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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
OPENING UP OF BIG PASTURE
Half Million Acres 60 BE Sold to the
Highest Bidder in Quarter
section Lots.

LAWTON, Okl., Dec. 2.-Tomorrow the
government land office here will begin re-
ceiving bids for 5OO,OOO acres Of land I'm the
kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian reser-
walton In Oklahoma, carrying out an act
OF congress opening the land to settlement
The land is spoken Of as the big pasture"
Most Of 1t is good for farming purposes.
Under the law no bids of less than s. an
acre will be considered and each bidder
may put in as many proposals as he de-
sires. The maximum amount Of land to
be sold to any one bidder, however, will
be limited to a single quarter section. II
is believed that there will be $4,000 bidders.
Under instructions issued by Secretary OF
the Interior Hitchcock, all bids which must
be made upon a blank furnished by the
land office at Lawton, or at Washington,
must be signed by the bidder and contain
the bidders postofice address.
Bids will be received only between the
hours Of 9 a. m. on Monday December 8,
and p. m. on Saturday, December s. Each
bidder must inclose with his bid his check
for one-fifth of the highest amount bid by
him for any tract. The bids are to be
placed in strong boxes. On December 10
they are to be mixed up, numbered in the
rider in which the envelopes chance to pc
", ed up, and sent to the general land
~, Washington. The secretary of the
H1 al then award each tract to the
1der for the amount Of his bid.
DEB Of the unsuccessful bidders are
to be returned. after the bids have been
canvassed.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
MEMORIAL TO LATE JOHN HALL
window in Jewish Synagogue Ded-
icated 60 Memory of Dead
Statesman,

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.-Lauded as a
dipIomat who tempered states craft with
the golden rule the late John Hay was
honored by the Jewish people Of this
c,tv TODAY when a handsome memorial
window to the dead secretary Of state was
unveiled at Keneseth Israel temple.
Attended by Secretary of State Elihu
Root, oscar Straus, recently named oy
President Roosevelt as secretary OF
commerce and labor, and Andrew d.
white. ex-minister TO Russia and Ger
many. together with six members OF the
Hay family, the exercises were among the
most striking ever held in Jewish syna-
gogue.
The conservation address was made by
DR.. Joseph Krauskopff, rabbi of the
temple He was assisted in the exercises
by Rabbis Berowitz and Landman.
Secretary straus made the Introductory
address and Mr.. White delivered an his
torlcal eulogy Of the dead statesman.
Mr.. Root made the chief address.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
ORANGE GROWERS PROTEST
SHORTAGE of Cars WOFkinE Great
Hardship ana PecuniaFy
Loss.

VIsALIA. Cal. Dec. IA mass meeting
Of orange growers was held at Lindsay
yesterday to devise ways and means to
induce the Southern Pacific company to
furnish cars for the transportation OF
oranges 20 eastern markets. The car short
age was considered and it was the unani-
nous opinion that the railroad company
had no excuse for its failure to handle
the business offered. A committee was ap-
pointed to secure legal advice and consider
the proposition OF taking the matter before
the Interstate Commerce commission so
that action may be taken by congress AZ
once. should the commission ind legisla-
ton neesssaTy
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
CAR SHORTAGE INVESTIGATION
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Take Up the oues-
tiOn.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-The car shortage
throughout the United States will be in
vestigated by the Interstate Commerce
commission. Commissioner Franklin X.
lane. who has been looking into this SUBJ
ject. said today that the commission would
take up the situation In the northwest FIRST.
Agents are now in that section investigat-
ing complaints against the wheat carrying
roads. Farmers in many states have re-
ported that the railroads are preferring
other trafic and that they are unable to get
their grain 20 market in time TO share in
the high prices now being paid in Minneap-
oils and Chicago.
The commission has issued a circular ask
ing the grain growers to submit specific
Information regarding the amount OF
freight offered for shipment and the rea-
sons given for not transporting It.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
o'BRIEN ADVISES THE IRISH
Advocates Taking the Part of n
Leaf which a. in
sight.

LONDON. Dec. 2.-Wuliam o'Brien. mem
Der Of Parliament for Cork. addressing a
nationalist meeting at Castle Island.
County Kerry. today. declared that there
Nas no split or scandal between himself
and his friends. BY the silent force OF pub
Nc opinion, the speaker said. he had caused
che Irish party 10 return to a policy OF con-
ciliation.
II he knew that the present government
could carry the full Gladstonian home rule
program with the present Parliament and
that il was cheating them with a contempt
ible rnalkeshift. ne would be the first 20 de-
nounee II. But he knew the contrary. and
John Redmond. the Irish leader. knew il
also. The duty OF the Irish representatives,
Mr. O'Brien continued. was TO take counsel
with the government and make the present
OH as large as possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
NO MORE WAGON MAIL SERVICE
Tube Roads Exclusively Used Be
tween the DepOts in
Chicago,

CHICAGO Dec. Wagon service for
carrying mail, except registered matter
between the general postoffice and the
passenger railway stations in Chicago is
now a thing of the past. The postoffice
officials today began using the tunnel
system between the general postoffice and
the Chicago & Northwestern and the Polk
street station, the latter being the termi-
nal of the Wabash, Santa Fe, Grand
Trunk and Monon railway systems. Tho
tunnels Of the Illinois Tunnel company
are now in use between the general post
office and all the railway stations OF
Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
FATAL ROW AMONG NEGROES
seven of Participants Shot, Three of
whom Are Expected 10
Die.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 2-seven ne
groes shot three Of whom will die, is the
result Of a general row and shooting affair
today growing out Of an old feud at Mari
ette, seven miles from this city. Seven
negroes charged with doing the shooting
have been arrested and are in jail here
The climax came through one negro strik-
ing another with a fence picket. Friends
Of each armed themselves and the war be-
gan. The jawbone OF one Of the negroes
was shattered and his tongue shot of.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
DITCH CONGRESS THIS WEEK
Delegates Expected 90 Attend from
All Portions of the
West.

OKLAHOMA CITY, okL, Dec. 2.-The
National Drainage congress is to meet here
in annual session on December s. for a
three days session. Great preparations
have been made for the event and many
irrigation and drainage experts from the
departments a. Washington and from the
states IN the Mississippi and Missouri val
leys have accepted invitations 20 be present.
Invitations also have been sent to the
governors OF Illinois. Missouri. Kansas.
Iowa, Texas. Arkansas Mississippi, North
and South Dakota and Minnesota, to at
tend, and the land commissioners OF q
dozen railways have signihcd their inten-
ton OF coming. Among others expected
Is Representative HayOF Steenerson OF
Minnesota, the author OF the hrst drainage
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
RECoNSTRUCTlNG PoPE'S CAR
Considerable Speculation as 10 the
Meaning of the

ROME. Dec. 2.-The state railroad de-
partment has received orders to recon-
struct the pope's railroad carriage. This
car has not been used since 1870. 1t is
special carriage with gilded angels at
the four corners. Inside there is a port
able altar and the upholsterings are Of
white velvet.
This news Is commented upon with
much interest and many people are won
dering IL IL means that the Lope is about
70 leave the vatican
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
CITIZENS RAID COAL TRAIN
TrHinmeR Attempt 10 Interfere, but
People VIII Not BE
nnu.InM

NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, Dec. 2-As a
result OF the coal famine here a raid was
made or a coal train yesterday as it
passed through the town. Trainmen. who
made an effort TO stop the seizure, were
threatened with bodily harm and kept
from interfering. The situation is critl-
cal at North Yakima. There is no fuel
for the public buildings and many OF
the district schools viii have to close.
Only four oarloads Of coal have been re-
ceived since Wednesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03

LONDON. Dec. A severe earthquake
Is reported to have occurred az Mlazzs
on the north ooast OF Sicily. today. As
yet ne casualties have been reported.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
Eminent Sense of Justice.

His generosity was wholesome princi
Die. which enriched the sense Of Justice b
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-07-14

his attention almost exclusively
to the work Of political flee, he
represents in an exceptional way
the practial Negro business men
to which | have referred. | have
met men of this class in nearly
all the various vocations of lie.
They are farmers. tradesmen,
Business men, contractors and
bankers, aud comparatively few
of them have had the opportunity
of collage education; most of
them have made their way up
frum the humblest walks of life,
aud have gained success, not be-
canse of'any exceptional talent
which would have placed them
at the outset in a class by them
selves, but merely through pat
lent and persistent effort, meet
ing obstacles and Overcoming
them cheerfulIy, courageously,
day by day and week by week.
Mr.. Hubbard was born in 70
ronto in 1913. His parents, who
we're of African, Anglo Saxton,
aud Indian parentage came from
Richmond, Va. in 1914.
70 be continued.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-07-14

If we had one thousand tongues
and every tongue could speak to
one thousand persons we would
stand up in this city and commun-
ity and cry aloud day after day
saying Negroes. support your
own business enterprises. In this
city there are some credible, re,
liable, and successful Negro bus
mess enterprises which merit and
should receive the united and
hearty support of the colored
people of this community. 1t
Negro patronage were given to
race movement many other and
larger ventures would be started.
How very often we hear the same
question asked by some impract
zeal ilqirer, why don't the leading
aud prominent Negroes in this
city start q bank, factory, a
steamboat line to Remley's Point
or dry goods store. The ans
wer is that our people do not
properly support nor appreciate
the business efforts which are
now making for and by the race.
The Negro race here is not stand
ing by and sustaining the INDUS
TRIAL insurance companies, the
few grocery stores, druggist and
other concerns run by Negroes
as they should. There is no color
line down here in business. While
the whites invite and cultivate
the patronage Of the race III "
have advised our people to build
up our own race. We should do
it. Not because we love the other
race less, but our own more.
Race development and pride, de-
mand that we support our own
business enterprises. The Rich
mond, Va. Criterion.
This is true also, here, bro
Jackson why we can't drive this
into more heads Of our people is
perplexing We have plenty Of
privilege here, but white people
expect for us to make jobs for
our own, by helping our own.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-07-14
EDITORIAL
Saturday, 14July 1906.
A Notable Instance of the Negro
i'm Politics.
BY Booker I. Washing. on

1t is not often that one finds q
colored. man acting in the capa-
city of Mayor Of CITY Of POS 900
inhabitants, yet when | visited
Toronto, Canada, not very long
ago, | found that for Two months
during last Summer a Negno had
occupied tn at position while the
regular May or was absent H.
Europe. The man to whom [ re
fer is the Hon. p. Hubbard, Pres.
of the Board Of Control, which in
Toronto is the Mayors cabinet.
As the highest officer in the cab
met, Mr.. Hubbard becomes act
inS Mayor when the regular
mayor is away.
1t has become my habit for
some ears past to take note, in
the course OF my travels about
the country, of those members of
my race who, by the exercise of
those common virtues that are
within reach of the humblest
man. have achieved some sort of
success and made themselves re-
pected in the communities IN
which they live.
| have taken particular note OF
these men because their success
dlcate possibilities that are
open to the great majority Of
black men in this country, and
because [ believe these men, as a
class, represent new type that
is coming into existence among
the people of my race. The class
Of men to whic9 | refer do not
belong to the ignorant proletarat
who are without property and
without self. respect, neither do
thep aspire to belong to the pro
fessional and literary classes in
which success is ordinarily gain,
ed by those who have some spec
ial talent for that sort Of labor
They constitute rather sober,
Industrious. thrifty, self respect
ing middle class-a class which
is the backbone of every race
and every people that has succ-
essfulIy entered into and became
part of our modern industrial
civilization.
William p. Hubbard, Comptrol
Ter of the c ty of Toronto, has
been for twelve years, first as
Alderman and then as Compt
roller, a member of the city Leg
islature Of Toronto. Although
during this time he has givel
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-07-14

IF there be a literal hell, visi-
BILE. there must be a literal place
where this literal furnace is, and
for all the unsaved to burn for
ever, it will take an incalculable
amount of fuel TO keep this fire
going. The belief of most stu
dents of science is; the hell is
on earth here-we don't say
there is no literal hell fire, but
ask the above question for infor-
nation based on reason.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13
A CHARLOTTE
Mayor McNincll's Plan to Take in the
Suburbs as BorOughs.

Mayor S. S. McNinch does not be-
lieve that the movement WHICH is now
on foot among the citizens of Dill
worth, looking to the incorporation of
that promising suburb, will materia-
lie. The idea which he has in view
may be termed 1.-The borough scheme"
and is one that bids fair to be eminent
~ just to all concerned, both city and
suburb. This plan calls for the in
corporation of the suburbs into the
city, as units. Let there be a bor-
ough of Dilworth," said Mayor Nc
Ninch, "of Piedmont, of Seversville,
ETC., in the same general way that
there r boroughs of Brooklyn, Of
Queens, Bronx, etc, in New York,
forming what is known as Greater
New York.
"'There is every reason in the world
why there should be a Greater Char
lotte. Give to each of these b%oroughs
representation on the board of alder
men and let them be under the general
supervision of the municipal police,
fire and health departments. In re-
turn for this protection, each of the
suburbs would donate a certain pOr-
ton Of their tax to the support of the
municipal government, but in all other
financial matters the suburbs would
be entirely free, separate and distinct
from the city. In this way, suburban
fire departments could be established
which would afford ample protection
to the suburbs and also give the city
better fire fighting facilities"
1t is believed that the scheme would
work we'll in all departments. Mayor
McNinch thinks that some such steps
as these will be taken before 1910, the
year of the next census. If this is
done, the population of Charlotte then
would approximate $4,000 people,
Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13

We not infrequently see instances
of one newspaper publishing a news
item or an editorial from another with
out giving credit for ii, but passing it
of for its OWN plain language
stealing the labor and the thoughts
of the other editor-but until this
week we have known an editor
TO copy verbatim an editorial out
of another paper and put 1t in bracS-
cts at the foot of a news item and
mark it Local Editor" A certain
North Carolina weekly in its Issue
of this week played hal trick on The
Messenger. 1t had an article on the
Linkhaw case and at the loot put in
brackets and signed Local Editor "
a recent editorial of this paper in ref
erence to the time, place and circum-
stances of that peculiar case. Did you
ever hear of such gall on the part
of a newspaper man? We knew that
some of the fraternity had a plenty of
cheek, but we did not know that there
was one with that much. We will not
mention the name of the paper Will
OILY say that it is published in a bjg
tobacco manufacturing town in the
central part of the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13
TUEsDAY, JANUARY 13, 1906.
BETTER STREETS NEEDED.

In our boyhood days pies We're .divid-
ed into three classeS-'open top"
Gross barred and "kivered." Just
now Greensboro's streets with theiY
under crust OF pavement and their fill
ing of solf, oozy sI,lsn car to mind the
open top" variety of the mud pie FAM
lily Of the back yard.-Industrial News.
We have some Of the same kind
down this way, though with our sandy
soil there is less excuse for them.
There seems to be an idea among
many of citizens that when a
street is once fixed it is bound TO re-
main "Ils' so" for all time. A paved
sidewalk or a macadamized street, in
their opinion, cannot get out of re-
pair. If these people had to stumble
along some of our streets al night
ing because the moon ought to be
shining but is not except on the other
side of the clouds, they would find
that the maxim of "once a good street
always a good street" does not hold
good. We have no use for the
knocker and, there, do not like to do
any knocking, but we must say that
for the size of our city and its bust
ness Importance we have some of tbs
vilest streets that ever were seen.
When some man breaks a leg stumb-
ling over loose bricks on a sidewalk
and ecove heavy damages from The
city the officials will probably begin
20 enforce the law requiring property
owners to put down good pavements.
In some Darts of the city the roadWa"S
are preferable to the sidewalks for
pedestrians who have to be abroad at
night. And again the streets in
some sections are even worse than
The sidewalks. Our city is too progress
conditions of the streets to remain as
they are. AS to the breaks in the
sidewalk We th.IF the city officials
are somewhat to blame, but the clti-
zens and property owners more 50.
Regarding the roadways in the streets
the city government is no doubt doing
all it can, but the trouble is the pay
ing being put down is not Of the prop
er quality. The downtown streets
should be paved with vitrified brick.
The soft lime rock that is being used
is not suitable. The city authorities,
of course, cannot, with the limited
means at their disposal, pat down
brick paving on the downtown streets,
but that fact does not lessen the exist
ing necessity for a better paving than
what we have on many, of the streets
over which there is heavy hauling.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13
MERIT REWARDED.

The trial of Samuels, a revenue Of
ficer, charged with ~defraudi"g the
government, has been in progress for
several weeks in the federal court in
Greensboro and the end has not yet
been reached. 1t will hardly be finish
er before the end of this week. This
: is one Of the leading revenue fraud
cases which of late have caused SO
much excitement in the western part
of this state, the prosecution OF
which have given District Attorney
Holton such q standing with the de-
partment of justice. In the trial Of
these cases ~stupendous frauds against
the government on the part Of revenue
officers have been exposed. All the
while that Mr.. Holton, backed up by
the department of justice and some
honest men in the revenue service has
been trying to break ue this nest of
rascality and fraud, Mr.. Blackburn
has been earnestly at work to have
the u1StGIcI dIlOlACN tioiCN t1ooS
the latter was not friendly to him.
This shows how government patron
age in the south goes,-and we sup
pose it is the sam now all oVer the
country. 1t makes 10 matter how eff
ficient Il man may be his scalp is de-
manded if he is persona nor grata to
the man who controls the patronage
But for the fact that the department
of justice was especially interested in
breaking up The wliiskey frauds in the
western district Of this state and con-
sidered Mr.. Holton a useful instru'
ment he, 10 doubt, would have beer
sacrificed to the wishes of Mr.. Black
burn. His is one Of the rare cases
where merit wins. Republican though
he is, this democratic paper must con-
graduate him upon his re-appoint-
ment, as a just recognition of his val
liable services to the government in
the detection of crime and his bold
and energetic prosecution Of the Grim.
mails.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13

1t is said that Count Boni Castellane
has had to put up his watch on a re-
cent occasion to raise the money for
current expenses. This must have
gone pretty hard with a fellow, who,
until his wife cut off his allowance
was spending her income at the rate
of nearly three thousand dollars a day.
1t is said that during the eleven years
that he and Miss Anna Gould have
been married Boni Castellane has
s~quandered nine million dollars Of her
money. This is what Miss Gould
paid for a French title. She seems to
have come to her senses. Now she
prefers her millions to her title.
IT she succeeds in her suit for a di-
vorce her present husband will get no
part Of the estate. Under the laws of
France all marriage contracts will be
annulled by the decree of divorce. No
wonder Castellane and his friends
are anxious for the divorce proceed
ings to be suspended. He will be a
pauper if divorce is granted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13
WHY THE LAWS ARE NOT EN-
FORCED.

We have not heard of any replies
by sheriffs Of the state to the govern
or's letter to them urging a strict en-
forcement of the Watts and Ward
laws. The following extract from the
Greensboro Teiegram's account of the
previous days proceedings in the
Samuel trial In the federal court shows
that the governors letter of advice
and warning to the sheriffs was very
timely. 1t shows that in some coun-
ties of the state the sherif's deputies
instead of being active in enforcing the
law against its yiolators are them
selves principals in the crime of illicit
distilling. Who supposes that the
| chief of the Deputy Sheriff Eller did
not know all along that his deputy
was a manufacturer of blockade whis-
key? We would like to know how
this law is going to be enforced when
the sworn officers of the law not only
wink at its violation by others but
actually engage IN the unlawful bust
ness. You must have officers who be-
Iieve in enforcing the law if you ex-
pect it to be enforced How a you
expect any law to be respected and
obeyed when the persons appointed to
enforce it are the chief ones in it's
violation?
The Greensboro Telegram's article
referred to is as follows:
A great many witnesses were exam
ined in the Samuels case in the federal
our yesterday morning, when Dis
trict Attorney Holton began the evil
dence in rebuttal. The most interest
ing witness who was on the stand
when court took a recess for dinner
was Worth Church., who told Of hav-
ing heard that the revenuers were
coming while he was at Sunday school
the morning before the big raid on
Monday He was in company with
Deputy Sheriff Cal Eller, himself a
blockader, Sunday afternoon going the
rounds of the blockaders in the neigh
borhOod where all were running full
blast SO as to get as much of the beer
distilled as possible before removing
the stills in advance of the coming
raiders. He also was with EIler and
other neighbors Monday, following in
the track of the officers. Church re-
told the oft told tale of not finding
much damage done at the still places
after the raiders had visited and left
them.