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The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
R PRISON OR PARADISE.
Jail So Attractive Prisoners Hate
Thought of Leaving.

Truman Catlin, jailer of the cOun-
" Jail at Litchfield, Conn, believes
he has solved the vexatious problem
Of prison reform He makes the jail
50 attractive that the prisoners hate
the thought of leaving As a result,
he Is able not only to dispense with a
lot OF expensive keepers, but to OPP
crate the jail as an employment
agency and sends his charges with
out guards TO labor on the highways
and IN garden patches. In this way
he Is able at the end of the year to
turn over a tidy sum 10 the county
The food is good, the beds are
comfortable, and every cell is decor
ated with pictures which Jailer Cat
lin cuts out of the magazines, The
cell doors are never locked. There
Is a code Of honor among the Itch
field prisoners and they are not go
ing to embarrass Jailer Catlin. All
the so prisoners are TRUSTEES, doing
odd Jobs about town during the day.
Nobody watches them.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
BLACK and White and Scotch.

Mrs. Blank, wife of a prominent
minister near Boston, had in her en-
plOy a recently engaged colored cook
as black as the proverbial ace of
spades. One day Mrs. Blank said
to her:
Matilda, I wish that yoL would
have oatmeal quite often for break
fast. My husband is very fond of
it. He is Scotch, and you know that
the Scotch eat a great deal of oat-
meal"
"Oh, he's Scotch, is he?" said Ma
tilda. well, now, do you knew,
/ was thinkin' all along dat he wasn't
des like us."-Woman's Home Com
panion,
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17

In the city of Washington aioneI
5,499 Negroes employed by the gov-'
eminent draw salaries that aggregate
$3,o44,4o4 - as much as the aggre-
gate salaries of all the Negroes EN-
ployed under the general govern
ment in every state of the Union four
years ago.
This is the remarkable showing
made by the party which some mis-
guided and shortsighted professors
and false prophets are asking the
Negroes of the Nation to vote out of
power. The bare statement of facts
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17

gas given above makes its own argu-
Iment in rebuttal. The record is
plainly put. It can be easily read and
understood in all its force by him
who runs.
Surely, party that extends such
substantial rewards to an industrious
and capable colored citizen, with a
hope for many additions thereto, is
entitled to more credit than a party
that has done nothing for tho race
in the past and promise nothiSg for
the future.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
First British Paper.

The British journal entitled to the
description the first daily paper"
was the Daily Courant of London,
begun on March II, 1902, by e.
MalIet, against the Dutch at Fleet
Bridge" It was single page OF
two columns and professed to give
solely foreign news.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
The CaIaveras Skull.

In a recent bulletin from the Uni
versity of California is given a sum-
mary of the evidence prepared by
Professor J. D. Whitney to show that
the famous CalaYeras skull, found in
a miners shaft in Bald Hill near AL
taville, probably came from a cave
used by the Indians for burial pur-
poses.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Skull of the Dinosaur.

A restoration of the skull of q
great horned dinosaur has just been
BET up for exhibition in Peabody
Museum, Yale University. 1t Is
nearly nine feet long and about six
feet broad, and is said to be the
largest skull of any prehistoric land
animal.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
A KnOttY Question.

In a close-woven rug, like a Kir-
man, measuring a mere five feet by
eight feet, there are four hundred
knots to the square inch AS the
EeaYer's speed is about three knots
minute four yeo~s of continuous
lEhor would be required on such a
rug
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
The English TreadmiI

The custom of using cOnYicts in
readmills Is still practiced in
some English prisons. The spec is
about thirty steps a minute. and if
. man misses a step a cross bar
strikes the calves of his legs.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Fourteen Feet Of the Sea.

Every year a layer of the entire
sea, IA feet thick, Is taken up into
the clouds, the winds bear their bur-
den into the land and the water
comes down In rain upon the fields,
% flow back through rivers.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Immense Siberia.

Siberia contains One-ninth Of all
the land on the globe. Great Brit
ain and all Europe except Russia,
together with the whole OF the Unit
ed States, could be inclosed within
It's boundaries.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Ancient Pearls.

As long ago as the thirteenth CEN
fury a Chinese named Ye-jing-yang
Uncovered a method Of inducing the
formation of pearls in the Chinese
River mussels. The mussels were
gently opened and small pellets JUS
ually OF clay, inserted
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Iron Thin as Tissue.

Sheet iron is rolled so thin at the
iron mills that 1900 sheets are re-
CURED to mako a single inch In
thickness. Light shines as readily
through one Of these sheets as
through ordinary tissue paper.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Photography at Sea.

The latest innovation aboard the
1eUNorth German Lloyd liner Kron-
prlnzessin Cecilie, is fully equipped
photograph studio, which has bec0me
popular with travellers and is a prof
table business
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Paris Taxes.

Everything which enters the city
Of Paris is taxed. All Of the ma ket
women bringing in fruit and the
truck gardeners bringing in their
loads of vegetables have to pay the
city tax
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Trees Retain Salt.

An Austrian engineer has discoV-
cred that trunks OF trees retain the
salt of sea water that has filtered
through In the direction Of the hber.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
Covering the Mirror.

Covering the mirror when there is
death in the family originated in the
superstition that COLLINS, sprites,
slVes or other uncanny creatures
you'd crowd to the glass TO look on.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17

If lots Of people were portions1
out the kind of cake they dsesFvs
life would give fhsm EpoRgs MkA 4
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17

More than 1900 persons in
Switzerland are employed In the rib
kQp industry
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
EXTRACT FROM
TAFT'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE
JULY %, 1908.

THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, ADOPTED At CHI
cAGo, EXPLICITLY DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR ALL MEN
WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR COLOR, AND JUST
AS EXPLICITLY DECLARES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT,
AND WITHOUT RESERVATION, IN LETTER AND SPIRIT
OF THE THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 1T IS NEED
LESS TO STATE THAT STAND WITH MY PARTY
soUARELY ON THAT PLANK IN THE PLATFORM, AND
BELIEVE THAT EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, AND
THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THESE
AMENDMENTS is IN KEEPING WITH THE REAL AMERI-
CAN SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY.
LH1H4
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17

OVER $8,ooo,ooo IN SALARIES.
Number of Negroes in Government
Service More Than Doubled Under
the Roosevelt administration -
Fortune DrG9VH From United States
treasury - Republican Yict0yv
Necessary for a Continuance of
Prosperity.
Below are given some statistics
showing what the Republican party
has done and is doing in a material
way for the Afro-American. Office
holding is not all the Negro wishes
for in this country, but it is quite an
item in connection with the prosper
ity Of the race, and the honorable re-
cognition extended is an encourage
ment to sterner efforts towards an
AfrO-AmericdAS Employed as Clerks
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
ideal citizenship.

ideal citizenship.
According to carefully compiled
statistics, the number of Afro-Amer-
leans in the service of the govern
ment, exclusive of the army and navy
has more than doubled in the last
TOUR years of the Roosevelt Admins
tration, and their aggregate pay mas
increased from 100000 in 1904 to
over 100000 in 1908.
The following table shows the num-
Der of Afro-American employees ia
the service OF the Federal Govern
ment, the bulk of whose retention de-
pends in the largest measure upon
the continuance of the Republican
party in control of the nation:
Officers, Etc, in Fedora! Service.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17

B%N II
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
ORCHARD PLEADS
GUILTY TO MURDER
IN FIRST DEGREE

Boise, Idaho, March 11.-Anothei
was added to the Steunenberg
murder case when, in the district
court at Caldwell, within sight of the
place where the tragedy of December
80, 1905, occurred. Harry Orchard
pleaded guilty to the charge of muir
der in the first degree.
Contrary to the principles of COM
mon law, the Idaho statutes permit
such a procedure and the slayer OF
Ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg will
be sentenced to death by Judge Ere
mont Wood, without trial by jury.
Orchard was the same cool, quiet man
as he was when testifying in the Hay
wood and Pettibone trials. He made
no explanation of his decision to plead
guilty. Judge Wood then fixed March
rs as the date for passing sentence
on the prisoner.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
MIL FER PADUCAH

Paducah has an excellent oppor-
tunity OF adding a flour mill with a
capacity of 250 to 500 barrels of -four
daily TO her industries. Today Mr.
4 H. Stapp of Dublin, and Mr.. J. T..
BridRewater of Bardwell, with whom
Saunders a. Fowler, secretary OF the
Commercial club, has been In cor
rcspondonco for some time. are IN the
city and are impressed fayorably with
the opportunities Paducah affords for
the mill This afternoon the execu-
tive committee OF the Commercial
club held meeting. and pledged the
support of the club In securing a de-
s!rable location for the industry. The
jobbers and retail dealers have agreed
to lend support TO the mill, and in a
short time the new mill will be start
ed it is almost certain. Both of the
promoters are experienced millers
and are satish thoroughly with the
advantages that may be secured In
this city. Mossrs. Stapp and Bridge
water said they would four some dc
cislon about locating at once.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
Vaughn Bennett Young Man
Found Lying in Road Dies
without Regainipg Con
seriousness.

Clarksville, March II, Especial -
vori Rennett. brother of Vaughan Ben
mott who was shot near Port ltoya"
was arrested this morning on the
charge of being implicated win
night riders.
Clarksville. Tenn, March Ill e
Leaf Chronicle Gays:
"About sunrise Tuesday morning
Vaughn Bennett, young man OF
nrominent family. was found lying il
tho Trough Spring road, mile ana
,aIe srom his home near Woodford' III
,ho eastern norton of the.oounty' shot
through the temple, UNCONSCIOUS anu
snpposed to be fatally wounded one
foot was in the stirrup of the saddle
mon a horse which lay dead beside
him while few feet away was 'ue
dead body of another horse po'n
horses shot through the head lhr.e
-hot,rrs two double and one single
harrel all emptied of their loads,
were found at the scene OF the Tragedy
one leaning against one OF the horses
and the Others lying in the road as Il
nov had been hurriedly dropped
twelve or fifteen empty shells were
found lying just over the fence nea,
nv Both the horses were sauuieu
and one was the property of vaughn
Bennett and the other belonged 10 ms
rather. Henry Bennett Who was the
rider of the second horse. who ala the
shooting and why, are questions 'ha'
No one has answered up to this writ
ing. and on which no one has thrown
any light. The weeds beside the road
at the spot were trampled down as II
by a number OF horses.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
Generally Believed at Frank
fort That Representative
Graves Opposes License and
Police Bills.

Frankfort, Ky, March IL (Spe-
cial. with only four more days Of
the session before them the two bills
In which Paducah as a city is interest
ed. increasing the saloon licenses to
$500 and placing the police force on
a civil service basis. are still In the
hands of the committee on municipal
tiles. not having been called up by the
committee on rules. Representative
Klair. of Lexington. chairman OF the
committee on municipalities, was un-
derstood to be In sympathy with the
measures. and, as he is also one of
the influential members OF the com
mittee on rules. which has absolute
authority the last ten days of the ses-
sion, II was expected the bills would
be called out. Especially Is early ac-
ton necessary. since the police bill
must go back to the senate for con
currcnce.
II was understood here that Mr..
Klair would call up the bills a week
u%lU hNMuhN anu hEnth AhNA t'ARhANHs
but the suspicion is getting around
that Influences at Paducah are work
ing TO the end that the two bills be
allowed to die of neglect in the com
mittee's hands One bill would in
crease the revenue OF the city about
$4,000. and the other would insure
an efficient police force. relieving the
policemen of the necessity Of political
activity and contribution to cam
paign funds
The senate passed both measures IN
their original form and no trouble
would be experienced in getting the
police bill concurred in; but Repre-
sentative Eugene Graves. Of McCrack-
on county. who has not at any time
oppressed HE unqualified approval OF
the measures. is generally considered
the Immediate agent through which
home influences are being brought to
bear against the measures.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
SWITCHMAN HELD
BETWEEN CARS Is
CRUSHED TO DEATH

Jake Walker, colored, 80 years old,
switchman for the Illinois Central.
met a horrible death near the Ten
nessee street crossing early this morn
ing by being caught between two cars,
while in the discharge of his duties.
Walker was working with a switch
ing crew in charge of Foreman George
Cook, but there were no eye witnesses
to the accident, and no one seems to
know exactly how it occurred.
Walker had made a cut and was
standing on a side track. The switch
engine, No. Z, kicked car onto the
siding and it is supposed that Walker
did not notice the approaching car
and he was caught between the brake
beams and his lower limbs were hor-
ribly crushed The accident was not
discovered for several minutes when
the lifcless body was noticed by Mr..
Cook The body was pinioned under
and a lacking crew from the shops
was summoned and raised the car
before the body was taken out. DR..
Hilton was summoned from the hos
pital and made a hurry run in the
ambulance, but Walker was dead
when he reached the scene. and it is
evident that dedh was almost in
Simultaneous.
Magistrate Emery was summoned
and held an inquest, and a verdict of
accidental death was returned.
Walker was hard working and re-
spectacle man. He lived on Adams
street with his wife, to whom he left
insurance policies. The body was
turned over to Powell, the colored
undertaken.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
Malign Influences Preventing
Enactment of Two Measures Most
Desired By Citizens ofPaducah.

Dental association and regulating its
practice.
Mr.. Strange explained that the OBJ
iect of the bill was to force all per-
sons who practice dentistry to practice
under their own name, and not under
a misleading firm name, Drs. j. Rich
ard Wallace and w. T.. Grant, of Lou
isville, have been here several days
in the interest of the measure. Dr..
Crecelus. chairman of the public
health committee. which favorably re-
ported the bill, said that it aimed to
protect the public from incompetent
wandering dentists. The bill was
passed by a unanimous vote.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
MUST RAISE CROP
OF TOBACCO THIS
YEAR ON HIS FARM

Murray, Ky, March 11.-tSpeciaD
The latest freak movement OF the
night riders in this county is to order
Mr.. Moses Thornton, a well known
farmer of near Pottertown. to raise
crop of tobacco this year and to put
ii into the association. Mr.. Thornton
is member of the association. lie
had received a warning from the night
riders and had issued a statement,
saying that he would not raise any
more tobacco. Monday night about
so masked men rode up to his house
and gave Mr.. Thornton orders to put
out his usual crop this year. but to be
careful and sell It through the ASSOC
citation and not dump 1t on the mar
ket.
No personal violence was attempted
by the mob.
Mr.. Thornton Is one of the hest
known farmers in the county and Is
well to do. He Is an uncle Of Senator
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
C'riticizes Ships.

That there are serious defects in the
construction of American battleships
was charged today by Captain C. MGR.
Winslow, assistant chief of the bureau
If navigation of the navy department,
and Commander A. l.. Key, form r
naval aide to President Roosevelt.
Capt. Winslow said the ships under
Admiral Evans were all overdraft
when they left Hampton Roads He
defended Admiral Rojestvensky for
taking the Russian ships into battle
with the japanese with bunkers full
If coal. saying that the Russian COM
mander could not have done other
wise for he did not know how far he
would be compelled to steam.
There was no need, said Capt.
Winslow, for more than four feet of
armor below the water line.
Continuing Capt, Winslow said
that the armor belt extended five feet
below water on all the ships in Ad-
miral Evans fleet, when it left Hamp
ton Roads and most of them showed
less than a foot of armor above the
water line He said that with two
thirds supply Of coal and two-thirds OF
all other stores on board, the armor
belt of all the American battleships
would be too far below the water line.
This would be the condition in which
the ships would go into battle he
said.
Capt. Winslow gave his acceptance
as a member of the board which IN
aulred into the causes of the explosion
Of the Massachusetts, in 1908. In that
case it was found that the damage
was due to open turret and the mel
fectiveness of the direct hoist.
Naval officers had predicted that
lust such accidents would occur ana
The fault should have been corrected
hen" said Capt Winslow
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
THE HOUSE PASSED
CHILD LABOR BILL.

Frankfort, March 11.-(SpecialO
The house today passed the child
labor bin regulating the hours and
conditions under which children under
10 can work. A big. delegation of
Equity men are here pleading with
the senate to pass the McChord bill.
The senate passed the bill provid-
ing $4,000 to care for the new state
house each year and the bill provid
ing for two assistant mine inspectors.
The bill to repeal the law prohibit
ing the shipment by Kentucky dealers
of liquor into local optien districts
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
Brings Total Let Out to Eighty
one This Week, Which is
Probably Limit.
Other Places Have Suffered
More Than Paducah.
FULL TINE FOR FORCES NOW

Employees of the ear department at
the Illinois Central railroad shops
were greatly surprised yesterday af-
tornoon by the announcement that SO
more m"p had been ordered cut on
the force. making total of 81 men
let out In two days. The reduction
was made by letting out the youngest
men in the service according to the
agreement with the men
Though the Paducah shops have
been hit hard by the reduction caused
ny the general reduction In business.
the men have Just cause for congratu-
laiion when the conditions here and
other places are compared. All the
shops on the Missouri Pacific and the
Mobile a Ohio railroads have been
closed indefinitely. and other points
on the Illinois Central, where shops
are maintained with the exception OF
Burnsides. have suffered even greater
reductions than Paducah.
The locomotive departments are
rum ug fun force and nine hours a
day now, and the quantity Of work
iu sight guarantees that there will be
plenty 10 do for several months.
The slack In transportation busi-
ness caused large number OF en-
glncs to be- idle and the officials have
srlzed the opportunity to put every
engine IN thorough repair II is cX-
pccted that by The time al the work
Of this nature Is done there will be a
real demand Tor the engines and the
good times will continue.
All kinds OF rumors have been In
the air during the past week. but bar
ring any further reduction which Is
not regarded in the least probable,
conditions are really better now than
for months. as the officials propose to
work the present force the full six
days IN the week. the car rcpaircrs
working eight hours a day and the
machinlsts and boiler makers nine.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
WHERE is J. W. PIRKLE?

The police department received a
letter today from J. w Meigs, of Mil
lorville, Ala, inquiring the where
abouts of j. w. Pirkle, a young man
who claimed Paducah as his homo
city. He went TO Millerville about
two years ago and married. He has
been prosperous, but several months
ago left his family and said he was
going on a visit to relatives in Padu-
cab Nothing has been heard from
PirkIe. and the police were asked to
help locate him.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
MORSE ARRAIGNED

New York, March 11.-Charles +.
Morse and Alfred Curtis, vice-presi-
dent of the National Bank of North
America, we're jointly arraigned in
federal court today under a joint in
dictment, charging conspiracy to de-
fraud and conspiracy to make fraudu-
lent entries. There are 20 counts.
Both pleaded not guilty. Morse fur
nlshed $4,000 bail and Curtis $10,-
600.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
PRESIDENT ASKS
SPECIAL LAW FOR
COLORED TROOPS
That Those Not Guilty May be
Allowed to Renter Service
on Proof.
Captain WinslOw Criticizes
Ships of Navy.
ARMOR BELT TOO Low DOWN

Washington, March 1.-THE presi-
dent today sent letter to the senate,
suggesting the passage of a law which
will allow the discharged soldiers of
the Twenty-fifth infantry to re-enlst,
il they produce evidence that they
were not concerned in the Browns
vile raid.
The military affairs committee
formally reported to tt senate today
with three reports. Chairman War
ren on behalf of the committee, in
which Democratic members Joined,
and which in the main sustains the
president in Diminishing negro SOL
diers, a minority report signed by
Senators Scott, Bulkely, Foraker and
Hemenway and separate reports.
signed by 'oraker and Bulkely, which
completely vindicates the soldiers,
recommending legislation for restor-
ing to them all rights from which
hey have been deprived.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
Taft Gets More Endorsements.

Decatur. Ala. March 1.-THE Re
publican executive committee Of the
Eighth congressional district met in
Decatur yesterday. They elected as
chairman Jere Murphy. Of Huntsville
4 resolution was adopted unanimously
indorsing the national administration
Of Secretary William II, Taft as the
presidential nominee; state chairman.
Joe Thompson. and national commit
teeman Charles Colt.
The committee called a district
convention to meet in Decatur April
22, for the purpose of selecting a new
committee and electing delegates to
the national convention.