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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
Deacon Thaddeus Robinson Gone

Entered into rest Wednesday, oct.
?, 1907 at $3.50 Z. NJ, MR.. THAD-
DEUS ROBINSON, at his residence
1907 y. lst Street. Deacon Robin
son was injured two years ago last
August by falling bricks and never
fully recovered. He was a devout
Christian and bore his affliction with
christian endurance.
Just one year ago to-day we laid
to rest in Evergreen Cemetery a
dear son and brother, the youngest
of the home. To-day the grim
reaper Death enters and takes away
the head of the family, a faithful
husband and a devoted father. Our
hearts are doubly sad and shadow
OF gloom hovers over our home.
He is survived by a widow, Mrs.
Massie Robinson, two sons, Messrs
Armistead and Charles, four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mamie b. Davis. Mrs. e.
r. Carter, Misses Fannie NJ. and
Leila B. and ten grand children.
Deacon Robinson had been a mem
ber of James Needham Lodge. No
1863, G. U. o. Of Odd Fellows for
eighteen years and Elizabeth Foun-
tain, G.. F., u. o. of True Reformers,
seven years, having served as Chap
lain in both.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted Sunday, Oct. 5th at 1880
A. NJ. from the Sharon Baptist
Church, of which he had been a
Deacon since It's organization. Rev.
A. S. Thomas, the pastor delivered a
feeling discourse from Ephesians,
.2.S, paying a beautiful trihute to the
life OF the deceased. Subject, "Grace
the root or the cause Of salvation. {"
With Funeral Director VIM. /.
johnson in charge the funeral cor
tege proceeded to Evergreen where
the last sad rites were concluded
and the remains laid to rest beneath
a bed OF flowers.
Not now. but in the coming years,
IL may be In the better land;
Wen read the meaning of our tears,
AND there, up there wen under
stand"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
REV. TARTT LEAVES PETERS
BURG.

Offers His Resignation-The Jail
Sentence Evidently Forced Him
OuU-bis Energies Relentless.
Text OF the Courts Decree.
Petersburg, Va, Oct, Z, 1907.
Under the decree of the Hastings
Court, entered Saturday, dissOlving
the injunctions awarded against the
Rev. Hi Tartt, the colored pastor OIL
Harrison Street Baptist Church, the
church was allowed to be opened
yesterday for religious s. rvices with
permission for Tartt 20 preach.
Brief services were therefore held in
the church in the morning. mostly
in the nature of a prayer meeting.
The Rev. Tart, in a short address
offered his resignation hs pastor of
the church, which in view OF the
trouble and dissensions that have ec
Cured, he insisted should be accept
ed. The resignation was accepted. =.
and IL is understood that Tartt will
shortly leave Petersburg for another
field of labor Last night In the
skating rink, Tart preached his fare
well sermon before a crowded congre
cation. a liberal collection was TAX
en- up in his behalf.
a business meeting OF the congre-
cation Will be held next Monday
night TO vote in settlement of all
differences.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

Mr.. ID. a. Cox, Thomas, w. Va.
passed through the city enroute home
from the jamestown Exposition.
We were visited this week by
the Columbia Orchestra Of keystone.
w Va. Having spent four days in
this city, the guest of Charles John
son, SOC y. 9th ST.. they left TO-DAY
Tor Lyuchburg, Va. This Orchestra
Is the best OF its kind now travelling.
For Information concerning this
company, call on or see Charles
Johnson
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

/BILLUPS-P. FRANCES Bill
LUPS, only daughter OF Fannie O..
and the late John H. Billups died at
her home, Fincastle, Va, Sept. %,
1907 in the eighteenth year OF her
age.
Gone in the best OF her days.
Blighted in womanhood's bloom;
Torn from the hearts that loved her
To sleep in the silent tomb"
FAMILY.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
$4,000 Endowment Paid.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. z, 1907.
This is to certify that I have re-
ceived from John Mitchell, Jr..
Grand Chancellor of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, knights of Pyth-
las, N. A, S. A, E, A, A. and A.
($150.0O) One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars in payment Of the death
claim OF John c. Hayes. who was a
member OF Friendship Lodge, No.
3 of Norfolk, Va.
Signed-Susie Hayes.
Beneficiary.
Witnesses:
Geo. W. Davenport.
r. II. Kindred.
e. M. Canaday-
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on TO NEW YORK.

We barely had time TO swallow
our meal before the train was called
and we were soon enroute 10 New
York, where we arrived Saturday
evening, Sept. 2Sth in a heavy down
pour OF rain. That night we visited
the hippOdrome. IL Is a masterpiece
The stage is circular and can readi-
ly accommodate n thousand actors.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
THE WONDERFUL HIPPoDRoME

Three performances were taking
place at the same time and It was
difficult TO follow all of them A
transformation and an actual lake
OF water was before us. Out OF this
arose both men and women, devotees
OF Neptune, and they would disap-
pear as mysteriously as they had ap-
peared. In these northern places OF
amusement the human female anato-
my is shown in all OF its natural
shape and beauty. White women,
sometimes called chorus girls seem
to glory in exhibiting to over
pleased man all of the shapes of the
body in proverbial tights.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
EDITOR MITCHELL'S JOURNEY.
On Northern Soil. PhiladeI=
phia and Its People.
NEW YORK AND ITS WONDERsTHE IMPROVEMENTS

We visited the Christian Banner
Office in Philadelphia. where we
found Rev G.. l.. =. Taliaferro, ID. ID.
I'm charge. The concern IS run by
a company and has a nice plant.
The fine Miehle two revolution press
was a feature. Upstairs we met
Hon. George II. White. ex-Congress-
man, now a practicing lawyer and a
real estate dealer. He was looking
well and was as hopeful as ever.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
IN BROAD STREET STATION.

From there we went TO the Broad
Street Station and Mr. Harris In
sisted upon showing us the subway
there for the street cars. He want
ed us TO dine with linn. but we saw
that 10 do so would cause US TO miss
our train for New YORK AS we sat
there an aristocratic looking banker
recognized us and cnQuired about
the American Bankers Association.
He had left Friday morning and
wanted TO know about the outcome.
We told him about Secretary
Branch's defeat remarking that we
were OF the opinion that Gov. Swan
sons speech caused it. "It probably
had something TO do with it." he
remarked laughingly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
FLYING IN THE AIR.

BY means of the invisible wires
women were apparently shown as fly
ing IN the air. White pigeons were
released and they flew all about the
mammoth amphitheatre and finally
alighted on the arms and shoulders
OF the chosen actress. But enough
or this. The announcement made
was that all of the 25 cent seats had
been sold. We purchased a fifty
cent ticket and were blandly told
by the usher that if we would give
him twenty-five cents additional, he
would give us a better seat. We
handed over the money and we got
the service, but not before we had
been induced TO have our umbrella
checked. We found that seeing the
hippodrome had cost us 90 cents the
street-car fare inclu i've.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
SHOWING US THE CITY.

Mr.. John b. Harris had come to
show US the sights OF Philadelphia
and his buggy was at the door. In
the midst OF a driving downpouring
rain we got into the vehicle. We
we're glad when he sighted Scott s
Hotel and We went in for a while
TO accept the shelter OF that hostelry
Mr.. Amos NJ. Scott, the propri-
etor, has a history.
From him we learned that there
are 1886 saloons in Philadelphia, Of
which only two are run by colored
men. He is secretary OF the Board
OF Trustees of the Philadelphia LIZ
Quor Dealers Association. and was
chairman OF the delegation from
Philadelphia 10 the convention OF Lii
Quor Dealers. which met at Harris
burg recently.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
A FINE AUToMoBILE.

Mr.. BENJAMIN F. Thomas is the
proud possessor of a Pope-Toledo au-
tomobile, which cost originally So,
500. He is master of the machine
and we went a short distance with
him just TO try 10. Further iuves
tigation ELECTED the reluctant infor-
nation that Il was very troublesome,
but he made all of the repairs him
self. 1t was a gasoline car. It had
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
nORE ABOUT IT.
No COlOred rIan Guilty. A
White Man Shot Him.
COUNTY-GRs STORY DIsCRE
STROTHERS CASE-THE FATHER ARRESTED
THE BROTHER AND THE ALIBI

either the father or the brother OF
the girl who shot him.
REFLECTS on NEGROES.
Il cannot bring Mr.. Weiss to see
that, IL what the evidence points to
is true" said Mr.. Mackay Common
wealth's Attorney, yesterday, the
case we are endeavoring TO unravel
is in the category or the Loving and
Strother-Bywaters cases, and that by
his daughters persistent refusal TO
acknowledge that her companions as
sailant was not a Negro she is cast
ing serious reflection upon the Ne
gro inhabitants OF Alexandria County
and keeping the white population in
famed against them.
when Emil Weiss brother OF the
girl and son OF Jacob Weiss called TO
see me this afternoon. told hsm
that II his father did II and would
confess. I. myself would aid him in
getting bond"
Mullen was 50 much improved yes
terday that he was allowed TO take
a short walk around the hospital cor
ridors. and the doctors believe he
viii be able soon TO appear at n
preliminary hearing for Jacob Weiss.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

We are sending out sample COP
les. We shall be glad to have your
name on our regular subscription
list.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

Mr.. Madison Jasper Of Fine
Creek Mills. Va. was IN the city last
week and called on us.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

its backs and drawbacks. but IL was
the best car on the market We had
heard others make similar observa-
tions and while I'm New York we did
not purchase an automobile.
THE WORK OF THE CHURCHES.
We looked into the Mt Olivet
Baptist Church Sunday night. Re
pairs are being made upstairs and
the lecture room was "rammed. jam
med and packed" We went TO the
Abyssinian Baptist Church and found
"a good crowd there. II was not
long before we were at our room.
and although the elevated trains
Numbered by every few minutes they
had no terrors for us. We were
tired and we slept.
4 WORD ABOUT THE sUBWAYs.
The subways or rather the under
ground train system is quite q feat
ure in New York now. In the sta
uons the light OF day Is practically
unknown and the incandescent cleo
trio light is supreme. We noticed
that at certain stations the colored
porters relieved the regular white
gatemen and performed satisfactory
service.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
THE GIRLS STORY.

The following IS the newspaper re
port sent all over the country. The
story is admittedly false. No Negro
was in any way implicated in the az
fair
Washington Post Sept. so, 1907.
Shot and probably fatally wounded
by an unidentified negro, who after
wards attacked the young woman
who accompanied him and to whom
he was to have been married within
a few days, John William Mullen. OF
1406 Thirty-fourth street northwest
is at Georgetown University Hospital
In a critical condition. Miss Amelia
Weiss, fifteen years old. his fiancee,
rs at the home of Crandal Mackey.
Commonwealth attorney for Alex
andria County, at Rock HILL Va, and
is also in a critical condition. The
colored assailant made his escape.
and up TO a late hour last night the
posse, which secured the woods in
the vicinity had not located him.
The police of the Seventh precinct
early this morning arrested a negro
who gives his name as George Brad
ley, and says his home is on the Con-
duit road. The man answers the
description given by the girl, al
though he has virtually proved that
he was no where near the scene OF
the crime at the time Il was commit
ed. He is held on suspicion, however.
and the girl will be brought TO the
city this morning 20 try and identify
him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
TWO BULLETS HIT MULLEN.

After firing two shots at Mullen
one of which struck him IN the
mouth, cutting his tongue in half
and knocking out several teeth the
other lodging in mis- back, the negro
sprang upon the helpless girl and
dragged her into the thickest OF the
woods, where he kept her prisoner
for nearly an hour. At the expira
tion Of this time he kissed the girl.
and informed her that he was going
back to where he had left her fance
and kill him. He told her that he
would bury the man, and that she
might visit his grave, near the scene
of the attack, and weep over his re-
mains.
After assuring himself that the
girl had no valuables In her posses
sion, the negro cody donned his cap
and coat, which had been removed
and walked out of the woods, leav-
ing his victim in a hysterical condi-
tion. When the girl regained
strength, she staggered from the
woods and made way to her home.
where she Informed her parents OF
the AFFAIR A posse was quickly
formed. and within fifteen minutes
every road and path leading from
the hollow was guarded by determ-
ined men, armed to the teeth and
ready to kill the negro on sight.
WOUNDED MAN CRAwLs AWAY.
Mullen, after the negro disappear
ed into the thicket with his fiancee
managed 20 crawl to the waters edge
which is only about 800 yards from
the scene. and sip enough to revive
himself temporarily. He then stag
gered 20 the railway station, some
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

either the father or the brother OF
the girl who shot him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-07
VITAL STATISTICS FOR
MONTH Of MOVE MbER

D. p. Lawrence, registrar general of
the Board of HEALTH reports a NOR
tally of Y in the district of Honolulu
for the month of November, AZ of the
number being males and 25 females.
The annual death rate per 1000, based
on 80, 306 population by the census of
190O is 21.9S. There is a decrease of
four deaths as compared with the same
month of 1906.
Deaths of non-residents were 4;
deaths investigated, s; post mortem
examinations, A; coroner's inquests, 2.
BY ages the deaths were as follows:
Under one year, IA; one to five. 4; five
to ten, 4; ten to twenty, 4; twenty to
thirty, Il: thirty to forty, 8; forty to
fifty, 9; fifty to sixty, 5; sixty to sew
enty, Z: over seventy 3.
BY nationalities the mortality ran
thus: American, 4 British, 2; Chinese,
5: Hawaiian, A; japanese, s; Part Ha-
waiian, L; Portuguese, Z; other nation
alities, /.
Causes of death are thus summar-
lied: Febrile, /; venereal, 1; septic, 2;
dietetic, 4: constitutional, 10; develop
mental, 3: nervous. Z; eirculatory, s;
respiratory. Is: digestive, o; urinary, s;
reproductive, 1: osseous and integu-
mentary, 5; accident and violence, 3.
Births reported, SO. Marriages re-
ported, 50.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-07
DEATH YESTERDAY Of
MRS. ". c. SHIELDS

Mrs. Walter C. Shields died yester-
day afternoon at 1920 o'clock, after a
severe illness. The funeral viii be
held from the late residence, 1245 Will
der avenue, at o'clock this after
noon.
Mrs. Shields was born in Montrose,
Scotland. and came TO Canada with
her people about nineteen years ago,
they settling in Toronto. 1t was here
that she met Mr.. Shields. and they
were married in Honolulu nine years
ago. Mrs. Shields recently underwent
a serious operation at the Queens
Hospital, from which she fully recov-
cred. But an old stomach trouble sud-
denly seized her last Saturday and,
assuming a malignant form, was the
cause of death.
She leaves. besides her husband, VINO
is with r. H. Davies & Co., two small
children. both daughters. Hers father
and mother, and a sister, Mrs Will
liam VI. Shields, living at Orilla, On
rario. survive, as does a brother, David
B. Maconachie of the hardware de-
nartment of T. H. Davies q Co.
She and her husband were slngu-
Iarlv united couple, and her devotion
tn her children was unstinted-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-07
TRUE STORY Of
THE DOG BITE
Chief Justice HartWeII Defends
the Val0r of His
Pet Dog,

.'It is true that I was bitten by a
dog" said Chief Justice Hartwell, ''but
it was not the Carter dog; it was the
Holloway dog. My dog was not guilty
of contempt of court in refusing to
stay at home. On the contrary, was
very glad to have him go with me,
when I went over to the Carriers to
call. We were passing the Holloway
place when Holloway's two dogs at
tackled him. 1t is not true that he
fed with bowls of terror. It would
have been better if he had. But he
is not that kind of a dog. He battled
for his rights as he understood them.
Every dog has his day, and he SEEM
ed to think this was his day. One Of
the Holloway dogs is a large one and
the other is not so large. My dog
battled with them both. I am not
prepared to say that he would not
have won. But so much dog anger and
excitement had been aroused, and the
battle had ranged over into the Car
ter premises, that I, fearing the ARRAY
might brighten the children, attempted
to interfere to take my dog out of
the conflict. 1t was in trying TO do
this that my hand was bitten, show
ing that there was much excitement
among the dogs, or it never would
have happened.
II make this statement only because,
the matter having become public, ]
would not have versions of the affair
unjust or injurious to the dogs go to
the public unchallenged.
II think / can speak on this subject
as an authority, for this is not the
first time 1 have been bitten by a
dog. But it was not Kalakaua's dog
that bit me before, but Kamehameha
VS. dog, and it was not because ]
sought to be friendly with the dog,
but because the dog sought to be
friendly with me and I repulsed his
friendly overtures. But he did not bite
piece out of me; he only bit me.
only speak of this for the sake of
historical accuracy. That dog is a dog
gone; so is his bite, which makes Gold
smiths immortal ballad not only a
history, but a prophecy:
but soon a wonder came to light,
Which showed the rogues they lied;
The man recovered of the bite
The dog, it was, that died.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-07
LIE MUNYoN IN T1ENTsIN.

Photographer LIE Munyon, well known
in Shanghai, and now doing a GOOD
business in Tientsin. has recently beer
Joined by his brother, Z. c lie Nun
Won Bros. Their studio is situated at
&c Taku road, Tientsin.-shanghai
Bund
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-07

Get a copy of Picturesque Honolulu
to send TO your friend in the States.
Tt is the best souvenir ever issued here.
Fifteen cents copy ready for mailing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-27
llUN WRITTEN LAW"
NOT FOR MANILA
JUDGE SMITH SENDS A MUIR
DERER UP FOR LIFE IN SPITE
OF IT.

MANILA, June 30-Judge T.. H,
Smith of the Court of First Instance
handed down the decision in the Davis
murder case in whicl- the "unwritten
law plea was strongly urged finding
the accused guilty and sentencing him
to Imprisonment for life The finding
and judgment of the court in part is
as follows:
The Court is satisfied from the evil
dence, and so determines that the de-
PENDANT was prompted by jealousy to
a large extent in committing the act
charged in this case; that he was more
or less excited and that there can be
invoked in favor of the defendant, the
eXtenuating circumstance indicated in
Section Z of Article of the Penal
Code. This is consistent with the
aforesaid finding of treachery talevo-
sia) as will be seen by reference to a
decision of the Supreme Court OF
Spain, bearing date December 1, 1871,
published in the Gazette" on the 10Th
day of January, 1872. Considering the
character and extent of said extenuat
ing circumstance, the Court is satisfied
and so finds, in pursuance of Article
81 Of the Penal Code, that the same
counter-balances the weight of the
two aggravating circumstances afore-
said.
The Court, therefore, finds from the
evidence and beyond a reasonable
doubt, the defendant, Chester A. Da-
Wis, guilty of the crime charged in the
information in this case, and the
weight Of the aggravating and extenu-
atings circumstances being counterbai-
anced, as aforesaid, the court senten-
ces defendant, Chester A. Davis, to
Imprisonment at hard labor in the
public carcel of Binbid, in the City of
Manila p l., for and during the term
of his natural life.
1t is ordered that the defendant pay
the costs of this case.
Dated Manila, P. l., June 20, 1907.
CHAS. H. SMITH, Judge.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-27
IN THE COURTS

In the Circuit Court this morning
Judge Robinson granted a motion OF
T. Weoka, convicted of selling liquor
on Sunday for a new trial, and on the
case was at once nolIe pressed, the pro-
secution preferring dropping the mat
ter to again carry it through the court.
The defendant was thereupon discharg-
ed. The case is one of about a years
standing.
The appellant in the case of A. u.
Yong, plaintiff and appellee, VS.. Isaac
S. Kaiu, defendant and appellant, yes
terday filed his brief in the Supreme
Court, by his attorneys, Magoon &
Lightfoot
The papers in the case of All Sing
and 67 others, charged with being pres
ent at a gambling game, appealed from
the District Court, was yesterday filed
in the Supreme Court on writ of error
from the Circuit Court by r. w. Breck-
ons and G. r. Hemenway for plaintiffs.
An appeal was taken today by Maria
Barete in her suit for dover rights in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-27
HoMEsTEADERs AND
Continued from Page IL

farmers seeking land was evident from
the appearance of the buyers Nearly
one hundred people surrounded the
Territorial Land Office, and bidding
was quick and spirited. Only eight out
of the twenty-one lots went near the
government valuation, the other th1r-
| teen selling at advances of 5000 up to
1865 lot. The total area offered was
625 acres, appraised at $17,S25 or al
| most s29 an acre. The total amount
realized was $23,8O9, an advance of $5,-
! 97S, and an average of rather more
than $3S an acre. At the latter figure
it was cheap because it is all good
cane land, said to be the pick of the
plantation. AS far as the Territorial
Government is concerned the sale was
decided success. 1t is now up to the
buyers to make it so from their stand
point.
The names of the buyers, in order as
the lots were offered, were: Esteve
Gonsalves, Joe de Santos Souza, Man
uel Medeiros, William Ross, John Fra
SER Alister Fraser, B. L. de Lima
Francisco Pacheco, G. de Silveira, AL
fred Henderson, ]. M. Jordao, Manuel
M. Jordao, Denis Rapoza, M. c. Porsee,
Joe de S. Costa, Kemakualua, Kea-
lohapauole, JAG. Ferreira, Rose de Mel
10, Antoine Crivello and Manuel Cadina.
o Q o o Q Q Q Q . . . . . . . .
the estate of Manuel A. Barete against
Agnes Soares and Manuel Soares, from
the ruling of Judge De Bolt that the
plaintiff had no right in the property
in question.
In the matter of the Estate of r.
w. Holt, deceased, ]. R. Holt, and j.
L. Holt, filed an appeal to the order OF
the Circuit Court granting the motion
of Carlos A. Long, administrator, to
strike out the objections and eXcep-
lions to final accounts of administra-
tor.
In the probate case of the estate of
Nora Heating Hodgins, deceased, re-
port of the appraisers was filed today
in the Circuit Court, showing the prop
erty to consist of two lots and house
at 1922 Kinau street valued at $4,000,
and 5 shares of Lamberton Loan Co.,
of Sarnia, Ontario, $500.
In the case of Frank B. McStocker
vs. Bishop Trust Co., administrator of
the estate of Chung Along, S. M. Da-
mon, garnishee, a motion was made to
dismiss the bill, and was taken under
advisement by Judge De Bolt A. G.
M. Robertson, attorney for plaintiff;
oleson, Of Holmes & Stanley, for de-
PENDANT.