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BOSTON, Oct. 9.-As a result Of
statements concerning the corruption
alleged to exist In the Boston city gov
eminent made by United States Sena.
tor Henry Cabot Lodge at the Repub-
hcan state convention here the sena.
tor was summoned By District Attor-
ney John B. Moran to appear before
the grand jury next Monday and tell
what he knows CT the situation at the
city hall.
In his speech Senator Lodge said:
The government OF the city of Bos-
ton has sunk in the eyes of men to a
point OF degradation utterly unknown
In the annals Of the city.
The air is heavy with. the stories of
corruption at the city hall, OF Offices
sold, OF percentages taken. OF payrolls
loaded, OF loans made to support men
IN idleness, OF widespread frauds at
the ballot box, which should be rigid
~ Investigated and brought to the
light OF day."
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Not Mrs. Hartr,dre., Mods.

NEW YORK, Oct 9.-Lying across
the tracks Of the New York Central at
One Hundred and Eighteenth street,
the body Of a good looking but poorly
clad young woman was found in the
early morning. The police say that she
had been murdered and placed on the
tracks TO hide the crime. The body
bore evidence OF brutal attack. There
was fracture at the base OF the skull.
which caused the death. A. l. Hart
ridge, father OF Clifford w. Hartridge.
called at the morgue to see whether he
could Identity the body. One look con-
WINGED him that the body was that of a
stranger.
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send corernor nrnnmite-

DENVER, Oct. 9.-Governor Henry
A. Buchte!, David II. Monat presI-
dent OF the First National bank OF Den
yer, and Charles b. Kountze, president
Of the Colorado National bank, receIv-
Ell through the mails here internal
machines containing sufficient dyna-
mite TO have caused great destruction
OF lives and property had they been
exploded. But warning had been Civ
en- to the recipients Of the machines
by Chief Of Police Delaney. who had
obtained a confession from Kemp V.
Bigelow, by whom they were mailed,
and no one was hurt.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
RACE SEPARATION IN THE
CHURCH.

Our able contemporary the Eicl-
mond. va. Novs-Lcader seems new
er 90 Tire 30 its discussion of the
race question and goes out of Its way
90 give advice to the Episcopaliau in
Convention assembled here. ID app
pears TO Doe fair and generous in
some of its utterances but in this
very fairness and generosity lies the
great danger.
Under the caption of Race sepa-
ration iu Church" In irs issue OF the
Firth inst, it said:
Bishop Brown OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Arkansas is very
earnest iu advocacy OF complete sep
arotou of the white and Negro races
in thar church. He wants 90 give
the Negroes their own bishops and
organization disconnected entirely
from the white church. absolutely
autonomous, having no representa-
ton in diocesan or general c0uveu-
ti0ns OF the white church but FORM
ing similar bodies for themselves.
The bishop is supported by his do
cese. He has written ON the SUBJ
lect book of 800 pages. His dis
cussion is fun, fair. frank. marked
by deep sympathy for The Negro and
by profound conviction of the un-
happy truth OF his own conclusions.
Special interest is given 20 his posi-
ton by the fact that he Is. as he
calls himself "Southeruized North
erner,' an Ohio man who never was
south OF the Ohio river until twelve
years ago and who came TO Arkan-
sas from Ohio. where he was arch
deacon IN 1898. He uses many pa
ges to prove that the Negro race in
this country is dcgenerating fast.
morally, physically and generally.
It is mistake to class an Ohio
man as a northern one. II he lived
anywhere within a radius of one hun
dred miles from the borders of Ken
lucky he has a more radical faint
of Negro-phobia in his veins than
Will be found in the arteries of the
average Kentuckiau. The latter
comes in actual contact with the Ne
gro and knows his worth. while the
former draws his conclusions as TO
his bad qualities and is unacquainted
ed with the meritorious side Of his
mental or physical anatomy.
Negro-hating northerner. resid-
ing IN the Southland is fifty per cent
more unreasonable than is the gen.
uine article" of Tie "oId school"
We presume that the degenerating
tendencies 10 which he refers as ex-
listing IL the Negro would be found
10 be equally as intense In the white
population OF similar intelligence
and opportunities. Such a separa-
ton as Bishop Brown proposes means
that the Episcopalian citizens of col
or must shift for themselves" so to
speak. The cost OF such an expert
ment will be upon the Negroes and
not upon the white folks.
The News Leader continued:
'If we believed this we would feel
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one effect and that is to tower him
in the estimation of every foreign
power and to reflect seriously upon
his abilities as a diplomat and a
statesman.
Certainly no statesman who has
been a student OF history or n close
observer of current events would
have opened his mouth to utter such
language as has, been accredited to
this Acknowledged candidate for
the Presidency OF the United States.
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T. THOMAS FORTUNE.

We ha.. read with profound re-
greet motto. of Che retirement of Hon.
r.. Thome- Fortune from not only nc
tive service. but from the proslden-
cy of tho company owning the Ncw
YorE are. which Mr. Fortune found
ed. The letter OF resignation is
charac. .ristI- aud there are ndica-
tious that AIr. Fortune has some Of
the oil lighting spirit ioft
This distiueu.h.i journalist is n
unique character. Who has been for
ced ny latter day conditions TO seek
the re- his body so much needs. We
know him in mis- days OF prosperity
and r1 -ruer friend or "a more bit-
ter enemy ever walked the face Of
Gods rth. Ho was always an o.
pen, manly Fighter and he scorned
.underlanded ATTACKS in an kinds OF
controversies. Ills language was
sharp and cutting and his invoctlves
dipped In gall
We have lost q great man. and the
race h.s need TO weep when the bent
form ol II. Thomas Fortune went be-
hind the scenes and the curtains
closed behind him. The exactive
Requirements of the latter-day poll
.tic-ans were not 90 his liking and to
accent orders from any quarter when
it came 20 the expression OF an opin-
Ion unon paper was more than a
man of fortunes calibre could brook
or tolerate.
Tho New York Age is the leading
Afro-A. erican journal in the United
states and viii no doubt yet do good
service. but its present publication
under he same name with Fortune
eliminated will be like the play of
Hamlet with Hamlet left out. Our
earliest training in journalism came
as a respondent under the exacting
eye Of II. Thomas Fortune. We feel
sorrowiIl since we have read his let
ter of resignation and with bowed
head We accept the inevitable, real
ling hat in few years, we too
shall be called upon to take q similar
step and entrust to other hands the
results of a LIES endeavor.
The race is not as yet grateful to
those Who have braved the storms
and faced the winds in an effort TO
secure % citizens of color the rights
due them. Men in political Office by
virtue Of sacrifices made by men of
the T. Thomas Fortune stripe will
be the first to say unkind things and
cast q slur upon their self-sacrifcing
efforts. But then God is just and he
knows all of our troubles, all of our
bereavements. all of our disappoint-
ments and he alone can bind ND a
wounded heart.
Death is n terror to some, but
sweet to others for It gives a sur
cease Of sorrows and a rest that is
helpful, even though It be in and be-
yond the. grave. T. Thomas Fortune
retired2 One sturdy, patriotic war
rior has left us and the entire race
should be in tears.
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cial; that IT does not even imply In
evitably that he is regarded as an In
ferior; that II does mean that he is
member of another race and that.
therefore. the white race prefer and
Insist that he remain with his own
people and his own race. The SEN
siole Negro accepts the conditions
philosophically just as one class OF
white people may accept its exclu-
sion from intimacy with another
class. So he goes on about his bust
ness and mikes the best of it and
finds his religious life. his work and
his amusemeuts as he can"
But from the tone of this Journals
observations. TT is not satisfied with
even this Kind of separation. 1t
should know that the feeling Of re-
vulsicn experienced in dealing with
Negroes is felt by the upper class Of
white people in dealing with the low
Ter class OF white people.
The lire of demarcatiou is as
marked in the one case as it is I'm the
other. in the country. it has taken
the form of the capitalist and the
wage-earners. In the South. it has
the forms Of the blue-blooded aris-
.tocrats and the poor white trash. q"
When you eliminate the Negro from
the equation YOU viii find the low
Ter strata Of the white race to con-
front you. i'm view OF these facts the
following impractical conclusions arc
ridiculous.
From o Jay standpoint we well
come each movement toward sepa-
ration OF the races We regard &c as
the unfasteuinE of one more of the
ties that hold the races together I'm
mutual Independence. one more
approach toward the final solution.
That viii come when the common
sense of an Che people of the country
win demand that we buy somewhere
territory iu c1ngcnial climate and
conditions auu settle the Negro on
DO. sending him away with our cor
dial good vII swing him every on
portuuify to establish his own govern
meut and country and do for himself
free from white presence or control"
IL is good they say, at times to
dream dreams. and see visions.
The Newsletter is indulging in both
It VIII not 've long enough to see a
realization or i.- hopes for when its
editor has boon dead a thousand
Years. this ola world win be wagging
along jus the same and children
dancing b. I'- upon his tombstone
viii wonde- what kind of mollycod-
die ever save voice Co such surpris-
ing and Impractical suggestions.
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f.. ~uAMPIoNsHIP.
Chicago and Detroit split Even In
Diamond Hattie.

Chicago and Detroit split Even In
Diamond Hattie.
CHICAGO, oct. 9.-Dctrolt and Chi.
cago. leaders Of the American aud Ma.
tional leagues respectively, played
twelve strenuous innings to n tie here
in the FIRST game OF the series FOR tho
baseball championship OF the world.
The contest was replete with sensa-
uonal situations, and when Umpire
O'Day Of the National league called
the play OF on account OF darkness
most OF the 24,37T spectators sighed
with relief and went home well salts
fed with the outcome.
Just as the game started Cobb, De-
troit's right fielder. was presented with
a huge gold medal set with diamonds
as a reward for leading the American
league IN batting IN the season Just
closed
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

LONDON, Ocr. 9.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton will build new Fife designed cut
ter to compete Ia the British regattas
OF 1905. 1t is hoped that the cutter
VIII eclipse the white Heather H., the
present British champion
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nueli.t. une Knife and Zoe Plcl..

PITTSBURG, Oct. Levi Jones,
sixty-five years old. and William Car
penter, aged thirty-four, are dying in
a hospital here from injuries received
In a duel caused by jealousy. with
knife and an ice pick as weapons
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be more active and energetic than
ever In trying 20 prevent degeneracy
and 70 save a race represented in
this country by ten million people.
We look at it just the other way.
In our view the danger in the Negro
is that he is gaining strength Ac-
cepting as accurate all Bishop
Browns statistics showing the In
Creasing proportion OF Negroes in
the prisons North and South the
increasing death rate and the dfmin-
ishing birth Fate and the shift
ing OF the cotton and tobacco pro-
uuction from Ncgroes to whites. ali
OF 20 may mean simply that the race
is Kidding itself of its dead wood
The weak, the vicious and the
shifuess protected under the slavery
system. are dying out fin the stress
and testing OF freedom and self-de-
pendence. We would prefer 10 sup
port Bishop Browns demand for sep
aration on the ground that the Ne
gro is becoming better able TO take
care OF himself. 90 conduct his own
ton
The above statements are those
OF statesman and a philosopher and
we think we observe a strain of that
philanthropic spirit which has made
some of the rich white people OF the
81" III cilNoAeo us con-
customs when DO said-
Bishop Brown and the News
Leader. it is fair 70 say, are consid-
ering the case from widely different
POINTS OF view, tne bishop thinks
whe~a tbe co~5ftio-e mon. -. 49,,
probably are MS bad as anywhere in
the South
-r,,. g. ,,,..-,
&c.,. ~. ,-,,-
-,..-,. ...,.
"r+ "a fact familiar IN nh vir
eiuiaus that iu slavery DAYS the plan
tation slaves were weedcd out by
.,... ' 'i ana most n2ie-e
frrf- and frs te,ro- c,rsf--.tr,. t..l.-
over every Negro inclined to Doe worth
less or tlro1leut was that unless De
5....-, .,.. .e Woa,-
r-~a in zi~~irf. and oercri,rl, ber.
iu Richmond. probably we have the
best NeErocs in the whole country.
-l- '@> ol lle I'ee. lneS are or
driving For -a,+ vorv ~e-e,, tSsi-
usefulness 90 the white people dimin
ishes year hy year and while the dis-
..''. , cen .ne races becomes via
-r.m f-c-e,se- ..
Tho Ncws-Leader has stated The
conditions exactly. Dc draws con-
cIusion. though that. in our judy.
ment SIS impossible OF accomplish
meut. Be fails 90 state too Chat this
rivalry DIS more apparent between the
upper class of colorcd people ana tho
lower class of white ones. IL said.
Therefore. we believe most CAR
ne5,'} thot complete separation oi
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12
TAFT AND THE JAP
ANESE

Hon. William II. Taft, Secretary
OF War is an able jurist, but il his
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

Al communications interded for PUBLICATION
hculd De sent 50 a. g. -e-act 11 b. Weilesi1z.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-10-12

"The word war is not allowable in
diplomatic correspondence but those
who are not diplomats can talk war.
do not hold that war Us entirely UNI
lusuhablo when grievances cannot
otherwise be rcdressed. War is hell,
and only great cause which cannot
be settled by diplomacy justifes f..
Ass he is the Secretary of War, he
virtually states that he has charge
LOT che "hcll-part' u President Roose
volts cabinet. lie Numbered further
when hc said:
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The United States Is engaged in
establishing order and prosperity In
the philippines and in educating the
Filipinos, in order that they may be
capable 81 self-government. The task
Is a difficult one. Some persons suc-
gest the sale of the islands to Japan
some other nation. This is alb
surd. Japan does not want them. and
the United States could not sell them
without the grOssest violation OF its
obligations TO the people Of the Phil
ippines.
He again tells what japan does
not want, although he was speaking
to the japanese officials who are
competent and able to state their
own wants. He concluded as fol-
lows:
Under the circumstances nothing
Is more Infamous than that OF the
suggestion OF war. War talk is due
entirely to newspapers, which seek
TO increase their sale, and which.
for political reasons, attack the
government. IL is difficult to charac-
terize in moderate language such att
empts 20 create i'll will between the
two people. Be assured that Ameri-
cas- good Will toward Japan is as
warm as ever"
We do not remember ever having
read a more iIl-advised deliverance
from any statesman OF Secretary
Taft's prominence. It can have but
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-Tf we believed this we would feel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
MANAGER DEVANT
CANNOT ATTEND
N. & w. Representative Tele-
phones Commission He Will Be
Unable to Reach Conference,
1snAcial M rha rimes-plsnatch. ]

Especial to The Times-D ispatch.]
RALEIGH, N. c.. August S.-A long
distance telephone message this even
ing to the Corporation Commission
from Traffic Manager Devant, of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, was to
the effect that he is detained in Wash
ington on pressing business and cannot
possibly be here tomorrow, either
for the hearing the commission had set
for the case against the Norfolk and
Western by the State Merchants AS
ISOLATION, or the general hearing pro-
1ected BY Governor Glenn for the, traf-
&c managers Of all the railroads in the
State regarding the elimination Of al
legged determinations against North
Carolina points as compared with Vir-
ginia cities in freight rates.
The commission has no definite In
formation as to whether the trail
men of any of the roads invited here
| by the Governor Will be on hand II
| seems they have had no official infor-
nation until this evening Of the plan:
| for the conference.
| The Governor9telephone 10 the com
mission that he expected practically al
| the traffic managers here, and delega
| tions from a number Of towns includ
| ing Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Char
lotte, Durham and other points. IL
| says the conference Will certainly taxi
| place at II o'clock, and that 1t Will b
Il n,lhlic.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09

While in charge OF a party Of little
nelghbors he had taken along for an
outing, Rev. George Fl. Spooner, pastor
of Broad street Methodist Church, had
the misfortune to break his right arm
at Forest Hill Park Wednesday after
noon
The little fellows We're engaged In a
game OF baseball, and Mr.. Spooner
was looking on, delighted to see the
boys enjoying themselves. Finally Il
ball was thrown near the popular
minister, and he picked it UP and was
in the act of tossing it to one OF the
| boys when. in some unaccountahle
manner his right arm twisted ane
snapped in two. 1t was a clean break
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
SWAP WIVES LAWFULLY.
Friendly Couples Divorced ana Wed
on the DiKs.

on the DiWs.
OMAHA, August S.-Abra ham N.
Endler and Edward D. Winspear, two
former Sweetwater county stockmen,
have contrived in a lawful way to trade
wives. According to dvices Just re-
ceived here from Nermilion they re-
Gently applied for and obtained de-
crees of divorce and few days ago
at double wedding, celebrated in
Arizona each took to wife the woman
the other had divorced.
The two men and their wives had
been friends and ntimates for years,
but in the case of each couple there
had heen q misalliance. Endler and
Mrs, Wlnspear We're in love with each
other, and so We're Winspear and the
Indler woman
With no ill-feeling on the part of
any of them, they agreed that 1t would
be best for the two men Ia trade
wives, and accordingly the husbands
Went to South Dakota and procured di-
vorces, In order that the trade might
be effected.
n The wives permitted tho divorces tc
De obtained without contest. The
couples have gone to Western Canada
together to make their homes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
ARREST NJ AN ULTY
FOR OWEN MURDER
Circumstances Said to Point to
Him, but He Stoutly Denies
His Guilt.
Lsnecial to rhs Times-plspatch. !

F..
SALISBURY. N. C. August 81. A.
McAnulty, engineer OF the city pump
ing station. two miles from Salisbury,
the murder Of Robert Owen. ,superln-
tendent of the Rowan county pest,
house, on August I'd. He was lodged
in iail in Salisbury pending a prelimi-
nary hearing before Justice OF the
peace.
The arrest. which caused quite a SEN
satlon here followed the relentless ct,
forts Of Coroner 2. Rose Dorset and
Sheriff j. II. Krider to run down the
person who shot to death the super.
his own wife. who was grossly insuted
under the cover Of darkness by,a man 2
clue was obtained pointing to the
guilt Of MGAnn,ty, who W y.,,a arrested n.ed
accused bears a good name. and has
been IN the employ Of the city for twe
tests his Innocence. Hon. Theodore F
Klutts. Of Salisbury, and ]. =. Newell
OF Charlotte, have been retained as
counsel for the defense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
ONE PERSON DEAD
AND FOUR DYING
Result Of Family Party Eating
Toadstools Through Mistake
for Mushrooms.

WHEELING, ". VA, August S.
One dead and four dying Is the result
of a. family party eating toadstools for
country wi Village folty.fives miles south
cast Of here. The Victims are: Dead,
pr, G. 7. Dinsmore, AGED fifty years.
dying, Thomas Dinsmore, aged twenty,
his son Sarah Dinsmore, aged seven,
a nlece;a Mrs Jennie Dinsmole, aged
forty, a sistAr-in-law; Frank Roberts,
aged thirty. a farm hand.
try practice. gathered what he thought
We're mushrooms Sunday, and the fun
| nv purtook heartily Of them. THEY
became sick shortly afterwards, the
are unconscious, and may not survive
| the day. is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
GRAND JURY |ND|GTs
CONTRACTOR KLINE
Bill Returned Contains Ninety
Two Counts-Trial Begins
at Once.
RALEIGH. N. G., August

RALEIGH. N. G., August s,--A true
construction contractor on the Raleigh
and Pamlico Sound Railroad. was
found to-day by the grand jury in the
United. States District Court at Beau
fort. The bill contains ninety-siN
counts. When the finding was an
nounced the court took d recess to
~ to examine the blil. Ihis i rfftern ie,t.
jury was selected and District At
torney Skinner began reading the bin
After he mad read for more than an
that further reading might be dispensed
with The waiver accepted, and there
upon court adjourned until to-morrow
morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
.|Rh7E FATHER Says
Affidavit FALSE
Mr.. Foushees Declares Daughter
Only IS Marriage License
Says 10,
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l

RALEIGH, n G., August s.-There
was a "hot time in the Office of the
Wake county register OF deeds here
to-day for n little whi.c. because of
the issue few days ago OF a license
for the marriage OF ormoad G. Isles
and Miss HorSellce t'oushee, both of
.Jonesboro. ar. Foushea. father of the
bride to-be. was here, and declared
that somebody should suffer for it, as
the girl Was only hsteen years old, and
the license lad been issued with elgh-
teen years as ben age
So far as could be arcertained here
to-day the coupe ha, not yet beer
married. The GIL left Raleigh yes
terday Afternoon after a visit tc
friends here. The rate parent re.
turned to Joresboro on an afternoon
| train.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09
OPEN BR|DsE OVER
THE Roanoke RIVER
Two Thousand People Partici-
pate in Elaborate Exercises
at Weldon.
Special to The Times -Dispatch.

lSpeclal5 TO Inc AIlrnes -DlSpdlCn.1
WELDON, N. c., August s.-Two
thousand people participated In the
celebration here to-day OF the compile
ton of the Halifax and Northampton
Bridge across Roanoke River. Major
7. L. Emry acted as master of ceremo-
MES. and State Senator Walter Z.
Daniel delivered the address Of well
come. Congressman Claude Kitchir
was then introduced and spoke on
river transportation and the reclaim
Ing Of the river swamp lands. Senator
MITCHELL of Berthe. followed in SPLEEN
did address on horne indus tries and
home enterprise. Colonel w. H. S.
Burgwyn briefly reviewed the build
ing of the bridge. and then the bene-
diction was pronounced by Rev. P. N.
/ Stainback
Dinner was served on the grounds
| There was an abundance of barbecue
| brunswick stew, cream, cake, pickles
| +