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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
Becton-Styron.
acknowledgements.

Edenton, N. c., May 81. T. Black
NALL son of the late DR.. Blacknall, of
Raleigh, who recently came here to
engage in stock raising was married
yesterday evening in Norfolk to Mrs.
p. E. Kennedy, of Raleigh. The mar
riage took place at Rev. Mr.. Vincent's
home. The bride and groom arrived
here today at noon and are now at
their country home five miles east of
town Mr.. Blacknall has made many
friends during his short stay here who
wish them much success and happi-
ness.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
Wake Forest Organ Recital.

Theve will be an organ recital at
Wake Forest College Saturday after
noon, May 9Th, which promises to be
one of the best entertainments of the
college year
The recital will begin at $3.50 o'clock
in the afternoon and continue until s
o'clock.
Prof A. J. Jackson, of the Baptist
University for Women, is on the pro-
gram.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
Woman's Club Reception.

Members of the Woman's Club will
find tickets of admission to the annual
reception on Friday. May the 5th at
Kings Drug Store today and Friday.
Each member will receive a ticket for
herself and escort. Members of the
club having guests in their homes can
secure tickets for their guests by ap-
plying to Mrs. James McKimmon.
The reception will be held in the
Grimes building, second floor
+ !. j.
Memorial Day at BIakenhalI.
The following invitation has been
issued:
"Mr. and Mrs. Blacknall
invite you most cordially
to spend the afternoon of May 10th,
1905,
Memorial Day.
at Makenhall.
Memorial Address by Maj. w. B. Shaw
at Continental Hall, 2:30 p. m.
Decoration of Confederate graves
$3.50 p. M
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
Afternoon Card Club.

The Afternoon Card Club was de-
lightfully entertained by Miss Louise
Linton at her home on West Edenton
street Euchre was played and there
were thirty-one visitors.
The club prize was won by Miss
Mary Andrews, Miss Sarah Addicks
winning the visitors prize, the con-
ISOLATION going to Mrs J. o. Litchford.
After the game refreshments were
served.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04

A graduates recital will be given at
ST. Mary's this evening by Mrs. Weihe
and Miss Margaret Longfellow San
born in vocal, and Gertrude Elaine
Sanborn in violin, assisted by Miss Mat
tie Caroline Hunter. pianist. A fine
program has been arranged and those
who enjoy good music are cordially in
vited to attend.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
Gard Party This AFTERNOON.

Mrs. e. S. Skinner has issued invi
tations for a card party this afternoon
given to her daughter, Mrs. Hunter
and Mrs Frank Massey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
The Great Awakening.
from the Philadelphia Ledger.


GOV. Folk of Missouri has given con-
spicuous example of what an earnest,
coura geouss and determined officer can
achieve for the redemption and publication
of the public service against difficulties
that appear to most men unsurmountable.
The odds against him when he began his
reform campaign in St. Louis were over
whelming. The corrupt ring which ruled
in city and state was as strongly intrenched
and buttressed by corporate interests, and
apparently as impregnable. as the power
that has confronted us here. 1t was even
more desperate in its defense, and for years
had successfully defied attack Yet the
young district attorney, disregarding alike
the threats of the "boodlers" and the tim
orous protests of the conservatives, bravely
gave 1t battle. He was met by the usual
cry that he was running his party, traduc-
ing the state, disturbing vested interests
and the like. Yet he persevered. The law
that had seemed impotent assumed a new
vitality. Public spirit which had seemed
dead. was at length aroused, and in the
great awakening the boodlers were swept
from power and driven into prison or exile,
and civic virtue triumphed, as 1t always
must if the people are but faithful to them
selves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

finch from any action. however monstrous.
He can work well when ne likes. and IL
not too well treated by his overseers.
Sometimes he seeks revenge. We had the
whole camp out one night because we tn
terfered to prevent an unpopular overseer
from being roasted alive
Among the complaints In the case of the
average field hand in the south Is that he
Is little careless about property; that ne
sometimes gets other peoples mixed up
with his own. He loves catfish. and will
take them in forbidden streams. He loves
watermelons. and when the crop is short
will go outside OF his own patch" He
loves chickens and sucking pigs. and has a
knack of lifting" them In the dark Of the
moon which approaches a fine art. But
how about the coolie? Here he Is as viewed
In South Africa:
The Chinaman as have met hin, on the
Rand is not on speaking terms with hon.
esty. You can leave nothing within his
reach. He Is as susceptible to bright col
ors as a magpie, and when once a thing has
disappeared it will never come back"
If Shakespeare is in order-and he touch
es and Eliminates all things--let US con-
suit him in slightly modified form in this
matter. Let us continue to bear the labor
ills we have rather than fly to those we
know so much about from the experience
of others. John Chinaman Is not for u.s.
He is not built our way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Ebullition in PHILADELPHIA

Gov Folk of Missouri addressed a Phila-
delphia audience last night on the subject
or municipal misgovernment, pointing his
remarks so directly at the present state or
affairs in the city of brotherly love that his
hearers took fire and proceeded to do a lit
tie demonstrating on their own account.
A crowd of three or four thousand formed
outside of the hall and marched to the resi-
dence of Boss Durham where they dis
played their feelings in the form of shouts
of execration, unheard harangues by SOAP
box orators and few hastily prepared
banners. Next they visited the residence
OF State Senator McNicholl one OF the most
successful of the ringsters, who has grown
wealthy out of his contracts with the city.
There they poured forth their invectiye
freely and were heard by one of Nc
N!cholrs sons, who braved the storm and
stood within the doors while the mob
surged in the street. The last call of the
night was made upon the only newspaper
In Philadelphia that is supporting the ma
chine, and there the rebeIlious spirit rose
to such pitch that there was for a time
some fear of dangerous performances. But
the leaders held their followers well In
hand and the demonstration did not go be-
yond legal bounds, although it afforded the
Si'S oh SaSciicut 10 gauge the
character of the revolt against the ring
sters. In the ranks of the crowd were men
of business prominence, professional men,
ciergymen and such as are seldom to be
found In so-caIied mobs
The work that the honest citizens of
Philadelphia have cut out for themselves is
calculated to test their powers OF endur-
ance and their strategic abilities. They
are confronted by a strongly entrenched
zoe. willy In the ways of defense. The
mayor and his two chief lieutenants the
commissioners OF public safety and works
are In league with the revolutionists Were
1t not for this fact there would be virtually
| no hope for the citizens reform movement.
AS 1t is. with the police on their good be-
havior. with the election lists undergoing
purgation and with the great patronage of
| the municipal administration cut Off from
| the resources of the ring. there Is chance
| that the honest sentiment Of the commun-
| fly may be given full expression.
Last nights demonstration was a symp-
| tom of a strong current of feeling. Such
| crowds are not easily formed In PhiladeI-
phia. They are rather foreign to the
temperament of the town, and it is the
| more significant that this outbreak of dis
approval should have resulted Directly
from the stirring address OF Folk. What y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Coolie Labor in South Africa

The Star has no fear that the Chinese
exclusion law will be amended In the inter-
est OF coolie labor for the United Stat.s
but those western contractors and southern
cotton planters who are flirting with Mr.
Nu Ting-fang TO that end would do we'll
10 heed story that comes from South
africa about an experiment which me
miners of the Rand have made with yellow
laborers. II is contributed by "A Mining
Engineer 10 the Illustrated London News
There was complaint there. as here OF the
oiack man, He was denounced as lazy,
incompetent and shiftless, and coolies In
large numbers were imported to take his
place. After declaring that he speaks
"lfhout prejudice and from personal OBJ
serVation OF what he relates the London
News correspondent says:
we have had some bad accidents in the
tast Twelve months. and men have been
blown 10 pieces through the careless han
cling OF high explosives. But you can't
get them to understand. Either their Inlet
isenee Is a low-grade proposition. or In
ther complete satisfaction with them
selves they have no room for further
Information. AT the same time they nate
the white men because of the accidents
Passing then to particulars, we find this:
They are an unsavory crowd to handle,
and revel in mischief OF every kind Dew
Htry is, perhaps. better word than mis-
chief in this instance. II was a rule in our
mine that when man had to climb up
on rope or rope ladder from one stage
10 another Chinaman should always go
hrst II this simple insurance were disre-
garded, some celestial gentleman. quite un-
seen. would be fairly safe to take the
chance OF hurting rock or stones on the
mead of the climber On many occasions
these Cinnamon have tempered with the
cage by which we go to our work. and we
have to examine the fittings carefully every
time. The conditions of work have even
sol upon the nerves of men who have
served on mining STATS in wilder countries
than South Africa. The railway points
have been deliberately altered on several
occasions; small accidents have resulted
and big ones been averted by chance
Indeed. / think II fair to say that John
Ghinaman has no moral sense at all as we
wesserners see things, and he would not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
The Cuban Liberals.

The Cuban situation is greatly simpiified
by the continued folly of the so-cailed lib
Cral party. That remarkable organization
shows by its course that there IS but one
really responsible political party In the
Island. Not only are the moderates in
power. but they show a practical grasp of
government. The liberals are petulant.
childish and the poorest of losers. If they
cannot have their own way they refuse to
play. They now advise against going to the
polls As they cannot win they see no use
In being counted. But, while this simplifies
1t does not improve the situation. As Presi-
dent Palma sees, there should be vigorous
opposition party. ready and courageous with
IT'S policies at all times. The liberal leader
General Gomez. is, there seems reason to
fear. mere agitator. When the hurrah
dies down he loses interest in the proceed
ings. Government by hurrah is dangerous
and unprogressive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Dubois on the Philippines.

Senator Dubois, who was a member of
the Taft party, is quoted as follows on the
subject of the visit to the Philippines
My candid judgment is that there was
not more than one member of the entire
party who was not sorry that we own the
Philippine Islands.
The exception was Secretary Taft HIM
self. | believe that he conscientiously en-
tertains the view that the islands were
placed In our hands by Providence, and our
occupation and control of them are for
providential reasons.
They are going to be a source OF very
serious trouble to US. The Filipinos hate
tbs: the two peoples are growing farther
apart every day, in my judgment the Fill
Pine fears our soldiers. at the same time
that he is nursing his hatred
Our education is calculated to equip
them to hate us more than they fear us,
and some day they will again begin to
shoot our soldiers"
There has never been an hour since it
was first presented when the difficulties
of the Philippine problem have not been
apparent Mr. Mckinley and the peace
commissioners saw them and frankly ex-
posed them. Secretary, at that time Judge,
Taft saw them. and was so much i'm
pressed he doubted the ACCESSIBILITY OF TAX
ing over the archipelago. But q sense Of
the national duty triumphed over the sense
of the difficulties, and peace was signed
with the Philippines released by Spain to
the United States And so was solved the
question of that day.
The question of this day relates to our
stewardship and control Has it been good
o. bad? For a time the anti-imperialsts
denounced it as very bad. We were ac-
Cuscd of expressing the natives. and per-
petrating as many abuses as Spain had
done. The American scheme. we were told.
was to shoot freedom into the Fiiipinos.
and after enriching the soil with their
bodies turn it over to capitalists and
tradesmen for exploitation. But that song
was pitched in so high a key IL had to be
abandoned.
Now, while our kindness and humanity
are confessed, 1t is asserted that they are
working to our disadvantage. The more
we do to advance the Filipinos the more
they hate us The education we are CIV
ing them is but adding to their capacity to
appreciate their rights, and egging them on
10 an assertion of them, by force If neces-
Sary. In other words, we are now accused
OF organizing and equipping a conspiracy
against ourselves. which, at a little later
day will ripen and cause blood 10 flow.
The logic of Mr.. Dubois position is that
we should retire from the archipelago at
once. He revives in effect the abandon
ment cry of scuttle. Does he really mean
It? And how many votes would q propo-
Sition to that effect command If submitted
70 the people?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Alexandria County.

The gamblers who devised the scheme of
assailing the jurisdiction of the state of
Virginia as a defense when charged with
violating the laws of that commonwealth
In Alexandria county made their choice be-
tween the alternatives of the frying pan
and the fire. For If they succeed In break
Ing down by a judicial decision the validity
OF the retrocesson Of the Virginia portion
Of the original District of Columbia they
become subject to the laws and the judicial
processes of this Jurisdiction The sorry
conditions in nearby Virginia have resulted
in the main from the fact that here in the
District exists a rigid state Of law forbd-
ding gambling and commendable degree
of enforcement. Lacking the means for the
establishment of a reign of law and order.
for several years the well-intentioned citi
Gems of Alexandria county suffered greatly
because of the settlement there of the pro-
fessionai gamesters and vicious classes,
driven out of the District of Columbia.
The story of their final triumph over the
lawIess crew, the recovery of the county
organization from this class and the insti-
tuition of a highly gratifying degree of
order and good administration is familiar
to all
There was a time when the citizens of
Washington greatly deplored the retroces-
sion. when they earnestly desired the re-
turn to the District of that portion of the
original "ten miles square that had been
given back to Virginia in a spirit of mis-
taken generosity. But this feeling was in
spired chiefly by the apparent inability of
the Virginia authorities to establish good
order in the sparsely settled corner styled
Alexandria county, and the feeling that If
this area were restored to the District 1t
would be possible to clean 1t and render it
decent approach to the capital from the
south. There was an insistent demand on
the part of the District that something be
done. either through q change of jurisdic-
ton or the full assumption of responsibility
by the state of Virginia, to render this cor
ner of the state less menace to the moral
welfare of the capital.
At no time was there a strong belief in
the success of an attempt to secure second
cession of the territory to the District, how
ever the legality of the retrocession to Vir-
glnia might be regarded Yet the subject
was an interesting one and evoked much
Illuminating discussion. Now it has become
matter for judicial Interpretation. though
probably in terms that promise little In the
way of result The plea of the gamblers
that the Virginia authorities have no rights
In the premises Is altogether HUMOROUS
Having worked for years to take advantage
OF the Virginia jurisdiction, to prostitute
the judicial machinery to their own ends.
they now contend in effect through their
plea of non-jurisdiction that they had no
right under the constitution and the laws
of the District of Columbia to manage and
to operate in Alexandria county as they
did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Safeguarding Railroad Travellers.

More than passing interest attaches to the
announcement that railroad company has
placed orders for 800 pressed steel pas
senger coaches, involving an expenditure
of over 81, 0oo, 600. 1t marks the first step by
the railroads in the country toward abol-
ishing wooden passenger cars. The dam
ger from coaches of the patterns now in
common use has long been apparent In
the event of wreck loss of life has usually
been attributable to the ease with which
they were crushed and the CONGREGATIONS
which generally followed. The new coaches
will be constructed entirely Of steel and
while giving greater rigidity and eliminate
ing the danger of being telescoped, the
peril from fire also will be reduced to a
minimum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

chiefly necessary today In Philadelphia 10
that the good people. who sincerely want
to be relieved OF tho menace OF corruption,
do not become too easily or too early con-
WINGED of their power and the promise OF
their campaign. They must work every
minute and face many disasreeable condi-
tionH. and fight until the last vote il
counted on election night. A purified
Philadelphia means much to the country at
large and the people of all the states are
watching thu contest with keen anxiety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Obscurity.

TITS good to be obscure. No brazen band
Doth blare its harmonies so ill-advlsed.
No hypocritic mercer shakes your hand
And fawns in hope of being advertised.
No suave Polonius fondles every whim
And quits you when your sway is at an
end;
No courtier at your elbow SNUG and trim
May crowd away the frank and faithful
friend.
No throng awaits all thoughlessly to cheer;
AS thoughtlessly one day perchance twill
chide.
No vain ambition tempts your course too
near
The treacherous shadows and the rocks of
pride.
IT'S sweet, no doubt, to hear the worldlings
call,
Although they may forget you In year
And cen revile. It's pretty good withal
To live and love and toll and be obscure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Niagara Should Be Ours.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.


Niagara Is without doubt the most high
ly considered OF all the natural wonders
OF the world. The fame of 1t has gone
abroad to all nations. and every year and
every month in the year 1t is visited by
thousands, to whom its majesty and
beauty abide gloriously in the memory
The mistake having been made OF allow
ing commercial companies to encroach
upon the cataract, others more powerful
In political influence. richer in capital and
jealous of the rights already distributed
are besieging our legislature for grants
even larger than have been given. and a
fight is on between the companies and the
people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Hall of Fame.

From the Denver Republican.
1t is highly questionable whether this
Hall of Fame will not be detrimental to
American thought Literary orthodoxies
do not conduce to high thinking. Byron
has no place In the poets corner in
Westminster Abbey. But the man who se-
cures no tablet of marble or bronze often
secures the feshy tablets of human hearts
So may 1t be with many a hero whose
name shall receive no commemoration in
New York's Hall of Fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
A Great Deficiency.

what makes you so skeptical about the
airship?"
Because, there's nothing that can be
devised in the way of an aerial ambulance
and repair wagon that is any more reliable
than the original vehicle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

1t is hard to realize that a concert singer
who can put so much soul into Drink to
ne Only With Thine Eyes can In private
life be the star performer in an alinony
mix-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

Boss Cox of Cincinnati is going to help
right the theatrical syndicate. A number
OF Ohio politicians will never believe that
he has Joined the movement from philan-
thropic motives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

The Maryland voters who may be asked to
give a reasonable explanation of any section
of the constitution of the state will remem-
her with apprehension that some very able
lawyers have collected large fees for very
little more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Sorrows of Science.

They tell me germs are everywhere
In earth and water and the air.
I'm filled with dismay complete,
Afraid to drink or breathe or eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

Just as the car completes a loan that
will provide for new battleships the news
comes from Pittsburg that the steel plate
pool has raised prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

Twins, if unsuccessful. will have the salts
faction of knowing that some conspicuously
good men have been defeated for the may
orally of New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

Chauncey M. Depew is manifesting ths
retiring disposition natural to man who
has not only been talked about, but who Il
out So a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

1t Is pathetic to see a man who was once
so fond of notoriety as young Mr.. Hyde
struggling so hard to get out of the public
gaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

1t is doubtful whether the sincerest advo-
cate of municipal ownership would care to
turn his own business holdings over to the
peOple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

1t may as well be confessed that Mr..
Cleveland has not succeeded In making
woman's suffrage the pre-eminent topic of
the hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
SHOOTING STARS.
Not Sure.

did you ever contribute to a campaign
fund?t'
mot consciously. But I have paid pre-
miums on a life insurance policy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

Oar Is great temptation" said Uncle
Eben. ito take 1t fob granted that things
Is all goin' wrong simply because dey
doesn't happen to be comm yoh way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Mnemonics.

How is the new memory system you are
studying?"
TITS like all the rest" said the man who
struggles to improve his mind. "It goes on
the theory that 1t is easier to remember a
whole lot of things you are not interested
in than one that you are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

DR.. Parkhurst La denouncing graft, The
doctor evidently keeps on reading the news
papers as closely as of yore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
Advice.

From the Farmvfiie yel Herald.
Lots of young girls who are devotins
lots of time to music lessons Will Iearn
after marriage that cooking II 3 morn
valuable accomplishment than humping
q piano.