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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-04

A distinguished contractor who was
heaping abuse upon the treasury de
partment because it had not seen fit to
renew a contract which he had held
for years called On Secretary Shaw a
short time ago and, after failing to get
a reconsideration Of his proposal, aired
his grievance to a group of newspaper
men, says the New York Tribune.
Secretary Shaw smiled when he was
told what the ex-contractor had said
about him and the department. "It
seems to be a little hard to wean him."
said the secretary. "He doesn't seem
to be able to get enough. He is un-
like a young country fellow / heard Of
once who was converted at q camp
meeting. He was not accustomed to
speaking. but vas SO happy over his
conversion that he felt he must tes-
tify.
"After struggling to his feet he tried
to think of something appropriate.
Finally he stammered: I'm SO happy
/ don't know how to-I'm so happy.
I feel so good. I feel just like a calf
that's suckin' two cows"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-04

There were 20 miles Of main canals
and bitches.
Portions OF Fremont, Lemhi, Custer
and Blaine counties are drained by
several streams whose waters sink
into the lava or flow into shallow
lakes. The principal streams of this
character are Big and Little Lost
rivers and Camas and Medicine Lodge
creeks. In 1902 water from all
sources in these independent drainage
basins was utilized through 2As
systems to irrigats 44,Ol1 acres be-
longing to 591 farms, The total
construction outlay for the necessary
irrigation works, including 446 miles
Of main canals and bitches, was
1851, 100, an average of S3.43 per
irrigated acre. Big Lost river and
tributaries irrigated 23,547 acres,
belonging to 27O farms, through 90
systems, which we're constructed at
an initial cost of s79, 7l7, an average
Of %. 80 per irrigated acre. The
total length Of main canals and
dithoes was 256 miles.
The colored American., 1904-08-20

southern tour in Tennessee that a
greater part Of my audience were in
|telligeat colored people and many
white people who 1 can truthfully
state evidenced no rag-time tendencies
whatever Again 1 noticed the ap-
plause and encores 1 received were
not extended from force or habit, but
we're sincere. This latter feature was
more prevalent among the colored per
son who pTobEbly had become ex-
tremely classical.
while at Nashville" continued Mr..
Douglass, Il was the guest of the fac
uIty of Fix University. Here 1 no
ticed the students in the musical de-
partment were under strict discipline,
especially as concerning their music.
There was nothing but hiSh-class
music-Von Blou, Verdi, Wagner, and
others, q feature which occasioned
me to remark. Our race is coming 20
the front"
Mr.. Douglas, while in st. Louis took
occasion to visit the Fair. Among the
places visited was the famous pike" :"
He states he experienced none OF the
so-ealled prejudice, and adds, further,
that he experienced none of the
separate gate entrances. Although
M. Douglass does not desire to be put
on record as saying ne prejudice exists
there.
1t is we'll to nCte the fact that our
vioIinist was not seeking notoriety,
hence his refusal to play at the Fair on
a special occasion
The colored American., 1904-08-20
Violinist

returned, The Colored American CLEAN
ed the following facts:
In the states Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky he was receiv-
ed with great cordiality. Not be-
cause he was the grandson of the i'm
mortal Frederick Douglass, but owing
to the fact that his violin recitalz
were as soul inspiring as they were
classical; while minds and tastes of
his audiences had been cultivated to
the appreciation OF classical music.
but not to the extent to which our
own violin virtuoso had transformed
them by the harmonious touch of his
bow.
At one time when Douglass appear
ed at Dayton. Ohio, in the largest
church (white) in that city before an
audience Of several musical loving
people as well as musical critics, he
personally received the entire con-
gratulations Of all, especially from a
young lady now a student in the New
York Conservatory of Music, who told
him she didn't know colored people
could play that classical music. This
is merely an incident Of the impress
sion left by Douglass in the far Wes-
tern cities.
In answer to the question as to
whether the southern people appre-
ciate classical music in preference to
rag time Mr.. Douglass replied: "oh
yes, decidedly. 1 noticed during my
The colored American., 1904-08-20

Minister Powell has measured up
to and has demonstrated his efficiency
during the Haitien troubles, and has
evinced tact, courage, and q psrsis-
tent determination to protect Ameri-
can citizens and American Interests;
nor has he failed to show his interest
in and extend his good Offices 10 for
eign representatives
The colored American., 1904-08-20
MR.. DOUGLASS IN THE WEST.
He Royalty Entertained and EAthus-
iastiCell Received.

WashingtonianS should be exceed
ingly proud OF the fact that they have
in their midst a young man who has
attained an exceptionally fine record
in the musical field, so much as to be
justified in assuming the non de plume
of "Ole Bull" of the Negro race. This
young man whose reputation is now
thoroughly established abroad as
well as in his native city, is none
other than Joseph H. Douglass. grand
son OF the late Frederick Douglass,
whose likeness sppears here below.
JOS. H DOUGLASS OR OLE BULL
81
Joe, as he is hailed by his intimate
friends and social companions. is a
very eongenial fellow, very sedate and
extremely modest; yet when the ee-
easlon demands itself. especially when
he feels an interview Will not prove
any ways at all embarrassing. Mr
Douglass proves himself an adept con
veTsationalist.
In a recent interview with Mr..
Douglass concerning his western and
southern tours from which he has just
The colored American., 1904-08-20
DEFENDS MINISTER POWELL.
Declared to be an Intelligent and 10y
al American Citizen.

Editor Post: In your editorial Of
August 6, styled Our Predicament in
Haiti" you mention the names of the
consular officers sent to that island
to represent this government. Then
you add, They seem to be, all of
them, either foreigners or negroes.
and not one of them can be reasonably
considered as representative of this
country"
The colored American., 1904-08-20

Minister Powell has proven himself
a representative of American citizen
ship, full Of patriotism, pluck and
courage. If he does not truly repre-
sent this government with dignity,
honor, efficiency, and loyalty, then this
government has no representative any
where. A man must be measured by
his achievements, and not by the color
of his hair or skin.
JAMES STORUM.
Monday, August Sth, 1904.
The colored American., 1904-08-20

Washington is we'll represented in
the literary department Of the Con-
gressional Index Rev-SA c. Garner,
Pastor of the Plymoth Congregational
Church is Editor of the Department of
Sociology; DR.. Sterling n. Brown, is
Editor Of the Church Department,
and Miss Georgia Brown, his daughter
edits the Young Peoples Department.
The colored American., 1904-08-20
country.

1t is strange, to say the least, that
the editor of the Post does not know
that Minister Powell and Consul Liv-
ingston are native-born citizens OF this
country; that they are loyal citizens
and descended from loyal parentage;
that they have received an American
education, and proven their scholastic
on their native soil, in
competition with other American cit
izens; and that in their official capaci-
ty they have shown themselves worthy,
of this nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

who landed in 1905 is $4,000. That 10 the
most We have ever had in a single year.
We came nearest II in 1882. when 7s9,oo0
were admitted
THAT is an enormous number of people
said l. rs Uncle Sam big enough to d.
gest annual meal like that and retain
his true Americanisfn %
That question is grave one, replied
Secretary Cortelyou, especially consider
ing the class of immigrants we are HOW
getting. Until within the past fifteen years
practically all of immigrants came
from northern and western Europe, and
they were largely of TeGtonic stock. They
were intelligent and Industrious. and they
have taken a large part in building up the
country, in NEEDING institutions and
contributing to our high standard of
American citizenship.
within the past fifteen years much of
our immigration has been from southern
and eastern Europe, composed of elements
by no means so desirable, classes which do
not easily assimilate with us. which con-
gregate in cities and communities by them
selves, and which may in some uegree
constitute unwholesome element of our
population. During the past year 6o0.ood
of this class of immigrants were landed,
constituting almost 80 per cent of the years
immigration. A large percentage of these
people do not read write in any Ian
guage and ii will be long before they can
be made into good American citizens"
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

derstand was shown by slightly nervous
look which came into his face.
He nodded.
I'm this WILL the small lawyer went on,
you were made trustee of the property
let me see, there was quite a pleasant little
property. matter of three or four thou
sand pounds sterling. was it not? In
cash, | understand. Yes. l am sure that
l am right. You were to be trustee of this
property until--until Miss Mullaney-now
Mrs. Parton" he bowed to Norah and to
Parton, came of age. Am / quite right?'
MacFarren was evidently taken by sur
prise at this turn of affairs.
"Ye-yes,' he stammered, turning white
bit. 1t was plain that this attack was
complete surprise. Then, suddenly real
izing that he was permitting himself, SO to
speak. to be irfterrogated as witness for
the opposition without proper authority of
court, he began again to sputter, and de-
clared that such inquiries were an insult
ferahle impertinence and that he would
not tolerate them.
All said the small man. that is most
unfortunate 1t will necessitate an action
which ] have strongly urged Mrs.-Mrs.
Parton, not to take except in case OF abso-
lutte extremity. Criminal proceedings with
ing the family circle should be-should be,
in my opinion-avoiGed. 1t was only yes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
COMMERCE ANDLAbOR
Some Of the Functions of the
New Department.
FACTS AND FIGURES
ARE OF VALUE TO BOTH CAPITAL.
IsT AND NORWEGIAN.
Uncle Sam as an Arbitrator--Indus
trial Growth of Our
Country.

Copyright 1904, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Written for The Evening Star
what can your department do to settle
the existing troubles between labor and
capital?"
/ asked this question of Secretary Cortel-
you as we sat together in his Office in the
Department of Commerce and Labor yester-
day afternoon. The Secretary was looking
over reports from his various bureaus, and
checking off statistical items running high
into the millions. He has, you know, about
fifteen of the most important bureaus in the
United States government, employing more
than ten thousand men, and entailng an
annual expenditure of more than ten mil
lion dollars. All the government investiga-
lions and information about the big corpo-
rations and combinations of capital as we'll
as questions connected with labor, come be-
fore him, so that to a certain extent he
represents Uncle Sam in all his relations
to the two.
The Secretary replied:
The Department of Commerce and Labor
has no executive functions in settling the
troubles of capital and labor 1t cannot in
terfere with either party in any controversy
that may arise. All that it aims to do is to
furnish the fullest information possible as
to existing conditions. in order that each
party may understand more fully Just what
those conditions are, and be guided thereby
in arranging a settlement
What kinds of informal ton Mr.. Secre-
tary?" I asked
All kinds was the reply. Everything
that bears on the relation of labor to capi-
tai. The elements of cost in various prod
ucts' the articles controlled by trusts and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

80 you see now we grow"
Our Best Customers.
Who are our best customers among the
nations, Mr.. Secretary" l asked
The united kingdom by far" was the
reply. 1t takes more of our exports than
any other country, although Germany and
Canada take great deal, and the percent
age of increase in their case is larger We
are increasing our trade to Russia having
more than quadrtpled it in the last ten
years We are also selling more goods to
Mexico than ever before
how about Mr.. SINNERS expedition to
Abyssinia. Secretary Cortelyou VIII that
expedition pay?"
II think that closer business relationsbins
Will prove valuable TO our country in every
case whether they be with large nations or
smaH ones, and especially with those ma
lions whose consuming powers are in q
stage of development. The wise and ex
perienced nations OF the world which hav.
been studying the art of developing their
export trade, omit no opportunity to cuIti-
Vate commercial relations with all coln-
tries. l think the United States can with
profit follow their example,
Our Consuls and Our Foreign Trade.
Our foreign consuls all report to you, Mr..
Cortelyou? How do they compare with the
commercial agents of other nations?"
Eyes, they report to me through the
State Department" was the reply. 1.-THE
comments by the newspapers and business
men of other nations indicate that our con-
sular service compares well with that of
other countries, but that is not enough
from an American point of view. While the
work of many of the consuls is of very
high grade there can be much improve
ment. This fact was fully recognized by
the President and by those of his officials
who have immediate supervision of the
work Of the consuls. The suggestions made
by the business public from time to tine
with reference to the practical problems
which confront them in their attempts to
increase their export trade will undoubt-
eddy prove helpful in this direction. The
consuls are essentially commercial officers
They should play more vital part in the
extension of our foreign trade. Their rela-
lions to the new department are one of its
pressing problems. The Department of
Commerce and Labor win do its share In
the effort to improve this service whenever
improvement is shown to be needed"
The Big Immigration Question.
Returning to the labor question, ar.
Secretary. Tell ME something about our
immigrants I understand we had almost
million last year?"
THE actual number of the immigrants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
CHAPTER XXI.

Parton's face relaxed. MacFarren's face
was cause enough. The young man looked
at it and laughed. He rose and started
toward the door. Norah touched his arm.
NO she said sweetly, you'll not be
goin' yet, / hope. Please stay here and
amuse my husband while I'm gone. I've
some one that l want to have you talk a
bit to before you say goodbye to US en-
tirely.'
And she added quickly:
And that will be right soon. I'm think
ing
Parton was plainly puzzled by this
new move of the extraordinary young wo-
man as the rest were; but that he felt
an abiding faith in her good judgment was
shown by the fact that he promptly step
ped between MacFarren and the door, just
as Norah passed out of il into the hall,
followed by the hall boy.
With Parton there before the exit Mac
Farren lost all longing to pass out of 1t,
and retrcated rapidly to the embras sure of
a window. from which he gazed with simu-
lated interest on the scant traffic of the
side street. occasionally turning about with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
The Robin.

My little yellow breasted friend
Is here again; the Orchards end
Is palpitant with his sweet song:
l wonder that he stayed SO long,
When his old friend would fam have heard
The song Of almost any bird,
To while away the winter days,
That seem so long without hts lays.
Oh! robin, in your blithesorne song,
That have waited for 50 long,
I catch one note, one tender strain.
That brings my childhood back again;
That distant time. that blissful time,
When Youths bright hopes were set to rhyme,
And sang their numbers clear aui strong,
And gleesome your own sweet song.
You come herald Of the spring;
Its perfumes still about you cling;
And all forgot the winters ills,
While your blithe lay the orchard fills
Then sing, sweet bird, those notes again,
That childhood song that charmed me then,
And those bright hopes for which mourn,
Will they come back with springs return?
All! me, how brief is life at best;
And as mine eyes backward cast
Along the path my feet have trod,
And note the distance. rod by rod,
The landmarks stationed here and there
That number days of joy or care,
I marvel not the time seems long,
Since first heard the robins song.
CHARLES 81. DOING.
Amendale, Nd, February 2, 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
Gounod's Statue in Paris.

From the London Globe
After Gounod's death funds were gathered
for memorial statue. which was ehiseled
by the sculptor Mercie. and for six months
has stood on the lawn of Monceau Park.
but has never yet been inaugurated-and
never will be. What are eupiiemis tically
described Unforeseen circumstances
have delayed the ceremony more than once.
and Nine. Gounod has now finally decided
that the postponenent may as well DE con-
sidered definite. A eulogy which. at the
widows request, had been prepared by III.
Saint-Saens has been published, and there
the matter will rest.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-05

can be tied with It and your waist can
have few rows Of it, laid in between
the rows of shirring, or laid along the
rows of tucks.
Narrow velvet is one of the revival
trimmings. 1t is used a great deal
and usually in connection with lace,
though there are gowns that are
trimmed with row after row Of the
velvet, all put on by hand and sewed
along the upper edge. The lower edge
is left free, as it is found that the
velvet sets better when it is not sewed
tightly along both edges.
There is a trimming which is much in
favor with the 1860 girl and this, too,
is a revival trimming. Everybody re-
members the days when ribbon was
box plated and stitched along the
middle. This trimming was used to
trim skirts and waists and even to
trim silk coats. Well, Ii is this same
box plated ribbon which is in style
again ard 1t Is used just as it used to
be. above q band of lace or above a
ruffle.
Very many of the new skirts have
a wide box plating around the foot,
perhaps eight inches wide. Then
comes a band of lace and then a mar
row box plating stitched through the
middle.
In the materials there Is a great deal
to be said, for they. too, are to a great
extent the materials which were worn
forty years ago. Many Of them mas
querade under new and fancy names,
yet in them will be recognized all the
old favorftes.
Grenadine is to be a great deal worn
as a summer material and 1t will be
prettily figured and trimmed with
bands of taffeta or with bands OF vel
vet and of lace. Or there will be ruf-
fies of grenadine set around the foot
of the gown and these will be light,
fluffy ruff1es calculated to oestow
witching grace upon the young woman
who wears them.
Poplin is lovelier than ever this year
and, whether one chooses poplin, ST.
cilienne or mohair, 1t Is all the same
as far as the gloss is concerned. And
even so with brilliantine. which now
comes of exquisite luster even In the
cheaper grades.
The discovery OF the process Of mer-
cerizing goods has added greatly to
the number Of lustrous fabrics and II
is possible now to obtain very bril-
liant material for only a fraction Of
what such a gown cost forty years
ago. In those days poplin was poplin
and it was never cheap.
Satin, too, is in style, and there are
satins in the old .ashes-of-roses shade
and in the curious shade called London
smoke. There was time when ashes
of-roses, London smoke, elephants
breath and Irish poplin gray were the
shades of the season. And they come
mighty near being the shades OF the
present year. You would be amazed
to note how many fashionable recep-
ton and calling gowns and nice gowns
for church and other occasions are con-
structed of material in these colors.
So in the new materials one finds
the old stuffs and she who has pre-
served a gown of the long ago can
bring 1t out and run a good chance OF
finding it in vogue. not only in general
characteristics, but in color and ma
terial as well. They even combine
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-05

never in the 1860 days was there as
much spent upon gowns as now.
The revival of the wartime girl
brings in at once the fun skirt. This
skirt can be cut in one of three or four
ways. 1t can be a straight gored af
fair, made by cutting so many lengths
of a piece of goods and sewing them
together, or it can be a skirt some
what sloped toward the belt line, or it
can be a skirt that is laid in side plaits
all the way around the hips.
In any case, ii is shirred or tucked,
gathered or, in one way or another,
brought in to serve the purpose of
making the hips trim.
The women of 1860 die not think it
in good taste to outline the hips so
sharply and the gowns were gathered
upon the belt. If they were made of
thin wash goods, the gathers were
scratched to make them lie evenly
in place.
But the modern wartime girl will not
consent to lose her most desirable
point, namely, her hip line, so she has
her skirt laid in side plaits, or tucked,
or gathered, and, while doing this, she
surreptitiously throws a little Of the
fullness toward the back. 1t is more
becoming so.s The skirt is a full skirt,
but there is just little more fullness
in the back than in the rront-though
not much.
In only one thing is the wartime girl
of 1904 absolutely true to the wartime
girl Of 1860 and this is in the matter of
length of skirt. The 1850 girl would
as soon have cut off her own daintily
shod feet as go out with short skirt.
And so IL is with the wartime girl of
1904. Her skirt must be long, or, If not
long, IL must be what is known as
round length.
The round length, as generally ac-
cepted, is the skirt which just touches
the floor. Maybe it a little more than
touches. It is precisely the same length
front and back and all the way around.
The round length usually lies upon the
floor an inch when one is standing
still. But in walking Ii escapes pret-
tily, though Il requires holding up in
the street.
There is, of course. the pedestrian
skirt and the walking skirt, the trot-
ting skirt, the instep length and the
skirt which escapes and discloses the
feet. But this skirt is of different
brand and is bred of different fashion.
It has nothing to do with the war time
robe, but it is not the keynote to the
fashions by any means. The day has
gone by when the trotting skirt ruled
the fashions.
The trimming of the 1860 skirt is
not always the same. The skirts Of
forty years ago were ruff1ed with two
deep ruff1es, with a piping or shirring
or a band of lace above the rufiles.
But in these revival days a greater
variety is allowed. There is a strong
resemblance to these 1860 trimmings,
yet there is difference. Ruff1es are
not actually obligatory. though 1t is
a wise woman who wears them II she
can.
Rufies are by far the most attract
i've and the most effective trimming of
the summer. They are light and float
ing and they give the gown an air of
grace which it can get in no other
way. Ruf1ies of the same material,