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and the Negro editor has the most
unthankful task of any of them. still
we have chosen the profession AM
we have agreed to accept its bur
dens ana pay it's penalties.
Colored men down here should
realize that their condition at this
time is closely akin 10 that OF the
early settlers of this country. when
the Indians were around. II one
Indian committed crime. any 9TH
er Indian would do TO Kill Go get
even by making him pay the penalty
The Indian adopted the same poll
cy I'm dealing with the white man.
We wish Dir. Barber success in
his new home and we sympathize
with him in his present embarrass-
ment.
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EDITOR BARBER LEAVES.

Mr. j. Max Barber has been force
TO leave Atlanta. Georgia due it is
alleged 20 his receiving a threaten
ing communication from unknown
parties warning him that 10 remain
there longer, would result in his
death. 1t seems that he lost no
time in locating in a more congen-
i2l neighborhoid and It is announced
10 uie@ sSROiee Of the Negro" Of
,a De,ahey client publication he is
'edh5oydOi1 be published in Chicago,
Illinois
= ~Fsow much longer will this spe-
cies Of ostracism be permitted to
continue2 Property and human
rights are becoming valueless and a
citizens accumulation of a life
time may be wiped out in a night.
This is the second editor of colored
publications who has been forced to
leave the Southland, where free
speech is no longer to be tolerated.
President Roosevelt is busily engag.
ed in pacifying the Cubans and in
eliminating the Fillipinos by benev-
client assimilation and yet by the
DEGREES of the Supreme Court of
the United States. he is powerless
70 bring about a change for the bet.
ter in his own land.
The liberal minded white men
are equally impotent They give
us advice and openly contend for
the law, but when the mob is assail-
ing us their support is of a negative
sort until after the damage is done
and many of us have joined the ST.
lent majority on the other side. We
insist that colored leaders must
stand ready to make the sacrifice
and die IL need be in behalf of their
people. Many of them are unthank
full we know for services rendered
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Dr. Robert II. wyiie. who with DR..
Webb had cared for Mrs. Davis
throughout her illness.
Mrs. jefferson Davis was born at
Matches. Miss. May Z. 1926. the daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. William Burr
Howell. She was educated at Madame
Greland's school IN Philadelphia. and
by private teachers at home. and was
married February %. 1S45. in Warren
county. Miss. 10 Jefferson Davis.
In November OF that year Davis was
elected 90 congress. but resigned in
1876 10 go TO the Mexican war. from
which be returned severely wounded.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis lived for some
time on Mr.. Davis plantation I'm War
rem county. Miss. and Mrs. Davis went
with her husband 10 Washington when
he was elected United States senator
in lS47, and remained there while he
served as senator and secretary OF
war.
In 1861 Davis became an interna.
tional figure when he was elected pres.
ident OF the Confederate states. From
then until 1865 he and Mrs. Davis
maintained the presidential mansion
in Richmond. but tho capture OF her
husband and the refusal OF the United
States authorities 20 permit her TO be
with him during the first year began
the tragedy OF hcr life. During the
second year OF his imprisonment. how
! ever. she was permitted 20 remain
with him at Fortress Monroe. and after
his freedom accompanied him 20 Eng
land, where they lived from 1867 20
1870. They returned and lived In Mem
phis. Tenn. for eight years. when they
| finally removed 10 the Davis planta-
ton. at Beauvoir Station. on the Mis-.
sissippi coast. Here Mrs. Davis be
came amenuenSis for her husband
when he wrote his Decline and Fall
Of the Confederate Government" She
herself was decidedly literary in her
tastes, and after Mr. Davis death. an
1889. eked out her scanty income by
her work with the pen. Besides the nu-
merous magazine articles which she
wrote her most notable work Is JET
ferson Davis; a Memoir by His Wife"
Mrs. Davis interest In the Confed-
crate veterans has always been most
marked. and they in their turn long
tried 70 secure for her a pension which
would permit her 10 spend her declin-
ing years In comfort. This. however.
was found 10 be impossible on account
OF constitutional impediments In the
southern states. and in 1894 the move
ment had 20 be abandoned. Mrs. Davis
consented 10 the sale OF her beautiful
estate at Beauvior in order that Il
should be converted into a home for
| Confederate veterans. and in countless
other ways she has shown for them
the solicitude that will make her death
mourned throughout the south.
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POISONED DRINKING WATER
Woman Put Paris Green In Well For
"Devllment."

"DeNilment."
Baltimore. Oct 1T.-Detectives are
engaged in investigating the alleged
attempt of somebody 20 poison the
family of L. Stanley Gary. at Clear.
field. Baltimore county. by putting
paris green into the drinking water
well. Mr.. Gary is the only son OF
former Postmaster General James A.
Gary and is a prominent business man
OF this city. The poison was discov-
cred by the gardener when he drew a
bucket of water He noticed that the
surface was covered with a greenish
substance. which proved 20 be paris
green. Mr.. Gary and the gardener
made an investigation ane found that
about a pound OF the stuff had been
taken from the tool house and thrown
into the spring.
Later Il was learned that Mrs. VIII
liam Dengert, the SS,fe OF the gar
dener. had admitted putting the paris
green IN the well. Her purpose IL was
said was TO revenge herself upon an
other servant lxith whom she had
some trouble by having the blame put
upon that person.
Several circumstances connected
with the case seem 10 bear out this
theory. although the woman herself
did IL for devilment" Mr.. Gary and
the police believe the act was the re-
suit OF dementia. Mrs Bengert Is said
20 have shown evidences of an unbal-
anced mind recently.
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BRAVERY ExESiPLIFIED.

One OF our daily journals an
nounced double lyncbing i'm Ar
kansas as next" but up to this time.
we have not seen that 10 has taken
place. IL seems that across the
Arkansas River near Little Rock In
en- alteration in the undertaking
rooms of the Colum brothers over
the remains of g coloreJ man. Who
had been killed by a white man
one of the Column brothers was shot
and killed Policeman Lindsay and
other officers attempted TO arrest
the other two brothers October 9th.
1900. Knowing that 10 submit
would mean q lynchinr. the broth.
ers barricaded themselves i'm their
establishment and when attacke
opened fire upon their assaflants
dangerously woundinE Policeman
Lindsay of Argentina. whom the re-
port said. at that time was lying
dangerously wounded in front of the
Colum Brothers store and no one
dared to approach near enough to
remove him.
The attacking party had great re-
spoct for the Column Brothers shoot
ing irons" and none OF them seem
eI willing 20 accept free OF charge
one OF this firms late style baskets
II was decided by the attacking par.
IS TO dynamite the store. This
plan was adopted. but upon search
ing the place &c was found that the
Colum Brothers had escaped.
Up 60 this writing. we have seen
no account OF their having been APP
pretended. II seems 90 as that they
adopted the only proper course
These men who masquerade as ON.
GERS Of the law. ana who are nothing
more nor less than advance agents
Of lynching parties should be taught
lesson.
AN of them have great respect
for the Colum Brothers and even
were they captured. their punish.
ment viii be less severe than IL
would Dee had they fawned. cringec
and died like ours or been hanged
and cremated in accordance with
the custom now prevailing in many
OF the Southern states.
Responsible colorel men. those
engaged I'm legitimate and lawful
pursuits. stand up and be counted
Meet the issue squarely with IN,
lawless white elements of the Souti
land. realizing that we have frien 3.
among the better classes OF white
people and that we can feel assured
OF their sympathy i'm all cases where
We can prove without a shadow oil
a doubt that we are doing right in
defending our homes against ire
sponsible parties.
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A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursdax. October Il.

The first snow of the season fell at
Altoona. Pa. on Wednesday.
The 42d annual convention Of the
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School As
ISOLATION was held at Gettysburg.
Miss Florence Mcdonald, q chorus
girl. was killed by falling from a
fourth-story window OF a hotel IN Chi
cago.
Two men were killed and FIVE seri-
ously injured by an explosion OF a
blast furnace OF the Illinois Steel com.
pany In Chicago
United States Senator Beveridge is
III at the home OF George Baker, at
Boston. and all HIS campaign engage
ments for 10 days have been Cancelled.
Friday, October H.
The stockholders OF the Norfolk g.
Western railroad voted to issue s34..
100000 of additional stock.
Norman Luby. of Newark. N. j.. said
to be wanted by the police OF that city.
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200 DEMENT'S FoR HAzINe
MIdshipman Receives Maximum Sen
tence For Light Offense.

Annapolis. Md, Oct. 17.-Midship
man r. p. Cutler, Jr.. of Calias. o.. was
given 200 dement's for hazing Godfrey
Dec. Chavalier, of the fourth class.
Guiler's offense was In going to Cha
valier's room and applying a nick
name 10 him. The punishment is the
maximum for light offenses and is the
first 10 be administered by Admiral
Sands under the new law which gives
the superintendent Of the academy au.
thority TO deal with cases OF a mild
character.
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SUBMARINE BOAT DISAPPEARS
French Ship Out For Experiment
Piunces MISSING.

French Ship Out For Experiment
Plunses Missing.
Bisert Tunis. oct 1.-THE French
submarine Lutin left this port for
plunging experiments. Signals re
ceived Tuesday night reported her dis
appearance. Two torpedo boats and
three tugs have gone out in search OF
the submarine. No further news OF her
has been received.
10 now seems almost certain that the
crew OF the Lutin has suffered a fate
similar % that which overlook the
crew of the submarine Farfadet here
last year The crew of tho Lutin mum.
bered 70 men. under command OF Lieu.
tenant phoepcn.
Admiral BeIue. commander Of the
Tunis naval division. wAS -1nt out
on board a tue. returned and said that
OWNS 20 the heavy seas and the OBJ
scprity IL was Impossible 20 continue
operations until dawn. The tugs and
torpedo boats. however. will remain
near the place where the Lutin made
her FINAL plunge all through the night
One OF these boats reports that it's
drag encountered resistance as though
a vessel were lying at the bottom.
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SATURDAY. OCT eOTH. 1906
DYNANnTING \ COLLEGE.

There is no disgusting the fact. Tao
conditions in the South have become
serious and the attitude OF the Ne
graduating portion OF the white
population in this fair and sunny
land alarmingly belligerent II
calls for radical action on the part
OF the authorities and a conserva-
tive. but positive attitude on the
part OF the colored people who are
the victims OF their outrageous ac-
tions
One OF the most jastarjiy crimes
as yet perpetrated is reported from
Seneca. South Carolina. Harren
College Of that place was blown up
by dynamite Friday. 18th inst. at
midnight by lawless white men and
the lives OF the inmates endangered.
The excuse given is that Rev j. F
Williams colored. had advised col
ored people not 20 work for white
people. He was sent warning
letter several weeks ago 20 leave Sc
neca. He dill not heed the warn
ing and the destruction OF the build
ing is the result
The institution is supported by
northern philanthropists. If there
is any justihable excuse for this
dastardly outrage, we shall be pleas
ed TO have it stated and we shall
publish the same in these columns.
Rev. Williams had committed no
crime and had not usei spS>x-----Ss-
sions. which could even he~ see 'ie'
into ineendiary- langsL.. ..,,, rro,-.
Tense was that OF instructing Ne.
groes.
The school building has not onIS
been wrecked. but the school Itself
has been destroyed. There will ne
cessarily be a stampede OF the stu.
dents, for their parents will insist
upon their return home. instead OF
remaining in a locality confesselly
more lawless than the ones from
which they came
Can South Carolina meet the is
sue2 VIII its officials investigat,
the affair and ferret out AMI punisI
the guilty parties? 1t is needles,
to express regret without backing
this regret with positive action
If anarchists in South Carilina a,
10 be permitted to destroy propert,
and endanger human life then tn,
sooner it is advertised to the world
the better.
We desire TO commend Rev. J. F
Williams for his bravery and cour
age in remaining at Seneca aftei
receiving the threatening communi
cations. 1t will not do for coloret
leaders TO desert the people with
whom they are identified unless the
surrounding circumstances make II
imperatively necessary for them SO
20 do. Every one who leaves under
SUCH condition renders the posi-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-20
MRS. DAVIS DIES
OF PNEUMONIA
Widow Of Confederate President
Passes Away in New York.
BRIEF SKETCH OF her LIFE

New York. Oct 17.-Mrs. jefferson
Davis. aged so years. widow OF the
president OF the Confederacy who had
been III for week at the Hotel Ma
jestic. in this city. died Tuesday night.
Death was due to pneumonia. induced
by a severe cold which Mrs. Davis
contracted upon her return from the
Adirondacks. where she had spent the
summed months. Although grave fears
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PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
PRINCIPAL Markets.


PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm
winter extras. $2S0d3; Pennsylvania
roller. clear. S3.O5632O; CITY mills
fancy. S4.4On4.65. RYE FLOUR firm
per barrel, $500. WHEAT firm; Nc. .
pennsylvania red. 73673Ihc. CORN
firm: No. yellow, local. SIC. OATS
steady; No. ? white, clipped 39i6c. /:
lower grades. CSC HAY steady: No. /
timothy. S17dI7.5O. large bales. PORK
steady; family, $3.50 BEEF STEADY: .
beef hams, $40. POULTRY: Live firm
hens. l44l4lsc.;. old boosters, Zoe.
Dressed steady: choice fowls. l5c.: old
ROSTERS, loo. BUTTER firm; creamery
extra, 3Oc. EGGS steady; selected. ~
Q29c.; nearby. Csc. western. CSC. /.
southern. 22G24c POTATOES STEADY.
per bushel, 70mT5c.
BALTIMORE-WHEAT active: No
spot. 79% QS0c.: steamer No. 2 sDot
691RM 69Ac.; southern, 70676c CORN
nominal; mixed spot. $685. al SIC; mixed
steamer 52% d52Kc.; southern. 546
6ec. OATS firm; white. No. 2. 500
S918c.; No. 3. 3SQ3S1sc.; No. 4, S4hm
35c.; mixed No. 2. size. No. 3. 36L
Q36Ac.; No. A. 34c. BUTTER ffm:
creamery separator extras. 27027iSc. /:
held, 2OM22c.; prints. 27629c.; Mary
land and Pennsylvania dairy prints. is
@17c. EGGS firm; fancy Maryland
Pennsylvania and Virginia, 24c.; West
Virginia, 2Sc., southern, 21622c
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-20
STEAMER BURNED; MANY DEAF
Awful Holocaust On the Hankow at
Hong Konu, China


Hong Kong, China.
Hong Kong. Oct IS. - The British
steamer Hankow. from Canton. was
burned Sunday morning while lying
alongside her wharf Hundreds OF
Chinese passengers were burned 20
death and valuable cargo was de-
Etroyed. All the European passengers
and crew We're saved.
The Hankow. with 1000 passenger
men. women and children and seven
Europeaus-a cargo. including 300 bales
8f mating. 500 bales of raw silk and
400 bales waste silk. arrived from Can
ION at o'clock in the morning. and
was shortly afterward moored at the
wharf
Her chief oncer reported TO Captain
Branch that the ship was afire. The
captain then directed the chief engi-
neer 20 turn ON the water through
the FIRE hose. This was impossible for
the reason that within five minutes
after the alarm was given the Hankow
was ablaze fore and aft. Captain Branch
then awakened the European passen-
gers. who rushed down the Eangway,
the ladies in their night clothes.
The crew was compelled 20 leave the
ship. which by this time was a verit-
able furnace. The Chinese steerage
passengers were thrown into a fright
ful panic Horrifyiug shrieiSs and cries
20 save their lives were heard. but es-
cape was impossible. owing 90 the in
hammable nature OF the cargo. Hun
dreds were burned 20 death and many
others jumped into the harbor and
were drowned
Killed Wife IN Children's Presence.
Sioux City Ia. oct 15.-In the pres.
ence of their 2-year-old SON Myron
Clark. laborer, cut his wife's throat
with a razor. killing her almost in.
stantly. Clark then drew the razor
across his own throat but failed TO in.
dict a fatal wound. He had been drink.
ing heavily.
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Football PLAYER Fen Dead.

Toledo. oct 17.-Lewis A. Grisler.
OF Paulding. a senior at Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, and right end
on the varsity football team, fell dead
on the field after running down a punt.
Heart trouble was the cause.
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was arrested at London, Ont.
In a head-on collision on the Union
Pacific railroad near Laramie, Wyo.,
three men were killed and several in
jured.
The Joe Jefferson farm. near Hack
ensack. n. j., was sold by the sheriff
for S17.16S. covering the mortgage. in
terest and costs
Three men were killed and a dozen
injured by an explosion In the Penn
svlvania railroad tunnel under Long
Island City.
Saturday. October IS.
Sibiey College. Cornell University.
at Ithaca. \. Y. was damaged by fire
to the extent Of $4,000
Policeman r. NJ. Beach. Of Roanoke.
Va. was shot and killed by John
Hardy. a negro, while making a raid
on building occupied by negroes.
One student was burned 10 death in
a fire which destroyed the main build
ing OF the lakewood Manual Training
SchoOt for Negroes at Huntsville. Ala
While playing truant from school.
Louis Cato years old. was run over
by freight train and killed IN Phila-
delphia-
Monday, October IS.
New York is trying to secure Presi-
dent Roosevelts attendance at the
jamestown exposition for Robert Full
ton and New York days
A falling crowbar crushed the skull
Of Prank Dunkelberber. of Higgins. In
the shaft OF Good Spring colliery. at
Pottsvllle. Pa. and he may die.
Finding some gunpowder two chill
dren of G.. X. Jones. Of Carlisle. Pa.
threw # in a stove and we're severely
burned by the resulting explosion.
Southern Railway clerks between El
Paso and New Orleans. belonging TO
the order OF Railway Clerks. are on
strike for a 10 per cent. wage increase.
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
tiOn at Brunswick. Ca, will plant a
liberty tree November 10, around which
will be placed soil from the az states
and territories.
Tuesday, October t6.
William Cheney. a foreman In tho
employ Of the sanitary district OF Chi
cago. was shot and killed by an Italian
whom he discharged
General Frank NJ Reardon. hrigadier
general OF volunteers during the Civil
War. died of Brights disease az Den
yer.
a memorial marble shaft and foun-
tain erected by the Order of Elks 20
Meade ID. Detweiler was unveiled IN
Reservoir Park. Harrisburg. Pa
Mrs. Robert Arrol died az Anderson.
Ind making the third death in one
family from eating toadstools by mis-
take for mushrooms.
Wednesday, October II.
Two men were killed by a premature
explosion OF dynamite at Salisbury,
y. c.
Fire destroyed the Lake Shore Rail
way company's repair shops at Ere
mont O.. entailing a loss OF 100000.
Three children OF Anthony Hughes.
a farmer near Sioux Falls. ;. D.. were
burned 10 death In FIRE which de-
stroyed the barn.
George r. imball. a wealthy retired
stock broker OF Chicago. died suddenly
Of heart failure at the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel In New York.
James Kelley. managing editor OF
the Chicago Tribune. received the
$4,000 reward for the capture OF Paul
Stensland. the embezzling banker
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-20
TRAIN KILLS THREE
Party In Carriage Struck at Grade
Crossing In Camden, NJ. J.

Camden. y. j.. Oct 16.-Three per
sons were killed and one fatally in
jured in a grade crossing accident
here. The dead are Anton Nowak.
aged 20 year,; Joseph Potlaski. aged
years. and Frances Nowak. aged IL
years.
John Potlaski, aged 10 years, sus-
tanned conclusion Of the brain and
will die.
The accident happened while No
wax was driving the children from a
Camden school to Oaklyn four miles
from this city. Nowak became con-
fused on the Reading railway and
drove in front OF the train.
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Mrs. oeorqe w. Peck Dead.

Winnetka. Ill. Oct 15.-Mrs. Peck.
wife OF former Governor George w.
Peck. of Wisconsin. died Suddenly at
this place.
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Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
GAIT az stead steady x ehoiess ss.7sge;
prime wetherss s5;60q5.75i culls and
common, $2Q3; lambs. $50S; YEA
calves. $SGs25. HOGS active: prime
heavies, mediums and heavy Workers.
S695Q7; light Workers.. 5000 s:
pigs, $6.60G6.70; roughs, s5.50G6--.
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Many Warrants For EIeetIon Erauds

Pittsburg. Oct. 16.-Thirty-two war
rants against election district officers
in this city were made and almost all
the arrests have been made in connec-
ton with the contest for district at
torney. This action Is the outcome OF
alleged frauds In the Republican pri-
maries few weeks ago when William
ID. Grimes. candidate for the Office. is
alleged to have been counted out by the
machine In favor OF II. l. Goehring.
District Attorney Stewart said the ar
rests were made on Information fur
nished by Mr. Grimes and include all
kinds of illegalities at polls
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-20
GENERAL JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ.

General Gomez who
cate Tor the
heunants
unlikely the
President