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VOLUME XXVI, NO. 10 RICHMOND. VIRGINIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1909. PRICE. FIVE CENTS I.I\<X>I.\S HtNDKKDTH AXN; \ 'KIISAUY. Times rounded years centesiir.al. to? day. The glory of falr woman's mls sion grand Rose to ? hetght e'er memorable. By angels' whispers and love's gulding hand. - -reat BBveterj of life there <a A Lincoln for a Llncoln's work to-be: t?y an honest heart this noblc nn; Followed untarnlshed in his llfe's de. His eoul beheld a man held by a man. Inthralled. tho weak sibmis slon'd by the strong; He saw his work and there his work began "If Blavery Isn't wrong there's nothing wrong." His plans were ever fostered hy his years. He rose and gathered ln bls rise the might To wleld the pen that drled tba ? ding tears Tbat Rthlophi wept in sad af fright. ? sa can have no grander mean Iiik than Was reached In this great life of wllled Int.-nt On. noble purpone for one hearl, one nia n. Oai grand ? i for one miBsiou | One niartyr by a tr.nib'llng cov. tbe axaat beyond, lovad raemorial Liu eola'a aa I of days, aaa aobte BBBDB bond. Aniid the many tributes of the Btroaa Thal rb? i ooaae, with With jnst tl: Aa Cthlopta'a offering for the l l LUCIAN lt \W\TKI\ Aatbor <if "VoJeaa of Bolltada I ll l.M \\ BTAJtTa u \* i i \i.u. No.nnialioii ?>f ffr. Crum Pr? < i|.it.il<? Llvelj Di-* iiv>i.iii in s. n;*t? hlaatoa. i> C, Poet, r The Bxecal tday i parttcalarl] talder tba nomination of Dr. \V. ii. Crata, collector of oaataaBa, al Chartaatoa, ed in'o a aaaataJ *ns cusslon <if tba B with ln crdeatal ri ta thetUhlaeee .mi ajaeetloai that ar*- b lng th<- Paeiac Coeal states. |lor? than four hours were spent babiad elosed doors an.l when the leaata adjourned the Crum case was no nearer a settl.in.nt than'when tba matter flrst came up. fl Senator TUIman took the floor he called for a quorum and announcod his prapaaa al naiataiaiaa a aaoiaat throughout tbe .'.. This threat. which promis.-d t<. compei the attemlance of S?-nators whether they wished to listen to Mr. Tillman's argument or not, bad to a discusslon of the rules of the Senate. The Vlce-Prestdent remlnded tl. ator from South Carolina and ot that during the eloslnjr hours of tho last session. the Senate had ruled that business must lntervene between calls for a qeorum, and that under that rullng a speech could not be con strued as "business.'' Although th. Senators pres ent who dlssent;ii from that ruling and the construction placed upon it by the Vlce Presldent there waa no occasion during the afternoon to call forth any further rullng on the ques tion. Mr. Tillman made an extended apaaab against the conflrmation of Dr. Crum. although r.o charges of any sort had been preferred against him or the adminlstration of the affairs of h*s offlce during his iticumbency of the term that has explred. Mr. Tillman submitted*to the Senate a number of communications he had recelved from varloua eoinmerolal bodles of Charleston opposing conflr? mation, and used them in tho course of his remarks to sbow the ovcr whelming sentlment against the fur? ther contlnuance of a colored offlcial ln one of the moat important of the Southern offlcea. Taking the posltlon that where there ia any eonslderable population of a race that can not be asaimilated by the wbite people of this country, there is bound to be race ancagoniam Mr. Baeon auatained Mr. Tillman In his opposltlon to the eciection of a Negro for this afjh The Crum caae will come up again to-day. lt being the pollcy of the Re publlcana to keep it befbre the Senate as much aa posslble. with a vlew to Ita dianoaition before the aeaslon onds. SEN.J.B. FORAKER WILL WIN. 4_ EEB. 23rd IS THE DATE SET POR VOTE. REPUBLICANS UNITED?WILL RuSTORE THE COLORED MEN TO THE ARMY WITH FULL PAY?CURTAIN WILL BE RUNG DOWN IN THE FINAL CHAPTER. Waahington. 1) C . Feb. 3.?The end of the protracted discupalon ln the s.-nnt.- o\er the affalr at Browns? ville. that has be?en h**ard Intermlt tently alnce tba President's measage of December 19, 1906. ia ln Blght. After presslng the matter In season and out of season Senator rday obtnined an agreement for a vote. The IlrowxiBvlllc case wil! BB ! up for the laat tlme ln the ta at i o'ciock Taaaia*, inabia I, and the votlng on the pend lng c.iniproinise bill nnd a!l anu-n.l iiienta will begin at 4 o'ciock on the aame afternooi, This aajrea.al folloarad a aome I dlseuaaioa ..r ti.. of arhii Tallaferro. of Plorlda. raid. bi I that the WSI t> gataatrad additional Infi a bear in? upon tl?? gullt of tl; ? 1 that an ba aa nt Bhou.d ? poned laj. Baa*. I oraker'a < 'oittention. lt th, inforiavit BBBaed by or fn>m Floi Foraker araja i. it araa oavly irt of laqulrj . B Blll, ao that court coul taln * I don't know what 1 ns with t aker, "bal I thlnfe it would ba an Insult Bd us anything from that i again " I.aurln prof. rn d M:,r. !, 1. aa a Baltable date for tb* vote aad or Fora* ,,.uarv Md was fixed upon compromli ;"'<! oa thai .' |] ;((t and aaawl tha tnmproaalaa blll to tha Hoaaa tor it. aetloa, it is bb l*r atood thal as tha t?mpt*oBilaa blll ls :l f:"' iii be put it through tha Hoaaa rdleaa of the : aion. Mr. Clay Insuc.^ssful. Beaator Clay again waa unsu. fal la obtaining fa aaolotlOfl calling upon the 9 tary of the Treasury for Information to the forn.ing of natlonal ncy assoclationa under tbe pro visiona of the emei ? '<t of May ;i, ifi, ?iying to Mr. Clay's rooueei Tor ?!40n.?n "tlon. Mr. Aldrlch said all the Information aought was ln poaaeasion of the Senate and I to refer the resoluM.ui to the coniniittee on flnance. Ar Mr i stion* th. i!ion waa per mitted to Ile on the table in order tbat he may speak upon it todav I do you know natt Mancheater. Va., Jan. 20. '09. We would like to know the where aboutB of cur son. Jeese Bebbs When last heard from he waa In Hudson. N. y. He is In his 33rd year of age. about 5 feet. 8 jnchee tall, of dark brown compl^xion. He haa been from home about nlne months and nothing haa been heard from him. Any inrormation wlll be gladly recelved by hia parents. ?TOSEPH F. BEBBS. SALLIE BEBB9 310 W. 22d Street. Mancheater, Va. Wants to Flnd Her. I would like to locate my slster. Harriet Ann Carter. Her husband "s name is .lesae Carter. When I last heard of her she was llring In Rt.h mond. Va. I wlll be very glad to recelve any informatlon of her. LEWI8 L. GARRISON. Lewlsburg, W. Va. ?The weather baa been very cold th?s week, but now aummer-time la aaaa again THK kfOrfKT lt)K THK. SC||(mi|s Nearly Kalf Mtlllon Dollars Needed. The Flnance Committee of the clty of Richmond. wlll be asked to laOQBB mend the Issuance of $ I worth of clty bonds for the purjv>se of roni pletlnK the white High School huihiing and to reaovata tba aM strurtures nnd to er.-< t otli.-r bulld for tb*> use of the whit aolorad ehlldrea af tba eftv. Chala> nian If. R. Pollard. Jr., the chalrman offered the laaotatipaj ln the Coaunoa ? il an 1 i i un. ndins tbat lt aii] rably ?i i.\ i Taro handred aa ? dollars of thla an ? ) bulldln* nn War Bt. lf has air. -? one hnndrad and I red an.l aaa dol ?whi.-h meaaa - Btora than finanrial ablllty haa niiig Boaaebody la coiiii.il \ KINK BUILOING tv flv?> thoaaaad dollar bulldlna win i ; for tha white ehlldrea on Haaover av< baildlng ,,ro. for Lelah si Bchool. Tba t out of date UIgh bulMI ba utIIUed for th* .1 High and Normal School. al tbooah if Is said t condemned hy tbe halMtaa insi ? ? ind dollars will . pended for tba enla Improvement of Moaroa B* "iisiiiid dollars are to be expended apoa the bnildlt TO D8I ALMBROl Sl site. b? llaaaa Uaalaaf latradat :i*.n for the .-re* tion ol a achool huildlng on the sit,. af tba ..l.i atme Excep4 ror its doea proxunlty to Navy Hil! Bchool, tho -^iti.in is all right. Our Rich ool ayataaa has beea tba I tba t<-n lencj of the patrfotle arhlte aeatlemi e of our peblle school affalrs has been I the colored . 01 th*' ci! -are deal". but it doea aeem tbat this pollev is to un dergo a change if we are to ju.i. :it arrangement. it _ m that If the white High Bchool bullding and its equlpmenfs at coat a half mllliou dollars. lt is bat falr that a Btraetaaa far the oolored P'li-ils should be provid.d I oa* beodred thoaaaad dollara tbea it may be well to walt an.l ? hat we shall see. Under the l*ndership of Chalrman M..r* t.unst weare ln | ,? of a commodious new bullding for our poor and tbe nlaee is now known as the Citv Pltal.^ It may be that some ?P'~- and patriotic eitlaea may ehamilon our cauae in thla mut ter of publlc gchool bulldings We nad some good friends oa the Cuy School Board and in the Counell of his city and many of them are there " , <???! M l-'II.IIJI sTER BfXK*Ki:i>. AWHr*lf ^."^"k'1!!. Dem<>r??? Wiih a Hint of | nhceded War Claima. Waahington. Feo. 2 ?Threatened ^nTa!hCeflHbUrr,nK ,D th* ?^e against the conflrmatlon of W n so?dTir- -. di"ch?r??d Brownsville advic-1 ?,W" aVert'id to-d^ by the advice of aome of the conaervatlve ^^^fJ-^? -Jn'orced X ?* r? Ms Wa" under way amoni oalUonT"1^ SeUat0rt OQ **?^Pr*, toaltlona. Senator Overmnn ?* thert.ht.Ca,r0,,na- * ,ea<"?. -eXr o inar. the flllbuster was never to be' empioyed except lt; great emergenclia He remlnded Democratlc Secatora that they had refused to foliow Sen ator IaoFoilette last year In hla flll rinaj expedltion to kill the Ald rlch-Vreeland flnaa*attal blll. Whlle Mr. Ovtrgian was pleadlng with hla colleaguas ln thla atrain Senator Aldrlcb pi*t<tlc*4 a more ef ' meaaurea of perauaslon. He jaiint.M out tbat the omnlbua clalm blll, carrytng man* Southern war ?>. which had taataeed both houaes Any Bttempl at d.iay by the Dernorratn would nn I) linpalr the chance* of gcttlng this blll thraagb. The threat of a flll 1'iiKter thereupoa sub*i norratlc leadeia w*r* aaying to ? tbe Broa blll would te ln 'il 'h :;re. ia of W. I>. Cru? ' eral Baatl tli4-lr vi,wa on thi lt<-%o|iiib?ii> Rlcbaaoo At 0 . ? held in their Coaaeil C Laka Hall, Bt Jtuaaa aad Bahar Sti on t! ? acttoa n lt dsatb of r \v. ? i Jaaaarj 1 1. ItOI at : eharter meni BtlBfl COBBCll, No Worthy Chl< ound] was -hf ? il. No 847. 8 Worthy Cl ktf in .-li,,,,,. uords ? ? .iiii-U of thr. < ?> inted to draft aulUble n tb of o.,r 1 brother Thia commltt. I aoofl af BOlll Icb aft, r hlghly eiilogistlo and sympatheti emarka memben of the Coaaeil u.r.- uaani I1IO.J |y. WHBRB ? iiviti.- taercj haa 81 to retnove by deatb froaayoar (ouncii. Brother \ilen J. Harrta, and r Harrta was I of R baaoad Coaaeil for rm and was Worthy Chief. vio,. Ohlefofbotb atantlne aad It.. hmond Council for "; 'i'no. ln all of which ; ?'< Btwad !iims,-lf ,? ba* a nr. ^.Ingoft,. -abilitvandfaith ' *" ?*? ry dutv in "?"?????m up.,,, blfli both aa an offl """?? niembar: and WHERl >thor Harrta wa. a al , "Ivtoliveup waa 1 *1 reouiremenLs of the law r^ady ta admlnlstar to the want* of those alrk or i? dtatresa. on^whoa' Pkaaafal look and nleaalnflt. PoalMoj, beapoge the fic/ihaTblh nd BO.1 TVl": ? H?ud ,iv?J a true ?bbi, B tend.-r and lovlng-hearted S: ??? 2JJJ and Ch'rTstlal igi loLr M -,Ck Chamb,'r ??" Ke.t *4gn over him. we aaw aa ir n,^- ./ "aWl Of death |n dme^ke form rJ^ JJJja Ita plalon. over our bl*o??"r Tud ?;;-PVr. '?Harrta. God e^'^ few-fe-la-^S our er** ,,,, ??#* ^ ut and ???* \ow tL*V "1 *nd Master. J- H.Trt. ou hCoduncn?,f BTh*T A' ?' h^r brlght^t jewe," o?"r rT ?De 2 a lo"M. bandand'rathe' .? *ver labored for tfc*X k !her' who forts and f!wr ralitTi ?di,y CO,n tlonal tralnl^ng aa w^"8 and ???<? th? re^dHf'""?nVbe ^ead PI^rb;ord^oS ?A. No- 2[707,,0.?ofRS,t^kned r?Un JOHN T BROWN. W C T,iOMAS 8. 8TAPLKS, R S OEO B. HEWLETT P W C JAS nS^SH^'J- ^ C " WILMAaf H. CARTER, P. W. C. Chalrmaji Kl |]| K\< K Klor. Wholewale Arrests in Pittsburg Cau<K' Peellng to lUin Hlajba Pittsburg, Pa . Feb. 3. In splte of many thrcats of armed reslstan< on the part of colore*! if the ? iioliee continue their *h=!-wale ar * reets of member* of their race wlth bjbjI emplt-yment in the HerTOa nm dlstrict af the clty. no outbreak of any kind haa ocrurred up to late u> Following th*= arre*t last nlaht of 12 6 colored men and the release to-day r * all but for' ;*ollce for-* m the d beea doubl.-.l to-nigbt and ever trolman haa ordera to arrest ? auspiciouB colored man. During this afternoon three were taken to police statiooB. and It la an tlclpated that to-nlght ma: will be at further atta.k uiHin women or glrls has beea rrix.rt ed slnee last night. and should one occur tho baaaper af the ciltlBaaa ls such that vlol.-n..- \r\ i robably I be meteal avl t*> tba ass 'f 4MM n and women throiish out th*' aacttOB Invohred are carr\ing ravplvara, and the Negroes are sald well Rrmed also. should a rlaah eome. as ls consid er. .1 not at all luprababla If aaora arrosts are made. the raaaM would be serlr.us. Local orators are Inflam ing the eotarad aaopaa to r.-sisunce. BBllaa ?h high. Tl !i"*e\.-r. s,>,.m t(, ,1HVl. th(. 8|t?.ition Brall bl haml and p-robabh will not ladlaeratBlaata st Of the colored men arreeted laat night. thlrty-Blae were tin.-d. tnoat of ? ihe workhourie. and ??ea and Rttward Arm ntified "f the att tbe colored i.p d a i>o!n ??W la tba rferroa Ha.ll dla In conm th tb tloa, and *v paHceaaea to aaferce re mad. develoi ? night in the Bltaatloa. II j.siin \i | un ajajj i | I U my .lon.-s is st ill ill at hl " !. s c Dehl Laexlnatoa Hot 444 M His daugl is much Improvi \rtbur I). Wright. prlncipal och Improved ? triu to BnaUnJ He ' ? i table aad a for both pnplli Hf T. J. Blaekwall, -wbo has able t ? . Mrs Carrla Blaad 8Jbeler of Bos toa, Mass. is Bpead Mrs, ii i; Tboaai \\..rk ll.ili.d. Mr w taaac Johnson *a aaa hall and Btahie is at a Btaadatfll oertaa lo the failure of the lamber coatractora to supply tba quantity afaa I?a?iik lliiilding. ? rk on the plans for the new afechaalca Savlngs Baok buil.l. under way. The va.ilt will be of the; most baproaad typa and aatttera. The plans and -pe< ifl.?ations f.ir this part of the work will soon be ready for presentatlon to the Board of Di-I ra. Wiii i>n>p laaabaaa. Qulte a number of teachers In o.ir puhlic schools are alated for de* apita ind will lose their posltlona. due lt ls said to Incompeteney and the lack of executive abllity. Dr. (araluuu t*. llegin Work. Dr. W. F. Oraham announced laat Sunday that he would begi work at the Fifth Street Bap tlst Chureh. Candidates for baptism are throng ing the stieets and clapplng glad hands. t.reat I.nprovement There. The Pythian Castle at 727 N. Third Street haa been repainted and pea ciled. It ptrrsenta a most handaome appearatfbe and it Iookb Mfea a new bullding. The rooma have alao been renovated and pap* ?Richmond clty haa two colored hospltals and there 1b now aome talk of a third one. TWELVE HONTHS IN JAIL. Rev. Eli Tartte Loses on An Appeal. A JURY GIVES HIM S!X MONTHS MORE THAN THE POLICE JUSTICE?WILL ARGUE TO SET ASIDE THE VERDICT TO-~<\Y?A LONG FIGHT AHEAD?LOOKS LIKE THE ELDER WILL BE MADE TO LEAVE PETERSBURG. rsburg. Va . *fah. I, 1909. The Haattaga Court haa baaa aa gaged all day ln the trial of BaBTi Kll Tartte. the paator Of the Harrlaon Stre.t i.ol.iredl BapMat t'hurrh. and JoBeph White, colored. of bla factlon, on tha charge of inrltlng rlot at the church Ifl June laat. The tw<> were put on their d< lntly. both having bo?in trted arid ? in the Pollca Coajti to six nionths' Imprtaon In jail. Prom this to tba HuBtli Hti'i on 'his appeal tha trtat all day Jury. with TMBaWfT Ijiastter * nd Paul Pettll repreaeatlng iniuel \V. /.ininicr. a lag for Wl.it. . an.l ('oiiinioiiwealth'^ Attom. j K 11 Mann Tor tbe 8 aaflNATION OF WITNB88ES l vaininiition of w r ? ojulta ii\.-)y at tim.-s asrd I allad upoa f<-,i Bumerooa ru!? Tha mornlng aeaaloB until j o'clo mony for i! ? of Harrtaon Charcl tdeaaeaaor, raadari ?ht of gallt) raoctha in tha l.iil. WHITI CONVK ,iO. BThO wa BBBBa tlrn. m tha *ge, was gtaea a lik.- aaa 1?B*? rttc an.l White hoth from the Pollca ln aee of six nionths ln Jail. and ? rdicts tonight Brer* upon this al. Counsel for Rev. Tartte and White m.-yle a inotion for a n.-w trial, wblcb was s.'t for baarlag l.y Judga Mnlien oa Baturday, Februarj bbc4 i u;i. s m \<. \/i\i:. Oaaaaaaaa l..r | , l.niury ff'Oll Volueie xwii VuiniMT 4. Oorar I 'and. From the paiatlag by William bf. pBaXtoa. Reprt Beaadlct. rer Cl< rraattai FrOBO tha palatlng by I John? son. Ciev.land the Man. ObOIBJB I' Parker. Illust rat.-d with pboto graphs rriage. A Story. Mary tts. Iilnstrations hv .\ \ ler. Fid. bert. CatlM The Rlght to Live. A Story J. - li. .'nonition. a rnaai. WaBda Pa trunk;'\itch. Work at the ito. kefeller Institute: The Transplanting of Animal Or gans. Burton. J. Hendrlck IIIub i ?* ith photographa. The Boy. A Story. Robert Sloas. Gift of th* GoOa* The ASr. A Mildred McNeal Sweeney. Jla'a liad.- a Story, Caroline I^.khnrdt. Illustratlons by May nard Dlxon. Our Navy on the I^and. C. KJhbe Turner. Illuatrated with pho? tographa. ?<? Old It. A Story. Hugh Wak.fleld. llluatratlona by Freiletic Dorr fetaaba. The Scientiflc Solutlon of the J-iquor Problem. Henry Smith Wil Uains. M. D., LI. I? A Little t^peculation of the U P A. A Story. Adele Marie Sh&w. II luatrationa by M. Leone Bracker. "Marrlage a la Mode." A Novel Mrs. Humphry Ward. llluBtrationa by F. Walter Taylor. Ideala. A Poera. Wlnifred Wehb. An Audience with Abraham Lln coln. T. B. Bancrott. The Orlgin of Life on thla Planet Waldemar Kaempffert. M oiiai: Naval IncredlbllitleB." KNIUHTH ??K PYTH1AHU Another New l-.<lgc in Hultfax <<*iinty. ***'" ?., Va.. F ?MealMll*> \?us vteftad \. st. rday by ? hall, Jr.. dlcal Director, D u. Jef Cranl M.ister at Arma. J. AJefander Learla, lf. D., Oapt, John .; Bmith, of Richmond. Dl r. H. C. at, D. laOg&n. 1 Siti.if | road ? ??ntry aa i anived h< Bfteraooa ition. A elah for a lodge of Knlghts of Pythlaa I Sir hf. I). L04 ap tba 1 ? MANY THKItF. froaa Vernon toustoi ith Baa> .ni*- her.- in l.irg.- numbera and tn Jola. Oraad ellor Mltchell .l.divered an elo ? re al Bley Indnstri.il Ii ..n<\ he ?>rk hlghlv Mr Rleb bovall, who bl known as the Iob oaaer in this aec Bd wl... la the flnancial ba titota j-.: Hia* this mornlng The lodge wns 11 .,,*.,. in tbe MeKlnley In ? building and th.- following of luuicellor < ommander, w. c. larry; 4/ioe Chancellor, James Heodrick; Pr Baaaval Plenty; ataaterof Work ?r of Record* Master of Excheqner \ \t. Edmunds, Master an Simnis; Master of ?Ith; Innor Guard 'ames TTalnom: Trustee8. Richard Stovall Jobn Oaren, Weeb j H.-ndrick Chancellor compl'iment N D Loaaa highly for his ? n tbla aectloB. He left ?rtth *** ' ' ?lfbf at 10:45 for South Ilo Afro-.\i?erieiui |iajr iiiHH]H Direct l-'roni Mauufactarer, GRKKVBERG H .ViJ? Klfrtitli Aie., \VW York, X. Y. Mall Orders Bottefted. Write for Prtea l.ist To-day. ILlll> ON \K4.IHM > Hun?lr.dH ?.r K|u? bs %rre*ted in Kf tort to Bbaaab l> Attaeks. "S^^^GK5waa? lo-nlgb. In an ,(r?rt by tbe poli? je -"n^n^n^f ~ through ta. N.gro L'ri ? Tnl "'""' "?Iphla. P^ ",OM 8,r~? RS. ?. r*r ??? P.-lonug aii ?, t%-.