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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17
believed to Be Fatally Injured

SAN RAFAES Cal, Aug. 16,-John
Colombo a gardener, is believed to be
diving of knife wounds sustained early
today in quarrel with Louis Mag
gori a laborer, who is in Jail. The
men had a dispute over So.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17
Temperature Is Excessive

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. Aug. 16.-Today
was the hottest day here in five years.
The mercury registered 96 at 10 o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17
TWO BROTHERS DIE
CLOSELY TOGETHER
Man Finds His Relative Dead on Floor
of Basement and Before Doctor
Can Be Summoned He
Also Dies

VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. 16.-James
and William Mortimore, tailors, who
have been in business here for twenty
years, died last night under dramatic
circumstances. The men, who were
brothers, So and 55 years old, lived to-
gether.
Last night James complained of hav-
ing a pain in his side and went to the
basement OF their dwelling for hot wa
ter. When he did not return within a
reasonable time his brother went to
investigate and found James lying
dead.
William then called their housekeep-
er, and after telling her of the occur
renee. assisted her in moving the body
of the dead man. Then William COM
planned of feeling badly, and, lying
down, died before a doctor could be
summoned.
Both died of heart disease.
II you want to go east G. HaydOck, Agt.
Illinois Central r. r.. lts w Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17
MERCURY CLIMBS
TO 11O DEGREES

(ContInued from PaGe onei
day, 102 being recorded. This has been
the hottest period since 1901.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17

II you want to go east G. HaydOck, Agt
Illinois Central r. r.. l1s W. Sixth street.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19

Trunks, Bags and Suit-cases all
sizes.
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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
CAPT. HANES
FOUND GUILTY OF MANsLAUCRTR-
VERDICT SURPRISE.

Flushing, n. Y, May Guilty
of manslaughter in the first degree
was the verdict returned yesterday
in the case of Captain Peter C. Haines,
U. S. A., tried for the murder of
w. E. Apnis, whom he shot to death
last August. The decision of the
jury came as surprise. 1t was gen
orally believed the captain would be
acquitted on the grounds of insanity.
Quickly following the young army
officers conviction, his counsel an
nOunced that they would produce
afidavits to show that the jury had
not been properly guarded during the
trial, and upon this allegation will
urge that new trial be granted.
The conviction of the young army
officer, after the jury had been out
less than three hours, came as gen
eral surprise. 1t had been expected
that the jurors would deliberate much
longer and that verdict of acquittal
on the ground of insanity, or dis
agreement would result. No one
was more surprised than District At
torney Dewitt, who said all he could
hope for was a disagreement.
Unlike the scenes attending the
trial of Thornton Hams, the defend
ants brother, who was acquitted of
completely in the same crime, there
was no demonstration in court when
the verdict was rendered at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Captain Haines
stood up and faced the jury, while
Forman sundling recited the YER
dict.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
HOMES WANTED
APPEAL MADE BY THE CHILDREES HOME
SOCIETY, OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Executive COMMUNICATION. Geo.
W. Atkinson, Ii. D., Pres't. Rev.
R. D. Roller, D. D., V. Pres t. );
Hon. H. G. Davis, Rev. T. c. John
son, D. D., Hon. H. c. McWhorter,
Hon. Geo. E. Price; Secretary, ].
D. Baines; Treasurer, Col. ]. @.
Dickinson.
The above Society was organized
in 1896 for the care and training of
the orphan and homeless children of
West Virginia.
Shortly after organization Hon. H.
G. Davis, the great friend of West
Virginia orphans, gave the Society
home for the unfortunate little ones,
which is located in Charleston, W.
Va, supplementins this generous
gift by the yet more helpful donation
of 500 per month since 1896. To
this first building Mr.. Davis has add
ed two-story building, thus greatly
increasing our capacity for caring for
orphan and homeless children.
Into this home we receive the
homeless children, being admitted at
the rate of 6, s, and sometimes 10
per month.
We have fine lot of bright little
boys and girls, ranging from year
to II years old. We are anxious to
find homes for these homeless little
ones-homes well qualified, morally,
intellectually and fnancially-such
homes as will receive them as mem
bers of the family-as sons and
daughters. Thus making mutual
benefit.
Dear Reader:-Please help US to
care for them.
Can you not become parent to
one of them' Perhaps you have
good home and no child to share it
with you. You can make the little
one blessing to yourself. They are
pleading daily for new home, new
papa, and new mamma. Will you
let US plead with you for them: If
you will give one or more of them
place in your home and hearts afFec-
tons, write to the superintendent
for blank application papers.
n. o. Sewers,
State Supt.
Ills Washington ST., Charleston,
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN GRAHAM
DISTRICT, MASON COUNTY, ". VA.

By virtue OF a certain deed OF trust. executed by
Stella Grimm and Warner Grimm. her husband.
Adelphia Roush and W. V. Roush. her husband,
Millie RouSh and Charles B. RouSh. her hus-
band. AlGernon Fry and Ivy Fry. his wife and
Sarah c. Fry. to the undersigned E. J. Somer-
vile. Trustee. dated the 2nd day OF February
1905, and recorded in the Office OF the Clerk the
County Court OF Mason County. West Virginia
in Trust Deed Book No. q. page 365, &C. TO Sc
cure the payment OF a certain debt evidenced by
promisSory note. signed and executed by Sarah
c. Fry. Stella Grimm. Adelphia RouSh. Mile
Roush and Algernon Fry. dated the 2nd day of
February. 1905. for the sum OF One Thousand
Dollars. and payable 70 L. a. Fulchcr. or order,
L. A. Fulcher TO G. ". RouSh. and default hav-
ing been made in the payment OF said note and
having been requested by the said G. NJ. Roush
SO to do. shall on
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
TWO HANGNGS
SCHEDULEDFOR JUNEAU THE MOUNDS.
VILE PENITNTIARY.
From present indication there will

From present indication there will
be two hangings in the Moundsyille
prison on June IS.
The convicted men are both from
Mcdowell county and are named
Yates and Turner. The former is
convicted of a revolving. and some
what unusual crime, the victim of
which was fourteen-yesr-old girl,
while the latter is a murderer.
There are now in the prison only
about so federal convicts and it is
said no more will be sent here, yet
withal this the population today is
I,o9l and with the incoming of a
hundred or SO more soon, the total
will reach high water mark without
the federals.
Work over on the big penitentiary
garden or farm is backward this year
although a number of convicts are
at work today setting out the 90, 900
tomoto plants needed while they only
have 1000 of the 100000 cabbage
plants which will be set out. They
have planted an immense number of
onions and 1875 bushels of potatoes.
This is gardening on big scale and
the product is needed for consump-
ton in the prison.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
FAMILY OF JUMBOS.

Mr.. Charles S. Smith, ofFriendly,
W. Va, reports the ages and weights
of the different members of his fam
lily as follows:
A. 7. Smith, As years, e45 pounds ;
Mrs. A. 7. Smith, 40, $40 pounds;
Chas. S. Smith, s5, $40 pounds;
Miss NJ. R. Smith, es, a94 pounds;
Miss c. ], Smith, 81, I9S pounds;
A. c. Smith, IS, e77 pounds; J. W.
Smith, l6, ee5 pounds; Miss NJ. NJ.
Smith, IA, 1913 pounds; Miss A. G.
Smith, II, 50 pounds. Total weight
of the nine, so75 pounds; average
weight of each one, ESQ e-s pounds.
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PLAN NO STORE
THE SURPLUS WATERS OF OHIO RIVER
ANDTSTRIBUTARES.

The preliminary report of the
United Waterways Convention con-
tains some data of special interest to
residents of the Ohio Valley. Aeon
siderable portion of the report is de-
voted to the conservation of the
waters of the Ohio river and its triba-
taries and it is written by Mr.. NJ. o.
Leighton, chief photographer of the
geological survey. Mr.. Leighton as
serts that it is entirely practical to
build dams and create storage reser-
yoirs of sufficient capacity to hold
thirty-eight per cent. of the annual
rainfall of the entire Monongahela
river region. On the Allegheny and
Youghiogheny he believes that reser-
yoirs could be established to hold
practically the entire years rainfall.
This would give absolute control of
the stages of the water on the Monon-
gahela and Ohio, eliminate the
annual damage by food, and probab-
ly insure reasonablesta of naviga-
cation the year round.
Mr.. Leighton also estimates that a
storage reservoir could be turned into
very considerable source of revenue
by the sale of power. On this sub
ject he writes as follows
If the system of storage reservoirs
were installed and power developed
on the dams that have been erected
on the Monongahela for canalization
at an expense of over Sc, 900, 900,
the income from the water power
rental, at an average of $50 per horse
power year, would be 1857 900, or
an equivalent of a s per cent income
on an investment of SEQ, 500, 900.
On the Youghioghey alone, where it
is proposed to install slack water
system, comprising three locks and
dams, at an expense of $500, 900,
proper development of storage will
insure the production of minimum
horse power of 100, the value of
which, reckoned on the exceedingly
low price of SEQ per horse power
year, would produce a total income
of SSe, 200, which represents an in
terest of 8 per cent on ZOO, 900.
The Ohio river is the greatest trait
fic carrier in the Western hemisphere.
). It's tonnage is greater than any rail
road line in the United States. It's
a natural highway, open on equal
terms to all shippers and its influence
upon the commercial and industrial
development of the middle West has
been too great ever to be accurately
estimated. Yet for a considerable
period of each year it is not navigable
and during many seasons navigation
is uncertain and unsatisfactory. With
this great stream harnessed so as to
prevent damage by food and of SER
vice to man the year round, the bene-
fits would be great enough to pay a
rich return on almost any possible
investment.
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LATER.

Captain Peter C. Hams, Jr., U,
S. A., who was convicted of man
slaughter in the first degree for kill
ing William E. Annis at the Bayside
Yacht club on August Is, last, was
today sentenced by Justice Garrett
son, in the supreme court, to serve
and indeterminate term of from s to
l6 years at hard labor in Sing Sing.
Captin Hams heard the sentence
without the flicker of an eyelash and
he appeared perfectly indifferent.
Mr., Asa Mussrave, of oldtown,
W. Va, was in town Monday.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
DEBT CASE
HEARNcsCON7INUED- CASE GOESOEER
UNTIL JUNE q.

The hearings in the Virginia debt
case which were begun last week at
Richmond were adjourned on Friday
TIL June es in order to give counsel
for both states more time to secure
testimony.
Although the hearing lasted but a
few days, counsel for West Virginia
managed to present to the special
master great mass of testimony,
data and records, compiled principal
y, from the Virginia State records
by expert accountants employed in
West Virginia. Besides introducing
this evidence, counsel for West vir-
sinia scored in the cross examination
ofthe expert representing Virginia,
or, rather, the present holders of the
old bonds. When the adjournment
was taken it was with the under
standing that counsel for West yir-
giinia secure a lot of additional testi-
lnony in the way of dispositions of
people living in different parts of
this state who can testify as to the
value of the improvements made by
the old state before West Virginia
was formed.
New York, May l5.-wall street
understands that West Virginia is at
last to pay sl1,116,565 of bonds re-
pudiated in 1868. Charles E. Little
field, who was appointed special mas
ter by the United States Supreme
Court is preparing his report, and it
is possible decision may be hand
ed down May 81. Virginia skies
sold up yesterday to 4S.
The Virginia skies represent sl1,-
1866 Ofsss, 900, 900 bonds issued
by the old State of Virginia prior to
the war, and purchased in great
part of Wall street interests. When
West Virginia came into existence,
June 10, 1868, Virginia exacted a
pledge that the new state should
assume one-third of this bounded in
debtedness. In the constitution OF
West Virginia the new State as.
sumed an equitable proportion ofthe
PsbEe debt of Syyiissiinia ,prier to Jan.
nary /, 1861. Virginia paid off Ct
e-s per cent of its six per CEN
ponds and told bondholderS to LOOK
to West Virginia for the remainder,
They have looked thus far in vain.
Bondholders finally induced vir-
sinia to bring suit in equity against
West Virginia. This suit has been
bitterly contested. The last hear
ing by Mr.. Littlefeld as master
was held in Richmond last week.
Wall street believes the Supreme
Court will order West Virginia to
refund the money. Virginia certif-
Gates sold in 1904 as low as 6! per
cent of their face value.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-19

faction within the limits of our own
race. You are not more averse to
social mingling than we are. Social
mixing is extremely distasteful to Ne
grOes of culture. Perhaps you will
remember that the Honorable Fred
erick Douglass, one of the greatest
statesmen that this country has pro
duced, the most eloquent and force
ful speaker of his time, seriously
affected his social standing with his
race, by marrying a white woman"
We shall always honor Douglass, but
we shall always regret that he made
this serious blunder. But it is true
that none of us can regulate social
affairs, and while it is distastefuI to
you, and distaSteful to me, we will
always find ourselves helpless in
checking this inclination on the part
of some members of both races.
The present "black plague" has not
come because of the classical educa
ton given the Negro. but it has come
because in many sections, he is not
educated. 1t seems that YOU are
averse to educating the Negro You
can make more out of him, by edu,
eating him, just as you can make
more out of a white man by educat-
ing him. Kentucky is the fairest of
the Southern States, and if she is
liberal in preparing for the edu-
cation of the Negro, she is AMPLY
rewarded, in that she has a cleaner
tlynching record than any of her sister
states.
You state in your article that the
next census will show that there are
single rooms in his city, housing
twenty-seven Negroes. We are de-
voting our efforts to the work of up
lifting our people. and we are anX-
ious to improve conditions that affect
the moral status of he race. Will
YOU kindly give the addresses Of these
houses, showing this overcrowded
condition? There are some things
that are physical impossibilities.
Twenty-seven people living, eating
and sleeping in one room of the size
Usually rented to Negroes, seems to
us, physical impossibility.
Now, Mr.. Goode, we would not
have written this letter, had you not
stated in the beginning that you were
our friend" We pay very little at
tention to our enemies. They are
necessary evils. But when we find a
friend who expresses his views with
such scathing frankness, we feel that
| it is time for us to take notice OF
what he says, and see if we can rely
upon such a friend TO help us in the
grave and serious work that must be
done to prepare us to take our place
! in the worlds history at the appointed
time. Ycu will remember that these
two races must mingle in business
and political life. These relations
should be characterized by mutual
respect, courtesy and good will. We
expect our friend to help US to
make these relations as amicable as
possible. We expect our white friends
to accord to our women ordinary
courtesy. There are thousands OF
our women, whose lives are just as
pure as the lives of any other races,
and we ask for these women, the re-
spect that is due them. The 'wenches'
have no part nor lot in Our social
life. They can take care of them
selves, and we make no appeal to you
for them. They are not the graduates
The Washington bee., 1909-04-19

Theater, Cambridge, was won by the
Harvard team, which defended the
negative side of the question.
The Judges awarded the debate to
Harvard for better resourcefulness
of argument. for better command OF
the issues which were prominent in
the discussion and or a more salts
factory remedy for the evils which
are acknowledged to exist in the re-
lationS of corporations with state and
federal governments.
Professor Samuel WiIliston Of the
Harvard Law School was the presid-
ing officer at the debate and the
judges were Professor James F. Col
by of the Dartmouth Law School
Judge Henry King Braley, of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court. anC
dean William d. Lewis OF the law de.
partment of the University of Penn
sylvania
For Harvard the debaters were G
II. Lewis. IL, of Wellington, New
Zealand, T. NJ. Gregory, 10, of BOr-
dentown, New Jersey, and L. ]
WhiteSde IL, of Evanston. Illinois
who spoke in that order. Yale wa:
represented by H. DEF. Widger, 10
of Cortland, New York, w. w. Pat
terson, FL. of Columbus, Georgia
and J, T, F. O'Connor, 81. of Crane
Forks, North Dakota.
The first triangular debate be
tween Harvard. Yale and Princeton
held simultaneously last night il
Cambridge. New Haven and Prince
ton, New Jersey, resulted in a victor!
and a defeat for each university. Il
each contest the team upholding th'
NEGATIVE side was victorious.
The subject was: Resolved, Tha
all corporations engaged in interstate
commerce be compelled to take out
I federal charter"
The Harvard debaters defeated tn
Yale team at Cambridge, Yale wol
the decision over Princeton at New
Haven, and Princeton won from
Harvard at Princeton.
The other plan of federal regula
ton is to have federal incorporation
thus putting all interstate corpora
tiOns under the sole control of Con
gress. This is the plan the affirma
tive advocates. Which plan is tn
better? The plan of the negativ
| fails to strike at the root of corporat
evils, while the plan of the affirmative
does strike at those eyeils.
T. NJ. Gregory, of Harvard, secon'
negative, said in part:
THE affirmative proposition woul'
bring practically all of the busines
Of the country under the direct con
troll of the federal government. Fo
there are 100000 corporations IN tn
country and 10000 of them are en-
gagged to some extent in interstat
commerce. They would thus need
lessIy regulate every corporation
when the evils of which they hav
complained are in the trusts, the 81
gantic corporations.
Herbert Knox Smith realized TIL
when he stated that it was only tn
large corporations, those of nationa
interest. that required regulation b
such law as the affirmative ha
proposed"
The Washington bee., 1909-04-19

from our institutions of learning;
they do not represent the womanhood
of the race They represent the
scum and the driftwood. We are only
sorry that you have never seen the
other class.
We are inclosing some printed
matter that will give you an idea of
our position on certain questions. You
will see that we are interested in the
establishment of a great Training
School for Women and Girls. Like
your race, we need the colleges, and
we need the industrial schools. There
are also some things on FourthAve-
nue. that We need, and the merchants
are only too glad to let us have them,
but you, Our friend" would deny us
the privilege, for YOU declare that
these thoroughfares are exclusively
for the white folk. This is news to
us.
A street is public thoroughfare.
l think the merchants of this city
would seriously object to having us
withdraw from Fourth Avenue, as
the citizens of Anchorage object to
having a Negro institution in their
midst
With best wishes, l am
MOstrespectfully yours,
Mamie H Burroughs.
In Mr.. Goodies paper of March p,
We find the following comment:
The proposed establishment of a
Negro classical college in or near
Louisville, recently induced The Fo-
Gus to oppose such movement, and
Incidentally to express its opposition,
as a general rule, for providing class
jcal education for the Negro.
Among other responses to this ar
ticle was a communication from Nan
ME H. Burroughs, Secretary of the
Woman's Auxiliary, National Baptist
Convention (colored), an organiza-
ton, one of whose purposes IS to es-
tablish a Negro training school near
Washington, District of Columbia, at
cost of $4,000. This school will
/ be opened next fall. It's prospective
value to the colored race, and indl-
rectly to the white race, cannot be
estimated. If it receives the finan-
cial and moral support it deserves
from the white race, it ought to prove
d blessing to both races.
The Focus publishes extracts from
this letter and extracts from an ad-
dress by the same writer for two rea'
sons. First, the colored people are
entitled to be heard IN their own ne
half, and then every white family IS
naturally desirous of knowing the at
titude toward them of the higher
class, cultured Negroes, and with this
letter most of us will agree.
| If there is any one thing that we
need at this time, it is men and wo-
men who will defend us when we are
assailed, and who will prN us in the
right light before those who do not
know us, but who do us much injury
under the guise of friendship. e.
AWARDED TO HARVARD
Crimson Debaters Prove Superior to
Yale Men in Triangular Contest at
Cambridge
Boston, Mass, March 27.-Ihe
debate between the teams of Harvard
and Vale held last night in Sanders
The Washington bee., 1909-04-19

AWARDED TO HARVARD
Crimson Debaters Prove Superior to
Yale Men in Triangular Contest at
Cambridge
Boston, Mass, March 27.-The
debate between the teams of Harvard
and Yale. held last night in Sanders
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
News of Greensboro.

Greensboro, August A-(Special.) Mrs.
Charles Greer of Marion has been the
guest here this week of her mother. Mrs.
Orleans Hanna.
Mrs Anderson Hanna has returned
home from an extended visit to relatives
in Huntsville.
C. Young Stollenwerck is pending some
time in the mountains of North Carolina
and will visit New York and other eastern
cities before his return home.
Miss Melville Minge of Faundale, who
had been the guest here for some time
of the Misses Garrett, has returned home.
Colonel and Mrs. T. r. Ward, Miss Ele-
amor Ward and Mrs. Bette Ward have
gone to Waynesville, N. c., where they
will spend several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs s. J. Stickney have gone
to the mountains of North Carolina to
spend the balance of the heated term.
Miss Lena Armstrong of Walden, Miss,
is the guest of Mrs. A. S. Douglass near
Greensboro.
Mrs. Bowen Hill of Montgomery is the
guest here of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
w. b. Inge.
Misses Shelby and Annie Julia Garrett
have returned home from a visit to
friends in North Alabama.
Miss Durham of Havana is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. w. w. Payne.
Mrs. C. A. Poellnitz is visiting her
| mother, Mrs. Roulhac, in Sheffield.