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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
Terrible Catastrophe Takes
Place, When Flames EnvelOp
North COllinwoOd School
House This Morning.
At 1870 o'clock 90 bodies were at
the Lake Shore. morgue. Rive are
women and the remainder children.

Cleveland, o., March 4.-One hun
dred children are trapped by a fire in
North Colhnwood school today. The
latest reports indicate that 75 children
have lost their lives. Thirty bodies
recovered by noon. 1t Is feared the
walls will fall and entomb others
Many bodies are past hope of recovery
The children were on the third floor
with no means of escape. The Collin
wood fire department ladders were too
short to reach the windows. The fire
started from some unknown cause
under the stairway leading to. the
third floor. High school pupils on the
lower floors were able to escape, but
the lower grade pupils were caught
in a trap with no fire escapes. ~ At the
first alarm the High school pupils
rushed in a panic, many being in
jured. The building is three stories
high and contained $50 pupils.
Private homes near the school were
converted into morgues. Children's
bodies were carried to them by scores
1t is impossible to fix the death list
until a house to house canvass is
made.
A great pile of bodies are at what
was the front door of the building.
Mothers and friends and firemen
are working and Juggling at the heap
of debris in the search for bodies.
Only three walls of the building are
In the Enclosure firemen
are working in peril in case the walls
fall.
The fire started from an overheated
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
Mayor Smith is a Taft Man.

"fiow the district gong?"s question Mayor Smith
asked encng
his isolation politics that the
city distinctly That asked" continued taking
the
one
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
NO MORE SMALLPOX

Lovelaceville's smallpox scare has
passed and the four mild cases there
in one family will be free from quar-
antine this week. People of that sec
ton became alarmed over reports,
but there is no danger, and no new
cases have developed outside the one
family.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
Police Thratener Arrested.

Unl-ago, March frank Zajicok
was arrested early today charged with
sending a threatening letter to a Ro-
man Catholic clergyman. Procopius
Null, a prior of the Benedjctine
Fathers. The prisoner, who is SO
years old and lives at 5S4 Blue Island
avenue, on the borders of the Ghetto
district, according to the police, adj
mitted sending a demand for $1,000
to the priest.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
W. B SMITH WILL
BEGIN SERVING
FIVE YEAR TERM

Murphysboro, III, March 4.-(Spe-
cial) w. b. Smith, former Louis
vile and Paducah banker, convicted
OF defraudlng bank here, was denied
a new trial and has announced his
willingness to begin serving a five
year sentence.
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CONTINUED on Page Two)
TYPES OF .5 HOGSHEtDS
OF TOBACCO RECEIVED.

The types OF 75 hogsheads of tobac
co stored at Eddyyllle and 80 stored
at Barlow were received by Associa-
tion salesman Veale today and VIA be
offered for sale as soon as the grades
are received from Guthrie. At pres
ent the salesman has about LOO
hogsheads that have been graded and
are Offered buyers.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
YOUNGEST OPERATOR
Morgan Williams, the 14-year-

a.
old son Of w. l.. Williams, of
Krebs, has the distinction of
being tie youngest telegraph
operator employed on the Illinois
Central system, the young man
being recently given the place of
third operator at Krebs station,
which has been made necessary
by the operation of the eight
hour law now in effect. Young
Williams father is the chief Oper-
afor al Krebs and the boy has
learned telegraphy under his
fathers instruction and Is said TO
be quite an expert, being able to
receive the Geographic messages
from the swiftest operators on
the system. .Krebs is quite a
small station about six miles
from the city. but is important as
u telegraph station. especially as
regards freight business.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
HARTJE ACQUITTED

Pittsburg, March 4. 80 Augustus
IIartje, John Welshons and Clifford
Hooe, a negro. were acquitted today
Of conspiracy to blacken the repu-
tation Of Mrs. Hartje.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
Taf's Platform

New employers liability act.
Limitation OF injunction.
Tariff revision.
Prosecution of trusts.
deduction of representation where
are disfranchised.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04

Mr.. r. F. Dunkerson and T. W.
Willoughby have gone to Almagordo,
N. NJ, to reside.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
Grain Market.

st. Louis, March A. Wheat.
si,OaH; corn. 60; oats, 50,
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS.
By Mss BedtyiE L. ChGss.

Judge Norwood, in an address on
the race question last Tuesday, said that
the mulatto is the curse of both the
races in the South. They stir the
others to deeds of violence and create
discord.
Judge Thomas NJ. Norwood, after
twelve years OF servIce,was retired from
the bench OF the Savannah Court last
Tuesday.
The prohibition law went into effect
at midnight last Tuesday in Birming-
ham, Ala. and Jefferson county Ala
bama
A bomb factory was discovered not
many miles from Seyastopol Russia.
Last Wednesday was observed by
many of Georgia's people as Emanci-
patton Day
An article by Mr.. B. 7 Washington
subject Negro Homes" will make it
appearance in the Century Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
MASONIC HALL DIVIDEND.

The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Masonic Hall Building Association was
held Thursday evening last at Masonic
Hall. corner Fifth street and Virginia
avenue southeast The meeting was pre-
sided over by L. c Bailey, vice presi-
dent. vice Henry Coleman, president,
who was detained at his residence by
sickness. The presidents annual ad-
dress was read by the vice-president af-
ter which the several reports embrac-
ing that of the recording secretary. the
financial secretary, the treasurer and
the auditor were submitted, approved,
and ordered to be printed. These re-
ports show the association to be in a
most prosperous and healthy condition,
over ten thousand dollars having been
collected during the past year. A vote
of thanks was unanimously rendered the
officers and directors for their success
full and businesslike management of the
affair Of the association, after which the
present officers and directors were re-
elected to serve the ensuing year, as fol
lows: President Henry Coleman; vice
president, L. c. Bailey; recording secre-
tarv William H. Severson; financial sec.
retarv Prof. n. T. Weatrerless; treas.
urer, Eugene Brooks (vice w. H. J
NTalvin, and auditor, William H. My
ers: directors William H. Grimshaw
George NJ. Webster, w. H. Malyln
William NJ. George, Nathaniel Robin
son John T. Turner, Peter Walker
Lewis Wayne, and Mrs Z. w. Mar
shall A dividend of fifty cents pei
share on all paid-up shares was de
clared and paid at this meeting, amount
ing to S975.
! The property of the Association con
sisting of two halls and several build
| ings, IS valued at $4,000. There arr
10 debts, which facts presents a mos
creditable showing.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04

Mr.. Walter Grimshaw, of this city,
attended Observation-Disclosures dance
at Paca Academy, Baltimore.
Mr.. Charles H Alsten, a well-llnown
and respected resident of Philadelphia,
who died at his residence in said city,
was born in Savannah. Ga, over sixty
years ago.
Mr.. Daniel Brooks, of this city, at
tended the funeral of his father, which
took place two weeks ago, in Brook
lyn, n. Y.
The employees of the St. Luke print
ing Office and the Emporium presented
Mrs. NJ. L. Walker a French china
vase and a silver pickle stand with COM
pliments of the season.
Mr. William H. Johnson is the pro-
pr,etor of the Monumental Press Btu
reau, of Baltimore City.
Miss Matte Bownen made an ad-
dress last Monday evening at the 7.
NJ. c. A. room, Druid Hill avenue, Bal
timore, the proceeds for the benefit OF
The Buds of Promise Juveniles, / o.
of St. Luke.
Bishop Edward G. Andrews. of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his
home in Brooklyn, n. Y, at 5 am. last
Tuesday in hts eighty-SecOnd year, he
contracted a cold last October at San
| Francisco.
The Lane CollegeReporter states that
special appeal is made to the alumni
and friends for donating to help de-
fray the debt made in the building Of
the girls new dormitory.
The Lane College is located in Wei
| Tennessee and is now in its twenty
fifth years work.
There was a family reunion in Lou
isville. KY, and Mr.. John B. DAVIS
! of this city, and many others OF th'
family were present.
| DR.. A. w. Frazier, of this city, ha
located at Metropolis. H., where ne eX
poets to reside.
| The Trades Unionist published Il
this city, suggests having an indusria
parade here this coming spring IN tn
interest Of Washington
=. / A call for a convention in St Louis
April u. 1908, to form the People
Party" has been issued with headquar
/ ters at Albany and Mr. J. w. Forre'
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
Mr.. SIDNEY BIEBER

1t will be a matter of great benefit to
an the people of Washington that Mr.
Sidney Bieber, by his appointment as
chairman of the Board of Elections for
the District of Columbia, will hence
forth be strong figure in politics in
this city.
Mr.. Bisber will have virtually alb
.olute control OF the manner in which
delegates to the National Republican
Convention shall be chosen in the Dts
trlct.
MI Bieber's selection as chairman OF
th, Board i. especially appropriate be-
cause he is native Of this city, and.
with the exception of brief time when
serious illness necessitated his living IN
New Mexico. has been here continuous
", and has taken an active and power
ful part in practically all the affairs
touching the welfare of the people Of
the District OF Columbia He was born
Nav "a, 1876, and was educated in the
public schools of the District
For the past ten years Mr.. Bieber has
enjoyed the esteem and friendship OF
the highest esteem in the politics and the
statesmanship OF this country. He has
been connected with the Republican
Congressional Committee as its local
treasurer. He IS a striking example OF
the fact that man although deprived
Of the right Of suffrage may be a real
COVER in national affairs.
Al present he is interested IN two
matters OF special importance to this
snlire city. One is the reclamation OF
The Anacostia Flats, and it IS safe tc
say that his work in behalf of this pro-
iect. which calls for the expenditure oi
Of ever srx million dollars, will carry
II 10 a successful conclusion.
The other is the movement to MAKE
it possible for all poor people to be re
moved from the dark and unhealthy al
Ieys to the wider and more sanitar!
streets. His success in obtaining from
Congress legislation beneficial to tn
District is largely due to the esteem Il
which he is held at the Capitol.
No one will doubt that under MI
Bieber's management the election OF tn
Republican delegates to the Naoitna
Convention will result in the choice o
men who stand high in the public re
gard. Also it cannot be doubted tha
the Republican party will secure at hi
hands a fair and satisfactory election
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
KILLED HIMSELF.

w. o. Outlaw, formerly of North Ca
rolina, was found dead in his room last
week. The evidence disclosed the fact
that he committed suicide He leaves
two brothers.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
PERSONAL LIBERTY LEAGUE.

PERSONAL LIBERTY LEAGUE.
Printer Riekefts and Editor
Chase Endorsed.
At a special meeting of the National
Colored Personal Liberty League held
at its headquarters No. J E street south
west Saturday evening December %,
1907, for the purpose of electing pres
ident to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of President H Clay Hawkins.
and the vacancy caused by the death of
Samuel Tinney. of the District of Co
lumbia, the following gentlemen were
unanimously elected to fill out the un-
expired terms ending June 10, 1903
President L. A. Wiles, of Iowa; SER
geant-at-arms, Jerry Tolbert, of Wesf
Virginia.
The following preamble and resolu-
tons were unanimously adopted
Whereas we, the members of the Col
ored Personal Liberty League, repre-
senEng over six hundred thousand col
ored voters in the Unit States, anC
FIVE thousand in the District of Colem-
bia. believing as we do that the futur:
prosperity of the colored citizens of tbs
District of Columbia depends upon tn
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04

as chairman.
The japanese Ambassador, who was
summoned to Japan, left the city last
Monday.
L. II. Arnold, who was a clerk III the
Treasury Department tn this city some
time ago, died at the home of his son
at East WilIston. L. I. this week
A special department for the treat
ment of tuberculosis was lately opened
at the Homeopathic Hospital
All the orthodox Cinnamon in this city
will celebrate the birthday of the thirty
fourth year of the reign of Emperor
Kwang Hsu, or the Chinese New Year,
February 7, 1908.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs have spent over thirty thousand
dollars on the investigation of the shoot
ing affray at Brownsville between July
I, 1906, and June 80, 1907, according
to the report of the Secretary of the
Senate.
Government clerks were given half
holiday last Tusday.
Mrs. Molly Desmond, who swallowed
IA needles a year ago, died in New
York last Monday after having had I34
needles of all sizes drawn from almost
every part of her body.
William G. Reichard, who was ac-
cused of forgery. committed suicide this
week in Pittsburg by drinking carbsFc
acid.
The local hot eF@heating company
at Atlantic City n. ], has recently suf-
fered the loss of many hundreds OF
| gallons of hot water through the tap
ping of their pipes by householders.
The executive committee of the Cen
tral Labor Union is to investigate the
alleged charges against Public Printer
: Charles A. Stillings that he has been
/ violating the eight-hour law"
) A burglar who broke into the resi-
| dence of Mr.. r. I Barnes, Richmond
} Va, got a surprise when we walked
into the room in which there was Z
corpse.
| Carrie Nation, known as the temper
ance agitaror ofKansas, arrived atMex
ico last Monday, She says that she vii
seek an audience with President Diaz
Bishop Alexander Waters severel.
criticised President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft for their attitude on tn
Brownsville shooting in an address c
the Twelfth Baptist Church last Mon
day night at Boston.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
REGISTER VERNON IN THE
PJI PIT

Bsides being an orator of exceptional
ability on political and general topics,
Register w. T. Vernon is also a preach
er of acknowledged attainments- He
filed the pulpit of the Metropolitan A.
NJ. E. Church Sunday, and in the pres
ence OF ts OF the largest congrega-
tons of the season delivered a splendid
sermon from Isaiah, entitled "The Re
ligious Demands of the Century as
They Relate to the Church" He fe-
licttated his audience that the church
wa. growing in power and influence
because the world is finding out that
the righteous demands of civilization
are best met by subscribing to the eter-
nal principles enunciated by the Master
on the Mount of Olives. In a broad
ening catholtcity of thought, the in
crease of the spirit of charity benevo-
| lence and brotherly love as reflected IN
the hospitals missions, Houses of Mer-
| cv, Y NJ. G. AS and other institu-
/ tiOns for the uplltt OF humanity, Dr-
Vernon saw the magic influence of the
Christian Church expanding and more
and more meeting the demands of the
century. DR.. Vernon is endeavOring to
comply with as many requests as pos
sible for lectures in the next few weeks,
and is planning quite an extensive itin-
erary which will enable him to visit
several States. including a brtef tour
Of New England. On February I8 he
is announced as the lecturer at Rich
mond, Va, in the regular course Of the
Dunbar Literary and Historical Society
Dr. Vernon's happy address at the gold
en- anniversary of DR.. Robert Reyburn
under the auspices of the Medico-Chi'
rurgical Society, was a mastery ef-
fort and has won for him many sin
cere compliments.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04

selection of our best men to represent
us in the next National Convention to
be held in the city of Chicago, June 10,
1908; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we do most heartily
endorse the Hon. w. Calvin Chase and
the Hon. Oscar J. Ricketts, for delegates
to the said convention, and We recon-
mend and endorse DrW s. Richard
sonf OF National Committeeman, beley-
ing as we do that a better selection can
not be made than the above-named gen
tlemen. Done by order of the League
James L. Edwards,
Acting President.
s. z. Robinson, Recording Secretary.
Chas. &C urtis, National Organizer.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
REGISTER VERNON SOUTH
THE REBEL YELL DID NOT DE
TER HIM.

Register w. T. Vernon, who came to
North Carolina to make a speech, and
on his return home he presented him
self at the window of the Pullman par
Ior car and asked for Pullman ticket.
A little rebel upstart refused him a
ticket and said that he did not sell
''Nigeer." tickets. Register Vernon re-
sented the insult, presented his card to
an older man in the ticket office, and
demanded a Pullman ticket.
He received his ticket amldbt the
cheers of the crowd of whites and
blacks who heard and saw 'he black
Rossius.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
TRAIN NEGRO'S HANDS.
Senator Nc5vIaHds Proposes Change in
Schools

Senator Nc5yIaHds Proposes Change in
Schools.
IN EXAMPLE FOR THE SOUTH
Wants Model System of Training In
ier.or Race Established Here as Nu-
cleus for National Aid in South's Eff
forts 10 Solve Problem. - No In
trusion, but Cooperation.
Senator Ncwlands, OF Nevada ( who
will be one Of the newDemocratic mem
bers Of the Senate Committee on the
District of Columbia, has a plan for
the improvement Of the District schools
As regards the teaching of colored pu-
pills.
He would rcadjust the curriculum OF
those schools which are devoted to the
instruction Of the Negro youth so as 20
train pupils of that race for the partic-
ular branches Of activity into which
alone they are admitted, as a rule, upon
the present social plane of their race,
and 10 which he believes their mental
calibre predestines them.
Senator Newlands yesterday outlined
In, views on this subject as follow:
MY idea IS that the District Of Co.
Iumh,a should furnish a model ystem
to ell the Southern State for the train
ing OF colored children 1t should be,
not fanciful system, but practical
one. What the colored race requires IS
self-conrol, and self-control can only
be secured through discipline and train
ing.
Substitute for Plantations.
IT Is a well-known fact that the col
oted servants of today are not as we'll
n,nes Under the old system OF slavery
umes Under the old system OF iavery
every plantation was training school,
IN which discipline was maintained. Ihe
eolored race has lost this training, and
no adequate training has been suosu'
tuted for it,
The best training for an inferior race
j.. the training of the hands in indus
rial pursuits and in the trades. If tins
IS taken care of, the head will take care
OF itself. We should institute in th'
District of Columbia practical training
schools for the colored children, which
with their present intelligence. viii n
them for the vocatons for which thel
are suited. And if such a model sys
tenn j. adopted here, it will doubles
be followed throughout the SoutherI
States.
EnfrdHckSeneHt q FGiIHre-
we could, through our Agriculture
Department, extead a system of nation
Al aid to State schools, such as we hav
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
OUR HELPFUL SOCIAL SETTLE
MENT


The Colored Social Settlement on NJ
street southwest is developing into city
wide prominence by reason of the activ-
ity of the managers in interesting new
and powerful forces from time to time
in its welfare A fine Christmas din
ner was served last week, and the poor
children enjoyed themselves to the limit
Wholesome amusements were provided
under the supervision of Mrs. Sarah
Collins Fernandez. one of the resident
managers. The Social Settlement is
maintained by voluntary contributions,
and the following are resident trustees
and directors: Mrs. s. c. Fernandez,
Miss Olivia Brown, Miss Ella NJ. Coates
Tohn A. Fernando; Miss Minnie Price,
in charge of kindergarten; DR.. Mary L.
Brown, in charge of clinic. Miss Sara
w. Brown is president of the board OF
trustees; E. S. La Fetra is treasurer. to
whom donations of money should be
sent: Mrs. Fernandez is secretary. The
remaining trustees are Prof. A. U
Craig. Miss H. Ida Curry Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell, Mrs.Wilson Bruce Ev'
ans Ms Bette G. Francis, Mrs. Eu-
gs:ia w. Weller, c. F Weller, Aaron
Russell, James E. Walker, Samuel Mid
dleton. Rev. w. J. Howard and Rev
F. ]. Grimke
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
DIR. A. NJ. CURTIS OPERATES AT
GARFIELD HOSPITAL.

DR.. A. NJ. Curtis performed an op-
Grafton last Saturday at Garfield Hos
o,tal upon Mrs. Dickerson. wife of Dr.
w. P. Dickerson, of Newport News,
Va. who came all the way to Wash
ington to avail herself of the skill OF
this eminent specialist. The operation'
although an unusually difficult one, was
entirely successful, and the patient IS IN
a satisfactory condition. Garfield Hos
pital IS an institution of the first grade
under white management, but colored
patients are treated with every possible
consideration by the officials thre. Dr.
Curtis has been called frequently to the
hospital. and has performed some not
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
CARNEGTE'S GIFT.

The credit of the fifty thousand dol
lar gift to Howard University IS due to
DR.. Booker T. Washington. That IN
stitution is indebted to him and some
dav the race will show its gratitude.
his home with a severe cold. He has
demonstrated that on more than one
occasion.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04

given to State agricultural colleges, and
thus further the useful and practical de-
vclopment of race which ought to
have been regarded, after emancipation,
as the wards of the nation. The elect
i've franchise, intended as benefit, has
proved to be their andoing. 1t is time
to start over again. and At is time for
the nation to come to the assistance
of the Southern States in the solution
Of what should from the start have been
regarded as the nations problem.
Il do not mean by this that national
action in the South should be intrusive
or independent of State control. II
should largely be auxiIiary-the agen-
cies chosen should be 81 ate agen-
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04
CONVFNTION'CA CANDIDATES.

The Bee this week publishes a list
of the candidates to the coming Ma
tional Republican Conynedon: DIR. J.
R. Wilder, DR.. c. c. Stewart Attorney
L. NJ. King, DR.. Lotion, Attorney K.
R. Horner and quite likely Rev. Walter
H. Brooks; with other counties to be
heard from.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-04

starting point Of a general system of
training for colored children, such as
/ have suggested.
And, tn speaking of manual train
ing. 1 mean to include farming and 9th
er such pursuits, as we'll as the mechan-
ical yocations.
Il should like to see named a COM
mission, composed Of such men as Pres
ident Pritchett late of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology TO exam
inc the school system of the District
of Columbia, and make recommenda~
tons as to desirable changes. l am sure
that President Roosevelt if the power
appoint an excellent commission fov
were given to him by Congress, would
this purpose.