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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
FARMtRS' CONFERENCE
ANNUAL MEETING AT MANASSAS
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

The annual negro farmers conference
was held last Thursday at the Manassas
Industrial School, Manassas, Va, and, &C.
cording to reports, was very largely at
tended by colored farmers and their fam
lilies, more than three hundred and fifty
persons being present.
The meeting was opened by George II.
Mays, principal Of the school, who stated
the object In the following words: go.
I'VE have come for the express purpose
of discussing the best methods of farming,
just how We might stop the great inlIux Of
the young negro to the cities and to dignity
farm life in general The time has now
come. ladies and gentlemen, when we must
as race of people produce something. AS
long as We are consuming we will always
be drag upon our communities. we will
always be pointed out as a race not to be
respected because We do not respect the
fundamental principle of life-work.
This Is the farmers day and We are here
to discover means by which we can in
crease our acreage and its fertility by ap-
plying the best and most approved methods
Of cultivation. In other words, we are here
to adopt the means Of intensified farming
acre produce. under proper cultivation and
methods. what we would produce on two
acres. Another matter that / think needs
our attention here today. and l might as
wen State IL ITduhly, iS-IHe tIInc has
come when we as a race of people must
stop harboring crime in any way, shape or
form. and give the criminal negro to under
stand that we will not tolerate him in our
communities where law and order is the
motto. We trust that you will enter heart
lily into the discussion and give us the
benefit of your ideas and whether you own
your own home and just what struggles
you had in purchasing that home"
Several Addresses Made.
A number Of addresses on agricultural
subjects were delivered by members of the
conference and visitors specially invited for
the purpose. Among those who spoke were
Lee Triplett. Rev. c. M. Tyler, Clinton
Weaver, Franklin Alexandria,, Lawson
Alexandria, Prof. ]. A. Landlord and
others.
Resolutions were adopted expressing ap-
probation of the work Of Miss Jennie Dean
for the amelioration of the sufferings of
the colored people; Of Oswald Garrison of
New York city, principal of the board of
directors Of the Manassas Industrial School,
and of Thomas Lyon of Manassas, who
has aided the school in many ways
The conference was closed by an address
by Rev. Marshall D. Williams moderator
of the Northern Virginia Baptist Associa-
ton, and one of the trustees of the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
Poor Show for
The Dyspeptic.
POISONED STOMACH. CLOGGED BRAIN WA.
yERING AMBITION. FAILURE-UNLESS
LIE SEXES HIS OPPORTUNITY.

POISONED SrOMACH. CLOGfED BhalN. WA
yERING AMBITION, FAILURE-UNLESS
HE SEXES HIS OPPORTUNITY.
There's good for any mans remaining
a dyspeptic--a burden TO himself and family, when
he should be producer.
There's only one reason why lie has been dys-
peptic. and that Ii because he has overworked his
stomach 30 that II cannot secrete the Juices and
work the muscles necessary to digest the food.
What the dyspepuc must do is to help the
stomach out. 1t IL full of poisonous pile OF fer
menting. ting food. Instead OF being ssslmi-
muscle and rebuild the waste tissues It lies there
inactive.
First. take an unrritating cathartic and get rid
Of this food.
Second. get q 50-cent package of Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets from any druggist aud take one at
each meal and at bed time. The tablet VIII do the
digesting while the stomach Is regaInng its forces
Before the box 10 gone your stomach will be vastly
relieved. II not cured. why7 Because Stuart's
your stomach possessed when II was healthy
pepsin. diastase, golden seal and others 1t was
because your stomach kept losing its supply OF
these digestiye ferments that you became dyspep
tic. B$
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets DO the work simply.
surely and without injury. They not a medi
cine. but the working out Of scientific principle
upon the food you eat.
Hundreds of sufferers in far worse condition than
you have been positively cured Of dyspepsia by
these wonderful little tablets. Forty thousand ply
s.ians in the United States and Canada recon.
mend them.
IL you are uncertain and wish further proof
send us your name and address today for q free
trial package. which we will gladly mail you a.
once. F. A. Stuart Co., "A Stuart Bldg. Marshall,
Mich.
For sale At ali druggists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
WINNING THE WEST"

Beyond the Mississippi lies the great Empire OF the West
Already rich natural attraction and material development its
future is pregnant with great possibilities.
The development of this Great West marks the progress
OF railway transportation.
In 1854 the Pennsylvania Railroad completed to
Pittsburgh the Allegheny Mountains In 1853 the line
opened Chicago and in 1860 the Pacific linked to
the Atlantic by bands OF STEEL
Today. by using the "Pen, syvana Special THE eighteen
hour between Washington and Chicago spend
Sunday in Washington Monday in Chicago and be in Dem
Tuesday and Los Angeles San Francisco Thurs
day Denver Washington today than Pittsburg
used be- and Southern California Americas winter flower
garden is but step beyond
The Standard Railroad OF America, which leads in the
Improvement railway transportation exceptional aci
ties unryaed attractions and peculiar safeguards
Chicago Colorado California point in the great and
growing West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
Crevasse Under Control.

, NEW ORLEANS. February 25.-Control
was secured yesterday over the dangerous
crevasse near Jesuits Bend. the state en-
gineers succeeding in tying in the ends
of the broken levee, so that the breach did
not widen.
It was announced that should the situa-
ton become threatening the crevasse can
be closed. although at great cost. 1t was
decided to let the break flood the surround
ing country at least for q few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25

CHICAGO, February 25.-May0r Dunno,
William Jennings Bryan. Louis Il. Post of
the board of education and E. H. Roche of
the mayors campaign committee were I'M
periied yesterday in an elevator accident
at the Sherman House.
They escaped with a severe shak king up.
The elevator dropped about fifteen feet
and bumped. with crash, on the bottom
OF the shaft.
Mr.. Bryan. who was passing through the
city in the course of lecture trip. called
at the mayors headquarters on the second
floor of the hotel. The gentlemen named
had stepped into the elevator when, with
out warning. the machinery gave way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
PHONE TOLD STORY
HEARD SCREAMS
OF AssAULATED WOMAN.

CENTERVILI,E. Iowa, February G-
Rural telephone = users all over Wayne
county yesterday heard the screams OF Mrs.
George Stech while she struggled desper-
ately with tramp who attacked her in
her home near the county line.
Men in the homes OF her nearest neigh
bors who FASTENED to get out teams and
rush to her assistance were too late to save
Mrs., Stech or capture her assailant. Posses
with bloodhounds are searching the country
side, and there is a chance that the tramp
will be lynched if captured.
Mrs Stech says the tramp came to her
door and demanded admittance She was
alone In the house with her three-year-old
girl, and she closed the door in the tramp's
face and locked it.. The man at once COM
menced to break down the door. Mrs. Stech
carried her little girl to a bed room and
locked her in.
Central" Heard Screams.
She then ran to the telephone and rang to
call for help. but before she could speak the
tramp had forced his way in and seized her.
She dropped the receiver, leaving the tele-
phone open. and the central operator heard
her first scream.
For half an hour the woman struggled
desperately with her assailant over the lit
tie living room. Each time she found her
self near the telephone she screamed for
help. In nearly every home on the system
to which her telephone belonged her
screams were heard.
The first of her neighbors to arrive found
Mrs. Stech bound and unconscious. The
tramp had disappeared The men who
started cut to hunt him down, after hear
Ing her story, were armed and said they
would shoot him on sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25

In England the pronunciation of proper
names In many cases is quite different from
those of the United States, as the following
will show:
Spelled Pronounced
Cowper Cooper
Buwer Rulier
Wemyss Weems
st. John Singer
st. Leger Siliinger
knollvs Knowles
Cockburn Coburn
Brougham Broom
Norwich Norridge
Hawarden Harden
HoIborn Hohnrn
Colquhoun Cohoon
Cirenchester Sissiter
Beaucbamp Beechnm
CholmOndeley CHUNKY
Marylebone Marabun
Mar1oribanks Marshbanks
Talliaferro Tolliyer
Menzies Mingess
Mcleod Mac(,loud
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Holiday Instead Of HOLY pav.

II deplore the fact that certain classes
consider Sunday a holiday, instead Of q
holy day." Rev. Charles Winbigier, pastor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25

Following the demand of the machinists
In the Norfolk navy yard for an increase in
pay. announcement is made that forty or
fifty of the men have been or will be
dropped from the rolls on account Of lack
Of work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
Birds Fed at Public Cost.

In the piazza of ST. Marks. In Venice. and
in the yard of the guildhall. or city hall. of
London, doves and pigeons are fed daily
at the public expense. and at the hour of
feeding, especially in Venice. there Is usual
ly large crowd of people. The birds make
their nests nearby. They are very tame and
will feed from the hand of stranger They
are not allowed to be killed or frightened,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
Why Jungles Are Cleared.

Mr.. E. E. Dobbs Of Montgomery, Mich,
asks what a jungle is and "Why, In
densely populated countries like India, they
are not cleared up and put to cultivation
In India and other tropical countries, all
forests are called jungles. just as all tree
less lands in South America are called
pampas and all level stretches of country
are called prairies in the United States, The
jungles of India would have been cleared up
and adapted to cultivation centuries ago II
such thing were possible but they mostly
lie at low levels. at the bottom of drainage
basins. and along the banks Of rivers where
much Of the area is swamp the year around
with water. Nor Is the soil of Jungle
suited to cultivation. 1t Is generally a deep
mass of muck and decaying vegetation
which will produce certain varieties Of
plants with extraordinary rapidity and
rankness. but 1t is entirely too rich to be
used for ordinary crops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
English Pronunciation.

and any interference with them would be
promptly followed by arrest.
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Pioneer Of the Industry.

The first man to introduce canning into
the United States was an Englshman
named Thomas Kensett. who learned the
business in the old country from Peter
Durant, who. in 1910, obtained a patent
for putting up food In Theoretically sealed
vessels of glass, pottery or tin. In 1925
Kensett established factory in Maryland.
where fruits. vegetables and oysters were
plentiful and cheap, and that state con-
tinued to be the center Of the industry
for many years. but 1t did not make much
progress until the civil war, when there
was a great demand for vegetables and
fruits in the army. After the war the in
vasion of the mountains by miners and the
settlement of the prairies by ranchmen and
farmers kept up the demand. But as 1
have said, it was only recently that the
fashions permitted factory goods to come
to the tables of the households in the
east
The figures I have given do not include
meats. canned meats, but only fruits and
vegetables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
! I
YOUR LITTLE GIRL
THE DELINEATOR

This number shows atlarge selection of
exquisite designs. Get it. You will be
sure to find something that will please you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
THE DELINEATOR

l-Bvftsraek Rstasrs No 9SS b cat II five sizes. non
to u years. Price rs cssta YsG car Ssf this Psf'
Gsrn from any Bsherjck Agency Or from 40 dirseb
RU7TRRScK BUILDING, NEW YORK, N.Y.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
COLORADO PARAGRAPHS.

The officials of Palisades ralded the
gambling houses and arrested three
well known business men of that
place.
Frank Burcham, who died recently
at Glenwood Springs, left his fortune
OF $4,000 to Miss Tillie Englebrecht.
a trained nurse who had taken care of
him for the past year.
Mistaking a bottle Of carbollc acid
for an eyewash which he had been us.
Ing, Ed Rudd, farmer near Greeley.
Is now In danger OF losing the sight
OF one eye.
After an exciting chase John Griffin.
who Is alleged to have committed as.
sanlts on three young Bessemer girls
on the night of July 3. was captured
Tour hours after his return to Pueblo
Dan Snyder, II years old, who lives
In Denver. near Elitch's gardens, was
fatally injured by the accidental dis
charge OF his revolver. With two
other boys he has been camping near
Arapahoe peak. He dropped his pisto
and 1t was discharged.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29

I The state fair board of directors
have decided to invite President Roos
evelt and William Jennings Bryan TO
attend the fall exposition, Former
| Governor Alva Adams will write a
personal letter to Mr.. Bryan, and the
directors feel almost certain that the
distinguished Nebraskan win accept
the invitation.
Farmers are busy cutting their
wheat. and Indications are that this
win be record breaking year in the
Berthoud section. Beets are looking
better than ever before. The water
supply for irrigation is the greatest
known. and. altogether the outlook is
encouraging. The weather has been
exceedingly warm the past week.
Mrs. Andrew Lund was arrested at
Leadville. charged with assault on and
robbery of her husband. Herman Mill
er and Anna Boshce were arrested.
charged with the same offense. I.und
was found lying by the side of the
road between Leadvillc and Tennessee
pass. His head was badly bruised,
and he was unconscious. After he
recovered he said he had been as
saulted by Miller. the Boshee woman
and his wife.
Awakening from sound sieep to
md two burglars In his room Wood.
run Briscoo, II railroad man at Pueblo.
residing at SOC West Sixth street, took
two shots at tho intruders. but the
bullets went wild and both men es-
capped, taking with them n small
amount OF canh they found in the
house and leaving no CLOVIS whateve,
behind. The police went to work on
the case at once but there is little
hope that the burglars will be appre.
hended MS Briscoe was too excited at
the time TO secure their descriptions.
The district court at Grand June
lion held that the turning of mans
sisters picture to the wall by his wife
i3 not sufficient grounds for n divorce
and as a result Frank Bloom. who ask
cd for a divorce from Ruth Bloom
because she Insisted on keeping the
back of the frame that contained a
sisters picture to the front, will have
to remain In harness with his wife.
Bloom maintained that because his
wife turned his sisters picture to the
wall he was entitled to legal co.
separation. The court thought diff.
ferently.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
INSECT ENEMIES.

When you visit Washington next
time you may chance to wander
through the shaded, park-iike grounds
IN which the buildings occupied by
the department of agriculture are ,1-
ca:ed. and you may run across n curl
rus, cage-like structure. 10 or 12 feet
square and s or . feet high.
Its frame is made OF light wooden
stun end its walls of close-meshed wire
netti s, througl which the rain can
beat, the wind can blow and the sun.
shine fall the 'ame as anywhere else
Inside you viii see divers Jars and
flower pots. some On shelves close IL
the outside OF the wire net cage. some
sunken In the ground and some other
wise disposed. In the Jars and pots
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
STEEL WAGES AND DIVIDENDS

That the 205.00O employees of the
United States steel corporation are
getting a fair share of the income is
evident from review of the corpora
TONS operations. from the time 1t be-
gan business on April /, 1901, to June
30, 1907.
In that period the corporation dis
bursed in wages and salaries opproxi-
mately s7S6,0O0,000, and Its dividend
payments to stockholders aggregated
1924 500, 900. The ratio of dividends to
wages and salaries poid was approx
mately 80 per cent. In brief, the
amount paid to employees exceeded the
amount disbursed to shareholders
three times over
Interest and dividend payments ag-
gregated approximately $4O5. .0OO, 600
This amount paid in wages and sal
aries. The employees OF the corpora
tion received in salaries and wages an
amount slightly In excess of the ne:
earnings. For example, net earnings
aggregated $75S,0OO,OOQ and wages
and salaries $7Gs,OOO.00O.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
oorsoN soYs AeResrep

Deputy United States Marshal Clark
nll9hted from the train at Ignacio yes
terday and went tot Bayfield,, where he
took Frank Dotson In charge, driving
to Durango In the evening, where he
also took charge of Ed Dotson. The
brothers We're arrested ON warrants
Issued from the federal court Mt Santa
re, N. NJ, charging thcm with violat-
ing the internal revenue law at Aztec.
They were taken before Commissioner
Pingrey and held under bonds OF 81
200 each, which they could not give
and spent the night as guests OF Sher-
III Clark. They left this morning
for Denver In charge of the marshal
and from there will be taken to Santa
Fe. They are charged with selling II.
quor In New Mexico without n license
ana of filling bottles from which bond
ed goods had been sold and using the
same stamps to sell inferior goods
This was Two and half years ago
and after Ed Dotson had gone out
of the business. Eds friends say. The
boys didn't appear to he much wor-
ried and are confident they will be
cleared of the charge.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29

cages for taxable purposes after the
board gets through.
After wandering about for three
months In an effort to evade the 10
lice, who were searching for him on
charge OF misappropriating several
thousand dollars of his employers
money and passing worthless checks
or number OF local banks. A. Ian
sing Baird. formerly prosperous
broker returned to New York and
ended his life by sending bullet
through his brain. Bairds body was
discovered In Central park. almost
within stones throw OF the home OF
the wife he had deserted
Walking half miles across the
Chautanqua grounds In barrel was
the experience of Charles l.. Newcomb.
president of wall paper firm at st.
Louis Although Mr.. Newcomb had
on a bathing suit. his trousers had
been stolen while he was bathing In
pool with several young women. The
rules of the grounds prohibit anyone
walking across them In bathing cos
tune. so Mr. Neweomb knocked in
the head of n barrel and escorted the
women to their cottage. Later he
found his trousers fastened to a tree
with a For Sale sign attached there
to.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
KOREA, LAND OF CURIOUS Gus
TOMS.

Korea, called by outsiders the Her
NIT Kingdom" is known to its own
people as Chosen, meaning morning
calm" or morning freshness"
1t comprises peninsula OF Asia.
northeast of China, 600 miles long. 1856
miles broad and including an area of
about $4,000 square miles. The pop
ulation Is estimated at from eight to
sixteen million people. including for
eigners. OF whom the greater number
are Japanese. There are about 800
Americans resident in the country.
The Koreans are of Mongolian ORR
gin, tall, robust and rather propossess-
ing in appearance. Their language is
polysyllabic. In dress. customs and
architecture they show the influence
of Chinese civilization. The Chinese
claim to have civilized Korea in the
twelfth century b. C.
Korea had been under the suzarain.
ty of China from earliest times, ex.
cept for brief period between 1892
and 1893 when 1t was under japanese
protection, until 1876, when Japan
signed treaty recognizing 1t as an
Independent nation.
The burdens Of life fall more heavily
upon the women OF Korea than in most
countries. even in the Orient. Indeed
l. would be difficult to point to any ma
tion where the lot Of women is more
completely unenviable than in Korea
The male Korean. except in the high
est classes. regards his wife as the
burden bearer of the family.
Curiously enough, however. the NAL,
Korean does not attain to the full dig
nifty OF mans estate until he marries
No matter how long he may defer tha
'event, he Is compelled to go bare
headed and to wear his hair In a pig
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

Following Is list of letters remain
ing uncalled for In the Durango post
office for the week ending July %
1907. Persons calling for same will
please saye that II was advertised. y
Brown, Mrs. A.
Davis, c. ID.
Dlckerson, ]. c.
Dicus, ID. w.
Frederick, Edna.
Freeman, Harry.
Finch, Milton,
Gonzales, Estanislado.
Giuseppi, Angetoni.
Kendrick, William.
Kendrick, william.
Kennedy, Wade r.
Lissner, Bphriam.
McKenna, Mrs. Thos.
Martinez, Frank ID.
Meyer. Laura.
Meyer, Laura.
Pavilla, j. II.
Picket, Lula.
Quintana, Juan G.
Riney. Frank
Roberts. Il. ].
Serna, Cosimiso
Sapp, NJ. w.
Smith, Mrs. Hnnilals.
Smith Sam s.
Sherrard. r. II.
Shade, j. w.
Stafford, Mrs. Grant
Storal, Ethel.
Trujillo, j. NJ.
Turomo. Angelo
Turney, John.
Walker, 10. B
Velasqnez, Gregorla.
G. N. RAYMOND, p. NJ.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-29
AMERICAN aREvI1lEs.

Milwaukee officials refuse saloon IL
censes to six married women who
have husbands who can support them
In quarrel over the prope ity at the
breakfast table, Isaan Coons. an aged
bachelor. shot his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Andrew Coons. through the neck at
their home. for miles south of Mar
celine. Mo. He gave himself up.
Judge Pritchard in the federal court
at Asheyllle declares the penalty
clause OF the new North Carolina rate
bill unconstitutional and scores the
state for defiance. OF habeas corpus for
agents sentenced to chain gang.
Julia Edwards, a negress, was so
scared In the recorders court in Co
iumbus, Ca. that. on being spoken to
by the Judge. she dropped at his feet
dead. The doctors pronounced 1t heart
failure, a result of the shock Incl
dent to excitement.
Frank X. Whiting, n member of
one of the old and wealthy families OF
Peoria, Ill. was arrested In Los An
geies. Cal, on the charge of mis-.
appropriating $4,000 from the estate
OF his insane sister, Mrs. Ella Farm.
ham, OF which he was acting as con.
servator
While trying to collect an alleged
debt of 20 cents on the street OF
Knoxville, Tenn, from Mrs. jerks
Frank Wolliyer. aged 10 years, was
shot and instantly killed by Amos
Oglesby, who was walking with Mrs
jerks. Ogleby was arrested as he
was about to board a train.
Florence A. Wood of Chicago. who
was brought to New York by detec
tlves who were trying to find the miss
Ing $4,000 which Chester B. Runyar
III accused OF abstractting from tn.
Windsor Trust company. was released
from custody by order OF magistrate
The detectives said they could not con
meet her with the missing money.
The board OF review OF Whitesid,
county. Illinois. has unearthed hun
dreds of mortgages that never ha,
been taxed. 1t has found much In
terestbearing money that was bidder
from the assessors. The board Is 20
Ing into every township In whitesid,
county In search of hidden moneys
and II is expected that several mil
lion of dollars Of farm lands and mo