out cards on which are print
ed appealing bits of rhyme, is known
as a throw-out. One who sits cross-
legged on the walk is known a a
strong arm."
So it runs on, with so many epre-
Blons covering so many figures of
speech that one not familiar with their
argot might listen to their talk for
hours without catching the real moju
Ing of the conversation.
Rabbits Make Trouble.
Rabbits burrowing beneath the road
near Abtborpe, Northants, England,
have caused a number of cycle accl-tuts.
1905.
Plea for an Offering.
There is a difference between an of.
ferlng ami a collection In the mind of
at least one well known colored
preacher, who is persistent when ho
announces that he wants money for
auy certain object. Not a great while
ago. when it came time to announce
the collection, which Is deposited on
the table In front or the pulpit In full
iew ot the minister, he said: "I want
a offering (lis morning ami not a col
lection. Maybe yon don't know It. but
dere Is a difference between a collec
tion and a offering. A offering is
what you give out of jour heart ami a
collection is anything dat Is left over.
When j on give a offering dere Is more
heart in if t tin i dere Is In a collection.
Remember, bredreii ami sistern. It Is a
offering dat I want dis mawnin'."
Peat Bogs of tha World.
Many thousands of hi res of peat are
found In the north German lowlands.
Ill Ireland estimates place the lowland
bog area at l.r.Til.niiii acres ami the,
highland area at l.2.l.unil acres. Rus
sia is said to have li.Tuu square miles
of peat. Several million acres are in
Norway and Sweden. Franco and Hol
land. The United States ami Canada
also have extensive tracts. Peat lias
been used by artisans for ages In the
manufacture of tools. By burning peat
the old steel workers produced the fin
est grades of Iron ami steel, on ac
count of the Intensity of the heat pro
duced ami the absence of anything det
rimental to the metal. The elastlo
and keen Damascus swords are ho
lieved to have been made by the uso
of peat.
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Origin of Macaroni.
An interesting story Is told of the
origin of the word macaroni. It
seems that a chef employed by unit
of the popes was making him a dish
of It and stirred the mixture until
It became of (lie consistency of bard
taik. Having taken a drop too
much the man was afraid of the papal
anger and roeolved to make the dish
Into a sort of paste, which greatly de
lighted the iHintiff. In his Joy he
cried: "Ml caro!" (my favorite), nml
the pontiff, not catering the words ex
actly, said "Macaroni? Well In the
future never serve nn a unul with
out a dish of macaroni."
Atrocity of Ancient Warfare.
At the siege of Xanlliiis. In Lydla,
nets were spread In a river to pre
vent the escape of divers, ami stakes
driven deep In the ground to bailie
tunneling operations; whereupon the
citizens appealed to fire, piling up
hillocks of combustibles, ami, "not
men only, but women ami little chil
dren, with hideous outcries, leaped
into the flames, ami thus repeated the
desperate deed of their ancestors,
who, in the time of the Persian war,
bad destroyed themselves in the very
same manner." (Plutarch's Life of
Brutus, p. 218 I
Made Wigs Fashionable.
Many of the fashions Inaugurated
by sovereigns have had most unro
mantle origins. Thus, when Utnin
IX. of France developed a bald cra
nium his queen promptly provided
htm with a wig, saying, "Our bald
kJngs have never been lucky, and it ill
bfitii a sovereign that ho should not
be better provided with flowing locks
than a mendicant at the gates of
Notre Dame." And forthwith every
subject throughout France, whether
he required It or not, donned a simi
lar wig In loyal emulation of his king
NUMBER 14.
NEGRO NEWSPAPER SCORES AU
THOR OF ANTI-MISCEGENA-
TION BILL.
TOPEKA. Feb. fi.-The Topeka
I'laimlealer, a negro paper, feels ag
grieved because Alleiuau, Democrat,
of Atchison, introduced a bill to pre
vent negroes uml whites Intermarry
ing. In today's Issue it says:
"Who Is this man Allamaii from At
chison who comes forward to offer
laws for the black man ami laws for
the white man? Cannot Atchison conn
ly semi a man of more brains than this
sinecure has? I'he county ami district
in out be hard up for material. This
liill, though now ili-ail ami consigm-il
to the grave of oblivion, Is the size of
bis caliber. He has not offered a bill
of importance since here be has been.
Now be seeks notoriety out of the pool
negro. This Is t In- way these "cheap
lobn" wliite politicians do. Why don't
be emulate bis lord ami master. Hon.
P. P. Waggoner, u distinguished law
yer, statesman, scholar and gentle
man? l on never bear of Mr. Waggon-
er offering such Infamous measures.
He Is not uneasy about, negroes marry
ing white women or white men marry
ing colored women. Train your boys
and girls, .Mr. Allamaii. not. to marry
negroes, and perhaps they will obey
you. lion'! try to pass laws to pre
vent it. That shows weakness, ami.
furthermore, there is no tendency to
intermarry."
I'he bill has been reported favorably
for passage ill the house.
Force of Chrlttian Examples.
Sir Henry M. Stanley, ihe African
explorer, (old, himself, how lie was
converted by Dr. I.l Itigst.me. 1IU
story Is as follows: "I went to Africa
as prejudiced against religion as tb.
worst iniiilcl In London. To a re
porter like myseir. who had only to
deal with wars, mass meetings ami
political gatherings, sentimental mat
ters were quite out of my province.
Hut there came to mo a long limit
for reflection. I was out there away
from a worldly world. I saw thin
solitary old man there, and I asked
myself: 'Why does he stop here in
such a place?' What Is it that In
spires him?' For months after wn
met I found myself listening to him.
wondering at the old man carry out
the words, 'I,obvi all and follow Me.'
But little, by little, seeing his piety,
his gentleness, his zeal, his earnest
ness, and how he went quietly about
his business, I was converted by hi in.
nil hough he bad not tried in any ay
to do It."
Profitable Inventions.
No one class of Inventions has been
so profitable to IhiIIi the manufactur
er and Ihe Invenlor as musical In
struments and appliances for same.
Numerous Improvements to the piano
have been a source of large fortunes.
and Mil ions devices are at present
being continuously applied. Itadically
new Instruments possessing real
merit are the Inventions needed in
tills line. The public Is always ready
to adopt almost anything hew in both
wind and stringed instruments. In
ventor. Remedies for Toothache.
Toothache, that iinwclcomoij gnoKt.
Is something to lie dreaded. Until
a dentist en lie consulted ami the ex
act cause of the disturbance located
and professionally treated, It Is an ex
cellent thing to moisten the finger and
after dipping it Into some bicarbonate
of soda, rub It on the gum around tbn
sore tooth. It is also a relief to mix
a teaspoonful of this bicarbonate of
soda in half a glass of warm water
and rinse the mouth with some every
llttb' while, holding a little in the
mouth for a few seconds so that it
penetrates all the crevices. The soda
being an alkali serves to neutralize
the acids in the mouth, which are
often the cause of toothache.
Chinese Marriage Law.
Persons bearing the same surname
although they may not be related In
any way, are forbidden to marry la
China.