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The Colorado statesman., 1910-03-12
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The House adopted an amendment
to the postoffice appropriation bill
which prohibits the sale of envelops
by the government with return ad-
dresses printed upon them.
The Senate passed the postal saw
ings bank bill on Saturday the 5th
inst, by purely party vote, fifty Re
publicans voting for sand twenty-five
Democrats against the measure.
The Republican congressional COM
paign committee, it is reported at
Washington, has taken initial steps to
enlist former President Theodore
Roosevelt in the coming campaign in
the West.
The Senate adopted the Guggenheim
amendment to the agricultural appro-
priation bill increasing the amount to
be paid the states from receipts of
the forest service from twenty-five to
thirty-five per cent.
Commander Peary has declined to
submit to Congress the proofs of his
discovery of the North pole. He says
that he could not supply the records
and scientific data without breaking
1alIn WlIH MS puDllSHeIS.
The House passed Representative
Mondells bill permitting the secretary
of interior to withdraw from settle
ment lands intended to be segregated
under the Carey desert land act.
The tariff commission is receiving
protests from manufacturers against
the low tariff on baseballs. 1t is
oIa hot 10
ture baseballs and undersell the Amer
leans ON their own market.
After adopting three amendments of
importance the Senate passed the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill. AS
passed, the bill carries a total appro-
priation of $13,522,6 ,636, an increase of
$192,360 over the amount carried by
the bill as it passed the House.
One of the most picturesque chief
tains of the Indian race, and his
nephew, both members of the Chippe-
wa tribe in Minnesota, were found
dead in a Washington hotel few
days since, the victims of asphyxia-
ton. The dead chief was Pay-Baum-
We-Che- Waish-Kung, more than nine
| ty-five years old, and his unfortunate
| companion was A-Ne-W dy- w dy y-AuSu
1t is believed one of the red men blew
out the gas.
Representative Rucker has present
ed petitions from Colorado citizens fa
voring legislation for the elimination
of stock gambling and the establish
ment of the parcels post. Also res
olution from Irving Hale camp of Den
yer, U. S. w. ", favoring legislation
for raising the Maine, and memorial
from Denver Council Loyal Associa
ton, favoring legislation to allow fra
ternal publications to carry advertise
ments.
That the cotton plant is capable not
only of clothing but of feeding the
people of the South was the statement
made to Secretary of War Dickinson
by his nephew, who resides in Ennis,
Texas. He informed the secretary of
the shipment to hin from Texas of
samples of cottonseed flour, bread and
cakes This food has been privately
tested for twenty years. The cost of
cottonseed flour is said to be only
fifty or seventy-five per cent. that of
cereals, while its nutritive value is de-
clared to be from five to seven times
as great.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23

ernment. Inc coast territory lS formed into
the counties of Bassa, Cape Palmas and Since.
with one superintendent each and Montserra-
do, with four superintendent The capital is
Monrovia named after President Monroe.
English money is used, but American money
figures usually In the keeping of accounts.
There is Liberian coinage and a rather
large paper currency. The official language
of the country is English. The civilized in
habitants orthodox Protestants, mostly
Episcopalians
During the fifties and sixties of the last cen
tury the AmeriooLiberians did much to ex-
plore the interior and enter into treaty rela-
tionships with the native chiefs. But thirty
years ago their administration began to get
into financial difficulties. II is not an easy
thing to create a wellordered. well-governed
state in tropical Africa without consider
able capital to draw Consider for mo-
ment what Great Britain has spent Sierra
Leone since 1887, and the Gold Coast wars,
the opening up of Nigeria; the outlay of
France on Senegambia or Dahomey; and then
imagine how the government of Liberia could
without any reserve of capital bring law, order
and civilization into densely forested terri
tory nearly the size of England, with prob
able population of over million warlke saw
ages and semi-savages.
So long as Britain and France-the control
ling powers-contented themselves with the
mere occupation of few coast towns on the
seaboard of their West African domnons
protectorates the Monrovia government could
AFFORD to do the same. But when these great
European powers were compelled by force of
circumstances to occupy and administer the
regions behind their coasts the Lberfans
found themselves In position of great difh-
Guilty. They had been allotted theoretically by
France and England a considerable hinter
land-more than 10000 square mies-and
were held responsible for the doings of the
native tribes in that extensive interior Now
these tribes had never been subdued by the
government Of the republic They were many
Of them in treaty relationships with the Mon
rovia administration, and such OF them had
heard Of the civilized negro government on the
coast (aud 1t must be remembered that much
Of the interior is dense forest. Inhabited by
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23

testimonials. every one bearing different
name from the one under which he introduces
himself
These gentry are always greatly offended
when you kick them off the veranda and tell
them they have bought stolen the docu-
ments from other natives! Upon one occasion
would be cook brought me "barua" signed
by wellknown settler and worded:
ITO whom 1t may concern: The bearer of
this 'barua' is an Internal rogue and thief.
Please kick him out
BY the time had stopped laughing the mig
ger had arrived at the conclusion that some
thing was wrong and was doing record time
down the path, SO | was unable to avail my.
self of the kind invitation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23

tribes who for ages have been isolated In that
forest. and were-and are-qute ignorant of
the world outside their tribal land) were quite
willing to regard the Liberians as the ruling
power on the seashore. But they were very
disinclined to obey orders from Monrovia II
contrary to their desires.
Tho tribes farthest inland looked upon the
British and French-the white men"-as ag-
gressors who were putting down b, force a
most lucrative slave trade, who were forcibly
disclosing the secrets of sacred streams like
the Niger near its sources who. in short were
not only to be opposed, but whose organized
territories offered most profitable field for
raids and robberies More than this the i'm
port of guns gunpowder. rifles (above ALL and
alcohol was being restricted or forbidden by
the Europeans. The Liberian coast especially
where 1t was slenderly guarded by the Libe-
rian administration, offered the one loophole
through which these forbidden goods might be
smuggled Accordingly a great trade sprang
up between these uncontrolled hinterland
tribes and the Kru people on the coast who
affected sort OF detachment from the govern
ment by the American-Negro republic In
these ways the Liberian hinterland became a
positive source of danger and expense to the
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23

British protectorate of Sierra Leone and the
French possessions of the Sudan and Ivory Coast.
Consequently the Liberian government has
been forced of late years to live somewhat beyond
It's means In organizing police and marine, In
occupying the Kru coast and in attempting to
construct roads to places of Importance in the
interior. 1t has from time to time engaged Euro
pean officers for its services: but whereas some
Of these engagements have been of noteworthy
success, others have been the reverse, and It is
dinicult to locate the blame. European capital
is somewhat shy of Liberia, partly owing to the
turbulence of the Interior natives (though this
has been exaggerated, for white men very seldom
really incur danger from the indigenes) but more
on account of the irresponsible fickleness of the
Legislature which is given too much to the hasty
making and unmaking of laws and to conflicts of
opinion with the executive.
Yet the country is extremely rich. It's rocks
and river valleys produce both gold and diamonds.
OF the coast districts Especially In the east
give indications OF the existence of bitumen,
oil-bearing strata. while the forests of the in
terror are remarkable for their wealth of rubber
bearing trees and lanas their ebony African teak
and mahogany" and the piassava fiber derived
from the raphia palm) which is used for SO many
purposes connected with the making OF brooms
and brushes. Then there is the oilSpalm, with its
two kinds OF oil. both valuable to commerce-the
oil of the husk and that of the kernel The
extraction of this last and its great value for
special Industries said to have been dis
American negro. one of the early colonists of
Liberia. great deal was done by these freed
slave settlers, for which they have never re-
ceived sufficient credit.
Unfortunately the attempted colonization
of Liberia has been hndered by the American
negro coonists proving almost as much liable
to malarial fever and other African diseases
as Europeans. They seem to have lost the
relative immunity from these blood germ NAL
aides which their African ancestors enjoyed.
The modern AmericaLberian does not stand
the climate of Liberia much better than the
white man from Europe America. The
country is not unhealthy In the interior; 1t is
the coast belt which, with Its eternal heat and
moisture its very short dry seasons and tor
rental rains conditions which suit admirably
the cultivation of rubber, coffee and cacao)
saps the vitality of residents not of African
birth And the hinterland. with It's superior
conditions of climate has already a some
what large Indigenous population, who are not
eager for foreign additions to their numbers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23
Hiring Help In East Africa

The servant problem" is bad enough in
America, and the experiences mistresses have
to relate are many and varied; but an infinite
ly wider range of possibilities is opened up
when mere man-and a bachelor at that
tackles the servant and other household prob
lens in an East African bungalow Anything
can happen-and does happenl
Native house servants of sort are plen-
tiful enough around the chief towns of Brit
ish East Africa, Nairobi and Mombasa and the
slightest rumor that the Muzungu white
mani requires boy m'pezi (cook) fills
ones compound with cooks. generals" and
raw niggers. representing every tribe under
Africa's sun. writer In the Wide World says.
The average bachelor contents himself
with four servants-a head boy" a cook, a
toto (youth) to assist them. and a m'shenzi
(raw, unframed native) for odd Jobs. garden
ing. etc.
1t is no easy task to make a selection from
the host Of eager, voluble applicants Dirty,
carefully stuck-together "baruas" (testimoni-
als) are examined and the owners questioned.
but 1t is unwise to put much faith In these
documents. for It is no unusual occurrence for
''boy'--on the Frinciple of "the more the
merrier"-to proudly present you with three
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23

or other these free negroes and mulattoes-
growing impatient of being taxed without rep
resentation-must be provided for. So several
philanthropists, remembering Sierra Leone,
thought to promote by private enterprise and
philanthropy similar colony across the sea
which might provide for the return to West
Africa (whence most of them had GOMEZ of
the freed slaves of the United States. Indeed
there was strong disposition to adopt Sierra
Leone for this purpose. with the assent of the
British government; but the local authorities
of Sierra Leon showed themselves very averse
from receiving American negroes, who might
divided allegiance.
Accordingly the American founders OF LII
IBERIA" (this name was not given to the infant
state until 1S24)-who were mostly white men
with few mulattoes and negroes-selected
the Grain Coast, Immediately to the south aud
east of Sierra Leone for their experiment.
1t weeks before the hostility of
the natives, who were welded to che slave
trade, could be overcome, but In 1922 active
operations begun. thirty-acre tract
allotted to each man with the means CT
cultivating it. The National Colonization soc
etys agents became discouraged at the diff
culties that were met and returned to Ameri-
ca with a few faint-hearted ones; but the
others rallied about determined negro Elijah
Johnson, and remained. The colony was en-
larged by the addition of new tracts. New
settlements afterward formed at Cape
Monte and in the newly acquired Bassa Land,
in which, In 1884, town was founded and
called Edna in acknowledgment of pecuniary
aid sent from Edinburgh Many of the neigh
boring chiefs were received into the colony
and others were subdued. Trials of many
kinds, deprivations and dissensions were the
lot of the colony, managed by society which
did not fully know whether its aims were SEN
timental or practical In 1S47 Liberia was
left to its own resources and declared an inde-
pendent republic. The colony Immediately be-
gan to show prosperity. numerous
churches and schools were founded. newspa-
pers were established, and slavery in the
neighboring states was abolished. The first
president of independent Liberia was Roberts.
an octoroon. He was a most able md cour-
ageous man and the country made rapid
strides in civilization and other material lines
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23
HORSE TRADE III MISSOURI.

In St Charles last week Lester Ingraham
traded A. s. Osborn horse for a motor boat
few hours later Osborn discovered that the
horse was worthless. he went to the boat
and removed the engine and the horse died
as he was hauling 1t away. jury In a JUS
tees court awarded Ingraham the engine and
II damages.-Detroit Free Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23
711Y0 me LLeERIHW WDEesW0kWcE 04Y ~6e

OF progress under his administra-
ton
The constitution of the republic
is framed after that of the United
States. There are a president. vice
president, a council of six ministers
and house of representatives. Vot-
ers must be of negro blood and own
real estate. The natives gnerally
frage. No foreigner can own land
without the consent of the govern
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-23

had no place there in the body polite of white
men; they were no longer slaves, but the idea
OF granting the suffrage to negroes was then
displeasing to the dominant race. There was
also the problem of the free Maroon negroes
of Jamaica, who were irksome to the authori-
ties In land of slavery So the idea of found
Ing free negro state or community in West
Africa for the reception of enfranchised Amer
lean negroes came into being about 1884 and
in 1887 the colony of Sierra Leone was found
ed under chartered company and taken over
by the crown in 1908
Early in the nineteenth century the same
difficulty arose In the United States, namely
the presence of thousands of free negroes
whose case had not been sufficiently provided
for by the American Constitution. Somehow
, 1910-12-14
Basin, 1~0-12-10.

Truly may it be said of the Roman Catho-
lies OF Bassin that their 'joy has been
turned into sorrow, their ''reioiciug int
mourning'', for with heads bowed and heal S
stricken by grief they repeat that prayer So
often mixed with tears My God Thy will
be done.
On the 18th April ult. when thy for the
laae bid a1oa hyo to ta4ir belovod sanity
priest, Their h arts were sorrowful fearing he
would be kept in Belgium; he cheered them
with the sincere promise thlt he would re-
turn; the earthly Father Provincial permitted
his return, but the Omniscient Heavenly
Father dud not will it.
Love for the spiritual and temporal we'll
fare of his parishioners and the d re to
fulfil his promise gave strength TO his will
power, and though feeling i'll he undertook
the long voyage which was to bring him
among them. Twenty days tossed about on
tempestuous seas, his human nature became
exhausted before the end was reached.
About 40 miles more was left across the
Caribbean Sea but, alas SO near and yet 50
far.
His eyes were never TO rest upon the low
ing tokens of earthly preparations made to
welcome him;uor his ears to hear the thanks
giving hymns of Joy and gladness sung, for
whilst these things were being made ready,
the R~odeemer, whose footsteps he had so
closely followed, was preparing for him a place
among the many mansions IN his Fathers
house where the eternal Master would well
come him with these words :''Well done good
and faithful servant, enter thou into thy
Masters rest. For | was naked and We
clothed me, hungry AMI We fed me, thirsty
and We gave me drink, sick and We visited me"
All! JOY turned into sorrow, the bells
that were to peal forth the glad tidin8s Of
his arrival tolled the funeral knell; the gay
colours, benutiful flowers, cand elabras with
which the Affairs were to be decorated. are
changed for soInbre drapery Of black and
white, the candelabras rest upon the c%atafal-
que, the organ is played, the choir sing, but
it is the funeral dirge. The solemn thanks
giving High Mass changed for the Requiem.
The ioyful"pe Deum laudamus" changed for
the DE profundis CLAIMANT adte Domino, Re-
ioicing turned into mourning, for young and
old are wearing it's garb.
All Death, how stealthy art thou Solo
mon in all his wisdom could not tell the
moment when his heart would beat the last
note in the funeral march to the grave.
The Roman Catholics. like faithful mem
bers of the Church of the Holy Cross, are in
spirit on Calvary, where, with the Blessed
Virgin Mary they stand at the foot of the
Cross, uniting their sorrow to those she suf-
fered during the Passion and Death of her
Divine Sou, their Redeemer with Magdalen
they weep over sin, which brought death
, 1910-12-14

hearty welcome, and do all you can to help
MIN.
May He requite to you the kindness which
you have shown to His Servant, and may
He bring us all ct last to His Eternal Glory,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Believe me to be dear Friends,
yours faithfully in Christ
(signed) EDWARD HUpSON.
, 1910-12-14

into The world ana embracing the cross
they sing with resignation:
"Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee,
Fen though it be q cross that raiseth me"
A CATHOLIC.
, 1910-12-14
KILOGRAMS
ST. GROIN STATION-

three, Labourites thirty two, Nationalists hjy
SIX, Federals seven, and Uniouists two hum
dred and twenty six, leaving one hundred
and sixty six not yet elected. The coalition
gains are twenty one,aud Unionist gains al o
twenty one. Mr.. Lloyd Georges majority
was 120S against 1888 last January and MIR.
A~squith's 1899 against 1912. The Liberals
have carried CGckermouth ,SaffronWalden and
LoWestoft.
The result being now practically known
except details, interest is turning toward con-
lectures regarding the course of events.
Mr.. Garyin, the chief organizer Of the Union
lists, does not think that Ireland will obtain
such Home Rule as the Nationalists will &C
cept, and if Mr.. Asquith's necessity imposes
more than Ulster will endure the first
shot i'll Ulster might have an effect
like the first shots at Fort Sumpter.
Mr.. Garyin believes the country wants Ire
land satisfied and the House of Lords re-
formed, without destruction Of the c~onstitu-
ton; and the Lords will disappoint those
who think they will surrender when c%onfron-
ted with the threat of five hundred new
peers.
The opposing view is that the situation is
sta}emate, Mr.. Asquith, Mr.. Balfour and the
King being alike powerless to end the dead
lock among tie Electorate, whose PARTISAN
ship is immutable under such stress, hence
something else is necessary which, however,
it IS impossible to indicate, perhaps a modjh-
cation of Home Rule, or reform possibly
through another conference upon broader
es,carryiug the controversy over the coro-
nation, and uecessitating support by a Coali-
ton against the Irish.
Ireland is so embittered and the split be-
tween tive Nutiond~t4 and Vodorajie,s SO
irreconciiable, that Mr.. Asruith's position is
more difficult even if the Condition strength
remains nominaIly unaltered, and it is impos-
sible to proceed with the budget against the
Irish, who require abolition of the Lords
veto before Home Rule.
Much rioting has taken place in Ireland,
resulting in many broken heads. Mr. More
ton Frewen has offered Mr.. Timothy Healy
his seat, but the latter prefers to contest Mr..
Hazlotou's election, alleging illegal practices,
intimidation and force.
The Saturday Review attributes the result
in London to corruption.
Betting is so large and the differences SO
wide that 4 # culties are feared, suggesting
that some action be taken by the committee
Of the stock ezchlnge against Il repetition.
, 1910-12-14
REV. FATHER JOSEPH DE sTOOP,

1ALf i. 4 u 111AIA OO0AA -
Ye mourning bells! Toll out your pain and
grief,
More sad still is your echo in all hearts.
This tender brother. faithful friend, beloved
Earth's sands run out-in early life departs.
So mech, polite, sincere, 50 grave and kind,
Strong leader of his flock admired by all.
Sorrow-laden breasts, now left behind,
Mourn this lost one whom none can e'eF
recall
This gentle shepherd! Is he then gone for
ever
Or rather sent upwards from tolls of earth
To Heavens flock, where there are purtngs
never,
TO prove in lands Of bliss his golden worth?
Great though our lo+s,far greater is his gain.
Lots then not yain!y grleye-Ae's called
above,
Where, rescued free from earthly care and
pain,
He lives again III realms Of endless love.
LAMBERT FRANCIS.
Basin, 1~O-12-10.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-08-31
MUCK RAKERS
AFTER CHOATE
He Is Charged With Viola
ton of Professional
Ethics
PETITION FOR HIS EXPULSION
American Bar Association Told
That He Sinned Against
Morals.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 81
Charges that Joseph F. Choate, of New
York, former ambassador to Great
Britain, has been guilty of violation
of the constitution OF the American
Bar Association in his failure to up
hold the honor of the profession and
a petition that he expelled from the
Bar Association were presented to the
American Bar Association today, and
referred to the committee on griey-
ances. The charges were filed by
James R. Watts of New York. The
charges allege that Mr.. Choate, vio-
lated the confidence of his clients,
Mr. Watts and wife, that he had been
guilty of other offenses in violation
of good morals, fair dealings, and has
brought dishonor and disgrace upon
the American Bar Association.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-08-31
ALLEGED SLAYER OF MERCHANT
BOUND OVER WITHOUT BAIL.
Murdered Mans Skull Was Broken in
Five PIaces-Evidence Was
CircumstantiaI

Carlsbad, n. NJ, Aug. 31.-Bat Har-
ris, the negro charged with the mur-
der of C. w. Merchant at the w. E.
Washington ranch last Friday was
brought before Justice Cunningham
for a preliminary hearing today. The
district attorney, L. 0. Fullen repre-
sented the territory assisted by Buiac
and Brice. w. C. Reid of Roswell, ap-
peared for the defendant. About ten
witnesses were examined. The de-
fendant was bound over to the grand
jury without bail. From the testi-
mony it appeared that the killing was
done about $50 o'clock Friday morn
ing presumably with an ak. No one
admitted of being present. One wit
ness saw the negro enter the kitchen
with the ak. No one admitted of
hearing any commotion. The murder
ed man was found by one Of the men
who came into breakfast. He gave
the alarm and then took Mr.. Merchant
who was yet alive to the irrigation
ditch and washed the blood off An
auto in the meantime was brought
out and Mr.. Merchant was taken to
Carlsbad thirty miles away for medi-
cal aid but his skull being broken in
five places his life could not be saw
ed. The whole affair is very myster-
ious. The negro admits the killing.
But so far no motive appears. The
officers led by Sheriff Stewart have
made very careful investigation and
hope to solve the mystery before long.