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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

There were signs OF struggle at
the roadside. and il was evident that
the farmer had fought hard with his
assailants.
His pockets were turned inside out.
A neighbor says that an atseupt was
made by three men TO hold him up at
the same place while he was on his
way TO market. but that he escaped.
The man had been shot I'm the chest
and instantly killed. ana. though no
weapon could be found. there was ev-
cry indication that the dead man hal
met with foul play. The ground bore
every sign of fierce struggle. and the
fact that one OF the mans pockets was
inside out showed that the motive was
robbery.
The police believe that the murder
was committed by three men who
earlier In the day tried to hold mp a
farmer named Seabald at a spot not
far from the place where the murdered
man met his death
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Duu and UNCHANGED. Nrinneso-
TO atents. 29lo16.S .; winter patents. S45O
90; winter straights, $AS5&45O; winter ex-
RYE FLOUR-steady: fair TO good SAB
CO. choice 70 fancy, So.lOUo.tO.
WHEAT-After opening barely steady.
cables, bullish foreign and domestic crop
outlook and usat offerings. there was a
reaction OF half cont later under re-
ahzinR; July, Sl0eA Clos: september.
Sl.O4 5-l6SIl. COY. December. N.C0l dI.OS.
hUFIER-Creamery, extras g 20 80
score. per pound zhz4 &c. (MercaRtile Ex-
hrsts.' S024c.; seconds. 0aZo., thirds.
l9c.; state dairy tubs. fancy. 23G2SiSc.:
good u prime. Age2c.; common 10 fair. Is
CHEEsE-New. state fun cream. color
ed and white. small. best. l2;4c. large
l2Ac.; fair 60 Eood. nuii&c: inferior SO
part skins, prime. eRo33c, fair TO good.
4teQo39c.; common. 2~g45c; full skins.
EGGS-State. Pennsylvania and nearby
selected white. fancy. 20c.; choice. lS4l9c. /;
brown and mixed. extra. lsc.; firsts 10 ex-
ira hrsts. iSgl'1sc. dirties. l2pl3c.: checks.
aTALLow-Easy; city. exc; country. sss
HiAY..stsssady; shipping 7OG75c.; good to
STRAW-steady at eoQac
BEANS Easy: marrow. S2l5a2 i7lk: me-
on on I'M 1r, fl,so; peas. N.l5&L1s1a; red kidney.
WOOL-ouieS domestic fleece Sl4ssc
LIVE POULTRY-Firmer and in good
demandi fowls. l4izQlse.: old ROSTERS.
| l24l2tac.; do. Spring lSQl4c.
4 DRESSED POULTRY 80 Firm and in
good demand; fresh killed fowls choice.
l0c,; nearby broilers. 2s9s2c.; western, do.
2O426c.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

ter as he reeled OF lap after lap under
forty minutes looked an easy winner
but on entering the ninth round n bro
ken bearing put his car out OF action
and he was forced 20 retire amid the
plaudits OF the crowds.
BY this time accidents had begun.
Eight contestants were soon reported
as having been crippled and having
dropped out OF the race. Christie. who
AT the end OF the first round came I'm
with a clutch jammed. was having
more trouble and was considered as
being ANONYMOUSLY beaten but he
was bravely trying 10 patch up his
machine for another start.
Ballots car collided with the car
driven by Richez while descending the
neither OF them was seriously injured.
The crowds groaned In sympathy as
they saw Duray trudging back on foot
but they gave him cheer as he pass.
ed, and the hopes o. France were then
transferred 10 Szisz. who was "A good
second.
Feiice Navarro. the winner. is an Ital-
ian. lie finished third I'm the lnterna-
tional automobile cup race In France
July 5. 1905. aud competed I'm the Van.
derbilt cup race OF oct. "a. 1898. and
oct. q, 1906 falling 10 finish on both
occasions
He won the Florio cup at Palermo
April II OF the present year. and June
IA last ne won the German emperor's
cup over the TaGuas circuit.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
SAYS ORCHARD LIED
Witnesses Rafnte Testimony
Of Steunen bsrg's Slayer.
DID not Plan TO BLOW Up HOTEL
AilmHn Declares lie Did Not Take
Part In Nindicator Mine ExpIo-
siOn-Ennocent OF Crime Was
Prisoner In "Dun PEN

BOISE. Ida. July civilian Ak
man of Wonder. New. implicated by
Harry Orchard I'm the placing Of a
bomb IN the vinCicator mine at Grip
PIE Greek. was witness called at the
Haywood trial. Altman. who has been
member OF the Western Federation
OF Miners since 1888 absolutely denied
that he had helped Orchard place any
bomb anywhere.
he declared he knew nothing Of the
Nindicator explosion until after It oc-
CURED. Altman wes IN the Cripple
Creek bull pen" for ten days or two
weeks. he said he once worked for a
short time I'm the indicator mine. Fol
lowing his release from the "bull pen"
Aikman said he was held in the coun-
~ jail for three months. He was never
tried for anything
How did you manage to get outT'
asked Attorney barrow.
well. 7 don't know" replied Ak
man. - icy took me 70 the sherifrs Of
fee one day and charged me bits and
let me go"
"Did you pay the 8 bitsT
It's 81 A DnIlNM tn H.
Altman maintained that he knew alb
solutely nothing about an attempt on
the life OF Governor Peabody.
Ibid you ever 90 out In n rig with
Harry Orchard and Joe Mehllet to kill
Governor PeabodyT
mo, sir; did not" declared Altman
positively. Il did not even know Joe
Mehliet at that time"
He asserted that he had never had
any connection with Orchard or any
one else in any criminal act.
Max Malich was called 10 the stand
and said he was q carpenter and min
or. He was shelter man at Globe
Vile, Colo. at the time OF the strike In
1908.
Orchard testified that Mallch had
suggested 20 him the blowing up Of a
hotel where 100 u0nunion miners were
living and had helped him steal 100
pounds or dynamite from the Union
Pacific powder house. Malich declared
that the testlmonv was all false.
he said that Orchard. or Hogan.
came 10 him one day and said: What
Is the matter with you folks out here?
The scabs arc getting the best OF you.
why don't you blow that - hotel of
the esrth7"
He said he replied: tom. wouldn't
stand for Il under the circumstances.
II you DO anything like that I am go
ing 20 denouncc YOU"
After this the witness said Orchard
told him he was Joking.
Evidence thus FAR introduced by the
defense tends 20 prove that Orchard.
knowing of the blowing up OF the
Bunker Hin and sullivan concentration
In 1893, OF the explosion In the Vlndl-
Gator mine. Of the blowing up Of the
independence station Of the killing OF
Lyle Gregory and OF the explosion at
Bradley's residence IN San Francisco
accused himself OF having committed
the crimes and the murder Of seven
teen men. when In fact lie had little
II any personal connection with any OF
the outrages
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
THREATEN BOYCOTT
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
Makes q Protest.
TO FOLLOW CHlSAIS TRADE REVOLT
Secretary Straus, Now on Western
Tour OF Inspection. May Evolve
Plan 40 freveat Smuggling
I'm uf Oriental Aliens.

WASHINGTON, July 3. - Reading
between the lines Of the statements by
the Japanese chamber OF commerce. as
sembled at Tokyo. directed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and also to the Ameri-
can chamber OF commerce. the officials
in Washington see clearly the implied
threat Of a boycott against American
goods entering Japan.
The boycott declared by Chinese mer-
chants against American products two
years ago I'm resentment of the treat
ment accorded Chinese Of the better
class entering America IA the course
OF their travels around the world led
the administration 10 ameliorate the
rgors OF the exclusion laws and 20 IA
cilitate the entry of Chinese merchants
and students.
Therefore il is assumed the japanese
merchants have decided to have re-
course TO the same method OF showing
their resentment against the treatment
accorded their people in San Francisco.
Unlike the Chinese merchants. how
ever. II is believed that they have first
served notice OF their intention upon
the American commercial interests so
as 70 afford them an opportunity to
avert the boycott by bringing pressure
TO bear upon the merchants of the Pa
cihc coast. now supposedly in need OF
eastern assistance.
a cable from Tokyo says:
Another serious report Of anti-Japa-
nese feeling in San Francisco has been
received here. II is reported that the
city authorities have placed an en-
barge on Japanese engaging in the
business OF intelligence agencies and
have also refused them licenses OF ev-
cry kind. thus preventing them from
engaging in any other business than
that OF a purely commercial character.
Should the report be true II viii serve
20 confirm the belief here that the dis
play OF antl-Japanese feeling in that
CITY is based on racial prejudice"
Efforts now are being made by the
immigration authorities To esta blish
system OF inspection by which Il VIII
DE made difficult FOR Japanese or other
aliens 10 get into the United States
either from Mexico or from British
Columbia. II Is not unlikely that Sec
rotary Straus OF the department OF
commerce and labor may evolve some
plan on the trip on which he starts TO
prevent the smuggling Of aliens into
the country across both the northern
and southern borders
\ Tokyo dispatch says that certain
measures OF retaliation are seriously
being planned by influential men In
political and business circles. Just
what action will be taken has not yet
developed. but 4 boycott against Amer
lean goods IL Is believed will cprtoin.
~ be one of the steps taken.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
s'"ndinE OF che ns.ssalI clubs.
I.EAGr
Cocktail. Instead of Butt.rmIIk.

WASHINGTON. July S.-The report
that Vice President Fairbanks served
the seductive but lnsidlously PREACHER
Gus cocktail az the luncheon which he
gave 20 President Roosevelt on Decora-
ton day has set the whole country
talking. Mr.. Fairbanks Is a member
OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
which Is most bitterly opposed To any
form OF liquor. His campaign battle
cry was "Buttermilkw and the vice
presidents thirst for the bucolic bever-
age won the approval Of every farmer
in Indiana
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

NEW YORK. July 3.-The extensive
festivities now being arranged at The
Breakers, the Newport home OF Mrs.
Alice G.. Vanderbilt. will be In conjunc-
ton with the distribution of one OF
Americas greatest fortunes. on the
date % the fete Miss Gladys Moore
Vanderbilt attains her legal age. and
under her fathers VIII she comes into
absolute possession OF the millions left
in trust Tor her incidentally Miss
Vanderbilt viii probably be in her own
right, with about Sl2.5O0,O O0. the rich
est eligible young woman in America.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
"wHITE WINGS" SURRENDER.
New York Garbage Mems Strike Ends
InEioriously Tor Them.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Following a
promise made by Mayor Mcclellan that
be would investigate their grievances
at once the striking ash cart drivers OF
the street cleaning department called
or the strike aud have returned 10
work
The end 20 situation which threat
ened the health OF thousands came as
a surprise. A committee OF strikers.
accompanied by Herman Robinson OF
the Central Federated union, called on
the mayor at the city hall and asked
him TO listen 10 their demands.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
THE COUNCIL AT BALTIMORE

The National Afro-American Coun
ell held its annual session at Balti-
more. Maryland last week under the
presidency of Bishop Alexander Wal
tiers. who seems never TO tire in the
advocacy Of the rights of the people
with whom he is identified. both by
the ties of blood and marriage. II
we are TO believe newspaper reports
the session was warm from start to
finish and those in attendance be-
lieve that they are living IN a free
country where the use OF the tongue
and pen is not prohibited.
From roasting DR.. Booker T.
Washington. they went to "broiling'
President Roosevelt and as soon as
these operations were finished. they
went into the business Of attacking
themselves. IT was a garden spot
for the extremists and the radicals
had a feast at every meeting. II is
a doleful story in that address TO
the country, with hardly a ray OF
optimistic light TO illumine the way.
II we are to believe this address,
there is no section OF the country,
either north or south that is deserv-
ing OF commentator during these
gloomy days OF our racial existence
AS we read the address, we
thought of the ringing words OF
Frederick Douglass. during one OF
his oratorical outbursts. when he
asked the white people OF the coun-
try to judge us not by the heights
to which we are to climb, but rsth-
err by the depths from which we have
come. So 1t is with these gentle
men. They fail to consider the
struggles, disappointnents. bereave
ments, ostracisms. confiscat!Sos and
punishments to which we have been
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

NEW LONDON, Conn, July S.-The
steamer City of Lawrence, running be-
tween this city and Block island, ran
ashore on Black Rock. a small island
OF Eastern Point and at the mouth
OF the New London harbor, stove n
big hole in her bow and rapidly filled
with water. The boat was crowded
with passengers bound FOR Block is
land, but there was no panic, and later
the excursionists were taken 20 East
ern Point in the steamers boats. The
steamer grounded In n heavy fog.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

would not have the court rule that
a street car conductor has no au-
thority TO require a white passen-
ger to change his seat: for II SO the
conductor would have no authority
to require a colored passenger To
move, and the law would then be-
come a dead letter. II is certainly
better. hundred fold for the
whites 10 submit TO occasional in
convenience. even to fOrego the
pleasure of smoke on the car,
rather than TO have the races mixed
promiseuously I'm the ears.
MIR. Gordon. as we have said, has
done the city much service. He
Will now do 81 another service il he
Will withdraw his appeal, pay the
small fine that has been imposed up
on dim by the Police Justice and
let the subject drop. He has all TO
gain and nothing 20 lose by such a
course. He needs no vindication In
Richmond. Everybody knows that
he would not Intentionally violate
the law. and be does not need TO
prove the fact in court.
a person viii naturally wonder
why the destruction Of the Jim
Crow car law viii do the city and
the whole state irreparable harm.
Colored people have been riding in
public conveyances with white peo-
PIE Of this state for more than one
hundred years. Many of them sleep
in adjoining bedrooms. taking care
of the white peoples offspring I'm a
manner that entities them to better
treatment at the hands of all of the
white people and Sc is at once appar-
ent that this specious plea is made
for the purpose of pandering TO a
species of unreasoning race preju-
dice.
The "Jim Grow" car legislation
is as unnatural as fl is unnecessary.
Il has always caused inconvenience
and trouble and it will continue so
to do. Mr. James r. Gordon is
hardly representing his individual
likes and dislikes i'm this matter. He
lis being encouraged by hundreds Of
other white men who are firing OF
the nuisance and who insist upon a
change of existing conditions.
If the colored people viii heed our
advice. just enough Of them will ride
on the cars TO cause the railroad
company inconvenience. They say.
soft words butter no parsnips" and
so cooling language does not relieve
Mr. Gordon from the odium of that
ten dollar fine.
Mr.. Gordon wants vindication and
the recognition OF the fact that he
Is right It may be that he will
pocket his feelings and submit to
the sting OF defeat I'm this case.
Should he not do so, ne Will prove
himself 20 be "a gentleman Of un-
shakable viii and persistent deter
mination. for the pressure now ex-
erted upon him would make most
any white man falter.
We shall see what we shall see
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

BRUSSELS. July 3. - The trial OF
Carlos WGddington for the murder OF
Senior Balmaceda. it is thought here,
will end In the speedy acquittal OF the
prisoner Waddington is the sixteen
year-old son OF Luis Waddingtou, who
was the charge daffaires OF Chile here
when the killing took place. Balmace-
da. who was the secretary Of the lega-
ton. broke his engN cement with Miss
Adelaide WaddingtOn. Tie confessed
misbehavior with her. but charged that
she had misbehaved before he met her.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

The mistress OF a large. fashionable
home had just secured a new maid OF
Irish extraction. and who had just
come from the "ould sod" Being on
friendly terms with her neighbor. she
told the maid that the neighbor could
use anything she desired
One day the mistress went out FOR
all morning. On her return she found
that the telephone which had been In
stalled in the hall was gone. Calling
the maid. she inquired for il.
"Plaise, num-" answered Bridget,
9TH lady across tn shtrate asked me
II she cud use tn telephone. an Oh
stint il over 20 her; but OF hod an
awful tonne 10 sit it unshcrewed." -
Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
Changed.

But Love. It soon appeared. was by
no means the spoiled child he once
had been.
People don't make so much OF him
as formerly, particularly Americans -
whispered Venus, with a note OF re
sentiment
That was the mother OF II. She was
downright offended, in her heart, and
thought IT but a poor world where peo-
pie made so little of anything but
money, noise. trouble for their neigh.
bors, and the like.-Life.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

II IS announced that Gov. James
*. Vardaman OF Mississippi has pro-
fessed religion and viii now enlist
under the banner of the Lord. The
news IS too good TO be true. For
our part. We prefer TO put the Gov
ernor on six months probation be-
fore accepting at fun value his pro-
fession Of faith. That religion that
will reform him and keep him re-
formed is the genuine article and
We would like to have about a mil
lion carloads Of it shipped into this
state.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
Just InanIne.

Miss Elder-Wen, 1 maintain that
woman can do anything that men can.
Mr.. Gazzam-Oh, no. The auc-
uoneer's business is one a woman can
not go into.
Miss Elder-Nonsense. Shed make
every bit as good an auctioneer as a
man.
Mr.. Gazzam-Just imagine an I'M
married woman getting up before a
crowd and exclaiming. NOW, gentle
men, all want is an offer!"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
NAZZAROIN FIAT CAR
Italian Champion Takes Great
French Auto Race.
WINS GRAND pix At DIEPPE.
srtsz ana Barns. E'renchmcn. second
and ghird-f-nn Cham ar Who
Won H2Je Like "a DesuoB. WITH
Grand CooIaeas and Nerve.

DlEPPE France. July with a
wonderful display OF cooiness. nerve
and endurance Fc,i1e Nazzaro. tho
Italian champion, driving Fiat car,
captured t5c auIomosiie Grand Prix
at an average speed OF li3 kilometers,
600 meters. per hour breaking the
world S record
Francois Szisa q Frenchman. I'm n
Reuauit, was second. and Bavas. with
a Braiser. was third
The pace was killing from the start.
leaving score of cars hopelessly beat
en- before the second round was ended.
The race was full of surprises Naz-
FARO was not prominent early in the
contest
Lancia took the first three laps. but
when he broke down at the third and
surrendered the lead TO Duray the lat
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
CINCINNATI DISASTER.
Huge building Fails, Burying Forty
Persons In Ruins.


CINCINNATI. July 3.-With no more
warning than a rumble OF falling brick.
creaking of timbers and the crash Of
tons OF debris the four story building
occupied by the office fixture firm Of
Levy x white. Ninth and Main streets,
caved I'm. burying under the mass Of
wreckage between thirty-fve and for
~ men engaged I'm the excavation on
the corner for the Second National
bank building.
The men had just returned to work
after the noon luncheon, when the
building. which had been undermined
by the excavation for the bank foun-
dations. toppled over into the pit.
Within half an hour ten laborers,
all colored. had been taken f-c7a the
ruins
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
Crook. worked Banker For $4,000

PITTSBURG, July 2.-Three alleged
confidence men got $4,000 from d. c.
Davis, millionaire oil operator and
banker OF Marietta, o., by means OF a
crooked faro game played In a house
just of Columbus avenue, New York,
according 70 the testimony OF Davis In
Alderman Toole's court here. So eager
was Davis 10 win back the SOL 900
which he lost first that he chartered a
special train from Jersey City ard
made a record breaking trip TO Mari
eta, where ne procured $4,000 more.
This sum also went into the pockets
or the alleged confidence men.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
MIR. GORDON AND THE STREET
CARS.

The determination OF Mr. James
IN. Gordon. (white). President of
the Richmond Chamber of Com
.merce to test the Jim Crow" street
car law OF this city is causing no
end of embarrassment TO the advo-
Gates of that Ubiquitous measure.
All of the daily papers have united
in a demand that the case be
dropped. The indications are that
this action is inspired. The Rich
mond, Va. Times-Dispatch in its is
sue Of Tuesday. End inst. under the
caption of why Test the Law?"
says:
Elsewhere i'll be found an edi.
torial article from the Lynchbure
News which we commend to the at.
tention Of Mr.. James r. Gordon, OF
this city. Mr.. Gordon occupies q
high position in Richmond and is
justly esteemed as one OF our hes;
and most public spirited citizens
He has done the city valuable service
and he is the last man in Richmond
to do it an Intentional injury. But
II he should be the means of destroy
ing the law which provides for the
separation of the races in public con
|veyances, ne will have been the
means of doing the city and the
whole State of Virginia irreparable
harm.
Why should any white man wish
to bring this law to a test in the
courts? Surely Mr.. Gordon would
not have It repealed. Surely. he
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
Withdraw. All Cuisines. From rexn.

NEWARK, n. J., July 2.-The Pru-
dental Insurance company announced
that, following the example Of a num-
Der OF other life Insurance companies,
IL would withdraw from Texas, consid-
ering IL Impossible 10 comply with the
law recently passed In that state re-
quirlng that 20 per cent OF the reserve
values Of policies written In Texas be
invested in the state.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

NEW YORK. July IA toy cannon
which Goorge Hall, fifteen years old,
OF Williamsburg held In his hand was
discharged prematurely. and the boys
left hand was blown OF. He was
burned in The chest and face. Ambu-
lance Surgeon Snyder wanted 10 take
him 70 the District hospital. but the
boy insisted on being taken home.
"Whatd / DO In dc hospital when de
Fourt comes arOundT' asked George.
"Ye can't shoot of no fireworks In de
hospital, an I want { be on tn Job
again wild me cannon" But George
won't celebrate much this Fourth.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
Two renohers Drowned.

EAST NoRTHFIELD. Mass, July 3
Philip X. Green, Instructor or Eng
llsh and mathematics, and Professor
David A. Durward, assistant in the
agricultural department at the Mount
Hermon School For Boys, were drown
ed near here while canoeing IN the
Connecticut river by the upsetting OF
their craft
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06
Hot on OIL IxinE,. rrni1.

CHICAGO. July IA long telephone
conversation was held last night be-
tween District Attorney Sims and Mar
shall Chandler or Cleveland. The mar
shell told Mr.. Sims that he was hot on
the oil kings trail" that he has relia-
bic information that Mr.. Rockefeller is
In Cleveland and that he expects to OBJ
tain service on him today.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-07-06

THE HAGUE, July s.-Joseph II.
Choate and the other heads OF delega-
tions to the peace conference were re-
ceived in audience by Queen Wilhel-
nina in the great reception hall Of the
royal palace. Speaking to Mr.. Choate,
the queen said President Roosevelt
must be congratulated on his Initiative
peace conference.