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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
CALATEA MELTS TO OBLIVION
With NO PYCMAL|0N HANDY

Galatea died a lingering, greasy
death this afternoon. Apollo lost an
arm, the Venus OF Milo wa, further
crippled by the loss OF both legs, Aphro-
dite melted away and Astra. The Per
fect Woman" no longer looks the par;
These fatalities amt Calamties attend
cd ire In the Alhgmbra Museum, at
no. 213 Bowsry. The victims were
fashioned Of wax. Many others per-
ishtd miserahly. but they may not be
alequately described in the columns of
q chas,c and uplifting paper like The
Evening world.
The AllnmhIa Muscum-onc Of the
few left on The Bowery-Is on the
ground floor II thrce-story building
lust below Houston street. The second
floor Is occupied for dwelling purposes
by Giuseppe rorce!lo. a barber, his wife
and Two cnildren. and j. Rosenberg
rainta signs IN the third floor.
There were some twenty curious boobs
n the Museum when an attendant no.
.ced brisk fire close to the waxen
| presentment Of Ga,atea. He quickly
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04

sounded an alarm, but before a move
OF rescue could be made Galatea had
collapsed into herself and lay on the
floor, shapeless mass.
The fire fairly leaped around the
ilimsy draperies Of the room, and the
twenty patrons. the ballyhoo. the ticket
seller and tho others within the door
made simultaneous rush for the
street, one man complained that he
lost his watch getting ont.
Rosenberg and his sign painters got
ont without trouble, but Mrs. Porcello
and her children In their fright and
confusion delayed too long. Their es.
cape was cut OF by the stairs and in.
treHid life savers caught them as they
jumped from the windows.
All through the fire. while the fire.
men smashed with their axes and
poured rivers OF waters from their
hose the mechanical piano in front of
the museum played and played and
played. The maddened bystanders tried
every way they knew to stop II. but IL
ground out alleged melody until the
mechanism ran down. II is not likely
that the Alhambra Museum will be re-.
opened.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04

Magistrate Moss, In Jefferson Market
Court, heard the story Of mob OF
three hundred clothing workers who
stormed the Mercer Street Police sta.
ton to rescue one OF their number this
afternoon. He heard how the leaders
broke into the station and tried to get
into the back room. where their COM
panon was locked up, and how the re-
serves had TO draw their revolvers 10
clear the room. He looked at the clothes
OF Policeman Simon. which were torn
by tre nails Of the men and women who
had attacked him.
Then he discharged the whole crowd
Il think they lost their tempers or
account OF the injustice TO their EN-.
ployer." he said, land were not account.
able for what they did after that
The trouble began in the tailor shop
OF Abraham Quin,o. No. o Washington
place. Policeman Simon was called by
the proprietor because worker named
Coinsky, Of No $50 Bristol street, Brook
Ign. threatened to clean out the place
unless he was paid his full wages. Co.
lnsky lad been locked" The other
employees sided with him.
Simon laid his hand on Coinsky and
the crowd fell on him. The policeman
went to telephone and sent for the
reserves. Capt, Henry went to his aid
with ten policemen.
The reserves found Simon In a rough
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
CHICAGO CLUBMAN
KILLS HIMSELF
At A HOSPITAL
Bland Ballard, Retired Capital
ist and Popular, Victim
of Depression.

CHICAGO, Feb. i-Bland Ballard a
local stock broker and well known as
a golf player, committed suicide at
hospital in Lake Forrest to-day. Al
Mr.. Billiards. late residence It was
stated over the telephone that Mr.. Ball.
ard had not been III and that no cause
for the act was known.
Mr.. Ballard came to Lake Forrest
from Louisville, KY, six or seven years
ago. He leaves a widow, who was Miss
Adele shreve, Of Louisville, and three
children. He was htty-two years old,
and among business men was rated as
retired capitalist.
The Ballard family, founded in Ken
lucky In l7s2 by Bland Ballard hardy
tron,lersman. has been we'll known In
Kentucky's political and social history
for over a century Mr. Ballard was
one Of the choice spirits Of the Onwent-
1ia Club at Lake Forrest. his buoyant
1nture and social graces making him
one Of the most popular members OF
that exclusive institution.
The only explanation for his suicide
vas given by Dr. A, c. Haven, In the
rear OF whose hospital the fatal siio,
vas fred. Dr. Haven said that Mr. Bal
lard was, despite his suny nature sub
ject to periodic fits OF depression. and
mat undoubtedly It was during one OF
these that Mr.. aBllard determined to
end his life
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
CONGRESS LINES Up FOR
FIGHT WITH ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-In antcipa.
tlon OF the reception tomorrow Of a
message by the President vetoing the
bill making provision for the taking Of
the thirteenth decennia! census, mem
bers OF the House OF Representa- ives
to-day began to muster their forces in
order to pass the measure, notwlth-
standing the Presidents objections. It
was said on reliable authority that q
sufficient number had be,a pledged to
his course. The movement Is non-par-
t!snn in character.
The President intends to veto the cen.
sus bill on account OF Its provision ex.
Guiding 1900 employees OF the census
in this city from the classified civil
service.
II this bill Is vetoed It will be the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04

Mr.. Jerome prefaced his argument
with a recital OF the Fischer Hansen
case. He declared that Mr. Brokaw, &C.
cording to the information furnished
hin, was only too ready 20 get rid o.
his son-in-law and that the question
NJ $500 the amount OF rischer-Han-
sens bail he had signed. was insig-
nifcant
Brokaw Willing to Pay.
Indeed" added Mr. Jerome with
emphasis, ''the defendants father-in-
law was willing to pay almost anything
to get rid OF him"
When Mr.. Jerome started TO tell Of the
lawyers plan for flight Lawyer Karin
objected, declaring the statement did not
involve the question before the Court,
which was solely as to the legality Of
his clients commi,me emit.
II am not about to state and irrels-
want or scandaolus matter" replied Mr.,
Jerome
I do not know what the District AT.
torney Is going tc say" said Justice c.
ram. The Just! e said even IL the Dis
trict-Attorney had exercised Ids power
improperly the Court would have tho
right commit the prisoner on the spot.
lie sold ne would hear the Dls,r,ct.At.
tcrney and would not discharge tho
prisoner on any mere technlcality. NJ.
Jerome then continued.
6rokaw Told Jerome.
1T was agreed that this prisoner
should separate from his wife and give
her the custody Of their child and re-
ceive certain sum during the con,in-
uance OF his own life"
The evidence against him seemed Of
such a character that II appeared to
be overwhelming, and such an agree
ment having been made. and the pris-
oner's tather-ln-law being willing to
pay the sli,0cC bail bond. and apparently
anything to get rid Of this defendant,
and provision being maze FOR his SUD.
port In foreign parts, 4 he remained
absent from the state for six months,
the witnesses for the People would
have disappeared and he could return
here With impunity,
while I was oonsidsrlag what Z
should do, Mr. Brotaw tslsphonod mo
that, not content with what he had Of.
fered to do for this prisoner. =. had
made Q strike against him for more
money. In fact that he was relying On
his arrest and exposure to demand .
raise to prevent Disgrace bcirg brought
upon An honorable family and mama
upon an innocent LITTLE child.
Instead OF going abroad 70 rvsrSA
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
MRS. STUYvESANT FISH JOINS
-SUFFRACETTE LEAGUE

1t was announced at the headquarters
OF the National League for the Civic
Education OF Women this afternoon
that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish had Joined
that organization, which means that
Mrs. Fish is opposed to women's suf-
frage. The National League was estah-
llshed eight months ago for the express
purpose OF opposing the spread OF
the woman's suffrage movement, and
its aim Is to educate women so that
they will see that the ballot Is not the
best way out OF existing difficulties.
Mrs. Gilbert Z. Jones. Chairman OF the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04

most important measure he has an
tagonlzed In that way, and II Congress
should pass it over his veto It will be
the first time such action has been
taken against his wish
The sentiment In Congress favoring
the census bill in Its present form is so
extensive that 1t Is generally believed
that two-thrds vote can be obtained
for II.
II the bill is repassed over his veto,
the President II Is reported will issue
an executive order directing the holding
o. competitive examinations for those
seeking the census Jobs MIR. Roosevelt
insists that he has the right under the
law to say under what conditions per-
sons may be employed In the executive
departments,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04

Executive Committee. received a letter
to-day from Mrs. Fish in which the
society leader says she has thought the
matter over carefully and is strongly
opposed to equal suffrage.
Mrs. Richard Watson Glider Is Presl-
dent OF the National League for the
Civic Education of Women, and among
the honorary v!ce-presidents are Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie
and Mrs. David H. Greer. The league
has Its Headquarters at the home Of
Mrs, Gilbert E. Jones, No. 222 Madison
avenue.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
Fine New Turkish Bath,

now open at the new Pulitzer Building. Only
trst-class downtown establishment. Modern
In every detsil. Electric and Turkish BATH
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
THORNTON HAMS
ISN'T SHOT, BUT
EXPECTS ATTACK
Denies Rumor, Yet Says He
Has Reason to BE on
His Guard.

II was reported to-day that Thornton
Jenkins Hams. the novel writer, who
was acquitted three weeks ago at
Flushing for his share in the killing
OF William L. Ann!s at the Bayside
Yacht CLUB, had been shot this morn
ing at his home in Brooklyn
A reporter for The Evening World
found the writer OF sea stories at his
house, No. 40 Eighty-sixth street, Bay
Ridge, where he lives with his little
daughter, MollIe, his wife being dead
Nobody has shot me-" said Thornton
Hams, nobody has even tried to shoot
me. But have heard that some OF the
friends OF my brother Pete's wife,
Claudia Libby Hams, have been
threatening to kill me. and it's possible
that they may have attacked some poor
fellow by mistake for me
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
New Woman In Case.

The woman Wilhelm deserted here is
ian;ress OF fst.house at the Eighty
third street address. She Is a comely.
modest little woman with two children.
one thirteen and one twelve years old.
An Evening World reporter learned
from her this afternoon that She was
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
HASN'T Visited Brother.

Il was stated TO-DAY a, Long Island
city that EXCEPT 10. a. call AT the jail
on the afternoon Of his acquittal, Thorn
ton Hams had not been to the jail
single time to see his brother, although
he lives only few miles away.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
MORE RACE HATRED

Omaha's race riot discloses to the
country at large a hitherto unsuspect-
ed source O trouble in the states. In
the South the black people are peren-
nially the objects of attack as events
bring them into the unfavorable at
tention of the mob, Out on the coast
the racial animosities center on the
Japanese and the Chinese. Down in
New Orleans on one occasion, now
historic, Italians were hunted down
like rats by a posse of people, mad
Gened by the murder of police of
fetal. There have been anti-POliSh
rows here and there and various other
nationalities have come in for such
unpleasant attentions. Now it is the
Greeks who suffer. Considering the
cosmopolitan character of our popula-
ton. the possibilities of race-line
cleavage become seriously extended
with each such manifestation Of pas
sion.
One of the most sinister features
of this Omaha affair is the fact that
the riots Immediately followed mass
meeting, in the course Of which the
murder of a policeman by a Greek
prisoner was denounced by two of the
state legislators and an appeal was
made to the race prejudices of the
mob. These men, representatives OF
the community in the law-making
BODY addressed themselves to the
worst passions OF their hearers. They
are guilty of the most despicable crime
in the calendar, that of melting others
to bloodshed and arson. Will Nebras-
ka tolerate such a performance?
The Greeks of South Omaha, ac-
cording to the dispatches, have been
prosperous. They have built up busi-
ness establishments and have main
tained themselves generally in a quiet
manner. The news reports mention
the employees of the packing houses
as being conspicuous in the ranks of
the rioters. This suggests that there
are labor iealousies behind the race
preiudice.-The Washington Daily
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
WORTH ADVEkTISING FOX

There 5,G9 NEGROES empoyed bre ashingon by h
Government alone these 99 Negroes draw salaries aggregans
$3o4o4 These than three millions of dollars spent
here Washington but scattered among The hundreds OF trademe
Is this of money worth bidding for? certainly
not the largest stores in this city would refuse get the b
did they but realize how Negroes
y spending l:i u
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication this city. 1t stand
without rival competitor ancovrs the field like blanket Ii
of the merchants in this city will paonize the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they have
these Negroes these 599 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government millions of collars - will assume that b
onizng publication edited operated by Of their that
such firms deserve their patronage And such hrms VIII
receive te millions OF dollars received ant
spent by the Negroes of Washington
What clothing stores furniture what dry goods stos
and what other of business will now make an effort to divert to
themselves these over millions dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee:
Place YOUR advertising The Bee and watch these 59 aPPrea
five Negroes spend three millions of dollars with you
Now the time to The Bee the that goes
; ~ Neoo home IN W ashn gton Remember, merchants OF
IA, shroton its what advertising what
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
LIBERIA A FAILURE

From the Cumberland Alleganian
Early in the nineteenth century an
association known as the American
Colonization Society was organized
in this country for the purpose of en-
couraging Negroes to return to Afri-
ca. The society was literally support
ed by philanthropists the world over.
It established a little Republic on the
west coast of Africa, and named it Ii
IBERIA. Many slaves in Maryland, Vir-
ginia and other southern states were
manumitted on condition that they
would emigrate to the little Negro re
Dublic that was to test the capability
of the Negro for self-government. So
long as the society furnished the
means. and the government of the
United States exercised something
like guardianship over it the expert
ment promised to succeed.
But after going it alone and unas-
sisted for nearly thirty years the Re
oublic of Liberia is going to pieces,
and the United States has been called
upon to interpose to the end that it
NAV be saved from complete disinte-
Grafton. For many years the colony
has been going backward, and the
people have nearly lapsed into the
surrounding barbarism it was design
to overcome. AS an attempt at self
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
Hanging Pictures Dangerou

Railroad casualties receive suGA
vide publicity" said al insurance
man, that there is a common sliSs
on the part OF the public that OF b
more liable to accidents while trlver
ling than when living the simple life
In the confines of his home. GAS .
matter of cold fact. statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the VIC
tins of head-on collisions. u
sounds strange, but it's the truth"
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
TUsKLEss ELEPHANTS.
CeylOn the Only Part of the World
Where They Exist.

What a sight for Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view Of q
herd Of African elephants-all tus-
kers! 1t is a singular thing that
Ceylon Is the only part OF the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
elining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn IN fine specimens througout
Ceylon. Although some of the buff
faloes have tolerably fine heads. they
will not bear 4 comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
Of the native cattle are not above
four inches IN length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
lers are small compared with deer
Of their size in India. This is more
singular, as It is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period Ceylon was not an IS
Hand, but formed a portion OF the
main land. It is thought there must
be elements wanting in the Ceylon
pasturage for the formation OF
iVory.-Ceylon Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
SmokeleSs Coal.

A London inventor claims to have
discovered a process for producing
Emokeless coal. apparently by distil-
iation of coal at low temperature.
This. after distillation, is said to de-
posit very brilliant substance, the
heating properties OF which are far
greater than those of the original
coal. and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt. The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction. and
that by the extraction OF the smoke
producing material in coal before be-
Ing burned, he has been successful
In producing a smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
The Shy Man.

Women show no mercy to the shU
ERn, for he stands outside Of the
compass Of convention. Could hs
break out all might be saved; the
man might be permanently o. red
But he cannot. He has been bro gh4
sp to respect convention His nus
cles may be Of steel, his heart OF lrsS
but in his soul the spirit Of difnd noe
holds him IN a vice. In a dra wing
Toom he stands gaping. quGkiI &, ,
prey to interpretive torment -hs
who would perhaps storm & raR
part with 3 triumphant smile o -
nps.-London Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
Names that Don't Name.

Many chemical names convey ne
exact idea of the things they stanA
for. OIL Of vitriol is no oil. neither
are oils of turpentine and kerosene.
Copperas Is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
is the extremely poisonous Oxalic
acid. Carbolic acid is not an acid
but an alcohol. Cobalt contains
none OF that metal but arcensic. Soda
water has no trace of soda, and su-
gar Of lead has no sugar; cream of
tartar has nothing OF cream, nor milk
Of lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
ElectrocutinP Animals.

The slaughter of animals for TODD
~ electrocution is being experiment.
ed by DR.. Leduc, q French Scientist.
Who has been conducting his inyesd-
cations in the French abbattoirs. He
has been using the Intermittent low,
tension currents and says that ne Ia
satisfied that the system is painless,
the central functions OF perceI tioR
being hrst destroyed and then those
Of circulation and respiration, g.
that there Is neither suffering nor re-
action in the animals thu killed. The.
doctor is sndeavoring to devise IomS
piece of apparatus by which the kill
ing of cattle may be accomplish ~
electricity with economy and cele 1ty.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
Everyone Of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item Is as
follows: THE wife OF a Methodist
minister in West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her hrst hus-
band was named Robin; her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
row two young Robins, one Sparrow,
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was a Swan, and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now a bird of Paradise
"They live on Havk-ave.. Eagle
Vile, Canary Islands. and the fellow
who wrote this article Is Tyre birG
and an interesting relative of the
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
sTRATEGIoAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means of Defense.

Take another of our animals, Z
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
in coat of brown. in winter turn
Ing white, but always with a Jet black
tip to the tail. The ermine, as IT is
Incorrectly called in its winter coat,
has an easy time OF it, sneakfng upon
the mice and birds upon which Il
preys, but when a hawk takes after
1t in an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, 1t would
have but short shrift with all it's
sinuous leaping, were 1t not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous that
1t constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white of the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place a dead weasel on the
snow and look at It from a distance,
We realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs TO this little Yermin
who spends his life IN hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing Maga-
zine.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
100 LYNCHINGS IN 1908

100 LYNCHINGS IN 1908
What the American Negro Suffers
and Yet Continues a Good Citizen
All Victims Negroes Except Seven
Record by States.
The Chicago Tribune which keeps a
reliable record on affairs in this coun-
try, gives out the following on the
number of victims who met death at
the hands of mob and lynch law; it is
a detailed report of the work of Judge
Lynch, and shows that he executed
100 victims in 1908, as against 63 in
1907, showing that his stock is still
moving upward and that at all times
he is ready for business.
Ninety-three of his victims were
Afro-Americans, and 7 were compos-
ed of white men. The following makes
interesting reading and shows that
the South is still the hotbed of mob
and lynch law, and that only a very
small per cent of thetaromftaofwtya
small per cent of the colored men who
are put to death by Judge Lynch are
guilty of criminally assaulting white
women.
The number of lynchings in 1907
was the smallest in 20 years, being
but g. It is not encouraging that
the number in 1908 was 100, the larg-
est number since 1903. AS the lynch
ing evil is problem of national in
terest, the following is appended,
showing the annual number for the
last "a years:
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhere IN the world has the deg
such unrestricted right of way As In
our most northerly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles of territory
are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are
almost the sole means Of getting
from place to place-in fact, they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats OF Arctic dog life
are the mail teams In the service OF
the United States Government. They
are to-day a superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discov-
cries demanded increased mail SER
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British MuEeum
the largest book yet printed, CO.
lossal atlas of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. 1t takes three men to
move 1t from the giant book case
In which 1t is stored in the library of
the museum. It is bound in leather,
magnificently decorated, and is fas-
tened with clasps of solid silver,
richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-06
Dead Historians.

for my part believe in the dead
historians. / glory in the posses
sion Of some hundreds of volumes by
them. A great deal Of cant Is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
k an idea in some minds that a book
on history to be good must be new.
In nine cases out of ten the new book
h a commonplace re-statement Of
facts that we're better presented by
an older writer.-The Sphere.