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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-30
Some impressions of the President of
Howe Institute from Contact
with Booker T. Wash

ington.
To the Nashville Globe:
Much has ben said about Booker
Booker r. Washington, his methods,
meetings, ideas and policies. How
does he influence those who come in
contact with him? l remember my
first visit to Tuskegee. met hun
church and the school, from the
teacher in the country school to the
president of the great university. |
expected set speeches and oratory;
men most gifted to be given prefer
ence in speech 1t was a farmers
Washington presided in plain, sim
pie manner. He asked, what have
you done in the way of buying and
| improvements since the last Confer
ence? Have you bought additional
land? Have you cleared more ground,
painted your home, whitewashed
your fence?" do you use improved
seed?" "How is the soil?" "Diversi-
fy your crops?" "Is your school
house painted?" How long is the
term of SCHOOL," "Have you good
teacher?" "How is your church %
'Is your minister immoral?" What
is the relation between the races?'
what is the cause of the race fric-
ton. if any," "Have you bank ac
count?"
i | made up my mind not to attend
another Conference until satisfactory
answers could be given to those ques
tons. / felt like going back home
and helping everybody and pushing
every good thing. Never did l fee
! more determined to cultivate friendly
relations with all my neighbors.
felt kindly disposed toward womer
b. and children Of all races. These
r things guide me to-day in all of m!
= dealings.
! Booker T. washington is often mis-
2 understood by both races. His meth
DDS merit the closest scrutiny. Hi
n life should be carefully studied.
Y his teachings were followed holiday
o would be less, labor would be NOR
t abundant and reliable; criminal
S would be speedily brought to justic
II and the innocent would have ampl
n protection, homes would be built b
o our people, and wives and childre
e supported. poll and other taxes woul
S. be paid and the obligations Of lif
Il faithfully kept. There would be n
re race antagonism, as mutual help an
IS friendly cooperation would characte
ize the relations between the races
n the Southland, the best and most II
c. viting field for my race. DR.. Wasl
h ington is entitled to a hearing and
at that is given shall be satisfied wit
Of the verdict of an impartial jury {
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Mr.. Tillman believes that the en-
reimbursement of the Negro was the
greatest crimes of the century What
are his views on the Jim crow" car
law?
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-30
TILLMAN.

Tillman cannot possibly benefit the
Negro if he be elected to the guber-
Material chair In the first place he
will have legislature opposed to him
and this same legislature can pass
over his veto any measure it chooses
to by the same vote that was required
to pass it on it's original presentation
Since Mr.. Tillman would have his
hands tied by the legislature, his only
chances to help the Negro would be in
making appointments and in pardon
ing men whose guilt has not been es-
tablished.
AS to appointments, Mr.. Tillman
has promised his "sore-toe" democrat
ic friends that no man will be ap-
pointed to Office who cannot command
the respect of all self-respecting men.
In other words, Mr.. Tillman assured
the late followers of Carmack in a
nice, diplomatic way that he would ap-
point no Negroes to Office excepting
that of porter. And since Mr.. Tillman
has raised such a furore in various
parts of the state as to the eXtrava-
gance of having so many porters at
the capitol, it is likely that even some
of the appointments now held by Ne
groes would be abolished.
Is there anyone so simple as to be
lieVe that Mr.. Tillman would help the
Negro by the use of the pardonine
power after his bitter attack on Mr.
Patterson for exercising clemency il
several cases?
Tillman in the gubernatorial chair
can be of no service to us but he Nigh
prove a source of harm. Being a
odds with him, might not democrat
ic legislature seek to take its ven
geance upon the Negro vote which
viii accuse of putting him in Office, b,
passing obnoxious class laws?
For one time the colored voter o
Tennessee should take literally the ad
vice given his Southern friends b.
Judge Taft on his recent tour of tn
South: stop voting for tradition.
Let us stop voting on what happene
2 before most of us were born and vot
= for that man that can do the mos
good for us-the Hon M. r. Patterson
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-30

Some little two-by-fOur .ward-heelers
who have never contributed a dime to
the support of The Globe, are threat
ening to boycott us because we will
not support Tillman. Those are the
tactics of twenty years ago. Weak
kneed editors sometimes changed
their policy under such threats. The
II wont hear you for one minute" lead
ers ought to get some young men to
whoop up things for them; perhaps
they could give us something new in
the line of threats.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-30

The most agreeable announcement
made from the night-rider district in
Obion and Lake Counties is that some
Of the men captured were members of
the band that burned the house and
killed the colored man and his family
at Hickman, KY, few weeks ago. 1t
is to be hoped that this gang of men
containing so much of the brute as to
murder women and children, will be
so thoroughly hanged by Tennessee
that not a one of them will ever come
to trial in Kentucky.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-30

Vrhe Hon. VIM. CrosthWaite, lawyer
and publicist, is right when he writes
to ME Chattanooga Times and says
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-30

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paper
Evening star., 1908-01-17
TWO KILLED IN SCRANTON FIRE
Seven Others Seriously Injured.
200 Girls in a Panic

SCRANTON. Pa. January 1.-Two
girls were killed and seven others serious
" injured in fire today in the building
occupied by the Imperial underwear fac
tory About 200 girls were employed in
the building and there was panic when
the alarm of fire was sounded. Florence
Watrous was caught in the burning build
flames. Marie X. Buckley. with a num-
her of other girls. jumped from the fire
escape. and broke her neck.
The injured are: Sadie Cohen and Annie
Cohen. sisters; Florence Cusick; Marga-
ret Horan. Kate Conzey May WheIan
Katharine Griffith.
All were burned on the fire escape be-
fore jumping. and they are suffering from
broken limbs and internal injuries
The fire is supposed TO have been
started by the upsetting of a glue pot In
the warehouse of the Economy Furniture
Company located In the basement of the
building which is four stories. The
flames spread rapidly. and most Of the
girls on the third and fourth floors fled
TO the fire escapes. These got as far as
The second story. and from this they
jumped to the areaway.
Many of the girls fed down the one
narrow stairway of the building. In thei,
terror some tainted and there was a Jam
on the stairs which threatened serious
consequences. but fortunately the firemer
were able TO get them all out safely be
fore the fire reached that portion OF the
building.
The sc
Evening star., 1908-01-17

proposed street railway connections with
the Union station. He advocated that
the trackage bill be made to contain a
provision definitely requiring the tracks
on the station plaza to be constructed
not less than seventy feet from the axis
of the south portico.' 1t is understood
that when the Gallinger trackage bill
comes up for consideration in the Senate
Monday next Senator Gallinger will offer
an amendment covering this point. There
was considerable informal discussion of
the street railway bill and Of the method
of handling the debate upon it in the
Senate chamber, but no change. other
than that mentioned. will be made as a
result of the meeting.
The committee agreed to present fa-
vorable report on the Teller bill granting
to the Association of the Oldest Inhabi-
tants of the District of Columbia joint
use with the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's s
Association of the building and lot now
used by the fremen's association at the
corner of 10Th and H streets northwest.
with an amendment that the use of the
building by the oldest inhabitants shall
continue during the pleasure of the Dis
trict Commissioners.
No Discussion at Public Schools Com
mittee.
There was no discussion at the meeting
Of the public school situation in the Dis
trict Senator Delivers bill abolishing
the board of education and providing for
a one-man power under the United States
commissioner of education, which was
introduced this week. has not yet come
officially before the committee but when
it does it is likely to be referred at once
to the Burkett subcommittee on schools
without discussion.
Senator Burkett announced today that
his subcommittee, which is planning an
investigation of the local school system.
would not meet this afternoon on account
of the pressure of other business upon
the members Of the subcommittee. He
further said he had no idea when the in
vestigation would begin. although it is
possible that it may begin some time
next week. The subcommittee has made
no definite plans as to whom it will call
or as to the extent or character of the
investigation.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
SENATE COMMITTEE.
Business Transacted at Its Meeting
Today

AT the meeting of the Senate committee
on the District of Columbia TODAY Senator
Gallinger, chairman. appointed the fol-
lowing subcommittee to consider and re-
port upon the Gallinger bill to fix fees and
costs in the District Probate Court and
provide for the collection and payment of
such fees: Senators Gamble of South Da-
kota. Long of Kansas. Burkett of Nebras-
ka. Carter of Montana and WHITE OF
Maryland Judge Gould of the Probat to
Court and Register Of Wills Tanner ap-
peared before the committee and advo-
Gated the passage of the bin.
According to both Judge Gould and Cor
poral Tanner. the present system of OBJ.
tanning fees in the Probate Court is very
complicated and does not produce enough
income to pay adequate salaries to the
thirty persons employed in the office OF
the register of wills. Senator Gailinger's s
bill provides for certain definite total fees
based upon the size % the estate adj
ministered. thus reducing the system 10
the simplest possible method
The register of wills told the committee
that the present working force of his
office was as efficient. he believed ms
could be found anywhere in the country
agreed 70 this statement and also praised
the register very highly.
There was no expression Of sentiment
by the members OF the committee in re-
gard 10 the merits o. the bin. but it was
generally regarded as of considerable i'm.
po-tance and one which should be proper
iv con siiered by "A Suhcam nit tee
Evening star., 1908-01-17
FEAR RACE TROUBLE IN IDAHO
White Mob Threatens Greek Work
men-Japanese Driven Off.

BOISE. Idaho. January 17.-Trouble is
impending at Mountain Home over the
employment of foreigners to clear a large
tract of land near that place. Some time
ago the owners of the land contracted
with a Japanese restaurant keeper to
clear and plant it with fruit trees. He
planned to put force of Japanese at
work. but he was warned by white work
ingmen that his restaurant would be
blown up if he did SO. That alarmed
the Japanese. and, disposing of his res
taurant. he left town.
Greek then agreed to do the work,
and yesterday he landed about one hun
dred of his countrymen at the town ready
TO go to work. Last night a body of fifty
men, we'll armed. visited the Greek camp
and warned them to leave the country
giving them a day to comply with the
order. The members of the mob were
all masked.
The Greeks called upon the sheriff for
protection. and at last accounts all We're
still at the camp, but serious trouble was
feared
Evening star., 1908-01-17
AGITATION AT CAPITOL.
House Committee on Ventilation
Will Hold a Meetinp

Marcy! The House committee on venti-
lation and acoustics is to meet! The
present and continuing agitation for a
change in the seating plan of the House
and for the use of benches has resulted
in the committee awaking from it's long
period of official slumber. The handling
of matter of so much personal interest
to members the seating arrangements
of the House will serve to give the COM
mittee more prominence than it has ever
enjoyed in its existence as a shelf for
otherwise uncared for members of the
House.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Gain, 3,27S

The Stars great delivery sys-
tenn alone furnished 23,793 copies
last Sunday directly to the homes
Of individual subscribers.
Most advertisers already know,
and the others are finding out,
that The Sunday Star Is the domi-
nant factor In successful Sunday
advertising in Washington.
Wider publicity is given and
greater results are obtained from
any amount expended in The SUM-
day Star than from similar ex-
penditure in any other advertising
medium.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
CoNSCIENCE-STRICKEN.
Pensioner Gives Up Pension and
Surrenders to Authorities.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. January IL
Emile Mittag of Everett Wash. has
written letter to Pension Agent Coe
informing him that he will no longer
draw IS a month pension which he has
been drawing from the government He
says. God has convinced me 10 stop draw
ing the pension. because he was not en-
titled 10 il. having himself shot off the
Two fingers OF his right hand 10 escape
service. Mr. Mttag was member of the
lt6th coast Artillery. and has drawn :,
pension from tho Milwaukee office since
June. 1906. He says he has given himself
I'D TO the authorities At Vancouver.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Walsh Waiting for Jury's Verdict.

CHICAGO. January 17.-The jurors in
the Walsh trial had given no indication of
having reached verdict at noon today.
twenty hours after the case was left in
their hands. Judge Anderson waited for
an hour in his chambers and then went
TO the United States court of appeals.
where he engaged in the trial of another
ease. having left word with the bailiffs TO
notify him if verdict was found. Walsh
waited in the courtroom. accompanied by
+. c. Ritscher. one of his attorneys.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
UNEAsINEss AT WASHINGTON.
Toxic Report That japanese Fleet
Movements Disturb Us.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
TOXIC. January 1.-THE foreign Office
has received from Washington dis
patch pointing out the uneasiness that is
felt there In consequence of sensational
reports regarding the distribution of the
japanese fleet. The foreign Office officials.
although not treating the matter serious
ly state that the various nations are in
possession of all facts in connection with
the disposition of the fleet through their
respective naval attaches in Toxic. Vice
Admiral Saito. the minister of the navy.
says he is willing to make full state
ment if it would allay any excitement in
Washington. but he considered the rumors
unworthy of attention.
There have been various rumors of late
that the Japanese fleet had disappeared
and that it's whereabouts was known only
to the admiralty at Toxic. The Paris
Patri, January 3. asked in big head
lines.
"Where is the Japanese feet? And
published an alarmist story. based on re-
ports that 1t had been seen cruising off
the Hawaiian Islands
Evening star., 1908-01-17
ARcHDuKE FERDINAND DEAD.
Seriously Ill Long Time-Father of
Louise Of Saxony.

Special Cablegr8m to The Star
SALZBURG. Austria, January 1.-THE
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Grand
Duke of Tuscany, who had been seriously
i'll for a long time. died today. The last
sacrament was administered to him as
long ago as October IS.
Ferdinand ". Salvador Marie Joseph,
Grand Duke of Tuscany, was born in 1S3s
His second wife was Alice, Princess of
Bourbon Parma. and the children of this
marriage include the Countess Montig-
ncso formerly Crown Princess Louise of
Saxony and the divorced wife of the pres
ent King of Saxony, who married Signor
Toseeli. a piano player: and the Arch
duke Leopold. who gave up his title to
marry the daughter of an Austrian post
man. was divorced from her and in Octo-
ber last married in Geneva. under the
name of Herr Woelfiing. Marie Ritter,
who had been a housemaid in Berlin
family.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
AFTER rH1EvINa OFFICIALS.
Russian Government Makes Whole
sale Arrests.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG, January IA prf-
vate communication from an official
source at Vladivostok fstates that whole
sale arrests of officials are being made
there, due to systematized jubbery and
speculation that has been rampant in all
ranks and branches of the public serv-
ice 1t had assumed the form of whole
sale plunder, for which the revolutionists
were blamed.
The arsenal and dockyards were pill
laged, torpedo boats disappeared piece
meal, till only the empty hulls were left.
and many thousand tons of coal were
stolen. Gross and fragrant robbery was
practiced everywhere, under the thinnest
disguiseS.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Pope Suffers With the Gout.

ROME. January flowing to an attack
of Gout, the pope has been reluctantly
obliged to suspend his audiences. He was
visited yesterday by his private physician.
DIR. Petacci who insisted that the pontiff
go to bed. and to this the patient con-
sented. The gout causes acute pains and
swelling of the knee.
On hearing of his illness, the pope's sis
ters came to see him and expressed their
desire to nurse him.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
STATUE OF PHIL SHERIDAN
COMMISSION TODAY ACCEPTS
MODEL BY GUTZoN BoRGLUM.
To Be Erected in Circle at Intersec'
ton of 22d Street and Massa-
chusetts Avenue.

The Sheridan statue commission. Secre-
tary Taft and Gen. H. c. Corbin. with
Gen. Michael v. Sheridan, today approved
and accepted the model of the statue OF
Gen. Philip Sheridan which is to orna-
ment Sheridan Circle, 22d street and
Massachusetts, avenue. The model is the
design of Gutzon Borglum of New York
and the sculptor is already at work upon
the large model, SO that the completed
statue may be ready for erection early
next autumn. Mrs. Sheridan has also ex-
pressed her pleasure with the design.
A miniature model of Borglum's design
is on exhibition in the Offices of the Of
f1cer in charge of public buildings and
grounds in the Lemon building. 1t shows
the great Union cavalry leader in the act
of refining in his spirited charger and
saluting his men. This Characterization
marks q distinct departure in the way OF
statuary in the National capital. as it re-
only in being of heroic or about one
third more than life size.
When completed the Sheridan statue
will face toward Dupont Circle. and the
broad low base. approached by six low
steps. will be so placed that free pas
sage may be afforded along the line OF
Massa chusetts avenue The pedestal will
also be very low, the platform being
about % by 81 feet in size. while the
pedestal will be raised no more than
four feet above it. Artistic seats. inches
for fountains and reliefs will offer orna-
ment to the platform.
Ends a Controversy.
Gutzon Borglum. the designer, is the
sculptor of the famous Mares of Dio-
medes. which is owned by the Metropoli-
tan Museum, and he is also known for
his statuettes of Ruskin and Smithson.
He has just completed a statue of Mackay
the millionaire miner, for the state OF
Nevada The selection of his model fol
the Sheridan statue marks the end of q
prolonged controversy.
An agreement was entered into in April
1892. with j. Q. A. Ward the distinguished
sculptor of New York. for the conStruc-
ton Of an equestrian statue of the Union
cavalry leader. in accordance with an ap-
proved design. Congress appropriated
$4,000 for the statue and the Society OF
the Army of the Cumberland raised an ad-
ditional $1,000.
Through one cause and another the
sculptor failed to complete the statue to
the satisfaction of the commission. He
made one model which was accepted by
the Military Society. but the artist was
dissa tisfed with 1t and destroyed it. That
was several years ago. Subsequently Mr..
Ward. who is now an old man. made an
other model. and it was exhibited in his
studio in New York. After inspection by
Mrs. Sheridan. members of the commission
Evening star., 1908-01-17
The osceola FIoated.

a telegram received at the Navy De-
partment today says that the L. S. S.
Osceola. which went ashore at Key West
some nights ago, has been successfully
fioated. Necessary repairs will be made
at Key West
Evening star., 1908-01-17

and a number of artists this model was
finally rejected by the commission as un
satisfactory. and the present contract
made with Mr.. Borglum in July last.
Lieut.. Gen. III. c. Corbin, as a member
of the statue commission. represents the
Society OF the Army Of the Cumberland.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Illinois Millionaire Dead.

FREEPORT. ILL.,, January 17.-Daniel C.
Stove-, millionaire manufacturer of
stoves, windmills and farm machinery.
died today. He was sixty-eight years old.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Panama Official Coming Here.

PANAMA. January l7.-Jose Augustin
Arrange, the envoy extraordinary of Pan
anna to the United States, left here today
for Washington.
Evening star., 1908-01-17
$4,000 Fire in Pittsburg.

PiTTSBURG. Pa. January 11.-Fire of
incendiary origin destroyed a building of
the Federal Supply Company. branch of
he Pittsburg Company. at Mcdonald, Pa. ;.
"A suburb today. Four explosions of
powder stored in the basement wrecked
adjoining property. causing loss of $50
go An investigation is being made
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Railways at Union Station.

Engineer Commissioner Morrow appear
cd before the committee and explained
certain matters with reference to the
Evening star., 1908-01-17
The Sunday Star

Has indsputably the largest Sun
day circulation in Washington. No
other Sunday paper prints its fig
ures or claims to have as large a
circulation In Washington as The
Sunday Star.
Sunday, January IL. 1908. .37 ,839
Sunday, January 13, 1907. i. 4,56f
Evening star., 1908-01-17
Weather.

Fair. warmer tonight: tomor-
row rain and warmer.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-01-16
THE BUILDING BOOM.
Contracts Let for Six New Dwellings in
Clifton.

During the past two weeks a num-
Der of contracts have been. closed
for the erection of modern dwellings,
all of which will be on Hills new add
dition to Clifton. Contractor Mer-
rift had his hustling clothes on and
remarked to an ERA reporter that he
had secured the following contracts:
Jesse Simms, d four-room cottage
with modern conveniences.
E. Johnston, a fYe-room cottage,
equipped with all modern conven-
fences, and two other modern cot
tages.
Roy Wayland, four-room modern
cottage.
Walter Penn, three-room cottage
with all modern conYeniences.
In addition to the above list there
are number of others who Contem-
plate erecting residences in the near
future, all of which will most likely
be located on Hills addition. During
the past six months more than
twenty new residences have beer
erected on the new addition and il
will be but short time until the en-
tire fiat will-be built up solid. . ,
All of the new dwellings range in
cost from $3.50 to $500. 20 seed -'-'''