The Colored American

The COLORED American NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED JUL 28 1900 PERIODICAL DIV. VOL. 8 NO. 17. FROM SLAVE TO BISHOPRIC Life Chart of Rev. Evans Tyree, M. D., D. D., Bishop of A. M. E. Church-The Upward March of Genius and the Pinnacle-set Eye of Merit Ever a Pleasing Contemplation-The Career of a Self-made Man and a Vindication of the Saving Power of Honesty, Industry and strong Personal Character. --- "Tis not birth nor wealth nor state, But get up and get that makes a man great." —Old Saw. The difficulties of the world cannot keep a good man down. The flight of genius is ever upward, and the eye of merit seeks the pinnacle of human attainment. Given birth, education and wealth, it is to be taken for granted that the weakest mortal can make his way through life, with some degree of credit. The career of such a favored son attracts but passing note. The plaudits of the multitude, the paeans of the masses and the laurel crown of victory are reserved for him who "cometh up through great tribulation," and climbs the ladder of fame, with naught but God's mercy and his own brawny arms to brush away the tangled skeins of prejudice, jealousy and doubt, and encourage him onward to the goal. Such success, acquired by patient endurance, industry and sacrifice, is worth far more to a man than that which is handed down to him by previous generations. It has the rugged quality that survives—it has the cohesive forces that stick. The world is full of such heroes. Thousands live out their brief space unheard of by the big world about us, but their work is not lost, for the glowing impress left in the field where they labored reproduces and multiplies, until its influence permeates the entire universe. Every great life, however humble its environment and however limited its area of activity, furnishes an inspiration to some other life. They are milestones which mark the way. It is therefore a most inviting spectacle to peep into the pages of history and see portrayed by a generous hand the lift-chart of a truly great character, and to watch how, step by step, he emerged from the shades of obscurity—ignorance, poverty, slavery—into "the fierce, white light that beats about a throne." Such an investigation is an interesting excursion into "realism," and brings home to youth a keener thrill than can be found in any fictitious romance, for the lines are plain, virile and convincing. In no more effective way can great moral truths be inculcated nor can honor, fidelity and purity of character be more touchingly vindicated than by the analysis of a successful career, and a contemplation of the possibilities with which every living creature is pregnant. The world is loud in its praise J. of Garfield, who journeyed from the canal tow-path to the White House. Great as was that feat, it is equalled by the rapid and industrious strides of Evans Tyree, who in forty-five years traveled from the slave cabin and cotton-patch to an exalted seat upon the Bench of Bishops of the grandest organization in Christendom.—Ed. The subject of this sketch, Dr. Evans Tyree, was born of slave parentage in DeKalb County, Tenn., August 19, 1854, and was therefore a slave for the first eleven years of his existence. The system of slavery had separated his father and mother, so that Evans entered upon his new life of freedom without the fostering care of a father, and his frail mother could only help him with her good advice. He was dutiful and obedient, and the world knows the result of his having honored father and mother. The first few years of the lad's life were spent on the farm, where his adamantine character was formed, so that when he was thrown under the influences of city life he was strong morally. On the farm he made a good hand, a reliable, faithful workman. He early had the care of providing for others as well as himself, and this gave him an idea of responsibility and made him self-reliable. Among the farmers young Tyree worked for was a Methodist preacher, who cheated him. He worked for the aforesaid preacher for several days at 75 cents a day. One day's pay was all he received. That bad impression has never been eradicated, for Dr. Tyree has always found it a hard task to collect from a preacher. He worked for $10.00 per month when there was a family of five dependent on him. In 1866 he worked for Capt. E. L. Williams, who taught him the alphabet and reading. Learning letters and reading in the first reader was a great revelation to him, and his thirst for knowledge—more light—was stimulated. And this year marked an epoch in this young life. He became a Christian and united with the Methodist Church, at the early age of twelve, his conversion taking place on his birthday. Shortly thereafter he began to exhort. During the year he joined the A. M. E. Church, in which he was granted an exhorter's license. From that time on his promotion through all the grades has been rapid. In 1872, at the age of eighteen, he joined the Annual Conference of Tennessee, which met that year in Clarksville. But the boy preacher was not to go up in the Annual Conference without a protest from the old fossils, one of whom said to him: "You are a pretty looking fellow to come to Conference for a charge. You should not baptize my dog." Young Tyre continued upward and onward until he has reached the top, while the man who spoke so disparagingly and cruelly to him, sank to the level of that dog of his. This Conference was a sort of eye-opener to the boy preacher, for it was the first body of intelligent negroes he ever saw, and it fired his ambition to measure arms (Continued on fifh page.) ```markdown ``` PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE FOURTH HAMP- TON CONFERENCE Status of the Race in Religion, Education, Morals, Labor, Property, Crime Reports of the Committees-Notable Addresses-More Skill, Better Homes More Land, Better Farms, Better Schools the Burden of the Discussion. The Fourth Hampton Negro Conference was in some respects the most successful yet held. Co-operation, thrift, improvement in matters educational, religious and social, temperance and the cultivation of a more friendly feeling with the white people of the South were among the things discussed. Among those present were some of the most prominent and intelligent members of the colored race. Prof. Scarborough, of Wilberforce; Miss Georgia Washington, of Mt. Meigs, Ala.; Mrs. William Scott, Special Agent of the American Home Mission Baptist Society, of New York City; Miss Anna E. Murray, of Washington; Rev. Wm. V. Tunnell, of Washington; Rev. T. J. Bragg; J. H. Murphy, editor of the Afro-American, of Baltimore; Mr. Walker, W. W. Lewis, and Benjamin Hughes; two of Baltimore's successful business men; Rev. and Mrs. Hurst, Lawyers McGuinn, Fitzgerald and Hawkins, of Baltimore; Rev. W. A. Hunter, of Atlanta; Dr. A. M. Curtis. Mrs. Helen Douglass was also an interested spectator. The Annual Summer Institute had brought to Hampton between two and three hundred teachers from all parts of the country, and several white teachers from the North, who are specialists in their line; Professors Stevens, of Lynchburg; Colton, and Johnson, of Petersburg, and many other prominent educators were present. More than 50 colored ministers from far and near-by churches were present. The Conference was handsomely entertained during their stay by the Hampton School. Dr. Frissell gave a reception to the visitors. Boat rides, sailing, fishing and bathing were the diversions. The Summer School is being largely attended. Dr. Frissell delivered a strong address of welcome. He said it was very gratifying that the Hampton Conferences were studying and discussing those problems which we, ourselves, can solve, such as improvement in education, in worship, sanitation, co-operation and combination, education and the getting of property, crime and its preventives. He was gratified that the central point of the Conference was love. We do not cultivate unkindly feelings. He thought that it was essential that both races should improve—the whites as well as the blacks. He stated that while some hard things (Continued on ninth page.) Bruce Grit's Melange. --- 2 The sensational journals of the country will be obliged to take back a good deal of the rot and stuff which they have been publishing since the beginning of the Boxer troubles in China, if the latest grape-vine cablegrams from that country respecting the safety of Minister Longer are true. The horrible account given a short time since by the yellow journals of New York, of the murder of Minister Conger and the indignities offered the women of the Legation, read like a sterotyped dispatch from the south, giving the details of a dastardly assault upon a 'beautiful white lady' by a repulsive looking and big burly Negro wretch." It now seems that Secretary Hay's tracer sent through the good offices of Mr. Wu the Chinese Minister at Washington with a view to acertaining the real facts as to the fate of the Minister, stamps the word LIAR upon the alabaster brows of the imaginative quill drivers of the sensational press, and makes them eligible to membership in the consolidated order of national prevaricators. There is no doubt but that some of the white newspaper men in the United States are the most artistic and picture resquelliers that ever furnished padding for a yellow journal. In the account of the masacre at Pekin these artistic gentlemen not only wrote thrilling stories of Chinese barbarities there enacted, but they seem to have had their artists along with them to make sketches of the various scenes described with great particularity and intelligence, which are reproduced in their journals of news and opinion and palmed off as actualities. What a pity that enterprise must need to prostitute itself so low in order to command attention. The dispatch from Minister Conger received by the State Department on July 20, will seriously affect the credibility of these enterprising news gatherers—if true. Soon after the Philadelphia Convention adjourned, one of these newspaper fakers sent out a story which was widely published to the effect that two prominent men in Utah, former democrate, had prospered so well during the three years of McKinley's admin. istrat on that they had decided to vote for him this year and that as a guarantee of their good faith, they had each sent Mr. Hanna a check for $50,000 for the republican campaign fund. This sounded nice, and looked nice in print, but there was not a word of truth in the entire paragraph. Mr. Heber M. Wells, one of the gentlemen referred to in the dispatch, in a personal letter to the writer under date, July 11, 1900, says: "The published statement that I have given $50,000 to the republican campaign fund is untrue. I beg to inform you that I made no such contribution and that I am as a matter of fact, a poor man.—Sincerely Yours, Heber M. Wells." These lying paragraphists of the white press not only concoct and disseminate lies about their own race, without blushing, but they become bolder and more brazen when they write about the Negro. The Negro is their lignitimate prey, and lie, whether plausible or not, is selzed upon by these vermin, and when they have put the finishing touches upon it, its remains defy identification. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. They are just now engaged in manufacturing a fine assortment of lies about the Chinese troubles, although foreign ministers in China and others have been unable to communicate officially with their governments for a month past. These sensational newspapers contain the fullest accounts of what is transpiring in the flowery kingdom, etc etc, etc, adnauseum. It is really disgusting to contemplate the depths to which these reputable gentlemen of the white press are capable of descending for pay and a little cheap notoriety. No other civilized country has such a talented and accomplished army of expert and artistic journalistic liars as America. "We lead the world We do" My thanks are due that hustling republican spell-binder, the Hon. T. T. Allain of Chicago. I is, for the honor of an election to membership in the Mc Kinley and Roosevelt Central Republican Club of Illinois. Mr. Allain deserves a great deal of credit for the good work he is doing in the West, in organizing and lining up the forces for the great battle ahead of us. It is going to take a good deal of hard, earnest and intelligent work to elect McKinley and Roosevelt, and no man understands this better than Senator Allain who has taken off his coat and greased his lungs for four months of the most active hustling he ever did in his life. The club is domiciled at 2945 Dearborn st. Chicago, and will do business every day from now till the close of the polls on election day. Hurrah for Allain! More power to his voice and more strength to his lungs. The McKinley and Roosevelt Central Republican Club of Illinois has on its roll of membership some of the ablest and brightest men in the West, lawyers, doctors of divinity, M. D's. and business men. It starts out under most favorable auspices, and with Senator Allain at the helm it will be heard from or bust its galluses in the attempt, thats what! 一 If those who think the trouble in China is going to be settled speedily because we have a way of settling these affairs with "inferior" races in a few weeks or months, will read Jeremiahs prophecy as recorded in XXV Chapter 15, 33, 35 and 37 verses they will find something there to think about. This trouble in China is prophetically significant, and the nations which have been most active in enlarging their "spheres of influence" and endeavoring to cram their religion and civilization down the throats of the Mongolians thoroughly understand that they have come to the parting of the ways. "Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation and a great whirlwind shall be raised from the coasts (boundaries) of the earth. And the clain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried." Little by little the white man has forcibly intruded upon the yellow man. He saw what he believed to be the helplessness of China, displayed in its war with Japan. Since that time the white man's arrogance has increased and the newspapers of the world have told the Chinese that it is only a question of time until their nation will no longer exist, being divided among the nations of Europe which have taken their ports and whole districts compelling a normal acquiescence on the part of the Chinese, General Lord Wolsley of the British war office says: "China possesses every requisite for ever running the world. She has a population of 400,000,000, all speaking the same language or dialect readily understood from one end of the empire to the other. She has enormously developed wealth, and still enormous natural wealth awaiting development. Her men if properly drilled and led are admirable soldiers. They are plucky and are able to live on next to nothing. Moreover they are absolutely fearless of death. Begin with the foundation of millions upon millions of such soldiers as those men are capable of being made and tell me if you can where the end will be?" If American brag and bluster is to count for anything we may safely rely on the statement which is being repeatedly made that an army of 15 000 or 20 000 Americans will be able to clean up the Celestials in ten minutes less than no time. "We are a very powerful people." I saw a recent paragraph in one of the dailies the other day which stated that the brother of an American officer who has lost his breath in Pekin, in the attack on that city, had telegraphed the President from his far off western home that he wanted an appointment and an assignment to duty in the army and to be sent to China at once, to avenge his brothers death. If he gets the appointment and the assignment to duty with transportation and provisions all on the same day. We may expect to learn; after he reaches China and exposes himself to the Boxers and Mandarins, that they have surrendered, laid down their arms at the feet of the American avenger. Probab'y if he takes a press agent with him who has a vivid imagination and an extensive vocabulary, he will experience for a few days or weeks the sensation which is felt by all these newspaper heroes of whom we read—powderless heroes who never fight battles or get shot. Mr. W. A. Croffuts excellent article in last weeks American is a most interesting, instructive and historicly valuable contribution in defence of the Boers. Mr. Bryce in his "Impression of South Africa" somewhere says in effect, "that the Boers are cruel in their treatment of the natives and that as far back as 1837 an attempt was made to pass a civil rights bill in the South African Republic for the better protection of the native black races." Mr. Bryce says a good many other things not complimentary to these Dutch christian chimpanzees of the Transvaal who appear to have more "Holy Ghost religion than humanity for the blacks." The London New Age for May 10, 1900, prints an interview had with Mr. Abraham Fischer by the Netherlands Woman's League at The Hague for International Disarmament, which was given to the European press on the eve of Mr. Fischer's departure for the United States with his colleagues Messrs. Wessels and Wolmarans In the course of this interview Mr. Fischer said in answer to the accusation that the Boers are slave holders. "We are accused of being slave holders If this were the case what would have been easier than to buy a slave from a Boer, and produce him as a piece of conviction. But Mt. Rhodes with all his millions, has not been able to buy a single slave, and certainly this would have been possible if there were a slave trade, and blacks to be had from us for money. Of course we do not treat them like our equals, but we treat them like children, like people of an inferior grade of intelligence and civilization. There is not one true word in all accusations that have been brought forward against us." This sounds very pretty and will doubtless be accepted as gospel truth by those who wish to believe it. There is a newspaper published at King Williamstown, S. A., edited by a very intelligent and observant native African gentleman in English and Zulu. It is called "Native Opion." In one of its issues I read an account of the "fatherly" treatment of a native girl by a Boer farmer which exceeded in brutality anything I ever heard of. The girl, who was under twenty years of age, had been guilty of some trivial offence which had greatly irritated this "fatherly" Boer, she was stripped to the waist and given a sound flugging with one of the harness traces and fell to the ground covered with blood. The account goes on to state that this pious and "fatherly" old Dutch farmer tied this girl under the body of his wagon face down and drove five or six miles over a rough road with his victim, while she agonized in pain resulting from his cowardly and brutal assault. Mr. Fischer is quite correct in asserting that they do not buy or sell slaves in South Africa. It is a very safe statement to make. The same may be said of the states late'y in rebellion against the United States. But what N grow in the South under the old system every endured such hardships as are inflicted upon the victims of the chain gain system of the South which is only slavery under a new name? Slavery exists in S. A, despite the fact that it has not received the sanction of law as it exists here. It is permitted, not in a specific form perhaps, but it is none the less slavery. "We do not treat them as our equals," carries with it a deeper significance than is apparent on the surface. An editorial in the Lagos Weekly Record under date May 26, 1900, commenting upon an editorial in The Colored American under the caption "The British and the Boers" and which it reproduces entire, says, "The cruelty practiced upon the natives by the Boers has become proverbial, and they have courted the chastisement they are now receiving by the abuse of the power with which they were entrusted over the natives." Man propose but there is a God who disposes, and nations, like individuals, are subject to the Divine law of retributive justice which never fails and is inexorably exact. It is to be hoped that when the war is ended Great Britain will rise to an adequate conception of the higher purposes of her mission, and introduce in South Africa a system of government which will ensure for all men without any exception, equality of rights and equality of treatment. This is what the natives of South Africa do not enjoy under Boer domination because, as Mr. Fisher said to the women at The Hague, "We do not treat them as equals but as inferiors". This admission is in itself all that is needed to prove that these plous Bible reading and praying Dutchmen are as full of race prejudice and race batred as our own Boers in the South who do not treat Negroes as ualsin law or otherwise because they refer to regard us as an interior race, A+ [have state Mr. Croffutt’s article = most interesting aud instructive from s histolical ylew point, but it can hard- ‘y be convinci g to thoge who have sudied the Negio side of the Boer guestion. I have no eympathy what ever with the Boers, believing as I have to, that they are a set of psalm singing “nigg r” hating hypccwtes. it will be dollars to duughnuts that when the colony of Boers which it is proposed to transplant somewhere in the West in the near future have been here long eneugh to vote they will toa man support the demecratic party be- cause it, like themselves,, believe the Negro to bean inferi: r race and hence is against it as they are. BRucE Grit. Theodore Drury as a Dramatic Tenor, Mr. Theodore Drury is asinger of the very highest culture and few vocalists, even thote whom grand opera has at tracted to our ccuntry, has passed through the ordeal of analytical musi- V get | Lh ae a sae GF ds if 7 ™, saat.’ i \ fame WZ eh oe rh NN eZ 14 IW are Gain me i234 fee Za { ee Ae : WE OI ULL ie plese Zi py ee Y We QW (ZZ Oe #),:5 |] GuyeE BGG (Za Se \ Aaa a 1 SS e=a Ne i ‘ S55 BTS SS Ze IN EN \A IN SSIA 2 GheOwS ta=N 5 a S SEN la ANS 10) = EN RSE He (ay FN MR THEODORE DRURY. cal eriticism by competent critics with more success, His votes possess ali the liquid, melting tones of the true tenor and his lower register is of grand power aud resonance, vibrating with ‘1 inseasified, passionate emotion which thrills the hearer. There is an added charm, too, 1n the perfeet enunci- auion of this artist, and a simple ball-d tenderly sung, every word delivered with a true sense of its value and with di-tiactness is a desirable raiity. Mr Cheodore Drury is more than a singer, heis a tborough musician and like Most artists isan adept at many ac complishments. He is almost as good a pianist as he is a singer. His techniqae is excellent and he is a devotee to the interpretation of the composer’s music with sympathetic exactness, rather than mere brilliancy or the striving for Startling effects, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON. D. 0. Mr. Drury’s sopg3 embrace compo sitions by nearly all the great masters from Wagner to Massenet, Gouncd Bizet, with a spiinkling from writers of lighter music, euch as Tcsti, Offer- ‘bach and M-yer Helmund. Mr. Drury is a delighifal companron apart fron bis gifts as au eptertainer. He is wel: read, inclined to be scholarly, speak German snd French flu-ntly. To Pro fessor Howard of New York, the mes: scientific teacher of -singing, perhaps. in the world, is due the production of his wonderful voica and the presen & tion to the public ef tke first highly cultivated male singer-of the Negro Tace. The Hon. John Wanamaker praises Mr. Drury’s singing is alett:r copy of which we give below: Philadelphia, Penn. I beg to say that it gives me pleasure to state that the singing of Mr. Theodore | Drury at Bethany yesterday delighted | everybody. He has a fine voice aud sings with great feeling. Yours very truly, JoHN WANAMAKER, EDUCATIONAL NOTES. All the Negro institutions in North Carolina, such as the ssy!ums for the insane, the blind, ani the deaf mutes, and the normal schools, will hereafter be managed exclusively by Negroes. Prof. W. H. Dawmmond, C. E., for merly professor of mathe matics at Paul Quinn Oollege, and Ister occupying the eame position at Wilberforce, bas r- signed to accept the lucrative and hon - orable position of Asst. Engineer in the Michigan Central Railroad central of- fice. Nosimilar position is held by any other colerd man in the United States, It is the position ence held by the bril- liant F..B. Pelham, who died on the threshold of his career. Prof. Dam mond has accepted the editorship of the Scientific and Engireering depart ment to be introduced into the A. M. E. Church Review. The trustee board at its seseion here during commencenmrent in addition to conferring a Jarge number of degrees alao made a number of changes in the faculty. Among the most prominent of there changes were: Rev. Joshua A. Jones, p.stor of 8t. Peul African M. E. cburch, Zanesville, O, elected presi, dent in place of Prof. S. T. Mitehell; Prof, Char'es H. Johneon, of Kittre]) college, to fill the vacancy in the art de partment caused by the resignation ot Miss Beatrice Joyce; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the late Bishop Armstrong, was elected matron of University ba’l: Prot. S. T. Mitchell wall fill #11 the chair of mathematic:; Bishop B T. Tan‘ ber was elected dean of Payne Theo- logical Seminary; Bishop B. W Arnett was elected a member of the executive board. It is said that Miss Ha lic Quinn Brows, M.S., declined the position of iady principal. Miss-Moten at Congressional Library. Miss Katie E. Moten of 726 Fourth ‘Street, Northwe:t, has been placed upon the permanent roll of the Congressional Library, and is rendering most efficient servica as file and correspondence clerk, besides turning out some expert work on the typewriter. Miss Moten is 8 lady of rare intellectual and social ac- complisbments’ and for several yeare was regarded as ore of the most capable and reliable clerks in the cflice of the Recorder ot Deede, from which she re° signed. Noone more richly deserved tae honor that bes just come to Miss Moten aad her good fortune will carry untold satietactioa to the hearth of her host of admiring friends, OUND AT LAST s~ARK — ><. - The Magnetic Comb. 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HARTONA FACE to any part of the United States o Remember, your money is positively fied and delighted with the Hartona H turn the skin of a black person five or six shades skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. HA! not lighten the skin in spots, but all over ever and bright without continual use of the Face Wash. It is your duty to look as beautiful as possible. ons send us testimonials every year from all of HARTONA FACE WASH will remove Wrinkles, Dark Creckles, and all Blemishes of the Skin. You can on neck, face, and hands to any shade you wish. HARTONA FACE WASH is perfectly harmful if the United States on receipt of price—$1.00 your money is positively refunded if you are not attached with the Hartona Remedies. will gradually turn the skin of a black person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. HARTONA FACE WASH will not lighten the skin in spots, but all over evenly. The skin remains soft and bright without continual use of the Face Wash. One bottle does the work. It is your duty to look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of delighted patrons send us testimonials every year from all over the United States. HARTONA FACE WASH will remove Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Black-Heads, Freckles, and all Blemishes of the Skin. You can regulate the shade of skin on neck, face, and hands to any shade you wish. Full directions with each bottle. HARTONA FACE WASH is perfectly harmless, and is sent to any part of the United States on receipt of price—$1.00 per bottle. Remember, your money is positively refunded if you are not absolutely satisfied and delighted with the Hartona Remedies. HARTONA NO-SMELL will remove all smells and bad odors of chafed limbs, etc. HARTONA NO-SM ing from disagreeable odors caused b Sent anywhere on receipt of price-50 smells and bad odors of the body. Cures sore a tc. HARTONA NO-SMELL is a God-send to all freeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet on receipt of price—50c. a package. orders to— will remove all smells and bad odors of the body. Cures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. HARTONA NO-SMELL is a God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, etc. Sent anywhere on receipt of price—50c. a package. Address all orders to— To introduce our remedies in this cut out and mail to us this Coupon a HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER HARTONA FACE WASH, worth $2 SMELL, worth 50c. The entire lot is securely sealed, so that no one can tell Coupon. Order goods now, as this g Write your name and address plainly. Order, Express, or enclosed in a Register HARTONA REM Since our remedies in this city, we will send to all persons to us this Coupon and ONE DOLLAR, three HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00; two LAIR SPACE WASH, worth $2.00; one package of HAIR on 50c. The entire lot of remedies, worth $5.50, so that no one can tell contents, for ONE DOLLAR or goods now, as this grand offer will last but a short time and address plainly. Money can be sent by Post, or enclosed in a Registered Letter. RTONA REMEDY COMPANY To introduce our remedies in this city, we will send to all persons who will cut out and mail to us this Coupon and ONE DOLLAR, three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00; two large bottles of HARTONA FACE WASH, worth $2.00; one package of HARTONA NO-SMELL, worth 50c. The entire lot of remedies, worth $5.50, will be sent securely sealed, so that no one can tell contents, for ONE DOLLAR and this Coupon. Order goods now, as this grand offer will last but a short time only. Write your name and address plainly. Money can be sent by Post-Office Money Order, Express, or enclosed in a Registered Letter. HARTONA REMEDY COMPANY. 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. GENTLEMEN:—I enclose you ONE DOLLAR, for which serv- lowing goods at once— Three Large Boxes HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, wo- Two Large Bottles HARTONA FACE WASH, - wo- One Package HARTONA NO-SMELL, - wo- My Name is___ House No.___, Street___ City___, County___, State___ AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS S EN:—I enclose you ONE DOLLAR, for which service at once— Large Boxes HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, wo- large Bottles HARTONA FACE WASH, wo- large HARTONA NO-SMELL, wo- o._____, Street_____ _____, County_____, State_____ ED IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS S GENTLEMEN:—I enclose you ONE DOLLAR, for which send me the following goods at once— Three Large Boxes HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00 Two Large Bottles HARTONA FACE WASH, worth $2.00 One Package HARTONA NO-SMELL, worth .50 House No.____, Street____ AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS SELL ON SIGHT. The Delmc-Koonce Cafe Manufacturers of Ice Cream and Water Iees. Meals served a la carte. Special rates to table boarders. ICE CREAM 90C PER GALLON (Wholesale.) Odd Fellows Hall, 1606 M St. N. W. Washington, D. C. Banquet Hall attached. Told For 10 cts. and 25 cts. Don't fail to have your fortune told by the Scientific Palmists, they never tail to please you. The Palmists will be at the above place for a short time only. Cut this out and present this to the Palmist and get a picture of your future Husband or Wife free. REMEMBER THE PLACE 1220 7th Street, Northwest. FOR RENT several furnished rooms, with board if desired. MARY E. LANE, 1409 Columbia Street. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` 4 Your Fortune THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. black person five or six shades lighter, and person perfectly white. HARTONA FACE in spots, but all over evenly. The skin continual use of the Face Wash. One bottle look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of monials every year from all over the United I will remove Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, remishes of the Skin. You can regulate the hands to any shade you wish. Full directions FACE WASH is perfectly harmless, and is sent on receipt of price—$1.00 per bottle, severely refunded if you are not absolutely satisfa Remedies. of the body. Cures sore and aching feet. SMELL is a God-send to all persons suffered by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, etc. 50c. a package. HARTONA REMEDY COMPANY. 909 E. Main St., RICHMOND, VA. this city, we will send to all persons who will own and ONE DOLLAR, three large boxes of NER, worth $3.00; two large bottles of $2.00; one package of HARTONA NO- lot of remedies, worth $5.50, will be sent tell contents, for ONE DOLLAR and this is grand offer will last but a short time only. Money can be sent by Post-Office Money registered Letter. ONE DOLLAR, for which send me the fol- LA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00 LA FACE WASH, - worth $2.00 SMELL, - worth .50 reet county_____, State_____ IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS SELL ON SIGHT. Lewis Biggers, INSURANCE AGENT. 111 North Clinton, St., East Orange, N. J. SICK, ACCIDENT, AND DEATH BENEFIT, PAID PROMPTLY. National Benefit Association, Capital Savings Bank Building, Washington, D. C. Walter J. Watson Real Estate, Loans AND COLLECTIONS, House Renting a Specialty. Careful and Personal Attention Given. 626 E Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. E. T. Kautman, Registered Plumber and Gasfitter, Hot Water and Steam Heating, Remodeling Defective Plumbing A Specialty. 617 E St., N. W., Washington, D. C. --- 一 In Memory of Mrs. Hester A. Carson. The death of Mrs. Hester A. Carson, the faithful and beloved wife of Col. Perry H. Carson, threw a shade of sadness over this community where she had lived so long and where she had such a large circle of friends and acquaintences. She was a domestic woman in its broadest sense and her greatest pleasure was to look after the hearthstone—her husband and her children, A. B. MRS. HESTER A. OARSON, At the Age of Nineteen. She was a devout Christian and bore her last illness with fortitude. She was a native of Maryland, but spent the last thirty-five years of life her in Wash ington encouraging and watching the fortunes of honored husband. Many letters of condolence were recently received by Col Carson from prominent men and women all over the country. The J. S. Clarkson and many other clubs offered adopted appropriate resolutions. By appointment the ladies of the J. S. Clarkson Association were called together to pay their last tribute of respect and adopt appropriate resolutions to our deceased member, Mrs Hester A. Carson. That for the first time since its organization the link of its membership has been broken; whereas it has pleased our Supreme Maker to call from us so valuable a member, we submit to his will. The members of this Association feel A. B. to have lost a worthy member, one whom we shall all miss, for her congenial, religious and benevolent characteristics. The community, with us, will miss her, The members of this Association express their condolence to the bereaved family, commending them to our Supreme Maker, who doeth all things well. Be it resolved, That the resolutions adopted be recorded in the minutes of the Association. Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be engrossed and presented to the family. Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, president; Nellie M. Freeman, secretary; Mrs. Knox Brown, treasurer. The following beautiful poem was contrib uated by Mr. Will P. Carson, her son. THOU THINKEST LORD, OF ME. Amid the trials which I meet. Amid the trials which I meet, Amid the thorns that pierce my feet, One thought remains suprenely sweet THE SUMMER SEASON. Captain L. J. Woolen, the manager of the River Queen, announces in another column to the public that the books are opened for excursions to Notley Hall, that popular summer resort, and that the River Queen has been repainted, refitted up in every way and new electric lights put in at the expense of five thousand dollars and is in better condition than ever to serve the public. The following dates have all been taken: July: " 30, St. Cyprian excursion to Notley Hall. " 31, D. B. Webeter Lodge Lower Cedar Point. August. " 1, American Glee Club to Notley Hall " 2, Masonie Lodge to Notley Hall. " 3, Dr. Dickson, Galbraith church to Lower Cedar Point. " 5, Regular family excursion to Notley Hall. " 6, Odd Fellows' Lodge to Notley Hall. " 7, East Washington Brickmakers to Notley Hall. " 8, Wesley Fletcher Co. K to Lower Cedar Point. " 9, Oxfords Pleasure Club to Notley Hall. " 10, Excelsior Social Club to Notley Hall. " 12, Regular family excursion to Notley Hall. " Rev. Wilibanks to Lower Cedar Point. " 14, Congressional to Glymont " 15, Amphion Glee Club to Notley Hall. " 16, D. W. Plummer to Notley Hall. " Belfords Outing Club to Notley Hall. " 19 Regular family excursion to Notley Hall. " 20, The Mysterious Pleasure Club to Notley Hall. " 28, Felix Ledge, No. 3 to Notley Hall. The modern standard Family Medicine: Cures the common every-day ills of humanity. --- Doings at the Resort Famillarly Known as the "Gem' of the Alleghanies-The White Sulphur Literary Meeting Personal Mention. White Sulphur, W. Va., Special—The White Sulphur Springs Literary meeting was held at the M B Church, last Wednesday night. Mr. R B Barcus, president in the chair. A very interesting program was rendered as follow: Opening song. Opening prayer. Reading and adoption of minutes of previous meeting. Address by President R. B. Barcus. Instrumental selections by White Sulphur Quartette, composed of Messrs W. F. Brown, W. J. Payne, Joseph W. Cox and Webb Solo. "She was born in old Kentucky" by Mr. Charles James; debate, "Resolved that the Negro is better off out of politics at the present time;" affirmative, Mr. W. O Lewis of Charlottesville, Va., negative, Pratt Thomas of Chatham, Va., Miss Maggie Pogue of Fincastle, Va., presided at the organ. The literary meetings will be held on Wednesday nights of each week during the summer. Among those whom we have met who are spending the season here as waiters and who read The American are; Messrs. Pratt Thomas of Chatham, Va., Joseph W. Cox, Brazill, Indiana George Graves, Culpeper, Va. A. H Preston, Botelourt, Co., Va., Joseph Gatewood, R. B. and W. D Barcus, W. F Brown, Slas B Jackson, Andrew and Brazil Jackson, Wm. and Edward Reeves, Clarence Lewis, Edward Wade, Philip Daniels, Adam, Ellis, W. O Lewis and others of Charlottesville, Va., Messrs. S. H Coleman, Wm Clark, W L Bush, Horace Worthington, Butler Moon, Richard Carr, J. F. Whippe, James Payne, W. L. Bush Theodore Johnson, W. H. Edmond of Washington D. C, W. J. Pogue, Fincastle, Va., Price Watkins, Roanoke, Va., Robert H. Branch R. H. Cooley of Richmond, Va and many others whom we wish to mention later. In the dining rooms up to the present time there are 150 waiters. In the waiters dining hall, Mr. Harry Jefferson of Lexington, Va. is in charge, who is obliging and well liked by the men. In the kitchen which is one of the most spacious that we have any knowledge of. Mr. Joseph Butler, (white) is the chief cook with an able number of colored assistants as follows: Mr. John Boom of Washington, D. C. assistant chef, who is ex-chef of the Hotel Corco an. Mr. Washington Scott of Washington, D. C., first boiler, chef of the Grafton Hotel. Mr. Charley Moss of Washington, D. C., second boiler, chef of Wellington Hotel. Mr. James Cross, professional egg cook of Washington, D. C. Mrs Annie Fowler, chief vegetable cook, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Charley Dixon of Washington, D. C., chef in the cafe, and o heirs whom space will not permit us to mention Mr. John Boom of Washington, D. C. will spend the latter part of the summer at White Sulphur. Mr. O. B. Holt of Charlottesville, Va. is janitor and watchman at the men's domitories and his voice and knock on the doors can be heard every morning with the rising of the sun. Mr. W. H. Noble of the firm of Pollard and Noble of Charlottesville, Va., is prepared to do hair cutting and shaving and any one desiring the same would do well to give him a call. Mr N. Wiley, one of the foremost teachers of Mercer Co. W. Va., is here for the season. Mr. John Kennie of Staunton, Va., is engaged in the office of the Adams Express Company here for the summer, a position which he has held for several years. Mr J. H. Harper of Richmond, Va. is in charge of the ball room. He has each season successively held that position for thirty years. Rev W. H. Thomas of Charleston, W. Va. in company with Mr. Robert Barcus of Charlottesville went to the Old Sweet Springs, twenty miles from this point Thursday last week, where he gave one of his first class stereopti an exhibitions. Monday night July 28 he showed at the White Sulphur Baptist church. Quite an interesting program for Wednesday night's literary meeting has been prepared by the committee of which Miss Mary Pogue, teacher of Fincastle, Va is chairman. The American will be on sale here each Saturday during the summer. SCRIBE. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. D. FROM SLAVE TO BISHOPRIC. (Continued from first page.) with them. Among those present were Bishops J. A. Shorter, J. M. Brown and T. M. D. Ward. In 1874 Mr. Tyree was ordained a deacon at Chattanooga by the late Bishop J. M. Brown, and two years later Bishop A. W. Wayman ordained him an elder. In 1877 Rev. Tyree was installed as pastor of Salem Chapel, in North Nashville, it being his first city charge. In all, he served as pastor of Nashville churches twelve years, never at any time lowering the standard of honor, and I use the term "honor" in its most comprehensive sense—comprehending all the virtues of a Christian man. Having entered the ministry at an early age, his matrimonial course was likewise. He married early, and took upon him the care of a family. The result of his marriage was six children, three sons and three daughters. While providing for a family he managed to complete the theological course at Central Tennessee College, being valedictarian of his class in 1883. He continued to study at the college for two more years, putting in a term in the Meharry Medical College. In 1886 he was made Presiding Elder of the Chattanooga district. In the fall of 1887 he was returned to Nashville and given the largest and finest church of the connection in the city. Here, as elsewhere, he made a successful pastor, adding hundreds to the church and paying about $3,000 on the indebtedness of the church. During his pastorate of St. Paul, his life was saddened by the loss of a son, Wayman, who was to him the gem of the family and the father's companion. The son was eleven years old, very precocious and was a jewel to father. The father has never gotten over that affliction, and never will. Even since his elevation to the Bishopric he has spoken of the loss of his son to the writer in the tenderest of terms, as though his death was of recent date. With the exception of five years (1893-1898), as pastor of Quinn Chapel, Louisville, Ky., in which city he completed his course in medicine, Dr. Tyree's life work has been in his native State. Efforts have been made to transfer him north and west, but he insisted on remaining in the South, where his sympathies are, and where the bulk of his people are. The chief characteristic of Bishop Tyree is the earnestness with which he discharges his duties. He has been faithful in little things, faithful to every trust, and there is not a blemish on his character nor a blot upon his integrity. He is respected by all who know him, and all of his fellow-citizens, without regard to creed, rejoice in his elevation. While Bishop Tyree is not "opinionated," when he makes up his mind he will stand by his convictions. Yet his heart is as tender as a woman's. His self-control is wonderful. This was illustrated in meeting Rev. J. M. Henderson, at the General Conference. Mr. Henderson had sought through the press to defeat Bishop Tyree, and said some very hard things, but the young Bishop net him with a smile, and, to use his own words, "had no ill feeling toward him." He is open and frank, despising all shams. In his fight for a seat on the Bishops' Bench he resorted to no tricks of the politician, for he has nothing in common with the craft of the politician. He sought promotion on merit, and won, leading in the race, and was declared the senior of the elected Bishops at Columbus, Ohio, May 17, 1900. He is now in charge of the Eighth Episcopal District, covering Mississippi and Arkansas. GEORGE T. ROBINSON. Nashville, Tenn., July, 1900. Funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Williams. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Williams, mother of Dr. Daniel H. Williams, former Surgeon in-Chief of the Freedmen's Hospital, and Misses Florence and Alice Williams, who died yesterday at her late residence, 1527 Kingman Place, was held at St. Augustine's Church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and the remains were taken to Annapolis, Md., for interment. HOTEL WOODLAWN TERRACE. This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnis cent view for tea miles. At the base of which is a wi ample opportunity to those fond of sailing or fishing. on which furnishes one with a magnifi- f which is a wide sheet of water giving ing or fishing. IN TERRACE. from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn- districtly first class. The Bed Rooms are enches. The Hotel is three stories high, beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. TH, Snow Hill, N.J. This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnishes one with a magnificent view for ten miles. At the base of which is a wide sheet of water giving ample opportunity to those fond of sailing or fishing. WOODLAWN TERRACE. is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn-side daily. The service at the Hotel is strictly first class. The Bed Rooms are large and airy with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. For terms, address MRS. CHAS. SMITH, Snow Hill, N. J. Will open Friday, June 1, 1900. is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawnside daily. The service at the Hotel is strictly first class. The Bed Rooms are large and alry with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. For terms, address MRS. CHAS. SMITH, Snow Hill, N.J. Open for the Season on June 1st. Beautifully situated near the Potomac River, on St. Patricks's Creek. Cool Rooms, Bathing, Boating, Fishing and Crabbing. For terms address Wm. D. Bond, Colton's Point, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Mrs Cyrus St. Clair has concluded to open her lovely private residence to boarders for the summer, at Cambridge Md. Persons desiring further information can address Mrs. Cyrus St. Clair, Cambridge, Md. Terms reasonable. Loudoun county is claimed by many to be the healthiest county in Virginia. An ideal summer home for the accommodation of city guests. Good food, cool rooms; plenty of shade; first class in every particular; city references; address Mrs. Delia Howard at Wilburn P. O., above county, or Robt. Lockwood, "The Alban,y" 17th and H nw., city. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. J. C. SMALLWOOD, Proprietor. 15 N. Illinois Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. SPECIAL. AT LAST! There is a First Class Ice Cream Parlor and Confectionery, Where our people are not refused, but are invited to sit and enjoy the best cream and cake with elegant service. No color line at MRS. HYMAN'S 1618 7th St., nw., bet, Q and R Sts. WANTED—A colored plumber. Enquire at this office. WANTED—An active young man as collector. Must be well acquainted with the city. Married man preferred. WANTED—Young women about 20, some knowledge of dressmaking, good home and wages. Address, Mrs. I. Williams, 262 W. 40th street, New York City. An energetic colored woman who understands canvassing can secure permanent employment with good pay by addressing "Benevolence" care 459 O st. n. w. WANTED AT ONCE-A woman about 35 or 40, unmarried, or widow without children, for Matron of the FRIENDLESS GIRLS' HOME. She must play piano or organ. Address P. Thos. Stanford, D. D., LL. D., President Massachusetts Aid and Protective Association for Friendless Colored Girls, North Cambridge, Mass. Send photo and reference. Wanted—a case of bad health that R.I.P.A.N.S will not benefit. One gives relief. No matter what's the matter, one will do you good. A cure will result if directions are followed. They banish pain, induce sleep, prolong life. Sold at all drug stores, ten for five cents. Be sure to get the genuine. Don't be fooled by substitutes. Ten samples and a thousand testimonials will be mailed to any address for five cents, forwarded to the Ripans Chemical Company, No.10 Spruce St., New York. --- THE HOME OF THE MASTER SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY. FITZGERALD'S AUDITORIUM Open all the year. Suitable for conventions receptions, bally, concerts and theatrical entertainments. Choice wines. Iliors and oligars. Attached the finest billiard room in the city. The Auditorium Cafe attached is suitably first class. Special attention given collation parties, weddings, receptions, etc. B, G. Fitzgerald, proprietor, 30 and 32 North Kentucky avenue. Atlantic City. N. J. THE NEW HOUSE DEBITY COTTAGE. 31 N. Ohio Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Excels any in the city. All modern improvements. Two squares from the Reading Railroad depot. Two squares from the beach I kindly thank my old as well as new patrons for their liberal patronage and hope for a continuance of the same. Mrs. J F. Debt, proprietress. THE HUB HOTEL CHOICE WINES. LIQUORS. MANHATTAN INN. 17 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THOMAS COLE, Proprietor. Choice wines, Liquors and Cigars. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS HAKRIS' HOTEL GEORGE H HARRIS, PROPRIETOR, 1139 Baltic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. Meals Served at all Hours. HOIEL HENDERSON—120 N Mississippi ave., Atlantic City, N. J., two quares from Reading depot; three minutes walk to Bathing Beach. Special rates for families and permanent boarders. The hotel has been newly papered and has 32 neatly fitted up sleeping rooms. Terms moderate. European and American plan. Henderson and Murray, prop'a. ALEXANDRIA, VA. THE ELITE-624 S. Washington street; Alexandria, Va., Ice cream, confectionery, soda water and milk shakes, all flayers. Lunches and sandwiches. Cool, exclusive, up to date. The only first class pleasure resort in the city When in Alexandria call on us. Opens May 15th. W. F. Hammond, proprietor. CATLET18, VA. CATLETTS, VA.—Summer Boarders: Parties desiring first o'class accomodations for the summer season will find it to their advantage to spend their vacation at Catletts Fauquier county, Va. Forty-eight miles from this city, there are three accommodation trains to the city per day. The house is situated about ¼ mile above the village. B ard furnished for $2.00 per month, $4.00 per week, or 75 cents per day. Healthy climate, excellent board and comfortable rooms. Apply with stamp to Mrs. Kate Meigle, Catletts, Fauquier Co., Va. --- 5 Lawnside. N.J. HOTEL SHEPHARDS HILL CAMBRIDGE, MD. LOUDOUN CO. VA. SPECIAL. AT LAST! WANTED HELP. RIPANS (7) SHREDS DR 6 A Mr. ‘ Drone” has editorial charge of The New York Herald. Wheels are moving at the Colma Cotton Facto in Concord, N. C. The little ‘own of Brookhaven, Miss. has iwelve bu:iness bouses run by Ne groes, The lowest salary paid a teacber ir the schools of the District of Columbi: ie $425 per annum. The Mobile Shoe and Departm n Store is an enterprise owned and con. troll d by colored mea. Aude » Ferguson of Topeka, 18 § fi st class tile and marb’e setter, mak. ing a salary of 22( perwe k Robert Bell of lopeka, is a sketet grist of natural ability. His painting: of peraous are as natural as Jife. Bish p Grant’s Epiecopal residence is now iv I.diapapoiis, where he bas purchased a baudsome resideace, Mr. Bird asd son of Lavrence, Kan 618, bave established aud are opera ing one Of the bes: tauneriesin the West, aud ae doing a profi able business, The Virginia delegation t» the Phila delphia Cor vention unabimeusly en dorsed James H. Hayee, a8 one of the Haliona! compaign orators in the com ng “rmypsign. itis said that Beoker T. Washington has beep making « carefal study of the condition of the Negroes o! New York with a view of formulating a plan of improvement, Dr J. M. Townrend, formerly pastor at Quinn ‘-bapel, Chicago, has been Cb s-n ty the A. M. E. Bishop? to take up the M s-ionary cause to travel a finanelal agent. The Constitution of the United States bss ouly 5,500 words, but i> has caused more conireversy ard hard fighticg than any other thousandiold tha: num ber outside of the Bible. There 1s a b:]! at present before the Louisiava jegisiature for ge parate street cars for the cities 1 that state. Should it pass and become a law, no Negro shoulo ever be guil y of riding ona Street car in that state. The Masonic Fraternity is increasing ly etrung in Haiti, ard cerpite the fact of its beirg # Koman Uatholic coartry the men are perfect'y devoted tothe Masoury, the meetings are largely aud very en busiasti aily atterdec. The C. M. E. Chorch is rejoicing. Rsv. H. Buil.ck, burinese manager, and Dr. C. H. Phillips, the editor have paid the last note on its pudlication house, at Jicksop, Tenn., and the Coristian Index, the cflicial organ, is self susiainiog. It is inteesting to know that South ern white men who reside in Haiti find ik very easy and ccnvenient to dissolve tneir American prejudice and fall in line with Haitian couditions, and to such an extent as to fail im love with and marry some of the attractive Hai tian maidens, An evidence of the high esteem in which Dr. R. C. Raneom is held in Chicago, he has been appointed to rep resent the colored citizens on the com- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D.0. - Awoman ia Idabo got a divorce from her hu-band because he would not take her to the Paris Fxpcsition He testifi-d in court that he w-s afra‘¢ of water and that he was afraid to get into a bath tub even, heg +t 80 8ea sick. Such a men is not brave enough to go through the ordeal of having a wife. Six young colored girls were recent- ly received nto the Order of the Holy Family (Catholic) at New Ocleans, and nad conferred upon them the white veil ofthe order. The back veil wus bestowed upon Sisters Mary Alexie, Miss Amelis Kaglan, of Grand Corteau La, aod Sster Mary Sebastin, Migs ~htistine Victor, of Galveston, Tex. The echolariy Rev. J. A. D. Bloice D D, who resigned aud j>ined ihe Epi-cupal church a few mouths ego hsa-, after mature consultation snd prayerful consideration, withdrawn his resignation from tbe band of B shop A. Walers aud hus been res ored to membership in ihe &. M. E, Zion Church and of the New Jersey Con- ference. A Lusiness men’s club bas been cr gavized in New York City tu pe Kor wo as The Empire Business Men’s Club Uhe following officers were elected: James E Garver, pre-ident} MN Brown, vice presiden3; Dr. D. P. Reid, secretary; Rufas Hurbert, treasurer. Representatives of this elub will at: tend the meeting called by Mr Booker. T. Washington, at Bustun August 23. Miss Killen Roseborough, a white girl seventeen years of age, geve ber life tosuye a lutie Negro child from a horrib'e deatb Jaly 1lat Oolnmbia, 8° C. The ond was playing on the rail- ioad track, a train was rapid y ap- prvaching, the youug woman wiihout nesila'iug 4 mo nent, rushed forward, “augat the baby, avd th-ew it in safety from the trau, batin the act was br elf stru:k aud Buled by th» engine, Chivalry is noc desd even in South Garviiua. “National Characters’? Easily Made. Tcere is more dissa‘isfaction and j-alousy existing between individuals of our population nere thau in any ety ou tne coutivent. Tiere are t.0 many of toe same caliber. Every man wh feads a paper befure our Jyceume or disturbs «he placid a'mos;here with barning e oyu nce feels himself a’ once a‘ Nationalcuaracter.’”—W.T Menard in New York Age. Dont Read This! More than 500 letters were sent out from this office last week. ‘hey were all of thesame nature and they treated the same subject. 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Kansas City, Mo., Special—Echoes of the Democratic Convention still fill the air, and many strangers are yet within the city's gates enjoying to the utmost the proverbial hospitality of a typical western city. The Negroe's Business League is the latest co-operative organization in the city and ought to be productive of most excellent results. To choose between the two parties in this presidential campaign may be like deciding between his satanic majesty and the deep sea, but then—. The N gro is learning to think and act for himself, and notwithstanding "Webster Trickster Davis'” flop, Nelson Crews writes the Chairman of the Republican State Committee, "My slogan shall be Roosevelt and McKinley; Glory and Victory." Miss Cornie Cross, an Alumnus of Oberlin, and for the past five years teacher of Latin and English in Central High School, Galveston, Texas, spent a few days in Kansas City enroute to her home in Macon, Mo. Miss Cross is a young lady of accomplishment and admirable business tact, and this summer will erect several cottages in Macon for rental purposes. Abraham Lincoln Hanson who, as a sculptor is winning laure's abroad is a Missourian by birth and received his ward school education in Philips school. Kansas City, Prof. W. W. Yates, Principal. Mr. Yates gave the lad much encouragement while he was attending school and, noticing his talent for the plastic art called the attention of local philanthropists to the fact with the result that he is now on the road to fame. Numerous specimens of his early work may be found in Kansas City homes, and Principal Yates is justly very proud of his former pupil's success. The general prosperity of the colored people of Kansas City is illustrated by the manner in which they are constantly investing in good substantial homes in excellent parts of the city, not segregating in settlements as is too often the case in large cities, but buying here and there wherever their capital at command will allow a purchase. There is no other city on the continent at present that promiaes a better return for the outlay of capital in real estate than Kansas City. There is no other State in the Union with richer farming land at such moderate prices as Missouri. The professional or laboring man of brains and energy and with a few dollars to invest can succeed if he will. Mrs. Carson's Funeral. Madame Blade sang at the funeral services of Mrs. Hester Ann Carson solor, "Flee as a Bird to the Mountain" and "Home at Last." The choir sang "Asleep in Jesus," "Thou Thinkest Lord of Me," and "Shall We Meet Beyond the River?" Among the representative men in the audience were Messrs. John F. Cook, Gen. Whitticombe, John F. Wilkerson Wm. H. Schuman, Auditor Petty of the District of Columbia, Assessor H. H. Darneille of the District of Columbia. Among the letters of condolence received was one from Commissioner McFarland, Col. Geddes of the Agricultural Department, Hon. Hiram Watty, Counselman, of Baltimore, Md., and Hon. H. S. Cummings, Ex-Counselman, of Baltimore, Md. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Ex-Grand Secretary of the G.U.O of O.O, D.B. Bowser, died in Philadelphia June 30 He was the son of Jeremiah and Michael Bowser and was born in Philadelphia, January 16, 1820, in the same house in which he died which was erected by his father in the year 1812 He was foremost among the members of the Anti-Slavery Society a member of the famous Equal Right League, which secured the repeal of the Pennsylvania black code and the abolition of the Philadelphia "jim crow" street cars. 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An educated man who is married, and who means business and who has a little capital will do well to correspond with "C" care of The Colored American office. A good investment for the right person Cora E. Dorsey and Christine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Stec graphic work satisfactorily performed at reasonable rates by the Misses Dorsey, Room 8, Le Droit Building Corner 8th and F street northwest. Geo. W. Wise Furnishing Undertaker --- Enacted Law to Provide There Should Be No Equality of Races. The fundamental Beer principal in the treatment of the colored race is embodied in this dictum of Transvaal law, says the Philadelphia Press: "The people shall not permit any equality of colored persons with white inhabitants, neither in the church nor in the state." Three laws have been enacted in accordance with the fundamental provision—first, prohibiting a native from owning realty; second, refusing him marriage by civil or ecclesiastical process; and third, closing the courts to him in any action against a white man. The criminal laws apply to white and black aike, but in the Boer courts the testimony of a Negro has no weight by the side of a white man. In civil claims he has no recourse or redress. The only marriage which he is permitted to practice is that under his tribal regulations. Custom goes a step further and forbid his presence on the sidewalk, and maladministration has permitted an unlimited supply of liquor in a country where every other white administration maker every possible effort to suppress the sale of alcohol to the Negro. These statutes and the results which flow from them are given at length in a work just published by the Rev. John H Povil, "Natives Under the Transvaal Flag." The original Boer trek began because Great Britain insisted upon the emancipation of the Negro. This step was undoubtedly taken with less consideration for the property rights of the white owners than was the case in the West Indies, but in this country at least it has never been felt that the slaveholder had property rights which ought to be considered, and in our civil war such rights were all swept aside for loyal and disloyal alike when the time had come for emancipation. Restrained by treaty from continging slavery in the Transvaal, the Beers adopted the system of law which has just been outlined in order to compas the subjection of the black. Oppression has undoubtedly existed in the various contract systems in force in Kimberly and elsewhere, but the evidence is overwhelming that this is trivial by the side of the direct and personal ill-treatment, oppression, and denial of all civil rights visited by the Beers on the black Conservatism Valuable in Leadership. In the long run the Negro editor who is conservative, discret, thoughtful, and careful will wear longer and accomplish more for the race than the radical, easy to fly-off the-handle editor. It is not alwaya what a man says that gets him into trouble, but the way he says it. The race needs safe, calm dispa sionate leaders; leaders who think before they act. Booker T. Washington, Bishop L. H. Holsey and Bishop Alexander Waiters are among this class. These men advocate different theories for the solution of the race's ills but but they do so in a dignified vein and leave men to choose for themselves. Christian Index. A House Hold Necessity, Camp Nelson, Ky., July 11, 1900. Mr. E. E. Cooper, Editor The Colored American. Dear Sir: Please continue the paper as they will not let me stay at home without it. The oldest boy Willie, names the large letters. The 2nd boy Clarence, looks at the pictures and the baby boy Langston tries to put the entire paper in his mouth and my wife and I enjoy reading it. Very Truly, John W. Bate. Rev. R C. Ransom, of Chicago, has been selected by the Bishop's Council of the A M.E. Conference recently held at Columbus, Ohio, as delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical Conference that will meet in London next year. Ex Grand Secretary Bowser Dead THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 10 Departments Incorporated in One Viz.: I provision, Fuel, Banking, Insurance, Publishing, Education, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Employment and Contracting. CAPITAL $100,000. Shares $1 to $100, payable $1.00 monthly. Admission fee $1.00. OBJECT—Buy and borrow of ourselves. All kinds of societies and clubs can join. NO PASSWORDS, GRIPS or SIGNS. Agents and organizers wanted. alary, commission and territory given THIS ASSOCIATION buys properties for members and gives long time to pay for it. 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The highest chemical authority in the district of Columbia, after an analysis just finished of all the different beers on the market, gives this as his verdict. Don't be fooled by jealousy, envy, or prejudice, on either or all of which is based our opposition. We have the most modern plant. We brew from sterilized water and choice hops and malt. We have one of the most skillful brew masters in the county. Visit our plant and insist on us proving our assertions. We will be glad to show all. ARE KING. Sec'y and Treas, E. L. JORDAN, Pres and Gen'l Mgr. Capital Savings 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C Capital $50,000. Hon. Jno. R Lynch, President. L. C. Bailey, Treasurer. J. A. Johnson, Secretary. D. B. McCary, Cashier. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton, Whitefield McKinlay, J C. Bailey, Robt. H. Terrell, W. S. Montgomery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, Henry E. Baker, James Storum, J. A. Johnson, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Howard H Williams. Deposits received from 10 cents upward. Interest allowed on $5,00 and above. Collections meet with prompt attention. A general exchange and banking business done. Bank open from 9 a. m. to 4:30pm. W. H. FISHER ..Dyer and Cleaner, 709 9th St. n. w. 407 14th St. n w Telephone 152 DAYS. To every person sending for one or more of our remedies we will send a free trial treatment of our celebrated Little Hero Pills. For all forms of Kidney, Liver and Stomach troubles. Scott Remedy Company, Louisville, Ky. THE FOURTH HAMPTON CONFERENCE. (Continued from first page.) were said at the recent Montgomery Conference, he believed that the trend of opinion was favorable to negro education and development. He thought that race prejudice was not altogether an unmixed evil. It gives us difficulties to overcome and harder problems to solve. The first business was the report of the Committee on Business and Labor. The report was read by Mr. Andrew F. Hilyer, of Washington, who had made a thorough investigation of the negro in the skilled trades for the Paris Exposition. Mr. Hilyer reported that he found colored skilled workmen engaged in every trade and occupation in which white men are engaged. He visited 57 firms and plants who are the largest employers of col- A. DR. A. M. CURT19. ored labor in the Southern States. These plants employed 7,760 males and 1,620 females; 5,017, or 64 per cent. of the males, earn $1.00 a day and above; 1,719, or 22 per cent., earn $1.50 per day and above, and 572, or 7.3 per cent., earn $2.00 per day and above. Outside of the building trades, the largest number of skilled workmen is to be found in the iron industry. Colored men hold responsible positions as furnacemen, cupola tenders, as moulders, puddlers and rollers in the iron foundries. Many colored girls are employed in the cigar factories and in the Charleston cotton mill, and in shirt factories. The employers of all classes of colored labor reported that the colored labor was giving good satisfaction. The report concludes as follows: "In every industry conducted in the Southern States skilled colored workmen have established themselves in every branch. They are increasing in numbers and gaining in skill and efficiency." The personal investigation of other members of the committee brought to light many facts that are not generally known as to the numbers and efficiency of colored workmen. The feeling was often expressed that the time has come for the colored people themselves to become employers. There is great demand for "captains of industry" to organize this labor. The Rev. Matthew Anderson, of Philadelphia, the President of the Berean Building and Loan Association, of that city, said he believed that the only true means for the colored man to get a footing in large business enterprises was to combine with white men. He believed that the asosciation of white and colored men as officers and directors would encourage a more wholesome feeling between the races and enable each to understand the other better. But said he, the inception of such undertakings should spring from the colored man himself. This was one of the new ideas injected into the Conference, and seemed to meet with the approval of the majority of those present. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. The report of the Committee on Religion and Ethics, by Rev F. J. Grimke, of Washington, told of several efforts to save young colored men being put forth by white men of the South. Mr. Grimke also showed from his investigations that drunkenness was comparatively rare among colored men in comparison with white men, and that it was not on the increase, and that few of them drink to such an extent as to have it interfere with their work. Rev. Sylas X. Floyd, of Augusta, Ga., read a most humorous and interesting paper on "The Negro Church." The negro, said he, has helped to keep the jewel of orthodoxy safely guarded. He believes in a literatb bottomless hell. B. H. He puts his faith in the Bibler He then gave a humorous description of the average negro church, their methods of lifting collection, carrying on revivals, and the getting of religion. The church, said he, is often an advertising bureau, a postoffice, intelligence bureau, social gathering, amusement hall, and lecture bureau. Mrs. Rosa D. Bowser, of Richmond, read the report of the Committee on Domestic Economy, and showed that the colored women were not idle, but were keenly alive to the necessities of the situation, and were powerful factors in the uplifting of the race. One of the most interesting papers of the Conference was by Mrs. Daniel Murray, of Washington, on the kindergarten. Mrs. Murray told of her efforts in Washington to have the kindergarten established, and aroused a very great interest in kindergarten and the day nursery. The report of the Committee on Vital and Sanitary Preblems was read by Dr. F. J. Shadd, of Washington. No statistics of negro mortality were M. HON. JOHN H. SMY1H. given, but the report laid great stress on the excessive negro mortality in cities and towns, and laid down some simple rules for the improvement of the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the people. Greater care and attention to the children was urged, and the well known fact that tuberculosis was "catching" under certain conditions was brought out, and separation of infected persons was urged. The Hon. John H. Smith, of Hanover, Va., read a carefully prepared paper on "Negro Criminality." Mr. Smith is at the head of the Virginia Reformatory School, and is doing a great work in rescuing negro boys from lives of crime. Prof. G. N. Graham, of Kansas City, took for his subject "Negro Education." Besides being one of the most thoughtful men of the race. Prof. Gra- NERVES DESTROYED BY CATARRH. Mr. Robert B. Mantell, the Great Romantic Actor. Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir—The bottle of Pe-ru-na at hand. It is splendid and most invigorating; refreshing to the nerves and brain. It is one of the best tonics I have ever used. It makes me feel like a new man. Yours sincerely, R. B. Mantell. Catarrh is one of the ways in which a depressed condition of the nervous system shows itself. Catarrhal people are soon made nervous. Any remedy to effect a radical cure of chronic catarrh must operate directly through the nerves, invigorating the mucous circulation. Mrs. C. C. Filler, of 1341 street, Columbus, O., writer fifteen years I have been nervous dyspepsia. I wore of quivering in my stomaching feelings. I was so what is called nervous I consulted several phy-treated me without doing I had almost given up in I heard of Pe-ru-na. I for mediate relief to all my symptoms." Dr. Hartman sent free. Address Columb ham is one of our most polished speakers. His address abounded in sparkling wit, humor, philosophy and common sense. He advised that the colored people study good manners; that they study their environments and prepare themselves thoroughly to do the work that this environment requires of them. His address was a masterly plea for the same educational facilities that the whites enjoy. He protested with vigor against the present trend of thought among the rulers of the country to restrict the education of colored youth to the mere rudiments of an education, with industrial training Each one of these papers and addresses was followed by able discussions from the floor, during which many different phases of the subject were brought out. The following are the most important of the suggestions made by the Committee on Resolutions: That there be careful state supervision of all negro public schools; that the school term be lengthened and better schools be provided, and that the colored youth be provided with every educational facility that the white people have. That kindergarten be established throughout the South in connection with the public school system. That colored women continue to devote themselves with energy to the betterment of home conditions among the masses of the race. That land companies be formed among the negroes and homes secured as rapidly as possible, the purchasers being careful to see that their deeds are recorded. That a conference of colored physicians and trained nurses be held in connection with the next Hampton Conference to consider questions respecting the sanitary conditions of the race. That the colored people seek to diversify their industrial pursuits and seize every opportunity to make themselves intelligent, reliable and indispensable factors in the occupations requiring skilled labor, allying themselves with the trades unions wherever practicable. That they insist with increasing emphasis upon intelligence, unblemished reputation and purity of moral character in their ministers and teachers. That the people be urged to cultivate Mrs. C. C. Filler, of 134% South Fourth street, Columbus, O., writes: "For ten or fifteen years I have been subject to nervous dyspepsia. I would have spells of quivering in my stomach, with smothering feelings. I was suffering from what is called nervous prostration. I consulted several physicians, who treated me without doing me any good. I had almost given up in despair when I heard of Pe-ru-na. I found it an immediate relief to all my disagreeable symptoms." Dr. Hartman's latest book sent free. Address Columbus, Ohio. friendly relations with other races and co-operate with them in all that pertains to the material, moral and educational interests of the sections in which they live. The Masons go to Glymont. For the first time this season an excursion will run to Glymont, the beautiful summer resort in Charles County, Md., some twenty miles down the river. The Masonic Fraternity of the District have secured the grounds for August 2nd and have chartered the River Queen for all of that day. This is the second excursion of the season given by the Masons and will surpass all previous efforts in point of attendance and the character of those who go on the excursion. Three trips will be made to Glymont and a special effort has been made by Col. Mays, the genial manager, to make the morning excursion a feature of the day's outing. He especially invites the ladies to take the morning boat and to bring their baskets if necessary to spend a pleasant day in the woods. The second boat will leave the wharf at 2 p.m and the last boat at six. Hoffman's celebrated orchestra will furnish music and a glance at the advertisement in another column will show the many new and interesting features of the entertainment. The public is cordially invited. Fare for the round trip, 35s. Dvoraks to Play a Week. It is given out that arrangements are being made by the Dvorak Musical Association to repeat their beautifully staged opera "The Pirates of Penzance" in October at the Academy of Music. The theater is to be held for a solid week and in addition to "The Pirates," two other popular operas now in preparation will be presented. The affair will be directed by Prof. J. Henry Lewis. ```markdown ``` 9 10 AMONG BOOKMAKERS AND PARAGRAPHERS. "The Albuquerque (New Mexico) American is the newest one. The Cotton Boll, Concord, N. C., is being interestingly edited by Roscoe C. Murray Simmons, a graduate of Tuskegee. H. C. Bruce of the Pension Office, this city, is hard at work on a new book. It may be called "The Colored American." The Z on Clipper, a religious monthly, treating of Church and State, persons and things, is being published at Fishkill Landing, N. Y., by Rev. Wm. H Eley. Rev. Solomon Porter Hood tells about "A New Negro Poet" in the July A. M. E. Church Review. Dr. Hood is lending Prof. Kealing valuable assistance in the editorial department of the magazine. A prominent member of the A. M. E. denomination says there is more harmony and good fellowship in the publication and literary department now than there has been at any other time in the last four years. The Indianapolis World is putting up a hot sheet nowadays, and is talking independence almost to the point of sauciness. Editor A. E. Manning is giving some of the older journalists a great example on how a newspaper ought to be run. The latest, and what to most people will appear to be the best of Dunbar's poems, is published in the June number of the Southern Workman. It is entitled, "The Unsung Heroes" and the tribute paid to our brave soldiers is truly inspiring. The True Reformer, published at Littleton, N. C., notifies the public that W. F. Young is its editor and business manager and that the Hon. Scotland Harriss holds the responsible position of associate editor, brains and statesmanship, as it were. Editor H. T. Johnson, with characteristic generosity, has given Prof H. T. Kealing, editor of the African M. E. Church Review, a regular column in the Christian Recorder, wherein the latter may get off weekly scintillations and incidentally boom the Review. 'Tis sweet to see brethren dwell in unity. The two leading white dailles of Florida in her two leading cities, Tampa and Jacksonville, have Negro editors and business managers, and an entire page in a prominent place of the paper given to the doings of the colored race. This is the kind of opportunity and co operation that will solve the race problem. The Colored Citizen, of Topeka, Kan., which has been "dead" for the past two years has reylived again under the able management of Col. James Beck, P. C. Thomss, and J. W. Jones. The paper is a free silver advocate. Mr. Beck was colonel of the Twenty third Kansas and was in Cuba during the Spanish American war. Pursuant to the regular appointment under the provisions of the constitution the Western Negro Press association of the United States is hereby called to convene at Salt Lake City, Utah, in its fifth annual session, Monday and Tuesday, August 7th and 8th, 1900 All bona fide editors, managers, reporters, and press correspondents of race publications west of the Mississippi river are eligible to membership in the association, and are urged to be present. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. "BIG BOW" The Indian Medicine Man Cures all Diseases or no Charge. Call or Write. Get Your Blood Purified as the Spring Demands. Office Hours 6 a.m. to 6 p. m. Daily. Principal Booker T. Washington's new work. "The Story of My Life and Work," has just been issued from the press by J. L. Nichols & Co., Napa ville, Ill., and Atlanta, Ga. It is a handsome volume of 432 pages, copiously illustrated, in three bindings, cloth, half morocco, and full morocco. The introduction is by Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the Secretary of the John F. Slater Educational Fund, and is a tribute to the worth and character of the distinguished author. Dr. Curry is a frank admirer of Tuskegee's Principal, and he does not hesitate to confess it in strong phrase. Fifty-seven illustrations in all are used, Frank Beard, the Chicago artist, contributing the original pen drawings. The retail price of the book is $150 for the cloth bound volume $200 for the one half morocco, and $275 for the full morocco. A complete copy of any style binding can be had by sending direct to the publishers. The National Colored Teachers Bureau Washington, D. C., is prepared to furnish of every branch of instruction and but applicants must be fully competent to teach or possess the ability to learn how to teach. NO SCHOOL-NO PAY 6 per cent of the first year's salary will be charged those for whom positions are secureded, payable Dec. 1, 1900. The Demand exceed the Supply for suitable teachers during the past year, hence our liberal inducements. Send for registration blank briefly stating your full qualifications and enclose ten two cent stamps for postage. James G. Clayton, M. D. 459 C St, N, W. Secretary, DO YOU LCVE HEALTH? If so, call and see the Indian Herb Medicine Man, 620 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md. I cure all diseases that are known to man or beast or no charge, no matter what your disease or sickness or affliction may be, and restore you to perfect health Millions of people, the best and leading ones in the United States and Europe, will testify that I am the most wonderful healer of all complaints in the world. I use nothing but herbs, roots, barks, gums, balsams, seeds, berries, flowers and plants, made into teas. I have cured thousands that the most skillful physicians and the best hospital physicians in America and Europe had given up to die, and said there was no cure for them. I cure the following diseases: Heart Disease, Consumption, Blood, Kidney, Bladder, Stricture, Piles in any form, Vertigo, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Lung, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Rheumatism in any form, Pains and Aches of any kind, Colds, Bronchial troubles, Sores, Skin Diseases, all itching sensations, all Female Complaints, La Grippe or Pneumonia, Ulcers, Carbuncles, Boils, Cancer, the worst form, without the use of knife or instruments, Eczema, Pimples on face and body, Diabetes of Kidneys or Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. I cure any disease, no matter of what nature. Medicine sent to any address by express. For full particulars send 2 cent stamp for answer. J. P. KERR, THE INDIAN HERB MEDICINE MAN. 620 N. E. TA ST BALTIMORE, MD. None genuine unless bought at 620 North Eutaw Street. Beware of imitators, as we have many. Academy Restaurant [Just around the corner] 320 8th Street, N. W. Opposite Kanns'. All leading brands of wine liquors and cigars, imported and domestic. Ladies and gentlemen's Cafe Upstairs. FINE WINES Liquors of all kinds. OLD WHISKIES Choice Cigars. AND BRANDIES. Philadelphia House, M. F. CARROLL, Prop. Restaurant and Saloon, 348 Pennsylvania Avenue, N W. Washington, D. C. Meals to Order. Everything First Class Billiard and Pool Parlors Attached. HO 3EL DOUGLASS. 220 B ST., AD 235 PA. AVE. N.W. EUROPEAN PLAN. First-class in every particular. M IS. I C I L Y C. JONES, Proprietress. Washington, D. C. Robert H. Key FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, ETC. Ladies' Dining Room. Meals at all Hours 443 First Street Southwest. Gray & Costley Wines, Liquors and Cigars haules and Gentlemen's Dining Room up stairs. The best of service guaranteed. 1313 E Street N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Fritz Reuter's HOTEL : AND : RESTAURANT 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave. 202, 208 & 210 4 St. N. W Washington, D. C. The Woodson House First-class, newly furnished and decorated, unsurpassed cuisine, convenient to all cars. One half square from Pennsylvania Depot. 467 Missouri Avenue. HENRY WOODSON, PROPRIETOR. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. D. T. GIBBONS. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING RETA CONFECTIONER 523 41 Street, Southwest, WASHINGTON, D.C. Wedding Cakes Made and Parties Furnished at Short Notice. Ice Cream All The Year she McKinley Hotel 489 Mo. Ave. near 6th St. n. w. Smoking and Reading Rooms; also home for strangers. Meals served at all hours. Menu a la Carte at popular prices. Call and be convinced. Joshua N Anderson. I. J. Edwards. Props. W. M. DRURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L N. W. Washington, D. C. HOTELCLYDE 475 MISSGURI AVE, NW. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRS. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. MOORE & PRIOLEAU - Sparta Buffet and Cale - 1216 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C. Fine wines, liquors and cigars Fine wines, liquors and cigars Hot Free Lunch Every Day Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board, steam heat and electric bells, Home comfort, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Ave., nw. Washington, D. C. Fine wines, liquors, cigars and tobacco. Jack M Ryan, Proprietor SILENCE & SILENCE, Wines, Liquors and Cigars, A Noonday Lunch from 11.30 to 2 p.m. 430 EIGHTH ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. sare a a, ap PUSBER-NECKS ARE GIVINO IT OUT - That there Wik ome eo Pe The: Lawyer Reuben 8. Smith is ; pailoropher. - {hai the colored boat company ha goue g!immering, yhat the defeat of the Boers is a vic tory for eivil'zation, That Prof. E'zie Hoffman’s roof gar. dep is ull in prospective. {rat the old-time democrats ar grooming David B, Hall for 1904. That it isa cold day when Prof. W Hi [| Hart gets the worst of a deal. Tuat Le Droit Park will eventuall; become an exclusively Negro colony, That when one is on @ hunt foi tr he never needs a searchlight Yhat Senator Fatrbanks is to be President McKinley’s political legatee That in ease of Bryan’s election Henry M Teller will be Secretary o. the Treaeury, Thata Black Tammapy is among the novelt Ha be offered in District poli tics this Tall. That Thomas L. Jones will make another dash for Cergress in Virginia’: fourth district. That the heat inside the Census cffi-e is decidedly preferabie to the heat out side of it. That a man whe never has any busi’ re+s in a bank is not a very useful factor in ® community. That Lewis Il. Douglass came dan‘: perously near a seat op the new Board jo! Education. Ynat the quaking teachers are now sstisned that is safeto go on off tc Atlantic Uity and dabble in the surf. fhat an individual who deliberately mikes a debt and then refuses to bon: or it, is no better than any other thief. That the North Carolinasituation in- vclyes the political future of several very distinguished Afro-American lead ers, That it is amost exeelleut precaution to have an aggressive relative behind the counter where the “pie” is given Out. That our teachers are vety generally sibseribing for the “Story of My Life and Work’? by Booker T. Washington, Which is as it should be. That Rey. Sterling N. Brown, Daniel Murray, and Jesse Lawson made 6 splendidshowingin the race for a place cathe B ard of Education. That n aybe J. Milton Turner is quiet. j trying on the mantle of Negro demo cratic leadership, formerly warn by the Ite C H. J. Taylor. That for filling untimely graves with broken hearted men and women the “rubver-neck” is several laps ahead o: any other pest. That the poverty- stricken Negro wh« But able to take a race paper, is the indivitusl seen oftenest en the Notley Hall picnic boat, That no man who works faitbfalls the year round, should think it really fOnomical to deny himself a summe! THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. please everybody should at once secur: a ticket for St. Elizabeth’s and destroy} the return coupon, That now that the Bureau of Engrav tug ard Printing is to be enlarged there may be room for soma Negr clerks and section chiefs, Tha! a demand will be made for Pub lic Printing Palmer to appoint anothe colored clerk, as one is not regarded ai adequate recognition of the race. That Col. Perry 8. Heath’s accept- ance of the secreteryship of the nation al committee is a fine piece of luck for the republican party. That if the s‘reet railway company cares for the comfort of its respectable patrous it will put more cars on the H atreet line during the Chesapeake Beach rush. Toat Col. Edward L, Thornton wrote to the Census supervisors asupplemen tary report on the population of his home, after the arrival of Mr. Thornton junior. | That Prot. Robert H. Terrell’s su- perb managerial talent bas made the Washington High School, the very best institution of the kind in the District sys'em. That Psot. W. H. Richards has the most varied and valuable collection of litersry productions that can be found in the library of any Washington schol- ar. ‘That Manager Chase of the ‘Jim Crow” Grand Opera House has more need to change his dastardly principles than to change the name of his thea ter. That the Negro woman who wishes to peer out of her window all day to learn the business of her across the- atreet neighbor, must take the hand kershief off of her head. That a good dairy lunch in the beart of the city where colored people can get an appertizing lunch quickly and at aemall price would be a paying in- vestment. . That the cfficious gathering of public collections for purposeg not desired by the perscns whose alleged benefit the fund is subscribed, should be made a misdemeanor, punishab'e by law. That a real Christian minister like John M, Hend-raon, R. C. Ransom or J. M. Townsend, would be a welcome change in the pulpit of the largest church in Washington. That Dr. Lucy E Moten’s retention as principal of the Normal school has endeared the new Board to the heart of every patron of tbe echools who is ambitious that the culture of his boy or girl shall be under the safest guid ance that can be secured. That no matter how deeply covered Paris Commissioner Peck may be with the sin of appointing relatives to places Special Agent T. J Calleway is im: mune from all charges of kinship to bis illustrious cbi<f. 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Watches like these a genera. tion ago would have cost $20 if they could have been produced, but the fact is, it contains ap- pliances then’ unknown. Each watch has en properly, adjusted and will be sgnein run- ning order. Its charactert They have a Jewel balance wheel. The cases are nickel silver. Are stem winding and stem setting. They have a duplex movement. Free to any one send- Ing $4 for two yearly subscriptions, or $2 for one yearly and $ {—$3 Inall. This watch and The Colored Amerl- can, one year for $3. The watch as a special inducement, postpaid, to any one send. ing $2.25. It will be seen therefore from the above that no one need be without a watch equal for time- keeping to any in the neighborhood, a single Gaylonger. Indeed it will not take & day for ‘any one toget asmall club of subsoribers for The Colored American, the national news- paper of the race and the newsiest and best face journal published. ‘Try it once and see for yourself how easy it is to get this wateb ‘and to get only two subscribers for The Col- ored American. Don’t lose time but attend to this matter as soon as you see this notice. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order, Express Order, Bank Check, or Registered Letter. Address— «.THE COLORED AMERICAN... 45008t,R.W, Washington, D. 6, 11 WhivilL, LJAAV IO FWY, Fig) i EE. B74 fy Bm NZ. ae Sr FS dk, bay iS bNIN eZ ANN WS nsec oS) | \ Wang? 7 77 oe 1 Mi J 2 Ooh po A ide "et | K a A Vy NY ye NE \ Born Clairvoyant & Card Reader Tells about business, Removes Spells aud Evil Iofiuences, Ke- Unites theSeparated and Gives Luck to all. Cures Piles and Drunkenness. 1228 25th st. n, w. Washington D.C. ’@> No letters answered unless ac- sompanied by stamp, W. 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New Equipment, Fine Library, Electric Light, Steam Heat. @ Commanding Location on Border of Richmond. Large Faculty of Enthusiastic and Able Professors. ~ Lectures by Distinguished Scholars, Educators and Preachers. COLLEGE DEPARTMENT, Of High Grade, Modern, Broad, Thorough, with many Electives. Courses leading to Degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, aed Bachelor of Literature. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTIIENT, Baptist, Conservative, Scholarly, with many electives; with Hebrew and Greek Courses leading to Degree of Bach- elor of Divinity, and English courses leading to Degree of Bachelor of Theology; Ministers’ Course for those who with little previous educa- tion, desire to fit themselves for the ministry. ACADEMY DEPARTMENT, Thorough and attractive, including College Pre- paratory Course; General Courses adapted to fit young men for useful, wise and noble living; and Normal Course to fit students for teaching. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT, For manual training in wood and iron work and use of tools and machinery. Unequalled advantages for pursuing literary along with theological studies. Training in manners, habits and character receive special attention. @ Entrance examination ard classification of new students Tuesday, Oct. 2, 8:45 a.m. Term begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 8:45 a.m. Catalogue and further information on application to THE PRESIDENT, Richmond, Va. Have You Got a JOB? IF NOT, THEN YOU ARE YOU EARNING BIG MONEY? sxecyaesrreat HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. We want lady or gentlemen Agents in every town in the United States. You can earn big money if you will work for us even in your spare time. Write to us to-day. This may be the chance of your life. This offer is open to ladies or gentlemen—white or colored. AF t ? Sy A.1Q.Wilson’s Turkish Drops. \e ae For Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Wi) zy Cremps or Pairs, Colic and Cholera Morbus, (case OS Cholera Irfantum, Sick Headache, la = ee fed Goes And all Stomach Complaints. Trade Mark. ——————$—$_$—_—_=<$_$_—<—#_<=_=€_—«K«<—X—<—<$K§K[[[({@"_[}]][]]]_a[o2__ll..5.coSo—__ Colored Authors? Club Meet. | Lieut. R. E. Toomey in a well- The members of the Colored Authors Literary C:ub and friends enjoyed a trolly ride to Congress Heights and re- tutning and was tendered a grand re ception by the ladies of the club at the residence of Mrs. W. Bishop Johnson Mrs. W. Bi-hop Johnson and Mrs. E D. Szott chaproved the party. Those Present were: Mi-ses Essie Burrill, Rosa snd Bertha Stokes, Alice Bariow, Mamie Simmons, Carrie Younger, Julia Collier, Edith Hall, Mattie Jonson, Marion T, Scott, Adele Johnson, Mas. tera Wm. Odom, Perey Fletcher, Rich ard Gillem, Bernard Shamuel, George CUbase, Samuel Harrison ard Kishor Johnson, . Piymouth’s Picnic. The Plymouth Congregational church will give their great picnic at Lakeview Park, Wednesday, August Ist, 1900. Begioniog in the morning the picnic ere of every bour of the day may be accomodated. Every form of irnocent amusement has been provided for, ard the church hopes to make this—thev first picnic during the pres-nt pastor ate—a grand success, Hcffman’s Or chestra will farnish the music, Those who have visited this park eay it is the best anywhere nearthecity. Children 15c. Adulte 25e. Any Metropolitan oar will transfer you to the District line for one fare. And the park is on the bill—a few minutes walk. Se ae mang Wayland College. Licut. R. E. Toomey in a well- tempered letter to the New York Age, eails attention to the fact that the de- feat of the Payne resolution, the with- drawal of the Qaay amendment, both of which were the sem> in substance, were largely due to the indefatigable, though quiet work of Hon. Judson W. Lyons, national committeeman and register of U.8, Treasury. “In him as the remaining colired member of th National Committee,” says Mr. Toomey ‘‘we have a man ever on the alert for the good of the raoz and country.’” Rey. M. M. Ponton, Dean of Morris Brown University, Atlanta, Ga, ts in the city fora few days with his charm: ‘ng bride. He wiil spend his yaeation | East looking afer the interest of his ‘school. Karl Xander DEALER IN Fine Wines and Liquors Importer, Rectifier and Whole- sale Agent for Southern | Bouquet Whiskey. 530-32 Seventh Street Northwest | Washington, D.C, richmond Theological Seminar) eT a a ee — i" THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of a ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. a . ze = Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St, - ~- Richmond, % The Strongest Financial Organization the Negre Has Produeed im This Ceuatry, “Read and learn for yourself what it has done and how to become a mem ber, a SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. Subordinate Fountains are composed of males and femaies, sound im health and mia, and ef good moral character. Conventions.—When joining the Order through concent, pereces are taken In frog 14 to 60 years of age; when fining the Fountain by appli persons are taken freq 14 to 60 years of age complete. Saige Benefit Fees.—From ‘4 to 20 years of age, $4.60; at 88, $5.10; at 5, 15.9, at 60, ; Death Benefits.—$75 and $125. Woourd dewvh occur within the frst year, $75; after ty first year, $125 will be paid to the heirs, assigns er ‘egal representatives. ick Benefits—From $6 to $9 per month, aia ‘weekly. Monthly Dues are 35 or 60 cent’ *e mon Taxes are 80 cents annually, -a!4 gem. ganually, January and July. The ot seat monthly dues secure the highest weetiy ag nefits. . Life Membership -Ten sharer #f Bank Stock, costing each member $5 a share, said member a life member. After paying dues and owning the stock one year, fruits of the stock wi!l pay the member's dees, and leave a handsome little balance year. Just calculate—monthly dues, 50 cents per month, and taxes 80 cents per yi amount to $6.80, and a dividend on ten shares of stock at 20 per cent om the dollar Hy | per share, amovnts to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues, $6.8), and leary a balance of ES Skould the dues be 85 cents per month, and 80 cents taxes per yur, the monthly dues and taxes will amount to $5 per so Che dividend of $10 would ny the monthly dues aud taxes, and leave a balance of Additional Ben-fits of Life Membership.—Should adverse circumstances befall 2 mem ber, said member may take his ten shares of stock and Fountain policy, and secure a lon from $1 to $88, which will enable said member to tide over the misfortune, pay up ti loan, redeem his policy and stock, and go om bis way rejoicing. 2, ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (For the Children.) rm Rosebud Fountains are cemposed for children, mal tmz SS male, from 8 to 14 ears of age. alee t ae ae a Joining or Benefit Fees, ‘Riso; paid spot eash or by init — ents. =" y ee Death Benefits.—$24.50 and 00. Should death z J 3 = within the first year, $24.50; after bra first year $37 will be nll Sees 2 oS to the parents or gearing = > SS Sick Benefits.—From $1.50 te $4.00 per month pald weetiy; ERS (GE? 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 per week, respectively. The higtet .: monthly dues purchase the highest weekly sick Neseken FS ~~ a Monthly Dues and Taxes.—The monthly dues are 10 ceaty, RS a 15 cents, or 25 cents, respectively, just as the Fountals my MAY Wife. Se, decide. Taxes, 10 cents annually, peld semiannually, Jan A ay 7 tie, 274 July. The child is allowed to ;parchase ve shares of But DW cS = Stock, which makes his policy self-supporting, with a baluae CS each year. 3. THE REGALLA. This Dez irtment furnishes ali Regalia that is worn by the members of the Order. Fa style and prives write for price list. 4 CLASSES, Re ih and E (lasses admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and deat nefits. B Class Polk ts are as follows: rT.sa8 R TART Joinin: Value of Asnzal Paid Ages. Fee. . Certificate, ace Quarterip. 1d to WB Years......cececeececececneceenes $2 50 $200 00 HTS nn 2B tO BB YOAr..... cee cccececcecccceccees 2 75 200 00 475 1” 85 to 45 years... eee ie teeseeceeee BOO 200 00 570 18 45 to 50 years....ccsesecceec-seceeeeeeee 8 2B 140 00 66 18 50 00 BD YORISsceccccccccccssccscacecccecs 8 25 115 00 66 1a 55 to 60 yearw... eee eeecwee wee 8 BO 90 0c 70 1” QO 60 65‘ VearS. <5. cccncccccscsescsssecy — 560: & 00 Te ie EH Class Policies are as follows: S CLASS B TABLE. | Joining Value of Annta) Paid Ages. Fee. Certidcate. Dues. Quarterly. 140-95 yearn. ....220sc-.sesses50s<<s<9) 8500 $500 00 99 50 ne 25 to 85 years... B25 ‘500 00 9 50 soe BH to 45 Years........cecccececcececcccece 5 50 500 00 10 40 vate $B fo Go fears. eee es ccc cesesceceeeees 875 50 00 1 3 BO to BS Years......... see eeeceeeesceceees 6 15 490 © 11 40 3 55 years (Complete)...............cceee, | «6 OO 00 11 00 2 The ages are reckoned from the last birthday. Remember that the applicant ig benefited as soon as his policy 1s issued. teri fhe annual dues of elther of the above named Classes may be divided into qu! a of three months each, payable the ist of January, Apel, July, and October. ‘he balance of annual dues Taek to the credit of each member after paylag tenses will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for sald member. ah If dues are paid annually in advance, the member gete 5 per cent drawback Late: md his full proportion of annual dues. BY the latter mode of yee eack mem a aade his own collector, thereby making the membership independent of the od pele SOUDOELING, and the member receiving the percentage that would be paid te the # to collec You will readily see that the mempers of either one of these classes are only reqalrd to meet once or four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a peovife | nefits. The members of B Class are allowed te purchase 15 ehares of is 'Binc _a two shares for each year ef thelr membership. Fhe stock ylelds a Gites of | per cent, er one dollar per share. Should misfortune befall them on thelr pte cote they. may take their stock certificates and policies, and secure a loan after® period of time. Members of Class E can purchase 23 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for “ Set of their membership; likewise, they may take their Policies and certificates ot - tock, and secure a loan after a bien period of time. You will readily see that the oe bersulp, in either ene of these Classes, like the Fountains and the Resebods, besedls vaember In health, as well as his family in death. 15. THE TRUE REFORMERS’ RAYK. from 10 cents amd apwaras. Special attention mae on te the cellection of notes 208 to ti In 1808 this was the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay curren depositers during the financial stringency, while the other banks were using #7!) 6. REAL ESTATE OF THE U. 0,T RB. «| rtment manages and controis the pro; of the organization. It sre¥ | ef eth ccseioree hnring oftees and palldings in when te acres the busisess of organization, and te furnish halls for the Subordinate Ledges, Buildings now owned ‘farms, 8; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value ef $104,000. Buildings !ea | 7, THE REFORMER, the Organ of the Order. ) er is the Beacon-Light, the Mead-Light, the General Messenger 12! Geseral gent of the Brotherhood. wt is a lve race Jenna, arith a crrenates ‘ia ‘it medium of the Order, an jum RS with a | tent, tee eae copia BE povlined eck Fay dutener Witte Be Sand, Vas beving & Rost-late jou Gepertunent, ane teaser er seeeaiar at tis) a8 ga oa pie oe =< The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. 7 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It cor 1889. The amount of business to March stock of this bank is sold to the memberst buds, B and E classes, and-pays a dividenc lar. Persona can deposit their moneys en | pays 4 per cent interest on all time depos! SE ee 6 ee oe ee ee NATIONAL AFRO AMERICAN COUNCIL Third Annual Session to be Held at Indianapolis, Indiana. August 28th, 29th, 30.h. and 31st, 1900.- Program. The National Afro-American Council, at the next annual session, will follow the program here given: THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH. 10 A M. Opening Exercises. Prayer—Rev. R. C. Ransom, D. D. "Chaplain, Chicago, Ill. Hyun—"America." Roll call—Secretary R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C. Address of Welcome - Governor J. A. Mount, Mayor Thomas Taggart, George L Knox Indianapolis (Ind.) Freeman, A. E Manning, Indianapolis (Ind.) World, W. Allison Sweeney, Indianapolis. Responses—Hon. Geo. H. White, M. C., N. C., C. W. Anderson, N. Y., Counsellor F L. McGhee, Minn., Col. W. A. Pledger, Ga. TUESDAY. 2 P M. Address of the President—Bishop Alexander Walters, Jersey City, N. J. Report of Financial Secretary—J. E. Bruce, Albany, N. Y. Report of Finance Committee—Prof. Jesse Lawson, Washington, D. C. Report of Treasurer—J. W. Thompson, Rochester, N. Y. TUESDAY, 7:30 M. Tople: "Afro American Citizenship." Addresses—Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Ga, Register of the Treasury, Ex Gov. P. B. S. Plachbach, La, Bishop B. W. Arnett, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Washington' D. O. General discussion. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 10 A. M. Prayer. Reading Minutes. Report of Bureau of Legislation—Daniel Murray, Washington, D. C. Director Discussion-F. L McGhee, Minn., B E Brown, Mass., Hon. Geo. H. White, N. C. Report of Literary Bureau—Ex Gov. P. B. S Pinchback, La., Director. Discussion—Miss E. C. Carter, New Bedford, Mass., R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C. WEDNESDAY, 2 P. M. Report of Emigration Bureau—Bishop H. M. Turner, Ga., Director. Discussion, Bishop C. R. Harris, N. C., Bishop C. T. Shaffer, Pa., I. F. Bradley, Mo. Report of Business Bureau—Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, Ga., Director. Topics: "The Negro as a producer and consumer," A F. Hilyer, Washington, D. C., Prof. W. H. Council, Ala., Prof. J. M. Gregory, M. J. WEDNESDAY. 7:30 P. M. Topic—"Education Under Negro Instructors," Prof. Keiley Miller, Washington, D. C., Dr. Lucy E. Moten, Washington, D. C., Prof. J. W. E. Bowen, A. M., Ga, Prof. S. G. Atkins, A. M., N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 80TH. 10 A.M. Prayer. Reading Minutes. Report of the Bureau of Education Prof. B. A. Johnson, N. C., Director. "The kind of education needed," Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, Washington, D. C., Prof. R. R Wright, A. M., Ga., Prof. H. T. Kealing, A. M., Texas. THURSDAY, 2 P. M. Report of Bureau of Reforms—Rev. A. J. Cary, Director. Chicago, Ill. --- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. "Criminal Statistics," L. M. Hershaw, Washington, D. C., "How may crime be decreased?" Prof. Jas. B. Dudley, N. C., J. C. Napier, Tenn. THURSDAY, 7:30 P.M. Topic: "Evi's of Lynching." Report of Anti-Lynching Bureau Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett, Director, Chicago, Ill. Discussion, T. Thomas Fortune. N. Y., John Mitchell, Jr., Va., Lillian C. Jewett, Mass, Hon. H. P. Cheatham, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST. 10 A. M. Prayer. Reading Minutes. Topic; "How shall the Afro American National and Local Councils be sustained?" Paper by Mrs. Lillian Thomas Fox, Indiana. Discussion, M. M. Lewey, Fla., J. R. Clifford, W. Va., W. Milton Lewis, Ind. "The relations between the races," Prof. Jesse Lawson. "Pulpit and press as the bases of council work." Bishop A. Grant, D. D. Bishop G. W. Clinton, D. D., Rev. H. T. Johnson, Hon. J. C. Danoy, FRIDAY, 12 P. M. "The Negro and the industrial problem." Prof. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Discussion. Election of Officers. Report of Committee on Address. FRIDAY, 7:30 P.M. BANQUET. Special addresses are to be made during the meeting by Senator C. W. Fairbanks of Indiana, Hon. D B. Henderson of Iowa, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ex Governor MacCorkle of West Virginia, Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indiana, and Senator W. E. Mason of Illinois. COMMITTEES that are arranging for the great meeting to be he'd at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 8th to 11st, 1900, are as follows: GENERAL COMMITTEE-Bishop Alexander Walters, Chairman, Jersey City, N J.; F. L. McGhee, Minnesota; G. L. Knox, Gabriel L. Jones, A. E. Manning, W. Allison Sweeney, Mes dames Lillian Thomas Fox and C. A. Webb, R. B Bsgby, W. Milton Lewis, Indiana; I. T. Montgomery, Miss.; Dr. Lucy E Moten, District of Columbia; Mrs. J. Silone Yates, Missouri; Mrs. Alice D. Carey, Georgia; Mrs. Lottie Wilson, Jackson, Mich. PROGRAM COMMITTEE—Bishop Alexander Walters; T. Thomas Fortune, New York; P B.S Pineback, Louisiana; Judson W Lyons, Georgia; Jesse Lawson, Washington D. C.; Ida Wells Barnett, Illinois; Miss E. C. Carter, Massachusetts. PRESS COMMITTEE-R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C., Chairman; J. E. Bruce, Albany, N. Y; Samuel E. Lacy, Washington, D. C.; Rev. H. T. Johnson, New Jersey; Mrs. N. F. Mossell, Pennsylvania; John Mitchell, Jr., Virginia; Justin DeClelland, Illinois; Mrs. M. W. Steward, Tennessee; E E. Cooper, Washington, D. C; F. L. McGhee, Minnesota; C. F. Adams, Illinois; W. Milton Lewis, Indiana·M. M. Lewey, Florida; W. A. Pledger, Georgia; W. H Steward, Kentucky; Rev J. W. Smith, North Carolina; Rev. C. H. Phillips, Tennessee; H. C. Smith, Ohio; C. J Perry, Pennsylvania; Rev H. C. C. Atwood, Pennsylvania; Rev. I. P. Scott, Louisiana. SPECIAL PRESS COMMITTEE. Samuel E. Lacy, Chairman;]R. W. Thompson, W. T. Menard, Alex. L. Manly, Mrs. Julia M. Layton. SEASON OF 1900. STEAMER RIVER QUEEN TO NOTLEY HALL, SUNDAY JULY 1st 1900. RIVER QUEEN Boat leaves N street wharf, Clyde' Line at 2 30, 5 and 6.30 pm. There is nothing more enjoyable than to take a trip on the Steamer River Queen Sunday afternoon, with your family, when all kinds of cold drinks and refreshments can be had at city prices. Music by Monumental Orchestra. Take Capital Traction company's cars, Penn. Ave., 14th and 7th Sts., direct to wharf and save delay at power house and you'll not miss the boat. Fare, 25 cents. For terms of charters for Notley Hall and Lower Cedar Point, address, L. J. WOOLEN, Manager, Steamer River Queen Wharf. Join The Family Picnic OF ST. MARY'S CHAPEL Tuesday, July 31, 1900 Day and Evening, 8 am. to 11 pm. ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS, 25 CENTS. Children under 12, accompanied by parents, FREE. Plenty of shade, fine water, swings, summer houses. Grand dance pavilion, house, and seven acres for enjoyment. Hoffman's Orchestra Day and Night. Busses on hand go direct from cars to park. GLYMONT Where we invite all of our friends to ac company us on a Grand Family Excursion, on Next Thursday, August 2, 1900. The Committee (composed of 120 members from the several Lodges) will, as in the past, spare no pains to make the occasion an enjoyable one to all who may favor us with their presence; therefore, we propose that the entire craft assemble at the Boat August 2, 1900, and proceed with the committee and their friends on the morning trip 25 miles down the Potomac to historic Glymont, for the purpose of making this excursion all that can be desired. STEAMER RIVER QUEEN Leaves at 9 a. m. and 5 p. m, returning in time for cars. Music by Hoffman's Orchestra. Refreshments will be served at moderate prices by the Ladies of the several Chapters O. E. S. Tickets—Adults, 35 cents, Children 20 cents. GENERAL COMMITTEE. J. Wm. Mays, Chairman; W. H. J. Malvin, Sec.; Alfved Moten, Treas. CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES FROM THE LODGES. Soc al No 1, W. H. J. Malvin. Eureka No, 5, John P. Turner, Warren No. 8. W. A. Clark. St. John No. 12. C. H. Thompson, Felix No. 8, Paul R. Stewart. Meridian No. 6. H. W Bog e. Pythagoras No. 9. W. L. Tignor Prince Hall, No 14, F. J. Cardozo. Hiram No. 4, Joseph N. Lawson. Widow's Son No 7, S. C. Burnett. John F. Cook. 10. W. A. McBeth. Patcher No. 15, J. W. Thompson. To the Press of the country: Brother Editors- Will you be kind enough to give the above program space and earnest editorial mention in your several papers? The National Afro American Council can be made a power for good for all the race if careful and hearty to operation of our best forces can be brought to bear. You can help very materially by keeping the importance of this Indianapolis meeting before the public. In this crisis, the press, the pulpit, and the schoolroom, under --- 13 Lakeview Park, Md. This is the new Pleasure resort which can be reached by a most delightful car ride. It is the largest Park in the District. Knowing the need of a Pleasure Park for our people, this park has been arranged and fitted up with a large pavilion 40 x 60 feet. Summer houses, swings, croquet grounds, and other facilities. There is plenty of shade and an abundantly supply of elegant water HOW TO GET TO THE PARK. Take the Metropolitan cars; transfer to Washington and Great Falls road; get off at the station at the District Line; take the road leading to the Girls' Reform School. The Park is 200 yards above the School only eight minutes walk from the cars. Gates open at 9 am. close at 11:30 pm. Admission, 25 cents. Children 15 cents. Music by Hoffman's Orchestra For dates, apply to J. W. Green, manager, 1825 Florida avenue. SPARTA Pool and Billiard Rooms, 1206 Pennsylvania Avenue, n. w. This large, spacious and well-situated pleasure establishment has had added to it a new room in the third story for pool and billiards, where those who do not care to play in the larger apartments can have a degree of privacy not to be abtained elsewhere. This new room is handsomely furnished and lighted by electric lights. The atmosphere is cooled by electric fans. You are cordially invited to make inspection of these pool and billiard parlors You will receive a hearty welcome at any time. Ask for SAMUEL A. TYLER. Manager. God's guidance, are our educational and protective trinity, and through their united efforts the requisite wealth and substantial holdings can be gathered that will make the Negro a powerful and influential factor in the American body politic. Speaking by order of the Council and thanking you in advance for any service you may see your way clear to render, I am, Fraternally youre, R. W. THOMPSON, Chairman Press Committee. 14 OUR WOMEN. What of the women of our race? Do they with progress march keep pace? They bear its interest on their heart, And aid it with consummate art. Some few, high tower o'er the crowd, By earn st work; of these we're proud. Their aims, their efforts, words, and deeds, All tend to show the race its needs, This gracious fact we gladlown, Being aware of what's well known, "No race to any greatness grows. Save as the woman with it goes" When noble women fill their sphere, With cultured mind and thoughtful care, From lowly state seek what is higher, For what is best in life aspire. They fill their men with lofty zeal, As they their sweet influence feel, A race of such women possessed, May deem itself supremely blessed. Of our women, a noble train! Whose life work lightens up the plain, And keep alive, ambitions flame A few may here be called by name. Coppin, Moten, Baldwin, Howard, Teachers all, bid youth "a move forward," While Harper, Terrell, Mossell find Precepts for all the adult mind. There are more names which we might call But space forbids us to name them all. Who well and nobly do their work And racial duty never shirk. When e'er the race discouraged grows, Let it take courage since it knows, Its women all its efforts share, Giving counsel and dispelling fear. O woman! mid our struggling life, Do thou, as mother, maid, or wife, Continue thy good aid to yield, Thy potent influences to wield! MR. FORTUNE AND THE "POST." The Editor of the New York Age Refuses to Occupy the Platform with the Editor of the Washington Rost—A Quarter of a Century for Repentance. Speaking of the controversy between Editor T. Thomas Fortune and the Washington Post, The Colored American a few weeks ago made the following comment and suggestion: "The Post is an able journal. Mr. Fortune is a capable and useful man. Such potential forces ought to "get together." To this olive branch hint Mr. Fortune replies in the tense and vigorous English characteristic of the man, and those who study the words, both on their face and between the lines will have no difficulty in comprehending Mr. Fortune's meaning or in reaching the conclusion that he is deadly in earnest. Mr. Fortune says: "Get together? Not much! There is no man or combination of men who can construct a platform upon which editors of the Age and the Post could stand two minutes without a hand to hand fight. The two men think from too absolutely irreconcilable points of view. We shall fight it out to the bitter end, and as we have the justice and humanity side of the contention we are dead sure we shall win in the end. Twenty five years hence the editor of the Washington Post will admit that his ideal Negro was a monstrous impossibility in our Republic." Funeral of Rev Dr. Umbles The funeral of Rev. Patrick Henry Umbles, ex assistant pastor of the Third Baptist church, this city, and pastor of the First Baptist church of Poolesville, Md, was held at the Third Baptist church last week at 2:30 p. m. Rev. James H. Lee, B. D., officiated, assisted by Revs. J. Anderson Taylor D. D.; Wm. J. Howard, Wm. J. Robinson, D D.; Wm. Alexander, D. D., of Baltimore and J. G. Sovereign. The remains were laid to rest in Harmony cemetery. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. HE INDICTED JEFFERSON DAVIS. Aged Negro, the Only One of His Race on that Jury. Dead in Newport News Newport, News, Va., Special-Cornelius Harris, the only Negro member of the jury which indicted President Jefferson Davis, of the Confederacy, after the civil war, died here today, age nearly seventy years. He was said to be the only surviving member of that jury. Harris was a strong democrat, and an admirer of Bryan. After the latter's defeat in 1806 he wrote Bryan a letter telling him not to become discouraged: that the battle was only begun. He received in reply a lengthy letter from the Presidential aspirant. After the war Harris settled in Richmond, and later was elected a justice of the peace in Richmond's famous Jackson ward. He remained there until ten years ago, when he came to Newport News. He opened a barber shop here, and as fast as he earned money he put it into property, and at his death he owned considerable real estate here, as well as in Richmond. He was elected a justice of the peace here four years ago. An effort was made to oust him on account of the peculiar manner in which he wrote his warrant, going by his own law justed of that of the state. He won out in court, however, and held his office until defeated in election. He was one of the best known Negro characters in this section of Virginia. St. Augustine's Choir. Mrs. Josephine Esputa Daily, director of St. Augustine's choir has been re-engaged for next season, and the same people will compose the choir. There is vacation during July and August, but first Sunday in September they will sing Lahache's mass, with full orchestra The orchestra, chorus, and soloists will all be composed of colored people, the orchestra under the direction of Mr. Lewis. Prof. Terrell to Speak in New York. Prof. Robert H. Terrell, principal of the Washington High school, has accepted an invitation to deliver an emancipation address August 1, to the people of Geneva, N. Y. On that day thousands of the colored people of the Empire state turn out annually to celebrate the emancipation of the slaves in West Indies. The Genevans may look for a literary and cratorical treat from Prof. Terrell. "Read the Answer in the Stars." Mr. Chris J. Perry of the Philadelphia Tribune is said to have the finest collection of diamonds of any editor of the Afro-American press, except Mr. Edward E Cooper of the Washington Colored American. We would like to know if these proprietors take diamonds in payment of ads and subs. New York Age. The Nation's Conservative Factor The Negro is the most reliable laborer this nation has ever had. He is a hard worker; he seldom ever strikes and if he does, he never uses violence to compel his employer to come to terms-The Reformer, Richmond, Va. Col. W. A. Pledger counted about 150 colored delegates at the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia and says there was not a committee on which the black man did not appear Telephone. 797 THE RAY MEDICAL INSTITUTE X Ray in use for examination and diagnosis. German specialists treat all chronic diseases of man and woman; catarrh, rheumatism, brain, stomach, heart, kidney, bladder, hemorrhoids (piles) cured; vitality restored. RUPTURE CURED. 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Trade School tor Colored Boss ard Girls, Caryen- try, Bricklaying, Plastering. Painting and interior Decorations. Tailoring, Dress. making, Millinery. Voice Culture and Piano Vorte. Literary Depart ent fr m Primary to Normal Course Job Work Solicited and Profits given to the Students, C: talogues Low resdy. Acdress, Josepu D, MAHONEY, Principal. Allegheny, Pa. " : * Howard University, Wasuineton, D, C. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING Mcdteal, Dental and : Pharmacentic Colleges Thirty-third Session (1X0 1901) will begin Oetober Ist, 1910 and continue seven (7) months. cuition fee in Mcdical and vental Colleges, each £80, Pharmaceutic Cotlege, $70. All students must register Lefore October 12, 1900, For catalogue or further information ap- ply to— F, J. EHADD, M, D., Secretary, %1R St, N, W., Washington D.C, A RARE OPPORTUNITY For Young Men Desiring to,Enter the Ministry. The Phelps’s Hall Bible Training School. sonductea in connection with the ‘Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute offers ex- ception al opportunities tor young men who Wish to’prepare for the Christian ministry. A special building known as the Phelp’s Hall Bible Trainty g school. is set apart sor this department efthe work. Jt contains a chap & lib ary, reading room, office, three recita: tion rooms and torty sleeping rooms. The teaching is wholly undenomi: ational, the purpose being to help all denominations and bot to antagonize eny. The cost of bosrd is SS per monthand studentsare given a chance lo work out a portion of this, leaving, as a sale, but fiye or six dollars 10 pay in cash. A tew who have no money are given an opportunity to work out all of their etrenres. lack of means need debar nore. The teach’ ing in this depa tment is free. The neat school term begins September ll. Further ‘nformation may be had by addressing Book: er T. Washington, Tuskegee Normal and industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, TITE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. WE'LL DO THE REST. If you are sick, If you are going to haye a tour, If you have a friend coming to town, If you are going to givea reception, It you did give a recep'ion lately. If you have lost a member ct your family, It your church is going to give a concert or sj per, Ifyouhave any good, clean news, whatever, send it by card or otherwise to The Colored American cffice, and we wi.l cheerfu ly give it apace. Office 459 C steeet northwest. Organize a loca] business league. Mrs. Joseph Haines is sperding the heated term at Saratoga, Rev W. B sh>p Johnson is seeking health at Hot Springs, Ark. The office of the Recorder of Deeds has been enlarged and renovated. Mr. Lewis Munrce bas been decignat- ed as messenger to the Buard of Hauca- tion, Ruv. 8 E. Lickson is the newly ap- poiuted pastor of Galbraith A, M. E, Zion church, Prof Booker T. Washington stopped over in the city last Thursday snd con’ ferred with local leaders. Mics Lula A. Homer has purchased the handsome house at the corver of Fouith and Spruce Streets, Le Drvit Park, Nuss Mamie Curtis is now pleasantly domicil-d with Mr. aod Mis. R. E. 8. Toomey, 335 Spruce Street, Le Droit Park, Mis. Mary Church Terrell bas return- ed from utew rostrum triumpbs ip South Dakota, I\lincis, ard cther point West. - Prof. John T. Layton, ths eminent basso and chorister of Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, is in Florida on a busi- ness mission, Prf. . B. Moore, of Howard Uni- versity delivered a most impressive ad- dress at the Normal Teachers’ Institute at Winston: Salem, 0. G. For the best and largest glass of ioe cream Soda for 5 cents, drop in these warm evenings at Cardozo’s Drug Store, at 12.h and R stree's. tf. More of our people should place their Dames upon the rolls of the District Afro-Amerivan Couacil, Attend the next weeting, Monday evening, Aug. ust 6.h, at 609 F street, northwest. Mra. M. E. Cheeks, the w.fe ot the late Dr. E, M. Cheeks, editor of the Southern Christian Recorder, is mak- ing Washington, D. C., her home. Her address is 1824 K 8t , Nocthwest. Rev. Geo, W. Lee, pastor of Vermont Avenue Baptist church, went to Nor ful, Va.,\to take part in the Centen- nial exercises of the First Baptist church of that city Dr. Lee preached the Centennial sermon. Mra. Eliza J. Gibbs, mother of the late Mra. R. W. ‘thomson, will leave early next week for her old home in [ndiavapolis, Ind., where she goes for permanent residence. Sbe will be ac: companied by her little grand daughter Mics Vivian Lucile Tnompson. The orchestra and Chorus én 8t. Aug- agtine’s Church on the firet Sunday in September will be directed by Mrs. J. Bepute Daly. Mr. Bernadine Smitb, the librarian of the choir, and an excel: lent violinist, will select the orchestra and direct rehearsals through the sum- $1.0cO REWARD. DOCTOE Wey Nj, —«—suanvezous SHEA'S ‘2 / HEDIOW (es AN PNG. She KUN S . _\- Gives the names of dead and living frinds tells who and When you will marry. also of business journeys iawsuits, absent friends health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is, He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you, Can make them rap all around the room. ' He a:ks ne quesiions don’task youto write names ¢ him. Don’t try to pump you inany wa". out tells youright of, He is thoroughly inuorsed by leading spiritualists everywhere, received from them # gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; eredentiais no one else car show can give theusands of references to both White urd colored patrons Twenty-five years’ practice—seven in srook- iyn—will show you that he can do all he of. Can teli what business is best for you and where, how to win speedy marriage with the one you love. How to be successful in all your doings in rhort what is best 10 do, He will succeed when all others fai, Fositive satistac tion or no pay. Call and see, You will find it luck to consult this ( hristian gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure dranken ness; can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through hip are now RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL with ali their undertakings,while those w 0 neglect his advice are still laboring agai. poverty. Through his perfect know'edge chemistry he can impart to you a secret tha will overcome yuur enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice has often been solicited; the result has always beer the se- curing of speedy and happy marriages and all your wishes, In love affairs he never fails, He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It ls the curse of Spiritualism that In all large olfies there are a class ot men and wo- men who claim powers they do Lot possess. They have neither gifts, credentials, nor ref erences, Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their tme and nr oney awas on such. Dr. Shea refers to the Hon. Charler Muiler, caplialist, 2481 ‘31. lantic avenue: the Hon.’ William Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland avenue, and Mr. Arthur Sewell, ship buiider Scuth Brooklyn. All have’ kvown him for the past ten years. He gives a free tes* of his power toall. The doctor has practiced five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Mempris and Louisville, understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences tie race is subject to. He has now and always had large patronage from them | PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: | Brokiyn. August, 15, 1891—This ietter is to certify that 1 came to'New York trom Alba py. 1 was a stranger In a strange city, out of work and out of money. I had uo luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did bot know. (A friend advised. me to go and see Dr. Shea. Idid. He told me the cause of my troubles; he ‘took me in and treated measa brother. Througb him 1 gota gooa position that very week. I had been to oth- ers, they took my money and did me no good. 1 biews the day first met Dr. shew would advise allin bad luck, sick or in trouble to go to hiv at once, Sincereiy, ‘Albert Ayers, 2987 Atlantic Avenue. HARRIS’ NEW BLOOD TONIC Have you heard “hat this Great nd Won: derfui Medicine willdo? Have you tried a bottle? H-ve you seen some of ihe m rvel- ous cures effected by 11s use? It should be in every household. 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I went to Dr. Shea and he told me 1 would find my money and_ to oy intense) oy I find it as he told me. 1 than God there is a man so gif.ed in our midst, that can help people: nd teil them what 10 de, Mrs. Mary Miller, South Fiaintec, N’J A SENSATION iN BROOKLYN—MINISYER'S STATEMENT 1 wish to state that one of my parishioners Was sick and in trouble for a 102g Ume, Mrs. Brown, 87 Guy street. No cue seemed to un- dersiand her case, She had severat doctors but none of them seemed to know what was the matter, None con:d du her any good. It was my duty 4s her pastor to cail and see her. Hearing of tne wongertul work being done by Dr. Shea the last few years, | Laought 1 would call and see bis myself. 1 ound aim asympatuetic genuieman, He gave me a vondertul Lest of his powers, told me to send nim a lock 0. patient’s hatrgyyhich 1 did by her daughter. He lold at once What was the mutter, und in a suort time cured her suund and weil. ler tamily bad seemingly been under a ciuud. Now ail is changed, Allare well »nd prosperous, 1 can trujy and heartily recommend vr. Sbes, to ail those In sickness or distress of any Kind. Rey, William Jobn- son, }ustor LebaLon churn, Brooklyn. Dr. Shea cau show thousands such as the above, DR SHEA iaas been caretully educated in the Someopa thie and Kiectrie Schovis of Medicine, Hi success 18 wonderful in curing paralysis bbeumatism Asibma, Sore Eyes, Lumors, Cancers, Constipation, Ague, Oyspepsia, Tape Worms, Liver Cou plaints, Deafness, Catarrh, Dropsy, Pies, Nervous Debulity, Heart siseases, Consumption, biseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Lisease, and Strange mysterious diseases which oth- ers don’t understand, Ail diseases, no mutter what they be. Nothing but honorable treat- meut, He can and will honestiy teil you it you can be cured. Has all new remedies and ew success. Has an umple experience in public hospital and private clinics, No trie ing with Luman life, Callatonce. Do not delay. Dipiomas hang In parlors. 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Sold by all newsdealera, IR 2 MIAN & Ep,3618rcauway, Naw York Granch Oinee. 025 F St. Washington. Lb. C MRS. DR. RENNER SPECIALIST on obstetrics; gold medal awarded tor the science of obstetrics from the University of Muni cr. Bavaria: trests svecesstully wen pe complaints and irregularities; private sanita. ‘rium for ladies before and during confine- ment, Office hours trom 3tog pm ~ 619 Peun,. Avenue, Wathington, D. 0 15 The COLORED American NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED JUL 28 1900 PERIODICAL DIV. VOL. 8 NO. 17. FROM SLAVE TO BISHOPRIC Life Chart of Rev. Evans Tyree, M. D., D. D., Bishop of A. M. E. Church-The Upward March of Genius and the Pinnacle-set Eye of Merit Ever a Pleasing Contemplation-The Career of a Self-made Man and a Vindication of the Saving Power of Honesty, Industry and strong Personal Character. "Tis not birth nor wealth nor state, But get up and get that makes a man great." —Old Saw. The difficulties of the world cannot keep a good man down. The flight of genius is ever upward, and the eye of merit seeks the pinnacle of human attainment. Given birth, education and wealth, it is to be taken for granted that the weakest mortal can make his way through life, with some degree of credit. The career of such a favored son attracts but passing note. The plaudits of the multitude, the paeans of the masses and the laurel crown of victory are reserved for him who "cometh up through great tribulation," and climbs the ladder of fame, with naught but God's mercy and his own brawny arms to brush away the tangled skeins of prejudice, jealousy and doubt, and encourage him onward to the goal. Such success, acquired by patient endurance, industry and sacrifice, is worth far more to a man than that which is handed down to him by previous generations. It has the rugged quality that survives—it has the cohesive forces that stick. The world is full of such heroes. Thousands live out their brief space unheard of by the big world about us, but their work is not lost, for the glowing impress left in the field where they labored reproduces and multiplies, until its influence permeates the entire universe. Every great life, however humble its environment and however limited its area of activity, furnishes an inspiration to some other life. They are milestones which mark the way. It is therefore a most inviting spectacle to peep into the pages of history and see portrayed by a generous hand the lift-chart of a truly great character, and to watch how, step by step he emerged from the shades of obscurity—ignorance, poverty, slavery—into "the fierce, white light that beats about a throne." Such an investigation is an interesting excursion into "realism," and brings home to youth a keener thrill than can be found in any fictitious romance, for the lines are plain, virile and convincing. In no more effective way can great moral truths be inculcated nor can honor, fidelity and purity of character be more touchingly vindicated than by the analysis of a successful career, and a contemplation of the possibilities with which every living creature is pregnant. The world is loud in its praise WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900. J. of Garfield, who journeyed from the canal tow-path to the White House. Great as was that feat, it is equalled by the rapid and industrious strides of Evans Tyree, who in forty-five years traveled from the slave cabin and cotton-patch to an exalted seat upon the Bench of Bishops of the grandest organization in Christendom.—Ed. has always found it a hard task to collect from a preacher. He worked for $10.00 per month when there was a family of five dependent on him. In 1866 he worked for Capt. E. L. Williams, who taught him the alphabet and reading. Learning letters and reading in the first reader was a great revelation to him, and his thirst for The subject of this sketch, Dr. Evans Tyree, was born of slave parentage in DeKalb County, Tenn., August 19, 1854, and was therefore a slave for the first eleven years of his existence. The system of slavery had separated his father and mother, so that Evans entered upon his new life of freedom without the fostering care of a father, and his frail mother could only help him with her good advice. He was dutiful and obedient, and the world knows the result of his having honored father and mother. The first few years of the lad's life were spent on the farm, where his adamantine character was formed, so that when he was thrown under the influences of city life he was strong morally. On the farm he made a good hand, a reliable, faithful workman. He early had the care of providing for others as well as himself, and this gave him an idea of responsibility and made him self-reliant. Among the farmers young Tyree worked for was a Methodist preacher, who cheated him. He worked for the aforesaid preacher for several days at 75 cents a day. One day's pay was all he received. That bad impression has never been eradicated, for Dr. Tyree has always found it a hard task to collect from a preacher. He worked for $10.00 per month when there was a family of five dependent on him. In 1866 he worked for Capt. E. L. Williams, who taught him the alphabet and reading. Learning letters and reading in the first reader was a great revelation to him, and his thirst for knowledge—more light—was stimulated. And this year marked an epoch in this young life. He became a Christian and united with the Methodist Church, at the early age of twelve, his conversion taking place on his birthday. Shortly thereafter he began to exhort. During the year he joined the A. M. E. Church, in which he was granted an exhorter's license. From that time on his promotion through all the grades has been rapid. In 1872, at the age of eighteen, he joined the Annual Conference of Tennessee, which met that year in Clarksville. But the boy preacher was not to go up in the Annual Conference without a protest from the old fossils, one of whom said to him: "You are a pretty looking fellow to come to Conference for a charge. You should not baptize my dog." Young Tyree continued upward and onward until he has reached the top, while the man who spoke so disparagingly and cruelly to him, sank to the level of that dog of his. This Conference was a sort of eye-opener to the boy preacher, for it was the first body of intelligent negroes he ever saw, and it fired his ambition to measure arms (Continued on fifh page.) PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE FOURTH HAMP- TON CONFERENCE Status of the Race in Religion, Education, Morals, Labor, Property, Crime Reports of the Committees-Notable Addresses-More Skill, Better Homes, More Land, Better Farms, Better Schools the Burden of the Discussion The Fourth Hampton Negro Conference was in some respects the most successful yet held. Co-operation, thrift, improvement in matters educational, religious and social, temperance and the cultivation of a more friendly feeling with the white people of the South were among the things discussed. Among those present were some of the most prominent and intelligent members of the colored race. Prof. Scarborough, of Wilberforce; Miss Georgia Washington, of Mt. Meigs, Ala.; Mrs. William Scott, Special Agent of the American Home Mission Baptist Society, of New York City; Miss Anna E. Murray, of Washington; Rev. Wm. V. Tunnell, of Washington; Rev. T. J. Bragg; J. H. Murphy, editor of the Afro-American, of Baltimore; Mr. Walker, W. W. Lewis, and Benjamin Hughes; two of Baltimore's successful business men; Rev. and Mrs. Hurst, Lawyers McGuinn, Fitzgerald and Hawkins, of Baltimore; Rev. W. A. Hunter, of Atlanta; Dr. A. M. Curtis. Mrs. Helen Douglass was also an interested spectator. The Annual Summer Institute had brought to Hampton between two and three hundred teachers from all parts of the country, and several white teachers from the North, who are specialists in their line; Professors Stevens, of Lynchburg; Colton, and Johnson, of Petersburg, and many other prominent educators were present. More than 50 colored ministers from far and near-by churches were present. The Conference was handsomely entertained during their stay by the Hampton School. Dr. Frissell gave a reception to the visitors. Boat rides, sailing, fishing and bathing were the diversions. The Summer School is being largely attended. Dr. Frissell delivered a strong address of welcome. He said it was very gratifying that the Hampton Conferences were studying and discussing those problems which we, ourselves, can solve, such as improvement in education, in worship, sanitation, co-operation and combination, education and the getting of property, crime and its preventives. He was gratified that the central point of the Conference was love. We do not cultivate unkindly feelings. He thought that it was essential that both races should improve—the whites as well as the blacks. He stated that while some hard things (Continued on ninth page.) 2 Bruce Grit's Melange. --- 2 The sensational journals of the country will be obliged to take back a good deal of the rot and stuff which they have been publishing since the beginning of the Boxer troubles in China, if the latest grape-vine cablegrams from that country respecting the safety of Minister Conger are true. The horrible account given a short time since by the yellow journals of New York, of the murder of Minister Conger and the indignities offered the women of the Legation, read like a sterotyped dispatch from the south, giving the details of a dastardly assault upon a 'beautiful white lady' by a repulsive looking and big burly Negro wretch." It now seems that Secretary Hay's tracer sent through the good offices of Mr. Wu the Chinese Minister at Washington with a view to acertaining the real facts as to the fate of the Minister, stamps the word LIAB upon the alabaster brows of the imaginative quill drivers of the sensational press, and makes them eligible to membership in the consolidated order of national prevaricators. There is no doubt but that some of the white newspaper men in the United States are the most artistic and picture resqueiliars that ever furnished padding for a yellow journal. In the account of the masacre? at Pekin these artistic gentlemen not only wrote thrilling stories of Chinese barbarities there enacted, but they seem to have had their artists along with them to make sketches of the various scenes described with great particularity and intelligence, which are reproduced in their journals of news and opinion and palmed off as actualties. What a pity that enterprise must need to prostitute itself so low in order to command attention. The dispatch from Minister Conger received by the State Department on July 20, will seriously affect the credibility of these enterprising news gatherers—if true. Soon after the Philadelphia Convention adjourned, one of these newspaper fakers sent out a story which was widely published to the effect that two prominent men in Utah, former democrats, had prospered so well during the three years of McKinley's admin. istrat on that they had decided to vote for him this year and that as a guarantee of their good faith, they had each sent Mr. Hanna a check for $50,000 for the republican campaign fund. This sounded nice, and looked nice in print, but there was not a word of truth in the entire paragraph. Mr. Heber M. Wells, one of the gentlemen referred to in the dispatch, in a personal letter to the writer under date, July 11, 1900, says: "The published statement that I have given $50,000 to the republican campaign fund is untrue. I beg to inform you that I made no such contribution and that I am as a matter of fact, a poor man.—Sincerely Yours, Heber M. Wells." These lying paragraphs of the white press not only concoct and disseminate lies about their own race, without blushing, but they become bolder and more brazen when they write about the Negro. The Negro is their legitimate prey, and lie, whether plausible or not, is selzed upon by these vermin, and when they have put the finishing touches upon it, its remains defy identification. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. They are just now engaged in manufacturing a fine assortment of lies about the Chinese troubles, although foreign ministers in China and others have been unable to communicate officially with their governments for a month past. These sensational newspapers contain the fullest accounts of what is transpiring in the flowery kingdom, etc etc, etc, adnauseum. It is really disgusting to contemplate the depths to which these reputable gentlemen of the white press are capable of descending for pay and a little cheap notoriety. No other civilized country has such a talented and accomplished army of expert and artistic journalistic hairs as America. "We lead the world We do" My thanks are due that hustling republican spell-binder, the Hon. T. T. Allain of Chicago. I is. for the honor of an election to membership in the Mc Kinley and Roosevelt Central Republican Club of Illinois. Mr. Allain deserves a great deal of credit for the good work he is doing in the West, in organizing and lining up the forces for the great battle ahead of us. It is going to take a good deal of hard, earnest and intelligent work to elect McKinley and Roosevelt, and no man understands this better than Senator Allain who has taken off his coat and greased his lungs for four months of the most active hustling he ever did in his life. The club is domiciled at 2945 Dearborn st. Chicago, and will do business every day from now till the close of the polls on election day. Hurrah for Allain! More power to his voice and more strength to his lungs. The McKinley and Roosevelt Central Republican Club of Illinois has on its roll of membership some of the ablest and brightest men in the West, lawyers, doctors of divinity, M. D's. and business men. It starts out under most favorable auspices, and with Senator Allain at the helm it will be heard from or bust its galluses in the attempt, thats what! If those who think the troub'e in China is going to be settled speedily because we have a way of settling these affairs with "inferior" races in a few weeks or months, will read Jeremiahs prophecy as recorded in XXV Chapter 15, 33, 35 and 37 verses they will find something there to think about. This trouble in China is prophetically significant, and the nations which have been most active in enlarging their "spheres of influence" and endeavoring to cram their religion and civilization down the throats of the Mongolians thoroughly understand that they have come to the parting of the ways. "Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation and a great whirlwind shall be raised from the coasts (boundaries) of the earth. And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried." Little by little the white man has forcibly intruded upon the yellow man. He saw what he believed to be the helplessness of China, displayed in its war with Japan. Since that time the white man's arrogance has increased and the newspapers of the world have told the Chinese that it is only a question of time until their nation will no longer exist, being divided among the nations of Europe which have taken their ports and whole districts compelling a normal acquiescence on the part of the Chinese. General Lord Wolsley of the British war office says: "China possesses every requisite for ever running the world. She has a population of 400,000,000, all speaking the same language or dialect readily understood from one end of the empire to the other. She has enormously developed wealth, and still enormous natural wealth awaiting development. Her men if properly drilled and led are admirable soldiers. They are plucky and are able to live on next to nothing. Moreover they are absolutely fearless of death. Begin with the foundation of millions upon millions of such soldiers as those men are capable of being made and tell me if you can where the end will be?" If American brag and bluster is to count for anything we may safely rely on the statement which is being repeatedly made that an army of 15 000 or 20 000 Americans will be able to clean up the Celestials in ten minutes less than no time. "We are a very powerful people." I saw a recent paragraph in one of the dailies the other day which stated that the brother of an American officer who has lost his breath in Pekin, in the attack on that city, had telegraphed the President from his far off western home that he wanted an appointment and an assignment to duty in the army and to be sent to China at once, to avenge his brothers death. If he gets the appointment and the assignment to duty with transportation and provisions all on the same day. We may expect to learn; after he reaches China and exposes himself to the Boxers and Mandarins, that they have surrendered, laid down their arms at the feet of the American avenger. Probab'y if he takes a press agent with him who has a vivid imagination and an extensive vocabulary, he will experience for a few days or weeks the sensation which is felt by all these newspaper heroes of whom we read—powderless heroes who never fight battles or get shot. Mr. W. A. Croffuts excellent article in last weeks American is a most interesting, instructive and historicly valuable contribution in defence of the Boers. Mr. Bryce in his "Impression of South Africa" somewhere says in effect, "that the Boers are cruel in their treatment of the natives and that as far back as 1837 an attempt was made to pass a civil rights bill in the South African Republic for the better protection of the native black races." Mr. Bryce says a good many other things not complimentary to these Dutch christian chimpanzees of the Transvaal who appear to have more "Holy Ghost religion than humanity for the blacks." The London New Age for May 10, 1900, prints an interview had with Mr. Abraham Fischer by the Netherlands Woman's League at The Hague for International Disarmament, which was given to the European press on the eve of Mr. Fischer's departure for the United States with his colleagues Messrs. Wessels and Wolmarans In the course of this interview Mr. Fischer said in answer to the accusation that the Boers are slave holders. "We are accused of being slave holders If this were the case what would have been easier than to buy a slave from a Boer, and produce him as a piece of conviction. But Mr. Rhodes with all his millions, has not been able to buy a single slave, and certainly this would have been possible if there were a slave trade, and blacks to be bad from us for money. Of course we do not treat them like our equals, but we treat them like children, like people of an inferior grade of intelligence and civilization. There is not one true word in all accusations that have been brought forward against us." This sounds very pretty and will doubtless be accepted as gospel truth by those who wish to believe it. There is a newspaper published at King Williamstown, S. A., edited by a very intelligent and observant native African gentleman in English and Zulu. It is called "Native Opion." In one of its issues I read an account of the "fatherly" treatment of a native girl by a Boer farmer which exceeded in brutality anything I ever heard of. The girl, who was under twenty years of age, had been guilty of some trivial offence which had greatly irritated this "fatherly" Boer, she was stripped to the waist and given a sound flagging with one of the harness traces and fell to the ground covered with blood. The account goes on to state that this pious and "fatherly" old Dutch farmer tied this girl under the body of his wagon face down and drove five or six miles over a rough road with his victim, while she agonized in pain resulting from his cowardly and brutal assault. Mr. Fischer is quite correct in asserting that they do not buy or sell slaves in South Africa. It is a very safe statement to make. The same may be said of the states late'y in rebellion against the United States. But what N. Groin in the South under the old system every endured such hardships as are inflicted upon the victims of the chain gain system of the South which is only slavery under a new name? Slavery exists in S. A, despite the fact that it has not received the sanction of law as it exists here. It is permitted, not in a specific form perhaps, but it is none the less slavery. "We do not treat them as our equals," carries with it a deeper significance than is apparent on the surface. An editorial in the Lagos Weekly Record under date May 26, 1900, commenting upon an editorial in The Colored American under the caption "The British and the Boers" and which it reproduces entire, says, "The cruelty practiced upon the natives by the Boers has become proverbial, and they have courted the chastisement they are now receiving by the abuse of the power with which they were entrusted over the natives." Man propose but there is a God who disposes, and nations, like individuals, are subject to the Divine law of retributive justice which never fails and is inexorably exact. It is to be hoped that when the war is ended Great Britain will rise to an adequate conception of the higher purposes of her mission, and introduce in South Africa a system of government which will ensure for all men without any exception, equality of rights and equality of treatment. 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Lewis Biggers, INSURANCE AGENT. 111 North Clinton, St., East Orange, N. J. SICK, ACCIDENT, AND DEATH BENEFIT, PAID PROMPTLY. National Benefit Association, Capital Savings Bank Building, Washington, D. C. Walter J. Watson Real Estate, Loans AND COLLECTIONS, House Renting a Specialty. Care- ful and Personal Attention Given. 626 E Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. E. T. Kautman, Registered Plumber and Gasfitter, Hot Water and Steam Heating, Remodeling Defective Plumbing A Specialty. 617 E St., N. W., Washington, D. C. THE LAST SAD RITES In Memory of Mrs. Hester A. Carson. The death of Mrs. Hester A. Carson, the faithful and beloved wife of Col. Perry H. Carson, threw a shade of sadness over this community where she had lived so long and where she had such a large circle of friends and acquaintences. She was a domestic woman in its broadest sense and her greatest pleasure was to look after the hearth stone—her husband and her children. A. MRS. HESTER A. CARSON, At the Age of Nineteen. She was a devout Christian and bore her last illness with fortitude. She was a native of Maryland, but spent the last thirty-five years of life her in Washington encouraging and watching the fortunes of honored augband. Many letters of condolence were recently received by Col Carson from prominent men and women all over the country. The J. S. Clarkson and many other clubs offered adopted appropriate resolutions. By appointment the ladies of the J. S. Clarkson Association were called together to pay their last tribute of respect and adopt appropriate resolutions to our deceased member, Mrs Hester A. Carson. That for the first time since its organization the link of its membership has been broken; whereas it has pleased our Supreme Maker to call from us so valuable a member, we submit to his will. The members of this Association feel A. B. MRS. HESTER A. CARSON, At the Age of Sixty-eight. to have lost a worthy member, one whom we shall all miss, for her congenial, religious and benevolent characteristics. The community, with us, will miss her. The members of this Association express their condolence to the bereaved family, commending them to our Supreme Maker, who doeth all things well. Be it resolved, That the resolutions adopted be recorded in the minutes of the Association. Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be engrossed and presented to the family. Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, president; Nellie M. Freeman, secretary; Mrs. Knox Brown, treasurer. The following beautiful poem was contrib uated by Mr. Will P. Carson, her son. THOU THINKEST LORD, OF ME. Amid the trials which I meet, Thou thinkest Lord of me! CHORUS. Thou thinkest Lord, of me, Thou thinkest Lord, of me, What need I fear since Thou art near, And thinkest Lord, of me. The cares of life come thronging fast, Upon my soul their shadows cast; Their gloom reminds my heart at last. Thou thinkest Lord, of me. Let shadows come, let shadows go, Let life be bright or dark with woe, I am content, for this I know, Thou thinkest Lord, of n.e. THE SUMMER SEASON. Captain L. J. Woolen, the manager of the River Queen, announces in another column to the public that the books are opened for excursions to Notley Hall, that popular summer resort, and that the River Queen has been repainted, refitted up in every way and new electric lights put in at the expense of five thousand dollars and is in better condition than ever to serve the public. The following dates have all been taken: July: " 30, St. Cyprian excursion to Notley Hall. " 31, D. B. Webster Lodge Lower Cedar Point. August. " 1, American Glee Club to Notley Hall " 2, Masonic Lodge to Notley Hall. " 3, Dr. Dickson, Galbraith church to Lower Cedar Point. " 5, Regular family excursion to Notley Hall. " 6, Odd Fellows' Lodge to Notley Hall. " 7, East Washington Brickmakers to Notley Hall. " 8, Wesley Fletcher Co. K to Lower Cedar Point. " 9, Oxford's Pleasure Club to Notley Hall. " 10, Excelsior Social Club to Notley Hall. " 12, Regular family excursion to Notley Hall. " Rev. Wilibanks to Lower Cedar Point. " 14, Congressional to Glymont " 15, Amphion Glee Club to Notley Hall. " 16, D. W. Plummer to Notley Hall. " Belfords Outing Club to Notley Hall. " 19 Regular family excursion to Notley Hall. " 20, The Mysterious Pleasure Club to Notley Hall. " 23, Felix Ledge, No. 3 to Notley Hall. GIVES RELIEF. R·I·P·A·N·S The modern standard Family Medicine: Cures the common every-day ills of humanity. ONB TRADE REPANS TABULES BASSE SI ee a a ~~~ iS I SES ee ee WG Se AY oo, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. Doings at the Resort Famillarly Known as the “Gem” of the Alleghanies - The white Sulphur Literary Meeting — Personal Mention, ee i al a aan a ae eat ee meeting was held at tbe M B Uburch, jast Wednesday night. Mr. R B Bar cus, president In the chair. A very in- teresting program was rendered as fol- low-: Opeuing tong. Opening prayer, Reading and adoption of minutes of previous meeting. Address by Presi: dent B. B. Bareus.- Instrumental se ec jong by White Sulptur Qnuartette, composed of Messra W. F. Brown, W. J Payne, Joseph W.Cox and Webb. Slo, “She was born in old Kentucky” by Mc, Charles Jamer; debate, * Te solved that the Negro is better off out of polittes at the present time;” affima tive, Mr. W. O Lewis of Charlottesville, Va., negative, Pratt Thomas of Chat: ham, Va., Mise Maggie Pogue of Fin castle, Va., presided at the organ. The litcrary meetings will be held on Wed- uesday nights of cach week during the summer. Among those whom we have met whoare spending the season bere as waiters and who read The American are; Messrs. Pratt Thomas of Chatham, Va., Joseph W. Cox, Brazil, Ivdiana George Graves, Culpeper. Va A. A Preston, Botelourt, Co, Va, Jrseph Gatevood, R. B. and W. D Bareus, W. F Brown, 8 lasB Jackson, Andzew and Brazil Jacksop, Wm. and Edward Reeves, Clar nce Lewle, Ed: ward Wade, Philip Daniels, Adam, El- lis, W.@; Lewis and others of Caar- jottesvilie, Va, Messrs. 8. H Coleman, Wm Clark. W L Bush, Horace Worth ington, Butler Moon, Richard Carr, J, F. Whipps, James Payne, W. UL, Bush Theodore Johnson. W. H. Bad- mond of Washington D C, W. J. Pogue, Fincastle. Va., Price Watkire, Roanoke, Va, Robest H. Sranch R. H. Cooley of Hichmoné, Va and many others whom we wish to mention later. In the dining rooms up to the present time there are 150 waiters. In the waiters dining hall, Mr. Harry J+fter- son of Lexington, Va. is in charge, who is obliging and well liked by the men. In the kitchen which ie one of the mest spacious that we have any knowledge of. Mr. Joceoh Batler, (white) 18 the chief cook with au able number of colored assistants as fol- jows: Mr. Jonn Boom ef Washington, D. C. assistant chef, who ie ex-chef of the Hotel Corco an Mr. Washington Scott of Washington, D. C, firat boiler, chef of the Grafton Hotel. Mr. Charley Moss of Washingt'n, D C., second boiler, chef of Wellington Hotel. Mr. James Cross, professioaal egg cook of Wasvington, D,O, Mrs Annie Fowler, chief vege able cook, of Washington, D GC. Mr. Onartey Dixon of Washing- ton, D ©., chef in the cafe, and o beis whom space wtil not } ermit us to men. tion Mr>, John Boom of Wa-hington, D. ©. will spend the latter part of the sumwer at White Sulpbur. Mr,O. B. Huit cf Charlottesville, Va 1° janitor and watchman at the men’s domi tories and his vuioe-and knock on the doors can be heard every morning with the rising of the sun. Mr. W. H. Noble ofthe firm of Pollard and Noble of Charlottesville, Va., ie prepared :o do hair cu ting and shaving and any one desiring the same would do welt to give himacall. Mr N. Wiley, one of the foremost teachers of Mercer Co. W. Va,is here for the season, Mr. John Kenoie uf Stauntun, Va, is en gaged in the office of the Adams Ex- press Company here for the summer, @ position which he has held for several years, Mr J. H Harper of Richmond, Va. is in charge of the ball room. He bas each season suoceesiyes held that position for thirty years. Rey W. H. Thomas of Charleston, W. Va. ip com pany with Mr. Robert Barcus of Charlotteaville went to the Old Sweet Springs, twenty miles from this poiat Toursday Jast week, where he gave one of his firet class stereopti an ex hibitions. Monday night July 28 he showed atthe White Sulphur Baptist THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. FROM SLAVE TO BISHOPRIC. ‘| = ae (vontinued from liret page ) Se eee With them. Among those present were Bishops J. A. Shorter, J. M. Brown and ‘T. M. D. Ward. In 1874 Mr. Tyree Was ordained a deacon at Chattanooga by the late Bishop J. M. Brown, ana two years later Bishop A. W. Wayman ordained him an elder. In 1877 Rev. Tyree was installed as pastor of Salem Chapel, in North Nashville, it being his first city charge. In all, he served as pastor of Nashville churches twelve years, never at any time lowering the standard of honor, and I use the term “honor” in its most comprehensive sense—comprehending all the virtues of a Christian man. Having entered the ministry at an early age, his matri- monial course was likewise. He mar- ried early, and took upon him the care of a family. The result of his mar- riage was six children, three sons and three daughters. While providing for a family he managed toe complete the theological course at Central ‘Tennessee College, being valedictarian of his class in 1883. He continued to study at the college for two more years, put- ting in a term in the Meharry Medical College, In 1886 he was made Presiding Elder of the Chattanooga district. In the fall of 1887 he was returned to Nashville and given the largest and finest church of the connection in the city. Here, us elsewhere, he made a successful pastor, adding hundreds to the church and paying about $3,000 on the indebted- ness of the church. During his pas- torate of St. Paul, his life was sad- dened by the loss of a son, Wayman, who was to him the gem of the family and the father’s companion. The son was eleven years old, very precocious and was a jewel to father. YThe father | has never gotten over that affliction, and never will. Even since his eleva- tien to the Bishopric he has spoken of the loss of his son to the writer in the tenderest of terms, as though his death was of recent date. With the exception of five years (1893-1898), as pastor of Quinn Chapel, Louisville, Ky., in which city he com: pleted his course in medicine, Dr. Tyree’s life work has been in his na- tive State. Efforts have been made to transfer him north and west, but he insisted on remaining in ‘the South, where his sympathies are, and where the bulk of his people are. The chief characteristic of Bishop Tyree is the earnestness with which he discharges his duties. He has been faithful in little things, faithful to every trust, and there is not a blemish en his character nor a blot upor his in- tegrity. He is respected by all who know him, and all of his fellow-cit!- zens, without regard to creed, rejoice in his elevation. While Bishop Tyree is not “opinion- ated,” when he makes up his mind he will stand by his convictions. Yet his heart is as tender as a woman’s. His self-control is wonderful This was illustrated in meeting Rev. J. M. Hen- derson, at the General Conference. Mr. Henderson had sought through the press to defeat Bishop Tyree, and said some very hard things, but the young Bishop met him with a smile, and, to use his own words, “had no ill feeling toward him.” He is open and frank, despising all shams. In his fight for a seat on the Bishops’ Bench he re- sorted to no tricks of the politician, for |he “has nothing in common with the craft of the politician. He sought pro- motion on merit, and won, leading in the race, and was declared the senior of the elected Bishops at Columbus, Ohio, May 17, 1900. He is now in |charge of the Eighth Episcopal Dis- trict, covering Mississippi and Arkan- sas. GEORGE T. ROBINSON. Funeral of Mrs Sarah A. Williams. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Wil- liams, mother of Dr. Daniel H. Wil- Hams, former Surgeon in-Chief of the Freedmen’s Hospital, and Misses Flor ence and Alice Williams, who died yesterday at her late residence, 1527 Kingman Place, was held at St. Augus- tine’s Church Wednesday morning at 10 o’elock and the remains were taken toe Annapolis, Md,, for interment, -SUMMER RESORTS. ee a Pa Oh a fa : d a WOODLAWN ra iia’ eu EA. ems; TERRACE Sat aE | Pie ag eetires . i i os SiG St se ae ee Ore Lawnside. N.J. Thies Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnishes one witha magaifi* eent view for tea miles. At the base of which isa widesheet of water giving ample opportunity to those fond of sailing or fishing. WOODLAWN TERRACE. ison the Whitehorse Pike, seveu miles froin Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn- side daily. The service et the Hotel is strictly firat class. The Bed Rooms are large and airy with all modern coaveniences. The Hotel is thres stories aigh, 85 feet front and ‘s surrounded with a beautiful lawo and wide gravel walks. For terms, addres MRS. CHAS. SMITH, Snow Hill, NJ. s@ Will open Friday, Jane 1, 1900, SUMMER RESORTS. | HOTEL SHEPHARDS HILL. FITZGERALD'S AUDITORIUM. Open all the year. Suitable for conventtons receptions, bali*, concerts and theatrical entertainments. Choice wines. = and cigars, Attached tne finest billiard roem in the city. The auditorium Cafe attached is strictly first class, Special attention given collation parties, weddings, reeeptiens. ete. B, G. #itzgerald, proprietor. 30 end 32 North Keniucky avenue, Atiastic City. Mi. J. THE NEW HOUSB DEBITY COTTAGE, 31K. Ohio Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Excelisany inthsolty. All modera 1m- Hatcns apo: Pwo squares’ irom’ the toach T kindly thank my old as well ax new Prve?oontinuence of ine same. Mrs, JF vebity, proprietress. THE AUBHOTEL © CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS, J. 0. SMALLWOOD, Proprietor. 15 N. lllinois Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. 22 ee MANHATTAN INN. 17 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THOMAS COLE, Proprietor. Choice wines, Liquors and Cigars. ee a eer CHOICE WINES, LIQUOR3 AND CIGARS HAKRIs’ HOLEL GEORGE H HARRIS, PROPRIETOR, 1189 Baltic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. Meals Served at all Hours, HOLEL HENDERSO N—120 N Mis sissippi ave., AUantic City, N. J., two quares from Reeding depot; three minutes walk to Bathing Beach. Speo ial rates for families and permanent b arders, The hotel has been newly papered and has 32 neatly fitted up sleeping rooms. Terms mod-rate. Ba ropean and American plan, Henderaon and Murray, prop’s. ee Se eee ALEXANDRIA, VA. s@r-THE ELITE—644 5. Washington street; Alexandria, Va., Ice cream, con feetionery, soda waterand milk shakes, ali layers. Lunches and sandwiches. ool, exclusive, upto date. The only first class pleasure resort in the city When in Alexandria call on us. Opens May 15th. W. F, Hammond, pro. prietor. OATLETTS, VA.—Summer Boarders: Par- ties desiring first o'ass accomodations for the summer season will find it to their advar- tage to spend their vacation at Catietts Fau- quicr county, Va. vorty ieee miles trom unis city, there are three mmodation trains to the city per day. The house is situsted about ‘4 mile above the villave. B ard furnished jor $!2.00 per month, $4.00 per week, or 75 cents per day. Healthy cli- mate, excellent board and com ae rooms. apelr with ig ag Mrs, Kate Me @uire, Oatletts, Fauquier Qo., Va. ATLANTIC CITY. CATLET IS, VA. HOTEL SHEPHARDS HILL, Open for the Season on June Ist. Beauti- fully situated near the Potomac River, on St. Patricks’s Creek. Cool Rooms, Bathing, Soating, Fishing and Crabbing. For terms address Wm. b. Bond, Coiton’s Point, St. Mary’s County, Maryland, Mrs Cyrus St. Clair has concluded to open her lovely private residence to boarders for the summer, at Uambridge Md. Persone desiring further informa- sion can address Mrs. Cyrus 8t. Clair, Oambridge, Md. Terms reasonable. LOUDOUN Co, VA. Loudoun eounty 1s claimed by many to be the healthiest county in Virginia, An ideal summer home for the aeeomo- dation of city guests. Good food, coel rooms; plenty of shade; firet class in aur eronee city references; ad: drese Mrs. Delia Howard at Wilburn P. O., above county, or Robt. Lockwood, “The Alban,y” 1%th and H nw., eity. AT LAST! There is 2 First Class Ioe Cream Parlor and Confectionery, Where our people are not refused, but are invited to sit and enjoy the best cream and cake with elegant service. No color line at MRS. HYMAN’S 1618 7th St., nw., bet, Q and R Bts. WANTED~A colored plumber, En- quire at this office. WANTED —An active ae man as collecier. Must be well acquainted with the city. Married man preferred. WAN1IED—Young women about 20, some knowledge of dressmaking, good bome and wages: Address, Mrs. I, Wil- liams, 262 W 40th street, New York ‘ity. An energetic colored woman who un- derstands canvassing can secure per- msnent employment with good pay b; Sree “Benevolence’”’ eare 259 8 st. n. Ww. WANTED AT ONCE—A woman about 35 or 40, unmarried, or widow without children, for Matron of the FRIENDLES3S GIRLS’ HOME. She nmauet play piano orcrgan. Address P, Thos. Stanford, D. D., LL. D., Presi. dent Massachusetts Aid and Protective Arsociation for Friendjess Colored Girls, North Cambridge, Mass. Send photo and reference. Wanted—a case of bad health that R-I-P-A-N'8 will not benefit, One gives relief. No matter what's the matter, one willdo you good. A cure will re- Bult if directions are followed. ‘They banish pala, induce sleep, prolong life. Sold at ail drug stores, ten for five cents. sure to get the —— Don't be fooled by substitutes. Ten samples and a thousand testimonials will be mailed to any ad- dress for five cents. forwarded to the sane Chemical Company, No. 10 Spruce St., New York. CAMBRIDGE, MD. SPECIAL. WANTED HELP. P| SHREDS DCAR (OR ra “Sree [HO 6 The little ‘own of Brookhaven, Mite, has iwelve bu-inees bouses run by Ne- groes, The lowest salary paid a teacber io. the schools of the District of Columbia ie $425 per annom. The Mobile Shoe and Drpartm nt Store is an enterprise owned and con- trolicd by evlored mea. | Audie» Ferguson of Topeka, 18 & fi st class tile and marb'e setter, mak- ing « salary of #2| per we k Robert Bell of fopeka, is a sketch arist of natural ability. His paintings of persons are as patural as Jife. Birvh p Grant’s Episcopal residence is now iv I.dianapolis, where he bas purchased a handsome residence, Mr. Bird and son of Lavrence, Kan 818, bave estabiished aud are opera ing one Of the bes: tauneriesin the West, aud ave doing a profi able business, The Virginia delegation to the Phila delphia Cor vention onabimeusiy en- dorsed James H. Hayee, a8 ope of the naliona!l cempaign orators in the com ng “:mypaign. itae said that Booker T. Washington bas beep making a carefal study of the condition of the Negroes oi New York with « view of formulating a plan of improvement, Dr J. M. Townsend, formerly pastor at Qiino ‘-bapel, Chicago, bas been eh s-n ty the A. M. E. Bishop? to take up the M s-ionary cause to travel &s finaneia! ageut. The Constitution of the United States bss ouly 5,500 words, but i. has caused more coniroversy ard bard fighting than any other thousandiold tha: pum ber outside of the Bible. There isa b:]! at present before the Louisiava iegisiature for s¢ parate street cure for the cities 1m that state. Should it pass and become a law, no Negro shouia ever be guil y of rmding ons Street Car in that estate. The Masonic Fraternity is increasing ly strong in Haiti, ard oetpite the fact of its being a Koman Vatholic country the meu are periect'y devoted tothe Masoury, the meetings are largel) aud very en busiasti aily atterdec. ' The C. M. E. Chorch is rejoicing. Rev. H, Builick, burinese manager, and Dr. C. H. Phillips, the editor have paid the last note on its puvdlication house, at Jicksop, Tenn., and the Coristian Index, the cflicial organ, is self susiainiog. It is intevesting to know that South ern white men who reside in Haiti find ik very easy and ccnvenient to dissolve tueir American prejudice and fail in line with Haitian couditions, and te such an extent as to fail im love with ' and marty some of the attractive Hai tian maidens. An evidence of the high esteem in which Dr. R. C. Raneom is held ip Chicago, he has been appcinted to rep resent ihe colured citizeus on the com- committee that will entertain the G. A. R. Whe Doctor has also beea ac: corded the privilege of appointing col Se Se, Oe peewee, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. A woman iu Idaho got a divorce from her hu-band because he would not take ber to the Paris Fxposition He testifi-d in court that he w~s afra‘d of water and that he was afraid to get into a bath tub even, heg +t so sea sick. Such a men is noi brave enough to go through the ordeal of having a wife. Six young colored girls were recent- ly received snto the Order of the Holy Family (Catholic) at New Orleans, and pad conferred upon them the while veil of tue order. The back veil was bestowed upon Sisters Mary Alexis, Misa Amelis Kaglan, of Grand Corieau La, aod Sster Mary Sebastin, Miss ~htistine Victor, of Galveston, Tex. The scholarty Rev. J. A. D. Bloice D D, who resigned aud joined ihe Epi-copa! church a few mouths ego ha-, after mature consultation and prayerful cousideration, wiibdrawn bis resignation from tbe band of B shop A. Walers aud hxs been res ored to membership in the &. M. E. Zion Church and of the New Jersey Con- ference. A tusiness men’s club bas been cr gavized in New York City to pe Kor wo as The Empire Business Men’s Club the followiug officers were elected: James E Garver, pre-ident} M N Brown, vice presidevy; Dr. D. P. Reid, secretary: Rufas Hurbert, treasurer. Representatives of this club will st: ‘tend the meeting c:lied by air Booker a Washington, at Bustun August 23. Miss Killen Roseborough, a white girl seventeen years of age, geve her life to saye a luitie Negro child from a horrib'e deatb Jaly Lat Oolnmbia, 8 ©. The cniid was playing on the rail- ioad track, a train was rapid y ap- proaching, tbe young woman winout Oesiia‘tug 4 mo ment, rushed forward, caugat the baby, avd thew it in safety from Ube tra, batin the act was br «elf struck aud Buled by the engine, Chivairy is no: desd even in South | Garoitua. “National Charaecters’’ Easily Made Tcere is more disea'isfaction and j-alousy existing between individuals of our popalation here thau in any ely ou tue contivent. Tlere are t.o many of toe same caliber. Every man wh treads a paper befure our lyceume or disturbs -he placid atmos;here with harning e oyu nce feels himsel! a’ once a‘ Nationalcuaracter.””—W.T Menard in New York Age. Dont Read This! More than 500 letters were sent out from this office last week. ‘hey were all of thesame nature and they treated the same subjeet. A great many who who will read this item received one of these letters This notice is a re- minder and if you have not sent in what is due on the subscription, you should send itat once. The Colored Awerican is brimful of news and those who read it and appreciate it should send,along their subscriptions as soon as they know it to be due. hia AT THE TOP! 1 A. H. COOPER } Ea . . ’ = p(t ! © @ MERCHANT TAILOR } ee a ~“*x=Wy = BECAUSE: | His fits are perfect. rey And Quality Unsurpassed. Ea His workmanship is unexcelled. | pad A line of goods of immense variety. | = Specialratesto Hotel men. —— 925 18th Btreet nw Ee 493 Mo. 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B. and know for themselves that it cures, a trial bottle will be sent free of charge. B. B. B. for sale by druggist at $1 per large bottle, or 6 large bottles (full treat- ment)®$5. For trial buttle, address BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. 2 {BEACK SKIN REMOVER oOo eu Se ct ‘4 . a = ¢ ” o 4 wu oS = Ss COPYRIGHTED. Fe ce FO! AFTER. NDERFU Awonpenrul FACE BLEACH. HAIR STRAIGHTENER, 49-26 LARGE aR “Tl. ‘thrown in, enough to make any one person’s hair grow long and steaight. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-LIEE complexion obtained ifused as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours a shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It does not turm the skin in spots but bleaches out white. One box of this Preparation is all that is required if used as direeted. the skin remaining beauti- ful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples and black-heads, smallpox pits, tan and liver ee without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the Preparation. The directions and preparation will be sent toany person for $1.00, or send Post-Office Money Order, Express Money Order, Registered Letter. or we will send itC. 0. D. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. THOS. B. CRANE, 12214 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. NOTICE! REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS, —— — ARCHITECTS ——_ 1210 U STREET, N. w. The only colored arehitects in the city, since the death of C. 8. T. Brent Architects for churches and chapels anywhere in the United States. ii, d and unfortunate saterers from Afflicted ree trentitioa Youthful Errors, Lost Vitality, Varicoceie, ec. send for Sworn Testimonials and Bock 200 Noak Bee EL THEEL M.D., ’ $04 North Sixth Si, Philadetphie, Pa. Positively ihe oly speciatis bo the i pa sare oven esgh the ews canoes pay aitsts fled. Preah cases eured in & to FINANCIAL. DO YOU NEED We will lend any amount trom $10 up, On Household Furnicure, vianos, horses, Wagons, earrlages, or perann- al property of any kind, without remeva! Tom Lage sonar Epa Loans cau be carried 4s long as desircd. and payn entscan be mad st any Lime to soit the copvenienc of the af the borrower. We are the only ey srganized joan company in the city. If you sppreciate low rates, evurteous ireatment, sad attention to your interests, you will cal! ‘2 us. Offiees private and easily reached. \oaps made in any pary of the city. No telay. pen trom 8 @& m. to5 p.m. SECURITY LOAN COMPANY Room 1, Warder Suiiding, Corner 9th and F sts. n, wi Money — $50,000 = Money To loan on furniture, pianos, 4c., without moval or pubjicity and the day jou ask for it. we wili joan any amount making ime and pay ments to suit, giving one monib or one year a8 you desire, and at rates thai you om ste to pay. If you now have alean vith ady other con pany and desire more morey. give us a call. Will as eheertuliy uake a $10 loan as $100, and no charge or -xpense it loan is not made. Always ready © give information regarding rates and meth- ods to secure aioan. We are the oldest loan company in the city. and will give you honest rea'ment. Al) business strictly confivential Private offces. Washington Mortgage Loan Co, 610 F Street, N. W, Money to Loan ON FURNITURE, PIANOR, ETC. if you are in need of money, we desire to inform you Of our vew method. We can se cure you @ loanon an easy monthly payment pian, at less cost than before, and below Lhe rate Of any other company in the city. You cap pay intull at any time after loan is se. cored, and it will »niy cost you for such time as you have tad the money Our bus ness is vtrlctly private, and ali applications are reaied coufidentially, If you have a loan with any other concern, you can secure a loan through us to pay 1.and get more money if desired. It wili pay you to call and see us beture going elsewhere. We are resdy at any and ail times during office hours to give inforwstion concerning our busines« meth- ods, #xd you wiil receive courteous treat- ment. CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO 602 F ST. N.W ) = Sa - DRESSMAKING ACADEMY The de Lam Orton Famous brenc bh Perfecuon Yailor system Academy MME J A. SMALLWOOD, Sole Agent 1513 Madison mt. Northyeat. Morning class frcm 9 a. m. to 1 p. 2% Afternoon ciass 2to5y m. daily. Evenings from 7 30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, Wednesdays snd Friday: Dressmakers aud ladies who wish to dc their own dressmaking. tg WANTED—Vo learn the wonder fal De Lamorton French Perfectior Taylor System, seamiess Basques without one inch of visible seam, ir ting or goods, not even on the shoul Aer Successful Dressmaking requiret as much earnest progressive study # successful work in auy of the profes sious. No detail is too small to be varefuily looked after. We teach you to make dresses with or without seam and Guarantee perfect fits, and com- plete your course witb a diploma. Pupus can enter at auy time Summer couree begins June 15:b. THE SUNFLOWER STATE Kansas City an Ideal Place For Afro Americans-News Notes. Kansas City, Mo., Special—Echoes of the Democratic Convention still fill the air, and many strangers are yet within the city's gates enjoying to the utmost the proverbial hospitality of a typical western city. The Negroe's Business League is the latest co-operative organization in the city and ought to be productive of most excellent results. To choose between the two parties in this presidential campaign may be like deciding between his satanic majesty and the deep sea, but then—. The N gro is learning to think and act for himself, and notwithstanding "Webster Trickster Davis" flop, Nelson Crews writes the Chairman of the Republican State Committee, "My slogan shall be Roosevelt and McKinley; Glory and Victory." Miss Cornie Cross, an Alumnus of Oberlin, and for the past five years teacher of Latin and English in Central High School, Galveston, Texas, spent a few days in Kansas City enroute to her home in Macon, Mo. Miss Cross is a young lady of accomplishment and admirable business tact, and this summer will erect several cottages in Macon for rental purposes. Abraham Lincoln Hanson who, as a sculptor is winning laure's abroad is a Missourian by birth and received his ward school education in Philips school. Kansas City, Prof. W. W. Yates, Principal. Mr. Yates gave the lad much encouragement while he was attending school and, noticing his talent for the plastic art called the attention of local philanthropists to the fact with the result that he is now on the road to fame. Numerous specimens of his early work may be found in Kansas City homes, and Principal Yates is justly very proud of his former pupil's success. The general prosperity of the colored people of Kansas City is illustrated by the manner in which they are constantly investing in good substantial homes in excellent parts of the city, not segregating in settlements as is too often the case in large cities, but buying here and there wherever their capital at command will allow a purchase. There is no other city on the continent at present that promiaes a better return for the outlay of capital in real estate than Kansas City. There is no other State in the Union with richer farming land at such moderate prices as Missouri. The professional or laboring man of brains and energy and with a few dollars to invest can succeed if he will. Mrs. Carson's Funeral. Madame Blade sang at the funeral services of Mrs. Hester Ann Carson solos, "Flee as a Bird to the Mountain" and "Home at Last." The choir sang "Asleep in Jesus," "Thou Thinkest Lord of Me," and "Shall We Meet Beyond the River?" Among the representative men in the audience were Messrs. John F. Cook, Gen. Whitticombe, John F. Wilkerson Wm. H. Schuman, Auditor Petty of the District of Columbia, Assessor H. H. Darneille of the District of Columbia. Among the letters of condolence received was one from Commissioner McFarland, Col. Geddes of the Agricultural Department, Hon. Hiram Watty, Counselman, of Baltimore, Md., and Hon. H. S. Cummings, Ex-Counselman, of Baltimore, Md. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. U. Ex-Grand Secretary of the G U. O of O. O, D. B. Bowser, died in Philadelphia June 30 He was the son of Jeremiah and Michael Bowser and was born in Philadelphia, January 16, 1820, in the same house in which he died which was erected by his father in the year 1812 He was foremost among the members of the Anti-Slavery Society a member of the famous Equal Right League, which secured the repeal of the Pennsylvania black code and the abolition of the Philadelphia "jim crow" street cars. He was in his day one of the most useful members of the race A widow, son and daughter survive him. TO LET Nicely furnished room at reasonable rate; modern improvements; convenience to cars. 333 Spruce street, Le Droit Park. Enclose 2c stamp for reply, and we will send particulars telling how you can make from $75 to $150 per month, and a so be presented with a fine Gold Watch. Address. I wish to find the sisters of Martha A. Parker. They were the daughters of Peter Parker and the property of William Herrington or Herndon, of Warrenton Junction, Va. In answering advertisement please give name in full. Address M. Johnston, Chill Sation, New York. A man and wife wants a suite of three or four unfurnished rooms, head and light furnished. Must be convenient to cars. Address "House", care this office either at 8 30 am. or 4 pm. An educated man who is married, and who means business and who has a little capital will do well to correspond with "C" care of The Colored American office. A good investment for the right person Cora E. Dorsey and Christine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Stenc graphic work satisfactorily performed at reasonable rates by the Misses Dorsey, Room 8, Le Droit Building Corner 8th and F street northwest. Geo. W. wise Furnishing Undertaker --- BOERS OPPRESS THE BLACKS Enacted Law to Provide There Should Be No Equality of Races. The fundamental Beer principal in the treatment of the colored race is embodied in this dictum of Transvaal law, says the Philadelphia Press: "The people shall not permit any equality of colored persons with white inhabitants, neither in the church nor in the state." Three laws have been enacted in accordance with the fundamental provision—first, prohibiting a native from owning realty; second, refusing him marriage by civil or ecclesiastical process; and third, closing the courts to him in any action against a white man. The criminal laws apply to white and black a like, but in the Boer courts the testimony of a Negro has no weight by the side of a white man. In civil claims he has no recourse or redress. The only marriage which he is permitted to practice is that under his tribal regulations. Custom goes a step further and forbid his presence on the sidewalk, and maladministration has permitted an unlimited supply of liquor in a country where every other white administration maker every possible effort to suppress the sale of alcohol to the Negro. These statutes and the results which flow from them are given at length in a work just published by the Rev. John H. Povil, 'Natives Under the Transvaal Flag.' The original Boer trek began because Great Britain insisted upon the emancipation of the Negro. This step was undoubtedly taken with less consideration for the property rights of the white owners than was the case in the West Indies, but in this country at least it has never been felt that the slaveholder had property rights which ought to be considered, and in our civil war such rights were all swept aside for loyal and disloyal alike when the time had come for emancipation. Restrained by treaty from continging slavery in the Transvaal, the Bers adopted the system of law which has just been outlined in order to compas the subjection of the black. Oppression has undoubtedly existed in the various contract systems in force in Kimberly and elsewhere, but the evidence is overwhelming that this is trivial by the side of the direct and personal ill-treatment, oppression, and denial of all civil rights visited by the Bers on the black Conservatism Valuable in Leadership. In the long run the Negro editor who is conservative, discret, thoughtful, and careful will wear longer and accomplish more for the race than the radical, easy-to fly-off the-handle editor. It is not always what a man says that gets him into trouble, but the way he says it. The race needs safe, calm dispassionate leaders; leaders who think before they act. Booker T. Washington, Bishop L. H. Holsey and Bishop Alexander Waiters are among this class. These men advocate different theories for the solution of the race's ills but but they do so in a dignified vein and leave men to choose for themselves. Christian Index. A House Hold Necessity. Camp Nelson, Ky., July 11, 1900. Mr. E. E. Cooper, Editor The Colored American. Dear Sir: -Please continue the paper as they will not let me stay at home without it. The oldest boy Willie, names the large letters. The 2nd boy Clarence, looks at the pictures and the baby boy Laugston tries to put the entire paper in his mouth and my wife and I enjoy reading it. Very Truly, John W. Bate. Rev. R. C. Ransom, of Chicago, has been selected by the Bishop's Council of the A.M.E. Conference recently held at Columbus, Ohio, as delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical Conference that will meet in London next year. Ex Grand Secretary Bowser Dead COME & JOIN! THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 10 Departments Incorporated in One Viz.: Provision, Fuel, Banking, Insurance, Publishing, Education, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Employment and Contracting. uring, Employment and Contracting. CAPITAL $100,000. Shares $10 to $100, payable $1.00 monthly. Admission fee $1.00. due $1.00 monthly. Admission fee $1.00. OBJECT-Buy and borrow of ourselves. All kinds of societies and clubs can join. NO PASSWORDS, GRIPS or SIGNS. Agents and organizers wanted. alary, commission and territory given THIS ASSOCIATION buys properties for members and gives long time to pay for it. Saves them 10 to 25 per cent. on house rent, fuel, provisions and dry goods bill. Loans them money when in need at small interest. Gives them $2 to $10 week when sick (women paid for all complaints). Furnishes doctor and medicine free. Gives $30 to $450 at death; also $100 to $500 if living 10 years. Secures all kinds of EMPLOYMENT for them FREE at any place Incorporated 1895. Organized since then 384 branches and purchased over $50,000 worth of real estate. Mention this paper, Dr. E. PARKER READ, Founder and Pres. Miss J. PARKER SHIELDS, Secretary. Rev. ALEXANDER H, NEWTON, Treasurer. LAWYER M. LUTHER NICHOLAS, Solicitor. If interested in this Associationwrite to Home Office, 514 South 12th street, Philade Hand Q SPECIAL ADVERTISE ENTS. AGENTS WANTED. SCOTT REMEDY CO. Box 576, Louisville, Ky. MISCELLANEOUS. LOST RELATIVES WANTED ROOMS. PRACTICAL EMBALMER 2900 M street. Georgetown,D.C. Telephone call, 103-83. 7 NELSONS STRAIGHTINE TRADE MARK THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY. KINKY. CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT BEFORE AFTER STRAIGHTINE is no experiment, but a thoroughly reliable preparation. It has been successfully used by thousands in all portions of the country. We have hundreds of letters speaking in the highest terms of its merit, and every mail brings us fresh testimonials. Straightine is a highly perfumed pomade; it not only Straightines the Hair, but removes Dandruff, Keeps the Hair from Falling Out, cures Itching, Irritating Scalp Diseases, giving a rich, long and luxurious head of hair—so much to be desired. Guaranteed perfectly harmless. Price, 25 Cents a can at all drug stores, or sent by mail to any address on receipt of 30 Cents in stamps or silver. Address, NELSON M'F'G CO., Richmond, Va. 452-Big Money for Agents. Write for Terms. Consumers Brewing Company Brews the purest Beer on the Washington Market. The highest chemical authority in the district of Columbia, after an analysis just finished of all the different beers on the market, gives this as his verdict. Don't be fooled by jealousy, envy, or prejudice, on either or all of which is based our opposition. We have the most modern plant. We brew from sterilized water and choice hops and malt. We have one of the most skillful brew masters in the county. Visit our plant and insist on us proving our assertions. We will be glad to show all. ARE KING. Sec'y and Treas, E. L. JORDAN, Pres and Gen'l Mgr. Capital Savings -Bank- 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C Capital - - - $50,000. Hon. Jno. R Lynch. President. Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton, Whitefield McKinlay, J. C. Bailey, Robt, H. Terrell, W, S, Montgomery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, Henry E. Baker, James Storum, J. A. Johnson, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Howard H Williams. Deposits received from 10 cents upward. Interest allowed on $5.00 and above. Collections meet with prompt attention. A general exchange and banking business done. Bank open from 9 a. m. to 4:30pm. W. H. FISHER ..Dyer and Cleaner. 709 9th St. n. w. Telephone 152 FOR THIRTY To every person sending for one or more of our remedies we will send a free trial treatment of our celebrated Little Hero Pills. For all forms of Kidney, Liver and Stomach troubles. Scott Remedy Company, Louisville, Ky. 80 The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Publ ishing Company. A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Published every Saturday at 459 C St. N. W Washington, D. C. Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, express or by registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere. Send or instructions. ADVERTISING RATES Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large combacts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. A: letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN. EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900 NORTH CAROLINA'S PITIABLE PLIGHT The political situation in North Carolina is about as bad as anything can be. It is a blot upon the escutcheon of American institutions, and a shame upon Christian civilization. A long campaign of abuse and denunciation of the Negro is coming to a close. The black man's presence in politics is regarded as an intrusion, and practices of every kind have been resorted to in an endeavor to eliminate him, and establish undisputed "white supremacy." Fraud, intimidation, murder, arson, and theft, in turn, have served the purpose of sending the Negroes to the rear. And now a disfranchising constitutional amendment is up for adoption, the effect of which will be to shut out the bulk of the Negro vote on the flimsy sham of illiteracy, yet is to not be enforced against the ignorant horde of white voters who se suffrage is a far worse menace than that of the lowest element of the blacks. The Negro is never difficult to handle. He obeys intelligent leadership; he is industrious and religious and loves peace and home. This unlettered crowd of tar heelers, who are now making the once proud and prosperous state of North Carolina hideous with their hoarse yell of "white supremacy", furnish the material from which mobs are formed, and from whose ranks come the thug, the striker and the amar chist. The campaign culminated in a "grand red shirt rally" the other day at Lumberton. The press dispatches tell us that all issues of a general nature were dropped, and that Indians and even a few renegade Negroes put on the insignia of lawlessness, and joined with the red-shirted rebels and white clad women, all crying out the shibboleth: "The Negro must and shall be disfranchised." All pretense of fair play was thrown aside. The cloven hoof of race prejudice glistened openly under the glare of the noon day sun. The speakers, led by one Aycock, candidate for governor, all sang one song—The Negro THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. must stay away from the ballot box, but every white man can be counted in. The play is to win. Honorably they cannot win—so dishonorable methods are to be employed without scruple. The Constitution of the United States is nothing. The law is spat upon. The rights of man are trampled in the dust. Race feeling is permitted to run riot, and madness, frenzied and frothing, has taken the place of reason. Isn't it a picture calculated to sober every true American, however besotted he may have been by fear of Negro domination! Isn't it a condition which may well cause the thoughtful to tremble for the safety of the republic! It is far from The Colored American to add fuel to this already scorching flame. This is no time to throw brands into the burning by abuse or unnecessary denunciation. We had rather appeal to the inherent sense of justice that resides deep down in the heart of every MAN. Is there no peaceful way out of this difficulty? Cannot the judgment of the best in each race evolve a solution, honorable to both and preservative of the good name of the State? This is the wise course that is being taken by such clear headed Negro leaders as White, Cheatham, Dancy, Dudley, Goler and Hood. Will it prove of any effect? Is the end fore-ordained, and are the people of North Carolina determined to brush from their path the national constitution and its 15th amendment as they would a dirty rag? If so, why? For what reason should the Negro be disfranchised? What has the black man done in the past—what is he doing now to warrant this wholesale and malevolent crusade against his exercise of the suffrage? Has he not been loyal to the flag? Has he not worked faithfully to build up the state and develop its resources? Does he not pay his debts and obey the laws? Is he not the owner of more real estate, and is he not conducting more schools, colleges and churches than at any time since his emancipation? Is not the Negro today by virtue of improved conditions, better prepared for the suffrage than ever before? Taking a favorable view of all these considerations it is difficult for The Colored American, with its years of training in the Northern and Western school of thought to understand why this personal hatred of the Negro should be so intense and deep seated, when that same race is contributing so heavily to the happiness and prosperity of the South in so many ways and never so much as hints a desire for domination. Is the wrong in the Negro—or is it in his opponents? Why not be candid, and let results go to him who most deserves generous consideration. An anomalous condition is here presented. Colored Americans are held up to exeration, and their bodies riddled with bullets because they offer to accept the citizenship guarantees laid down in the organic law, of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness Yet we have nothing but good blood for the heathen Chirera who eat the heart out of the laundry interests of the country and carry their savings back to the Flowery Kingdom. We coddle the lazy Indian, who shows energy only when fighting the progress of the white man. We accept cheerfully the dirty Italian, the lousy Greek and the clannish Slavs, and encourage them to preempt the soil of our public domain in the West. In fact, the American shore is a haven for all mankind—except for the Negro who has stood by its institutions with the fidelity of a brother, and fought for her flag without asking whether it was right or wrong? Consistency, thou art indeed a jewel! Is there no way out? Will our appeal to the North Carolina Caesar fall upon deaf ears? Will not the tender impulses of a great nation rise up in aid of this defenseless race? Will the government weakly submit when its 15th amendment is being cut out of the Constitution? Will New York allow one vote in the South equal ten in the North? Is there no remedy in law, politics, ethics or popular sentiment? The North Carolina problem is an American problem, America should help her to settle it, and to settle it right. THE CHINESE CRISIS. Secretary Hay's note on the Chinese situation had the true American ring. The plain duty of this country is to guarantee protection to its humblest citizens in China, but we should have no part in such a land grabbing scheme as will result from the dismemberment of the Chinese Empire. We must uphold American dignity, secure adequate reparation for all outrages inflicted upon us, and seek to preserve. If possible, the stability and integrity of the flowery kingdom as long as that government shows itself worthy of respect. We want no war if it can be honorably avoided. Yet, if the craftiness of the Chinese nature makes a resort to arms necessary. America in this crisis, as in all others, will be found able to take care of herself with credit and distinction. The negro, as usual, will be a patriot of patriots, and will follow the flag into the thickest of the fray. With his brain and brawn he is ever ready to marshal his forces upon the side of advanced civilization, and uphold the land of his allegiance. Should war be declared against China, we should be glad to see our brave colored regulars, immediately reinforced by every one of those well equipped vol. unteer regiments which rendered such noble service in the engagements with Spain. We are satisfied to trust the judgment of President McKinley as to the necessity for war in the Orient. In the event of a crash, we want the Negro to be among the first in the field. THE POWER OF THE PRESS. After thinking the question ever in all its bearings, we do not know but that the republican national committee has taken the right view of the matter of race and nationality bureaus. The committee has decided not to maintain a Negro or German bureau this year, as it did in 1896. The system planned at that time under more harmonious auspices. would have yielded better results, but Senator Hanna's judgement is that "Once is enough for him" in that particular line of experience. We venture to drop this little hint. Half the sum necessary to equip and carry on the two bureaus in operation four years ago, judiciously expended in circulat ing a few first-class newspapers, would be of immeasurable benefit to the McKinley and Roosevelt ticket. Campaign sheets and hand bill arguments count for little with serious minded voters; but the weekly counsel of a well established newspaper noted far and wide for the cool headed and conservative discussion of issues important to the race, is sure to have an influence broad and deep. Since there are to be no Negro bureaus, we have not the slightest doubt that the liberal circulation of at least a half dozen standard race papers will occur to the party leaders as a wise and effective plan of action. The Negro press is a power in the land. It should be cared for by its friends, and kept on the right side. THE EVENING STAR The Colored American extends the heartiest congratulations to its distinguished neighbor, The Evening Star, upon its new home—the finest newspaper property in the country. The Star is a clean wholesome family sheet, and has richly earned its glowing success by strict adherence to honest methods and filling to a "t" the requirements of a modern newspaper. The Star's impress is vividly seen in a newer and greater Washington, a healthier public sentiment, and in a higher conception of the rights of man, regardless of race, color or creed. The Star has always rung true on the Negro question. When we have deserved praise, we have gotten it from a prodigal hand. When we have needed a solutary rebuke, it has been dealt squarely, but in generous spirit. We cannot remember a time when the thoughtful Negro has found it necessary to dissent from an editorial utterance of the Star, bearing upon any phase of American citizenship. To Messrs. Noyes and Kauffmam, the people of Washington and the Negro race, owe an everlasting debt of gratitude. Ceaseless industry is the price of success. A trickster or a trimmer can never be a leader. The true leader is he who is fearless in the advocacy of the right. A thing is right or wrong upon its intrinsic merit—not merely because a white man says it is right or wrong. The popular opinion around town last Saturday was that The Colored American "didn't do a thing to the Washington Post." The grocer who sells the best butter, eggs, milk or potatoes at the most reasonable prices, will never be made to know the color of his face by the kind of customers he draws. We cling to the opinion that the esteemed Washington Post can glean more lasting inspiration from our editorial page, but still we have no objection if its eyes continue to remain glued to the "ad" column The Negroes of the District of Columbia spend $,5000,000 annually for the necessities of life. Caucasian merchants get the bulk of this fabulous sum. The blame is located. Out of over 3,000 appointments at the Government Printing Office, about one hundred of which are held by Negroes, only one young man has been found good enough to be given a clerkship. The reason the white man prospers in business is because he thinks, and then puts his best thought into action. He studies markets -he studies methods, and he studies manners. He watches popular tendencies, and aims to satisfy the people whose custom he wishes to hold. He looks far ahead, buys ahead and sells ahead and is always striving to get ahead of his competitor in speed, quality and quantity. When the black merchant does the same thing, he will prosper too THE FOURTH HAMPTON CONFERENCE. (Continued from first page.) were said at the recent Montgomery Conference, he believed that the trend of opinion was favorable to negro education and development. He thought that race prejudice was not altogether an unmixed evil. It gives us difficulties to overcome and harder problems to solve. The first business was the report of the Committee on Business and Labor. The report was read by Mr. Andrew F. Hilyer, of Washington, who had made a thorough investigation of the negro in the skilled trades for the Paris Exposition. Mr. Hilyer reported that he found colored skilled workmen engaged in every trade and occupation in which white men are engaged. He visited 57 firms and plants who are the largest employers of col- J. DR. A. M. CURTIS. ored labor in the Southern States. These plants employed 7,760 males and 1,620 females; 5,017, or 64 per cent. of the males, earn $1.00 a day and above; 1,719, or 22 per cent., earn $1.50 per day and above, and 572, or 7.3 per cent., earn $2.00 per day and above. Outside of the building trades, the largest number of skilled workmen is to be found in the iron industry. Colored men hold responsible positions as furnacemen, cupola tenders, as moulders, puddlers and rollers in the iron foundries. Many colored girls are employed in the cigar factories and in the Charleston cotton mill, and in shirt factories. The employers of all classes of colored labor reported that the colored labor was giving good satisfaction. The report concludes as follows: "In every industry conducted in the Southern States skilled colored workmen have established themselves in every branch. They are increasing in numbers and gaining in skill and efficiency." The personal investigation of other members of the committee brought to light many facts that are not generally known as to the numbers and efficiency of colored workmen. The feeling was often expressed that the time has come for the colored people themselves to become employers. There is great demand for "captains of industry" to organize this labor. The Rev. Matthew Anderson, of Philadelphia, the President of the Berean Building and Loan Association, of that city, said he believed that the only true means for the colored man to get a footing in large business enterprises was to combine with white men. He believed that the asociation of white and colored men as officers and directors would encourage a more wholesome feeling between the races and enable each to understand the other better. But, said he, the inception of such undertakings should spring from the colored man himself. This was one of the new ideas injected into the Conference, and seemed to meet with the approval of the majority of those present. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. The report of the Committee on Religion and Ethics, by Rev F. J. Grimke, of Washington, told of several efforts to save young colored men being put forth by white men of the South. Mr. Grimke also showed from his investigations that drunkenness was comparatively rare among colored men in comparison with white men, and that it was not on the increase, and that few of them drink to such an extent as to have it interfere with their work. Rev. Sylas X. Floyd, of Augusta, Ga., read a most humorous and interesting paper on "The Negro Church." The negro, said he, has helped to keep the jewel of orthodoxy safely guarded. He believes in a literal bottomless hell. M. He puts his faith in the Bibler He then gave a humorous description of the average negro church, their methods of lifting collection, carrying on revivals, and the getting of religion. The church, said he, is often an advertising bureau, a postoffice, intelligence bureau, social gathering, amusement hall, and lecture bureau. Mrs. Rosa D. Bowser, of Richmond, read the report of the Committee on Domestic Economy, and showed that the colored women were not idle, but were keenly alive to the necessities of the situation, and were powerful factors in the uplifting of the race. One of the most interesting papers of the Conference was by Mrs. Daniel Murray, of Washington, on the kindergarten. Mrs. Murray told of her efforts in Washington to have the kindergarten established, and aroused a very great interest in kindergarten and the day nursery. The report of the Committee on Vital and Sanitary Preblems was read by Dr. F. J. Shadd, of Washington. No statistics of negro mortality were M. HON. JOHN H. SMYJH. given, but the report laid great stress on the excessive negro mortality in cities and towns, and laid down some simple rules for the improvement of the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the people. Greater care and attention to the children was urged, and the well known fact that tuberculosis was "catching" under certain conditions was brought out, and separation of infected persons was urged. The Hon. John H. Smith, of Hanover, Va., read a carefully prepared paper on "Negro Criminality." Mr. Smith is at the head of the Virginia Reformatory School, and is doing a great work in rescuing negro boys from lives of crime. Prof. G. N. Graham, of Kansas City, took for his subject "Negro Education." Besides being one of the most thoughtful men of the race. Prof. Gra- NERVES DESTROYED BY CATARRH. Mr. Robert B. Mantell, the Great Romantic Actor. Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Mrs. C. C. Filler, of 134% Dear Sir-The bottle of Pe-ru-na at hand. It is splendid and most invigorating; refreshing to the nerves and brain. It is one of the best tonics I have ever used. It makes me feel like a new man. Yours sincerely, R. B. Mantell. Catarrh is one of the ways in which a depressed condition of the nervous system shows itself. Catarrhal people are soon made nervous. Any remedy to effect a radical cure of chronic catarrh must operate directly through the nerves, invigorating the mucous circulation. ham is one of our most polished speakers. His address abounded in sparkling wit, humor, philosophy and common sense. He advised that the colored people study good manners; that they study their environments and prepare themselves thoroughly to do the work that this environment requires of them. His address was a masterly plea for the same educational facilities that the whites enjoy. He protested with vigor against the present trend of thought among the rulers of the country to restrict the education of colored youth to the mere rudiments of an education, with industrial training. Each one of these papers and addresses was followed by able discussions from the floor, during which many different phases of the subject were brought out. The following are the most important of the suggestions made by the Committee on Resolutions: That there be careful state supervision of all negro public schools; that the school term be lengthened and better schools be provided, and that the colored youth be provided with every educational facility that the white people have. That kindergartens be established throughout the South in connection with the public school system. That colored women continue to devote themselves with energy to the betterment of home conditions among the masses of the race. That land companies be formed among the negroes and homes secured as rapidly as possible, the purchasers being careful to see that their deeds are recorded. That a conference of colored physicians and trained nurses be held in connection with the next Hampton Conference to consider questions respecting the sanitary conditions of the race. That the colored people seek to diversify their industrial pursuits and seize every opportunity to make themselves intelligent, reliable and indispensable factors in the occupations requiring skilled labor, allying themselves with the trades unions wherever practicable. That they insist with increasing emphasis upon intelligence, unblemished reputation and purity of moral character in their ministers and teachers. That the people be urged to cultivate Mrs. C. C. Filler, of 134 $ \frac{1}{2} $ South Fourth street, Columbus, O., writes: "For ten or fifteen years I have been subject to nervous dyspepsia. I would have spells of quivering in my stomach, with smothering feelings. I was suffering from what is called nervous prostration. I consulted several physicians, who treated me without doing me any good. I had almost given up in despair when I heard of Pe-ru-na. I found it an immediate relief to all my disagreeable symptoms." Dr. Hartman's latest book sent free. Address Columbus, Ohio. friendly relations with other races and co-operate with them in all that pertains to the material, moral and educational interests of the sections in which they live. The Masons go to Glymont. For the first time this season an excursion will run to Glymont, the beautiful summer resort in Charles County, Md., some twenty miles down the river. The Masonic Fraternity of the District have secured the grounds for August 2nd and have chartered the River Queen for all of that day. This is the second excursion of the season given by the Masons and will surpass all previous efforts in point of attendance and the character of those who go on the excursion. Three trips will be made to Glymont and a special effort has been made by Col. Mays, the genial manager, to make the morning excursion a feature of the day's outing. He especially invites the ladies to take the morning boat and to bring their baskets if necessary to spend a pleasant day in the woods. The second boat will leave the wharf at 2 p.m and the last boat at six. Hoffman's celebrated orchestra will furnish music and a glance at the advertisement in another column will show the many new and interesting features of the entertainment. The public is cordially invited. Fare for the round trip, 353. Dvoraks to Play a Week. It is given out that arrangements are being made by the Dvorak Musical Association to repeat their beautifully staged opera "The Pirates of Penzance" in October at the Academy of Music. The theater is to be held for a solid week and in addition to "The Pirates," two other popular operas now in preparation will be presented. The affair will be directed by Prof. J. Henry Lewis. 9 2 10 AMONG BOOKMAKERS AND PARAGRAPHERS. "The Albuquerque (New Mexico) American is the newest one. The Cotton Boll, Concord, N. C., is being interestingly edited by Roscoe C. Murray Simmons, a graduate of Tuskegee. H. C. Bruce of the Pension Office, this city, is hard at work on a new book. It may be called "The Colored American." The Z on Clipper, a religious monthly, treating of Church and State, persons and things, is being published at Fishkill Landing, N. Y., by Rev. Wm. H. Eley. Rev. Solomon Porter Hood tells about "A New Negro Poet" in the July A. M. E. Church Review. Dr. Hood is lending Prof. Kealing valuable assistance in the editorial department of the magazine. A prominent member of the A. M. E. denomination says there is more harmony and good fellowship in the publication and literary department now than there has been at any other time in the last four years. The Indianapolis World is putting up a hot sheet nowadays, and is talking independence almost to the point of sauciness. Editor A. E. Manning is giving some of the older journalists a great example on how a newspaper ought to be run. The latest, and what to most people will appear to be the best of Dunbar's poems, is published in the June number of the Southern Workman. It is entitled, "The Unsung Heroes" and the tribute paid to our brave soldiers is truly inspiring. The True Reformer, published at Littleton, N. C., notifies the public that W. F. Young is its editor and business manager and that the Hon. Scotland Harriss holds the responsible position of associate editor, brains and statesmanship, as it were. Editor H. T. Johnson, with characteristic generosity, has given Prof H. T. Kealing, editor of the African M. E. Church Review, a regular column in the Christian Recorder, wherein the latter may get off weekly scintillations and incidentally boom the Review. 'Tis sweet to see brethren dwell in unity. The two leading white dailies of Florida in her two leading cities, Tampa and Jacksonville, have Negro editors and business managers, and an entire page in a prominent place of the paper given to the doings of the colored race. This is the kind of opportunity and co operation that will solve the race problem. The Colored Citizen, of Topeka, Kan., which has been "dead" for the past two years has reyived again under the able management of Col. James Beck, P. C. Thomss, and J. W. Jones. The paper is a free silver advocate. Mr. Beck was colonel of the Twenty-third Kansas and was in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. Pursuant to the regular appointment under the provisions of the constitution the Western Negro Press association of the United States is hereby called to convene at Salt Lake City, Utah, in its fifth annual session, Monday and Tuesday, August 7th and 8th, 1900. All bona fide editors, managers, reporters, and press correspondents of race publications west of the Mississippi river are eligible to membership in the association, and are urged to be present. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. "BIG BOW" The Indian Medicine Man Cures all Diseases or no Charge. Call or Write. Get Your Blood Purified as the Spring Demands. Office Hours 6 a.m. to 6 p. m. Daily. Principal Booker T. Washington's new work. "The Story of My Life and Work," has just been issued from the press by J. L. Nichols & Co., Naperville, Ill., and Atlanta, Ga. It is a handsome volume of 432 pages, copiously illustrated, in three bindings, cloth, half morocco, and full morocco. The introduction is by Dr. J. L. M. 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Jack M Ryan, Proprietor SILENCE & SILENCE Wines Liquors and Cigars, A Noonday Lunch from 11.30 to 2 p.m. 430 EIGHTH ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. That Lawyer Reuben S. Smith is a philosopher. That the colored boat company has gone glimmering, That the defeat of the Boers is a victory for civilization. That Prof. E'zie Hoffman's roof garden is still in prospective. That the old-time democrats are grooming David B. Hill for 1904. That it is a cold day when Prof. W. H H Hart gets the worst of a deal. That Le Droit Park will eventually become an exclusively Negro colony. That when one is on a hunt for trouble, he never needs a searchlight. That Senator Fairbanks is to be President McKinley's political legatee. That in case of Bryan's election, Henry M Teller will be Secretary of the Treasury. That a Black Tammany is among the novelties to be offered in District politics this fall. That Thomas L. Jones will make another dash for Congress in Virginia's fourth district. That the heat inside the Census office is decidedly preferable to the heat outside of it. That a man who never has any business in a bank is not a very useful factor in a community. That Lewis H. Douglass came dangerously near a seat on the new Board of Education. That the quaking teachers are now satisfied that is safe to go on off to Atlantic City and dabble in the surf. That an individual who deliberately makes a debt and then refuses to honor it, is no better than any other thief. That the North Carolina situation involves the political future of several very distinguished Afro-American leaders. That it is a most excellent precaution to have an aggressive relative behind the counter where the "ple" is given out. That our teachers are very generally subscribing for the "Story of My Life and Work" by Booker T. Washington, which is as it should be. That Rev. Sterling N. Brown, Daniel Murray, and Jesse Lawson made a splendid showing in the race for a place on the Board of Education. That maybe J. Milton Turner is quietly trying on the mantle of Negro democratic leadership, formerly worn by the late C. H. J. Taylor. That for filling untimely graves with broken-hearted men and women the "rubber-neck" is several laps ahead of any other pest. That the poverty-stricken Negro who isn't able to take a race-paper, is the individual seen oftenest on the Notley Hall picnic boat. That no man who works faithfully the year round, should think it really economical to deny himself a summer vacation. That when politics are "eschewed" at the Indianapolis Council meeting, the age of miracles will be ushered in once more. That almost every high-purposed organization is compelled to fritter away its best efforts in subduing the "Boxers" within its own ranks. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q. That the idiot who imagines he can please everybody should at once secure a ticket for St. Elizabeth's and destroy the return coupon. That now that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is to be enlarged, there may be room for some Negro clerks and section chiefs. Tha' a demand will be made for Public Printing Palmer to appoint another colored clerk, as one is not regarded as adequate recognition of the race. That Col. Perry S. Heath's acceptance of the secretaryship of the national committee is a fine piece of luck for the republican party. That if the street railway company cares for the comfort of its respectable patrons it will put more cars on the H street line during the Chesapeake Beach rush. That Col. Edward L. Thornton wrote to the Census supervisors a supplementary report on the population of his home, after the arrival of Mr. Thornton junior. That Prof. Robert H. Terrell's superb managerial talent has made the Washington High School, the very best institution of the kind in the District system. That Prof. W. H. Richards has the most varied and valuable collection of literary productions that can be found in the library of any Washington scholar. That Manager Chase of the "Jim Crow" Grand Opera House has more need to change his dastardly principles than to change the name of his theater. That the Negro woman who wishes to peer out of her window all day to learn the business of her across the street neighbor, must take the hand kerchief off of her head. That a good dairy lunch in the heart of the city where colored people can get an appertizing lunch quickly and at a small price would be a paying investment. That the officious gathering of public collections for purposes not desired by the persons whose alleged benefit the fund is subscribed, should be made a misdemeanor, punishab'e by law. That a real Christian minister like John M. Henderson, R. C. Ransom or J. M. Townsend, would be a welcome change in the pulpit of the largest church in Washington. That Dr. Lucy E Moten's retention as principal of the Normal school has endeared the new Board to the heart of every patron of the schools who is ambitious that the culture of his boy or girl shall be under the safest guidance that can be secured. That no matter how deeply covered Paris Commissioner Peck may be with the sin of appointing relatives to places Special Agent T. J Calloway is immune from all charges of kinship to his illustrious chief. That the sweet little woman who can make nice light-bread construct her own dresses, trim her own hats and keep a house as neat as a pin, is crowding her very intellectual sister for first place in the matrimonial procession. 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H BUTLER, PAINTS OILS GLASS, &c., 609 C STREET, N W. Springtime is on, and your hous will need touching up. We have just what you want. W. H. BUFLER, 609 C St., N. W. To Repair Broken Articles use Major's Cement Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT, MAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT. LIQUORS AND SEGARS LIQUORS AND SEGARS FINE WINES. Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth Street, Northwest ILLUSTRATIONS CUIS MADE OF ANY- THING, BY ANY PROCESS. FINE WORK AT LOW PRICES. THE Maurice Joyce Engraving Company. EVENING STAR BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. FRED. H. HABLE. RAILROAD TICKET BROKER. Member of the American Ticket Brokers' Association. Cut rates to all points. Call on us and we will save you from $1 to $5 Office in National Hotel Lobby, Washington, D.C. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of Wayland College. Richmond Theological Seminary. ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St. - Richmond. Va. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS OF GRANITE. New Equipment, Fine Library, Electric Light, Steam Heat. Commanding Location on Border of Richmond. The Strongest Financial Organization the Negro Has Produced in This Country. Read and learn for yourself what it has done and how to become a member. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAIN. Large Faculty of Enthusiastic and Able Professors. Subordinate Fountains are composed of males and females, sound in health and mind, and of good moral character. Lectures by Distinguished Scholars, Educators and Preachers. Conventions.—When joining the Order through Conventions, persons are taken in from 14 to 50 years of age; when joining the Fountain by application persons are taken from 14 to 60 years of age complete. COLLEGE DEPARTMENT, Of High Grade, Modern, Broad, Thorough, with many Electives. Courses leading to Degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Literature. Joining or Benefit Fees.—From 14 to 40 years of age, $4.60; at 56, $5.10; at 55, $5.60; at 60, $6.60. Death Benefits.—$75 and $125. Should death occur within the first year, $78; after the first year, $125 will be paid to the heirs, assigns or legal representatives. Slok Benefits.—From 6 to 9 per month, paid weekly. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, Baptist, Conservative, Scholarly, with many electives; with Hebrew and Greek Courses leading to Degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and English courses leading to Degree of Bachelor of Theology; Ministers' Course for those who with little previous education, desire to fit themselves for the ministry. Monthly Dues are 35 or 50 cent per month. Taxes are 80 cents annually, sold semiannually, January and July. The most monthly dues secure the highest weekly sick benefits. Life Membership—Ten shares of Bank Stock, costing each member $5 a share, said member a life member. After paying dues and owning the stock one year, fruits of the stock will pay the member's dues, and leave a handsome little balance each year. Just calculate—monthly dues, 50 cents per month, and taxes 80 cents per year amount to $6.80, and a dividend on ten shares of stock at 20 per cent on the dollar, or per share, amounts to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues, $6.80, and leave a balance of $3.20. Should the dues be 35 cents per month, and 80 cents taxes per year, the monthly dues and taxes will amount to $5 per year. The dividend of $10 would pay the monthly dues and taxes, and leave a balance of $5. ACADEMY DEPARTMENT, Thorough and attractive, including College Preparatory Course; General Courses adapted to fit young men for useful, wise and noble living; and Normal Course to fit students for teaching. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT, For manual training in wood and iron work and use of tools and machinery. Additional Benefits of Life Membership.—Should adverse circumstances befall a member, said member may take his ten shares of stock and Fountain policy, and secure a loan from $1 to $88, which will enable said member to tide over the misfortune, pay up the loan, redeem his policy and stock, and go on his way rejoicing. Unequalled advantages for pursuing literary along with theological studies. Training in manners, habits and character receive special attention. 2. ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (For the Children.) Entrance examination and classification of new students Tuesday, Oct. 2, 8:45 a.m. Term begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 8:45 a.m. Catalogue and further information on application to THE PRESIDENT. SHEPHERD Rosebud Fountains are composed for children, male and is male, from 8 to 14 years of age. Joining or Benefit Fees, $1.50; paid spot cash or by installments. Richmond, Va. Death Benefits.—$24.50 and $37.00. Should death occur within the first year, $24.50; after the first year $37 will be paid to the parents or guardians. Have You Got a JOB? Sick Benefits.—From $1.50 to $4.00 per month paid weekly, 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 per week, respectively. The highest monthly dues purchase the highest weekly sick benefits. ARE YOU EARNING BIG MONEY? IF NOT, THEN YOU SHOULD WRITE AT ONCE TO- HARTONA REMEDY CO.. Monthly Dues and Taxes. The monthly dues are 10 cents 15 cents, or 25 cents, respectively, just as the Fountain may decide. Taxes, 10 cents annually, paid semiannually, January and July. The child is allowed to purchase five shares of Bank Stock, which makes his policy self-supporting, with a balance each year. 3. THE REGALLA. 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. This Department furnishes all Regalia that is worn by the members of the Order. In style and prices write for price list. We want lady or gentlemen Agents in every town in the United States. You can earn big money if you will work for us even in your spare time. Write to us to-day. This may be the chance of your life. This offer is open to ladies or gentlemen—white or colored. 4 CLASSES. B and H (classes admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and death benefits. B Class Polls are as follows: CLASS B TABLE. A.1 Trade Mark A. M. Wilson's Turkish Drops. Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Pald Quarterly 14 to 25 years..... $2 50 $200 00 $4 75 $1 20 26 to 35 years..... 2 75 200 00 4 75 1 20 35 to 45 years..... 3 00 200 00 5 70 1 40 45 to 50 years..... 3 25 140 00 6 65 1 60 50 to 55 years..... 3 25 115 00 6 65 1 60 55 to 60 years..... 3 50 90 00 7 60 1 90 60 to 65 years..... 4 50 65 00 7 60 1 90 For Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cramps or Pains, Colic and Cholera Morbus Cholera Infantum, Sick Headache, And all Stomach Complaints. Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Paid Quarterly. 14 to 25 years. $5 00 $500 00 $9 50 $2 40 25 to 85 years. 5 25 500 00 9 50 ..... 35 to 45 years. 5 50 500 00 10 40 ..... 45 to 50 years. 5 75 450 00 11 40 2 85 50 to 55 years. 5 75 400 00 11 40 2 85 55 years (Complete). 6 00 850 00 11 00 2 85 Lieut. R. E. Toomey in a well-tempered letter to the New York Age, calls attention to the fact that the defeat of the Payne resolution, the withdrawal of the Quay amendment, both of which were the same in substance, were largely due to the indefatigable, though quiet work of Hon. Judson W. Lyons, national committeeman and register of U.S. Treasury. "In him as the remaining colored member of the National Committee," says Mr. Toomey "we have a man ever on the alert for the good of the raoe and country." Colored Authors' Club Meet. The members of the Colored Authors Literary Club and friends enjoyed a troly ride to Congress Heights and returning and was tendered a grand reception by the ladies of the club at the residence of Mrs. W. Bishop Johnson Mrs. W. Bishop Johnson and Mrs. E. D. Scott chaproned the party. Those present were: Misses Essie Burrill, Rosa and Bertha Stokes, Alice Barlow, Mamie Simmons, Carrie Younger, Julia Collier, Edith Hall, Mattie Johnson, Marion T. Scott, Adele Johnson, Mastera Wm. Odom, Percv Fletcher, Richard Gillem, Bernard Shamuel, George Chase, Samuel Harrison and Bishop Johnson. The ages are reckoned from the last birthday. Remember that the applicant is benefited as soon as his policy is issued. The annual dues of either of the above named Classes may be divided into quarterly payments of three months each, payable the 1st of January, April, July, and October. The balance of annual dues remaining to the credit of each member after paying expenses will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for said member. If dues are paid annually in advance, the member gets 5 per cent drawback in cash, and his full proportion of annual dues. By the latter mode of payment each member is made his own collector, thereby making the membership independent of the agent, and self-supporting, and the member receiving the percentage that would be paid to the agent to collect. You will readily see that the members of either one of these classes are only required to meet once or four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a month. Life benefits.—The members of B Class are allowed to purchase 15 shares of Bank Stock and two shares for each year of their membership. The stock yields a dividend of one cent, or one dollar per share. Should misfortune befall them on their pathway of life, they may take their stock certificates and policies, and secure a loan after a given period of time. Members of Class E can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each year of their membership; likewise, they may take their policies and certificates of Bank Stock, and secure a loan after a given period of time. You will readily see that the member in health, as well as his family in death. Rev. M. M. Ponton, Dean of Morris Brown University, Atlanta, Ga., is in the city for a few days with his charming bride. He will spend his vacation East looking after the interest of his school. Plymouth's Picnic. 15. THE TRUE REFORMERS' BANK. THE HONEY BEES The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. T. R. was chartered March 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commenced business April 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1898, is $8,458,100. The stock of this bank is sold to the membership of the Fountainal, Rose buds, B and E classes, and pays a dividend of 20 per cent on the dollar. Persons can deposit their moneyys on time or demand. The bank pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Moneys on demand are held subject to the orders of the bank. The Plymouth Congregational church will give their great picnic at Lakeview Park, Wednesday, August 1st, 1900 Karl Xander Beginning in the morning the picnic ers of every hour of the day may be accommodated. Every form of innocent amusement has been provided for, and the church hopes to make this—theen first picnic during the present pastor ate—a grand success. Hoffman's Or chestra will furnish the music. Those who have visited this park say it is the best anywhere near the city. Children 15c. Adults 25c. Any Metropolitan car will transfer you to the District line for one fare. And the park is on the hill—a few minutes walk. from 10 cents and upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and drawings. In 1898 this was the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to its depositors during the financial stringency, while the other banks were using scrip. DEALER IN Fine Wines and Liquors Importer, Rectifier and Wholesale Agent for Southern Bouquet Whiskey. 530-32 Seventh Street Northwest Washington, D.C. 6. REAL ESTATE OF THE U. O. T. R. This Department manages and controls the property of the organization. It grew out of the necessity of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the organization, and to furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodges. Buildings now owned, the farms, 3; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of $104,000. Buildings leased, M. 7. THE REFORMER, the Organ of the Order. The Reformer is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is a live race journal, with a circulation of 4,000 it is the medium of the Order, and its columns team with all its doings and achievements dend for sample copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Printing Office, Monmouth, Va., having a First-class job department, and makes a speciality of high-class work. NATIONAL AFRO AMERICAN COUNCIL Third Annual Session to be Held at Indianapolis, Indiana. August 28th, 29th, 30.h. and 31st, 1900.- Program. The National Afro-American Council, at the next annual session, will follow the program here given: THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH. 10▲ M. Opening Exercises. Prayer—Rev. R. C. Ransom, D. D. "Chaplain, Chicago, Ill. Hymn—"America." Roll call—Secretary R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C. Address of Welcome - Governor J. A. Mount, Mayor Thomas Taggart, George L Knox Indianapolis (Ind.) Freeman, A. E Manning, Indianapolis (Ind.) World, W. Allison Sweeney, Indianapolis. Responses—Hon. Geo. H. White, M. C., N. C., C. W. Anderson, N. Y., Counsellor F. L. McGhee, Minn., Col. W. A. Pledger, Ga. TUESDAY. 2 P.M. Address of the President-Bishop Alexander Walters, Jersey City, N. J. Report of Financial Secretary-J. E. Bruce, Albany, N. Y. Report of Finance Committee-Prof, Jesse Lawson, Washington, D. C. Report of Treasurer-J. W. Thompson, Rochester, N. Y. TUESDAY, 7:30 P. M. Topic: "Afro American Citizenship." Addresses—Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Ga, Register of the Treasury, Ex Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback, La, Bishop B. W. Arnett, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Washington' D. O. General discussion. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 10 A. M. Prayer. Reading Minutes. Report of Bureau of Legislation Daniel Murray, Washington, D C. Director Discussion-F. L McGhee, Minn., B E Brown, Mass., Hon. Geo. H. White, N. C. Report of Literary Bureau-Ex Gov. P. B. S Pinchback, La., Director. Discussion-Miss E. C. Carter, New Bedford, Mass., R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C. WEDNESDAY, 2 P. M. Report of Emigration Bureau—Bishop H. M. Turner, Ga., Director. Discussion, Bishop C. R. Harris, N. C., Bishop C. T. Shaffer, Pa., I. F. Bradley, Mo. Report of Business Bureau—Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, Ga., Director. Topics "The Negro as a producer and consumer," A F. Hilyer, Washington, D. C., Prof. W. H. Council, Ala., Prof. J. M. Gregory, M. J. WEDNESDAY. 7:30 P. M. Topic—"Education Under Negro Instructors," Prof. Keiley Miller, Washington, D. C., Dr. Lucy E. Moten, Washington, D. C., Prof. J. W. E. Bowen, A. M., Ga, Prof. S. G. Atkins, A. M., N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 80TH. 10 A.M. Prayer. Reading Minutes. Report of the Bureau of Education Prof. B. A. Johnson, N. C., Director. "The kind of education needed," Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, Washington, D. C., Prof. R. R Wright, A. M., Ga., Prof. H. T. Kealing, A. M., Texas. THURSDAY, 2 P. M. Report of Bureau of Reforms—Rev. A. J. Cary, Director, Chicago, Ill. --- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. "Criminal Statistics," L. M. Hershaw, Washington, D. C., "How may crime be decreased?" Prof. Jas. B. Dudley, N. C., J. C. Napier, Tenn. THURDAY. 7:30 P.M. Topic: "Bvi's of Lynching." Report of Anti-Lynching Bureau Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett, Director, Chicago, Ill. Discussion, T. Thomas Fortune, N. Y., John Mitchell, Jr., Va., Lillian C. Jewett, Mass, Hon. H. P. Cheatham, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31st. 10 A. M. Prayer. Reading Minutes. Topic; "How shall the Afro American National and Local Councils be sustained?" Paper by Mrs. Liillan Thomas Fom, Indiana. Discussion, M. M. Lewey, Fla., J R. Clifford, W. Va., W. Milton Lewis, Ind. "The relations between the races," Prof. Jesse Lawson. "Pulpit and press as the bases of council work." Bishop A. Grant, D. D. Bishop G. W. Clinton, D. D., Rev. H. T. Johnson, Hon. J. C. Dancy, FRIDAY, 2 P. M. "The Negro and the industrial problem." Prof. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Discussion. Election of Officers. Report of Committee on Address. FRIDAY, 7:30 P. M. BANQUET. Special addresses are to be made during the meeting by Senator C. W. Fairbanks of Indiana, Hon. D B. Henderson of Iowa, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ex Governor MacCorkle of West Virginia, Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indiana, and Senator W. E. Mason of Illinois. COMMITTEES that are arranging for the great meeting to be he'd at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 8th to 1st, 1900, are as follows: GENERAL COMMITTEE-Bishop Alexander Walters, Chairman, Jersey City, N J.; F. L. McGhee, Minnesota; G. L. Knox, Gabriel L. Jones, A. E. Manning, W. Allison Sweeney, Mesdames Lillian Thomas Fox and C. A. Webb, R. B Bagby, W. Milton Lewis, Indiana; I. T. Montgomery, Miss.; Dr. Lucy E Moten, District of Columbia; Mrs. J. Silone Yates, Missouri; Mrs. Alice D. Carey, Georgia; Mrs. Lottie Wilson, Jackson, Mich. PROGRAM COMMITTEE—Bishop Alex ander Walters; T. Thomas Fortune, New York; P B.S Pinehback, Louisiana; Judson W Lyons, Georgia; Jesse Lawson, Washington D. C.; Ida Wells Barnett, Illinois; Miss E. C. Carter, Massachusetts. PRESS COMMITTEE-R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C, Chairman; J. E. Bruce, Albany, N. Y; Samuel E. Lacy, Washington, D. C.; Rev. H. T. Johnson, New Jersey; Mrs. N. F. Mossell, Pennsylvania; John Mitchell, Jr., Virginia; Justin DeClelland, Illinois; Mrs. M. W. Steward, Tennessee; E E. Cooper, Washington, D. C; F. L. Me Ghee, Minnesota; C. F. Adams, Illinois; W. Milton Lewis, Indiana·M. M. Lewey, Florida; W. A. Pledger, Georgia; W. H Steward, Kentucky; Rev J. W. Smith, North Carolina; Rev. C. H. Phillips, Tennessee; H. C. Smith, Ohio; C. J Perry, Pennsylvania; Rev H. C. C. Atwood, Pennsylvania; Rev. I. R. Scott, Louisiana. SPECIAL PRESS COMMITTEE. Samuel E. Lacy, Chairman;]R. W. Thompson, W. T. Menard, Alex. L. Manly, Mrs. Julia M. Layton. WHERE TO SPEND A PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEASON OF 1900. STEAMER RIVER QUEEN TO NOTLEY HALL, SUNDAY JULY 1st 1900. RIVER QUEEN Boat leaves N street wharf, Clyde' Line at 2 30, 5 and 6.30 pm. There is nothing more enjoyable than to take a trip on the Steamer River Queen Sunday afternoon, with your family, when all kinds of cold drinks and refreshments can be had at city prices. Music by Monumental Orchestra. Take Capital Traction company's cars, Penn. Ave., 14th and 7th Sts., direct to wharf and save delay at power house and you'll not miss the boat. Fare, 25 cents. For terms of charters for Notley Hall and Lower Cedar Point, address, L. J. WOOLEN, Manager, Steamer River Queen Wharf. Join The Family Picnic OF ST. MARY'S CHAPEL TO LAKEVIEW PARK. Tuesday, July 31, 1900 Day and Evening, 8 am. to 11 pm. Children under 12, accompanied by parents, FREE. Plenty of shade, fine water, swings, summer houses. Grand dance pavilion, house, and seven acres for enjoyment. Hoffman's Orchestra Day and Night. Busses on hand go direct from cars to park. GLYMONT Where we invite all of our friends to ac company us on a Grand Family Excursion, on Next Thursday, August 2, 1900. The Committee (composed of 120 members from the several Lodges) will, as in the past, spare no pains to make the occasion an enjoyable one to all who may favor us with their presence; therefore, we propose that the entire craft assemble at the Boat August 2, 1900, and proceed with the committee and their friends on the morning trip 25 miles down the Potomac to historic Glymont, for the purpose of making this excursion all that can be desired. STEAMER RIVER QUEEN Leaves at 9 a. m. and 5 p. m, returning in time for cars. Music by Hoffman's Orchestra. Refreshments will be serv ed at moderate prices by the Ladies of the several Chapters O. E. S. Tickets—Adults, 35 cents, Children 20 cents. GENERAL COMMITTEE. J. Wm. Mays, Chairman; W. H. J. Malvin, Sec.; Alfred Moten, Treas. CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES FROM THE LODGES. Soc al No 1, W. H. J. Malvin. Eureka No. 5, John P. Turner, Warren No. 8. W. A. Clark. St. John No. 12. C. H. Thompson, Felix No. 8, Paul R. Stewart. Meridian No. 8. H. W. Bog e. Pythagoras No. 9. W. L. Tignor Prince Hall, No 14. F. J. Cardozo. Hiram No 4. Joseph N. Lawson. Widow's Son No 7, S. C. Burnett. John F. Cook. No. 10. W. A. McBeth. Patcher No. 15. J. W. Thompson. To the Press of the country: Brother Editors- Will you be kind enough to give the above program space and earnest editorial mention in your several papers? The National Afro American Council can be made a power for good for all the race if careful and hearty to operation of our best forces can be brought to bear. You can help very materially by keeping the importance of this Indianapolis meeting before the public. In this crisis, the press, the pulpit, and the schoolroom, under 13 Lakeview Park, Md. This is the new Pleasure resort which can be reached by a most delightful car ride. It is the largest Park in the District. Knowing the need of a Pleasure Park for our people, this park has been arranged and fitted up with a large pavilion 40 x 60 feet. Summer houses, swings, croquet grounds, and other facilities. There is plenty of shade and an abundantly supply of elegant water HOW TO GET TO THE PARK. Take the Metropolitan cars; transfer to Washington and Great Falls road; get off at the station at the District Line; take the road leading to the Girls' Reform School. The Park is 200 yards above the School only eight minutes walk from the cars. Gates open at 9 am. close at 11:30 pm. Admission, 25 cen's. Children 15 cents. Music by Hoffman's Orchestra For dates, apply to J. W. Green, manager, 1825 Florida avenue. SPARTA Pool and Bilfiard Rooms, 1206 Pennsylvania Avenue, n. w. This large, spacious and well-situated pleasure establishment has had added to it a new room in the third story for pool and billiards, where those who do not care to play in the larger apartments can have a degree of privacy not to be abtained elsewhere. This new room is handsomely furnished and lighted by electric lights. The atmosphere is cooled by electric fans. You are cordially invited to make inspection of these pool and billiard parlors You will receive a hearty welcome at any time. Ask for SAMUEL A. TYLER. Manager. God's guidance, are our educational and protective trinity, and through their united efforts the requisite wealth and substantial holdings can be gathered that will make the Negro a powerful and influential factor in the American body politic. Speaking by order of the Council and thanking you in advance for any service you may see your way clear to render, I am, Fraternally yours, R. W. THOMPSON, Chairman Press Committee. 14 OUR WOMEN. What of the women of our race? Do they with progress' march keep pace? They bear its interest on their heart, And aid it with consummate art. Some few, high tower o'er the crowd, By earn st work; of these we're proud. Their aims, their efforts, words, and deeds, All tend to show the race its needs. This gracious fact we gladl own, Being aware of what's well known, "No race to any greatness grows. Save as the woman with it goes" When noble women fill their sphere, With cultured mind and thoughtful care, From lowly state seek what is higher, For what is best in life aspire. They fill their men with lofty zeal, As they their sweet influence feel, A race of such women possessed, May deem itself supremely blessed. Of our women, a noble train! Whose life work lightens up the plain, And keep alive, ambitions flame A few may here be called by name. Coppin, Moten, Baldwin, Howard, Teachers all, bid youth "a move forward," While Harper, Terrell, Mossell find Precepts for all the adult mind. There are more names which we might call But space forbids us to name them all. Who well and nobly do their work And racial duty never shirk. When e'er the race discouraged grows, Let it take courage since it knows, Its women all its efforts share, Giving counsel and dispelling fear. O woman! mid our struggling life, Do thou, as mother, maid, or wife, Con inue thy good aid to yield, Thy potent influences to wield! MR. FORTUNE AND THE "POST." The Editor of the New York Age Refuses to Occupy the Platform with the Editor of the Washington Rost-A Quarter of a Century for Repentance. Speaking of the controversy between Editor T. Thomas Fortune and the Washington Post, The Colored American a few weeks ago made the following comment and suggestion: "The Post is an able journal. Mr. Fortune is a capable and useful man. Such potential forces ought to "get together." To this olive branch hint Mr. Fortune replies in the terse and vigorous English characteristic of the man, and those who study the words, both on their face and between the lines will have no difficulty in comprehending Mr. Fortune's meaning or in reaching the conclusion that he is deadly in earnest. Mr. Fortune says: "Get together? Not much! There is no man or combination of men who can construct a platform upon which editors of the Age and the Post could stand two minutes without a hand to hand fight. The two men think from too absolutely irreconcilable points of view. We shall fight it out to the bitter end, and as we have the justice and humanity side of the contention we are dead sure we shall win in the end. Twenty five years hence the editor of the Washington Post will admit that his ideal Negro was a monstrous impossibility in our Republic." Funeral of Rev Dr. Umbles The funeral of Rev. Patrick Henry Umbles, ex assistant pastor of the Third Baptist church, this city, and pastor of the First Baptist church of Poolesville, Md, was held at the Third Baptist church last week at 2:30 p. m. Rev. James H. Lee, B. D., officiated, assisted by Revs. J. Anderson Taylor D. D.; Wm. J. Howard, Wm. J. Robinson, D D.; Wm. Alexander, D. D., of Baltimore and J. G. Sovereign. The remains were laid to rest in Harmony cemetery. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. HE INDICTED JEFFERSON DAVIS. Aged Negro, the Only One of His Race on that Jury. Dead in Newport News Newport, News, Va., Special-Cornelius Harris, the only Negro member of the jury which indicted President Jefferson Davis, of the Confederacy, after the civil war, died here today, age nearly seventy years. He was said to be the only surviving member of that jury. Harris was a strong democrat, and an admirer of Bryan. After the latter's defeat in 1806 he wrote Bryan a letter telling him not to become discouraged: that the battle was only begun. He received in reply a lengthy letter from the Presidential aspirant. After the war Harris settled in Richmond, and later was elected a justice of the peace in Richmond's famous Jackson ward. He remained there until ten years ago, when he came to Newport News. He opened a barber shop here, and as fast as he earned money he put it into property, and at his death he owned considerable real estate here, as well as in Richmond. He was elected a justice of the peace here four years ago. An effort was made to oust him on account of the peculiar manner in which he wrote his warrants, going by his own law instead of that of the state. He won out in court, however, and held his office until defeated in election. He was one of the best known Negro characters in this section of Virginia. St. Augustine's Choir. Mrs. Josephine Esputa Daily, director of St. Augustine's choir has been re-engaged for next season, and the same people will compose the choir. There is vacation during July and August, but first Sunday in September they will sing Lahache's mass, with full orchestra. The orchestra, chorus, and soloists will all be composed of colored people, the orchestra under the direction of Mr. Lewis. Prof. Robert H. Terrell, principal of the Washington High School, has accepted an invitation to deliver an emancipation address August 1, to the people of Geneva, N. Y. On that day thousands of the colored people of the Empire state turn out annually to celebrate the emancipation of the slaves in West Indies. The Genevans may look for a literary and oratorical treat from Prof. Terrell. Mr. Chris J. Perry of the Philadelphia Tribune is said to have the finest collection of diamonds of any editor of the Afro-American press, except Mr. Edward E Cooper of the Washington Colored American. We would like to know if these proprietors take diamonds in payment of ads and subs. New York Age. The Nation's Conservative Factor The Negro is the most reliable laborer this nation has ever had. He is a hard worker; he seldom ever strikes and if he does, he never uses violence to compel his employer to come to terms-The Reformer, Richmond, Va. Col. W. A. Pledger counted about 150 colored delegates at the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia and says there was not a committee on which the black man did not appear. Telephone. 797 THE RAY MEDICAL INSTITUTE X Ray in use for examination and diagnosis. German specialist: treat all chronic diseases of man and woman; catarrh, rheumatism, busin, stomach, heart, kidney, bladder, hemorrhoids (piles) cured; vitality restored RUPTURE CURED. Latest electric discovery; no knife, no injection; no pain. Trusses on trial Private diseases, stricture, impotency, varicocele, hydroccele, eyphilitic skin and blood poison cured without mercury. Especial attention given to old and so-called incurable cases treated and cure accomplished. Hours 10 to 12.2 to 6 Tuesdays and Saturdays till 8 evening. DR. CZARRA. 316 6th street and 494 Louisiana avenue, northwest HISTORY of the COLORED SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMREICAN W R By EDWARD A. JOHNSON, Author of the Famous "School CONTAINS—Pen pictures of the Darling Juan, El Caney, and around Santiago.—Coronan which knocked over the block Berry, the colored soldier who was first to The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles of Negro Soldiers—General Morgan advocated Gomez, Miss Ciseros, and the Cuban World Army—The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Foultwitter the diplacy of the Spanish M. Uncle Sam's money—The colored Register money to make it good. Every Page Brimful of New and In to e and line engravings of soldier, officer, War, with A FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALINA, and a brief sketch of the Philipinos. Handsome Picture of General Newmand of all the American Army, who sailed Santiago was "without a parallel in the h Little" Mailed Free. of the Daring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Mitticago.—Corporal Brown killed at his post while firing a the block house and saved the Rough Riders—Sergeant was first to raise the American flag on San J ar Hill- ey. Miles Roosevelt and many others on the bravery gan advocate Negro officers.—Antonio and Jose Macio, Nuclear Women Cavailor.—The Negro Peymasters in the Lawrence Number—"Eddie" Savoy, the colored man who Spanish Minister at Washington—The Negro who seals and Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle San's New and Interesting Reading, with about fifty half- teller, officers and scenes of the late Spanish-American MAGUINALDO, his headquarters a Filipino lady of Ma- Philippinos and their civilization. General Nelson A. Miles, the Major General in com- many, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around hel in the history of the world." All for $1, "Much in Author of the Famous "School History of the Negro Race." CONTAINS—Pen pictures of the Daring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Caney, and around Santiago. Corporal Brown killed at his post while entering a cannon which knocked over the block house and saved the Rough Riders—Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier who was first to raise the American flag on San Jar Hilo. The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles. Roosevelt and many others on the bravery of Negro Soldiers—General Morgan advocates Negro officers. Antonio and Jose Macio, Gomez. Miss Ciseros, and the Collar Women Cavay. The Negro Paymasters in the Army. The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Jumbrer—"Eddie" Savoy, the colored man who outwitted the diplonacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington. The Negro who reads Uncle Sam's money. The colored Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle San's money to make it good. Every Page Brimful of New and Interesting Reading, with about fifty half to e and line engravings of soldier, officers and scenes of the late Spanish-American War, with A FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALDO, his headquarters, a Filipino lady of Manila, and a brief sketch of the Philippinos and their civilization. Handsome Picture of General Nelson A. Miles, the Major General in command of all the American Army, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around Santiago was "without a parallel in the history of the world." All for $1, "Much in Little." Mailed Free. AGENTS WANTED. Big percentage. Send for copy E. A. JO Corner West and Lenoir Streets, for copy of book and Agents' terms. Address A. JOHNSON seets, Raleigh, North Carolina. James F. Keenan Reciifier and Wholesale Liquor dealer. — ALSO — Big percentage. Send for copy of book and Agents' terms. Address E. A. JOHNSON Corner West and Lenoir Streets. Raleigh North Carolina. FREE SCOTT'S MAGIC HAIR STRAIGHTENER AND GROWER. Is the recipe of a Celebrated Chemist, and is guaranteed to be absolutely safe and harmless. It is the most wonderful preparation in the world to make kinky, knotty, stubborn, harsh, short and thin hair, long, thick, beautiful, straight, soft, glossy and pliable. It stops hair from falling out, promotes a rapid growth, restores natural color, and gives health to the hair and scalp, by positively curing dandruff and all scalp diseases. This marvelous remedy grows hair on bald heads and thin places. Please try it, and also read some of the testimonials from thousands of persons who are now using it. Price 30 and 55 cents, by mail. Little Hero Pills, 10 and 25 cents. Scott's Face Bleach and Beautifier, 30 cents. Scott's Mustache Forcer, 25 cents. Scott's Catarach Cure, (Liquid) 25 cts. Scott's Nasal Cream, (for Catarach) 25 cts. Dr. Marian's Female Tabloids (for Female troubles) 25 cts. Scott's Wonderful Pile Cure, 25 cts. NOTICE! With each order of one or more of any of our remedies, we will send you a free treatment of the Celebrated Little Hero Pills, (for all forms of Kidney, Liver, Stomach and Urinary Diseases), Drug stores or sent by MAIL on receipt of price. Stamp out. Agents wanted. can make $75 to $150 per month. Write to-day for instructions, Enclose stamps for reply. P. O. BOX 570. The Colored American is on sale at J Bishop Johnson's, 1201 R str n. w.; The Koonce Cafe, 1606 M str.; Bellers. 16th and M streets; Davis 11th and U streets; Wagner's 14h Pierce Place; Chapman's, 14 h and P; The M Kinley House, 489 Missouri avenue; Hyman's 1618 7th str.; Walker and Newman's, 3rd and D streets s. w., and at Marcoe's 421 12th street n. w. --- ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Importer of Fire Wines, Brendies Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Miss Maggie E. Wilson - - FORMERLY VOCAL SOLOIST with Loudin's Fisk Jubilee Singers, is now prepared to give Vocal and Instrumental instruction either privately or in class. 1820 20th street, northwest. Terms reasonable. Pupils can enter at any time. Prominent Colored Men Agents wanted to sell "One Hundred Distinguished Leader," a beautiful book containing one hundred portraits and sketches of the leading colored men in the United States. Price 25 cents per copy. Send stamps or post office money order to STUDIO Charles Alexander, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. ———— << — 1} as EDUCATIONAL. ah hoe ices we Green: ae a FA fee Oy ee Fey y, as 20 : Ai ie) 4 en aie heer) fe eee ONT Ut Wee Ph sneeey Gantcire Teena BEET, peer og te eh ee ae te cena ad i alain aia an ge HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D. C. Ts distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors ard instructors—Theo- logical, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogica', Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and. Musical. Forinformation address— , Rev, J, E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President, Geo, H, SAFFORD, Secretary, <a) Sees Ss : : tate Industrial Coll Gergia State Industrial College, Open to Both Sexes. jee eet ee The tall term beginning Oetober srd_ 1960, the Georgia State Industrial College wiil receive both young men and you.g we- men as boarders. The entire ¢xpenses for board, wéshing, fuel and Nights will be o ly $5.L0 per month. The locaticn and surroundings are healthful and elevating. A fir: t-elass opportunity for voung men and women to obtain a gocd literary and industrialeducation. The trades of Black. smithing, Wheelwrigbiing, Carpentry. Painting, Brickiaying and Shoemektr g. will be taught the boys and the arts of Sewing and Cogking will be taught the girls. Boarding space is limited and those who wish to come must apply early. Respectiully, RK. KR. WRIGHT, Pres’t. College, Ga 7 Avery College Grades Schools _c/.[7 A Practiosl, Literary and Industria! Trade School tor Coicred Boys ard Girls, Caryeu- try. Bricklaying, Plastering. Painting and interior Decorations. Tailoring, Dress. making, Millinery. Voice Culture and Piano Forte. Literary Depart ent fr m Primary to Normal Course Job Work Solicited and Profits given to the Students, C: talogues row ready. Acdress, Joserpu D, MAHONEY, Principal. Allegheny, Pa. Howard University, Wasuineton, D. C, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, bec apaharian aisnt on acacsces Medical, Dental ana z Pharmacentic Colleges Thirty-third Session (j9X0 1901) will begin October Ist, 190 and continue seven (7) months. ‘furtion fee in Medical and vental Colleges, each £80, Pbarmaceutic College, $70. All students must register before October 12, 1900. For catalogue or further information ap- ply to— F. J. SHADD, M, D.,, Secretary, #1 R St, N.W., Washington D.C. A RARE OPPORTUNITY For Young Men Desiring to.Enter the Ministry. The Phelps’s Hall Bible Training School. conductea in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industriat Institute offera ex. ceptior al opportunities for young men who wish to’ prepare for the Chrf-ttan ministry A special buileing known as the Phelp’s Hall Bible Traini: g School. is set apart Jor this department ofthe work. It contains a chap s lib ary, reading roo™, office, three recta’ Uon rooms and forty sleeping rooms. The teaching is wholly undenomi: ational, the purpose being to help all deuominations and bot to antagonize eny. The ‘cost of bosrd is SS per month and studentsare given a chance to work ont a portion of th's, leaving, as @ rale, but flye or ix dollars 10 pay in cash. A few who have no money are given an opportunity te work out all of their exrenses. lack of means need debar nore. The teach’ ing in this depa tment is free. The neat School term begins September ll. Further information may be had by addressing Book: er T. Washington, Tuskegee Normal and iudustria! Insptute, Tuskegee, Alabama, WE'LL DO TsiE REST. If you are sick, If you are going to have a tour, If you have a fiiexd coming to town, if you are going to givea reception. It you did give a recep'ion lately. If you have lost a member of your family, If your church is going to give a concert or 80} per, Ifyou have any good, clean news, whatever, send it by card or otherwise to The Colored American cffice, and we wi.l cheerfu ly give itspace. Office 459 C stweet northwest. Organize a loca} business league Mrs. Joseph Haines 1s spending the heated term at Saratoga, Rev W. Bsh>p Johnson is seeking health at Hoi Springs, Ark. The office of the Recorder of Deeds has been enlarged and renovated. Mr. Lewis Munrce bas been desig nat- ed as messenger to the Buard of Hauca- tion, Riv. 8 E. Lickson is the newly ap- poiuted pastor of Galbraith A. M. E Zion church, Prof Booker T. Washington stopped over in the city last Thursday and con ferred with local leadera. Mies Lula A. Homer has purchase the handsome house at the corver o: Fourth and Spruce Streets, Le Drvit Park. StUss Mamie Curtis is now pleasantly domicil-d with Mr. aod Mis. R. E. 8 Toomey, 335 Spruce Street, Le Droi Park. Mis. Mary Church Terrell bas return ed feam Lew rostrum triumpbs it South Dakota, [ilincis, ard cther poin West. Prof. Jobn T. Layton, ths eminen basso and chorister of Metropolitan A M. E. Charcb, is in Florida on a busi ness mission, Prf. i. B. Moore, of Howard Uai vereily delivered a most impressive ad dress at the Normal! Teachers’ Institut: at Winston. Salem, 8. G. For the best and largest glass of io cream Soda for 5 cents, drop in thes warm evenings at Cardozo’s Dru; Store, at 12.h and R siree’s. —tf, More of our people should place thei names upon the rolls of the Distric Afro-Amerivan Couacil, Attend th next sseeting, Monday evening, Aug ust 6.h, at 609 F sireet, norihwest. Mra. M. E. Cheeks, the w:fe ot the late Dr. E, M. Cheeks, editor of the Southera Christian Recorder, is mak- ing Washington, D. C., her home. Hei address is 1824 K 8t , Novthwest. Rev. Geo, W. Lee, pastor of Vermont Avenue Baptist church, went to Nor fulk, Va.,\to take part in the Centen- nial exercises of the First Baptist charch of that city Dr. Lee preached the Centennial sermon. Mrs. Eliza J. Gibb?, mother of the late Mra. R. W. Thom son, will leave early next week for her old home in Indtavapolis, Ind., where she goes fo1 permanent residence. She will be ac companied by her little gvand daughte1 Mies Vivian Lucile Tnompson, The orchestra and Chorus én St. Aug. nstine’s Church on the firet Sunday ir September will be directed by Mrs. J Bsputs Daly. Mr. Bernadive Smitb the librarian of the choir, and an excel lent violinist, will sclect the orchestrs and direct rehearsals through the sum- $1.0cG REWARD. ere No) Sl Nee AN 4 MSY is ws WAY ZF No Gives the names of dead and living frinds tells who and when you will marry also of business journeys lawsuits, absent friends health or Snyening, you wish to know, no matter what it 1s. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you, Can make them rap all around the room. He aks pe quesiions don’t ask youto write names = ¢ him. Don’t try to pump you inany wa’ | out tells you right off. tie is thoroughly inuorsed by leading sp:ritualists areas. received from them # gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers, credentiais no one else car show can give the usands otf references to both ¥ bite aed colored patrons ‘Twenty-five years’ practice—seven in trook- lyn—will show you that he can ao all he of. Can teli what business is best tor you and where, how to win speedy marriage with the one you love. How to be successful in al! your doings in rhort what is best to do. He will succeed when ail others faii, Positive satistac tion or no pay. Call and see, You will find it luck to consult this ¢ bristian gentleman. He hasa medicine that will cure dranken ness; can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through hip are now RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL with al! their undertakings,while those W © neglect his advice are stil! laboring again poverty. Through his perfect know'edge chemistry he can impart to you a secret tha will overcome yuur enemies and win you friends. Hisaid and advice has often been solicited; the result has always bee: the se- curing of speedy and happy marriages and ail your wishes, In love affairs he never tails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite rex. it isthe curse of Spiritualism ti in all large cities there are a class of men ~.id wo- men who claim powers they do Lot possess. They have peither gifts, credentials, nor ref erences. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their time and n Ohey awas onsuch. Dr. Shea refers tc the Hon. Charlee Miler, capitalist, 248i At. Jantice avenue; the Hon. William benmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland avenue, and Mr. Arthur Sewell, ship buiider Scuth Brooklyn. All have kcown him tor the past ten years. He gives a tree tes’ of his power toall. The doetor has practiced five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Memppis and Louisville, understands thoroughly tne diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He has now and always had large patronage from them PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Broklyn. August, 15, 1801—This letter is to certify that 1 came to New York trom Alba ny. 1 was a stranger in a strange city , out o! work and outof money. I had no iuck in Ss { undertook. What to do 1| did not know. A friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea, Idid. Heteld me the cause ot my troubles; he took me in and treated me asa brother. Through him I gota gooa position that very week. I had been to otb- ers, they took my money and did me no ~~ I biess the day I| first met Dr, shea would advise allin bad luck, sick or in trouble to go hiv at once, Sincerely, Albert Ayers, 2987 Atlantic Avenue. HARRIS’ NEW BLOOD TONIC Have you heard ¥ hat this Great nd Won: derfui Medicine willdo? Have you tried a bottle? H-ve you seen some ot the m rvel- ous cures effected by 116 use? It should be in every household. We gu: rantee the I” gredi- ents are pure. the compound is pe fect, the taste is pleasant and the cure 1s permanent You may have tried different remedies. buat this is superior tu many of the so called pat ent remedies. This ae contains the most valua ble Blood Purifiers known to medical science and its use will convince vou that it has no equal for Impure Blood, Rheumatism, Liver and Kidney Complaints Boils pimples ring worms, tetters and humors of serofulous div seases It makes pure hesithy blood regu: Jates the heart, c uses the blood to circulate treely avd at normal temperature. It re, moves the causer producing itching, ner: Yourness, billousness, indigestiog, constipa: tion, Exhaustion ar d that tired f ng. Es: pecially adapted to the restoration of Torpio Liver, xives t pe to the ttomach invigorates the kidneys, cures conttipation, produces # healthy appetite, s-und digestion. regu'ar stools, Clear skin and a vigorous body. Re. vives vitality inthe weak, de-pondent and overtasked females, strengtbens the sexual organs and restores new life. Strictly pure end highly concentrated. Small doses and ie cures, Price 50 Cents. Prepared only by ARRIS’ CHEMICAL COMPANY, Cor. 3d and F Sts., sw., Wash., D.C Agents wanted. Write for terma, DOCTOR SHEA'S Brooklyn, August 15, 1891—Tris letter is to certify iat my husband bad gone away and had been absent two years 1 mourned tor him night and day. [gave him up as deaa, Hearing of the wonderfa! things Dr. Shea was doing | resolved lo consuit him. He told me that my busband was alive and Well and where he was; told me he would come home and when. Jo my joy #11 of it came true, He is home now, came back like one from the dead. | also Wish to say that this month I lost $250. 1 am a poor Woman ane I was almost insave. 1 went to br. Shea and he told me | would hnd my money and to se intense) oy | find it ashe told me. | than God there is a man so gif.ed in our midst, that can help people: ud tell them what io do, Mrs. Mary Miller, South Fiarpee, Nd A SENSALION {N BROOKLYN—MINISYER'S STATEMENT 1 wish to state that one of my parishioners was sick and in trouble for a io:g Ume, Mrs. | Brows, 37 Gey street. No one seemed to un- derstand her case, She had several doctors bul none of Leia seemed Lo Know What was ihe matter, None con:d du her any ,00d. It was my duty as her pastor to cail and see her. Hearing of une wondertul work being done by Dr. Shea the last tew years, | Laought i would cail and see bin myséif. 1 ound alm a sympathetic genlieman, He gave we a vonderfui Lest of Lis powers, told me to send nim a lock o. patient's harrgvhich 1 did by her daughter. He told at once What was Lhe matter, and ib a suort Lime cured her round and wel. ler family had seemingly been under a cluud. Now ail is changea, All are Well #nd prosperous, 1 can truiy and heartily recommend or. Sbea, to ail those In sickness or distress of any Kind. Rey, Wiliam John- son, }ustor Lebanon churen, Brooklyn. Dr. Shea cau show thousands such as the above, iuas been carefully educated in the domeopa thie and Electric Schovls of Medicine. Hi success iS Wonderful in curing paralysis bbeumatism Asikma, Sore Eyes, Lumors, Cancers, Constipation, Ague, Oyspepsia, Tape Worms, Liver Cou pisinis, Deathess, Catarrh, Dropsy, Pies, Nervous Debulity; Heart siseasés, Consumption, biseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease, and Strange mysterious diseases Which oth- ers don’t understand, All diseases, no matter what they be. Nothing but honorable treat- ment, He can and will honestly teil you if you can be cured. Has ail new remedies and hew success. Has an ample experience in ublic hospital and private clinics, No trie Bing with buman life, Callatonce. Do not delay. Dipiomas hang in pariors. Is a reg- istered physiciun. A ‘new remedy fo rheu mutism just discovered, not alin ment. Hopeless Cases and those (uat oibers can not cure solicited to call, fat iolks thin, the childless made parents. All letters must contain $L.0t, bWO Stamps, age, lock of hair, Charges for ledica! treatment only. Closed Sundays, Zlention this paper, 651 ¥uiton Street, Brooklyn, N, Y. at J 50 YEARS’ nee, EXPERIENCE Z ag aS 7 pce a . te: ender Mage Gl Trace Marks PP ee Cesicns ¥ CopyYRIGHTs &c. Anvone sending a sketeh and fexeription may aaickiv ascertain oue opinion free whether a& invention 1s probably patentable, Communien. tions -trictly contidentia. Handbook on Patents sent trea, Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken throogh Munn & Co. receiv special notice, without charge, in the ye ific H < Scientific Fimerican, A nan isomely ilinstrated weekly. Largest cir. enlation of any seientiie journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealera, TRE, A MINN 2 €p.3612rcadway, Naw York Geanch Ofee. 625 F St. Washington. L.C MRS. DR. RENNER SPECIALIST on obstetrics; 201d medal awarded. tor the science of obstetrics from the University of Muni ch, Bavaria: trepts sveces sfv)ly 6 Cm ¢DB complaints and irregularities; private sanita. rium for ladies before and during confine- ment, Office hourstrom $8 to 9 pm — 619 Mean, Arenue, Wathington, D.C DR SHEA excited the cupidity of the unprincipled, who, to get your money, are putting on the market vile nostrums, injurious to the hair and skin, and dangerous to health and life. Be warned; don't send your money to get only in return a mass of lard and tallow and animal fats, that injure your hair and cause it to fall out, destroy its growth, and cause you to become bald. Deal with a legitimate firm, who will treat you fairly and give you value for your money. We do solemnly swear that our remedies are true to all we claim for them; that they do not contain any animal fat or injurious drugs, and we will return the money for every case of dissatisfaction. We refer to Metropolitan Bank, Richmond, Va., or to the editor of this paper. The word OZONO and the cuts shown in this advertisement are registered as our trade-mark in U. S. Patent Office. Any infringement will be promptly prosecuted. OZONO positively straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky, Stubborn, Harsh, Refractory Hair. No injurious hot irons are necessary to produce this effect. OZONO does the work alone, and the use does not have to be kept up after the hair becomes straight, and washing the hair hastens the treatment, doing it good in every way. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, and all itching, running, scaly, humiliating Scalp Diseases; causes the hair to grow long and straight, soft, fine, and beautiful as an April morning. Price, 50c. a box; 4 boxes does the work. OZONO cannot fail. Read our grand offer: Cut out this advertisement and send to us with $1.00, and we will send you immediately four skin several shades; also one bottle of SKIN FOOD, which removes Wrinkles, Freckles, Moth Patches, Tan, Liver Spots, Small-Pox Pits, Birthmarks, &c. It makes the aged look young, and the young look younger. We will also, to show our liberality, include a package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body—such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; cures Sore Throat and Mouth, Womb Diseases, Sore and Frosted Feet, &c This grand combination, worth $3.50, we will send you on receipt of One Dollar, to introduce honest goods. Parties sending us $3.00 will receive four lots. Register your letters. AGENTS WANTED. BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, BE WARNED. By honest methods and is to-day the only gen. City Paragraphs. City Paragraphs. Do you enjoy a quiet game of pool? Lieut R. E. Toomey wants to take a hand in the Chinese embroglio. Mrs. Barbara Cole and daughter are in Philadelphia. Philip B. Barbour is now conducting the Douglass Hotel Cafe. with congenial friends or acquaintances? The teachers are now officially happy. The appointments have actually appeared in print. in a nice, clean, comfortable, and electric fan-cooled pool parlor? Mrs. J W. Lyons and children are spending the hot season at Sea Isle, N. J. Register Lyons joined his family Saturday and Sunday of last week. in private and away from "the mad ding crowd?" Dr. Daniel H. Williams, lste Surgeon in Chief of Friedmen's Hospital, is in the city for a few days. He was called to he bedside of his sick mother. Her death occurred Tuesday. Mrs A. J. Manning of Estreet southwest, is estivating at Silcott Springs, Va. and enjoying the pleasures of a country vacation. Dr. C. T. Branch, a graduate of the Medical Department of Howard University, class of 1900, has passed the States Board of New Jersey. Then stop in at the Sparta Pool and Billiard Rooms, 1206 Penn. Ave., N. W and ask for Manager Sam Tyler. Alfred J. Neverson who was engaged in teaching near Cabin John, in Montgomery county, Md., for the last three years died at his temporary home in Georgetown, this city, last week. Mr. Neverson lived at Crab Orchard for a number of years and was an active leader among the colored people. He was active in politics. He was a member of the Lincoln Republican National League. Why not bring your prescriptions to us to be filled. We fill them properly, combine pure drugs experience and reasonable prices. Try us next time. Cardozo's Pharmacy, 12th and R streets, nw. Telephone service. 16 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. Mr. William F. Evans will spend Sunday at Franconia, the guest of Mr and Mrs James A. Walker. Mrs. Warren Brooks and daughter, Evelyn, are visiting her father-in-law, Rev. Walter H. Brooke, on Corcoran street. Mr. L. M. Ferriby, of Augusta, Ga., is in the city the guest of Mr. E. C. Allen. His wife accompanies him and he begins work as clerk at the Census Office Monday, July 80.h. Mrs. W. Henry Thomas, former'y known as Adele Glascoe Brown, was called here very suddenly on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. Chaney Bown. As she has recovered Mrs Thomas will return to her home in Newark, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. M. Grant Lucas who are spending their summer at Forestville, Md, were blessed Tuesday, July 24 h, with a fine bouncing boy. Dr. J. W. Waring, the attending physician, pronounces mother and child doing well. Rev. W. A. M. Cypress has been appointed to Carlisle, Pa. Rev. Cypress filled the pu'pit of John Wesley Zion church here five years. He was very popular and made an efficient pastor. He drew large audiences by his brilliant and eloquent sermons. His old congregation wanted him returned. The Woman's League is preparing for a vigorous fall campaign, and give evidence of a determination to make the coming year the very best the organization has ever had. Mesdames Helen A. Cook, Ida D. Bailey, Jennie Conner, Annie J. Murray, Misses Mo ten, Williams, Brooks, and others are giving much of their time toward plans for financial benefit and to suit up popular interest in the Day Nursery project. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Stewart M. Lewis, heretofore connected with The Colored American as collector and advertisement solicitor, is no longer with the paper. The public is warned against paying him any money on behalf of the paper. EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager. fair dealings, together with the fact that OZONO uine Hair Grower and Hair Straightener in existrace, we have met with grand success, which has your money, are putting on the market vile nostrums. LOSE AT 5 P.M. SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M. SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M. WE CLOSE AT 5 P. M. SATURDAYS AT 1 P. M. OUT THEY GO! 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