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New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
MEYER PUTS SCREWS ON BROKERS
Cookers PARTNER TURNS REAL ESTATE
1IEN OUT or THE EXCHANGE AT
BUSY TINE. II IS ALLEGED

By order CT Peter F. Meyer. the manager and
RIc1ar6 Croker's partner. the Real Estate Ez-
change is closed every Gay al 2 50 0 clock.
This gives brokers. specUlators. investors and
others only about hour in which 70 transact
-het- business Under the rule, for which It
Is asserted there Is no precedent soon as the
suction sales are disposed Of everybody has TO
clear out whereas heretofore that was the time At
which the business really began.
Under existing circumstances brokers, specu-
lacors investors and others have recently been COM
PEELED 70 transact their business II the open air.
Any afternoon hundreds Of may be seen IN
T-taraes-st-. near Broadway. far down Tenn
as Church-st- They are the business men who
have been turned out OF doors by the autocratic
orders OF Peter 2. Meyer The gathering is a
mixed one. and Is composed largely Of Hebrews.
These men aver thai tie history OF the Ex-
change no such rule was enforced before They
also say that M Meyer has paid no attention
whatever 70 the protests made 70 him BY many
members against closing out the most important
business Of the day and turning everybody out
as soor as the auction sales are disposed Of, and
some Of them threaten that If the plan Is continued
they VII have recourse 20 the courts start
another exchange, where they can transact their
WniIe nearly TWO hundred OF these real estate
dealers and their friends we're trying 10 nnlsh
the-r business Il Temple and Thames sts as Ee-l
wagon came along al an unusually quick speed
and drove them away 5y giving some OF them a
Some one struck the driver il the face with an
apple. and + looked as though the crowd would
down from his perch and challenged Lae crowd
cae az tine. SoEne one ran 20 the ChuTcn-sL.
which g roCncsnlan and squad OF police reached
me place or the run, but no arrests were made
was sEi6 a. his o1ice thar was out OF town,
probably al Saratoga
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
The Howard Hotel.

Norfolk Street Embanknsnt, London Every modern
comfort Ovsrlooks Embankmsnt and River. Elegant
public rooms Electric light throughout American
Fixed tari1-
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
IRPERs0yArED FIRE MARsHAL.

Inspector Thompson and Fire Marshal seery.
WITH Detective RadlgaR, Of the West Slxty-eighth-
g. station. appeared in the West Side Court yes
rerday morning against John Williams. alias John
Mccormick whose real name the police say IS
Smith He was charged with having innpersonated
Fire Marshal Seery and with tmpersOnating a
pa-rCuua1 Il was asserted that Williams got
inside the FIRE lines al q FIRE, at No 81 Eighth
ave. recently AID represented himself to be the
Ere Marshal 10 Patrolman Enos, Of Fire Patrol
No. Z. and another fireman The police think he
wanted 70 get into the building TO steal Radlgan
also charged that the represented nlnlSelI
Z hin member Of Inspector Thompson 9
star Magistrate Cornell held Williams IN s.. co
bsl for examination on Monday The man denied
the CHARGES
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18

The injunction was granted by Judge Fitzgerald
ana Is returnahle on August q. Acting Mayor
Guggenheimer and three members Of the East
River Bridge Commission were served, but the
other three members Of the Commission. Lewis
Nixon J. ". Boyle and Smith E Lane, out
OF town and could not be served. The counsel for
the bidders is Kellogg Rose & Smith OF No
10 Broadway
The complaint sets forth that the specifications
were fraudulently prepared with intent TO restrict
bidding 10 favorite contractors. The specifications
that are called fraudulent call for the following
described clements Phosphate. .06 OF ! per cent
soiphate' 04 Of l Per cent; manganese 80 OF
per cent; silicon .04 OF ! per cent. julius Meyers
who represents the bidders, sets forth in the com
plant that by these Specifications competition is
restricted TO the Carbon Steel Company. OF Pitts
burg The Caroon Steel Company is not one Of
the bidders
The complaint says that the specifications do not
contain clause compelling the successful bidder
TO pay the prevailing OF wages therefore leav
ing the city liable TO suit by mechanics and labor
ers who may consider themselves underpaid. Also
that bidding is restricted 10 firms who have been
successful In that line Of business for more than
year which does injustice many firms
Abram J. Rose, of counsel for the opposing bid
ders, said in regard to the injunction this after
noon:
The other concerns, before they bid for the con-
tract must necessarily 60 TO the Carbon Steel
the purchase of steel. The Carbon Steel Company
could sell the steel much lower rate the firm
that they desired to get the contract than any
ether Arm and could force other firms to pay so
high for the steel that they would be under
bid. In that way claim that the contract is
legally fraudulent.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
cHARGEp WTTH cRIRINAL LIBEL.

George Sheldon. an Englishman and q theatrical
manager appeared IN the Centre-st. court yester-
Gay afternoon complainant against William E
"1nderlich. manager OF Browns chophouse. al
Nc 1E24 Broadway whom ne charged with
criminal libel Sheldon used 20 live ar Brown 6,
6ut Il was said ne disappeared from there May
= owing s475 he was proceeded against and ar
rslgIsd n Jefferson Market Court June J. on q
efaEge Of violating Section No. 80 Of the Penal
+9de. but was discharged by Magistrate Mayo.
sheldon charges that letter received from
London al the hotel. addressed 10 him, and that
" underlch wrote LbelOus statement on the
envelope Magistrate Crane adjourned the ez-
animation u1ll to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
GuropEGH AnuFrnsEmeHIs.

EUROPEANS AND TRAVEL
LERS will find the London Office of The
Tribune, 149 Fleet Street, a convenient
place to leave their advertisements and
subscriptions for The Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
CUTS HIS THROAT FRo4 EAR TO EAR.
BUT THE MAN LIVES AND IS HELD IN $500 BAIL
FOR TRIAL

In fun view Of hundreds Of passersby Thomas
Evans twenty-five years Old g. waiter, living at
the Columbia Hotel No. 1853 Brpadway attempted
suicide al 1910 o'clock yesterday afternoon by cut
ting his throat from ear with penKnife
He was standing IN front OF the hotel talking with
an acquainta nee, and soon the latter left
him Evans drew the largest blade OF an ordinary
penknife across his throat He then fell 10 the
pavement unconscious. An ambulance was called
from Roosevelt Hospital The bled profusely.
The clerk Of the hotel said Evans was an English
man and had been in this country for three years
He had been receiving monthly reuittsnces from
England. but this month the remittance did not
arrive and he had been respondent
Evans taker. to court later with his neck
heavily bandaged. When asked why he tried 20
commit suicide he said, Sudden instinct" IN his
pocket found a blotter Of the New Amsterdam
Bank which a asking that his effects
be sent No. Cornwall Cottages, Eden Grove.
london England. he held n S500 bail for triaI.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
KenlIworth. EnuIand.

kenilWorrn, England. Inc RoDSy Hotel
RomanticaIy situated. overlooking historic ruins Of
Ksnlworth Castle and Abbey Leading hotel and most
central FOR Snakespeare-Land Proprietor had 10
New-Yorlx experience Moderate Write for book
let CHAS E CLEVELY. Proprietor.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
EAST RIVER BRIDGE INJUNCTIoN,l
SEVEN BIDDERS FOR THE APPROACHES
CHARGE CoLLUsIoN WITH CON-
TRACTORS
TRACTORS.

AT the instance OF the seven bidders for the con-
struction OF the approaches to the New East River
Bridge Acting Mayor Guggenhemer and the six
members OF the New East River Bridge Commits
sion were served yesterday with an injunction re-
straining them from awarding the contracts
bios that were opened on August g The bidders
he follouri,p.
The colored American., 1900-03-24
OUR AUTHORS.

Among the gratifying developments
Of the past few years has been the
prominence attained by a few of our
men and women in the literature of the
country. In the department of history
George W. Williams, W. E. B. Du
Bois and Archibald 81 Grimke, and
others hav9 made much success.
In light literature and poetry,
Mr.. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Mrs.
Alice Dunbar. Mr.. Charles w. Or est
mutt and Rev. J. D. Corothers have
made regulations which have given
the race spleadid position. In fugi.
tive work the field is rich with promise
of the harvest yet to come. In the
journalism of the country, many of the
great newspapers make "a feature of
accepting work done by our men and
women. Notably is this the case with
such papers as The Boston Evening
Transcript, New York Sun, The Chica
go Times Herald and Daily Record.
Our writers, especially those in higher
literature, from all we can judge, re-
ceive excellent financial returns for
their labor and as they grow in years
and popularity the value of their out
put must necessarily be enhanced,
provided. of course, there shall be- nc
deterioration in the quality of their
work. The pathways to the top of Lit
erary fame are long, and tortuous and
steep, and while attempting to scale
the heights but few succeed. This ii
not to be marvelled at. Literature i!
the highest development of the human
intelligence, and the voice of poetry
must be an inspiration such as Davie
and Solomon possessed from on high
That we have found one whose voic,
has been recognized in the strength
The colored American., 1900-03-24

from all indications is bound to receive
q re- nomination at the Philadelphia
Convention. 1t is not conceivable that
the American people will turn over the
government to people like William ].
Bryan standing upon such an icono'
elastic platform as that adopted by the
Chicago Democratic Convention of
1896.
The colored American., 1900-03-24

The Republicans of Texas know
how to get together but they don't seem
to know how to stand together. Those
of Louisiana seem to be in the same
boat. The Republican party in both
those states is 50 small that in the Ian
guage of one of the "Fatbers of the
Constitution "If they don't hang to-
gether, they are bound to hang separ
ately."
The colored American., 1900-03-24

The Afr "a merican Republicans Of
Greater New York are trying'hard, and
we hope with success, to envolve unity
out of the chaos which has so long been
dominating characteristic amor G
them-the disunity which makes the
weakness. They have held several
very large dinners and invited eminent
speakers to tell them how to get togeth-
er; how to evolve union out of disunion,
May these dinner have laid the foun-
dation for united work, go much OF
which lies just before the Republican
party in the State of New York.
The colored American., 1900-03-24
SATURDAY. MARCH "a, 1900.
THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES OF 1900,

? The past four years have been pro-
Life of momentous events in the history
of the Republic. In no other space of
time have the traditions of the country
been more violently shaken. For a
long series Of years it was our settled
policy that the American continent,
and especially that portion of it en-
braced in the United States, was large
enough for us. But while con6ning
ourselves to the magnificent domain,
bounded by the two greatest oceans
that exist and insisting that the
great powers of the world should
live up to the unwritten law
laid down by President Monroe that
there should be no European in
terventlon in the affairs Of the Occi-
dent although many of these powers
possessed territory on the North and
South American Continent, the wish
es of the United States were respected
in q most remarkable degree. The
Spanish War swept away
the Monroe doctrine, many wise mer
to the contrary Notwithstanding, anc
placed us In the position of grea
country in instant contact with th'
regnant powers of the world. 1hi
could not be otherwise when we pos
sess a vast territory with large mot
ley population separated from us b.
5000 miles as the first stopping plac
in the Pacific and by 10000 miles a
the extreme end of our new possessions
The question of expansion cannot b
a burning question. We have expanc
ed. We have possessed ourselves c
Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Sulis and tn
Philippine Islands. What we hav
taken on as the fruits of war we can
not we'll throw of Having broken tn
Spanish power and failed to give
the late subjects Of SPAN their inde
pendence and having assumed tn
government of these countries wher
Spain left it off, the nations of th
world look to us for proper admin
stration of affairs and for the meetin
of such of the many and just obliga
tions as came into our possession whe
We took on those countries But tn
question of the government of thes
people is burning question. We d
The colored American., 1900-03-24

and clearness of its note in the grand.
symphony OF song that now charms tbs
world is matter of the greatest salts,
faction to the race.
The colored American., 1900-03-24
A NEWSPAPER AN INVESTMENT.

The Negro must learn many things
the white man already knows. Not
least among those may be cited:
A newspaper is not luxury.
1t is prime necessity.
1t is not an expense.
It ls profitable investment.
The colored American., 1900-03-24

1t Is generally predicted Throughout
the A. M. E. Zion Church that Dr
j. Harvey Anderson, OF BinghamPtOn'
N. Y, will succeed DR.. j. W. Smith,
Editor of the Star of Zion, who Is
scheduled for the Bishopric.
The colored American., 1900-03-24

Judging from the Republican pri
maries recently held in the Distict of
Columbia, ou1 people love politics
just like the people of the states, and if
they had a chance to vote they'd make
things hum.
The colored American., 1900-03-24
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY.


in the South. 1t is called "The South.
ern Society" Its promoters are white
men in Montgomery, Ala. They have
their own idea about how to settle the
race question, and one of them i,
that in the matter of education and tba
expenditure of money il that direction
the southern white men are batter able
to conduet it than the northern white
men who furnish it. If We are correct.
ly informed another basic principle Of
the society is that Afro-Americau .uf-
frage is failure and the conterring Of
,hs ballot on Afro Americans was a
gigantic mistake.
A E ciety in Philadelphia has in.
stituted a lecture course in which sew
eral white southerners have been in
cluded, among them r G. Glenn,
State Commissioner of Education for
Georgis, Mr.. w A. Blair, a Iromi-
nent citizen and banker of Greensbyro,
N. c., and Mr.. Murphy of Mourgom.
cry, Ala. The lectures delivered by
these gentlemen in Philadelphia placed
the race question in such a light as to
carry CONSERVATION to the hearts Of
these who wish the race we'll, and
loud cry has gone out from the Quaker
City that the facts and arguments ad,
vanced by these men must be met and
refuted by mn of the race at all haz.
ards. We have seen only abstracts ei
these lectures and are not therefore IN
a position to discuss fully the text Of
them. We therefore do no more than
to indicate that there is danger ahead
and it behooves US to be on our guard,
"The Southern Society" claims to be a
staunch friend of the Afro-Americar
race. 1t may be. Once upon time
circumstances in the Orient brought
out from the Hebrew leadership thi;
maxim: Beware of the Greeks even
when they bear grapes" We cannot
admit that suffr 4ge in our hands has
been a failure because we have had NO
fair test of it; we will not admit that
'he confsrring of the suffrage on US at
the time it was, was a mistake, because
if we hadn't got it when we did we would
not have gotten it at ali. 1t has been
firmly implanted in the Federal Con
stiiution and as long as it remains there
no suoterfuge or evasion adopted by
those States which are antagonistic to
US csn root it out. As far as manag
ing the moneys contributed by north
ern people for the education of tht
All o-American youth of the South
and as far as directing that education
Is concerned, we do not need to dis
cuss it. The people who laid the toun
dation of the secondary, industrial an
higher educational system of the South
ern States and who in a large part su'
tain it by their money are not llkel.
to turn it over to the Southern SOclet..
or any other like influence, III
work will be conducted along the line
it has been conducted in the past. AM
: the results have been eminently sat-:
factory from evey point Of view. N
change In control or management aP
The colored American., 1900-03-24

Col. Perry 81. Carson is out in lhs
Washington Post declaring that ne n
has reconsidered his determination "
get out of politics and that he is golng
to get in some more. More fun aheau'
The colored American., 1900-03-24
IN indicate this as one OF

will say, however, that those people IN
Congress and out Of it who insist that
we have colonies and must have colon
ial government are at fault. The Con-
stitution of the United States provides
for territories and states. 1t does not
provide for colonies. As President
Mckinley has said. sour priceless
principles for the flag If they do,
and We think they do, then eventually
the people in these new countries must
take the same course in the formation
of their territorial and state government
that obtains IN the United States
proper.
The m oney question has been settled
by the action of Congress and the
result of the election in next Novem'
bsr cannot affect it, as the Republi.
cans are intrenched for the next six
years IN the e'enate branch of Con-
gres The same is true of the question
Of tariff legislation. The success of the
Democratic Party, however, would nec'
essarily by reason Of the agitation
that would follow disturb the industri
al and financial interests of the coun:
try. Ard it is from this point of view
that we are to consider the wisdom or
unwisdom of allowing the Democratic
Party to come into power again.
The question of ''trusts" will play
a prominent part in the ensuing cam
paign. Trusts may be defined to be
gigantic combinations of small interests
and capital for the controlling Of any
given industry. For instance, the
Standard Oil Company has purchased
or crushed out all of its rivals. The
Sugar Trust has done the same thing,
. The Cracker Trust has done the same
thing. and so On to the end. Now it
is natural that such large combinations
Of industry and capital should tollew
our enormous development of wealth
and industry. In how far these com
binatlons Of capital and industry are
to be controlled by legislation is the
sharp question that will enter most
largely into the discussion of the ques
ZION. Indeed Mr.. Bryan and his Dem
ocratic conferees are taking it for
granted that in the matter Of the
control of the trusts they have the only
right idea. There are others who
l don't think 30.
We wish that we might include
e among the Issues of the impending
Y campaign the large and vital question
n Of suffrage and other class legislator
d in the Southern States. From the sui
It frage point of view, the Southern Statel
e by all the rascality known to unscrup-
is ulous politics have iniated such sell
g. fish Legislation as to destroy the voting
t. value of a large section Of their citizen
y ship. This has gone so far that on
,e Congressional district in New Yorl
1t cast in the Congressional election O
s. 1898 as many votes as were cast in tn
two States of Louisiana and South Car
,e olina. The inequality of representation
d, based upon the dimiuution of the col
Of ored voting population is SO unjust ar'
le glaring as to call for some specifi
7e remedy for the evil by the Republican
l. Party. No relief is to be expecte
le from the Democratic Party because ]
to inaugurated the system of distranchise
The colored American., 1900-03-24

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We solicit news, contributions opanione
and In ract AL matters Affecting the race
v Q viii not pay for matter, howsver, usaess
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current issue
nAlAgents are wanted eGsrywnere. Send
or distractions,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-24
IN POLICE CIRCLES.

Frank McAndrew and Frank J1nes were Grrest.
ed in Raymond court late Saturday night by
Lieutenant Davis and Patrolman Neuls. Tie two
Franks tried 20 enter a house, and not succeed.
ing smashed the panes of glass in the window.
Each OF them paid So in police court yesterday
morning
John McNally, a drunken man, Saturday night,
mounted TO the seat OF one Of the cans near
the Scranton house, and calmly drove down the
avenue, 10 the horror of the agonzed cabby,
who appeared just as his rig was going down
the avenue. In company with Patrolman Day,
he gave chase and succeeded in overhauling
McNally, who was taken to the Center street
station. lie was fined 81 yesterday morning, and
county jail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-24
HIS DAYS DoINGS.
Young Husband Kept None of His
Business from His Little Wife.

Business from His Little Wife.
From lIarpers Bazaar.
well, dear" said Mrs. Mcbride on
her husbands S return from his office the
first day after coming home from his
wedding tour, what did you do to-
day?"
In reply he told the dearest little
wifey in the world all the matters
which had occupied his attention since
she kisseu him goodbye after break
fast and watched him turn the corner
on his way down town.
1t was so nice for some one to be
interested in his dOings and he delight
ed to talk of himself and his business
life to such a listener. For several
nights the same question was followed
by an account of the cares and pleas
ures, failures and successes of the day.
But at length there came a day when
he did not answer in words, Out III re-
ply to the question, "What did you do
today, dear?' Mr.. Mcbride handed his
wife a sheet of note paper on which
the following was neatly typewriter:
Rose at o'clock.
Sat down to breakfast at 80. Cof-
fee muddy, toast fair, eggs boiled too
hard. Mrs. Mcbride did not come down
to breakfast. Went back to her room
and kissed her goodbye just as she
was doing up her hair.
Left the house at $50.
waited seven minutes on the cor
ner for car.
Reached Office at $50.
Mail heavy, but mostly bills. One
bin for new cape for wife, $35; another
for new nat for ditto, $27; several
smaller bills for wife's clothes, lingerie,
gloves, etc, aggregating $43.
AT $50 typewriter came in, took off
her wraps. She was one hour late.
Must speak to her about it.
AT 10 a man called in reference to
examining title for piece of property.
Think | can work UP a bill of 500 in
this case.
AT IL two people came in, one of
whom retained me 20 defend him
against a charge of malicious libel. The
other wanted to begin case against
"A neighbor who owned a ferocious dog.
Accepted retainers from both.
Attended to correspondence az soon
as these clients had departed
Zones dropped in at 12 and we went
TO lunch together. lie took sweat
breads, lobster salad and mince pie,
with small bottle. | took blue points
on the half she'll chicken salad, ice
cream and something to drink
Returned TO the Office a 1.15, gave
directions to the typewriter and then
left for the court house, where / elo-
puently defended a young man who
was accused of smashing windows
Proved an alibi for prisoner and Sc
cured his release. Fees in the case $25
AT 3 o'clock filed information in the
ferOciOus dog case.
Returned TO office at and drew
up defense in the malicious libel affair
This occupied until 4,45. when l die
| tated answers to the letters which had
| arrived during the day. Typewriter ia
| finish the letters and mail them as she
goes home.
at BIS dictated this schedule tc
| typewriter and then started for home
| leaving her to finish the correspond.
| ence.
Expect to reach home at $50 and
to be asked for an account of my do
| ings at 5.55 when this schedule will be
submitted"
Mrs. Mcbride read this document
| carefully from beginning to end and
then said:
you neglected TO say who paid fol
the two lunches, you or Mr.. Jones"