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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09

Richmond, Va, May 16, 1906.
To all who are interested in the ad-
vancement of the Negro Race:
The Second Semi-Annual Session
of the Negro Business League Of
Virginia will be held in Newport
News. Va. June 18th and 14th, 1906
at the True Reformers' Hall. The
object is to inform the world the
best we may. Of the progress Of the
Negro in Virginia is making in bus
mess, TO stimulate local business en-
terprises, 10 encourage our people
along lines OF commercial undertake
ings and to particularly influence
the young men and women OF our
race by examples of others, and fur
Their to formulate plans TO have a
creditable representation of the Ne
gro business men OF Virginia, at the
9Th Annual Convention Of the Ma
tional Negro Business League to be
held at Atlanta. Ga. this year.
We especially solicit your cooper.
alton, and want you 20 urge upon
all colored business men and wO-
men the necessity OF being repre-
sented at this meeting. We feel
that your interest in the march Of
progress of your race Will stimu-
late YOU 10 help US along this line.
All who expect TO attend this
meeting will kindly write TO the Cor
responding Secretary +. c. Brown,
so that boarding and lodging ar
rangements may De made. Good
boarding and lodging will be Sc
cured for S1.0O per day. We call
upon our people throughout the en-.
tire state of Virginia 90 meet US in
Newport News. Richmond expects
TO 20 down in a special car and so
we look for our business men in ev-
cry city and community TO be pres
ent.
W. f. GRAHAM. President.
+. c. BROWN, Cor. Sec'y.
2123 Madison Avenue.
Newport News, Va.
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DYING FROM HAT PIN STAB
Man Who Separated ouarreIins Girls
Fatally Wounded,

kittanning. Pa. June Edward
Ralston. of Eldersridge. near here. is
dying from a stab with a hat pin re-
ceived while separating two girls who
were auarreling over the result OF a
ball game in which partisan feeling
ran high The game was between two
teams from neighboring towns. and
after the game the girl supporters OF
the defeated team attempted to take
the colors away from the adherents OF
the victOrs II was while separating
two of the carlbatants that Ralston
received the stab wound. II is nc.
known who welded the weapon. ari
physicians say Ralston cannot rerove-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09
PACKERS IMPROVE CONDITIONS
Cleaning, RenoVstine and Sanitation
Follows Disclosures.

Chicago, Iune 6.-The Tribune says:
One of the Immediate effects of the
presidents disclosure of packing house
conditions was seen in an attempt in
at least three of the big plants TO
remedy the conditions condemned in
the report. Toilet arrangements were
renovated. floors cleaned walls were
scraped and light and ventilation i'm.
proved.
The surroundings of the workers in
these three plants were improved so
per cent. in one day
Besides renovating the plumbing the
packing companies put up : variety
OF sisns ell over the plants en:oining
olesn'i=~s~
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09
5000 reward For Rriher.

indianapolis June s. - Governor
Hanly issued a proclamation Offering
$4,000 reward for the arrest and return
10 Marion county OF Oscar A Baker.
who Is row under indictment for at
tempting 10 bride a member OF the L..
general assembly. Representative Ar=
MAS Baker, OF Fulton county.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09

The .oremen were told that the
rule sS~i-sf cxpcctorating must be
enforced CT discharge would result
Another new rule posted conspicuously
was that forbidding the use OF to-
bacco in all food producing rooms.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09
DO You Know Her?

I desire to know the whereabouts
OF Moselle Warner, a little girl a
bout eight years of age. When last
heard Of, she was living in Rich
mond. Her mothers name is Mrs.
Matte Lee Warner. Address,
A. A. MARTIN.
U. S. S. Monongahela,
Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba.
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Boarders Wanted.

Gentleman dodgers wanted, with
or without board Pleasant loca-
ton. Good service. 500 y y. End
Street.
limo
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The Negro Business League of Va.

Once of Pres, w. f. Graham.
613 y. End St, Richmond, Va.
Office of Cor. Sec. E. c. Brown.
2123 Madison Ave.
Newport News. Va.
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Richmond- -. NIav - Il

Office of Rec. Sec, Jno. T. Taylor,
72S y. End St, Richmond, Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-09

W. +. GRAHAM. President.
+. c. BROWN, Cor. Sec'y.
2123 Madison Avenue,
Newport News, Va.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06

I5ftEerIes-f appaIau and OHIO
Cafferty and Woods.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
KILLED BY MILK TRUCK.

s At 12:45 A. VI. yesterday an unknown
man, twenty-seven years old, was run
over and instantly killed by heavily
laden milk truck while coming off the
gangway of the ferryboat Chicago at the
foot of Exchange place. The body was
taken to the morgue. 1t is that of man
of about ) feet 5 inches in height, weigh
ing about $50 pounds, with dark hair,
smooth face and was dressed in black
suit, white outing shirt with red and
blue stripes, black stockings and black
shoes. The milk truck was owned by
Taylor and Place, of No. POP Fifth ave
nue., Brooklyn, and was in charge OF
Miles Evans, of No COG Dean street.
Brooklyn. Evans was arrested on a
charge of manslaughter. The unfortu-
nate victim carried yalise containing
some books and papers. One dollar and
twenty cents Were found in his pockets.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
STABBED BY STRANGER.
Wieider of Knife, Mad With Hunger
Attacks First Man He Meets.

Attacks First Man He Meets.
New York, Aug. ga wild eyed
young man, unkempt in dress and
with stubble of beard on his sallow
cheeks, stabbed William G. Pearson
in the back on the sidewalk at Twen-
ty-third street and Seventh avenue
Pearson is in precarious condition.
The ambulance surgeon who took
Pearson to the hospital said his as
sailant was apparently suffering from
dementia caused by acute hunger. He
was identified later as John Earle
twenty-five years old, who has been
living in lodging houses. His mother
says he has not been entirely sane since
a fall affected him fourteen years ago.
In reply TO questions when arraign-
ed on a charge of felonious assault
Earle said in dazed way:
Il made up my mind to kill some
one and rob him. l was hungry. l
had eaten nothing since Friday night.
The knife l stole on Saturday from a
pushcart peddler l had never before
seen the man 1 stabbed He was the
first to come along, and l tackled
him.
Magistrate Finelite committed Earle
to Bellevue hospital to be examined
as to his mental condition. To DR..
Gregory, who is in charge of the
psychopathic ward, Earle admitted the
stabbing and repeated that robbery
was his motive.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
PANIC AT sIRlO WRECK.
Emisrants Fight With Knives For
Places In Boats as Steamer Sinks.

Emigrants Fight With Knives For
Places In Boats as Steamer Sinks.
London, Aug 6.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph de-
scribes the Sirio disaster as one of the
worst on record. The Italian emf
grants, with knives in their hands and
without regard for the women or-chil-
dren, fought with the greatest brutality
for the possession of life buoys and
boats. Many were killed or wounded,
including several members of the crew
who were attacked by emigrants.
Eyewitnesses give awful pictures of
the brutal panic on board For half
an hour the emigrants were masters
of the situation. They completely over
came the crew by sheer force of num-
bers, and this in spite of the efforts
of the officers, who tried to save the
women and children first.
One report even states, the CORE
spondent continues, that a group of
emigrants approached one of the ships
boats which already was full and
which was about to be launched and
dislodged the people, killing several
with their knives. Just as they were
about to occupy the boat themselves,
another body of armed emigrants came
up and a fierce fight for possession of
the lifeboat followed
Many Of the survivors brought ashore
were seriously wounded, and number
had sustained fractured limbs. Some
of the injured subsequently died.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
MRS. T. w. LAWSON DEAD.
Boston Financier and Writer Loses His
Heipmate.

Boston Financier and Writer Loses His
Helpmate.
Scituate, Mass, Aug 6.-AIrs. Thomas
w. Lawson. wife of the Boston finan-
cier and author, died at Dreamwoid,
the family summer home.
Mrs. Lawson had been i'll since June
26 with an affection of the heart, but
for two weeks past had been improving
to such an extent that her recovery
was confidently looked for and the
news of her death came as shock.
With Mr. Lawson at the bedside were
all their children with the exception
of Arnold Lawson, the eldest son, now
on his honeymoon
The body will be taken to the Law
sons Boston home, from where the
funeral will be held. Mrs. Lawson's
maiden name was JEANNE Augustus
Goodwillie. She was native of Cam
bridge and was married to Mr.. Lawson
in 1878. She was a woman of domestic
tastes, preferring a simple home life
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Seven Thousand Fans Wit
messed the Two Games
Ytsserday. In Newark Be-
tween the skeeters and
Sailors
TWO GAMES IN MONTREAL
ROYALS AND ToRoNTos SPLIT
THE DOUBLE HEADER PLAYED
YESTERDAY BEFORE RECORD
BRAKING CROWDS.

Seven thousand rooters witnessed yes
terday's double-header between the
Skeeters and the Sailors, in VIII ich the
former won the first game and the latter
the second. The Skeeters easily defeat
ed their old rivals in the~frst set-to,
Mack proving invincible while Sailors
occupied bases. He weakened in the
sixth round, however. and Moren took
his place and was as Mack had been up
to the sixth. Pardee was hit at oppor-
tune times. 1t was quite different when
the Jersey City lads faced Carrick in the
second set-to. He allowed the visitors
but five hits, none of which counted in
run-getting. In fact, the Skeeters were
whitewashed. The Sailors found Thiel-
man easy. But seven innings were play
ed in the last contest, the Sailors having
to catch train for Toronto The
scores
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06

the captain drew his revolver, leveied
1t ut his men and shouted:
AS long as it Is possible TO take off
another passenger we will not mover
Crowded With Survivors.
The deck Of the Joven Miguel be-
came so crowded with the terror
stricken survivors of the Sirio that the
skipper was obliged, in order to pre-
vent his boat from capsizlng, to force
them down into the hold at the point
of his revolver.
An old fisherman, sailing dingy,
alone saved twelve. A roll call taken
on shore shows that 1856 persons from
the Sirio are missing, but it is believed
that few were taken on board French
and German steamers, which continued
their voyage after the Sirio sank
1t is said that large number of the
first and second cabin passengers We're
drowned, their cabins being the first to
go under water
Among the lost are d dozen young
women, members of distinguished fam
lilies in Brazil, who were returning to
their homes after finishing their edu-
cation in Europe One of the most
tragic features is that out of fifteen
Spanish girls. all in fashionable
school in Barcelona and going on Il
vacation to their homes In Cadiz, only
one was saved.
Many heartrending incidents are re-
lated. A group of six children clam
bered into the shrouds of the Sirio
while their mothers were taken off by
one of the trawlers. The Sirio sank
before the children could be rescued
The mothers, frantic with despair
watched their children as they were
engulfed. The children uttered pierre
ing shrieks as they were drawn under
the waves. 1t was with difficulty that
the women were restrained from Jump
ing into the sea.
monk among the passengers was
drowned while kneeling on deck.
Diplomats Heroism.
The Austrian consul at Rio de Janeiro
jumped into the sea wearing a life belt
He then noticed a woman and child
near him on the point of going down
He gave up his belt to them and tried
to swim ashore. He was almost com
pletely exhausted when rescued by a
fishing vessel.
All the stokers went down with the
ship. They were unable to reach the
deck in time to save themselves.
Among the survivors at Cape Palos
are many mothers, who weep and
wiring their hands for lost children,
While there are also number of chill
dren who are unable to find their pa
rents. These have been admitted to
the city founding asylum. A large
number of the surviving emigmnts
have declared they will go no farther
They desire to return home and insist
on travelling by land
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
KILLED ON SCENIC ROAD.
Young Woman Loses Life In Sight Of
Crowd of Pleasure Seekers.

Young Woman Loses Life In Sight OF
Crowd of Pleasure Seekers.
New York, Aug. 6.-Before the eyes
of thousand pleasure seekers Cathe-
rine Rosenbrock, nineteen years old.
met with terrible death in an acct
dent on one of the scenic railways at
Fort George.
The railway is built on a spiral tres
tie in a deep ravine There are three
convolutions in the tracks, and the
highest point reached is seventy feet
from the foundations
Miss Rosenbrock and young woman
companion took the tweIve-year-
godchild of the former to Fort George.
Upon their arrival they decided to ride
ON the scenic railway, and the three
took the rear seat in the second or
rear car of a tram" The remaining
seats in both cars were occupied by
young men
The accident occurred when the cars
were about halfway to the top of the
structure. At sharp curve both cars
were derailed, and with the shock Miss
Rosenbrock was pitched headforemost
to the track. Her skirts were caught
in the chain mechanism which draws
the. ears up the incline and with the
Jol7ng cars she was dragged up higher
and higher until the summit was
reached
Then she was carried downward
again to the starting point, where her
mangled and lifeless body was depos-
tied in the midst of waiting crowd.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
SEABOARD SWELTERS
New York City and Surrounding
Country In the Grip of
Heat Wave.
THOUSANDS FLEE FROM TOWN
Eight Hundred Thousand of Gotham's
People Go to Seashore and Mountain.
Half Million Seek coney Island.
Death and Prostrations Reported.
Humidity Much In Evidence.


New York, Aug. 6.-New York city
and the surrounding country are still
suffering from the effects OF the hot
test day of the year. The mercury
climbed to 90 degrees and more and
stuck there for hours Added to tho
heat was an exhausting humidity
which In a giant wave settled over a
long strip of the Atlantic seaboard
and made flight from the cities only
small relief There was scarcely a
spot from New Haven to Baltimore
where thermometers did not register
at least 80, with the humidity record
about 10 degrees less.
Moreover, there Is no promise of i'm
mediate relief The weather bureau
predicts continued humidity and high
temperature for at least two days
more. Even then the spell may not
break, and, following the damp, rainy
weather of the past ten days, the coun-
try may be in for long struggle with
prostrating heat. No indications have
as yet been reported upon which hope
for change can be based.
Ninety Degrees Up In the Air.
In New York the suffering was in
tense. 1t was to 10 degrees hotter
in the streets than the official records
showed. The pavement seemed fairly
to breathe up heat like furnaces from
sunrise till after sunset The highest
nGic or paf of 10
weather bureau instruments, which are
several hundred feet above the side
walks, were at 90 degrees All day,
however, it varied little from that fig
ure.
The coolest time was at $50 in the
morning, when the temperature was u
degrees, but that was before the spell
had really set in for at midnight the
mercury had fallen to S1-all this
while there was q humidity varying
from Y to a. 1t started the day at
the low figure and without faltering
in the evening and for hours remained
there without appreciable change.
Killed by the Heat.
One death and six prostfntions have
been reported to the police. That,
however, does not begin to tell the
story. There were hundreds of babies
in the. tenements sick and weak and
scores of aged persons made i'll. The
hospitals were crowded, and long lines
waited at dispensary doors.
The exodus from town broke all rec
ords Not far from half a million
persons went to Coney Island. More
than 100000 fed to the beaches of
Staten Island Fifty thousand at least
focked to various points of Long Is
land Nearby mountain resorts got
25,000 and the Jersey coast as many
more, while there were certainly 10,-
900 who took train or boat up the Hud-
son. Altogether it is likely that 800,-
900 of New York's population fed
from the city.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Catholic teachers ouated.

WilliamstoTn, Pa, Aug. 6-The ac-
ton of the board of education in oust-
ing teachers of the Roman Catholic
faith has stirred up much bitterness
between Protestant and Roman Cath
Ollie fraternities. Several societies pre-.
sented joint resolution requesting
that the Bible be used as a text book
In the schools and that no Roman
~Catholicsteachers be employed. Not q
Catholic teacher was reappointed The
Catholic socie@es have passed resolu
tions condemning the action and have
sent copies to Governor Pennypacker
The Catholic teachers will appeal tc
the courts
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
SLAYER Wants to Follow Victim.

Vineland, N. j., Aug. 6.-Nicholas
Bert, we'll known resident, was shot
and killed by Alexander Cordella, q
prominent farmer. Both men had been
to party, and BERT accompanied Cor
della to the latter's home. Near the
house the men quarreled. Cordella
went to the barn, secured shotgun
and killed Berti. Cordella confessed to
having shot Befti. "Give me knife
or revolver" he pleaded, land they
can bury me at the same time they do
Rprti -
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
HOT FIGHT IN MAINE.
Famous Spelibinders to Contend Fer
and Against Littlefied.

ana Against Lltrlefieid.
Washington, Aug. 6.-William Jen-
nings Bryan will scarcely be allowed
time to recover from the seasiclSness
of his voyage across the Atlantic be-
fore he will be hurried to Maine by
the Democratic congressional commit
tee. He will be sent directly to Rep
resentatiye Littletield's district, where
he will make fifteen or twenty
speeches.
The battle in the Second Maine dis
trict promises to be one of the fiercest
in any part of the country and one of
the hardest in the history of the Pine
Tree State. John Sharp Williams,
Champ Clark and other great Demo
cratic spellbinders will join Mr.. Bryan
in the contest there The Republicans
will also send their ablest speakers
there. Speaker Cannon. Secretary
Shaw and Secretary Taft VIII be fore
most. Mr.. Littlefield is opposed by
the American Federation of Labor and
other union organizations for his op-
position to so called labor measures.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Moonlight Trip In the Air.

New York, Aug. 6.-Under weather
conditions that were almost ideal DR..
Julian p. Thomas and Roy Knaben-
shue began last night balloon aseen-
sion which they hope will be of vast
benefit to science. In making the
moonlight "trip in the clouds, the first
in America during recent years. these
aeronants expect to add largely to
the general store of knowledge con-
cerning air currents and conditions by
night.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
No Luxuries For Thaw.

New York, Aug. g. A sensational
story was printed in Pittsburg that
Harry K Thaw was leading life of
ease and luxury in the Tombs. 1t stat
ed that Pittsburg man, one Paul Nc
Donald who had been a prisoner In the
Tombs from July Is until July 81, gave
long and ornamental narrative of
Thaw's daily life and the privileges
accorded to him. In every detail this
story was branded as false by Warden
Flynn of the Tombs.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Parliament off kinq's Hands.

London, Aug. 6.-The new Liberal
parliament has adjourned. Besides
the principal measure before the house
of commons, the education bill almost
all the measures promised in the kings
opening speech either were passed or
forced to an advanced stage in com
mittee. 1t is announced by I. T..
O'Connor that the next great measure
by Sir Henry Campbell
will be home rule bill for Ireland
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Miles of Coal Lands Leased

Scranton, Pa, Aug. Cit was re-
ported that one of the largest deals in
the history of the bitulninous coal busi-
ness was consummated whereby a cor
poration known as the Pennsylvania
Beech Creek and Eastern Coal com
pany, with a capital of $s,000000, ac-
quires by 900 year lease all the prop
erty and business of companies con
trolling approximately 125000 acres of
coal lands, containing over 900,0000O0
tons of coal
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Famous Revolver Man Dead

Springfield, Mass. Aug. 6.-After an
illness of almost four years, Daniel
Baird W&sson, the muitimillionaire re-
volyer manufacturer, died in his home
on Maple street. Mr. Wesson was
born in Worcester May 1S, 1925.
Last October Mr. Wesson received
several threatening Black Hand let
ters, and these, 1t is said, worried him
greatly. The letters said that unless
he acceded to the society's demands
his residence, which cost him $1,000
900, would be dynamited.
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Two Killed In Duel,

Springfield, Mo-, Aug. g. In the
streets Of Chadwick. Mo-, Charles Free
man, a merchant, and Robert Keene,
eighteen years old, shot each other to
death with revolvers. Suit recently
was brought by Freeman charging
Keene with assaulting Freeman's
daughter When the men met on the
street both drew revolyers and fired.
Freeman was shot in the forehead and
in the left breast. Keene was shot
three times in the heart
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Connecticut State Secretary Hurt

Westerly, r. l., Aug. 6.-7sNine per-
sons were bruised and shaken up as
the result of collision between two
automobiles here. One of the cars
contained Theodore Bodenwein, editor
of the New London Conn., Day and
secretary of state of Connecticut, his
wife, two children and a chauffeur In
the other auto were Charles I'll. j Doug
las of New York, his wife and two
children
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
DIED EN- ROUTE FOR HOME.

Custic Hillyer, a well known citizen of
Washington D. G., died suddenly i'll a
berth on a Pullman sleeper on board the
transport Maryland en- route from Mott
Haven to the Pennsylvania Railroad de-
pot at $40 A. NJ. yesterday. He was
seventy eight years old and lived at No.
1918 Twenty street n. w, in the
Capital. His son, Edgar, was with him
at the time of his DEATH The body was
removed to the morgue and arrangements
made for IT'S removal to Washington
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Playwright to Speak With BRYAN.

New York, Aug. 6.-The speechmak-
ing programme for the Madison
Square Garden reception to William ].
Bryan on Aug. 30 has been made out
Henry w. Walker will open the meet
ing and introduce Governor Folk OF
Missouri, who in turn will introduce
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
as presiding officer. The two formal
speeches will be made by Augustus
Thomas, the playwright and Mr. Bry-
an
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
Bryan Sails Venetian Canals.

Venice, Aug. 6.-William J. Bryan,
Mrs. Bryan, Miss Grace Bryan, Colonel
Moses c. Wetmore of st. Louis, Mo-.
and Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Dunlap and
their daughter of Jacksonville, H.,
spent Sunday here sightseeing. They
were interested especially in the work
of restoring the Campanile at St
Marks. The party had luncheon with
Mr.. White, the American ambassador
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-06
DIED IN CITY HOSPITAL

An unknown man, either a German or
Pole, was taken suddenly ill on Van
Worst street yesterday and died in the
City Hospital shortly after being taken
70 that institution. He was about thirty
fiye years old. FIVE feet ten inches in
height, weighs about 100 pounds, with
brown hair. moustach and blue eyes. One
of his teeth is missing from the upper
jaw He wore a dark suit with jumper
and yellow underwear The body was
taken to the nlorgue