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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
OPPOSE JIM CROW LAW.
Colored People Want Amendment
Test of DISTINGUISHING Legislation.

Test of DISTINGUISHING Legislation.
A meeting of the executive committee of
the Anti-Jim Crow Car Law Association
was held last evening in the office of I. L.
Jones, GIG street northwest. Rev. S. L..
Corrothers and ]. Anderson Taylor, pastor
of Shiloh Baptist Church. We're elected
members of the committee, and Rev. w. j.
Howard, pastor of Zion Baptist Church,
treasurer. A resolution was adopted to the
effect that a mass meeting be held next
week at the Shiloh Baptist Church for the
purpose of framing a petition to the inter-
state commerce commission asking hear
ing on amendment to the interstate COM
merce law which was filed two years ago
by Prof Jesse Lawson and members of
the National Council. DR.. S. l.. Corrothers,
George w. Lee and Rev liam j. Howard
were appointed committee to invite JUS
tice John M. Harlan of the United States
Supreme Court to preside at the meeting
and all the colored ministers In Washington
to occupy seats on the stage as vice presi-
cents.
A concerted movement to prevent alleged
impositions upon the coiored race in states
in which it has been disfranchised was also
started last evening in the Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church at a mass meeting. lie
meeting was called to ta..e the preliminary
steps to check the further passage of dis
franchisement laws and to test the validity
of such measures now in operation The
assemblage was probably the most enthu-
SiaStic that has ever gathere.- for similar
purpose in the District 1t was one thor
cughly in sympathy with the purpose of the
leaders of the movement, and it denounced
the action of various legislatures in no UNI
certain terms. Rev. George W. Lee. pas
tor of the church. and j. H. Hayes. a col
cred attorney of Richmond. were the
speakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
VAUGHN CLASS FNTERTAINs.
Mock Trial Of Ebenezer Higgins on
Charge Of Tibet.

The members of the Vaughn class of the
Calvary Baptist Church entertained their
friends with a unique form of amusement
last night. giving mock trial. in which
one Ebenezer Higgins, an alleged res dent
of Seudderville, was tried before jury of
his peers on an indictment alleging him to
have committed a theft The trial was
well calculated to amuse. The attorneys
for the defense and for the mun' e.pality. re-
spectyely, labored hard and long to con-
vince the jury for and against the accused.
The judge questioned the witnesses and
charged the jury with dignity and gravity
that few weacers of the ermine in real
life could have surpassed on the bench,
under the circumstances. After a long
trial a verdict of not guilty was reached,
and the prisoner retired happy in the final
establishment of his innocence. while all
the members of the court received the UNI
bounded congratulations of the audience.
Invitations to the affair were prepared
in the form of subpoenas. summoning all
who received them to attend court under
direct penalties.
Those. who took part In the entertain-
ment were:
Judge, John Marshall Blackstone, June
F. Wooten; clerk, James Flourish, James
Fl. Price; prosecuting attorney, Conrad Je-
terney, Asa Bird Sparrow. Wallace G..
Franklin; sheriff, A. Ham. Sandwich, jack
son Morris; prisoner. Ebenezsr Hugg MS.
Russell G. Merryman.
Witnesses: Henry A. Slawson, farmer.
Robert H. Wilson; Jas. Curry Comb, hired
man, Luther ID. Fernald; Shylock Homes
Ferret, detective, Lloyd S.. Tenny; B.ll Bal
ley. colored A. L. Sampson; Mrs. Gwendo-
len Higgins, James L. Haffey; Willie Prog
Idly Higgins, Victor L. Minter; James
Dumps, storekeeper, Harry H. Kir sey;
James Perc.val Hennery, chicken fancier,
Walter l.. Hahn; Ebenezer Higgins, Rus
sell G.. Merryman.
Jurors: E. z. Thngg, George G. Seibold;
NJ. T. Head, Hugh w. Smith: Choiie Idle
firt Clare c. Hosmer: d. Webster Block
edd, r. w. Edmunds; Patrick Machinery.
w. w. Hanold, jr.; Reuben Skinflint Luie
L. Hayes; Solomon Levy, James w. Morse;
Hans Undfeit Chas. p. Metzroth; Hap. T..
Hoolig gan, B.. c. Getsinger; Izzy Bzzy Bier
hyster, NJ. M. Cady; l. Chuansmoak, o. F.
Hunter; Noah tall. George w. Decker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
CHURCH CONTROVERSY.
Colored iBAptists Divided Over Choice
8saI of Pastor.

The Baptist Alliance of Colored Ministers
and the majority of the members of the
metropolitan Baptist Church {colored) look
to Justice Gould to assist them in straight
ening out the controversy involving them
with Simon w. P. Drew. the evangelistic
speaker, who. they charge. is not a minis
! ter, and has stirred up strife for his per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The ministers and
the members in sympathy with the officers
of the cAur6h are confident that, with the
documentary, evidence in their possession.
the result of a thorough investigation. jus
tice Gould. will permanently enjoin Drew
from renting Metropolitan Church This
accomplished, they say, they will have an
easy task to bring those who sympathize
with Drew back to the fold.
The Baptist Alliance at its regular meet
ing yesterday. at Shiloh Baptist Church
grappled with the Drew controversy. Rev.
Benjamin w. Farris, the recognized pastor
of ST. Paul's Baptist Church of Boston, of
which, it is said. Drew claimed to be pastor,
was in attendance. Rev. s. ]. r. Nelson.
pastor of Salem Baptist Church of this city.
is the authority for statements condemning
Drew which Mr.. FarriS made before the al
nance yesterday Mr.. Nelson, who was a
member of the investigating committee
stated the result of the inquiry into tha
standing of Drew. He said Drew had been
found to Ge unworthy of the recognition of
the alliance. The minister further declared
Drew had no utilization with any church.
At the conclusion of the remarks by the
various ministers and laymen Interested in
the opposition to Drew, the alliance adopted
resolutions opposing fellowship with Drew
Il was also decided to let the colored Bap-
lists of the country know of the action by
sending circulars broadcast. The alliance
also denoupced an undertaken for allowing
Drew, now temporarily enjoined from en-
tering Metropolitan Church, to hold services
Sunday evening in his place of business,
which is located near the church.
AS an evidence of their sympathy with the
officers of the church in the present contro-
versy the ministers OF the alliance agreed
to attend last evening the lecture in Metro
politan Church by Rev. DR.. Farris of Boston
on the coIored race. The alliance has more
than a hundred members. 1t was stated that
more than seventy-five of the members were
present last evening. DR.. Farris rehearsed
before the assemblage his personal informal
ton as to the standing of Drew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
COURT FOR JUVENILES.
Commissioners to Ask Congress to
Legislate for Separate Hearings.

Commiss oner Macfarland is engaged in
preparing bill providing for the establish
ment in the District of a separate court
for the hearing of cases against juvenii =
offenders. Mr.. MacfarIand hopes to have
the draft of the proposed bill in shape to
submit to his associates on the :board of
Comm ssioners within q Few days.
The bill will be drawnyon the lines inii-
Gated by the Commissioners in their recon-
mendations on the subject made to Con-
gress in their annual report. Mr.. Macfar-
land has been obtaining advice with refer
ence to the proposed legislation from per-
sons informed on the subject, besides he
has carefully examined the laws relating
to juvenile courts in all parts of the coun-
try. There are courts for the hearing of
cases against children in Philadelphia. Chi
cago, Indianat oils and Bait more and Their =
IS considerable law already enacted on the
subject, so that the new court for the
District viii not be merely an experiment
courts which are operating with marked
Success.
Under the present system of hearing
cases against Juvenile offenders IN the Dis
triet the Police Court Judges have made
arrangements to sit during certain after
MONS eich week at the Police Court build
ing 1t Is pointed out, however, that only
cases against delinquent children are heard,
and that the present juvenile court does
not extend to cases against dependent chill
court entirely separate from the Police
Court and under separate officers. in which
cases against both delinquent and depend
ent children will be heard.
The bill 1t is presumed will also indicate
line OF procedure In cases against chill
dren and will cover other questions that
may be expected to arise in connection with
the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
Leaves Granted to Postmasters.

An order has been issued by Robert j.
Wynne. acting Postmaster General In the
absence of MFR. Payne, granting ten days
leave of absence to all postmasters of Sec
ond and third-class offices who may wish
to attend the convention of the National
Association of Postmasters OF the Second
ard Third-class Post Offices, which will be
held at st. Louis. Mo-. ON May Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
for the conveyance

special commissioner for the conveyance
of the property
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett will give a
tea this evening at her home, 40S Duke
street, to Mrs. Anne Gordon of the Flor
ence Crittendon Training School.
Miss Mary Conway Moncure of Fred
ericksburg. Va, is visiting Miss Bessie
Smith at her home. sol Duke street
Judge James NJ Love. and Mr. r. Wal
ton Moore of Fairfax were in Alexandria
yesterday.
John Richwine. colored. was fined so
in the police court this morning for dis
orderly conduct on the street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29

Don't Neglect Cough. Take Piso's Cure fol
Consumption In time. All druggists. sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
Appointed to the State Department.

Frank Bausi<ett of South Carolina has
been appointed clerk at 5000 I'M the State
Department
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
Drainage Conditions.

The excessive rainfall of the past
two years has made much land in
Iowa unproductive on account of in
adequate drainage. Farmers and
land owners throughout the state
will be interested in recent bulle-
tin published by the State Expert
ment Station at Ames. The bulletin
treats of the Drainage Conditions in
Iowa, compiled from valuable data
secured by the Soils Department of
the Division Of Agriculture, supple
mented by exhaustive notes and
tables on drainage engineering, pre-
pared by the Civil Engineering De-
partment of the division of engineer
ing.
The publication is of especial
value to the farmer and to the drain
age engineer, and is an instructive
handbook for students and others
interested in this important line Of
investigation.
A copy of this bulletin, No. rs Of
the station, may be secured by ad-
dressing request to Director @. T.
Curtiss, Iowa Experiment Station,
Ames, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
Shelter for Dairy Cows.

While passing through Hardin
county on recent trip to attend
farmers institute, we noticed herd
Of COWS and young stock endeavor-
ing to secure their breakfast in a
corn field: The day happened to be
a cold and disagreeable one. Sleet
was pouring down and the old COWS
were standing in a bumped attitude
while consuming some of the dried
up fodder. There is no question but
what the flow of milk went down to
nearly one half the usual quantity on
that day. Such methods are not cal
culated to give good results, if one
wishes to get good supply of milk
during the winter while dairy pro-
ducts are good price and while the
farmer is not SO busy with other
work. We sincerely hope that the
rising generation will learn to take
better care of their cows as well as
their corn stalks. What is the use Of
keeping cows when they are not Civ
ing enough milk to pay for their
board? Stop such careless methods.
Shelter those dairy animals and feed
them in a barn or sheltered feed
lot. A task that is worth doing is
worth doing we'll. What do these
farmers think would become of the
European farmer if he took no better
care Of his crop and his stock than
such methods indicate? He would
starve in less than year. Will it
not pay Iowa farmers to become
more frugal? Could they net make
good use of some extra profit? Build
a silo next year and fill it with good
corn and clover hay; feed and water
your COWS in warm barn and we
guarantee you will never go back tc
present wasteful methods. Farmers
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
"HeIoxylen is the name given

"Heloxyle" is the name given in
Germany to peat fiber compressed
and hardened by a special process
into sheets, tiles, plates and blocks
for various building purposes. 1t
is used for lining walls, ceilings,
window and door frames, to UNDER
lay wooden flooring, and even as
flooring, itself. 1t has about the
consistency and atomatic weight of
sound cork, andsis en- almost perfect
nonconductor of heat. moisture,
sound and vibration. It's impreg-
mated with some material which
renders it practically incombustible
1t is one Of the cheapest of all build
ing materials in Germany, is light
to transport, clean and easy to
handle, can be painted, nailed or
glued together, and from a sanitary
standpoint is nearly ideal building
material. A floor of heloxyle, cover
ed with rug or carpet, is a luxury
of warmth, stiffness and comfort in
a modern dwelling.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06

A good story relating to Charles
Darwin is told by Miss Daisy Letter
who recently returned from London.
1.-TWO English boys" said Miss Lei
ter, being friends of Darwin,
thought one day that they would
play a joke on him. They caught a
butterfly, grasshopper, a beetle and
a centipede, and out Of these crea-
lures they made a strange, composite
insect. They took the centipede's
body, the butteray's wings, the
grasshopper's legs, and the beetles
head and they glued them together
carefully. Then with their new bug
in a box, they knocked at Darwin 8
door. We caught this bug in a
field,' they said, Can you tell us
what kind of a bug it is, sir?' OAR
win looked at the bug and then he
looked at the boys. He smiled
slightly. Did it hum when you
caught it?' he asked. 'Yes,' they
answered, nudging one another.
Then, said Darwin, it is hum
bug"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06

The Democrat is constrained to
wonder why it is that when a lead
er of a great party goes out to select
q member Of his cabinet, or an ap-
pointee for some good, fat govern
ment job, that he as a rule selects
some man who is a high official in
a great corporation, or man who
has been an attorney for one all his
life. Such was the appointment Of
Of Oney, the chief solicitor for the
bondsmen of the c., B. & O., in
Boston, by Grover Cleveland. Such
was the selection of Judge McDill,
of Creston, for a member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Such was the selection of Romans,
of Sioux City, for the same position.
Such was the selection of Shaw, of
Iowa, as secretrry of the treasury,
and such is the selection of Paul
Norton, Manager of the Santa Re
system, to secretary of the navy.
The Democrat blames no one Of
these men, but it seems that ii
must be corporation influence which
places them in positions of trust in
the affairs of this government. Are
there no other as smart men in the
different parties to fill these posi-
tions, whose whole life has not beer
a study of how to beat the masses ot
tho people, for the interests of the
corporations and the money power
This is a conundrum which somt
good republican paper, orator O
corporation democratic journal may
iexplain to us, with our full permis
on.--Ottumwa Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
The Skipper's Wooinp.

(The latest society fad Is the skipping party,
ct which persons of all ages ply the ropes with
enthusiasm, for pleasure and for health.)
"Will you walk into my parlor"" said the hrs-
tess to the guest.
IT'S the largest and the barest and the emp
test and best
There are others there before YOU, and the ropes
are flying fast.
You can join the skipping army till the hour of
midnight past
1--WE have done away with dancing. we've abol-
ished bridge and whist.
And Of all our old amusements there Is none that
will be missed.
When the skipping ropes are flying and the
overf1owing fun
Greets the clumsy OF unweildly who have failed
attwenty-one.
"There are matrons staid and portly. who are
skipping into youth;
There are men with 'corporations'-I am telling
you the truth
Who are growing strong and active, aud becom-
Ing little and slim
There's duke who does his thousand. and an
earl who rivals him.
"Oh, forsake your foolish pleasures that can
bring you little joy.
And adopt the new amusement that Is never
known to cl0y:
Throw aside all childish pastlmes that have held
you In their grip.
BE man among your feilowS-be q man and
learn to skip."-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
Applied Science.

When James Russell Lowell was
minister to England, he was guest al
a banquet ut which one of the speak.
era was Sir Frederick Bramwell. 81,
Frederick was to respond to the toast
applied Science" 1t was long after
midnight when the toast was pro-
posed, and several speakers were still
to be called. Rising in his place, the
scientist said:
AT this hour Of the night, or, rather,
OF the morning, my only interest in ap-
piled science is to apply the tip of the
match to the side of the box upon
which alone 1t ignites and to apply the
fame SO obtained to the wick of bed
room candle"
A moment later Lowell tossed pa
per across the table to him bearing
these two lines:
Oh. brief Sir Frederick. would that all
could catch
Your happy talent and supply your match!
Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
You Ask Why There Are
Such Snaps In The
YaZOO Valley

Yielding 2O9o to 309o when there
are millions of money seeking in
vestment at "a and 80. Answer
this: Why were there lands in
Delaware County 10 years ago.
sold at S25 and rented for $3.50
and yielded 10Po steady income,
and doubled their value in s years,
making in all about 1877 on what
they cost while thousands of dol
lars We're lying all around them
drawing 30 and 40? Tell why
this has been true right here with
land you have yourself plowed up
and ! will tell you why such bar
gains, and twice such bargains are
changing hands at increased values
by the thousands of acres every
hour. she question with you is
whether you will place your money
at 40 and 61o or place it in the
best lands on top of the earth at
2O9o to 30@o. Which is the thing
to do?
E. J. BkECKON,
lei. l02. Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
Shortly after issuing an order that

Shortly after issuing an order that
all tobacco must be kept in the ORR
ginal boxes until sold John w.
Yefkes, commissioner of internal
revenue. went into cigar store in
Washington and asked for piece of
his favorite plug Like many Ken
tuckians Mr.. Yerkes is fond of q
chew at times. The salesman hand
ed out what was ordered, but when
the commissioner tried to cut the
stuff it crumbled into dust almost.
Eyes, it is pretty dry" said the man
behind the counter, "but we can't
help it. We used to be able to take
a few pieces out and keep them in a
moistening box, but some darned
fool up in the internal revenue office
decided that that was illegal and we
can't do it any more. Beats all
what idiots get appointed to Office"
well, that certainly was a fool rul-
ing" replied Mr.. Yerkes meekly, and
lie slipped away with his brittle
piece of plug tobacco.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06

DIR. Robert Collyer, the veteran
Unitarian preacher, was ordained to
the ministry in England while fol-
lowing his tradeas blacksmith. By
invitation he occupied a pulpit in
the town where he was working.
Next morning an old shoemaker, a
thoughtful and earnest man saw him
going to work. heard thee preach,
Bob," said the old man, "and l
doan't think thou'lt ever make the
preacher we want ere. Thou wants
to reason over much, and that will
never do. We want our preachers
to preach from the heart, not from
the head; to say Thus saith the
Lord, and be sure about that. Thy
preaching may do for some folks,
but it winnat do for us"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06

The latest thin give have now, says
Practical Farmer in the Homestead,
is "homogenized" milk. 1t is milk
that has been heated to lS5 degrees
and then forced against porcelain
plate under high pressure. This
breaks up the globules of cream un-
til they are so fine they will not rise
to the surface. 1t is said that milk
treated in this manner has been kept
for six weeks without getting sour
or showing any cream on the top Of
the milk. Science is doing great
things If this be true.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
FAMOUS FOR FAT.


Daniel Lambert, Who Died In 1909,
Got TOO Obese to Wnbble.
The fame of Daniel Lambert as
champion among fat men in England,
If not in the world, still remains un-
rivaled. Daniel was born ut Leicester
in Ito and died in 1909 at Stamford.
The grandson of celebrated cock
fighter and addicted to sport through
out his life, his Dimensions We're not
extraordinary, and his habits were not
different from those of other lads un-
til he was fourteen years old. When
twenty-thrce years Of age. however, he
turned the scale ut thirty-two stone,
and, although lie is recorded to have
been then able to walk from Woolwich
to London. at the time of his death, In
his fortieth year. he had attained the
prodigious weight of fifty-two stone, or
12S pounds, and was more or less help
less. He was modest man. and when
he had achieved physical greatness
fame was thrust upon him. He was
for long time unwilling to be made
show Of, but he gained more than
local reputation, and people travelled
from far to see him, resorting to vari-
GUS devices in order to be allowed to
do so. At length the prospect Of profit
overcame his resolution, and for four
years before his death he exhibited
himself in London and in the PROV
inces.
He was apparently a man Of some
yJy{f fnr hnr L.
public to gaze upon him, an inquisitive
person had gained access to his pres
ence by pretending to be fellow
sportsman interested in the pedigree of
a mare, whereupon Lambert promptly
replied, "She was bred by Impertinence
out Of Curiosity" Before the days of
Daniel Lambert, Edward Bright of
Maiden was a well known fat man, al
though his name no longer fingers as
household word. He died in 1850 at
the age Of thirty years, weighing forty
two stone and seven pounds, and is
stated to have been an active man till
year or two before his death, when
his corpulency SO overpowered his
strength that his life was a burden and
his death deliverance. Both Bright
and Lambert seem to have been genial,
good humored fellows and very popular
among those who visited them. In
deed popularity seems to be the lot of
the corpulent in fact as well rs in fic-
tfon. The heroes of fiction, however,
have the advantage in the matter of
lasting glory, and the names of Daniel
Lambert and the fat boy of Pecliham
sink into insignificance beside those of
Falstaff and the fat boy in "Pickwick."
London Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
A Pair OF Miser..

Mr.. and Miss Dancer We're reputed
the most notorious miscrs in the eight
eenth century. The manner in which
this couple We're found after death to
have disposed Of their wealth was even
more strange than could have been
their method Of acquiring it. The total
value was 100000, which was thus dis
posed of: Two thousand five hundred
pounds wax found under a dunghill,
f5OO in an old coat nailed to the man
ger in the stable, fGOO in notes was
hidden away in an old teapot, the
chimney yielded f2,OOO slowed in nine
teen different crevices, and several
jugs filed with coin were secreted in
the stable loft.