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any local police Organization, and takes
precedence In authority anywhere 1t goes.
The superintendent, Capt. Groome, can
compel local authorities to give aid to his
men, though usually he prefers to work
alone.
The original intention IN creating the state
constabulary was 10 have available at all
times well-equ.ppad force that could be
moved quickly from the place when turbu-
lence or disorder too great for the strength
of the local authorities necessitated outside
state constabulary would have its work cut
out in the coal regions, where thousands of
foreigners, unfamiliar with American in
stitutions, and in many cases out of SYM
pathy with them. were too strong to be
handled by city and town police or county
squires.
I. was feared at first that ualimited pow-
ers of the state constabula.- might lead TO
friction with local police, and at first there
were some hints of difficulty. but In its
two years of existence the new body has
done such valuable work that 1t is well
coined everywhere in times of disorder.
Undoubtedly the best of achievements has
been the recent triumph over the Black
Hand.
Treasury CortelyOu. when Postmaster Cen
eral, is authority for the statement that the
breeding ground of this dread Italian or
ganiZation in this country was the anthra-
cite coal district of Pennsylvania Ger
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: assisting the state in breaking up the

Of assisting the state In breaking up the
murderous order.
Most of these bands have some sepa-
rate individual method of killing that marks
their work. One uses dynamite alone. An
other sticks to the pistol. A third commits
all its crimes by the use of the easily con-
cealed and noiseless dagger, and a fourth
employs 4 razor. then. after the murder IS
accomplished. breaks the slender blade and
leaves only half on the breast Of the vic
tim warning.
Almost every member Of the Black Hand
to join. He is bound by the most terrific
oaths never to forsake his comrades or to
expose them to the police.
Rounded Up the Molly Maguires.
Some thirty years ago. Pennsylvania had
to deal with a similar organization of as
sassins, and the wonderful work by which
it was broken up always stands as a
model for the police authorities the country
over.
The Molly Maguires held the entire coal
region in terror, they wrecked trains, car
ried on a system of the most ferocious
blacknlail, fired buildings. had an organized
system Of murder, while local authorities
were powerless
In this crisis President Franklin B. Cow
an appealed to the Pinkerton Detective
Agency to break up the organization. Un-
der the name of Jim McKenna, James Nc
Parlan, detective, went among the miners
ingratiating himself with the Molly Ma
CURES, at the peril of his life worked his
way into their secrets Joined their organi-
zation, and eventually landed them so COM
pletely that through his evidence eleven
were hanged, and the era of crime was
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brought to a close after a three years ex-
hfbition of the most matchless courage on
the part Of the detective
McParlan was aided in his difficult work
by the late Robert Pinkerton, eastern head
of the great agency. who helped plan the
downfall of the notorious band.
In the present battle with a similar or
ganizaton, made up this time of Italians
instead of Irishmen, but having the same
aims, the keystone state did not have to
have recourse OF private detective agency.
Other States Impressed.
In its state constabulary it possessed an
organization of well-equipped, fearless men,
who could work among the desperate lta!
ians with a safety not possible to local
authorities.
The state constabulary went into the
very hotbed Of the Black Hand. 1t investi-
gated every case of attempted blackmail.
1t protected those who had courage to re-
port to the police threats made against
them. 1t gathered evidence that eliminated
in the arrest and conviction of thirteen
leading Black Hand conspirators at Wilkes
barre.
These convictions, while they have not
ended the reign of terror inspired among
Italians by this ferocious organza ton.
have. nevertheless. dealt the Black Hand
an awful blow, and have shown that the
proper kind of forces can deal with one Of
the mc-. perilous forms Of lawbreaking.
Capt. Groome and his men will keep up
the fight. and shift quickly from place to
place whenever the enemy becomes active.
Other states impressed by the success of
the Pennsylvania state constabulary are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-21
FUTURE LAWYERS, Doctors, AND
GOVERNMENT OFficIAiS or EGYpI
whom has his own bed which he furnishes

whom has his own bed, which he furnishes
himself
The students Of the second class have
simpler food than those of the first. and
they eat with their fingers in native style.
Those of the third class have still cheaper
food, but in all cases II is as good or better
than the boys get at home, for they have
wheat bread and meat at least once or
oftener every week.
A student must pay at least 81 a session
IN money, but as far as is possible he may
work out the rest Of his expenses. The
ordinary tuition is only $40 year.
Copts and the Government.
Many Of the students of this college are
Copts. They belong to that class OF ma
tives who are the direct descendants of the
ancient Egyptians They are more in
telligent than the Mohammedans and they
take naturally TO education. They are
shrewd clerks, and, as many of them are
educated. they have a large part of the
minor government appointments.
The British are now trying to coddle
the Mohammedans. they form the
great majority OF the population. and
are giving them offices in preference
charged by a Coptic committee. which
called on Lord Cromer shortly before he
left Egypt and objected to his crowding
out these native Christians and giving their
places to the followers OF the prophet. The
| crowdng out of the Copts is done In a
curious way. Take for instance the selec-
ton Of students for the training school for
policemen. Before examination all appli-
cants have to give their names and the
Copts can thus be easily distinguished
from the Mohammedans. The Copt boys
get their names from the characters Of the
Bible, While the names of the Mohamme-
dan boys come from the Koran. When the
examination papers are turned in the
judges are instructed to mark down all
those who bear such names as Moses and
Jacob, Peter and Paul. and to recommend
for appointment the Mohammeds, the Ais
and the Eassans
Coptic Millionaires.
The Copts are the shrewdest business men
of Egypt. Many of them start life poor and
grow rich. 1t is a common saying here that
no Jew can compete with them, and they
| have driven the Jews out of the upper part
| Of the Nile valley. In Assiout there are a
number Of rich Copts who have changed
| their religion and become Protestant Chris
| tians, and some of these men are very
charitable. One, for instance has built a
Protestant native church. He put I'D the
building after a visit to England where he
was much impressed with Westminster Alb
hey. Upon his return he said he was going
to build church for Assiout on the plan of
Westminster. The missionaries here ad-
vised him to the contrary and asked that
he make his building rectangular instead.
But no! it must be Westminster Abbey or
structure of wood with a long hall in the
center and wings at the end. The church
cost about $4,000, and II will seat 500
people 1 attended It last Sunday and found
the main hall filled with dark-faced men in
gowns and fez caps. The wings were shut
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birth An Ohioan. He was educated at
Wooster University and 1t was shortly after
he left there that he came out to Egypt
He has lived in Egypt ever since and he
knows the people and their wants as well as
any man in it. He tells me that the Egyp-
tians are thoroughly aroused as to the ad-
vantages OF modern education and that they
could use more schools and better facilities
than either the government or the mission
refuse many applications for entrance to the
training college for lack of room and that
the institution stands ready to erect new
buildings as soon as 1t can raise the money
1t has already bought twenty acres of larE
at the junction of the Nile and the grtAt
irrigating canal which runs from here to
the Fayoum, and it now needs only ap-
preparation for additional college buildings
My careful examination shows me that the
and l know of nc place where any Of
our rich men can better invest his surplus
and have 1t pay big dividends in a charta-
BILE way than right here.
Forced to Play Foot Ball.
This college is on the dormitory PLAN
The most of its seven hundred students live
in the buildings and they are continually
under the eyes OF their professors. The train
ing partakes somewhat of military orde r.
The boys must not only go to the class
rooms, but they have to attend the chapel
the weekly prayer meeting and the Sunday
school, They are also compelled to take
part in college athletics. Twice a week
they have to engage in foot ball and tennis.
and every effort is made to develop them
along the lines of our civilization. am told
that they study well and that they are doing
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~ My in Pennsylvania has means
been found of curta!ling the muir
derous activities of that terrible
organization which. under the
name OF BLACK Hand" has been
committing outrages all over the United
. States.
While the entire Iolice force of the city
OF New York seems powerless to prevent
the almost daily murders that mark the
work Of the Black Hand in Il e metropolis.
while Postal Inspector COrtelyou is striving
TO find means by which the Postmaster
Generals department can prevent Uncle
sam from innocently acting as the agent
Who carries dread threats, and while spe-
Cial laws are being enacted in some states
and legislation may be introduced into Con-
gress ~ the next session. the keystone
state. through !ts Cwu normal police ma
clinery is steadily stamping out every ves-
tIse OF this Italian outlawry.
The work is being Gone through the state
constabulary. an organization unique in the
United States.
1t consists OF four troops. each made up
Of a captain licu;eaart. five sergeants and
lny men. The force. under the command
OF Can't John c. Groome. has been most
carefully made up OF picked men, and there
are many noted athletes. rough riders and
men who made regulations in the short
lived Spanish-AmericIn war included in the
num0er'
A Separate Organization.
THIS organization is eI tirely separate from
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Wireless Money Lending.
From the Bohemian.


One of the most interesting types on the
American track is the professional money
lender. Money lending is absolutely forbid
den and so the entire transaction must be
conducted sub rosa, but If a person who is
ION" goes broke, and he has some article OF
jewelry OF value with him, 1t is easy for
him to realize money on it.
The lender Is irreproachably dressed
person who sits on the grandstand with the
rest of the crowd, and is known in his true
colors only to the babitues of the track. 4
man who wants some capital makes an I'M
obtrusive sign TO him, and twirls a ring he
may be wearing at the time. Shortly after
ward both will proceed 10 a restaurant.
where, for the benefit of onlookers, they Will
greet each other as ordinary acquaintance.
The exchange is then made over the drink
they order; the loan broker has the ring
and the bettor his capital. If the latter
Cashes in on the next race, he VIII return
the money and the agreed upon premium
and will receive back his ring.
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Desire for Blackmail.


Desire for Blackmail.
The Black Hand stood as the successor
or partner of the Malta and Camorra, and
was but another outcropping of the Gus
tom which, more in Italy than any other
country, seems to force criminals into
oath bound unions
The motive which actuates all these COM
panies of assassins is the desire for black
mail. Blackmail causes them to abduct
children of rich men. Blackmau inspires
tn, threats they hang over the poor, who
can only yield small t-ibute; blackmail is
the motive for which they commit arson,
murder, torture, and defy the police pow
ers OF state and nation.
In Pennsylvania the first display of the
power of the Black Hand was disclosed In
a curious system by which a whole COM
pany of miners was made to pay tribute.
Into a company of workmen went a
trusted member of the organization. No
one knew his connection with the Black
Hand. After a time he communicated to
one of his new acquaintance that he had
received a message which said that unless
he gave up one dollar of his next week s
wages his child would be murdered. He
crGftily spread the idea that not less than a
dozen members Of tire Black Hand were
working in the mine. and every miner who
declined to pay or who dared to expose the
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Egypt to 1t. This church has mission sta
tons scattered throughout the Nile vale.
and 1t has schools. not only In lower and
upper Egypt. but also in the Soudan. and
even on the borders OF Abyssnia. There
are something like 1900 boys now being
taught in its various institutions 1t is sur
prising that a large part of the money
which this mission Is spending upon educa-
ton comes from the natives themselves
Last year more than 100000 was spent
AMI OF this almost $4,000 was subscribed
by the Egyptians. OF the 1900 now In
the schools. more than 1900 are paying
tuition. so that the institutions are largely
self-supportng. The Egyptians of today
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have learned the value OF modern school
training and they are anxious to have their
sons go to college. They want them taught
English and are all willing to pay some
thing in order that they may get a modern
education.
In an Egyptian College.
went through the Assiout Training Col
lege with it's president. the Rev. John
Alexander. D. D., who has been in charge
Of the institution for almost a gen
Grafton and to whom it is largely due that 1t
is the most successful institution of its kind
in northern Africa DR.. Alexander Is by
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Prohibition Impossible in England.

From the Liverpool Daily Post.
The differences among medical men have
more than personal or professional in
terest They prove that it would be ut
tery futile in this country to attempt to
make the sale or consumption OF alcohol
a penal offense.
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Managed by Presbyterians.

This college Is a missionary institution,
but It gives good general education. 1t Is
run upon broad lines and has among It's
students Co2ts Mohammedans and Chris
tians. 1t is supported by the United Pres
byterian Church OF the United States. This
ls about the only one of our Protestant de-
nominations which is doing work here, the
other sects having apparently given up
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contemplating the organization of similar
bodies, if not permanent at least till the
numbering Italians have been brought I'M
der control
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tain 1t is that in the district whose biggest
cities are Wilkesbarre and Scranton its
first serious outrages were noted.
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A Assiuut. away up the Nile VAL
~ lev about as far south of the
Mediterranean as WASHINGTON is
L y south of Buffalo. some OF the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
RECORD OF THE COURTS.

The following suits were filed in the city court yesterday:
 r. G. Glenn vs. Birmt>~ham Railway Light and Power company. Plaintiff claims S5OOO damages for personal in juries alleged to have been inflicted by pieces of broken glass cutting plaintiff 8 eyes, while a passenger on a car
 Edward Brent vs Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company Plaintiff claims $1OCJ damages for personal injuries al legged to have been inflicted by being struck by a locomotive at crossing in the city.
 C. NJ. Thomas vs. Birmingham Rail way. Light and Power company. Plaintlit claims $500 damages for alleged wrong full ejectment from a street car.
 In the circuit court Sidney Sharp filed suit against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company for $1O,OOO for burns and personal injuries alleged to have been received in an explosion of dust or gas in the Bessie mines.
 Mrs. Jennie Peffer claims $1990 damages from the Western Union Telegraph com pany for alleged negligence in the de- livery of telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
NEBRASKA NOMINATIONS.
Prohibition Party Puts Forth Candi-
 didates for Offices.

Lincoln. Neb., July a.-The prohibition state convention today recommended the following as their candidates to be voted for this fall:
 Judge of Supreme Court-J. D. Graves, Peru.
 Railway Commssloner-samuel Lychty, Falls City.
 Regents of the State University--J. II. Vontsein, Meatrice, and Emil Boostrome, Bromsburg.
 The names will be placed on the primary ballot to be voted September 3, The con venton adopted a platform demanding the constitutional and statutory outlaw of the liquor traffic. Because of the new direct primary law no candidate for state offices and no candidates for judge oi the supreme court were nominated by the prohibition party In Nebraska, but can didates for regents of the State university were chosen. The platform adopted to- day congratulated the reformers of state and nation on victories already won in educational, legislative and judicial war fare on the liquor traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
TAFT'S ITINERARY.
Secretary of War Will Make Long
 Western Tour.

Washington, July a.-Advices from Sec
 retary Taft at Murray Bay, Canada, in- dicate that he has made several changes in the itinerary of his trans-continental trip to Seattle on his way to the Philip pines early in September. According to plans at present he will arrive in Wash ington on August 12 and dispose of all
 public business requiring his attention so as to be able to leave this city on the 18th and keep an engagement to address the republican clubs at Columbus, O.. on the evening of the 18th. He is consider Ing invitation to make an address in Kentucky, preferabley In Louisville, Au- gust 22 and probably will do so, but that Is not yet settled. He will make ad- dresses at Oklahoma City August 24 and at Joplin, Mo, on the 26th, and If pos sble al Springfield. Mo, August 26 or 27 and at Lincoln, Neb., on the -sth. If it be arranged. He will speak at Denver August 34, at Portland. Ore, September G.
 at Tacoma September :, and at Seattle
 September g. and will sail on the steam ship Minnesota September 10 for Manila.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
MILLER WILL GET
 A HEARING TODAY
TRIAL WILL BE BEFORE JUDGE l. H. BENNERS AT THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE-HEARlNG IS TO DETERMINE BOND.

The case of C. S. Miller, the man who cut Fred w. Rainbow to death in his saloon about ten days ago, will come up before l. H. Benners, judge of the first division of the inferior court, this morning at 10 o'clock in the room oc- cupied by the first division of the crim- inal court at the county court house.
 Miller, 1t will be remembered, from the statements of eye witnesses, slashed Ram bow across the abdomen four times with little provocation, and then ran out of tne saloon in an attempt to escape Ram bow fingered for about eight hours and died at St. Vincent's hospital.
 It Is expected that the court room will be crowded to its full capacity this morning. The preliminary hearing will De given Miller to determine whether or not he will be bound over until the next session of the grand jury. His case was postponed from last Tuesday on account oI the failure of witnesses to appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Thomas Simms.

News reached the city yesterday of the death of Thomas Smms, formerly of Woodlawn, which occurred Tuesday morn ing about 8 o'clock on the Welch ranch in Lyons, Col, where MT Simms, accom- panied by his wife, had gone for his health. MT Simms was young married man, having married Miss Virginia Reese a short time ago. Up to the time he went to the west he lived at Woodlawn
 The remains will be sent from Lyons to Birmingham for interment and will probably reach here Friday afternoon about o'clock The body will be taken from the train to the residence of MT. Simms' mother Mrs. A. II. Simms, o92l First avenue Woodlawn, and the funeral services will be held from the residence Friday afternoon at o'clock. The in terment will be held In the Woodlawn cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
.POL|CE MAY HAVE
 VALUABLE CATCH
Large Number of Postage
 Stamps Causes Suspicion
HELD FOR TRESpASSING
Officials at Cincinnati Are lnVesti9at- ina Case-Matter Is Also Called to Attention of Postoffice
 Inspector.

Last Thursday evening two white men, who gave their names as Joseph Lord and Charles Echols. were arrested by Special Agent w. w Pare of the Louis vile and Nashville railroad for trespass- ing on the railroad property. The two men were caught on a through frelgnt train from Cincinnati and recent deVel- opments in the case lead the officers at police headquarters to believe that II IS probable that Mr. Pare was the captor of two professional safe blowers, who have been at work In Ohio recently.
 When the two men were arrested sus- picion was aroused by the finding of a large number of postage stamps on the person of one of them. The probability of their having blown a postoffice safe occurred to the arresting officer. The train being a through freight from Cin- cinnati a telegram was sent from police headquarters here to Paul M. Milikin chief of police of Cincinnati.
 Chief Milikin referred the matter to Postofflce Inspector Holmes of Cincin- nati. and he has wired for further in- formation.
 According to Inspector Holmes lette. there have been a number of safes blown recently in out-of-theway postoffices 'n Ohio, and 1t is possible that the off cers here have the men who have been causing the trouble. At any rate MT. Holmes has seen fit to investigate them and has written for the denomination or the stamps found on the men, and to- gether with other information for de- scriptions of the prisoners.
 About 9S5 stamps of the smaller denom- nations, and a note pad with lot or figures in 1t were found on Lord.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
FRIENDS OF KING
 AND GRAY TO MEET
WILL BE MADE
 TODAY TO GIVE GREATER BlR- MINGHAM ADVOCATES A ROYAL
 RECEPTION ON THEIR RETURN.

meeting will be held fin the office of Attorney M. M. Ullman, 22O Brown-Marx building, this morning at 10 o'clock, of those interested In the giving of a royal reception to Lieutenant Governor Gray an. Representative Jcre C. King, upon their return to Birmingham, after the adjournment of the legislature This re- cepton Is for the purpose of Illustrating the appreciation of the people for the great work done by the two legislators in behalf of Greater Birmingham.
 If the Brown-Marx building Is found too small to accommodate the crowd present this morning the meeting will be transferred to the street, and all traf- f1c stopped during the session.
 A brass band will meet the two heroes and escort them through the principal streets of the city to a hotel or some other place, where a great jubilee will be held.