The Colored American

The COLORED American Library of Congress A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. XI, NO. 6 A NEW SUPERVISOR. The Honor Goes to a Deserving Young Man—Mr. F. L. Cardoza Carries off the Appointment as Supervising Principal in the Colored Schools of the District—Tributes from His Associates—A Few Points in His Personal History. As it is based solely upon his record the selection of Mr. F. L. Cardozo, principal of Stevens School, for the new supervisorship, is a deserved as it should be a popular one. He has been unusually efficient not only in teaching but in school work of a general character in city and county for the last fourteen years. A striking illustration of Mr. Cardozo's energy and devotion is shown by the fact that he was until recently Principal of Stevens School, practically in charge of the Colored Night Schools as assistant director, and president of the famous Bethel Literary Society, at one and the same time. During the summer of 1901-'02 he not only inaugurated vacation schools for colored children of the District of Columbia, but directed those at Stevens and Lincoln Schools, and contributed largely toward their furtherance. In view of the fact that the holding of the foregoing positions carried with it the supervision of over forty-eight teachers and four or five school buildings, and that Mr. Cardozo has taught all the grades of the common schools, it will be readily seen that the work of a supervisor is not entirely new to him. Among the many candidates more or less prominently mentioned during the contest for the supervisorships were: Dr. Lucy E. Moten, principal of Washington Normal School, No. 2; Dr. W. B. Evans, principal of Armstrong Manual School; Miss E. F. G. Merritt, assistant director primary work; Mr. Walter Hayson, assistant principal colored high schools; Messrs. Love, Joiner, Jackson, and Parker Bailey, of the same school, and the following eighth-grade principals: Messrs. Cromwell, F. J. Cardozo, J. F. Syphax, and Misses Mildred Gibbs and Marion Shadd. The best tribute to Mr. Cardozo's work and character is found in the following letter: ".....Having graduated from the Miner Normal School, Mr. F. L. Cardozo began teaching the J. S. REV. E. W. LAMPTON, D. D., Elected Unanimously as Financial Secretary of the Great A. E. Church at the Quadrennial Conference Held Recently in Chicago, Ill. first grade in my division, September 1890, and was soon and frequently thereafter promoted, finally becoming teacher of the eighth grade, and principal of Wilson School, October, 1896. Throughout he was always under my supervision until his transfer to the principalship of Stevens School, September, 1902. I became early impressed, not only with his excellence as a teacher, but later when principal of larger buildings, with his fine executive ability. His christian character and the many activities in which he engaged,enabled him to wield a helpful and powerful influence over his pupils and the people generally, in the various communities in which he taught. I can cheerfully and truthfully subscribe, therefore, to the foregoing, and predict his success in any Secretary of the Great A. E. Church Held Recently in Chicago, Ill. field of labor in which he may find himself." J. R. KEENE, Supervising Principal. Seventh Division, Public Schools, D. C. The "New Palace," located at 124 Beale street, Memphis, Tenn., has just been opened up by Mr. Lew. Hall, a popular boniface of that city. It is considered one of the finest places in America, owned and controlled by Negroes, and is up to date in every way. If the writer of Nashville, Tenn., who signs himself as the "Arkansas Traveller," and who has contributed a poem, "Down in Mississippi," will furnish us his name and address, we will be pleased to correspond with him. Anonymous communications usually go to our waste basket. Continued on page 9. PRICE, FIVE CENTS THE PEOPLE REVOLT. Political Overthrow of Edward H. Morris. Chicago Primaries a Waterloo to the Would-be Leader—A "Sham" Exposed—Some Ancient History Recalled Masses Admire Booker Washington-Stinging Rebuke to Treachery and Deceit-Good Riddance of Bad Rubbish. Chicago, Ill., Special.—Abraham Lincoln's time-honored aphorism: "You may fool some of all the time, and all of the the time, but you can people all the time" striking exemplification at the recent primaries in this city. Edward H. Morris, a lawyer with a reputation of an equivocal kind, and member of the Illinois legislature, by virtue of the indulgence of a lavishly tolerant district, met his political Waterloo. He was overwhelmingly defeated, and the ticket bearing his name went down to an oblivion from whence twenty Gabriels tooting the biggest and loudest horns, and working overtime, will never be able to resurrect him. His overthrow cannot be laid to prejudice against his color, for it is a circumstance of peculiar significance that he was snowed under almost wholly by the heavy Negro vote of his electi district. He was repudiated in phatic fashion by the people he failed to properly represent. The been "laying for" this distinguished legal light for several months, with what degree of patience they could summon, and when the supreme moment came the "snickersuer" was applied to his neck exposure with a vigor and accuracy that would have done credit to the "lord high executioner' of the Mikado. The political sun of the house of Morris has set, and in the stilly seclusion of his Clark street rendezvous, the erstwhile debonair and astute barrister will have ample opportunity to reflect upon the sad and solemn fate of the unjust steward. Edward H. Morris need not have been surprised at the collapse of his pretensions to leadership, which were always ill-founded and absurd. The result was foreshadowed a short time ago, when his record as a legislator was overhauled by the Voters' League Continued on Page 3. ```markdown ``` 10 ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Kansas Record, of May 7, reproduced fifteen editorial paragraphs from The Colored American, and gave credit for but one. We do not object to the use of our matter by the exchanges, but feel that we are entitled to credit. It is up to the Record to apologize. Edior Fortune and Ethiopia both have clear cases for libel against The Indianapolis Freeman. The cuts were "unkind" to say the least. The colored press of the country is losing out by permitting itself to be put in occultation by an office-holding politician. The editors of the Atlanta Independent are evidently of the opinion that the State of Georgia is the center of the North American continent, and that those only who are born and reared on its sacred soil have any right to speak for it. These small-bore editors are to be pitied. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, the private secretary of Dr. Booker T. Washington, is the target of the shafts of a few narrow minded, disgruntled editors. Mr. Scott's successful management of the affairs of his chief seems to be the causus belli. These jealous colored quill drivers saw nothing but praise in the rise of Daniel Lamont into Cleveland's cabinet, of George B. Cortelyou into Roosevelt's cabinet, and of the promotion of Schwab as a successor to Andrew Carnegie, the great captain of industry. The mote is in your eyes my brethren. The colored press of the country deserves the united suport of the colored people and every intelligent home should contain at least two first-class race journals. Newark, N. J., boasts of three colored newspapers. Something must be doing in New Jersey. The Commencement Exercises at Shaw University, took place Thursday evening, May 12, in the Chapel of the university, at Raleigh, N. C. Dr. Charles F. Meserve, who had completed ten years as President of Shaw, was presented with handsome gifts by the faculty and students of the institution. The program was a most interesting one, the feature being the address of Mr. E. A. Johnson, Dean of the Law Department of that school. Shaw University is one of the leading universities for the race in the south, and the pride of the State of North Carolina. Its graduates are scattered broadcast throughout the country, and are winning honors and new laurels for their Alma Mater. The columns of the Richmond Planet edited by brave John Mitchell, teem with common sense and good advice, and Editor Mitchell has been voted a safe leader long since. He should be careful, however, less he get into the company of croakers who have the faculty of finding fault with the methods of other men who are making success of their work. Dr. Booker T. Washington is just as much interested in the Crum case now as he was in the beginning, and his reputation is that of a man who sticks to whatever he undertages. THE COLORED AMERICAN. It is an ill wind that blows no good. The Jim Crow cars of Richmond have at least one advantage for the men who indulge in the luxury of a smoke; for those who patronize the summer cars must sit on the last two seats to enjoy their social smoke, exchange lights or matches, and discuss the topics of the day. How is this for social equality? The Commencement Exercises of Kentucky Institute for Colored Persons will take place at Frankfort, Ky. June 1, the exercises lasting for three days with interesting programs each day and evening. Among the features will be addresses by prominent men of the country and a Kentucky barbecue. Mr. C. Cameron White gave a recital by his pupils at the Washington Conservatory of Music, Saturday evening, May 21, when a most interesting musical program was rendered. Mr. White is winning his way to the top as a violinist as well as an instructor in instrumental music. The Eleventh Commencement Exercises of the Normal Department of the Virginia Collegiate and Industrial Institute took place May 22-26, inclusive, at Lynchburg, Va. The graduating class is a very large one, excelling in number that of many years. The annual sermon was delivered Sunday, May 22 in the Jackson Street M. E. Church. The Baptist Women's Missionary Society held its Second Annual Convention, Tuesday, May 17, at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, in this city. At the evening session eloquent addresses were made by Editor Talliferro, of the Christian Banner, Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Mannie H. Burroughs, secretary of the society. The attendance at all of the sessions was very large. Prof. A. F. Mando, of the Mozart Conservatory of Music, New York City, N. Y., continues to lead as the master musical director of Gotham. His twentieth annual young people's musical festival will take place at the Conservatory, Friday evening, June 24. It is given annually as a compliment to the pupils of the Mozart Conservatory of Music. The program is a most interesting one and shows the great range and versatility of Prof. Mando's teaching. These festivals are looked forward to each year as the event in social circles. Lawyer L. Melendez King has succeeded in collecting the first judgment against the stockholders of the Capital Savings Bank. The case was that of H. Augustus Guess against Jerome Johnson and others, filed from the Justice of the Peace Court, of the District of Columbia. This is the first judgment so far collected. Mr. King having received the check, settled with his client. Dr. A. C. McClennan, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Training Hospital for Nurses, at Charleston, S. C., visited the graduation exercises at Annapolis, Md., last week. It has been thirty-one years since the doctor left the Academy, and to visit the old scenes and to note the changes was of more than passing interest to the doctor. The Grand Fountain of the Oaks 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 persons not over 50 years of age paying. The monthly dues are not less than 35 or 50 cents per month in towns and cities, on January and July of each year. Sick week, while death benefits range from $250 in any locality on application to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training on 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. Into 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 09 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 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 not 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 50 " 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 58 " 35 to 40 4 75 1 20 " 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 " 40 to 45 100 00 5 70 1 43 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 " 45 to 50 70 00 5 79 1 43 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 " 45 to 50 58 00 6 65 1 66 " 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 200 00 11 40 " 50 to 55 70 00 6 65 1 66 " 50 to 60 6 50 350 00 175 00 11 40 " 55 to 60 65 00 33 00 7 60 1 90 Glass "M" Joining tee. Value of Certificate Annual dues Quarterly dues Age 14 to 80 $11 00 $1000 00 $21 90 $5 25 " 30 to 85 12 00 1000 00 22 00 5 50 " 35 to 49 12 00 905 00 23 00 5 75 " 40 to 48 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 volumetal stock of $100,000. From the humbly the bank opened for business in 1889. to the volume of business transacted amoal panic of 1893, the Savings Bank on 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 $350,658, 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 Hersham, 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 Union has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and dis- cusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 5c. per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can count anything from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 2¢ inches. Fine job work of every class and description is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. E. W. Brown is editor and business ma- ger, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agendas wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1898, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the forma- tion 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 634¼ acres, located aix 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 operation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and requests 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. 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 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 twelve-page 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 delights of the lawmakers of the great Republic may be had pure and fresh, and submitted to the people for their disposal.—The Rock Hill Messenger. IT IS RUMORED. That Prof. Wm. H. H. Hart will soon become a benedict. GONZAL That the trouble at the Metropolitan Baptist Church will soon come to an end. That the Faculty of the Medical Department of Howard University is all smiles. That the late local campaign created "sad havoc" among a number of local politicians. That a number of school teachers will become matrons before the ides of November. That Dr. W. A. Warfield, Surgeon-in-Chief at Freedmen's Hospital, is giving general satisfaction. That Mr. Whitfield McKinley wears the "same size hat" and does not claim the glory that belongs to him. That the Mercantile and Co-operative Investment Co., will soon spring a surprize on our Washington citizens. That the Freedmen's Land and Transportation Co. will soon have the "Jane Mosely" running on the Potomac. That District colored people will not be represented on the committee to entertain our Phillipino visitors while in this city next week. That the election of Dr. E. W. Lampton as Financial Secretary of the A. M. E. Church gave general satisfaction to the whole church. That Dr. Reyburn and John F. Cook will be "heard from" at the next Republican National Convention, and in Congress when it convenes. That the Chief of Police has the power to remove the "Jim Crow" signs on the trains that come into the Pennsylvania Station and on the Alexandria-Mt. Vernon street car lines. A PLEASANT SMOKER. The class of 1906, Howard University Law Department, enjoyed themselves in a very pleasant smoker, Monday evening, 23rd inst., given at Mr. J. E. Foster's catering establishment, 1120 Twentieth street northwest. Mr. W. W. Smith being toastmaster of the evening. Among the members of the class present were the following: W. A. Soders, F. E. Maple, T. J. Price, R. B. H. Smith, W. W. Smith, S. J. Williamson, George H. Munroe, M. P. Oldham, H. L. Thomas, N. H. Tooney, J. H. Webb, H. G. Pinckett, W. R. Blackwell, Chas. H. Hill and James M. Williams. The colored newspaper men are having another inning. Mr. Jerome B. Peterson, manager of the New York Age, has been appointed to a consulship in Venezuela, and Mr. William H. Terrell, Jr., assistant business manager of The Colored American, has been appointed to a good position under the District Government. GONZALES The Greatest Clairvoyant and Fortune Teller THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. Unites separated, brings back the one you love, helps quickly all in trouble. Removes Evil Influences. Cures Mysterious Diseases. Gives luck and success. Send lock of hair, Date of birth and 12 cents. Ask 3 questions and receive Horoscope and lucky Birthstone by mail GONZALES—236 Bergen St. Brooklyn New York. MME. DAVIS STAR Born Clairvoyant and Card Reader Tells about business, Removes Spells and Evil Influences, Reunites the Separated and Gives Luck to all. 1228 25th st. n. w., Washington, D. C. No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. FOSTER GATERER 1120 20th St. N. W. Good Work. Good Treatment Good Work. Good Treatment and Reasonable Charges. Vero Dentists, 1115 Pa. Ave. Opp. P. O. Mr. C. L. Marshall, lately of Farmville, Va., but a well known business man of this city, has purchased a coar yard at Twelfth and R streets northwest, where he will conduct a general business, making a specialty of ice, wood, coal, coke and light fuel. Holmes Hotel Best Africo-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. B SILLEY'S COWBOY RIED A C D 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 us- remedy. It relieves without fall delayed or abnor- nallysuppressed 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. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Mme. McNairdee is the greatest woman of her profession. Her prophecies are true, and her power over the human mind has been proven a wonder beyond reasonable doubt. 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An up-to-date Cafe and Buffet, a full line of the oldest and best brands of cigars and tobacco. Ladies dining room up stairs. J. H. Montgomery, Mgr. A. L. SATTERWHITE, Prop. 1310 E Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Merchant Tailoring Cleaning, Altering and Repairing 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 E NVETT B. SLADE, Proprietor --- ```markdown ``` The Greatest Woman of Her Profession. ```markdown ``` rest woman of her profession. Her prover the human mind has been proven at. Doctors, preachers and teachers give us of a master mind; no matter what your trouble may be; financial, or misunderstands troubles, love, lost affection, disagreement of hair, date of birth, and the month ear bill, self-addressed envelope, and receive kind of those whom you wish to control. canned by one dollar ($1.00) and receive MADAME McNAIRDE-MOORE, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. College Schools STITUTION IN NORTH AMERICA letter of its work and instruction. Avery for business: Dressmaking, Millinery, Irish Course from Primary to Normal. to students. Distribution, terms of 1903 is amply endowed, therefore, able to of-colored women. NY, Secretary and Treasurer, Allegheny, Pa WORK IS PLENTIFUL To All Who understand it Thoroughly. 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 embroidery. In our Cooperative Help Department, we employ hundreds. We need and can accommodate one hundred new students in our Millinery Department. Special inducements are made to any young woman who understands stitching well. The only school of its kind for young colored women in the country. Diplomas are given when students show themselves worthy, usually after nine months satisfactory work. Branch Schools are to be established throughout the country. For further particulars, call or write Mrs. L. R. Clark, The Dressmakers Training School, Twelfth and U streets northwest. HORNER & HARLAN Attorneys at Law Real Estate Brokers Webster Law Bldg. 505D St. N.W. A number of desirable houses for sale on terms to suit. Money loaned in any amount. Telephone East 515Y. A NEGRO LIBRARY FREE! Booker's Mother Praying 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. SECOND "The Story of My Life and Work," by Dr. Booker T. Washington, Price, $1.50. THIRD — "Twentieth Century Negro Literature or a Cyclopedia of Thought," written by 100 of America's Greatest Negroes. Edited by Dr. D. W. Culp. Price, $2.50. FOURTH — "Golden Thoughts on Chastity and Precreation," by Prof. J. W. Gibson and Dr. W. J. Truftt. Price, $1.50. AGENTS WANTED—Do you want the agency for one or more of the above books? If so you get the Above Library Free. It is worth $7.25. Only those who take an agency can get free. Agents now in the field are making from $5.00 to $10.00 a day. We pay big commissions, supply books on credit and send Outfit Free. Write for full particu-lars at once. Don't hesitate—we mean what we say. J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville, Illinois Benjamin Franklin Was Noted for His Common Sense The FRANKLIN STANDARD TYPEWRITER was named in honor franklin for its own Common Sense characteristic. THIRD—"Twentieth Century Negro Literature or a Cyclopedia of Thought," written by 100 of America's Greatest Negroes. Edited by Dr. D. W. Culp. Price, $2.50. FOURTH—"Golden Thoughts on Chastity and Precreation," by Prof. J. W. Gibson and Dr. W. J. Truitt. Price, $1.50. AGENTS WANTED—Do you want the agency for one or more of the above books? If so you get the Above Library Free. It is worth $7.25. Only those who take an agency can get it free. Agents now in the field are making from $5.00 to $10.00 a day. We pay big commissions, supply books on credit and send Outfit Free. Write for full particu-lars at once. Don't hesitate we mean what we say. J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville, Illinois 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, when you do it one just as good and better for $75. The four essentials of a perfect typewriter; VISIBLE WRITING, SPECIITY OF MECHANISM, SPEED and DURABILITY are embodied in the BRANKLIN. 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, SIMPLICITY 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. Give the FRANKLIN a trial and be convinced. Canal and N streets, S. W. 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. 'Phone Main 1779. he Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster Hous Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. MSTERS served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Promptness Service." Charges reosonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice Cream C --- The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster House. Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Promptness of Service." Charges reasonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice Cream Co." I. E. WILLIAMSON, Successor to J. J. Johnson, 601 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 1048m. 601 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 1048m. FINANCIAL DO YOU NEED Financial Assistance? If so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your convenience. 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 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. 9\n 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. We are loaning on the Building and Loan Asosclation plan, which makes the cost of carrying loans much less than you pay elsewhere, and allows you to pay it off in any size notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. you only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it. If you have a loan with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheerfully given and no cost to you unless the loan is made. Loan made anywhere in the District. Call and get rates. Front room, first floor, Scientific American Building. National Mortgage Loan Company. 625 FStreet N. W. ```markdown ``` HERE IS A CHANCE To get the money you want. We have more than we need. We will make loans to everybody without delay. If you want money see us to-day. You will not be disappointed. Loans made on furniture, pianos, organs, etc., without removal. Loans to salaried employees without endorsement. 02 F STREET. - - Cor. 6th St Capital Loan Guarantee Company. MONEY For everybody at rates lower than the lowest. Don't be deceived; come to us and investigate. Business strictly confidential. No one knows of your transactions with us. We lend on furniture, pianos, or salary. If you have a loan now anywhere and need more money, come to us. Nothing deducted from loan. You get full amount. Extensions in case of sickness without extra charge. Metropolitan Loan and Trust C., 505 E. STREET, N. W. FREE TREATMENTS GIVEN-All persons afflicted with any peculiar, mysterious or unnatural disease, can be healed through the Doctor's healing vibrations in a short time. Call on or address, with stamp for reply. DR. J. C. JONES, "High Yoghi Mystic Adept," 403 E St. N. E., Washington D. C Small outfit to agents on commission of 40 cents on the dollar. Hustling agents wanted to handle our great remedies. All kinds, they sell rapidly; the people want them. Agents commission 40 cents out of every dollar. Enclose $1.00 as a guarantee of express charges and pay the rest when the goods are sold. Remember, Time is money, friends. Address, DR. C. G. GONOND, 11 Harmon Court, Chicago, Ill. FOR RENT:Large front room suitable for man and wife, on Pierce Place near Fourteenth street. Address, C. T., this office. Thomas' Magic Hair Grower Cleanses the scalp of dandruff, stops it from falling and will make it grow even in bald spots. Mrs. Thomas teaches each patient how to massage her scalp. This arouses the circulation and makes new hair. If your hair needs attention, try this preparation and you will not regret it. It is NOT A STRAIGHTENER. Natural hair is a woman's crown of beauty, and you can have it if you want it. Price, 1.00. Send 2 stamps for "Hair and Complexion Talks." It tells you all you want to know about yourself Please send stamps when asking for information or no attention will be paid to your letter. Send money by postoffice order to Mrs. Alice H. Thomas, 1633 Felecity street, phone 3094-12 New Orleans, La. E. MURRAY CATERER 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. --- articles from the greatest writers of the race. of making $5.00 per day selling this Magazine as they advertisement. may be the first in the field. Send 50c. for agents' number of magazines, with which you may begin one is One Dollar Per Year. Write— E. MCGIRT, 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— --- [Illustration of a man in formal attire]. JAMES E. McGIRT, Ph. B. "The New Poet" Editor-in-Chief and Owner of "McGirt's Magazine" Each month it contains articles. Agents are just as sure of making are in answering this advertiseme Write at once that you may be terms, outfit, and a large number work at once Subscription to every one is On S. 414 Eventh Street, --- 13 McGirt's Magazine.... Agents are making $5 a day selling McGirt's Magazine A great periodical published every month in order that we may have a paper that will be read by both races, the white as well as the colored that the white race may know the many great men and women of the colored race and what they are saying and doing. ```markdown ``` Philadelphia, Pa. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million bottles. . Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent. package of Grove’s Black Root Liver Pills. 14 ————eeee LABOR UNION DISCRIMINATE. The old dodge behind the “social equality” bug bear, will not hold good. When a white mar runs out of argu- ment in discussing the race problem, he gets behind that old ghost of sla- very, “social equality.” The sun is too high in the heavens for us-to con- tinue to look backward. The American spirit and American pride is lacking in the Labor Unions and organizations of the country. For years these organizations have been the butt of all jokes. Their principles are few and their platforms are too small for broad planks and broader principles. They invite laboring men to join with them for the so-called pur- pose of protecting the laborer from the capitalist, and yet they themselves never fail to draw the line on the best and most loyal type of laboref in the ‘United States—the Negro. The latest move in this direction is the action of the hotel and restaurant employees In- ternational Alliance and Bar Tenders National League, which met recently in Rochester, N. Y. This organization, whatever it may represent, aims to prevent the employment of colored men in the capacity of bar tenders, chefs, and mixologists. Intelligent colored people will give the labor unions in all of their various forms, a wide bertl and a cool reception. 7 OBITUARY. Mrs. Eliza Fields, (nee Jackson), wife of Augustus Fields, departed this life Thursday, May 19, at her resi- dence, 718 Grant avenue northwest, very suddenly. Her funeral took place at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church on May 22. Rev. Shelton Miller, D. D., officiated, taking for his test, 1 Thes., Chap. 4, 16th verse, subject: “Chris- tian Warfare.” Rev. D. E. Wiseman, D. D., assisted. Mrs. Fields was mar- ried a little more than six years, and her married life was a happy one. She was of a lovable disposition to all who came in contact with her, and was'a great help-mate to her companion. She was of a generous and sympathetic na- ture, and had many friends. She was buried Monday, May 23, at 3 p. m., in Harmony cemetery. She leaves a hus- band, two sisters, and otlier relatives to.mourn her demise. ; ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Spo Invitations have been issued from Philadelphia, announcing the nuptials o Mariamcita Josephine, daughtfer aoi of Mariamcita Josephine, daughter of Rey. H. C. C. Astwood, to Mr. William Henry Adams, of Annapolis, Md. The wedding will take place at St. Thomas P. E. Church, Philadelphia, and the happy couple will be at home after July 8, at No. 28 Second Street, Anna- polis, Md. A MODERN SEAMSTRESS. Those ladies who like artistic de- signs and who admire the beauty in a perfect fit, will find their states grati- fied when “wearing one of the lovely costumes made by the hands of Mrs. J. S. Collins, 416 Elm street northwest. Mrs. Collins is a modern seamstress of long experience, and with an ex- cellent taste, —~ (tf.) THE COLORED AMERICAN Rejoice and be glad, all who are troubled, sick and afflicted and unfortunate. Peace, health and prosperity to all who consult Po Rt, gO ie << Lon Ra b SEES — oe > Soe _ " 6 ? Se eee 5 nee # = "Piet ea eg é r coy 2 _ > : i eG —_—< - 8. ee a Bee ee % Sy ee eT i . ~*< : . es eo ee ~ os ee a an Ts o oe : Dr. Julius T. Larkins, O. S. D., dean of occult seience, spiritualist, med- ium and clairvoyant; the world’s famous and foremost psychic medium; positively has no equal on earth in giving advice that will cause your wishes to come to pass in business investments, speculations, hidden treas- ures, lawsuits, marriages, love affairs, divorces, reuniting the separated, claims, wills, etc. Dr. Larkins cures any disease or affliction that you were not born with, or any habits, regardless of how long standing. He will pay $1,000 to any individual who can prove that during the past sixteen years of experience, he has received one cent of their money without giv- ing satisfaction. 50,968 consulted during the past eighteen months, in and out of the United States. You don’t have to remain sick and afflicted, you don’t have to continue in trouble or bad luck; if you will only accept his advice, you will be healed, and your trouble shall end. Success, peace, and happiness shall attend you, and you shail neither want for health nor pleasure nor wealth. Distance makes no difference. If you want his advice to success, in your desires and health, and to cause eyery wish to come to pass, send $1.00 for a consult- ation, satisfaction assurred. Dr. Larkins stands alone in his class, the acknowledged leader of all mediums and clairvoyants; a born spiritualist and direct (Chela), of the High Cost Adept and Zoghees, of India; a diplomat of Hindoo magical oc- cultation, of Benares, (Holy City), in Delhi, India. Don’t write and ask, “Can he help you,” or “Can he cure you?” Carefully read this advertise- ment, as he positively does all it claims, or will forfeit $1,000. If you need assistance, send $1.00 for advice, and be happy, as he receives hundreds of letters daily, only letters that contain money orders for $1.00, and a two cent stamp for a reply, will be answered. Business through mail a spe- cialty. Send money order with your letter. Address, DR. J. T. S. LARKINS. 0. S. D. P. O. Box, 40. Berwick, La. AN ENTERPRISING ARCHITECT! eat , Reference has been made a number}, of times to J. A. Lankford, a builder,|| of this city. He was first introduced! to the readers of The Colored American! Grove’ ® has stood the test 25 year bottles. _ Does this record. Enclosed with every b | because of his work in connection with the planning and building of the True Reformers Hall, Twelfth and U_ streets northwest. Mr. Lankford is a well known and prominent factor in the grand U. O. of T. R. F. ERE ESS SS BEBE s Tasteless Chi ‘ss. Average Annual Sales « of merit appeal to you? ottle is a Ten Cent. package of Grove’s ly ES Se i PETER GROGAN Your credit is as good 2s gold, Se ne Our Specialty is Furnishing Homes for Newly Married Couples on Easy Terms of CREDIT If your wedding day is ap. Proaching, why not arrange with us for the furnishing of your new home? We can sup- ply everything you need in the way of Parlor, Bedroom, and Dining-room Furniture; also Floor Coverings of every de. scription at lowest cash prices, and on easiest credit terms ever offered. Our ambition is to ar- range payments to suit your in- dividual convenience, weekly or monthly, without notes or inter- est. We sell the very best furni- ture 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 furnish- ers, and you are cordially in- viied to open an account and get ai. ;thing needed, onJ- dit. Peter Grogan 817-819-821-823 7th St. Cor. 7th and Eye Streets. FES BSS TO OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRI- BERS. We have on our mailing books, 4 large number of names of persons whe are considerably behind in their sub scription 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 meat the other fellow, but it means yol Who will be the first to start the ball rolling? J, A. WILLIAMSON ' . aly PRINTER | eee eee | 505 €E SrT., N. W. ELECTRIC POWER. MAKES MEN VIGOROUS. yaluable Prescription by Which any Man “can Make His Own Remedy to Cure Himself at Home Sent Free to All. Write for it. WILL MAKE A MAN OF YOU. For the return of that youthful feeling of manhood a prominent Detroit physi- cian and savant is in possession of a re- vet which he has himself used in his SS wr CO oe berks 2 Ape ° he ee ree ae 5 la SAG ie oe Pe — Y \ i) yi Few Hy u ay , Wi Hy | EAE a ER own extensive private practice with the most startling ‘success. Though the years have passed its equal has never been found and with it thousands of weak men have brought about the cures they so much longed for. The doctor willingly sends the formula entirely free to any man who writes him for it, and they will find it a gift of lasting value. It is good for sexual weakness, lost man- hood, nervousness, weak back, emissions, varicocele, lack of force, prostatic trou- ble, night sweats, inability and the many other embarrassing conditions that be- fall the sexually imperfect man. It cre- ates an immediate social feeling, warmth and goed nature, forces active blood to the muscular tissue, tones the nervous system and arouses bodily confidence. itmakes the man of 65 as good as at 35, and the young man again eager for soci- ety and fit for marriage and 5S eeieaees Satisfactory results are produced in a days use, and.a perfect cure in a few weeks, regardless of age, or the cause of your eondition. if you need such a remedy send your name and address today to the Dr.Knapp Med. Co., 867 Hull Bldg., Detroit, Mich., nd in ah unmarked envelope the doctor will at once send you the receipt, as promised, explaining in detail what in- sredients to use and how to compound them so that any weak man can cure himself in his own home without being under obligations to anyone. » It costs seu nothing and the sooner you write the seoner you will be cured. Established January, 1897. Telephone, 803 Columbus. HOTEL MACEO, 213 West 53rd Street, N. Y. First Class Accomodations ONLY. Handsomely Furnished Rooms for Permanent or Transient Guests Headguarters for Clergy and Business Men. First Class Restaurant. Regu- lar Dinner, including Wime, 35c, 6 p. m.to 8. Sundays, 1 to 4.30 p. m., 45c. B. F. THOMAS, Proprietor. WM. L. POLLARD. AtroRNEY aNp CoUNSELLOR-AT-LaW Colle tions, Real Estate and Insurance. All matters given prompt attention in the District of Columbia. Member of the Washing- ton Real Estate . Exchange. 9 F sr, N W., - Washington, D, S THE COLORED AMERICAN eens deena #t 48 generally understood that a large percentage of the Chinese are addicted to the use of opium. This is &@ misconception. The belief that the Chinese of rank and culture use the drug is due to the prominence given to the cutivation of the plant and the manufacture of opium in the Celestial empire. As a matter of fact, a native who uses opium is looked upon by his superiors as we discuss and classify our drunkards. The idea that a pill will produce an exhilarating effect on the beginner is also erroneous. One must be accus- tomed to the use of the drug to get the pleasent effect. The first pipe to an American produces nausea. Two or three will make him sick. If he can stand eight or nine of these “pills” he is apt to dream, but the awakening is always an unpleasant reality. The Blue Lakes. About twelve miles northwest from the town of Upper Lake, Cal, is a series of waters known as Blue lakes —three in all—surrounded by spurs of the coast range that tower 1,000 feet over them. These lakes are steel blue in color and never freeze. The upper lake is nearly two miles in length and half a mile in width in the widest place, the middle lake is about half a mile long and half that distance in width, and the lower one is less than half the size of the nearest neighbor. The upper lake is nearly 500 feet deep in places, and all of them abound in trout. . Much More Than That. “That milk looks as if it were half water,” protested the woman at the kitchen door. “It is much more than that, ma’am,” replied the milkman, a college gradu- ate in reduced circumstances. “I guar- antee it to be 86 per cent water, 4 per cent butter, 3% per cent casein and 6% per cent sugar and various salts, the combination resulting in the liquid commonly Enown as milk. Chemical analysis of the same cheerfully fur- nished whenever desired. Good morn- ing, ma’ani.”—Chieago Tribune. The Canniuk of Ants. A naturalist found black ants were devouring the skins of some bird speci- mens on a table, so he made tar cir- cles on four pieces of paper and put one under each leg of the table. Ants will not cross tar. Pretty soon he found the apts busily at work again and, looking at the tar circles, found each one was bridged by bits of sand which the-clever ants had brought in from the street. His Little Postscript. The absentminded correspondent of the Georgia citizen in Texas closed a recent communication as follows: “P. S.—I almost forgot to tell you that your house was burned to the ground one day last week, your brother having let the insurance lapse two weeks before. So you won’t git nothing out of it, I reckon.”—Atianta Constitution. Unacecountable Surprise. “Some men never learn by experi- ence.” “That's true,” answered young Mrs. Torkins. “Charley is just as much sur- prised every time he loses at the races as if it had never happened before.”— Washington Star. Discriminating Maid. Mrs. Madison—Your new maid ap pears to be rather refined. Mrs. Park- weste—Yes; she’s a little out of the common. She never breaks anything but the costliest cut glass and the choicest Dresden.—Chicago Journal. SS If is easy to take a joke in the spirit in which it is intended if it is on the other fellow. Seas i The Negro’s Hope . of advancement lies in his change ea | of color. The structure of his skin = 2 and composition of his blood are oS SS) precisely the same as that of the 3 white man. Ages of living under a 3 \ ; tropical sun have made a chemical y, » change that can be remedied by the SS) use of counter-chemicals. Black- ‘SSA tS No-More, the greatest scientific io y discovery of the age, changes the AZ = blackest skin to the purest white, FZ without pain, inconvenience or 3S. danger. Makes a white skin 7 whiter. => Z| ae Price $2,.py Exeress Preraw. : = Dr. J. A. HERLIHY, r/ | . CN Chillicothe, 0. Thomas Henry Hayes, —$—$—$——————— Undertaker and Embalmer, Telephones: Memphis 518; Cumberland 4261. 172 Poplar St., Memphis, Tenn. Gonerrheea and Runnings IN 48 HOURS. Cures Kid- & ney and Bladder Troubles. : ge eras REAL ESTATE, AND PENSIONS JOHN W. PATTERSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 40% SEVENTH STREET N. W. Room No. 3. "Phone Hast 352 - Washington, D. 0. A BOY WANTED In every town and hamlet in the United States and Canada who ts willing to sell TheCororED AMER- ICAN on a liberalcommission. 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: 15 9% Cer 1 = Lucky “Old Shoe” Stick Pin. (S Two Shoes on a pin. Two Th pair by mail for 10 cents in ais |) stamps or coin, or 1dozen by LV ante for 45 —— with whole- JF] sale price, The swiftest sel- | Ca Mi ier out. Wi he ye Magic Bill Book. a! Latest Novelty. One by Ly mail. 15 cents, or 2 for Ze. Sea Shells. 25 shells, each a different variety. By i mail, 25cents, My big cata- iogue of fast’ selling novel- | ties with order. | J. F. Powell, 942 Sheridan Road, e Waukegan, Ill. All Progressive and Intelligent People are Buying Lots so as to Make a Home and Get Rich We are Practically Giving Away Beautiful Building Lots Located at BAY VIEW! $2 a month will secure one of these valuable Building Lots. Each and every lot is worth $100 to-day, and Land Values are still going up. Every lot is a garden spot, high and dry. You can build at once. Make a Deposit and secure one of these valuable lots before they are all sold. Spring water on the ground. Free clear title deed Lots 25x100 feet. Near Atlantic City, and close to R. R. Station. STOP PAYING RENT AND BUY A HOME. MAKING LANDLORDS RICHER AND YOURSELF POORER ALL THE TIME. Electric Lights, School Houses, Stores, Churches, good roads and prosperous farms. Can raise hogs, chickens, ducks and other stock, and truck to get a living. Oysters, Clams, Crabs and fishing in abundance. Parties can view these building lots at any time by making appointment. Maps can be seen and further particulars obtained by applying to the owner. A. JONES, No. 2406 ARCTIC AVE., ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 16 THE BARBERSHOP RIGHMOND HOSPITAL 406 E. Baker St., Richmond, Va. Organized November, 1902; opened February, 1903. Recently remodeled and fitted up with modern improvements. The finest colored hospital in the South. Sanitation is perfect. In connection with the hospital is a Training School for nurses, under the supervision of Miss M. E. Cabaniss, a graduate of Freedman's Hospital, class of 1897. For further information, apply to M. B. JONES, M. D., Surgeon-in-Chief. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Two Dollars Down Will Do It! General Merchandise Store West Queen St., (Extended) HAMPTON, VA. JAMES W. TAYLOR, Prop. A Full Line General Merchandise Dry Goods, Notions, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Drugs and Medicines and all household needs. Give me a call. JAMES W. TAYLOR, Prop'r. AMERICAN COLLECTIVE AND INFORMATION BUREAU. We, authorized and bonded, make a specialty of collection of bills, both in and about Washington and throughout the United States. Only polite, honest and trained people are employed by us. Information furnished on all topics; the whereabout of any friend, here or heretofore, in and about Washington. 303412St.S.W. 'Phone 1264A Absolutely and Chemically Pure. Wm. Sewall, of 617 E street northwest, Washington, D. C., is now sole agent for Crigler & Crigler, distillers of the Famous Woodland Whiskey, of Covington, Ky. If you want something good and absolutely pure, give him a trial. Only $3.85 per gallon, delivered. ATTENTION, SUBSCRIBERS! We are sending out a large number of bills each day to delinquent subscribers as well as to subscribers whose subscriptions are just expiring. We are striving to give the race a clean, strong, newsy newspaper and we hope every person who receives a bill or who know themselves to be in arrears will send in their subscriptions at once. THE DOUGLASS HOTEL. Stop at Douglass Hotel when you visit the Fair. The largest Negro Hotel in the West. Plan, European. Rooms, 75c, to $1, per day. Corner Lawton ave., and Beaumont street. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH ...AND HAIR TONIC... both in a box for $1.00, or three boxes for $2.00. Guaranteed to do what we say and to be "the best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four a five shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours a shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots, but bleaches out white, the skin remaining beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or blackheads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Smallpox pits, tan, liver spots removed without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. | CRANE'S | HAIR TONIC that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy to comb. 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 mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. D., it will come by express, 35 cents extra. In any case where it fails 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. The Albany Hotel. Has been enlarged and newly refitted with modern improvements for the accommodation of Guests, so as to furnish first class services with Bar, Dining Room, Private Parlor and first class Sleeping Apartments. Arthur Webster, steward; William Leonard and William Hall, mixologists; Henry Johnson, manager, and Auto Scott, clerk. CALEB A. SIMMS, Prop. 331 W.37th St. New York EUGENE R. JAMES. J. ARTHUR JAMES. E. R. JAMESBRO UNDERTAKERS Late of McKENZIE SCOTT, 1826 L St., N. W. Private Funeral Parlor. Everything First-Class, Reasonable Prices 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. NEW JERSEY ```markdown ``` IN A NEW ROLE. Thrift and Industry Rewarded. A Successful Colored Man in a New Line of Business. The Career of Mr. A. W. Gairey, Proprietor of the Grand Island Lunch Wagon and Lunch Cars.A Story of His Life. More than four years ago a meeting was called in Boston, Mass., for the (1) A barn with two oxen pulling a cart. THE BARN ON THE STOCK FARM. purpose of bringing together the colored men engaged in business in all parts of the country. The organization was formed and it is now known as the National Negro Business League. Its first and present president is Dr. Booker T. Washington, who thought that the colored business men of the coun- A. B. MR A. W. GAIREY, Grand Island. Neb. try ought to be brought together for a better mutual understanding, for a better knowledge of what they were doing in the different parts of the country, and for the purpose of forming an organization by which a record could be taken and kept of the progress made along these lines. The initial meeting was a success and the second annual meeting was held in Chicago. The third, was held in Richmond, Va.; the fourth in Nashville, Tenn., last year; and the fifth will be held the latter part of August and the first of September, in Indianapolis, Ind., this year. In the four years of its existence the National Negro Business League has brought the business men of the race together in a way that will mean much. An accurate report is kept of the different meetings, and the --- 2 colored men engaged in business in every city, town and hamlet in the United States is being reached. The membership of the league is increasing at a rapid rate, and each annual report shows greater progress along commercial lines. The Colored American has been an active agent in bringing out from time to time men of the race who are pursuing successfully some line of business THE BARN At Grand Island, Neb., is a young colored man, who, by dint of industry, by thrift, honesty, and with a very little money, has built up a unique, but very successful business. His name is A. W. Gairey, who went to the little town of Grand Island, Neb., a little more than ten years ago. He is a southern product, and started northwest to make his way. He was a cook by trade and found color prejudice very strong when he reached Grand Island. He began work as a cook in one of the leading hotels and remained there for four years. When he was employed, all of the white help wanted to strike, but the man who ran the hotel had courage, and made it distinctly understood to them that the colored cook Gairey was going to stay, and he did stay, and to the credit or himself, he is still there. When he first started in business for himself, he peddled a lunch can, and sold sandwiches and other things until he had built up a route. By paying strict attention to his business, he soon built up a trade large enough to enable him to use a lunch wagon, moving from one part of the town to another. The business kept on growing until, very soon he had built to order a lunch car, and this necessitated the employment of extra help. THE LUNCH CAR. From the little lunch can the business has grown to a large lunch car, and a lunch wagon, and he employs three men in the business. He pays one cook $12.00 per week, and one man to run the lunch wagon $12.00 per week. The man who runs the lunch THE COLORED AMERICAN can he pays $10.00 per week. He operates the lunch car himself. By carefully saving his earnings he has saved up enough to buy a stock farm, consisting of eighty acres, and he employs a man to take care of that farm on shares. The man has the care of the farm and of Mr. Gairey's stock, and his commission is that he gets half of what he raises on the farm for doing the farm work, and taking care of the stock. Mr. Gairey makes a specialty of raising fine breed heifers and jacks; his jacks bringing him $50.00 each at one month old, in good condition, and his young heifers, $20.00 each at three months old in good condition. He has a number of fine mares that he uses exclusively for breeding jacks, and they are said to be good investments. From a small income his lunch business pays him about $250.00 per month. Mr. Gairey is a man of limited education, but has good common sense, and knows the value of a dollar. Grand Island is a town of about 10,000 inhabitants, and Mr. Gairey has the absolute control of the lunch business in that city. In the beginning he had four white competitors, but they are now all out of business. He is of the opinion that the race question is solving itself. He has a very liberal bank account, pays all of his bills by checks, owns quite a few houses and lots around town, and is highly respected by the people of Grand Island. Mr. Gairey is a member of the National Negro Business League, is a staunch THE LUNCH WAGON. friend and admirer of Dr. Booker T. Washington. Our representative had occasion to visit some of the leading business men of Grand Island, and they speak of Mr. Gairey in the highest terms. The officers of the First National Bank, of the Grand Island Banking Company, of the Commercial State Bank, the editor of the Independent, Mr. A. F. Buchler, and other leading business men, join in speaking of Mr. Geirey as an honorable citizen, a man of strictest integrity and sober habits and a credit to his race. The race needs more men of the Gairey type. Col. W. H. Lester, of the Naval Magazine Department Philadelphia, Pa., is spending a few days in this city, the guest of his children and friends. The Commencement Exercises of the Law Department of Howard University were held Monday evening, May 30, at the First Congregational Church, corner Tenth and G streets northwest. The graduating class consists of twenty-two, representing as many States and Territories. A most interesting program has been arranged, Lawyer E. H. 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World's Fair Contest Co., 108 N. 8th Street St. Louis, Mo. "WE MOVE EVERYTHING" Douglas Baggage and Furniture Express 1533 14th Street N.W. R.T. DOUGLAS, Manager KIN-KILLA A wonderful preparation for straightening kinky hair. Absolutely harmless. Will positively render the coarsest hair soft and wavy. Once tried, always called for. LARGE SIZE BOTTLES, 50 CENTS; or sent prepaid by mail for 60 cents in stamps or money order. Send 10 cents in stamps for generous sample to S. T. WORCESTER, 65 THOMAS ST., BELIABLE AGENTS WANTED. Please mention this paper when ordering. Continued From Page 1. of Cook County. The charge was openly made and unrefuted that he had betrayed the interests of his constituents in the most shameful manner, by voting against measures of the highest public benefit, and for these flagrant delinquences the league had urged that he be retired from the law-making body of the State. Morris is notoriously unpopular among the colored people of Chicago, because of an insufferable egotism and the assumption of a bravado designed to conceal the actual emptiness and unreality of his character. He has posed and posed, but long ago his shallow claim to leadership among his fellows had been punctured by the shining lance of public scrutiny, and his efforts to appear large in the arena of affairs, have made him a laughing-stock in the eyes of those who appreciate the ridiculous and an object of scorn to the lovers of genuineness in word and deed. Apart from Morris' ambition to wear the mantle of a Warwick in the politics of Cook County, his more pitiable exhibition of assininity has been his attempt to attract attention as an opponent of Booker T. Washington, and an enemy to the vast work that is being done for the advancement of civilization at Tuskegee. It is an old dodge to get into public notice by throwing mud at the most luminous figure in the educational life of the race, and others have tried it, but neither they nor Morris have added to the credit side of their fame by the dishonorable tactics to which they have resorted. All the plaudits they have received come from a narrow clique of conspirators like themselves, whose jealousy of glittering success, based upon sterling worth, lead them to "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain." To ingratiate himself into the favor of this unspeakable set in Washington—although the tribe is now practically extinct—and to bask in the limelight of vulgar comment, Morris betook himself to the nation's capital a few moons ago, and delivered himself of a harangue which he was pleased to label "Shams." Trading on a sometime headship of the Odd Fellows, and a titular standing as a lawyer of parts, he secured a hearing before Bethel Literary and Historical Association, and upon an amazed and disgusted audience of cultured and fair-minded people, Morris imposed a vile attack upon Booker Washington, characterizing the Wizard of Tuskegee as a "Sham" and denouncing industrial education as a delusion and a snare. Those who keep in touch with current history will remember the unmerciful flaying that Morris received on that fateful night at the hands of leaders of thought who not only believed in standing up for a useful worker for the race but realized that only in the repudiation of Morris and his poisoned arrows could the lofty reputation of the society be maintained. The lash was so vigorously wielded by grand old Gov. Pinchback and others that Morris returned to Chicago a sadder, but a wiser man. All of the social flummeries his friends could devise did not relieve the smarting of his wounds nor obliterate the fact that he was a discredited sojourner, whose room was better than his company. The rebuke administered to the Chicago lawyer-politician was regarded as all the more merited because of Morris' THE COLORED AMERICAN participation in the famous New York "peace conference" of educators and leaders, and his immediate violation in Washington of the secret compact entered into with earnest men, who deprecated the wasteful conflict of necessary and fundamental systems of race-building. Howbeit, Morris had no more to say of "shams" after being exposed as the veritable "high priest of the Ancient Order of Shams and Pretenders]" Not long ago Morris, still sore, and seeking an opening to redeem his lost prestige in Washington, managed to get himself invited to speak at one of Howard University's commencements. It is safe to say that the subject of his remarks will not be "shams." The great masses here are "strictly with" Booker T. Washington, and they are quick to resent anything said to his detriment. We have few enough constructive statesmen, and we cannot afford to pull down the acknowledged leader of them all. Mr. Washington's speeches in this city covered every point at issue on the race question and we are eminently satisfied with him, and stand ready to back him up "from a to izzard," in all that he says or does. The passing of Lawyer Morris is a sample of what will happen to others who refuse to faithfully reflect the sentiments of the people whom they aspire to lead. The people cannot be fooled all the time. E. A. MARTIN. 9ifir,i,aBsirjia5so hrdlushrdlshrdluta Commencement College Trade School.—A Banner Year's Work. Allegheney, Pa., Special.—This city was never so attractive, so healthy and in such good condition as it is now. The people are prosperous and happy and the schools are turning out graduates by the hundred. The Avery College Trade School is attracting a great deal of attention because of the great work done this year. Mr. W. A. Calhoun, formerly director of the Instrumental Music Department, at Wilberforce University, has now the entire charge of the musical department of Avery College, and already his work is bearing fruit. The Class Night Entertainment in the church auditorium, took place Monday evening, May 23, when a most excellent program was rendered. Avery College Trade School will reopen Monday, Sept. 15, 1904. In addition to its present curriculum, a department for practical nurse training will be opened. One of the wealthiest men in America has guaranteed expenses. An entire floor of the dormitory building has been set apart and this is now being re-modeled for the use of this department. The Allegheney Hospital will be used for practical training and observation. The school has had one of its most successful years; six hundred students were enrolled and $7,642 were distributed to the students, the proceeds from solicited work. Mr. Joseph D. Mahoney, the secretary and treasurer, has determined to bring the school up to a high degree of efficiency. THE ALLE Miss Bessie Hamilton, of Washington, D. C., Mr. Carlyle Williams, of Raleigh, N. C., and the friend suggested by him; Miss C. E. McClain, of Evansville, Indiana; Mr. J. H. Walker, of Washington, D. C., and Miss Essie Harris, of Washington, D. C., have been recommended to become members of the company now being organized by the undersigned to go to Melbourne, Australia, under conditions previously stated. Each of the above mentioned will kindly confer with the undersigned immediately, regarding further arrangements. All persons who have previously made application are also requested to renew the same at once, for should any of the above mentioned decline to go, or should more singers be needed, which now seems likely, preference will be given to those who have already applied, other conditions being favorable. All expenses paid from home to destination. Party to assemble in Washington, D. C., for training at once. Leaving the United States about June 20. All communications should be accompanied by postage for reply. J. HENRY LEWIS, 1450 street northeast, Washington, D. C. MISS HOWARD A CANDIDATE. It is not generally known that the only first grade teacher of the Tenth, grade, for the great. pons cut from the daily and Sunday Post, is Miss Bertha A. Howard, daughter of Rev. Wm. J. Howard, of the Zion Baptist Church. Miss Howard is a very popular school teacher, and many of her friends are not aware that she is leading the contest for her grade. Her many friends will serve her by having all ballots clipped and sent to No. 77 Defrees street northwest, to Miss rBetha A. Howard, who will easily win the prize if her friends are on the alert. THE PASSING OF DR. GRANDISON. Word comes to us that Dr. C. M. dison, a well known divine and traveling evangelist, has, through habitual drink, lost standing in his church in Iowa, and has been sentenced to one year in the Hospital for Inebriates at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Dr. Grandison has been lecturing in Iowa for more than a year and was recently elected as writer and solicitor for the Buxion Gazette, but lost his position through his habits. Dr. Grandison is one of the best known orators in the country, and is well known in al parts of the south, east, north and west. At one time he was a strong temperance advocate, and not a few years ago, was known as "the Black Demosthenes," and the "Egyptian" orator. Mr. Ernest Hogan, the unbleached American, will bring the Bogus Prince to the Empire Theatre next week, for a return engagement. Many new features have been added. Mr. Hogan will take the leading part. 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. 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. C. H. NAUGHTON LIQUORS and SEGARS Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth Street. Northwest. Chris. Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th st. NW. To the enormous stock of truly good wines and distillates (free from all fusel poison) there has just been added by request: Ravi Medicinal he thinnest pressing easily asshithed by delicate stomachs. To preserve its freshness and curative virtues imported only in small (4 ounce) bottles and sold at 25 cents by the sole distributor, Chris. Xander, 909 Seventh Street. Jas. F. Keenan. RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brands, Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest W. M. DRURY'S Restaurant, 1100 20th St., Corner L. N. W. The Porters Exchange BROWN & SMITH Proprietors, Newly rebuilt and elegantly furnished. Meals at all Hours. Electric lights, bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths. High grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The coldest Beer in the city. 103 and 105 Sixth Street, N. W. Handsome rooms, $1,00 & up. Phone 1733 Y. --- F. REDE RICK DOUGLASS F. REDE RICK DOUGLASS HALL CHARLE S. R. DOUGLASS. Dedicated at Tuskegee, Ala., at the Last Commencement. 4 DOWN AT TUSKEGEE. The Dedication of Douglass Hall a Crowning Event. Bishop Gallaway Delivers a Matchless Sermon Before the Student Body—The Eloquent Dedicatory Address by Maj. Chas. R. Douglass- Noted Visitors and a Description of Douglass Hall. TUSKEGEE, ALA., Special.—The most successful commencement of the Tuskegee Institute was that which came to a close yesterday, May 26th. The Commencement week began Sunday, May 22nd, at which time the Commencement sermon was preached by Bishop C. B. Galloway, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Bishop Galloway's address was a strong, masterful effort. Especially impressive was that portion of his remarks addressed to the graduating class. Said he: "Speaking here and elsewhere as the friend of the Negro, I will not conceal from you the fact that in my judgment this is the most critical pe P. REDE RICK DOUGLASS riod in the history of your people. The older persons of both races with their peculiar and pathetic attachments are fast passing way. Between the younger generations, there are no such ties of sympathy, but rather, I fear, a growing estrangement. "And then there are others who have pronounced education a discredited experiment — a demonstrated failure in the elevation of the race. That instead of being a potential agent in the redemption of a people it has wrought them injury and threatens their ruin. A few have gone so far as to declare that education has increased immorality and crime. Now all this I have publically and emphatically challenged, and I call upon you young people of this institution by the purity of your living and the fidelity of your service, to make good that challenge. Demonstrate the fact that the agency which --- THE COLORED AMERICAN. has been all-powerful in the history of every other people shall not meet its first defeat at your hands. Answer those criticisms—many of them perfectly honest and sincere—not by harsh and defiant speech, but by the overwhelming argument of unassailable character and unquestioned integrity, and unchallenged achievement." Much else of a similar character came from the lips and heart of this patriotic Southern gentleman. On Monday night, May 23, six young men were graduated from the Phelps Hall Bible Training School, and on Tuesday night, May 24, the Trinity Church Prize Contest was held. Dr. Donald, of the Trinity Church, Boston, has established two prizes' of $25 and $15 each, which are awarded to the students of the Senior and A Middle classes who submit the best orations on certain subjects. The regular Commencement Exercises were held Thursday. Present at these exercises was a special party of capitalists and promoters, including Mr. Leigh Hunt, the developer of the F-REDE-RICK DOUGLASS HALL THE DOUGLASS HALL. at Tuskegee, Ala., at the Last Comm Soudan, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Perkins and Miss Ruth Cleveland Perkins, Mr. George E. Roberts, director of the U. S. Mint, and Mrs. Roberts, Mr. Grosvenor Clarkson, son of General James S. Clarkson, also Major Charles R. Douglass, son of the lamented Frederick Douglass. At the Commencement Exercises on Thursday, Principal Washington of the school, awarded 197 academic diplomas and industrial certificates to graduates. A feature of Commencement Day of especial interest was the dedication of Douglass Hall, named in honor of the lamented Frederick Douglass. At the Commencement Exercises on Thursday, Principal Washington of the school, awarded 197 academic diplomas and industrial certificates to graduates. A feature of Commencement Day of especial interest was the dedication of Douglass Hall, named in honor The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. of the lamented Frederick Douglass. The program for this occasion was as follows: Hymn—"All things are Thine," Whittier. Invocation, Mrs. E. J. Penney. Introductory Remarks — Elizabeth Thompson. Address—Mrs. J. B. Bruce. Recitation—"Frederick Douglass"—Paul Lawrence Dunbar; Sadie Waterford. Dedicatory Address—Major Charles R. Douglass, Washington, D. C. Girls' Chorus-"I will sing of Thy Mercy and Goodness." Benediction. The following description of this building may be found interesting: Douglass Hall is a two-story brick structure, fronting in an easterly direction. On plan it is in the shape of the letter H, the longer axis being from the right to the left, forming an elongated H. In outside dimension it is 73 ft. 8 in. by 152 ft. 8 in. The middle section has a light airy basement almost entirely above ground. The basement contains five sleeping CHARLES S. R. DOUGLASS. rooms and a toilet room. On the same floor level with the basement rooms and extending through two stories is a large room 39 ft. 8 in. by 71 ft., 23 ft. high, seating 440, to be used for girls' study room and a girls' assembly room. This room is a feature of the building. Situated on a hill side, advantage was taken of the slope of the ground to make the high ceiling in the assembly room without any additional expense other than that which was necessary to get a good foundation. The ceiling of the assembly room is on the same level with the ceiling of the first floor of the building, thus making the entire second floor of the building on the same level, sleeping rooms being placed over the assembly room. The floor of the second story over the assembly room is supported by a row of 8 in. iron columns, placed in the center of the assembly room. The first floor con- --- 100 --- THE WOODLAND TERRACE Lawhside, N. J. Will open July 2, for the reception of guests. Bath, modern convenience, with shaded lawn. Cuisine unsurpassed. Terms are $5, $6, $7 each, per week. Write for booklet. Fare 31 cents return, from Chestnut or South St. Ferries, Philadelphia. P. O. Address, Snow Hill, New Jersey. MRS. C. A. SMITH, Prop. THE BAY SHORE SUMMER RESORT Buckroe Beach, fronting on Chesapeake Bay, three miles above Will open for the session of 1904 Thursday, May 26. A neat, wellconducted hotel, with comfortable bed rooms, spacious parlor and dining room; electric lights, fresh water bath and good sanitary equipment. A LARGE PAVILION, A FINE PIER, And as good a As is to be found anywhere in the world. Several important improvements, contributive to the comfort and pleasure of guests, madethis year. Electric cars from Hampton, Newport News, and Fortress Monroe, run to our door. We solicit the patronage of all who seek REST AND COMFORT during the neated term. Charges moderate; correspondence requested. EXCURSION PARTIES. Can find no more attractive place than Bay Shore. Use of grounds and piazzas free. Address, THE BAY SHORE HOTEL CO. P. O. Box, 346, Hampton, Va. 4 6 A PRETTY NUPTIAL KNOT. Washington's Elite Assemble to Witness the Marriage of Two Well Known Society People—A Beautiful Ceremony and those in Attendance. The marriage of Mr. Jefferson F. Tompkins and Mrs. Adelia Peyton, which took place Wednesday evening, May 4, at 1544 Eighth street northwest, the home of Mrs. Louisa Scott, sister of the bride, brought together a large number of the friends of the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James H. Lee, of the Third Baptist Church, of which Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins have been prominent members for several years. The wedding was a beautiful one from every standpoint, and there was not a detail of it that was not carefully looked after by those who had the appointments in charge. Immediately after the marriage ceremony, the bridal couple drove to their new home. No. 2110 Eighth street northwest, and there held a reception from 8 to 10 o'clock. For two hours the parlors were filled with guests, who came to pay their respects to the bride and groom. The wedding supper was served by Murray, the well known caterer, and Mr. W. H. Scott, a relative of Mrs. Tompkins, was in special charge of the welfare of the guests. Mrs. Mary Church-Terrell assisted Mrs. Tompkins in receiving her guests. The bride wore an exquisite gray silk trimmed with lace. There were many beautiful and costly presents tastefully arranged in two rooms on the second floor. Mrs. Louisa Scott, Mrs. Julia Bumbry, Mrs. Anna Young. Miss La Grande Scott, Mrs. Sarah Scott and Mr. W. H. Scott, immediate members of the bride's family, and a few intimate friends were present at the marriage. Wedding gifts were sent by the following persons: Justice and Mrs. R. H. Terrell, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Jocksan, Mr. W. H. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hale, Mrs. S. Waugh, Miss Annie Smith, Mrs. Mildred Dozier, of Boston; Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wilson, Mrs. Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. Tinsley, Mr. Charles Pollard, the Misses Elizabeth, Mamie and Janie Cole, Mr. R. N. Lumpkins, Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson, Misses Rosa and Addie Thornton, Mrs. Elizabeth Addison, Mrs. Hannah Franey, Mrs. Taylor Jones, Miss Nannie B. Jones, the Uptown Social Club, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pryor, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Taylor, Miss Maggie Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Parker, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Honesty, Mrs. Theodore Budd, Miss S. P. Robb, Mr. and Mrs. David Yeatman, Miss Lucy E. Lumpkins, Miss Maggie Jackson, Miss Estelle Barber, Mr. Wm. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Mary Meekins, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Crusenberry, Mr. and Mrs. Knox Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. John West, Mrs. Lillie Brent, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Budd, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roane, Miss Susie Roane, Mr. and Mrs. E. Dickerson, Miss Clara B. Minor, Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Hill, Mrs. Alberta White. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Lovling, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beverly, of New York; Miss Mildred Jones, of New York; Miss Rosa B. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. John Morris, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Skinner, Misses Mamie, Janies and Roberta Moten, the Deacon, and Trustees of Third Baptist Church; Mr. J. D. Pair, of North Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jasper, Mr. W. Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson, Miss Kate Mason, Mr. and Mrs. S. Chase, Miss Louisa T. Holmes, Miss J. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hichley, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freeman, Mrs. Ethel Johnson, Mrs. Isbell, Mrs. Crusenberry, Mr. and Mrs. E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Douglass, Miss Virginia Herbert, of Baltimore; The Shining Host Club, of Third Baptist Church; The Ushers Host, of Third Baptist Church; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Catherine Banks, Miss Bessie Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Maury, Miss Mary and Iola Dickerson, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Jennie Jackson, Mrs. Fannie Washington, Mr. and Mrs. John Haylen, Mrs. Maggie Green, Mrs. Rachel Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Parker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, Mrs. Barvie, Mrs. Martha Scott, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Boswell, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson, Mrs. Caroline Posey, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramsey, Mr. and rs. Jesse Ware. AN ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MAN. The Co-operative Mercantile & Investment Company made no mistake in electing as president Mr. Frank Gaines, who has proven himself the right man in the right place. This company was organized by the colored business men of the District, with a capital stock of twenty thousand dollars, for the object of engaging in some kind of business. From the very first meeting, the purpose of its officers has been to get together and to sell a sufficient number of shares of stock to engage in some kind of enterprise that might be deemed profitable. The shares of stock have been placed at five dollars each, and already many hundreds have been sold. At each weekly meeting, a large cash sale of shares is reported, and this is due very largely to the untiring energies of Mr. Gaines, the president. He is well known in this community as one of the most successful of our young business men, and to his great credit, it may be said that he has the confidence of the public. The Co-operative Mercantile & Investment Co., has a healthy bank account, and is ready at a moment's notice to close a deal for from five to fifteen thousand dollars. There are a few shares left, and the intelligent, race-loving Negro should take advantage of the opportunity to purchase these that have not been sold. 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Shaffer, Prop. & Druggist. 922 Frederick St. Joseph Avenue - Missouri - ANOTHER COLORED BANK. At the present rate of increase there will be in the neighborhood of twenty colored banks represented at the Na- tional Negro Business League, which meets in Indianapolis, Ind., the latter part of August of this year. The latest bank established by colored men is located at Spartansburg, S. C. Its name is the Spartan Savings and Loan Company, and it starts out with a capital stock of $5,000, more than half of which has been paid in. It is back- ed up by the well-to-do and most suc- cessful colored men in and around Spartansburg, and the prospects are very bright for its success and rapid growth, What the colored business men have done in Spartansburg and other com- munities where colored banking insti- tutions have been established, they can do in any city where there are any number of colored people. The time is ripe and the race is on the alert now to suport any kind of business enter- prises established by colored men. The people only want their money’s worth and an opportunity to spend it with men of their own race, More than one thousand delegates will attend the next meeting of the BusinessLeague, of which Dr. Booker T. Washington is President. A FREE SUMMER COURSE. A free course in plain sewing, mill- inery, rug making and fancy stitching to be given by the ladies of the Dress- makers’ Training School and Woman's Bazaar, at True Reformers’ Hall, 1200 U street northwest. The course begins Monday May 16th, and continues through the summer season. There will be a morning class from 9:30 to 12 and an afternoon class from 3:30 to 5:30 every Monday and Wednesday of each week. We hope all who are desirous of learning will take advantage of our offer. 3 Apply at once as the number is limited: MRS. L. R. CLARKE, President, Dressmakers’ Training School and Wo. man’s Bazaar. True Reformers’ Hall Corner Twelfth and U streets, north west. : s “ED.” MORRIS DEFEATED. One of the gratifying surprises of the primaries was the overthrow oe Attorney “Ed.” Morris in the fourth primary district of the Second Ward. Morris, known as the “king of the black belt” through his previous abili- ty to deliver the colored vote to Judge Hanecy and the Lorimer machine, was defeated by Robert C. Motts and Ed- ward Green in his own primary dis- trict, after one of the bitterest fights in the history of the ward. His igno- minious defeat was the first serious break in the Hanecy control of the Second Ward. Morris was one of the legislators most strongly condemned by the Legis- lative Voters’ League, having been one of Congressman Lorimer’s mest trusted lieutenants in the manipulation of ob: noxious legislation. The fight betweer Motts and Morris became so bitter ir the campaign that Morris drew a re volver on his opponent and threatenec to kill him.—Record Herald. = tTHE COLORED AMERICAN. 0eeeoyoyoOoOoOoOoouQquuwooooeeee eee When Animals Faint. } The little gray dog tumbled heaé- long into the area, and the maid who happened to be standing there closed the gate. When the dog saw she was safe from her two legged pursuers she toppled over in a dead faint. At any rate, the maid insisted that she faint- ed. The boarders, who crowded out into the area to help bring the little animal to, derided the assertion, but the doctor that finally joined the group said there was nothing preposierous about it. “Of course she fainted,” he said. “Lots of animals faint. Cats and dogs and even more stolid animals keel over in moments of fear and exhaus- tion. In the case of horses the pros- tration is generally attributed to sun- stroke, but quite often they are knock. ed out by a plain, everyday faint in- stead of atmospherical excesses. Fowls faint too, and the birds of the air. In | fact, it is hard to find any living crea- ture that doesn’t topple over in crucial cireumstances. If the lioness of -the jungle were up on etiquette she would be just as much justified in carrying u camphor, bottle as the finest lady in the land.”—New York Press. Faculty of Imitation In Animals. Some animals have wonderful powers ef imitation. Dogs brought up in the company of cats have been known to acquire the trick of licking the paws and then washing the face. When a cat has been taught to sit up for food her kittens have been known to imi- tate her action. Darwin tells of a cat that was in the habit of putting her paw into the mouth of a narrow milk pitcher every time she got the chance and then licking the cream off her paw. Her kitten soon learned the same trick. A lady tells of a rabbit that she keeps in a cage with a monkey and says that Bunnie has caught many of the monkey’s ways. It is said that starv- ing pigeons that have been brought up on grain will not eat peas to save their lives, but that if pea eating pigeons are put with them they follow their ex- ample and eat peas.—Detroit News- Tribune. Washington Could Run. “As to running,” said Parson Weems in his book on George Washington, “the swift footed Achilles could scarce- ly have matched iis speed. ‘Btad, he ran wonderfully! said my amiable and aged friend, John Fitzhugh, Esq., who knew him well. ‘We had nobody he=e- abouts who could come near him. There was young Langhorn Dade of Westmoreland, a confounded, clean made, tight young fellow and a mighty swift runner, too; but, then, he was no mateh for George. Langy, indeed, did not like to give up and would brag that sometimes he had brought George to a tie. 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Under the caption of "Negroes Barred," The Colored American printed an editorial from the American Eagle, published in St. Louis, some weeks ago, and this editorial has gone the rounds of the colored press. There has been so much talk about discrimination against colored people at the St. Louis Exposition, that many efforts have been made by leading colored men to learn the facts in the case. Some of the best colored people in St. Louis and some of the noted colored visitors since the opening of the Fair have said that there is no discrimination of any kind against colored people at the Exposition. A prominent Doctor of St. Louis writes as follows to the editor of The Colored American: "I am sorry to see that you have copied an editorial from a local newspaper of this city anent discrimination against the Negro at the World's Fair. As a member of the committee, I am prepared to say truthfully that no discrimination of any kind whatever is enacted against our people. They can have anything that they are willing to pay for. * * You will kindly state through your paper that there is absolutely no discrimination made at the fair grounds against any race of people." This letter bears the date of May 21, and is from one of the leading men of the race in St. Louis, who is a taxpayer there, member of the Local Committee and whose reliability can be vouched for. And yet a letter from Mr. J. C. Feugh, in the Reformer, published at Richmond Va., and dated St. Louis, May 9, reads: THE COLORED AMERICAN. Mr. Editor. Dear Sir:I notice that you are advising our people not to come here to the World's Fair on the account of race discrimination or color line drawn here. Well, I certainly agree with you because your advice is patriotic, wholesome and instructive. No respectable colored person would care to be insulted at sudh a place. If I had my way I would call off every convention that is called to meet here during the World's Fair. I am truly glad to see the Negroes of your city fighting for the honor of the race. God bless your efforts in fighting Jim Crowism. Fight on. May your worthy efforts be crowned with success. Yours for the race. And so the case stands. The editor of The Colored American is in a quandary even now as to the kind of treatment that will be accorded colored people who may attend the St. Louis Exposition. A letter from President Francis to the Home News of Alexandria, Va., is so general that it means nothing in particular. It reads as follows: Dear Sir: Replying to your esteemed favor of the 30th ult., I beg to say that this Company is holding an Universal Exposition to which all the World has been invited. It would be inconsistent with the universal character of the Exposition to permit discrimination on account of race or color. It is the settled purpose and policy of this Company to make this Exposition universal in the fullest sense. The only public utility on the Grounds directly operated and controlled by this Company is the Intramural Railway, upon which no discrimination will be permitted on account of race or color. The same is true of the Exhibit Buildings, which are under the control of the Company. There are numerous Foreign and State Buildings on the Grounds controlled by the several countries and States that have erected them. All of the refreshment privileges, transportation privileges aside from the Intramural) and the places of amusement are operated and controlled by various Concessionaires under contracts with the Exposition Company. If any discrimination has been shown on account of color it was without the knowledge or consent of this Company. Very truly yours, D. R. FRANCIS, President. Intelligent colored people everywhere are beginning to realize the value and need of a strong colored press. In the daily and weekly publications, by the white press, the dark side of the colored people, is turned to all who run and read and the need of a strong race press to present the thrift and the bright side of the question is apparent to all sane members of the race. The treatment accorded to the Quadrennial Session of the A. M. E. Church whose sessions were held in Chicago, for the past four weeks, ought to be an eye-opener. This great conference representing more than a million of people, was completely ignored by the Associated Press. The local press of Chicago sent amateur reporters around to enlarge on the small incidents that occurred from time to time, and that would reflect upon the good behavior and the intelligence of the members of the conference. The race must yet learn to appreciate the value of its newspapers and the necessit yof sustaining them. The greatest power and agency for developing the race along all lines is the colored press of the country. Give it your support. Bishop H. M. Turner has solved the race problem with one fell swope. He states that God made man originally black and has therefore placed a premium on black men. The white man will now please go way back and sit down. The philosophers of the race see great good in Jim Crowism and all forms of race discrimination. They say that discrimination makes the Negro do for himself what he would not do if the things he wanted were within his grasp; that the denial of certain rights and privileges to the man makes him the more anxious to have them. Jim Crowism built a Negro street railway in Jacksonville, Fla.; it has built four colored banks in Richmond, Va., and will build a buss or street railway line if the white people don't quit their foolishness. The worm will yet turn over. Good sometimes comes out of Nazareth. Mr. Fred R. Moore, of New York, the General Organizer of the National Negro Business League, has purchased The Colored American Mazagine, formerly published in Boston, Mass., and has had it transferred to New York City, from which point it will be issued. Mr. Moore is a solid business man of Gotham, is enterprising and has always been successful in his undertakings. The Colored American Magazine ought to thrive under his management. The colored business men of Cleveland, Ohio, have organized a branch of the Business League, and will send delegates to the Indianapolis meeting in August. Intelligent men of the race everywhere see the wisdom of organizing branches of the Business League. It means employment for our young men and women and it means the holding of the thousands of dollars which we daily, monthly and annually spend, and which goes into the coffers of white merchants, who refuse to recognize us in a business way. The A. M. E. Church Publication Department is to be congratulated upon the return and re-election of its editor, Dr. H. T. Johnson, and of its business manager, Dr. John H. Collett. These men have measured up to the rapid growth of the church and should have been continued in their office. Dr. I. B. Scott, the scholarly editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, has been elected the Bishop to Africa of the M. E. Church, whose conference has just adjourned at Los Angeles, Cal. Dr. Scott was the "dark horse" in the race for Bishop—Dr. J. W. E. Bowen being the favorite in the race from the start. The 300,000 colored members of this church have at last been recognized on the bishop's bench. The Richmond Planet very pertinently remarks: "The colored people now hold fewer offices under the national administration than has ever been known during the ascendency of the Republican party since the close of the Civil War." And again: "It is aggravating to note the steady stream of vituperation and slander now being used against us. Nothing seems to check the abuse or satisfy the Negro-haters. They have taken away our votes and yet they continue to abuse us." CITY PARAGRAPHS. Hon. John C. Dancy, who has been indulging in North Carolina politics for the past week has returned to the city. Mrs. Missouri Matthews, of Shady Side, West River, Md., announces the opening of her summer cottage at that point. Mrs. Lizzie Jones, of Philadelphia, daughter of Bishop Jones, was in the city last week, to attend the graduation of her daughter from the Medical Department of Howard University. Miss Annie E. Woodroe, a Sundayschool teacher of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, has left the city to spend her vacation at Bay View, Jamestown, R. I. Mr. James C. Thomas, Gotham's leading colored undertaker, passed through the city last week en route to Richmond, Va., with the body of young Mr. Burrell, for interment. He was royally entertained in Richmond, Va., by Messrs. A. D. Price, W. Isaac Johnson, J. O. Hayes, and other friends. He stopped over in Washington on his return trip where he was royally entertained by Judge R. H. Terrell, Editor E. E. Cooper, J. H. Winslow, William H. Smith (Schmiddie), and others. Rev. William S. Holden, of South America, a young minister of Westleyen Church, is in the city where he will spend a few days before going to New York. While but twenty-four years old, he has a fine English education, is a stenographer and typewriter, and a young man of prominence. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bundy celebrated their china wedding, 1884-1904. Monday evening, June 6, at their residence, No. 403 O street northwest. Mr. and Mrs. Bundy are well and favorably known in this community and their friends are legion. Mr. Bundy has held many offices of prominence, being now the Secretary of the Howard University Law School, and member of the School Board of the District of Columbia, and a successful practitioner before the bar. CHESAPEAKE COTTAGE, on the bay, Shady Side, West River. Open June 1st. Luxurious and modern improvements. Excellent fishing and crabbing. Will be conveyed from and to the boat free. For information, write, MRS. MISSOURI MATTHEWS, Shady Side, A. A. Co., Md. MANY PEOPLE SUFFER WITH CATARRH OF KIDNEYS. A NEW SUPERVISOR. Continued from page 1. “yr. A. L. Allen, who is connected with the U. S. Legation at Anversa, Belgium, left for a tour in this country on May 14. He will visit New York, Newport, R. 1, Providence, and Wash- ington, D. C., among the other points of interest. | The Commencement Exercises at yuskegee Normal and Industrial In- stitute, will last from May 22 to the of inst. and this year’s exercises will be the twenty-third anniversary of this sreat school. The commencement ser- mon will be delivered by Rt. Rev. Charles M. Galloway, of Jackson, Miss., Bishop of the M. E. Church, South. The entire program in fact, will be a most interesting one. “The Negro Church,” edited by W. E. Du Bois, Ph. D., has reached our sanctum, and it is replete with infor- mation on the subject. The work shows careful preparation and the facts are presented in a masterly manner. The paper does eredit to the author, as well as to the Atlanta University Pub- lication Department. Miss Amelia Cusberd, who has been sojourning for the past month in New Jersey and Gotham, the guest of her brother, Mr. J. W. Cusberd, has returned to the city very much pleased over her trip and much improved in health. She was gone more than two months and visited New York, Boston, Mass., Worcester, making her head- quarters at Jersey City. Her many friends in this city weicome her re- turn i ' Miss Fannie Powell, the W. S. K. = the D. H. of N., No, 1, of this city, will represent Queen Rebecca House- hold of Ruth No. 798, in the Grand ousehold which will convene in Bos- ton. Mass., in August next. | Mr. William E, Washington — wiil soon celebrate his 13th year as the representative of the American Life Insurance Company, with the home of- fice in this city. Mr. Washington has the distinetion of being the only color- ed man employed as collector for this great company. Mr. Frank Thomas, of Chicago, the chatfeur for Mr. Eugene C. Pomeroy, the multi-millionaire, of Chicago, is in this city for a few days. He will accompany Mr, Pomeroy on a Euro- pean tour, which will last for a num- ber of months. Mr. Thomas is an ex- pert on automobiles. While in the city he is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. C. Allen, of LeDroit Park. Dr. A. ©. MeClennan, Surgeon-in- Chief of the Hospital and Training School for Nurses, Charleston, S. C., is in the city, where he will spend a few days in the interest of his hos- pital. He will spend the major part of his vacation in the east, in the in- terest of the great school of which he | is head. Mr. William Jenifer of the Census Office has just returned from the A. M. E. quadrennial Conference in Chicago, Which he attended as delegate. He States that this conference was the greatest in the history of the church, and that its members, from the bishops ‘own to the layman delegates, were %f the highest and best type of men ‘nl representatives in every way. He hopes to write a full account of the Conference at some future time. THE COLORED AMERICAN. LY Oo 5 E=N J) fy > EL —— yi SS Wy, — _ii-———— $= CA eS SSS fa E_ SSS NS SS NG B= y)) = = \ e EE ESS FRED R. PENNELL. DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES CURED Pe-runa Creating a National Sensation in the Cure of Chronic Ailments of The Kidneys. Fred R. Pennell, Pianist, Grand Opera House, Hot Springs, Ark., writes: “Two years ago 1 came to Hot Springs to take the baths and be treated for bladder and kidney trouble. 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