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The COLORED American A-NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. X, NO. 25 Hon. Edw. Morrell a Champion of American Rights. A Bill to Prevent Discrimination by Common, Carriers of Passengers Traveling Between the States on Account of Race and Color.—Penn's Aggressive Congressman Takes the Iniative in Protecting the Civil Rights of Ten Millions of Disfranchised American Citizens. It was Sumner, Phillips, Garrison, and other great advocates of right who laid the foundtaion for the civil and political enfranchisement of the Negro in this country. Their labor was based upon the principle that "Equality of rights is the first of rights," and they passed from the scene satisfied that the results attained were secure. To-day what was conceded the Negro in the past is being taken away and he asks in the name of law and justice that his friends take a determined stand in the maintenance of the rights of every citizen as guaranteed by the Constitution. No more pronounced response has come than that of Hon. Edward Morrell, a member of Congress from Pennsylvania, who has introduced the following bill in Congress: To prevent discrimination by common carriers of passengers traveling between the States on account of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for any railroad company engaged in business as a common carrier in transporting passengers from one State to another to make any discrimination in the accomodation to be furnished passengers traveling from one State to another on account of race or color, whether such discrimination be by requiring such passengers to be carried in cars specially allotted to persons of certain races or colors or otherwise. SEC. 2. That any officer, director, WASHINGTON, D.C., JANUARY 2, 1904. J. GENERAL EDWARD MORRELL, M. C., Who Introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, November 19th, 1903, to Prevent Discrimination by Common Carriers of Passengers Traveling Between the States on Account of Race and Color. or employee of any such corporation who shall make, publish or undertake to enforce any rule, or any organization discriminating against such passengers, on account of race or color, shall be guilty of an offense against the laws of the United States, and shall be liable to indictment in the district court of the United States for the district in which such offense is committed, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by the imposition of a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court. In this connection a brief biography of Mr. Morrell will indicate the character of his interest in colored people and their advancement. Born in Newport, R. I., in 1862, his ancestors were all old time Philadelphiaans distinguished in civil and military life. His grandfather, Dr. Robert Morrell, was a surgeon in the navy in the war of 1812, while his grandmother was a daughter of Col. A. L. Tousand, who came over with Lafayette and entered the army of the United States. Col. John Hare Powell, his grandfather on his mother's side, is well known in the history of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Col. Powell's wife, Miss De Veau, was a daughter of a Revolutionary hero, Col. Andrew DeVeaux, of Continued on page 6. PRICE, FIVE CENTS Noted Negro Inventor. G. A. Thomas Invents a Carpet Cleaner Which Will Revolutionize House Cleaning and Bring Dollars to His Coffers—Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams Gives a Lucid Discription of the Workings of the Machine and its Many Advantages Over all Others of its Kind.—A Company Organized With a Capital Stock of $250,000. Chicago, Ill., Special.—Mr. E. A. Thomas, a colored man of this city, has invented a machine for the cleaning disinfecting or rugs, carpets and other floor coverings, that is pronounced by experts to be one of the most ingenious and practical machines of the kind ever invented. Mr. Thomas, until a year ago, was an employee of the Illinois Central Railroad. He is a man about 45 years of age, of keen intellegence and much force of character. About a year ago he began to study the present awkward, expensive and unsatisfactory way of cleaning carpets and rugs, hotels and retailants, as well as in private houses. Owing to lack of yard room or commons, and to stringent city ordinances, the cleaning of carpets in cities is a perplexing problem. The present methods are expensive, archaic and in every way unsatisfactory. Thomas became convinced that if some device could be worked out to do away with all these embarrassments, there would be no question about its being seized upon and brought into extensive use. After more than a year of study and experimenting, attended with many privations and discouragements, Mr. Thomas has perfected his invention, received his patent from Washington, and is now preparing "blue prints" for the purpose of covering his patent rights in European countries. The following description of the machine, as shown in the prospectus, gives an idea of the character of this wonderful invention. "When the carpet is drawn into the machine, it is placed under two rapidly revolving brushes, and then it comes in contact with two currents of air, which are forced upon the carpet under a very high pressure, Continued on page 3. 10 NEGRO A GREAT AID. Andrew Carnegie Says He Helps to Make America Powerful. New York, Dec. 17.—At a meeting here of the Armstrong Association Andrew Carnegie surprised his hearers by asserting that he believed Great Britain would surely some day lose South Africa. He said: "It is about as certain as we are living that Great Britain will lose South Africa, because the Dutch population there is increasing, while the British are not. The Kaffirs won't work. What would Great Britain give for nine million negroes as peaceable and as lovable as those in this country? These men give us about eleven million baless of cotton every year, and this, I contend, helps make the United States the most powerful nation in the world. Suppose a fleet of British warships should attack us. The President, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, need only raise his hand and say stop exwould be won. What a happy country thisis to have the negro. "My knowledge of the question leads me to the opinion that no political question ever has or ever will benefit the Negro. The Hampton Institute shows the only useful solution. The association, named after General S. C. Armstrong, founder of Hampton Institute, carried on the work in behalf of the Negro which General Armstrong began. TO OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS. We have on our mailing books, a large number of names of persons who are considerably behind in their subscription to this paper, and who have been notified a great number of times, but who seem to pay no attention to these mild duns. Beginning with the New Year we hope that every subscriber will make an effort to pay up what is due on the paper, so that with the New Year we can get out a better paper improved in every way. This doesn't mean the other fellow, but it means you. Who will be the first to start the ball rolling. WILL RECEIVE NEW YEAR'S DAY. Mr.. and Mrs. Diuguid announce a grand reception Friday evening, January 1, at 1703 K street, N. w., from 8:30 to 11 p. m. The occasion will be the celebration of his 25th anniversary with Mr. and Mrs. Glover. Mr. B. H. Thompson of 324 M street, S. W., is spending his Christmas holidays with his parents, Richard and Eliza Thompson, of Profits, Va., near Charlottesville. THE COLORED AMERICAN. CONVENTION HALL NEW YEAR'S NIGHT. The La Toscas on the boards at Convention Hall New Year's evening, and offer a most interesting program. It has been thoroughly advertised and a large attendance is expected. The exercises proper begins at 8 o'clock. The Ladies of the Violet Social Club will hold a reception New Year's Day at 2015 M street, N. W., from 6 to 10 p.m. Officers are Miss Kate Green, President; Mrs. Susie Ellis, Sec.; Miss Emma Finney, Treas.; members are Misses Annie Jackson, Ocea Parker, Alice Lewis, Dellà Randall, Lulu McGuire, Carrie Gross, Mary Peaks and Mesdames Rebecca Coleman and Lucy Williams. Mr. Richard Wells, of 1633 O street, N. W., will be at home January 1, from 9 to 11 p.m. This being Leap Year ladies are especially invited. Mr. Wells will be assisted by Mr. Charles Brown. THE TAILORS AND DRESSMAK The Tailors and Dressmakers Association of Washington City, gave a grand reception and a twenty thousand dollar exhibit at the True Reformers Hall, cor. 12th and U Sts., N. W., Monday evening, Dec. 28th. A most interesting program has been arranged and the cuisine will be all that an epicure could wish. The Invincible orchestra will furnish the music during the reception, which will continue from 8 p. m., to 2 a. m. The officers of this popular and much needed association are Mr. R. Ross Burt, President, Mrs. L. R. Clark, V. President, Miss Glennie Parker, Sec'y, Mr. Bennett B. Slade, Cor, Sec'y, Mrs. Annie L. Terrell, Treas., Mr. R. E. Burke, Chaplain. LAWYER MOSS IN THE TOILS. Lawyer John Moss, well known around the Police Court in this city, was arrested for contempt of court last week, and fined by Judge Wright $25 and sentenced to jail for ten days. It seems that Lawyer Moss addressed a passing jury in the hands of the U. S. Marshall saying, "Not guilty." He regarded the incident as a joke, but Judge Wright did not see it in this way, hence the fine. His friends rallied to his support and raised the money to pay the fine, but could not get the jail sentence removed. He was released on bail last Monday. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Menard, wife of the late Congressman, J. Willis Menard, and mother of Mr. J. Willis Menard, Jr., the well known newspaper correspondent, died Monday night, December 21st, at her residence 333 Spruce St. She was a woman of great force of character, was a loving wife and a true and tender mother. OBITUARY. The Grand Fountain of the City Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society January, 1881, by William W. Browne, laws of the State of Virginia, with headship is both male and female, and consists to 60 years of age. Its membership of cles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid toefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may persons not over 50 years of age paying. The monthly dues are not less than 35 or 50 cents per month in towns and cities, in January and July of each year. Sick week, while death benefits range fromized in any locality on application to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of thrift, industry and brotherly love, themed known as the Rosebuds. Twenty more than fourteen years of age may for each. This department, like the Senior twenty-five cents per week, and death dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES Persons desiring to leave than is paid from Fountain Department Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree, into Circles, and pay joining fees and d Class "B" 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 25 to 30 2.75 200.00 100.00 4.75 1.20 30 to 35 3.00 200.00 100.00 4.75 1.20 35 to 40 3.25 200.00 100.00 5.70 1.43 40 to 45 3.50 140.00 70.00 5.79 1.43 45 to 50 3.75 115.00 58.00 6.65 1.66 50 to 55 4.00 70.00 45.00 6.55 1.66 55 to 50 4.25 65.00 33.00 7.60 1.90 The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reasoners The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reasoners 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 $1 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 44 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 44 35 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 5 70 1 43 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 66 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 40 to 45 6 00 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 66 45 to 50 3 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 260 00 11 40 2 85 50 to 55 4 00 70 00 45 00 6 35 1 66 50 to 60 9 10 350 00 175 00 11 40 2 85 55 to 50 4 25 65 00 33 00 7 60 1 90 Class "M" Joining fee. Value of Certificate Annual dues Quarterly dues Age 14 to 30 $11 00 $1000 00 $21 90 $5 25 " 30 to 35 12 00 10 0 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 If the Grand Fountain United Order of the bank commenced.business April 3 present has steadily increased in volumetal stock of $100,000. From the humbl the bank opened for business in 1889 th the volume of business transacted amoal panic of 1893, the Savings Bank or in the city of Richmond that did not ce If 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 $350.058, 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 forms. I 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, Va. PEFORMERS 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. 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 any ink from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 2 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 68414 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 preservation of all charitable interests 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' Homes, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. For further information address— Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 601-6-8 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. 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. The same is made by the organization in what is known as the Regalia Department. THE SAVINGS BANK—In March, 1888, there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia a charter to the Savings Bank UNITED IN MATRIMONY. Bo iar ee acc a cere atin eee eC ORES oa eee oe ee OE EY ee ee eel Mp ee Pe ae ee . oe er ee s See ae ee lin Se ae _ a ee ee 2 SS es ei ee ee ee i a i ee Se oe & ae SES ———. en Se Seg oes OSE ERS 2a eee oe eee: ite eae DR. R. C. RICHARDSON. The elite of Washington scciety was present at the marriage of Rev. Rich- ard C. Richardson, of Tennessee, to Miss Mary Jones, of Washington D. C., at the 19th street Baptist church, December 23, 1908, at 8 o’clock p.m. The bride and the groom marched up the isles of the church to the alter, which was elaborately decorated with flowers, ferns and lilies of the valley, to the tune of: Mendlesohn‘s Wedding March. Madame Fountain’s exceilent rendition of a solo, entitled, “Always,” was very appropriate The bride wore a white libertine satin trousseau and chiffon, trimmed with pearls. The groom wore a con- ventional black suit of modern style. Miss Lillian Maylor, maid of honor, who led the wedding march, was at- tired in an organdy gown over blue Walter H, Brooks, of the ORTER’S EXCHANGE. oular hostelry located at th St., N. W., is one of the uw hotels in Washington. It y undergone improvements, very large, and a most up-to- Its furnishings are brand Wl of the arrangements are 1 of the latest pattern. For wo weeks, the Porter’s Ex- 3 been the headquarters for cnown persons as Messrs. T-: ortune Walter -L. Cohen, ns; W. A. Pledger, Georgia; oe, Pennsylvania, and a host , The managers, Messrs. 1 Smith, leave no stone un- give perfect satisfaction to ons, or Rent.—Fine large south 1, 2d floor, 3 large windows. rful and sunny in winter— cool in summer. Also high room, bay window, south ne chance for doctor, dentist ss man, Neither of these re been occupied since newly vainted and furnished. Cheap arty. Fin location to estab- anently. Better come and em. You may contemplate a Will rent, separately. Jenn B. HyMan. _ oran St. dec20-92% Co DE 0 BNE Eee OE CEE eT ee ee a See BS FS eee Pn ae gs See ee eee ee ee eS ee | Se oF Pe een Oe eg _ ee ee ee ee E a Ey ie * Me | gee ~ Se a ” sa : | oe eae cee aa ‘ F ae id A MRS. M. J. RICHARDSON. 19th Street Baptist church, officiated. Immediately after the ceremonies there was a grand reception given to their host of friends at their palatial and cosy residence, 2310 Virginia av- enue, N. W. Many handsome and val- uable presents were received. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. James Jones, of Raleigh, N. C. The table was spread in the dining room, with the delicacies of the season, which consisted of an extra- ordinarly handsome wedding cake, chicken salad, fruit, candies, assorted cakes, cocoa, etc. The ushers were Messrs. O. D. Morris, W. R. Griffin, N. G. Mitchell and J. S. Settle. Among those present, were Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Mr. and Mrs, Paul Bray, Mesdames Robinson, Gilmer, Fountain, Taylor, Jones, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Misses Ross, Baker, Bos- ton and others. OUTSTRIPS ALL. The Colored American of Washing- ton, D. C., Ed. Cooper, proprietor, still outstrips all of his competitors with 64 columns of original reading matter and good, live advertiseing makes The Colored American the national journal of the colored people of the country. We admire push, energy and good common sense and wish him success.— lilinois Idea. COOPER AT THE HEAD OF A GREAT DAILY. One of the things the Mirror wouid like to see is a Negro daily paper man- ned by colored men. We would like to see that “daily” published at Wash- ington as probably the most central point. There is a number of good men available for its management. In this line E. E. Cooper has demonstrated superior ability. W. E. B. DuBois in the editorial chair would make it worth the reading and R. W. Thomp- son as ‘“‘Paragrapher,” would not be bad.—The Mirror, Danville, Va. Mrs. Maria Lewis has returned to the city after a pleasant stay in New York City and other eastern points. She reports a good time, THE CO] t MENON EON EES . zs Gifts (os ° (in Our Special ‘ ae, ’ ‘ Bargain Dep't. ee (4 Over a dozen tables ofbeauti- , { ful articles, both useful and or- > namental, ranging in price from ( Choice 25 cents to $2.00. ( These tables are prepared es- > pecially for holiday gifts and in- ( clude many varieties of import- ( ed vases, ornamments, bric-a- " prac, ete., and in every instance )) represent but a small portion of » their actual worth. Extraordinary Values. y In our Silverware Department. p) Asortments of Sterling Sil- S articles from choice $1.00 and $1.50 and up. » ——— S . DULIN & MARTIN C0. § Successors to M. W. Beveridge, » Pottery, Porcelain, China, Glass, Silver, etc. y 1215 F St. and 1214 G St. y y Se ae a ye ee ee ee Ps ae Harry G. Lenz. Hugo Lossau. LENZ & LOSSAU, Successors to CHARLES FISHER. ae 6 Gekater: j Z } Olt ee wm. 6S & Senet ¥ ss n As > .- SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Trusses, Crutches, Syringes, Cutlery, Artificial Human Eyes, Elastic Hosiery, Abdominal Supporters. Rubber Goods of Every Description. 623 Seventh Street Northwest. Opposite Patent Office, WASHINGTON, - - - D.C. Competent Lady Attendant. The SOUTHERN HOTEL Good board, steam heat, and electric bells. 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WASHINGTON, printed in feur colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent.ele- gantly, framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THE COLORED AMERICAN, To persons who desire the picture without subscribing for the paper, it will be sent by express for $1.50. To parties who desire to sell them, they will be sent in quantities of ten or more for $1.00 each, All orders should be addressed to The Colored American WASHINGTON, D.c. ee This picture should be in every Parlor. Library. Reading Roon:, School Room, and every Public Hall used by #r°elligent calored people, Holmes Hotel 333 Va. Ave., S. W., Washington, D. C Best Africo-American Accommodation tin the District. European and American Plan. Bar Stocked with Fine Wines, Import- ed Brandies and PURE OLD RYE WHISKEY. Best Jdne Cigars, 5 & 10c Good Room and Lodging, 50, 75 and $1. Comfortably Heated by Steam. James Ottaway Holmes, Prop. WASHINGTON, D.C. saTra Re =. fp f Re fee The Souls of 1 ine Souls O Black Folk ack HO By W.E. B. DuBois A REMARKABLE BOOK that is provoking «“ much discussion because of the wonderful eloquence with which the author pleads for right and justice to his people. In these days of increasing agitation over the “ negro problem” this passionate human doecment can neither be overlooked nor ignored. Aside from its remarkable presentation of faets.it holds the reader—prejudiced or not—by its fascination of style and overpowering pathos. Some of the Chapter Headings follow: OF OUR SPIRITUAL STRIVINGS. OF THE DAWN OF FREEDOM OF MR. WASHINGTON AND OTHER®. OF THE MEANING OF PROGRESS. OF THE TRAINING OF BLACK MEN. OF THE BLACK BELT. OF THE SONS OF MASTER AND MAN. OF THE FAITH OF THE FATHERS. OF THE PASSING OF THE¥ 3T-BORN, OF ALEXANDER CRUMMEL OF THE COMING OF JOHN. OF THE SOKROW SONGS. 3d Edition $1.20 net i lished by A.C. McClurg & Co. *hicago BOYS' DAY AT SLATER SCHOOL. On Saturday afternoon, December 18, from two until four, the boys of Slater School entertained at their building some of the boys of the other schools of the 10th, 11th, and 12th divisions. Miss A. R. Jackson presided. They listened to addresses from Dr. W. S. Montgomery, assistant superintendent of schools, Mrs. Weller, of the Associated Charities, Miss Bowen, of the Home for Friendless Girls, and the Rev. Corrothers; and also to very encouraging remarks from Miss Gibbs, principal of Sumner School. Mr. Herndon Jones, Mr. Henry Grant, Mr. Silas James, and pupils of the schools favored them with musical selections. Among those present were Misses A. V. Thompkins, Louise Smith, E. F. G. Merritt, Eliza Wilson, Carrie Thomas, Marie Madre, E. A. Chase, former principal, Rosetta Boston, Annie Howard, and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman. Refreshments were served and the boys participated in a general good time, maintaining, throughout, gentlemanly deportment which was beauti- 1895. E. W. C. DR. W. S. MONTGOMERY, Superintendent Colored Schools, Washington, D. C. ful to see among so many assembled from all sections. The object of the entertainment is to introduce into school life a feature that will have a tendency to hold more boys in the schools, and especially to attract those who are not now sufficiently interested in getting an education. The idea was conceived by Miss L. S. Chase, principal of the Slater School, after a conference with Dr. W. S. Montgomery. It was carried into effect by the principal, assisted by her excellent corps of teachers, Misses H. V. Bruce, M. Liggons, A. V. Gray, L. Coleman, H. F. Morris, W. A. Coleman, A. R. Jackson, and B. G. Howard. Miss L. S. Chase, though only one year in charge of a building, has endeared herself to the children, parents, and teachers by her kindness of heart and justice in her dealings with all. Such a person at the head of a school exerts an immeasurable influence in the uplifting of future generations. The greatest need of the world is more humanity. ALONG THE BOULEVARD. There were many Christmas cheers extended by the down town firms on the Avenue to their patrons during days. Nearly every cafe and ucted in the interest of the fine set out, and everybody, THE COLORED AMERICAN. even strangers, were made we Messrs. Gray and Costley, at 1813 street, N. W., set the pace by a fine Christmas dinner. Among good things to be had in abur were celery and olives, roast with cranberry sauce, pickles, crackers, suckling pigs with apple sauce, and fifteen gallons of egg nog. There were plenty of takers and nothing went a begging. Not to be out done, Messrs. Moore and Prioleau, at 1213 Pa. Ave. had for their spread an old time country dinner, consisting of roast beef with brown potatoes, corn beef and cabbage and potatoes, and many side trimings. Messrs. J. R. Moore and Byron Chisum were kept busy in the buffet department, while Mr. John Prioleau, with his army of cooks and lieutenants were kept busy serving the dinner away. Messrs. Gaskins and Gaines, at 8th and D Sts. N. W., have an original way of doing things and they did it this day to the evident satisfaction of all. Their free menu consisted of roast turkey, a twenty-six pound fellow, baked beans, corn beef and cabbage, pickles and anchovies in great variety and abundance. Each employee was given a cash present, it being regulated by the number of years said employee has been with the firm. Here is where Col. J. Madison Jackson got in his work and proved himself an easy winner, having been with the firm from its very beginning. Each employee was also given a package of good things consisting of liquids and solids. At the Porter's Exchange, 103 6th St. N. W., everybody was busy, and the hotle proper was packed with guests from out of town. This hotel is the most up to date colored hotel in the city, having all the latest patterns and the most modern improvements. Mrs. Brown, the proprietor, and Mr. Smith, the manager, gave the closest attention to their guests and everything went as merry as a marriage bell. The Philadelphia House was not behind the others, and under the generalship of Mr. Edward Matthews, gave every friend and patron a pleasant greeting. Mrs. Mary Carroll is the proprietor of this popular hostelry. The Southern Hotel, at 311 Penn. Ave. N. W., under the management of Mr. Samuel Stewart and wife, seem to have put new life and interest into this most centrally located hotel. Nothing was neglected thatwould contribute to the entertainment and pleasure of the guests of the hotel and buffet. Mr. Edwin C. Allen, the great orator and mixologist, was in charge and what he did for the delectation of the patrons of the buffet department was a plenty. He is ably assisted by Mr. John L. Sullivan, of the bland smile and good looks, who himself knows a trick or two about catering to a discriminating public. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have made the Southern one of the best hotels of the nation's capital, and the appreciation of the public is shown by the large number of prominent people from all parts of the country, who, when coming to Washington, make the Southern their headquarters. McNairde Moore! [Picture of a woman with a high bun, wearing a dark dress with a decorative brooch.] The gifted Clairvoyant, the great female wonder, born with the double (caul) veil, she is one of the old ancient Southern Clairvoyants of New Orleans. She's a living Phrenologist and Physiogomist. She tells plainly what you are best adapted for in life by reading your brains and mind. With a grasp of her hand she gives you a code of influence to enable you to overcome all bad luck. She has made thousands of homes happy. Read the fifth chapter ix verse of St. Matt: "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." She reunites the separated, makes peace where there is confusion. Your husband or wife will never become angry or your sweetheart forsake you. But will love you better and marry you sooner if you will only heed this lady's consultation. Read what several ladies of your city say, "Yes, we believe you a Godsend to our city; my husband and I had been separated over a year and just think since I called on this lady, he returned today, we are together and happy." This young lady, says: "The one loved refused to call or write me; I called on this lady and we are now engaged." You can't afford to miss consulting this gifted lady; she is gifted to read characters. She challenges the world to excell her advice on love, losses, business, family and financial troubles. Re-unites the separated, causes speedy marriage with the one of your choice. No cards allowed in her place of business; no one's ill wishes filled; strictly a Christian lady and depends entirely on her heavenly gift. If you are painful or ailing, think you have been witchcrafted go to see her. She spent eight years in the Jungles of Africa and has traveled through 34 States doing good wherever she went. Read St. John, 9th chap. 33d ver: "If this man is not of God he could do nothing." Capital Shoe Store Capital Shoe Store We are prepared to show you a better assortment of Shoes than heretofore. Our High-Grade Shoes for Men, Women, and Children are priced for quick selling. Come and profit by our..... * Special Sales Every Friday. * 723 Seventh Street, N. W. Molino, Fla., Nov. 14, 1902. Madame:—You are the proper person in the proper place. All that you say is true and all you do is good. May God bless you. F. J. Guntersville, Ala., Oct., 26, 1902. I tried Mme. McNardee and find that she is well up to her profession. She will tell things to come, and they will come as predicted. It will pay people to try her who want to know many things in the future. WRITE HER AT ONCE FOR ALL INFORMATION. There is no doubt of this lady's prophetic power. She is a living phrenologist, palmist, and a natural born clairvoyant to which thousands will testify. She is a God send to our country—born with a gift that no one can dictate. Tell you every incident of your past and present life and put you on the road of success both financially and physically if you will only heed her instructions. I called on her when the one I loved had gone I knew not where and he returned at once, and today I am his dear wife. Dear Sisters and Brothers—Call on her when you can, she will be pleased to meet you and will whenever you wish to. She devotes her entire time for the welfare of the people believing God will reward her. She will make your very soul glad to hear her talk of heaven for she writes such soul searching letters, tells you how to make home happy. Please always enclose stamp for answer. N. B.—Send lock of hair accompanied by one dollar ($1.00) and receive full life reading. Clip this ad. 1527 English Avenue, INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MADAME McNAIRDE-MOORE. HORNER & HARLAN Attorneys at Law Real Estate Brokers Webster Law Bldg. 505D St. N.W. A number of desirable houses for sale on terms to suit. Money loaned in any amount. Telephone East 515Y. ```markdown ``` 13 Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent, package of Grove's Black Root, Liver Pills. 14 THE MONARCH OF NEGRO NEWS- PAPERS. The ideal race newspaper, and published at the Capital of the Nation, is THE COLORED AMERICAN. It is clean, newsy, and ably and fearlessly edited. It is the organ of no clique or faction, but a fearless champion of the colored people everywhere. Its columns teem with news of the day, reflecting the best sentiments as well as the doings and achievements of the race everywhere. Read what the Negro press says: THE COLORED AMERICAN is already a great newspaper, printing forty-eight columns each issue. It aims to print seventy-two columns. May its friends aid it to its realization.—The Wilmington Record. Mr. Edward Cooper, manager of THE COLORED AMERICAN, Washington, D. C., is unquestionably the ablest all-round newspaper manager of our race, if results are to settle the question.—The New South. THE COLORED AMERICAN .s, without question, the greatest newspaper published by colored men; every colored editor should take off his hat to Mr. Cooper.—The Leavenworth Herald. THE COLORED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., comes every week, brim full and running over with good things; Brother Cooper is one of the best newspaper men of the country.—The Huntsville Journal. THE COLORED AMERICAN, in a short space of three years, has gone to the front at the Nation's Capital. Its manager, E. E. Cooper, holds a unique position in colored journalism, being the pioneer of illustrated journalism. -Ex. Editor Cooper, of THE COLORED AMERICAN, has so many good things for his readers that he seriously contemplates making his a twelve-page, instead of an eight-page paper. This shows that THE COLORED AMERICAN is not only holding its own, but is doing more. The Star of Zion. THE COLORED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., will shortly issue a twelvepage paper weekly—seventy-two columns of reading matter. Under the able management of Editor Cooper it has forged ahead till it earned the name of "Monarch of the Weeklies." The Western Outlook. THE COLORED AMERICAN, a local hebdomadal, published in the interest of the colored people, came out in a new dress and with a beautiful heading Saturday. It is one of the best newspapers in the country edited by colored men; has a good circulation, and carries a large line of live advertising.--The Washington Post. THE COLORED AMERICAN is without doubt one of the ablest journals published by Afro-Americans. It is a Republican paper, very free in its expressions, which makes it more popular even among those who deny the "equality of man." This paper is published at Washington, where the doings of the lawmakers of the great Republic may be had pure and fresh, and submitted to the people for their disposal.—The Rock Hill Messenger. THECOLORED AMERICAN CLASSES IN FINE ART NEEDLE WORK. Miss Johnson, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., is now in the city, and will open this week an elaborate display of Fine Art Needle Work, to be seen in the window of Mrs. Clark's"Emporium," True Reformers Hall, U St., N. W. Day and evening classes will be formed to which she will give her personal attention and cordially invites inspection. tf A PIONEER JOURNALIST. The Colored American, Washington, D. C., of which Mr. E. E. Cooper is editor, is always brimful of news with pointed and strong editorials on the live issues of the day. Mr. Cooper is one of the pioneer journalists of the race, and is well versed in the newspaper business all along the line. We congratulate him in the marked success, to which he has brought The Colored American.—Nashville Clarion. HOUSES FOR SALE FOR SALE:—A ten room house with bath and all modern improvements throughout, lot 35 x 100 feet, front, back and side yard. In good location in the Northwest section, within one block of the two main car lines. Good bargain. Prices and terms reasonable. For further information address "Seller," this office. WANTED. Young man desires position as bookkeeper. Excellent accountant; A1 reference. Address, Smith, Box 75, Smithfield, N. C. nov.24-73 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year: four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D. C. LAW, REAL ESTATE, AND PENSIONS JOHN W. PATTERSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 407 SEVENTH STREET N. W. Room No. 3. Phone East 352 - Washington, D. C. Grove has stood the test 25 year bottles. Does this record Enclosed with every WANTED. LAW. CITARINT VIGOR AND VITALTY RESTORED. CONSULTATION Private Waiting We make m dence—everyth you honestly ; health in the sh cine, discomfort Hours, 10 a. m. to 12; 2 to 6 p. m., Tu Saturdays, till 8 p. m.; Sundays, 10 a. ME. DAVIS Hours, 10 a. m. to 12; 2 to 6 p. m., Tuesdays and Saturdays, till 8 p. m.; Sundays, 10 a. m. to 12. WME. DAVIS Ladies Needing Advice [Image of a woman with a star above her head.] Born Clairvoyant and Card Reader Tells about business, Removes Spells and Evil Influences, Reunites the Separated and Gives Luck to all. 1228 25th st. n. w., Washington, D. C. No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. Finest of Soda Water in Season. EUREKA DRUG STORE, Carl W. Shaffer, Prop. & Druggist. 922 Frederick St. Joseph Avenue Missouri SANTAL-MIDY Standard remedy for Gleet, Gonorrhoea and Runnings IN 48 HOURS. Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles. Subscribe for the Colored American United States Medical Institute United States Medical Institute GURES Diseases of Men and Women. NERVOUS DEBILITY, STRICTURE, PROSTATIC TROUBLES, CONTRACTED DISEASE VARICOCELE, IMPOTENCY CURES. ING ROOMS for Ladies and Gentlemen. no charge for friendly talk or corresponding strictly confidential. We will use treat you skillfully, and restore you to shortest space of time, with the least medit, and expense practicable. Private Waiting Rooms for Ladies and Gentlemen. We make no charge for friendly talk or correspondence—everything strictly confidential. We will use you honestly; treat you skillfully, and restore you to health in the shortest space of time, with the least medicine, discomfort, and expense practicable. Ladies Needing Advice and Treatment CONSULT The German female specialist. Treats woman's ills, complaints and irregularities. Private Sanitarium, not a public hospital, but a private home, separate rooms, and home comforts for cases before and during confinement. Trained nurses and experience physician in attendance. Private home for infant if necessary. City office hours from 9 a. m., to 6 p. m. 1233 Pa. avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Unites separated, brings back the one you love, helps quickly all in trouble. Removes Evil Influences. Cures Mysterious Diseases. Gives luck and success. Send lock of hair, Date of birth and 12 cents. Ask 3 questions and receive Horoscope and lucky Birthstone by mail GONZALES—236 Bergen St. Brooklyn, New York. ELEPHONE, B 317 B COLUMBUS WILEY G OVERTON. W. DAVID BROWN OVERTON AND BROWN Bet 6th & 7th Aves New York City. Brooklyn Branch, 315 Bridge Street. Camp Chairs and Coaches to let for all purposes. All Tonic Over One and a Half Million No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Black Root, Liver Pills. Stationery Cigars BLOOD POISON, RHEUMATISM, UTERINE AND OVARIAN TROUBLES, BLADDER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES, VITALITY RESTORED. 1233 Pa. Ave. N. W BRENT MAR. 1233 PA. AVE, N.W. Washington, D. C. GONZALES The Greatest Clairvoyant and Fortune Teller THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN Straightens ___ y,Curly Hair > QO. __ TRADE MARK 1 —~<ING OF ALL HAIRTON\>> ¥ Se 6 ae 2 : mG z oe We Say ZZ 4 j 7 fp Qs SS 4 (2 j EN Ze Sey 3EFORE. f C — 2 _ \ CAFTER. _ BE WARNED __— N order to protect the public from the numerous quack nostrums now on the market, which claim to straighten and cause the hair to grow long, and which are soy, put up by a lot of quacks, charlatans, and fakirs, who have no chemical skill, with the sole idea to get your hard-earned cash and give you nothing in return for your money but a dirty, sticky mass of worthless greases, which injure the hair and cause it to fall out, we have placed our trade-mark, granted to us by the Government of the United States of America, on every box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers and Hair-Straighteners. ‘This trade-mark con- sists of two heads, as shown in this advertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, the other showing long, flowing bair. Any preparation showing the heads with the hair done ap a a coil, or shows features different from the faces shown im this advertise- ment, isnot OZONO. Seeing our marked success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers, numerous firms are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation that we have made for OZONO. Do not be fooled by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the comes and only original King of all Hair Tonics, OLONO._ Two hundred and fifty thousand colored people bought OZONO in the last twelve months. OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and South‘ America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the world, because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without any outside assistance. Nohotironsare used; nothing but OZONO. _ It not only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious aon of soft, fine hair. To neglect your hair is more tnan foolish, when you can increase its ‘peauty by a few applications of OZ NO. We can send OZONO to any place that you may live in, no matter where you may live. The price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to any point on receipt of price® Four boxes isa complete treatment. In order to introduce this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you, on receipt of only $1.00, the following — aggregation: Four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which softens rough skin and brightens black skin, making it several shades lighter, worth 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, Nature’s cure for all skin diseases, such as Pimples, Tan, Acne, Itch, Eczema, ‘and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles, and makes the skin soft and ee We will also include a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm- pits, &c.; also one ‘acd of our PURITY SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the human scalp. This grand aggregation offer is made§ to introduce honest goods. Cut out this coupon and mail to us, ‘with $1.00, and we will send the goods the same day we receive the money. If zou ad $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods by Sa sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAG ETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the straichteninge process, can obtain same by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to g SOc. extTe, ee” 2 at orn lone eoft. and clossy: alsoto care all Ss * eer eS Shee te og - Pe ree Be on a aes a ee Here is an opportunity for students and persons who have spare time to a { make a little money for themselves. The Colored American is the newsiest a ¢ ¢ y and brightest race journal published, and it is an easy matter for an ener- n a Oo n getic person to secure subscriptions for it, and to secure advertising for it. ze ea a] You only have to show a copy of it to your friends and neighbors and SS ti ee to the business men of your acquaintance and they will readily subscribe for it, or advertise in it. The work is light and pleasant, and as a good com- ) Men és Youns Women: mission is offered an energetic person can make a few dollars every day ri without much effort. Send at once for sample copies and full instructions. Se __ | Address The Colored American, 459 C street, N. W., Washington, D. C. THE COL ee EFS BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Enclosed find $1.00, for which please send me the following goods, as by your offer: Four large boxes of Ozono, worth...............------ $2 0® One large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner.......- 5° One large bottle of Electrical Skin Food..........- 50 One large pint package Anti-Odor, worth .........- 25 Que large package Purity Scalp Soap, worth.... 25 Total... .....00000- 00-0 BS-SO@ ata fs 8 BoM ee Post-Office. Nearest Express Office. Sof County. State. St ee ee Attention! b ung Men & Young Women:| t ‘LICAN make it grow 108, SOrt, ane Gees as COIN, itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. TT: make the hair grow out again on bald spots, espe cially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic o1 earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Com pany holds a charter granted by the State of Vir ginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank o Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Com pany. Register your letters; it protects you. Ad dress your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA 16 FINANCIAL EEE Nt) y [] NEED Financial Assistance ? If'so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your conve- nience. We make loans on Furniture, Pi- anos, &c., without removal or any pub- licity in any way. Al) business is pri- vate. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY, 610—F Street—610. Some Men Pay $10,000 For an expert to manage their ad- vertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annual subscription to printer’s ink and learn what all ad- vertisers are thinking about. But even these are not the extremes reach- ed. There are men who lose over $100,000 a year by doing neither one. For sample copy send 10c to Printer’s Ink, No. 10 Spruce Street. New York City. E HAVE A BAR’L of money to lend on furniture_ pianos, &c. No delay. Goods are not disturbed. You return the money in small payments. If you have a loan and need more mon_ ey, we can fix you up. Business con- fidential "Phone, M, 3042. . SURETY LOAN COMPANi. Suite 1, Warder Building, cor. 2 and F, 523 9th. Money to Loan! Money to loan at lowest rate of interest on Real and Per-onal Property, also ov Notes. Apply at office of Mutual Improvement Society 407 Seventh street N. W.. third floor, and Upwards Oans 0 .Made on Fur- niture, - Pianos, ———_ Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and in the day you apply. We are loaning on the Building and Loan Asosciation plan, which makes the cost of carrying loans much less than you pay elsewhere, and allows you to pay it off in any size notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. you only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it, If you have a loan with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheer- fully given and no cost to you unless the loan is made. Loan made anywhere in the District. Call and get rates. Front room. first floor, Scientific . American Ruildine_ National Mortgage Loen Company, 625 FStreet W. W. ee ee eee - FrOSsteR: 3 3 “= , ; ; }CATERER : ‘ | 1120 20th St. N Ww a ee : Call and get my prices before : you decide on your weddings, : banquet or dinner parties. : Elegant service of China, Glass and Silverware to hire. : Special prics during holi- : days. ’Phone North 1221-Y. : eae eee ree ai eee —=———————— PLADIES DINING i ROOM, UP STAIRS ee Re SNe se THE COLORED AMERICAN. AMERICAN NEGRO ACADEMY DowbopBowRowBoron Pou P sn PvsP os 2 oil SS a a a a EE eet > P = : : ‘eS The Crowne Social’ Event of the Scason 4 : At Convention Hall. 4 So ee Ce eer eee . a7 / January 1, ’04,7 Wee New Year’s Night. t - 3389 eS os Ne, } T x > BS aS SOAS) 4 0sta seal > Beye Ree i = - SZ Fr TOSSES ~~ dag ee |. 6. SOcial Club : : aa beet ip . (N i 4 > eR fis AMS (No. 1. inc.) . os Bi ao ep a; oe . Se 7 1 ae fi x 2 RES AY «6[ First: Grand So- 7 ‘ Beg tee cial Soiree of the 3 ; USES ne season-~dansante ‘i : 7 : Music by the most popular Orchestras of the 7 Distirct 4 , i = 4 -Columbian «»4 Invincible: 4 Prof. Sylvester Thomas, Dir. “Prof. Edw. Am thr. Dr 3 E Dancing from 8 until 3 A. M. % ; Admission to Ladies and Gentlemen 50 cents. 3 : : Remember Friday, Convention Hall. - 2 Pia cena Me a ge ag ae eS ae ee ° 4 pomeors Elected and Papers Read at | Annual Meeting. . babs as _ The seventh annual meeting of the American Negro Academy was held last Tuesday, at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets northwest. Ofji- cers were elected and three interest- ing papers on matters touching the past, present, and future of the Negro race were read. The officers chosen were as follows: A. H. Grimke, of Boston, president; Kelly Miller, Rev. J. Albert Johnson, W. H. Crogman, and Rev. Matthew Anderson, vice-presidents; G. N. Gris- ham, recording secretary; Rev. F. J. Grimke, treasurer; Kelly Miller, John L. Love, Charles C. Cook, Rev. F. J. Hy z 4 ” ; ‘yy ; ao. a x EG? << WT \ HIATT <i ome EAA ES SINT LE GET 2 Rs EZ | Zz ar d LAL pe HON. JOHN H. SMYTH, Ex-Minister to Liberia, West Coast of Africa. Grimke, and Walter B. Hayson, mem- bers of the executive committee. S. Coleridge-Taylor, of London, Eng- land, was elected an honorary member of the academy. He is a composer of reputation. At the afternoon session Charles C. Cook, of Howard University, read a paper on “The Light of the Last Forty Years,” and at night papers were-read by John H. Smyth, formerly United States Minister to Liberia, upon “Sir Samuel W. Lewis: His Character and Profession,” and by A. H. Grimke, the newly elected president of the acad- emy, upon “Industrial Competition, and the Right to Vote.” eae Sir Samuel Lewis was a barrister’ of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, who attained a distinguished position in his profession. His life and charac- ter were eulogised, and his example held up for the emulation of Ameri- can Negroes. ; | Coal and Wood | canatanaN : Delivered Promptly streets, N. W. ‘ : Re og Sain pe 2s en ee gee I. OD ° Fars iaGi as oe eS a oP 8 3 wk pee ee 6.60 ; > Bee. White Ash... <2 Jt et Be 6.75 Siéve White-Ash.....:..02o. 4 © eee ° Shainin eee Fie ct Oe Gok | Bo Ow. d ° is Ash, Oak and Hickory wood in any size and quan- : tity delivered promptly i. e = % . *Phone Lewis Jefferson & Co, | - i P Cor. N. J, Ave.jand First, S.W. | © fe Main 1779. (Bridge) * lo 5 Ren oe ae eas Oe ea ae Mr. J. T. Thoroughgood, of Norfolk, Va., attended the Jones-Richardson wedding, which took place in this city December 23rd, at the 19th street Baptist Church. He made many friends while in this city, and held up for Norfolk in royal style. He had the misfortune to miss his train for home, so that he was unable to attend the funeral of his uncle, who died dur- ing his absence. Mr. Thoroughgood is ‘a well known leader in the politics of his state and has attended a number of the Republican National Conven. tions. CHIEFS and AGENTS WANTED! Do you want to be a member of.a Society from which you can obtain a loan if you need money? Then communicate with us; we will assist you, whatever be your need. Chiefs and agents wanted in every locality. Splendid compensation for desirable persons. Position permanent. Pay guaranteed. ps MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, 407 7th St., northwest, Washington, D. C. *Phone E. 322. e 2 Advertise in the Colored ° American. Low rates. | Mr. R. B. Evans, editor of the Daily News, Wilson, N. C., was in the city a few days last week. THE COLORED AMERICAN brother, Rev. Holland, of Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. P. J. Taylor, of Jefferson Medi- cal College, Phila., Pa., is here visit- ing his sister, Matron E. P. Sugg. A lecture on Typhoid fever was de- livered by Dr. Taylor to the students on Monday evening. The lecture was very instructive. Many helpful facts were presented to the students in the lecture. Mr. Wm. H. Hayman, a graduate of this school, now attending Morgan College, is home on his Christmas va- cation. He reports great progress along all lines at Morgan College. Princess Anne Acamedy closes for the Christmas holidays December 24, and resumed work on December 29, 1903. The Domestic Science Department is now fully equipped for the work that it is to do. Many articles have been purchased for this department, chairs, cooking utinsils, lamps, dishes and many other things ‘needed to carry on the work for this department. A hand- some chiffonied and a well made and beautifully finished cupboard adorn this department ana are filled with china and glassware and cooking uten- sils, tastefully arranged. Great prog- ress is being made in this depart- ment, The girls are doing very nice work. Princess Anne Academy, with the co-operation of this department, expects to turn out young women that are not only educated in the head and heart, but the hands also. It has been said that the girls will be required to be able to make their own graduation dresses before being allowed to graduate. E. PARKER MOORE. IN THE LONE STAR STATE. Waco, Tex., Special:—The annual conference of the Southern M. E. Church convened in this city on the 15th inst. with Bishop J. N. Walden in the chair. The conference was held in the St. James M. E. Church and was well attended. The wish of the people is that Rev. Smith will be re- tained for another year. Mr. Jefferson Williams and brothers are running the O. K. Barber Shop at 302 Austin Ave. It is run for white people, has six chairs and is doing a good business. Mr. C. H. Thomas runs the St. George Barber Shop at 612 Austin Ave. and is doing well. The addition of the Federa! Build- ing is being pushed rapidly by Mr. Stevens, the contractor, who is an en- ergetic all round man with his eyes always ‘on the work. Mr. Hemett is at the helm as the foreman. The colored people are on the look- out for the first day of January, 1904, for rest from their labors given them by the Congress. The Colored American is making many friends here, and the agent is now selling more than 100 copies each week, The Washington Conservatory of Music is winning its way to the front and making many friends on account of its high quality of work and energy. It is conveniently located at the True Reformers Hall, at 12th and U Sts., and the Fall term closing Tuesday eve- ning December 22nd was creditable in every way. 2 ee THE RHODE ISLAND NEWS. Great Interest in Masonic Circles— General News Notes. Providence, R. I., Special—On Wed- nesday evening, Decemver 16th, the following offcers of Eureka Grand Lodge of F. and A. M., were installed by Grand Master William H. Watson: M. W. Lewis W. Williams, Grand Master; R. W. David B. Allen, Deputy Grand Master; R. W. Charles E. Brooks, Grand Senior Warden; R. W. Charles H. right, Grand Junior War- den; P. G. M. Joseph E. Brown, Grand Treasurer; R. W. Joseph H. Pierce, Grand Secretary; R. W. Jacob L. Cain, Grand Tyler; W. Andrew A. Burgess, Grand Chaplain; W. B. B. Bryan, Grand Lecturer; W. John D. Young, Grand Master of Ceremonies; W. Charles H. Davis, Grand Marshal; W. S. J. Abrams, Grand Senior Dea- con; W. P. Powell, Grand Junior Deéa- con; W. D. Owen, Grand Decoursey; Grand Junior Steward; W. George H. Worthington, Grand Sword Bearer; W. Anthony Walker, Grand Standard Bearer; W. William H. Diamond, Grand Pursuivant. The Sunday school services of the People’s A. M. E. Zion church were very interesting last Sunday. The day was observed as Missionary Sun- day. Ex-Superintendent Joseph H. Murphy, of New Bedford, Mass., was present and assisted in the exercises. Ives Post Relief Corps elected the following officeds at their hall, Wed- nesday evening, December 16th: Miss Ida Thomas, Pres.; Mrs. Annie Proffit, Senior Vice; Mrs. Mary Clark, Junior Vice; Mrs. Mary Helme, Chap; Mrs. Mary Guffin, Conductor; Mrs. Cather. ine Lemmons, Guard. Miss Octavia Ellis, of Wilmington, Del., and Mr. Samuel Franklin, of Columbia, Va., were united in wedlock on Wednesday evening, Dec. 16th, bj Rey. J. A. Wooton, pastor of the Mace donit Baptist church. The Ambrose Musical Association gave a very pleasing social Wednesday night at the residence of Mr. Fred Gimby, Ne. 87 Central St. The enter tainment consist2d of a literary as wel as musical program. A Bazaar, given by the members o the Wadsworth St. A. M. E. Zio! church and known as a Grand Feast it the Wilderness, convened in sai church during: the week beginnin; December 21. THE PRINCESS ANNE GUILD. Education in Maryland—Work in the Pulpit and in the Ministry—The General News. . Princess Anne, Md., Special.—An or- ganization known as the Princess Anne Academy Building Fund Guild, was formed Monday night. The stu- dents of Princess Anne Academy be- lieve in self-help and therefore, they have organized themselves for the pur- pose of raising money to from the nucleus of a building fund. They feel the need of a building affording larger facilities. They belieye that if they help themselves first, others will come to their aid- = Thursday, November 15th, 1903, we were favored by a visit from Rev. G. R. Holland, of Fruitland, Md., and his pee ONO OOO EE EEE OE CE EE Eee Oe ERIN a EE In every town and hamlet in the United Suteand ae $ | Canada who is willing to sell The CoLormAsreR- ey << | ICAN on a liberal commission. Any boy vith push | fe A can easily get up a large list of weekly cutomers | ( Wy 39 and make considerable money. The york is ° | Wr Sey \\ | pleasant and agreeable, and need not taktup more 1 c \" than a few hours each week, cf | Vf SP | 2 hi oe €| | ef | HERE IS OUR PLAN: We will send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COL- ORED AMERICAN, which you may sell amongst your frienis and neighbors at the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would like to bring them the paper in this way from week te week, al- lowing them to stop when they please. It will be easy for yon to get up a route of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount to $1.00 to $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep tvwofifths as your profit. This means that on every ten papers sold you have a clear profit of 20 cts., or two dollars a hundred. We fugnish S$ you sufficient papers, free of cost, to start you and enable ym to try the plan. We pay the postage and run all risk. Could you ask for anything better or make money more easily? Write today and reserve territory in yourtown. Address THE COLORED AMERICAN, 459 C St, N.¥. Washington, D.C. L - o : PETER GROGAN. ° =." = * Your Credit is as Good as Gold. ee ee : New Carpets, : New Crockery, . New Furniture, ¥ For the New Year on 2 ° ° z % ° Our Terms Are the P Easiest Ever Offered er : i By Any Credit House e in Washington, - r : e . If your supply of ready cash is somewhat depleted, that fact , , has no bearing on the buying of furniture and housefurnishings—if , > you buy HER#. We take pride in arranging payments to suit thein- , dividual convenience of our patrons, 4 and we make them so small that the ¢ money will scarcely be missed. Next Weekly or Friday will be New Year’s Day, and so your parlor and dining room should Monthly : look its very best. If a new carpet is Z needed, make your selection to-day, Payments i and it shall be on the floor to-morrow. to Suit You e The cash stores will charge you from * 20 to 25 cents per yard for making, * laying, and lining, but we do this work entirely free of cost. Side- « boards and China Closets are here in great variety—all beautifully « mirrored and carved. You are welcome to a choice of our entire « stock on Credit. We are complete furnishers, including Lace Cur- ‘ tains, Crockery, Stoves, Pictures,, Bric-a-brac, &c. All on easy pay- ‘ ments. Everything marked in plain figures—no notes—no interest. ‘ r ‘ PETER GROGAN, | 9 : , 81'7-819-821-823 Seventh Street. ‘ : Between H and I Sts. ‘ J ‘ NOTED NEGRO INVENTOR. Continued from page I. Ne TE ee Ee gee naar I a ae Snot RE a der surface. These currents of air operate against the line of move- ment of the carpet through the ma- chine, and carry the loose dust for: ward over the uncleaned portions of. the carpets. Then the dust is forced into an ingeniously contrived cham: ber, filled with a fine spray of water, that is projected through finely per- forated pipes. This spray carries the dust down to the floor of the chamber, and it is then carried out through the waste pipe in muddy water. | This waste pipe is connected with the sewer, and there is no possibility of the dust, or any portion of it, ever striking the carpet again. When the water flows clear, showing that the loose dust has been carried off, the machine is reversed, and into the jet, through which the air has been dis- charged, steam, impregnated with a disinfecting solution, is injected and discharged, which effectually disposes of all germs remaining in the carpet which it is not possible for the cur- rents of air to carry off. The carpet when taken from the machine at the expiration of two minutes is, to all intents and purposes chemically clean, absolutely free from dust, dirt and all noxious germs. The value of the invention to hotels and hospitals is‘that the machine can be operated without trouble by the ele- vator engine, and calls for no addi- tional power than that already sup- plied. The waste pipe can, without trouble, be conducted into the sewer, and one man can operate. it without assistance and clean twenty times more than by any other method. In addition to the Carpet Cleaning Machine, Mr. Thomas has also invent- ed a movable apparatus for the disin- fecting of rooms and other enclosed, spaces. The question of disinfecting cars is now a matter of considerable agitation, and in some states has been the subject of legislation. The impor- tance and value of these inventions have been recognized and acknowl- edged by the railroad companies, ho- tels, ete. A leading physician of this city who saw one of the machines in operation, expressed himself as fol- lows: . “My opinion of the apparatus is based largely upon the idea as viewed from a medical standpoint. I believe the machine to be a marvel in a field of usefulness heretofore negletted or crudely attempted. Its scope of use- fulness can be more fully appreciated by physicians than by any other class of individuals, for it is they who deal directly with contagion, and it is they who welcome any contrivance, the ob- ject of which is to destroy or prevent the same. ; te “The dispatch with which carpets, etc., were cleaned, disinfected and re turned for further use, has converted me to the belief that we have now 4 machine constructed and an invention Fie Rae ee Pte oe) THE the carpet was sSubjecte eration of cleaning. A maldehyde, (the ideal the century), thrown « is, in my judgment, an Sn ee ee ee ee ee ae guard against any disease gce:ms cuac might have been in the fabric, and in addition to this, the waste Formalde- hyde being carried into the sewer or other receptacle with the dust from the carpet. is an additional safeguard against the spread of contagious dis- eases, thus making it ,without any doubt, the ‘ne plus yltra’ of carpet cleaning machines.” ‘After Mr. Thomas built the first machine and put it in operation, there was no difficulty in securing capital to take hold of it. _ He has formed a company to be known % “The National Cleaning and Disinfecting Company.” The company has been incorporated in New Jersey, with a capital stock of $250,600. Before Spring a plant is to be built and the manufacture of machines will be pushed. Mr. Thomas has already been offered a large sum of money for his rights, but he expresses his deter- mination to hold on to it, and if for- tunes can be made out of his inven- tion he is determined that his own people shall share in the benefits. Fannie Barrier Williams. OIL IN THE TROUBLED WATERS. The minority faction of the late Suf- frage meeting held in this city is not exactly satisfied with the reports that have gone out over the country, and for that reason its leaders, headed by Rev. S. L. Corrothers of the Gal- braith A, M. E. church are working to bring about harmony among the dis- affected and disgruntled members. Their idea is to combine al! of the dif- ferent organizations, such as the Na- Zoe é2) @a-a. fF {li ee ey ae oe) aN MASE ~~ WT /f Dh ye il! RB ZY 7 ‘ Vi BS 24 77 2 \ Ee ty Ui , | : qE f if BLA j / REV. S. L. CORROTHERS. tional Afro-American Council, the-Na- tional Suffrage Association and other smaller organizations into one body, and t o put up a solid phalanx for the coming campaign. The object is to en- dorse the administration of President Roosevelt and to encourage his renom- ination and to ask for the undivided support of the members of the race everywhere. Editor T, Thomas For- tune, of New York, and Edward E. Cooper, of The Colored American have been invited to take part in the move- ment and to join in the fight for har- mony and for the common cause. Rev. 3. L. Corrothers asked this paper to in- vite the officers of all other organiza- tions to correspond with him on the subject at 423 Q. St., N. W., Washins- MERICAN erican Office, Ireay thee following men have been gnated to bezin work at once, Hon. 3. Leftwich, Oxlahoma City, O. T., scueral organizer for that section; Mr. P. S. Blackwell, Steelton, Pa., and Dr. W. C. Clinton, Pittsburg, Pa., for the State of Pennsylvania. Bishop J. W. Alsteck and Mr. James F. Armstrong for Alabama. Other names will be ad- ded to this list. A DISTINGUISHED MISSISSIP- PIAN. Mr. Charles Banks, the merchant farmer of Clarksdale, Miss., was in Washington a few days last week. While in the city he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lampton of the Financial Department of the A. M. E. Church; and was met and entertained by Register J. W. Lyons, Recorder John C, Dancy, Editor E. E. Cooper, and others. Mr. Banks is one of the most successful young men of the race in the delta country, is the own- er of several large plantations, con- ducts a large general store, and is held in the highest esteem by the members of both races. He is vice-president of the National Negro Business League and in connection with Mr. Samuel! P. Hurst, the Montgomerys and others will soon establish a bank at Clarks- dale. EDITOR ANDREWS HERE. Capt. W. G. Andrews, of Sumter, S. C., and who was for many years a valuable clerk in the Board of Reviews in the War Department was in the city attending the Executive meeting of the Afro-American Council and the Suffrage Convention last week. After leaving Washington he began teaching school in his old home in South Caro- lina. It was not long gbefore the de- mands upon his time became so great that he resigned his position as teach- er, and took a more active part in pol ities and established The Defender, a weekly newspaper, of which he is the editor. Capt. Andrews though a young mam has great influence and following in his State, and we shall hear more of him later on. i YE YULETIDE STAG. An unique stag was spread in honor of Mr. J. Douglass Wetmore Barris ter, in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday, December 26th, at the Hotel Marshall. It was a most toothsome affair. Messrs. Bob Cole, Rosamond Johnson, James W. Johnson, W. Hubert Jackson, who never do things by halves were responsible. A most pleasant evening was spent. : Mr. Charles W. Thompson and wife, who have been located at Cape Breton, N. S, W., returned to this city last week and spent the holidays at Arl- ington, Va., their old home. Mr. Thompson is the confidential man of Mr. Graham Bell, the millionaire tele- phone inventor and general scientist. fle has circumnavigated the globe a number of times and is full of reminis- cences of days spent in the Orient and the Occident. ~ Mr, Benjamin Boyd, of Washington, Grove, Md., was in this city for a few days last week. SALOONS. a ee Chris. Xander’ UMS. Aander § QUALITY HOUSE, 808 7thst N Ww. Established 38 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 307 kinds), at Cris. 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. Jas. F. Keenan. DOO DDDOOOWOL DD RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brand- ies, Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest Fritz? Reuter’s Washington, D. C. Hotel and Restaurant, cD 451, 453, 455, 457 Pennsylvania Avenue. 202, 208 and 210 4 1-2 St Northwest. W. T1. DRURY’S | Restaurant, | 1100 20th St., Corner L. N. W. MOORE & PRIOLEAU, Sparta, Buffet, and Cafe, 1216 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C FINE WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS Hot Free Lunch every Day. Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Reom upstairs. ‘J. M. RYAN’S CAFE Pool and Billiard Parlors, 619 B StreetNorthwest. (Op. B. & P. Depot.) A full line of the choicest vines, liquors, and beers. All brands of domestic and imported cigars. E J. M. RYAN, Froprietor. Cc. H. NAUGHTON LIQUORS and — SEGARS Eine Wines. Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth Street, Nosthwest, 3 City Paragraphs. 3 rr ee ll 4 iting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis of 229 Q St. an We. Col. and Mrs. Murrell, of 1903 L St. N. W., were at home to their friends from 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. on New Year's Day. Prof. Kelly Miller left the city for Louisville, Ky. last Monday, where he will deliver a number of addresses be- fore several educational bodies. The Metropolitan A. M. E. Church Choir will give their Song Service Sunday, January 10, 1904, asisted by Miss Lola Johnson and others. WANTED: Two ladies or two gentle- men to room and board, that will occu- py the same room. Apply to the up- per south flat, corner 3rd and Elm Sts. S. W., S. W. side. Mr. Andrew Jackson, a well known attache of the Capitol, has charge of the cafe in the Sparta Club at 335 Pa. Ave. N. W. Mr. Jackson is a popular boniface and is making many friends and conducting a splendid business. Col. Jack N. Ryan, at 619 B St. N. W,. kad his commodious place of busi- ness draped down in holiday attire. The large pool room was packed all day. while the buffet department was kept very busy. Every guest received a souvenir and went away happy. The inte‘ligent activity displayed by Lawyer Armond W. Scott in the John Moss trial has attracted much favor- able attention to him and to his efforts as a l#wyer. He has associated with him in the case Messrs. Baker and Gittings, two well known white attor- neys. - » « > ‘ > ‘ R 7 g > c ©) G 3 2) @ 5) @ 3 Curly Hair Made Straight By ‘ 3 Ss ( fie ees ren G © Seine BEE, [CSS = im Ras c Se = 7 « ~ 4 Bis ie ¢ © Soa = c 2 =———¢@ Ne . Q > 5 aes =. = © = SSF c 3 = i ¢ © =| SS am § 3 ASA Ni Lam } TAKEN FROM LIFE: ( 3 BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ¢ 3) G 2 ORIGINAL ; 2 OZONIZED OX MARROW = (Copyrighted.) c = _ This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe > G preparation in the world that makes kinky or ® Curly hair straight as shown abore: Itmaue @ @ ishes the scalp, prevents the hair from fall- @ @ ing out or breaking off, cures dandruff and ¢ } makes the halr grow long and silky. Sold over ¢ 2 forty years aud used by thousands. 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S HAYWORTH PUBLISHING HOUSE ae = TACT AC TEAC ARAC AC ACACIA c MEL CTEAE ACME ME TENCE AEAE AACN ACA BERRA SARA ia i aes eaeaea | Our Uniform Excellence permits of no 4 e ae 2. ee qeseseaeae very highest grade of Job, Newspaper, MEI RIEIESE a eee porns oro cumate sa gone work a setae tetera SIPPY WEF EF EAENC {edeseAcaee TeLeLeACAEAe LeseIeEAeTEACAEN EE a © 512 Sth St.N. W, —Pvone main ioe? a The Emancipation Celebration will take place at the Second Baptist Ly- ceum tomorrow, January 3rd., at 3.30 P.M. There will be special music and Attorney L. Melendez King will read the Proclamation. Hon. John P. Green will deliver the adress, taking for his subject “Abraham Lincoln.” A pretty nuptial knot was tied last Christmas Eve on T street, northwest, the high contracting parties being Miss Alexine Montague and Mr. W. A. Cobb of the Government Printing Office. They are both well known in society and the match is considered a happy one. Dr. J. Frank Allen, formerly of our local High School, who is now located in Allegheny, Pa., where he has a lu- crative practice, was in town a day or two last week on his way to spend his Christmas Holidays with his wife and daughter in Newport, R. I. Miss Maggie Grey, sister of Mme. Smallwood, of 1531 Madison Avenue, who was reported very ill in our last issue, died at the above named resi- dence Wednesday morning, December 24th, of an asthmatic affection and heart trouble. Justice David J. Brewer, of the U. S. Supreme Court, has granted to Ru- fus Bingon, of the Indian Territory, a writ of error from the Court of Ap- peals of the Territory. He is charged with murder. He is represented be- fore the U. S. Supreme Court by law- yers W. H. Green and J. E. Collins. Messrs. Leatherwood and Brandon, job printers) at 1501 M street, N. W., are doing a flourishing _ business. Their work is strictly up to date and they guarantee all of it. : Saks & Company z aeerererererreeoeaeaeaeeeec~—eeeeee—————SSSsS 2 Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street. = = One word comprehends our Over- a = coat stock—Complete. That not only = = means all sizes (a rarity in Overcoat = = stocks at this time in the season), but a 2 all styles—the popular and the ex- = = treme styles—the styles all stores are = = showing; and the styles that are not” = = yet numbered among the ready-for- 2 = wear assortments— confined to the = = exclusive tailors and to us. 3 Ss The having such a variety from = = which to select, is a good reason for z = coming here. But the superior worth = = of the Saks Overcoat and the price of 5 = it are still better reasons. = Ss Plain Oversacks—$10 to $55. = = Belted Overcoats—$15 to $35. = = Paddocks—$15 to $40. 2 = Fur-lined Overcoats—$75. 3 = Inverness (Full Dress) Overcoats— 2 2 $25 and $30. = = Rain Coats (Light and Heavy-weight) a = 1 —$10 to $35. = = e = = Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street. - E =. TTTTEMT TPA LTTEALTT Gti TEL TPRPTTTAASTTLLARALTT TTT TPPATTALITATT PTTL EPAPER LAROBABTTTALTTHLIRDET TTT] Tata iT data TTT TTT TTT TTT TT RTT TT TTT ie eee Don’t forget the La Tosca Social Club, No. 1, at Convention Hall, Fri- day evening, January 1st. : CS ala aoc t(o 9 Be aaa aees OF i | 7:3 ee t P=; aIelir ae eae ‘ Washington,DC... WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT THE X-RAY MEDICAL INSTITUTE 317 6TH STREET N. W. 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I will use you honestly, treat you skillfully, and restore you to health in the shortest time, with the least medicine. discomfort and expense practicable. I guarantee to cure any case I undertake. If you cannot call, write for my home cure. DR: CZAR RA THE WELL-KNOWN 317 6TH STREET N. W. : » GERMAN SPECIALIST, Office Hours from 9 to 12 and 2 to 6. . Established January, 1897. Telephone, 803 Columbus. HOTEL MACEO, 213 West 53rd Street, N. Y. First Class Accomodations ONLY. Handsomely Furnished Rooms for Permanent or Transient Guests Headquarters for Clergy and Business Men. First Class Restaurant. Regu- Jar Dinner, including Wine, 35c. 6 Dv. m.to 8. Sundays, 1 to 4.30 p. m., 45c. B. F. THOMAS, Proprietor. PIAN TO EXTEND THE COLOR LINE. Rumored Afro-Americans May be Excluded From Sleepers. Pullman Representatives Say Report is Unfounded. Leaders among the colored citizens of the northern cities are worked up over a persistent rumor to the effect that after Jan. I a general order will go into effect from the Pullman Palace Car Co., phohibiting the privileges of the Pullman sleeping cars to colored people. A special dispatch to the Plain Dealer last night from Chicago stated that Generad Manager Garcelon of the Pullman Co., emphatically denied the authority of the report and said that it was untrue. In spite of this and other denials, colored citizens aresuspicious that B. H. such a move is in contemplation and steps are already taken to contest any such possible action. Appeals have been set to this city for advice and information by well known colored citizens of Washington, D. C., and Chicago. Yesterday, George A. Myers received a communication from Daniel Murray, assistant librarian of the Congressional Library at Washington, informing him of the report in Washington and asking for information as to the situation here. In part Mr. Murray said: "The chief reason that delays my answer grows out of the current rumor extensively circulated here that the Pullman Car Co., would on the 1st day of January, 1904, exclude from the privilege of their cars, all persons of African descent. "The report is current in Chicago and I learned that Messrs. Edward Morris, Lang Williams and Dr. Charles Bentley called on Robert T. Lincoln and he declined to see them. It is said here that Dr. Booker T. Washington and Prof. DuBois telegraphed him from Atlanta requesting an interview on THE CO the subject and that Mr. Lincoln advised them not to co would do no good. heard anything about this contemptable action? "C. J. Pickett got a letted from Chicago about two weeks ago which he showed me and in it was copied the contents of the order bearing Jan. 1, 1904, as the date when it would be enforced. "To say that the anticipated order has caused consternation among the better element of the race but feeebly expresses the condition here. And what is more, such an order by its very nature would extend to the north, since if a man bought a ticket in Philadelphia bound for Florida his condition could not be changed, the only thing that could be done, would be to refuse him a ticket at the place of starting; and that seems to be the effect if the rumor is true. Y. A. G. Have you heard anything about it in Cleveland? Upon receipt of the communication Mr. Myers immediately started an investigation, but the officials of the Pullman Co., here said they had not heard even the intimation of such an order. Charles W. Chestnutt was another of the well known colored citizens of this city to start at once upon an investigation of the report. "Any such action on the part of the PullmanCo. would meet with the bitterest kind of opposition," said Mr. Chestnutt. "It is not wise to talk too much until additional information is secured, but the barring of colored people from the privileges of sleeping cars would not only be a slap at the race, but would be a distinct step back in the direction of the dark ages. I am sure such action would meet with the bitterest kind of opposition on the part of all right thinking people."—Cleveland Plaindealer. Lawyer J. Douglas Wetmore passed through the city last Tuesday en route to his home in Jacksonville, Fla. He left the city Wednesday morning, accompanied by Judge Robert H. Terrell, who will make the Emancipation speech in Jacksonville on the first instant. AMERICAN ) NEWS—THE CHARIOT IS A COMING. d news to the colored race every where. Evangelical Christian Science Healing welcome to stay, our guide is the bible and our pattern is the Savour Jesus Christ, and he said "Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned, and these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they M. B. shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover." Mark 16: 15-18. "Is any sick among you? Let him call the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." Jas. 5: 14-15. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." John 14: 12. Elder Roland B. Hazard invites all to come and hear how to be healed of sin, sickness and disease as taught by the bible. Lectures on how to heal the sick are given every Sunday evening at 8 p.m in Odd Fellows building, 1606 M St., N.W., Washington, D. C., all are welcome, seats free. The sick are especially invited to attend these lectures and be healed. Those in other cities and elsewhere who desire the aid of a Healer can address Elder R. B. Hazard for information with a two-cent stamp to insure an answer by return mail. I will be glad to free all who are burdened with pains or aches of any kind or character if they will call at my residence, 923 8th stret, N.W., after 7 p.m., or will call if desired to any part of the city. Phone East 1056 a. Mr. F. U. Brooks, the enterprising truck farmer and market merchant of Bennings, D. C., raffled off his beautiful chestnut stallion at Philip Stuebner's, at Bladensburg, Md., on December 22. The competition was very close, and the raffle is said to have been a most interesting one, and of considerable profit to Mr. Brooks. If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in THEF AMERICAN. If you have anything to sell, rent or exchange, put a small "ad." in this column. The results will be assured. Try it. DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection 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, dressmakers and ladies who wish to do their own dress-making. 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 eeven on the shoulder. Successful dressmaking requires as much earnest progressive study as successful work in any profession. 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. The Best Prescriptions for Malaria, Ague and Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50 cents. tf AN ADVERTISING SOLICITOR WANTED. Wanted-An active man, who understands soliciting advertising, to take a position on The Colored American. It is a good paying, permanent position for the right kind of man. Apply at this office. tf PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY BROTHER. Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Va., 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 anxious to find him. Any information will be gladly received. MRS. BETTY REYNOLDS, 44 Parker Street, Atlanta, Ga. BOARDING By The Week or Month. Apply to— MRS. M. J. BUNDY, 941 T St., N. W. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding a Probate Court. No. 11097. Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, who was by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia granted letters of Administration on the estate of Nancy Mack, deceased, has, with the approval of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a Probate Court, appointed Thursday, the 21st day of January, 1904, at 10 o'clock a.m., as the time, and said Court room as the place, for making payment and distribution from said estate, under the Court's direction and control, when and where all creditors and persons entitled to distributive shares or a residue, are notified to attend, in person or by agent or attorney duly authorized, with their claims against the estate properly vouched. Given under my hand this 29th day of December, 1903. JOHN R. ROUZER, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court 6 HON. EDWARD MORRELL, A CHAM PION OF AMERICAN RIGHTS. Continued from page 1. South Carolina. Edward Morrell was educated in the private schools of this country and Europe. He graduated third in his class at the University of Pennsylvania, and was class orator. After graduation he entered the law office of his step father, Mr. John G. Johnson and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He also pursued a course of law at the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in the spring of 1888 received both the degrees of LL.D and M. A., having also passed the examination required for the Master of Arts degree. Mr. Morrell became largely interested in transportation, owning and managing the steamboat lines between Trenton, Bristol and Philadelphia. He also was one of the pioneers in building surburban trolley lines. Was elected to the select Councils of Philadelphia and served three years. In January 1889 he married Louisa Bouvier, the third daughter of the late Francis A. Drexel, senior partner of the celebrated banking firm of Drexel & Co. Mr. Morrel has always been prominently identified with the National Guard organization of the State of Pennsylvania, reorganizing the 3rd infantry, remaining in command of that organization until he was appointed by Governor Hastings, Inspector General of the State. The advanced ideas and broad policy he employed during the tenure of that position, contributed largely to the efficiency of the National Guard, when it was mustered into the volunteer service of the United States. He resigned shortly after the close of the Spanish American war as Brigadier General in command of the First Brigade. General Morrell, together with his wife has been active in promoting and advancing the welfare of the colored people of the country. In 1891 they purchased the superb estate, consisting of three thousand acres, in Virginia, of the late Philip St. George Cooke, known as "Bellmead," situated at Rockcastle, Va., and established there an industrial school for colored boys. This school is probably one of the most efficient and complete industrial establishments founded and conducted by private individuals in the country. On the estate are to be found the blacksmith shop, the grist mill, the tailor shop, the shoe shop, the saw mill, the wagon works, all of which contribute their supplies to the large general store, which is the base of supplies and rallying point for all the surrounding country. The boys actively employed in the trades are educated at night school, while on a different part of the plantation and for the benefit of the entire surrounding country, is a large day school, with an average daily attendance of over one hundred pupils. General and Mrs. Morrell have been closely identified with and have largely assisted in the colored work of their own city, Philadelphia. General and Mrs. Morrell's charitable work is not, however, confined entirely to the colored people of the country, as they have founded and supported the St. Francis Industrial School for orphan white boys, at Eddington. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Pa., and the branch house in Philadelphia, which together have a capacity of three hundred and fifty resident scholars. Upon the death of Alfred C. Harmer, General Morrell was urged to become a candidate to succeed him in the last half of the Fifty-Sixth Congress, and in November of that year, he was elected and received 45,089 votes to 13,898 for S. R. Carter, his Democratic opponent, and 568 for L. A. Benson, Prohibitionist. He was elected to the Fifty-Seventh Congress, and is now unanimously re-elected for the Fifty-eight Congress. During his Congressional career, General Morrell has taken an active part in all the leading party questions, particularly those relating to Cuban Reciprocity, the suppression of Anarchy, and measures of a like character. Mr. Morrel is a type of what our country produces, a home bred American boy rising with years into increasing strength as new honors and responsibilities come upon him. One who understands his plain duty and pursues it unflinchingly with zeal and fidelity, imbued deeply with that natural goodness of heart which seeks to uplift the down trodden and unfortunate. He is earnest in his efforts to help those irrespective of color, who are struggling for better things. He studies the wants of all impartially, in framing legislation and his recently introduced measure indicates that under no circumstances would be sacrifice his convictions on account of criticism. It is to such men we look for the moulding of public opinion, that will lead to an equitable adjustment of our case, and it is men of his class and courage who must take up again the work of Sumner, Garrison, Phillips and Stevens and bring it to final completion. THIS PAPER FOR SALE AT: Plummer's, 732 2d St., S. W. Chapman's, 14th and P Sts., N. W. Morcoe's 421 12th St., N. W. Leatherwood's, 1501 M St., N. W. Brinkman's, 4th and Pa. Ave., N.W. Singleton's, cor. 20th and E, N. W. Wright's cor. 14th and Pierce Place. Newsdealer, 1807 7th St., N. W. Ham Adams', cor. 9th and G Sts., N. W. Mr. Lewis Jefferson, manager of the enterprising poultry firm of Jefferson Brothers with large stands in the Central market and the K St. market, speaks enthusiastically of the support the race is giving his firm. It is needless to add that Mr. Jefferson keeps the largest supply of all kinds of game and poultry on his stand. His goods are fresh and his prices are within the reach of all. 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There are exceptions and it is to such that we say let the reformation be genuine. Be firm in resolve and let no temptation severe you from the part of restriction and well doing. School yourself in right, henesty and integrity of purpose. Be chartable to the unfortunate, help others to overcome the weaknesses you have conquered and cultivate a firm filial trust in the Fatherhood of God. You will bring sunshine into the home and those you love and who love you will be happy. The Rev. E. J. Burke in charge of the Negro church of St. Benedict the Moor, New York City, was received recently in private audience by the Pope. His Holiness evinced great interest in Father Burke's account of the work of the colored Catholics in America and said: "Carry our love and apostolic blessing to the colored people." It seems our misfortune to be getting into trouble on every hand. Now a colored attorney who has practiced twenty-three years at the local bar has been sent to jail for contempt of court. He should have been like Thaddeus Stevens, who, displeased with the ruling of a Judge, turned his back on him in open Court. "Are you showing contempt for the Court," angrily inquired the Judge. "No, Your Honor," replied Stevens, "I am trying to conceal it." The pathetic often enters into the celebration of a joyous occasion as the following incident will illustrate: "Mammy," said a little pickinny, "When Santa Claus comes in the night can he see whether the children are black or white?" "Why no, sonny," was the response; "why do you ask?" "Well," said the youngster, reflectively, "that little white boy next door got a steam engine, a drum, and a wagon, and all I got was a stick of candy and an orange." Any one looking in on the dance given Christmas night by the Farso club at Gray's Hall would have been astonished at the handsome appearance of the members and their guests. The company was composed of young people as well dressed, intelligent and cultured as could be found anywhere. Such a bevy of pretty girls and handsome manly looking young men formed a most pleasing picture, giving keen enjoyment to those participating. It is queer why our ministers of the gospel like to dabble in politics when they know it detracts from their dig- nity and invites criticicent Suffrage Convention ber of them in boistero over disputed questions cal and their speeches heat of discussion were stood that they were com into print in denial of any inimical reference to the Administration of President Roosevelt. It would be so much better if they would confinetheir labors to church work and keep out of the mire usually found in gatherings where politicians with axes to grind are not particular as to the means employed to secure results. Let us hope that the late Convention with its wrangling factions, only kept in check by the police, will be an object lesson to the reverend gentlemen who stepped down from the pulpits narrow curve into the political pig sty. The day school of the Medical Department of Howard University, which started for the first time this year is a pronounced success. There are over one hundred students and the faculty feel keen sastisfaction at the interest taken as evidenced by the enrollment and attendances. The credit for the double opportunity offered medical students is due Dr. F. J. Shadd, who has advocated the wisdom and labored for a long time for the establishment of day classes. While the members of the faculty are compelled to give consideration and valuable time to lectures they have entered into the work with an interest and earnestness that characterizes a profession devoted to the cause of suffering humanity. Washington City is a Mecca for visitors and those who drop in on us during the Xmas holidays will be impressed with the characteristic hospitality of our citizens and the every effort made to give them a royal good time. While the old time custom of keeping open house on New Year's day is of the past, during the holiday season every house is open and the inmates are ever ready to extend a warm greeting and true Southern hospitality. A PROMISING YOUNG MAN. Last week a news item in this paper, says the Springville New Era, referred to J. Frank Armstrong, who recently visited his mother at Marion. As many of our readers know, this young man is a mulatto, a gentleman of splendid education, high morals and refinement. At present he is the efficient assistant to the private secretary of Dr. Booker T. Washington, who is the most eminent Negro living. Mr. Armstrong is a graduate of the Marion high school and of Cornell. His manliness, integrity and affability won for him the respect and esteem of all the students of the college as well as the admiration of the facult yof oCrnell. He is no laggard but is energetic, upright and progressive, and has made the most of his opportunities. He is an example of what educaiton and refinement will do for the "downtrodden race."—The Marion (Ia.), Sentinel. Mrs. A. J. Barrier, of Brockport, N. Y., is spending a part of the winter in this city, the guest of her daughter, Miss Ella D. Barrier, of 1706.17th St., N. W. MERICAN. EDUCATIONAL. COLORED BUSINESS Preparatory and Elementary . . . Night School IN THE OLD TRUE REFORMERS HALL. Cor. Fourth and N Sts., N. W. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. Special courses—Business, Preparatory, Elementary, and Lecture. Shorthand and Typewriting. Free Information given from 4 to 5 p. m. Subjects—Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry. J. W. BOTTS, A. B., Ph. B., Manager. BELGRAVE HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, D. C. FEN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theological, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and musical. For information address Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President The MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, LAUREL, HOWARD Co., MD. Situation beautiful; climate unsurpassed; work thorough and efficient. Courses: English, Normal, Agriculture Practical and Scientific, Stockraising, Dairying, Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Domestic Science, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Dressmaking and Millinery. $7.00 per month covers tuition, furnished rcom, heating, lighting, washing and board. Fall term opens October 1, 1903. Winter term opens December 28, 1903. Further information, address M. J. NAYLOR, A. B., Acting President, Box 190 Baltimore, Md. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN. The demands in all parts of this country, and in several foreign countries, for well trained men of our race in the direction of scientific and practical agriculture are so great that this institution is willing to offer exceptional advantages to young men who wish to come here and take either a regular or post graduate course in agriculture. We cannot begin to supply the demands that come to us for trained men in the direction of agriculture. The positions for which these trained men are wanted are those in most every case which pay high salaries. hold of men who have received as far as possible, a good education before coming here, and are ready to enter upon a thorough course of agricultural training. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. EDWARD GREEN Fine Wines and Whiskies S. W. Cor. Cameron and Fayette streets ALEXANDRIA, VA. 7 HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. The Albany Hotel. Has been enlarged and newly refitted with modern improvements for the accommodation of Guests. so as to furnish first class services with Bar, Dining Room, Private Parlors and first crast Sleeping Apartments. Arthur Webster, steward; William Leonard and William Hall, mixologists; Henry Johnson, manager, and Auto Scott, clerk. 331 W.37th St.New York Newly rebuilt and elegantly furnished. Meals at all Hours. Electric lights, bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths. High grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The coldest Beer in the city. 103 and 105 Sixth Street, N. W. Handsome rooms, $1,00 & up. Phone 1733 Y. THE WOODSON HOUSE. First-class, newly furnished and decorated, unsurpassed cuisine; convenient to all cars. Only half square from Pennsylvania depot. 467 MISSOURI AVENUE. HENRY WOODSON. - - Proprietor. Every Convenience Is afforded ladies traveling alone on the Compartment Cars of the "Great Western Limited," 3 Leaving Chicago every evening at 6.30 via the CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. J. P. ELMER, G. P. A. 113 Adams St., Chicago Phone East 347. Rooms 5 and 6 WM. L. POLLARD. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW Collections, Real Estate and Insurance. All matters given prompt attention in the District of Columbia. Member of the Washington Real Estate Exchange. 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C. "WE MOVE EVERYTHING" Douglas Baggage and Furniture Express 1533 14th Street N. W. R. T. DOUGLAS, Manager oo The Colored American Published by The Colored American Publishing Company. A National Negro Newspaper Published every Saturday, at 459 C st. N. W., Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, ..-..--c.ececeeeeeess $2.00 Six Months........cceeeeeeoeee 1.10 Three Months ......----eee+eee- 60 Invariably in advance. Subscription may be sent by post office money order, express or regis- tered letter, All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer, not necessarily for pub- lication but as a guarantee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opin- ions and in fact all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication should reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere.— Send for instructions. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch, per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts, Entered at the Post Office as second_ class matter. All letters, communications, and bus- iness matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN. EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager, 459 C St., Northwest, Washington, D. C. Sold by all News Dealers. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, I904. RUMORS ABOUT THE JANE MOSE- LEY. A number of disgruntled stockhold- ers of the Freedmans Land and Trans- portation Company are giving expres- sions of dissatisfaction concerning the condition of the company under the management of Mr. Lewis Jefferson. It is generally known that the first season’s work for the Jane Moseley was a poor one, for the reason that the boat did not reach Washington in time to make a full season, nor were its books open in sufficient time to have the best dates chartered. The same trouble confronted the company the past season for the same reason, and but for the financial standing and confidence in Manager Jefferson, the Moseley would probably not have oper- ated on the Potomac this year. Our reporter, in order to obtain the facts in the case, sought Managed Jefferson for an interview. When approached and asked what was the trouble with the Freedmans Land and Transporta- tion Company, and why were so many rumors afloat concerning its manage- ment, etc., Mr. Jefferson replied, ‘the first season of the Jane Moseiey under the ownership of the Freedmans Land and Transportation Company was a failure for the reason that the boat came to Washington so late in the sea- son that the best dates had been char- tered, and but very little busines was done. The same trouble happened last spring, and after the Moseley had been sere to Washington, it would have been taken away had I not made my- THE COLORED AMERICAN. self responsible for the payments, then overdue, and retained the boat. The company was cognizant of all the facts in the case and knew just what I had done in the matter, and the re- sponsibilities I had assumed. From July until September I was the re- sponsible heaa of the boat and I re peatedly urged upon the company the necessity of coming to my rescue, or the boat would be lost. For more rea- sons than I care to state the com- pany did not come to my rescue, and as the Baltimore company, from whom the Freedmans Land and Transporta- tion Company had bought the Jane Moseley, were holding me responsible, I made the second payment in the name of the company, but was held by the Baltimore company responsible for the boat, and for the other overdue payment. I have made many efforts to call the company together to raise money sufficient to reimburse me, and to put the Jane Moseley back into its hands, but at every instance for one reason or another the company has failed to materialize, and not only that, but individual members of it went to Baltimore and endeavored to undermine the work I had already done for, and in theeinterest of the company. I have no desire to own the boat, nor to take any advantage of anyone, and am willing to turn the boat over to the company provided I am re-im- bursed for the money I have spent out of my own pockets. I am willing that competent men: be appointed to investigate all of my accounts, end I think that this is all that any company cf fair-minded people should ask. The Freedmans Land and Transportation Company has a chance to redeem its property and to operate the Jane Mose- ly. If it does not take advantage of this opportunity the probabilities are that the Moseley will do business on the Potomac River next season under the management and, ownership of colored men, a number of whom are members of the present Freedmans Land and Improvement Company. This is all I care to say at this time.” A man representing himself as an agent for The Colored American has been canvasing the city for the past year taking subscriptions and giving a bought receipt for the same; but in no case has he turned in the name or the money to this office. He is a mu- latto with large red eyes and a giit of gab. He signs Charles Wilson and different other aliases to his receipts, but his real name and identity is known and we hope to have him in the toils as soon as he can be found. The Columbus Standard very perti- nently remarks that “the littlest trick in journalism is to purloin in the editorial columns, and palm it off as original.” Many of the press gang are guilty of this littleness. The Weekly Express, a creditable race journal published at New Orleans, La., is a new visitor to our sanctum. The issue of December 19, contained portraits and sketches of well known race leaders in the Crescent city. Among them Col. James Lewis, law- yer; J. Madison Vance, editor; I. B. Scott and others. AMONG THE NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. The Christmas number of the Star of Zion, the organ of the A. M. E. Zion Church, is a thing of beauty, and is replete with rich and original matter. The frontispiece consists of a group of the bishops of the Church with an article from each one of them. Re- corder John C. Dancy, John E. Bruce, Rey. J Harvey Anderson and other well known writers are contributors to this number. The Topeka Plaindealer devotes the major part of its space and its issue of December 25th to the Tuskegee Nor- mal and Industrial Institute. _A splen- did half tone cut of Prof. Booker T, Washington adorns the front page, while many scenes taken from the var- ious industries of the school are pre- sented in an attractive way. It also devotes considerable space to Lincoln University, giving a picture of* Presi- dent Allen and many of the faculty. The number is a double one, and typo- graphically and mechanically very pretty. Some of its special articles are “Political Men of Kansas who are in the Public Eye,” a sketch of Dr. J. R. A. Crossland, the Western Tus- kegee, located in Kansas, and the por- traits and sketches of many prominent men and women in the state and out- side of it. The Christian Educator, a quarterly magazine of facts relating to Christ- ian education in the South, printed under the auspices of the Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Society, comes out in a double number for Christmas. Its editor, Dr. Wilbur P. Thirkield, has made this number a red: letter one. The particular feature of this issue is an address by Secretary Thir- kield on the “Industrial and Higher Education of the Negro.” The ad- dress is an able one, very replete with information on the subject ‘treated. It is beautifully illustrated with por- traits of the leading colored men and women of the M. E. Church, who are engaged in the professions of teach- ing and preaching. The Wilberforce Student comes out in a new dress for its holiday number. Mr. Charles Alexander, its editor, is a well known newspaper man, as well as a practical printer, and has made this number a very attractive one. He announces that the Fourth Annual Re- port of the National Negro Business League is being printed and bound in the printing office of the combine Nor- mal and Industrial department at Wilberforce, and that it will come out at an early date. The Exposition Edition of Justicia, printed in Manilla, P. I., has just been received. It tells about tue great prep- arations being made in those islands for the World’s Fair St. Louis Expo- sition. : . The Colored American Magazine for December is out and is full of good things. While it has not maintained its former prestige, it is still an inter- esting. and valuable magazine. Ser- vice By The Educated Negro, by Ros- ame Conkling Bruce, is the star feature of this number. The Christmas edition of the High School Journal comes out in a new dress. Its cover is a beautiful soft- tinted purple, with green for trim- ming. It is full of Christmas greet- ings and live matter that will be of great interest to the ex-students as well as the present ones. The editor- ial staff comes under the management of Captain Hugh R. Francis, assisted by Mr. A. Louis Jackson, Mr. Edward H. Lawson, and Miss Hallie Queen. The advisory board consist of Mr. J. L. Love, Mr. Garnet Wilkinson, Mr. W. A. Joiner, Miss Caroline E, Parke, with Mr. Arthur C. Newman as busi- nes manager. ENTERPRISING TAILORS. Mr. J. S. Rawlings, the well known tailor, located at 493 Missouri Ave. N. W., has associated with him Mr, H. T. Taylor, a graduate of the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, and an expert as a cutter and fitter. Mr. Taylor brings to his work a ripe ex- perience and a practical knowledge of all that is known in the tailor’s art, in addition to up to date tailoring. Mr. Rawlings proposes to enlarge his cleaning altering and dyeing depart- ment. The firm will be known here- after as the James Rawlings Tailoring Company, and Mr. Rawlings invites his old as well as his new friends to visit him under the new management. Everything wiil be up to date, and all of the work will be done with neatness and dispatcn. Give them a call. A CHANCE FOR THE RIGHT MAN. There is a splendid opportunity open for a young man, who has a fair edu- cation, is of good address, and who ean talk weil. The job consists of col- lecting bills, of soliciting advertise ments, and of doing general work of this kind. For a young law student, a medical student, or for a young’man, who is ambitious to make something of himself this is a golden opportunity. For particulars address “C’, care of The Colored American office, Wash- ington, D. C. u An intercollegiate debate between Bidd!e University, located at Char- lotte, N. C., and Lincoln University, Chester Co, Pa., will be held at True Reformers’ Hall, Richmond, Va., on Thursday night, December 31st. A battle royal between these two Pres-_ byterian strongholds of learning is ex- pected. : ' Bete rs : Mr. John P. Turner, a special agent of the Pension Office, with headquar- ters at Pine Bluff, Ark., is spending the holidays in this city. At his own request he has been called from the fierd to the main office, and will now be found at his desk in the Pension Office. Mr. Turner is. the eldest son of Bishop H. M.. Turner, is a high Mason and counts his friends by the score. Mr. John H, Deveaux, Jr., the son of Hon, John H. Deveaux, Coliector of Customs, Savannah, Ga., is spending the holidays in this city, the guest of his many Georgia friends. Mr. De- veaux is a greduate of Hampton Nor- mai and Industrial Institute and will take a higher course at either Yale or Harvard University. REV. JOHNSON'S DEMISE. For Thirty Years Pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church— Baptized More Than Three Thousand Souls.—A Soldier of The Civil War, and a Disciple of the Cross. "Knoweth thou not that a mighty man hath this day fallen in Israel?" These words spoken years ago, might be used with propriety with reference to the subject of this sketch. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1837. He was a slave and entered the Union ranks when quite a youth. At the close of the war he studied for the ministry at the Maryland Seminary, and at the National Theological Seminary. He entered the ministry and became an active factor J. H. THE LATE REV. ROBERT JOHNSON. Pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. in all that tends toward the betterment of humanity in general and of the Nego race in particular. Even during his school terms he exhibited that trait of character which afterward proved him a leader among men. Upon coming to Washington, he received an appointment as a watchman at the White House, which position he filled with faithfulness and untiring zeal. The Rev. Johnson became pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in 1870, which pastorate he held up to his demise. He was truly a man of eminent Christian piety, yea even the flower and fruit of his very being was the piety that pays. Not only in his ministerial work, but in his private life did the fragrance of a calm, well-spent life pour out its goodness. Verily, this mighty man spent his days as a tale that is told. What is the use of invading the realm of fancy and fictitious characters to charm the eye and touch the heart, when the stories of every day life have such scenes as the life of Rev. Robert Johnson afforded? And in his life we have a lovely picture, a life dedicated to the Christian ministry, a flower transplanted in the garden THE COLORED AMERICAN. A Beautiful Girl's Experience MISS ALMA LILLIA. Miss Alma Lillia, 506 18th St 1 Nine cases of consumption out of ten occur in this way: A person catches a cold. The cold is not properly cured, and they quickly catch another one. This cold is dilly-dallied with by no treatment, or some of God, yet kindly permitted to shed its fragrance here for a little season, ere it bloomed in immortal beauty by the river which flows from the throne of God. The work of Rev. Robert Johnson covering a period of thirty-three years, was not altogether a pleasant task. Like all others who are engaged in working for humanity's good, he often found this to be "a cold, cold, world," and many were insinuatingly soft in speaking of his life work. Yet he bore all the turmoil and contentions of life with a characteristic temperament that marked him a Christian HAT COUGH! Miss Alma Lillia, 506 18th St. Rock Island, Ill., says: I am a firm friend to Peruna, for it cured me in two days of a cough which had been annoying me for three weeks, and which had developed a serious catarrhal affection of the throat and lungs. I had a number of colds during the year, and each left me with a little more catarrh; then this bad cough was the worst. I took cough medicines until I sickened at the sight of them. But Peruna cured me up in such quick time that I am its firm friend. Four weeks' constant use of it got the catarrh entirely out of my system. "It deserves all the praise bestowed upon it."---Alma Lillia. treatment that is ineffectual, and the cold continues. Then they catch another cold and begin to cough. Then they take cough syrups, but they do no good. By and by they get tired of taking medicine and give up in despair. Their cold continues and their cough grows worse. Then they apply to a doctor, only to discover that they are in the first stages of consumption. As Christ had enemies, so had the man in question. But enemies build up one's character, and they went far toward the making of his. He was a man of convictions, was steadfast, firm and immovable, and above all he strongly supported all his convictions; especially when it was a question of right versus wrong, his convictions fell heavily on the side of right. Thus died this good man, just at the close of the year, and in the twilight of his life. He died died just as he lived, cheerful, happy, smiling, joyful-a death Miss Lillia, of Illinois, started out exactly in this way. Fortunately, she took a course of Peruna before it was too late. She had caught several colds, then a cough developed. She took all sorts of cough medicines, until, as she puts it, "I sickened at the sight of them." In four weeks Peruna had curd her of her catarrh and her system was entirely rid of it. This is what Peruna is doing all the while. Not a day, and probably not an hour, passes but some one has a similar experience with Peruna. The first step toward consumption is catching cold. The next step is a failure to cure it promptly. The third step is the development of catarrh, which gradually becomes chronic. The fourth step, the catarrh begins to spread from the head to the throat. The fifth step, the catarrh spreads to the bronchial tubes and lungs. It then becomes consumption in its first stage. At any time during the progress of the catarrh, from the first onset of the cold to its final settlement in the lungs, Peruna can be relied upon to stop the disease. It cures entirely. Even after consumption has become thoroughly developed, many cases have found in Peruna a permanent cure. After they have been given up by physicians to die of consumption Peruna has cured them. We have hundreds of testimonials that declare these facts in the most enthusiastic language. U. S. Senator John M. Thurston, from Nebraska, writes the following letter from Washington, D. C., under date of April 6, 1901: "I have used Peruna at various times during the past year or two with most satisfactory results. "It entirely relieved me from an irritating cough, the result of excessive effort in the Presidential campaign, and I am a firm believer in its efficacy in any such trouble."—Jno. M. Thurston. To take quieting medicines to stop a cough is absurd and harmful. The only way to stop a cough permanently and without doing more injury than good is to cure the catarrh, which is exactly what Peruna does. It cures the catarrh of the bronchial tubes and the cough ceases. At the slightest appearance of a cough a bottle of Peruna should be taken according to directions. One bottle in the beginning will do more than a half dozen bottles after the catarrh has fastened itself on the lungs. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. well-fitting such a life. Not a word will we add the power of the truth, which "such a life" and "such a death" impressed on the heart. If such a life sheds lustre around a community, then is life worth while, and truly the deceased proved himself one of the race's eminent If Miss Louis of Clarksville, Ga., will send this office she important news. she is now living don't know her