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The Washington bee., 1908-08-15

talks" of those on the program, the
following features may be noted:
Druid Hill avenue, occupied al
most by Negroes who have bought
and are buying their own homes, and
the location of many successful busi-
ness establishments conducted by
Negroes, will be Illuminated several
blocks during Convention Week with
electric streamers and a Court of
Honor, by the city of Baltimore, in
honor of the National Negro Busi-
ness League.
The city has also granted the use
of the large steamer Latrobe for an
excursion to Browns Grove Gan eX-
cursion grove conducted entirely by
Negroes on Negro capital) on the
afternoon of August 2I.
The reception in honor of the
members of the National Negro Bus
mess League by the Local Negro
Business League of Baltimore, as
sisted by the fraternat organizations
of Baltimore, will be held in the
Richmond Market Armory Through
the courtesy of Commander Wagner
of the Maryland Naval Reserves and
| r.
Mayor J.Barry Mahool) corner Fifth
J avenue and Howard street, Friday
evening, August 2I, beginning at 9
o'clock
Numerous special social functions
will also be given in honor of the
National Negro Business League
delegates by individual citizens of
Baltimore during Convention Week.
Local Negro Business Leagues are
urged to begin electing their dele
gates at once. The names of all del
egates thus selected should be for
warded to the corresponding secre-
tary. Mr.. Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee
Institute, Alabama.
Mr.. c. F. Adams, 934 s street
northwest. Washington, D. C., will
be pleased to cooperate in any way
possible with city or State delega-
tions in making transportation ar
rangements.
Delegates intending to be present
are urged to send immediate notice
to DR.. L. H. anderson, chairman
of Committee on Accommodation, No
I4I8 Druid Hill 1avenue, Baltimore
The Washington bee., 1908-08-15

Maryland.
The manager of the Baltimore
Bargain House, the largest jobbing
house in the South, has offered to
furnish guides to show visiting bus
iness men through the establishment
and explain its various departments
and manner of conducting the busi-
ness, on Thursday afternoon, August
10th
On Monday, August 24th, sue
ceeding the meeting of the Negro
Business League, the FredrickDoug-
lass Memorial Home Association of
Washington, District of Columbia, is
planning to entertain the delegates
with an Outing" down the Potomac
River at the new Washington Park
An elaborate program has been ar
The Washington bee., 1908-08-15
THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSl
NESS LEAGUE.

The National Negro Business
League is to meet in Baltimore, Md,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
August 70, 20 and 2I, 1908. The
morning sessions of the League are
to be held in Sharp Street Memo
rial NJ. F. Church, and the evening
sessions in Richmond Market Ar
mory. The Baltimore Local Negro
Business League is earnestly at work
preparing for the reception and en-
tertainment of the delegates. The
citizens of Baltimore, the newspa-
pers and official representatives of
the city are cooperating to make
the coming meeting a success. Aside
from the interesting and instructive
The Washington bee., 1908-08-15
FREDERICK DOUGLASS DAY.
TO BE CELEBRATED At WASH
. .INGTON PARK, MONDAY. d.
ATJCJST OATH

AUGUST PATH
DR.. Booker T. Washington Orator Of
the Gala OCCASIONAL His Best
on Such a Day and on Such
a Theme.
Speakers of National Note WH Then
Voice the acclaim of a Grateful
People - $500 for the Douglass
Memorial Homestead Fand-Pre-
pairing for 10000 Delegates, Vis-
ifing Friends and Local CifiseHS.
Orr Gates Ajdr for Al.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. En-
nett J. Scott, the corresponding sec
retary of the National Business
League. we have received an ad-
vance copy of the official program to
be carried out at the Baltimore Con
vention on August 70, 20 and 2I.
The offering is one of exceptional
merit, every conceivable branch of
industry and business in which the
race is engaged is represented by
men and women who have achieved
pronounced success in their lines, and
the program is thus bound to be both
instructive and entertaining. Up
ward of fifty. delegates have been
elected to represent the Washington
Business League, and fully FIVE hun
dred interested persons will go to
be inspired by the stories of strug-
gle and triumph which the speakers
will relate Ample accommodations
have been provided for all, and the
local committees, headed by Messrs.
Harry T. Pratt, Josiah Diggs, Will
lam H. Dodd, A. T. Waller, James
F. Fessenden, J. Henry Hammond,
and Drs. J. H. n. Waring and L.
| H. Henderson, have done their work
with a painstaking care that calls
for the highest encomiums.
Douglass Day Here on the 24tb
The Washington bee., 1908-08-15
HE WON.

The Bloom of Youth Lodge, G. U.
0. of Odd Fellows, recognizing the
value and services of Mr.. Joseph
Manning, elected him a delegate to
the B. NJ. c. that IS to meet in IAt-
lantic City in October Mr.. Man
ming is a worthy citizen.
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ranged; the receipts from the "Out-
irg" through the generosity of Mr..
L E. Jefferson, who owns the two
finely appointed steamers that will
carry the delegates and others to the
Park, which he also owns, will go
toward the Douglass Memorial Home
Fund.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-30
North Prairie Items

Spring seems to be lingering in :he
lap Of winter.
Mr.. Clyde Swigart had the misfor.
tune to injure his ankle. He is now
able to be around.
Mrs. Brown expects to commence
operations on her new cream route
next week
Seeding is nearing completion in
this neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. al. Woolverton are
here to spend the summer with the
formers parents.
Hughes makes good take him your
watch repairing ct Blakey's.s Il
Miss Pearl Maxwell Of Appleton.
MINI, has come to make her home
with her aunt, Mrs. G. G. WorfeM. We
extend her . hearty welcome.
Helen Monagin y on the sick list.
Miss Jane Thomas. teacher in dis
trict 10. spent GO evening lat week
|ax -. 6vioaft hodn:s
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-30

The Williston newspaper men, hay
ing formed an association, will charge
ten dollars for contest notices here
after.
Il is said that Bishop Coweil Of the
Balfour Statesman is boosting Tom
Marshall for the senate. The Bishop
was bowling his head OF for Hans
brough q few weeks ago. What's the
matter, didn't Hans come thru?
Attorney Becker Of Williston finds
business 50 pressing. that he has with-
drawn from the race for states attoT-
| hey. e.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-30

An editor went to church one Sun
day and got front seat where he
could look back and see the express
sions on the faces Of the audiences.
He said he noticed that the man who
had the most sanctitied and hypocrit-
ical expression on his countenance
was the fellow who was the editors
most delinquent subscriber.
Aprairie ire caused the loss Of the
school building In district No. ; near
Crosby. The teacher had hard time
Ito save the pupils and the books.
Tksse ~ prphebly no insuranSe. Tho
oilcatioa iad been made Or II.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-30

i Miss Emma Elefson is now carrying
mail ,on Route No. 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Anderson, Mr..
and Mrs. Brown and Mr.. Woolverton
transacted business at Minot on Sat
urday.
Mr.. Ed. Elefson is at his farm put
ting In his crop.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-30

Miss Ward Smith Of Amy fell from
q horse which she was riding, and as
She did SO the horse kicked the young
woman on the forehead, severing an
artery and cutting long cash. Sew
eral stitches we're required in the
wound.
Granville may have Commercial
club.
Watch. clock, jevelry md spectacle
repairing 81 Hughes at Blaksys. q
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The contract for the decorating and
painting the Denver mint has been
awarded to John Gibson of Philadel-
phia at $4,000.
During last fiscal year S11 ,492, ,453
was derived from sales of public lands
in the United States, most of which
amount will be turned into the recla
nation fund for continuing projects
now under way. The entries, areas
and receipts are as follows: Colorado,
1902 entries, 2,015,503 acres, S764, ,020
receipts; Wyoming, S,013 entries, S29--
GA acres, $616,73S receipts New Mex
leo, 22074 entries, 2,S50,327 acres,
$tN7,365 receipts; Utah, 3,446 entries.
46S, ,42S acres, S16S,922 receipts
President Roosevelt has declined to
deliver an address at an educational
meeting in Philadelphia on the
ground that he will not make any
speeches during the presidential cam
paign.
Col. w. F. Stewart of the coast ar
tjllery, commanding the ungarrisoned
post at Fort Grant. Arizona, who is to
appear before a retiring board to de-
termine his physical fitness for fur
;her service on the active list reported
to the War Department Monday.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
GEN ERAL NEWS.

In the Quarter Sessions Court at
Philadelphia, Judge Wiltbank fined
William j. F. Reynolds SIS for hav
ing written a letter thanking the judge
for the manner in which he dismissed
a perjury charge against him.
The Prussian Academy of Sciences,
an association of eminent men under
the patronage of the government, has
inherited S7,500,000 from a banker
named Sampson, to be expended for
scientific purposes.
Mr.. Yoakum, speaking to the Loco
motive Engineers at Columbus Monday
estimated that the railways will need
$4,000, 100000 during the next ten
years, to spend for additions, improve
ments, etc This would be at the rate
of s600.O00,000 year, and is thus con-
siderably more moderate than Mr..
Hills estimate in November, 1906. of
a billion dollars year for five years.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has begun
service with the Hartford Carpet
Works at Thompsonville, Connect
cut.
The town of Michel, B. c., was again
swept by fire on the 29th ult. Prac-
tically all business houses were wiped
out Loss, $4,000. with small insur-
ance.
On October 18th the stockholders
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company
will be asked to ratify mortgage on
the property, against which $4,000, 900
in bonds have already been sold.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
FINANCIAL NOTES,

The feature of the week has heen a rise in the whole speculative market and also in x. Y, x, II, and H. K, R., stock which sold to 16O on Saturday, closing at 159 1-4 to l60, This stock has not sold as high since January, 1907, when sold at 1S9, Four months ago 1t was rather heavy at l30. The Convertible debentures of l94s, also sold at the highest point since they were Issued, closing at l34 l-2, The 1-2s also advanced in proportion, closing at 95 l2 to 96 l-2 and inter- est
 There is rather more call for South ern New England Telephone and New Haven Gas Light Co., stocks South ern New England Telephone Co. at 120, yields per cent, on the invest ment and as the American T, & T., the parent company, has made an ad- vance of about nine points In the past month, 1t Is fair to expect the local company will In a measure share in this advance as we'll as the New York and New Jersey Telephone. The A. F l, company closed on Saturday at l2g 1-2 to l30.
 A Boston syndicate Is offering to investors s2,0OO,000 Boston and New York Air Line R. R. first mortgage four per cent, bonds to net 395 per cent. The bonds were dated August 1, 1905, have so years to run, and are guaranteed Ly the endorsement of the x. r., N. H. X H. R, R. on each bond.
 The receivers of the Hudson River Electric Power company are Charles w, Andrews of Syracuse, N. r., George w, Dunn of Binghampton, N r., and Milton Delano of Canastota l N. Y.
 The other companies included in this recelvership are Hudson River l Water Power company, Hudson River Electric Co.,, Balston Spa Light and Power Co.,, Saratoga Gas Electric Light and Power Co.,, Empir State Power Co.,, Madison County Gas and Electric Co, It is expected that the interest on the Hudson River Power ' Transmission Co, five per cent. bonds dated March 15, 1898, due April 1 ! 1928, will be regularly paid. The l
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn.
 blower & Weeks. members of tho New York and Boston Stock Ex. changes, Frank D Wetmore. mana
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Princo & WhItely, members of tho New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York outeo, o2 troadWHt, auI 10 Center sr.a' %ev Haven Conn
 New Haven Nov S, 1908. Adams Express Co..,,,.,. lSi Amaigauated Copper .,.u STA S77s American Car Foundry Go 463s ~
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
H ~ TT uNL. lUV II MlAnnllnn pAL
Railroad Stocks.
Railrond Bones.

Berkshire StRy.5s, due 1882 loo Bos, \. I, Airline 4s, 1856 g6 100 Bridgeport Trac. 5s, 1923 i0i Bristol Tramway 4Rs,l945 gs Com. R. X l.. itas stamp, lO0a lOlL Cons By 1851. i....... gl g2 Cons Ky is, l955..... gi15 y2ls Cons Ky. 4s, lg56,...... a2h gS4 Cons. Ky deps., is36..... so D. & N 4s. lso5. ........ y5 Harlem X F. C. is. i9ii.. 9Sh
 do. Is. l95i,......,, gS lo0Is Housatonic is, l9lUa,.. 9S
 do. IS, y31.,...,.,,... llS Mer. Comp. 5s, l92S...... l02 Merden St 5s. due 1924 iO3h Naugatuck Is, l95i8..., 9G Northampton 6s. lg09.. 100 x. H. Center 5s. 193S.... iJ5 NH.& Derby list 5s,duel9lS l0j los x. H. X w. II, 5s. 1912 10L New Lon, St. 5E. l923... 10,
 N, II. Street 5s. lsli,. l0l New Lon St bs. 1923 . t03 lO5 NJ, NH, conv 3bs, 1856 95 9G x. r.. \. H. & II. 6s. laiS l3S i3l
 do. 3Ias, l95ia,..,. SS S5i, x. Y. & x. F. Is. l9i5... a3 lOli. Prov, Security Is, l957.. S4ta S6i, Shore Line 4hs. l9lO.." lOOE x. r. X N r, Is. l945.,. g7 l0l Wor. X ct, East ilas, l9i3 lol lO2i,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
NEW YORK sToCN MARKET.

Reported over private wires os Prince & Whitely, members or the New York and Boston Stock J~ehangas. New York office, E2 Broadway, and l5 Center gtree. New Haven
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09

ccontlnued on Fifteenth Page).
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
LOCAL STOCK auoTATIoNs,

Corrected dany Dy kimD irly, Root & Co, Investment Brokers. !S3 orange
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
THE COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wire of Havden, Stone X Co.,. members of New York and Boston Stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges. New Haven branch, S3 Center street
 New York Nov. L 1908
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-29
RATES FOR MERCHANTS.
One Road Offers Low Passage For
Buying Season.

NEW YORK, July 2s.--rhe Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific rail
road has advised the Merchants AS
sociation OF New York that during
the present buying season it will make
effective over its lines merchants
rates to New York City The special
rate for the round trip will be a fare
and one half, the same being granted
under the certificate plan. The rate
will be operative August | to 5 in
elusive, with return limit to August
80 and again on August IS to 70 in
elusive with a thirty day return limit
This action on the part Of the Rock
Island is important to the New York
market 1t practically opens up all
the territory OF the Western Passen-
ger Association, that vast section of
the country west of the Mississippi
river, all the way to Denver north of
st. Louis from which the Merchants
reduced railroad rates to this city
have always been denied in the past.
Other railroads in that territory, it is
stated, will probably authorize simi-
lar rates,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-29
Chicago Police Arrest Members
OF BLACK Hand"
WANTED FOR MANY CRIMES
Joseph Ruffino And Wife Are Held,
Accused OF Murders, And Being
White Slave Agents--And Many
Other Charges.

CHICAGO, July rs. THE Chica
90 police believe at last they have
in custody one of the leaders OF the
Black Hand society, who is also ac
cused Of being manufacturer oi
bombs, murderer and white slave
agent. The suspect is Joseph Ruffinc
announcement Of whose capture al
Milwaukee was made yesterday. Ruff
fno's wife, Sandino also was arrested
Rutfino who is native OF Italy il
said TO be wanted by the police oi
many cities in this country and Italy
Information leading to the arrests
was furnished to the police OF Mil
waukee by Chicago detectives who
had been searching for Rufino and
his wife since July Is.
Al that time Francisco Rufino a
brother OF Joseph took Enrichetti
Vacarina, 2l Yeas old to Rochester
NJ Y and attempted to murder her,
il is said because she knew too much
about their BLACK Hand" dealings.
The woman was white slave"
brought TO this country FIVE months
ago, after the Ruinno brothers, ac-
cording to the police had killed a
wealthy Italian at Sangiusseppe, be.
cauc. he refused to submit to black
mail
The woman was brought to Chica-
go and placed in resort where she
remained until July 10 when she went
to Rochester with Francisco Ruffino.
Soon afterward Joseph Ruffino, it is
charged, wrote to his brother to "do
away" with the woman, because she
knew too much"
Francisco cut her throat, but be.
fore he could finish the crime she
fed to police station. He left Ro-
chester and has not been captured.
The Vaccarina woman revealed
many Black Hand" secrets and the
murder alleged to have been com
mitted by the brothers in Italy.
When the detectives searched two
trunks which Joseph Ruffiino left they
found two revolvers, several stilletoes
three pairs of brass knuckles, pieces
OF gas pipe, about twenty bottles FL
led with various ingredients used in
bombs, and dies and stamps
used by the BLACK Hand" in signing
letters.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-29
Mole superstitions.

According to tradition, II you have a
mole on your chin you may expect to
be wealthy, while II you have It un.
der your arm 1t promises you wealth
and honor as well. A mole on the
ankle indicates courage. On tho left
temple mole indicates that you will
find friends among the great ones Of
the earth, but II 1t be placed ON the
right temple 1t warns you Of coming
distress. A mole on mans knee
means that he may expect to marry a
rich woman. A mole ON the neck
promises wealth, If you have a mole
on your nose you are going to be n
great traveller. A mole on the throat
indicates health and wealth.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-29
Awaits Athletes Who Won Victor
los at London
NEW YORK TO Be DECORATED
A March Down Broadway Attended
By A Guard OF Honor Viii Be
One OF The Features When Ath.
letes Arrive.

NEW YORK, July 2s,-plans for
great public reception which will
be held in this city OH the day the
American athletes who won victories
at the Olympic games IN London ar.
rive, have been begun. A committee
representing several athletic asSoci'
ations. acting Mayor MCGOWAN said
the city officials would do everything
in their power TO make the demon
stration elaborate,
The cooperation Of President
Roosevelt seems to be assured those
ID charge Of the plans say.
Patrick J. Conway president Of the
Irish American Athletic Club; w. p.
Mclaughlin and Alderman J. D. Ca
vanangh as committee from the in
ter collegiate amateur athletic asso-
citation called on Acting Mayor Nc
Gowan at The city hall and found him
signing n number OF the city's $l0,
600 bonds.
"lll tell you how feel about II"
he said Il would like TO give each Of
those boys one Of these bonds. |
know that Mayor Mcclellan is en-
thusiastic about the coming recep-
ton. Every foot OF bunting that
can be crowded upon the city hall
will be hung ont on the day the Toys
get back"
II would suggest that committee
from the Athletic organizations pre-
pare plans for the demonstration and
submit those plans to general citi-
zen's committee The state should
act with the city in this and we'll hold
a great public reception that will be
talked about for years"
Patrick J, Conway has been cleo
ted chairman Of an association rep
resenting several athletic organiza-
tions. He has issued invitations to
other athletic associations and to the
Alumni associations OF Universities
and colleges asking that representa-
tives be present the day the victors
land A triumphal march down
Broadway attended by guard OF ho-
nor has been decided upon as one of
the features Of the reception
Medals commerative OF the city's
weleop,e to the Athletes probably will
be struck, one for each of the party.
The lrish-American Athletic Club
will give a dinner in honor OF the vic
tors at the Plaza when they arrive
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-29
A GHOST STORY.
The 0peotraI Horssman That vIsIts
WycoIIar Hall.

This ghost story Ii contributed by a
correspondent of an English magazine.
"Wycollar Hall, near Colne, was long
tho seat Of tho Cunliffes Of Ellington.
They we're noted persons In their time,
but evil days came, and their ancestral
estates passed out of their HANDS In
the days OF the commonwealth their
loyalty cost them dear, and ultimately
they retired TO Wycoliar with rem
nant only OF their once extensive. prop.
erty. About 1919 the last Of tho fami'
ly passed away, and the hall IL now
mass Of ruins. Little but the antique
fireplace remains entire. and even the
room alluded TO IN the following
legend cannot now be identified. Ira
dition says that once every year a
spectcr horsemnn visits Wycollar Hall.
He Ia attired In the costume of the
early Stuart period. and the trapplngs
OF his horse are Of a most uncouth dc.
scription.
ION the evening OF his visit the
weather II always wild and tempestu.
ous. There IN no moon TO light the
lonely roads. aud the residents Of the
district do not venture out OF their
cottages When the wind howls loud.
est the horseman can be heard dash.
ing Up the rond at full speed. and. aft.
or crossing tho narrow bridge. he sud.
denly stops at the door OF the hall
Tho rider then dismounts and makes
his way up the broad oaken stairs into
one Of the rooms OF the house Dread
full screams, m frmn woman. are
then heard. which soon subsIdc into
groans. The borscman then makes his
appearance az the door. at once mounts
his stecd and gallops Oh.
His body can be seen through by
those who may chance 10 be present;
his horse appears to be Wild with rage.
and It's nostrils stream with fire. The
tradition IL that one OF the Cunliffes
l7araercd his wife In that room and
,',at The Hpecter horseman II the ghost
OF ,ae murderer. who IL doomed TO pay
an rnnual visit TO the home Of his
victim She " said TO have predicted
the extinction OF the family. which.
according TO tho story. has been liter.
ally fulfilled"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-29
THE CRITICS.
These Observers Were Wholly Per.
sonal In Their judgments.


'.The critical faculty Is rare" said
an editor and critic at Philadelphia
art club. "It must be impersonal. But
most Of us incline to be wholly per.
sonal In our criticism. The fact was
brought home to me at one OF the exhi.
billions at the Academy Of Fine Arts.
Passing from picture TO picture,
overheard many criticisms. Thus a
lady In rich gown said:
"'What n superb portrait OF a young
GIRL II should certainly win the Car.
negio prize. II is easy to see that the
gown was made by Paquin.'
"A fat, rcd nosed man In fur lined
overcoat halted before picture entl-
tied The Luncheon
""Thls still life.' he exclaimed. is
the most admirable | have ever seen.
Terrapin, can yasback. champagne, lob
ster even Pcrigord pie-ah, what a
genius
"'In this historical painting | heard
an antIquary say, the costumes are ac-
curate In every detail. The painter Is a
second Raphael
"'That horse there said young
polo player, Is exactly like my Poda-
sokus. It's the best picture In the ex-
mbitlon.'
"An athlete uttered cry of delight
before daub called The Gladiator
"'What shouldersl What armsr he
said, I bet anything the jury gives
this painting the highest award
"And half the throng. departing, said:
"'The picture In the last room is tho
best. No, we didn't see it-couldn't get
to It, In fact-.but 1t draws far and
away the biggest crowd"