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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-03
PERSONAL

Thomas r. R. Lea as just received his
commission as justice of the peace at
East Lake. Mr.. Lea was elected by a
large majority. He is son of Col
Sumter Lea, a well-known young lawyer
and is said to be chip of the old
block
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. The many friends of Mr.. C. NJ. Tardy
will be glad to learn that he is resting
quietly after very serious operation per-
formed yesterday at st. Vincent's hos
nitaI
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Weather report for "a hours ending p.
M, December q Local office United
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CITY ITEMS.

Water Committee TOday.-The water
committee of the Commercial club
meets this afternoon at o'clock in the
club rooms to attend to important
business
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committee OF the commercial club
meets this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
club rooms to attend to important
business.
Y. NJ. C. A. Open Meetiag,7This
evening from 8 to II o'clock will be
visitors night at the Central Y. M. c.
A. building. The programme will in
clude the regular gymnasium class
work. basketball and other features.
the associations office or from MEM
bers.
kauI Names Observation-Disclosures
John L. Kaul of the Commercial club
has appointed delegates to the South
ern Commercial congress and the
Rivers and Harbors congress which
meet in Washington December I'll.
Nearly all of the delegates will attend
and will take part in one of the most
important conferences for the south
and this district that has ever been
held in the Capital City. The appoint
ments are as follows: #. Y. Anderson,
A. Fl. Ford, ]. A. YanHoose, w. d. Mes
bitt, T. G. Bush, Bolton Gilreath,
Oscar Floyd, w. E. Leak, r. N.
Rhodes. James Bowron, Sterling Wood.
Frank Nelson, Oscar W. Underwood and
II. b. Gray.
New Funeral Car.--Gaudin G. Co.
have received an unusually handsome
funeral car for use in Birmingham.
The vehicle is a combination of hearse
and flower wagon, and is artisticafly
and extravagantly carved. In fact, it
is said, finer funeral vehicle is not
to be found in the south, and the
United States Carriage company of Co
lumbus, o., from which it was pur-
chased, states that there is none bet
ter anywhere in the country. The car
has many features. With it's arrange
lnent the casket may be placed In the
wagon and a pyramid of flowers banked
above it on racks. For those who do,
not desire the casket to be seen there
are beautifully carved sides, which
may be placed inside. These sides are
high enough to hide the casket but
display the flowers. The sides of the
wagon are of heavy beveled glass
while curtains inside may be draped
so as to entirely obscure the contents
of the hearse, or may be draped in any
manner desired. At the rear thu ere is a
step which slides into a pocket in the
flooring of the wagon and which is in
visible except when drawn out for use.
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4. 7. Shaw & Son, Undertakers.
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Green Undertaking Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
TO INVADE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
BRYAN MAKES PUBLIC HIS
sPEECH-MAKING ITINERARY.
Will Be in Washington Sunday,
September Is, But It Is Under
stood, Merely for Rest.
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK. August 29.-While Candi-
date Taft is spending the summer ana
fishing at Middle Bass Island, Candidate
Bryan will be making speeches galore In
the "enemy's country" The democratic
national committee today announced a
experimenting itinerary of Mr.. Bryan, be-
ginning early in September and running
through the month. 1t follows:
Peoria. September 8: Evansville, Sep
TENDER 10; West Virginia, September II;
Cumberland. September IL; Washington
Sunday. September 13: Baltimore. Sep
TENDER IA; Wilmington. September 10;
Rochester, September 16; New York, Sep
TENDER Il; Providence, September 10; New
Yor. Sunday, September 20: Buffalo
September IL; Michigan, September %:
Ohio, September 23; ohio. September ~
Indiana, September 25: Madison and Mil
waukee, September %: Mitchell, s. D.,
September %. and then three weeks in
Lincoln.
The republican congressional campaign
will take shape in earnest early in Sep
tember as q result of the conferences be-
tween the congressional and the ma
tional managers with President Roose-
velt The President will lend his hearty
encouragement to the campaign for Con-
gress. Chairman Hitchcock leaves tomor-
row for Chicago to put some ginger into
the western headquarters N. O. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
BRYAN A JOINER, TOO.
Members of Printers Union Now; to
Make More Speeches

FAI.,VIEW Lincoln. Neb.. August o.
With but one day remaining before start
ing on another speech-making tour, VIII
liam j. Bryan. democratic candidate for
President. today busted himself with mat
ters Of Importance bearing upon his cam
paign.
Mr. Bryan was an early riser and soon
was at work with his secretary. Mr.. Rose,
clearing up correspondence. editing
speeches and in other ways q ting ready
for his Minnesota. North Dakota and
Iowa trip.
Notwithstanding the fact that he ar
rived home only last evening. visitors to
Fairview were numerous. One of .Ir.
Bryan's first callers was L. l.. Ingraham.
president Of the Lincoln Typographical
Cnion who presented the democratic can
didate with handsomely engraved GER
:ificate Of membership in the union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

Thrown From Carriage Near Que
bee. Eracturing Both Arms

QUEBEC. Canada. August 29-Miss
Susan P. Biddell of Philadelphia was
thrown from a carriage on the mountain
road below the city last evening and Sc
verely injured. Both arms were fractured
Miss Biddell is resting quietly tonight
and her physicians say she will be we'll
enough to start for her home in two
weeks
Miss Biddell arrived here from Europe
last Thursday. With her were the Bishop
of Marquette. Mrs. Williams and Miss
D. Williams. The party spent a day here
and were on the way to the station to
board a train for Montreal when the ac-
cident occurred. Going down the noun
tain hill the horse stumbled. and as the
shafts touched the ground Miss Biddell
and her companions were thrown out
Miss Biddell was thrown over the dash
board, landing headfOremost on the hard
roadbed. Her right arm was fractured
at the wrist and her left arm near the
elbow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
FIGHT OVER FIERY PIT.
Pretty Polish Girl Was Behind This
Spectacular Murder.

CHICAGO. August 23.-Through the
death today of Nicholas Vidiviom, the
story of a dramatic hand-to-hand struggle
on the top of a blast furnace of the Iro-
auois Iron Company for the possession of
a pretty Polish girl was made known.
Vidiviom. according to George Detlick.
an eyewitness. crept up behind his rival,
Ivan Mealitch and attempted to throw
him into the fiery pit below. Both men
fell to the narrow platform, but recov-
cred their footing and continued the
struggle The news spread about the
plant and work was dropped by all hands
to watch the thrilling struggling with it's
background of flames. Suddenly Mealitch
broke away and felled his antagonist with
a crowbar.
Mealitch then gave himself IN to the
private policeman employed by the COM
pany He declared that his rival had
long been seeking a chance to push him
into the furnace, and that he owed his
life to having been on his guard when the
attack came.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
SEEMS STRANGE NOW
How the Great Bureaus OF the
Government Grew Apace.
40 ROOMS HOUSED MANY
Leased Buildings Were Common, as
They Are Now.
EVEN NAMES ARE CHANGED
From Small Offices, With Two Clerks
Each, Sprung Pension, Land
and Indian Bureaus.

The government building which was
erected on the east side of 18th street.
south of the line of f street. for the de-
partments. was not ready for service
when, in 1850, the officers, clerks. etc,
located. This was a twin building with
the Treasury building. containing about
forty rooms, and was called the west
executive building until 1919. when the
building. afterward long occupied by the
War Department. was erected. Then the
positions with reference to the Presi-
dents House applied. and this building
was for time known as the southwest
building. but it was better known as the
navy office in the past century. The
War and Navy departments, the latter
but two years old. were the joint occu-
pants for nearly twenty years; but they
were in private houses while 1t was be-
ing made ready for service. Such &C
commodations were easily obtained then.
for there were but about forty clerks in
both departments. Temporary quarters
were found for each in dwelling houses.
the War Department on the south side of
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. east OF I'D street,
while the naval affairs We're directed
from a house near the corner of New
York avenue and 18th street.
Destroyed by Fire.
A three-story brick building belonging
ing to Joseph Hodgson was leased by
Samuel Dexter Secretary of War, for the
department; and the clerks resumed their
work which had been interrupted by the
removal They were here less than four
months, for in November of that year 1t
was destroyed by fire. together with an
adjoining house, occupied by w. Mark
ward, the messenger. and the public as
we'll as private loss was complete. nearly
all the valuable archives in the depart
ment and the furniture and household
effects of Mr.. Markward being a prey to
the flames There were no hand engines
in Washington then, but from tradition
and the columns of the Intelligencer it Is
learned that the citizens worked man.
fully and none with more zeal than Oliver
Wolcott. the Secretary of the Treasury.
and adjacent property was saved. The
fire was said to have been of incend!ary
origin. Many years after, through an
act Of Congress, Mrs. Hodgson was paid
So, coo for the loss of the house. Little
of the effects were gathered and the work
was resumed farther east on the ave-
nue., but the west executive building In a
year or two housed the War and Navy
departments and for a few years the
State Department.
But Few in the Service.
So small was the number then in the
service that besides department clerks.
others found accommodations in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
Minister Cortes Talks.

Minister Cortes of Colombia has issued
statement denying that Colombia is
taking part in any revolutionary move
ment in Venezuela by allowing the pas
sage of fighting men across her frontier
In view of the pending conflict be-
tween Holland and Venezuela said Min
lister Cortes. "a rumor has been circu-
lated to the effect that a revolutionary
movement will soon take place in Venezu-
ella and that Colombia will permit the
bulk OF the necessary fighting men to
cross her frontier and enter Venezuela.
1 am not in a position to understand how
far any revolutionary movement in Venzu-
ella may have gone. but i do know that
Colombia is far from being disposed to
lend assistance to the scheme.
Colombia's Grievance.
1T is true that Colombia has serious
grievances against Venezuela. but no
matter how grave they are or may be-
come the present government of Colombia
will not seek redress by unfair means OF
by violation of her international Oblisa-
tions. President Reyes policy toward
our neighbors has been and will continue
fairness and open-handed loyalty. BY
these means and by the exercise of that
frmness which our national honor may
require. he is sure to overcome all of our
international difficulties in an honorable
manner.
The fomenting of trouble in an under
handed way by one nation against an
ill-feeling. ContempOraneous events in
Spanish America provide an object lesson
which no high minded statesman can dis
regard with impunity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
RESCUED BY LAUNCH.
Grandson of Joseph Jefferson Victim
of Accident.

BCZZARDS BAY. Mass. August %
During boat race held here today Will
liam o. Taylor. son of Gen. Charles ii.
Taylor. publisher of the Boston Globe
and Warren Jefferson. grandson of the
late Joseph Jefferson. the actor. were
thrown into the water when the power
boat Chipmunk was overturned. After
struggle Mr.. Taylor succeeded I'm getting
hold Of young jefferson and placed him
across the bottom of the boat. to which
the two chung until rescued by launch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
Business Revival in Canada.

MONTREAL, Canada, August pa
canvass of the wholesale and retail
trade, the banks. manufacturers, rail-
road and shipping interests Of Montreal
made by the Montreal Herald shows
that the outlook for trade is better this
fall than at any time since the trade
depression began. Most Of the manu-
facturers report their establishments
running full time, with orders ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
Second Primary for Congress.

JACKSON, Miss. August 29-Oficial
returns from Madison county show that
a second primary for Congress in the
eighth district will be between Maj. Pat
rick Henry and j. w Collier. the latter
leading H. H. Henry of Kinds county by
twenty votes. Henry Of Kinds announces
his intention to contest before the dis
trict executive committee Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
the building
Winder's Building Rented in 1851.

Winder's building. at the corner of F
and 18th streets. was rented by the gov
eminent in 1851. and purchased i'm 1850
The ordnance bureau was here many
years. and very instructive mu-
scum was for a long time an attraction.
This bureau without the museum is now
on G street west of 18th street. The
pension office was also a tenant for a
time and the second auditors Office was
here for fifty years or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
One Escaped Mob; Another Missing.

1TTABENA. Miss. August 29.-John
Smith and John Williams. negroes. charg
ed with having twice robbed the same
residence at this place. were taken from
the Jail here Thursday by mob of citi-
zens, who declared it their intention to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
HoIIanders Surprised at News
in Other Countries.
ABOUT VENEZUELAN AFFAIR
Thought They Would Plow Their
Own EurroW.
BUT HELP HAS BEEN ASKED
Conference to Be Held in Paris.
Minister Cortez Of Colombia Is
sues Statement Here.

THE HAGUE. August 29.-The reports
received here from other capitals that
Holland is requesting the powers to join
her in Furnishing Venezuela causes great
surprise. 1t had been felt that the Meth
erlands government wanted to pillow its
own furrow and had asked the other
powers only to adhere to policy OF
hands off,
1t was believed that Holland had
adopted this attitude because her griev-
ances against Venezuela were more in
timately concerned with the national
honor and were not so purely CONNER
cial as those of her neighbors. The rea-
sons for the apparent change in the pro-
gram are unknown at present
The Dutch newspapers are beginning
to protest against the secrecy with which
the government enfOlds the entire Ven
ezuelan situation ant ask for details of
the report made by NJ. De Reus. the
correspondence that has passed between
the government and the members of
President Castro's cabinet
The papers demand especially that the
proceedings involving heavy expense
without the peoples approval.
DIR. kayper former minister of the in
terror. has been appointed minister of
j. ~.
NJ Van Swinderen.
Nature of Reply.
PARIS. August 29.-It is impossible to
anticipate at this time the nature of
Frances reply to the proposal of the
Netherlands. The matter is not one to be
handled hurriedly, and it entails so many
important questions that it probably will
- e I>A%-
Premier Clemenceau and the members of
the cabinet. many of whom are now alb
sent from the city.
Although France has practically drop
ped the question of her relations with
Venezuela since President Castro refused
to allow Brazil to take over French in
terests. attention has been attracted to
the matter anew by the recent sensa-
tional condemnation of the French Gable
Company by the Venezuelan courts to pay
damages for alleged completely in the
Matos revolution of 1903 to the amount
of $5.OO0.OOO.
Opinion in France
In fact. this judgment from the French
standpoint. has reopened the entire mat
ter. At the same time the action of the
Venezuelan courts explains according to
the opinion held in we'll informed circles
here. why President Castro did not permit
bTdzll 10 represent rTdHce III NcHcZucld
it being held that President Castro wished
to make it impossible for Brazil to re-
monstrate against this verdict. which is
regarded here as absurd.
In unofficial circles there is some dis
position to point out that France. whose
minister was literally driven from Ca
racas. as we'll as Holland and the other
countries interested, are placed in an en-
barrassing position on account OF the in
action of the United States with regard
to this South American republic. 1t Is
generally admitted that America has a
greater right to take the initiative in
anything pertaining to Venezuela than
any other country concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

inflict speedy punishment Williams es-
capped from the mob, but no trace of
Smith can be found. and il is believed
he was hanged and his body thrown into
the lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
But Few in the Service.

So small was the number then in the
service that. besides department clerks.
others found accommodations in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

building. The offices of superintendent of
the city. as well as the surveyor and the
city post Office, were there. Thomas
Munroe, who had been the clerk to the
city Commissioners whose duties in 1902
were vested in a superintendent. filled
that position and was also the city post
master. having four or five clerks, who.
like himself. were double barreled. i. e..
serving in both Offices. Robert King. the
there.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
SENATOR w. WARNTR OF MISSOURI.

Tor Mr.. Rogers, not even Booker Wash
ington, or Mark Twain-can make a
silk purse out of sow's ear. No more
can they make a musician, or a poet,
or a lawyer, or a doctor, out Of mate
rial that was intended for blacksmith
ing, dray-driving, and blowing. Hap
PLY, they don't try.
All of us are the creatures of evolu-
ton and education. The white races
seem to have got along faster in the
great eternal plan than the black races.
Why, I cannot tell you. It is a simple
fact, obvious to us all, that, just as Eu-
rope and America are farther advanced
in arts and arms than Africa, are the
Europeais and the Americans ahead of
the Africans in the developments of
modern culture. As this ought not TO
be the subject of vaingiorious eXaltation
among the whites, it should not be con-
sidered or felt as either a humiliation
or a reproach by the blacks. In case it
should become so the future would be
dark indeed for both races Each needs
to grow in grace; but it is my belief
that each can and will thus grow in
grace, in the South first of all and most
of all, and within lines plainly fixed by
God and aNmre, leading to that ulti-
mate peace that passeth understanding,
when the lion and the lamb shall lie
down together in harmony. And Book
er Washington is blazing the way.
The Record of Forty Years.
Since, in our Southern country, at
least, this is so since neither race
can get rid of the other, or act inde-
pendently of the other - let us take
account of what has been done these
forty years of freedom.
I stand here tonight to declare that
the world has never witnessed such pro-
gress from darkness to light as that
which we see in those districts of the
South where the Negro has had a de-
cent opportunity for sself-improyement.
Lcok at Jamaica - nearly century of
emancipation. the Negro at standstill
-lool:- at South Africa, riches piled on
Continued to page +
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
BRUCE GIFTS A PALM.

The snub that Assistant Superintend-
cnt Bruce received from the teachers 1t
the reception rendered to Superintendent
Stuart two weeks ago, was so signif-
cant that two of the compassionate
iriendes decided to send him a palm.
This was sent to his house the next
day. and very soon thereafter every
teacher received a card from the as
sistant superintendent, who is disliked
by the teachers, thanking them for their
excellent present. Several of the teach
ers who received cards from him did
rot know what to make of it, because
they had not contributed toward palm
to be presented to the assistant super
intendent.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
CAN HE ORIGINATE2

The other day a Southern jurist of
Georgia urged bitter negative to the
above question, which is regarded by
many as test to the entire race prob
lem While it is not fair to try the
human needs upon purely intellectual
basis. the Negro race can we'll afford
to be measured by the argument of
originality
If it could be proven that any race
Of human beings was incapable of orig
inality, then it would follow that that
race was incapable of evolving. The
development Of man is achieved prin-
cipally through social influences. These
influences are the product of knowledge
in one form or another. Every race,
society or individual that possesses
healthy reasoning powers is capable of
modifying its environment either for
good or bad The improvements in the
arts of every race and society are the
result of the work of a small minority
of their numbers These improvements
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25

ing, we know not The Ethiopian is
thought to be especially initiative. All
CT us are more or less initiative - par
ticularly the ultra smart set of high So
ciety which, here on the seaboard,
initiates the little it knows about the Eu-
ropear nobility, and, in the interior,
what il can find out about the smart set
of the seaboard 1t is an unfortunate
characteristic of imitation to take for
IFS examples rather the bad than the
good of whatever attracts its admira-
ton or its envy Jess like white folks"
Is sometimes heard in colored circles
Of fashion-that is, among the colored
smart set of the colored Four Hundred.
Now, for my part, | scarcely think so
much more of the cOlored four hundred
than | think of the Caucasian four hun
dred, who live for vanity and pleasure,
and who, if they can't 60 to heaven in
their automobiles don't want to go at
all!
Every shoemaker to his last the
saying hath it, and that say I, each mo-
theirs son of us to his vocation, what
ever it be. Men in their places are the
ren who stand Neither Mr.. Seth Low
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
AT THE SECOND BAPTIST.

There was a small audience present
last Sunday afternoon to greet Senator
Warner Of Missouri, who is one of the
Senators who voted against Senator
Foraker in the Brownsville investiga-
ton. The speaker said, among other
things. that he was friend to the col
cred race. At this juncture Rev. w.
Bishop Johnson, who is the presiding
officer of the new departure at the ly-
ceum, enthusiastically cried out, Let
us all applaud Senator Warner" Only
a faint applause responded to the chair
mans request. The colored people don't
propose to honor their enemies, no mat
ter who they may be.
Senator Warner had very cool re-
cegtion from the slim audience pesent.