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Uncle Sam Has New Ward in Liberia
W
ASHIXGTON. An obscure chap
ter, it has long lain unread in
American annals, in spite of the in
terest that surrounds it. But now
that the United States has come to
take an active hand in the govern
ment of Liberia, it is natural that the
founding of that old half-American,
half African-negro state should attract
ov.v interest. Founded back in1 1820
as a home for the freed slaves from
this country, Liberia became a repub
lic in 1S47. Today its population num
bers some 60,000 Liberians along the
roast, while 2,000,000 negroes run wild
in the interior. No white man can ac
quire citizenship or own property.
By an arrangement with bankers in
this country, Prance and Germany and
v,ith the approval of Liberia and the
European powers, a loan of $2,000,000
is to be floated by our government to
the end of setting straight Liberian
finances and assisting the country to
establish itself upon a firmer basis.
The United States will have control
of the little state's financial, military
and agricultural departments and will
administer the republic's relations.
The popular accounts of the found
ing of Liberia credit the achievement
.somewhat vaguely to the American
Colonization society, of which Henry
Clay was president. There is a less-
known chapter of that perilous enter
prise which attributes the martyrdom
of a life in this effort to open a new
world to the slaves to Rev. Samuel
Bacon, an American minister of the
Episcopal church.
By act of congress, on March 3,
1819, the president was empowered to
create an agency In Africa for the
purpose of providing an asylum for
such Africans as should be liberated
by our ships of war from vessels
seized for violation of the law sup
pressing the" traffic in" slaves.
The government decided to send out
the ship of war Cyane and the' trans
port Elizabeth with mechanics and la
borers under two agents for the pur
pose of breaking ground for the re
ception of liberated slaves. On Janu
ary 8, 1820, having previously been in
the service of the colonization society,
Bacon received from President Mon
roe the commission .making him the
head of the proposed expedition.
A species of African fever appeared
among the members of the little band
of settlers. Soon 25 of the party were
brought down with it. Breaking un
der the labors he had assumed Bacon
presently discovered symptoms of th6
malady in himself. The remedies
administered were of no avail and he
died.
Bankson and others of the party
survived. The founding of the colony
went forward. But on the sacrifice of
Bacon's life Liberia was built. '
Soldier of Fortune May Lose Rights
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GET SUCH
A CHMCE
IF Capt. Jorge Nelken Y. Wald
berg, erstwhile of Argentina, pre
tended American, typical soldier of
fortune and one of the few men who
ever succeeded in selling a gold brick
to one of the nation's most prominent
men, does not return to Washington
within the next sixty days, he is likely
to lose his alleged American citizen
ship and be denied the protection of
the American flag.
Captain Waldberg flourished in
Washington 12 years ago, during the
Spanish-American war, and a few
years later, at the Pan-American expo
sition. The captain came to Wash
ington with a long military record.
Having been born in Argentina, he has
lived in half a dozen South American
countries and been engaged in as
many revolutions in the cause of lib
erty. Exiled, when unsuccessful, he
dropped into New York one day and
organized, a company of Greek fruit
venders, whom he took to Athens,
Joined the Greek army and fought In
the Graeco-Turkish war.
All that he got out of that contest
was a little military glory and a wife.
He married a very beautiful daughter
of a professor in the University of
Athens and returned to America in
time to take up newspaper work at
the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war.
He was able to speak several lan
guages fluently, and especially Span
ish. There was a great demand for
news from Cuba, and the genius of
Nelken led him to make translations
from Spanish and Cuban newspapers,
for which he found ready market with
the Washington correspondents. His
success prompted him to "fake" when
hi3 news sources became exhausted.
Not long ago the captain turned up
in Constantinople and became involved
in some trouble there which prompted
him to demand the protection of the
the American flag. He presented his
case at the embassy, and in endeav
oring to establish the fact that he was
a naturalized American citizen, some
disclosures came to light regarding his
papers which led the American charge
to refer the matter to the state de
partment. The department in turn made in
quiry at the district court, with the re
sult that an order was issued requiring
him to show cause within sixty days
why his papers should not be canceled.
Puzzlers for the New Customs Court
WHAT
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ANY
WAY 9
IF A HEN is not a bird, why is a
pair of rubber boots an article of
woolen wearing apparel? Funny ques
tion, is it not? There are many oth
ers, but this one Is enough to show
how Uncle Sam is puzzled at times to
properly classify imported articles so
that the correct rate of customs du
ties may be levied and collected. In
the above case, it is simply because
the highest customs authority of the
land held that as the boots had linings
in which there was an appreciable
quantity of wool they should bear the
rate prescribed for woolen apparel.
That same highest authority decided
that frogs' legs are dutiable as poul
try. The customs court, a new judicial
body that is just getting down to busi
ness at Washington, already has many
cases that will cause the public to
laugh. One of the first questions for
it to decide is whether the hen Is a
bird. Ornithologists would unhesitat
ingly declare she is, but the new
court i3 not composed of such men.
Eh? What is the odds? Wait a min
ute, and you will see how it concerns
every housekeeper. If the court can
be induced to decide that the hen is
a bird, down will go the price of eggs,
for the present tariff bar makes every
importer of edible eggs pay five cents
a dozen for all he brings into the
country. Bird's eggs are on the free
list.
Another nut to crack: Is an auto
mobile a household effect? Patriotic
Americans returning from motoring in
Europe will be pleased to have the
court say it is. Under such a deci
sion they could take over with them a
few real household goods, set up light
housekeeping for a while, buy a
French automobile, and then return
to this country and do it all for less
than the amount of duty on a high
priced automobile made in Europe.
Credit Due Foreign Health Officers
JEW persons realize to what extent
the welfare of this nation is pre
served by the splendid service of the
medical forces which are stationed
at all the danger ports abroad to pre
vent the introduction of plagues and
Pestilences into this countrj' through
shipping agencies. This force of pub
lic health officers is well equipped.
Moreover, in all places the work of
these trained experts is further sup
plemented by the efforts of the con
sular officers. In places that are too
Finail to support a trained force, but
e -i c- quite large enough to transmit dis
ease by emigration, the consular offl-
is do splendid work unaided.
The stringent laws of quaranttna
and the penalties which attach to all
attempts to evade them put effective
repressive weapons into the hands of
these officials, so that no attempts are
made to escape from compulsory com
pliance and securing a clean bill of
health at the point of departure and
ports of call. A vessel that starts
from a port with no appearance of in
fectious diseases among her crew or
passengers, and which is again sub
jected to rigorous examination on her
arrival at any American port, stands
little chance of bringing any infected
passengers past the several inspectors.
As there is no way of "measuring
what might happen if this force were
not employed, its members do not al
ways receive the full amount of credit
to which their unremitting care and
attention entitle them. They stand
amon g the many preventive forces
which the- country utilizes to safe
guard the people and to "whom the
debt of the nation Is greater than the
public is in- the habit of acknowledge
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20 CENT COTTON
SEEMS IN SIGHT
PREDICTED BY NEW YORK BROK
ERS THAT STAPLE WILL
BREAK RECORDS.
GENERAL BUYING MOVEMENT
Sudden Climb in Prices Follows the
Publication of Government
Ginning Report.
New York City. With an advance
of practically $3 a bale In the price
of cotton, seldom, if ever, has the
trade, accustomed as It has become to
rapid fluctuations during the bull cam
paign of laBt season, experienced such
abrupt transition from weakness to
strength displayed by the staple. The
sudden climb followed the publica
tion of the census bureau report show
ing the amount of cotton ginned of
11,000,000 bales or less. In addition
to heavy covering by recent sellers, a
big rush of buying orders from out
side sources developed, the bull lead
ers of the earlier season who are sup
posed to have taken profits on their
long cotton when the market reached
the 15-cent level, seemed to be coming
back as big buyers on the advance,
and private reports came in from all
over the South, from western specula
tive centers and from many of the
Chief cotton centers- abroad, express
ing a very bullish view of the figures.
It is doubtful whether a government
report ever caused a more general
buying movement or caused a more
sensational rapid advance.
Predictions of 20-cent cotton before
the end of the season was frequently
heard Jn local trade circles, and the
market, in short, reflected a complete
revival of the bullish enthusiasm
FLORIDA TOWNS DESTROYED
Belated Appeal for Help From Ten
Thousand Islands Section.
Tampa, Fla. A belated appeal for
aid was received here from the vi
cinity of Punta Rassa, on the gulf
coast, reporting that the Ten Thou
sand Islands section had been swept
by a tidal wave during the West In
dian storm, and that all residents
who had escaped were in destitute
circumstances. Small settlements
were wiped out of existence and the
residents only saved themselves by
climbing into trees.
G. W. Storter, a leading merchant
of Everglades, brings the news of the
ruining of crops, wrecking of all mer
chandise houses and the total desola
tion of that section.
C. G. McEnsky of Chokoloskee, " a
leading merchant of that section, re
ports the drowning of many women
and children, the men seeking safety
in trees.
H. W. Martin of Bokeelia, reports
the washing ashore of seventeen bod
ies, supposedly those of sailors who
perished during the storm. The
schooner Eureka arrived here from
the devastated district bringing a pe
tition from Chokoloskee, asking the
local board of trade for assistance.
The petion was signed by thirty-six
surviving residents. A cargo of pro
visions was sent out from Tampa.
Emperor William Goes Visiting.
Brussels, Belgium. Emperor Wil
liam of Germany is now the guest of
King Albert of Belgium. The emperor
arrived here and was met at the rail
way station by the king and queen.
He was accompanied by a large suite,
and was cheered as he passed through
the streets, lined with ten thousand
troops. On arrival at the royal pal
are there was a reception to the dip
lomatic corps, followed by a dinner
of 150 covers given by the king In
honor of his royal guest.
. X
Editor Fined for Crippen Story.
London. England. There was a se
quel to the Crippen murder case when
the high court inflicted a nne oi
nnn imon Assistant Editor Perris for
contempt of court in permitting the
publication in the London Chronicle
nf a storv asserting that Doctor Crip
pen had purchased hyoscin and had
confessed to the muraer oi nis wiie..
The court ordered that Perris be im
prisoned until the fine is paid. n
Altitude Record Again Broken.
vow Vnrk Citv. The American al
titude record that J, Armstrong Drex
el so proudly brought down out of
the clouds in his monoplane, was
snatched from hi3 grasp by Ralph
T,,v,Tifitnnp in a headless Wrieht
climber. Drexel reached 7,105 feet,
j i - i i inn -.!.
but Jonnsone topped mm uy ia ieei
riVi a now mark of 7.303 feet. He
came down chilled to the bone and
r,5o, crno-clou rimmed with frost. He
ixio v&e"
had battled with a snowstorm above
the clouds, seeking higher levels for
almost an hour.
SHIPPERS FINISH EVIDENCE.
Governor Stubbs of Kansas Strenuous
ly Opposes Increase in the
Freight Rates.
Chicago. Presentation of evidence
by shippers who are opposing the ad
vance in freight rates was concluded
before the interstate commerce com
mission with the testimony of Gov.
W. R. - Stubs of Kansas, who, in a
characteristic manner, declared oppo
sition to an increase in rates and his
belief as a practical builder of rail
roads that valuations have been plac
ed at too high- a point.
'Til put up a million-dollar bond,"
said the governor, "that I can con
struct a main line railroad in Kansas
and an up-to-date line for $25,000 a
mile and make 10 per cent, profit.
The lowest estimate of railroad
building offered by the railways more
Georgia Couple Sick in New York.
New York City. John Willingham
and his bride from Zellner, Ga., are
both in the Red Cross hospital here
ill with typhoid fever after only four
days of " honeymooning in New York
City. They caught the germ on the
way north, probably from drtnking in
fected water- out of the same glass,
as both were stricken simultaneously.
They asked not to be separated, so
their cots were placed in the same
room. Doctor Hill, under whose care
they are, reports that both will re-
coyer.
WALTER R. STUBBS.
Governor of Kansas.
than doubled the governor's estimate.
Governor Stubs was tne principal
witness introduced by the shippers,
who occupied only three days with
their witnesses, while the railroads
in the previous hearings presented
many witnesses and consumed more!
weeks than the shippers have days.:
ETHEL LENEVE ACQUITTED.
Doctor Crippen's Young Typist Freed
by Jury.
London, England. After a trial last
ing but a few hours in the New Bai
ley criminal court, a jury found Ethel
Clare Leneve not guilty as an acces
sory after the fact in the murder of
Cora Belle Crippen, for whose death
her husband, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crip
pen, will die on the gallows on No
vember 8.
Miss Leneve was in love with Doc
tor Crippen and slept in his house on
the night of the day following the day
upon which the doctor murdered his
wife and buried the dismembered
parts in the cellar of his Hilldrop
Crescent home. She accompanied
Crippen in his flight to Canada, and
with him was arrested and indicted.
Queer Pranks of the Rain.
Auniston, Ala. Reports brought
here indicate a singular phenomenon
of nature at Heflin, Cleburne county,
this state, which has attracted the at
tention of the population of the entire
countryside. According to the reports
an incessant rain has been falling on
a plot of land at Heflin no larger
than 7 feet square for the past week,
while everywhere around the atmos
phere was perfectly dry. Residents
of Heflin have been unable to give
any explanation of the phenomenon.
Snow in Atlanta.
Atlanta. For the first time since
the weather bureau was established
in this city snow fell during the
month of October in Atlanta. The
thermometer registered 38 degrees
when the snow flurry, came. Accord
ing to records the earliest snowfall
in this portion of the country was
November 14, 1904.
Famous Confederate Is Dead.
New York City. News of the death
of Hugo Richards Garden, organizer
and captain of the famous Confeder
ate Palmetto battery, reached here
from Southport, N. C." Death waa
caused by apoplexy. Mr. Garden was
0 years old and was born at Colum
bia, S. C. He was a lawyer in New
York City for 25 years.
Louisiana Town Fire Swept.
Monroe. La. Sweeping across eight
hlncrks in the eastern section of Mon
roe. fire destroyed fifty-one buildings.
including the city hospital and pas
senger station of the Little Rock and
Monroe railroad.
Gifts for Southern Colleges.
New York City. Appropriations
amounting to $725,000 were made and
apportioned to six colleges and uni
versities at a meeting of the general
education board here conditional on
the institutions raising certain
amounts to secure the gifts. The in
stitutions named and the amounts are:
Baylor university, $200,000.
Trinity college, $150,000. -
University of Chattanooga, $150,000.
Meredith college, $50,000.
Wesleyan Female college, $100,000.
Amherst college, $75,000.
Grandfather Clause Valid.
Guthrie, Okla.: That the "grandfa
ther clause" constitutional amendment
is valid was decided by the state su
preme court. The court held also the
special procedure under which the
amendment is adopted is valid, all
votes not cast against the proposition
being counted for it.
"The grandfather clause" provides
that no man be eligible to vote whose
grandfather might not have voted, and
will thus disfranchise many negroes
in this Btate whose grandfathers were
slaves,
AIRMEN ARE FOUND
IN CANADIAN WILDS
HAWLEY AND POST, PILOTS OF
BALLOON AMERICAN II.,
LANDED IN CANADA.
ISOLATED FOR SIX DAYS
They Traveled 1,350 Miles and Were
in the Air for 46 Hours, Breaking
All Records.
New York City. Allan R. Hawley
and Augustus Post, the aeronauts of
the balloon America II., for whom a
search had been prosecuted in the
Canadian wilderness, are safe, and
have established a new world's rec
ord for sustained flight. They trav
eled, approximately, 1,350 miles, and
came to earth in Chicoutimi county,
Quebec, but were not heard from for
a week after they landed, when tele
grams sent from St. Ambroise, Que
bec, reached New York City.
The balloonists started from St
Louis with nine other contestants in
the international contest Monday, Oc
tober 17. All the other balloons have
been reported.
With the receipt of the news, this
ended a search which was regarded
by many as almost hopeless, and in
which the governments of this coun
try and Canada were indirectly par
ticipating. For, in addition to emis
saries sent by the Aero Club of St.
Louis, the Aero Club of America, by
William Hawley, the United States
revenue cutter service, the sfgnal
corps of the navy, the Hudson Bay
company and other agents were con
ducting the search, scouring the Great
Lakes and making preparations for
entering the almost impenetrable Ca
nadian forests.
Chicoutimi, Quebec. Thoroughly
fatigued and showing plentiful marks
of an arduous week of struggling
through the dense ' wilderness of
northern Canada, Messrs. Hawley and
Post, the insatiable aeronauts, who,
according to available data, sailed the
America II. nearly seventy miles far
ther than any other contestants in the
big balloon race for the Gordon Ben
nett cup, arrived here. They had
landed 1,500 fee5 up on the face of
an unnamed mountain, which, as near
as they could reckon, lies about 58
miles north of Chicoutimi and about
eight miles north of Lake Tshistigam.
They had been involved in a snow
storm, which was accompanied by a
change in the wind to a more north
erly direction from that which up till
then bade fair to carry them to the
Labrador coast.
The adverse conditions compelled
them to land, much against their
wishes. Landing was effected easily,
and the balloon was left in good con
dition. Banguinely they started to get to
the nearest settlement. They were un
comfortably near the end of their pro
visions, but, recounting the story of
their experiences they made light of
that feature. They had confidence,
they said, in their ability to obtain
sufficient game to prevent starvation.
For three nights they were obliged
to sleep in the open air. It was a stiff
flight through snowy forests. The
weather was exceedingly cold. Then
the camp of a trapper was struck on
the river Alours. A day's rest was
enjoyed there in the deserted hut.
Five trappers appeared and took
them down the streams in their ca
noes to St. Ambroise, a little settle
ment 40 miles from here. A six
hours' drive brought them here.
According to their reckoning they
covered 1,450 miles in the air during
the 46 hours.
Five Years in Pen for Banker.
Greenville, S. C. Five year3 in the
Atlanta penitentiary is the sentence
Imposed upon Milton A. Carlisle, 70
years old, formerly president of the
Newberry National bank, who was
convicted in the United States dis
trict court here on five counts of an
indictment alleging misapplication of
the funds of the bank. It is reported
that indictments will be made out
against three of the other directors
of the National Bank who were as
sociated with Carlisle in these alleged
corrupt transactions.
CHECK ON BORROWERS.
Every Bank Examiner Must Keep
Credit Information on All Bor
rowers in His District.
Washintgon. A tentative system of
collecting credit information for the
benefit of the national bank examin
ers, with the compilation and check
ing up of the commitments of large
local and extended borrowers, has
been formulated by a committee of
the examiners, who have been meet
ing at the Treasury department. EV'
ery examiner hereafter will keep for
his own use a complete file of all
large and extended borrowers in his
district, from which lists will be sent
to the Treasury department for summarizing
The machinery available by the
comptrollers of the currency will be
put to work to gather such credit
information as can be obtained from
national banks and from state banks
and trust companies located in states
where there is already co-operation
between the Federal and state bank
ing officials, as, in New York. The
examiners will not divulge the name
of the bank where a line of credit
is found of an extended borrower;
their special reports giving the total
only of the loans listed. These lists
are entirely confidential.
It is not contemplated that a com
prehensive. plan which will guarantee
the assembling of complete credit in
formation covering commitments in
all the banks in the United States
is practical at this time, nor is the
personal and intimate relationship be
tween the banks and the borrower to
be interfered with.
It is expected that the knowledge
that a hundred or more men were
keeping a constant check on the bor
rowings will make it extremely haz
ardous for the dishonest individual,
firm or corporation to get money from
the national banks.
A radical rearrangement of the dis
tricts into which the country has been
divided also was recommended by the
committee. This rearrangement con
templates well-defined commercial
areas or banking zones, the headquar
ters in each district selective on ac
count of importance as banking cen
ters and as reserve cities.
TAFT TO APPOINT NEGRO.
W. H. Boston of Boston to Be Made
Assistant Attorney General.
. Washington. President Taft, it is
stated, has decided to appoint a col
pred man to the highest office in an
executive - branch of the government
ever held by a member of that race.
William H. Lewis, at present an as
sistant district attorney at Boston, is
to be made an assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States.
The appointment has been agreed
upon by the President and Attorney
General Wickersham.
The appointment is in line with
President Taft's policy of recognizing
negroes in the government service,
but taking these appointment as far
as possible out of the Southern states.
past by negro Federal office holders,
past by negro Federal offiec holders.
Boston, Mass. William H. Lewis,
who is President Taft's choice for as
sistant attorney general, is at present
in charge of the naturalization cases
for the United States attorney for the
Massachusetts district. Lewis was
born in Cambridge and after being
graduated from Amherst college in
1892 entered the Harvard law school,
from which he graduated in 1895. Dur
ing his stay at Harvard he played cen
ter rush on the 1892 and 1893 foot
ball teams and has been' one of the
Harvard football coaches up to with
in a year or two ago.
He served one year in the lower
branch of the Massachusetts legisla
ture. Lewis was appointed an assist
ant United States attorney in 1903,
and has been connected with that of
fice ever since. He is 41 years old
and married and lives in Cambridge.
Football Claims Notable Victim.
Ithaca, N. Y. L. B. Paine of Du-
luth, Minn., captain of the Cornell
football team, died at the Cornell in
firmary from internal injuries receiv
ed while playing football. President
Schurman issued a statement regard
ing the case. He said the boy was
injured on October 18 in a practice
scrimmage, but the attending, physi
cian did not think the injury danger
ous. The pain yielded to treatment,
and he was thought to be out of- dan
ger, when suddenly he became worse
and death occurred.
Foraker Quits Ohio Campaign.
Cleveland, Ohio. Declining to ac
cede to an alleged request of the Re
publican state committee to "modify"
his speeches, former Senator Joseph
Benson Foraker has withdrawn' from
participation in the Ohio state cam-
Daien and has cancelled all his speak
ing engagements. The senator made
plain his opposition to .the "new na
tionalism" described by Theodore
Roosevelt, describing it as "treason."
This brought on heated replies and
the controversy had taken first place
in the state campaign.
Railroads Yield More Than Farms.
Chicago. That the railroads get a
better return on their investment than
the farmer, despite the latter's much-talked-of
ability to buy automobiles,
wa3 the position taken at the rate
hearing here, when the shippers, who
oppose proposed advances in freight
tariffs, put H. C. Wallace of Des
Moines on the stand as their first
witness."
Mr. Wallace is a farmer and editor,
and was elected president of the Na
tional Conservation .Congress at St
Paul recently.
$250,000 Fire in Macon.
Macon. Ga. Fire starting in the
seed room of the plant of the South
ern Cotton Oil companyrin the fac
tory district of the lower part of the
citv. caused a blaze that will mean
the loss of $225,000 to the cotton oil
concern and the plant of the Central
ty Ice Works, now the Atlantic
Coal and Ice corporation. The ma
chinery of both plants is not greatly
damaged, and is probably saved by
the efforts of the department. The
losses will be only parttelly covered
by Insurance.
Indicted for Attempt to Lynch.
Thomasville, Ga. As a sequel to
the attempted lynching of the negro,
Howard Harris, here last spring, the
grand jury found a true bill against
three men, Alec Paramore, Pat Fal
lin and Potter for assault on an of
ficer and attempt to take a prisoner
from him. These were the three
men who were stuck by the bayonets
of the Thomasville Guards while try
ing to take the prisoner from Sheriff
Singletary. A warrant has been serv
ed on Fallin, who gave bond for $500.
Potter is now living in Cuba.
MEMPHIS
BARS
OPEN
FEDERAL COURT WILL NOT IN
TERFERE IN TENNESSEE
LIQUOR TRAFFIC. '
STATE HAS AMPLE POWER
Tennessee Must Enforce Her Own
, Laws 114 Saloons Opened Fol-
lowing the Order.
Memphis, Tenn. Declining to as-'
eume jurisdiction and upholding the
principle of "states' rights," Federal
Judge John E. McCall ordered dissolv
ed a temporary injunction restraining
the continuance in business of 114 sa
loon keepers of Memphis..
Notwithstanding the declaration of
the Law Enforcement League of Mem
phis, who, through fifteen of its mem
bers, appeared as complainants, that
their appeals to state and local au
thorities for redress had been unheed
ed, Judge McCU held that prosecu
tion through grand jury indictments
was the proper recourse and was still
open.
In answer to the allegation that the
constituted authorities of the state
were not in sympathy with the prohi
bition laws as enacted and had refus
ed to act on information f urnished, he
cited impeachment proceedings as a
method through which their removal
from office might be accomplished.
Comparatively the opinion of Judge
McCall was brief. It denied that the
plaintiffs had established the fact that
their constitutional rights, within the
meaning of the fourteenth amendment
of the United States constitution, on
which he litigation had turned, had
been violated and denoted that with
out this fact having been fully proved,
controversies between citizens of a
state properly belonged in the state
courts. Further, it is held that if
the court had jurisdiction the com
plainants are not entitled to relief
in a court, of equity. If jurisdiction
was taken in the present i3sue, it
is pointed out the Federal court might
be appealed to to enforce any and all
of the criminal laws of a state which
would be in direct contravention to
the United -States Constitution.
"Taking every allegation of the bill
to be true," the opinion continues, "in
substance this court is asked to en
force the laws of Tennessee between
citizens of the state, notwithstanding
that article 4 of section 4 of the con
stitution of the United States guar
antees to every state a republican
form of government."
That Tennesee is amply provided
with such a government is pointed out
in conclusion and hence the issue held
not properly before a Federal court.
Immediately following the signing
of the formal order dissolving the in
junction, doors which have remained
closed six days were re-openea.
business was resumed and Memphis
was as "wet" as ever.
NEGRO VOTE ELIMINATED.
Carolina "Lily Whites" Declare Negro
Voter Is a Dead Load.
Columbia. S. C The "Lily White"
Republican convention called by John
G. Capers, national committeeman
from this state, met and formed a
party organization, the prime object
of which is to eliminate the negro
from the councils of the party and
build up an opposition which will have
some influence in elections. The con
vention decided not to put out a tick
et this year, but to nominate candi
dates for congress In all seven Boutn
Carolina districts in 1912.
Captain Capers stated that, while
the meeting -was not called at the
suggestion of the President, yet it was
not hostile to the administration. Its
object, as he explained it, was to cast
out the shiftless negroeB who failed
to qualify for the franchise, whom he
described as a "dead loal on the Re
publican party in the South."
French Aviator Killed. ",.
Madgeburg, Prussia. Lieutenant
Monte fell with a Wright aeroplane
and was instantly killed. The airman
was gliding to the earth wnen ho
started his motor, the strain causing
the machine to turn turtle. It crash
ed to the ground, carrying the lieu
tenant beneath it. The aeroplane was
Heart Disease Second.
Washington. Heart disease ranked
second only to tuberculosis of the
luns as the priicipal cause of death
during 1909 among the gainfully em
ployed male persons in. the United
States death registration area, which
comprises over half of the estimated
population of the country, according
figures issued by the cenus office.
The percentage of deaths caused by.
heart disease was 11.9. being highest
among men employed in domestic and
personal service during - the several
age periods from 25 to 54.
Will Not Recognize Republic.
Washington. According to a high
official of the State department,whose
identity cannot be indicated, the Unit
ed States will not recognize the Por
tugese republic until its stability has
been established. It was said that
the Interests of the United States In
Portugal are small and that recogni
tion will come only when there is
no fear of future serious conflict be
tween the republicans and the royal
ists, or when a constitutional govern
ment has been established. The Unit
ed States will act independently.