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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-02
THOMAS BAILEY ALDflCH.
His Perfect Light Toyca end Tho Art
In His Grave Poems.

l
name of Thomas i3jIoy AidFi-H stand.
in the popular mind for the Hight touol
in verse a touch that few IN our tim,
have been able to equal IN drfcacg
and attractiTcncSs- he greater part Oh
his verse ranges from the serious (.
the tragic The subjects in majority
of cases are not those which tbe casual
reader might expect from tn" author %!
many of his well known songs aud epi
sOdes.
Aldrich's light touch seems 10 rs
most nearly perfect where the subject
Is apparently most personal, rs in the
! nnsurpassablc lyric Forever and 4
| Day"
] little know or care
If the blackbird on the bough
Is filing all the air
With his soft cTcsccDdo now,
For she has gone aWav
And when she went she took
The spriugthuo in her look
The peaChbloW ON her Chenk
Tho laughter from The brook,
The blue from out the MAY
And what She ca Ms q week
Is forever and day.
It's little that | mind
~" ~ -. J. N - N''''''
Fall a-tromhliug with delight,
For in the lenfy lane
Beneath the garden boUghs.
And through the silent house
Ono thing alone | seek.
Until she come again
The May is not the Nav.
And what she calls week
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'aieiu' We '\'h'itNiiif = H't 'i'' ''T'''
of mere 0rtitice: that i comes from q
sense of hrartv and the Met; r,lirn do
IT,; e. ,<,c 49,. ;. ..--
FOR tn" sake OF ming, but COISclpn-
tio,,s seeking fer the ri,rht nlfgSn H.
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Noh' '''N' '"N0 w " 'N''iNi' W '''N - '''
what he thought the absolutely rlEht
ad1ectlNe 10 deScFlbe the cry OF the sea
gun ih'liaS ~ idH' upon the NoI0
pe'ufth'' anu uiiS PefS'Ste"tE was
characteriSt'c.
olteh ne struck me hVje OIL hlGh pa
,riotls'ii' anu hiahS are ms poems tl"t
ueai WIN the mysteries o. ihc 3ld
uea'h. he wrote III 'iih headt!ini
'h'eii'uieS' anu ~ ~ NtiSe Oily cet'i'7
cohS'aii''y upon starving hlhiS ana
Suggestions CONCERNING nature human
rate anu 'he sl'll1t WorIa, as III Ken
con.re, laei'i'F' NcA nc \oi
Wi'n broonibS On 'he helfS' !
Mooa anu App"fltio''S, poems Whien
nave ne" po's iaii'S !" ''le HSiit 81
Ills departure
APPARITIoNS.
A. noon ., fiis',t ana q me lls''' p'''e efh
A one hy dav would scaroniI, ton ,
friend
For fear of mockery-
Shadows Won sav coiro nos of the hrafn,
know not. faith not l.
Is 1t more strange the dead should walk
Thug WAL IN tho o,,,o,, n,,o,,,a atoo
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-02
SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS.

SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS.
Stock on hand Sept. I. ,667
Received this day -. "a
Received previously .Io7,468 Io7,5o2
Total stock to date -. -. 100, I6o
Shipments to date -. -. ......Ios,4o2
Net stock on hand -. -. -. $3.50
Same day last year .. -. 500. 2,I24
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-02
DR.. Z. G.. ALLEN.

The Caucasian has been requested to
announce that DR.. f. G. Allen has re-
sumed the practice of his profession.
Office in the Cooper building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-02
COTTON MARKET.
Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, July 2, 1907.

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed firm Ia up.
Receipts 81 bales.
Sales to factors none.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-02

IVY. we are now located l.. the p.
pam building, No. 5I7 Edwards osen-
ana are ready to serve our c,,s.a street,
Inc line OF first class stationery IN
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
BY Mss BEATR1z L. CHASE

DR.. F w. Fairfield, for more than
twenty years dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences of Howard Univer-
sity, has resigned and placed on the
Carnegie foundation and granted a lib
eral allowance.
The funeral services of Mr.. William
Eugene Harris Queen, who died last
Sunday, were held at the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church last "Wednesday,
Rev. Walter Brooks, pastor.
Rev. DR. Edward L. Parks, a profes-
sor of Cannon Theological Seminary
fourteen years, was elected to fill the
professorship held by Professor Fair
field.
Rev. S. H. Norwood, who has been
the secretary of the Methodist Episco-
pal Conference which held its last seS-
sion at Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal
Church, was reelected to that position.
Rev. Norwood has fully demonstrated
his fitness for the position
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

The funeral services OF Miss Charity
Smoot.-lhe sister Of Miss Marian Smoot
were held last Tuesday at Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church. Rev w. P. Gibbons,
pastor.
l.c 81 Luke Organization has been
hcaorcd in hayins L.t r. r Horner
one of its membyrs aid officers, ap-
pointed on the Board Of Education.
The Knights who visited Baltimore
were highly pleased With their trip and
especially with the entertainment given
by the wife of the Grand Commander
of Maryland, Mrs Marga Watts, at their
home, 1913 Orleans street
The office of dean fo- the college Of
Howard University MI. be filled by
/ someone selected by the board Of trus-
tees.
1t Is stated that he Boys Club Of New
York is the largest in the world. 1t
has q membership Of 10000.
We regret that the announcement con
cerning the National B. S. s. Congress
and Y. P. Chautauqua, which convened
at Baton Rouge, La, last Tuesday did
not appear in last Saturdays issue.
Rev. l. Tolliyer, in his. letter to The
I Western Star. Texas, says that the
District of Columbia is one OF the great
est fields for missionary work among
orr people in this country
Maj. Lemuel Harper, secretary Of the
Americus Republican Club, and former
superintendent of the American Steel
Hoop Company Of Pittsburg, Pa, was
arrested last Monday, charged with as
sault
sn ron ball which was found in the
( alley between the old and the new
+ Government Printing Office last Tues
t day. was sent To Indian Head for ex-
m.rat;cn Is t. Its contents It was
Is-peosed TO be loaded with gunpowder
10 dynamite.
/ The Nashville Board Of Education has
concluded that only Negroes born. bred
and educated in the South need Apply
q for election as teachers in the public
schools OF Nashville.
The Milk Commission held a meeting
at the District Building last Tuesday
afternoon The final meeting OF the
! commission was held the following al
/ teTnOOn.
Many persons have been killed as {
result Of the warm weather at Pitts
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
CORDIAL GREETING RECEIVED
AT NENIA. WHERE CITIZENS
DEMAND IlIPROMPTU
SPEECH

Nenia, O.. june ao.--in the preseuce
Of the leading clergymen and educators
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church this afternoon, at Wilberforce
College. United States Senator J. B.
Foraker entered somewhat fully into
the discussion Of the matters developed
by the Senatorial investigation OF the
Brownsville shooting, Tor which a bat
TALON OF Negro soldiers was summar.ly
discharged from the army without honor
bv President Roosevelt.
The occasion was the forty-fourth an
nuaI commencement Of the Wilberforce
College. the leading educational institu-
tion of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church. which is located just outside the
limits of the city.
One of the notable incidents Of the
day was the presentation to Senator For
aker OF loving cup by Negro citizens
of Cincinnati The Rev Dr. Burch, as
sisted bv the Rev. Dr. 7. Franklin Walk
er. made the presentation speech, to
which Senator Foraker eloquently re-
DIed. a large delegation OF leading
Negro citizens went to Wilberforce as
committee bearing the gift
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

burg, Pa.
All the union men employed in con-
strJction work in Louisville, KY, struck
this week in sympathy with the carpen-
:ers who struck. About two thousand
ncn struck.
Joseph Brannan, who was found gull
Of turning in a false alarm of fire
last Saturday, was sentenced to three
cnths Imprisonment and SIoo hne, OF
X months additional imprisonment, in
e Police Court last Monday
S-m Johnson, Negro ventriloquist
( caajurer, who attended a funeral
ear Denton, Md, ventriloquized the
oTds Let me down easy" as the
pse was being lowered into the grave.
.,e pallbearers, believing that the dead
as speaking from the casket dropped
it.
All persons suffering from tubercu-
isis in advanced stages will not be per
tted to enter the State of Texas.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
MR.. CHASE'S REPLY.
L. F. Zinkhan.
SuDerintendCnt


Washington, d. c, June 25, 1907.
Hon. II. B. F. AIacfarland,
Commissioner of the District of Co
mmbia.
Dear Sir:
Your very kind communication, en-
closing a report of the investigation
le ly The superintendent OF the Wash
u-.a Asylum relative to the discriml-
--or thai exists in the convict labor
gangs. was received q few days ago.
Kindly permit me to say that the con-
,uaou that l made in The Bee of a
Recent date Is correct. Discrimination
does exist, and if you will send rep
Eer.lta,lye of your department on -Four
'e-..r street extended You will see two
wagon loads of colored convicts coming
ir.w work and not a white man in the
gang. Do not understand me TO say
That yoa are aware of the discrimination
and neither do / say that the superin-
'ea-enr of the asylum knows OF such
discrimination. What / want to know
is, why should colored convicts be eN-
posed to public view and hauled through
The public streets in wagons, and white
tllE'cts allowed to remain in and around
Tie wo-khouse where the eyes of the
public seldom penetrate.
believing that you will treat all Of
Na1ers alike, and presuming that you
We're not aware Of such Discriminate
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
COSMOPOLITAN TEMPLE BAP-
TIST CHURCH.

At the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church,
O street northwest between Seventh and
Eighth streets, Rev. DR.. Simon P. w.
Drew, Pastor.
Last Sunday services were we'll at
tended Rev. DR.. r H. Robinson, d
former pastor OF the Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, preached a most eX-
cellent sermon at the evening service.
At the close of the service DR.. Drew
presented to Miss Frances Little gold
watch as the winner Of the first prize
at recent entertainment for selling
the highest number of tickets. She
brought in $35.Io It was a timely
speech.
Next Sunday. June 80 at pm, Dr..
Drew Will preach the Fory-ffth Ami
versary Sermon OF the Grand Lodge
of Good Smnaritans Of the District of
Columbia at Samaritan Temple | street
between Second Third streets southwest.
All are invited to attend the service.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Popular Excursions to
NIAGARA FALLS
Only SIoo Round Trip.
June %. July 10, August and 10,
September Q and 20, October 4, 1907.
Excursion tickets viii be sold on above
dates. GOOD going only on Special Train
leaving Washington at AS A. NJ, ar
irving Niagara Falls at 100 P NJ.
Tickets valid for return ten (Io) days,
including date Of sale, on all regular
trains. except BLACK Diamond Express
Of Lehigh Valley Route
Call on ticket agents for pamphlet Civ
ing full particulars as to stop-overs,
side trips, etc.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
FORAKER Has No REGRETS

FURAkER HAS NO KEGREIS.
Il do not question the good faith of
the President or of the Secretary of
War; but when l looked at the reports
of Major Blocksom and General Gar;-
ington, and the testimony submitted
Herewith, upon which the President
acted, l felt that, whether it was inten-
tional or not, he had been misled. If
for what | have done in their behalf (tne
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
FOR RIGHTS OF RACE.
Foraker Tells CoIored People to
Stand Firm.
STIRS HIS VAST AUDIENCE.
SOLDIERS DISCHARGED BY ROOSEVELT VIC
TINS OF INJUSTICE.

If He Is to Be Eliminated from Public
Life for His Part in Securing lhe Men
a Hearing, as Has Been Threatened
He Declares that He VII Never Re-
gret His ACtiOH-Great Cr0zvd Hears
Him. Political Equality Should Be
Var Cry.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
w. CALVIN CHASE.


Editor of the Washington Bee, who so
ably exposed this false pretender and
laid bare all his imperiections; who is
known and respected in Liberia as the
only man in America who has dared to
refute the false and malicious assertions
circulated by him concerning Liberia.
By the Author
President Johnson said in part: Your
Honor and members of the association:
Called by your unanimous vote to the
important and responsible position Of
President Of the National Bar Associa-
ton of Liberia for the ensuing year, [
deem It my duty on this occasion to
express my appreciation of the honor
which you have conferred on me and
to assure you that | shall do all in my
power to aid in effectually accomplish
ing the task 10 which We have set our
selves, feeling confident that / will re-
ceive your cordial support and hearty
cooperation. 1t is the arm Of the ju-
dietary III the administration OF justice
which Is the great end Of all govern
ments. and by which the strong are
prevented from expressing the weak.
Without this there can be no security,
tranquility or industry Defending the
innocent from oppression, it also lends
its aid to the prosecution Of evil doers,
the punishment Of the guilty and the
repression Of crime.
He made some telling points through
out the delivery of his address and at
its conclusion he was loudly applauded.
Addresses were also made by Hon. J.
A, Toliver. Chief Justice Roberts, and
others. After the address a brilliant
reception was held in the Executive
Mansion, which was attended by many
distinguished people Of the republic.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Washington, D. c, June p, 1907.
The public is hereby notified that the
partnership heretofore existing between
James Z. Clark and Bart Began is this
day dissolved and that any work con-
uacted for on the part Of said partner
ship will not be recognized by me. That
l am prepared and will contract for work
in my name and give a satisfactory guar
antee.
Bart Began.
2I47 d street. n. w.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
AUDITOR TWTFR

Ralph w. Tyler has taken the Whit
field Mckinley house at 1918 nth street,
~ W, which, upon the arrival Of his
family shortly after July I, will be their
Washington residence.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

| take the opportunity of calling your
attention to il.
With assurance of my high esteem, be
lieve lie to be
Very respectfully,
w. Calvin Chase,
Editor of The Bee.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
Liberian Bar Association
AFRICAN NEGROES ORGANIZED
A BAR ASSOCIATION
MOnTOVia, Liberia,

May 80 1907.
The inaugural meeting of the Liberian
National Bar Association was held in
the Senate Chamber, Monrovia, January
?, 1907. Mr.. T. McCant Stewart, for
merry of America, was the first man to
urge the organization of a bar associa-
tion of lawyers from All parts of the
republic. 1t was at a common law"
luncheon, given to the Bench and Bar
of the Court of Quarter Sessions and
Common Pleas for Montserrado County,
at its last September term. 7. McCant
Stewart delivered an address. in the
course of which he urged that as a
matter of the organization Of a bar as
sOciatiOn has been under consideration
for years, it should be taken up and
disposed of during the legislative ses-
sion, when lawyers from all parts of
the republic would be in MonrOvia. At
the close of the term, His Honor Judge
Matthews called meeting of the MEM
bers of his bar, and the immediate or
ganization of an association was de-
cided upon. The following committee
| was appointed to draft a constitution: /:
/ Attorney General F. E. R. Johnson, Ex-
Attorney General T, w Haynes. Mr..
T. McCant Stewart, County Attorney
c, D. B. King and c. B. Dunbar A
constitution and bylaws were drafted
and adopted Wednesday, January ?,
1907. in the Senate Chamber. His Hon
or Judge A. !. Matthews presided and
introduced the President of Liberia,
who delivered the opening address. 1t
was eloquent and pointed and was lis
tened to with great attention. The next
speaker was that distinguished and fear
less defender of the rights of the Ii
berian people, r. E. R. Johnson, who
was elected president. He made a
timely speech Mr.. Johnson IS we'll
known in America as the man who de-
Tended the republic of Liberia against
the cowardly attack that c. H. J. Tay-
lor, while minister here, made against
his people He is attorney general Of
the republic and a man who is honored
and respected by the people. He dedi-
Gated this defense Of the republic to w.
Calvin Chase, in the following language
DEDICATED
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
Special to The Washington Post.

Special to The Washington Post.
Nenia, Ohio, june 2o.-"Stand up for
your rights and make everybody else
stand up for them, Let your ballots
read: Down with the graudfathers'
clause and Down with every man
who upholds, condemns. or defends them,
no matter where he lives, what politics
he profeesses, or what office he holds "
This most striking passage from the
address delivered today By Senator ].
B. Foraker at the commencement eXcr-
cises Of the WilberfQrce University Is
in reality the keynote OF the argument
which he made TO the more than SYM
pathetic audience who listened with rapt
attention to his words What he said
regarding the Brownsville incident was
but an incident in a general advisory
recommendation to the colored race to
make resistance to any art all invasi0as
of its alleged rights.
No Room fer Truce.
There was no uis,alli1g the character
OF the advice. Blunhy. 1t was to sup
port no man poJ'itic-.ly Who was not in
sympathy with tie demand Of the col
ored --ce .far eqaali,y before the Con
stitution and the Law Moreover, this
sympathy must be a lively one. There
was TO be no truce SiJh those who con
dored the notification Of rhe Constitu-
tion or the law by others.
Through his denial that the FeGera
government had made ont a case against
the colored troops at Brownsville. and by
making the charge that they had not
been given fair treatment by President
Roosevelt. and linferentially by Secre-
tarv William H. Taft. he made It clear
to his d5Erhted auditors that he was not
one of those who were lacking in sup
port Of the doctrine that the Afro-Amer-
lean Is a political equal. The effect OF
-
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

colored troops I am to De eliminated
from public life, as has been proclaimed,
then 1T it De known lhat / ,i.>I at least
carry with re aso psisate lie the con-
soling satisfaction Of feeling and know
ing~tl5ac have been rebuked ior an
action tl.a- shall never regret but al
ways esteem al cred.uble to my heart
as man ana 10 aig sense OF Justice and
duty as d pubic Official.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

Is There Discrimination
DENIES THE BEES CHARGE.
Executive Office,
-.--rr,si5ners Of the District of Co
lumbla,
Washington, June 10, 1907.
Dear Sir:
hand YOU herewith copy of report
-r. TO me by the Superintendent OF
81. Washington Asylum, showing that
.,.-. F.. mo- discrimination between white
md -.lared workhouse prisoners in their
...rrment- to work,
Sincerely yours,
Henry B. Macfarland
n Calvin Chase, Esq.
-os D St.. y. W, Washington, D. c.
Office Of the Washington Asylum.
Washington. D. c., June 70, 1907.
u.r H. B. F. Macfarland,
commissioner Of the District Of Co
umbia.
Dear Sir:
~r,oectfully present the following
r.r.r bearing upon a criticism made in
m. Bee. charging that partiality is
.r.rr nv the Superintendent Of the
warEhars- IN the distribution Of prls-
.-.-- assigned to work. l respectfully
summit thar the Superintendent has nev-
.~ consciously drawn the color line,
r.- has n. ever had the desire to do so
IN. a- +, that there IS less complaint
.r III. part If the colored men because
If rr. Particular work to which they
ma. assigned, than there is among
Il. white mu.
IN assigning prisoners to work l have
r.r -r.u. things in mind. First plac-
Nh. prisoner with the least risk Of
escape Secondly, his fitness for certain
kinds of available work. Third, hi.
rnrE.r condition Fourth, some con
...-.n.r is given TO a mans record
... is. between a novice and a chronic
offender: .r as between a prisoner who
-.r Pa. uacaHc. and another who may
. disposed to give trouble. In al
..-. things the color line should no
AID does not enter.
Prisoners having trades are usually
assigned TO the painter, carpenter, engln
l.r baker, tailor. or cook, as the cas'
may be- Those who can milk, drive
r.n. feed. etc, are turned over to tn
.-.r or dairyman.
IN. men who are assigned to worl
m the prison corridors are either sucI
- have been excused by the doctor iron
doing outdoor work because Of som
disability or they may be long teri
men, whom It Is not safe to trust in III
.-r-.lc gangs. We now have more tha
s. prisoners who are serving @ month
sentences.
Prisoners working ON the farm an
.a the buildings number from I3o t
uo and are about equally divided be
tween the white and colored. The sire,
gangs. working in the suburbs, under tn
Engineer Department, vary in size. az
r.rling to our population, from 100
800 men. the colored men predomina
ing.
In considering the situation, it >houI
be observed that we have many mo-
,olored than white prisoners. Our pot
rlation today is $50, of whom I23 a
white and 233 are colored About
per cent are white and 65 per cent a
eolored. Taking the male prisone
only. we have today us white and II
e.Iored men.
4 would be glad to have a represe
.-.yc Of The Bee call at the workhou
and see for himself how the prisone
.-e employed.
Very respectfully
L F Zinkhan,
Superintendent
MR.. CHASE'S REPLY.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.


The National Training and Industrial
school for colored boys and girls, to
e located in the District of Columbia,
ith an agricultural or farm school in
L7rylaod, conveniently near to the city,
IDS fair to be launched under the most
.-v0rable auspices, perhaps, of any sim
liar school which has ever been start
ed in the United States The movee-
ment seems TO have taken hold of the
community in a way that no other sim
liar venture has done in recent years.
due to the importance and great need
of the school and the strong endorse
ments which it has received from the
Commissioners of the District Of Co
lumbia, the president of the local BOARD
of Trade, president of the Chamber oi
Commerce, the leading pastors of vari-
Gus denominations. and prominent citi-
zens generally. A great mass-meedng
will be held at Convention Hall. Fourth
and K streets northwest. on Sunday af
ternoon next, June 80, 1907, at 3.3C
o'clock, in the interest of the school
The program arranged is an intensely
interesting one from every point Of
.iew; the famous United States Marin,
Band and the popular Amphion Gle,
Club will furnish music for the occa
sion The distinguished jurist Justict
David ]. Brewer, of the United State
Supreme Court, will preside Commis
sioner H. B. F. Macfarland, DR.. w NJ
d. Norman, Prof. Roscoe Conklini
Bruce. Mrs Malv Church Terrell, DR.
George w. Lee, Mrs Julia Mason Lay
ton and others Will speak; a number o
prominent ministers and business nei
of the city will also make brief re
marks. This program, together witt
the merit Of the proposed school, vii
undoubtedly insure a large attendance
Admission to the meeting will b,
free to all, both ladies and gentlemen
! Rev. G. S. Lamkins, who has been pro
noting the enterprise IS very mucl
gratihed by the hearty support and en-
couragement he is receiving on all sides
The ministers of all denomination
have been invited to be present, as TIT
school is to be undenominational. Tn
Baptist Ministers Conference Of tn,
District Of Columbia voted on Monda,
to attend the mass meeting at Conyeu
ton Hall at $50 next Sunday afternoon
Dr. George W. Lee, DR.. NJ. W. D
| Norman and DR.. William ]. Howard
were appointed to represent them.
Admission to the meeting will be fre
to all, both ladies and gentlemen.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

ITEMS on THE WING.
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Continued on 9Th page.
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Bart Began.
2I47 d street. n. w.