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but now the white masonry of the station.
with its huge canopy of steel and glass.
looms up in view with pleasing effect.
Within a year the new marble municipal
building at Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street will be completed and this unusually
fine architectural specimen, with its pretty
foreground of parking. will completely
change that particular section Of the city.
The work upon this building has been re-
tarded owing to unavoidable delays In the
receipt of the marble. and from more points
than one, including the artistic, 1t is mat
ter Of congratulation that the decision
stood not to remove the little park with
its fountain and f1owerbeds.
And thus, while ever-changing at
tractive, immediate and perspective view of
parking and public buildings now presents
itself to resident and visitor alike, the
change which is to come within a COM
paratively few months will be so great
that 1t cannot fail to call for universal
and favorable comment. And while in
many of the residential sections of the
northwest costly and beautiful homes have
recently been erected. and still more are
in course of completion. or under consid-
Grafton. yet it is our great public struc-
lures which attract the eye of the visitor
and those who are to come to us a little
later have much in store
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slider may imagine that we already have a
sufficiency, and we will not, therefore, be
unnecessarily alarmed at the fear that We
may have too many of these structures.
The yearly volume in the increase of the
governments business, and the necessarily
enlarged forces required to handle 1t, are
so great that 1t will not be long that the
need for new structures will be increasing
ly imperative.
with the completion of the Senate and
the House of Representatives office build
ings the rectangle bounding the east end
Of the Capitol grounds will, with the ex-
ception of a single square. be covered by
marble structures of beauty and size which
cannot be duplicated in any other capital
in the world and there will be formed a
plaza which in itself will be worth a con-
tinental or an ocean journey to least the
eyes upon. In fact, the beautiful white
union station structure, being but two
squares from these grounds, might with
propriety be included within the radius.
Fine Perspective Effects.
Indeed, this structure should be included
in the list of the new and beautiful public
buildings now in course of construction
which will be fully completed and occupied
within two years, and which, when fully
completed will have such a material effect
upon the enhancement Of the structural
beauties of the capital. The classic out
lines Of the new marble building for the
Department Of Agriculture are rapidly as
Stunning definite shape, While the building
farther east in the Smithsonian grounds
intended for the National Museum has pro-
crossed above the first story.
LAS an illustration Of perspective effect
the Union station from 18th and F streets
northwest may be taken. Heretofore, from
this point, the eye rested, when looking
east, upon the trees in Judiciary Square,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19
WHERE MEN OWN WOMEN.
African Tribe in Which Daughters
Are Sold, Wives Bequeathed.

| From the Southern Workman.
| Every Ndau woman is the property of
| some man, from the time when her mother
| first wraps her in a skin sack till the day
| when she Is folded in a reed mat and car
| ried outside the kraal for burial. First she
belongs to her father, the mother having
In no case any right to her offspring. At
any age she may be- sold to another man
as his wife, and becomes his property TIL
his death.
But even that event does not release her.
for she is then passed on to the oldest son
or nearest male heir as part of his in
heritance Sometimes, indeed, an old man
anticipates his death and himself makes
present of his young wife to his Oldest son.
Many a woman has been the wife, success
sively, of a father and his son and has
children by both.
The lobola was originally paid in cattle,
but since the rinderpest decimated the
focks it has been payable in money, and Is
reckoned at 500 for an ordinary girl and
1925 for a chiefs daughter.
Even unborn daughters are contracted
for; for instance, man wishing to buy
wife but having no means to pay, makes
a bargain with the father of a girl prom
Using to give by way of compensate all thu
daughters born to him. and in case he has
no girls, he must give a son.
Little girls constantly being sold to
old grandfathers with plurality Of wives.
Indeed, 1t would seem as If such suitors
were preferred by the fathers probably be
cause they have more means TO pay. and
nave OIlen the ADDITIONAL advantage Oh De-
ing able to pay with one of their own
daughters
An American woman who has been in
that country tells of a case where a girl
was sent to an old man with a broken
back, while another girl escaped to the
missionaries to avoid being sold TO a leper.
If girl is not friendly to the match she is
persuaded by beating, and if that fails she
may be bound and carried off by force
The Ndau woman wears a draDe about
the waist another bright-hued calico strip
brought over one shoulder and under the
opposite arm, a load OF brass bracelets
completely covering each forearm from
wrist to elbow, anklets. bead and horsehair
necklaces and a brass cylindrical snuff box
thrust through the earlobe. Her hair IS
densely matted with red clay and twisted |
into cords
A new ornament which has appeared re-
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To Erect a Hotel.

1t Is expected to begin next week the
active work in the erection Of the large
hotel building which it Is proposed to build
on the West side Of New Jersey avenue
just north Of street southeast. All the
arrangements have been made to push the
construction along rapidly, and it is the in
tentdon Of the company that has under
taken this enterprise to have it ready for
opening by the list of December.
The architects Harding G. Upman, have
the detailed drawings completed, and the
excavation will be started next week. The
new structure is to be large and spacious,
as it will have a broad frontage on New
Jersey avenue. where 1t will rise to a
height Of five stories. 1t will extend
through the block to South Capitol street
a distance of some two hundred and TWEEN
ty-ttve feet. On that .thoroughfare the
building will have a height of seven stories
It is to be known as Congress Hall.
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III WASHINGTON
Hhtoby Potgrp

these evidences Of our growth are moth
ing to what may be summarized and pre-
scented as a bird's-eye view in even so short
a time as two years hence.
"Omitting the Congressional Library from
our conclusions, it will be noted that many
years elapsed between the erection Of the
War, State and Navy building and that
occupied by the Post Office Department,
the most recent acquisition to our depart
ment structures. While this building has
been occupied since 1899, 1t Is now very
much overcrowded, many of its divisions
being scattered in other buildings down
town.
'"rhe government printing office building
can hardly be classed as an Office structure,
and neither can that of the bureau of
engraving and printing. The building occu-
pied by the latter is so very much over
ously interfered with, and that unless Con-
gress speedily grants an appropriation for
further additions the congestion at present
existing will offer a difficult problem to
those who have to do with its solution.
Some Existing Needs.
1.-THE new Office buildings of the Senate
and the House Of Representatives will in
nowise relieve the congestion in the execu-
tive departments, and which, by the scat
tering Of the various divisions and bureaus
Of the different departments throughout the
city. is source of great annoyance and in
convenience to all concerned. not to speak
of the heavy expenditures for rentals The
Department of Justice is especially incon-
venienced by reason Of being inadequately
housed in what was formerly a private
dwelling, being obliged to maintain its large
library In another structure over half
mile away The newly created Department
Of Commerce and Labor also has no home
which 1t may truthfully call its own. In
the vicinity Of the War, State and Navy
building there are three four structures
filled with the overflow from the mammoth
granite pile.
Hence. large an appropriation of
$10.O0O,OOO for Office buildings in this city
may seem at first blush. 1t would indeed.
be found to be inadequate to properly ac-
cOmplish the purposes, and total of $15,-
OO0,O allowing $4,000, 600 each for three
new buildings would be found to be more
in keeping with situation which is per-
and which, as has always been the case
since the inception of the government. has
been one which has never been fully met
by our chief legislative body.
Rectangle of Magnifcence.
From the standpoint of simple CONNER
cialism, eliminating all the other important
constituent elements of this highly i'm
portant governmental and local question, it
would be supposed that the proper housing
of its executive and working forces in the
capital would be a primary consideration
with Congress.
But we cannot have too many public
beA4>1es in the city, even though the out
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Clothing Made Of Paper.

Sufficient attention has been directed to-
ward the warmth generated in the body by
paper vests to demonstrate the fact that
there is reason for serious considera ton of
paper garment manufacture. There have
been for some time past vests made of pa
per, also cuffs collars, shirt bosoms. etc,
to spin narrow strips of paper and cotton
into finished fabrics of common use. Paper
and cotton and paper and wooden are so
combined that serviceable outing suits,
dreSswear are now being produced. The
new textile, If so it may be called, is cream
colored and may be washed repeatedly with
out injuring the surface. and is marketed
for a ridiculously small price, Sufficient
xylolin. as it is called. to produce a COM
plete plain suit costs Sc or s..
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In the center soundings have been taken.
but no bottom discovered. There is no sur
face outlet, the lake being surrounded by
salt water. 1t Is the purpose of Mr.. Remsen
to improve the property and make 1t his
home. The new owner is at present living
at Chevy Chase, Nd. He recently sold a
beautiful estate bordering on Great South
bay, Long Island N. Y, and came south in
quest of more mider climate.
Mr.. Parish reports great activity In land
transactions in the Annapolis vicinity. The
work on the electric railroad between
Washington and Baltimore via Annapolis
is fast approaching completion. The COM
pany recently leased Bay Ridge, and ex-
poets to electrify the old steam railroad
running from Annapolis to Bay Ridge, thus
connecting a through electric service be-
tween Washington and Bay Ridge
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THE SLAVE OF SILENCE
BY FRED M. WHITE.

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Gently on the Threats Of all the women is a
brass triangle bound about the neck with
wire This is no cherished gewgaw. but a
much resented tag, which each woman is
required to wear like a dog collar to show
that her pound tax has been paid. The
Ndau baby is simply attired in a string OF
beads about the waist and a pair of dimin-
utive ankets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19
Task Too Great for Him.
From Half Holiday.

From Half Holiday
Ellis Qoftily)-"I don't think much OF
girls anyway. Still. I'd rather be q girl
than a goose
Altce-'Very likely you would but [
don't see how you're going TO work the
change"
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MORE ELBOW ROOM
Uncle Sam Cramped for Space
at Nations Capital.
NEW BUILDINGS ARE NEEDED
Growth Keeps Pace With That of the
Rest of the Country.
LONG AGO 0UTGR0WN CLOTHES
Plan for Supplying What is Wanted
in Way Of New Depart
ment Buildings.

'While visitors who have not seen the
nations capital in several years are uni
versal in their comments upon the marked
improvement and expansion of the city, a
local architect said to a Star reporter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19

Alfred DIP Weaver Of Montgomery, Ala,
with John Edward Carney, is said to have
discovered the art of hardening and tenn
pering the precious and semi precious
like, without alleging them with other
metals.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
IOWA AND SIN

Everybody wants 20 keep his eya
squinted in the direction OF iowa
The legislature of that state All
journed last week, leaving a record
that surpaases anything ever befo9e
attempted in the way of legislatlng
moral ty into mankind Drinking anu
gambling and cigarette smc king. can
palgn contributions and desecratins
Memorial Day and remarrying within
year after diyorce-in fact. every
hing that even looked like 1t had
passing acquaintance with his satanic
majesty was touched pom and legis-
lated against All was fish that came
within the net Of the Iowa lawmaN rs,
and from all reports they have left
nothing undOne in the way Of legls
lating sin and The devil out of the
Hawkeye state.
Obviously the harvest up there will
be watched with tremendous interest.
ii there shall be a general quickening
of the spirit, and If the hosts Of sin
are observe to skiddoo from Iowa.
and the forces of righteousness are
seen in sole and triumphant posses
sion we may safely assume that
state legislatures really possess Ith-
ur rs spear for detecting evil and
further power Of prodding sin until 4
takes TO ignominicus fight.
II Mt, If the old Adam in man con
tinus TO break out and run amuck
in Iowa. then we must rel etantly
conclude that our state legislatures,
august as they may be. have not yet
been giv5n the power to make OF
their respective states a lovely Eden
before the Fali.-Commercial-Appeal
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

! Bryan make the nominating speech.
The substance Of Mr. Bryan's brief
resp nse was also givea.
Not a word Of this most important
/ incident Of the political happenings
Of he day was given in any Of the
! city papers which reached Cara.
Neither of the Chicago or 81 Louis
papers mentioned IT, excepting On +
| Chicago Inter-Ocean which announc.
ed rnder double column headlines;
/ "nryan Club Bars New Roosevelt
BoomJohl Temple Graves Deni
Utterance Of Speech Asking Nebras
kan to Nominate Rival as Non parts
Ian Candidate" The lnterOcean dli
mot give the Ror report. stating that
| Mr. Graves d llyered bis speech nor
: ala II give the speech.
| Il mIght b assumed than the onls
sion was designed, but this yleH can
not be entertained witnou severe
reflection up the Judgment Of the
managing editors Of these journals;
an explanat on must pa based upon
some more reasonable ground and
the incidents of the case VIII furnish
This.
The general reader Of the ; ory
must have been Impress q with the
significance Of the disagreement that
arose between Mr. Graves and the
managers OF the dinner, as to the
passage In his proposed speech reIat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

seem to Indicate that these Republi-
can masses have been ripe for a ardi
cal uprising for some time past and
have only needed the stamp Of Re
publican party regularity to be placed
upon IL 10 bring the event TO pass.
And Mr.. Roosevelt has given to 1t this
stamp of party regularity and pro-
pg.ety. and accordingly the event
eventuates
But once started can these Re1ubli-
can masses be TUNED or brought
back? Even if the conservatives
could recover control of the organiza-
tl9n and regain possession Of the
parry seal. would that suffice to re-
store the party mas es 20 thei- oil
position of more obedience 10 party
regardless of belief and convictions?
"a hatever else Mr. Roosevelt NAV
succeed In doing or fail in doing IL
looks very much as though he has
certainly euc-eeded i'm breaking up
for good and an he old inertia 81
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one of tn numerous and devious
ways known to candidates. 1t trans
pires, however that Hon Keel Green,
who is one cf the daddies Of the So
called australian ballot law unde~
which we are holding or elections
for saw what trouble the "sticher
would cause aud he so framed the
law that the use OF "stickeis' is pro
hibited AS the law now stands IL
any voter wishes 10 vote for any can
didate for office, whose name is not
printed on the ballot he must writ
it there, with pencil or with pen and
ink. and he will find these means In
the booth where he mus prepare hi5
ballot. Thanks to Mr. Green, thsre-
fore. the act Of casting a ballot for
Mr. Haybarger next Tuesday viii not
cause the voter any distress in the
narrow pouches of the mucus mem
brane. either parotid. submaxiilarv,
sublingual or buccaI. and the only
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
ROOSEVELT AND THE PARTY

To an inquiry regarding the state of
local public sentiment respecting
President Roosevelt. a large number
of Republican editors in various parts
of the country reply the New York
Times as with one voice that he is
more popular today than in 1904 or
Than he has ever before been, and the
Times is moved by this and other
evidences Of the pre- .ident's great
strength with the Republican masses
10 express the opinion hat seemingly
nothing can prevent another noLina-
ton from being forced on the presi-
dent
II is decidedly early to be opening
the presidential campaign OF 1908.
but opened it has been with a ven
geance by the conspiracy charges or
inventions Of the past week. and SO
apparently IL IS 90 remain through the
rest Of the year and 10 the end. Mean
time It viii not escape observation
that what especially endears Mr.
Roosevelt TO the masses of his party
is his aggressive championship Of the
people against the money power a.
the oopurs used 90 call IT,. or
against the plutocracy." as The
Bryan radical call H. Yet i is a
fact Of considerable present moment
that to the Populist appeal Of The
early COS against the money power
the Republican masses Of tbe eastern
4 half OF The conntrv turned an abso
lu'ely deaf ear. and that to the later
Bryan appeal agsinlt The same indie
fnah'e but perhaps none the less Ger
taiHiy existing "poweI" these Re
pnbli an masses joirei a. heartily in
raising the cry Of anarchy AS did The
1 pin ocrats themselres. And H o. fur
Their true that vhen plat cacy took
hold Of the Mckinley admin .ss=atieH
and carried il into q course Of inc
4 pee ialis ic aggression fhc same Rapub-
lican masses followed along right ilg-
ally.
That they should now just a. l0y
ally and enthusiastically be- found fol
& loving a Republican president To- ire
other side If the arena Oh Tire E-aat
+ political issue Of the time is. It mHsr
be admitted. a matter Of Do little mo
ment and significance. Il Would
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

Some people IN Cairo do not s-em
70 have much tilial respect for the
c.ty fathers and the laws they make
This was amusingly demonstrated at
the ell ,ounci meeting last TUESDAY
night, when the petitions were read
The clerk had one from he Stecher
Brewing Co. for permission to erect
an Ice house en- the Mobile & OHIO
rightof-way, why said Aide man
Ncllls THAT house Is up and Is being
painted now Another petition was
for saloon license at l0S CONNER.
cIal avenue, and Alderman Meehnn
remarked, They've teen singing
beer there for several days past; bet
ter give them their license quick or
shut EN- up"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
THE BULLETINS SCOOP

Yesterday morning The 3 lletin
scored an,ther Of IS frequent tri-
umphg over IN metropolitan press
Il vas the only paper circulated ID
This section Of the country whlc1
gave the sensational speech Of John
Tempe Graves. del verei at the Dry
an dinner in Chattanooga 7 m. IN
v hich he sugges ed that Mr. Roose-
seIf be made the Democratic nominee
To- president in 1905. and that Nj.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

There was something radically and
egregiously wrong about the state
ment in yesterdays Bullet n that peo-
pie who wished to vote for Mr.. Hay
bargcr for mayor of Cairo next Tues
day would have TO use st ckers' and
tha there might b a large number
whose salivary glands wculd refuse 20
act properly in connection wi b the
process Of attaching the "stickers
to the ballot unless the said glands
were artidcially stimulated in some
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol-
lowing places:
coleman's, 214 Eighth street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Walkers, 10 Sixth street.
Blue Front Restaurant
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

these masses Of Republican voters un-
der the dominion of a plutocratic con
servatism As things are now going
a defeat of the Roosevelt succession
would yield to the conservatives the
old patty name with little of the old
parry suslenance And il is to be no
small task to defeat the Roosevelt
succession. Verify is the old order
political changing giving place to the
Springfield Republican
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
March Circulation.


The above is correct statement OF
the number of copies printed of the
Cairo Bulletin for the year 1906 and
for the month OF March 1907,
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me
this first day of April 1897
LEO KLEB,
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

ton, New York won; al Detroit the
home team was victorious; at Phil
adelphia thinning game was played
II n 70
81. Louis Observation-Disclosures s L
Chicago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, |
Batteries Howell and Spencer; Alt
rock and sullivan,
Concluded on Seventh Page.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies Of the Bulletin
printed daily and Sunday for
the year 1906 ............ 2o2S
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies OF The Bulletin
printed daily and Sunday dur
ing March, 1907 ......-.....,2lo9
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

JOHN A. BURGOIS authorizes his
announcement as a candidate for al
derman from the Fourth ward Of
Cairo. at the election to be held on
Tuesday, April IS. 1907.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

unusual requirement made necessary
by the situation viii be an extra SIP
ply Of pencils, pen ana ink at the
several polls In the city
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

Next Sundays Bulletin win tell a
few things which the peoRle Of Cairo
ought 70 know and. keep IN mind when
voting for aldermen on Tuesday.
There win he some other special fea-
Ures, besides the regular news Of The
lay.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
Alderman Third Ward.

F.E. THURMAN authorizes his an
mt as a candidate for alder
man from the Third Ward Of Cairo,
at the election to be held on Tuesday,
April 16, 1907.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second st. go
ing north on Commercial Ave, every Is min
utes from a. m. IN p M
Going orth on Walnut st. every IS minutes
from 6;nS m. to ln;5{ M.
POPLAR ST. LTNE-Holbrook Ave, car due
TO leave seconr 1t geing ner,h on Holorcok
Ave. at 5:57; 6 p; 6;42; 6:57 1912 a. N. and on
same minutes every hour until i0;42 and l1;l2
y. m
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. at 5:fg;
6:l9; e:3I; s:49; and 1904 a. n aud same min
at. $ every hour UNI il 1884 aud ll:o4 p. IN.
Poplar Il. cas- due pass vt. Marys park
minutes ate leaving Sec nd st.
BELT LINEOWLC RS north on walnut
1880 q. M 1924 a. m; ~ a, M; 30 a. M;
3 80 q. m; 4 50 a. M; 30 n. m.
Nor N O. mmercial-l2,0O p. M; 100 ..
m 90 m. 3 90 a. m. 30 r. m. 8 a. m.
pelt snd Owl cars are due IN pass West
Thirty fourth st. IS minutes after leaving
second ~, e~l1Gs -. 80 "a ~
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
Alderman Sixth Ward.

JAMES II. MULCAHEY authorizes
his announcement as a candidate fcr
alderman from the Sixth Ward Of
Cairo, at the election to be held on
Tuesday. April l6. 1907.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12
Alderman sixth Ward.

DANIEL KELLY authorizes his an
nouncement as a candidate for alder
man in the Sixth ward. at the election
20 be held on Tuesday. April 10. 1907
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-12

JOHN e. ENGLISH authorizes his
announcement as a candidate for
City Treasurer OF Cairo, at the cleo
ton to be held onTuesday. April l6,
1907.