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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-12-02
|LEAVENWOR7H
DOING THINGS
Busy Scenes About the Lively Little
Town Up the River-Rail-
road Is Building.

People in other parts of the
County, including Wenatchee, are
probably not aware of the develop
ments transpiring in and about the
growing town of Leavenworth. Two
projects of Importance are now ~
prOceSsof construction.
Wenatchee Valley x Northern X. II.
The new railroad now in proc
ess of construction from Leaven-
wort north to Lake Wenatchee will
be completed in about one year. At
the present time there are employed
in the construction gangs about 13O
men. The grade has been practi-
cally completed through the town
and to some distance up the Chum-
stick. The road will be known as
the Wenatchee Valley & Northern.
Parts of the road will be COM
pleted early next summer.
Great Northern Power Plant.
The $1,000,00O power plant west
of the town of Leavenworth is 4
project of no small consequence.
At the present time there are en-
ployed on the construction work a
large number of men, 65 of whom
are now working on the dam, SO
at the power plant and 276 in the
camps along the pipe line.
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ELECTION ON
FOR TOMORROW

Tomorrow will be Tuesday, Dee.
8, and general election day. The
people will choose between the Re
publican and Peoples party nomi-
nees for various municipal Offices.
There is very little excitement on
the street today, and tomorrow cleo
without incident.
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Misses Zoe and Angel Smith of
Ana Wright Seminary, Tacoma, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Cliff
ford Griggs in this city. At dinner
last night Mrs. Griggs entertained the
Misses Smith, Mr.. Bruce Griggs, DR..
Knapp and Mr.. Fred Simpich
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Visitor MADE
KIND REAlARSS
Howard Thomas Friend Saycs We
natChec Made a Hit With
Him.

The following euIogy on this '1iu-
ftless land Of Brilliant Boosters is
taken. from the Independence, Iowa,
Buile1in-Jou-nal The writer, Gus
Klocker, recently visited Howard
Thomas in this city:
Wenatchee Valley,
Washington, done with one hand
and Faber. Ebert Hubbard or
Ali Baba once said that Every
knock is boost.i' Guess he had
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-12-02

The WOman's Home Missionary
Society will meet next Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. l.. H.
Belser at 2:30. All the ladies of the
church are invited to attend. Please
tied for missionary barrel. Secre-
taTy.
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Great Northern Power Plant.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Clapp celebrat-
ed their fifth wedding anniversary
yesterday by entertaining few
friends at dinner. Covers were laid
for ten.
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
DOCTORS TO MEET.
Baltimore, August a.

Baltimore, August Il.
The Seventh Annual Meeting of the
National Medical Association will be
held here on the z7th, 18th and 20th
of this month, at which time about three
hundred physicians and dentists and
pharmacists of the race are expected
to attend.
Each morning during the session pa
pers relating to medical subjects will
be read and discussed. This will be fol
lowed by a clinic at Provident Hospital
On the evening of the first day public
welcoming reception will be held at
Union Baptist Church. A number OF
social events will enliven the session,
including an elaborate musicale on the
closing evening.
DR.. w. H Wright, of 1873 North
Carey street, the chairman of the local
reception committee, has been working
increasingly the~past month to make the
meeting a success.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

the ;alk. resolutions, and abuse that
might be indulged in from now until
Dooms-day. The object OF the League
Is TO foster the habit OF getting the
most ont of he hings a hand and OF Sc
curing those Just beyond That its IN
fuence Is making for tangible results
IS convincingly shown in the fact that
before the advent of the League, eight
years ago, there were but two banks in
the country conducted by Negroes. Now
there are .thirty-four, with more in pros
pect.
From a mere handful OF poorly-tocked
drug stores few years ago, there are
now I34, the majority OF which are first
class in every detail 1t IS now a poor
community indeed that has not its col
ored grocery, dry goods store, millinery
establishemnt, tailor shop, etc, together
with splendidly equipped professional
men-doctors. lawyers, teachers. editors,
and the like. The race,argued Dr.Wash-
ington, has every reason to be hopeful
Of the future
The race has accomplished much and
the way is opening through which 1t
may accomplish more We should have
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

men OF the city while here.
On Friday last Miss Thompson and
other summer resorts.
Some of the ministers who were Civ
en- a months leave have filled their pull
pits just the same.
Senator Foraker delivered an address
at the annual picnic of the Western As
sOciation Of pioneers at New Carlisle,
Ohio. last week.
Orders have been issued to strike
from the naval list the old wooden sail
ing vessel Saratoga, and to sell her by
auction to the highest bidder This boat
was built in I842, and was then cIassed
as a fine warship.
The summer school at the University
of Pennsylvania has closed after one Of
the most successful years.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who will make
her debut in society, is only seventeen
years of age
The bubonic plague has broken out in
South Manchuria. Many deaths have
occurred.
Ed. Dalton, alias Earl West, or Will
lam Earl, OF Washington, who robbed
and murdered William Legg( butcher,
of Sidney, Ohio, will be electrocuted.
A special dispatch to the Star says
that one of the most spectacular and ex-
citing fires seen along the Hudson Val
ley for long time occurred last night
a week ago at Kingston, when the big
West Shore freight station and forty
cars were entirely destroyed. Dynamite
which was in a car did much damage
when It exploded.
According to reports, Mrs. Louise
Taft, mother of William H. Taft. Sec
retary Of War, is worse.
Instead of the Metropolitan Mercan-
tile Company being called the Greatest
Negro Enterprise" in the world it should
be called the Greatest Enterprise in the
World.
The Baptist State Convention of Mis-
sissippi raised S45oo this year
Mr.. B. r Washington, Mayor and
Chief Executive of Brooklyn, ILL.,. was
in the city last week, visiting.
Mr. H A, Rucker, Collector Of In
ternal Revenpe for the State of Georgia,
ias written strong appeal to the Legis-
lature.
Mrs. Lairnia Watson has the honor OF
Being the only woman in the State of
Kentucky who owns an undertaking es-
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
THE ODD FELLOWS

WHAT THE SOUTH WILL DE-
MAND-ODD FELLOWS HEAD
QUARTERS REMOVED TO THIS
CITY-THE NEXT SESSION OF
THE B. NJ. c.
The Southern Odd Fellows, which
consist of over two-thirds of the or
ganization in America, viii undoubted-
ly remove their headquarters from Phil
delphia, Pa, to this city.
The injunction proceedings will come
up in Philadelphia next month. The
showing of Messrs.H Howe, Knox. Cren-
shaw and Clinton and others will es-
tablish an illegal misrepresentation of
funds and many other irregularities.
The next session of the
B. NJ. c.,
which will convene in Atlantic CITY,
will be one of the most memorable in
the history of the order.
The Southern Odd Fellows are deter
mined to see that no more political
tricks are introduced in the order BY
which officers are elected.
The Alabama case will be one of the
most important cases that will be con-
sidered by the next B. M. c.. Grand
Master Jones, of Mississippi, will be a
strong factor in the next B. M. c.
This present subcommittee of man
agement with but one exception will
go out of Office so quickly that it will
never know that it existed.
Editor Benjamin J. Davis, of the At
lanta Independent. Is the only level
headed man on the committee. The
Alabama delegation alone will outnum-
Der any Northern opposition that villa
show itself in the next B. NJ. c.
Full particulars Of the coming injunc-
tions will appear in full in The Bee.
Thousands of dollars of the Odd Fell
lows money will be spent in law suits,
caused by the arbitrary and illegal rul-
ing of the sub committee Of manage
ment.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
By Mss Beafyi5 L. Chase.

We appreciate very highly the COM
pliment paid MS by Mr.. ] ". Smith in
his letter to The New York Age, Thurs
day. August l5
The annual meeting OF the National
Medical Association will be held in Bal
nmore, Md. the 2zth. 2S and Goth Of
this month Drs Warheld. Shadd, Fran
els and Curtis Of this city are expected
10 attend.
Mr.. w, A Curtis. of this city, was
an Important figure in the recent juve-
nile demonstration Of the G. u. o. of
Galilean Fisherman.
The public has heard much of Miss
Cecilia johnson, but it would be a puz-
zle for the public to recognize her by
the many different pictures which have
been printed as her likeness.
Washington has It's quota of repre-
sentatives at Saratoga, Atlantic City and
cial attentions from the gallant young
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

an abundance of race pride The speak
er was greeted with a deafening round
of applause when he severely scored that
class Of Negroes who are sahamed OF
their race identification and who are try
ing TO pass" for something they, are
not. There was demonstration OF ap-
proval equally as strong when Dr.Wash-
ington declared that the Negro was not
seeking social equality; has no desire
to mingle with people who did not want
him; and that there was not the slight
est foundation for the pretense IN some
quarters that the Negro is trying to
dominate the politics of the country.
All that any right-minded Negro in the
land seeks IS equal justice IN the courts
and equal protection under the laws OF
the land. Given the same chance and
fairplay, ORD. Washington believes the
enterprising Negro will not be a down
trodden people He enunciated again
his old shibboleth that "an inch of pro-
gress Is worth yard of complaint" "
While recognizing the good intentions Of
the agitator and fully appreciating the
conscientious labor that many Of them
are doing for manhood rights, it was his
definite achievement that would make US
indispensable factors in building up the
nation; farther toward securing us our
rights would go all the petitions OF COM
plants that we might file between now
and Judgment day. The Business League
is working along this line. 1t welcomes
the building element of the race. The
League has grown from a mere hand
ful of members in eight years, and with
$50 local leagues, cooperating with the
National body, DR.. Washington feels
that the organization has fully justified
its existence.
At the conclusion OF the Wizards"
eloquent pleas for self-helpfulness there
was a storm of applause from the vast
audience, in which there was a large
number of white people, who had come
out TO hear the races peerless leader
TO learn why the Business League has
such firm hold upon the confidence
and affections of the energetic Negroes
here IN Topeka and in every other por-
ton of the country.
The musical features of the program
were highly enjoyable. Prof. George
Dardis, Atchison's favorite organist, rem
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
DEATH OF IOSFPH MAYNE.

1t is but seldom that l ever attemp TO
correct a statement made in any Of the
daily or weekly papers, bu upon perus-
ing your excellent paper, The Bee, Of
the 18th ultimo, my eyes fell upon an
item therein on the death of my late
friend and brother, NJ. v P. o. Joseph
n Mayne, which said that the funeral
rites on the occasion of his burial were
performed by Mr.. r. d. Goodman, in
timating that theer were no other cere-
monies. Now. what I desire 70 state in
the way of correction of the item is, that
Brother Mayne died July I8, 1870, and
was buried from Ebenezer Methodist
Episcopal Church, Fourth and d streets
southeast, on Sabbath July 2I, 1907. His
remains were escorted from his lat9
residence, No 323 South Carolina ave.
nue. southeast, to the church by the fol-
lowing societies: Douglas Post, Grand
Army of the Republic; Elder Mems Re-
lief Association, George w Stewart,
acting president; a lodge of the Good
Samaritans and Daughters Of Samaria
Rebecca Household of Ruth G. u. o.
of o. F.; Past Grand Masters Council,
No. 4, G. U. o. of o. F., and Social
Lodge, No. I, of Free and Accepted
Masons Of the District of Columbia
Rebecca Household of Ruth. G. u. o.
Of .. F. was present at the church.
The religious services were conducted
by the pastor, Rev Dennison, who in his
remarks paid high tribute to the life
and character Of the deceased He was
followed by Rev. w. J. Howard, who
traced him from his birth in the West
India Islands to the United States, and
of his services IN the United States
Navy Department, and of his thirty
seven years as a member of the g. U.
o. Of o. F., which assured his entrance
to the heavenly grand lodge above.
The Noble Grand of Eastern Star
Lodge, No. 1923, etc, delivered the eu-
logy on the part of the lodge Papers
were read from the Post of the g. a.
R. by Mr.. Goodman, and from the
Household Of Ruth and the Good Sa-
maritans, which were followed by the
ceremonies of P. G. NJ Council No. 4,
etc, after which his remains were es-
corted to Harmony Cemetery Northeast,
where the last solemn religious rites
were perfornd by Rv Dennison. Next
was the burial ceremony OF Eastern
Star Lodge, No 1923, performed BY
NJ. v P. John F. N. Wilkinson, Sr.,
the Noble Grand Of the Lodge; next
were the burial ceremonies of Washing
ton Patriarchie, No. I8, by the Right
Venerable and Worthy Chaplain, and
last were the burial services Of Social
Lodge, No. I, Of Free and Accepted
Masons by the Worshipful Master, Bro
ther Walter c. Abrams, and his ward
ems; and the remains were deposited
in the grave, There was no ceremony
performed by any other organization,
and could not be.
Fraternally,
John F. N. Wilkinson, Sr.
August IA 1907
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

tablishment.
Arrangements are being made for a
Negro" Chautauqua for Central, Illi-
nois, beginning September 20 and lasting
through the 23d.
The Southwestern Christian Advocate
says that the Negro is debtor to the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Mrs. Ester J. Carpenter, who
has held large meetings in this and 9TH
er cities, is said to be meeting with
much success.
Rev Sterling N. Brown, pastor of Lin
coin Temple Church, delivered an ad-
dress at the Price Memorial Literary,
Atlantic City, Monday of last week.
Norfolk Va, has lost one of its best
and well-known citizens in the person
of Mrs. Maggie W. Bright whose fu-
neral occurred not long ago.
The colored people of Louisville, KY,
held their farewell meeting in the Cen
ire Street Methodist Church not long
ago. The congregation of Rev L. H.
Brown worshipped in this church sew
enty-fve years.
The Kentucky Standard states that
some Of the best women of the colored
race of Lexington are trying to start
Day Nursery.
The highest order of Negro Masonry
held its grand session in Springfield,
H.. this week.
The funeral services of Charles w.
Thomas, the son Of Dr. and Mrs. I. L.
Thomas, of Baltimore, who died at the
home OF his parents, August 9, at the
age of II years, was held the following
Wednesday.
We see by the Christian Index that
the Legislature OF Alabama has sub
mitted amendments tc the Constitution
to be voted on by the people.
Many attended the Baptist State Con-
vention which convened at Yazoo City,
Miss, not long ago.
Mr.. c. 7. Rossier, who keeps sixty
four thoroughbred Jersey cows, uses
milking machines, which he says are a
great success.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Popular excursions to Niagara Falls,
only $40 round trip; August 2 and 10;
September & and 20; October 6, 1907.
Excursion tickets will be sold on the
above dates, good going only on Special
Train leaving Washington at 7.4s am
arriving Niagara Falls at HOO pm.
Tickets valid for return ten (Io) dayA
including date of sale, on all regular
trains, except "Black Diamond Express, I"
of Lehigh Valley Route.
Gall on ticket agents for pamphles
giving full particulars as to stop-oVers,
side-trips etc.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
MR.. LANKFORD COMPLTMENTED

NIX. LANkFORD COMPLIMEN L ED
Topeka, Kan, August I6, 'o7.
Mr.. J. A. Landlord, architect and build
er in the District of Columbia, and pres
ident of the Local League, was in our
city this week representing the Business
League of Washington, who had an ex-
cellent architectural exhibit showing the
great work that he is doing throughout
the States; and the class of buildings
which are being erected under his super
Vision. Mr.. J. A. Landlord and broth
ers are said to be the pioneer negroes in
the country to open up a first class ar-
chitectural and building Office IN the
United States.
He was nominated by Mr.. Chas. Banks
of Mississippi, and was elected Vice
President of the National Negro Busi-
ness League Of which Washington is
the National President.
He has established a branch Office at
Mr., Jas H Guys, the leading attorney
of this city,who will be his personal rep
resentative in the Middle West
Mabel Vaughn,
Correspondent.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

Baltimore 8, Ohio Excursion, Sunday.
August 25th; $40 to Frederick, Keedys-
vile and Hagerstown and return. Train
leaves Washington at $50 A. NJ.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24
The Business LEAGUE

NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS
LEAGUE CAPTURES THE GOLD
IN WEST. - COMMERCIAL IN
crNCT OF NEGRO RACE IS
orrCKENED UNDER THE SPELL
OF THE SPIRIT OF JOHN
PPgWN ON KANSAS SOIL
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

C@nunued on 4th Page
The Washington bee., 1907-08-24

John F. N. Wilkinson, Sr.
August Il, 1907.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-17
POWERS ON WITNESS STAND.
Prisoner Relates Events Leading ID
to GoebeI Murder.

Georgetown. Ky, Dec 16.-Caleb
Powers to-day asserted his innocence
Of the murder Of William GoebeI on
the witness stand.
This is the sixth week of the trial
Powers took the witness stand in his
own defense at the opening OF court
He was still telling his story when
court adjourned
Powers admitted bringing people to
Frankfort TO give moral tone 10 the
Republican side, saying that he
brought three crowds Of people and was
going for the fourth when GoebeI was
shot
lie denied the story Of the Common
wealth witness. Robert Noakes. who said
Powers and others had told him 70 raise
q band OF desperate men for tee purpose
OF hanging the election commissioners II
they refused the certificates Of election 10
the Republicans.
He conuadicted the story or the other
Commonwealth witnesses. Wharton Cold
en- who claimed 10 have had knowledge
of the entire plot and assassination. anu
also OF the story OF Henry Z. Ydutsey.
who declared that Powers had given him
possession OF his Office for the purpose Of
shooting GoebeI from window.
Powers laid foundation for proving
by McKinzie Tod and other prominent
persons every utterance Of Toutsey 20 be
untrue
The Washington herald., 1907-12-17
INDORSED BY COLORED HEN
Senator Foraker FaVorite Candidate
of Negro Ministers.
Praised for His Work in Obtaining
Hearing for Discharged Mem
bers of Infantry.

Senator Joseph Benson Foraker was IN
dorsed for the Presidency in 1908. and
was commended by the Washington Col
ored Ministers Union. yesterday. for his
action in securing a hearing for the dis
charged men of the Twenty-ffth United
States Infantry who were alleged TO
have been concerned in the famous
Brownsville raid.
The union met yesterday ar Lincoln
Temple Memorial Congregational Church.
Eleventh and r streets northwest The
action in reference TO the Ohio Senator
is said to have been the first Of similar
kind that has been taken by colored min
listers anywhere.
The discussion Of the resolution was
made by Revs. A. c. Garner. J. +. Gruik.
James W. Poe. w II. Davenport, and
others. Il was introduced by Rev. Poe,
who defended it vigorously. The resolu-
ton states that Senator Foraker, in the
face OF sreat opposition. secured a hear
ing for the men over the protest of citi-
Zens Of Brownsville. It also cOmmends
those members of the investigating com
mittee who agreed with Senator Foraker
on the report he made to the Senate.
All colored denominations are appealed
to- in support of the Senator's candidacy.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-17

Birmingham, Ala. Dee 16.-An ex-
plosion. believed 10 be of gas and dust
both. in mine No. of the Yolande Coal
and Coke Company at YoIande. thirty
tve miles south of Birmingham, t.SS
morning killed seventy-iive men and inS
jured twenty-five others. many of them
dangerously. The explosion took place
in the third or fourth subentry of the
main entry. and circulated through the
mines
The explosion blew out dust al a terrific
rate from the mouth of the mine, destroy
ing several small sheds on the outside.
Fourteen men. who were working in the
second entry, managed 10 walk and
crawl to the outside, escaping with but
little injury.
FOR an hour or more the mine was too
hot to permit men to go in to rescue the
entombed miners. Because Of this being
Monday, the full force of men did not
go into the mine. but no less than ninety
five miners, drivers. trappers. and others
were reported in the place
Sad Sight at Mouth of Mine.
The explosion attracted women. men
and children to the mouth OF the mine I'm
a little while, and the wailing that was
heard was heartrending. 1t was a sad
sight. The explosion did not destroy the
fans, and in a short while air was again
being circulated through the mines.
The first rescuing party reached the
second entry two hours after the ex-
plosion and two bodies were recovered
on the way. -Four hours later ten more
bodies were taken out with ten men
stlh alive Among the dead taken ont
early was Robert Arnold, the bank
boss and assistant superintendent for
The Yolande Company.
The contract system is permitted at
this mine and, therefore. it will not be
definitely known how many were in
the mines until after the place has
been thoroughly searched.
Thirty Bodies Recovered.
Up to o'clock tonight. TWENTY-FIVE
dead bodies had been removed and
twenty-five men either hurt or stunned
for while got out or were assisted
ont. An hour later this number had
been increased to thirty dead and il
was estimated that forty more dead
would be found with probably thirty
hurt Most Of the victims leave fam
flies.
The Yolande Coal and Coke Company is
headed by G. y. Grove, the president. the
general offices being in Birmingham.
Among the dead are many Of the best
known miners in the State
The Yolande mines are within fifteen
miles Of the Virginia City Mines. where
two years ago 112 miners were killed in
q similar explosion.
Forty coffins were shipped TO the scene
this afternoon. and four undertakers are
busy preparing the bodies for shipment
or burial.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-17
WOODS MAKES HIS REPORT.
Says House Office Building VIII Be
Complete in Year.

In his annual report to the Secre-
tary OF the Interior. made public yes
terdsy. Elliott Woods. superintend-
ent Of the Capitol. says that by Decem-
l'N1' i. 1908. the new House Office build
ins vii compile; in every detail
The 5, nate Office building. the report
says, will be complete within a year
after the House During the year.
$780, 900 was spent for labor and repairs
on the Capitol; $4,000 for improving
the Capitol Grounds; $4,000 was used
20 equip and maintain the Senate
kitchen.
Revolving doors have been installed
at nearly all the entrances. and those
not so equipped viii be at a later pc
riod as they have been found extreme
ly useful in cases where il is impOssi-
bic to keep the doors shut
The rotunda has been restored to its
original appearance by the removal OF
several coats of paint, and the same
work has been done in the old hall OF
Representatives, now Statuary Hail.