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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
AUSTRALIAN BLACKS
HELD IN SLAVERY
Government Plans Legislation
to Protect Them From Crue'-
ty and Oppression

LONDON - Speedy legislation is
promised by the government of West
ern Australia to safeguard the rem
nants of the aboriginal black races in
that state from the cruelty and oppres-
sion of the police and stOckmen.
AT the office of the agent general for
Western Australia newspaper repre-
sentative was informed yesterday that
the state government had already
drafted a bill on lines recommended
by its chief inspector of aborigines, but
had deferred introducing it pending the
result of the investigate made by
DR.. Roth. the Queensland protector Of
abOrigines.
DR.. Roth, it seems, undertook this
duty at the special request of the state
government, and, also at it's request,
has drawn up a series of recommended
tons an the basis of legislation.
Present System Is Slavery
The main features of DR.. Roth's pro-
posals are as follows:
The present system of indentured la
bOr-which is practically slavery pure
and simple-to be forthwith aban-
dOned.
Employers of black children of school
going age to be compelled to fulfill
their duties under the education act.
Police to be at once deprived of the
power of hunting down blacks charged
often on the flimsiest of evidence and
often on none at all-With killing the
white settlers cattle.
The system Of using neck chains in
bringing back fugitives to be prOhib-
tied, and the police to be deprived of
their revOlvers and rifles.
No blood money to be allowed to
the police for bringing in native pris-
onerS.
Reserves to be established for the
benefit of natives whom the white set
tiers have deprived of their hunting
grounds.
Shameful Treatment to Cease
It IS understood at the colonial office
that provisions embodying these rec
concentrations will form part of the
new aborigines bill to be introduced In
the present session by the government
of Western Australia, and that every
stringent provisions will be introduced
to put stop, once and for all. to the
shameful treatment of black girls by
the police and stOckmen.
mo pressure on the part of the i'm
perial government is needed to induce
Western Australia to do its duty to-
ward the abOrigines," said high au-
thority on the affairs of that state yes
teTday.
Western Australia is not blind to
the wrongs which have been done to
the blacks, to the abuse of power. or
to the cruelty and injustice which have
been meted out to them.
Legislation was only deferred last
year pending the receipt of DR.. ROthS
report That report is now in the hands
of every member of the government
and no time will be lost in giving eff
feet to its recommendations"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Credit Another to Hook

CHICAGO. April 26.-One more name
may be added to the long list of matri-
monial dupes of Johann Hook. now on
trial here charged with murder, if the ac-
cusatiOns made by Charles Frederick
Loeffier. of Durlach. Germany, are true.
In a letter received here today by the po-
lice. Loeffler declares he has identified a
picture of Hook as that Of man who
married Loeffiers niece, Justine LOeffier
of Chicago, in 1902. Loef1er declares his
niece, after going to New York with Hook
married the alleged -Bluebeard" whose
assumed name was Richard Schmidt The
woman then disappeared and Loeffier says
he believed she was murdered by the con-
fessed bigamist.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
JANITOR POET MUST
YACATE BASEMENT
Jury Grants Divorce to Wife of
Philosopher Who Refused
TO Battle

CHICAGO-Adolph c. Hintz, base
theht philosopher and janitor poet, will
have to leave the basement where he
spent so many pleasant hours commun-
ing with the muses. and. according to
his wife, refusing to wash.
IL TOOK the jury in Judge BrentanO's
court just an hour yesterday to decide
that the philosopher poet was guilty of
extreme cruelty toward his wife, and
vorce.
He will. therefore, according to the
decree. be forced to leave his beloved
basement, and. in addition can no
longer amuse himself with FASTING on
the walls of his wife's residence odes
OF love, which she said annoyed her.
In addition to the decree Judge
Brentano entered an order restraining
Hlntz from FASTING anything on the
walls of his wife's home, 61O Evanston
avenue.
Neither in Court
Neither the unwashed poet nor his
wife were in court when the decree was
given, HiDtZ having retreated to his
lawyers office, while his wife with her
daughter repaired to that of her attor-
ney, both to await the verdict that was
to separate them.
The divorce given to his wife ends
ACA tiAG Gl-lJiillOSODIleI a dream OF
love which had it's beginning eleven
years ago, when one of his love jngles
caught the eye of the woman who soon
became his wife. For a while they
lived in peace, then it is declared by
his wife that he refused to battle or
even wash his hands before eating his
meals, and finally moved to the cellar
and became a very brutal husband
For this and other reasons she began
suit for divorce, while the poet returned
to the humilitating position of janitor.
Soul Still Bursts Forth
His poetic soul, however, cried out
for action. and. although performing
the mental toll Of throwing coal into the
furnace he still found time to write
Odes of love to his once loving wife.
HintZ declares that he is a much
abused man, and says he will carry the
case to the highest court in the land
before he Will consent to bear the bur-
den of iniquity which has been placed
upon him by the jury's verdict.
In giving his side of the domestic
story the janitOr-poet denied that he
had an aversion to soap and water. and
declared that he was in every respect a
model husband.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Kills Japanese Lahorers

RENO, New. April 26.-The east
bound passenger train on the Southern
Pacific railway, in passing through
Bewoe today, ran into a gang of Jap
anese, numbering about fifty. The
train literally plowed its way through
the men, killing two and fatally in
juring several. The train, while sud-
denly rounding a curve, struck the la
bOrers before the engineer had an OPP
portunity to slow his train.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Takes Father oapon's Place

ST. PETERSBURG, April ETA
ther Gapon has successor in the per-
son of a priest named Nicholas. who
has been making a great stir among
the workmen, addressing them nightly
In various parts of the industrial dis
tr:cts. The influence of his PERSONAL
lily is considered so dangerous that
further meetings have been prohibited.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
ConSoiinu

Molly feel so stupid today 1 can
never In the world entertain Charlie this
evening.
Dolly-Oh. well. don't let him know you
feel that way and he'll never notice the
difference.-Detroit Free Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Wants Surplus Distributed

NEW YORK, April 26.-Rowland d.
Buford, who has been policy holder Of
the Equitable since September, 1871,
began an action in the supreme court
today for distribution of the surplus.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Merely a Diversion

Special Cable to The Globe
ST. PETERSBURG, April 26.-Gen.
Linevitch reports a determined but
futile Russian attack on Kaiyuan and
Changtufoo. 1t is regarded as having
been diversion intended to check the
Japanese movement toward Vladivo-
stok and may preSage a Russian Of
feuSiVe movement
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Of Course

Suppose YOU had 4 dime" said the
teacher. and lost cents. How much
would"
Pardon ne" interrupted the precise
Boston youth. but if il was a dime |
should have 10 set il changed ST.
Philadelphia Psess.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Martial Law Reians

TOKYO, April 26.-The privy coun-
Gil today decided that martial law shall
be proclaimed throughout the island Of
Formosa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Watches Fleet Cruising

Special Gable to The Globe
KAMRANH BAY, April pa cor
respondent went outside in a junk to-
day and saw the Baltic fleet cruising
on the horizon. Four converted cruis-
ers and a torpedo boat destroyer are
coaling inside the bay from German
Golfers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
RUNOR SETS The Big
FLEETS FIGHTING
CONTINUED From First Page

Continued From First Page
orally accepted to be the rendezvous
of Togo's battleship squadron, the
cruiser division of his fleet being I'M
derstood to be guarding Bashee chan
mel, which is the exit from the China
sea between FormOsa and the island
of Luzon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
PROVERB CONTEST
COMES TO AN END
a church in Sanborn, Mimi, writes
follows:

Continued From First Page
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27

continued from First Page
a church in Sanborn, Mimi, writes as
follows:
Enclosed please find my solution to the
proVerb pictures. This contest was not
only an interesting. but also-as you
state an educational contest. 1t was
impossible for me to put as much time
to the solutions of the pictures as | should
have liked; but whatever time | could
spare was spent in trying to solve the
pictures and get the correct proverb. To
what extent my efforts have been sue
cessful will now soon be known. Though
L should not be among the winners, |
member correctly "In the race. and not
the prize, glOry's true distinction lies. -
and | have been more than amply repaid
for the time and labor put into this con-
test. Let me also be one of those CRATE
ful to you for this contest and assure
you OF my full appreciation even though
should not be successful as the winner
of a prize.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08
GERMAN FOREIGN RELATIONS
Chancellor vonBuelow Pleased With
Signs of Improved Feeling On the
Part of the British People-Refers
to the Moroccan Affair.

Berlin, December 6-Chancellor Won
Buelow, in the Reichstsg today took
up the matter of foreign relations. He
admitted that Germany must reckon
with a deep seated antipathy In Great
Britain. but at The same time he greet
ed with satisfaction tie recent signs
of an improved feeling on the part D;
the British people toward Germany
He said he would fain see therein tile
beginning of the restoration Of niu-
tual understanding, now interrupted
between two great peoples of a sim.
lar civilization
He maintained that Germany was a
peace loving nation, and said that the
idea OF German thirst for revenge
against France was absurd.
81 take this occesIon," said thu
chancellor, ito assert before hi 5
house. before this country, and before
Europe and the world, the peac sfut
ground and tendency of our policy
Our attitude in the Moroccan affai:
proves incontrovertably that in trying
10 protect German rights we neveTrhe-
less sell: by peaceful means to oy r
come material difficulties and di7..,-
matte opposition wIthcu: disregard'1g
giving provocation. This Is the out
line of Germany s traditional policy.
Whoever fails to recognize that re-
fuses TO see the facts, and all speeches
and associations are lost on him"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08
''DR. JEkYL AND MIR. HYDE
Prominent Attorney Was Found
Guilty of Blackmail

New York, December 6.-Thomas P.
Wickes, a prominent attorney, AMI
former assistant corporation counsel,
today was found guilty of blackmail
in the criminal branch of the supreme
court FIe was remanded for sentence
next week.
The case of Wickes is one of the
most peculiar N the criminal annals
of the city, and the man himself has
come to be known as the "Dr. Jellyl
and Mr.. Hyde of the legal profes
sion. While occupying a promiaent
place among his fellows in the legal
profession, and enjoying high renu-
tation. it has been learned that under
the name of Lewis Jarvis which
he assumed for the purpose, Wickes
wrote hundreds of letters to persons
who were interested in cases with
which he was connected.
To DR.. Edward Weston, of Newark,
N. j., several of these Lewis Jar7is'
letters were written, advising Or.
Weston to settle a certain litigation
against himself by paying several
thousand dollars. Wickes was arrest
ed when he went to the postofice for
letters addressed to Lewis Jarvis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08
Sentenced to Die During the Week Be-
ginning January 22nd
Application for Writ of Error VIII Act
Made an Earnest Plea i'm His Own
Behalf-All Contentious of Defen.
dant's Counsel Opposed by District
AttoEney jerome.

New York, December 6.-After max
ing final personal plea to the court
In his own behalf. Albert T. Patrick.
the lawyer, convicted of the murder of
! of William Marsh Rice, tonight was
| sentenced TO die in the electric chair i'm
the week beginning January % next.
sentence was pronounced by Justice
Rogers in the criminal branch of the
state supreme court. Notice was
given that an appeal to the supreme
court OF the United States on a writ of
error will be taken. The application
| for the writ, it is said, will act as a
stay of execution. Patrick was taken
back to Sing Sing tonight.
The passing of sentence upon the
lawyer, whose case has Deen one of the
| most noted in criminal annals, follow
ed series of arguments by his coun-
| sci, who at first contended that the
supreme court did not have jurisdic-
ton to set new date>for the execu-
ton, and later asked that sentence be
| deferred at least until the appeal to
the higher court could be perfected.
District Attorney William Travers
! Jerome opposed all the contentious of
| the defendants counsel. and moved for
immediate action.
AS the case neared close Patrick
grew restless while listening to the ar
| gumentS both for and against him, and
| arose unexpectedly in his place and
pleaded to be heard
His action caused a stir in ~the
! crowded court room, and the LAWYERS
! in the case held a hurried consultation.
Patrick stood pale and anxious. await
ing the courts permission to proceed.
This permission finally was granted,
and Patrick spoke for nearly fifteen
minutes. His voice at first was a bit
| husky, but grew clear as he proceeded,
| and judge, attorneys and all in the
court listened attentively, apparently
impressed by the unusual situation.
Earlier in the afternoon Patrick had
been called before Justice Slower, in
the supreme court, but after hearing
the record the judge ordered that the
proceedings be transferred to the GRIM
inal branch. Patrick. accompanied by
the guards from Sing Sing, and his at
torneys, walked to the criminal courts.
apparently enjoying the exercise. Un-
der his arms were a number of law
books and legal papers. A crowd Of
several hundred persons followed.
When Patrick had been allowed to
proceed in his own behalf. he urged
that there was no direct evidence that
Rice had been killed and reiterated his
claim that he had been convicted on
manufactured evidence Justice
Rogers then ordered Patrick to stand
up and sentence was pronounced.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08
eINNERs REPORT SENT OUT
Reason for Delay in it's Issue-WDl be
Made Public Tonight.

Dallas, Texas, December 6.-Whan
seen tonight, n G. Blackwell, secre-
tary If the National Ginnei's Associa
ton, was sending out to members the
ginners report Ii had been com1let-
ed at $40 p. II dnt. was sent 1Eme-
diately to memoecs Of me organiza
tion. It will be given 20 the public
Thursday night. Regarding the reports
that there had been delay in issuing
because it was necessary to revise It.
Mr.. Blackwell said:
81 made no statement that the re-
port was delayed by order of Prcs!-
dent Taylor l did state that we were
holding up the report awaiting tue
correction of a certain code word used
by Mr.. Taylor in transmitting the
message from Wynnwood, l. T., where
he had gone to finish it. It is true
that it was finished at the general Of
fee by Mr.. Taylor last night, but be-
cause of the error referred to, would
not give the same to the membership
because could not do so inte,ligent]y
There mas been no change or revision
in the report since 1t was sent to me
I declined most positively to give out
the report until I could make 1t up
correctly, and any wild rumors that it
had leaked and that the cotton ex-
changes had it were guess work en-
tirely They could not possibly have
had it. because it had never been puI
together and was not added and sent
out until 5 o'clock this afternoon
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08
Retres from the Equitable Without Civ
ing Any Reasons
MCCALL To LEAVE THE Y. LIFE
Resignation Will be rendered. il is
Said. Before the Annual Meeting of
the Trustees in April-President
Turner of the Security Mutual Life
Company ON the Witness Stand Be-
fore the Insurance Investigating
Committee -

New York, December 6-The resig-
Chauncey NJ Depew as a director OF
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
was one of the most interesting devel
opments today in the situation growing
out of the life insurance inquiry.
The Senator's resignation was ten
dered to President Paul Morton Of the
Equitable Society in brief note in
which no reason for it was stated
The report was published tonight
that President John j. Mccall, of the
New York Life Insurance Company
will resigne from that company before
the next annual meeting of the trustees
in April and that if he does not ten
der his resignation at a meeting of the
trustees next Wednesday he will re-
train only at the request of the rus-
tees. who. the report said. do not wish
to have to elect a temporary president
The published report also stated that
the presidency of the New York Life
Insurance company had been offered to
John Clafin, trustee Of that com
pany and president of the II. B. Clafin
Company. and that Mr.. Claflin had re-
fused to accept the Omce.
The attention of the legislative in
yestigating committee was devoted
today chiefly to the affairs Of the Sc
.:urity Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Binghampton, n. Y, whose
president, Charles NJ. Turner, was on
fhe witness stand most of the day. His
testimony and the reading of many
contracts served to describe in detail
the OrganiZatio Of the Agency and In
yestment Company Of Binghampton in
S93. This company paid the salary
Of the president of the Security Mutual
Life Insurance Company at first; ad-
yanced it money amounting to- $ST, 900,
agreed to furnish it with insurance
business at the rate of $5,OOO,OOO e
gear and received in return a. five per
cent. commission on all new premiums
on the insurance written by the COM
Dany. The stock Of this agency CON-
pany, which amounted to $125,O0O,
President Turner said, was issued to
himself and his associates in the Secu-
rity Mutual Life in payment for the
money advanced to the insurance COM
pany. It covered also, he said, $1O,-
900 compensation to himself and what
Charles e. Hughes, counsel for the
committee called $4,000 of velvet
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08

bonds for the canal, and said ii was
plain there was nothing mandatory
about it. He maintained that the po-
sition he took wes not movement
against national banks
At the suggestion of Mr. Fitzgerald.
of New York, Mr.. Williams said he
should also offer an amendment re-
uuiring itemiZed statements OF expen-
ditures from the canal commission.
Mr.. Mann, Of Illinois, stated that
there were two employees Of the canal
commission who received salaries OF
$4,000 year. One is Mr.. Roos, pur-
chasing agent, and the other Mr.. Bish-
op. secretary to the commission.
Replying 10 Mr. Clayton, of Ala
bama, who asked if any Of the money
asked for would be spent for actual
work Of excavation, Mr.. Mann said
that the pay roll item would cover
the work of excavation, which he
said, had never ceased since the
property was acquired from the
French company.
Mr.. Mann, continuing his reply to
questions by Mr. Clayton. said there
was no doubt this appropriation should
have been carried in the last sundry
civil appropriation bill, but that the
old canal commission had said they
would not need the money. THAT
commission was done away with and
new commission appointed he con-
tinued, ''and since that time the work
On the canal has progressed much more
rapidly and what we are meeting now
is condition and not theory"
Mr.. Clayton, of Alabama; Olmsted,
Of Pennsylvania, and others protested
against the lack of detail IN the state
ment of expenditures, and MIR. Hep
burn admitted that it might have
been better if the estimates had been
more in detail Mr.. Hepburn saw no
good reason however, why the appro-
priation should not be made. He said
If the estimates had been i'll detail 1t
would hardly be the function OF MEM
bers to set up their unprofessional
Judgment against that Of expert en-
gineers.
Bourhe Cochran took decided eXcep-
ton to this attitude on the part Of Mr.
Hepburn, applied it rs affecting all
matters Of appropria ton, and arraign-
ed it as de-. 'oIlv the wrong attitude
of legislators. Jc enforce his argu-
ment he read the sentiment OF tho
President IN his message for economy
and scrutiny If appropriations.
Mr. Clayton, Of Alabama expressed
himself as desirous of having further
information regarding the "press
agent of the commission.
The House adjourned with the un-
dersfandins that the bill will be read
for amendment and put en- its passage
tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08
TO DISTRIBUTE IMMIGRANTS
Efforts Should be Made to Have For.
eigners Enter Other Seaports Thar
New York-The South and Wes
Need Them

New York, December 6.-The state
ment that over a million immigrant;
have come to the United States dur
ing the past year, and that the soutl
and the west, the sections of the coun
try which needed and wished for these
new citizens did not get them, was
made by Frank P. Sargent, United
States Commissioner General of Immi-
grafton in speech today before the
National Civic Federation meeting
Mr.. Sargent proposed that the United
States hereafter take steps to distrlb-
ute immigrants according to the neeis
Of the country
II have just received figures" ne
said, showing where this immigration
goes to. Of the 1,O23,491 immigrants
who arrived last year, six states OF
the Union received 777,748, or rs per
cent. of the people
1.-THE beautiful and prosperous south
entering upon season of great com
mercial activity received 46,943, divld-
ed as follows: Maryland, West Vir-
ginia and Virginia 5000 each; Louis
lana, 5000; Texas, 1900. Kentucky
Offering splendid inducements for i'm
migration, got 618. Tennessee wide
awake and progressive opening up
great opportunities in the iron b,IEi-
ness received 7S2 North Carolina
blossoming out splendidly got 133.
South Carolina, 32S; Georgia, SIS; Ar
kansas, 1872: Indian Territory, 43S, and
Oklahoma, 265. That great open sec
ton Of the country which offers The
best possible opportunities to The
peasantry Of Europe to start and grow
up Independent is hardly noticed il
the aggregate OF immigrants
Mr.. Sargent recommended that in
stead of having the majority of for
eign immigrants received at the port
OF New York as at present efforts
should be made to have them enter
at other seapor.s.