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New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
JEROME HEARING ENDS
PIERCE CONSUMES DAY.
District attorney Tells Why He
Treated Case FHppantly.
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Elzabethtown N Y, May 2I.-The hearing OF
the charges of the King committee against District
Attorney Jerome finished here to-day. Frank
lin Pierce, counsel for the committee. spent prac-
tically the entire day summing up his case. but
just before the close Mr.. Jerome spoke for few
moments, explaining his nippant attitude through
the hearing Commissioner Hand will prob
ably have his report ready for the Governor by
June 10.
Mr.. Pierce said tonight that If Mr.. Jerome was
not removed a result OF this hearing new
charges would be preferred against him. based on
his throwing dice with the Ryan boys for s. a
throw and drinks. his dinners with z. r.
Thomas and William r. Montgomery
Jerome is menace to the morals Of New York
City said Mr.. Pierce, "and he should be removed
from office anyhow. We will keep up the fight"
Mr.. Jerome accused of n long list of serious
crimes of both omission and commission to-day,
New-York tribune., 1908-05-28

here and there were 10 be seen the Dartmouth
green and the purple Of Amherst plainly showing
the alma matters the professors Professor g F
Chandler wore the scarlet gown Of Oxford, While
Professors Brander Matthews and Conn wore no
ornaments except the medal OF the Legion Of
Homer
Dr. Nicholas N. Butler the last figure in
the long parade and he wore the deep crimson
gown Of Cambridge and : purple velvet hat denot-
ing honorary Oxonian degree. The faculty
fled 70 places the platform but the graduates
were in body the floor Of the hall The uni
versity orchestra. under the leadership Of Profess
c. Rubner, PLAYED selections from Tannhauser
while the procession came into the building
DR. BUFFERS ADDRESS
George Ashton Olaham. the acting chaplain,
offered the opening prayer, and then Dr. Butler
addressed the graduates as follows:
A most persistent enemy Of sound standards is
the tendency 70 delight in the applause Of the
immature and the i'll informed More than one
e49eT o. o. me- TsS9 @llT bie mas fs heen @ .ea
denc1- offers Sometimes one almost feels that
which : al the moment the most popular is sener-
ally held 10 he the wisest. This confusion IS the
men want often contradicts what men ought To
@ snq - 9[ps @ NE N [Ho 1[o s9en s5 IS 5e
ship Not the clan2or of the crowd. however angry
or however ellpha tic, but what Sir Thomas Browne
quantity called the Judgment Of the judcious. is
s+a2-Iy and hopef,IIi+, repair We should never be
tempted caJoled or frightened into desertinE il
al Te;shty judgments as 10 the excellence Of hu-
man endeavor II il he true that distance lends
enchsntnent 10 the view II IS also true that dis
tanoe gives sense OF true proportion and per
rpectiye and an opportunity to take notice OF the
IN all. seven honorary degrees were conferred
J Nayhew Wainwright. OF the class Of 81 and
member Of the New ork Assembly from West
chester County. awarded honorary degree
% Master Of Arts upon presentation by Professor
A Y n. Jackson. Doctor Of Science degree
conferred Charles Freeman William No
Cure. Of Princeton University Consul Genera
Bperz accepted the honorary degree Of IL D.
tor Hermann Schumacher OF the University OF
Bonn who was absent Dr. Schumacher was the
first Of the Kaiser Wilhelm professors of German
Institutions Columbia.
NEW JERSEY MAN HONORED
Professor Francis ". Burdick presented Vice
Chancellor Stevens, Of New Jersey. for the same
honor Henry Clay White, OF Georgia, and George
Brown Post. the architect, the recipients Of
honorary Ii. D's upon being presented by Pro-
.essors Chandler and Hanlin, respectively. Dean
Van Auaringe introduced the Rev Lea Luquer. of
TIE class Of - and rector of ST Matthews
Church Bedford, X. Y. for the degree Of Doctor +
@, Sacred Theology. All Of the men receiving
New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
INDICTED IN HAYTI WAR SUPPLY CASE
Cartridge Company Fined s2,ooo-Giordani
Named Too

Hartford, Conn. Nay 27.-Jose NJ. Giordani and
the Union Metallic Cartridge Company Of Bridge
port were indicted in the United States District
Court Yesterday for attempting to send munitions
of war to Hayti. labelled cement As Giordani
Is held in New York he could not be in court, but
William F. Henney. for the Union Metallic Car
fridge Company, entered plea OF guilty. and
Judge Paatt imposed the maximum fine Of 1900
and costs Gordani will be brought 10 this juris-
diction later TO answer the indictment against
i'm
New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
WANT CARS FOR A GOOD CAUSE

The orphans automobile day committee mas sent
. an anpeal for cars for the third annual outing
for orphans June g. when the cmldreh VIII pe
Len tn Coney Island A blank has been MADE
-, Nv the committee asking those who VIII lena
their cars to state how many parsons the machlhe
r,tIl hold; whether the machine is covered; where
=, can be found the dag of the outing, and II
.be gunner of the machine wishes IL assigned 10
-. oartfc,llar institution This information should
he sent TO r. @. Howell chairman OF the car
nsrsde committee, No. 1861 Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
NEW NOTE SWINOLE INDICTMENTS.

The Grand Jury filed additional indictments yes
terday for grand larceny against Regulus Shippey
and James Gundlach. who are in the Tombs under
heavy bail. The complainant in this case is Alfred
Vischer novelty manufacturer. OF No SCI Broad
way who charges that on August 10 Gundlach OBJ
tanned three notes from him for s6,o0A
New-York tribune., 1908-05-28

given cut. She said her plans FOR the summer had
not been rlad7 Il don't think that will go to
Europe" she said In fact. I cannot make any
plans ahead. for I can't tell what is Liable 10 nap
pen
New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
4RMY md NAVY NEUS.

tFroul The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington May %
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

Gallstones are abnormal produc-
tions found in the intestines of
comparatively few of the cattle
killed. They are hard as flint,
practically insoluble, and when
broken and polished show that
they are composed of layers of
varying colors like an agate.
The annual supply from Ameri-
can packing houses probably will
not exceed a few hundred pounds.
They are gathered from so many
cities that it is impossible to esti-
mate the production with any de.
gree of accuracy.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

companion beside him is his en-
emy, earliest childhood to man
hood: These are the conditions of
to day,
The schools which are the nurs-
cry of all civilization are undergo
ing marked changes and where a
few years ago in Harvard, young
Negro lad was chosen valedictorian
of his class, we find the very least
organization of such school, dis
cussing whether a Negro should
be part of basel ball team, and
a colored doctor, who only a few
years ago was physician in Bos-
ton hospital, finds today such in
stitution refusing admittance to a
Negro, and this feeling is growing,
notwithstanding the fact no Negro
student ever disgraced Harvard,
and that no body of students are
more orderly or law abiding than
the Negroes.
You are now left to decide wheth
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The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

not have advanced more rapidly,
would not the standard of citizen
ship have been higher if it were
not that lac is handicapped in life;
further than sunshine and happi
ness, it does not afford to him as
to other men, a deserving chance.
He has arisen to distinctive
classes through it all, and they are
marked. The worthless, ignorant,
semi criminal sort form ope-the
self respecting and hard working
class another, and of the two,
which is the most predominant in
the minds of the American people,
and why? The answer is plain
The criminal class. And why?
Not that he is such a disturbing
element, but his self-respecting
and hard working brother more so.
Would the press, the schools
and even the pulpits discuss him
SO generally if he We're half so bad !?
Why not choose better subject?
"a G%sS -. -, 4 sy.A.s, =. L Al
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

as extreme heat refnes gold so the
Negroes handicap is building up
and rounding out the Negroes ca
pacity.
The peculiar conditions of his
handicap, although the most grind
ing and at times seemingly unen-
durable, isolate in such a manner
that faults of short comiugs are
seen and are gradually being elm
mated; and, humiliate in such a
manner as to render SO sensitive
the manhood and womanhood of
the race that efforts and results
thrice worthy of much older and
more advantageously circumstanc-
ed people are rapidly forthcoming,
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

1t was never wrong that made man
right or great. 1t is the good one
that we love and adore. Then why
throw open the institutions of
learning, where only light, law and
order should dwell, and invite
a mob rioter to instill into the
youth of America lower standard
of manhood for the Negro to sur
mount?
Wherein does this elevate a
people or spur him on to the goal ,
when he is made to feel that the
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15
IBY AURORA GRosE RESELL. I

BY AURORA GROSE RESELL.
"The Handicap of the Negro as
an Excuse" has been described by
one as an ignoble vice, rooted in
selfishness and as showing an in
capacity for generosity and mag
namity. The one VINO serves an
other is ready to disparge and
slander him, or to join in any plot
to work his harm and downfall.
This attitude to a great degree
has handicapped the Negro in his
efforts to rise in the world of use
fulness. for the world in its esti-
mate of persons, places and things
is governed largely by the subjects
and opinions of itself.
That the Negro is made to feel
that he is a subject of envy and
strife, and each effort is shrowded
in darkne s is becoming more and
more prevalent. 1t is so in bust
ness, in the professions and even
the common walks of life. He is
orced to be the negative quantity
because he must play the lesser
part. Less pay for his labor than
any other American citizen, his re-
quirements ditto with his fellow
citizen, the most generally reject
ed and subjected of any other citi-
zen because of the closed avenues
against him; the most generally
hold up to ridicule by both pen
and press of any other class or race
of people, and yet he only asks for
fair exchange.
If the above is a spur toward the
Negro manhood of America what
then shall be done with the hatred
breeding speeches of Tillman and
Vardaman, and the cruel books
and plays of a Dixon, which is not
spur but a kick to the Negro
manhood of America.
There is no question as to the
progress he is making notwith-
standing, but would the masses
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15
BY MRS. SUSIE R. CAYToN

To toll unceasing for years with
out recompense, save place to
sleep and enough to eat, would
have a telling effect opon the
mental and moral tone of any race.
To be continually surrounded by
an atmosphere pregnant with the
thought of the littleness, of a Ger
tain class of persons, could not but
leave mental impressions detri-
mental to that people.
Such was the condition of the
Negro during slavery, such are
some of the cruel results which
have tenaciously pursued him ever
since. The effort made during
those days to instantly suppress
the faintest indication of race un-
ion less rebellion follow is bearing
fruit until this day. To have some
one great binding issue, SO plain
that even the least can appreciate
it, is the surest way to bring an
effective rebuff to bear against
time worn teachings.
Owing to the unfair conditions
which govern the race it must be
forcibly proven to the world that
the Negro is the equal of any 9TH
er known race. He, himself,
knows this, but would not be so
willing TO demonstrate it, if it were
not for the fact that his handicap
pricks his very inmost soul carry
ing as it does with it, the knowl-
edge that as a man he is consider
ed below the standard.
His handicap then affords a
meeting line. A habit is being
formed. Let the people see the
greatness of their strength in be-
ing united on one thing and they
will the more willingly unite upon
others.
Unity is the first essential in all
civilized races. The Negroes han
dicap is squirting them to, as a
mass, realize that there must be
principles for which their men as
one man would die and there must
be virtues for which their women
would stake their very existence.
Were there no handicaps there
would be no need of schools such
as Booker T. Washington's and in
stead of an annual outpouring of
educated and trained workmen we
would have horde of cheap poll
ticians who in the hands of un-
scrupulous men would prove dis
grace TO their race ard menace
to the nation.
All men have reserve strength
in them for which the needs of the
ordinary day does not call, but just
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

Washington, FEBRUARY 3,-Rich-
ard Denton, a Negro, who was
stabbed in the heart Saturday
night, was placed en- the operating
table at the Emergency Hospital,
his breast opened, the heart slight
ly raised and Is stitches taken in
it. He will recover.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15
JAPS HAS THEM GUESSING

Chicago, Feb. 3,-What is the
secret of the gladstone.
The inquisitive little brown Jap
knows it. No one else appears to
be next.
Jap agents are buying gallstones
from every packing house company
of consequence in the United
States. Price is not considered
1t has run as high as $500 a pound.
What they use them for they
will not tell.
1t is possible the Jap has found
in them one of the constituents of
some new explosive-some mon
strous power for wholesale death
dealing?
Close students of Japan believe
this to be the case. Just now the
Japs are interested in nothing so
much as new implements and mu-
nitions of war.
The Japanese shipyards are
working overtime in putting to-
gether new deep sea terrors. The
japanese submarines are said to
have been perfected until they
have attained a remarkable eficien-
cy. Japan has virtually cornered
the Whitehead torpedo supply.
What more natural than Japan
is working with all the scientific
knowledge at her command upon
the invention of some new explos-
i've of tremendous destructive
power?
Today every country on the face
of the earth, up-to-date and main
tanning standing army, is expert
menting with new implements of
war, explosives in particular
Mankilling is not yet sufficiently
reduced to science.
Every report of a new explosive
is received by the war departments
with the keenest anticipation. 1t
is sufficient to set loose as warm
of hurrying government agents,
eager to obtain the first rights.
Wherefore there is the keenest
interest," not only commercially,
but with the government, in this
unique Japanese departure.
Three years ago the Japs first
began purchasing gallstones.
Then the price was low, $40 a
pound. Gradually the packers,
ever alert to business, boosted the
price. The Japs met it calmly.
Now the stones bring $300a pound.
Japanese exporters make the
purchases. They laugh when
questioned, and declare ignorance
of what the stones are to be used
for The Japanese consul here de-
clares it is an important trade
secret which he dares not divulge.
Persistent experiment by pack
inp house chemists has failed to
reveal the peculiar composition of
the stones. University chemists,
enlisted in the experiments, are
baffled. European scientists are
equally at sea.
The packers are exasperated at
the inability of their experts to
discover the secret. They are Of
fering premiums for solution.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

er under such conditions where in
telIigence and ambition reigns if
such obstacles excuse a handicap
toward a marked success.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15
RACE NEWS
Gathered from variou. SOURCES.
1&GG G:N33 3333s

By the collapse of the house of
Anthony Franklin, colored man
of Bedford City, Va, on Monday,
the building was fired and de-
stroyed, and his whole family, con-
sisting of himself, wife and five
children, were burned to death.
The family were sitting up with
the corpse of a child that had died
on Sunday when the building fell
in and imprisoned.
Senator Tillman has been in
conference frequently with Post
master General Meyer regarding
Joshua E. Wilson, colored man,
who has been postmaster of colored
man, who has been postmaster of
Florence, S. c., for twenty years.
Florence has now 20,S00 inhabi-
tants, and citizens of that city,
through Senator Tillman, are seek
ing to have a white postmaster ap-
pointed. Mr.. Wilson is one of the
best postmasters in the service.
Moses was the FIRST journ alist,
because he wrote on the tablets of
stone-but Noah went himone bet
ter and advertised. Noah built
the ark and announced the day for
sailing He whooped 'er up lively
and made a great display. The
non believes scoffed at him and
died in the wet water. Thus
again did the man who advertised
triumph. You can't keep good
man down, especially if he adver-
tises.-Oskaloosa Herald.
Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 26.-Okla-
homa will have Jim crow telephones
as well as Jim crow cars if the sem
ate bill regulating telegraph and
telephone companies, which pass
ed the committee of the VIII Die in
the senate yesterday, becomes a
law. Senator Clint Graham, of
Marietta, author of the Jim crow
law, started the fireworks by offer
ing an amendment requiring sep
arate waiting rooms and telephone
rooms for whites and Negroes at
all public telephone Offices in first
class cities. A substitute was fl
nally adopted which gives the cor
poration commission discretionary
powers in imposing this require
ment upon the telephone compan-
les,
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15
THEHANDICAP

The Negroes Handicap Excuse Spur Headline in the
Seattle Republican Followed with Comment of
Influential Writers.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15
A LATE PICTURE OF SECRETARY TAFT.

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Oxford Democrat., 1908-06-09
West Bethel.
OVER the meadowland's carpet brown

"Oyer the meadowland's carpet brown
A lady trips In pcachbl gown.
She frol.cs about through the orchard trees,
And fans herself with south sea breeze.
She clasps the earth in a sweet embrace,
But It Is only little we see her face.
With the parting kiss OF q sunbeam ray,
Over the meadow goes spring. time May.
over the meadow the song birds tune,
4 note Of welcome to languid June.
She has roses for cheeks, and cherries Tor hps,
A nd soft little lly-bua fnger-tips.
Which Is the fairer, cannot say
summer time June or spring time May
They pass from the meadow away too soon.
Spring time May, and summertime june.
Fl. B. Lowell and Mrs. Fred Ordway
went to Gorham, n. a., Monday.
Oscar Mason of Mechanic Falls is
working for Clarence Tyler.
Allen Z. Cummings of Albany was in
this village last week.
Crows are numerous and becoming
troublesome to farmers.
Cleveland Waterhouse is working for
G.. Dana Morrill,.
Mrs. Harry Seeley of South Paris was
in this village on Memorial Day.
J.P. SWEET came home from Dixfield
Monday to visit his family.
Francis D. Mills, while attending
school, works mornings and nights in
the post card store.
Miss Edith Baker has employment in
the post card house of Whitten IL Denni-
son.
Copious showers during the past week,
and grass is growing rapidly where not
winter killed.
The dedication of the soldiers monu'
ment in Bethel village on Memorial Day
was we'll attended.
The Village Improvement Club intend
to repair the sidewalks and have the
main street lighted before long evenings
again come.
The Democrat is the only paper in Ok
ford County having "a place for every,
thing and everything in its place." and is
seldom marred by typographical errors
Oxford Democrat., 1908-06-09
Bryant's Pond.

The freezing temperature of Tuesday
night made havoc in many gardens.
L. r. Freeman and wife arrived Tues
day morning from Dauvers. Mr.. Free
man will soon employ crew of work
men finishing up his cottage.
Reuben NJ. Whitman has been given
the position of flagman at Danville
Junction and will move there at once.
George w. Waterhouse has been re-
tired as engineer at the pumping station
on account of age limit. Mr.. Water
house was one of the oldest employees
of the road, and will receive a pension OF
about S42 per month. Edgar Jordan
who has been the engineer at the spool
mill, will take Mr.. WAREHOUSES; posi-
ton at the station.
A. NJ. Whitman Post, No. 81, duly
observed Memorial Day here, and there
was good attendance at the exercises oi
the occasion which were all held in the
afternoon. The veterans headed by the
Bryant's Pond Band, with j. l.. Bowkel
as marshal, took up the line of marcf
from the Town Hall to Lakeside Gene
terry. Fraternal Lodge, X. of p, will
Byron W. Tuttle as commanding officer
and the school children of the town, al
carrying flags, made up the procession
All in the line of march assisted in the
service of honor to the soldier dead
The choir assisted in the service. The
Grafton was given at the Universalis
church by Rev. j. Fl. Little of Soutf
Paris. Memorial Sunday was observed
at the Baptist church, where c. d. Nc
Kenzie of Lewiston was the speaker.
The Murray -Rostell Co. gave three
interesting shows here last week. They
have fourteen people this season, all su
perior actors, and our little town is un'
usually fortunate in having such first
class company appear here.
Oxford Democrat., 1908-06-09
Hebron.

Hon. D. P. Bailey and wife of Everett,
Mass, were in town over Memorial Day
and Sunday.
Mrs. II. L. Whitney is in Boston for a
short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bearce spent few
days at their camp recently.
Miss Hattie Murch is visiting her sis.
ter, Mrs. Mary Bearce.
Fred Sturtevant went to West Peru
Saturday to see his brother, Ernest w.
Sturtevant, returning Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Hibbs and Miss Columbia
Bumpus went to Auburn last week to
see their sister, Mrs. 81. N. Hood, who is
very low. Miss Bumpus remained to
visit other relatives.
Mr.. J. E. Bartlett of Boston is spend
ing few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Bartlett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartley Cushman of Au-
burn spent Sunday with his brother,
Albion Cushman.
The Ladies' Circle supper Tuesday
evening was we'll attended.
Mrs. Bradford Sturtevant still con-
tinues very i'll at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fred Farris, at Mechanic Falls.
The memorial services here Saturday
were very interesting. Capt. Bucknam
and large delegation from Post Dwinal,
Mechanic Falls, were present. The ad-
dress by Hon. Geo. D. Bisbee of Rumford
Falls was fine and gave some of his
hearers. a clearer insight of the war than
they had before. Personal "reminiscences
are needed to bring those times vividly
to the younger generation. There was a
flag drill by the village school children,
and the school in the Center district gave
Sheridan's ride in concert. Many others
took part and with appropriate music,
prayer by DR.. Crane, decorating of the
graves and dinner for the veterans, the
day was we'll observed. Many other
graves were prettily decorated, the most
beautiful among them being those of DR..
Donham and his daughter, Mrs. II. K.
Stearns, which were completely covered
with ferns and beautiful flowers.
Oxford Democrat., 1908-06-09
East Brownfleld.

The children of the village were invit
cd to meet at Mrs. E. A. G. Stickney's
last Saturday to talk over the work o.
the l.. T. l.. with the possibility Of form
ing branch legion here.
Mr.. Kyonori Ishida of Japan is tht
guest of L. r. Giles. On Saturday
evening, May 80, Mrs. Cora Giles Haley
gave reception to a few friends, in his
honor.
Mrs. Pease of Efingham, N. H., Il
being entertained by her daughter, Mrs
A. F. johnson.
Miss Isabel II. Stickney, state secre
tary OF the w. G. T. u, attended York
County convention at Eliot last week
Upon her return she brought her little
nephew, Whitman, of Beverly, Mass.
The ladies of the Congregational Cir
Gle must look to their laurels, for the
supper last week which was managed by
the men, was most satisfactory success
both socially and financially. The talk
on Japan by Mrs. Cora Giles Haley was
highly entertaining and of much interest.
More than twenty dollars was taken.