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The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21

pastor till | can return to Arizona.
He had the Endorsement of Rev. A.
Wagner and the church in Phoenix
with which he was associated and
has the support of some of the
most progressive people of the
town. heuce | reason they will
make rapid progress.
After leaving Tucson [ stopped
in Douglass, Ariz. At this thriv-
ing smelter town on the extreme
Southern border of the territory,
we have several earnest members
and well to do families, who wish
ed to have the A. M. E. church or
ganized there 1 spoke two nights,
one night at the G. M. E. church
and one at Bro. E. d. Fails. [ or
ganized church here, we have
ten members, but so earnest are
they, one brother said he would
have a church here if he had to
build it at night. Most of our
force here are property owners.
l also met the good wife of Rev.
j. III. Brown of Wards Mission,
Denver. She asked me about her
husband and said she very much
desired to see him. 1 left Doug
lass and stopped over few hours
in Ell Paso, Texas. Rev. Howard,
pastor of the A. M. E. church, es-
corted me around. He seems to
have the situation well in hand to
build us new church which is
badly needed in this thriving city
of $4,000 souls.
On the train, l met a young
man, Mr.. E. d. Williams, of Las
Cruces, n. NJ. He says a few in
dustrious people can certainly do
we'll in his town. Hei is a barber
and also runs a restaurant.
l next stopped short while in
Albuquerque, N. NJ, where L pas
tored three years, but the place
had undergone a complete change
for the good. Santa Fe, N. NJ,
was my next stop. Here | met
w. HI. Kerr and family, and the
family of the late w. j. Slaughter,
both highly respected and are do
ing a good barber business. Mr.
Kerr says he can vouch that San
ia Fe, is second to no town in the
United States for business oppor-
tunities for wide awake colored
men. He can use two good bar
bers-good wages.
A very general interest was man
ifest in our meetings in Arizona
wherever we attempted to hold
services. The Governor of Arizo-
ma, Hon. j. H Kibbey, gave me a
letter commencing my work to the
people of his domain, and wishing
the A. NJ. E. church success. l
was entertained at the home of
Prof. j. w jenkins during my
stay: also had invitations at the
homes of many others where ex-
cellent repasts were served.
l promised the good people of
Tucson | would return to them
again to continue the good work
so we'll begun by the earnest young
people of that thriving town.
j. w. SANDERS.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21

Plainfeld, n. j., April 12.-
Plainfeld is swamped with hun-
dreds of Negroes, members of the
Church of God and Saints of
Christ, who claim that the only
genuine Jews are Negroes. So
many of them have come here
from many parts of the country to
celebrate the passover that all the
lodging houses are filled and 500
men, women and children are
walking the streets tonight, with
no place to sleep. The members
of the church, who wash each 9TH
ers' feet and kiss each other on
meeting, assert that Solomon and
Abraham were Negroes and that
Continued to 4th page)
The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21

New Orleans, April 9.-Nurses
in the jackson sanitarium have
gone on a strike because a Negro
patient was admitted to one of the
wards. Nurses quit in a body de-
claring that they did not intend to
wait on Negroes. The patient was
railroad employe on one of the
roads with which the white nurses
were ordered to attend the man.
The strike followed. The officers
made a compromise proposition
under, which the white nurses will
take the temperature and admins
ter 'hypodermics, but will do moth
ing else for Negro patients.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21

Mr. Ralph w Smith whose above is the people,
candidate for School Board of Denver Mr. Smith is
both worthy and qualified discharge the satisfaction
his Denver the
duties of this office. He law Vice President ana
General Western Manager of the National Sury Company OF New
York and member of the State Board of Parons He is
thoroughly all relating the
growth of Denver ucaona commercially and socially He has
the educational problems fecng primary and secondary
and higher education and the relation and primal needs of each Ill
their successive order
The wsest provision of order sanitation grading advancement
moral influence justice and promotion will receive the most careful
attention his hands, will credit the good and dis
eliminating judgment and intelligence the voters of Denver
Mr. Smith the School Board should help put him
there
The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21

In addition to the four Afro
Americans assigned to type-setting
machines in the government print
ing office Public Printer Shilling
has appointed about ten colored
men as caster operators. They
take charge of the spools of perfor-
ated paper from the keyboard oper-
ators, and through some intricate
process cast the same into type.
The men are giving satisfaction.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21
New Solution

Of Negro Problem Suggested by Wm Shaw, who says
Mob Rule will Prevail and that We can only Sc
cure Justice by Maintaining Gov
ernment of Our Own.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21

The Negroes of Cherryvale, Kas.
are inaugurating an industrial
movement which they intend to
carry into all the Southern and
Southwestern States. The plan
is to raise money and establish
factories to employ Negroes, to
buy farms and sell lots to them
on small monthly payments and to
encourage in Negroes generally a
spirit of industry and frugality.
An organization has been affected
and a company chartered with an
authorized capital of S1,000,0O0.
The shares are being sold at par.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.

nUR school teachers are much in earnest in
- their requests for increases in their salaries.
They are worse off than they were ten years ago.
Like all others outside OF members Of the unions,
they find that with wages the same, they are
much poorer than they were a few years ago. The
dollar is worth great deal less than it was ten
years ago. Yet we read OF prosperity every.
where The trusts and the big corporations are
rolling in money. Some Of them have made so
much that they have largely Increased their divi-
dends on watered stocks and they are seeking
new fields to get rid of their money. The prob
lem for the teachers, however is likely to be
raised at the next session Of the legislature. The
question then to be asked will be where is the
extra money coming from? The tax payers of
this city will not relish an increased tax rate.
SAILS of properties here Of late do not indicate
advance in values of the ordinary property. Under
equitable system of taxation in Delaware there
would be no difficulty experienced in giving the
teachers higher pay But the wealthiest and rich
est Of our corporations avoid payment of their
share of taxes and if more expenses are added to
the city they will try to make the small property
holder and the man who owns his little home
bear the additional burden.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
RAILROADS READY
TOINCREASE WAGES

The railroads Of the entire country
stand ready to accept the standard Of
wages set by the Pennsylvania and grant
their employees an Increase Of 10 per cent,
in lieu Of all other demands. The melon
which the rairods are willing to cut and
to divide among more than 1.296,O00 en-
ployes would aggregate between $S1,0O),O
and SS2,O0o0O0 annually. This sum the
roads are ready TO give the large army
of employees. provided the latter viii ac-
cept it and cease for tine time bringing
any further demands for Increases in all
branches Of the railway service.
Several railway magnates have already
taken action in the matter and have de-
cided to grant the increase if the matter
can be arranged amieably with their
employees
The magnitude Of the concession to la
Dor is understood when it is stated that
the increase will amount to a dividend
Of nearly IA per cent on all the capital
stock of the entire railroad systems OF
the country and to nearly 81 per cent. OF
the amount of dividends declared and
paid on that stock for the year 1876.
There has not been concerted action
on the part of the railroads, but the
question of increase IN wages has beer
the subject OF discussion In many meet
ings held among the Western presidents
and executive officials at Chicago and
among the Eastern men at New York.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
Monday, November I9, 1906.
BIG DAY For FOOTBALL.

c ATURDAY was great day for admirers Of
- football and the revised game added to the
laurels it already has achieved. The most inter-
est in this section centered around the combat at
Princeton where the Blue of Yale and the Orange
and Black OF Old Nassau fought it out in the
presence OF twenty-five thousand spectators. The
result was drawn battle although the victory of
Princeton had been forshadowed, based upon the
records Of the two teams. 1t was wonderful
sight and one that can be witnessed only occa-
sionaly-the gathering Of so much Drawn and
muscle and the collection of such lively and
spirited crowd. Football has a hold upon a large
element Of the population that cannot be shaken.
The University Of Pennsylvania recovered
something Of her lost prestige on Saturday by de
feating the Michigan team. The latter was
cracked up as a wonderful aggregation of western
football players. When, however, the recent re-
cord Of Michigan was examined there was found
nothing upon which could be based the claims
that Michigan had very strong team. The
Michigan men made no such pretensions them
selves, but the admirers of Old Penn DID, so that
the victory of Penn would seem the greater lust
how Penn has improved will be authoritively set
tied at the Cornell game on Thanksgiving, but
there is little doubt that the Philadelphia boys
have shown vast improvement
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
O'MARA TALKS ABOUT THAW
Pittsburs Detective Says Slayer Of
White Will be Released.

.PITTSBURG, Nov 10. - Roger
O'Mara, detective, has returned from
what win probably be his last inter-
view with Harry Thaw before Thaw
is placed on trial in New York on
December 3. O'Mara said Thaw is
ready for the trial and thinks his re-
lease is only question of time.
Asked II preparations had been COM
pleted for the trial. O'Mara said;
1--WE are ready to disprove everything
the prosecution might try to prove.
We have the witnesses to do it, but
more than that cannot say, for II is
up to the attorneys to make the de-
fense on the insanity plea or the de-
tending -his-wife's-honor plan, or what
ever they intend doing"
O'Mara said he thought the young
man who killed Stanford White was
getting the worst Of il in the press of
the country. He said.
"Those stories about Thaw arrang-
ing for a Christmas dinner with his
family in the Lorraine are nonsensical.
They have too much sense to count on
AN uncertainty. There might be a de-
lay in the trial l don't know that
Thaw ordered five or six new suits 10
ATTEND the trial as is reported. I hard
ly think he did. He always had plenty
or clothes and still has them. As
for his arranging a Christmas dinner
for the prisoners in the Tomhs. l don't
know. He's always good TO everybody
Harry is in better health than I ever
saw him. He goes to bed and gets up
lat regular hours. has regular exercise
and plenty of good air and has the
best Of meals sent in"
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
HELp THOSE WHO HELp YOU.

IT HERE are some merchants in Wilmington
u who are so bitterly opposed to organized
labor that they will not advertise in a union paper
and in effect say that they do not care for the
patronage Of the thousands OF readers OF paper
that employs union labor and is striving TO in
crease the wages OF every worIdngman in Will
mngton. The Journal is the only union news
paper in this city. Not one of the other papers
recognize union labor and by their example urge
all manufacturers and employers Of labor TO have
nothing to do with organized labor We are
alone in this mater which is OF so much import
anoe to every wage Garner in our city. The great
majority OF our thousands of readers are the plain
every day working people They are our friends
and we are proud of them. To the last ditch we
Will hght for that which is for their good and
benefit and will oppose at any cost that which
IS against their interests. Those who help sup
port the Journal indirectly aid the cause of labor
and those who are against the Journal and what
is stands for, refusing to recognize it or advertise
in its columns, not in sympathy with the in
terests and welfare of workingmen Under these
circumstances we are sure that every reader and
friend OF the Journal will feel that he should favor
those merchants who advertise in our columns
They arc, like our subscribers, our friends. .ei
as stand together In union there is strength
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
The MarrisseabIe Age.

Editor The Evening Journal.
The only sensible suggestion made az
the nonsensical National Congress on
Uniform Divorce, was that offered by
Miss Siegel, the only woman speaker,
who, In a discussion Of the clause in
the proposed uniform divorce law an
nulling the marriage OF a girl under
the age Of 16, contended that 16 years
for the girl was all right Others con-
tended that IL should be IS. A couple
OF years ago the Governor OF Maryland
created quite a stir by declaring that
no girl should marry until she is at
least 26. Others have put the limit at
80.
II is hardly probable that any con-
servative mind would advocate a law
making the limit under 16 years Six
teen Is rather young, but it Is not all
ways too young. It depends entirely
upon the girl. II a girl is to be sem
sible at all, she will be sensible at 16.
Many girls have more sense at that
age than later in life. Some women at
60 persuade themselves into believing
that they are not too old to marry. If
a girl al 16 desires to marry she should
be allowed to do so, unless the cir
cumstances OF the case make the step
evidently wrong
Yours respectfully,
A. 7. L.
Wilmington, November 16.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
casteIInne Verdict.

Z The International tragedy furnished by
the houses Of Gould and CastellAne ends
with a little comic relief VIII ch is well
come. Il Is provided by the French tr b
unal which has adiudicated the matri
monial matters Of the unfortunate Anne
and the preposterous Boni. Although tint
noble wife-beater Is found guilty and tns
relief. prayed for by the American
Countess is nomlnally granted, there is
some balm both for the loss OF his chill
dren and his separation from his prolific
base Of supplies. The Count may see his
progeny at frequent intervals for manS
hours, having none Of the responsibility
for their uphrnging but much of the plea.
sure of their companonship. They may
not be taken out Of France without tn
consent Of the noble spendthrift and d,s
bauchee. Brightest side of al to the PEN
niless De Castellane is the basis thus ar
forded for private financial negotiation
with his wife II is reported that TINS Wit
be worth not less than $4,000 year-New
York Press
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
WILL NOT MARRY DIVORCES
Nebraska Episcopal cIsrsymsn Sign a
Pledge

OMAHA. Nov Divorces who want
to remarry with the Episcopal cere-
mony are to have a hard time in this
state. Hereafter only four Episcopal
clergymen IN the state will marry a
man or woman who has a divorced
partner living, no matter what the
cause of divorce.
Bishop George Worthington of the
Nebraska diocese, who lives at the
Manhatten hotel. New York city. sign
ed a pledge that he would never again
perform the marriage ceremony for a
divorcee. Coadjutor Bishop Williams
followed and then every Episcopal
priest in the state except four, attach
ed his name TO the document. which
viii be read in all the Episcopal
churches next Sunday.
The action came after an all days
discussion by the clergy, who met here
to see Bishop Worthington, who is pay
ing his annual visit TO his diocese.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
Editorial Opinion
Japan's NavaI strenath.

n. Y. Herald.
The successful launching Of the
largest Dattleship m the world is an
achievement Of which the japanese
may well be proud. What adds TO
the extraordinary character OF the in
cident is the fact that the vessel has
been constructed at a home dock yard
and is to be armed and equipped 10 a
large degree with home material.
II is no wonder, therefore, that the
occasion was deemed worthy OF the
presence of the Emperor and his court
and that national holiday was de-
creed. We can view with unabated in
terest this new evidence Of Japan's ad-
vance IN material conquests. We were
the first nation 10 lend her helping
hand In the hour Of her new birth and,
despite the friction that may be engsn-
dered East or West by temporary cir.
cumstances, the great sea power Of the
Orient cannot doubt the good viii and
honest Intentions of this country.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
BRINGING THEM no THE BAR.

T HE war against discriminating railway COM
= panies throughout the West continues The
special United States grand jury at Minneapolis
has found indictments in fourteen cases cover
ing rebates given by certain railroads and the
receiving OF them by grain firms and individuals
The Great Northern appears to be the chief Of
lender. -Four indictments with seventy-eight
counts have been returned against it. It is to
De hoped that the prosecutions Of these compan-
les will be pushed with vigor Nothing could
be more obnoxious than the system Of rebatine
that has long been practced by the railroad cor
porations' and thanks to the courage of Presi-
dent Roosevelt the evil will be checked
Rebating is the favorte method OF the preda-
tory corporations in throtting business COM
munity and in building up the criminal trusts
It IS more offensive because the transportation
iaeihties OF the country are practical monopoly.
Inc railroad companies have it in their power
to say whether man or a firm or a corporation
SHAH engage IN business or not The independ-
ents fate rests in their hands Ii is far too great
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
Personal and Pertinent

Now the farmers and the festive dancer
hops and the stores begin TO show Christmas things
ana the preachers grin with gee. they pocket many
fee from the fellows and the girls with wedding rings
soon the turkey brown will greet us, many get ap-
pendcits for the day draws nigh give thanks;
but from year TO It's thus so we needn't make
fuss but try to leave some surplus in the banks
starley.
one Of the affable and efficient ofncias in the
city employ House Sergeant Tucker Of the Police De-
partment Big and broad shoudered the personi-
hcaton Of good nature his heart matches his body
He frequently entertans his friends with stories Of which
he has plenty and strangers information are
met by him and answered In manner evineing read
mess do all in his power ohlge. To sum up Ser
geant Tucker is indeed the right re right place
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
MILLIONS FOR LUXURIES
Precious Stones and Women's Finsry
on Even Terms for First Place.


WASHINGTON. Nov. 1s.-Luxuries
were purchased by the United States
from abroad to the extent Of one hun
dred million dollars during the fiscal
year 1906, according to the tabulations
of the Bureau of Statistics Of the De-
partment Of Commerce and Labor
These "luxuries" are classified as dia-
monds and other precious, stones, of
which S4O,OOOO0O was imported; laces,
lodgings, embroideries and ribbons,
$4,000, 600.
Feathers, natural and artificial az
100000; champagne, s6,00O,O0O, and
miscellaneous, such as perfumeries, toi-
let articles, smokers articles and opium
for smoking, made up the balance.
Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes were
imported to the value of S25,000 O00
This is more than double the amount
spent abroad for such articles a decade
ago. The item Of largest increase in
the above list is said to be diamonds
as the value OF 1896 did not reach SS,-
100000.
Opium for smoking was imported IN
the fiscal year Just ended to the value
of $3.50. 900. as comparaa with $4,000
i'm 1896. The bulk Of things classed
as Injuries, other than tobacco. came
from Europe. the diamonds from the
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bel
.gum and France. Ninety-five per cent
of the imported tobacco for cigar wrap
pers grew in Sumatra.
Evening journal., 1906-11-19

BE- President Gompers, at the meeting of the
American Federation Of Labor, has been upheld
in his desire to formulate a political program for
the Federation. He carried the Federation upon
this point by large majority Gompers is not
daunted by the apparent non success OF the LABOR
campaign conducted previous to the recent cleo
ton Mitchell, in urging the mine workers to
support their own congressional candidates, eX-
erted more influence. The Federation should it
enter politics in earnest, would WELD powerful
influence that would have to be reckoned with
bY other parties
Evening journal., 1906-11-19
BELLS MALEvoLENcE AGAIN.

nJR attention has just been called to another
- contemplate efusion from the editorial
slime pot of Jerome B. Bell We promised our
readers some time ago to spare them from fur
ther notice of Bell We have borne his unmerited
slurs in silence, thinking perhaps such action on
our part would suggest to him our desire to let
him alone, and to be let alone, which hint is
always sufficient for gentleman, However, with
out warrant or cause Bell goes out of his way to
strike us. We are now considering whether we
shall ask our readers to overlook our promise just
once and let us reply to Bell. If we do strike
back there will be Something doin'," and it will
be mighty entertaining reading to every one, ex-
cepting perhaps the hypocritcal, cynical, egotst-
cal and malevolent Bell