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The colored American., 1904-03-05
VOLUME I.

what as follows:
VOLUME I.
Will be made up of the discussions Of
''The Status of Colored People," by
presidents, ex-presidents, congressman,
governors, cardinals, ministers, educa-
tors. bishops, editors, and scientists
among white people; and of people of
like standing among our own people,
when obtainable.
VOLUME II
Bank officials, judges, lawyers,
physicians, chirOpodists, massagers,
nurses, druggists dentists and others.
VOLUME III.
congressman, all Federal Office hold
ers, all State, County and City officials,
army, navy and militia officials, store,
office and other clerks. bookkeepers,
stenographers, typewriters and others.
VOLUME ".
Bishops, missionaries, ministers, au-
thors, poets, artists, publishers, job
printers, engravers, photographers,
typesetters, electricians, electrical and
other engineers, noted singers, mu-
sicians, actresses, actors, eIocutionists,
pantomimists, inventors, music teach
ers and travelling statesmen.
VOLUME Y.
All merchants and manufacturers,
all first class mechanics, plasterers, car
penters, masons, plumbers, all proprie-
tors of first class barber shops, hack
an transfer lines, hotels and restau-
rants, stone cutters, moulders, fremen.
owners and tiIlers of farms, planters,
gardeners, fruit raisers, dairymen and
others; first class sign and house paint
ers and decorators; cuts of colleges,
publishing houses, hospitals, sanitari-
ums, city and farm homes and other
buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
Spring Trade Late in Canada.
TILLMAN's MEDICINE BOTTLE.
A Sequel to the Incident Described in
Yesterdays Star.

The incident of Senator Tillman's medi-
cine bottle, as told in The Star yesterday,
was followed later in the day by a third
chapter. in which Senator Warren offered
his apology to the Senate and to Mr.. Till
man for having violated TIE dignity of the
Senate by the introduction of levity not in
keeping with the conduct of that body.
After Mr.. Tillman had been informed of
the action of the senator from Wyoming
he took the first occasion to refer to the
incident and say that the bottle contained
boracic acid for gargling his troat. He
feared some people who, he said, never had
seen any good in him would take occasion
to spread false reports about the contents
of that bottle.
Mr.. Warren explained that what he had
done had been in a playful spirit. There
had been a suggestion. he said, that some
senator had smuggled in bottle in his
clothes. and he wanted to establish for
himself the confidence he had always had
in the South Carolina senator. He went
on to say he knew the senator neither
ia stes nor handles intoxicants.
Don't go too far said Mr.. Tilman. Il
both taste and handle, but L never get
drunk except at banquets, and if l have
ever been drunk there it was only sort of
half way. l have never been so much of a
fool that / did not know how to, get home
that I had to be hauled home"
Mr.. Tillman accepted MIR. Warren's ex-
cuSe,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
Japs Pay American Claim.

cabiegram from Tokyo last night says:
The japanese government today passed the
famous White whisky claim by handing
to United States Minister Griscom the draft
for $4,000 in favor Of the American Trad
ing Company. The claim arose from a GUS
toms decision rendered in 1900 holding an
importation of 5000 barrels OF whisky to be
alcohol. and increasing the duty from 40
tc $50 per cent. Japan at first rejected the
claim for repayment of the amount alleged
to have been oyercharged by the customs
department. but Mr.. Griscom on arriving at
Tokyo renewed 1t and pressed the case with
firmness. His success in securing payment
is very gratifying to American commercial
men, and settlement of the matter is re-
garded as another mark of the friendliness
OF Japan for America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
Panama Will Invest in U. s. Securities

A dispatch from New York last night
says: Leslie NJ. Shaw. Secretary of the
Treasury, came to this city yesterday and
was in conference at the United States sub
treasury with a number of local bankers
Mr. Shaw remarked that the country ma
tional banks were ready at any moment to
pay into the depository banks in New York.
which have already put up bonds with the
Treasury Department to cover such pay
ments. their share of the 30 per cent call on
government deposits. He was unwilling
however. to divert these funds from the In
terror unnecessarily, and for this reason the
call will not be made until the details as to
the title have been settled. 1t is believed
that some 5000. 900 of the 100000 which
will be paid to Panama will be reinvested
here In United States government bonds
and this belief MT. Shaw In a general way
confirmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
and all organizations dealing with tech
meal education to take the matter under
consideration,

and all organizations dealing with tech
nical education to take the matter under
consideration.
A pamphlet has been recently issued by
the council which contains much curious
and interesting information to those en-
gagged in social betterment work In this
country. 1t is entitled 1.-The Barmaid Prob
lem." Among other things it says:
In Ireland women are scarcely ever en-
ployed except In hotels. and in Scotland
they are almost as rare. In the Transvaal
and Bengal barmaids are forbidden by law,
and in Canada by public opinion. They are
unknown in the United States In CONT
mental Europe barmaids are rarely found.
and bill forbidding their employment is
about to be introduced in the German
reichstag. There is a story of an Ameri-
can who. on being asked what struck him
most In England. replied without hesta-
ton: The barmaids. The judgment of the
civilized world is against us, and England
must intervene to protect her girlhood and
womanhood by making such life impos-
sible for them"
The tale the pamphlet tells Of the moral
conditions Of barmaids in England is
enough to make social reformers in Amer
lea thank their stars that this particular
problem is not offered for their solution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
The Fluorescent Stomach.
From the Hartford Times.

The latest scientific wonder" is the most
marvellous of all. 1t has been discovered
that by filling the human stomach with
water into which a certain fluorescent COM
pound has been introduced the whole inte-
rior OF this Woodworking member Of the hui
man frame may be rendered visible to the
eye when q current of electricity is passed
through the person upon whom the expert
ment Is tried. No '.spy-glass'' Is needed to
enable the observer then to see every fla
ment in the membranes of the fluoresced
stomach, and IL there is pain there the
medical practitioner may readily ascertain
the cause of 1t.
We are not told whether 1t is necessary
for the patient to disrobe in order to rem
der his digestive apparatus SO transparent
to those who happen to be In his neighbor-
hood. 1t is to be hoped that such is the
fact, for 1t Is a disquieting thought that 1t
may be possible to get on Hartford street
car some morning and see what everybody
in 1t has eaten for breakfast. The fact that
an electric current is needed to complete
the transparency will not render the 1uor-
escent imbiber immune from having the
condition of his stomach disclosed to pro-
fame eyes, for there are electrical currents
everywhere, and especially in street cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
ONE WoMAN,s DEVOTION.
A Texas Wife's Loyalty to Her Dead
Husbands Memory.
From the Indianapolis Journal

From the Indianapolis Journal
An indianapolis young woman whose win
tiers are spent in Texas. where her father
has thousands of cattle and acres of grass
to feed them on. always brings north with
her a fund of interesting stories from the
lone star state.
''The greatest case OF woman's devotion
to the memory of dead husband know
OF, SAID she, rs to be found on a big
mountains. She is a sweet faced English
woman who is living life Of sacrifice
away from her friends because her hus-
band lies buried in that country. Capt.
Follett and wife came to Texas from Eng
land and settled on big ranch. The cap
tain was successful and made money. His
wife. refined and cultured woman, en-
dured the early priyations because she was
with her husband ana because he was do
ing well. After years of hard work when
they had gathered about them great droves
of cattle and had built themselves a luxu-
rious home, the husband was taken sud
denly ill and died. His wife, instead of
having him buried in cemetery, had him
laid in the ground in the yard in front OF
their home. The little mound that marks
his resting place Is still there. Friends
came to the assistance of the wife and gave
her advice and all the assistance that gen.
erous Texans can give.
AT length she settled down to living
again absolutely alone and unprotected.
She keeps no help on the ranch. as none is
needed except when 1t Is necessary to brand
her cattle or when they are taken to mar
ket. On these occasions she calls in the
neighbors. But she has no one living In tho
house with her, and prefers to be alone
with her dead-lying there in the yard.
Her home Is furnished luxuriously. She
has a piano and her library and magazines.
People visiting her home could scarcely
believe from the interior that they were
in the very heart OF the cattle country, far
from civilization. She plays the piano ex-
quisitely. and all of the best class of music
finds its way into her ranch house People
passing that way late at night are often
astonished to hear the sound of piano
played by expert hands coming from the
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
Liability Of Employer.


Bacteriologv As raising new terrors for
employers under the employees compensa-
ton acts-at least In England, where the
lower courts have decided that the de-
pendents of a workman who died from an
infection causing malignant pustule while
engaged in WOOD sorting are entitled to
damages under the employers liability laws
as in the case of an ordinary accident not
due to the laborer's own carelessness while
at work The bacillus from the wool lodged
In the workman's eye, and 1t was contended
on behalf of the employer that the case In
volved disease risk which was to be dis
tinguished from an accidental risk; but the
court held that the disease excluded by law
meant one which was already present In
the workman, and there was nothing to
show that this workman carried a disease
with him to his work. The Judge could
then see no distinction in principle be-
tween being hit by a deadly bacillus while
at work and being accidentally hit by q
spark from an anvil or the accidental
squirting Of poisonous liquid into the
eye. 1t Is reported that the case is to be
carried to the house of lords on final ap-
peal II flying bacilli are to be classed
with flying fragments of breaking machi-
merry under the employers liability acts q
liability is incurred practically without
limit, for there are said to be no limits to
the number. range and deadly possibilities
of the active army of the bacilii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
French Thrift.
From the Portland oregonian.

From the Portland OregOnian.
France has suffered more by war than
any other country in the world for the 200
years that ended with the close Of the
Franco-German war Of 1s7o-T. The de-
struction Of property OF. all sorts in France
in the wars of Louis XIEG in those of the
French revolution AHA N the Napoleonic
wars must have been enYfmous. The Ger
man invasion and conquest of France was
enormously destructtreyof property. The
money indemnity exaNtediby Germany was
a terrible burden. s4nt, yet today. after
thirty years of peace aHd regeneration,
France Is again a prosperous nation. and
has been able to lend sHhssia millions. The
French are keen tra4efs and able finan-
ciers; but above all sae French peasant in
the provinces, the French working classes
In the cities, have aif Peen educated to
practice economy and I'd abhor ayoidable
waste. Industry and eS6nomy are heredi-
tary virtues among the French working
classes, and because of this they live better
In the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
To Bar Negro Voters.

dispatch from Annapolis last night says:
The action of the caucus Of the democratic
members of the Maryland legislature to-
night made it practically certain that the
general assembly will adopt the most strin-
gent provision for the Acknowledgement of
the negro that has been put upon the
statute books of any state. The caucus not
only adopted the most stringent of the two
proposed constitutional amendments, but 1t
made such changes in IL as will leave the
decision Of the right to vote almost entirely
in the hands of partisan registers. The
democratic managers make no attempt to
disguise the fact that it is the wish to dis
enfranchise the negro as q negro without
any reservation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
Baltimore Fire Costs a Life.

dispatch from New York last night
says: Engineer Mark Kelly of engine COM
pany No. III. who had distinguished himself
at more than a score of fires. saving lives
at the risk Of losing his own life. died yes
terday afternoon at his home, AL Madison
avenue. from pneumonia. the result of a
cold contracted while at work at the big
fire In Baltimore Kelly was one of the
bravest fellows in the department" said
Battalion Chief Howe last night. 1.-The Bal
timor'. fire was responsible for his death.
He was popular with the men, and only re-
Gently had been promoted to the position of
engineer. He had three or four children,
and I guess he never had chance to save
much money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
CHILDREN FATALLY BURNED.
Two Die at Pittsburg-Several Perish
in JohnstoWu


A dispatch from Pittsburg last night
says:
Leon McAleer, aged five years, and his
brother William, aged two years, were
fatally burned tonight during fire which
entirely consumed the home Of Carmack
McAleer. The mother of the children in
rescuing her little ones. received burns
that probably will result fatally. and the
grandmother, Mrs. Bridget McAleer. was
seriously burned while assisting in. the
rescue
a dispatch from Johnstown, Pa, last
night, says:
Elsie and Robert Shenafelt, aged six and
four respectively. were burned to death in
their home In this city at l o'clock this
afternoon Their mother, who is widow
had gone just across the street to visit
neighbor. and the first she knew of the
fire was when the flames burst from the
door. By that time 1t was too late to save
the little onces.
A dispatch from Cincinnati last night
says:
An accident at the Richmond Street Chris
children being seriously burned and others
painfully injured. Seven Of those burned
are in the City Hospital and 1t is thought
many others have been hurt.
The Sunday school room was crowded
for an entertainment given by the pastor
Rev Vernon Stauffer. who was telling ia ry
stories. and In order to make them realistic
he provided a kettle, with salt in the bot
tom of 1t, saturated with alcohol, set afire
to furnish weird light for the fairy stories
Suddenly draft struck the stream Of
alcohol and an explosion followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
Vast Money cost Of War.
From the New York world.

NJ Roche. French. ex-minister Of COM
merce. estimates that in the event OF a
general European war France must expend
100000 day during its continuance. In
1871 she had to pay not only tho cost Of her
own armies In, the field. but to contribute q
"milliard" OF francs. or $ao0.0O00oO. as an
indemnity TO Germany. For crushing the
freedom OF the Boer republics. for the du-
bious profits of turning uneasy neiEhbors
into suilen and impoverished subjects,
Great Britain spent upon the South Afri-
can war $40 for every acre Of the two re-
pubiics.. The civil war cost the United
States the additional sum Of ~, 100 10000
to her public debt, besides crushing
weight OF current taxation. which has re-
manned IN part, vicious system to clog
the wheels Of industry for forty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
saltimore's Historic Interest.
From the Portland Oregonian.

from the tOrtano Ofegoninn
There are not to exceed three cities in the
land more closely bound to the national
mind by historical ties than the city of
Baltimore. Its very names. like Baltimore.
Calvert. Lexington, Carroll. William.
Charles. Shakespeare. are reminders of fits
honorable colonial history. and its ceiebra-
ton of Founders day. described each year
In the dispatches OF September IL. testifies
TO Its own recollection Of departed giories.
Banner and to the south Maryland. My
Maryland" There IL the hrst home of the
Catholic Church IN America. there are the
philanthropic relics of Pratt and Walters
and Hopkins; there is beautiful Druid Hill;
there, In quiet corner Of Westminster
churchyard. Is the grave Of Poe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
THE TRADE PROSPECTS
OUTLOOK FOR SPRING BUSINESS
PROMISES TO BE VERY GOOD.
Speculation and Not Supply and De-
mand Behind Cotton and Wheat
Prices-Canada Prospects.

NEW YORK February 26.-Special tele-
grams from correspondents of the interna-
tionai mercantile agency throughout the
United States and Canada make 1t clear
that rather more conservative views are
being taken OF the prospects for general
trade throughout the year than have been
current heretofore. Wholesale trade at
Chicago. Buffalo and ST. Louis has been
more interefe-ed with by delay to rail ship
ments. but at many points. notably in the
southwest and south, large volumes of
traffic are reported.
There has been no lack of moisture for
winter wheat in the southwest. In the
central belt the winter-sown grain has ex-
perienced hard freezing weather. but has
been well protected Slack movement of
wheat eastward has thus far virtually nui-
lifted threatened losses to railways due to
ex-Buffaio rate war. In the Mississippi
valley there have been no signs of an early
spring in the agricultural regions.
Conditions at Baltimore.
At Baltimore shipments of merchandise
for spring delivery will average about 20
per cent less than last year, running from
10 to 80 per cent in various lines.
A canvass of the south shows that the
outlook for spring trade was never better.
Notwithstanding evidences of selling of
and elsewhere, thousands of southern hold
ers. in view Of recent decreased receipts.
seem to confidently count on recouping late
paper losses
Speculation has depressed quotations for
cotton and advanced wheat prices more in
each instance than the demand and supply
influences which are alleged to be behind
each. =
There are more orders in sight for steel
rails Wire is sold far ahead, but tin plates
are being stored. Pennsylvania paper mills
are profttng by shut-downs elsewhere.
Farm implement makers are more active.
Spring Trade Late in Canada.
There has been slight Improvement in
trade In the Canadian dominion within a
week. as railways have begun to move
merchandise with greater ease. The set
back of the past month, however, will make
spring trade late there, and the total vol
ume of sales will probably be smaller than
last year during the like period. Bank
clearings have decreased, except at Wlnni-
peg, Vancouver and Victoria. The price of
-four and of wheat has followed quota
tons which have been conspicuous in the
states. Demand for clothing and for boots
and shoes has given manufacturers all the
orders they can handle in the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26

An oyster famine has struck Philadelphia
Only fifty barrels were received in the city
yesterday. The normal daily demand is for
1900 barrels for home consumption and
nearby shipment. Planters predict that 30
per cent of the oysters were killed by Ice,
which forced them into the mud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26

Mrs. Edwin c. Grice of Philadelphia, sec
rotary Of the national congress of mothers,
announces that the annual conference OF
the national congress will be held this year
In Chicago, May IL to IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26

Women's Fine Black
Lisle Hose, with split
white foot; high spliced
heel and double toe;
Hermsdorf dye. :3gc
Special. .......- OSSs
} for S1.0o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26

Women's Fine Cotton
and Isle Hose, with
fancy stripes and en-
broidered ankle; high
spliced heel and double
toe; 35c. and Csc. 1mc
value. Special. :. u >%s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26

Women's Fine All-over
Lace Isle Hose, with
high spiiced heel and dou-
BILE toe; Hermsdorf dye;
Toe. value. Spe- EMr
cial.. SVSs
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-02-05
In Beef Making.

Writing OF beef making. Prof. ID. w.
May OF the Kentucky station says:
The results OF practical experiments
have been variable. and owing to the
methods OF conducting them, and es-
pecially 10 the factor OF the individual.
ity OF the animal as shown by the diff.
ferences in results with the same
feeds. Il has been difficult 20 draw
very definite conclusions. In feeding
cattle the usual practice Is TO take the
animal from grass at about eighteen
months OF age and TO feed heavily on
concentrated rations during several
months. During this period the frame.
work OF the animal is rounded out and
fat deposited among the organs and
tissues OF the body. The tendency for
several years has been toward the
fattening OF younger animals. The
four-year-old steer is a thing OF the
past, while the three.year-old steer
Is rare. In some sections. especially
where the feeding period is long by
reason OF the hard winters. some cat
tie are marketed as long yearlings.
having been fed continuously and sold
as baby beef" The source OF feed.
ing cattle is with the general farmer
and western ranchman. The western
cattle that were formerly marketed
from grass are being shipped more and
more into the corn belt for a finishing
period. The ranchmen have by the
use OF good bulls made a wonderful
change in the character OF western
cattle. IL Is now possible TO buy at
the principal cattle markets range cat.
tie almost pure bred and OF great uni
formity OF type. The farmers Of the
corn.growing sections must meet the
competition OF the ranches by growing
better class OF steers. and TO do this
they must breed with a definite object
I'm view.