The Colored American

The COLORED American NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. XI, NO 1 A KANSAS LEADER. THE RISE OF THE HON. CHAS. CURTIS, THE POPULAR SUNFLOWER STATE CONGRESSMAN. The Possibilities of An American Youth Fitly Illustrated in the Successful Career of Mr. Curtis, Who Has Faithfully Worked His Way to the Top Ladder-A Leader of Men-A Bright Future. The re-nomination of Hon. Charles Curtis, of Kansas, for his ninth term in Congress is a great victory for himself and friends. His career is an interesting one and shows the possibilities of an American boy who has brains, pluck and industry. His early life is not unlike that of the average boy. He was born in what is now known as North Topeka, January 25, 1860; was educated in the public schools, studied law with A. H. Case, Esq., at Topeka, was admitted to the bar in 1881, entered into partnership with Mr. Case in 1881, remaining with him until 1884. Elected County Attorney in 1884 and re-elected in 1886; elected to the 53-54- 55-56-57 and 58 Congresses. Such in brief is the remarkable career of one of the brilliant men in Congress. From humble beginnings he has risen rapidly by reason of his worth and the confidence reposed in him by his constituents, and there is no question that when the opportunity presents itself but that the Senatorial toga will fall upon his shoulders. His popularity is due to his unswerving fidelity to every interest with which he has been entrusted and his untiring labor in behalf of his constituents without regard to race, color or condition. He is strongly supported by all the leading colored men of his state and has won the earnest co-operation of the colored voters by his unflinching defense of their rights. Recently appointed on the Ways and Means Committee, the most important in the House, he is admirably fitted for effective work as a member by reason of the twelve years of service in Congress and his wide acquaintance with all matters pertaining to the public service. He has recently introduced a bill providing for a U. S. Minister to San Domingo, at a salary of $5,000, to replace the present Consul General. This when passed will afford an opportunity for the appointment of some well qualified colored man. A. HON CHARLES CURTIS, M. C., Of the First Congressional District, Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Curtis stands high in the councils of his party, is consulted on all important questions and his opinion is given the fullest consideration. A courteous, genial gentleman he is easy of approach and kindly in his manner to those brought in contact with him in the transaction of public business. Companionable and thoroughly appreciated by his intimates, he has a reserved dignity that commands respect although thoroughly free from a combative or belligerent tendency. To such a man his friends are loyal, his enemies respectful and his relations with his constituents close and cordial, and all men regardless of class or color are benefitted when represented by men of sterling integrity, unflinching loyalty and unwavering devotion to right. COLORED AGENTS WANTED All over the country to handle our great Remedy of all kinds. Write at once for particulars. The remedy sells rapidly. A good hustler agent can make big money—the only colored medicine house in the United States that furnish agents with all kinds of medicines cash or on commission and pay 40 cents on the dollar. Our mix outfit that we send first to agents sells for $10 we will send prepaid to agents for $5 with order. We will treat any kind of diseases one month for $3.50 by express. Address DR. C. G. GONOND, 11 Harmond Court, CHICAGO, ILL. Lawyer James H. Hayes, of Richmond, Va., sojourned a few days in this city this week. THE COLORED STEAM BOAT CO. The Freedman's Land and Improvement Company Unable to Operate the "Jane Moseley." Manager Lewis Jefferson Interviewed—His side of the Case Stated. So many inquiries have come to this office lately wanting to know what had become of the "Jane Moseley" operated by the colored people last year on the Potomac, that a representative of The Colored American was sent out to make an investigation. He met a few members of the Freedman's Land and Improvement Co., but was unable to obtain a satisfactory explanation. He then called on Mr. Lewis Jefferson the manager of the Jane Moseley last season. Mr. Jefferson operates a coal and wood yard, owns and manages a truck garden and is one of the largest fertilizing dealers in the District of Columbia. He owns considerable real estate and is a heavy tax payer. He readily consented to an interview. He said: "This steamer was purchased from the Jane Moseley Steam Boat Co., of Baltimore, Md., by the Freedman Transportation, Land and Improvement Co., of Washington, D. C., for the sum of $20,000. This amount was to be paid in installments under penalty of forfeiture if any payment was not paid when due. "The F. T. L. and Imp. Co., paid $8,000 on the steamer in 1902. Another payment of $2,000 was due in June, 1903, which was not paid by said Co. The Steamboat Co. of Baltimore notified the F. T. L. and Imp. Co., that if the payment was not settled they would certainly take charge of the steamer. At a meeting of the F. T. L. and Imp. Co., the situation was discussed but the amount due was not raised, there was not any money in the hands of the company. "I being General Manager, thought it best to see the owners in Baltimore and try to get more time in which to meet said payment. I explained to them that we had not done any business as yet and the time was extended to June 15th. The time expired and still there was not any money in the hands of the F. T. L. and Imp. Co. I was compelled to promise that I would pay all bills if our Co. failed to pay them. I had to place in the hands of Mr. Isaac S. Tilbert, President of the Jane Moseley Steamboat Co., of Baltimore, the sum of $1,340.75. My do- (Continued on page 5.) City Paragraphs. ```markdown ``` 10 Quite a large crowd attended the Bannekers' Ball, but not near so large as was present last year. Miss Ada Edmunds of Ninth street extended expects to leave shortly on a visit to Philadelphia. Mr. Walter Cohen, the brave Republican leader of Louisiana, is in the city, the guest of Governor Pinchback. Misses Lula Love, Imogene Wormley and a number of other lady teachers were in Philadelphia last week. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, private secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washington, was in the city a few hours last Monday on business. Mrs. Belle Jackson, of F street northwest, after undergoing a serious operation at the Columbian University Hospital, has entirely recovered her former good health. A blue enamelled, heart shaped, diamond studded stick pin was lost by a young lady at the Bannekers' Ball. Reward if returned to this office. Mr. Clarence C. White, the violin virtuoso, has issued a unique postal announcing the opening of his studio, at the Washington Conservatory of Music. Mr. Lewis Jefferson, manager of the Jane Mosely, is getting that palatial steamer in shape for excursion work on the Potomac river this season. Dr. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington, accompanied by Secretary Stokes, spent last Monday in the city, the guests of friends. They were en route for Tuskegee from the east. Prof. John T. Layton is receiving congratulations on all sides for the wonderfully fine showing his excellently trained chorus in "Hiawatha," made last Tuesday night. Mr. W. C. Brown, who has charge of the post-office and roads quarters in the Capitol, accompanied by his wife will leave for his Indiana home about the first of May. The Metropolitan Baptist Church on R street, is still the storm center of law suits and litigation. Unless these law suits cease, the church will be lost to its congregation and friends. Butler's Park, near Oxen Hill, Md., is the newest summer resort open to the colored people. Mr. D. --- agraphs. J. Butler, owner of the park, is arranging a bus line to meet the cars at the Washington Asylum. The Grand Fountain Is the leading Colored B January, 1881, by William laws of the State of Virg ship is both male and fe to 60 years of age. Its cles. It pays sick bene Mrs. M. O. Hoffler, of 2125 Twelfth street, entertained a large crowd of her friends at a birthday party Saturday evening, the 16th inst. Dancing, card-playing, etc., filled in a most enjoyable evening, and refreshments of all kinds were very much in evidence. Mrs. Julia Hughes Coleman, Phar. D., formerly of Philadelphia, is visiting here. She recently passed the Virginia State Examining Board, for the last six months has had charge of the Ideal Pharmacy in Norfolk, Va., and is now planning to open a drugstore of her own in Newport News. The Harriman, (Tenn.), Normal and Industrial Institute will hold its commencement exercises May 20, and an effort is being made by the principal and faculty to make this the greatest commencement year in the history of the school. Mrs. Booker T. Washington will deliver the annual address, and many other noted speakers will take part. The "ad" of Mr. Kent, the well known and skilled tailor, appeared all tangled up in our last issue but will be properly set when it next appears. He is known as one of the finest builders of custommade suits from $15 up in this city, and one is sure of satisfaction when dealing with such an artist as he is in his line. His rooms are at 922 Eighteenth street northwest. At the concert given by St. Luke's Church last Friday night, Mrs. Skeene Mitchell gave a beautiful rendition of "A Spring Song." Misses James and Murray, Messrs. Godman and Carter, and the Mandolin Club rendered choice selections, and Miss Julia Brooks gave several recitations. Much of the evening's success was due to Miss Nancy Moten, who is an artistic accompanist. Mrs. Nancy J. Johnson announces the marriage of her niece, Nannie Beatrice Johnson to Mr. Jas. E. Ferguson, Wednesday April 27, at eight o'clock, at 1423 P street northwest. The reception, which was to take place after the ceremony has been postponed on account of the illness of Mr. J. T. Johnson, a relative of the bride-to-be. The couple will be at home to friends Sunday May 1, from 2 to 6 o'clock, at 3239 Dumbarton avenue, Georgetown, D. C. --- The Grand Fountain of the City Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society in January, 1881, by William W. Browne, and laws of the State of Virginia, with headquarter is both male and female, and consists of 60 years of age. Its membership of 60 classes. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to benefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be persons not over 50 years of age paying. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents per month in towns and cities, on January and July of each year. Sick week, while death benefits range from $125 in any locality on application to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of thrift, industry and brotherly love, there isment 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 benefits are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave the than is paid from Fountain Department, Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. Tinto Circles, and pay joining fees and du 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 35 1 66 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 33 00 7 60 1 90 The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January, 1881, by William W. Browne, and chartered in April, 1883, under the laws of the State of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. Its membership is both male and female, and consists of all persons of good health from 14 to 60 years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, and pays death benefits from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to date: Sick dues, $r,500,000; death benefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be organized consisting of 20 or more persons not over 50 years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not less than 50 cents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 40 cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick benefits paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to $125. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $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 54 " 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 25 to 30 5 25 500 00 250 00 9 10 2 44 " 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 44 " 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 44 " 40 to 45 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 2 44 " 45 to 50 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 " 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 209 00 11 40 2 44 " 50 to 55 70 00 45 00 6 35 1 66 " 50 to 60 350 00 175 00 11 40 2 44 " 55 to 60 65 00 33 00 7 60 1 90 Glass "M" Johning tee. Value of Certificate Annual dues Quarterly dues Age 14 to 80 $:1 00 $1000 00 $21 90 $5 25 " 30 to 35 12 00 100 00 32 00 5 50 " 35 to 40 12 00 905 00 23 00 5 75 " 40 to 45 13 00 800 00 24 00 6 00 " 45 to 50 13 00 700 00 25 00 6 25 of the Grand Fountain United Order of The bank commenced business April 3 present has steadily increased in volum ital stock of $100,000. From the humb the bank opened for business in 1889 to the volume of business transacted amo cial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank o in the city of Richmond that did not ce of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000. The bank commenced business April 3, 1889, and from that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid up capital stock of $100,000. From the humble sum of $1,268.69, deposited the first day the bank opened for business in 1889 the deposits have grown to $350,058, 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 farms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, chief of real estate and attorney for the association, office at 608 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, Va REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December, 1899, with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail), buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and do general business. The association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests. Mr. A W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Va.; Washington, D.C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3d, 1900. It employs a force of 18 men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did $50,000 worth of business. The other stores have been established since, and have been equally as prosperous. The general manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. Jordan, headquarters at 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Issues a weekly journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 5d. per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print any hing from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 12 inches. Fine job work of every class and description is made a specially 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 63414 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 cooperation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and beasts of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. For further information address— Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 604-6-8 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 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. De Rock Hi" Messenger THE COLORED AMERICAN THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE. GONZAL The name of Dr. W. S. Richardson has been presented to the Commissioners for Superintendent of the Washington Asylum. He is a practical druggist of long experience and the appointment of a Baltimore man has met with general disfavor. The politicians want home rule and think Dr. Richardson is the man. The members of the Election Board, Messrs. Brown, Harries and Cook are holding frequent meetings preparatory to the coming election. The Patterson-VanWickle ticket has not been withdrawn. Clubs had been organized in every voting precinct and a list of names for judges and clerks had been submitted by this enterprising combination. A number of dark horses, it is rumored, will be trotted out at the last minute. The question nowadays is, what has become of Col. Bill Murrell? If a strong delegation is sent to Chicago from the District, the Republicans of the District will receive some recognition from the District Government after the reelection of President Roosevelt, and the offices will not be bartered out as they have been in the past. Mr. John E. Bowles has been appointed postmaster at Bladensburg, Prince George County, Md. He was recommended by Hon. S. E. Mudd, M. C. Bladensburg is about five miles from the City of Washington and is a popular suburban resorts. It is so near the National Capital, that the appointment of Mr. Bowles is considered a compliment to his sterling worth. IT'S THE QUALITY DRUGS that cures. Our drugs are the best. Our prices are the most reasonable. As cheap as any. Quick service and best treatment accorded to all. Headquarters for "Tiona" and "Ozono," also "Pierce's Celery Tablets," the greatest tablet on earth for constipation, biliousness and as a general tonic-laxative pill. Call in and get a free sample. 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C Best Africa-American Accommodation in the District. European and American Plan. Bar Stocked with Fine Wines, Imported Brandies and PURE OLD RYE WHISKEY. Best Line Cigars, 5 & 10c Good Room and Lodging, 50, 75 and $1. Comfortably Heated by Steam. James Ottaway Holmes, Prop. Harry G. Lenz. Hugo Lossau. LENZ & LOSSAU, Successors to CHARLES FISHER. 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. Home comforts, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Av. N. W., Washintgon, D. C. Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. SAMUEL S. STEWART, Prop. LADIES will avoid trouble and worry by using our harmless remedy. It relieves without fall delayed or abnormally suppressed menstruation. Send For Free Trial We answer in plain sealed envelope by return mail Paris Chemical Co.. Dept. 31, Milwaukee, Wis. Here is an Opportunity! A large picture of PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent elegantly 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. This picture should be in every Parlor, Library, Reading Room, School Room, and every Public Hall used by intelligent educated people. 12 AN ENTERPRISING FIRM. Messrs. E. R. James & Bro., Undertakers, 1826 L street northwest are up to date in their funeral arrangements. They both learned their profession under their uncle, the late McKenzie Scott, to whom they were devoted; Mr. E. R. James being his foreman for five years until his death. He then conducted the business for his widow for two years, after which he started in business with his brother, Mr. J. Arthur James, at Mr. Scott's establishment, where they are at present located. Anyone who has transacted business with the late McKenzie Scott will never forget the kind attention tendered them by Mr. James. Both brothers are well known about Washington as clean, sober, refined business men. Their establishment is a credit to the colored people, being fitted up so home-like that one forgets the saddening gloom of death when entering. They have a spacious funeral parlor for private funerals with a lady attendant to care for deceased women. Their office is a marvel of beauty, being fitted up to date. On the wall hangs a life-size portrait in oil of the late McKenzie Scott. Their equipment is superb. Mr. James holds diplomas from the Renouard and Massachusetts Colleges of Embalming and Funeral Directing. MUSKOGEE I. T. NOTES. Prof. J. F. Lewis and friends, of Mississippi are residents of Muskogee. The colored people, after drilling 1,000 feet, have struck oil of fine quality, which produces several barrels of oil per hour. The Negroes of the territory will see to it that the red necks do not lynch any colored citizens here, they are backed up by Uncle Sam and their Winchesters. It will not do for the lynch crowd students to study lynchology here. BIG BETHEL ENTERTAINS The Baltimore Conference in Great Style.—Notes. The Baltimore Annual Conference just closed, has had a most interesting, instructive, beneficial session. From the reports most of the churches are in a flourishing condition. The year in the district has been a most active one. Metropolitan sent in the very best report ever given from the church. We feel justly proud of our work sllw nesd cc etauhessael ogninla a along all lines and the success we have had will serve as an impetus for even better things. The church owes much to the efforts of the W. M. M. S. of which Mrs. N. P. Scott is president. Prof. Kealing, the editor of the A. M. E. Church Review, delivered a most able address on Education. THE COLORED AMERICAN. He possesses the faculty that is so often lacking in public speakers, of making apt illustrations that so clearly demonstrate a truth that the veriest child can understand it. We will be glad to welcome Professor Kealing again, for he has made for himself many admirers in that one address. Rev. John Beckett made very practical suggestions to the conference of how they can help the missions. His plans are simple, and we believe will be beneficial. Mrs. Ruth Murray Collett attended the conference as the agent of the Publishing House, and in her own winning way advertised the many good books on sale. 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Benjamin Franklin Was Noted for His Common Franklin The FRANKLIN STANDARD TYPEWRITER was named Franklin for its own Common Sense characteristic. Benjamin Franklin Was Noted for His Common Sense FRANKLIN Franklin The FRANKLIN STANDARD TYPEWRITER was named in honor of Franklin for its own Common Sense characteristic. SPEAKING OF TYPEWRITERS It isn't Common Sense to write upside down. It isn't Common Sense to write in the dark. It isn't Common Sense to waste time. It isn't Common Sense to pay $100 for a writing machine, we get one just as good and better for $75. The four essentials of a perfect typewriter; VISIBLE WRITPLICITY OF MECHANISM, SPEED and DURABILITY are embl FRANKLIN. the dark. time. for a writing machine, when you can pewriter; VISIBLE WRITING, SIM and DURABILITY are embodied in the It isn't Common Sense to pay $100 for a writing machine, when you can get one just as good and better for $75. The four essentials of a perfect typewriter; VISIBLE WRITING, SIMPLICTY OF MECHANISM, SPEED and DURABILITY are embodied in the FRANKLIN. Mention The Colored American. Give the FRANKLIN a trial and be convinced. Coal and Wood Delivered Promptly Canal and N streets, S. W. trial and be convinced. Canal and N Give the FRANKLIN a trial and be convinced. Call us up we will treat you right. White Ash Stove, Shamokin Stove, Red Ash Stove, Lyken Valley Stove, Chestnut, Egg, Furnace, Oak and Pine Wood. Wholesale and Retail Dealers Lewis Jefferson & Co., Canal and N, S.W. The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Service." Charges reasonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice Co. and Oyster House and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES.otto, "Purity of Goods and Promptness Remember the Arctic Ice Cream Co. --- The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster House. Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. 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We make loans on Furniture, Pianos, &c., without removal or any publicity in any way. All business is private. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY. 610—F Street—610. Some Men Pay $10,000 For an expert to manage their advertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annual subscription to printer's ink and learn what all advertisers are thinking about. But even these are not the extremes reached. 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 W 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 money, we can fix you up. Business confidential. Phone, M, 3042. SURETY LOAN COMPANY. Suite 1, Warder Building, cor. 9th and F. 523 9th. Loans of $10 Loans of $10 and Upwards Made on Furniture, Pianos, Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and in the day you apply. 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The Colored American of Washington, 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. Illinois Idea. THE COLORED AMERICAN. HIGH SCHOOL BURNED. Galesburg, Ill., Special.—The Galesburg High School, valued at $100,000, one of the best High Schools in the State of Illinois, was burned Sunday. There were nearly 10,000 people on the ground while the fire was raging. Mrs. J. O. Washington has been sick for three weeks, although not confined to the bed. Mrs. Washington is noted as one of the best cooks in Galesburg. Miss Mason will enter the University of Chicago at an early date. Misses Wilder, Mason, Welcome, Carter, Johnson, are the graduates of the Galesburg High School which burned not three days ago. Rev. Douglass, of Lexington, Ky., has come to serve as pastor of the Second Baptist Church here. Dr. Douglass is an able man. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Lowery gave a reception to John King last week. The women have seven clubs in Galesburg. Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Wilder, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Bell, are the leaders of the clubs. Next month they will have their report ready for publication. It is interesting to note that the city took such a great interest in trying to save the High School last Sunday. Two men were killed. Miss Wilder will enter Brown's Business College this month. Mr. Ferribee will take summer vacation in Chicago. Ferribee is a student in Knox College, and is the son of the able pastor of Allen A. M. E. Chapel. YOUNG MEN'S PROTECTIVE LEAGUE RECEPTION. The second grand annual reception of the Young Men's Protective League was given at the Washington Light Infantry Armory, last Friday evening, April 15. This league is composed of active young men, and is one of the strongest organizations in the city. It represents the young and progressive element among our people, and it was not surprising that a large and representative gathering was in attendance. The pick of the city of the gentler sex was there in large numbers and tripped the light fantastic to the sweet strains of the Invincible orchestra. The Armory is a spacious one, with all the modern conveniences, a beautifully arranged and waxed floor, and was handsomely decorated for the occasion. The league was assisted by their auxiliary of 200 ladies, and it was a pretty sight to see. Refreshments and supper in abundance and the reception held until a late hour. Admission was by card and the affair was a grand success. The Sermon That Startled the World. The above sermon, "The Production of a Genune African," Dr. Mojola Agbebi, M. A., Ph. D., of Lagos, West Africa, which has caused considerable excitement, and occasioned much searchings of heart in Africa, Europe and America, can be obtained from "The Enterprise Publishing Co., 258 New Main Street, Yonkers, N. Y., at 25 cents per copy. Every Negro should read it. Send at once! Following are some of the many endorsements of this remarkable deliverance. No stamps accepted. Make postal note payable to the order of Enterprise Publishing Co. From Rev. C. T. Walker, D. D., L. L. D., the Great Organizer and Race Leader, New York City. I have read the Sermon. It is really a wonderful sermon. The exegesis is rich and learned and the English chaste and clean. I have learned some things from the book and I believethere are a great many preachers in this land who will learn many thingsfrom it too. From Rev. W. P. Stevenson. D. D. L. L. D. (white) First Presbyterian From Rev. W. P. Stevenson, D. D., L. L. D., (white) First Presbyterian Church. Yonkers-on-Hudson. It is a unique sermon. From Dr. Booker T. Washington, the Apostle of Industry, Founder of Tuskegee Institute. I thank you for your kindness in sending me the copy of the sermon delivered by you last December in Africa. I have read it with pleasure and profit. McGirt's Magazine.... Agents are making $5 a day selling McGirt's Magazine Each month it contains articles from Agents are just as sure of making $5.0 are in answering this advertisement. Write at once that you may be the f terms, outfit, and a large number of m work at once Subscription to every one is One Do Each month it contains articles from the greatest writers of the race. Agents are just as sure of making $5.00 per day selling this Magazine as they are in answering this advertisement. Write at once that you may be the first in the field. Send 50c. for agents' terms, outfit, and a large number of magazines, with which you may begin work at once Subscription to every one is One Dollar Per Year. Write— J. E. 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Handsomely Furnished Rooms for Permanent or Transient Guests Headquarters for Clergy and Business Men. First Class Restaurant. Regular Dinner, including Wine, 35c. 6 p. m. to 8. Sundays, 1 to 4.30 p. m., 45c. B. F. THOMAS. Proprietor. ```markdown ``` 14 EQUAL RIGHTS FOR US. President's Remarks to Callers From the A. M. E. Conference. Resolution Adopted Urging Senate to Confirm Appointment of Dr. Crum as Collector. A call on President Roosevelt made the fifth day's session of the Baltimore Conference of the A. M. E. Church of special interest to the members. One hundred and twenty strong, they went to the White House. Rev. J. W. O. Scott, pastor of the Metropolitan Church, in which the conference is meeting, acted as spokesman. He expresed approval of President Roosevelt's attitude on the Negro question and the President in reply said: "Gentlemen, I am glad to greet you here, and especially to hear the kindly sentiments which you express concerning my administration. You deserve equal rights with all other men, irrespective of color or previous condition. You should have nothing less, and, as far as I am able, I shall strive, as in the past, to secure to you the rights that are yours." At the session of the conference Monday morning, a resolution was adopted appealing to President Roosevelt for his support in an effort to secure permission for a Negro exhibition at the St. Louis Fair. Another resolution adopted by the conference urged that the Senate confirm the appointment of Dr. William P. Crum to the position of Collector of the Port of Charleston, S. C. Supplementary reports were received by the conference from many churches, and all told of progress both materially an dspiritually. The report of presiding elders' assessment was received and recommitted. It was voted that the assessment fixed for the District be made to include the entire expenses of the presiding elders. At Galbraith Chapel to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock there will be a grand musical and literary symposium under the auspices of the Young Ladies' Missionary Circle, Rev. John C. Dancy, presiding, and with Mrs. F. Dancy as pianist. Prof. John T. Layton, Master Turner Layton, Misses Smith, Throckmorton, Bostic, Price, Henderson and Thompson, and Messrs. Newman, Howard and Henderson will participate. At 8 o'clock p. m. the pastor, Rev. S. L. Corrothers will preach a special sermon, subject: "The Need of the Hour." At 11 o'clock a. m. quarterly meeting service, and Holy Communion by P. E. Rev. R. H. Daniels. Miss Mollie D. Jackson has returned to New York, after spending the winter in this city. THE COLORED AMERICAN PIRE Matinee 10 and 20 cents. Evenings 10, 20, 30, 50 cents 2 P. M., Daily! Evenings 8 P. M. Starting Monday Afternoon, May 2. The World Famous and Unrivaled BACK PATTI TROUBADOURS. Week Starting Monday Afternoon, May 2. The World Famous and Unrivaled REFINED SINGERS DANCERS COMEDIANS resenting the Merry Musical Farce ARKTOWN'S CIRCUS DAY GENOWNED BLACK PATTI OPERATIC FINALE. A Grand Cake Walking Contest open to all Washington Artists for a Solid Gold Prize will be held SATURDAY EVENING MAY 7. traction-ARABBIT'S FOOT s & Company Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street OUR MONEY Presenting the Merry Musical Farce DARKTOWN'S CIRCUS DAY AND THE RENOWNED BLACK PATTI OPERATIC FINALE. SPECIAL: A Grand Cake Walking Contest open to all Washington Artists for a Solid Gold Prize will be held SATURDAY EVENING MAY 7. Saks & Company Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street that's to be spent for apparel this season will go farthest spent here with us. We're Head-to-foot Outfitters for Men and Boys. We don't make cheapness the magnet—but quality, and couple with the best values in Men's and Boy's Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Furnishing Goods the very moderate prices our superior facilities make possible. We only ask the opportunity of proving these points when you are ready to give them consideration. PETER GROGAN Your credit is as good as gold. Our Specialty is Furnishing Homes for Newly Married Couples on Easy Terms of CREDIT 40 If your wedding day is approaching, why not arrange with us for the furnishing of your new home? We can supply everything you need in the way of Parlor, Bedroom, and Dining-room Furniture; also Floor Coverings of every description at lowest cash prices, and on easiest credit terms ever offered. Our ambition is to arrange payments to suit your individual convenience, weekly or monthly, without notes or interest. We sell the very best furniture obtainable, and every piece is guaranteed for durability. Chinese and Japanese Mattings are here in splendid variety, and as usual, we fit them to the floors and tack them down free of cost. We are complete furnishers, and you are cordially invited to open an account and get anything needed, on credit. Peter Grogan 817-819-821-823 7th St. Between H and I Sts. 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. This doesn't mean the other fellow, but it means you. Who will be the first to start the ball rolling? J. A. WILLIAMSON PRINTER 505 E ST., N. W. ELECTRIC POWER. Mill Tonic Over One and a Half Million No Cure, No Pay. 50c. 's Black Root Liver Pills. THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE As the time for the election of District Delegates to the National Convention approaches, the candidates are not only busy trying to convince voters of the relative merit of their fitness to represent them, but are also active in their efforts to dodge the horde of grafters, boodlers, etc., who are equally on the alert impressing their monetary worth upon those in need of their services. They labor for revenue only, and their claims as to the number of voters they control would put a high market value on their services to those inexperienced in the ways of a class who in other cities are known as "ward heelers." The opportunity for political graft in this city coming but once in four years, makes these political parasites ravenous, and they attack any and all candidates with the ferocity of hungry wolves. The experienced politician gives them neither money or consideration, for he knows that the election depends entirely upon the respectable element of voters, and that the men who demand mony to "line up the boys," seldom control more than their own vote, and that is generally in the market. The contest for National Committeemen from the District has narrowed down to Mr. Chapin Brown and General Geo. E. Harries. They are both well known and reputable gentlemen, and the selection of either will give eminent satisfaction to the community. While the decision of the judges will determine the winners, the public are already selecting their favorites and wagering on the result. The Van Winkle-Patterson ticket seems to be favorite against the field. Some of the entries are quoted at as much as 100 to 1. The "rail birds" are following the "wise money," and it is safe to say they will "cash" on their judgment. It is amusing to notice the earnestness of some of the oldtime politicians who got their schooling either in the south or before suffrage was taken away in the District. They look wise, give their opinions cautiously, and always refer to the time when they were a power in politics. You can just bet they know how to run a campaign, and if they were only etc. But what's the use. They are all dead ones. Its a peculiarity of the brother that when invited to take a drink by a candidate, one out of every * * * * * * * * * * * * five will say, "Gim'me a little gin and sugar." The Irishman likes his whiskey, the German his beer, but to the colored epicure, gin, chicken and water-melon form a trinity of irresistables. The Republicans of the Charleston, W. Va., District have just elected their delegates to the next Republican Convention, which meets in Chicago in June next, and it was a hot fight from beginning to end. One of the most active participants in this struggle was the gifted and brilliant young Phil Waters, of Kanawha County, who made a number of rattling speeches. Mr. Waters was nominated for delegate from the Third District, by Mr. H. D. Romwell, and he responded in a speech which brought him a vigorous round of applause. Mr. Waters is easily the colored leader of the Third District, and is popular alike with all classes. Among the number of tributes paid Mr. Waters by the daily press after the day of the convention, are the following: Then Phil Waters, "on behalf of the unterrified and unadulterated hog combine," performed the same service. Phil Waters was the orator of the day, par excellence. J. Russell Trotter, of Upshur, was about to shut off further talk with a motion to elect by acclamation when the chair recognized Phil Waters, of Kanawha, for a short seconding speech which brought down the house. Del Rummel nominating Phil Waters, paying him a high tribute as a Republican worker of more than State reputation and service. On motion of Mr. Roach the two were chosen by acclamation. Waters was called to the stand for a speech and made one in which he said the Democratic party was a party of funerals and burials and named things they had buried until one began to wonder if there was anything worth while left above ground. District politics is at a white fever heat, and as election day approaches the interest is more intensified. The rumor of the withdrawal of Mr. James W. Poe from the Poe-Richardson ticket is without foundation. Mr. Poe's friends, and their names are legion, claim that he is in the fight to the finish. * * * Lieut. C. C. Clark, the alternate of the Poe-Richardson ticket, seems to have kicked out of the traces. THE COLORED AMERICAN ARE YOU ARE YOU A MAN? A We cure Lost Manhood, Falling Po Primary, secondary or tertiary stages; Go Varicocele, Spermatorrhea, Kidney and secret nature. We cure all We cure Lost Manhood, Falling Powers and Impotency; Syphilis in its Primary, secondary or tertiary stages; Gonorrhoea, Stricture, Gleet, Hydrocele, Varicocele, Spermatorrhcea, Kidney and Bladder Diseases, and all diseases of a secret nature. We cure all no matter how malignant the disease may long you may have been sick; No matter it never get well again. We can cure and resilient not despair, while there is life there is vigorous, and give you lasting, robust health feelings. 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Of this amount you may keep two-fifths 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 furnish you sufficient papers, free of cost, to start you and enable you 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 your town. Address CHIEFS and AGES Do you want to be a member of a loan if you need money? Then communicate whatever be your need. Chiefs and agents wanted in every for desirable persons. Position perman MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT --- 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. 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ADDRESS ALT OF LIFE COMPANY, MOND, - - - - VIRGINIA. A BOY WANTED In every town and hamlet in the United States and Canada who is willing to sell TheCOLORED AMERICAN on a liberal commission. Any boy with push can easily get up a large list of weekly customers and make considerable money. The work is pleasant and agreeable, and need not take up more than a few hours each week. HERE IS OUR PLAN: send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COL- AMERICAN, which you may sell amongst your friends and that the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would bring them the paper in this way from week to week, al- am to stop when they please. It will be easy for you to minute of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount to $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep two-fifths profit. This means that on every ten papers sold you have profit of 20 cts., or two dollars a hundred. We furnish sent papers, free of cost, to start you and enable you to run. We pay the postage and run all risk. Could you anything better or make money more easily? Write today the territory in your town. Address COLORED AMERICAN, 459 C St, N. W. S and AGENTS WANTED want to be a member of a Society from which you can obtain need money? Then communicate with us; we will assist you our need. agents wanted in every locality. Splendid compensation persons. Position permanent. Pay guaranteed. TUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. --- 15 ARE YOU SICK, LOW SPIRITED, DISCOURAGED? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR COURAGE AND AMBITION? ARE YOU ENFEEBLED, WEAK, DIS- PONDENT, IMPOTENT? HAVE YOU BURNT THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS? Washington, D. C. 'Phone E 222 16 BLACK PATTI AT "Begone Dull Care," is the mofto of the merry, mirthful and musical Black Patti Troubadours, who for seven years have toured the American continent, contributing tuneful joy and laughing delight to millions of admirers. Next week, commencing Monday afternoon, the Troubadours, with a brand new budget of song, story, dance and action are to be seen at the Empire Theatre. The Second Edition of "Darktown's Circus Day," "The Troubadours Comedy Four," "Soldiers" Camp Glees," "A Festival of Operatic Melody," and ten top-notch vaudeville acts by Black Patti, the greatest singer of her race; Bob Kelly, "The Real Coon;" Annie Gillam, "The Shinin' Light;" Mack Allen, "The Equipoise Marvel;" Ward and Dobbs, "Specialty Ar- THE LADY OF THE MIDDLE-SEASON MME. SISSERETTA JONES, (Black Patti.) ists;" Bessie Casselle, "The Black Lily;" Leslie Triplett, "The Funny Policeman;" Ida Forcen, "The Honolulu Buck Dancing Wonder;" Sarah Green, "The Indiana Nightingale;" Nettie Hooper, "The Unbleached Soubrette;" James Read, "Percy Hamfat;" Al. Watts, "The Chesterfield Comique:" Ada E. Robinson, "The Essence of Old Virginny;" Lavinia Henderson, "The Louisiana Lassie;" Anthony Byrd, "The Black Edouard de Reszke;" Will Cooke, "The Comic Monk;" Jas. Bougia and Jas. Worles, "The Tyrolean Tenors;" and a Weber-and-Fieldian ebony-tinted chorus, are the features of the Black Patti Troubadour's performances. On Saturday evening, May 7, a grand competitive cake walk is announced between the members of the Black Patti Company and local artists. A solid gold prize emblematic of the Washington championship will be awarded the winner. Names of local contestants must be left at the Empire box office prior to the date named above. THE COLORED AMERICAN. "FREE BOOKS GIVEN AWAY." To any person who writes to me I will send a copy of a "Free Book," teaching you how to become a professional hypnotist, phrenologist, magnetic-healer, clairvoyant and spiritual medium, learning you how to cure all kinds of diseases. 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Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mall postage prepaid; or if you want it sent * In any case where it falls to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a book free of charge. Packed so that no one will know the contents except receiver.* CRANE & CO., 11 W. Jackson St., RICHMOND, VA. PHELPS HALL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE Tuskegee, Alabama. ESTABLISHMENT.—The Tuskegee Institute, realizing that the demand for an educated ministry is growing throughout the South, opened the Phelps Hall Bible Training School in 1893. To enter the Bible School it is not necessary to have a special call to the ministry. Those who desire to do missionary work only, or to become intelligent Sunday school teachers, as well as those who intend to preach, will be greatly helped by taking the course. OBJECT.—The chief aims of the Bible Training School are to give to young colored men and women a comprehensive knowledge of the entire English Bible, and to implant in their hearts a noble ambition to dedicate their lives to the elevation and Christianization of their people. The students are required to do missionary work in the various churches and Sunday-schools near the institution. In this way they have been very helpful to the neighboring communities. The teaching in the Bible School is wholly undenominational, the intention being not to oppose or antagonize any theological work now being done, but rather to assist all denominations. THE BUILDING.—Phelps Hall, the building in which the School is taught, was given by a generous New York friend. It is a frame structure, three stories high. On the first floor are the Chapel, Library, Reading Room, Office of the Dean, and three Recitation Rooms. The two upper floors, containing forty rooms, are used for sleeping apartments. TEACHERS AND LECTURES.—Rev. Edgar J. Penney is the Dean. He is assisted by Rev. E. P. Johnson and Rev. J. H. Gadson, Rt. Rev. George W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C., and Rev. H. T. Johnson, Ph. D., of Philadelphia, Pa., deliver a regular course of lectures during the term. Rev. Moses Jackson, Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Chicago, delivered a special course of lectures during the current year. EXPENSES.—The teaching is free. The cost of board, including furnished room, light, fuel, washing, etc., is $8.50 per month. Students will be given an opportunity to work out from $2.50 to $3.50 of this amount, thus leaving only $5.00 to $6.00 to be paid in cash. In some cases arrangements may be made so that a few may work out the whole amount. Lack of means need debar none. STUDENTS AND GRADUATES—There have been forty-three graduates from the Bible School. Some of these are actively engaged in ministeral work; other, with the ministry in view, are pursuing further studies in other institutions, while still others are teaching. The total enrollment in the Bible School this year is fifty-five; fifty-four males and one female. Four are ordained ministers, thirteen licentiates, and the remaining thirty-eight are laymen. These students come from eleven States, South Africa, and the West Indies. Nine denominations are represented. For further information address BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Prin. TUSKEGEE, ALA. A NEGRO LIBRARY FREE! Do you want a negro library of four volumes containing the sum total of negro knowledge, negro literature, negro progress and negro achievement? In fact, these four books contain everything that anybody could wish to know about the negro race. They are: FIRST — "The Progress of A Race or The Advancement of The American Negro," by Prof. W. H. Crogman, Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Price, $1.75. 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We have nearly one hundred and fifty agents, and as will be seen at a glance it is utterly impossible for us to recognize the handwriting of each. tf --- Bookers Mother Praying A number of desirable houses for sale on terms to suit. Money loaned in any amount. Telephone East 515Y. 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. * 733 Seventh Street. N. W. 2 Texas the Banner State and Leads in Money Spent for Negro Education A Brief History of the Industrial and Normal CollegeThe Growth of the School-Its Work and Its Faculty President McKinley's Tribute Notes. The great work of Normal and Industrial Education goes grandly on. The Southern States generally and Gulf States in particular, are vieing with each other in the contest for supremacy and superior excellence. Figures show that Texas has spent more money for Negro education than any other state. Its magnificent school fund is shared in alike by both races. It supports liberally two state institutions exclusively for Negroes-one at Austin, for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the other at Paririe View for normal and industrial training. The school at Paririe View, Waller Co., Texas, was established in 1878 as an agricultural college for colored boys, but it proved to be a failure in this plan and was the next year in 1879 converted into a normal school to prepare teachers for the colored public school. It succeeded on the new plan and for ten years the school was devoted entirely to normal work, one student from each state senatorial district being granted free board and tuition. In 1889 in response to a popular demand mechanical and agricultural departments were added for boys and domestic economy and sewing for girls. In 1899 the legislature granted the right of appointment to state students at Prairie View to representatives as well as Senators and the number of such appointment now made is 169, each appointee paying one third of his board expense or $30 per school year of nine months and $10 entrance fees in addition. Graduates from the full course of four years receive diplomas which have the validity of life state certificates. Three hundred and eighteen of these diplomas have been issued since 1885, an annual average of about sixteen. A much larger number of certificates of the first and second grade valied respectively for four and two years have been issued to pupils successfully completing the second and third years of the courses and in this way the teaching force has been materially reinforced for the colored schools of Texas. This school has done more than any single agency for the educational progress of the colored youths in Texas. At present the enrollment of the school is three hundred and twenty, the force of teachers and officers, all of the colored race, twenty-three and the following departments are now in operation: Mathematics, Science, Language and Literature, History, Pedagogy, Mechanical Drawing, Blacksmithing, (including horse-shoeing), Plumbing, Carpentry, Steam Laundering, Shoe-making, Tailoring, Broom and Mattress making, Hand-Loom Weaving, Gardening, Dairying, General Agriculture and Stock Raising, Sewing, Millinery and Music. The graduates of the school have made THE COLORED AMERICAN useful citizens and are filling positions of profit, usefulness and honor in the avocations of life, such as teaching, practice of medicine, farming, the Civil Service, and in business life. Most of are teachers. The annual running expenses of the school, exclusive of buildings and improvements, for which special legislative appropriations are made, foot up regularly $35,000, which are met by State appropriations supplemented by aid from the Morrill Fund and by receipts from the students. The principal of this great school is Prof. Edward L. Blackshear, who has done so much to bring it up to its present high standard. He was born in Montgomery, Ala., September 8, 1862. His early school training was in the public schools of Montgomery. While attending the Swayne public school there, Prof. J. M. McPherson, the principal, secured him an opportunity to attend a school in Iowa. He lived in the family of the above-named professor's brother, Prof. A. S. McPherson, who was connected with the school, Tabor College, Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa. Here young Blackshear became acquainted with Prof. H. T. Kealing, who also studied at Tabor, and this acquaintance ripened into a lifelong friendship. Both graduated in June, 1881, and located in Texas. Prof. Blackshear has taught school in Ellis and Bastrop Counties, and was for thirteen years teacher and principal in the Austin schools. In 1896 he was chosen principal of the Prairie View Normal, a position he now holds. Last June, 1903, the trustees and faculty of Wilberforce University voted the degree of Doctor of Laws to Professor Blackshear in recognition of his services as a teacher. In June, 1902, Tabor College conferred the degree of Master of Arts. Professor Blackshear having previously received the degree of Bachelor of Arts on graduation in 1881. Professor Blackshear is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Educational Association, and at the recent Corsicana meeting was unanimously chosen president of the Texas State Colored Teachers' Association. He is a member of the Second Baptist Church of Austin, Rev. L. L. Campbell, D. D., pastor, and of the General Baptist Convention. He is also a member of Silver Trowel Lodge, No. 47, A. F. and A. M., Houston, Texas, of the Hempstead Lodge of G. U. O. of O. F., and a charter member of the Pride of Austin Lodge, K. of P. The greatest event in the history of the school was the visit of the late President Wm. McKinley, May 3, 1901. It was a beautiful May day and thousands of people from Waller and adjacent counties awaited the President's coming. The President was introduced by Gov. Joseph D. Sayers, who came with him from Houston, to Austin. He spoke in part as follows, addressing his remarks entirely to the students: "I thank you for your hearty welcome. I have visited a number of institutions of learning provided for your race, notably that great institution at Tuskegee, Ala., another in Savannah, another recently in New Orleans, and it has given me great satisfaction to observe the advancement of your race since the immortal proclamation of liberty was made. The opportunity for learning is a great privilege. The possession of learning is an inestimable prize, and I have been glad to note that your race is endeavoring, wherever you live, to enlighten your minds and prepare yourselves for the responsibilities of citizenship under this free government of ours. "What we want more than anything else, whether we be white or black, what we want is to know how to do some one thing well. If you will just learn how to do one thing that is useful better than anybody else can do that one thing, you will never be out of a job, and all employment is honorable employment. The race is moving on and has a promising future before it. * * * The last word I would leave with you is, be true to right, to home, to family, to yourselves, and to God." Mr. Emmitt Scott, of Tuskegee, Ala., private secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washington, made a flying trip to Washington, this week, reaching here Monday morning and returning South the same evening. Mr. Scott's mission was to hold an especially appointed interview with President Roosevelt, in regard to matters of vital moment to the race. As the ambassador of the Sage of Tuskegee, Mr. Scott makes good in whatever situation he may be cast. With no time for loitering he reutrned to his arduous duties at Tuskegee as soon as his mission had been concluded. HOWARD MEDICAL GRADUATES DINE. The Alumni Association Banquet at True Reformers Hall to be an Event in Educational and Medical Circles. The Alumni Association of the Medical Department of Howard University, will give a grand banquet at True Reformers Hall, Wednesday evening, May 11, to which all of the gradutes of the Medical Department of Howard University have been invited. The Banquet Committee has arranged a splendid program of large proportions and propose to make this affair the banner entertainment of the season. It is generally known that the Medical Department of Howard University has turned out more graduates who are practicing their professions and who are making successes out of them, than any school of its kind in the country for colored people. In nearly every city, town and hamlet in the United States of any consequence, the shingle of a Howard graduate may be seen, and to the great credit of the Alma Mater, these graduates are winning success and distinction. The purpose of the banquet is to bring together the graduates of this school to attend the graduating exercises which take place on the 10th of May, to be followed by the banquet on the evening of May 11th. The Committee of Arrangements consists of the following well known physicians: Dr. George W. Cabanass, Dr. Charles A. Tignor, Dr. Alice M. Waring, Dr. A. T. Pride, Dr. John W. Mitchell. Each of these have been assigned certain duties in connection with the banquet, and all of whom usually accomplish what they undertake. 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Names which the country has learned to honor and respect for consecration to the principles of the Grand Old Party, and for high character have been flip- pantly, and in an uncomplimentary man- ner dealt with. In this respect this weekly has been no respector of persons, so far as race color or previous conditions were con- cerned, for it has slapped the honored Chairman of the Republican State Cen- tral Committee as severely in the face, although he is the son of an ex-Gover- nor of the state, and himself a man of the highest social position as any, and has steered so clearly and fully accord- ing to the chart of the Republican Party that none heretofore have found it in their hearts fe criticise him; yet, he has fallen in the disfavor of the gentlemen who run the Independent, and they have not hesitated to “slash” him. The distinguished Secretary of the State Committee, whom we are inform- ed has occupied that position for the last twenty-five or thirty years, and who has, in all the relations of life acquitted him- self, well and creditably—never found wanting in loyalty to the party of which he is a high representative, nor, in advo- cacy of the principes which underlie and uphold the race with which he is iden- tified, has been most severely dealt with. The Collector of the Internal Rev- enue, who in the discharge of his offi- cial duties, has reflected credit upon his race throughout the country, and who gives employment ‘o more colored men to-day, in that service than are employ- ed anywhere in the South has been crit- icised mercilessly by the gentlemen who are conducting that weekly. Col. H. P. Farrow, SANS PEUR EST SANS REPROCHE, who pre- sided over the late state convention as it's permanent Chairman has also been scathingly referred to. ' National Committeeman Lyons ‘who has been in the lime light of public scru- tiny in this city for the last six or seven years seems to have incurred the espe- cial disfavor of the gentlemen back of this weekly. About the National Com- mitteemen we claim to be able to speak with some degree of authority. If there has ever been a colored man in a posi- ion in this city ,;who was authorized to speak for the party and for the race and who has spoken fearlessly, but wisely, we do not hesitate to say that he is one among these men. Sometimes we have doubted the wisdom of his boldness; but time has demonstrated that. That he has been efficient in representing the forces in his state, no other statement is necessary to establish this fact, than that the colored people to-day in the state of Georgia hold more representative offices, and three times as many subordinate THE COLORED AMERICAN independent. Thecolored men of the country are utterly opposed to “Lily-whitism.” They believe that there is no warrant for it, neither in the history nor traditions of the Republican Party. There is practi- cally no “Lily-whitism in the state of Georgia, and it has been largely through the splendid management of National Committeeman Lyons and the superb republicanism of Col. Waltetr H. John- son, whom we know and have met sev- eral times in this city, that this happy state of affairs exists there. Something is said about a state tick- et. Well—where is there a Republican in the country who is not in favor of a state ticket? if that is the wisest and best thing to do; but politics in this day of our Lord, for the colored man is not a play-thing. It is a business which re- quires the widest knowledge and the deepest wisdom, and what is more the exercise of things in the management of affairs. All of the large states of the south except Georgia have disfranchis- ed their colored voters, and it seems for this transcendant wrong no case has yet been brought to the Supreme Court that will enable it to take cognizance of this invasion of American liberty— throttle it and furnish a remedy. Speak- ing from the standpoint of a colored man, under the circumstances, what is best for the colored voters of Georgia? What is wisest? Quite an element in the state have sought to disfranchise the colored people. One man has been re- warded for his efforts in that lime by a seat in the Federal Congress in this city. Now—so far the disfranchisers have not been able to increasé their for- ces to the extent of controlling the leg- islature! and, as the result, the colored men of Georgia are free to vote in all the elections and have the only colored member of any legislature in the south. ‘Yhis fact is noted to the credit of the state, all over the country. Could the Republican party of the state elect 2 state ticket, if one should be put for- ward? Could it even get it a creditable vote? Failing in getting a creditable vote, would that fact not react upon the electorial ticket in November? Again, is it not certain that the forces of the disfranchisers would be largely in- creased to such an extent that in all probability within three years Georgia would be placed in the category with South Carolina, Mississippi and the oth- er southern states which have disfran- chised the colored people. If this thing is true, then what is true leadership? Is it not to wait for a better day when hu- man liberty shall become dearer to the hearts of the Americans; and when the elective franchise can be exrcised with freedom by all rather than to throw it away in a fruitless effort now To an outsider this appears to be the course of real leadership. Eight years ago North Carolina used to elect a number of Republican Con- gressmen, one of whom was always col- ored—several members of the legisla- ture, and some county officers. This pol- icy was abandoned, and a violent agita- Especially under present conditions. We are constrained to indulge in these reflections, because of some caustic crit- icisms passed upon a few paragraphs of ours a week or so ago. We are disposed, indeed almost forced to believe that our friends who have been so violently vituperative have not thought well of what they are doing. To us the course of affairs there appear to have been cminently prudent, emi- nently wise, and thoroughly saturated with good, hard common sense. A WONDERFUL INVENTION. | It is interesting to note that fortunes are frequently made by the invention of articles of minor importance. Many of the most popular devices are those de signed to benefit the people and meet popular conditions, and one of the most interesting of these that has ever been invented is the Dr. White Electric Comb, patented January 1, ’99. These wonder- ful Combs positively cure dandruff, hair falling out, sick and nervous headaches, and when used with Dr. White’s Electric Hair Brush are positively guaranteed to make straight hair curly in 25 days’ time. Thousands of these electric: combs have been sold in various cities of the Union, and the demand is constantly increasing. Our agents are rapidly becoming rich selling these combs. They positively sell on sight. Send for sample. Men’s size 35c. ladies’ 50c—(half price while we are introducing them.) The Dr. White Electric Comb Co., Decatur, I. tf. WANTED—A position as stenogra- pher, bookkeeper; by a competent young woman with some literary ability. Would be valuable assistant on newspaper or Magazine. Address: S. Box, 95, Maysville, Ky. NATIONAL NEGRO BAPTIST MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE. A brilliant session of the Na- tional Negro Baptist Ministers’ Conference, was held on the 18th inst., at U. O. T. R. Hall, Twelfth and U streets northwest. The following members joined the conference. Revs. T. Toliver, A. H. Strother, C. H. Turner, Al- fred A. Egerton, and Brother E. Cooper. Rey. Benjamin E. Stroud, B. D., was introduced and read a paper on Christianity. Coming from the source it did none should be sur- prised when we say it is an ex- cellent production and ably ren- dered. - Dr. Stroud is president of the Parmalee Industrial Institute, Parmalee, N. C., and is a rising Star in the educational horizon. The following officers were elec- ted: Revs. Alfred A. Egertpn, secretary; T. Toliver, assistant secretary; H. H. Kelly, vice-presi- dent; A. H. Strother, assistant treasurer; C. H .Turner, chairman of executive committee. By request of the conference, Rey. Alfred A. Egerton will read a paper on Journalism, next Mon- day, 25th inst., at 2:30 o’clock ‘p.m. The public is invited. Great ood is anticipated as a result of this conference. 3 SALOONS. —_—_—_—_—— . > Fritz Reuter’< Washington, D. C. Hotel and Restaurant, 451, 453, 455, 457 Pennsylvania Avenue. | 202, 208 and 210 4 1-2 St Northwest. eee et ee 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 Room upstairs. Cc. H. NAUGHTON LIQUORS and SEGARS Sine NWA ines. Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1976 Fourteenth Street, Northwest. Chris. Xander’s QUALITY HOUSE. 8098 7thst NW, fut pooner ha St = Beri Medicinal Niza Olive Oil he thinnest pressing easily assimilated by delicate stomachs. Te preserve its freshness and curative virtues im- ported only in small (4 ounce) bottles and sold at 25 cents by the sole dis- tributor, Chris. Xander, 909 Seventh Street. Jas. F. Keenan. SODODOOSOOHE OS RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brand- ies, Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest W. Tl. DRURY’S Restaurant, 1100 20th St., Corner L. N. W. Bil hs hs a eee Gee The Porters Exchange Hotel BROWN & SMITH, Proprietors, Newly rebuilt and elegantly furnished. Meals at ali 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. SSS |} (See % 8 2 aN eae ti i = == SSE Ot SZ 5 - LY AL SSS VA A URNS fo —V 0 SE aa NEW AMBULANCE, Hospital and Training School for Nurses, Charteston, S. C. 4 ee THE SCHOOL FOR NURSES. Dr. McClennan‘s Masterly Work And New Ambulance. In the upward march of pro- gress the Negro is entering the avenues of every profession and industry. In no profession has he shone more resplendently than in the medical profession. In fact it seems to have been left for the Ne- gro surgeons and physicians to set the pace in this oldest of all pro- fessions—medicine and surgery. The Colored American has fre- quently called attention to the Hospital and Training School for Nurses, located in Charleston, S. C., of which Dr. A. C. MeClennan is Surgeon-in-Charge. This school had a very humble beginning, but in the hands of that master spirit, Dr. McClennan, it has grown into large proportions and is now ene, of the institutions of which Charleston, the Queen City of South Carolina, is justly proud. In addition to the many innova- tions and improvements made in and with the rapid growth of this school, is an ambulance system, perhaps the first of its kind in the South for a private institution of the colored people. A picture of this new feature of the Hospital and Training School is herewith given, as well as one of Dr. Mc. Clennan, the master spirit in the work. Let the Charleston News and Courier tell the story of this insti tution: “The Hospital and Training School for Nurses was established in this city in 1897. Its officers and its executive committee are colored men. The surgeon in ACTIVE MASTER MASONS. The Master's Association F. A. A. M., met at its rooms, 1213 Lin- den street southeast, Sunday, the 17 inst., and was royally enter- tained by Mr. A. T. Newman and his estimable wife, who spread a THE COLORED AMERICAN. charge is Dr. A. C. McClennan, the house surgeon is Dr. B. F. Rivers, the head nurse is Frances A. Dore, and the matron is Celestine L. Martin. The purpose of the school is the training of colored women as nurses. The course of instruc- tion covers a period of two years, the first year being devoted to lec- tures and practical work in hos- pitals, and the second year to prac- tical work in the hospitals and to outside cases. The original debt of $4,500 on the hospital building has been reduced to $1,500, and the affairs of the institution have been managed with great econ- omy; its current, expenses having been met,, without aid from the city or State, by “the small fees charged for patients and the in. come from nurse service in private families.” “Our suecess so far with the limited money at our command,” says Dr. McClennan in his last an- naul report, “should give us en- couragement to continue in well- dving, and make us determined to continue in the good work until the institution is complete in all its departments, and so enlarged as to meet the demands of the fu- ture.” Last year 145 patients were treated at this hospital, only 18 of whom died; and 93 were dis- charged “cured.” This is a very fine record. Dr. MeClennan and his assistants and the officers and members of the corporation con. trolling the school ought to be en- couraged in every practicable way. If they had more money they would be able to accomplish more better work, and it is hoped that some plan may be devised by which the school can be liberally . feast fitting for the gods. Mr. leew is secretary of the execu- .| tive committee of said association, -| whieh he has accommodated to e | rooms for the present year. The Oath Association is a new 1 |idea of the social function among a {the Masters of the Masonic frater- . endowed, so that it will not be compelled to live from hand to mouth. A HISTORY OF THE AMBULANCE. Tt is said that necessity is the mother of invention, an4 the birth of the ambulance came through necessity. The money to purchase it was raised through subscription. This was started July 15 of last year and on Thanksgiving Day the ambulance was received from the builder, and $175.00 paid on it through the subscription started. The lamps were given by the Chief of the Fire Department, who is a great friend of the work. The cost of the ambulance was $250, and $50 is now due. Recently a friend of Dr. McClennan raised $15 among the Fire Department and bought a gong to go with the ambulance, which is now doing good services, and which is used to go into country districts six or eight miles to bring in the sick. tees Bre si 24 a. ee . Sere ae. s ae ae ee okie oe eae | ee 5 ee Es ae as = eo ne ee ome ee sod a Se . : Sa DR. A. C. M’CLENNAN, Surgeon-in-Chief,. Hospital and Train. ing School for Nurses, Charleston, se .!nity, and is accomplishing great { . . * - good. It will give its first annual . social evening some time in June. 0 a eee e| When a fellow springs anything y |about a new suit we are at first in z\doubt whether he means clothing -{or Capital Savings Bank. WORK IS PLENTIFUL To All Who understand it Thoroughly. We train young women to self-support by teaching them dressmaking, millinery and all kinds of embroidezy. In our Co- operative Help Department, we employ hundreds. We need and can accommo- date one hundred new students in our Millinery Department. Special induce- ments are made to any young ‘woman who understands stitching well. The only school of its kind for young colored women in the country. Wiplomas are given when students show themselves worthy; usually after nine months satis- factory work. Branch Schools are to be established throughout the country. For further particulars, cail or write Mrs. L. R. Clark, The Dressmakers Training School, Twelfth and U streets northwest. Merchant Tailoring Cleaning, Altering and Re pairing a Specialty. We give prompt attention to our trade and guarantee our work. Give us a trial. Branch 503 14th St. N.-W. 1011 E Street, Headquarters BENNETT B. S!ADE, Proprietor. ecm ae ee ee Ue : a = General Merchandise Store 3 : West Queen St., (Extended) ; : HAMPTON. VA. a : JAMES W. TAYLOR, Prop. 3 ee ee <A Full Line General Merchandise 3 : Dry Goods, Notions, Staple and 4 Fancy Groceries, Drugs and Med- 3 3 icines and all household needs. 3 Give me a call. ; : JAMES W. TAYLOR, Prop’r. ; ee ee ee ee De ee ee AMERICANCO LLECTIVE AND INFORNATION BUREAU. 303 4% St., S. W. Phone 1364 A. We, authorized and bonded, make a specialty of collection of bills, both in and about Washington and through- out the United States. Only polite, honest and trained people are employ- ed by us. Information furnished on all topics; the whereabout of any friend, here or- heretofore, in and about Washington. 303 4 1-2 St. S. W., "Phone 13644 tia eS Mr. J. N. Vandewall, a promi nent business man of East Orange, N. J., passed through the city one day last week en route from Rich- mond, Va., where he went to at tend the funeral of a relative. THE COLORED STEAMBOAT. CO. (Continued from page 1) until July 1st to make their payments of | the boat. When July 1st came the Co. had gone through many difficulties and had lost money by operating the steamer and did not raise any money to pay off the crew nor to make the other payment. Ac- cording to promise I was compelled to make another payment to the owner which amounted to $1,050 and also pay the crew so the F. T. L* and Imp. Co., could operate the steamer during the month as this was a profitable month for our Co., but owing to the losses of our Co. in June, it took the profit ef July to cover it. August Ist arrived and the sum of $2,000 was due. Still there was not any money in the hands of our company. . We received a notice from the owners stating that $6,000 and over was due and threatening to take the boat if it was not paid at once. The F. T. L., and Imp. Co. had a meeting and the notice was read to it. ‘The threat was discussed and no money being raised by them, I, Lewis Jefferson, offered to pay one-third of the full amount of $6,000, if the remainder was raised by it. As it failed to do this, I offered to pay one-half of the entire bill if the company would raise the oth- er, but it did not do it, so you can plain- ly see my situation. I went to Baltimore again and placed in the hands of Mr. Isaac Filbert the sum of $1,000 with the understanding that the Co. would be given more time to make their payments. He notified the Co. that if sometamg was not done by August 7th he would certainly send some one with written authority to take charge of the steamer. This notice was received and discussed between the Pres- ident, secretary, myself and others of our company, but we could not come to any agreement as to how the money could be raised in such a short time. The next day I received a letter from Mr. Isaac Filbert, President of the Jane Moseley Steamboat Company, advising me to take charge of and operate the steamer until further orders. I told our company as long as I was in charge, they still had a chance to make their payments and save the steam- er, as I had made arrangements with the owners to that effect. I went to Baltimore with the steamer, August 8th, as we didn’t have any more charters un- til August 23rd. I carried out the work in Baltimore all right and we returned to Washington in time to finish up all the work for the season. All this time our company had done nothing, only a few being willing to put up any money to save the steamer. 1 did receive in cash $100 each from two members of the company to use as if it was my own to try and save the steamer. It-is ‘very ‘plainly seen how and by whom the steamer was kept here to carry out the work for Churches and other organizations of the city. Some of the same our company had received deposits on and I being manager of the steamer. for our Co. up to August gth, made daily reports to our secretary, Mr. Tamec T. Neill with {nll accounts of.all THEC OLORED AMERICAN bers of our company said that they would not have cared if the Jane Mose- ley had not stayed in Washington, that they wanted it to be taken back to Bal- timore, but I thought differently. I have kept her here for a good purpose as we need her for our people in Washington. I have been encouraged by the Church- es_and some of the best organizations. It is my earnest desire for our company and our race to try and save the boat as this business can successfully be carried on by our people and make both pleas- ure and money for our people. I will be glad to hear from or see anyone in connection with this business. “TI am ready to have my accounts aud ited by any auditor of repute in the Dis- ‘trict of Columbia or any five honest ‘men on the courts of the District and will put up a bond to cover any shortage that may occur, but I do not think it fair to have by accounts audited by my particular friends or my particular ene- mies. There is a profitable business with the right people in charge of the boat and our people should not let a good thing go by, but we must be careful whom we select in the business, because it is not a thing to play with.” MISSISSIPPI’S FAVORITE SON REV. E. W. LAMP- TON. D, D. The approaching General Con- ference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church suggests the idea to me to say a few words in behalf of Mississippi’s favorite son, Rey. E. W. Lampton,’ D. D., as his own successor as financial secretary of this great connection. Four years ago when Mississippi offered him for the place some could reasonably plead as an ex- cuse for withholding their support that they doubted his ability to successfully handle this depart- ment. But God, in His all-wise Providence having seen proper to take unto himself the lamented Dr. Hubbard, an incident the en- tire chureh regretted, the good Bishops in their wisdom selected Dr. Lampton to fill the unexpired term. Without reflecting the least upon any of those who have hither- to managed this department, I venture the assertion that the of- fice has never been handled better since its organization. Like Pres- ident Roosevelt in succeeding the late President’ McKinley, he does not feel fully licensed to do all that he might do, because he has not been elected by the general church. His work of about three years as an appointee is only a foretaste of whit we may expect during the next quadrenium, if elected by the next general confer- ence. A man by nature a finan- cier, strong in executive ability, reader as well as leader of men, and polished gentleman, he easily carries to the office a fitness but few are blessed to possess. His work in this State alone, for the church, Masonic/ order and race, towers above that of any other colored man living or dead, ex- i Mn oe Pie Se eC oe eae ee ee Thos. W. Stringer. Taking charge of the Masonic order in this State when disin- tegration seemed eminent, he has by his efforts, above that of anyone else, made it the greatest financial lever in the State, and possibly the South, operated by our people. From a depleted treasury in 1893 he has developed it into a full one carrying a balance always from twenty thousand to fifty thousand dollars, and paying out on an aver- age of six thousand dollars per month to widows and orphans of deceased members. Such is the result of the great financier, Dr. Ek. W. Lampton, whom every one ‘in Mississippi, not only in the A. M. E. Church, but every sect and creed, race and color shall delight to see elected financial secretary. In offering him, we entertain no selfish motives, but are fully satis- fied we offer one of the best-fitted men in the race for the place. In a few instances it is intimated that all of the delegates will not be for Lampton’s election. Havy- ing lived in this State all my life and most of the time an active layman in the A. M. E. Church, I am inclined to think I know something of the sentiment in the State as regards the doctor. If there are any who are quietly op- posing him either ministerial or lay delegates they do not represent the constituency at whose hands they were elected, and could not have been elected by any electoral college or annual conference in the Stat had it been known that they were in the least opposed to the election of Lampton as financial secretary. This is saying a great deal, but anyone conversant with hurch affairs in this State can no, truthfully contradict the asser- tion. The idea that the delegation from Mississippi will offer candi- dates for other places besides that of financial secretary is erroneous and misleading, and need not be given any serious consideration. When the general conference as- sembles all delegates from Missis- sippi will be found in the Lampton column first, last, and all the time, or report to their constitu- ency the reason why. Cuas, BANKS, Cashier Bank of Mound Buying, and lay delegate to the general conference. Persons writing articles for The Colored American should always send their names in, not neces- sarily for publication, but that the editor may know the writer of the article. A number of well- written communications have come to this office, but could not be used for the reason that the writers did~- not enclose their names. Mr. James <A. Munroe, of Greensburg, Pa., spent a few hours in’ the city last week. 5 lll DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. *Re de Lam Orton Famous Freneh 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 & 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 re- quires as much earnest Progressive study as successful work in any pro- fession. 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. EE PO eae a If you have anything to sell, rent or exchange, put a small “ad.” in this column. The results will be assured. Try it. e AN ADVERTISING SOLICITOR WANTED. Wanted—An active man, who under- stands soliciting advertising, to take & position on The Coloréd American. It is a good paying, permanent posi- tion for the right kind of man. Apply at this office. te eee BOARDING By The Week or -Month. Apply to— MRS. M. J. BUNDY, 941 T St, N. W. Room For Rent—One single room, baths and ali modern improvements at 1731 Tenth St., N.W., for rent at reasonable rates. Gentleman pre- ferred, “ oe & eee STENOGRAPHER! There is a good position in Florida for a lady stenographer, one who can take dictation, and one who is prac- tical. Expenses will be paid to the right person. Call or address, “H” care of this office, for fuller informa- tion. For Rent:—1704 Tenth street north- west. One large furnished room; sec- ond floor. Hot and cold water. * Wanted :—Fifteen light colored girls as waitresses for seashore. Apply to B. W. Potter, 31 L street northwest, after 6.30 p. m. tf. Wantep:—A young lady stenographer and book-keeper for a real estate office; one who has had office experience pre- ferred, although this is not essential. In answering advertisement kindly send let- ters of recommendation and state salary expected. Address E. C. BROWN, 2123 Madison avenue. - Newport News, Va. ’ Wantep:—Agents, Hustlers, Sales- men, Clerks and everybody who wants to enjoy a good hearty laugh to send 50c for “Tips to Agents.” Worth $50 to any person who sells goods for a living. If not satisfactory your money back. Circular fer stamp. The Dr. White Electric Comb Co., Decatur, Ill. Wantep:—In a state institution, a person to teach mechanical drawing*and carpentry and to conduct Manual Train- ing Department. Acquaintance with wood-working machinery necessary as steam plant with machinery is connect- ed with the department. A good salary offered. Address this office, Teacher. 6 POPULAR OHIO POLITICIANS Hon. Jerry Brown, of Cleveland, Ohio, was in town last week. Jerry is one of the old war horses of the Republican party. Three times a member of the Ohio Legislature and at present an Immigrant Inspector under the Department of Commerce and Labor, he has met the requirements of every position to which he has been called. At home he is a powerful factor in local politics and forms a quartet with George Myers, Will Clifford and Henry Eubanks, to whom the party managers entrust the handling of the colored vote of Cuyhoga County. He met many friends while here who were glad to renew old ties, and he assured Hon. John P. Green that should he by any means lose the political snap he now enojys, the boys in Cleveland would see to it that he was put on the pension roll for brave and meritorious service at the front. Mr. Walter L. Cohen, of New Orleans, La., was in the city a few days last week, the guest of Governor Pinchback. The Associated Press dispatches report that he has been elected, since his return home, delegate at large to the National Republican convention, which meets in Chicago in June. Rev. P. J. Jordan, who for the past five years was pastor of the St. James A. M. E. Church, of Asheville, N. C., has been appointed by Bishop Lee to the Brown Memorial Church, corner Fourteenth street and North Carolina avenue northwest this city. Rev. Jordan, though a young man, is one of the ablest divines in this conference, and has the reputation of being a church builder. He has been royally received at his new charge. THIS PAPER FOR SALE AT: Plummer's, 732 2d St., S. W. Chapman's, 14th and P Sts., N. W. Leatherwood's, 1501 M St., N. W. Brinkman's, 4th and Pa. Ave., N.W. Morcee's 421 12th St., N. W. Avery's, cor. 14th and Pierce Place Mrs. Keys, 1808 7th St., N. W. Singleton's, cor. 20th and E, N. W. Ham Adams', cor. 9th and G Sts. N. W. Melvin Wilkerson 13 Howard Ave. Anacostia. I. E. Williamson, 601 N. Y. Ave. T. Smith, 1213 N. Y. Ave, N. W. Cigar Store, 706 Fifth N. W. Stafford's 1000 Twentieth St., N. W FOR SALE—House, 321 Elm street, N. W.; $3,300; modern improvements. $300 down, $25 per month. Address: Wm. Sewall, No. 617 E street, N. W. ROOMS FOR RENT—Light, airy rooms for rent. Inquire 1406 15th street. N. W. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Dressing Turkeys For Market. When you sat down to your fine, large, savory turkey last Thanksgiving you perhaps took little thought of the processes it went through in reaching your table. It was enough for you to know that the turkey was there, that it was fine and that there was not a blemish on it, no bruises—plump and fat. The picture in the mind of the average Thanksgiving diner is a barnyard, a chopping block, a dull ax and a fluttering of the proud bird after decapitation among lumber and fence rails. That was the manner of turkey slaughtering in former years, but is no longer practiced by those seeking the best results. They are now hung up by the feet to poles and slaughtered in such a way that the bodies do not touch anything until they reach the scalding vat. There is no more floundering about the yard or imperfect bleeding. A man with a keen knife passes along the row of suspended birds, and their heads seem to drop off into a basket at his feet. While yet warm and still suspended the plumage is plucked away and stored in boxes, to be sold as millinery adornments. For some markets the heads are not removed, but an awl is pressed into the roof of the mouth, which produces death and perfect bleeding. A turkey thus treated comes to the table in perfect condition.—Charles A. Hartley in American Poultry Advocate. Goose Gossip. Grass is the main goose diet. Geese can be spoiled by too much grain. Two years is the age of maturity for the goose. A goose should average twenty goslings per year. Bathing water and green food are necessary for strong fertility of eggs. African and brown China ganders mate more readily than any other variety. Geese have been known to hatch and raise their young when twenty-five years old. Rankin says that every Toulouse or African gosling is worth a dollar when two days old. The gander shows the same love for the young as does the mother and will take general care of them. Toulouse geese if well fed should weigh from forty to fifty pounds per pair when three years of age. It is said that the Embden geese make better mothers than the Toulouse and are not so inclined to become broody. Why an Apple Decays. The surrounding conditions favor or retard the growth of decay fungi. If the temperature is near freezing they are comparatively inactive, but when the room is warm and moist fruit cannot be expected to keep well. Cold storage naturally checks the decay. The ideal apple has no fungous defacements and no bruises. If it could be placed in a dry, cool room free from fungous germs it ought to keep indefinitely until chemical change ruins it as an article of food. Getting Out of It. Constable, the English painter, attended an exhibition of landscapes and sea views which was the work of another eminent artist whom he detested. 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Wedderburn RYE STRAIGHT The John Wedderburn Co. sole owners BALTIMORE, MD. --- FREE. DR, T, H, and MRS, DR, WHITE. Mary VOCAL AND ORGAN RECITAL Mme. Estelle P. Clough and Mr. Melville Charlton. Madame Estelle Pinkney Clough of Worcester, dramatic soprano, and Mr. Melville Charlton, of New York, concert organist, will close the concert season with a recital at Israel C. M. E. Church, Wednesday evening, May 4. This is the last of the series of artist's recitals in which have already ap MADAME M. Prima Donna, Worcester, Mass. Wednesday even peared Miss Myrtle Hart, harpist; Miss Constantia Brown, contralto; Mr. Harry T. Burleigh, baritone, and Mr. R. Augustus Lawson, pianist. Judging from the recommendations of high musical authorities, this ought to be a fitting climax of course. Of Madame Clough the Musical Leader says, "Oida," (title role of Verdi's opera), was sung and admirably sung by Mrs. Clough. She has a voice of high range, and her SUCCESSFUL HAMPTON MERCHANT. On West Queen street (extended) in Hampton, Va., is located the general store of Mr. James W. Taylor, formerly of York County, Va., and of this city, but now conducting a most successful business in Hampton. He began the business two years ago in a small way, --- high notes are so exquisitely sung that Melba herself need have no shame were she the possessor. She sang a high ringing F above high C so clear, full and strong that it was heard above chorus and orchestra." The following respecting Mr. Charlton is quoted from Mr. Charles Heinroth, concert organist of New York: "He is a fully equipped musician in every way, possessing a clear, steady, as well M. C. CLOUGH, s., at Israel C. M. E. Church, evening, May 4. voice as a brilliant technique, which enables him to render the most difficult compositions in an authorative manner." Diagram of seats ready at Lincoln Temple, Eleventh and R streets northwest, April 27, and daily thereafter from 10 till 6. All seats reserved. Tickets now on sale, and may be had of Mr. Walter B. Hayson, Box 433, Station "G," and of the Magnolia Club of Israel Church. but by strict attention to his business and looking after the wants and wishes of his customers, he has built up such a large business that he has scarcely room enough to accommodate his trade. He deals in all kinds of drugs and medicines, groceries, dry goods, notions and all things which go to make up a country store. In addition to this he --- owns a large mill in York County, Va., on the James river, where the latest milling machinery has just been put in, and where the most of the county's meal is turned out. Mr. Taylor is an example of what an industrious, upright well-meaning colored man can do. [Image of a woman with a hat, wearing a light-colored dress with a decorative border]. 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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. Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. All Nations welcome except Carrie Nation EDWARD GREEN Fine Wines and Whiskies Cigars and Tobacco Private Entrance for Ladies S. W. Cor. Cameron and Fayette streets ALEXANDRIA, VA. 1 8 A National Negro Newspaper Published every Saturday, at 459 C st. N. W., Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, $2.00 Six Months. 1.10 Three Months .60 Invariably in advance. Subscription may be sent by post office money order, express or registered letter. 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Some unfortunate occurrences in recent years have focused public attention on the matter, and extreme utterances like those of Vardaman have aroused advocates on many sides. It is manifest, however, that as to the real facts about crime among Negroes, its extent, cause and cure, we have little real reliable data. The number of prisoners as returned by the census is a crude and uncertain method of measurement and gives but little real insight. It is of interest to know that Atlanta University, which has already, through its conferences, done so much to give scientific accuracy to facts relating to the condition of Negroes, is going to undertake the study of crime this year. The study will be confined to the State of Georgia, but there will be an attempt made to make a careful study of law-breaking among Negroes, its causes, and suggestions for its cure. Investigations are now in progress and a conference on the subject will meet May 24, at Atlanta University. This will be the ninth of the Atlanta conferences. The conference of last year studied Negro religion and its report has been recently issued. It is a volume of 200 pages and full of information. --- THE COLORED AMERICAN. Will the Senate adjourn without confirming the nomination of Dr. Crum? While the matter appears to be of small importance to the "potent, grave, and reverend seignors" at the Capitol, it is of deepest interest to the colored people irrespective of location. That a reputably intelligent, thoroughly qualified official after holding a position for eighteen months without salary should be denied the necessary confirmation by a Republican Senate to enable him to enjoy the emoluments of his office indicates not only a disregard for the wishes of the President, but a prejudice against color on the part of certain Senators who owe their exalted positions to the votes of their colored constituents. Are these gentlemen afraid of insulting Mr. Tillman and his Democratic associates? What has the Republican party to hope for from a section that plays the election game with loaded dice. The electoral vote of the Southern States is already counted for the nominee of the Democratic party. It is to the north the Republicans must look for success. This is a presidential year. The colored vote is an important factor where cast and counted. It will probably determine the election. Congress has failed to take any action regarding the nullification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments by Southern States. The rights of the Negro are being curtailed in every direction. His enemies are active; his former friends passive. The situation is a source of serious thought and deep concern to him. This oldtime spirit of loyalty and devotion to the Republican party is waning. He is lapsing into a condition of indifference politically. The failure to do an act of simple justice in the Crum case will intensify this feeling. Will a Republican Senate assume the responsibility, or will it not only as a matter of policy, but because it is right, confirm Dr. Crum, thereby giving evidence of courage and conviction by following the wise and proper path. A SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL General Boynton's letter to the Times regarding scandals in the white public schools, and his disposition to expose the same, has started colored scandal mongers ever ready with insinuation rather than direct charge, and who gloat over an opportunity to degrade members of their own race by circulating reports without foundation. In no city in the United States is there a better qualified, more mora or intelligent complement of school teachers than those employed in the colored schools of the District. A hard working conscientious, poorly paid class, they are constantly subjected to the criticism of mental inferiors, their characters are assailed by moral lepers, their meager salaries in many instances discounted by usurious leeches and their lives made miserable by tattling scavengers who fatten on scandal and revel in the destruction of character. There should be a law that persons starting scandals and unable to prove them should be branded on their broadest part with the letter "L." This punishment freely administered might cause some of these social buzzards to retain their carrion. EDITORIAL BREVITIES It was left for Cardinal Gibbons, the great Catholic prelate, to denounce the Jim Crow Car Bill of Maryland. Bishop Brown and others might profit by the wisdom and catholicity of this great man. The Philadelphia Mint turned out more than sixty million dollars of twenty dollar gold pieces last week—a record breaker. And yet some people complain of hard times. The leaders of the race are not helping the cause by fighting among themselves. This is a hint to our race journals as well. The colored Republicans of Oklahoma seem to have fallen outside of the breastworks. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens at St. Louis, Mo., April 30th, and the color line as usual, has already been drawn. The Negro must get his sandwiches and soda water on the outside. Prof. E. A. Johnson, Dean of the Law Department of Shaw University, and author of "A History of the Negro Race, has been elected President of the Coleman Cotton Mill, at Concord, N. C., vice Warren C. Coleman, deceased. Mr. Johnson is a successful educator, author and business man, and will take a ripe experience to his new position. The colored people of Raleigh, N. C., have taken the solution of the race problem into their own hands by opening up a department store. Speaking of it, an exchange says: "It now presents a very beautiful appearance both on the inside and outside. The opening day was a very auspicious one. The store was crowded all day and they did a rushing business all day. He is carrying a full stock of dry goods and gent's furnish- ing goods. Mr. Hoover is a business man of long experience, and he is genial and clever. This is the first undertaking of the kind in Raleigh by a colored man. His success will mean the beginning and success of others in like ventures. Prof. Peter H. Clark for many years principal of the Gaines High School, in Cincinnati, Ohio, but now connected with the Public Schools of St. Louis, Mo., is an active worker in the cause of the Y. M. C. A., and is contributing some strong articles to the local newspapers in behalf of the cause Editor Fortune is getting considerable free advertising out of his resignations from the National Afro-American Council and the National Afro-American Press Association. Dr. Washington's recent visit to Chicago has started the small dogs to barking again. "The Negro and Environment" is the subject of a well written editorial in the Charlotte, (N.C.) Chronicle, of a few days ago, and was evidently written by someone who understands the colored people of the past and present generation. We do not agree with all of the thoughts contained in the article, but many of them are sound to the core. We reproduce the article in another part of this issue of The Colored American. Cairo, Ill., is not such a large town, but what it lacks in size it makes up in enterprise. One of the swellest social organizations in that city is called the Roosevelt Social Club. Ex-Congressman Geo. W. Murray, of South Carolina has taken the lecture platform, and according to the Sumter Defender is attacking newspapers. A bad beginning Mr. Murray. Mr. Frederick L. McGee, of St. Paul, Minn., attorney for the National Afro-American Council, has issued an appeal to the colored people of the United States for funds to carry the Pullman car case of Rev. H. T. Johnson to the Supreme Court for a hearing. The success of The Colored American seems to invite the concern and jealousy of a number of our contemporaries. What a pity that we have not enough of race pride to rejoice in each others success. The war against colored people has not prevented the administration from occasionally appointing a colored man to office. The latest appointee is Mr. John F. Jenkins, postmaster at Eastman, Ga. EDITORIAL BREVITIES Mr. John E. Bruce, the scholar and veteran newspaper correspondent, has a masterly article on the Negro in Civilization, in the Florida Sentinel, of April 17th. The article was written in reply to an editorial in the Florida Times Union in which the following questions were asked, speaking of the Negro: "What contribution has he made to civilization? What has Africa done except to accept and absorb? What has the Negro done for himself? What can he do for himself except he is guided and protected by others?" Mr. Bruce completely annihilates the writer in The Times Union, scoring heavily on every point. This article should be put in pamphlet form and placed in the hands of every colored school teacher and school boy and girl in the United States. It is a complete history of the Negro from the Egyptians to the present day, put into a nut shell. The 87th annual meeting of the Baltimore Conference of the A. M. E. Church was held in this city last week, and a more intelligent and representative set of men of the race has rarely come together in the nation's capital. The Baltimore Conference covers a large Episcopal district and a section of the country where the intelligent rating is very high. The ministers and presiding elders who work in this district are men of high character and superior intelligence. Bishop B. F. Lee presided over this conference, assisted by Bishop James H. Handy, and made a fine showing for the moral and religious development of the race. The A. M. E. Church is one of the agencies that has done so much to lift up the race, and the great church itself is a refutation to the argument that the race is incapable of self-government. All honor to Bishop Lee and to Bishop Handy, and all honor to the great A. M. E. Church of which they are exponents. For pluck, brains and grit, the editor of the St. Luke's Herald, whoever she or he may be, is blessed. Few of our exchanges come as near hitting the bull's eye on the live topics of the day as does the Herald. One of the most interesting race papers in Georgia is the Atlanta Independent. It is enterprising and up to date, but whoever contributes the editorial page is thin skinned and does not seem to know the privileges nor the provinces of the paragrapher. The slogan of an up to date journal is "Fight principles and not men." Selah? THE COLORED AMERICAN. DAN GROSVENOR SAYS: "Pe-ru-na is an Excellent Spring Catarrh Remedy----I am as Well as Ever." B. K. HON. DAN. A. GROSVENOR, OF THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY. Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor for the War Department, in a letter written from Washington, D. C., says: "Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from one bottle of Peruna. One week has brought wonderful changes and I am now as well as ever. Besides being one of the very best spring tonics it is an excellent catarrh remedy."--- "I consider Peruna really more meritorious than I did when I wrote you last. I receive numerous letters from acquaintances all over the country asking me if my certificate is genuine. I invariably answer, yes."===Dan. A. Grosvenor. In a recent letter he says: "I consider Peruna really more l you last. I receive numerous letter country asking me if my certifica yes."===Dan. A. Grosvenor. A County Commissioner's Letter. Hen. John Williams, County Commissioner, of 517 West Second street, Duluth, Minn., says the following in regard to Peruna: "As a remedy for catarrh I can cheerfully recommend Peruna. I know what it is to suffer from that terrible disease and I feel that it is my duty to speak a good word for the tonic that brought me immediate relief. Peruna cured me of a case of catarrh and I know it will be any other sufferer from that disease."—John Williams. COLORED COMPANIES COMING. Washington city will be treated to a number of colored shows beginning next Monday, when Sisseretta Jones' Troubadours and Opera Company will play the week beginning May 2, 1904, at the Empire Theater. Her company is all star and surpasses many of the best shows that she has been heretofore connected with. The next week 9th, A Rabbit's --- DAN. A. GROSVENOR. meritorious than I did when I wrote ers from acquaintances all over the state is genuine. I invariably answer, A Congressman's Letter. Hon. H. W. Ogden, Congressman from Louisiana, in a letter written at Washington, D. C., says the following of Peruna, the national catarrh remedy: "I can conscientiously recommend your Peruna as a fine tonic and all around good medicine to those who are in need of a catarrh remedy. It has been commended to me by people who have used it, as a remedy particularly effective in the cure of catarrh. For those who need a good catarrh medicine I know of nothing better." from the everglades of Florida, owned and managed by Mr. Pat Chappelle, who travels with his company in two special cars, has fifty performers, a brass band and orchestra, and plays the classic comic and ragtime opera in profusion. It is said to be very funny səsnoq pəxəd oɪ pəxəd səq pue all through the south and southwest. The week following The Policy Players, in The Bogus Prince, and wo good musical potpouri, beginning May 16, will hold the boards W. E. Griffith, Concan, Texas, writes: "I suffered with chronic catarrh for many years. I took Peruna and it completely cured me. I think Peruna is the best medicine in the world for catarrh. My general health is much improved by its use, as I am much stronger than I have been for years."—W. E. Griffith. A Congressman's Letter. Congressman H. Bowen, Ruskin, Tazewell county, Va., writes: "I can cheerfully recommend your valuable remedy. Peruna, to any one who is suffering with catarrh, and who is in need of a permanent and effective cure."—H. Bowen. Mr. Fred. D. Scott, Larue, Ohio, Right Guard of Hiram Foot Ball Team, writes: "As a specific for lung trouble I place Peruna at the head. I have used it myself for colds and catarrh of the bowels and it is a splendid remedy. It restores vitality, increases bodily strength and makes a sick person well in a short time. I give Peruna my hearty indorsement." Fred. D. Scott. Gen. Ira C. Abbott, 906 M street, N. W. Washington, D. C., writes: "I am fully convinced that your remedy is an excellent tonic. Many of my friends have used it with the most beneficial results for coughs, colds and catarrhal trouble."—Ira C. Abbott. Mrs. Elmer Fleming, orator of Reservoir Council No. 168, Northwestern Legion of Honor, of Minneapolis, Minn., writes from 2535 Polk street, NE. : "I have been troubled all my life with catarrh in my head. I took Peruna for about three months, and now think I am permanently cured. I believe that for catarrh in all its forms Peruna is the medicine of the Mrs. Elmer Fleming Minneapolis, Minn. in all its forms Mrs. Elmer Fleming Minneapolis, Minn. Peruna is the medicine of the age. It cures when all other remedies fail. I can heartily recommend Peruna as a catarrh remedy."—Mrs. Elmer Fleming Treat Catarrh in Spring. The spring is the time to treat catarrh. Cold, wet winter weather often retards a cure of catarrh. If a course of Peruna is taken during the early spring months the cure will be prompt and permanent. There can be no failures if Peruna is taken intelligently during the favorable weather of spring. As a systemic catarrh remedy Peruna eradicates catarrh from the system wherever it may be located. It cures catarrh of the stomach or bowels with the same certainty as catarrh of the head. 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. for a week at the Empire Theater. Madame Flower, the Bronze Melba is the star of the company, assisted by a long list of Afro-American Afro-Mexican and Afro-African celebrities. The management of the Empire Theater has always been liberal in its policy of dealing with its patrons and has made a special effort to secure the best companies for the special entertainment of its patrons. Mr. Hale G. Parker, a prominent attorney at law of Chicago, Ill., is in the city.