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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
TYPICAL HOME OF A PROSPEROUS
NEW YORK NEGRO.
House owned and lived in by Harry L.
Kemp, steward! for big estate. 1t is
No. 255 Decatur street Brooklyn.

Mr.. Nail has SOLD property valued at a
million and Il half dollars. aud has ac-
Quired property OF his own IL New York
and New Jersey worth several hundred
thousand dollars.
An idea Of the business done may be
gained by learning that, among other par
cells. Nail & Parker sold the ST. Phillips
Church properties in 30th and 25th streets
for $3.50 co., the property at No liz 70 u
West 18th street, of Max Eadt. Vice-prcsi-
dent Of the Jefferson Savings Bank, for
$500 coo, and the John Il. Nall property at
No. 40 SiAtE avenue. for sl5J,G00 The
firm now employs an expert office force Of
six persons, and manages aiXty-fivc houses
Ii is developing property III New Jersey
and has reciprocal relations vita l.a,.iue
real estate drma "a: tie city.
danes - Thomas, nhe OF ;ho weallhest
negroes Ia Che cts, and yet In his iorties
stands wei up among the aiding under
takers Of the city ard is an influential
member OF their association in the last
fourteen years Mr.. Thomas :!as buried over
eight thousand persons, aud now has his
new henduuarters at No. 50 West lg4th
street with n branch q, No. l23 East !stn
street. Leaving his vile ANA baby with $50
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one time when he had made lot of our
own horsemen angry.
1T was just after Lou Dillon had made
her great record. The horse show authOri-
ties invited Billings to show her in the
Garden. He replied that he would be glad
to do so. on condition that they threw open
the doors and charged no admission. or
course. they could do nothing of the sort
That kind of amateurism was too much for
them.
L don't recall ever hearing Billings swear
in my life. and racing horses and owning
automobiles. as YOU may have observed,
does not always prevent man from drop
ping cuss word now and then ] remem-
Der once a young friend Of his from Chi
cago dropped in to borrow car. Billings
let him have his crack road model, a brand
new car that he had taken all sorts of
pains with and that was worth 5000
The young fellow persuaded the chauffeur
to let him drive. and then ran the car
down the hatchway of a canalboat over il.
Jersey somewhere.
The chauffeur came home alone with
cut any explanation of where the boy was.
and it looked as if he had sneaked away.
Billings thought it over for a while after
the chauffeur had told him about it, and
then he said. T think it would have done
better If he had kept the road and that
was all there was TO it. 1t turned out that
the boy had lost track of the chauffeur In
Newark. and he owned up to the whole
business when he got back Billings paid
for the canalboat. 1t had hole in it as
big as door. That's the story as | heard
it, l won't swear to the details, but that's
billings ali over
But there have been very few accidents
to the Billings ears. He has had wonder
ful luck with them, just as ne was extraor-
dinariy lucky with his horses. The best
judges in the world are often fooled into
buying a young horse at a fancy price
when the animal can't develop the speed
Of wheelbarroW Very few of his pur-
chases disappointed him. It's the Same
with his automobiles.
4 haven't an idea how much his auto
mobiles have cost him-roughIy, ! sup
rose. between 500 600 and 81 .0G0000 The
head chauffeur gets $50 month, and
there are five others just at present who
get the best kind Of pay Then there are
two expert mechanicians and four or five
minor garage attendants The tire bill for
an establishment like that can't be far
from Ebp a month. The cars are kept in
the most perfect condition. and repair bills
are run up for comparatively trifing in
turies- The cost Of maintaining the cars.
aside from the cost OF new ones, must be
close to $4,000 a year"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

are the architects for the new ST Phil
Hp's Church. in Harlem, between 1S3d and
134th streets and Seventh and Eighth ave-
nucs. costing $500 90
Edward s. Lucas. secretary OF the Hyde
grade Silk Company. from a clerk
snip at nominal salary 10 his present
place with this large corporation. He is
probably the only negro in New York en-
gagged in the textile fabric business. and he
owns a fine broWnstone house I'm Dean
street, BROOKLYN.
The success OF the negro in things ma
teria1 has by no means been confined to
the Borough of Manhattan, for when we
cross to the City of Churches we find
many negro business men scattered over
the various sections who are steadily
climbing 10 prominence in their respective
feds
Brooklyn being essentially a community
of homes, has within its confines many
old families of cultured negroes. who
with pride, trace their ancestry back TO
the days when Brooklyn was a village COW
e~ing only a few square miles These peo-
pie have grown with the city. taking an
active part in its politics. charities and
ether phases of civic life.
For many years the acquisition OF real
resent time the negro real estate hold
crs in Brooklyn number several thousands
and their holdings are taxed on a vaIua-
ton ~ several millions. These properties
are not al located in the thickly populated
negro sections. but are scattered here and
there throughout the city many i'm excel
lent residential localities. the negro occ,,-
pants living III peace ana harmony with
their neighbOTS.
In the heart of the Bedford section.
only a short distance from the Union
League Club, is an apartment house occu-
pied b. a refined class " negroes and
owned by Mrs. Mimic r Allen. in this
section. also. are the homes of Charles
tt. Lansing and George wibecan. ir.. both
prominent in the civic affairs of the
borough.
In the StuyveSant section is the brown
stone house of Harry l.. Nemp and those
ot ]. Hoffman Woods Walter +. Craig
Howard Wasser. Frederick Watkins and
Brit Thompson. In the St. Marks ssc
ton is the meme Of J. H. Fayerweathar
Ia the Williamsburg section is the old
brownstone homesead o. Mrs Mary Gala
wealthy negro resident, In the hill dis
tict are the homes OF w. h Smith. Nr
James II. Trimble ana Mrs. Howard Rrax.
ten. in the Fiathush section are the homes
Il William G. Green, Nj r. Virgins and 7.
j. Jarret.
This list though far ftom coinuistc. gives
ain Idea Of the tendency OF the better class
Of negroes to Distribute themselves.
rraGl. II, Gilbert has conducted Il Iiv.rv
business on Brooklyn Heights Tor several
years. He Owns large modern brick
staFle, vel! stocked with horses and euui-
PAGES. Mr.. Gilbert's partner is white. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
r<A A,o;x,ereorD Contention of the
National Negro Business League
Calls Attention TO 1t.

, last half dozen years there has been
general exodus OF negroes from all other
neighborhoods TO Harlem, until to-day
these. 9itk the negroes who have come
from The South and elsewhere, form 4
population conservatively estimated at
forty-five thousand.
Not only are there III this locality thou
sands of quiet and Industrious black peo-
pie but here arc also located the cultured
and comfortable homes OF such widely
known negroes as Charles w Anderson,
Collector of Internal Revenue; Bishop
Alexander Walters. William A. Gross,
caterer: John b Nail, retired restaura
teur: Mrs. Walker, owner of the Press
House: Philip A. Payton, real estate
broker: DR.. c. Leroy Butler and James
A White Here also is the clubhouse of
The Frogs the organization OF negro
actors: while throughout The Bronx and
Williamsbridge there scores of nice
homes owned by black men and women.
Within the Harlem districts, covering
about three city blocks each way, are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

in Boston twenty-five years ago, MI
Thomas came to New York with less than
s. in his pocket. At first he began waiting
on the table. and afterWard became stew
ard for a club at 81 d day. But these
We're the halcyOn days of club life. from
the employees point of view" says MI
Thomas, and by the year 1895, by reason
of his tips" he had saved $4,000. During
all this time. however. Mr. Thomas had
never given up his business ambition; but
on the contrary, had taken a course during
his leisure hours i'll undertaking and en-
balming. He recently sold his property in
Seventh avenue opposite the Pennsylvania
Depot, for 100000. and is conservatively
estimated II be worth from $4,000 to
100000
The negroes in business may be rough
y divided into two classes, or schools
those who deal with their own race and
those engaged in the general market 1t
is impossible to get even an approximate
estimate of negroes engaged in New York
larger business world. who, in many cases,
are unknown 10. or almost completely iso-
lated in, their business and home life from
their people But there are many such,
mostly young ana highly educated. Ike w.
Frederick Trotmau, investment broker. and
". II. Ellis, bond broker. both of Wall
Street. J. q Geed. mining promoter,
Of No. ZIG Nassau street; {. T 1-ltcheH,
contractor, OF No. . West 42d stree. Tandy
{. Foster. architects, OF Lincoln Square
on Broadway: John J. Haglcy builder and
contractor, and &. j. Lucas. of the Hyde
grade silk and Lining Corporation, at No
III Broadway. There are other young Iuen.
like Robert r. Givens advertising agent
for the Southern Pacific Railway. holding
responsible positions.
Mr. TrotnIn the youngest of those men
toned, being yet under thirty years Is
perhaps the most remarkable of tn. group.
Born in New York city he completed his
education with three years course in
finance in New York University He was
Immediately employed as mortgage
broker by prominent corporation. and in
1903 established ms Office I'm one OF the
great buildings Of the Street with one OF
its we'll known bankers. Niue-tenths of his
patrons are white. and it was three wears
after ne went IN business fer himself that
his first negro client crossed his thresh-
old. lie has become manager for some
large estates. notable among which is The
Spence" estate. and he annually places
loans for millions OF dollars.
hr. Trotrnun mas suc"rcdrl In getting
.or many families %; his race beautiful
homes IN residential parts OF the city. lie
recently secured for the Sloan presby-
tcrlan Church, OF bro1ilvll, the splendid ,,li-
nee Of wealthy white congregation. He
also manages one of tho best apurtn-nt
houses for negroes In Brooklyn. Ia all
these matters lie has been able TO avoid
aroushg race feeling Nh Trotman $
words are especially encouragiug and ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

enterprises of many kinds. The alleged
race characteristics of sloveniness and
slipshod methods are conspicuous by their
absence. Commodious real estate offices
and well established employment agencies,
inviting dining rooms with plated mirrors
and spotless linen. finely fitted up barber
shops. poolrooms. clubrOOms and cafes, up
to-date undertaking establishments, well
stocked millinery stores, grocery stores
galore. printing shops. furniture stores,
bakeries and a drugstore conducted by ne
groes, all flourish in this district.
The NyanZa Drug Company, established
in May 1903. al No 50 West 1S5th street.
by Drs. NJ. n S. Pierre and r. A. Taylor,
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dozens of individual business units, not cor
Torations. conducted by negroes Here
may be found proof that the black man of
this city has not lost ground, and that
West Indians, Italians and Greeks are
crowding him upward. The West Indian
is filling tbs former place of the native
born negro in domestic life. The masses
of the latter here include hundreds in the
Civil Service. city and federal employees.
hundreds of theatrical performers and
musicians and still ether hundreds of me-
chanics, draymen and ianitors Pullman
car porters and station attendants.
The last three years have witnessed in
this community the establishment of negro
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

pressiye OF the view of many other
cessf,l men ike himself Il feel tnat 'i'e
future Of the negro in business is inoee'
bright and that race prejudice plays out
q small part where man Is proper5
eouipped for his work and carries h'nise'i
with the proper dignity"
The rise Of the architects Tandy q fo'-
ter. of Lincoln Square has been no less
markable than 1t has been unheraideo- me
senior member of this firm. Fertner w
Tandv. too is about thirty years oiu'
ard started BUSINESS under most adverse
and discouraging circumstances. When he
started out for himself a few years ago
soon after being graduated from corner.
hf. did not have the first month rent anu
his sole office furniture consisted or Chair
I;ut now Tandy & Foster have Worh uhoei
construction in this city ard elsewhere
totaIIinG $1.U0.OCo They are the construct
ing architects for the new negro bered1
called Lincoln Institute, at SimpsonViiie.
Nv with fourteen buildings now I'M
der way costing more than 10000 Ihey
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
AMERICAN SCALES MATTERHORN

Zerlnatt, Aug 5-The MattcThorn the
famous pointed mountain peak that so
long resisted the most persistent Alpine
climbers. until Edward Whymper the in
trepid. conquered It's perilous height. has
just been scaled by an American, Mr.
Schwab, who accomplished the feat on
july 70. Such is the lure of the mountain
THAI numerous expeditions have been or
gained and among the parties " ere found
number OF adventurous women who
wished TO accompany their husbands OF
friends
A number o: hunters have also arrived
on the scene. for Alpine sport IS now at
tracing attention abroud Kermit RJo>e-
welt beng among tcc "cxpecteG" It. engage
IN if
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
4 CARELESS TAILOR.

The y0uJs woman sat plymg tho needle
4 coat of her husbands VAS ia her lap
- the husband appeared she said (retfully
~ - 40 efd tue caiTleSs W. ~, t%t talIor
i've had 10 pat il on for YOU. Youths
I UIpaniun-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
SUICIDE IN HOFFMAN HOUSE
Dead Man Feared to Undergo a
Necessary Operation.

Obsessed by the fear Of an operation
which his condition rendered necessary
Samuel F. Innes. forty-six years old. put a
bullet into his right temple at the HOFFMAN
House yesterday and was found dead
alongside his bed. Innes was treasurer
and travelling salesman for the firm OF
Drake. Innes & Co, wholesale and retail
shoe dealers. Of Charleston, S. c, and was
g wealthy man.
He had been suffering from an intestinal
disease for some tine, and on the advice
OF his physicians he came TO New York
10 consult q specialist His brother, c. A.
lines. accompanied him. and his family
physician, Dr. Wilson, came along 10 care
for him. After several consultations with
q specialist Nj Innes was advised that he
must undergo an operation, and had made
ARRANGEMENTS 10 enter a private sanatorium
in this city.
Yesterday morning, shortly after :
o'clock. his brother, who had been with
him at the Hoffman House since their ar
rival last Tuesday, went down TO the sick
mans room. The door was not locked,
and as he entered he was Mortified 10 See
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
STAPLETON GIRL MISSING
Went TO Grocery on Tuesday and
Did Not Return Home.

Anna Matthews. the fourteen-year-old
Daughter of George ". Matthews. OF No.
~ Ta-gee street. Stapleton, Staten Island,
Pas been missing from her home since
Tuesday and her father has asked the po-
i-ce 70 send ouc q general alarm Both
'he father and mother are al 4 loss 10 &C
count for her disappearance as they say
s1e was always & home girl
The girls mother sent her 70 a grocery
ftore Tuesday morning. At that time she
hac on a blue dress. black stockings and
olack laced shoes. She wore neither hat
nor coat. The girl failed to return At
night her mother told the girls father and
inquiries Were made II was learned. il IS
Aslc, that the girl had been in the habit
"I visiting South Beach. where she had
made the acquaintance OF a waiter
MATTHEW'S told the police that the girl had
peen seen Tuesday morning with Morris
l'silasher, a waiter. getting aboard the s-20
oosf for Manhattan Gallagher was ar
rested late last night at Mariners Harbor
Hho held On a charge Of abduction. The
sr4 "aS Lot with hiu-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
CIVIL SERVICE MEN ORGANIZE
County and Municipal Employees Favor
Pension System and 8-Hour Day.

Albany, Sept. 10.-Delegates representing
about eight thousand county and municipal
Civil Service employees from various sections
OF the state to-day formed a state organi-
cation. These officers were elected: Presi-
dent Patrick J. Mcdonald, of Ellmira; vice
nresidanrs Thomas FitZsimmOnS, New
York: George Callahan, Richmond; Edward
P Kelly, Buffalo: John D. Driscoll. FL
mira and William P Coates, Albany; sec
retarv Thomas E. Bussey, New York;
1reasi1rer Louis J. Weller. New York.
Resolutions were offered favorlng ma
tiOnaI state, county and city pensions to
10 secure a uniform eight-hour working
schedule.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11

his brothers. body lying on the floor along
side the bed. A revolver lying alongside
the bed and a bullet hole in his right
temple told the story Blood on the pillow
showed that the shooting took place there,
and the man had apparently rolled out
OF the floor.
The shouts Of c. a. Innes attracted a
beHboy and the house physician. Dr. Walter
.. Jennings, Of No. 175 Lexington avenue,
was called. Dr. Jennings found that the
man had been dead for more than two
hours.
Coroner Winterbottom went to the hotel
and investigated the case. No note or other
message was found, but after hearing the
statements Of the dead mans brother, DR..
Wilson and the benboy the Coroner gave
a permit for the removal of the body to
Charleston for burial.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
GARDENING COURSE AT Y. M. {. A.

George E. Beck, who has charge Of the
educational work at the 23d street Young
Mems Christian Association, announced
Yesterday that he has made arrangements
10 give a course in gardening this year.
Model gardens will be planned and every
detail of the culture and arrangement Of
the ordinary garden will be taken up, be
ginning with the preparation Of the soil
G. .. Brill. who has charge OF eX-MayOr
Seth B. Lows farm, at Bedford Hills, will
take charge Of the course.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11

This the big overshadowing piano event OF the year
more genuine piano purchasing opportunities
positive a7ig opportunitiesn1ore security and more 9"2
than a1lv other like sale of the past
wear these sales have in Importance Year
after wear surprisingly high character OF the pianos offered
1 - even Iioher Year after year r1usiclOvers have
found at these sales increasingly wonderful values And ms
sale of such economic import that It must arrest the
attention and arouse every who dreams OF piano
n this sale the terms used and exchanged are almost
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11

cialty of handling accounts for legislators
who put up no margin.
The list of legislators and politicians who
did business with Ellingwood & Cunning
ham has not been half read yet. On good
authority it can be stated that this list, as
the committee brings 1t out, will furnish
much interest to the political world. The
committee will go through the books in
each case as they began with Bedell and
Goodsell The account will be placed on
the records: then the legislator OF poll
tician will be asked to explain the items.
One of the prominent politicians who will
be asked TO tell the committee about his
dealings with the brokerage concern Is
George R. Malby, who ended his career at
Albany as chairman of the Senate FINANCE
Committee, the most powerful place save
one, in the upper house. He was for years
a member of the so-called House Of
Lords"
To Recall BedeII and Goodseil.
Both Bedeu and GoodselI will be recalled
this week The graft hunters want to hear
more about GoodselPs Fifth avenue stage
coach bill, which came to him by way or
Oneida County, though affecting only New
York City Somehow Judge Bruce and the
committee members believe there was a d.
rect connection between that bill and some
of the transactions in Trans" stock ap-
pearing on the books of Ellingwood & Cum
ningham. They hope they can get further
information regarding it from Goodsel or
Rogers, or maybe Cole.
James W. Cunningham, who seemed to
have interesting correspondence with Tracy
Rogers and officials of the Metropolitan
system. well as TO know a good bit about
these legislative accounts, is under sub
pnna. His testimony probably will be taken
this week.
After the committee gets rid of its pres
ent job IN tracing street railroad funds it
probably will take up the beet sugar
bounty scandal into which the names of
Senator Raines and Jean Burnett were
dragged. 1t is understood that the fashion
in which beet sugar legislation was handled
was distinctly interesting, and investigation
Of 1t is likely TO prove instructive TO a
committee directed to seek light on "legis-
Iative methods" Moreover. the committee
has certain information that all who took
part in beet sugar affairs at Albany are not
dead or out of politics.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11

devoid meaning. The condition OF each
ano has been determined perfecand each guaranteed by
The Aeolian Company the worlds foremost and largest piano
Formerly pianos exchanged account OF age or
defect But the Panoa Piano results IN the
exchange of pianos their original perfection that they
are still actually ro1th their original price.
But regardless of what might be OF what
could securedhese magnificent pianos now stand here
waiting to 90 to you half of their actual value
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
TT contains all the essentials
1for husbandinR the strength
and vigor acquired through
rest and recreation.

In splits as well regular size bottles
AT Leading Places and Dealers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-14

The sxcruciatihg pains Trom corns or
bunions may be avoided by applying Cham.
berlain'S LinimenL
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-14
President Nash
Not Ready with
Light Statement
Returns from the East, but Defers
Franchise Discussion Until
Saturday Morning.

Fred a. Nash, president of the Omaha
Electric Light and Power company, re-
turned Thursday morning from Philadei-
phia, where he went to confer with the
eastern men interested in the company
relative to the situation that has arisen
through the recent decision of the court
of appeals at st, Louis.
Having had no opportunity to consult
with our attorney since returning, 1 have
no statement to make today" said Mr..
Nash, Tomorrow l expect to have a
statement ready, defining the position of
the company and what we shall ask the
city council to do concerning the rights of
the company.
unlike many other concerns of one kind
and other this company has never had a
serious controversy with the city Of Omaha
and we do not expect to begin quarreling
now. / feel the council wants to do the
right thing and / know the company does
Consequently | am not expecting any great
difficulty i'm reaching an agreement that
will be mutually fair"
Mr.. Nash indicated that II the company
is to be in a position to sell bonds in the
eastern market for extensions and better
ments. II must have a franchise or license
covering a substantial term of years, and
. lntimated any term shorter than fifty years
would not be considered fair to the inter-
ests of the electric light company.