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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

YYuHILE many millions of dollars are W being expended sf ']I' in New York upon
 " its system of tunnels, subterranean and subaqueous, a sum equally great is being spent in constructing one of the eostliest chains of bridges that adorn any city in America. It has long been con- tended that there is little or no opportuni- ty to transform New York into a city beautiful. This is due to many causes principal among them the exorbtant fig ure to which the value of real estate has mounted on this narrow little island. Of course, every New Yorker points with pardonable pride to Central Park River side Drive, Morningside Park. the Pali- sades and the Hudson and Harlem Rivers. Some are prone to expand their chests several inches when they lead the visitor to Madison, Washington and Union Squares and Battery Park, and similar green spots scattered throughout the city, but the numberless little bowers of beauty abounding in so many of the cities of America are conspicuous by their absence In Manhattan.
 Realizing this to the fullest, Father Knickerbocker has had his civic pride prodded so often and so necessarily by the Art Commission that in sheer desper- ation he has turned his attention to his bridges, and to this end he has appro- prated sums for this work that would stagger any other conmunity but New York. These bridges, while ostensibly designed for the purpose of linking the shores of Manhattan with those of Brook lyn, Long Island and New Jersey, will nevertheless prove, when complete, that Art (Art spelled with capital Al has played no unimportant part in their scope and design.
 When the Brooklyn Bridge was thrown open to traffic on May 24, 1883. 1t was re- garded as the engineering triumph of the century, and whereas it's cost, up to De- cember 1, 1907 had reached the stupend- ous sum of $21 100000, yet New York CTS and Brooklynites alike declare 1t Is cheap at that This structure was and is one of the best examples of the bridge engineers skill extant, although little or no thought was given to its artistic adornment or classic lines when It's plans were drawn. It was built for purpose, and that purpose was to span East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn. There was an open space of land and water, total ing 7,5S0 feet, to close up, and this was done despite the fact that the bridge had to be swung 10 an altitude which elevates the floor of the driveway in the center of the bridge 1855 feet above the high water mark of East River.
 As time wore on Father Knickerbocker found that of all the thorns that pricked his ribs. Brooklyn Bridge congestion was the most tantalizing. The ceaseless rush bridge has long been menace to life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
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over the treatment of the designs from
 the viewpoint of engineers. So warm did these discussions wax in several instances that 1t was found necessary to press architects into service that they might collaborate with the engineers in the work of decoration and other artistic adornment. Even this step has not proved altogether satisfactory, and in one or two instances the aims of the art com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

missioners have, so far, miscarried. While this clash of temperaments has been In progress, the city has been put to enor- nous expense in having new designs sub mtted and changes made here and there In order to establish peace between the two commissions. Aside from those all ready described there are 15 bridges be- tween Manhattan and the adjacent shores, all in constant use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
6hat naa1nLa1n an
 Equel Flow of Gas

AF THE hundreds of thousands of persons who are users of gas there " are but few who know anything Of the origin, history or method of manu- facture of this wonderful and most use full product which has so effectually dis placed the tallow dip of earlier times and the kerosene lamp of later years. As a means of illumination gas has just passed the century mark, for in July, 1907, some of the streets in London were so lighted On December 31, 1913, Vest minister Bridge was illuminated by gas. When gas was first proposed in England the idea was laughed at, and Sir Walter Scott in 1903. writing to a friend, said: "There is mad man proposing to light London with smoke" Upon Its success ful introduction it not only became great curiosity to the public, but the lamplighters, accustomed to oil lamps, looked upon the new illuminant with great suspicion, and perhaps fear, and for awhile refused to have anything to do with it.
 The people of the United States, too, were at first reluctant to adopt the sug- gestion of this wonderful burning air, for when the inventor offered 1t to the people of Baltimore he received no en- couragement, and 1t was only after the Old World had demonstrated the success ful use of gas as an illuminant that the idea received support on this side of the Atlantic.
 The American and Commercial Daily Advertiser (now The Baltimore Amercan) of December 30, 1915. published this in- teresting item:
 GAS LIGHTS.
 We learn by the late English
 papers that Covent Garden Thea
 ter and a number of the streets of
 London are now illuminated by Gas
 Light. They are represented as be-
 ing infinitely more brilliant, more
 inoxious and vastly more economi-
 cal than the common lamp light by
 oil.
 I've have been induced to notice
 this improvement by the curious
 circumstance that 1t was first of
 fered by the inventors to the peo-
 pie of Baltimore about eight or ten
 years ago (1S05 or 1sO7. but the
 people of Baltimore then laughed
 at the idea. Now that it has been
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
DESERVING

The delegation of Nergoes -
Judge Terrell, James A. Cobb,
John c. Dancy and R. w. Tyler
who called on Secretary Garfield
and the President last Monday, in
the interest of the several thousand
Negroes of Oklahoma who wall
be affected adversely by the pas
sage of the restriction bill, deserve
the thanks of the race. This is
displaying real interest in the wei
fare of the race, and counts tor
far more than plotting a string of
politicians, ever and anon, TO call
on the big dignitaries. Efforts like
this are not only appreciated by the
race, but the high Government Of
fcials, who naturally presume that
when they appoint Negroes to high
Offices these Negroes will evince
an interest in the race. Whether
or not the mission of the delegation
that called on the President and
Secretary Garfield in the interest
of the Negroes of Oklahoma re-
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
ARREST OF CAPT. LYONS. !

ARRES l Or C-APl. L4 ONS'
The arrest of Capt. ]. w. Ly-
ons, formerly Register of the
Treasury, last Monday evening by
an officer Of the Eighth PolicePre-
cinct, while standing talking with
a few friends, was one of the
greatest outrages that has ever
been perpetrated upon a citizen.
The arrest of Captain Lyons
not only shows the narrow con-
ception that the officer had of the
law, but his meanness. Not only
the case of Captain Lyons de-
mands immediate investigation, but
the case of Mr.. Fletcher, letter
carrier, who was assaulted and ar
rested at his very door by two Of
fcers Of this same Eighth Precinct,
and the dismissal Of the charges
against the officers by the police
trial board.
1t is not Major Sylvester's fault
that these officers are permitted to
run over citizens, but the fault of
the present police trial board, which
ought to be abolished at once.
Referring to the case of Captain
Lyons again, The Bee regrets that
the ex-Register of the Treasury
did not think enough of the insult
and humiliation offered him and
his friends to go to the police
headquarters and prefer charges
against the officers. He did not
regard his arrest of sufficient I'M
portance TO comply with the re-
quest of Inspector Cross by pre-
ferring charges against the officer.
Starting like a tall Ajax in the
District Attorneys Office, pleading
with the District Attorney not to
send the case into court, instead
of demeanding full investigation
in open court.
If the distinguished gentleman
from Georgia allows himself to be
Inundated and insulted without a
protest, what is to be expected
from the lesser lights in the col
Ored American racee?
If Captain Lyons fails to pros
ecute his case before the police
trial board after having been re-
quesJed to do so, the country will
look upon the arrest as justihable.
The arrest was a diobolical out
rage. and Captain Lyons is in duty
bound to vindicate himself before
his people, who honor and respect
him.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
NO TRIMMER.

The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
that has just closed its session in
Philadelphia, Pa, where more than
twenty-five men aspired to the
bishopric; it is strange that The
Age singled out DR.. Corrothers'
defeat and made no mention of the
others. DR.. Corrothers is no doubt
the strongest Negro Methodist
preacher in the United States. He
IS no trimmer.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30

and appeals for revenge are hard
to sustain as against argument. Be
sides, the discharged Negro soldiers
may meanwhile have been re-enlist-
ed, and the Chicago platform may
echo the Ohio platform upon which
Judge Taft is now standing"
AS a parting shot, The Star clinch-
es its unanswerable statement of the
situation by this warning:
"Do not count the Negroes against
Taft at the polls until they haze so
recorded themselves"
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
THE FIELD OF POLITICS.
Il Snrvey of the Situation is 1t AP
pears to The Bees ArgHS-Eyed

WGfchmGH on the Val.
Nomination of Secretary Taft As
sured - Strong Men Coming from
the South - Episcopalians Pleas
ed with Election of Bishop Brent
Negro Masses VIII Stand by Nom
inee of Chicago Convention The
Races Abiest Journals Loyal to
Party and Its Recognized Leader.
Dancy and Vernon at Methodist
Conferences as Churchmen, Not as
Politicians - Washington Herald's
Cub Reporter Dreams Dreams.
1t is the feeling among churchmen
here that the election of the Right
Rev. Charles Henry Brent as Bishop
of Washington, to succeed the late
Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, marks
an epoch in the development of the
Episcopal Church among the rankk
and file of the colred people of this
country. The new prelate is not on
ly man of. lofty Christian charac-
ter, deep piety and strong sense Of
duty, and possessed of a high de-
gree of moral and physical courage,
but he has had vaS and varied ex-
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30

nois, Rhode Island and other States
have filed protests against all forms
of discrimination practiced by the
Bourbon South, and it is not doubted
that the same influences that wrote
the plain-spoken suffrage plank in
Ohio and other States will see to it
that the Chicago Convention goes on
record in the same unequivOcal fash
ion. Press agents may write glow
ingly of this candidate or that, but
the fact remains that the sensible
Negroes are going to stand by the
man who is the choice of the coun-
try, and place themselves in a posi-
ton, based on color, creed or cOndi-
ton whereby they will have a claim
upon him when they come forward
to ask consideration for the race.
The Republican nominee will stand
upon a platform condemning every
form of civil and political proscrip-
ton. The Democratic party,to which
certain sensational agitators advise
the Negro to bolt, dare not hope for
success save through fraud practiced
against the race in every known
form. 1t is not difficult for the
thinking Negro to choose today whom
he will serve.
The Washington Star, the clearest
visioned Caucasian journal at the
Capital, strikes a keynote in discuss
ing the attitude of the Negro toward
Judge Taft. The Star says:
"A confident contention of the op-
ponents of Judge Taft is that his
nomination would cost the Republi-
cans the bulk of the Negro vote
north of the Mason and Dixon's
Line. Nothing, it is asserted, will
wipe out or even modify the effect
of Brownsville on the colored peo-
pie. They have Judge Taft associat-
ed with the President in the dismis-
sal of the Negro battalion, and only
await an opportunity to show their
feelings at the polls. Some
of the abIest colored leaders have
advised them, in case of Judge Taft's
nomination, either to take to the
woods or vote the Democratic ticket.
But will this advice continue after
Chicago? And if it does, will it
affect large number of voters when
polling day arrives?"
The Star, after asking these lead
ing questions, goes on to argue:
THE intelligent Negro whose vote
is received and counted understands
that the contest for control is be-
tween the Republican party and the
| Democratic party. One or the other
will win in November. No other
party will have ghost OF chance.
If, therefore, the Negro takes to the
woods he will aid the Democracy.
If he votes the Democratic ticket he
viii aid it all the more Will he
aid If at all? 1t is a hundred to one
that were Mr.. Bryan a member oi
the Senate he would support the
| President in theBrownsville business
As the leader of his party he en-
dorses the disfranchisements of the
South, and is willing to accept the
unconstitutional electoral votes those
measures have produced. He il
against the enforcement of the Con
stitution on that subject. How the1
would the Negro be benefited by help
ing to bring Mr.. Bryan into power
| What would, what could Mr.. Bryar
do for him in returz for his sup
port? In effect, theEfore, the prop
osition IS that if Judge Taft is aom'
mated the Negroes should vote fol
revenge for the other man. VIII time
uot mohffy the contending eleEsents
The campaign will last three menths
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
GREAT SUMNER SCHOOL.

GREAT SUMMER SCHOOL.
The Summer School at Howard
University during July OF this
year, under control and direction
of DR.. L. B. Moore, dean of the
Teachers College, promises to sur
pass the summer school Of 1904.
The subjects offered are of high
grade; many of them college sub
iects, from which teachers will de
rive great profit. These progress
ive. courses are needed by our
teachers every year if they are to
do successfully the work required
of them. The community approves
of the course of the school officials
in requiring teachers to show how
much progress they are making by
additional study. The future Of
our nation IS in the hands Of those
who teach our children, and unless
they prepare themselves to do bet
ter work from year to year stag
nation will set in, and progress will
stop.
The teachers Of Washington are
to be congratulated in having sum-
mer courses given by an able corps
of teachers at Howard University,
thus eliminating the items of high
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
GETTING WORSE

Racial prejudice in the District
is getting worse instead of better.
Ali houses of public amusements
have the Jim Crow" corners. In
the Government departments there
are hundreds Of sub-bosses who
have no respect for colored Amer
leans, no matter what their ability
may be or how they deport them
selves.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS.
(Continued Ion frst pape.l

ascended three hundred feet atBerke-
ley, Cal, in view of ten thousand
spectators last Saturday, burst, and
dropped to the ground with its crew
of sixteen men.
The final commencement exercises
Of Tuskegee Institute were held last
Thursday, at which time Charles w.
Anderson, United States Collector of
Internal Revenue, New York City,
delivered the address.
To operate an automobile in the
District of Columbia one must be
eighteen years of age.
Forty persons were hurt when
runaway trolley car crashed into an
other at Bayonne, New Jersey, last
week.
Peter F. Daley, one of the best
known comedians in the United
States, died at Chicago the latter
part of last week.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
THE LIBERIAN ENJOYS.

The presence inWashington last
week of the three Liberian ENJOYS
and their secretaries was some
thing out OF the ordinary, even
for Washington. The ENJOYS are
a very intelligent body Of men,
we'll up in diplomacy and state
craft, and made a most favorable
impression on both the President
and Secretary Root. These pro-
gressive representatives Of the
black republic are here to endeavor
to bring about a closer union with
America, and to present the ad-
vantages OF their country, materl-
ally and otherwise, in an effort to
induce Negroes Of this country to
locate there. They, the ENJOYS,
tell of the wonderful resources and
prospects in Liberia, and are posi-
tive that to all Negroes OF this
country who will locate there will
be assured a bright future.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR

WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR
When thieves fall out, honest men
get their just dues.
Declaring that the Negro race is
uDalterably opposed to the nomina-
tion of Taft for president, Booker
T. says that he believes that Roose-
welt should be renominated; that the
Negro voters is a formidable factor;
further, that he had not found a SOL
itary colored man in favor of the
nomination of Taft, and if he (Taft)
be nominated that they would vote
the Democratic ticket; further, that
the race believe him to be reaction
airy, and that they do not think he is
intellectually able to carry out the
policies of Roosevelt In regard to-
the third term he Booker 7. thinks
that the President owes it to the
country to accept He has proven
a great friend to the Negro; the very
greatest since Abe Lincoln. If re-
nominated he will poll the vote of
every Negro and break the Solid
South.
Ex-senator Chandler has sprung
some very interesting questions on
the members of the National Com
mittee relating to the lily whites. In
part synopsis he says that, consider
ing the Fifteenth Amendment and
the history of the Republican party,
such a convention, upon its adoption
( Of the lily white rule as its funda-
mental principle, instantly ceased to
ke a Republican body, and that its
delegates cannot for a moment be
considered as entitled to seats in a
Republican convention to nominate
president. (Hot stuffD
During the summer recess the JUS
tices will hold court beginning July
I, as follows Judge Wright, July !
! to July 10; Judge Anderson,July II
to August I; Judge Bernard, August
3 to August I8; Judge Stafford, Au-
gust Io to September 8; JudgeGould,
September to September I9; Judge
| Clabaugh, September Fl to October
5th.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30

suits favorably or not, the delega-
ton showed the proper spirit. And
it is said that both the President
and the Secretary were favorably
impressed with the side Of the
question they presented, and ac-
corded The delegation the most
cordial reception.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
PUBLIsH@ -

100 Eye ST., N. w. washington, D. c.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-12-08
BIG CANAL
SCANDAL

New York, Dec. S.-The New York
World, to which Delaven Smith, edi-
tor of the Indianapolis News, referred
his reply to President Roosevelt's at
tack on him, was authority for the ar
ticle on the Panama Canal, which APP
peared in his paper and called forth
the letter from President Roosevelt.
The World says today: GIN view OF
President Rooseveltts deliberate mis-
statements of fact lin his scandalous
personal attack on De1aven Smith, jr.,
of the Indianapolis News, the World
calls upon the Congress of the United
States ITO make a full and impartial
investigation of the entire Panama Ca
nal scandal The investigation in 1908
by the Committee on Inter-oceanic Ca
mails, was blocked by the refusal OF
William Nebon Cromwell to answer
the pertinent questions of Senator
Morgan. Since that time nothing has
Been done in carrying on the great
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larry MORRISON
work of revealing the truth in tn
Panama corruption"

work of revealing the truth in the
Panama corruption"
The Indianapolis News said in an
editorial, for which Roosevelt assail
ed Smith, that it was charged that the
United States bought from American
citizens for $4O,O 0O, 900, property that
cost these citizens only $12, 000, 900,
There is no doubt the Government
paid $40, 900, 900, but who got the mon
ey asks the editor. i
Roosevelt's reply to this proper ques
ton is, for the most part a singing
p abusive and with defamatory- cpl
thets, but he also makes the statement
that the United States did not pay a
cent to American citizens; that the
$40,0 900, 900 was paid directly to the
French government and that he had
no knowledge of a syndicate in the
United States. "To the best of the
Worlds knowledge and belief, all of
those statements are untrue and Roose
welt must have known they were un-
true when he made them" The World
gives long details to prove the truth
Of its position.
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Free admission to the Rink.
TEST CASE in CATTLE
INCIDENT is FILED.

II. M. Dow, as attorney for plaintiff,
yesterday filed a test case in the cat
tie incident of the north end of the
county, in which the new settlers aim
to prevent the cattle owners from let
ting their stock run over the unfenc-
ed claims. The suit is entitled w. L.
Sears against John Fewson. The claim
owners will stand back of Mr.. Sears
and the COW men back of Fewson. w.
c. Reid and w. A. Dunn are repres-
enting the defense. The facts of the
case are agreed upon and with the IN
disputed evidence, the case will go
through to the Supreme Court. It will
be argued in the district court before
Judge VIM. H. Pope next Friday. The
case is in the form of an Injunction
to stop the cattle owners from letting
their stock run at large in a country
where claims are held, but not yet
fenced.
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BIG BUNCH INITIATED

INTO The ELK LODGE.
A dozen candidates were aiken ov-
er the sands into the big pasture OF
the local lodge of Elns Saturday
night, the meeting being special for
initiation. Refreshments were served
at the close of the work. Those in the
class were Harrison L. McKinstry, OF
Hagerman; Roger S. Elliott, of Dex
ter; Clark D. Dilley, Capt. M. S. Muir
ray, Capt. J. B. Webster, Billie Bart
Garrett, w. T. White, Earl L.. Read
and Will H. Johnson, of Roswell. A
small class will be initiated at the
regular meeting tonight.
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Kansas City Stock Market.

Kansas City; Dec. 8.-Southern
steers 3.30@5.00; southern cows 2.2o
@3.75; stockers and feeders 3.O0@5.20
bulls 2.4O@4.0O; calves 3.35@6.5O;
western steers 3.sO@5.5O; western
cows 2.50@4.50.
Hog receipts $4,000, market S cts.
lower. Bulk Of sales 5.00@5.5O; heavy
5.40@5.60: packers and butchers $40
@5.55; light 4.so@5.3o: pigs $3.50
$50.
Sheep receipts 500, market steady.
Muttons 4.00@4.75; lambs 4.25@6.5o;
range wethers 3.75@5.25; fed ewes
2.50@425.
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Independent Hardware Co.

the home of his sister, Mrs. Walton,
at Hagerman, after a long illness of
tuberculosis. He came to this country
from Illinois, seeking cure of that all
ment. He was a jeweler and will be re-
membered as having been employed
here six weeks by l.. B. Boellner. The
funeral will be held at the residence
Mrs. Walton Thursday morning at 10
o'clock.
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Mrs. John w. Poe entertained a
large party of lady friends at her home
on West Seventh street and North
Kentucky avenue yesterday afternoon
complimentary to Mrs. H. R. Morrow,
of Amarillo. 1t was a social afternoon
for all present, appropriate refresh
ments being served late in the after
noon:
Mrs. J.. F. Patterson is entertaining
the Entire Nous Club today.
Mrs. J. w. Wilson will give a card
party at her home on North Hill to-
morrow afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Morrow.
Mrs. w. NJ. Reed will entertain lady
and gentlemen friends at cards Thurs