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The colored American., 1900-10-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Sg Southern Methods Ventilated, Rape Case O.
w By BRUCE.
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OF the testimony tsken in the case oil
the state of South Carolina vs. J..
l. Heirs white man and clerk in
the store of q Mr. Burckmeyer OF Port
Roysl. S. G. The magisIs betore
whom the testimony was taken Il
moral degenerate snd diEgrsce TO the
noble profession ftbe law. The at
torney for the white brute-one Nefdler
iss m0nstrozity Of which there are
many Of it, k1rd in South Carolina.
Hereis SIS clear csse Of attempted rape
upon 81 innocent Negro child a. ever
occurred in a1y part CT the country and
yet nobody in Washington or any
where in the North has seen even an
slIusion to ii in the associated press
dispatches. Are the great journals Ct
this connfry in the conspiracy 10 crush
out the Negro? Are they too cowsrdly
t0 publish all the news? It looks that
way. Ny iniorna IT, a northern gentle
man temporarily scjourning IN that
God forsaken state, personally and at
his own expense investigated This mat
ter ard had type wr.tten copy of the
testimony which herewith append
made from the record. In 3 personal
letter ne SAYS: II was informed yester'
dsy that certain white man ret eived
q finger with a ring on it from Texas
a gruesome souvenir truly. l have
been on q still hunt all day to see it so
l could talk out, but an not succes sful
so far l have some others at work on it.
In Texas they are shooting for fun al
leging they sre looters. These fingers
were dou ubtless some Of those We read
about the Negroes having in their
pockets when shot. Then do they par
eel them ont at headquarters or do the
eXecutioners fall heir? Think OF civil
lization where human finger Il sent
around for souvenir. The Negroes are
to mutilate dead bodies. secure vslu
ables, are killed, and the whites keep
the booty The whites down this way
do not even believe this Themselves,
though they smile and look at each
other knowingly when these terrible
reports are published. TIE Negro is
rather servicesble, l find, in certain
ways to rsscally white men in this
section and he appears to be bearing
the white mans burden Of crime with |
patience and heroism. l have mingled |
With good many of al sorts and kinds |
of white men in this state who have
talked freely with me about these mat |
tiers. They think it no particular harm |
to disguise themselves as Negroes aud |
assault women knowing that when |
they have accomplished their purpose |
some Negro will be caught. identified |
and summarily dealt with. l did not |
believe that white men anywhere were
capable of such conteu ptible conduct |
or that such deprayity existed among
the white men of the South aud l
frankly confess TO you that / am
mortally ashamed of my race. Do you
know the whites Oft the better class in
this section are bitter against Senstor
Tillmsn for that Port Royal matter.
Think of his l0wn nephew being lieu
tenant governor. But when l come to
think of it, the eternal fitness of things
ia manifest. A poor white, murderous
cracker, governor and a miserable
scoundTel senator OF this once proud
tssa a.indeed a far prv from tho
The evening times., 1900-05-17
MAPLE SUGAR IN QUEBEC.
The season for Harvesting short,
But Very Active.

Consular Agent Johnson at Slanbridge
writes the State Department as follows
about maple sugar in Quebec:
The season varies in length from ten
days to three weeks. and occurs between
March 10 and April -. II is a period Of
exceptional activity. and every available
member CT the family is pressed into ser
vice. district schools being closed Sugar
bushes contain from 400 10 5000 trees.
Five Thousand are rare. 1900 not uncom-
mon; but the average bush contains fr5m
l.000 10 I.5O0 trees, which yield from ! 10
4 pounds OF sugar per tree during the sea
son Two and one-half pounds are consid-
cred an average yield. pounds good and
pounds per tree exceptional. Almost
every farmer in eastern Quebec is sugar
manufacturer to the extent OF from 500 10
5000 pounds a year. or from One-fOurth
OF a ton TO ~ tons
There are no available data from which
TO make anything ike an accurate esti-
mate of the maple sugar production Of
Canada. but from the facts already set
forth. il will be seen at once TO be of con-
siderable Importance. Il is. of course well
known that a great portion OF the maple
sap is never reduced TO sugar. but is fin
ished as syrup; yet the yield is always es-
timated in pounds of sugar. a gallon OF
syrup being equivalent to Z pounds % zu-
gar.
The tapping Of 2 oS0 or 3 600 trees. the
insertion of sprouts and the hanging OF
sap buckets is very quickly accomplished
BY the experienced sugar makers. one man
tapping from 5oo TO see trees a day. The
gathering of the sap is a much more Sc
riOus matter When the run is on. each
tree has TO be visited twice a day and tka
buckets emptied. their contents being re-
ceiyed by a huge barrel drawn on a sled,
hauled TO the sugar camp, and transferred
20 a large tank from which the sap is
drawn of into the evapOratOr. From this
it emeTges as syrup; and il sugar be de-
sired. il is passed into another pan where
the 'sugaring of Is completed
by a system of cross sections in the
evapOrating pan. with apertures alternating
at either end. the sap is forced slowly along
a zig-zag course down the whole length Of
the pan from the receiving compartment.
where it is thoroughly strained. to the fin
ishlng compartment whence it is drawn
off through a faucet When the sap
boils too furiously, a few drops of milk act
like magic in subduing it, The skilled su-
gar maker can easily tell the proper con-
sistsncy of syrup or sugar but this is more
accurately gagged by an hydrometsr which
indicates the specific gravity OF the liquid
The sugar molds for 1-2 pound cakes
consist of few parallel wooden bars con-
nected H. movable transverse iron sections
from which the cakes may easily be re-
moved" 1f
The evening times., 1900-05-17
TO DRIVE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
A Novel Summer Trip Planned by
PRINCETON Students

NEW YORK. May Thames Ward
Thorre- senior Of Princeton University
son OF a wealthy Chicago business man, has
startled the college BY his decision to
drive 10 the Pacific Coast in a covered
wagon he has been carefully planning
the trip for several weeks. and worked so
quietly that all arrangements were made
before his friends were aware of his Pur-
pose
The wagon ia which be will travel was
built 10 order Il resembles a grocer
wagon. but Is more commOtious- Il is SO
constructed as 10 De readily converted
intO kitchen. living room. and bedroom
The wheels are heavily rubber tired.
Thorne says that he is going on a pleasure
trlD- Eot 10 make a record and viii Jog
along at an easy pace, putting up NJ hO-
tells where good ones are 20 be found. and
doing his own cooking where hotel accom-
mO1atiOns are poor
lie viii leave Princeton UnaccOmpaaied.
but will be Joined later BY Jack Raj
ston, Of Chicago. Who was graduated from
Princeton last year; C. l. Denny. of In
dianapolis. clasSmate Of Thorne and well
kaown in college as a sprinter and mem-
Der OF the Varsity Glee Club and Triangle
Club, and E B. Aeigs. Of Philadelphia
also a member Of the senior class.
The party expects 10 stop at various
places along the route for hunting and
fishing jauuts. and for this purpose guns
and fishing tackle have been stored in the
wagon The principal stop viii be at YeI-
lowstone National Park. where several
weeks Will be spent hunting wild ami
mails with cameras. three of which VIII be
taken on the trip
In the wagon is also typewriter which
has been around the world. having Travelled
with ThOrne. who Is a globe-trOtter He
had this typewriter with him on a trip
taken last summer through France on an
automobile. ana it was once shipwrecked
in the Indian Ocean.
Three pups win be taken along as mag
cots and to afford amusement for the TAR
ty- After the stay in Yellowstone PARK
the wagon viii move On TO San Francisco.
The students sxssect to spend the entire
summer on the trip.
The evening times., 1900-05-17
COTTON EXCHANGE AT BREMEN.
The Cornerstone for a New BuiIdiRg
Laid With Mach Ceremony.

H. W Diederich. Consul Of the United
States at Bremen. writes the State Depart
ment. under date OF April 5. as follows:
The cornerstone OF the Bremen Cotton
Exchange was laid On March 81 with the
usual ceremonies. which. in this case,
we're performed by the mayer of the city
and the president OF the exchange. This
was an event OF more than ordinary in
terest to So American. The building is to
De the first one in Germany CONSTRUCTED
entirely upon the American system OF
erecting such structures: that is To saw
Tor the first time the people Of this city
VIII see an iron framework rise from tie
foundation Up to the roof, the walls and
noors and ceilings TO be put up afterward
As Is well known, the leading eott-n
market on this continent is Liverpool but
Bremen comes next. IL is remarkable how
rapidly this exhange has grown from a very
small beginning The president OF the ex-
change. in his address during a banquet
given on the evening following the cers-
monies OF cornerstone laying. called at
tention TO the fact that in 1875 only 81 =
600 bales OF cotton had been arbitra:ei
upon Twelve years later. in 1887. there
were only 30e. coo bales: but last year an
other twelve years sfterward, not less than
I.43I 900 bales
When IL Is borne in mind that by Tar
the greater part Of the Gotten brought ID
this port and bought and sod at the ex-
change IN this city is imported from the
United States. the completion OF this rev
structure VIII be watched with spsciaI in
terest'
The evening times., 1900-05-17
stnIen Wealth Returned.
FrOm the Philadelphia Recordl

The wealth of family living downtown was in
creased in 4 sudden and most unexpected way one
day last week The story reads much like fc-
tiOn. being Of the too gOodto-be-true order. bGt
Is hacked by facts 4 great deal Of the worlds
goods had already fallen 70 rhe family's lot 50
that the tale cannot be made picturesque with
words telling how starvation had been STAYED
The head Of the further enriched family Is 4
widow. whose father. long since dead, had been a
successful business and employed numerous
men The widJw was visited on the dav in
question by Jesuit priest from a local church,
who stated that he came TO return money that
had been stolen fcIm her father forty years ago
All the priest would say was that the money had
been given him by the man 10 give to the right
ful owner. He turned over 10 the surprised wo-
man Sl.7O0. and stated that the stolen sum WAS
$50. the balance representing interest When
the amazed recipient asked whether or not the
could easily spare the money, the priest re-
piled that he had become rich Il is supposed
that the had been Of the employees Of
the w0m4n's ather. and tina. he had kept track
OF the family for many years. with the parpOse Of
some day paying back the money. The widow had
no previous knowledge Of tTe robbery.
The evening times., 1900-05-17
NEW GUADELoUPE TARIFF.
The Charges More Than Double
Those Already i'm Force.

The Charges More Than Double
Those Already i'm Force.
Louis Il Ayme. United States Consul at
Guadeiou9e- wrote the State Department,
under date VI April u, as follows:
Tuesday. April Il. the new tariff Of
port charges in this colony goes into effect.
These charges. which are additional duties
more than doubling the existing ones, were
voted by the local Legislature December
20. 1898. as a project OF law 20 be SUD
mitted to the Minister OF Colonies for his
appreciation and TO take effect January 1.
1899. That date having passed. the pro-
posed law was supposed 10 be dead
But on the Sth Of March. 1890. the min
lister forwarded the project 10 the Press-
dent OF the French Republic for his sig
nature. which was affixed the same day
'Oa April .. Governor MOraechini signed
a proclamation prOmuIgaring the law in
the colony. Official publication was made
in the Journal Oflciei' OF April 10. copies
Of which reached this city this morning
being the first notification anyone had Of
the change Four days from date Of pub
lication are allowed before a Law goes into
effect: but April u Is and Is being legal
holidays. the new law goes into force
April IL
The evening times., 1900-05-17
GAS EXPLOSION INA VAULT.
-Four Men Injured in the Nest VIr-
Einia Capitol

Einia Capitol
CHARLESTON. W. Va. May 17.-Au ex-
plosion OF natural gas occurred in the Cap
ftOi building yesterday and resulted IN the
injury of four men and the smashing OF
several doors and windows The explosion
occurred in a large vault about fifteen
feet square where public records are kept
1t IS freproof and alright The gas jets.
which burn during the business hours. are
turned out at night. II Is supposed that
in turning cut the gas last night some was
left to escape
n. II. Ballard, one Of the clerks in the
Auditors efice went with C. A Cadle. E
H Shankiin and L C. Letter. delegates
from Monroe county to the Democratic
convention of the Third Congressional
District. TO look at some records Mr.
Ballard went into the vault. leaving the
others at the door, and, striking q match
to light the gas jets. the gas in the room
exploded Ballard was thrown against
the wall and sustained severe bruises
His hair vas completely burned of and
his clothing and flesh were also badly
burned The other three were burned. but
not so badly bruised They were taken
to the hospital None OF them are con-
sidered in 2 dangerous condition.
The evening times., 1900-05-17
CUSTOMS LAW INVOLVED.
An inspector Leaves for Europe ol
an Hours Notice.

an Hours Notice.
BALTIMORE. May I7.-Clinton S. Birch.
United States Customs Inspector. left for
Bremen yesterday on the North German
Lloyd steamer Roland on a notice Of one
hour
This flying trip was brought about by
circumstances which. il is said. are unpre-
eedented in the history Of the customs
service at this port Two hundred and
twenty-five barrels Of good whisky are said
to be respOnsi bic for the journey.
The whisky is the property OF A. Quicken
heimer & Bro. OF FreepOrt. Pa IL was
Withdrawn from the distiIIery warehouse
by Lloyd D. Shaw for expectation % Bre-
men, The expectation was to be made
without the payment Of the tax under sec
uon S33O OF the Revised Statutes The IL
9uor was shipped 70 Baltimore over the
northern Central Railroad and was deliv-
eFed 10 the Nerth German Lloyd Steamship
Company al Locust Point without the SUI
pervision OF customs officer. 1t was plae-
ed In the hold OF the steamer Roland and
about eight hundred tons of other freight
piled on top Of IT.
When the master OF the Roland made
his application for clearance papers res
terday the customs officials discovered that
10 Daffels OF WHISKY were on the snip
manifest and no record Of them at the Gus
tom house.
An investigation followed, showing that
some one had violated the law Il IS said
that the railroad company should have no
tined the collector OF the port OF :he ar
rival OF the whisky from Pennsylvania and
that the collector would then have had the
liquor regauged as required by law and
Oald have also removed the portion or
EXPORT stamps so that a certificate OF ex-
po.t2 tion could have been issued in order
that the producer OF the whisky could have
the allowance in tax. which amounts 10 81
92i 81.
The application for clearance by the zap
tain was held UP until the Treasury De
partme NJ az Washington could be consult
ed. As the ship was scheduled 10 sail at
o clock yesterday and fS5 passengers were
already on board. something had 20 be
done quickly
The Treasury Department ruled that the
steamship company would have 10 unload
the 500 tons Of freight and wait until the
liquor had gone through the proper chan
mel, or that a United States inspector
should accompany the liquor 10 Bremen.
gauge the liquor there and make his re-
port to the collector at Baltimore on his
return. This last alternative was gladly
accepted and Mr.. Birch was despatched on
the Roland in charge OF the liquor
The evening times., 1900-05-17

Friends Of the District National Guard
will be pleased. but not surprised. to learn
that Judge Advocate General Lieber has
sustained Col Henry May in that popu-
lar and efficient officers refusal to submit
his competency to command to the judg-
ment of a board composed Of his juniors in
rank Colonel Mays persistent persecution
by the antic creature who commands
the District Guard has been allowed to
proceed far enough. The latter is an un-
doubted, alleged military, nuisance which
cannot be too quickly abated
The evening times., 1900-05-17
THE ESTATE OF A POLE.
An Investigation Set on Foot by the
President.

The President has referred to Secretary
Gage for investigation and answer a con-
munication of TeOdor Junosha Podoski. of
Warsaw. Russian Poland. wherein he saws
that he read in the Austrian and Russian
newspapers an enquiry Of the American
Government dreIating to the estate of the
late Casimir de Putawski who. the writer
claims. died in the State Of Georgia in the
year 1879. and who devoted his services to
the liberation of t&is country Podoski
further says in his letter that the services
OF the patriot were apparently recompensed
by the Government of the United States by
a gift of tract of land, which was changed
into a money consideration and deposited
in United States banks TO the credit of
Putawski.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip. after care
fuI investigation OF the claim in the records
of the Pension Office and War Department
replied that neither the official nor the un-
official records of the Revolutionary War
furnishes any information as TO the military
service OF Casimir de Putawski. nor that
the Treasury Department has any knowI
edge of money belonging to his estate now
deposited in United States banks
1t is the opinion of Treasury officials that
the enquiry which appeared in the newspa-
pers as mentioned above is the work of
INSCRIPTIONS European claim agents who
are employing the same methods as the
agents who are manipulating the fraudu-
lent de Haven claim in this country.
The evening times., 1900-05-17

vacancy argument which his Senatorial
opponents intend to invoke to keep him out
OF the chamber can disturb him much.
There are too many Senators who. no mat
ter what they may think of the moral as
poets Of his election by the Montana Leg
islature. have a conscientious regard for
law and the necessity for maintaining law,
lest unlawful precedents once established
shall come back as meEaces to the integ-
rity CT our representative institutions. The
Senate is preciuded from reopening the
case by its own official and final act of
erasing Senator Clark's name from the
rolls. His resignation created the vacancy
to which he has been appointed as his own
successor. For the Senate after that to as
sumo authority TO examine into the bona
hdss of the late legislative election. which
was regular on its face. would be to usurp
function which was never contemplated
in the Constitution. and the exercise of
which would be subversIve of the rights OF
the States
1t is not denied that the Legislature OF
Montana adjourned fully convinced that il
had elected United States Senator in the
person Of Mr.. Clark. in due form OF law.
That duty performed. and the Senator
elect having been received. sworn in, and
permitted TO hold his seat for six months.
and until it was resigned by him, II is rot
within the power OF the Senate to declare
that the Montana Legislature did not act
The Senate, being the sole Judge of the
qualifications of its members, is compe-
tent to say that any one OF them is not
entitled to his seat FOX any reason that
may seem good to it from treason to the
way he parts his hair: and. with the con-
curreuce OF a two-thirds majority. may ex-
pei him II has not the power TO say that
a regular election recognized by seating
the Senator-eleel ~as null and void in the
sense that no election occurred.
To show the absurdi of such a conten-
tion let il be supposed that the LegfsIa-
ture OF New York. for example. in good
faith elects A. b. as a United States Sena-
tor. vacancy existing at the time. Sup
pose that, after, and only after. the Leg
islature has adjourned, it is discovered
that the person elected is not of lawful
mentis. Can il Be Justly held that the
Legislature has not performed its constitu-
ticnal duty in the premises. and that when
the Senator-elect is declared ineligible a
vacancy is thereby created to date back
10 The beginning OF the legislative session.
Certainly not The prerOgatiye Of the
Senate. when exercised. will create a va
eaney which may be filed by appointment
by the Governor of New York. 1t cannot
treat the election as something which
never occurred. So, in the Clark case. the
Senator from Montana might have been ex-
PEELED. or declared not entitled to his seat.
at any time prior to his resignation. But
even then there would not have been. nor
is there. any imperial authority vested in
the Senate to declare that what the Legis-
1ature of Montana held to be an election
was not an election
The evening times., 1900-05-17

The Republican State Convention of Mis-
souri, yesterday placed a plank in its
platform condemning the Democratic
members Of Congress from the State who
voted against the Hepburn Nicaragua
Canal bill in the House The recreants in
question ought TO feel thoroughly ashamed
to expose themselves, and indirectly their
party. to such slur, hypOcritical as 1t
is in the face of the Administration at
titude. But the fact of this Kansas City
utterance ought to spur the Democrats in
the Senate to increased exertion in their
fight to pass the Hepburn bill at this ses-
sion
The evening times., 1900-05-17
The Montana sweepstakes.

Even Senator Clark himself ought not to
feel offended in that his enemies at home
and elsewhere are in condition Of wrath
over the manner in which his friend
Spriggs has circumvented them. Probably
he does Lot mind it at all. fhe parls pock-
citing the sweepstakes seldom heeds the
angrT murmurs Of those who have backed
the distaneed horses. Hence the natural
rage and pain. expressed by Governor
Smith and Marcus DAILY. viii hardly bring
the saine gentle tears to the speaking eyes
of the winner that bedewed them as he an
nouneed his resignation in the Senate.
The evening times., 1900-05-17
THE TOBACCO TRUSTS RIVAL
New Company to Have Capital of
TNcnty-fve MiIIion DoIInrs


NEW YORK May 17.-New opposition to
the American and Continental Tobacco
Companies has assumed definite shape
i'apers have been prepared and will be
fled at Trenton. y J.. within a few DAYS
for the Incorporation OF the International
Tobacco Company The new concern viii
have an authorized capital Of S25. coo. zoe
and its purpose is the manufacture of plug
and smoking tobacco and cigarettes. Cau-
dert Brothers. of this city. are counsel for
the company.
Details regarding the new company and
the plans Of its hackers are as yet jealousy
guarded. II is known. however that sew
eral OF the largest tobacco concerns. now
competing with the American ard Cent?
mental Companies will go into the new
combination The names of George Arsnts
and II. L. Terrell. who recently resigned
Is directors Of Lne American Tobacco Com
pany, have been mentioned in connection
with the new company