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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
The Naughty Negroes of San Juan Hill
Two Which Have Lately Been Giving the Police Elk ira
Trouble

.Its a tough place down there'-they all
speak Of the quarter as down there, y for
the negroes live on the slope Of the declivity;
not on the top OF the hill-"make no mistake
about that. And it's been going from bad
to worse in MY time, too.
sTen or twelve years ago there were only a
few Of the niggers scattered among the old
resle otable families, and some Of them were
good ones, too. But now there amt good
one In the whole lot. They're all lot Of
lazy, good for nothin' loafers.
"They won't work, and the only way
any Of them can get any money is to held
somebody up and rob him. There are no
white people down there now; the niggers
have II all to themselves. They care no more
for the law than they do for dead man,
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WHERE THE TROUBLE STARTED.

San Juan Hill OF so-called race riot"
fame is that rather sharp declivity which
runs from Columbus avenue down to the
North River and extends northward from
Fifty-ninth street for five or six blocks.
Just when or how 1t got Its name the
police Of the West Sixty-eighth street sta
ton profess not to know. Many ysars
ago, when the neighborhood was nothing
but pile of rock-one Of those spots where
the great bony skeleton of Manhattan
Island lay bare to the sun-it was known
as Skinnersvie. Then later, when It was
built up and began to be populous with
good Irish families from the old Ninth ward
and elsewhere, it seems to have done very
well without any distinctive and distin-
gushing name.
Later still, when Its Irish population
was driven out by the coming Of the negroes.
the surrounding neighborhoods began to
call 1t just plain "Nigger Hill, and that
appellation served until after the recent
war with Spain. Said the sergeant at the
tjesk to THE SUN reporter in search Of light
On this bit of local history:
i sNo, don't know how 1t got the name.
We used to call the place 'Nigger Hill
The nigyers there have always been bad
lot, and 1 s'pose from their fighting with
the white roustabouts some bright reporter
rave IL the name Of San Juan Hill, after
the Spanish war. and the name stuck
The negroes began to move into the
neiehborhood twelve or fourteen years
ago coming FIRST according to some, be-
cause OF landlords quarrel that opened
! house to the blacks TO spite certain tenants
or neighbors. According to Others, the
district met with its first fall from respecta-
bil!ty in consequence Of the collapse Of the
Duddensiek hats-a building disaster Of
the early sos, which sent the man ~
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DISMAL SWAMP RATTLER. !
A Six Footcr Caught There After 1t Has
Frightened the Negroes.

NORFOLK, Va, Aug 5.-There are many
blacksnakes in the vicinity OF the Dismal
Swamp, but q rattlesnake is as rare ~ It
Ia hated. The negroes take alarm immedi-
ately when q RATHER Is announced. They
cannot be induced to approach the reptile.
eyen after assurances that It has BEEN
killed.
The negro men employed on the farm OF
the Franklin Company at Bowers Hill.
nine miles from here In the Dismal Swamp
country, reported the other day to B. Z.
Rice. the manager, that . rattlesnake had
been discovered In ono OF The fields and
notified him that they did not wish to work
in that neighborhood. In fact. they were
nearly ready to leave the farm.
Mr.. Rice has had experience IN the South
west and in Mexico, and he declared that he
would capture tho snake II the negroes
would come along to assist him. They
declined emphatically to 60 within . hun
dred Yards of the place whsre tho snake
was last seen.
Mr.. Rice prepared to capture the snake
alive by getting thick glove and
two long poles with prongs at the END.
Thus armed and with two nachetes to
ont the weeds he and his brother hunted
for the snake and found him " coil ana
ready for attack or defense. The weeds
were out in large circle with the machetes.
in order to clear q space for IN active battle
with the snake IL the capture should prove
difficult. They kept their eyes on the snake
ali the time and he kept HIS eyes on thep.
Mr.. Rice says it is tradition In the South.
west that the RATHER never attacks except
when the enemy is not looking,
AT a favorable nomsnt NJ. RICE and
his brother, after walking around the snake
in gradually converging circles, placed the
forked poles over his head and tail and
pinioned both to the ground simultaneously.
and then with q quick movement MI. Eioe
and angry snake by tho neck just back Of
the head. The snake was fest long
and 0 inches in circumference, and had
ten rattles It is about the largest ever
captured in the swamp region.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

In isssbsr, end q y bad nd bssa possible
TO spend much money on them II required
great care In their selection. Most Of tho
pieces wore bought ct second band and had
antique models, whether or not they could
boast any very ancient lineage Of their
own.
This left only the two front rooms TO b
done. Tho house ~ occupied during
most Of the year, but Il wss essentially a.
country home for the hotter weather that
It had been designed SO II was decided
that these two rooms should have tho sum-
NOR rather than the winter treatment.
They had not the high wood wainscoting
which had been put into the dining room
and library, 90 the wall paper was important
in their case The two rooms were finally
papered with French pattern covered with
small crimson rosebuds.
Tho local paperhanger who put this on
happened to be French and had learned In
his youth how to put on the long brocade
and damask panels found IN French houses.
He was able to apply the paper tn tho same
way.
Tho two rooms and tho hall stretching
across tho front Of the house were papered
III EAx pauom VI Luo TVOouuu PoPOt"AsA fASAA
white paper matching the woodwork In
between and separated from tho lowered
paper by q thin border.
Powered cretonne which almost matched
the paper was hung at the windows'and to
secure the sense Of space no curtains were
hung at the entrances into the hall. There
was never day in the summer. however
hot, when this suite Of two rooms and the
hallway did not look chsrmingly cool and
inviting. In the winter the red In the dra-
peries and the red rugs on the floor and the
harmonizing stuff that covered several
light chairs supplied color enough.
The panels on the walls made It impos-
sible to hang pictures there. Only those
that stood in frames on the tables and the
mantels were possible.
Two oval mirrors were highly decorated
and one of the chaises tongues Of the period
Of Louis XIV picked up as bargain in.
creased the strongly French character OF
the furniture.
The furniture Of these rooms was not
bought new. but part Of It was already
the property Of the household, so IL was
not possible to estimate accurately just
what the decoration had cost. but for the
four rooms it was less than $500. Thus It
had the advantage Of cheapneas. 1t had
also the much greater advantage OF looking
tasteful and extensive.
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stricts the name to mean specifically two
blocks-sixty-first and Sixty-second, streets
between Amsterdam avenue and West End
avenue.
Those two blocks are built up tight with
Ave story tenement houses, the skyline OF
which presents the appearance OF a long
series Of descending stsps - one goes toward
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
sponsibls for it to Sing Sing.

sponsibls for it to Sing Sing.
To-day the region contains ono OF the
largest negro colonies in New York. They
have gradually spread from Fifty-ninth
street, coming from various parts Of the
city and country, until in the whole
section extending from Columbus avenue
to the river and six or sight blocks north
and south they outnumber the whites per-
haps ten to one, or even In greater ratio.
But it Is only the heart Of the colony
that has given the police much trouble.
and when the bluecoat speaks Of the bad
nlggers OF San Juan Hill he does not mean
thereby to indict the whole colony but refers
to a comparatively small part Of it and re-
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trouble In the near future. for following the
transferring to another precinct Of Capt.
John Cooney, who was said to be upfriendly
to the negroes, Commissioner McAdoo's
action in increasing the number Of patrol
men at the West Sixty eighth street station
to 1ls men and establishing three new posts
in the district has made it possible to sta
ton three or four patrolmcn on every
street corner. and the whole San Juan Hill
neighborhood nowadays is as quiet a. q
New England Sunday.
That certain of the patrolmen who have
been for considerable time In the precinct
share Capt. Cooncy's reputed dislike Of
the negroes is evident to any one who en-
cages them In conversation on the subject.
One Of them said:
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MOST OF POWERS IN LINE.
Text Of Secretary Hays Circular Tele-
Gram Made Public,

- III !
WASHlNGTON-The full text of
Secretary Hays circular telegram to
the powers of January 10, intended to
insure the protection of Chinese int
gritty, no matter what may be the out
come of the war now in progress be-
tween Russia and Japan, has been
made public here. The telegram was
sent to the American ambassadors
and ministers to Germany, Austria.
Belgium. France, Great Britain, Italy
and Portugal, all neutral powers, thus
leaving Russia and Japan bound in
this respect by the original pledges
given in the early days of the war.
The text of the s~ecretary's note is
as follows.
ut has come to our knowledge that
apprehension exists on the part of
some of the powers that in the event
ual negotiations for peace between
Russia and Japan claim may be made
for the concession of Chinese terri
tory to neutral powers. The president
would be 10th to share this apprehen-
sion, believing that the Introduction
OF e~XtraneOuS interests would Seri-
ously embarrass and postpone the set
Element of the issues involved in the
present contest in the far east, thus
making more remote the attainment
OF that peace which is so earnestly
to be desired. For its part the United
States has repeatedly made it's posi-
ton well known and has been graft
fled at the cordial welcome accorded
to its efforts to strengthen and per-
p~etuate the broad policy of maintain
ing the integrity of China and the
open door in the orient whereby
equality of commercial opportunity
and access shall be enjoyed by all ma
tons. Holding these views the United
States disclaims n thought of re-
served territorial rights or control in
he Chinese empire and it is deemed
hitting to make this purpose frankly
known and to remove all apprehension
on this score so far as concerns the
policy of this nation, which maintains
so considerable a share of the pacific
commerce of China and which holds
such important possessions in the
western Pacific, almost at the gate
way of China.
You will bring this matter to the
notice of the government to which
you are accredited and you will invite
the expression of its views there.
(Slgned) JOHN HAY"
The Falls City tribune., 1905-02-10

Says He Couldn't Be Driven Out by
B~Ioodhounds.

DENVER, ColO.-Former Governor
James H. Peabody denied a report
that he intended to withdraw his con
test for the governorship or that he
had been approachd with any PROPOSE
ton for a compromise.
You couldn't drive me out of this
contest with a pack of bloodhounds,"
said the ex-governor. 81 entered the
contest with a determination to
probe the frauds to the bottom and
| VIII be there at the finish. If the
legislature in joint session declares
me elected shall take my seat. If
1t declares Mr.. Adams elected / shall
gracefully step down"
The Falls City tribune., 1905-02-10
RUMOR THAT CAR MAY FLEE
Not Confirmed That He Intends Co.
ing to Copenhagen.

ST. PETERSBURG-Thcre is no
confirmation of the report that the
emperor, empress and children are
going to Copenhagen, or, on the other
hand, that the emperor has decided to
appoint a mixed commission of Off
Gals, employees and w~orkingmen to
consider the strikers demands, not
ably the question of eight hours work
per day, and to make an investiga-
ton of the shooting Of the strikers.
All sorts of rumors are circulating
in both official circles and among the
workingmen.
A curious report spread among the
men last night that the emperor had
given in and that three white flags
had been displayed over the Winter
palace, s%ignifying that he had con-
scented to reduce the maximum legal
hours of work from eleven to eight.
According to this legend the emperor
would have displayed a red flag if
he had decided to refuse the strikers
request.
Many w%orkingmen, deceived by
this rumor shouted "hurrah" in token
of victory and this possibly was the
reason that the strikers, believing
they had already won the day. re-
Trained from committing excuses
yesterday,
The Falls City tribune., 1905-02-10
FOR JOINT RATES
COMPANIES AGREE
ON THE SAME.
A HEARING BY THE COMMITTEE
The Sherman Law is Deemed Suffi-
cient to Meet Certain Questions.-
Judge Cowan Suggests Amendment
to the Senate Act.

WASHINGTON-The senate com
mittee on interstate commerce gave a
hearing On the subject of railroad
legislation, Judge S. H. Cowan of
Fort Worth, Tex, advocated several
amendments to the interstate com
merce act as a method of reaching
combinations of railroads to fix joint
rates.
e. M. Ferguson, who represents
fruit and vegetable shipping associa-
tons, made a brief speech in favor
OF the Elkins bill. He protested
against determinations in favor of
concerns operating private refrigera-
tor cars, and charged that these wv
ers get rates of from 500 to 5000 less
per car than other shippers, and there
fore were unfair competitors.
Judge Cowan, representing several
cattle growers associations, who was
heard by the house committee. re-
peated charges of determinations in
carrying cattle to northern points,
saying that there was an agreement
between the railway companies which
fixed joint rates between various
points.
Judge Cowan said that no cattle
shipper was Disseminated against,
but that competition on rates had dis
appeared by reason of combination of
railroads and the rates had been ad-
vanced to many points.
The Sherman law, as a means of
reaching combinations and conspir-
acies of hat character, was held to
be sufficient by Senator Elkins. He
declared that the United States dis
trict attorney could proceed under
that law.
Judge Cowan said he was under the
impression that it was the attorney
general who determined that actions
should be instituted under the Sher-
mar law. Senator Carmack took the
same view and several other senators
said that the district attorney seldom
brought actions except in minor cases.
Judge COwan suggested an amend
ment to section Is of the interstate
commerce act as a means of meeting
such determinations. The act makes
it the duty of the commission to fix
a proper rate or charge in place Of
any unjust or unreasonable charge,
such rate as fixed by the commission
to go into effect within thirty days.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-02-10
Better Places for Immigrants.

WASlllNGTON-Frank =. Sargent.
commissioners of immigration, was
heard by the house committee on ap-
Preparations. Mr.. Sargent presented
the necessity of permanent improve
ments for the immigration service at
New Orleans and San Francisco At
Ellis island it is desired to construct
a contagious hospital at an estimated
cost of %$250,0G0 and a S12 1000 water
publication plant. At San Francisco
there is needed an immigration sta
ton, plans for which have been made
at Il cost of S250,0 coo.