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???eoeaaTe.1, in a Kr>e;*.*rt.ere,l I#tt*?r
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? i b* raaponaibl* far iu
aafe amtal.
S r,r he obtairaed
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w?)i*a fanro
any We will b* reapon
? any of tha*ae c. ?;
r ia a a
K- non?y.
cnu
can be tn. - an arad manrj in tt.ia
' *r money aent In
Mt^ra in a>- ,n one ot |
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In any other way, you muat ur owa
nak.
do oot wa-.t Tl
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-uiae we caanot Rtt-I your name *o
EflS la oHer to rljance
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r*nat Offlce at Kicfaaioad, Va
a <aaa nratter.
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a th**
? i wlthln th
BUflB
bar <?t" whlte aad
in the *.d counl loned
and t: ;ald for keeplng, I
lng and clothlng, aad doea not la
clude the medlcaJ l
s furnlsh
vVhlt.
Koauo
Waru . l
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liburg
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<ost of keeplng the piiaonera .
to tha (aet ti. oaatlea do not
make reporta aa often as the
* oaaltaa aad baviag m<
terms of courts Tt v*. 111 bi
out of a total of
ui the j'ia<*-s H.1HM--.1, three
fourtha are Ncgr
would have our readers draw
upon tneir imaginatlons aa to the
relative nurmber of white and color?
ed peopJe, who would be in jall, if
all of the oflirers of the law wen- No
groes instead of belng white men
and also to the fact that the cost or
maintaintng these aame Xegroes goea
into the pocketa of the white aheriffa
of the commonwealth, who flnd lt
profitaole buaineaa to keep them
ln the Jalla. Stlll. the ahowlng
la bad enough for ua and we
advlae our people to live uprlght,
Chrt-etlan Hwea aad to remember that
lt Is not a caae where many of thoto
aroffthlaaa Negroes do not d- -
- inishment that they ar4- r
ItiK. but that th4-ra? :\ro so many
who are not r?-<vlvlug
just this kind 4>f ? >-.. to
whiih they are entitled.
W< wish
that *
? that ho
will dig ?
? are
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u plan tl
; of Vlrginla 4.. real and
aad to t
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HE WOULD EE GROKE.
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The Haujjhty One.
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The Second Thcught.
can
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'*but m and
say
A Carefa! Respor.se.
"Ia he w : ca!l a Bl
man''"
clear." an
Bwered th< ahatei VtTbat
I would caii a atateamaa d<
tirely on who the sta:??iuan la."?
Washingt*
Tco Late.
Oill?Th* van Cota. I'd
like to marry that glrl; ahe's a perfect
bank tn bt
Bill?rlorry. old man. but ahe has
Juat gone late the hands of a recelver.
?Judge.
Those Milk Bathe.
Foote IJgbte?I aee Anna Held haa
had to cancel her datea on account of
a bad cold
Mlsa Sue Bretta?I suppose Anna
forgot to warm tbe milk before taking
a bath!?Yonkers Statesman.
A Matter ef Locatior*.
Ella?I loat my head the other
nlgfat
81ella?Dld you find lt oa aome fel
low'a ahoulder?
Juatics ar?J Cou-tesy.
Bfy cravtna to he juat has preven*
ed me from belng oblisin*- I a
much impreased arfth tha Mea that ln j
doing ana person a se: l aa a '
rule d . that to
further the chancea of one comi s
ia ve: ?'tulvalent to an ?
a.n.
Vlrtue of Enthusiasm.
Th?- ' the *ui ? r Of OM
man over an -
Dg skill of
hand. but
in cloae appli work. i:
enthusiaatn with ? t&?k be
ghteoed *
of 4VC"
Unalterable.
Mt wife'a
aklrr.;
en
4>I
? ly falllb ?
any
where ln II
D>et for the Tuberculoua.
The
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the ;
; he can
and slx eggs a day A'
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aa lt '
Two Claaaea of Immlgrante.
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Education and the Inf
Te.v
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Debta Were Outlawed
re.
Qv. rt.ng Hia Feart.
ing Had S.vallowed Rmg.
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DtmanrJ for Wooden Pi'ea
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G .e Mother Earth a Reet
In !
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Indian Barbarity.
'ha. I aee, ls goln'
ter ba a aculptor ijii'-a-r thlriK '
Udn't
sculp
than tor k??' K
The Philoaopher of Folly.
"Tha're are two sra* | the phll
?r of f- make a little
v go a lonjr way save
lt, anl ?? nd lt."
8in'e Inevitable Penalty.
Every man I . adise around
hlm unti! he slns. and the angel of
an accusin* eona : ives h;m
from hla Eden
Ali AI.K4
*<la!r. N. J. has named one of
Its breathing spots : k hut that
doesn't make tt dlffarant from any
other park.
Go to Spam
Red headed fortune hunters should
try their luck in Spaln. red belng at a
premium among the fair sex ot the
great peninsula.
Ali NaaaaaaartJaai Supplled.
Aa you grow readv for It. somewhere
or other you will flnd what la needful
for you ta a book ?George VfacDonald
Ta_-!eaux T.r-e.
"Do you kr. ir Scftman I
was Just aaaaadrJnaj | - 1 Tootale.
at ta-a, of the one standlng n*-xt to her.
' Oh. yes."
"I suppose he says thoae aweet
thlnga to ail the women he oneets?"
"No; he never says them to me."
"Iadeed' And you know hlm?"
"Oh, yes: I'm hls wife!"
BROKEN BY STRAIN
Ona of Defendnots in Capitol Trial
CoIlapi?s MBntal!y.
HS HAD STRANGE NOTIUNS
State Completc* Proof of Invoicea of
Meta! Furrnture and Starts to Show
Thoae In Indictment Are Dlfferent
From Othera
rlsburg. Pa. May TT Th? ap
pearance of ? i .one as a
B8, tbe r* -,"*rt of the seriou.s
Baaaf r--ank Irvine. one of
tbe six defendants and the admiaaion
ot me
talllc tabl
eniiven an very dull
ilay in the oBkfi | sracy
Ooaaaai ttle progress
was made, the ?'.'??;? r part of the day
of experta as to measurements and ar
Bta agalnst its n ln
a the Lawyera battied with the
? ..
>f the
and had
rat**d
e \ngus
- aoon as
- to show
:ie in
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tbal
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It was
nn?l making and
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of a
nnd ai
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Most Po. far Veasel of Her
Water at Camden. N. J.
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il be
ut in
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. waa witi ?
by a ? Includtn
ira from
iatan r promla
I i be w
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hand la and about the
i.ig ahlp taki
Fiahing Party Captured Whale.
\ whalo
thlrtj i ured by a
fishii .:, HlUaborougb bay, two
off Palnaetto baaca. a Boaabard
*.ith Wlncheater
tbe whale waa
kllled it v. ad to tha
It is th.- ? watera iu
many
Aaka Fer Leap Year Proposala.
Tn Bti :. X M .Jau
rreet Toroato,
Can.. has wrlttea Mayor \Va!t.-r Mad
den Oftl ? ;.at he v.
lt a great favor t.. ren-ive leap year
->als for marriage from bonaflde
wealthy la :ies Oalj As ref. t.-h* *? be
glves Jan. .u., g the Bntlah ambas
aador.
Weman Drowned In Cloudburat.
and, M<i . May 2~ Mrs.
John wlfe of a lumb.-r
Intendent. uaa drowned ln a cloud?
burat at 11 i,l Run. \V. Va There waa
no Indication half an hour befora th*
torrent s*,,: ,i<>wn that a flood would
wreck the lledman home.
North Carolina Votea Dry.
Ralelgh. N C, May 27.?North Caro?
lina was carrled for atate Prohibitlon
by a majorlty that lt eatlmated at
from 40.000 to 42.000. The Prohibitlon
tlcket has carrled aeventy eight out of
the nlnety etgbt connUea by majorltlea
approximating 48,500. The electlon
paaaed off wtvy quletly. no diaturbance
of any moment belng reported. The
total vote eaat ln the atate waa about
175.000.
CONDKNSED Nt WS ITEMS
Thuraday, *v*a> 21.
Tho romp^nollei of tha carrraatcy1 la
a mll ior tho condition 4>f na
t.onal bauks at the close of business
an Mn
Marllng, aj-ed ATty flve. of
M4>ntreai. cororaltted auiclde by Jump
Ing frcm the window of a room in the
Manhattan. in New York clty.
Twenty-one persons were Injured.
man} of them seriously. and hundre.ls
narrowly eecaped death at a perfortu
?r,ce or the Charity Clrena ln Chicago.
when ail the seats la the tent sud
denly gave way.
Friday, May 22.
Joe Gans and Bat'lins- Nalaoa have
?dgned artldea for a forty flve round
battle. to take place i. San Franclsco
on the afternoon of July 4.
Orothe was hllled and
se%eral others m4>re or le?s Injni
a tornado whh-h ntnirk IJncoln, a,
small town northwest of Sallna, K
The business of I ^
corporatlon \prll has
shown an Improvenitnt ovi-r March
which. as offlcially announcad i>y Pres
Ident Cary wh>*n tho annual report
was made publlc. was ronpid.-raldy
than tho business in February
or January.
Saturday, May 23.
In the raidst of an cx< iting name of
bail tn Haselwood, near
.
of tlu^ players. wa ? r the
ha-art by a hard hit line drive and
almoat immediate'
now In *
slon of C M f the
6 national I>
in July
Ira -*g white man. has
? ?
J M.
:ig son a
' iquay
?! the ct*:
Monday, May 25.
adnlt
ail 4)f
the
liinm II - the
I'a . ag?-d
l rs.
has
al Wasli . of |
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lf the
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Tuetday. May 26.
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ie?day. May 27.
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maelf
arlth a towi
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at Roanoki Va
I
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
Tha Lateat Cloaing Pricea In the
Princioal Markets.
ILADELPHIA FLOUR al
r t-itras. new, $ I'.-nii
cii \
I RYE FLOUR
at %A.l , ? p..r
Will'
I 51. CORN Qr
\4-llow. local. - quiet;
white, cli|
ithy.
bales, $ : PORK Brm;
arrel. $18 M BEEF st- ady, at
foi l>e< f hama i ?
POULTRY I 13.;
?
steady; choice f??wl8. u?...- ; old
lil'TIT.II
25c. Ktji'.s flrns; selected,
aaarhy, 17 ?*<?.; sreatern
POTATOES steady old. per bu
I 25
BALTIMORE WH1 . No
2 spot. $1 |?4; steani.-r
CORN ateady; mixed spot. .
aouthern
\TS sta-.i |y; Wblt4
No. 3. 5?@58Vj(
l
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stead> Maryland Pennsylvama
and VirRinia. l?V4e . Wa-at Virginia.
aouthern BUTTER ?-asy.
kl at4>r ?xt ras. 24c held
?-.: printa. 24
and Pt-nnsylvania dairy prlnts. IS
Live Stock Markets.
PITTSBllu; (Uatoa Stock Yards) ?
CATTLE st.*adv. cb I >
prlme. $* SHEEP
prlme wether*. J. COBBBBOn, %t&t;
lamba. $44>f,10; veal calves. $6 50?
7 75. HOGS a!ow; prime beavies, me
diums and heaw Yorkers. |'..70<a
llght Yorkers. $5 50; plga, $5, ronghs.
I4 25&4 75
M. E. BISHOPS ELECTED
Will Be Conaecrated at Special Servlca
In Baltlmore.
Baltlmore. May 27--The epiacopal
elertion of the Methodlst Epiacopal
general conference of 190S ta now a
matter of blatory, and when announce-1
ment waa made ef the sffectlon of the
elghth and laat blabop very many of
the delegatae beaved aigbs of rellef.
The new bisbopa, la the order ot
thelr pfecCon. are as r,'".)wi: Rev.
Dr \V. F of New York. aee
retary of the b**ard of r^*jcstic-j
Freedman's Ald and Sunday schools; '
Dr. J I. Nue'.sen. profesaor ln 1
"ogical sotuinary. Berea. O.;?
Dr. W. A. QuayU*. pastor of St.;
James church. fafraajo; Hev Dr. '?
Charles \V Smith. edltor of the Pltts j
burg Christian Advocate; Rev Dr. I
Wiison s Lewis. Barealdeat of Morning '
Ia.; Re\
Kdwln H. Hughea, president of De j
universlty. Green Carftle. Ind.;|
rt Milntyre. pastor of
irst church. Ix>s Angeles. Cal ,
and Rev. Dr Frank M. Bristol. pastor
of the Metropolitan chur.h. Washing
ton. The last named was the pastor,
intimate friend and often. it ia said.
r of the late Preetdeal
Kin'*
The bishops elect will !>?? .-c-n?*
ed at a spe< l?J aerviee which will be
held on Sunday aftern*>on.
EVELYN DROP3 SUIT
Withdrawa Proceedinga to Annul Her
Marriage to Harry Thaw.
I d NaaMI
aeel, wlthdrew
some
for the annulnu-nt of her mar
Harry K. Thaw The n
rawal was aaactloned by
? a;ip"int
' ny In
the pi >s, and tho case was de>
l, without ro^ts t?~
ately
I I
tl rounsel for
Mrs. Thaw. Issoed a stat4'm?-nt In
Whicl; ? ,. ' .
iing party to the pn>
It waa
if bet
had any
part in ancta a pr
v the
her hua
ands her
that '
Thaw
aaaa
?- ln T'
I that
500 SEE MAN HANGED
SherilTs Grewsorae Lesson Agsinat
Crime of Murd>r.
AWED DEATH SCENE
Foreign Eiemtnt Witneaa Execution of
Palla Radziua at Pottaville, Pa.. Aa
a Warning to t: e Lawleea ? Met
Death Calmly.
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e-oun
try calla I
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?f thi
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ago.
yard
not a pttl n the
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ral in ' n ot
and tl.
k ail
the
f tlu- jail
Tha idea of havin* present
arioua forrign ekv
D of the coal r
with Sht-riff Clay Evans,
who V tory of tl
Id from the tlpa of tha for.*
a. .salutsiry a-ff.-ct in
curblng the murd.
? '. tha faaa aant
Jus- <he march t*i the
fold Radslua maiia- a comnlete c
Btoa 4)f tl. -.loah niurders and
the Inronnatloa I
had that he hati b4-t-n Kuilty of com
mltttng a murder in Hussian Poland.
Radslua aaid ba killud a man in his
old h years ago and that he
Bed to this country to avoid arrest.
Ht a| lieved
after admitting his crlmes and walked
with a flrm Btep baCwaag two priesta
to his death.
tlu- prisoner stepped Into the
yard th.-re was a stir and a buzz of
talk that made him start slightly and
he glanced hurrit-dly over the btg
throng that to-mnia-d bini ln. Ho gave
no algn of ioa to any, however,
as he waik.-d through walls of hu
manity to the gallows.
Radzius acaniic.i the crowd as he
t04dt his stand on the trap. but his at
tontlon was soon ociupled by the min
.ons of the clergyman and the
aherlff. aa the latter arranged the de
tails of the executlon.
ln the meantime the big crowd ln
tently watcha-d every move of the pris?
oner and offlelais. and as the black
cap was pulled over ihe face of the
condemned there was a low murmur
which was soon hushed by warning
signals from the guards.
When the gallows drop was sprung
aud the prisoner swung ln the death
tbroes there waa a pereeptlble move
ment. but this, too. qulckly subslded.
and as the doctors haatened to the
side of the condemned and pronounced
the man dead absolute sllence prevall
ed
Tbe executlon had certainly awed
thoae who wltneaaed lt. no matter
what other effect lt might have pro?
dueed.
The hanglng waa ln every way what
la uaually termed "a aucceaa." As the
big ptison gates were thrown open and
the 500 "invlted" aled oat few had
any thlng to aaj, but ten mlnutea later
the streeta tn (he vtctnity were like a
babel while the men of the awveral
na'ionalities went their way ln groupa.
discussing the day's grusome ev? n*
Lightning Hits Church During Funeral
Mun< i. In 1 . Ma*. H While the
funeral services of Mrs. John A '.aosh
were belng held -n *be iTrVends church
at Cammack, fl*e milea weat of thU
elty. a bolt of iightning struck the
church ateeple. tore a ho!e throutrh the
roof, deatroyed part of the aaifry and
lnjun-d aeveral persons. The church
was crowded to the doors wltb mourn
ers and fri**nds of the Losh family
and the cholr waa sirging "Rock of
Ages." For a while a panlc waa lmml
nent. Many persona made an effort
to racata tbe builling. but the people
finally quieted and the injured
are*! for.
Troopa to Stay In Cuba.
Washington. May 27?As a reanlt
of several conferen.es betweea I'resl
dent Rooaevelt Bacretary Taft and
C,.n?*ral Rell. <-hi.*f of sfaff of the
lt has been declded not to withdraw
any of the I'nited Btafc from
Cuba at tbe present time
Drowns In Hia Bathtub.
Sfrl'ken. it Is BUppooad. with an
Bl Harrj D novan
parlng for a bath at his boo
et. Wllmlngtoa, Del . f**ll In?
to the tub. fttll of and was
drowned.
CHILDREN BADLY HURT
Started Railroad Truck Down Grada
and It Collided With Car.
chlld- y hUTt s*"veral of
when n
::rls. ranging In a
?
on th*
an.1 atar: | :i the
' - I
:'h a car
e almnst
D had
an ar: k
1
Alcohol. Blown Up By Sun. Bumi Store
atora
ng at a d it tho
B
- un to a
f tho
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Flve Men Buried Alive.
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of th. thelr
-d On Door?.:-p B
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BpV ihud.
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THE WINN:N3 TRICK.
k ?
From - r
took and lon?.
llrr asyea bes. ?
i baa she
:.e tftcfe . . .
Sne nr. ? .-r.
Baseballicized.
"Albert " aald the editor of the
afcaajte to '. ar, 'I aee
that Hev Van Daejaaa married Jud
Hlcka to riusy Philbrick this morning.
Write up a couple of llnes about lt."
Fifteen minutea later the baseball
red faeed and oerapiring.
turned ln the following:
"A lle game waa put up this a. m.
by Rev. Yan Deusen who asslsted a
double play ?Philbrick to Hicka. The
game waa called at 10:15 and none of
the declsiona waa disputed. Mr. Hlcks'
batting average, which has been toler
ably hlgh tn the paat. will doubtleaa
be lowered considerably. tbough from
rellable reporta the young couple ex
pect to make a home run in the near
future."?Puck.
Cheap Refreahment.
Mr. Thomas Stingy le precisely
what hls name would slgnlfy. The
other day a frlend vialted hlm. It
waa very hot. and after a few worda
had been interchanged Mr. Stingy
asked hls caller: "Would you llke
to have some refreahment?"
"With great pleaaure, dear old
boy." exclsimed the poor fellow. who
waa terribly thlraty.
"AU rlgbt. I will open the win?
dow. We'll have some breeze."
Royal Magaxlne