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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24
Eastern Capitalists Will Operate
Under Minnesota Power q
Trolley Franchise.
COKEFAIR PARTY HAS
CLOSED THE BIG DEAL
Power at Elk River Will Be De-
veloped and Brought
Here.

Cheaper electric light and electrical
power for Minneapolis. -,
This is the promise held out by the
announcement that a body of eastern
capitalists will expend $3,O0O,O0o IN
developing the Elk River properties OF
the Minnesota Power & Trolley com
pany and will operate in Minneapolis IN
eompetition with the Minneapolis Gen
eral Electric company, under the ordl-
nance Of the Minnesota Power & Troll.
ley company, passed by the city council
fifteen months ago. -,
The benefit to the city will not be
limited to the reduction in rates, tho
this will effect saving Of 80 per cent
to the city and all other users OF cleo
trical energy. The fact that Mlnneap-
oils will have the largest supply OF cleo.
trical energy available in the northWestt
for manufacturing purposes, and that
it viii be supplied at lower cost than IA
anywhere in the country will naturally
attract manufacturers demanding cheap
power. This is specially true in the
face of the increasing demand fo1
cheaper power and the constantly IN
creasing cost of fuel for steam pur
poses.
As was announced in T h j OF rn
some time ago, the Cokefair interests Of
Duluth have for some time been plan
ming to enter the Minneapolis field
either by bringing power from the st
Louis river developments at Duluth o.
by taking over the closer property o!
the Minnesota Power & Trolley com
pany, in the Mississippi river near Ell
River
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24

General Alexander Hughes Of Minneapolis is
m Washington on personal business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24
LONGWORTHS MAY
JOIN REX'S FLEET
Bride and Bridegroom to Take
Part in Mardi Gras at
New Orleans. =
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. --..--
New Orleans, Feb. 24.-Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth will be the. guests
Of the city Of New Orleans during the
carnival season, according to the in
formation received here today by the
Morgan Steamship company officials.
Arrangements have been made in
Havana to book passage for Mr.. and
Mrs. Longworth on the Morgan liner
Prince Arthur, which sails from there
tonight and which will reach New
Orleans about noon on Monday II
the ship be on time, the entrance Of
Rex into the city will be delayed for
a. short time in order that the ship
CARRYING the presidents daughter and
her husband may join in the procession
up the river. ., = 81 ,zE
In Demand at Capital.
Washington, Feb. 24.-Yo Dung Mrs.
Longworth and her husband may be
compelled to order from an engraver
form Of card that has Regrets in
one corner, for it seems every hostess
here is eager to entertain them when
they return from their honeymoon, and
as nobody has found way to make
/ (even for newly-wedded pair), the
| Longworths will find it an imposslbility
/ to accept every invitation.
I It has taken almost the entire week
i to make an inventory of the gifts be
slowed on the White House bride. They
/ never could be displayed in one place
unless a hall were hired. Presents con
! tinued to arrive on the early days OF
the week, but were not opened in the
absence of the owners.
In plate the presidents daughter car
make a great showing. She received
ten solid silver tea sets and six doze1
/ solid silver dinner plates. Dishes Of
! assorted sizes in the sterling white
metal were more than fifty. These in
Guided fish platters, compete and pud
J ding dishes, nut and fruit stands ant
silver and crystal vases for flowers.
/ About 400 gifts have been recorded
and some Of the finest are yet on tn
way
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24

Continued on I'd Page, Sd Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24
Take Over the Franchise.

The latter course has been adopted.
G. c. Cokefair of Duluth and a party
of eastern capitalists were in the city
this week and completed the prelimi-
nary arrangements. They will begin
work at once. The new organization
acquires the properties and franchise Of
the Minnesota Power & Trolley COM
pany, will develop the property at a
cost Of $3,OGo,ooo, bringing the power
to Minneapolis and surrounding towns,
and will operate in Minneapolis, it is
nesota company. - -. : 80 -. -.
The terms Of this franchise are ex-
ceedingly Favorable to the seity and to
consumers Of light and power, but the
company itself is bound by rigid re.
strictions., The cost Of electric lights
to the city will be slashed from the
present price Of 1914 lamp year, to
$3.50 a lamp. Even under the pro
posed reduction Of the Minneapolis
General Electric company to $S4 lamp
after June J., the city will be saved
thousands Of dollars by the low rate OF
the Minnesota company.
Under the Minnesota ordinance the
company is bound by the following re
strictions:
A gross receipts tax of 1, and s pc
cent TOT successive Ien-yeafr periods o
the thirty years Of the ordnance tn,
same to be waived when the city is re,
ceiving light or power from the company
A fixed scale Of lighting rates to pri
vate consumers ranging from 10 cents
kilowat hour to consumers whose annua
bill Is 800 or less, to cents kilowa
hour on contracts amounting to $4,000
year.
A power scale Of cents a kilowa
hour on 800 contracts, to cents kilo
wat hour in excess Of $500 a year.
All rates to be subject to revision afte
ten years, at each fve-year period.
The city to have the right Of purchas
after ten years Of all property of the com
pany In the city.
The city and consumers to have tn
right to demand extensions in certal
limits. -
The plant to be complete and in opel
alton by Nov. i, 1907.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24
Joy for the President.

But Aldrich has done much more than
this and it is this Efmuch more'' that
is causing the president SO much joy to-
day, and causing joy also to Dolliver
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

to be by the still waters in con-
fict for the cause of liberty. 1t
was the Republican party that
gave to the country the Free
school system, the only hope for
the education of the Negro youth.
1t was the Democratic party that
opposed it. The Negro, who for
two hundred and fifty years endur-
ed as cruel bondage as ever exist
ed under heaven and was loyal to
a flag that knew him not, is to-
day denied certain privileges in
the South by Democratic rule that
their former masters would have
granted even previous TO the war.
The people of the South said to
the Negro, get education, get
wealth and now over 6fty-two
per cent. of the Negroes in the
South can read and write. They
pay taxes on over S450,000,O0O
worth of property. | will ask you
and pause for an answer, where
under heaven has any race under
like circumstance, race hatred and
4 y. y. A -. = ~ - A A A
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

man and Nardaman are the shin
ing lights, breast plates and shield
of the Southern Democracy, and
the Northern branch bows to their
whims without making any serious
objection. If the Democratic
South would do their duty toward
the Negro of the country and show
a half way disposition to give him
a square deal, the Republican par
ty would soon 90 out of existence.
But so long as Tillman. Vardaman,
Gorman and Dixon are in the sad
die of the South, so long will the
Negro continue to vote the Repub-
lican ticket. Can you blame them ?
No self respecting Democrat
should expect otherwise of him.
No sane. thoughtful Negro will
say that the Republican party is
God-hke. The thoughtful. intelli-
gent reading Negro knows full
well, that the Republican party,
from a national standpoint, has
besa guilty of many broken prom
ises, has placed meaningless words
:. l. Z. 1. i, =.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

in their party platform for no 9th
er reason than to solidify the Ne
gro vote for their party. The Ne
gro knows that the white North
has prejudice as well as the white
South the Negro knows that the
white Republicans of the South
are Just as bitterly opposed to the
progress and welfare as the white
Democrat, but of course he is not
so bold and not so honest as tie
Southern Democrat. That is one
redeeming feature of the Southern
man-hs is sincere when it comes
to opposing the Negro in his up
lift, and |, for one, think a great
deel mere of Northern Demo-
crat than a Southern Republican
l repeat again, the Democratic
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

saying how and by whom that
government should be conducted.
If my memory serves me right
and if American history is correct,
the Democratic party has never
claimed any responsibility for the
freeing of the slave. AS to the
political conditions in the South
Immediately after the war [ must
say that | could never agree with
large number of my fellow citi-
zens situated North of the Ohio
river. [ think that carpet bag g-ism,
the ignorant condition of the new
ly made citizen, the undue inter
ference by unscrupulous men of
the North toward the people of
the South caused great deal of
unkindly feeling that exist to this
day between ex-master and ex.
slave.
You speak about corporate-in-
terest. insurance grafters and the
like. AS to that part l must agree
with you as far as ii goes. The
tyrannical commercialism of to-
day IS gnawing at the vitals of our
government. The constitution of
the United States. as far as it re-
lates to the Negro, has been tram
pied under lawless feet. Party
pledges have been broken and the
conscience of the nation is be-
numbed with graft. Private cor
porations throughout the land are
honey-combed with rottenness. and
III the shuttle the Negro has been
lost sight of, except in those states
where his votes can be used to
party advantage. Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Tillman. the fire-eating
senator of South Carolina. seem to
be able to get together on the rail
road rate bill. Why not Mr..
Roosevelt, and the scared Negro
Domination" senator from Mary
land. Mr. German get together on
the Negro question and give TO the
Negro the right that the Copstitu-
ton guarantees him-a right to
cast his ballot and have it counted
for the party of his choice? [, for
one, do not want agitation at this
time for the rights of Negro Amer
cans. but [ am fully convinced
there will be no cessation of the
agitation. There will be no pause
in the battle, for the Negro Amer
leans realize as never before that
that the time has come for them
to act or perish. and they feel that
it is better, if they must die for it,
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

persecution, has made the progress
the Negro has made in the short
space of forty years. The Repub-
lican party was responsible for the
Fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitution. The amendment was
passed for the expressed purpose
of giving to the emancipated citi-
zen of the United States the right
of suffrage. The Democratic par
ty opposed that, but the Democrat
ic party favors the votes of all
white citizens, native or foreign,
regardless of character or past his
tory, no matter where born, so long
as said white person is opposed to
the progress of the Negro. The
Democratic South of o.day domi-
mates the country. Gorman, Till
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24
AaaIns, tho newes, mernoa..

The greatest boons that medicine
has ever conferred upon humanity
have been met at first with the most
violent opposition. amounting in some
cases almost to persecution. When
Pare introduced the ligature he was
greeted with a perfect storm of ridi-
cule and abuse. and finally, in self-de-
Tense had to show that the idea was
not strictly original. hut might be
traced in the writings of Hippocrates.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

To the Ell Paso County Democrat
In your issue of February D,
1906, there appeared an article
headed, Some Reasons for Re
publican Success you say the
Republican party is dominant in
this country at present, and,
whether right or wrong great
many thousand people in coun-
try of this size are always ready to
stand up and be counted in that
Band Wagon which is in the lead,
that is the only reason the Repub-
licans are dominant.
-Four other reasons are that for
over 40 years it has been success
full in making the old soldiers and
the Negroes believe that the Re
publican party was responsible for
their existence" Now in regard
to the old soldiers. a majority of
whom arc white, [ have but little
to say; as [ am fully convinced
that they are in position to an
swer for themselves. Not so with
the unfortunate Negro. | can say
without fear of contradiction that
the Negro's opportunities for stat
ing his side of any question, es-
pecially through the white news
papers, is indeed very limited and
to my personal knowledge the El
Paso County Democrat is the first
white paper of any prominence in
Ell Paso County to offer space in
its columns fo1 the defense of my
race without strings attached.
1t is true that a large percentage
of the Negro vote in the states
where their right of suffrage are
permitted naturally goes to the
Republican party, from the fact
that it was the Republicans party
that placed every law upon the
statute book that has in any way
been of advantage to the Negro
politically. The Republican par
ty has held that the Negro who
was able to withstand the horrors
of war, such as he experienced
during the latter years Of the
Great American Rebellion. ought
to at least have an opportunity OF
casting his ballot for the party OF
his choice. The Republican par.
ty believed at the time the law
giving the Negro right of suffrage
was enacted if he was brave
enough and good enough to de.
fend the flag and fight to over.
throw an institution that he of all
people was the most interested in
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24
NO. 26.
, RACE NEWS
, Gathered from Various Sources.

The Rev. J. W. Pollett, pastor
of st. Luke's African Methodist
Episcopal church Harrisburg, Pa,
was shot by his sixteen-year-old
wife last Saturday morning at their
residence, the bullet lodging in
Pollett's right arm, causing a COM
pound fracture. The woman was
married less than a year ago, and
was formerly in the chorus of
Williams and Walker, the colored
comedians. Pollett says he
knows of no reason for his wife's
attempt on his life. She is in Jail
on a charge of felonious assault
and battery.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

Henry Guy Carleton of jackson.
vile. Fla, in letter to the New
York Sun writes that God has
given no race monopoly of the
noble trait of bravery He says:
How many towards. brown or
white, showed in the trenches of
Port Arthur or on the plains of
Liaoyang? How many black pol
troons when the colored cavalry
charged at our puny skirmish at
Continued to 4th page
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

South controls the politics of the
United States, as far as it con-
Germs the Negro. Why has the
South such an immense inhuense
in shaping the Nations life?
Neither since or before the Civil
War could it boast of greater terri
tory, population or wealth than the
North. Indeed, that section of
the country has never had super
abundance of anything which tru-
ly constitutes a people great or
mighty, and yet the Wilmont Pro-
viso, the Fugitive Slave Law and
the Missouri Compromise were
concessions made to the Demo-
Gratis of the South. The South has
never compared with the North in
wealth, manufactures. skilled arti-
sanship, nor even in its product of
the soil, and yet it dominated the
legislature of the country before
the Civil War and controls the
policy of the Nation today, as far
as it affects the Negro. After an
exhausting four years war, in
which it secured everything it de-
signed, slavery alone excepted. it
defies the constitution and is doing
as it pleases. Witness the amend
ed constitutions of the Southern
states by which three white men
in the South exercises the same
suffrage powers that seven white
men do in the North. More than
two-score congressman of the
South to-day are occupying seats
in Congress who have no more le-
gal rights to them than the Gar
of Russia. The South has always
dominated the country, and to-day
the old soldiers and the Republi-
cans of the North stand idly by
and witness the usurpation of So
called reconstructed rebels, who
were subdued, but not conquered
by the result of the war. Now.
don't understand me to be sore on
Southern people as a whole, for |
am not Some of my best and
truest friends are people who re-
side in the mountains of Tennessee
and the sandy plains of Georgia.
| My object in placing the above
matter before the reading public
is for the purpose of explaining
why the Negro supports the Re-
publican ticket. The Negro con-
siders, and [ believe justly, that
the Democratic party, under ITS
present control of ignorance and
prejudiced men, is against his in
terests and welfare.
What the people of the South
most need is more intelligent
preachers and unprejudiced teach
ers, less hell fire and damnation
for the future and more fairness
and good fellowship for the pres
ent. Eliminate politics from the
race question and endeavor to give
every man a square deal.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24
SOME OTHER REASONS FOR
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS.

W. H. Duncan of Colorado Springs and President of The
Western Negro Press Association, in a Letter to
the E Paso County Democrat Defends the Ne
gro for Supporting the Republican Party.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

Nenia, O.--For several years
past two or three colored men have
been especially interested in find
ing employment outside of domes-
tic circles. A few month ago these
men succeeded in interesting
Messrs. Flynn, Tresize and Drees,
of the Nenia Shoe Manufacturing
Co, in opening up a branch fac
tory for the employment of colored
girls, who are now unemployed
and anxious to work. The pro-
ject was considered favorably, and
as result the factory is now in
operation, the second story of the
old Trebeins mill on South Detroit
street having been fitted up and
equipped with machinery. The
room is nice and clean. well light
ed, etc, and will accommodate 200
girls when in full capacity
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-24

The Baltimore Sun says that on
Thursday March l. j. j. Mccarthy
and another white man. advance
agentsof Tom Dixon's "Clansman."
were obliged to leave the st. James
hotel there because "every Negro
in the place from the head waiter
down TO the bell boy refused to do
anything for them" on account of
their connection with the play.
The Sun says that MCCARTHY
complained to MIR. Samanni, the
proprietor of the hotel, but he
said that he could do nothing
with the walters" so the gents (?)
took the train for New York. Be
fore leaving they paid their re-
spects" to the white sentimental
list" (who they claimed were the
Constitutional League that put
Negroes up to it, in that way
seeking to strike Mr.. Dixon Il
blow in the back
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29
HUNT FOR BRE'R FOX;
FIND BRE'R RACCOON.
Mrs. Gostlin Plans Unique Enter
tainment Which Diverts Society
Women-Mrs. Harrington Re-
warded With the Brush"

Harrison park was the scene OF
a unique fox hunt which was the
feature of party by Mrs. w. H.
Gostlin to the members of the Maya
zine Club and other invited guests
yesterday afternoon.
Instead of the conventional rid
ing habit worn at a fox hunt, the
guests arrived dressed in cool white
summer gowns apparently not ex-
pecting the strenuous hunt which
was to follow.
The rules OF the chase were that
the hunt for the fox should be car
ried on within the confines of Harri-
son park with the Gostlin lawn as
the central point from which the
search should be made.
After the hundred or more in
vited guests had assembled, groups
of dozen or more ladies would
make short excursions into the park
across the street and search through
the bushes for the fox that was sup
posed to be hiding there.
Suddenly off in the underbrush
was heard a surprised little oh"
and Mrs Harrington of AZ Doty
street triumphantly announced that
she had found the fox.
The ladies gathered around a ter
rified little beast chained to small
willow tree and were too much
afraid of it to attempt to claim their
quarry.
But it wasn't fox they had hunt
ed for. the covering little beast that
was surrounded by the elite of Ham
mond's society and had suddenly be-
come it's center of attraction, was
nothing but coon.
After the excitement of the chase
refreshments were served to the
ladies on the lawn and the advent
ures of the hunt as subject for con-
versation caused considerable merri-
ment.
Mrs. Harrington was presented
with the coon as the prize for her
valor as huntswoman, but strange
to say she did not take it home with
her that afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29
Gary News
GARY's FIRST DEATH.
John Collins, Well Known in Ham
mond, Dies of Fatty Degeneration
of the Heart.

Gary has only begun to build a
city for the living when it must lay
out a city for the dead.
joni Collins was stricken with
heart trouble while at work. His
fellow workmen hurridly placed him
in buggy and started with him to
Tolleston, the nearest place where
a doctor could be found.
But the effort to obtain medical
aid was unavailing for Collins died
on the way. He was taken to Under
taker C. A. Johnson of Whiting
where Coroner Hoskin took charge
of the body.
Collins was well known here
where he worked for Dan Bush in
West Hammond and ]. H. Prohl of
this city. His father is farmer
living near Tolleston.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29
G. A. R. NOTICE

w. H. calkins Post No. 502, C.
A. r., extends cordial invitation
to all veterans of the Civil war,
Spanish American war, and ladies of
w. R. c. of Hammond, Whiting,
Robertsdale and Hegewisch to meet
at Memorial hall, superior court
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29
CITIZENS GERMAN
NATIONAL BANK.

Report of the Condition of The Cit
IEens German National Bank at Ham
mond in the State of Indiana at the
close of business June 18th 1906.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29
Money to Loan

In any amount on short notice, on
real estate or personal property, by
stinson Bros. Attorneys at Law,
Stenographer and notary In Office. AL
inquiries strictly confidential. Suite
los, First National Bank Building,
Hammond Ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29

Loans and Discounts 52.3s1sO
u. S. Bonds to secure Cir
culation 100000
Premium on U. S. Bonds 96S.75
Banking House Furniture &
Fixtures 977.27
Due from Approved reserve
Agents 40,4S4.76
Checks and other Cash items s,452.50
Fractional paper, currency,
Nickels and Cents S35.5S
Specie 11,2O5.0O
Legal Tender Notes 100000
Redemption fund with u. s.
Treasurer p. c. of circulation
$4,000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29
BANK STATEMENTS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

Report of the condition of National Bank
in the State of Indiana. the close
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29

house. on Sunday morning, July 1st,.
at 10 o'clock to attend in body,
patriotic services at the Presbyterian
church, Rev. W. E. Shirley oficiat-
ing. John NJ. Krause.
Post Adjutant.
Geo. E. Jaqua, Post Commander.
LAKE COUNTY TIMES GETS THE
NEWS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29

State of Indiana, County of Lake, IS.
|, John w. Dyer. Cashier of the
Commercial Bank, Hammond, Ind.
do solemly swear that the above
statement is true.
Jno. w. Dyer
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 21st day of June 1906.
Walter H. Hammond
ISeal] Notary Public
My commission expires Dec. IL, 1906.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-29

the State of Indiana, at the close of
business on June IS, 1905.
Resources
Loans and Discounts $63S,578.25,
Overdrafts, 5OO4
Stocks and Bonds 1O,O97.14
Furniture and Fixtures, 100000
Due from Banks. 139,69S.S4
Cash on Hand, 16,456.3S
$808.SSO.65
Liabilities
Capital Stock, 100000
Surplus Fund, 100000
Undivided Profits 1916
Discount Exchange and
Interest 13,356.02
Certified Checks 1O6.67
Deposits, 67O.256.4O