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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-07-04

Orleans spelling team shaking her
hand when President Francis a. Hase-
rot Of the Cleveland board Of education
pinned to her dress the gold medal
which denotes the championship Of
American public school spoilers.
Earlier, Just before the contest be-
gan, several Of the New Orleans chil-
dren had baked 1T the idea Of spelling
against Negro girl but in caucus
the southern team decided to 80 into
the contest, waving race prs3udice.
Another child, Nae Thursby Of the
Pittsbwg team, made q perfect score.
and the medal ofsred BY the Junior
order United American Mechanics OF
Pitfsburg Win be awarded to her on
her return % the Smoky City.
That the contest was remarkable be
came apparent 10 the 5000 adults who
ooc1pied ssals n tie big hippoarons
When the words were pronounced.
RsstaHrant" was one Of the puz-
zlers. While Concession proved q
stumbling block for several oehsrs Of
ne words that hsltsd Ne adErnos Of
the team include:
Separate. e0Esrsisn. Miniature, To-
esther. staHouery Processes, Arctic.
ing, DIrizibls. Elm, Descendants. Until.
oceursnt GoFerlmsnt. which Judg-
msnt Brsthren. Pursue, DeTelop.
Pumpkin. Prlnc.pel, Irslsyant. Ana
l1s'n Parttioa BDrsgnor. Embarass.
Accordnodats. Diseased Necessarily.
ons Of TIE most freousutiy miasDsn-
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NEGRO PYTHIANs or LOUISIANA
DEDICATE NEW TEMPLE.
Negro PythIsns Lay Corner stone for
10000 Building.
Leaders IN Order From LouIsIana and
Mississippi and Nearly 1000 Negro
Residents Of New Orleans Take
Part In Esereises-strue-
turs Seven Stories High.

Negro Pythians from all parts Of the
State and nearly 1000 Negro residents
Of New Orleans took part in the cere-
monies which marked the dedication
Of the new Negro Pythian Temple at
GreVier and Saratoga streets yesterday
at noon. The gathering was remark
able In many respects, and commem-
GRATED an undertaking the result Of
which is declared to reflect great credit
upon the law-abiding Negro element OF
Louisiana In setting the corner
stone OF the handsome building that
represents an investment of 100000
the Negro Pythians have outstripped
their brothers Of every other State in
the South, and the city Of New Orleans
VIII boast the first Negro Pythian Tenn
pie Of any size to be found anywhere
in the South.
Necessarily the ceremonies attend
ant upon the laying Of the cornerstone
proved Of greatest concern to the Ne
groes of New Orleans, and they were
out in force to participate in the ex-
ercises. Supreme Chancellor S. w.
Greene ofhciated as master OF ceremo-
mics. The invocation by Rev. John
Marks opened the program. Others
who took part were: DR.. A ]. Lopez,
F. c. Antoine, the first Negro Grand
Chancellor Of the Knights OF Pythias
in Louisiana; J. Madison Vance, a
well-known Negro lawyer Of New Or
leans; s. s. Francisco, first Grand
Keeper Of Records and Seal in this
State; Frank B. Smith, an attorney;
Rev. c. W. Reeves W. ]. Strother, su-
preme Vice Chancellor Of Mississippi,
John W Cooke, OF Lake Providence;
John d. Brown, of Gray, La, Grand
Keeper Of Records and Seal, and At
torney H. H. Ford. of Houms, La.
The building of the Negro Pythians
viii be seven stories In height, and
win contain besides accommodation
for a Negro bank, large auditorium,
lodge rooms and once for Negro law
yers, physicians and business men.
DiboIl, Owen - Goldstein are the arch
fleets OF the structure. The new build
ing, It is stated viii be something Of a
monument to the thrift integrity and
business ability Of the Negro citizens
under whose direction the big work is
being done.-New Orleans Tines-Dem-
ocrat, June %, 1908.
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to address at least two or three Col.
ored meetings and talk to the Colored
people about Abraham Lincoln and
slavery days before the war and again
impress this one thing on their minds:
Remember that we freed you" and
all Of you poor, ignorant Colored peo-
pie must forever remain our political
slaves"
When the great beggar Of Tuskegee
informed Taft that he was very pop
ular with the Colored people, he must
have been getting himself ready to
pun his fat leg for more money, SO
that he could be in a better position
to fling It out to the hungry Colored
newspaper men, which win enable
them to tout him mp as being the
greatest white mans Niger" in the
world.
In his interview Booker Taft Wash
Iington also asserts that smen OF the
TIilman and Vardman type win con-
troll the Denver convention" which is
a lie pure and simple.
he also states in his interview and
conference with Taft that "an the
Negroes wiz vote for him, and that
the Negro has nothing to expect from
the Democratic party"
It may be true, but no one has so
far heard Of Booker Taft Washington
being chosen as the political god
father Of the Negro, and he has no
moral right to speak for the entire
Negro race along political or any 9TH
er lines.
If Washington is capable of know
ing anything he ought to know that
the Negro Jared better at the hands
OF the late President Grover Cleve-
land, than he has ever Jared under
any Republican administration, that
Mr. Cleveland presided at a meeting
held In New York City a few years
ago, in the interest Of Tuskegee, at
the same time expressing his friend
ship for the Negro, and Mr.. Cleveland
made it possible for Washington to
rake In more than seven hundred
thousand dollars. and thousands Of
other Democrats have contributed
money to Washington for his school;
notwithstanding these facts, Wash
ington. in order to score q point for
his friend Taft, would Ike to make
the Negro believe that the hand Of
every Democrat Is always raised
against hint
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NEGRO GIRL Is VICTOR; Best
GREAT sPELLERs.
Wins for Cleveland Contest In which
Three Other cities Take Part-
Southern PuplIs coasnatu-
late tina Smart Child.

Cleveland, June SWIM 1850
ehances to err, fifteen Of the eighth
srade school children Of Cleveland to
Jay nisspeIled only forty words IN ne
o'e inter-city spelling contest which
Opened the annual convention Of TIE
National Educational Association. ana
nis city won the contest from Pitts
oorg, New Orleans ana Erie Pa, each
VI which cities sent q tsah Of hfieen
!" he convention.
Inc victory was q personal triumph
"a little dusky msidsa. Marie c.
s0loen, 13 years old, daughter Of 3
Nesro mail carrier OF this city. who
speled every word correctly. both n
~ and the written tssis. TIE en-
'saooo was swept with q storm cE a.
I.ose at her Demonstration. tie r.
.la Of which vas made known far
S.sn the line Of announesmsnfs On tie
eiaekboards. ana It q tine xhen
seore meant . victory Tor Cssrs-
- the earlier announesmeuts haF-
: { put Ptttsburg ana Ns4 orleans IN
~
s little girl vas conEratuIllsd y
oreds. even msmhsrs Of fls New
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He also Asserts that Men of the
Tillman and Vardaman Type
will Control the Denver Con
vention.
That the Negro has Nothing to
Expect from the Democratic
Party.

The following is an interview which
was had with Booker Taft Washing
ton, while he was in New York City
the latter part OF last week, which
appeared in the Chicago Tribune last
Saturday:
New York, June 26.-iSpeciaI.)-
Secretary Taft conferred with Booker
7. Washington, president OF Tuskegee
Institute, at the Hotel Manhattan to-
night in regard to the Negro vote. Dr..
Washington told Mr.. Taft he believed
he would have the support Of the
Negroes. He wants the secretary to
speak at two Negro mass-meetings at
least in the course Of the campaign.
Dr.. Washington would not say tonight
where he thought these meetings
ought to be held.
Dr.. Washington saw Mr.. Taft by
appointment at 1890 O'Clock tonight
after the secretary had returned from
q little dinner given In his honor by
Jacob C. Schmidlapp. president Of the
Union Trust Company Of Cincinnati,
at the St. Regis. DR. Washington had
attended the funeral Of Grover CleTe-
land in the afternoon Before going
up to Mr.. Taft's room he said:
No Hope From Democrats.
In the last analysis the Negro vote
VIII go to Mr.. Taft because the Ne
roes will realize in the campaign
they have nothing to expect from the
Democratic party. While the Demo
cratic convention made up IN large
part Of southern Representatives Of
the Tillman-Vardman type, it win be
impossible for the Negro to get any
thing. If he is to get anything he
viii have to look to the Republican
party and he will naturally vote for
the Republican candidate"
Dr.. Washington, speaking concerto
" ADDED that Mr.. Taft's personality
was popular among the Negro voters.
It VIII be noted that Booker TAN
Washington, who not 30 many years
ago exclaimed that @three90urths Of
our ministers are both ignorant and
corrupt and wholly unit to hold the
place Of leadership among the peozH
pie" stated in his conference with
William q. Taft, on Negro sentiment
That the late Secretary Of War il
popular with the Colored people, and
o show that the presidential candi-
tate Of the Hly-white party STANDS ace
high with them he has requested him
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Cd word. By a curious coincidence was
-misspened.s
One little Pittsburg boy caused a
storm Of applause when IN the oral
test he was asked to spelI -Eas.a
-eas7' he repeated in q Questioninr
tone. "eas3 Why gas" ana he
smiled cOndenscendingly, for he was
Harry Marcus. Pittsburg newsboy. ana
accounted one Of that city's prize
spoilers. He won a good marx, mis-
spelling only two words, one oral ana
one written.-The Record Herald, June
80. 1908.
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BY N. CLARK Smith. Bandmastsr, Tus-
kegee Institute, Ala
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Immensely interesting. instructive,
educational Mr.. Smith WIN play "a
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= ~ SaIo Il ne following nSSs
U4naAas
A. =. TsgvAlon. ia ". Slst StrOsG
Cigar Stare and NsVs stand ,.-,
Geo. I Martin. maker Of fns cigars,
and news stand. S42 East S1st ST.
c H. Green, cigars, tobacco and
news stand z7IS State st
Ma Nellie Phelps. Cigars, NOtloas
al News Stand. ia W. S1st street.
s. \ HalfB o. oWo -
Le=iES 49,. sa1 - -
krs. Alma A Simpson. nsws agent
1855 Stats street
W. 9. Ole, SS4 Thirtylhrss strsse
slgaEs, tobacco ana nsWs StaAA.
J. R Peters GgA<s. robasoo aAA
News Stand, 80 n s7th utnSsG
Nm. A n Baker. Notes "a News
Stand. 41S, S6th strooG
W. p. johnson, Modem store al
News Stand STO4 STATE T.
TuTnaE WuliAmB GAnx1Ag PAEIoR
and News 6AnA. nooo AFnog ava
\ Dag1A aNa OShAoos, nd 60
IsstioaSy. sSS1 0taAS 81
c c MeLsin, eigsrh tobacco and
news stand. 3oo6 Ststs street
Ma = ". Hsdlsy l1s ". S1a =.
ciEarI, tobacco and neWs stand
Mrs. KathsrinO r Hamlet Cgan.
tobacco, and fansy groceries 81 nsVs
stand so3s Armour ava
n A johnson. nsWB stAnd. eigarS
and tobacco. SS13 State gtrosG
TAs h1SmsT NgWs O. 30 -
dolpA 81. DStroik A4ak
Ths Standard News Co IA ". Hr1
81. New Y0k. Oty. M.
Standard News Company, q "
1Ssth street. New YOrk city, n z
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THE OPENING or THE DUNBAR
THEATRE.

Saturday evening. July 4th. The
Dunbar Theater, $3.50 State street,
WIN throw fits doors open to the pub
lie.
Its owner. Dr.. W. A. Richardson.
has spared no pains and money In
making It one Of the prettiest little
play houses In the city, with a seating
capacity Of $50.
Those seeking amusement can get
their moneys worth By patronizing
the Dunbar Theater. The popular
price Of cents admission win pre-
vail On the opening evening and every
nisht IN the week
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LECTURE RECITAL

'sThs Origin Of Musle and the History
Of Musical Instruments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-02
LAW IS STILL At BAY
Mystery of the New Jersey Muir
dered Woman as Puzzling
as Ever.

New York, Jan. 1.-The mystery en-
velOping the murder of the woman III
red" is seemingly as impenetrabIe to-
day as when the nude body was first
discovered on Christmas day partially
concealed in the water and slime Of
a pond near Harrison, n. J. Thus far
the detectives have failed TO find a sin
gle reliable clew to the identity OF the
woman or her slayer.
The identificatiOns of the dead wo-
man By Mrs. Hattie Hull and Detect
i've Drabelle of Orange, n. j.. have
completely collapsed and left .he cas-.
more puZzling than ever. Word was
received from Philadelphia today that
Agnes O'Keefe, whom Detective Dra-
belle believed the murdered woman 70
be, had been found in THAT city. Mrs.
Hulls Identification is not credited BY
the police
Acting Mayor DAILY of Harrison an
nounced today that the city council
would offer a reward of 81 900 for the
arrest and conviction of the SLAYER of
the woman. With the hope of hiding
new clew in the way of clothing or
effects, the pond in which the body was
found is to be drained. The famous
Belgian police hounds, which Police
Commissioner Bingham imported re
Gently for trailing malefactors on the
outskirts of the city, will be used in the
attempt to track the murderer.
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BURDEN OF HIGH FOOD PRICES FALLS
MOST HEAVILY ON SALARIED CLASS
HOW IT RUNS INTO MONEY.

c number commodities and how
Flour has increased in
amounts about
man
milk
of
ss6 OOO
of o he
of
by
hVe cents dozen would cost the consuming public
AS
cheese whole
Beans the dearer
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wages, feel able to buy the choicer
portions of meat. For instance. they
usually reject witn scorn chuck steak
or the like, and insist upon gettin sir
lOin, porterhOuse and so on. That
means a greater demand and, conse-
quently, higher price for the select
ed portions and a depreciation of the
rest of the edible animal, which is eth
er sold at very low price or canned
or made into sausages or used up in
some other less profitable way.
The American workingnnan uses
finer -four and is more fastidious about
the grade of everything he eats He
has the money and he is willing to pay.
Is Less Frugal.
High wages have also increased
the quantity of food purchased by the
average worldngman. With continuous
work and large income he is not as
careful or frugal as he used to be.
There is more waste in his kitchen as
well as more variety in his diet. The
increased consumption, together with
an increased ability to pay, CORE
spending to a relative decrease in food
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-02
BANKS AND RACE TRACKS
Two Most Important Subjects Dis
cussed in Governor Hughes
Message.

Albanay, y. y. Jan. 1.-The annual
message of Governor Hughes, which
was sent to the legislature today, con-
tains many important recommended
tons. Chief among these. i'm the light
Of certain conditions disclosed bye the
recent financial uDheaval, is a recon-
mendaticn regarding the amendment Of
The law relating to banks and trust
companies In bringing this matter to
the attention of the legislature. the
governor urged them to adopt every
practicable means Ito prevent repeti-
tiun of Teprehensible practices and to
assure the proper management of the
financial institutions chartered and su-
pervised by the state, on whose stabii-
ity and prosperity the interests of our
people, in every walk of life, so large
~ depend,
Another important recommendation
he's as it's object the complete supUres-
sion of racetrack gambling throughout
the state. Direct nominations at pri-
maries and a simDlihed form of ballot
are urged.
With reference to the banking laws
the message says:
Recent events have demonstra Ted
Inc necessity for providing effective
means for preventing the exploitation
of banks and trust companies and The
dAQuiSiltbti anu USE u d EOHllOI o. a
number of Institutions TO facilitate
Selfish schemes opposed to sound bank
ing"
In the case of the racing track bet
ting, Governor Hughes recites the con-
stitutional provisions forbidding to.-
teries. pool selling, bookmaking or any
other form of gambling within the
state, and empowering the legislature
10 fix penalties therefore, and the
amendment to the penal code which
prescribes the punishment for pool
selling at race tracks. forfeiture of the
money paid by the better TO be recov-
cred. The message continues:
The constitution makes no exception
of race tracks. | recommend that the
legislature carry out the clear direc-
on of the people without discrimina-
ton. In connection with the repeal of
the existing exception, I recommend
that the offense described in the penal
lode should be punished by imprison-
1ent. and that the alternative of fines
should he abolished"
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Five Million Workers Ground
Between Two Triumphant
Forces, industriaIiSm and
Agriculture.

Ia the January number of Pearson's
Magazine, there is an exhaustive arti-
Gle by James Creelman on the food
situation. Mr.. Creelman, after thor
oughly discussing the various phases
Of the food question. sums up his con-
customs as follows:
America. with the whole world. is
moving to a higher level of prices. the
result II increased industrial activity
ana the greater supply of gold, which
furnishes the means of expansion. The
wage workers in the factories and
Workshops have kept their place in this
f9oVement by organization: the farmers
are also getting their share of the in
trease, partly through the consumers
mere eXtravagant appetites. accom-
panied by the ability to pay, and partly
by organization; the organized middle
inen. or trusts, have turned the benef-
ieent cold storage invention into q de-
Ice tor controlling prices: and the
-nost terrible strain of the greater cost
81 food must be borne by the salaried
ass. which. by its very inability to
""eanize and fght for an increased in
fuine. must suffer more and more as
prices 80 up ard up, until the extreme
Emit OF the purchasing power of the
paople Is reached. when consumption
i'll decrease, and lriccs fall again.
Salsried Class Suffer.
AI. CrCciman points out that il is the
salaried class that is the greater suf-
ierer or account Of the constant in
crease in the price Of GOOD. On this
head he saws:
And between the food produce or
ne farm and the wage worker in the
factory is Jhe st,pendary class num-
bering perhaps FIVE million workers
professional men, clerks. school teach
ers, nurse :. policemen. statesmen. sales
women. typewriters-the great saIaried
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multitude whose income remains prae-
tlCaliy stationary and to whom the
steady rise in the Trice of food is an
actual tragedy, without a sign of re-
lief or even hope. Alas for the Door
salaried class! Unorganized, unrelated
70 the production of food crouching in
futile Indignation between the two tri-
umphant forces. industrialism and ag-
riculture, these are miser5 ole. desDond-
ent and pinching days for the clerk,
the teacher, and all other stipendaries
who must eat three times day or go
hungry"
Mr.. Wilson's Explanation.
Much of the article is devoted 20 an
interview with Secretary of Asricul-
ture Wilson as to the alleged cause of
the nigh prices of fOoo.
High wages enable the common
American laborer to live better than
Queen Elizabeth did" said Mr.. VIII
sen. He eats meat three times a day.
ana will have none of the cheap cuts
or black bread of former days. The
great majority of our industrial work
ers, steadily employed, and at generous
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Prices Will Remain Up. .

Prices Will Remain Up.
. Yes, 1 believe that prices will re-
main I'D. But we will have to raise
the pay of the salaried class in Amer
lea. it is suffering cruelty and cannot
stand the strain much longer.
We are bending every means in
our power to Increase the food supply
and make it better. We have brought
rich wheat from Africal and Asiatic
Russia that will grow in the dry coun-
Try west of she one hundredth merid-
ian, and we expect sexenty million
bushels of that fine gI4fn this wear.
Cities will be fed from the semi-des-
ert. We have at last found sugar
beets that will grow in the northern
tiers of states. and last year we pro-
dOced four hundred and eighty-three
tons of beet sugar the result of ten
years Of official experiment We sent
fGen 10 oriental countries for varieties
OF rice that would grow on the gulf
coast. At that time we were producing
TWO hundred million pounds of rice in
that section. Last year we raised eight
hundred million pounds. improved
methods of farming and stock-raising
have made a crop failure or a food
famine in America practically a thing
of the past
But so long as our great industrial
prosperity continues to increase the
consumption of fopd, without CORE
spending Increase in production. the
cost OF our breakfast and dinner tables
must grow dearer, and there seems TO
be no help for It. We are simply going
to higher level of prices"
Cold Storage a Factor.
MIR. Creelman had a lone talk with
Harvey W. Wiley. chief of the bureau
of chemistry, whose name is associated
with his experiments with various kinds
of acids and poisons on healthy men.
Taking up the subject of cold stor-
age as a factor i'm the elevation of food
prices, Mr.. Creelman says:
Presently the good chemist CDR.
Wiley) went on to speak of the physical
effects of that greatest instrument for
controlling the food market conceived
by the human mind. cold storage. 1t is
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well to remember that with the intro
duction of cold storage there vanished
all chance Cor the retail dealer to Sc
cure bargains in perishable foods like
meat. fish, butter. eggs and fruit.
Cold storage gives the capitalist the
power to hold supplies in times of
abundance for times of scarcity. and
TO compel good prices for degraded ma
terials.
HE had at last touched on one of
the Secrets of high prices
Cold storage is a great blessing -
he said, especially in the matter of
fruits or beef, game or poultry. pro-
vided 1t is not carried beyond a def
mite time, which our experience will
determine. I should say that three
months should be the maximum. Meats
seem to improve in cold storage If the
period is not too long.
D." We now have secured annie facts
showing the extensive decomposition
of the muscular fibers and tissues of
beef accompanying prolonged cold stor
age. Under the microscope we find
that the tissue is perforated with little
holes and, in time, it is reduced to a
mere shell.
This process of auto-pepsis. or self
digestion, which goes on in cold stor-
age meat and which at first makes it
tender, without deterioration of the
food qualities, in time produces soluble
protein matter. which is the first stem
toward ptomaines.
There are other classes of food for
which cold storage is only a conven-
ience, place to wait for the time of
sale and distribution-such as butter
fish and eggs. These deteriorate from
the start. Cold storage never Improves
and always depreciates them. The but
ter becomes rancid. the fish Gevelop
soluble protein, the eggs undergo poi
sonous decomposition-sn all suffer in
taste. .
You can't seem to find cold storage
fish or eggs or butter for sale i'm the
market Yet we know tkat millions
and millions of pounds are stored every
season. I suppose they keep them
just for fun
Retail dealers throughout the coun-
try declare that, ever since the organ
ization of cold storage institutions on
a large scale. the market for eggs. fish
butter and meat has been controlled
beyond the possibility of accident. and
the laws of supply and demand vary
ing with the seasons, have been sus-
pended
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FOUND DEAD IN WRECK.

Helena, Mont. Jan. 1-While clear
ing up the debris of the wreckage OF
the Northern Pacific freight train
which ran wild down the Rocky noun
talns Monday night. and which was
dltched near the city limits, entailing
a loss of 100000, workmen TODAY dis
covered the body of an unknown man
II is presumed he was stealing a ride