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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-11

from the breadth and depth Of his SYM
pathies- Tt might be more truly said,
perhaps. that it was the source of his
sympathy, his abiding love for hui
manity. 1t never wavered from the
earliest day in his career until that
fateful night when a senseless feeling
of revenge laid him low through the
bullet of an assassin No wonder the
world sOrrOwed. and still sorrows over
the pitleSs cruelty of such ingratitude.
Says the Atlanta Georgian, after
noting that the north's generous ad-
miratiOn of the genius of Robert E.
Lee matches the south's readiness to
do justice to the qualities Of Abraham
Lincoln: What might have happened
had the assassin't bullet been turned
aside on the fatal night in Ford's thea
ter, it may be useless and idle TO spec
ulate, but there are few southern men
who doubt that much of the gall of bit
terness which characterized the days
Of reconstruction would have been re-
moved had the life of Mr.. Lincoln been
spared He not only knew and under
stood the south, but he also possessed
the breadth of mind and soul which
this stern era required Moreover, his
intense love OF the union. which was
always greater than his hatred of slav
cry, would have made him eager and
anxious to pour healing. oil upon the
wounds of sectional estrangement- Per-
haps no single utterance of Mr.. Lin
coin better illustrates his entire free
dom from the poisonous venom which
belongs to the little men than the one
contained in the final paragraph of the
first inaugural:
7 am 10th to close. We are not
enemies, but friends. The mystic chords
of memory stretching from every bat
tIefield. and patriot grave. TO every liv-
ing heart and hearthstOne, all over this
broad land, Will yet swell the chorus
of the union, when again touched. as
surely they win be, by the better angels
of our nature
A man who loved his fellow men, This
was the secret of LincOln's greatness
this was his greatness. As president
Roosevelt said:
He did not hate the man from whom
he differed. Weakness was as foreign
as wickedness to his strong. gentle ma
tUre, but his courage was Of a quality
so high that it needed no bOlstering Of
dark passion. AS the years roll by
and as all of US, wherever we dwell.
grow to feel an equal pride in the valOr
and self devotion alike of the men who
wore the blue and the gray. so this
whole nation will grow to feel a sense
of peculiar pride in the man whose
blood was shed for the union of his
people and for the freedom of a race;
the lover of his country and of all man
kind; the mightiest of the mighty men
who mastered the mighty days, Abra-
ham Lincoln"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-11
A Native Spanish-American On
The Greatness Of Abraham Lincoln
By IsidOrO ArmiiO, Las Cruces, N. M.

- VERY man is a hero worshiper.
Carlyle says IN his eloquent way:
Worship Of a hero is transcend
ent admiration of great man-great
men are still admirable-at bottom
nothing else is admirable. No nobler
feeling than this Of admiration for one
higher than himself dwells in the breast
OF man; it is to this hour, and at all
hours, the vivifylng influence in mans
lffe-The history of the world is but
the biography Of great men," So true Is
this that we all subscribe to ii readily.
Goodness and greatness are not al
ways perfectly allied; a man may be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-11
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-11

says: abraham Lincoln was an acute
man. But we erect no monuments 70
shrewdness. We set aside no DAYS for
the commemoration of mere America
smartness, skill in manipulation. acute-
ness in dealing for selfish purposes
Men may win their temporary victories
but the people reserve their memorials
for the ability that finds its highest
display in unselfish devotion to public
good. Lincoln was politician. He
delighted in the intricacies of states
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-11

sought and obtained by the suffrage Of
the people, through the varying career
of success and failure of a politicians
life until he reached the goal of every
Americans ambition-the guidance OF
the nation. He valued this success. hi,t
the fact that he attained it was of more
value to the country, to the world.
even than it was to him. He won IL
by his ability, his ability as an orator.
a thinker, a logician, but more than all.
by his character. Governor Hughes
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
FOREIGN NEWS.

Commercial union, followed BY -
Hexation to the United States, IL the
Inevitable meaning of the pending 70.
eiprocity agreement as interpreted b
the Conservative opposition in the Ca.
madam parliament. This sentiment
dominated a three-hour speech b.
George e. Foster, who under the Con,
sentative government was finance min,
lister and tariff maker.
Seventy-five persons, most Of them
in their night clothes, many scream
ing with terror, were rescued from the
collapsed Mares block at Winnipeg.
Mrs. John McLeavy, seventy-five years
old, was fatally injured by falling do.
bris. The wreck of the building was
the result of adjacent building opera,
tons. g.. y.
Two more. names were added to the
death roll of the aeroplane at Douai,
France. Aviators Noel and Delatorre
were killed while conducting a trial
Of military aeroplane before experts
from the war department previous to
its delivery to the army. Noel was
the pilot and Delotorre passenger.
Figures compiled from the 1910 i'm.
perial German census show there are
forty-seven cities in the empire having
a population in excess Of 100000. The
thirteenth census of the United States
shows fifty cities with this population.
Berlin, Germany's largest city, without
its suburbs, has 2,O64,154.
Fifteen hundred students were ar.
rested at st. Petersburg for attempt
ing to prevent the scheduled lectures
at the University of st. Petersburg.
The demonstration was engineered by
the students who have been on strike
against the governments interference
in the courses of studies. ~.
During the preliminary home rule de-
bate in the house of commons Pre-.
mier Asquith reiterated his declara.
ton that the governments first task,
after the veto bill" had been disposed
of, would be to carry out policy of
full self-government for Ireland.
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford is
sixty-five years Of age and by virtue
Of the age limit clause Is retired from
the active list OF the British navy. He
has held no appointment since his
surrender on March "a, 1903, of the
command of the channel fleet .+.
Five men were killed and two Sc
verely injured as the, result of a pre-
mature explosion in a tunnel at Kit
selas, B. G. A box Of powder, left to
thaw out, became overheated.
In the first division of the new Brit
ish parliament the house of commons,
by majority Of 102, reaffirmed adher.
ence to free trade principles.
Baron Albert Rothschild, head of the
Austrian branch of the famous family
Of bankers, Is dead at Vienna.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Philandsr o. Knox, secretary Of
state, in an address delivered before
the Chicago Association Of Commerce.
advanced arguments In support Of ths
proposed American Canadian reciproc-
ity agreement. portrayed the rise Of
conditions which he said made such
a pact inevitable and pointed out ad.
vantages TO be derived by both coun-
tries through the lowering Of the tar.
fff barrier.
Reciprocity with Canada will bene-
fit the entire United States, farmer,
manufacturer. railroad company, mid
dleman, warehouseman. This was the
declaration made by President Taft
in an address at Columbus, O., at the
National Corn exposition. "Al will
be the gamer" he said. ...
Cardinal Gibbons was appointed by
President Taft to be member Of the
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18

America, in every case he would say,
"Oh, yes; it is grand. but we can beat
It in the States"
l am very sorry that failed to see
this beautiful building before visited
several public buildings In Europe,
notably the hall Of justice in Brus-
sells and the Art museum in Vienna.
Had seen this building before went
abroad I could have truthfully said,
"Oh, yes; 1t is great, but we can beat
1t in Harrisburg, Pa" On behalf Of
my race l take this opportunity to
thank the speaker, who at all times
and places has shown his interest in
our welfare by saying the kind word
and doing the kind deed.
thank the legislature, each mem
Der Of it, for the generous appropria-
tons made to the many colored insti-
tutions, but for your munificent gifts
some of them would never have exist
ed, and nearly all would have closed
their doors ere this I thank you for
the noble stand you have taken in re-
gard TO the civil and political rights
Oh the DldCk man. Dut lOE tuc SpiCh-
did efforts of that able and cour-
ageous son of Pennsylvania, Thaddeus
Stevens, backed by the sentiment OF
fair play for all men, my friend, the
Hon. Harry w. Bass would not be a
member of this body tonight were 1t
not for such manly men as Stevens
was.
Our Progress Since Emancipation.
We have made astonishing financial
progress since our emancipation. In
1868 we possessed comparatively moth
ing. Today our personal and real es-
tate is valued at more than $500, 0OO,-
900. We have bankers and merchants
of all classes and large number OF
planters. We represent in homes
$378,OOO, In farm land $325,0O0, In
school property $12,OO0,0O0 and In
church property $37OO0,Ooo.
Our intellectual progress has been
greater than our financial growth. The
Negro has shown himself to be the
equal Of any other race In intellectual
possibilities. This is evidenced. by the
high honors taken by Afro-Americans
from the wealthiest and most infuen-
tial institutions Of learning In this
country. We have proof Of this state
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Seven members of the family Of
Herman Berkowitz, the father, mother
and five children, were killed by H..
Illuminating gas in their home in the
Ghetto district of Philadelphia. When
their bodies were discovered in the
gas filed room by neighbors the
father lay fully dressed on one bed
with two small boys, while the mother
and three girls We're in another bed in
the same room on the third floor.
An explosion of gas in the Cokedale
mine Of the Carbon Coke and Coal
company at Trinidad, Colo, caused
the death of fifteen men. All the
bodies have been recovered and indi-
cate that the victims died of .suffoca-
ton while attempting to escape from
the mine after the explosion.
Ten shop employees of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad were torn
to fragments and seven others were
injured when an engine under repair
exploded in the Smithville (Tex.)
yards. Besides the loss of life rail-
road property valued at $4,000 was
destroyed.
Three women were drowned when a
street car went through an open draw
into the Sheboygan river at Sheboy-
gan, Wis, and became submerged
These were the only passengers inside
the car when 1t toppled into the river.
Four men were crushed to death and
five others were. perhaps fatally in
jured when the roof of a brick shed
of the Illinois Brick company in Blue
Island, ILL.,, collapsed, burying the men
beneath 1t
The Oshkosh, small vessel was
struck by an enormous wave and cap
sized off the coast of Oregon. Cap
tain Thomas Latham and six others
drowned.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
WALTERS SPEAKS
| T0LEG|SLATORS
Keystone Lawmakers Hear
Speech by Noted ChuTchman
RACE MUST STAND ON MERIT.

Progress Of coIored Americans, Their
Struggles and Aspirations, Cited In
Eloquent Address by Bishop Alex.
ander Walters of New York Before
House of Representatives.
While in Harrisburg, Pa, on an ON
cial visit to the A. NJ. e. Zion churches
In his episcopal district recently Bish-
op Alexander Walters of New York
was invited by the speaker Of the leg
islature to deliver an address to the
members before leaving the city. He
accepted the invitation, stating that
his stay was brief and therefore he
would not have the time to prepare his
speech.
Having been introduced by Speaker
Cox. Bishop Walters spoke in part al
follows:
Mr.. Speaker and Members Of the House
of Representatives:
! highly appreciate the honor con-
ferred upon me by your amiable and
gifted speaker in presenting me to this
honored and august body.
took advantage of my official visit
to the churches Of my denomination
in this city to take a look at your
most beautiful capitol. 1t is the hand
soonest building I have ever seen. A
great many Americans when travelling
abroad are wont to praise foreign in
situations to the detriment Of our own.
Unlike the young American while
abroad who was shown many things
of interest and among them some rare
old buildings such as we haven't in
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
The DEATH RECORD.

Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan, arch
bishop Of Philadelphia and metropoli.
tan Of Pennsylvania, is dead at Phila-
delphia, aged eighty years. Archbishop
Ryan was considered the greatest of
the line of bishops and archbishops
that have occupied the episcopal see
Of Philadelphia since its erection in
1908.
Mrs. Zerelda Samuel, eighty-six
years old, mother Of Frank and Jesse
James, tho former bandits, died on a
train near Oklahoma City. She was
on the way to Kansas City from the
home Of her son Frank, who lives on
q farm near Fletcher, Okla.
Edwin A. Jasgard Of st. Paul, asso.
ciate justice of the Minnesota supreme
court, died in the Bermuda islands.
Although he had gone to the Bermudas
for his health his death was unex.
pected. It was due to heart failure.
General Alexander Stewart Webb,
who as chief Of staff to General Meade
repulssd the Confederate charge un-
der Pickett at Cemetery hill and held
Bloody Angle" at spottsylvania, is
dead In New York city.
Fearing that he would soon become
An invalid and be a burden to his
wife and infant son Professor Frank
J. Phillips, we'll known as a forestry
expert, committed suicide at Lincoln
Neb., by lnhaling gas.
Rear Admiral Silas Terry, U. 8. NJ
retired, died Of pneumonia at his home
In Washington. He was a native OF
Wallonia, Ky, and was sixty-eight
years old, having served with distinc
ton in the Civil war.
Rev. Dr.. William 8. Freas, sixty-two
years old, a former president of the
general synod Of the Lutheran church
of the United States, Is dead at Bal
timore.
Marshall H. Jewell, editor of the
Bismarck IN. d. Tribune and one OF
the best known newspaper mon in that
state. Is dead after a lingering illness
Walter Strange, who was formerly
mayor Of Sioux CITY, Ia, and who built
tho stock yards there, died at a Seattle
hospital following an operation.
Andrew G. Fields, q prominent New
York insurance man, died suddenly al
e Atlantic City, N. J.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Concentration Of the control Of the
standing timber in very few hands,
vast speculative holdings "far in I'D.
vance of any use thereof" an enor.
NOUS increase in the value Of this di.
minishing natural resource, with great
profits to its owners, and, incidentally,
IAN equally sinister land monopoly"
and a closely connected railroad dom.
ination"-these are the findings re-
ported to the president by Herbert
Knox Smith, commissioner Of corpora
lions, in the first installment Of his
long awaited report on the lumber in.
dustry in the United States.
Decisions handed down by the COM
missioner of the general land Office
hold for cancellation thirty-two coal
cash entries embracing valuable coal
lands in the Lander (Wyo.) land dis.
srict upon the ground that those en-
tries were made fraudulently in pur-
suance OF conspiracy and by means
OF dummy" entrymen.
Reciprocity with Canada, reciprocity
with all countries of North and South
America, reciprocity, in fact, with all
nations, was advocated by both Presi-
dent Taft and Speaker to Be Champ
Clark in stirring addresses at the open
Ing session Of the Pan-American con.
ference at Washington.
Members of congress are being del.
uged with kilograms and letters pro-
testing against the increase in the
postal rate on the advertising sections
IT the magazines to cents q pound.
- provided for in an amendment =
~ postolnce appropria&ion bill.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18

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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
POLITICAL NEWS.

OF the thirty-four members repre-
senting The big agricultural states of
the Observation-Disclosures. Iowa, Wis
consin and the Dakotas-twenty-four
voted in the house against the Mccall
bill embodying the terms of the reel.
procity agreement negotiated with
Canada by President Taft.
Lafayette Young, who now holds the
seat in the senate made vacant by the
death Of Senator Dolliver of Iowa, has
withdrawn from the contest for re.
election for the balance of the unex.
pired term.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The grand jury at Danville. H., re
turned ZIG true bills. Among the In
dictments returned were bills against
City Attorney Frank w. Jones and
Peter Sanichas, a Greek merchant
who are charged with perjury in con
nection with their testimony In the
election inquiry.
Harry Cambron, J. B. Lexague, Pc
ter Eramuspe and B. indiana, wealthy
stockmen of Alturas, CAL. were found
murdered near DEMO. New. Cattle
thieves are suspected.
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CHURCHES.

CHURCHES.
ST. PETERS A. M. e. CHURCH, ed st.
between 9th and 10th AYES. Services
every Sunday 1880 a. m. and 500 p. m.
Sunday school at 1880. Rev. F. M.
Lewis, Pastor.
ST. JAMES A. M. e. CHURCH, 315
Eighth Ave. So. Sunday services at IL
a. m, 8 p. m. Sunday School at p. m.
Rev. James L. Wharton, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 112o
Eighth Street So. Preaching every
Sunday morning and evening. Rev. L.
J. Carter Pastor.
N. and 4th st. Services morning and
evening each Sunday. Rev. M. w.
Withers, Pastor.
ANCHOR HILYARD LODGE No. A.
F. M, meets LIST and Sd Tuesdays OF
and Sth Ave. So. Minneapolis. e. B.
James, Secretary. F. A. Abbey. w. M
AMEs LODGE, No. LOG I. B. p. o. e. w.
meets at 211 Hennepin Ave., Minne-
apolis. I'd and 4th Tuesdays Of each
month. NJ. w. Scott. Secretary. VIM.
r. Morris, e. r. .~ ..-.
NAT TURNER LODGE No. K. P. meets
Temple. cor. 4th ST. and Sth Ave. &c..
Minneapolis. Ralph Watson, K. r. &
S., G. Butler, G. G.
PRIDE OF MINNESOTA LODGE No.
X. p. meets LIST and Sd Thursdays of
each month at FL Hennepin Ave-. Min
neapolis. G. e. Southan, X. r. & s..
s. G. West. G. c.
THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNTAIN Of @.
u. o. of True Reformers No. 2779 meets
at Labor Temple Hall the End and 18th
Friday Of each month";
NAOMI TEMPLE No. 1853 s. M. T.. NETS
the first and third Wednesday In each
month. Mary Mitchell, Sec. Mary
Lattmore, w. p.
QUEEN ESTHER TEMPLES M. r.,
NETS the first and third Monday in each
month. Mrs. Fannie Pierre. w. p.
PRIDE OF HENNEPIN LODGE, u. b.
F., meets at the Arcade Hall, 1913
Wash. Ave. the I'd and 4th Monday Of
each month.
THE q. U. O. Of O. 3. meets the first
and Wednesday of each month at La
Dor Temple Hall.
THE NORTHWEST LODGE OF U. q. r.
meets at Arcade Hall, Washington Ave.
the End and 4th Wednesdays Of each
month.
THE HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH meets at
Labor Temple Hall the second and
fourth Mondays Of each month.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

BY the capituletion Of George J
Gould the Observation-Disclosures inter
ssts will secure control Of the Missouri
Pacific railroad. It 10 the understand
ing in financial circles that Howard
Elicit, president Of the Northern Pa
cific, is considering an offer Of the
presidency and probably will accept 1t.
According to Trustworthy informa-
ton Boston is the center Of interest
IN a $1OO.0O0,000 automobile combina-
ton that is being formed.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18

necessity Of helping ourselves, and the
leaders Of the race have resolved to
do more for the moral elevation of the
race in the future than they have in
the past.
Fourth.-The groundwork Of our ma
terial advancement is industry. AS a
race we are generally industrious, but
we need to become more skillfully so.
Unskilled labor cannot compete with
skilled labor. neither north nor south.
In the past we were given certain po-
sitions by our white friends as the re.
suit Of sympathy, not because we
could perform the work as skillfully
as others, but because Of our poverty
and oppression. The sentiment which
actuated them to help us was a noble
one, but that kind Of sentiment Is a
thing Of the past. Now we are requir-
ed to stand or fall according to our
merits.
Fifth.-Our civil and political rights
must. be maintained. We are deter
mined to continue the struggle for
such rights. To say as some have done
that the Negro has no rights Is to say
that he is not human being. That he
Is has been granted by all except the
insane. This nation has made him. q
citizen. and he should be treated az
such throughout the length and breadth
Of the land.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-02-18

board of Indian commissioners in
place Of the late Archbishop Ryan.
Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sier.
ras," Is in a critical condition in an
Oakland (Cal) hospital. Physicians
diagnose the aged poets illness as a
general breakdown.
Rear Admiral Winfield 8. Schley,
who fractured two ribs by fall on an
Icy sidewalk at Washington a few
days ago, is improving.
The pope Is i'll with influenza and at
the direction Of his physicians remains
In bed