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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31

notice. The subject is worthy of the
tribute. and the facts are not in any.
wise overstated. The Times says:
when James 81. Anderson. the ed.
itor Of the Amsterdam News. with
o1ces at II West One Hundred and
Thirty.fifth street, this city. announced
the other day his candidacy for the
assembly from the Thirty-ffth Assem-.
bly, district a considerable stir was
caused In Harlem politics. Should
Mr.. Anderson be successful in his am
bition-and 1t is hoped he WILT will
be the first time that the colored popu-
lation in New York will have a mem
Der Of their own race In the legisla-
tive halls at Albany.
Mr.. Anderson. who has been a resi-
dent Of New York for the last twenty
nine years, has taken an active inter.
est in all matters pertaining to- the bet.
tering of municipal conditions. He
established the Amsterdam News on
Dec. 4, 1909. and ever since this week.
~ publication, which Is alive with the
news Of the day, has made a strong
Roadway.
Mr.. Anderson was for time the as.
sistant sexton In Henry Ward Beech
er's church In Brooklyn, and that not
ed divine took great interest In the
young colored man who was member
Of his congregation. During the TWEEN
ty years that Anderson has been an
active figure In public life he has taken
q considerable interest In literary and
debating societies. He has always
worked for the improvement Of human
conditions. and this work he will con.
tinue in a greater degree should he be
honored with the election to the as
sembly.
This aspirant for political honors
stands squarely for equal protection for
all and special privileges to none. he
told representative of this publication
the other day that In case of nomina.
ton and election be will not only look
after the rights and interests Of his
own people, but will fight for the wei.
fare Of the people In general.
It II no more than right that mat
tiers coming before legislative discus.
sions In reference to the privileges Of
the colored people should be debated
by representative Of their own class
Mr.. Anderson realizes perhaps more
than many others that there are many
local matters relating to the colored
population In this city that need i'm
mediate attention.
With q staIwart representative In Al
bany the colored citizens here could
rest assured that they would receive
the fullest attention In the legislative
body. The colored man needs more Of
q political and industrial recognition,
and by placing one Of their own race
In the lawmaking body the colored vot
srs would acquire more civic pride. to
which they are entitled.
Mr.. Anderson IL man Of broad
IDEAS. and It would be difficult to find
q more level headed man from the
Thirty.Hfth assembly district than this
aspirant for the position Of assembly.
man.
This district can boast Of over 5000
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
Tilted 0Irj HurIs Acid

Chicago. Aug. 30.-Jilted for another
woman after six years of self-sacrifice
and devotion, during which time she
taught her sweetheart to read and
write and paid his tuition through
medical school, Annie Raffelson 10
held by the police while her Apollo"
Abraham Milxenmacher, is in the hos
pital with face badly SCARED By car.
holic acid.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
Rounding Out Fifty Years Of Freedom

Rounding Out Fifty Years Of Freedom.
Judging from the many evidences Of
thrift and intelligence among Afro
Americans, IN all fairness one must
conclude that the race Is on the up
grade. 1t Is rounding out its fifty
years of freedom with cheering signs
Of its ability to conquer the difficulties
Of the past and the harder problems Of
the future.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
Sculptor Potter Dead.

Seattle, Aug. 30.-Louis Potter, the
New York sculptor, died here while
undergoing treatment BY Chinese
physician for a minor skin disease OF
long standing. Mr. Potter came here
Ten days ago on q tour Of the West.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
FRANK KELLOGG HON0RED

Unanimously Elected President Of Bar
Association.
Milwaukee, Aug. 30.-Frank B. Kel-
logg Of st. Paul was unanimously elect
cd president OF the American associa-
ton. All the other officers were re-
elected. .
Judges were declared "scandalously
underpaid" and the delays In settling
lawsuits In this country were attribut-
cd to cumbersome methods Of proceed
ure rather than to judges. by various
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31

colored votes. which would be more
than necessary for the election of Mr.
Anderson, who is Republican candi.
date. 1t Is to be expected that both
Republicans and Democrats will rally
10 his support. and In doing 90 they
would display good Judgment
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31

The Items frsm the classes, make
the news Of the masses. Read the
Twin City star.
SubsorIbs 70 The Star.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
Harlem (NeW York; District For
James L. Anderson
has fine PUBLIC RECORD.
Mercantile and Financial Times Pays
Splendid Tribute to Editor of the
q Amsterdam Nsws-What His Eleo.
ton Would Mean to the Race In New
York. .-- --.--.-.. .-.---.-r-. ..- ...- -- --'

New York.-The following statement
In recent issue of the Mercantile and
Financial Times, published In this
city, concerning the political aspira
lions of James 81. Anderson. founder
and editor in chief Of the Amsterdam
News, is worthy Of more than passing
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
DR.. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
NOTED EDUCATOR AGAIN
HONoREp.

DR.. Washington unanimously elected
President Of National Negro Business
League for 18th time.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
ATTY. McGHEE SERIOUSLY ILL

Atty. Fred. l.. McGhee was taken
seriously sick last Monday. He Is
suffering from heart trouble. His
many friends hope for his speedy re-
covery. Last reports are that he has
an attack Of pneumonia but is resting
easily.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31
READ THE sTAR-ITs NEWS.

SMOKE THE RELIABLE
Sc SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR Sc
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-31

coIorsd Congressional Candidate In q
Missouri District Strongly Support,
Cd by His Own Raee-chanes For
Negro Workmsn to Advance Offered
by q Street Railway Company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
ON HIKE TO NEW YORK.
Philadelphia Boy Scouts VIII Be On
Road a Week.

Philadelphia, Pa, July IL
Thirty members Of Boy Scout Troop
No. 80 started on a hike to. New York
Tue day. delivering messages from
Director of Public Safety Porter.
Chief Scout Commissioner, to the
Mayor of every town they visit. In
New York, which the boys expect to
reach in a week, they will be the
guests of the New York scout troops.
The hike will be under the super
vision of Dennis Butler, a member of
a police patrol crew and scoutmaster
of the troop. The boys before start
ing for New York will be examined
by a police surgeon to ascertain
their fitness for the trip.
A wagonload Of provisions will ac-
company the troop and the boys will
prepare their own meals en- route.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
SOUTH TEXAS GARDENERS

The resolutions of the South Texas
Gardeners Association, printed in
yesterdays Herald will bear careful
reading. They display a profound
knowledge of the things covered by
them. and they are formulated with
signal ability. II Is good to know that
the producers of the Valley are re-
presented by such men. They work
with their brains as we'll as their
hands; and hand work and brain
work are both good. They are men
who know their own minds, and they
have a clear knowledge Of the condi-
tions that hinder their work as we'll
as the conditions that help.
1t will be impossible to discuss all
the points in those resolutions in
one editorial. But the keynote Of it
all is the recognition of the need
of the development Of farming in the
valley along scientific lines. Along
with this is the appreciation Of the
fact that mere scientific g~eneraliza-
lions r nothing. What they want
Is applied SCIENCE. Therefore they
call for TESTS and demonstrations on
the farm, under actual farm condi-
lions in he different localities, by
the farmers" under definite instruc-
ton.
1t is not surprising that men 50
thoroughly practical and so thor
oughly in earnest have been enabled
to do so much for the farming inter-
ests of the community. Work will
tell, brains will tell, and work and
brains directed by scientific knowl-
edge of climate. soils, drainage, and
all other varied clements in the ag-
ricultural environment Of the valley
will tell: and every interest i'm the
valley Is sure to prosper as the far
mers and gardeners prosper, Health
and Wealth to the South Texas Gard
ners. Also to the Cane Growers, and
to the Rio Grande Horticultural So
ciety. The occasion that brought
them all together in Brownsville was
a fortunate one.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
THE GARDENERS WILL COOPER.
ATE.

Among the various excellent and
appropriate resolutions adopted by
the South Texas Gardeners, at their
annual meeting this week was one
in particularly which is of more than
ordinary interest to Brownsville cit
liens. This embodied the expression
OF the Gardeners appreciation of the
annual Midwinter Fair given by the
citizens Of Brownsville, anG OF a de-
termination on the part of the asso-
citation to cooperate with our citi-
zens in promoting the further sue
cess of the enterprise.
This is encouraging. Our citizens
have eXerted themselves energetical-
ly each year in behalf Of the Midwin-
ter Fair, and their efforts have sue
ceeded in making the fair n of the
most important events of the winter
in the Valley. They look forward 20
a continuance of the good work, be-
lieving that the Fair should be made
a great factor in the development of
the farm and garden interests Of the
entire Gulf Coast country and also
one of the best advertising mediums
which this sections varied resources
could have. To know that our farmer
friends al over this section are IT.
terested in the fair and not only ap-
preciate our efforts, but will assist
us in continuing this enterprise is
cheering. With rhe cooperation of
the South Texas Gardeners. the
Midwinter Fair Associa-
tion may look forward to greater and
more valuable results than ever be-
fore.
Let us not forget, however, that it
Is alreaoy time for us to be making
preliminary arrangements for the
fair. The announcement should be
out soon and premium lists made up
and distributed as early as possible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
NEW TRUNK LINE ROAD TO
BE BUILT IN WEST TEXAS

Midland, Texas, July 1S.-All ne
gotiations have been completed for
the building of a standard gauge rail-
road from Tucumcari, New Mexico,
through West Texas ito San Antonio.
This road will cross the Texas and
Pacific at Midland and proceed from
here in a southeasterly direction to
San Antonio.
Work has already begun at Mid
land. The permanent surveying crew
started out from Midland June 22d.
The contract of the Railroad Com
pany with Midland requires that ac-
tual construction shall begin in SIX
ty days. Midland will be a division
point, and it is the presnt intention
of the company TO locate their head
quarters and principal shops at this
point.
The road is already chartered un-
der the name Of the Texas Gulf and
Northern Ry. Company The pro
ject was launched and is still being
handled by some North Texas bank
ers; J. A. Underwood is president, w.
n. Sadler or Amarillo, vice-president,
and NJ. c. Lemaater secretary and
general manager.
This line is thoroughly financed,
Chicago parties having agreed to I'M
derwrite the bonds, the charter has
already been secured and work will
be pushed to a conclusion with all
diligence possible. Experts declare
this line will traverse the largest
territory in the United States that is
now without railroad facilities. One
great source of its revenue will be
the tonnage from the great New Mex
leo coal fields. Being the mast di-
rect line from the northwest to the
Cuff of Mex. il will benefit largely by
the opening of the Pan~ma Canal. Ow-
ing to rhe topography of the country
t~raversed the construction will be
exceedingly cheap, the grade over
most of the routs being only six
tenthis Of one per cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
LONDON BLUE BOOK CONFIRMS
THE VERY WORST.
Details of Shocking Cruelties Prac-
ticed on Natives in Peru Rubber
District in Report by Sir Roger
Easement.

London.-The Blue Book, contain
ing the results of the investigation
of atroccious cruelties in the Putu-
mayo rubber district of Peru by Sir
Roger Easement, British consul gen.
.eral al Rio Janeiro, was officially
published today. The substance of
Sir Rogers Investigations have al
ready been printed in America, and
The Blue Book brings out little that
is really new.
The Putumayo river is about 1000
miles long, and it was not the main
stream of this little known river, but
the two %northerIy affluens, which
were the theater of the atrocities de-
scribed in the Blue Book, to which
many men from Barbados, British
subjects, bore witness.
The Blue Book contains a prelim-
mary report, presented in January,
in which Sir Roger said that the ma
.tives almost everywhere bore witness
of being flogged, in many cases bru-
tally. The marks of the lash were
not confined to men or adults. Wo-
men, and even little children, We're
more than once found with their
limbs SCARED with welts left by the
thong of twisted ltapir hide, which
was the chief instrument used for CO.
ercing and terrorizing the native
population of the region traversed.
The crimes charged against many
of the men in the employ of the Per-
uvian-AmaZon company yere of a
most atrocious kind including muir
der, assaults on women and constant
flogging. The conditions revealed
fully warranted the worst charges
brought against the agents of the Pc
uvian-ATiazon company were Of a
methods OF administration along the
Putumayo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

The crimes alleged against a man
in charge of one station included in
Vulnerable murders and torture of
defenseless Indians, pouring kero-
sene oil on men and women and then
setting fire 20 them, burning them
at the stake, dashing out the brains
of children, and again cutting off
the arms and legs Of Indians and
leaving them to speedy death in their
agony.
Flogging was varied with other
tortures, designed, like the semi
drowning of one man, to stop just
short Of taking life, while inspiring
acute mental fear and inflicting
much of the physical agony of death.
Thus men and lads who were rub
Der defaulters or had fled from the
work of gathering it we're suspended
by chains fastened around the neck
to one Of the beams of a house or
store, sometimes with the feet scarce
~ touching the ground, and the chain
hauled taut. They were left in this
half-strangled position until life was
almost extinct, and then liberated.
Starvation was again and again
resorted to, but this was not when it
was desired merely to brighten them
but when the intention was to kill.
Often men and women were kept pris-
oners in the station stocks until they
died of hunger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

VIII the law against gambling in
o:ton futures stop gambling in cot
ton futures? However it will be bet
ter to wait until it gets through the
and runs THE presidential
gauntlet before we 90 to worrying
about its effectiveness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

1t is going to take a good deal of
valuable time on the part of the Taft
managers TO untangle the muddle of
the electoral vote in those states that
instructed for Roosevelt in the pri-
maries. The electors named in the
state conventions are Roosevelt men,
and there is no way to compel an
elector to vote for or against any gil
c candidate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 10. 1912.

The Herald is authorized to an
nounce @. G.. HALLMARK as a can
didate for the Office of County School
Superintendent, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic primaries,
July 81, 1912.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

1t is hoped that the names Of the
electors will appear on the primary
ballot. 1t will be a pleasure to vote
for the Wilson electors twice, once
in the primary, and once at the fall
election.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

1t Is not probable that the demo-
Gratis will be able to get The wool bill
through the Senate. Yet they make
the senate go on record before the
people. The record should be w1r''
something in this crisis Of the coun-
try's affairs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
Victories of Dignity.

Dignity has its victories not less
renowned than those of the candid
Baltimore. President Taft was at
Washington, Governor Wilson at
went to Chicago, Speaker Clark to
Seagrit.-New York Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

Orozco is unable to say at present.
when he will leave Juarez. The folks
around there will just have to con-
troll their eagerness to speed the
parting guest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
HE SMILES NO 0

The Colonel amusement over the
Baltimore contest subsidized rapidly
when he learned the man had been
nominated by Democrats whom he
hoped to see defeated as being the
strongest candidate.-New York
World.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
E WERE OTHERS.

A delegate to the Baltimore on
ventiOn hailing from Texas bore the
name of l. r. Broke. There were
others al1o, who were in fact what
the Texan, perhaps, vas merely IL
name.-Philadelphia Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
THE D

We have recently installed il our Cleaning and Pressing department 4
Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine"
In pressing cloths with this machine. live dry steam IL brought. in dt-
rect contact with the material, the garment is pressed uniformly set
and steriized at n operation. Searching is utterly impossible.
This process is more sanitary thar the old method and the work is bet
ter. Our operators are skilfuI and our prices re slightly lower than Tor
merly.
Coat and pants, steameda and pressed $50.
Coat and pants. cleaned and pressed 81 OG r
Skirts, steamed and pressed $50. up. M H.
Other garments in proportion. AZ = --EEAAE-
TRY US Prone No 1
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

Taft's new private secretary is o
hard at work preparing a document
to show that his nomination was
honestly come by. 1t does not seem
quite fair to start in a new man on
a job like that.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

The Colonel will not make any tour
Of the middle west just now. His
presence is needed in or near New
York. Also perhaps there is no inn
mediate demand for the Colonel's
brand of campaign etaoinsh in the
west at this time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

Don't forget that the catalogue
house pays no taxes in your town
or county. 1t is THE home merchant
who pays the taxes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

The president is reported to have
been pleased over the turmoil in Bait
timore, but hat was before Wilson
was Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

nate advances and bends down, takes
the Indian by the hair and strikes
him, raises his head and drops it face
downward on the ground, and after
his face is beaten and kicked and
covered with blood the Indian is
.s%courged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

The oil from a large we'll recently
drilled in Louisiana is remarkable
from the fact that it contains no as
'phalt, gasoline nor parafin wax.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

All true and consistent democrats
must support the Wilson and Mar
shall ticket.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

Another thing 10 be thankful for
1--WE escaped the ''houn dawg" as the
pocratic election emblem.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

Another form of punishment was
described az follows: The accused
man was hung up by the neck and
beaten with machetes and was then
confined by the legs in heavy wooden
stocks. called locally ''cepo."
Each station was furnished with
one of these places or detention. I'M
prisoned in the stocks by the ankles,
which are often stretched two or
three feet apart, the victim lying up
on It's back, or possibly turned face
downward, remains sometimes for
hours, sometimes for days, often for
weeks. and sometimes for months in
this painful confinement.
1t is explained that che ankle holes
are 30 small that even for an ord.n-
ary-sized Indian the wooden stocks,
when closed, would bite into the
flesh. For the ord~inary-sized Euro
pean or negro the top beam could
not be closed upon the leg without
being forced down upon the ankle or
shinbone. and in one case noted two
men had to sit on the top OF the
beam to force it down on the victims
legs.
In many an Indian rubber
worker" says Sir Roger who knew
roughly what quantity Of rubber was
expected of him, when he brought
rs load 10 be weighed and saw that
IN balance would o touch the re-
md spot, would throw himself face
Iow1Eard on the ground end in that
Hawaii the inaaiN Cws.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

BY a new process lantern slide&agf
made by printing Photographs Oh
thin. transparent gelatine. which
then is fastened between two glass
Mates.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

In the meanwhile the friends Of
Judge Ramsey should push his candi-
dacy in Cameron county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
~ . Terms Of Subscription

Entered at the Postofice at Browns
vile Texas, as Second Glass Mail
Matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

All aboard the Wilson and Mar
band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

Many a man mistakes his preju-
dices for his convictions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

he democrats can have harmony
hout Harmon, after all.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19

AT an average speed of twelve
miles an hour an automobile tire has
a life just about twice as long as
one driven at a twenty-mile average
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-19
The toy "houn dawgs' are on the
bargain counter in Washington.

The federals are apparently beat
ing the rebels to the loot of the Nor
mon settlements in Sonora.