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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
NellersILN.

man can generally make his wife
happy as long as he succeeds in con
vincine her that he is jealous
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
Daily Thought.

Nothing would be a lesson to us II
n did not come too late.-George Eliot
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
Cache La Poudre Flood.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch We'd
nesday night says: With practically
no changt in the height of the
waters of the Cache La Poudre
river today, which continue to
pour over the lowlands, washing out
and destroying hundreds of acres of
crops, and with rains falling over the
county and in the mountains at the
source of the river, it is predicted that
by tomorrow the river will reach the
highest point attained since the high
waters of five years ago.
The Greeley canning factory is sur
rounded by lake of water and it's
fields of cabbage and other garden
crops are under water. There will be
no onion harvest on the bottom lands
east of Greeley this year. for what lit
tie of the crops have not washed out
are now rotting under water.
Further east on the Poudre and on
the Platte rivers bridges are standing,
but unsafe, and there is little travel.
The reservoirs cannot take the flood
waters, for with the exception of Boyd
lake and the Empire reservoir, all are
full, and farmers have shut the head
gates of their bitches, refusing to take
more water on their lands.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
Colorado University Doinqs.

Boulder.-Class day at the univer-
sity, June Sth, opened with baseball
game between the seniors and the
alumni, resulting in tie, to Z.
In the afternoon the seniors in cap
and gown formed a parade and led by
the university band marched around
the quadrangle, stopping in turn at
the different buildings. The first halt
was made at the engineering building,
where the class history was read by
Rudolph Sweiner on behalf of the en-
gineers.
At the medical building the class
prophecy, written by Ray Fisher, for
the doctors, was read by a classmate.
From here the procession moved to
the Hale building, where Joseph L..
Sheldon, sixty years old, one of the
graduating class of the law school, de-
iivered the class Grafton.
The final stop was made at the main
building, where the class ode was read
by Miss Mary Levin.
After the senior exercises, Presi-
dent and Mrs. Baker gave a reception
to the faculty, graduates, alumni and
other invited guests.
At night the campus was elaborately
Illuminated with electric lights of all
forms and colors. In the main building
reception was given to the gradual
ing classes by the alumni, while class
reunions were held in various parts of
the campus. Parades, music and songs
ended the evening. Wednesday, with
the graduating exercises at the Chau.
tauqua auditorium, the commencement
will end, with 160 graduates receiving
diplomas, the largest class in the his
tory of the university.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
TIES, RAILS AND OTHER EQUIP
MENT ARRIVE ON THE
GROUND.
WORK IS TO Be PUSHED
COLORADO G. SOUTHERN RAIL
ROAD SAID TO BE BACKING
THE ENTERPRISE.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Greeley Tuesday night says: Work of
unloading the ties. rails and other
equipment for Greeley's new street rail-
way began today and grading and
track laying will be under way before
the week is out
1t is now certain that the Colorado
& Southern railroad is back of the
new project, anc that all arrange
ments were made with local parties
for rights of way when Attorney Nc
Murray of the Colorado G Southern
was here last week. Local business
men who incorporated the Denver
Greeley Electric Railway Company
two years ago and secured a generous
franchise on Seventh and Twelfth
avenues and Nineteenth and Seventh
streets will no doubt build the line, be-
cause of legal technicalities. The
pcwer will be furnished, it is said, by
the Northern Colorado Power Com
pany and when the line is completed
it will be transferred to the Colorado
& Southern, controlled by the Burling-
ten. 1t is said that while the street
railway will be kept in operation, the
motive in securing the franchise of
the local company is to give the Bur
lington control of certain rights of
way through Greeley for connection
with its main line at Hudson and into
Denver. 1t is said that the Burlington
has purchased the rights of way of
the Burlington Interurban Railway
Company, which has surveyed through
the Box Elder valley to Hudson. The
fact that rights of way in the locality
of Seventh avenue were paid for last
week with Burlington checks further
substantiates the report that the Bur
lington is about to compete with the
Union Pacific in Greeley. The ties for
the street railway bear the mark of
the Colorado & Southern and an en-
ploye of that road supervised the un-
loading and placing of equipment.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
SOCIETY OF THE BANANA is
BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY THE
PoSToFFIcE INSPECTORS.
AN OHIO ORGANIZATION
EVIDENCE DlScLOSES REGULAR
SYSTEM OF BLAckMAIL, Elk
ToRTloN AND MURDER.

Observation-Disclosures in the ex-
tortion, plotting and murder by the
Black Hand as uncovered Wednesday
by postoffice inspectors from the Gin
cinnati office, show conclusively that
the gang in Columbus, Marion, Den
nison and Bellefontaine and other
Ohio towns were organized along the
same lines as the old Malta, but if
anything with a much better system
for concealing their movements.
1t is now known that the Ohio
Black Hand, or the Society of the
Banana" as its members style them
selves, had a branch in Pittsburg, Pa,
one in Chicago and line that extend
ed to South Dakota.
Regular meetings were held and the
money obtained by eXtortion was dis
tributed to various divisions in this
country and sent to relatives in Italy
for safe keeping.
I'VE have found what | believe to
be certain proof that the Black Hand
outrages, at least in the Middle West,
society, with grips and passwords,
and that they are not simply sporadic
cases of individual eXtortion," said
Chief Postoffice Inspector Holmes.
1--WE have no evidence so far that
the American Black Hand in the West
is connected with the foreign society
that killed Lieutenant Petrosino in
Sicily"
Eleven arrests have been made so
far in Columbus, Marion, .Denison,
Bellefontaine and Cleveland, all in
Ohio, and the government officers in
Chicago and Cincinnati are looking
for Antonio Lima, brother of Saliva
dore Lima, who was arrested in Ma
rion. Another important arrest is eX-
pected in Cleveland.
A. Marfisi was arrested at Denison
after a running revolver fight with
| deputies and secret service agents.
Inspector Holmes says the evidence
gathered by his inspectors and by de-
tectives of several cities is volumi'
nous and there can be no doubt that
the crimes of blao Email, extortion and
threatened and attempted murder will
be fastened upon the guilty men.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
carnegie's Library Gifts.

New York.-Andrew Carnegie has
founded 1,SOO public libraries repre-
senting donations aggregating $51 ,596.-
963, according to his own statement in
the current number of Golfers Week
ly. Up to December 81, 1908, the phil
anthropist says he erected in the
United States $50 library buildings
with 20S branches at cost of s34.-
S75,745. England and Wales come sec
ond with 329 buildings and fifty-nine
branches, at a cost of $7,S59,55O. He
says he is satisfied with the results
OF his expenditures In the library line.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
Magnificent Kit Carson Statue

Denver-Frederick Macmonnies, the
famous French sculptor, has finished
his masterpiece, which is to crown the
Denver Pioneer fountain monument to
replace the original Indian design
which was discarded out of respect to
the wishes of the pioneers. The
bronze figure of Kit Carson blazing
the way for civilization has been sue
cessfully cast in France, and the first
photographs have reached Denver. 1t
is declared by competent critics to be
an artistic triumph which will rank
among the finest examples of modern
art.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
Denver's First Skyscraper.

Denver.-Work was begun Tuesday
on the wrecking of the Toltec building
to make way for the twelve-story
First National Bank building, which
will be begun as soon as the site can
be cleared. The Price building, ad-
joining the Toltec on Stout street, will
also be wrecked, as the new building
is to occupy the sites of both these
buildings. The new building will cost
about 100000, and will be the most
thoroughly modern building in the city
when completed. 1t will be construct
ed by the Puget Sound Realty Com
pany, the general contract having been
let by this company to the James
Stewart Construction company of New
York and Chicago.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12

The Automatic Signal Light Com
papy has been organized with $1,000
900 capitalization to manufacture
device patented by Taylor j. Downer
of Colorado Springs, which will show a
light on street cars when they stop,
to prevent collisions with rapidly NOV
ing vehicles from behind.
The handsome private Pullman car
being built for Charles NJ. MacNeill of
Colorado Springs, will probably arrive
June Goth. 1t has cost $4,000 and is
said to be the finest ever turned out
by the Pullman company. 1t will be
called the Cyprus
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-12
ST. Paul May Cut Rates.

Chicago.-The Chicago, Milwaukee
& Puget Sound Railway Company
which is the Pacific Coast extension
of the st. Paul system, has decided
to become free lance with respect
to traffic, and has refused to join the
Transcontinental Freight Bureau.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09

and his wife, his 5-year-old daughter
and his small baby were shot by
the expectant mob. In Springfield,
ILL.,. q little while ago, woman said
something about negro. and with
the horrors that ensued the country
was ablaze Then, after the burn
ing and the shooting had subsided.
the woman's story was disproved and
the negro, whom the mob had fail
ed TO get, was set free. That little
item about the final truth, when 1t
emerged. was in most papers half
hidden from the cye--an unimpor-
tant fact, TO blush unseen. 1t Is we'll
known that many "identitications'
are sheer hysteria, often for crimes
that never were committed, and many
other charges and identifications are
founded on something worse than
hys.erical invention; they are the
easiest escape from scandal; Now,
these are not the things to say, no
doubt. They altogether lack chivalry
and the aristocratic virtues. But
perhaps it is time to put justice and
truth above honor" whatever that
may be. If this paragraph were not
already named, "Chivalry" or Hon
or" would serve for a title as well
as any other term-es we'll. for in
stance as Murder for Fun" "Bru-
tality" or The Lust for Blood"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
WHITE SLAVE AGENT
Confesses Her Trade end Two Girls
Are Rescued, -;

cleo Evans, q strihingly\ handsome
young Atlanta woman, confessed to
the, poles OF that. city on Tuesday
afternoon. that she was an agent u
the white slave traffic and asAee
the officers to detain two young wo-
men who were to 1eaye for Column
bus, Ohio, that evening. The police
found the young girls at the station,
waiting for the Evans woman. The
latter had two tickets for Colum-
bus. which she said had been sent
to ner for the girls use by the keep
er of n disorderly house there.
The Evans woman was formerly
bookkeeper In that city. but said
she had been in Columbus and was
sent on to Atlanta to recruit young
women. The girls she had selected
were but Is years of age, They
sat in court and laughed and gjggled
as though the whole affair was a
joke. The Evans woman said:
SLIdyeQ dHdS uS oSil, bo' "s @A''
last moment l had not the courage
to lead those two children into that
life. I want you to know what
have done and l want to have those
children saved"
Police Judge Broyles believes that
the woman thought she was under
suspicion and took this means oi
escaping punishment, but he was
forced to dismiss her. His suspic.
ions were strengthened by the fact
that the brother of one Of the girls
was following the trio. The young
er girls will be sent to the house Of
the Good Shepherd.
In dlsmissing the Evans woman
the magistrate saI: "1S ever
hear of your doing this again ] viii
do what I can to send you to the
penitentiary.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
BOY sTRANGLED TO DEATH.
spartanburg Lad Accidentally Hangs
Himself in Bath Room.

William Pendleton, aged 9 years,
q son of the Rev. w. H. K. Pendle-
ton, rector of the Church of the
Advent, was found dead In the bath
room at his home few mornings
ago in Spartanburg, S. c. He evil
IDENTIFY had been dead for some time.
The boy went into the bath room to
brush his hair, mounted chair,
which tilted and his shirt waist col
lar caught on hook on the door
and he strangled to death before
assistance could reach him. He was
found by the Japanese servant who
found him hanging with his back
to the wall, and his feet about two
inches above the floor. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pendleton were in the city at the
time doing their Christmas shop
ping and had purchased presents for
the lad.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
A FIEND CAUGHT
In Act Of Trying to Assault Little
White Girl on Road.
BRUTE LODGED In JAIL
A Gentleman Riding Along the Road
Heard the Screams Of the ittle
Victim, Went to Her Rescue and
Saved Her From tho Lustful
DEVILS Clutches.
DEVILS Clutches.

A dispatch from Kingstree to The
News and Courier tells of BASTARD
iy, but, luckily for the intended vic
tim, unsuccessful attempt to commit
rape in Williamsburg county on
Monday, about one-half mile from
the Clarendon county line.
A little white girl about 13 years
old, was on her way to school q
little before 9 o'clock Monday morn
ing, when she was approached by
negro fiend about 1S to 19 years
of age. Without warning. the ne
gro seized her. and dragged her into
the woods near at hand, the girl
screaming and fighting.
A young man by the name of
Burgess, who lives nthe neighbcr-
hood, and who was on the road in
his buggy, heard the screams Of the
little girl and fastened to the scene.
AS he approached he saw the little
girl on the ground In the clutch of
the fiend, whom he recognized and
who broke and ran into the woods.
Mr.. Burgess gave his immediate
attention to the poor fitle girl.
whose clothes had been nearly torn
from her person in her struggles
with the devlish fend. She was ter
ribiy alarmed and In hysterical
condition.
Meanwhile the alarm was spread
in the community and vigorous
search instituted. The news came to
Kingstree, and party was organic
ed and started up the road to join
in the hunt. Before this party
reached the scene Of the attempt,
Trial Justice McElveen came up with
the negro in the woods and soon
had him tied securely.
Mr.. McElven, with the help Of
some five or six Of his eneighbors
carried the negro quickly and safe
ly to Kingstree and lodged him in
Jail about o'clock. Had the crowd
which was every hour growing big
ger, gotten possession of the negro,
1t is doubtful If he would have got
ten to jail. Now that he is lodged
in jail no violence is apprehended.
Mr.. Burgess who went to the
child's assistance, was in time to
prevent the scoundrel from accom-
plising his purpose. The negro
gives his name as John Woods and
has worked at various times in
Kingstree. Great credit Is due to
Mr.. McElveen and his posse for their
cool headed work and good judg.
nent in bringing their prisoner safe
ly to jail.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
VERY: SAD DEATH
THE PASSING OF A BRILLIANT
YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
James Hamilton Baept, the Accom-
plished Journalist, Dies After q
Short Illness.


pHshed Journalist, Dies After d
Short Illness.
Particularly sad was the death
which occurred suddenly Sunday
night at the Columbia hospital. of
Mr.. james Hamilton Bagot Of the
editorial ataf of The State, says
the Columbia Record. Mr. Bagot
was only 28 years old. The imme-
diate cause of his death was uraeulic
poisoning. though he had been suf-
ferer from tuberculosis for several
years. Recently, however, he ap-
peared to be recovering. and he look
ed we'll and was in good spirits. He
took suddenly i'll Saturday and was
taken to the hospital, where he died
Sunday night without regaining con-
sciousness.
MIR. Bagot was one of the most
capable and promising young news
paper men in this section Of the
South and was do ,g splendid work
at the time death called him. he
began his newspaper career under
n. G. Gonzales on The State upon
graduating from the University OF
South Carolina in 1902. He was
most attractive young man per
sonally and there are hundreds OF
hearts sad in Columbia today over
his death. Mr.. Bagot's death comes
as doubly sad and heavy blow to
his mother, who is now herself criti-
cally Ill at her home in Colleton
county.
MIR. Bagot. although quite young.
has done excellent service as an as
sistant editor OF. The State. For a
number Of years he prepared Q
sprightly lot of miscellaneous matter
for the editorial page. but like ell
active. newspaper men, he. did what
ever he was called upoa to do and
did 1t we'll.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
in securing convictions Of the guilty

in securing convictions Of the guilty
parties"
A proposal submitted by the Sec
retary of the treasury that the ex-
ecutive department for the current
fiscal year, estimated at S73,075, $50
be met by issuance Of Panama
bonds authorized by congress. is ap-
proved by the president. He cx-
plains that in order to avoid a de-
felt for the ensuing fiscal year, end
ing June 80. 1911, estimates have
been cut to the bone and instead of
q deficit. there will be e surplus OF
s56.s31.ocO. excluding payments oo
the Panama canal which are expect
ed TO be taken care OF by bonds.
The president records with pleas
ure the satisfactory arrangements
made by the arbitration of the impo-.
tant North American fisheries issue
with Canada and the successful pros
ecution OF the work Of the commls-
sions adjusting other boundary is-
sues and the lake fisheries. He urg-
es an international conference to de-
wise measures for the protection of
fur seals. He Is hopeful Of hap
py adjustment of the kongo Quns-
tion and expresses his desire to af.
ford a large measure of protection
to the little negro state of Liberia.
Satisfaction Is expressed with the
declaration by Japan and Russia in
favor of the "open door" and appro-
priatious are asked for the expenses
of the Pan-American congress to
be held in Buenos Ayres and for par
ticipatiou IN the Belgian exposition,
both scheduled for next year.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
AVIATOR MEETS DEATH.
French Acoplnnist Falls While
Using Machine First Time.

A dispatch from Nice. France,
says Antonio Fernandez, an aviator,
met death a few days ago while
flying for the first time in an aero
plane Of his own invention at the
new areodrome near the mouth of
the Var.
The accident appears to have been
due mainly to the ineXperience and
recklessness Of the aviator, who.
impatient at the delay and not heed
ing the expostulations of his me-
chanican. patched up defective part
of the machine by binding it with
common twine. The seroplane sailed
off gracefully. amid the cheers O.
the spectators, and the inventors 8
hopes seemed to be fulfilled, when.
after going two hundred metres and
gradually rising, the aviator attempt
ed to make a turn TOO sharply, and
the machine tipped over in the twink
ling of an eye.
Fernandez was hurled headlong to
the ground. striking with terrific
force, with the wreck of his aero
plane on top OF him. Willing hands
lift the mass Of debris and the
aviator was found crushed beneath
the motor, his head having been
driven into the soft earth by the
impact.
The victim took up aviation quite
recently, devoting oil OF his time to
1t. He was convinced that his ma
chine, which resembled both the
Wright and the Curties machines,
was absolutely superior to either.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
Woman Burglar.

Declaring the loss of her position
forced her to become burglar, Mary
Moll,a stenographer, was arrested at
Los Angeles, Cal, Tuesday morning.
She confessed her guilt of two rob-
berries.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09


In due time the; :editor.of The
Georgian received the following let
ter from Mr.. Robert J. Collier, pub
Usher of Golfers Weekly:
Dear Sir: Thanks for your note
of November %, which has been re-
ferred to me. / am glad to have the
opportunity of letting you know the
facts in relation to an editorial
which has been kidely misconstrued.
A paragraph "0peared in Golfers
some two years ago without my
seeing 1t, I regret to say) which
commented severely upon a lynching
in Springfield, Ill. While this article
made no reference to the South, 1t
was sufficiently obscure in language.
and injudicious in tone. to provoke
very general resentment throughout
the South.
While there was nothing further,
I am sure, from the mind of the
writer of that article than to re-
fleet upon the South, nevertheless
regarded its publication at the time
as q matter for serious regret The
attitude of Golfers toward the
South has always been particularly
cordial. We have been praised for
our sympathy in discussing Southern
problems by no less an authority than
your distinguished colleague, Mr.
Clark Howell, in the following
| words:
1.-The Constitution desires TO con-
tribute it's share of full need OF
| praise due Golfers Weekly for the
truthful, fair and fearless stand
that excellent periodical is taking
eiitorially on all matters affecting
generally misrepresented and mis-
understood conditions Of the South. i
am glad, therefore. to be able
to say to you with absolute frank
ness that the article which has CIV
en- offense was printed without my
knowledge and to my deep regret;
that it did not refer TO Southern
city, but to city in Illinois; that
in so far as ii can be construed
as rejecting upon the wisdom OF
the South, In its treatment Of the
race problem, for upon the women
of the South, for whom have the
most profound respect. 1t represents
exactly the opposite of my sentiments
and the sentiments OF Golfers.
inclose for your consideration
few editorials published In Collier's
| during the past four years. together
with the unfortunate paragraph IN
question.
Very sincerely yours.
Robert J. Collier.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
Will Review Case.

The Supreme Court of the United
States Tuesday granted the petition
for writ OF certiora~i in the con-
tempt cases Of Samuel Gompers,
Frank Morrison and John Mitchell,
officers of the American Federation
OF Labor. The effect of the decis-
ion will be to bring the entire record
in the Bucks stove and range case
against these men to the Supreme
Court for review.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
Send Them Rack.

A dispatch from Geneva says that
the police there declare that there ia
a wholesale exodus Of members Of
the blackhapd who are looking for
new fields of operation in America.
1t develops that sixty of these char
acters, forty Of whom were expelled
from Switzerland, are making their
way to the United States by cir
cuitous route.