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vania
Supreme Chancellor Starks
Institutes a grand lodge at
h Harrisburg after much,
labor.
HarrUburg, Pa. March 27.? Har
rlsburg/ the capital city of Pennsyl
vania. ha? been tjie vmecca Of the
great order of Knightp of Pythias of
the State ofcpennsylvanla for the last
three days. The occasion being the
organisation of a Grand .Lodge for
the entire State. Heretofore the State
has had ^wo Grand Lodges, one in the
eastern and one lit western part
with, Harrlshurg - the dividing Jiue.
The Siipreme Lodge at Is session in
Pittaburg, In August, 1905 gave
the ?? Supreme QhanceWor authority
to imerge the two; into one Grand
Ld^ge*' for,. the . entire State.. InJ
response teethe proclamation issued
byBupreine- . Chancellor Starks in
structing each lodge to send : two
Representatives to meet in Harrls
. hurg on Tuesday,. - March . 26th,
for the purpose or organizing
the Grand Lodgg, thirty-flve out of
the thirty-eight lodges in the State I
responded, ^and their Representatives
were present. They began to arrive
- Monday aftehoon, and by Tuesday
morning all pt them were ofi the
i ground. The Hepresentatives assem
bled Tuesday mornlns at Odd Pel
lows' Hall which by the way is a
handsome building owned by the
Odd - Fellows' Of Harrisburg and
^formed a' ''profession to the Penn
sylvania Railroad depot to meet
Supreme Chancellor S. W . Starts,
who was due to arrive from
Charleston, W.' Va., at 11:60 a. m.
Just before the time, for starting
that the Supreme Chancellor had
missed connection at Baltimore, and
would not ar,rive until 2:50 p. m.
The Meeting then r6solved it&elf into
?? a sort of "Pythian Camp Fire" in
which ^'heart to heart" talks were in
dulged in, and the members from
the two secUoftfi of the State made
themselves better * acquainted with
each other, - Each speaker expressed
himself as beigg h*artil?in favor of
. meet Su^etae* Chancellor Starts.
Hfcwaa escorted, to the residence o?
Mfiv Jackson where he was enter
tained whlloyfn the city. It was four
o'clock when the hall was reached,
and the meeting was called to order.
Invocation W&s offered by Rev. W. L.
Green, of Flnleyville. The Supreme
Chancellor then stated the oblect of
th? meeting, and also took oains to
have each member thoroughly un
derstand the intricate , workings
which It had required at times to
bring the two Grand Lodges together
lh one harmonious body. He spoke
highly of the good work which had
been done by leading Pythians in
e?ch section of the State to bring
about the desired end. It was easily
Been that the task of mergiitg two
Grand Lodges intoyone and at the
same time do justice to all concerned,
and promote harmony was not an
easy one and all present ere out
spoken in approval of the skillful
manner in which the Supreme Chan
cellor had. brought the .work to the
desired culmination.
- A committee pf which Rev. J. C.
Taulton/ '<>f Homstead, was chair
man was appointed on credentials
and returns. A rece&ss of an hour
was then taken to give the Represen
tatives of the Subordinate lodges an
opportunity to qualify and be enroll
ed. During the recess a committee
from Pythias Lodge No. 34, of Har
risburg, ?noorted tjiQ Supreme Chanr
cellor to some of tne points of inter
est in the cjty. Among other places
visited waar Pennsylvanias ? now fa
mous State House where the legisla
ture was in session atrthe time. The
-governor's "Office and man^ others in
the State house were visited. iJBJach
official thanked the Supreme Chancel
lor and the committee for having
called, and all of them said they
were glad to see the man at the head
of an organisation which was so
strong and doing so much fof the ele
vation of the people. The welcome
extended t<F the Supreme Chancellor
every where was cordial, but that ex
tended by the State Librarian, Hon.
Mr. Montgomery, was extremely so
when he was told that the Supreme
Chan^f lor was also the State Librar
ian of the State of West Virginia. He
showed every courtesy of his- office,
insisted upon. the Supreme Clian
, cellor spending some time with him
before leaving the city.
Upon returning to th? hall the
meeting was called to order. The
Committed on Credentials and Re
turns announced* that It was ready to
report. the report .which showed
that accredited and qualified Repre
sentatives from thirty-five lodgew
>vwere present, was read and accepted.
It wnn then decided to appoint a
committee to draft a constitution and
by laws for the government of the
Grand Lodge when formed. The
committte, .consisting of W. it. Stan
ton, Chairman, Dr. J. D. Phillips,
M. C. Brown, A. P. McClure and W.
D. Oftrmea, was appointed. A reces&
was^hen taken until Wednesday
morning, at 10 o'clock. Upon reas
sembling the committee through Its
chairman announced that after work
ing nearly all night it was prepAred
to submit its report. The report was
considered by sections, and it took
ffom 10 o'clock a. m. till 9 o'clock
p. m. to complete the reading and |
adoption of same. The law Is strong
and comprehenaitife, and with its eft
ftfrcetaient . there is no reason wb?
I
Py thlarrfam 7ga the State should . not
riucceed.; $h? ?ttecUoh<of ofHoe*#>as
tSoit tit order and it reAiUted'ln the
choice of strong and capable men
for each . position. The Grand Chan
cellor *n<l nearly all of th&triost im
portant officers belnarv elected by a
unanimous vote. Their nj&jmes are
as follows: G. CXB. G, dollier:, No.
702 youth 15th street Philadelphia
O. C, James. Howard* Bradaock;
O. P. T, W. Mills. Pittshui^gr O. K. of
R? and 8. G. A. Newels, Nor 421 6th
street, Braddock; G.'-M. of, B, W. i).
Garnet Ubiontown; (J, L. A. J: Lew
is, Pitt$burar; G. ivi: &t . A. W. H.
Freeman, Chester; G.>I. G. W. L.
Green, Flnleyviile; G: O. G. M. Shep
herd* jPlttsburg; G. WCi jfe Dr. J. D.
Phillips,. Philadelphia; 1G, Attorney,
W. H. Stanton/ Pittsburg; P.vG. O.
.M. C. Brown, Philadelphia; SrR; B.
Q. Collier and G. A. NeVels.
At this point the Supreme Chan
cellor expressed himself as being well
pleased at the success .of the meeting*
and' thanked those who had worked
so Earnestly for the success. He re
ferred particularly to the good work
0f Sir Collier In the eastern and Sir
Nevels in the western pa*t of the
State. - It was announced that the
newly elected officers would be in
stalled at the banouet tendered the
Grand lodge1 by tjie lodge of HarriS
b.urg at the city auditorium. A recess
was tak^n and at 10: 30 the Grand
Lodge' assembled r.t the auditorium
where a reception was held, and
banquet was served. Owing to the
lateness of the hour the addresses
Were eliminated from the program.
The Supreme Chancellor simply in
stalled the officers according to the
ritual of the Order. The ceremony
being simple, but impressive.'
So well pleased were the visitors
with tha treatment at Harrisbftrg
that the next meeting would have
beeapheld their, had-jiot the consti
tution provided that it . be held in
Philadelphia on the third Tuesday in
July, 1908.
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THEIR ALL
Given by five Rich
Men
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Is th# Report, Toward a So-]
tation of the Race Proljl?m ?
?lit'; - At the 5puth---Law? to
? Atlanta, Ga., April l.-tTwo great
movements looking to the solution of
the race problem in the south, especial
ly in Georgia, have been launched and
have gained- the support of some of
the most prominent men in the coun
try, according to a statement made by
a -conference of the Atlanta Evangeli
cal Ministers' Association today.
One of the movements is being urged
by Dr. John E.^White, pastor of the
First Baptist church, who reported to
the conference that it is gaining great
headway. " .
MFive of the wealthiest men in the
south," Dr. White stated-; "have put
all they have back of this movement.
We contemplate the organization of
all the moral forces of the south in
one great body and the appointment
of a commission, composed of the best
and most learned men of the south,
to handle the problem and deal with
the, situation affecting the relation
ship of the races."
- The other movement is being fos
tered "by 'W. J. Nofthen, of Georgia;
who has been urging in speeches an
over the state the establishment of
better relations bet^jBen the races.
The plan contemplates the selection of
a state commission composed of some
of the best lawyers of the state, whose
duty it shall be to~have the laws of
the state so Revised as to do away
with the present objections to the le
gal manner of trying and punishing
persons charged with criminal assault
and to provide for. the punishment of
the leaders and members of mobs.
ANOTHER, BTI>
Made For tfie Glove Contest Between
Nelson ami Gans.
San Francisco. March 30. ? Ano
ther bid has been made for the Gans
Netaon contest. Billy Roche, mana
ger of the Colma 'Athletic Club, this
afternoon announced an offer of $37,
000 for a daylight fight between the
two lightweights to take place at Col
ma, July. The oniy stipulation
Koche makes Is hid announcement
that he will have nothing to do with
Billy Nolan; that if Nelson wants to
do business he must, appoint some
one else to act for him or negotiate
himself.
Roche this evening posted with
the Sporting editor of the Examiner
a certified check for J 5,0 00 to bind
the match. 4
Roche's ofTer is $2,000 more than
that of Oraney,- and the faot that the
contest is to take place at Colma will
mean practically r\n unlimited num
ber of rounds, Instead of 20 or 25,
as would be the case if the men
fought in the city.
HRAHH OPINION ft OF WHITE
OFFICRKS
The Brownsville investigation to
day, with lieutenant Marry S. Orler,
of the Twenty-fifth. Infantry, on the
stand before t.whe Senate Committee
on Military Affairs, dealt largely with
the opinions held by the white officers
as to the guilt or Innocence of the
former Negro soldiers. Orier did not
approve of the course taken by the
Inspectors' Department in trying to
a&cfertain the guilt or innocence of
the men. and. after an ultimatum by
General Garlington that the men
WOtold be discharged without honor
upteflB they produced the guilty men
the attitude ,o? the men caused him
to doubt wl^NfceT they were guilty.
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TILIMAN
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Hissed and Cheer
ed
The. South Carolina Senator
Makes a Radical Speech at
Huntington Which Dis
pl*a?es Some
' Huntington, March 30. ? Senator
Benjamin K. Tlllnian^. of Sou tU Carl
ollna, wad both hissed and applauded
here tonight when he spoke in-: the
Huntington theater before an audi
ence that crowded the aisles on "The
Race Problem." TUe speech was caus
tlc-^-even more so than1 the- most
radical expected. . A section of tlie
theater ha& been reserved for the Ne
groes, but not a Negro w$s present.
"I am determined to . tell / the
truth," were the senator's1 opening
words. "You people may hear some
thing you may not like, hut the truth
mupt be told."
. "To begin at the beginning,, after
the war, dirty, mangy politicians,
who had never smelled smpke, came
South with their damhvable methods,
and outraged every sense of decency
of the people. The 15th amendment
aroused the last drop, of, manhood,
and the ^natural order was reversed.
The pyramid was turned upside
down; the Negro was at the top.
"Nqw," continued the senator, :
"this was wrong. .This is a White
man's country, and meant to be ruled
by white men. In many states th^fc**
are 30,000 more Negro voters than
whites. If we didn't take some dras
tic ateps and some shrewd political'
wtorK; like you West Virginian politi
cians do? the day w<juld come when
South ' Carolina would be a black
state. ?.
. "Before South Carolina becomes a
black estate it will become mighty
red. ; ? . -
"We have had tfouble because the
Negro wanted to dominate, and we
will have more. There are more black
children in school in South Carolina
tljan there are white. They will soon
elicit up with the whites in educa
tion., 5?ou see.
I
fac3 again. . ft will be a question of
black and white domination again.
And this time, let me say, it will be
more real and actual than before the
war. ' It would cost thousands of
lives. 2 ' " ? 1
"Everything the Negro has in the
way of progression, achievement, in
tellect, * enlightment, has " come to
him through Blavery and contact witlr
the white race. On the other hand,
the mixed Negio, the quadroon' of
the North, breaths hatred into the
minds of the poor ignorant Negro
who ha& enough education to read
and not enough to comprehend the
questions of the day. The damnable
politicians of the North commenced
this breeding and are keeping it up
now. > ' . ?
mi : "XT - ? i ~ - ?* - 1 - - 1 *
Hie xN?gro siaiias oeiween me
white people and progress. They
have always and always will. They
stand between the North and South
and a unity of politics. He is not the
equal to any white man. In the first
place the Negro is but 200 years out
of barbftHsm ? cannibalism. Animal
passions dominate " him . ^Mlxtur^ with
whites brings out his worst qualities
He Is unable to control his passions.
'<If God intended for the Negroes
to have the qualities of white men, he
would have made him white from
the beginning.
His Lack of Morality.
"You can educate the head of the
Negro, but you can't educate him out
of hia lack of morality he has."
The immoral ' women of the race
damn the race/ Every other child
born in the South of colored parents
is illegitimate.
Without good women, true men
are Impossible; and there's no soci
ety where women are corrupted.
"Slavery is a national sin and not
a sin of the South. Your grandfather
sold my grandfather slaves."
Continuing. "A terrible cloud
hangs over the South because all
white men are not able to stay at
home to protect their women.0
Most Degraded of Races.
Speaking of the five different races.
Senator Tillman said :"The Negro is
the most degraded of all the five
races. And still we keep all the
other races away and keep the Ne
gro, nourish him and protect him and
mix our blood with his. He is the
most inferior of all the races."
Reference was made to Booker T.
Washington. "His father was a
white man and got his strength of
character and brains from his white
father. But do we want to go into
the business of manufacturing Book
er T. Washington's for the sake of
redeeming the Negro race?"
Senator Tillman's solution of the '
race problem?that is. for the pres
ent ? might be summed op fn these
words: Repeal the 15th amendment
and give each state the right ^dis
franchise as it. frees fit.
In the course of his address he
said: "Democracy in the South means
white supremacy." Then he was
loudly applauded. As the applause
died down he continued: "And re
publicanism means Negro equality."
Whereupon he was loudly hissed by
those who had kept quiet before.
Referring to politics in West Vir
ginia, the flery senator said that this
state also has a race problem. Take
the Negro away and the state will be
ruled by tbe democracy, said hep
r Concluding, he said: "The Negfo
W&9 brt>ti*h$ here by a blunder; be
is kept, hfefeil
shackles werp
a blunder/ and
right to vote
Of Appropriate
West Virginia
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--Institute,
|,TIIWJ)U*?V
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blunder the ??
?n from IWw by
was ffiVen the1
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X-tCm&?Vy'
ter *t tlio
wl lliptltuto.
April Vv- ? ^he-l'
teat JiBBtiyal ofjJ
ebratftM.M the
d Uibt^tate ye^
3 befttttaig the
i0r i^vMiael.v a
lve of tji? ortgM
e'atest $fagedy,
N w of >tplrteen
iresiK) naivet rqad-.
preceding each
lie cantata and
ir with th? var
t historical oc
tal entry lijito
ne, the trial
resftrrection^th
Christianity, "W
West Virginia
tefday - with e
occasion. "Th ^
choir pantata 4es<b!
acts in the \y^!d
was sung ty ifc'
voices. Thfcre
ings from the .
of the eight part& ,
they dealt partfctU'
ious situations of .
caslon. The trlty
Jerusalem, Qetfi^ w
and rejection* ^M^feriicirfxl<Hi? t the
burikl, the Bu6p?n#j?:#f the followers
ot Christ, the restiryecLion. the walk
to Emmaus and tfcfe ascension were
all portrayed Scripturai^Siid
Ings solos and oj^orai music -mvap
proprlate c,hafa^^ jj The ioy.' and
sorrow, the hojptiQjatia fear, the sus
pense aud final Kladness "^hen
the Lord ha^T^e^l arleeh. were
brought out by >tf^.yiorus .very im
pressively andl the!' *
difficult mwaic w!as
Mrs. E> M. Jpnee;;
depasjment of mite}
The Bible re*Al
?President Jongs
The -chorus consl
Sopranos ? -Miss
Charlotte C&m_
Smootz, Miss A>trt ?
A 1 tos? Miss C??'e Fairfax*, Mitfs^
Mattle Hack ley ,'M te*Na n u i eCof>i) ,
Tenors ? -Mr: Xjjfitea Pa?e, 'AMr^
Ernest Chambers;-jSjrr. Alex. Gregory,
Mr. Andrew Yotin#l$l
feassos ? Mrs/ :,Ma^thew Obie, Mr
Wirt Jones* v
iVccompanist^MjjSs Ethel Spriggd.
[end-Ukm of the
ry credltabJe to
?<? head 6f t^ie
were Jed . by
Mr. burgess,
[of: ; .
pania I^ee, Miss.
. Miss JBertha.
Wilcher/ \ '
Almost kiftred Sfill
His Theorifc.
r
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Huntington, April 1> ? The Ben.
Tillman lecture or rather the show
passed oft Saturday nightswithout in
cident worthy of n^t.e. Quite a crowd
assembled at the opora house promp
ted more by curiosity4 than interest
to see the ritan and heaHtbfe scathing
tirade of abuse peculiar tto the seiilor
senator from South CatfoHna. To say
that it was a tame affair is to put it
mild. For three hourd the Senator
panted and perspired, picturing
in the blackest colors the worth
lessness of the Negro, the hor
rors of Negro domination, the
imminent danger /pt a race
war winding up witlt -? an appeal
for the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment as the only, panacea for
the, woe be&one condition of the
country, but after all it was the same
old treadmill grinding out the same
old grist relieved only by the burst of
sunlight that flashed 'over the vast
audience when he said' amen.
'The people of Huntington showed
the Senator in many Wkys that they
were only attending an entertain
ment to pass off the evening, while
quite a number preferred the five
cent street Shows, an|; the skating
rlhks, and the large inajority kept
their usual round of business having
no time to'throw away. Many essen
tial elements were conspicuous for
their absence, prominent among
which were the ovations by which the
Senator has been greeted hi other
headlines of the press. Tate city papers
were very careful as to how they
dealt with the affair and seemed to
know that the gun was loaded. Some
few correspondents ventured a quar
"ter of a column dealing with the lec
ture in a cold matter ot. fact manner
while none ventured even a paragraph
from an editorial point of view. The
republican papers seemed to regard it
as an ordinary entertainment calcula
ted to do the colored people of Hunt
ington more good tlian harm, while
the democrats can't see why this great
apostle with his prophetic glass could
not h&te been postponed, till after the
election. Taking it all ih all, the col
ored people feel that no harm has been
done and from t lie indifference
Indicated upon the pari of the
white people in general- and the
self-possessed demeanor the col
ored people all tf>ld. who were
.conspicuous for their- nahaenee, we
feel satisfied that ? the sena
tor will not visit t 1m? City of Hunt
ington again in the neajf! future. He
was plainly shown that the citizens
of Huntington, regardless of party
affiliations are more eoncerned about
the welfare of a thriving cJty than
they are about the hug-hear of Ne
gro .domination. He teamed that
the white people bf West Virginia,
though classed with the southern
states, have hot allowed their preju
dice to dominate theirs better judg
ment; that.v denunciation* and re
bukes of American cittaefts did not
brlnfc him round after found of ap
plause. :
SECTION MWN HA
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an
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the
Of Interest to Pyth
ians
Phenemooal Increase Still
Marks the Affair* of the
v Order and Harmony
Reigns Over All
'Remember the Supreme Lqdge
will:; meet at Louisville, Ky., Sepn
3rd. '
The Temple and Sanitarium taxi
is due in the office of the secretary
of . that department April 15th.
Sunday, March 24th, w^s almost I
universally observed as anniversary
and thanksgiving day_JiV_ Uig~ order... .
On that day a hundred thousand
Knights and Ladies of ' the Court, of
Calanthe, assembled at their var
ious places of worship and rendered
thanks to God for, tjie many great
things 'Which through His alwlse I
providence, the order has been per- 1
mitted to accomplish. , . ?}
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The suggestion of "Rally -Day" for
March 21st proved to be a happy
thought. A great number of lodges
adopted the suggestion and at least
two thousand members were added
to the order on that date.
f . .
v, In company with Major General
ft. R. Jackson and Adjutant General I
Jos. L. Jones, we visited Louisville
Oil the. 2 4tli inst, The plans of the
comtaail^ee in charge of arrang6
ments for the Supreme Lodge ses-l
g'lon had become somewhat confused
on account of the change of date,
trow August 2 6th to September 3rd.
When the committee was shown the
teasoft for the change and made to
understand' that the great, move for
unifying Pythianlsm depended upon
it, they bravely accepted the situa-l
tion and promised to make the comb
ing session a record-breaker so {ar
as Louisville is concerned. . I
At an extra, session of . the Grand L
Lodge of North Carolina , held at I
Greensboro, March 12th, . , we Jpuc- 1
ceeded In satisfactorily adjusting I
thto .^ififerepceB existing in tha.t^^atQ
had the outlook (6r ?JftT
North Carolina was never brighter.
.Heretofore we ' have had two
Grand Lodges in the state of Penn
sylvania. One for tho eastern part
of tho state comprising that, part of
the state 'In which Philadelphia is
situated and one for the western
part in which Pittsburg is situated.
The Supreme Lodge at its thirteenth
biennial session directed the Su
preme Chancellor to take such steps
as in his judgment seemed^ proper
to merge these two Grand Lodges in
to one Grand Lodge with jurisdiction
over the entire state. These instruc
tions were ' complied with and on
March 26th, at Harrisburg, the two
Grand Lodges were merged into one
and thus formed the Grand Lodge of 1
Pennsylvania. Thirty-flve lodges of
the thirty-eight in the state were
represented and meeting was har
monious from the beginning to end.
The following officers were elected
and installed:' ? :
B. G. Collier, 702 South lBtll street,
Philadelphia, grand chancellor; G. A.
Nevels, 421 6th street, Braddock,
grand keeper of records; Mc. Brown,
grand keeper of records and seal;
M. C. Brown, G. P. C., Philadelphia;
Samuel Howard, G. V. C., Braddock;
T. W. Mills, G. P., Pittsburg; W. D.
Garner, G. M. of Ex., UniontOwnjK A. '
J. Lewis, G. U, Pittsburg; W. H.
Freeman, G. M. A., Chester; D. J.
Phillips, G. M. R., Philadelphia; W.
H. Stanton, G. Atty., Pittsburg; W.L.
Green, G. I. *G.f Flnleyville; M. E.
Shepkard, G. O. G., Pittsburg, Pa.;
B. G. Collier and G. A. Nevels, su
preme representatives.
t
A catalogue of official blanks, books, '
etc., which must be used by all grand
and subordinate lodges has been is
sued. This catalogue which makes a
handsome book shows such official
blanks and books as have been pro
vided by the supreme lodge in keep
ing with its law. All lodges must use (
the blanks described therein and ,
each lodge should have a copy of the
catalogue. If you have not received
one, write to S. K. of R. & S., U. K.
Robinson, 3408 La Salle street, St.
Ivouis, Mo., and he will furnish one
free of charge*
While in Baltiinoie on the 28t.h ,
inst , we had a talk with Supreme J
Chancellor Hawkins of the 15. & W.
H.,. and Col. Geo. H. Carter., and Sir
J. 9. Blackwell, who were members of '
the committee from the grand lodge
of Maryland which attended the New
Yorft committee meeting. These 1
brethren informed me that, the Pyth- j
ians of Maryland are unanimous for '
union and so declared at a mass meet- !
ing held on the 10th of March. They -
fully realize as all sensible persons
must, the strength there will t>e in '
such union and the great, credit and <
strength which will accrue to the 1
race as the result of same.
There is a great deal of matter in <
our possession of interest, to the order !
which should appear in these notes,
but they will require too much space 1
from our already generous press. They i
will appear in the notes for next r
month.
(JfUIvS HKKK I'KOTKCTION.
Klchomnd, Va., April 3 ? Eighteen (
htindred white girls, employes of the
rarious stores in the city, have, with !
tljeir employers, entered complaint j
A&K THAT NEGRO BE OUgTRD
Architects iu Trecumty Bend Petition
to Secretory Cortelyou.
Washington, JMfar.cft 80. ? Request- 1
i$g that the Negro draughtsman re-]
cently appointed^ a position in the
architect's office ot the treasury be
removed .from the department, a pe
tition signed by practically all the
employees in the division was pre
sented to Secretary Cortelyou yes
terday. As a result, the matter ' will !
probably be taken up with president,
Roosevelt in the near future* Alto
gether there are abo.Ut eighty archi
tects employed lpi the draughting
department. ; ;
The Question has be^n before the
white architects fqr sojne time. In
fact, eVer &ince the colored man be
gan wprk, about two weeks ago. One
man, a Virginian, has even gone so
far as not only to sign the petition
but has resigned his po&iC^n. This
was don?, however, with U > under
standing that he may resume His du
ties within the nett fpw montlu , pro
viding he changes his mind, Sv reral
of -therother employes have >\lso
threatened to give up, their jobs..
Several days ago, upon his return
from New York, the petition was
placed in the hands of Supervising
Architect . Taylor.: . -This official In
turn took the paper before the sec
retary, who, it is 3a Id, will consult
President Roosevelt with reference
to the incident.
Something like 250 different
draughting jobs are on hand^in the
architect dlyision, which has brought
about an unusually large amount of
work. Architects : were found to be
short, and the supervising architect
was compelled to Seek civil service
appointees for the places. In this
way the Negro enterted the office.
Several of the white men complain
that they nre compelled to work side
by side with the, colored man and at
the same tables. Xti addition to the ,
indignation that has already been
aroused, the proximity of the colored
man with the white architeots caus
ed the others to meet among them- 1
selvses, with the result of a petition
being circulated. requesting Secretary
CortQlyou. to take ,Son?e action.
. ; , ? , ? 2?l
Washington, April 1. ?Captain Ed*
gar A. Macklin, of Company C. TWen*
ty-flfth Infantry, testified today before
the senate committer otl the Browns
ville raid. His story of the shooting
follow^ the lines of the stories of
others.' He declared that the position
in which the cartridge clips were fpund
in Brownsville the day -after the raid
was an impossible one. Senator Fora
ker asked him who he thought did tjie
shooting. .
"Well, I don't think the men did it,"
he replied.
Afterward he skid that in their ex
citement and confusion the men might
have fired a few shots from the bar
racks,. but that he had seen hothlng
to indicate they had .done so, and he
could not believe it possible.
Asked about the attack on him at
Ft. Reno several months ago in which
he was Bhot in the head, Captain
Macklin said : ?
"Officers of my regiment tried to
make me believe that the shooting
was for the( purpose of robbery, but it
is my ownVtheory that it was not."
He said the shooting had been done
by a masked Negro. He said that the
evidence against Corporal Knowles,
who is under arrest for the assault,
is purely circumstantial.
BEBEA TRUSTEE
Says the Institution Received
No Donations For Negroes
Specifically
Cincinnati, March 30. ? -Attorney
3uy W. Maltoti, member of the Bc\r4
Trustees of Berea College, when
tod of the suit last night said:
"I have heard nothing as yet with
regard to the suit. exceDt that there
has been some feeling expressed
among defenders of the Negroes who
have for years attended the college.
The idea, however, that J$erea Col
lege was founded as a bi-race insti
tution is a misunderstanding.
"The charter granted by the State
the establishment of the college in
185 7 made no special mention of the
Tact that Negroes were to be educated
there. The institution was founded
For all well-meaning students, and
the fact that the color line was never
iirawn prompted large numbers of
ICthlopian race to enter as students,
"No. gift of any signiflcane was
fiver presented to the college especi
ally for the colored race. All told
these donations would be covered by
$20,0000. The endownment for the
college was $550,000, and the value
Df the property amounts to about
?800.000 more.
"At the time of the passage of the
law prohibiten infer racial educa
tion in the State of Kentucky the
white students in Korea outnumbered
the bl*ck*?. and the latter by law
were thereupon delegated to another
Institution.
- "The college at oncG tested the
constitutionality of the law and ap
pealed it as far as the United States
Supreme Qourt. whore It is HOW pend
A*
?iiiHii'h
Of Ken
To Sue Berea
of Many Thov
mMfmM
Color/./
Letington*
cal Neurons, headed by' A,'
Of ,Be?ea; F. L?. WHHaiXMjU, oJ
ton, President of the fpgw
Teachers' Association, an.41 J .
son, of JLexinrfon, /haye ?
Judge P. R. Burnhara, at ;]
formerly Crief Justice oi
tucky Court of Appeals and .
O. Acron, ot Boston'; Ma**:^
stltute suit to recover
College, In Madison county*
OpO endowment fuhd* iti
share of over ^i;00O;O1>d"
college was given when it
racial institution.
Negroes have, been b$r
acit of the legislature frotii .
cated with white people^ In
and this action follows. fT
tionality of the law i?
the United States Supreme
through John Q. . Carlisle,
York, and as soon as the
rendered suit will be briqfi^
Titus, when *Bked if in< .
endowment of Berea College
been secured* becaus of t^e^*
feature- .of the schooll "
"Directly after theci' "
John G. Free, founder* ji
mantis of : dollars from
gro troops. Over
ed from the Fr^dittantfc.
Later $35,000 was obtained
Avery fund. ' Rosweli P-^B*
the t Century Magazine;" cbnL
large sums, which went into
vementR' for the
Fairchlld, through eljOrts Ofo *3
Ward Beech er and otfe?r
philanthropist, raised fc$0,OO(Hn
York. With these suiti*. aUot^
were contributed witft. express*
H*i* und
< V hWi ?? '? fir. ? ? .
V* ^
i&pi
ant Greer, quarter master and
battalion adjutant , the T
fifth infantry, on the nlifkt of^r
affray at? ? Brownsville* \0Mf$
stand today in the iftVMi
today in the investigation
the Senate Committee oii^$iUttti
fairs. In the absenCfcof' Cl
Macklin, he took command of .
pany C, while the shooting wi
progress. He testified in detail
cerning the events at. the poi
night.
At the conclusion q fa lonj
examination the witness toicf
Foraker that while he ' had;
the men of the Twenty-HftJ* Infai_
did the Bhootingfc his JQ&lnd Waa^ii
open as to the guilt or ^
thought the firing came itrfotti itfNM
the center of the town and tlrifcfc
gdns and revolvers were usedL ini
firing heard.
During the morning session tty
committee re-examined Wal)cerJtt
Curdy, formerly Quartermaster^
geant of Company 6, concernifc^JjM
plus rifles, in the store -home. - H* H
positive that none of th$ guncrli^f
arms chest had been used -li* v
shooting .
The comfnitteee will takell^rec
of two weeks, beginning April ,??<]&
*M I
MOST IiYNCSBONOS >,2,^',-: m
;V$S
Are For Crimes Other ThanWomaaa'a,
Assault, Says Rrooker#T. ,f '
? "?' ; W '?/'
Nashville, Tenn., Marcll /
Booker T. Washington , afldroftjfod,
the students of Vanderbilt thia a ft5er>*$
noon, and was accorded 6tr}6t) afcteiW^:
tion. On lynchings Washington
"I believe that causes that
frequently lead to lynching^- can -
largely blotted out and controTlfKll
co-operation between tha ra<ieeu
unfortunate habit of
ted to punish tndividnats .
charged with assaults on
gradually grown until fn the HMK "
two-thirds of the lynektoft*?>w*J
crimes, or supposed crti
than those connected"* Ifritl
en women only."
? ??'? till t'lU ' JVj .K,f > IM
"MAIL FROM A NEGRO? OO
OUT Fim '
Springfield, Tenn., MAfch.
George M. Banks* a Negrd; toi-; -Meat*- ?>
appointed rural mall
route No. 5, out of Spring
ceediflg Robert Cobbs, resftfred^'^i'uJ
Indignatitfn is being dxpr ^
the patrons of this route o^er tl Ufe"
tion of the Post Office Depart
and they say they will take
their mail boxes and have their?'
distributed from the SpHngtlelf!
flee.
Since Cobbs' resignation,
months ago, the place has been
by a substitute, but but as tH*!!
stood at the head of the lidt of
bles, he was appointed ovar thai
jections of the patrons, tt hi saidi?!
means the abolition of tha tytattfiyj
? ? ? ' ^
B08T0N TKAMKTKBfl mm "
? j h".
Want an Increase hi
fthorter Hoara.
Boston, April S.?
teamster?! struck io en tofts*
mand for an increase M
shorter hours. : / -$>