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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
PrIneeton rinern wan.

PRINCETON. n. j.. Sept. 0-Princeton
played q hard game this Afternoon in spite
OF the oppressive heat, and defeated Wash
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01

WABASH
CHICAGO
SURPRISES

Referee: Thorn. Umpire; Parsons. Time:
keeper: Mayer
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
Lightweight Presbyterians from In
aLan. III Ea.n.u- n.a.a..

diana Put Up a strong Defense.
CHICAGO, Sept 30.-The light eleven Of
Wabash Qnd.) college surprised the Chicago
university eleven this afternoon by holding
represented a drop kick by EckersaH from
the twenty-three-yard line. The Chicago
backs fumbled the ball repeatedly and to
this more than anything else was due the
low score.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
NEITHER TEAM SCORES AT CRETE

Owing to the nervousness OF the players
many off-side penalties were imposed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
MRS. DONALD M'LEAN.
New President General of Daughter
of the Revolution Is Widely
Known Woman.

Washington.-Mrs Donald Mclean.
who has been elected president general
of the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution, as successor to Mrs. Fairbanks,
wife of Vice President Fairbanks is a
charter member of the organization and
was regent of the New York city chap
ter seven years. Mrs. Mclean is a
daughter of Judge John Richie of
Maryland, the granddaughter of Judge
William Maulsby, the great-grand-
daughter of Judge Roger Nelson and
the great-great- granddaughter of
Judges Lynn and Beattie. These lat
ter were two of the IL justices known
as the 'Immortals,' who signed the
first act declaring the British stamp
act illegal She was born in Prospect
Hall. Frederick, Md. January 2S, 1853,
was graduated from the local seminary.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13

it. we'll knowing that the fault is not
with the soil, but with the people.
King Victor Emmanuel is intent upon
rectifying the mistakes made by his
predecessors, which have been many
and grave. The Italian government
spent half a million lire on a policy
which wound up in defeat and the mas
sacre of 10000 soldiers, at Adowa in
Africa. 1t listened to clique of reck-
less spectators who even gained by the
defeat, as vultures of their ilk will al
ways understand to profit by the losses
of others.
The millions wasted upon Italian ex-
pansion in Africa might have been used
to far better advantage in helping the
farmers of the country. in the drying
out of swamps, in the construction of
roads and in tightening the taxes which
are crushing the farmers
King Victor Emmanuel seems to I'M
derstand this and is eager to carry out
reforms, but at the same time he seems
to forget that while his people are poor
he receives an exorbitant salary-S3,-
100000 a year. In proportion TO the
number of tax payers he is better paid
than King Edward, the kaiser and the
car, not to speak of the presidents of
France and the United States.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
NOT A MERE KING. "
VICTOR. EMMANUEL OF ITALY
rs A HARD WORKER.
One Ambition of Ruler Is to Raise the
Agricultural Conditions of His
Country--Is Trying to Cut
Down Expenses.

Paris.--All honor to King Victor EN-
manuel Of Italy, who, without trying to
appear as strenuous as his imperial
cousin in Germany, has shown himself
endowed with most fertile brain Like
the kaiser, he objects to being mere
figurehead on the throne, and many
schemes carried out by the Italian gov
eminent have emanated direct from
him.
He is responsible for the purchase Of
Italian railroads by the state, the Latin
ization of Mediterranean commerce,
and his latest plan-that of creating an
international agricultural parliament,
the idea of which was suggested by an
American-may prove greatly bene-
fetal to Italy. During the last 80 years
agriculture in Italy has been in decad-
ence. The country, naturally fertile,
has become the poorest in all Europe,
and produces proportionately less grain
than any other European country, with
the exception of Switzerland,s where
geological conditions stand in the way.
While the production of grain in
France, Germany, Belgium and England
is rapidly increasing, it is decreasing in
Italy. Even In Lombardy-the most
fertile province of the kingdom-it falls
far below that of 1874, and the produc-
ton of corn and all sorts of vegetables
is also decreasing. The king hopes that
the agricultural institute planned will
do for agriculture what an academy
does for the language. He intends to
educate the people, to show where the
evil lies, and suggest means to eradicate
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
REMEMBER SLOcUM DEAD.
Memorial to Victims of Great Disas-
ter Will Be Unveiled
in June.

New York.--The cut herewith given
is a representation of the beautiful
monument which it is proposed to erect
as a memorial to the 81 unidentified
victims of the burning Of the steamer
General Slocum, who were all buried
in one grave in the Lutheran cemetery
at Middle Village, on Long Island. The
contract for the work has been let, and
1t is expected that the monument will
be in place in time for the unwilling on
June Is, the first anniversary OF the
lamentable affair. The memorial will
be of granite. On one side bronze
plate will show figure of the burning
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
Queer Lot CT Names.

Miss Death was brought 10 the Ger
man hospital in Philadelphia TO be oper-
ated upon for appendicitis. She was a
daughter, she said. of an undertaken.
The name of the surgeon who was
chosen to perform the operation was
Dye-Dr. Frank Hackett Dye. When
The operation was over Miss Death was
placed In charge of two nurses. Miss
Payne is the day nurse Miss Grone is
the night nurse. The patient recovered
rapidly, and in short time babe good
by to DIR. Dye, Miss Payne and Miss
Grone.-Fuel.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
Dogs Save Five Lives.

The dogs of the monks of st. Ber-
the lives of five men belonging to a
caravan which was overwhelmed in
the Mount st. Bernard pass during a
snowstorm last winter. They found
IL dead bodies in the snow, and the
monks, who proceeded to the spot, dis
covered five more men still alive. but
in serious condition. The survivors
were removed to the hospice and cared
for.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
sLoCUM MONUMENT.

directed in Memory of Unidentified Vic
Tins Of the Disaster.)
steamer in relief Four life-size fe-
male figures will further adorn the
work, two at the top representing Faith
and Hope, and two at the sides, Mem
DRY and Grief All of the figures will
be life size, and the entire monument
will be 20 feet high and So feet broad
at the base.
The unwilling of the monument will
be marked by appropriate ceremonies,
and special effort will be made to have
every one of the survivors of the disas-
ter present on that occasion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
A WOMAN OF PLUCK.
SEE CATERS TO HER SEX IN THE
KLeNDIKE GOLD FIELDS.
Carried Her First Stock of Goods to
the Frozen North--Now Makes
Two Trips Year to
Europe.

Chicago. Mrs. Robert Stanley
Huteheon, a Chicago woman, who owns
she most exclusive store in Dawson
City and caters to the feminine aris-
tocracy of the Klondike, recently made
her spring purchases and is again on
her way to the Klondike country. Mrs.
Hutcheon has made IS trips to the
Klondike since gold was discovered up
there, and this time goes to enlarge
her dry goods. lingerie and millinery
emporium. Her spring opening will
be held some time in June.
Behind this announcement there is
the story of the bravery and pluck
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13

history and mathematics. She is wide
ly known because of her public ad-
dresses on patriotic and educational
themes, and has replied to speeches by
such famous orators as Gen. Horace
Porter and Chauncey M. Depew A
scholarship bearing her name has been
established in Barnard college by the
New York City chapter, ID. A. r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
Strongest Safe Ever Made.

A safe now being made by the Pre-
mier Diamond Mine company is in
tended TO hold 100000 worth Of
diamonds. II will be the strongest safe
ever constructed. Seven feet high. six
feet wide, and weighing p tons. II will
cost between $500 and $4,000. The
steel door alone will weigh five tons
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13

90 .. 1l,sSsss- - foF ncceru DE ldeaE
20; ~T StRte 10 patented
SstA 20 Y Tas PATENT RECORD
.ge&.l~<<nf aatimOrz. NJ
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
Parigiang Now Dim oYaphnrt. .

Curdled milk of a peculiar kind.
made after a Bulgarian recipe and
called 'yaghurt" is now a Persian fad.
and is believed to be a remedy against
growing old a correspondent, who has
tried 1t, says he would prefer TO die
young.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13

OF the woman.
Mrs. Hutcheon IS
the widow of Rob-
ert Stanley Hutch
con, once super
intendent of the
Consumers e a 5
company of Chi
cage. Seven years
ago, left a widow
with a small
amount of capital,
she plunged into
business with her
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
Unsatisfac Glory.

81 don't suppose it would be of any use
% ask you to stay to tea?" she said, as
he was about to depart.
NO" he replied, mot in that style
and tone of voice. Chicago Daily
News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-05-13
A Silent Weddino

A quiet wedding recently took place in
Buiwell England. The bride and
groom, as well as the best man and
brio esmaid, were all deaf mutes.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13

The feud Of the tongs, clans, which has
been raging in Chinatown for nearly year
reached what the police say is a climax last
Sunday night. when the followers OF Mock
Duck. OF the Hip Sing Tong. shot up the
Chinese Theatre in Doyers-st.. killing three ana
Wounding several other members OF the On
Leong Tong. The dusky, dingy little playhouse
was a shambles when the police broke in ana
as long as II exists il will bear the marks OF
scores of bullets fired in the most daring ambus-
cade one tong ever laid for a rival
White men who I've in Chinatown and who
are as familiar as an outsider can be with its
underground world. where plots such as these
are batcbed do not agree with the police that
the theatre massacre is the climax Of the war
when the Chinese prisoners were searched at
the Eliza beth-st. police station after the theatre
fight the circular of a house which deals In
high explosives was found in the blouse OF one
of them.
Mark my word" said white man who has
lived in Mott-st. ever since the Chinese maze
that their quarter, in commenting on this fact'
the tragedy Of the tongs has just begun. Inc
next thing YOU will hear viii be tremendous
explosion, which viii shake this part OF the city
Ike an earthquake and send an entire tong 10
kingdom come in less time than it takes to toss
a white chip into a fantan pot have not the
slightest doubt that mines are already laid IN
one Of two buildings in the quarter in which
the tongs meet"
why won't you tell the poiice?" asked the
reporter.
..TeIl the poIice." exclaimed the white man.
Little good that would do. The police force
does not exist that can make the Chinese colony
behave itself when it does not want TO- In
Anril Commissioner McAdoo had the lead ng
Cinnamon OF the quarter at headquarters. and
gave them a dressing down for carrying guns
and knives and carving each other up. Before
that District Attorney Jerome turned loose a
stream OF yitriolie threats as To what would
banpen 20 them IL they did not behave The
result is the highbnders invade the only place
that has been neutral ground I'm the district
since the war began, and turn loose verttable
battery of forty-fours. In the past twenty years
there have been fifty Cinnamon slaughtered in
the quarter over gambling rows. The police
have succeeded I'm eonvicting just two of the
murderers. They do nothing with the
'Chinks.
The police do not know that Chinatown is be-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13

which he learned the horrible truth w p
Hopper, of Paterson. eOIored man said 10 he
as black as the proverbial ace Of spades. is
manufacturer OF axe handles. One of his best
customers is the Richmond man. One day he
received letter from the blue blooded South
erner, who had never seen him The letter said
that. owing to their increasing business the
writer had decided TO send his son North to see
Mr.. Hopper and make a special arrangement
with him. IN the letter Ii was suggested that
they meet at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria and
take dinner together.
on the day which had been set and at the
appointed hour Mr.. Hopper passed through the
revolving door of the hotel and going to the
tubes. sent up his card He was invited to
Reaching the floor on which il was located ne
knocked az the door.
Come in" said some within.
He pushed open the door. The young man
revealed to his gaze looked at him curiously for
a moment. and then said:
who you2''
NV name is Hopper. sir"
What are you the Hopper from whom we
buy axe handles and whom have been sent
up here to See?"
Il think I am" the negro replied.
IF my father knew you were a niger ne
wouldn't buy another axe handle of you. Well
never mind, come in"
Mr.. Hopper went IN. and shortly the
Southerner, making the best of the situation
took him out 70 dinner.
AS they sat facing one another at the table
the young white man exclaimed again, IF my
father should come in now he would surely
shoot both of us"
father the of the with whom he
dealing, but il did not have the effect of stop
ping the orders for Mr.. Hopper.
Samuel r. SCottrOn. of Brooklyn a negro and
an ex-member Of the Board of Education is
successful inventor and manufacturer of a num-
her of household articles. In NeW-YOrk the
undertaking business said to rank second In
volume is that Of a negro Having made a
fortune, he will sail in few days for Germany
with his daughter. who is to remain there to
complete her education as a violinist.
A cOlOTed man. once a porter a sleeping
car. has built up a big business. national I'm
territory, in shoe polish. improved variety
of which he compounded. Another in Chicago
has succeeded in making a most successful
razor strOp.
What is said to be the largest steam laundry
in Virginia is owned by negro in Richmond
All the employees are cOloTed A I7rge publish
ing house is owned and operated by negroes at
Nashville Tenn. 1t is the National Baptist
Publishing House. employing 40 persons. OW-
ing 10 the stringency with which the Jim Grow"
Law was enforced i'm the theatre in Jackson,
Miss. a negro built a theatre for negroes This
is said to be a larger and finer theatre than
the one owned by the white men IN Jackson.
There are a number Of negro druggists in
the country. The average value of their busi-
nesses is S2.515. What is said to he the hand
tanooga. owned by a ColOred man. One Louisi-
ana black man raises and sells from $4,000 TO
100000 pounds of sugar annually. These ere
only few of the business accomplishments OF
negroes in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
Some Expect a Tremendous Explosion as Sequel
Shooting Up Theatre.

that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world.
the underground school of San Francisco's
enormous Chinatown. The name of this young
man was Mock Duck. and one day he dropped
I'm on Mott-st. TO look the ground over.
Tom Lees organization was well estab-
lished that it hooted at the idea of taking this
young Westerner into partnership. What claim
had ne on a share of the gambling 'spoils? The
tongmen know now how valid his claim was.
but at that time Mock Duck was a stranger.
He tried the gamblers. offering additional pro
lection. it is said. for a reasonable sum. The
gamblers simply reported him TO the on Leong
combination and dismissed him from their
minds
Mock Duck finally found berth with the Hip
Sing Tong which had an old feud with the On
Leong members. He tried a new method of put
ting on the screws As Chuck Conners describes
It, he became THE jerome of Chinatown" He
went to the Parkhurst Society and told about
gambling in the quarter. There followed
series OF raids on warrants On Leong men
were sent 10 the penitentiary on Hip Sing tes-
timony. and the witnesses were afterward
shot up" by friends in the on Leong Tong.
New-York had never known any real pro-
fessionaI highbinders of the San Francisco va
riety. The local bad carried long. ugly
looking guns of chilled blue steel and they made
a big bluff but when 1t came to shooting they
shut their eyes and blazed away. For this rea-
son the man whom the tong marked for death
was usually the safest individual in Chinatown.
Rystanders and innocent Chinese We're often
wounded and sometimes killed by mistake.
Mock Duck decided To import some real bad
men from san Francisco and their arrival was
announced 10y harins red piacards offering
81 900 for the life of Tom Lee and a smaller
amount for the blood Of Gin Gum, secretary OF
the on Leong Tong Then 1t was that the reign
Of terror really began The Chinese from the
Golden Gate kept close on the trail of their VIC
Tins When they shot II was with both eyes
open. ard their aim good. Tom Lee was
frightened into appealing To the police for pro
lection and a permit to carry a gun. and there
Was a general scurrying for cover on the part or
those who might he marked After several
murders and charges and counter charges or
graft" Commissioner Mc4dco took Chinatown
out of the hands OF the detectives In whose
precinct il was located and detailed sleuths from
Acting Captain EggeTs's squad 10 keep the
quarter clean Mock Duck requested In no
uncertain terms 20 leave the c!ty. and did go
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
They Are Developing the Money-Making Faculty
Marked Success-Some Notable Examples.

landholders. There are more negro land
holders in Mississippi than in any other State
The negro population of that State exceeds the
white. and negro farmers considerably outnum-
Der the white ones, although their total acreage
is less. Probably the most notable of the negro
farmers is Junius G. Groves, Of Edwardsville,
Kan. He is known as The Negro Potato
King" His right to this title rests on the fact
that in 1908 he dug out of the ground on his
farm 1850 bushels of potatoes. SO far as re-
ports show. this -, $50 bushels than
were produced by any other individual grower
in the world Besides this he bought from white
growers and shipped away twenty-five carloads
OF potatoes and bought in North and South
Dakota fourteen carloads of fancy seed potatoes,
which he sold TO growers in the Kaw Valley,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory He ships po-
tatoes and other farm products to nearly every
part of the United States, Mexico and Canada.
In tie busy season as many fifty laborers
are employed on his farm. Mr.. Groves is prac-
tically fubooded negro. He was born
slave in Kentucky. He went to Kansas in 1879.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13

coming honeycombed with underground tunnels
and passa geways that lead from sub-cear 10
sub-cear. Middle Kingdom men who know the
passages can go from one end Of the quarter
to the other without approaching the surface
Two Of the main tunnels were originally built
IL is said by dstilers, who carried on an Illicit
trade there. There were cave-ins, which the
city filled up but the Chinese burrowed the
tunnels out again. and they are believed 10 be
passable at this time.
Early in the year, the police had an experience
with gambling in sub-celars which gives an
idea of the ramifcations of Chinatown. when
are not included in the routes followed by Vl3''-
ors who come to Chatham Square In rubber
neck wagons. They were told that there was
a big game in the cellar of certain building in
PelI-st They sent Chinese stool pigeon there
TO get evidence. and followed him in half an
hour with axes and sedges. They battered
their way into the cellar. but found nothiHs
suspicious than few Hong Kong ana Caii-
ton packing cases. One Of the detectives nhoihs
a trap door opened il. and the seuths droppe"
into the inky depths below They landed III an
other cellar. in which they found neither gam
bIers nor paraphernalia, but still another trap
door. Through this they dropped into me CEN
tire of a high limit 'pie-gow game. anu Win
drawn revolvers put twenty Chlnese uiuei
rest. They were nearly an l""i ii
prisoners through the series OF trap doorS' am,
they secured enough arms to STOCK d S'i''''
pirate ship.
Tom Lee. an Amercanized Chinese d P''l'-
arch of twenty-five years. with a scraggY gray
hoard and waterv eyes, likes TO be known 10
tho world as the Mayor Of Chinatown Ihe
noIice declare that he is the head OF the ON
Iaonq Tong whose members were shot In the
chinese theatre the other night until last
winter the gamblers of Chinatown looked 70
Tom Lee and his tong for protection II Is sa'u
that s13 a week for each game was the PRICE
ana that the tong was in such close touch with
the police that prospective raids were invaria-
bly, tipped off.
The graft" was rich so rich. indeed. that
word of il went TO San Francisco and came TO
the ears of young Chinaman who had gradu-
ated IN all tho arts Of hiGhbndinG - : seRooi
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13

In what was known as the kansas Exodus OF
Southern colored people. When he arrived in
that State ne had just 40 cents He is worth
now in the neghbourhood of $4,000.
In the northwestern part of Mississippi is
Mound Bayou a village remarkable in more
than one respect. 1t is said to be the only
community in the United States that gave Presi-
dent Roosevelt solid vote. Its inhabitants who
number about 300. are all negroes The post
master, The railroad officials, the village Off
cials, the men who conduct the elections are
colored men,. 1t has six churches but no Jail.
Ihe negroes own several thousand acres of land
in the neiShbOrhOCd- Isaiah T. Montgomery a
colored man, once a private secretary TO JEFF
ferson Davis and now a land agent of the IL
linois Central Railroad. established the town
about fourteen years go He will tell the story
OF the town at the convention this week.
There several other villages which have
been settled by negroes in different States.
Among them Booker City Ala: Langston
City, Okla: Eatonvlle. Fla. and Hobson City.
Ala
story is told OF how Richmond member
of the IF. +. V" unwittingly did business with
a successful negro and of the amusing way in
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
REPRIEVED BY LINCOLN.
4 Cherry Hill DeSerter Vas SaUed
from Being Shot an the Rebellion.

James oliver the Tamnany lawyer, Familiarity
known as Jimmy Oliver. when youngster OF
seventeen, obtained from President Lincoln
reprieve for a New-York soldier named Michael
Gardiner under sentence of death for desertion.
The circumstances as related by Mr. oliver
emphasize the recollection Of the great heart
qualities of the immortal Lincoln. The story
has been known for forty-two years TO Mr. Oil
ver's associates but it has not been printed
since the war time.
1T was forty-two years ago last February
said Mr.. Oliver yesterday, when news reached
the mother OF Mickey Gardiner. at No. 1G
Cherry-st-. this city, that the boy had been
court martialled and sentenced to be shot for
desertion. If 1 remember correctly. young Gard