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A Large Delegation of Col
ored Gitizens Protest to
Committee. Against
Evans' Bill
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About fifty representative colored
citizens of Charleston and other cit
ies In the state were present in the
room of the House Judiciary com
mittee Friday night to give their
moral support and encourage the
three speakers who had been chosen
to pro.teBt to the committee against
any action whatever upon the Evans'
Jim Crow bill, known as Houee Bill
No. 18.
One? it was ready to be reported
back -to the house without recom
mendaion. Persuasion was used on
(the Mingo delegate and he allowed
4t to go back to the comimittee for
trecon&ideralilan aty ithe request of
chairman Naylor who stated there
tWere.vseveral delegates not present
at that session of the committee,
who wished to be heard on the sub
ject.
Chairman Naylor went to hie home
'at Wheeling to spend a few days
and when he returned he found the
biir iiad been "acted upon and the
committee aJi ad decided to report it
$back to thef house with the recom
mendation that it do pas3. It is said
that tje promised the colored people
a hearing on the bill and When he
returned made arrangement^ bo-hear
them before it was reported .back.
TheN first protestant was State li
brarian S, W, Starks, who in a mas
terly and convincing way presented
the case of the people he represent
ed. He showed the oowamittee what
a hardship the passage of .the bill
would work upon the 50,000 Negroes
of th0 qtate, who would be made to
suffer- for the actions of a few; that
the Negr/O population is one to twen
ty of that of the. state and that the
hecessity of ftuph a repressive meas
ure could not be urged upon the!
same grounds as in states having a
much, larger proportion of colored
people. Thre, filial of indignities to
whtehi'Uw race .would ,
be sii t>j eojydfrV'ff* d together *ae
the WW .pregtf fibed i fctfi4\the humilia
tion Wry fytytek ;*mnn,v Who is utriy
ing aghifmt&fc4&t odds to better his
condition, wotlld feel, if the bill be
came a law, made an evident im
pression upon the committee and
others who heard Mr. Starks.
President J. McHenry Jones, of
th6 West Virginia Colored Institute,
scored' the Republicans severely for
making it necessary for the Negro to
appeal for what is accorded to every
other race without question. He
thought ..their actions as regard the
bill savored of the basest ingrati
tude, in that it. was by the Npgro
votes that the State had been placed
and kept, in the Republican ranks. He
istated to the committee that the
bill was trying to fasften upon the
colored people something that the
Democratic party in their 2 5 years
of rule in the state had refused time
and again to pass. He said that men
like Governor MacCorkle, tiie Chftty
tons, John S, Naylor and Col. 0'|3riec^
and other great leaders of the Demo
cratic party were too knightly to re
tard a humble and helpless people
in their attempts to rise to full citi
zenship.'. Such bills as Evans', he
said, were offered when the Demo
cratic party was in power but in not
a single instance were they allowed
to get out of the committee rooms.
For the first time in the history of
the Republican party a bill was of
fered against equality before the law
for all men, and it comes with bad
grace from the house of our friends.
Mr. Jones asserted, for when before
in the history of party politics has
one part of a great party attempted
to humiliate another part of its faith*
ful adherents.
"The law Is bad," continued Mr.
Jones, "from a political standpoint,
and nothing is to be gained from its
passage. , It will not bring any
strength from * the opposition, be
cause men are not attracted to a par
ty that forsakt*s its lifetime position.
Such a law will discourage the party
because it will discourage 17,000 of
its loyal adherents, for who would
not prefer an open enemy to a doubt
ful half hearted friend?
"As class legislation it, is uncon
stitutional. It has been the pride of
colored West Virginians that they
have no Negro pronlem and that citi
zens of every ' party treated them
fn'rly. They have loved the pleasing
allusion of the soul, that West Vir
ginians are always free. We are
Americans with all of the American
sensitiveness agalns^ discrimination.
Equal accommodations will not suf
fice, a car linetj with gold would be
no inducement to us If compelled to
ride thereon on account of our col
or. It is not the> car nor the accom
modations^' trot1; 'the ever-recurring,
haunting thought; that we of all
Americans must be expatriated in
the laud of our birth.'.'
Rev. O. O. Cummings, of Simpson
M. E. church, was the last speaker,
and right well did he acquit himrelf
in the presentation of his case. Rev.
Cummings recited his experience of
equal accommodation? Jim Crow
lawa in other states, and handed
out some very sour lemons to those
who had wandered so far froni the
teaching of th? Mister's Golden Rule,
He rejected with icorn the sop thfc>wn
fto the professional men an<i piei.
lies, w^ov'?ldii? With valetstand
eg, wert^ftf be excepted fr6m?i..e
isions.of the bilL "Wo 8tft|id,"
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'said Rev. Cunmlugs, ?Mvith the mass
of our people, if they, fall. we tall
with them/ if they are to be denied
the privileges granted other men, tye
;wiJJ share the bufrjleu wlt,h'them, ever
striving to teach, them higer > ideals,,
and working to make them better cit- ,
izenti:" i
*lFhe ^Adycfcate was inform## by aey
.e^al members of the committee that
tfo action waa taken .upon- the measure
after the delegaH^m had withdrawn
and- up to thG'time of going to 'preens
the bill was still in the hands of the
committee.
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NOTA^K NR<3HO.
Rev. James Poindcxter, Succumbs to
Pneumonia~? A. Useful Life. ?
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Collimbus,; Ohio, Feb. 12. ? Rev.
Jup)es Poindexter, aged 87 years died
at h.ia fiome 'on North Fourth street
to night from pneumonia., Deceased has
been Identified with the c&use of tue
Negro longer than any other man
lo America, not excepting Booker
T. Washington, and was well
known ap a leader among his
race. He was born In Richmond,
Va., and capie to this city in 1838.
For years he was a barber and studied
Shakespeare and the Bible' during his
Uisure. For 56 years he was pastor of
the Second baptist Church.
Dr. Poindexter was a lifelong lie;
publican, and aside from being a mem
ber of the local Council and School,
Hoard, w.as often electejjL as a delegate
to the , 3tate conventions, and went
in that/capacity to the National Con
vention in Philadelphia in 1872, wtyen
Governor Dennison was a candidate
for vice president. He counted many
of the prominent men of the country
as his friends. One of his pet institu
tions was Wilberforce University, of
which he was a trustee for years. Two
grandchildren survive him.
COLORED PYTHIANS, BUY VAL
UABLE PROPERTY.
Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 3. ? The
Lynchburg colored Pythians have
purchased a site on Park Avenue,
now occupied by e car shed of tbe_
local -street railway company, on
which t h py jpr.o po^e io erect a modern
brick business and lodge tmildlng.
The prlpe pajd for th?e^ site was
$5,500. It is not knofwn what char
acter of structure will be >put on the
property. The Negroes, In their sev
eral Pythian organizations, have up
wards of 600 members in Lynch
burg.
FEME AND HMMONY
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AFTER BIMR FIGHT AT THE
ASSOCIATION MEETING
National Convention T<^ Bp Held To
Draft Model license l>aw.
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LotilftvHIe/'Ky., 12.? After a1
stormy session during which a bit
fer fight raged between the straight j
and blended whiskey interests, peace
settled over the Kentucky distiller
ies association, which bega,n. its an
nual" session here today. An attempt
was made by th e straight interests
to have the, association reorganize,
eliminating from membership all
manufacturers of the blended ar
ticle, hut the blenders proposed that
the convention forget its differences
and call a national convention for
&he purpose of legislating against
xhe keepers of low saloons. The
suggestion was endordsed and a
resolutoin was later adopted calling
for a national contention at Louis
ville to draft model license law to
be submidtted to congress. The res
olution provides for the appointment
of a committee which will take up
the work of corresponding with the
-various liquor dealora-association-of
the United States. i
RIGHT OP APPEAL
By Government in Criminal Oases
Discussed in Benate.
Washington, Feb. 12. ? The senate
occupied tHe day in argument on the
bill granting the government the
right to take an appeal on points of
law in criminal cases. The opposi
tion came mainly from Senators
Raynor and Whyte of Maryland anr
Heyburn of Iowa. While elaborate
defenses of the proposition were
made by Senators Patterson, Knox,
Nelson and 'Spoonor, no action was
taken on the measure. Sena/tor
Nelson gave notice that he would
move its consideration tomorrow.
Senator Ixxlge indicated that he
should press the Philippine agricul
tural bank bill tomorrow.
The District of Columbia appro
priation bill carrying $10,724,532
an increase of $687,298, over the
amount as passed by the house, and
notice has been given that the bill
will be put on its passage tomorrow.
TMAJv MAY KNI)
Before f>ecision Can He Readied 011
Publication of Thaw Testimony
Washington, Feb. 12. ? After the
eabJnent meeting today Postmaster
General Cortolyou (made a statement
about the communication addressed
hfm yesterday by the President, ask
ing if it wa? feasible to bar from the
mails newspapers printing 'the "dis
gusting particulars" of (the Thaw
i trial. Cortelyoti will discus^ the
matter later with ?the attorney gen
eral..^
The officials of the postofflce de
partment practically admit that it is
too late to do anything that can have
a bearing on the publication on the
Thaw trial, as by tho time the attor
ney general has looked carefully in
to the case the trial will be nearing
fan end.
The &ituattOfi jn Cabft. ,
between tfia New. York Herald, now
leading a determined fight for a per-,
manent protectorate^ over Cuba, and
Washington, whkh seems unable to
tell Its head from Us heels when deal
ing with the affairs of Cuba, the lit
tle Republic to the Soutty of us pres
ents .a problem at once pltabie and
interesting. Pei'h^ps there was never
a newspaper so determined on a pur1
.p6se, so bitter in i.ts flght, as the Her
ald"* is determined and bitter. It is a
tight '-to .have and hold Cuba. And
Washington seems to be malted mid
way between the Herald's demand for
a protectorate and the Sun's demand
Tor evacuation, as soon as it appears
Wise to do eo. I^?t week orders wfere
issued at Washington for1 enlarging
the Cuban rural fciiard, to the efid
that opportunities for outbreaks of
any kind may- be fewer than hereto
fore. Immediately, the - Herald s?t
about ta p.ut interviews in the mouths ?
of distinguished black , Liberals fn
which they declare war on both 1 the.
white end of their party, a thipg Im
possible, and upon the arms and. au
thority of the United States, when it
in notable that these men who insist
in calling upon the United States Gov
ernment to arbitrate the differences
that- arose between tshe faction last
year ? and then get out. How wise
they were, and how just is their cause,
may be drawn from the position Sec
retary Taft took upon l^ls, arrival
there, and wbich he maintained until
he set soil, for the Secretary soon got
acquainted with the conspiracy and In
competency, not to say brutal ^ negli
gence, of tli? Palm#, Government,
which was. no more than an agency
for certain American interests.
?What iJie Black Leaders Said.
It is not to be denied that the black
leaders of Cuba, who represent eighty
per cent of the jjopulation, and all the
! patriotism of the islahd, have urged
I their claim for a larger recognition
from both- the Cuban and the Wash
ington Government. And as one
United States Senator has said, * they
have not asked for more than they de
serve, this late&t turn, which . in
volve* " thv mustering lp of a small
I
th?jr numerical strength and thtT rec
ord fofc lyavery and patriotifetxi behind
them, they should have a large hand
,and a large share in whatever is to
be dottfc $tf>th as regar^- the formation
of th*i &Ur&l Guard, the policy of
the Habana Government No one in
either New York or Washington takes
sorlously these "interviews" emanat
ing fitom ihe Habana correspondent ot
the Herald, who is no less a person
age than an ousted Palma office-holder.
General Estenoz, the distinguished
black leader, may have demanded re
cognition for the Negroes, but v that
he threatens war. upon both his party
now in the ascendency, and the gov
ernment of the United States, no one
will believe. There has been for a long
season an effort put forth by interest
ed parties, to breach the understand
ing existing between General Estenoz
and Senor Zayas, leaders of the Lib
eral Party. It failed. A similar ef
fort has been made to open up a mis
uncHer*tandig between these leaders
and General Gualberto Gomez, the
most brilliant of all Cubans now prom
inent in the affirs of the Republic.
This too has failed utterly and miser
ably. At this writing the Negro lead
ers in the Liberal Party, concededly
the organization strongest in the af
fections of the Cuban people, have
the most enviable position with re-<
ga?rd to the present condition of af
fairs and the immediate future. That's
what's bothering the Americans there
and their organs here, and they are
lying wake o' nightp scheming- to
break up the strength of the Negroes,
and throw the Cuban Republic into
the hands of the Americans, and then
as they know, it will be lemons all
day every day with the Negroes. The
friends of the Cubans, however, are
just as zealous on the other hand as
its enemies are on this.
The Se?iate Wakes Up.
That the United States Senate in
tends to take a hand in Cuban affairs
was clearly brought out Saturday in
the Senate Chamber when a profound
debate took place about Cuba and Cu
ban elections, In which most of the
Senators took part. Those who spoke
weFo not a bit backwards about reg
istering their disapproval of the Presi
dent^ management of the situation.
It tooV Tillman to wake 'em up.
ML?ook here,' said the Senator,
"What's $11 this racket about. What
T want, to know is this, Is there to be
an election in Cuba, and if so, when?
And further, does the United States In
tend to t#ko its army away from tho
island, and when?"
"The Senator," answered the ven
erable Oullom, "the Senator will
know in due time."
"When the overlord at the White
House gets ready," replied the South
Carolinian," and a/ter awhile we'll
be told ita none of our business.
Palrbankfl Boomerw Busy.
The Fairbanks campaign for the
Republican nomination for the Presi
dency, is booming. It could tx hid no
longer, for JForaker, who is every
where these days, has been looming
entirely-sah-too large, too large, and
Fairbanks ? got uncomfortable. Around
New York for the past week, up and
down Broadway, in and out of Wall
street, holding up the benches in the
Amen Corner at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, hn? been Charles G. Dawes,
Comptroller of the Currency under
McKtnley, a shrewd politician, and to
whom A9 much as any oth nt- man, wa
due the ?weep which Moklnley ma<f
of tfce Ilinols delegation at the o
IjLottl* Coav6ntl_..
' 1$ . no
thia M: lu,
noUtjaJan's
ft', poetfc to forw
Pfeertdentiai booi
maiad for Bn|t ^
I a<tera Mr.
auft$ion, ami he
.out ftnd hustte fciiTrr '
gates; with . w&ot4
days ago the trlw
thought thfc V\c&
candy-kid. - ,ll -ht
Foraker has as, iftjj
of the Southern;;
fctfftks, who riina
regard, for L^eslie
greAt patronage, o?
pertinent in no toll
months a!way It. &
naties of the nexlwL,
tion are be In helcT^lg
v Ho w The
. As to how
regard the contpet^_ ?
he said that tfcay'&re
at
wit&ci i
pw
6:.
a
4
thi&ls wider
thj^Fairl>anjcs
cVaute a ,de:
iharley.-, Wivfe
boen in con
nr&ld io.get
i?outhjern dele
Ji here a few
f , v^irbanks
Ideuit was the
irned t:hafc
$f the affection
jeans as Pair
third in thi$
jj has used the
^ Treasury De
ay, Sixteen
,tlie prellml
onal Conven
now.
?'eels.
;& in Congress
i&g/ddFifc can
pwrtlal, see
ing that t wo ; 4 1 ' eiliate as
sociates are aapirahffs.^one ofc/ whom
presides over thelt^^Jhc rations and
the other their , iea4er$fb debAt<*?. In
T_ -NT
In New Youlf; v
the moat widely. T._
this, to say of thQ> s$
"Art: the preaqftl
.drifting towards
ker, but whether
fceJ- or not la
;taik,x)f Roosevel
month ago ma;
lieved that the jsj
Into such a tangle
isfactory outcoiuoj^l,
dents renonil nation^
'departed,' and ijofa
in pighf besides
are Taft of Oh ...
Shaw ??' of I owa anu
Foraker is a very)
State, but someti
health Is not as rob]
9$ there is^wfcat Jfih^^enafce thinks
o* what the ccmnri^v is&up in excite
ment about. Th^rtte,; e e n
test for a nomln$tf?& since 18^r. aftd
r d ay, -one of
Senators had
a: ' "
it W is all
4ks ahd^Fffa
could be elec
,nry. ?&* all
teased. ? Up to
ublican# be
i might g6t
the only^sat
be thar'presi
_ all this has
iijjravprt*^ ; sops
v s of Mdiana
er 6f^(Jrtilo,
ton of tytonis.
* man in liis
thl^k . his
it mig$vt be."
one next year Wilt,
of rain on a W
wants to see a _
will assuredly see.
I*' like af&ower
?a T he -Country,
atod a fight it
a hot one.
The lialftiioe ^'Powe^'"
The New York qbserves^;"Po!i
tital mathematicians point dui'that in
Connecticut, -IlHnoi& Indl-.
ana, .New Jersey, jgfcw Yo^b' Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Viftghia the
Negroes hold? tile -$5ijtf#nce of^powfcr
between the tw^ o(d parties and could
if resentful oveK^^vfcrotfnlVille af
fair, turn these States oV&r to- the
Democrats \ti the ^g^ld&ntial year
of i908;"_. .. &
To otvsefve In rQtur^th^ndt yet and
not aooil do the: political jn&>; tiers un
derstand the Negro voters. ? They are
resentful enough all iig^t about this
Brownsville affair, but *not enough to
turn their statee over to, /the Demo
crats. The Negroes can't , vote that
way, and dare not do so now. The
Democrats do . not want him at this
late day. The Negroes in the South
were, disfranchised not so. much be^~
cause of their ignorance, a? for their
political stupidity. The Republican
Party .could go a long way on a bad
horse, before the Negroes would feel
outraged enough to tura.in the Demo
crats. He gets but little from his own
party; he would get less from the
Democrats.' ?
The Rockefeller, Gift.
Last week John D. Rockefeller gave
an additional #32,000, 000 to the Gen
eral Education Board. Two yeavs ago
he gave this organization $10,000,000
to be applied to the needs of the smaller
colleges. . This new fund is to be ap
plied still to the smaller colleges, both
black and white, and especially to
the relief of colleges for women. It
is giving away no secret to record
that a Negro was as instrumental in
urging Mr. Rockefeller to an interest
in the work of the General Educa
tional Board, whose first pfres4dent
was the late lamented Willam H Bald
win, as any otner individual torce in
education. The wonder Jtjas been all
along why Booker T. W&fchlngton has
not been given a place oil the board.
Of course, his interests which are those
uf the Negro he feels, will.be properly
looked after by Robert (X Ogden and
Dr. H. B. Frlssell, of the Hampton In
stitute, not to mention Hugh H. Han
na and Waltei4 H. Page stanch friends
of the Negro. Yet the board would
have added dignity in Mr. Washing
ton's proclaimed meml>orship.
This latest fund it is announced, will
be applied a great, deal towards South
ern education, and the Negro colleges
will receive especial consideration, and
?institutions like Fisk University, Tal
ladega College, Tougaloo University
the Atlanta BSaptitft College, and
Straight University; will come in for
sums sufficient to assure them against
cramped circumstances.
The men who are to manage the dis
tribution of Xhlfl Important fund are
Daniel C. Gillrr*an, Walter H. Page,
editor of World's Work; J. I). Rocke
feller, Jr., Albert Shaw, editor of Re
view of Reviews; Starr J. Murphy,
Hugh H. Hanna an Indianapolis manu
facturer . and philanthropist; E.
Benjamin Andrews, president, of the
University of Nebraska; Edwin A.
Alderman, president of Hie University
of Virginia; Hollls B. Krissell, presi
dent of Hampton Institute, and Harry
Pratt, acting president of Chicago Uni
versity Frederick T. Gates chairman;
George Foster Pea.?ody, treasurer;
Wallace Butterick, secretary, and E.
C. Page, office secretary.
WKBTKRN UNION Of'fCRATORH
Of (Thlcago to Vote on Qpositon of
Going on 8trik?*
Chicago, Feb. 12. Tim Vtiion f olo
graph operators employe*! by the
Western1 TTa ion in Chicago will take a
vote next Sunday on the question of
going on a atrtke to enforce certain
demands that have been m&de on the
^jopany. ^he telegraph**!# made a
itM) for a wage inert&u*? of 10
:ent, and the rol^statptnont of
I of their fellow
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COLLECTOR
Of Revenue at To
ledo, Ohio
r ? . ? . ?
fylay Be a Negro, Thus Re
[ buking Republican Voters
Who Lost Congressional
District
"Washington, D. C., .Feb. 11. ? There
will be "nothing doing" for several
weeks In connection with the plan of
the President to appoint a Negro to
on<e> of the important. Federal offices
In Ohio. JThe matter is in statu quo,
or as' some wag expressed it today, In
administrative cold storage, and wUJ
remain in that condition until the
President can figure out just how he
ir. going to execute his program. If
a< Negro is nominated for a Presiden
tial office it will be either in Toiedo
or Cleveland, with the chances in fa
vor of the city on the Maumee. Should
Toledo prove to be the beneficiary of
the President's favor It. signifies that
a c o]ored , man will become collector of
internal revenue to succeed George P.'
WaldOff. If the appointment goes to
Cleveland ' it meiins that one will suc
ceed Charles F. Leach as collector of
j tnternal revenue. All this is autborl
tativev f
j AS has already been announced, it
Is definitely settled that no Negro will
be appointed to one of the Presidential
offices lot ; Cincinnati. The President
came to this conclusion out of consid
eration for his son-in-law, Representa
tive Nicholas Longworth, whose poli
tical future might be peopardized
;w?re he to follow his original plan to
appoint a Negro surveyor of fcustoms
to ! succeed Amor Smith, Jr., former
mayor of the city, or even as the suc
cessor of' George H. Kolker, the ap
praiser of merchandise.
? l<Yiendly Advice.
Many Of the .President's personal
friends, and likewise friends of Mr.
Llongworth, advised Mr . Roosevelt
that It certainly would prove embar
rassing to the First District Repres
entative to have such a thing happen
and this naturally led to his decision
to go elsewhere to find a place for d
representative colored man.
Should ..a Negro be named as collec
tor of internal revenue at Toledo it
will probably, be regarded by^ some,
people ?8 just retribution for
jbufcllcan p^rty of the Ninth Congres/
M
tetr the^e last r full when^a
should have been chosen, and ihtf de
feat of the Republican 6andidale was
due entirely to factional dissentioh in
that party. It was a bitter pill for
the Republican leaders to see the
Ninth District fall into the Demo
cratic column after it had gone Re
publican in 1904 by nearly 19,000
.plurality and when the normal plur
ality has been from 6,000 to 8,000.
When apprehension is expressed that
it would be harmful to the party to
appoint a Negro to the <collectorship,
It is not surprising that the answer
is that, the party could be in no worse
shape than it is now or was last fall
when General Isaac Sherwood was
permitted to carry off the Congress
ional plumb.
. The situation in Cleveland does not
inspire so much contumely as does
that in Toledo because the Republi
cans made a fairly good showing there
last fall. That is the reason the like
lihood is that if a Negro is appointed
to a Presidential office it will be In
Toledo rather than in Cleveland. An
other roason is that the revenue col
lectorship at Toledo is pot remuner
ative as in the latter city, where the
maximum salary of $4,500 18 paid.
Moreover, the Republicans of Cleve
land have been striving zealously for
a number of years to overcome the
Influence of Mayor Tom i^. Johnson,
to whose personal efforts the Demo
cratic victories achieved there in re
cent years are largely due.
NEGItO BARBER, WELL KNOWN
TO WEALTHY MEN, 18 DEAD.
The funeral of Frank P. Scott,
proprietor of the Security building
barber shop, who died at his home
1 123 Aubert avenue, St. Louis, Mo.,
Thursday morning from the effect of
a paralytic stroke, received ten day<*
ago, at the Jefferson hotel, will take
ptetoe this morning at 9 o'clock from
St. Elizabeth's Catholic church,
Fourteenth and Gay streets, where
a requiem high mass will be cele
brated for the repose of his soul.
Scott was 50 years of age <and was
a native of Sherman, Tex. He came
to St. Louis about twenty-^flve years
ago, -and was very successful as a
barber, and made many friends
among the wealthy business men of
this city. He was prominent and in
fluential in colored social and polit
ical circles and was president of the
board of directors of the Forum
club, one of the imost influential or
ganizations of colored men In the
state. He leaves a widow and one
nephew, Hughlett Kirkpatrlck, of
Mat toon, Ifl.
MORMON OtlL'llOH KKBUKKD
Merry Tolls of Arkanwuis 111 Moun
tain Meadow Massacre.
Washington, Feb. 1 3.? 'Senator
Berry chose to make what IiIb col
[ leagues smilingly regarded as his
"swan song" on the rigtit of Sena
tor Reed 3 moot to li 1 s neat. As Mr.
Berry seldom makes set speeches,
?and as his loss of a leg in 1he civil
war makes him a striking figure
when lie talks, the occasion gave
him more than ordinary attention.
i Disclaiming all personal feeling in
the matter, and declaring that his
relations with Mr. Smoot were of
the pleasantest, he said he would
have been content simply to haVe
voted to unseat- had It not been for!
his remembrance of the Mountain
Me&dow massacre, in which a score
of Arkansas, people were slaughter
ed In Utah by the Mormons and In
dians a&aoclated with th&h. He read
a confession made by John D. Lee,
a Mormon leader, who was finally
brought to trial.
? The senatpr said he wap a boy of
seventeen years at the time, but he
could never remove. the limpressions
created by seeing sxteen homeless,
destitute and fatherless and another*
less children finally secured from the
Mormons by the Arkansas authori
ties. A _ ???v"
"There was no more inhuman,
l cruel and diabolical crime than
that," exclaimed Mr. Berry. 4He said
Mr. Smoot <was not born at the time
and thait he could not and would
not have approved of the fact.
"But," he declared, "Mr.* Smoot has
testified that the iMormon church
was the same for all time, and thus
he has indorsed the action of the
church."
Mr. Berry's objections were di
rected agtalnst the influence exer
cised by the church in politics, the
admissions of Joseph Smith "that he
practiced polygamy, and the fact
that Mr. Smoot, as an apostle, had
condoned polygamy. For that reason
'he advised linseating the Utah sen
ator as a notice to the Mormon
church that }t could not continue to
defend polygamy in violation of law.
In concluson, 4he said that when
Lee laid down his word at AppomaN
tox, he promise4 "jpeace and sub
mission to law." The ex-eonfederate/
has kept faith; but while the Mor/
mons had promised, as one of the
considerations of ' Statehood, that
they would refrain from polygamy,
eight of the twelve apostles, / prac
tlced it, and the president 6l th?vJ
church defended it.
KILLED AT dKbSSlNG
Train Runs Injto Funeral Coach,
Killing Tfwo Women.
""New york, Feb. 12.? Two women
were killed and two^en badly in
jured at a railroad crossing in Long
Island city ' today when a Long
Island rallroa^- , train struck and de
molished a funeral coach containing
three persons besides the drive*.
Mrs. Nellie Terwilliger and Miss
Sarah Halladay of J.ersey City ^ere
instantly killed and Elliott TerwjUl
igex, husband of on* o^ tk* womw
and* .Tam^ ^M^aley.'' thev, Brooklyn
driver of the coach, were fcorioualy
Injured. Edward, Elliott, th$ engi
neer ;6f? the' tr'aiii was arrested.
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PRAISE FOR; TllK i PRESIDENT.
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Bryan Commends Him In Address
Before Iowa Legislature.
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 13.-? Wil
liam J. Bryan* yesterday afternoon
was given an ovation by the state leg
islature that is overwhelmingly re
publican. He appeared on Invitation
before the two houses of the general
assembly and made an address of
nearly tw6 hours in length, in which
he discussed the (entife range o| po
litical issues, which are accented by
the democrats of the legislature as
a tentative platform for the presi
dential campaign' f^r 1908. Mr.
Bryan was interrupted many times
by applause. Especially enthusiastic
was the demonstration when he re
ferred to Governor Cummin's labors
to secure the popular election of
United States sehators. Mr. Bryan
argued strongly for the popular elec
tion of United States senators, and
declared himself in favor of the di
rect sprimary.
"In every legislative body today
the contest is between great corpora
tions on the one side and the people
on the other side," said Mr. BryAn,
in discussing the subject of corpora
tions.
"I say it deliberately, I say it
calmly without passion, that if We
could take the influence of tne great
corporations out of American politics
it would not require nearly such long
sessions of the legislature and cam
paigns. The people would soon get
together. Eliminate large special
Interests that have representatives
about every legislative body, demo
crats and republicans and members
of all parties could agree upon nec- ;
essary legislation." J
In calling attention to the dangers
and evils of the swollen fortunes of
modern times, Mr. Bryan commend
ed President Roosevelt, saying:
"Let me here thanK the president of
the United States for what he has
done In arousing public attention on
this subject. I believe no one in this
country feels more grateful to the
president than I do; for since he has
commenced to point out the dangers
of swollen fortunes,- 1 only get half
as much abuse us I used to get. He
.Is now sharing this abuse with me."
POWERS BUILDING BIG SHIPS.
itfkHt Addition to Our Navy Small
Compared With Them.
Washington, Feb. 13. ? Senator
Hale has presented and had printed
as a senate document some Interest
ing figures as to the sizes of big bat
tle ships In course of construction by
the powers as compared with the lat
est addition to the United States
navy.
He showed that Russia Is building
four battle ships of 21,000 tons; Ja
pan one of 19,800 and one of 19,200
tons; Germany four of 18,000 tons;
France six of 18,300 tons, with a
speed of nineteen knots each. Eng
land's Dreadnought is of 17,900 tons
burden, but she has also projected
three others of 18,400 tons, each
wlth a speed of twenty-one knots.
The last battle ship to be added to
the United States navy was the South
Carolina, which has only 16i000 tons
and a speed of eighteen and a half
knots.
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As He Ran to
the ex-:
to Senate Inv.
Committee
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The calling of the 1qit. and ,
all of B Company preaeiit
ted for, the Issuance ,osf ammunition '
and other events of that ciifh^t
inspection the following mo
recited by Sanders, and 09,
he corroborated the testl
nesses previously on the
On cross-examination t '
that he could not tell the
the first firing. Her said:
been under fire a number of '
he wad familiar witU ?t
the various makes of arri^
night it was "mixed ring, . .
He thought it came from sbc-fti
Winchesters and Mausers.
that he had nothing to d0fr.wit&;
shooting; did not know : atty O|t0
had; did not suspect any due1 and
made diligent inquiriee amonjfev^
men to find out from tbttix )
anything, they Knew and Jut* it#- if, J
able to get any informatiqigfc. OEfe ; 7
~V-AJLu J.i* .***
clared that he had .not Wl
information and that th$re
conspiracy of silence.
Sanders stated that hie gftn Wa? n6t
in the rack at the time of ijfliie
ing, but in the Sergeant'*; >
that he returned to thin
He was not required tofeeaj)^
in the rack on account of pe<#'
ties. t y.
He thought there waaj^otii nine
guns out of the company's track ott
the night of the ahootiniS-tJtatitb^ >
were accounted for. . SatttoraVetJ* /;>*
dence was not concluded w$iej)i the ??<,
committee adjourned. *>y. >
l#.? rAtter
of bUt* \|<
appropriation tNOuui ? i
. ? ? ?'?''/ $?;$? ffiyi'J. J
Occupied Greater Portion
In House Ye*50H>r ? '^
T. wl
Washington, Feb.
passage of a number o t
unanimous cons^a^
resolved Itself tn$0 jfc
the whole to con&idedr tfc
proprlation bill. A nqtti
commendations Of the
prlations committa#' O;
of , order eliminated fnwit '
The army approtttt&ttotyi^
fortifications 1)111 ind w
light house bill ware
conference. When t*U
journed twenty pfcgefe
bill were compieUKf
NEW 3IM OK-W
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Jeffersonvllle, Mffc,
party vote of 20 to, X\j
bill wftR passed In
The Democrats su
the Republicans o