The Colored American

Library of Congress The COLORED AMERICAN NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER OL.1X, NO.32. MAN-ON-THE-CORNER MAN-ON-THE-CORNER DISCUSSES THE WASHINGTON THEATERS. Silly Discrim nation Against Reputable Colored People Exposed and Denounced Civil Rights Lawa Dead Letter in The Nation's Capital-Politicians Who Sell Out-A Reaume of Follies as They Fly. If Polonious should meet "The Man on the Corner" just after the later had left a Washington theater he might shake his hoary head omniously and whisper: "Still harping on my daughter." Yes, it is the same old thing, an inexhaustible subject, a deep-dyed outage, this detestable race prejudice in the theaters of the nation's capital. It is a thread-bare excuse that the town is overrun with "bad niggers." There are bad Negroes here, and there are bad white people. The sins of a bunch of rascally white men are not visited upon the entire race, no white man is "turned down" at a theater, restaurant or other public place because of what is done by Caucausian toughs at Chesapeake Junction or Swampoodle. By the same token, why should a refined, educated and tastefully attired colored couple be denied admission to the Lafayette Square opera house or Chase's "polite vaudeville" theaters because of the uncouth and noisy rabble reputed to hold high carnival in South Washington? Why not insist that "every tub shall stand upon its own bottom." That every person, white or black, shall stand upon his or her individual merit? Surely, a ticket seller can trust to his judgment to decide whether an applicant for admission is desirable or otherwise, apart from any consideration of color. The situation just now is something "fierce." The patronage of the Negro is not wanted at any house of amusement in Washington, save in the gallery, where ladies do not care to go, unless the occasion be an extraordinary one. Remaining away protects our feelings, but does not alter conditions. Besides, we want to witness the plays that have made big successes elsewhere and enjoy the finished work of the stellar actors, and we want to be welcomed as other well-behaved people are. We do not mind mixing up with white folks—if they are nice. At the Columbia and the National we are tolerated, but our reception is not cordial. At the Academy, where lurid melodramas holds sway, and the crowds of both races are "bum," the treatment accorded the Negro is vile. After a few seats in the balcony are sold, the remaining Negroes are forced into the "peanut gallery," and at most performances this portion of the house is almost exclusively col- WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 29. 1902. Former Minister to Haiti-Statesman, Scholar and Linguist Recently Delegated as Associate Attorney for the Spanish Claims Commission. ored. Chase's theater does not invite negro patronage to all, but provision is made for a few who venture there in the back row of a corner of the upper gallery, so far from the stage that full-sized artists look like Lilliputians. Although there may be but a fringe of boys and shop-keepers around the front tiers of this gallery, who have gotten in on passes earned by displaying lithographs in windows, the Negro must sit in the rear corner with a yawning chasm of dark and vacant seats between them and the sparse audience at the railing. Last week colored people who were anxious to see Cole and Johnson, foremost performers of our own race, were grossly insulted at Chase's, being shown no consideration whatever by the management or the bullies who pass as special policemen. These burly fellows will throw a Negro out in a minute if he shows any inclination to resent the unlawful degradation practiced there, and place against him a charge of "disorderly conduct." To avoid possible trouble and a repetition of the trying scenes occurring when Williams and Walker played at this house, Manager Chase made every effort to conceal the fact that Cole and Johnson were negroes, hoping thereby not no large number of colored people would be attracted, to the discomfort of his white customers. Yes, the Negro who "buts into" a Washington theater is pretty sure to have his feelings hurt, as the habit of weavin insultors has not yet become fashionable. What is to be done about it? I do not know. The conviction of managers for violating the civil rights law is impassible and a civil suit for damages is unprofitable. Can the Negro build a theater of his own? Yes, he can, but he won't. Our people here prefer to accept all sorts of humiliations and snubs from white people to putting their heads and means together to supply their own pleasure resorts for the summer and theatrical amusements during the winter. The city is honey-combed with the "good nigger" element, who bow down and worship any specimen of human being that wears a white skin, and condemns the more manly ones among us who insist upon the full panoply of citizenship. We can do better, but I fear we shall wait a great many more years before we acquire the white man's pioneer spirit and his disposition to conquer all that bars his way to that which he desires. It is a fair question, where in th of our would we find a 90,000 white people w Continued on four PRICE, FIVE CENTS EDITOR FORTUNE FETED EDITOR FORTUNE FETED DINNER TO THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMISSIONER. Conditions in our Insular Possessions Will be Ably Investigated and Reported by The Fittest Afro-American-The Race's Unwaveing Guide, Philosopher and Friend Appropriately Lauded at Gray and Cosley's Cafe. Hon. T. Thomas Fortune, the brilliant editor of the New York Age, who has just been accorded honorable recognition at the hands of the administration, was the guest of honor at an elegant dinner given on Friday evening of last week at Gray and Costley's Palace cafe. Covers were laid for twelve, and the menu was gotten up in accord with the highest metropolitan standard, which is characteristics of all things done by the enterprising men who conduct this business. The bill of fare included everything in season, with especial selects on half shell and canvas-back duck as chef-d'ouure, and was a gastromic triumph that has not been excelled for perfection of detail in this city. After coffee the speech-making be began with Judge Robert H. Terrell as toast master. He described the appointment of Mr. Fortune as a special commissioner to investigate conditions in our insular possessions as one of peculiar fitness, as Mr. Fortune is a student of governmental systems, is well informed on all matters of history, is a keen observer, and a patriotic American. His conclusion, therefore, will be of vast benefit to this government and the designation of Mr. Fortune is alike a high compliment to him and the entire race. The recognition is richly deserved, and while somewhat tardy, is none the less welcome. Judge Terrell then introduced in turn each gentleman presnt, all of whom congratulated Mr. Fortune on the rare honor which had come to him and bespoke for him great success in his new field. His career as a journalist and man of affairs was lauded in elaborate fashion, his unwavering fidelity to the interests of the race being especially extoled. The gentlemen who spoke were: Ex-gov. P. B. S. Pinchback, Register J. W. Lyons, exCongressman George H. White, Assistant Register Cyrus Field Adams, Judge E. M. Hewlett, Messrs. Whitfield McKinlev, D. B. McCary, R. W. Thompson, Roscoe C. Simmons, and W. T. Menard. Continued on fourth page. E. L Jordan 515 9th street retails the highest grades of be liquors. His place is the on the famous Brart $100 de- main. Court- ate prices. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 10 His Future Eloquently Discussed by Rev Charles S Morris Hartford Happenings Hartford, Conn.—(Special.)—The twenty-ninth annual session of the Baptist Congress (white) was held last week with the old First Church, Boston, Mass., and amongst the many important subjects that were discussed was "The Future of the Educated Negro." Those who took part were: Rev. R. H. Pitt, D. D., Rev. G. R. Honey, D. D., of Richmond, Va.; Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Boston, Mass., and Rev. Charles S. Morris, D. D., of New York City. Dr. Pitts' argument was of a M. REV.C. S MORRIS. mild sort, while Prof. Hovey's was of the milk and water tone, but the height of southern hatred and ignorance was reached when the narrow little pessimist took the rostrum in the person of Dr. Dixon. He drew a dark veil between the white and black people, and said that the negro can never acquire the culture and refinement of the whites, he said further that social equality was out of the question and that he would never consent for his girl to marry a negro, etc. But the capstone of logic, eloquence, philosophy, oratory and common sense was put on when Dr. C. S. Morris, of New York, was called on to respond. Dr. Morris, for an hour, discussed in matchless eloquence, and to the highest satisfaction of not only the few colored persons present, but to the delight of the great mass of humanity that have crowded the Old First Church. Wnen the time came for Dr. Morris to conclude and the bell tapped, the audience demanded a continuation of the speech, the chair insisted that the time was up, but cries were heard all over the house: "We don't care about the time, we want to heard Dr. Morris." The speaker then let filmself out, and simply brought the house down and the applauses were deafening. When he had finished the verdict was that it was the best speech ever heard on the subject We were the guest of Rev. J. H. Carter, D. D., while in Boston. Dr. Carter built a fine church in Cambridge and also bought and remodeled the great Ebenezer church in Boston. He has received a very urgent call to Nova Scotia, but there is a bitter protest against the Doctor's leaving the state. He is too valuable a man to us. We want him here. The Sunday school convention that met in the St. Paul's church, was a grand success and showed much brain and talent. Mrs. Richard Harden, of this city, departed this life Saturday evening. Union thanksgiving services were held from the A. M. E. church. The brotherhood met in the Union Baptist Church. Mr. Gordon has joined the choir of the Shiloh Baptist Church. IN SOUTHERN INDIANA New Albany Ind.—(Special.)—Mr. Joseph Douglass of Washington D. C. will appear under the auspices of the Scribner High school November 25. Every one in the city will be on hand to hear and see this great artist, both on account of his own ability and because of their appreciation of his illustrous grandfather, Frederick Douglass. The local organization of the National Federation of Civic Rights, recently organized here, is flourishing, and so much interest is being manifested that instead of monthly meetings, it is meeting weekly. At their next meeting its members purpose organizing a loan and building association. Never was any organization effected among our people that promises so much practical results. Rev. Lipton, the national organizer, is doing a grand work. New Albany, Ind., (Special.)—Under the name of the Louisville National Medical College, Medical Department of the State university, these two schools united October 28, 1902 which will give one strong medical college in Louisville second to none in equipment or strength of its faculty which now numbers thirty. At another time fuller particulars will be given of this union. Mr. John Thomas a Negro has charge of the electric plant in this city. Back of it is a million dollars. It is safe to say that in no other city is a Negro holding a position which involves a greater responsibility. OIL LANDS IN OHIO. Three colored men, Ralph W. Tyler, Wilbur Jones and George A. Weaver, have acquired a tract of land in Ohio, embracing seventy-five acres, pronounced by experts to be the finest oil-producing territory in the state. The deal promises to be the most gigantic ever swung by a set of colored men in this country, and while the purchase price was quite a handsome J. H. figure, the investors are sure to realize thousands of dollars when the tract is capitalized and developed. Stock to the amount of $50,000 will be placed upon the market as soon as the operating company is incorporated. In order to keep this splendid opportunity within the race, the advertising is restricted to colored papers, and the money of white would be buyers of stock has been refused. Associated with Messrs. Tyler, Weaver and Jones will be such well-known and reputable gentlemen as Hon. George A. Myers, of Cleveland, O., and Prof. J. McHenry Jones, of Charleston, W. Va. City in Brief. City in Brief. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, our favorite platform orator, will leave in a few days to fill a number of notable lecture engagements. Mr. Lucien H. White, formerly of the Census office, how has a lucrative position as a stenographer in the office of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and gives eminent satisfaction. He has just returned from a visit to relatives in Georgia. Mr. W. J. White, Jr., of Augusta, Ga., son of Rev. W. J. White, editor of The Georgia Baptist, has been spending a few days in the city with Mr. Lucien H. White. He is a foremost clerk in the Augusta postoffice, and also serves as manager of his father's paper. Weak Men Cured Free. The world's greatest living specialist who discovered the grandest remedy ever known which has been the means of curing thousands of men of nervous debility, lost vigor varicocelle, night losses, failing memory and all other consequences of youthful ignorance and other causes, and restoring the organs to full strength and vigor sends free to every sufferer the entire receipt so that each despairing man may cure himself at home and thus obtain the great result of perfect manly H. K. FULTON'S Loan Office Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware Etc. Unredeemed Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry For Sale. Old GOLD and SILVER Bought. 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There are people who waste your time and their own in useless and unprofitable conversation. The Caucasian believers in racial separation do not apply their exclusive processes to Negro women. Unload the lily-white Republicans! They are excess baggage and not worth the freight charges. Ingratitude, which is, to our mind, worse than a crime, is the principle stock in trade of the lily-whites. Pulpit cratery does not save souls nor pay church debts more rapidly than quiet piety and steady conscientious industry on the part of the pastor. Women who are driven into an immora, life did not need many applications of the lash before acquiring speed. the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger should possess its soul in patience. We shall get around to it after a while. Negroes should refrain from riding any more than is absolutely necessary in localities where Jim Crow cars are operated. Is the American white man grand enough, strong enough to do right by his colored fellow-citizens? That is the whole question. Twenty thousand votes for the lily-white ticket out of a registration of 200,000, is a poor showing for the cause of "respectability." Live a clear upright life. Evil doing will rise up when least expected and dash the cup of success from the lips of the most talented. Governor Pinchback thinks the Middle West is "God's own country," since the royal welcome he received at Cleveland, Ohio. He is right. Too many churches ask their bishops for pulpit orators, without insisting that the Christianity of said orator be up to the par standard. We shall begin to pacify the Filipino natives when colored men are placed in responsible places under the civil government in the archipelago. The Case of Richard Jove is further illustrated by the fact that when a scape-goat must be found in an emer- --- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. gency, the police "land" on the Negro who happens to come handiest. People who say "Mrs. Bishop" and "Mrs. Doctor" still live and have their being in our midst. "Mrs. Clerk," Mrs. Messenger," and "Mrs. Janitor" should have a turn at the bat. Ministerial 'orators and scholars' frequently think too much of demonstrating an abstruse theory by a proposition in Euclid to do very much old-fashioned feeding of hungry souls. The Evening Star could not be a stronger advocate of the measures pleasing to the Negro if it were edited by a colored man of the purest racial type. It is sound upon every moral issue. It may be argued that the Negro should be permitted to enjoy anything that he has the money to pay for, but what colored man in the land is really able to indulge in the luxury of champagne at $4 per quart? Young colored men of means and enterprise can find splendid opportunities now in the Philippines. Why fritter away golden moments in the dry-rot grind of our great cities? Why not take on the pioneer spirit and reap the harvest that waiteth? 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Do not flatter yourself that you are helping the paper by sending it news. Send the cash—a money order, an express order, a draft or a check. When these little evidences of appreciation come along there is no doubt about the matter being printed. The above suggestion will not only apply to the people who send in long news letters, but will apply equally as well to the many intelligent, well-to-do subscribers who get the paper each week and who receive occasional notices, but who pay absolutely no attention to our bills for subscription money. OTICE TO AGENTS. Agents are requested to write their name and address on the outside of returned papers, so that proper credit can be given for them. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. MORTGAGE 100 YEARS OLD. A Philadelphia Incumbrance That No One Has Ever Sought to A sale of property at 213 Fitzwater street was recently made, and in going back over the old records it was discovered that a mortgage which antedated the administration of President Washington was still an incumbrance on the property, says Philadelphia report. The paper was executed by James Clow and wife in favor of Archibald McCall. The consideration named was 333 1-3 Spanish milled dollars, a coin which was the standard of value during the revolutionary period. The value of the milled dollar exceeded by a few cents the value of the silver dollar now in use. McCall transferred the mortgage in the year 1794 to John Houck, and it does not appear on the records again. The attorney for the petitioner has served notice by advertisement on Houck or his heirs to appear in the court of common pleas No.1 on December 1, and show cause, if any exist, why the mortgage should not be satisfied by an order of the court. It is not anticipated that any defendants will appear, but the legal formula must be gone through with before the title may be perfected. Even if any of Mr. Houck's heirs should appear in court it would be necessary, if they designed making a valid claim for money due, to show that the debt had been recognized during the past 20 years. A payment of interest or part of the principal is the best evidence of such acknowledgment, and there is no record of any payment having been made for more than 100 years. OLD FORT PUTNAM. Ruins of Famous Revolutionary Fortification Still in Existence Near West Point. When the revolution had become a foregone conclusion, the importance of fortifying the Hudson river at its narrow passes among the Highlands K RUINS OF FORT PUTNAM. (One of the Most Attractive Spots About West Point, N. Y.) was suggested to the continental congress by the provincial assembly of New York, and on the 6th of October, 1775, the former directed the latter to proceed to make such fortifications as it should deem best. In pursuance of these directions, says the Four-Track News, a number of forts were erected at various points. In March following, it was determined to erect a strong fort at West Point, and under direction of Kosciusko, the famous Pole, Fort Clinton was built. To further defend Fort Clinton and command the river, a strong fort was erected on Mount Independence and called Fort Putnam in honor of Gen. Israel Putnam, commander of the post. After the revolution the old fort was almost destroyed by people in the neighborhood using the material for building purposes, but in 1824, the government bought the land on which it The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January, 1881, by William W. Browne, and chartered in April, 1883, under the laws of the State of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. Its membership is both male and female, and consists of all persons of good health from 14 to 60 years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, and pays death benefits from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to date: Sick dues, $r,500,000; death benefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be organized consisting of 20 or more persons not over 50 years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not less than 50 cents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 40 cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick benefits paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to $125. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $ each. This department, like the Senior Fountain, pays sick benefits from $1 to twenty-five cents per week, and death benefits from $24.50 to $37. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount than is paid from Fountain Department, take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. The members of this degree are divided into Circles, and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: Class "B" Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year. Annual Dues Quarterly Dues Class "E" Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year Annual dues Quarterly Dues Age 14 to 25 $2 50 $200 00 $100 00 $4 75 $1 20 Age 14 to 25 $5 00 $500 00 $250 00 $9 50 $2 50 " 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 25 to 30 5 25 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 40 " 30 to 35 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 49 " 85 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 00 " 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 2 00 " 45 to 50 3 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 " 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 209 00 11 40 2 55 " 50 to 55 4 00 70 00 45 00 6 65 1 66 " 50 to 60 6 80 350 00 175 00 11 40 2 85 " 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 32 00 7 60 1 90 of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000. The bank commenced business April 3, 1889, and from that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid up capital stock of $100,000. From the humble sum of $1,268.69, deposited the first day the bank opened for business in 1889 the deposits have grown to $350,858, and the volume of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented, while the majority of other banks were using script and clearing house checks. This bank had its origin in the brain of William W. Browne, an ex-slave of Habersham, Ga. The banking house is located at 604 North Second Street. Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Real Estate Department has charge of all the real property to the amount of $220,221.65, situated in various States, consisting of 13 magnificent buildings used as halls, 8 dwellings, 1 hotel. 5 stores and three farms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, chief of real estate and attorney for the association, office at 608 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, V2 REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December, 1899, with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail), buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and do general business. The association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Va.; Washington, D.C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3d, 1900. It employs a force of 18 men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did $50,000 worth of business. The other stores have been established since, and have been equally as prosperous. The general manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. Jordan, headquarters at 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Issues a weekly journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 5c. per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print anything from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 62 inches. Fine job work of every class and description is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. E. W. Brown is editor and business manager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1893, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of old and decrepid members of the race. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 6344 acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic "James," has been purchased, at a cost of $14,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm, and Westham Station is located on it. Adjoining this farm is Westhampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westhampton Electric Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the benefit of the whole race, the co-operation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 601-6-8 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Class "M" Joining fee. Value of Certificate Annual dues Quarterly dues Age 14 to 20 $11 00 $1000 00 $21 90 $5 25 " 30 to 35 12 00 1000 00 22 00 5 50 " 35 to 40 12 00 905 00 23 00 5 75 " 40 to 45 13 00 800 00 24 00 6 00 " 45 to 50 13 00 700 00 25 00 6 25 of the Grand Fountain United Order of the Bank commenced business April 31st present has steadily increased in volume ital stock of $100,000. From the humble the bank opened for business in 1889 to the volume of business transacted amo civil panic of 1893, the Savings Bank on in the city of Richmond that did not ce while the majority of other banks were. This bank had its origin in the brain of bersham, Ga. The banking house is lo mond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, Preside REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Real real property to the amount of $220,221 of 13 magnificent buildings used as hall farms. It also has under its control 16 department is under the management of the tate and attorney for the association, or REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUC der the laws of the State of Virginia or principal office in the city of Richmond to conduct stores (wholesale and retaili control hotels, manufacturing establish association has in operation Hotel Refo It is a modern up-to-date structure, he also electric cars passing the door. This Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager, and Mr tion a system of five stores, located as a C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened o men, runs three delivery wagons, and a business. The other stores have been as prosperous. The general manager of headquarters at 608 N. Second Street formed on the plans and recommend President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper in cusses the leading questions of the day. The scopy. The office is equipped with modern up print anything from a visiting card to a poster description is made a specialty at lowest prices ager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1893, B tion and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for race. Since that time the valuable farm know six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs throw. Adjoining this farm is Westampton Park summer. It is reached in a few minutes from and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this co-operation of all charitable friends is prayer bequests of every character will be very thank of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Sec Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. 601-6-8 N. Second REGALIA—The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost will be in the easy reach of all, costing from 10 cents to $3. 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SAURIAN SEIZES CHILD. Narrow Escape of a Little One from the Jaws of a Florida While a number of passengers were waiting for the morning train at Pablo Beach one day recently they heard the wail of a child, seemingly in great distress. Jerry Delaney, deputy sheriff and a former Cincinnati policeman, headed a number who hastened to search for the cause of the cry. A short distance away they saw a big alligator dragging a child away, having secured a hold of its dress in its mouth. The child was shrieking in fright, says a Jacksonville correspondent of the Inter Ocean. The posse rushed to its rescue, and the alligator redoubled its efforts toward getting into the bay near by. A big dog belonging to the child came running along and dashed at the saurian's head. The alligator whacked its tail around with great force and struck the dog, knocking the animal toward the gator's mouth, which opened with a gulp, taking in the dog. The saurian killed the dog and swallowed him with ease, dropping its hold of the child's dress in the struggle. The posse at once killed the gator. It was 15 feet long. It is thought to have been made fiercer by hunger, as it is seldom they will attack human beings, and especially so near a habitation. The child was uninjured. Probably Not. Practical Father—Has that young man who wants to marry you any money? Romantic Miss—Money! He gave me a cluster diamond ring studded with pearls. Practical Father—Yes, I know. Has he any money left?—N. Y. Weekly. The Left Leads. The left lobe of the brain, governing the right side of the body, is known to be superior to the right lobe in its influence upon the bodily functions. Dr. Phelps, a recent investigator, insists that the left brain is also the intellectual half. He has studied nearly 300 cases of brain injury and disease, and has found that the right side may be severely injured without materially affecting the thinking powers. 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THE COLOR AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 16 DESTRUCTION OF CITY MAINS. Electrolysis Is Causing Great Damage and Expense in Metropolitan Systems. Destruction of underground mains by electrolysis is rapidly nearing a point at which it ceases to be a phenomenon of technical interest to physicists, says the Electrical Review, and becomes a commercial fact of startling magnitude. Water, gas and steam mains are being destroyed so rapidly that within a comparatively brief period renewals and replacements on a vast scale will become necessary. Their postponement in the case of gas mains accounts for the rapid destruction of asphalt pavements in many cities and imposes grievous burdens upon municipalities in the effort to maintain good roadways. The eating off of service pipes and the erosion of mains accomplish rapidly what would be brought about by natural causes much more slowly, and explain why the leakage loss of water in distribution is so enormously great, and why the building of new reservoirs and the laying of new lines of mains is constantly necessary under conditions which seem to show a per capita consumption of five times as great as the combined use and waste of any city since civilization began. Ground Frozen 225 Feet. William Boone, a miner, says the Kansas City Journal, who has come down from Dawson City, Klondike, to spend the winter with relatives at La Plata, says he has dug 225 feet deep in the ground of his claim, but has never been able to reach a point where the ground was not frozen hard. Wooden Legs. By order of the Japanese empress wooden legs have been distributed to the seven maimed survivors of the Aomori disaster, when 200 Japanese soldiers were frozen to death. AROUND THE CITY BY SMELL. Odors Peculiar to Certain Sections Would Guide One Acquainted with New York. "If you were to set me down in New York blindfolded I could give a pretty close guess as to my whereabouts by the smell of that particular locality," said a salesman in The Swamp, relates the New York Times. "If my nose seemed stuffed with hides and tallow I should know that I was in the immediate vicinity of Gold, Cliff or Frankfort street. A pronounced odor of spices would indicate Fulton street, in the neighborhood of the East river; but if tea and coffee predominated the chances would be strongly in favor of Front, Pearl or Water street. A saccharine quality in the air would suggest the sugar and molasses neighborhood of William, Wall or Front streets. Perfumes would place me at once on Leonard or Chambers, or possibly Grand street, while a strong odor of soap would let me know that Pearl or Murray street, or, perhaps, Greenwich or Hudson was not far off. 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If you are suffering from the vices and errors of youth, and troubled with nervous debility, loss of memory, bashfulness, confusion of ideas, headache dizziness, palpitation of the heart, weak back, dark circles around the eyes pimples on the face, loss of sleep tired feeling mornings, evil forebodings, dull, stupid, aversion to society, no ambition, bad taste in the mouth, drains and night losses deposits in urine frequent urination, accompanied with slight burning. Kidney troubles or any disease of the genito urinary organs, weak back, bone pains, ulcers hair loose, sore throat, varicocele, want of confidence, impotency, lack of energy and strength. YOU NEED HELP. WE CAN CURE YOU. X RAY used for examination, diagnosis and treat- We prefer a personal interview with you, but promptly reply, giving you clear instructions by high road to heath and happiness. United States M 1233 PENNA. AVE. 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Not only has this un- usual production attracted widespread attention, but unstinted praise has come to us because of the bright and original “features” introduced, the unique method of discussing the topics of the dav in a breezy, chatty way that at om-e wterests, amuses and _ instructs. Our t~eral departments, abounding in wit a»d wisdom; editorials that carry both scnolarship and “ginger;” our newsy local paragraphs and mirror of society— all appeal to the most cultured and re- fined tastes. More than that, when the pressure of advertising has been too great for our usual forms, THE CoLorep AMERICAN has not hesitated to enlarge to twenty-pages, giving our subscribers their quota of reading matter, without additional charge. To give an idea of the pleasant sur- prise our progressive spirit and jour- nalistic push have given our friends, and to show the wide area covered by our operations. we give below a few sample letters picked up at random from “The Editor’s Mail Bag.” * [Telegram.] WANTS THEM IN A HURRY. Greensboro, N. C.—Send one hundred copies last issue Conorep AMERICAN. J. B. DUDLEY, A. and M. College. WENT LIKE HOT CAKES. Memphis, Tenn.—Please send to me ten copies of last week’s issue. Fold so Prof. Washineton’s picture will not bend, or rather, tear. Can_ sell that many 2s soon as received. May order mre. W. M. T. Baltimore, Md.—The current issue of Tue CoLoren AMERICAN is a great one, which certainly adds to your fame as a leader in Afro-American journalism. In this and the annual of the Florida Senti- sel. we truly see the race’s brains in journalism EEF: KNOWS HOW TO HELP. New York City. T am in receipt of your Ietter enclos- ing bill for my subscription to your valuable paper and cheerfully enclose the sum of two dollars for the coming year. I enjoy reading your paper very much and think I can succeed in getting at least one subscriber. M. S. J. WE SHALL BE WITH YOU. East Orange, N. J.—Please find en- closed check for my subscription. Hope to see you at our next convention at my old home in Richmond. Must congrat- ulate you on the high excellence of the American in both ma ‘er and appear- ance. Best regards and wishes for your future attsinments. I am, Very respectfully yours, IN. Yv. Charlotte, N. C—Your letter of May 20th, enclosing bill on account of sub- scription, has been received and I en- close herewith check on Charlotte for $2 covering same. I have noticed the several improvements which you have made in Tir Cororep American, and desire to congratulate you on same. Wishing for your paper the success which it justly merits, I desire to re- main Yours very truly, Ee EXAMPLE SHOULD BE FOL- LOWED. T purchased a « can this ae picture as su Sle Step an advancer ism and one whic O8F OF Sokiae A icaege. BOS. Wastunstone! meni.) Tgonside tate: ent iz Nghe sceract hoor buimee Neon - THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 3. pers would do well to follow. I consider your paper confined to no class or sect but a paer of the people. I congratulate your eminent success ia journalism and trust the future holds out to you greater success than now imaginable. Very truly yours, w. T. A OMEGA OF ATTAINMENT. Scaife, Ark—I have received your peerless paper THE CoLorED AMERICAN, very regularly, and always enjoy its timely contents. Wish every Negro alive to-day could read, and that they would read it each week. It is so rich and good until I hate to have it alone, though rarely part with a copy—in fact never do unless I know the favored par- ty is going to appreciate the treat and read it, and that any sane human being will do. Really your paper is the Omega of high attainment and perfection in the journalistic way. Enclosed find check for $3. With best wishes for your success, I beg to remain your devoted friend, H.G.B Jacksonville, Fl&—Please find en- closed my check for five dollars to cover my subscription. Wishing you con- tinued success, I am, Truly yours, EL ADORNMENT FOR HOME. Catchall, S. C., July 8—I congratulate vou, Mr. Editor, upon the addition of new life to The Colored American. Every family should have their homes adorned with the portrait of the two great men who figured in your supple- ment,—Booker T. Washington and Rev. W. L. Taylor. J. A. Roacu. THE PLEASURE IS OURS. St. Paul, Minn.—I enclose herewith subscription for one year. It is a small matter compared with the good that I get out of your paner Taking into con- sideration the enclosed and other mat- ters I have sent you respecting the coun- cil, can you tell me if you ever saw more smoke as you go down the pike than we are making for the council? Kindly give us notice. Please send us a list of per- sons to whom we might send copies of the enclosed matter. Also please send me four portraits of Prof. Washington. See that they are evenly folded and wrapped in a horn so that they will not break, and send half a dozen copies of paper under separate cover. I wish to present them to white friends of mine. Let me congratulate you on your push. FLL McG. Lexington, Ky.—I have to hand your paper of 17th inst. accompanied by a most excellent likeness of the Great Booker Washington, and simply -write this to express my thanks and apprecia- tion of the same. We have Mr. Wash- ington at the Lexington Opera House June 6th, and are making preparation for a big time for him. Both races are much interested. Will write the matter up_and send account to you. Enclosed please find clipping from the most popular daily in Lexington, which was called forth from the pen of Editor Moore. of the Blue Grass Blade, be- cause of an invitation by one Gen. Gen- try. an ex-Confederate, to entertain Mr. Washington to a rabbit chase. Glad to see you so loyally and royally wield your pen in defense of Mr. Washington. Surely you have done much for the cause he so manfully advocates. The American is all right. With best wishes Tam, Yours etc., P. D. R. DELIGHTED WITH OUR STORY. a “aug ts La—T was so well ce. His~vour issue of the reucces=-the life history or yf he \lington, of te, thar‘ally afivcn for pies. Ournant stayng universities are just about having their commencement exercises, and I thought it would be a good idea for each youn; go forth into the battle of life. I iia Professor Washington's life will be a man to have a copy of this issue as they beautiful story for them, as no man of our race is doing more for the welfare and upbuilding of his people. His life’s good work should be read in our schools, as none is more worthy of em- vlation. I have just received the sad news of the death of my old friend and comrade. Capt. Thos. S. Kelly. Hoping this may find your family and friends, as well as yourself, in the best of health and spirits, I am, Very truly yours, LL A GRAND RACE ADVOCATE. Editor Colored American: 4d have read a great number of Negro papers, but the Colored American is the best Negro journal that I have ever seen. It is just what every Negro family should have in their home. I speak proudly of this paper and I wish that I had the opportunity of reading it oftener than I do. I have been read- ing your paper for several years and am compelled to tell you it is one of the grandest papers that has been pub- lished by a Negro journalist. Your paper has been sent to me for several years by my cousin, Prof. W. H. Rich- ards, and I appreciate the favor very highly. I would feel proud if the Ne- groes in the State of Tennessee could publish a journal on the same broad lines. I trust the Colored American will never die NFL Tie~f, Ree bf ( co" en. (Wz ? Ee _ Dear readers, let us pause for a titile herat-to-heart talk. | Have you received a small pink slip, asking you to remit the amount of your subscription today? | If so, it means that you are sedly in arrears and we hope by this simple method io arrouse you to prompt ac- tion in the direction indicated. | In other words, we wish you to ‘Send us the money you owe for which by letter and bill we have repeatedly ask you to pay. These statements have been sent to people high in chureh, official and business standing, who enjoy an am- ple income and would not miss the ‘small sum demanded; but the returns have been so few and slow that we are at a loss to know the reason why. We are giving the nation a splendid | Paper. As all can see, commendatory letters come to us from every station, and from every walk of life. There is ‘something interesting and profitab‘e to all classes and conditions of readers, and our steadfast contention for Ne- gro manhood, for larger opportunities for development, for sturdy independ- ence, and helpful portrayal of the best in Negro character and achievement combine to make the Colored Ameri- can pre-eminently the paper for the people. In our columns you will find the scholarship of the magazine, the sprightliness of the up-to-date journal, the spicy variety of the progressive hewspaper, the scintillating sparkle of the modern “feature” periodical and the sledge-hammer blows of the un- compromising race champion. Now it costs money to keep such a large institution in regular and sys- tematic eneration. 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C. ee BERNARD H BAGGEIT 1823 L Sireet Northwest. pep Carriages for Bire. first-Class Services at Moderate Rates. ’Phone, main, 2776 M sa-Open Day and and Night.-@ Is a further hict necessary? We want everybody to have the Colored American, and should regret to use the pruning-knife on a subscription list embracing av i. ¥ who are personal friah. i Why They are Thankful Why They are Thankful The observance of Thanksgiving Day is a beautiful custom, rich in its remembrance of manifold blessings, that have been visited upon us and glowing always with the spirit of gratitude and good cheer. The day in the year of our Lord, 1902, was as beautiful as the custom itself, and at church, on the family heartstone, every well-regulated American citizen summed up the results of the past twelve months and each found that he had abundant reasons for giving thanks to that Rough hew them as we will." "Divinity that shapes our ends. Surveying the country and examining the hearts and minds of many prominent persons, our telegraphic editor discovered the paramount impulse that moved them on Thanksgiving Day. This was WHY THEY GAVE THANKS: Judson W. Lyons—That no man who has a dollar can forget him. John S. Durham—That the Spanish J. DR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, have plenty of claims to be adjusted. H. A. Rucker-That Georgia is behaving herself in admirable fashion. President Roosevelt-Because he is indeed and in truth the "first American." William Monroe Trotter-That the Boston Guardian manages to keep alive. Richard Cole-That the conspiracy M. REG'STER LYONS. against him gives evidence of a collapse. W. C. Martin—That he is in the L. C. Sheafe class as an authority upon Holy Writ. Emmett J. Scott—That in the most trying situations his diplomacy never slips a cog. James C. Matthews—That Grover Cleveland is again filling a large space in the public eye. Rev. W. L. Taylor—That the Free Reformers have the call in the practical work of the race. Roscoe Simmons—That he is to reach the proud distinction of being editor of the New York Age. T. McCants Stewart—That Fate created Hawaii as a place for his expansive legal operations. Col. W. A. Pledger—That he is now the nominal head of the National Afro-American council. Robert T. Doe—That the Metro- THE OXORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. politan club flourished like unto the traditional "Green Bay tree." T. Thomas Fortune—That honorable recognition, though tardy, ultimately halted at his door. John W. Paterson—That he has the finest law office occupied by an Afro-American on the continent. H. P. Cheatham—That he has a fine J. CYRUS FIELD ADAMS. farm to fall back upon when there is "nothing doing" in politics. Whetfried McKinley-That South Carolina may be granted a crumb from the White House table. Dr. Booker T. Washington-That he has given the world its most remarkable institution of learning. Bishop Alexander Walters-That he J. REV. W L TAYLOR. was the medium through which the lily-whites received their quietus. F. L. Barnett-That the Chicago Conservator is sale-proof, and that Rallins is a loyal stool-pigeon. John C. Dancy-That the recent J. political cyclone never cracked a shingle off the Recorder's office roof. Lee Person—That he was the recipient of the Clarkson letters that "nxed" Pritchard in North Carolina. Rev. L. C. Sheafe—That he has been able to set the Washington preachers to reading their Bibles early and often. Col. R. R. Church—That his Memphis auditorium was honored by a visit from the President of the United States. Gen. James S. Clarkson—That his broad, human policy has embalmed him eternally in the hearts of his colored brethren. Rev. O. M. Waller—That he has administered a solar plexus blow to the anonymous letter-writing industry in this community. Cyrus Field Adams—That so many colored schools and organizations are giving thanks for the gifts he has so generously bestowed. J. C. Napier—That Nashville in- P. tends to do herself proud on the occasion of the visit of the National Negro Business League next August. Rev. B. J. Bolding-That his fame as a financier rests upon such a secure foundation as the possession of the prettiest house of worship in Washington. Judge Robert H. Terrell-That as the District political leader, he is the logical nominee for delegate to the J.H.C. next Republican national convention. Mercer fell down in the Omaha district. A. Washington.ans-That the Capital City of the nation is acquiring several much-needed auditoriums for wooden to be se reet his R. DOUGLAS. 120 people ertainments, thus leave ches to purely devotic cises. 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave. 202, 208 and 210 41 St. Northwest MOORE & PRIOLEAU, Sparta - Bullet and Cafe 1216 Pa. Av. Wash., D. C. Fine wines, liquors and cigars, Hot Free Lunch Every Day. All Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. --- Jas. F. Keenan, Rectifier and Wholesale Liquor Dealer, Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brand- ies, Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. ...C. H. NAUGHTON... LIQUORS AND SEGARS FINE WINES. Harper & Wilson a specialty; 1926 Fourteenth St., Northwest. Gray & Costley WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS Ladies and Gentlemer's Dining Room a) stairs. The best of service guaranteed 1313 E Street N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Chris.Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th st. NW. Established 86 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 240 kinds,) at Chris. Xander's modern prices no others can compete quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. (No branch houses.) Phone 1425 SANTAL-MIDY Standard remedy for Gleet. Gonorrhoe and Runnings 48 HOURS MIDY W. M. DPURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W, Man'on'the'Corner. Continued from first page equipped theater, fine hotels, street cars, department stores, business buildings and commercial ventures galore? The True Reformers may after all be ordained by God to stir the Negro from his lethargic condition and awaken him to a more serious regard for his future destiny. The way to "do things" is to get up and do them. "The would-be Sports" who run bills for liquor and pool at the Metropole Club ought to pay up like gentlemen. A high grade club cannot be run on wine and fine furniture. Select goods, comfortable fires and big license fees cannot be paid for with promises. It is a praiseworthy facts that Manager Douglas and Brown have spent since July 1st over $100 for literature alone buying the best books, current magazines, and daily and weekly newspapers. Such up-to-date methods should be substantially encouraged. I met a smooth looking colored gentlemen the other day, who pins a "Rev." in front of his name, as a means of maintaining a quasi-respectability. Being asked how he was getting along, he replied briskly: "Fine, Fine! Making plenty of money." "What is your graft?" I enquired. "Oh, it is a 'cinch' for fair," said the clerical party. "You see I make a specialty of running as an independent candidate for Congress in districts where the negro vote is the balance of power. I get paid by the Democrats to run, and then I get paid by the Republicans to quit. It is an indisputable principle in political ethics that where you play both ends against the middle you can't lose." A great light, Saul-like dawned upon me. Whoever is in charge of the police functions on D street in front of the Academy of Music would do the public and the Negro race a service of great value if they would disperse the gang of no-account loafers who hang out there at the opening and closing of the various performances. They are an intolerable nufsance that should be abated at once. The cheering word comes that Mr. William Caskley, brother of our fellow-townsman, L. P. Caskley, of Gray and Caskley, has been nominated for Congress in the 4th district of Maryland by the Socialists party. Score one more for the race! Lord Byron claimed no standing as a prophet, but he certainly scanned the horizon of centuries with an "eagle eye" and saw his generation accurately when he said: "A man must serve his time to every trade Save censure—critics are already made." Yes, and they work overtime without ever dreaming of ever striking for shorter hours or more pay. A young musician who possesses a species of talent that may yet "set the town by the ears" is Mr. Joseph Lewis, whose singing and playing were the distinguished features of a recent meeting of the Second Baptist Lyceum. He is a musical prodigy, singing a sweet tenor, accompanying himself on the piano, and concluding by whistling the air after a fashion that would cause a mocking bird to turn green with envy. His work has an artistic finish, and his original methods in the rendition of the classics evidences a technical knowledge that is a gift rather than an acquirement. On the occasion mentioned he presented the tower song from "Il Trovatore," and as an encore gave the popular "In the Shade of the Sheltering Palms," form the opera "Floradora." I hope to hear more of Mr. Lewis for he bears the ear marks of a "Comer." Rumer has it that the writing of anonymous letters has become an unpopular industry in a certain fashionable Church of a denomination that is not Baptist, Methodist or Presbyterian. The report goes that a member of the Church aforesaid has been THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. given, his "passports," and quietly but firmly, deposited upon the outside of its classic walls. A handwriting expert furnished the evidence leading up to the disaster, it is said, and the pastor of the Church is exceedingly rejoiced that one less purveyor of scandal and fomenter of strife exists to annoy society and to impair the usefulness of honest men. President F. L. Cordozo, Jr., Bethel Library's enterprising president, is to be congratulated upon the promptness with which he opens the meetings. Exactly at eight o'clock the house is called to order and the result is that the people make it a point to come on time, and more work is accomplished before the hour of adjournment is reached. Nothing is more exasperating than to attend a meeting of any kind and be compelled to wait nearly an hour after the advertised time for the beginning of the exercises. It is to be hoped that Prof. Cordozo can be induced to change his mind about resigning the presidency of Bethel. A literary society ought to be located in Lincoln Temple Congregational Church, and it should meet on Friday evening to accommodate the teachers whose week will then have closed and they, and the pupils also, can attend without detriment to their school duties. The Temple's location is ideal, being convenient to the centers of Negro population, such as Howard Hill, Le Droit Park, 10th and 11th streets and Pierce Place, and near the trunk lines of street cars. Rev. Sterling N. Brown, the pastor, is a man of culture, a scholar of pronounced character, and magnetic to the last degree. His personality, assisted by a president of similar make-up, would be sure to draw out the best people, a strong nucleus being members of the Church itself, whose united support alone would be sufficient to maintain an organization in very good style. A literary society at this point would serve a large constituency, and at the same time could not be deemed a rival of any existing Lyceum. I think Dr. Brown and his congregation will approve, after due reflection, this idea of THE MAN ON THE CORNER: Editor Fortune Feted Contfoued from first page Mr. Fortune responded in happy vein. He was grateful for the encomiums showered upon him by such a distinguished company and stated that it would be his ambition to live up to some part of what was expected at his hands. He described the nature of his duties and reviewed the circumstances leading up to his appointment. Mr. Fortune left on the midnight train for New York to make arrangements for reaching his post. He will go by easy stages with Honolulu as his destination, making brief stops in the meanwhile at Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and San Francisco. TURLEY-TIBBS Mr. Hamilton Turley, of the Pension office and director of the choir of the Plymouth Congregational church, and Miss Jennie Tibbs, formerly of our public schools, were united in marriage Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride on Vermont avenue. A large number of personal friends witnessed the ceremony, and a quiet reception was held later at 2119 K street, northwest, where the newly wedded couple will make their home. A Model Minister to Leave us The proposed retirement of Rev. Daniel G. Hill from the pastorate of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, occasions much regret here, where he has labored earnestly and conscientiously since his advent. He will have served two years next spring, when, according to report, the change will take place. His administration has been a marked success, and it was generally expected that he would fill out the five-year term, usually allotted to the incumbent of important stations. City Paragraphs. ```markdown ``` Mr. W. H. H. Terrell, Jr., is spending the season in New York city. Dr. W. D. Crum, of Charleston, S. C., was here this week on political business. No colored liquor dealer was forced out of business because of the $800 license. Rev. E. W. Lampton, financial secretary of the A. M. E. connection, is in Mississippi. Mr. Fielding L. Dodson, of the Pension office, and Miss Helen Hardy were recently united in marriage. The able sermon on the Christian Sabbath, by Rev. D. F. Rivers, has been published in pamphlet form. The case against Mr. W. A. Cornish, charged with violating the pastoral regulations, has been nolle prossed. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nevitt, of New York, more recently guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Williams, of Nineteenth and G streets, northwest. The spicy articles by Mr. W. T. Menard, in The Trades Unionist, are attracting much favorable notice among the members of the typographical fraternity. Dr. W. T. Blackshcar has declined a flatterng offer to conduct a pharmacy in the Philippine islands. The doctor is an accomplished Phar. D., a graduate of Howard. Mrs. Florence Fletcher, of Boston, has returned home after spending a month here with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward C. Allen, of 1506 Fourteenth street, northwest. Mr. J. Frank Blagburn, of Des Moines, Iowa, has been appointed to a place in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. He is a prominent factor in Iowa politics and was formerly market master at Des Moines. WHY, CERTAINLY! THE COLORED AMERICAN is independent, fresh and fearless. It rings true upon the questions of the hour.—Baptist Reporter, Helena, Ark. DESERVES CREDIT THE COLORED AMERICAN of the District of Columbia deserves much credit for the excellent picture of Prof. B. T. Washington.—Western World. Those who would be leaders of the race could do nothing better than to read and take inspiration from what can be found in "Shadow and Light."—Hon. James Lewis, New Orleans, La. Editor E. E. Cooper, of the Washington (District of Columbia) Colored American, whose cut appears in this issue of the Times-Speaker, is a man that the Speaker delights to do honor. He is one of the race's most trusty leaders, and as a newspaper man and all around hustler, perhaps he stands without a peer among Afro-American journalists. He is a man whose name is bound to live in after years as a land mark in Negro journalism.—Times-Speaker, Denver, Colo. The editorial in THE COLORED AMERICAN of Washington, D. C., under the caption of "Appeals to Race Prejudices" was copied in full by Editor Bryson in the daily press in the issue of the 13th inst., commending in the highest terms its logic and good sense. It was certainly one of the most sensible editorials that it has ben our good fortune to read. It ought to have been reproduced in many of the colored papers.—Louisiana, Mo., correspondent of Omaha Enterprise. Harry Smith of the Cleveland Gazette has declared a never-ending war on E. E. Cooper, of the Washington Colored American. Smith has made out against Mr. Cooper a case of crookedness. Cooper replies that Smith is disgruntled and that the charges are without foundation. Thus matters stand. Weil, boys, let us call the bet off and begin the attack upon the common enemy. Dallas Express. XMAS GIFTS FREE In order to advertise my goods, throughout the United States, I have decided to give a Xmas gift to any one answering this advertisement. Absolutely free presents for lady, gentlemen, boy or girl. Everybody who will answer this advertisement, will get one of these handsome presents. It will be mailed to you on the 20th of December. All that is required of you, is to send ten cents to help pay packing and mailing expenses. You will be pleased and delighted when you get this present. Write today so your name will be entered on our Xmas present list. Address— Domestic Mfg. Co. 1100 Wylie Ave, Pittsburg, Pa. CONTRACTORS. Paper Hanging, Plastering, Brick Work, Cementing. White Washing. Kalsomining, Painting, etc. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. Pleasant & Lewis, 3193rd St. S. W THE NEW ERA It reaches the masses. The only Negro newspaper in Bermuda. It is the voice of the people. Free and independent sheet devoted to the interest of the island. FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION. 1 year — $2 25 6 months — 1.15 3 months — 60 Chas. V. Monk, Editor and Manager Hamilton, Bermuda, Puget Sound is one of the most favored portions of our country. Its history is fascinating, its scenery wonderfully grand, its industries and commerce varied and wealth-making, its climate moist, balmy, cool and life-giving. It is destined to become one of our most populous and important seaport and manufacturing sections. "Wonderland 1902." the Northern Pacific's latest annual has an account of this region that will be interesting, and valuable as well, to everybody young and old. Send Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific Railway, S. Paul, Minn., six cents for the book, and you may be surprised to learn what a favored land there is away up in the northwestern corner of our country. SOME BIRD MIGRATIONS. Instances of Prairie Chickens and Wild Turkeys Leaving Home for Strange Lands. Game birds sometimes make extensive migrations, even though of a species not commonly migratory, states the New York Sun. Prairie chickens, some years ago, flew northward from Illinois and the adjacent country, and thousands alighted in the limits of cities and towns in their path, notably in Detroit, Mich. Other thousands were drowned in Lake Superior while trying to fly across that lake. Others got over safely and took up their homes in the Canadian burned regions beyond the great lakes. What induced these birds to migrate from a region where the race had been native beyond all memory of man has never been explained. Wild turnkeys migrated in a similar manner from Michigan in the days when that game bird was abundant there. They had been hunted persistently for years, when suddenly they all disappeared. They traveled due west, and it is on record that "the flock was a quarter of a mile wide, and was several hours in passing." Soon after that strange exodus wild turkeys appeared in great numbers in the far west in regions where they had never been before, and where their progeny is still abundant. MOST VALUABLE GROUND. City Lots in New York That Are Priced Higher Than Any Other in the World. The highest priced land in the world is that bounded by Wall and Broad streets and Broadway, in lower New York city, says Success. A square foot of ground on a corner of Broadway and Wall street cannot be had for less than $450. The most expensive land in London sells for $300 a square foot. The average price of land in New York city's financial district is about $175. Next in the scale comes the woman's shopping district, from Fourteenth to Twenty-third streets, on Sixth avenue, and from Thirty-fourth street to Forty-second street, on Broadway. Here land ranges all the way from $60 to $350 a square foot. On the northwest corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street the latter price was obtained. The real estate man who can tell the future movements of population on Manhattan is in a position to realize a fortune. The growth of Brooklyn and Jersey City has checked the movement of the population north, and it is said the most valuable land on Manhattan Island will always remain south of Central park. The lower half of the island will soon have nothing on it except office buildings, factories and tenement houses. THE COWBOY TAUGHT HER. Dashing Women Riders in the West Who Are at Home on the Bucking Bronchos. It is from the cowboy that the western equestrienne has learned her most valuable lesson in riding. The cross-saddle and divided skirt have given her equal privileges, and she has not failed to take advantage of them. There has arisen in the west to-day a school of riders that probably cannot be equaled in the world, observes the Detroit Free Press. This school is made up of women who are to be found in every part of the great western cattle country. They are dashing, natural riders, who are as much at home in the saddle as the cowboy who ever donned a pair of "shaps." Many of them take part in the cattle round-ups, and some have even acquired fame as steer ropers and branders. To such women a bucking bronco has no terror. In- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON. D. Q. deed, they regard a "tussier with one of these vicious animals as nothing short of good sport. They are seldom thrown, but if they are hurled from the back of a "bucker" they return to the saddle and never cease plying the quirt and spurs until they have reduced the "outlaw" to submission. A WORD WANTED. One That Will Express the Ever-Increasing Class of Words Named After Individuals. A writer in the Spectator is hunting for a word and asks the readers of the Spectator to assist him. The word desired is one that will express the ever-increasing class of words that are named after some individual, e. g., "boycott," "macadamize," "doily," "mackintosh," "gamp," "peeler," "Robert," "Bobby," "Whitehead" (for a torpedo), etc. Such words should be classified under a name by themselves. What should this word be? "Cognominals" has been suggested. A cognomen, however, is a surname, and such words are not always taken from the person's surname—"Bobby," for example, to indicate a policeman. "Onomataneric" and "aneronomatic" have also been suggested; but that would not include "gamp" or "Mrs. Grundy." No exception can be taken to the term "anthroponomatic," so far as accuracy of description is concerned; but it is a terribly long word, and an apt short word is a desideratum. A Wireless Piano. A citizen of Bloomington, Ill., has invented a wireless piano. He first constructed a five-octave comb-reed of steel, placed it upon a bridge and soundboard and by degrees discovered a way to make a very fine harp note. He has been working for 18 years on his invention. OLD PEOPLE WHO WORK. World-Famed Celebrities Who Still Keep Busy Although Over the Fourscore. It is needless to call upon history to prove the usefulness and richness that may attend the lives of those who have passed their three score years and ten, says Will Carleton's Magazine, Every Where. The venerable Gladstone did the thinking and much of the speaking for the government of one of the mightiest empires of the world, almost up to the day of his death. Pope Leo, at the age of 91, carries the burdens of a worldwide church, and Herbert Spencer at 81 reads and digests the news and literature of the world and recreates therefrom an immortal philosophy. In our own land the sturdy Senator Morrill and Evarts, the jurist, worked out their problems of state and law almost up to the very hour when they were called to higher fields of effort; and to-day ex-Senator Bradbury, of Maine, aged 99, and Senator Pettus, of Alabama, at 81, are busy with the affairs of this world. The venerable David Wark, the "father of the Canadian senate," performs the duties of his high office at the remarkable age of 97, and Verdi still composed music at the age of 87. There are few keener or more persistently active minds in the world of finance than that of Russell Sage, who recently celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday, while King Christian of Denmark actively administers the affairs of state at the age of 85, and Julia Ward Howe, though 83, writes books that sell, and gives lectures that people are eager to hear. OKLOHOMAS CUT THEIR HAIR. Young Men of the Tribe Are Fast Discarding Many of Their Aboriginal Ways. The blending of the customs of the red men and the palefaces is dis- cussed in a report recently sent to Washington by Maj. George W. H. Souch, United States army, the agent in charge of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian reservation in Oklahoma. As the views of an authority on the subject, the report, reviewed by the Washington Star, throws interesting sidelights on what is really taking place in the amalgamation of the two races. Maj. Stouch says: "Many of the older Indians adhere to their religious customs, yet they do not indulge in them to any alarming or detrimental extent. By moral suasion and friendly advice a number of the young Indians have been prevailed upon to discontinue the wearing of long hair. "No strenuous effort has been put forth to induce the old Indians, who have worn long hair all their days, to shear their locks, as to compel them to cut their hair would be very bad policy and result in more harm than good. The loss of their hair would make the old fellows weak, humiliated and cowed characters out of what are now strong and leading spirits." She Fears Cats. For 21 years Lizzie Cunningham, of New York, dislocates her jaw every time a cat approaches her. When she was 16 years old she was attacked by a cat, and since then every time she sees a cat running toward her she opens her mouth to scream and is unable to close it again. Russian Aeroplanes. Aeroplanes, known as "Flying Dragoons," are now in use in the Russian fleet. Several of these kites bound together can support a man in the air. Considerable heights are thus reached and the invention is admirably adapted for scouting. INSURANCE IN SURGERY. Plan Adopted by English People of Moderate Means Which Seems to Be Good. In England people of moderate means are beginning to insure themselves against surgical operations. The plan is that subscribers who pay an annual fee shall be entitled either to free admittance to a hospital or nursing at home and free operation or to a fixed sum paid down to defray the cost of an operation if one becomes necessary. In England, as here, the cost of surgical repairs to the human body has become oppressively great to persons who just manage to pay their way. People who are obviously poor get a great deal of excellent surgical and medical treatment in hospitals and elsewhere for nothing, but for the next class above them a serious illness—especially if it involves an operation—is almost ruinous, says Harper's Weekly. It would seem as if the time was near when societies for insurance against specialists might be profitably organized in the larger American cities. The specialist has come to be a very important—indeed, an indispensable—institution, especially to families in which there are children. The office of the family doctor has now become simplified to the task of coming in and telling the patient which specialist to go to. It is not that specialists charge too much, for their honorable services are above price. It is that landlord, butcher, baker, grocer, milkman, coalman, dentist and trained nurse do not leave you money enough to pay them appropriately. To subscribe a considerable sum annually and have all the repairs and desirable improvements made in one's family without further disbursement would be a comparatively simple way out of a troublesome predicament. Japan's Big Wooden Statue. The largest wooden statue in the world is to be seen in Tokio, Japan. It is 54 feet high and the head will hold 20 people. DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfect tion Tailor System Mme J. A. Smallwood Sole Agent 1513 Madison street, northwest, Morning class from 9 a.m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings from 7.30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, dress makers and ladies who wish to do their ow dressmaking. WANTED—To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Tailor System. Seamless Basques without one inch of visible seam, in lining or goods, not even on the shoulder. Successful dressmaking requires as much earnest progressive study as successful work in any of the professions. No detail is too small to be looked after. We teach you to make dresses with or without seam and guarantee perfect fits, and complete your course with a diploma. Pupils can enter at any time. The Livingston Dressmaking School. The Livingston Dress cutting and Dressmaking school is offering a new attraction. A class has been formed in which embroidery as applied to personal adornment it is taught. Miss Charlott E. Hunter has been placed in charge of this work. Persons desiring to learn decorative embroidery should apply at once to Mrs. L. R. Clarke, principal of the school as only a limited number can be taken. Terms etc., cheerfully furnished at, the school, is 139 W Street Northwest. WANTED - Old pictures of George Washington; also American historical pictures; highest prices paid. Send name of engraver and publisher appearing on picture to United Publishing House, P. O. Box 751, New York. AN HONEST MAN OR WOMAN willing to work. can make big money the year around, handling our line of standard household Preparations. If you mean business, want good agency, write at once. SYKES MFG. CO., Dt. 1730 Federal Street Philadelphia, Pa. tf. An intelligent young man who is taking a college course desires a position as bookkeeper, copyist or any kind of office work. Salary no object. Address "W" care this office. If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The Colored American. WANTED—Reliable colored help for general house work &c. in good homes in New England Good Wages. Apply with references as to ability and character to Susie White, 1747 Oregon Ave N, W. FOR RENT—One large front room in good locality with all modern improvements, convenient to cars and herdicks, 1625 Corcoran St. N. W. apply to Mr. J. B. Patterson. ROOMS FOR RENT-In northwest near car line. Large bay window front room with boards for man and wife or two gentlemen. also front room with_board for single gentlemen. Address J M. in care Colored American Office 459 O street northwest. FOR RENT-Two unfurnished rooms. 624 3rd street, n. e. 2t. FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. front and rear. all modern improvements. Gentlemen preferred. 540 Elm street, n. w., Le Droit Park. tf. Improve The Hair and Complexion. Singleton's Pharmacy 20th and E carries a full line of Ozono preparations with his toilet articles and sundri.s. Please Help Me Find My Brother Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Virginia several years before the civil war, to Cunnigan a Negro trader. His mother Willie, was a slave on the Joyce plantation. He had one sister, Betty, who is very anxious to find him. Any information will be gladly received. MRS BETTY REYNOLDS. 44 Parker street, Atlanta, Ga. Colored Man, Chance of Your Life time We Wish to employ an honest, capable man to establish local agencies and employ agents to sell our special books entitled "A Negro for a New Century," by Booker T. Washington, and "Under Fire with the Tenth Cavalry" a military history of the colored race. Good salary permanent position. Man applying must have ability to merit rapid promotion. Empire Book House, Manhattan Building Ghicago. --- WANTED A MAN OR WOMAN not over thirty years of age, capable of taking care of office in the largest photo studio operated by any colored man in the world. Twenty two years in business in St, Paul, Minn. Studio also in Sault Ste Marie, Ont. Party must have $2,000 00 to invest for half interest. Seventeen medals and diplomas. Address,— HARRY SHEPHERD, London Photo Co., ST. PAUL MINN. --- 6 NAMED THE BABY FOR A CAT. Wealthy Woman Had Just Lost Her Pet Maltese by Death and the Child Got Its Name. “I have christened children every conceivable name,” said a clergyman the other day, relates the Baltimore Sun, “but I think the funniest was a boy I named for a cat. My pastorate was a suburb of Boston, and one of my parishioners was a lady of a large estate and a gentlewoman in every sense of the word, generally known in the community as Aunt Esther. She was an eccentric person, who wore silken gowns very long in the train and short in the front and al- ways several old-fashioned brooches at the same time. She visited Wash- ington frequently, always with her pet cat as a traveling companion, and she was one of the few ladies accord- ed a seat on the floor of the house of congress. On the grounds of her country home was a diminutive ceme- tery, where her feline pets slept after life’s fitful fever. “During mf residence in the parish her special favorite was a large Maltese cat, named Thomas Henry, whose death occurred just before the eoming of a new baby at the lodge- keeper’s home on Aunt Esther's place. She was to be godmother and name the child, while I was to baptize it. Her recent bitter bereavement still weighed on her soul, and when I asked ‘By what name shall this child be known?’ Aunt Esther responded, in trembling tones: ‘There is no name 80 sweet to me as Thomas Henry,’ and by that title the boy was thenceforth known.” i KISSES RAISE ’PHONE RATES. Sweethearts Monopolize the Wires to Such an Extent an Advance Becomes Necessary. ‘A merchant from Uniontown was lately talking about telephones the other day at the hotel where he was stopping, reports the Philadelphia Record. “In my town,” he said, “the tele- phone company is going to raise the rates for business ‘phones from $25 to $45, and for residence ‘phones from $18 to $32. Do you know why? It is to keep sweethearts from mo- nopolizing the wires. It is to make telephones so expensive that the young men and women who love one another won't bill and coo over the wires all day long. “In Uniontown now it is a wonder that the wires don’t blush red, the love words that pass over them. The sound that a kiss makes—that ph, ph sound—is sent many times a day from one receiver to another. And such expressions as darling, and deary, and honey, and sweetheart drown out altogether the plain busi- ness talk about the price of coal, and the boom in steel, and the bills re- ceivable that are due. “So in Uniontown because the young men and girls have been mo- nopolizing the wires, with their sparking, the telephone rates are to be raised nearly 100 per cent.” BENEFICIAL WALKING TOURS. ‘Autumn Outings Afoot Which Are the + Most Healthful and Enjoyable : Forms of Exercise. Walking is an art almost said to be one of the lost arts, says Country Life in America. It is astonishing how few know how to walk—know how to acquire the measured stride, the springy step, the easy poise of the body and the swing of the arms, which make walking at once one of the most healthful and enjoyable forms of physical exercise. For the real pleasure of walking one must turn to the country. Pavements are but dead, unyielding matter at best. In the turf of the country there is a Th COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. & SL Ie ere SS —————————EeeEeEEEEEEE She a LF LSS ISLS Bh —— FINANCIAL. spring in response to the pressure of aan the foot which is a delight and an in- SE Oe ne Coen spiration in itself. The purity of the i ds = = EAST air sets the blood to racing glori- |) The National Safe Deposit Savings and ously. : A wee’ Good walkers find 20 miles a day a |j Trost Cumoaay lish, Xor comfortable average, allowing of |{ x ree plenty of time for rest and “loafing.” |} Corner 15th St. & New York Ave. Two weeks thus spent will afford ' — The bes memories to last for all time, and|} Capital; Ose Sisinen Dolars, native with them a measure of health and i — strength, a quickening of vital forces, |} Pays! terest cb Geposite @ nervous energy which will find ex-|j Rents Safest sides hurgia-proct Vauite. || Avthort pression in increased power for ac- Acta as auministrater execotor, Gover complishment in the world’s work. Meratee, #5, ada How the Earth Changes. EEE How does one generation of men suc- ceed another? The fathers are not swept away in a body to make room for the children, but one by one the old drop off and the young come on, till a day is reached when none of those remain that once were here, says Har- per’s. How does some form of human speech become extinct? About a hun- dred years ago an old lady named Dolly Dentreath died in Cornwall. She could speak the Cornish language; after her death there was nobody that could. Thus quietly did the living Cornish language become a dead language; and in a like unobtrusive manner have been wrought most of the new becom- ings which have changed and are changing the earth. : ancient Picture Gallery. A picture gallery that dates from the stone age has been unearthed in a eavern near Eyzies, France. The pic- tures, which are all of prehistoric an- imals, were not only cut in the rock, as is usually the case with such repre- sentations, but were painted in several colors, and give some evidence of ar tistic skill. There are 80 pictures, of which 49 represent bisons of various kinds. The pigments used, which are shades of red and brown, have been found, on analysis by Moisszn, the em- inent French chemist. to be ochres mixed with minute fragments of trans- parent silica. CONVERSATIONAL PARROTS. Brazilian Birds eee in Unintel- ligible Tongue Immediately Upen Seeing Each Other. Do parrots understand what they say? A correspondent writes that a friend with a fine green Brazilian parrot has been staying with her. The parrot is a fluent and accom- plished speaker, says the London Chronicle. A gray parrot was intro- duced one day, but the Brazilian haughtily declined to have anything to say to the gray. Then another friend, who had just been given a newly-imported green Brazilian, brought the newcomer to call. The moment the parrots caught sight of each other they broke into a torrent of apparently articulate language, consisting, as it seemed, of questions and answers, but what the language was no one present could tell. The owner of the first parrot had never during the years it had lived with her heard it speak this stranze tongue. The two parrots talked to each other without ceasing all the time they were together, and a few days later, when they met again, ex- actly the same thing happened. Was the first parrot—long exiled from its native forests—asking eagerly for news of its people? Poor Effort at Translation. The English papers have lately been having fun with a new German-English and English-German dictionary. The best example of the work is said to be in the translation of our word “gim- erack.” According to the Londen Daily Chronicle four meanings have been given for this word. which, when translated back into English are: “The handsome girl,” “the bad ma- chine,” “the ordinary handshake” and “g mecician.” FINANCIAL. The Nations! Safe Deposit Savings and Trost Company Corner 15th St. & New York Ave. EEE Capital; Ose Misiiicn Doliars, Pays! terest cn Geposits Rents Satesi cides Surgin-proof Vsuite. Acta af auiminixtrater execntor, trustee, ac, CAPITAL SHVIRES BANK. 609 F St. N. W., Washington, Dt Capital : : - $50,868 Hen. Juo. R. Lynch, President L. C. Bailey, Treasurer. J. A. Jobnscn, Secretury, | DB. McCary, Cashier, | Directors: en R. Lynch, Dr. W. 8. Loiton, Whitefield McKinlay, L.O. Bailey, Robt. ii, Terreli, W, §, Montgom- ery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, HenryE, Baker, Robt, Williams J. T. Bradfora Dr. W. A.Warfieid, J. A. Johnzon, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Howard BH. 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CHICAGO UNIVERSITIES Total Absence of Race Prejudice in Institutions of Higher Education-Young Colored Girl Distinguishes Herself Chicago, Ill.—(Special.)—Mr. Wm. E. Curtis, the noted newspaper correspondent, has recently called attention to the fact that Chicago is better supplied with universities and high-grade professional schools of all kinds than any other city in the country. The schools of law, medicine, music and art are especially equipped. It is worty of special notice that southern white students are flocking to these Chicago schools in ever increasing numbers. Of course they bring with them their uncompromising prejudice and dread of "social equality" and are very irritating to the colored stu- A FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS. dents, who also appreciate the superior advantages of this city's halls of learning. It is to be hoped that the scores of young colored men and women who come here every summer for special courses in the university school of Pedagogy and those who come to take the regular university professional courses, will not be discouraged by these exhibitions of snobbishness. However successful southern prejudice may be in excluding young colored men and women from the dormitory life of our universities, when it comes to class room, the colored student is free and untrammelled. The white and black student from the south here meet on equal terms. Here they face each other for the first time under conditions that compel equality. Here the southern white student often obtains his first knowledge of the Negro's mentality and character. It is also to be hoped that our young men and women in the south who are coming north for university training, will study carefully the advantages of the Chicago universities, if for no other reason than to meet in the class room the southern white student and prove to him the fallacy of his low estimate of the Negro's capacity. Some months ago when Dr. DuBois, of the Atlanta university, addressed the Sociology club of the Chiago university, the southern white students were made to feel in a notable degree the utter littleness of their pretensions and prejudices. Mr. M. M. Work, a graduate of the Chicago university, and now pursuing post graduate work on the Department of Sociology, has conducted some investigations that have been accepted by the faculty as models for other students. However hostile some of these southerners may have felt against the Negro before they left their provincial southern homes, they must have experienced some change of heart after four years of contact and relationship with the colored students in the class room and on the campus. It is worty of note that the colored students who have taken the regular courses in our universities have so far made fine records and will undoubtedly be heard from in some important way in the future. Not long ago one of our recital nails furnished a scene long to be remembered. This hall is used only for rare occasions and the announcement by any of the great masters that a recital is to be given by some prize pupil is sufficient to fill the hall with music lovers and patrons of wealth and fashion. On the occasion referred to, the prize pupil proved to be a young colored girl, Miss Hazel Harrison, who while pursuing her musical studies, is also a high school pupil of good standing. For nearly two hours that magnificent audience was entranced by her playing. The applause, the comments and the enthusiasm could not have been more spontaneous and generous had some distinguished pianist of national reputation been the artist of the occasion. In all that exultant comment and unstinted admiration, there seemed to be an entire forgetfulness of color or "previous condition." All hearts went out in praise for the young woman, and she bore it all with a modesty that gave to her talents an additional charm. The Kindergarten Training schools of Chicago have also been liberally patronized by our young colored women. These schools are not only among the best in the country, but they have always been absolute free from prejudice of any kind. There has not been a single feature of the work, from the close contact in the games and other requirements of the training to the practice work in the schools, from which one young woman have been excluded for color reasons. Colored kindergarten students have gone everywhere and have had charge of all kinds and conditions of children and have found at all times a delightful welcome from the children and charming comradship among teachers and fellow students. What has been said of the universities, the conservatories of music and kindergarten training schools can be equally said of the great medical, law schools, schools of dentistry, pharmacy and the great art college on the lake front. TUNIS BARRIER WILLIAMS. ACCIDENT TO "ASTRA." Mr. W. J. Edelin had a piece of bad luck a few days ago which prevented his fast-stepping colt Astra from figuring at the Bennings track. While exercising the horse her trainer acci- M dentally ran into a pitchfork in the hands of a stableman, inflicting a painful wound in Astra's breast. The colt will recover, but not in time to appear during the present meet. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE NOTES The excavation for the foundation of the Collis P. 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No threat of causing his defeat for the nomination in 1904 will force him to abandon the patriotic position he has taken in the matter recognizing the Negro allies of the Republican party on the same plane as any other element of the organization of which he is the official head. The party of Lincoln and Grant was founded upon the distinct proposition that all men were crated free and stood upon an equal footing before the law. To abandon this fundamental principle and leave the doctrine of human rights for the flesh nots of commercialism would be to dismiss all claims upon the conscience of the redemption of mankind. The Republican party, in some respects, has strayed away from its time-honored obligations, but the logic of events and the few loyal spirits who remained true to the gospel of the fathers have combined to point out the error of its ways, and the return to the old mooring has been swift and positive. The mad chase after strange gods has been checked in timely fashion by the sober action of the party's most sagacious leaders, and a new era of robust and healthful politics has set in, to the good of all concerned. The effort to establish a white Republican party in the South has resulted in the failure that it richly deserved, and the promoters of that un-American and unjust propaganda have been broken on the wheel. As a parting shot, they declare their intention to throw their strength inst the President in the next national convention because of his out-spoken antagonism to their nefarious schemes. They plan to place in nomination some one who they think will be "a white man's president." and permit them to go on undisturbed in their carnival of plunder and pretense of party organization with federal patronage as its basis. They will be sadly disappointed. The North and West and be solid against drawing the color line in politics for the benefit of a few freebooters and adventurers, and to the detriment of the party in the states that contribute votes to the electoral college. A majority of delegates nominated in a Republican Na- THE COLORED AMEPICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. tional convention, and the two hundred odd who will come up from the south cannot begin to overcome the great combination that will be counted as a unit for the strongest character that has sat in the executive chair since Lincoln. Besides, where could the lily-whites find a candidate who would be willing to commit political suicide by standing upon such an outrageous platform as the exclusion of the Negro as a factor in the works and rewards of the party of freedom and civil rights for all Americans? Mr. Fairbanks would not think of such a thing. Mr. Hanna, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Allison, Mr. Foraker, Mr. Shaw and all others who might be considerd as presidential timber, would be equally antagonistic to the basing of their campaigns upon such an impossible issue. If there is one argument stronger than another in favor of reducing the southern representation in Republican national conventions, it is this mischevious tendency on the part of certain unscrupulous political hacks to barter away the very foundations of the national organization to gratify personal animosities, which course, in a close contest, might foist upon the party at large a platform and a candidate that would carry the whole institution to a crushing defeat. The south is hopelessly Democratic, and the wise managers like General Clarkson, will not be deceived by the oily pretensions of the petty factions who seek personal advantage and the emoluments of office. They will not sacrifice the electoral votes made certain by the ballots of Negroes in New York., Indiana, Ohio and Illinois for the will-o'the-wisp offered by the impotent lily-whites below the Mason and Dixon line. The President has taken an impregnable position on this question. He is on solid ground, and he will not be frightened from his stronghold by either the malicious or the sycophantic fawning of Senator Pritchard and his ilk. The race problem can be settled by a strict adherence to the constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, the Golden Rule of the Holy Bible, either, any or all of them. They are founded upon the eternal principles of justice to all men, the immortal gospel of truth and righteousness. THE CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK The temporary embarrassment of the Capital Savings bank comes as a surprise and shock to the friends of Negro enterprise everywhere. That a financial corporation which had successfully weathered the panic of 1893 should fail in the high tide of prosperity makes the situation all more difficult to understand. It appears, however, that for some time there has been a quiet drain upon the resources of the bank and the reserve had become so low that rather than run further risk of the funds of the depositors or the company, it was decided best to close the doors of the institution for at least sixty days, at which time it is hoped that business can be safely resumed. The managers of the Capital Savings bank are among the best citizens and are gentlemen of unimpeachable integrity. They have ample means to pay all obligations ten times over and the people who have intrusted funds to their keeping may rest assured that they will receive dollar for dollar. Confidence is everything to the success of a business and we trust that important element can be resorted in time to guarantee a future for this corporation. Its destruction cannot fail to inact injury upon every other concern operated by colored people. Very recently the colored people who are in the Klondike region, with headquarters at Dawson, had made a large heavy solid gold ring, bearing the word "Yukon," in raised letters, and having the design of a full bunch of grapes on either side of the word and sent it with their compliments to Booker T. Washington, of the Tuskegee institute, as an expression of their appreciation of his worth to the race, the ring is eighteen caret gold, and is said to be a work of real art. JUDGE ASHLEY M. GOULD JUDGE ASHLEY M. GOULD. JUDGE GOULD. The nomination of the Hon. Ashley M. Gould to the judgship on the bench of the supreme court of the District of Columbia is gratifying to every element of Washington's cosmopolitan population. He is well-equipped as a master of law and possesses the requisite judicial temperament. Mr. Gould will be a tower of strength to the local supreme court and to the colored people his selection adds immeasurably to their confidence that the statutes will not only be impartially used to punish violators of the law but also to protect the humblest citizen in the enjoyment of his rights. We congratulate the District and ourselves as well upon the accession of Judge Gould. The Virginia colored people do not sit simply by and allow themselves to be disfranchised without an effort to save themselves. They are making the governor and his fraudulent machine show cause why the recent election shall not be declared illegal, as it was held under conditions clearly unconstitutional. It will be so decided if the issue is squarely met by the courts. THE DISTRICT RECORDER'S OFFICE Strong efforts should be made during this short session of Congress to induce that body to do something for the relief of the office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. What does it need? Everything! New furniture should be put in. Ample shelving should be provided. One old worn-out books should be recopied. The compensation of the copyists is inadequate. Under the "bundle system" they are paid by the piece, receiving one-third of the fee charged for placing the papers on record. To afford these workers a living wage they should be allowed one-half of the amount received, as the lapse between their periods of service is three to five weeks. The office is more than self-supporting, and this raise could be granted the copying force without exhausting the surplus receipts, which go into the treasury. Recorder Dancy is anxious to inaugurate some much-needed reforms, and the people of the District, colored and white, should interest themselves in having Congress make the necessary appropriations to carry them into effect. Now is the time to move in the matter, and we should pull strongly for better conditions in this very important office. The southern Negro who can benefit himself and family by moving into the north and west should not stand upon the order of going, but go at once. An exodus by the wholesale would be inadvisable, but a quiet, steady immigration to the land of equal rights would open a door to those who go, and improve the prospects of those who remain behind. AS TO "REGULAR" DELEGATES. It is boldly stated by some of the lily-white leaders that have control of the party machinery in the several southern states, that they will elect their delegates to the next national convention and knock for admission as the "regular" representatives. The scheme wi.. not work, not by a jug full, if General Clarkson is alive and well in 1904. The only "regulars" who will sit in that convention will be men who recognize the fundamental principles of Republicanism as laid down by Abraham Lincoln. Those who draw the color line will find themselves persona non grata under this administration. Let the Louisiana people fight to a unison the constitutionality of the separate seat law in the street cars. The statute is a piece of hypocrisy, the outgrowth of an artificial social system. The white people do not wish to be very widely separated from the Negro as all of us will readily concede. Let them fight the thing out. When corporations and the law-makers get through pummelling each other the black people will find out that they will enjoy some benefits therefrom. The absurd conard about Miss Portig Washington leaving Willesley college on account of color discrimination or failure in her studies has been knocked in the head by a straightforward letter of explanation and denial from Dr. Washington himself. The author of such an attack upon a female member of a family because of differences with a parent cannot be appropriately characterized in terms suitable for publication in a paper which aims to be acceptable to the home and fireside. President Roosevelt is not given to making mistakes, and he thoroughly understands the public pulse. Knowing the unpopularity of one Peter C. Pritchard, it is improbable that the President will fly into the faces of his colored allies by naming the said Pritchard as a federal judge, a recognition he is seeking. The President can find excellent timber in North Carolina without galvanizing political corpses by even the shadow of an endorsement. Pritchard has forfeited all claim upon the support of loyal Republicans. Senator John T. Morgan is too smart a man to allow his name to go down in history as too narrow to meet the race question as intelligently as he would the canal issue or the tariff. He flies off at a target and furiously exclaims that "the Democratic party always was and always will be distinctively a white man a party!" This will be nes to Mr. Grover Cleveland, who divided some nice far parsels of patronage among his colored friends. Senator Morgan is unjust to his own fame in placing American citizenship and party alignment on so low a plan as to be governed by color considerations. With the approach of the general conference of the A. M. E. Zion church, interest in the election of general officers increases. The probable election of Rev. J. W. Smith to the Bishopric, is creating a lively race for the editorship of The Star of Zion, the place now filled by nim. A favorite is Rev. B. J. Bolding, whose commanding ability as a financier and literatuer has been adbirably demonstrated by his labors in this city as pastor at the John wesley A. M. E. Zien church, and as editor of the Warick Christian Endeavorer. He would be a strong man at the helm of Zion's leading organ. NOT GIVEN BY MISS FLAGLER A report went out broadcast that the trousseau of Mrs. Marion Green Payne who was recently married to Mr. Andrew J. Payne, was the gift of Miss Elizabeth Flagler, who some years ago shot and killed the small brother of Mrs. Payne. Mr. Richard Green, the father of the bride, desires it known that the statement is untrue as to Miss Flagler, and that the trousseau was given by himself. Miss Flagler was not even invited to the wedding. Editor E. E. Cooper has returned from a three-weeks' jaunt through the