Evening star. [volume], August 23, 1909, Page 9, Image 9

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FAMOUS JffiT DIES
Passing of Rev. Thomas J.
Ducey in New York.
FRIEND OF RICH AND POOR
Always Said He Would Die Pursu
ing His Work.
WAS KNOWN BY MANY NAMES
Pastor of Church He Founded
Until His Death?Rare Ability
as an Orator.
S;????? i1 Pisp.it.h to The Star.
N'KW YORK. August Rev. Thomas
J. Ducc>. rector or' St. tree's Catholic!
Church. '.'Mil street, near Mh avenue. died '
early this morning a? his country home in
St. .lames. I,. J., at the ape of sixty-seven
j ea rs.
Father Ducey had refused to follow the
a-lvi^e of his physicians, who told him he .
must have complete rest, and spent sev-I
?ra! days last week in his parish. When
he returned to his country home Friday J
evening he was exhausted and steadily !
declined. Death was due to dropsy.
Since last <'hristmas Father Ducey had
not been well, hut his associates were un
able to persuade him to take the rest
which was needed for his recovery. He
declared he intended to die working. The
body was taken to the rector\ in Hast
2!??h street this evening and the funeral
services will i?e held from the church,
probably Wednesday.
Man of Varied Activities.
The varied activities and many-sided
nature of the priest were in no way more
plainly revealed than by the names by
which he was known, "Priest of the
Stage," "Priest of the Hotels," "Friend
of the Workmen" and * Friend of Wealthy
Society." were some of his titles. Father
Ducey's career and the history of St. :
l.eo"s Church are almost synonymous. He i
was its originator. In lNNo. and was its
pastor until his death.
Muring these twenty-nine years the
< hun h has represented a peculiar phase
i>t metropolitan life, and few priests have
been so widely known and discussed as
be. His originality and outspoken op
position to corrupt forces of politics, with
his constant efforL to l?etter conditions j
among the poor, kept him much before!
the public.
Part of the congregation of St. Leo's.
<'hurch was made up for years of resi-!
dents in hotels, among which it Is lo
cated.
Known to Every Hotel.
Father Ducey was known in every hotel '
in this section, and was frequently sum- !
moned to administer the last rites to :
strangers in the city. It was this work j
which led several years ago to his build- '
ing a mortuary chapel, where bodies are'
left until arrangements are made for
burial. I se of the chapel was open to
al^ regardless of cfeed or nationality.
Father Ducey numbered among his
friends hundreds of actors and actresses,
who were his frequent visitors. He also
visited them in their homes and on the
stage. Others of his friends were promi
nent families in society.
Though his church was regarded as one
of the wealthiest in the city. Father Du
cey's sympathies and much of his efforts
went to the poor. During the period of
business depression last winter he main
tained a bread line at his chapel, and fed
several hundred hungry men every night.
Ordained in 1805. ?
l>orn sixty-six years ago in Lindsmere,
Ireland, Thomas James Ducey was
brought to New York by his widowed
mother in 1X4K. Judge James T. Brady,
s-jing the boy and conceiving a strong
attaciiment for him. formally adopted
tiim, and thereafter his life was one of
comfort, even of luxury. He first attend
ed the college of St. Francis, but fancy
ing he felt a vocation for law, he left
before graduation and entered the law
office of his foster father. He soon
gave up law. however, and studied for
the ministry, and was ordained in ]*!>>
in Si. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, N. Y.
There was a great howdy-do in the
early summer of 1SS4, wiien Father
Ducey's close friend, John C. Eno. presi
dent of the Second Xational Hank, was
charged with defaulting for ??.00tMXX> or
so. Kro disappeared, and it was rumored
that he was concealed in Father Ducey s
rectcry. Father Ducey denied that, but
when Kno was arrested in Quebec Father
Ducev was with blm under the name of
Mr. Priestman. Father Ducey said he
went to Canada at the solicitation of
Mr. Eno. sr.. and was the guest of
the archbishop of Montreal, who wrote to
Cardinal McCloskey and Archbishop Cor
rigan concerning Father Ducey's activi
ties They approved of his conduct to
ward one of his flock.
Father Ducey's name again came
prominently before the public in lx?<':.
following a denunciation of him by
James Blaine, Secretary of State.
Father Ducey bad married Secretary
Blaine s youngest son to Miss Marie I
Nevins. It was a secret marriage and
turned out unhappily.
War on Tammany Hall.
In the early nineties Father Ducey
drew the attention of the public t
himself by his unsparing denunciation
of Tammany Hall and his subsequent
appearance before the hexow commit
tee. The latter step brought him into
flict with many* of his fellow-clergy,
arid his further appearance at the hear
ings was finally forbidden by Arch- I
bi.-hup <'orrigan. In tlie course of the
discussion mordant letters were ??x- :
changed between the priest and thosy j
who sought to discipline him.
Less militant of recent years. Father1
Ducey always had his own way of work-1
mg out the problems of his pastorate. and|
they sometimes subjected him to misun
derstanding. He was nevertheless deeply j
beloved by those within the church anil'
without, and the influence he exerted was1
broad and beneficent.
No one ever doubted tMar he was in the)
lists in behalf of social, civic and political i
purity, and he never spared abuses that
seemed to him to make for corruption. '
From his pulpit In the little Twenty
eighth Street Church he was often heard
to fulminate against unrighteousness in
every form Even the stage came in for
periodic rebuke. It is interesting to re
member that notwithstanding these occa
sional severities the actors of New York |
held toward him an attitude of peculiar
affection, and in 19?K? raised Slo.noo at a
benefit for the furtherance of his work |
at St. I.eo's
St. I.eo's Church, while not large, cost j
about and in 15*?rt the congre-;
gation -aised a large sum t<? meet a mort-'
gage which was due. In addition to his
varied duties Father Ducey found much
time for study and had a wide knowledge1
of the classics.
KILLS A MONSTER LYNX.
Hunter Battles Single-handed With
Animal in Its Den.
LOWELL, Ohio. August 25-Armed
with a big knife. William Smith, a South
Carolina hunter, trawled into a den of
1> nxes near here yesterday and killed the
leader of the band The battle lasted
three hours. The lynx was six feet in
length.
: >r sexera' months lynxes have been |
a tfrror to the community. They have ;
killed stock and attacked people. Their '
d< t was !n a'wild, rock.\ ravine and none i
daicd attempt to rout them. Smith or- j
ganized a posse to help him fight the j
animals, but he had barely gotten inside
the den when the posses, frightened at
tne growls- of the animals, fled In terror.
The battle was fought in darkness and
tlie den was so small that Smith was
unable to stand erect.
NEGRO STEPS UPWARD
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Progress Shown at Recent
Meeting of National League. j
RAPID GROWTH IN BUSINESS
Town Where There Is Much Coital
and No White Men.
COSTLY COTTON SEED OIL MILL
Twenty-Four Negro Banks. With
Capital From $1,000 Upward. ,
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Washington Enterprise.
Special iof Tli?? Star.
LOUISVILLE, Ky? August JO. 1W.). j
The National Negro Business League
has just closed its tenth annual meeting
in this city. When the Negro Business
League met last Wednesdaj Gov. A. E.
Wilson came down from tiie capital at
Frankfort to attend the opening session
and make a speech of welcome to the
delegates. Mayor James F. Cirinstead
joined the governor in welcoming the
league to the city, and the city of Louis
ville appropriated $100 to assist in the
entertainment of the members. In the
evening the president of the Louisville
Board of Trade, F. C. Nunemacher, made
a speech to the delegates, and the daily
papers of Louisville have devoted three
or four columns a day to reporting the
proceedings.
In an editorial of August 19, the Louis
ville Courier-Journal said of the Negro
Business League: "Though but ten years
old, the value of its earnestness and or
ganization is substantially in evidence; :
business, ami business only, is the sub- j
ject of its concern, and its propriety and j
level-headedness are a tribute lo its ;
founder. Dr. Booker Washington. Here i
in the south, where industry is develop- j
ing to an unprecedented extent, the negro j
business man is welcome." j
Business Enterprises Represented.
All sorts of business enterprises were;
represented at this meeting of tiie league. '
There were groceries, drug stores, hotels, i
real estate agencies, farmers, merchants,
bankers, insurance companies, harness
manufacturers, publishers, building and
loan agencies, grist mills, shoe manu
facturers, sewer contractors and truck
farmers.
One of the largest enterprises repre
sented was the Lincoln Memorial build
ing, which is to be erected in Washing- j
ton. D. C. This is to be an office build
ing for negroes, and an effort is being
made to raise 1100,000 throughout the
I'nited States in order to complete it.
Flans were draw n by W. Sidney Pitt man,
who is a graduate of the .Normal and
Industrial Institute at Tuskegee and of
Drexel Institute at Philadelphia. He is
the architect of the negro building at
the tercentennial exposition at James
town and of the new Y. M. C. A- building
in Washington.
The most unique enterprise represented
by the league was the Douglass Calendar
Company. Its business is getting out f
illustrated calendars with negro subjects i
and negro faces for the illustrations.
The most important undertaking of the |
National Negro Business League is the ,
organization in 1013 to celebrate the tit-)
tieth anniversary of the Lincoln emanci
pation proclamation of the negro exposi
tion. which shall be devoted entirely to j
showing the progress which negroes of !
the I'nited States have made in fifty
years.
Grocer's Address a Feature,
One of the most interesting addresses
before the league this year was that of
a successful colored grocer, Victor H.
'l'ulane of Montgomery, Ala. Six years
ago, at the meeting of the Business
League in Indianapolis, this man told
how he had started without experience
and with a capital of a hundred dollars.
His address this year was a sequel to
that of six years ago. Since that time
he had erected a twelve-thousand-dollar
pressed brick building and has. as people
who have visited his store testity, as
well equipped a grocery store as there
is in the city of Montgomery.
One of the most interesting statements
that he made illustrates the advantage
a negro business man has in the matter
of credit.
"The fact is," he said. "I have gotten
to be a sort of a Dunn s agency,' as
fa*- as the colored people of Montgomery
are concerned. When the white mer
chants want to know whether they can
afford to do business with a new colored
customer they have been in the habit
of referring to me. I don't object to
acting In the capacity of a credit agencj.
because I find that if a man is on the
wrong side of my ledger he finds it
difficult to get credit any place else."
Growth of Negro Banking.
Representatives of twenty-four negro
banks were present at this year s meet
ing of the league. Two of these banks,
the True Reformers' of Richmond and
the Penny Savings Bank of Birmingham,
Ala., have been in existence for twenty
five and twenty years, respectively.
When the National Negro Business
League was organized in Boston ten ,
vears ago there were but two negro
"banks in the I'nited Slates. At the
present time there are no less than forty
seven. Many of these have a very small
capital?sometimes amounting to not
more than four or five thousand dollars
but the amount of capital of negro banks
increases every year. I" or instance, tne
two oldest banks have a capital of
JHIO.OOM each.
* * * * * * *
Another thing that indicates the growtn
of the negro business has been the dispo
sition of its members to organize into sec
tions, according to the different business
enterprises represented. Two years ago
the National Negro Bankers' Association
was formed This organization carries on |
its work independently of the National
Association, but is affiliated with it and
meets at the same time. 1 he undertak
ers organized a National Association last
vear This year the newspaper men or
ganized an association for the purpose of
discussing the business side of the negro
newspaper. At the same time arrange
ments were made to organize a negro
manufacturers' association. One of the
leading negro manufacturers is A. t .
Howard of New York city, who was a
Pullman car porter, but succeeded m mak
in- a new and valuable shoe polish. He
lias been engaged in business for the last
eiKht vears and now sells his shoe polish
in all parts of the United States and in
several European countries.
Work of the League.
The work of the Business League, out
side of the annual meeting, is carried on
by local business leagues, of which there
are now over five hundred. In five states
these local leagues have been organized
as state leagues. The most successful and
enterprising c! tUese state leagues is that
of Mississippi. This year the Mississippi
State League occupied one session in giv
ing an account of its enterprises. The
president of the Mississippi League is
Charles Banks of Mound Bayou. Miss.
Mound Bavou was founded some twenty
years ago by Isaiah Montgomery in a
part of the Yazoo delta where it was
t hought a white man couldn t live. At j
the present time this town lias a popula
tion of about eight hundred inhabitants.
No white man has ever lived in tiie town
and few have ever remained there over
night It is surrounded by a colony of,
negro farmers with a population of about
three or four thousand. Negroes own!
within a mile and a half of the town
something like thirty thousand acres of
what is said to be the richest laud in-the,
I'nited States. All the officers of tiie
town mavor. city council and constables,
are colored. All the business Is done by
negroes and most of the capital has been
created on the soil.
Build Cotton Seed Oil Mill.
Two years ago the business men of
Mound Bayou started a movement to
build a cotton seed oil mill. They pro
posed to raise among the colored people
flOc to 15c Pearl Buttons,
Genuine Ocean Pearl Buttons,
in 12. 14, 16 and 18 ligne. Neat
designs, in fancy carved, fish
eye. plain and cup-shape styles.
Some have slight imperfec
tions. which do not affect the
wear or appearance. ?
Regular 10c. 12c and
qualities at 5c a dozen.
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IT PAYS TO DEAL AT GOLDENBERG' S .
r
15c
SEVENTH AND K. I The Dependable Store.'
Lace Curtain Ends,
19c.
SoBd by the Pair at SI Up to $4.
1.000 of the manufacturer's "sample strips"
or cutis of Lace Curtains were secured to sell at
a fraction of regular cost.
Thc\ hit 112 Is! yaids long ami most o| them can
I"" matched into pairs Very desirable for sash curtains,
scarfs, transoms and draperies.
Choice of plain and figured < entei -
Sale price. 1!V each for ends of curtains sold b\ the
pair at $1 tut to $l.ou.
nd Linen? Bp?;
?alu?s woFtti up to
0 fop
in Coiior Ciharn foray
an & Dress Gangimams,
This is the most sensational selling of Women's Dresses ever known in the hisiorv of the store. The reductions are based n<>t
on value. but clearance. I hey seem almost reckless, but. on the contrary, they are thoughtfullv made. Expedience offsets loss.
While there is plenty of wearing time yet ahead for you to enjoy these dresses, selling time is growing short, and we want to
make a clean sweep of the entire remaining stock.
I hese smart, graceful, finely tailored dresses are made of ALL PI RL LIXLX and handsome imported novcltv linetic. This
season's favorite styles, with lace bodice, both back and front stripped with tailor-made bands, charming Dutch collar models, with
rows of soutache braid, the entire back and front prettily tucked, made with newest style plaited, long-waisted effect skirt, further
embellished down the front with panels, piped with contrasting braid and buttons.
Really the handsomest dresses that have been shown this season at the regular prices, which range up to Si2.50.
Choice of the entire lot at $2.08.
Women's Nightgowns,
49c each.
Here's a chance to economize, and at the same time receive
good, serviceable quality gowns at a record low price.
They are styles discontinued by the maker, and we bought
them at a big discount. Made of good quality, soft-finished cam
bric, in high, square and V shapes; choice of six styles.
Trimmed with four rows of insertion and tucks in yoke, finished with
embroidery ruffle around neck and sleeves. Some have cluster-tucked yoke.
All are extra fill! and wide. In sizes up to 17.
Regular HOe and 70c values, tomorrow at 4t?c for choice.
.".0c CORSET COVERS?50 dozen
Women's Nainsook Corset Covers;
full blouse front. trimme<i with
lace insertion, ribbon and ^
embroidery; all sizes. <5^(7
Regular 39c value at
25c DRAWERS?25 dozen Wom
en's Muslin Drawers, with ruffles
and tucks: all lengths;
good quality materials.
Regular ' price. 25c. Sale
price
',19c
*? 1
?ale off Neglige Shirts.
| Regular 75c amid $1.00
Kinds at = = ? = ?.
A purchase of 500 dozen Men's Neglige Shirts on sale to- i
morrow at a price that should make W ashington men hurry
here and get a supply, enough to last all summer.
Made of good quality madras and percale, in an extensive
variety of patterns, with stripes, dots, checks and figures, on
grounds of black-and-white, blue-and-white and pink-and-white.
Extra full cut and gusseted throughout; finished with patent
cushion neckband.
A feature worth emphasizing?ALL ARB MADE COAT STYLE, either with
attached or detached cuffs.
Sizes 14 to 17. Regular 75c and $1 qualities tomorrow at 40c.
Tafffeta Silk Petticoats.
Another Shipment of Those (Cjj
Regular $5.00 Garments at .t
The mere announcement that they have arrived and go on
sale tomorrow will be sufficient to crowd the Third-floor Petti
coat Section with eager buyers.
Made of heavy, rustling quality black taffeta silk?a new model for spring
wear. Shaped at the waist and made with full-flare ruffle, with row of shirring.
Extra dust ruffle on the bottom.
All lengths* Tomorrow at $2.!>8 for the regular $T..00 quality.
"Sample" Hair Brushes, 2$c t
Values Worth 50c, 75c and $11.0?.
Surplus lots, odds and ends and "samples" are represented
in this sale, on which you can save one-half to two-thirds and
more. I
Good Quality All-pure-bristle Brushes, with solid hardwood |
and polished backs, in ebony, walnut, mahogany, foxwood, olive ?
and other finished woods. i
Choice of a large variety of shapes and styles; all with pure ?
bristles, in various textures. ? j
Choice of regular 50c, 75c and $1.00 values at 29c. j
9x 112 ft. Matting Rugs, $2? 69 j
Regular $5.00 Value. j
A special purchase of 25 bales of these Handsome Japanese \
Matting Rugs on sale tomorrow at the lowest price ever quoted, f
They are large room-size rugs (9x12 ft.) and come in a large ?
range of rich floral, oriental and conventional patterns, showing
various clever color combinations.
Equally as desirable for winter as summer use?the most serviceable
- - - ? you can buy for such little money.
Sensational
Clearance of
hoke Summer
White Fabrics
c
Values Entirely
Without
Pairaillei! or
Precedent
-a clean-up of all
Xow comes the most sensational sale of W hite Goods known this season
thc remaining lines of White Goods accumulated from recent sales and regular stock.
In our determination to make a clean sweep, we've totally ignored profit and actual cost.
At 9/4c a yard choice is offered of various desirable white fabrics, including:
Mercerized Satin Plaids.... Embroidered St. Gall Swiss Imported Check Dimities..
Imported Plaid Dimities Lace-stripe Lawns White India Linon Lingerie Batiste..
Irish Batiste, etc.
20c LAWNS?47-inch Extra Fine. Sheer Quality Sun
bleached White French Lawn, the ideal
white fabric for coo! waists and dresses.
Regular price, 20c yard. Reduced to.
12l,ic FANCY L \ WNS?Sheer Quality Fancy
White Lawns, in assorted styles; 1<?o pieces in
the lot. As long a:~ they last?this regular
12l,2<- grade for
"J 254C
ty Stripe
7^4c
98c
Women's Tan Cotton Stockings; medium
weight, good elastic quality; seamless foot; dou
ble heel and toe. Regular price, 12J?e pair. Sale
price
C
Children's 1x1 Ribbed Stockings; war
ranted fast black; seamless foot; double
knee,* heel and toe; sizes 5 to Regular
price, 12*?c pair. Sale price
Men's Seamless Half Hose, in plain ,?T TT /
black and black dropstitch, with cross ^71|/ ^
stripes; with double heel and toe; all s'zes. //
Regular price, 12Vic pair Sale price /
H
K
l or (Jualitie> Sold Regularly
at ioc Yard.
A sale that will i reate a great stir
anions i In ift \ -minded women tomor
row and bring a bis crowd to out do
mestic counters.
Three cases of I'lain Color <"han>
bray, in lisht blue and cadet, grav,
tan. oxlilood. brown, pink, ?*t< .. and
two cases of |?re?s Oinghams. in
stripes, checks and broken plaids
Warranted fa-t colors Excellent
material for making children's dress
es, Women's house garments, waists,
dresses, etc.
Regular 1??< grades at .V'4c a vard.
g
2.ic WHITE PERCALE? 2o pieces of Finest imported
Quality White French Percale, closely woven o *
B 4c
even thread grade, for white waists and chil
dren's wear. Regular 25c grade
S1..iO LONGCLOTH?Twelve-yard pieces of No. 'JOii Im
perial Knglish Longcloth. full inches wide.
extra soft chamois finish quality Warranted
12 yards to each piece. Sold regularly at *] ."hi
piece '
A PURCHASE OF HOSIERY
At Surprisingly Low Prices.
This purchase of a wholesaler's line of samples and surplus stock brings the most unusual
bargains in Hosiery offered this summer.
The lot includes a great variety of styles?all good, sturdy grades, that will give splendid
satisfaction, and at the same time help you to savings of half and thereabouts.
Such bargains are of rare occurrcnce~for Hosiery is one of the staples, and is seldom, if
ever, reduccd so low in price.
n
s
Men's Fine Quality Mercerized Silk Lisle Half Hose;
seamless foot; double heel and to ; in black, tan and a
complete assortment of shades, including lav
ender. brown, gray, navy blue, light blue.
burgundy, etc. Regular price. 25c pair. Sale
price, pairs for 50c. Pair
?
n
119c I
Over 2,000 PaSrs of
Nottingham Irish Point
at Savings off % to Nearly
m
The Season's Most
Remarkable Event.
Tomorrow's sale of Lace Curtains furnishes the most remarkable bargains on record. The
great values are the result of closing out from several mills the discontinued patterns, sample
lines and surplus stock at an extremely low figure.
The news couldn't be better or timelier?coming as it does just a few weeks before house
keepers will be ready to put up new curtains for fall and winter.
Lot 1?4oii pairs of Nottingham
T>ace Curtains. 3 and '.\y2 yards
long. 5U to Go inches wide, in
white, ecru and Arabian shades;
plain and figured centers, with
rich border effects. Reg- /rvo
ular $1.50 and SI.75 val
ues. Sale price, pair
Lot 2?800 pairs of Scotch and
Nottingham Lace Curtains, good,
strong thread, in white, ivory,
ecru, green and Arabian shades;
50 to fin inches wide, ,'t and .I',
yards long; patterns are exact
copies of Irish point, Brussels,
tambour, renaissance. antique,
cluny and point d'esprit laces;
plain and all-over centers, rich
border effects. Worth
$2.50, S3.no and $3.50
pair. Sale price
$1.69
Lot 3?500 pairs of Best Quality
English Nottingham and Cable Net
Curtains, all full 3% yards long
and 5o to 54 inches wide; repro
ductions of the most expensive
imported lace curtains; in white
and Arabian shades.
Regular prices, $4 and
$5 pair. Sale price...
$2.48
and desirable floor covering
Lot 4?150 pairs of Imported
Irish Point Lace Curtains, made on
tine quality net, with muslin rear
guard; plain and figured centers;
choice of white or ecru; 50 inches
wide and 3'4 yards
long. Regular $5 and $3.98
$?? values for
Lot 5?3oo pairs of Fine Quality
Imported Irish Point Lace Cur
tains. in a variety of choice styles;
plain and motif effect centers, with
rich novelty borders; also extra
heavy worked centers and border
effects; white or ecru: '-l1* yards
long. 5o inches wide; all have
overloc-k edge ami muslin rear
guard. Worth $7 (T> s <C\tC1\
and "pair. Sale ^^0Uj/ly/
price
Lot 0?21 >< 1 pairs of Finest Qual
ity Imported Irish Point I?ace
Curtains, iu handsome designs,
plain heavy worked and novelty
effects; 5o inc hes wide and 3 yards
long. Worth S10
X "2 .p".i.r:...s"10 $7.48
tit:?nn?mm?
of Mississippi a hundred thousand dol
lars. It was reported at this meeting
that they had actually succeeded In coU
lecting twenty-five thousand dollars, suf
ficient to erect a building for a sixty-ton
oil mill. The buildings for this oil mill
are now practically completed.
In liis report the secretary of the
company stated that the negro cotton
buyers at Mound Bavou already controlled
enough cotton to keep the mill running
for four months. Mound Bayou is the
center of the richest cotton region in
the I'nited States. Something like four
or five thousand hales are ginned and
shipped from the town every year.
In speaking of the possibilities of the
enterprise the secretary said: "Negroes
at the present time grow fhe cotton in
Mississlpi. They do all the work that is
done in the mills, but they do it with
white men's capital, for white men. The
simple question now is whether the col
ored men can do themselves with their
own capital what they are now doing
with white men's capital for white men."
Proud jf Mound Bayou.
Negroes of Mississippi take great pride
in the little negro town of Mound Bayou,
and stock in the Mound Bayou oil mill is
widely scattered among the colored people
of the state. One thing that makes the
town interesting is that it is the only
town outside of Oklahoma in which
negroes have a self-governing community.
At the same time it has a reputation
of being one of the most orderly and law
abiding communities in Mississippi. Plans
are being laid to build up there a model
school system, in which the trades and
industries which are carried on in tHe
town and in the surrounding colonies will
lie taught in the schools. It is hoped
to establish here a library, a hospital,
and. in short, make the town the negro
capital, as it Is the center of the most
compact negro population in the United
States.
Fraternal Insurance Flourishes.
The largest business done at present in
Mississippi is by the fraternal insurance
companies. The insurance companies are
carried on under the close inspection of
the state insurance commission. E. p.
Jones of Vicksburg, quoting from the of
ficial figures, stated that over $l.rttiO,OOU
was paid out by the ten or twelve differ
ent fraternal orders of Mississippi the
past year, and that these orders had on
hand cash balances amounting, as nearly
a* he could estimate, to almost
To a very large extent the canital of the
twelve negro banks of Mississippi was
furnished by the money from these fra
ternal organizations.
The principal insurance companies are
those carried on by the Order of Odd Fel
lows and the Grand Order of Masons and
Knights of Pythias. Th? last report of
the Grand bodge showed a cash balance
in the bank of JLSTt.noo to the credit of the
Odd Fellows of Mississippi During the
last year they paid out in death
benefits.
The Masons had cash in the hank
and had paid out during the year
in cash. The Knights of Pythias had
in the bank and had paid out
something like during the year.
Three Candles Sign of Death.
From I.ondon Ideas.
The Marchioness of Salisbury is retir
ing from the position of lady, of the
bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, which
she lias held for two years. Lady Salis
bury. who was l.adv Cecily Grove before
her marriage, is intensely interested in
Hatfield, the historic home of the Cecils,
and has made a study of its contents and
associations. L,ike most old houses, Hat
field has a tragic incident in its history.
In 1K?5 the then Marchioness of Salis
bury, an aged lady, met her death in a
gruesome fashion. She was writing on a
dark November evening in her room In
the west wing o; the house, and, finding
the light from the two candles on her
desk to be insufficient, rang for a servant
to bring another. With the three lights
she continued writing. Shortly aiter
ward the west wing of Hatfield was in
flames, and in the flames perished Lady
Salisbury. This story bears out the old
superstition that three candles alight to
gether are a sign of death.
RENEW NEGOTIATIONS. .
Chicago Street Bailway Officials and
Strike Leaders Confer.
CHICAGO, August 23.?Negotiations
were renewed today between traction offi
cials and representatives of street car
employes of the city in an attempt to
avert a threatening strike of all men em
ployed on the surface street car lines.
Several important conferences had been
planned for the day. The first was a joint
conference of railway officials, wage scale
committees representing all of th?* men
of all the companies. President William D.
Mahon of the International Street Car
Men's I'nion and Walter L. Fisher, who
represents the city in the negotiations.
I
I
Child Labor Inspectors Sub
mit Annual Report.
LOITERING PROBLEM SOLVED
Boys Kept Out of Saloons and Pool
rooms by New Rule?Viola
tors Prosecuted.
Out of a total of ?14 places of business
where children under the age of sixteen
years have been employed since the en
forcement of the child labor law began
about a year ago, there only remain 2!>7
places where children are still employed,
accbrding to the annual report of Child
I>abor Inspectors C. C. Estes and R. N.
Sanders, submitted to the Commission
ers today.
There were, in all, 1 22l? children em
ployed in these business places, but Au
gust 15. when the annual report Is
brought to a close, there were only 441
children working. In addition to that,
the inspectors point out in their report,
many places .discontinued the employment
of child labor when the new law was put
into effect.
Besides these 441 children allow ?d to
work in business places, the report says.
1.707 badges and permits have been is
sued to boys to sell papers or act as
street venders. In addition, l.HR special
permits have Keen issued to children to
engage in theatrical performances.
The problem of boys loitering around
saloons and poolrooms late in the even- t
ings was met and solved by the inspect- |
ors, according to their report.
Using Wares for Begging.
"Much trouble has been experienced,"
it is stated in the report, "in consequence
CONTEST FOR INCUBATOR BABY
KIDNAPED LITTLE ONE SPENDS
NIGHT IN WEEPING.
ONLY 441 CHILDREN WORK
297 Out of 614 Business Places Now
Employ Them.
of boys loitering in and about saloons
and poolrooms late in the evenings with
shoestrings for sale, or with bundles of
papers, bought at greatly reduced rates
trom other boys, who stop selling early
in the evening, using such wares as a !
means of begging, claiming that they'
cannot return home until they have dis
posed of the articles offered for sale.
After repeated warnings, with a view to
remedying such conditions, a stipulation,
limiting their time to 8 o'clock p.m., has
been added to the permits of all such
boys. This method of dealing with them
has proved successful."
Seventy-eight alleged violations of the
child labor law have been prosecuted in
the Juvenile Court, says the report. Four
employers were charged witli permitting
children to work without permits, four'
were charged with allowing childen
to work after 7 o'clock at night,
one employer was charged with allowing
a child to work more than eight hours a ,
day. one was charged with allowing a
child to work before ?! o'clock iu the ?
morning, one defendant was charged with '
aiding in the delinquency of his son, and .
two persons were charged with aiding in
the delinquency of minors
Prosecutions were also brought against
3.1 boys for selling papers on the street |
without a badge, against " for wearing j
badges issued to other boys, :i for trans- ;
ferring badges to others, 2 for selling on |
the street after 10 o'clock at night. 1 fori
altering permit to appear older, 1 for in- j
corrigibility, and II for larceny of badges.
Some of the cases were dismissed, while
in others severe sentences were imposed.
Mrs. Bleakley and Alleged Kid
napers Held at Kansas City
Pending Legal Proceedings.
KANSAS CITY.. Mo.. August 2S.?Aft?r
a night of weeping, because Mrs. J. J.
Bleakley of Top^ka, Kan., from whose
home she was kidnaped Saturday, was
not permitted to remain with her last
night, little Marian Bleakley. the incu
bator baby, today said she wanted to
"go home with mamma."
"This is a had place," she said, and
stretching out her arms imploringly to
Mrs. Bleakley. who visited the police
station early today, asked: "When will
we go home, mamma? I want to go
home."
Mrs. Bleakley, while demurring at the
pending court proceedings, said today
that she was confident of retaining pos
session of the child. I am the baby s
mother," she said, "and no honest judge
will take her from me."
Hearing Wednesday.
Mrs. James G. Barclay of Buffalo. NT.
Y., who, in company wi h J. N. Gentry
of Kansas City, is b?injj held on a charge
to get
If the Craze Continues.
From riovelard Plain Dealer.
The Pilot?There's no use tryin*
into th' harbor, cap'n.
The Captain?Kh! Why not?
The Pilot?It's cliockful of Dread
noughts.
of kidnaping, would not talk today,
is ill in the police matron's room.
The r qnisition papers issued at
ferson City by Acting Gov. Gmelich
terday authorizing the return of
Ban-lay and Gentry to Kansas had
What Could He Have Meant P
From Pin-k.
"Do you ever write on an empty stom
ach?" asked the mere man.
"Sir." exclaimed the literary person, "1
am a poet, not a tattoo artisftl"
She
Jef
yes
.Vlrs
not
( reached her? up to noon today. Kven.
however, if they come they will b of
no value until the hear ng Wednesday of
tiie writ of habeas corpus directed t<?
prevent the prisoners' r moval to To
peka and also to prevent the child beins
retained by Mrs. Bleakley.
Attorneys for Mrs. Barclay left here
today for Jeff rson City to endeavor to
have the requisition writ recalled.
It pays to read the want column* of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are tilled
through them.