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The COLORED American NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER MOB LAW I AM INNOCENT GIVE ME A FAIR TRIAL LAW AND 20th Century Gibbs Mason While large sums of money are being raised by the religious denominations of the country to evangelize and christianize the "dark continent" and the heathens of India, Turkey, China and other countries, the christian missionaries of the Southern states are doing their evangelic work without price. The picture above is typical of daily and nightly scenes of lynching and the rule of mob law in the South. WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 27, 1904. VOL. XI, NO. 13 MOB LAW LAW AND Pastimes in Georgia less of money are being raised by the religious denominations of the ex continent" and the heathens of India, Turkey, China and other southern states are doing their evangelic work without price. The lines of lynching and the rule of mob law in the South. PRICE, FIVE CENTS 10 The strike is about broken in this city, with the loss on the side of the strikers. The packers have found that they can easily fill the places with competent laborers. One of the beneficent results of the strike has been that many Negroes have secured good places at large wages. The packers have decided to employ any man that can do the work regardless of the unions. Heretofore the unions have been able to prevent Negroes becoming butchers. They are not allowed to do any thing out side of their line of work. Still some were able to learn enough about the work to go in at this time and do competent work. Some of the men get as much as $5 per day, with board. There has been some disturbance since the strikers realized that they had failed, but the officers of the law have been firm in their enforcement of the law. There is some doubt as to the wisdom of taking from the Negroes the authority to bear arms, but if the officers can protect them and will do so there will be no complaint.—The Kansas Record. --- The Negro is again in evidence as a strikebreaker. This time in the packing houses of Illinois. Denied a right to earn a living by any than the most menial labor, barred from the factory and the mill by the selfish policy of the labor unions, it is only natural that he attempts to improve such hazardous opportunities as come with great industrial disturbances. When the demands of the regular workman for the restoration of a discharged fellow laborer, for higher wages, or any one of the thousand and one things, which may cause a strike, are met with a refusal, the works are closed and the Negro is called upon to break the strike. He suffers the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," is mobbed on going and returning from work, his food and water may be poisoned, as was done at Homstead during the great strike, and for what? The strike is no sooner declared off and conditions again become normal, than he is supplanted by the very men whose acts of violence may have cost the manufacturer and the state thousand of dollars and the community many precious lives. His mission is filled; the strike is broken and he must return to the wheelbarow, the pick and the shovel. It is ever thus and Chicago will be no exception. —Charleston Advocate. STRIKERS AND STRIKE BREAKERS. Strikers and strike breakers, like corporations and trust combinations conducted in restraint of trade, are new forces in the social order, for which adequate laws of control and regulation have not been made, but which will be made, as it is not conceivable that the public will much longer allow itself to be victimized by organized capital on the one hand and organized labor on the other. The Negro strike breakers in the Chicago stock yards were "handy with the gun," when assaulted by union strikers last week. It is the conceded right of a man to defend himself when he is assailed and is fearful THE COLORED AMERICAN of bodily injury. There are those that think that Negroes should not allow themselves to be used to help corporations against striking employees, but we are not of the number, on the theory that a man has the right to quit work if he is dissatisfied and another man has the right to take the job if he wants work and is satisfied with the conditions of employment. The theory that a man may not only refuse to work but that he may also prevent others from working is an absurdity which cannot be recognized or tolerated without destruction of personal liberty and of business enterprise. This would be the outcome of it if labor unions were allowed to have their way. Equally absurd and intolerable is the theory that employers may fix prices and wage rates arbitrarily without regard to the interests of the public, by whose sufferance they are allowed to exist. The forcing of this condition of affairs on the public in the past two decades by capital and labor has been provocative of great loss, suffering and inconvenience to the masses of people, and calls more loudly for reasonable action at this time than at any previous time. The great drawback to securing the necessary remedial legislation is the fear in which both of the great parties stand of both capital and labor. Neither party will force the matter of relief until the voters of the country compel it to do so. That time can not be far off. The striker and the strike breaker, as well as the corporations and the trusts, are here to stay, and will stay and fleece and inconvenience the mass of the American people until they are taken in hand and given to understand that they are the servants and not the masters of the people at large. New York Age. THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL CAMP MEETING AT MINERAL GROVE. There will be a campmeeting at Mineral Grove, from August 14, to August 28, and it will be a two weeks and three Sunday meeting, closing on Sunday, August 28. The camp meeting is held under the auspices of Rockville, and Laytonsville Circuits, Washington District, Washington Conference. It will be held at the usual cool, picturesque and convenient grounds situated near the railroad station at Washington Grove. Arrangements have been made for conveyances to meet all trains. There will be services every day, love feasts, union experience meetings, union prayer meetings, and a general revival meeting. Some of the ablest ministers of Washington Conference will be present at those different meetings, and special music has been arranged. The Committee of Arrangements consists of Joseph Duvall, general manager, J. H. Bailey, See'y; Frank T. Duvall, J. W. Ricks, S. G. Grant and James Ross, General Committee. The Amphions! The Amphions! The Amphions! Another delightful "Outing" and the last for this season. Saturday, August 20th. Monumental Orchestra. 7.00 o'clock sharp. ROOMS FOR RENT—Light, airy rooms for rent. Inquire 1406 15th street N. W. Is the leading Colored Praternal Society in January, 1881, by William W. Browne, laws of the State of Virginia, with headship is both male and female, and consists of 60 years of age. Its membership of 60 tables. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to 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 $25 in any locality on application to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of thrift, industry and brotherly love, there is a department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty more than fourteen years of age may for each. This department, like the Senior twenty-five cents per week, and death dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave the than is paid from Fountain Department, Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree, into Circles, and pay joining fees and dues. Gloss "B" Age 14 to 25 $2.50 $250.00 $100.00 $4.75 $1.20 20 to 56 2.75 200.00 100.00 4.75 1.20 56 to 85 6.00 300.00 100.00 4.75 1.20 85 to 105 6.00 300.00 100.00 4.75 1.20 105 to 145 8.50 140.00 70.00 5.79 1.48 145 to 185 8.75 115.00 58.00 6.65 1.68 185 to 225 8.90 70.00 45.00 6.65 1.68 225 to 265 4.25 65.00 88.00 7.80 1.90 The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers Is the leading Colored Praternal 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 $3.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not less than 50 cents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 40 cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick benefits paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to $125. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $1 each. This department, like the Senior Fountain, pays sick benefits from $1 to twenty-five cents per week, and death benefits from $24.50 to $37. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount than is paid from Fountain Department, take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. The members of this degree are divided into Circles, and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: CITIES HIGH COURS COLS HIGHER JOINING FOOT. Value of Our Mileage Annual Gross Quarterly Gross 14 to 20 $11 00 $1000 08 $21 00 33 23 20 to 28 12 00 100.0 06 23 00 33 23 35 to 38 12 00 805 06 23 00 33 23 40 to 48 18 00 805 06 23 00 33 23 45 to 50 18 00 700 00 23 00 33 23 35 to 50 18 00 700 00 23 00 33 23 of the Grand Fountain United Order of The bank commenced business April 31, present has steadily increased in volume stock of $100,000. From the humble the bank opened for business in 1889, to the volume of business transacted amo- tual panic of 1893, the Savings Bank owe- in the city of Richmond that did not ce- nilize the majority of other banks were. This bank had its origin in the brain of Barsham, Ga. The banking house is lo- mond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, Preside- REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Rese- nal property to the amount of $220,221, of 13 magnificent buildings used as half- farms. It also has under its control re- partment is under the management of the tax and attorney for the association, o- REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTR under the laws of the State of Virginia o principal office in the city of Richmond to conduct stores (wholesale and resell control hotels, manufacturing establish- association has in operation Hotel Ref- cital a modern up-to-date structure, he also electric cars passing the door. This Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager, and M tion a system of five stores, located as C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va. stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened, men, runs three delivery wagons, and business. The other stores have been as prosperous. The general manager o headquarters at 608 N. Second Street formed on the plans and recommend President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMEN which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper cuses the leading questions of the day. This copy. The office is equipped with modern print any nine from a visiting card to a poste description is made a specialty at lowest price. ager, office 808 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. OLD FELKS' HOME—In September, 1889, the Nion and establishment of Old Felks' Homes for race. Since that time the valuable farm know six miles from Richmond, Va., on the histori- The Cheesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs shire. Adelphine this farm is Weshampton Park summer. It is reached in a few minutes from and the Cheesapeake and Ohio Railway. As the cooperation of all charitable friends is pray bequests of every character will be very thank M the Old Felks' Home, offices at 608 North S of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $190,000. 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 $1,968.69, deposited the first day the bank opened for business in 1889, the deposits have grown to $350,058, and the volume of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented, while the majority of other banks were using script and clearing house checks. This bank had its origin in the brain of William W. Browne, an ex-slave of Harsham, 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. and Street, Richmond, Va. REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December, 1890, 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 has a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Va.; Washington, D.C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3d, 1900. It employs a force of 18 men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did $50,000 worth of business. The other stores have been established since, and have been equally as prosperous. The general manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. Jordan, headquarters at 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or $4 per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print any nine from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 62 inches. Fine job work of every class and description is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. K. W. Brown is editor and business manager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agencies wanted. OLD FELKS' HOME—In September, 1888, Rev William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of old and deprived members of the race. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 6844 acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic James," has been purchased, at a cost of $14,400. Two Chesspeake 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 Chesspeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the benefit of the whole race, the co-operation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests of every character will be very thankfully resolved. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. for further information address— Rev W. L Taylor, G. W. M. 604-6-8 N Second Berv W. L Taylor, G. W. M W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 604-6.8 N Second Street Richmond, Va. REGALIA—The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost will be in the easy reach of all, coating 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 SARATOGA NEWS. Churches and a Peep in the Mooial World-—Colered Lady Clerks.— Saratoga, N. Y., Special—uadey, July 3ist, Rev. Mr. Hoese, of Virginia, preached @ very able sermon at the Baptist Mission from St. Luke, Lith chapter and 4th and 10th verses. The Mission was crowded. The sermon was very edifying. After the sermon a collection of $10 and some eents was received. At the Frederick Dougiass Literary Asoeiation Wednesday night, Augeat 2, was knewn as Ladies’ night, at which time the ladies of the Literary took full charge ef the evening's ex- ereises, The solos, duetts, recitations and readings were well rendered. Miss Blanche Evans, who is the pianist of the Literary, played a piano solo, efter tne openiag of the meeting, which wae very well executed. Miss O. Bruce read a paper which wag logieal end she was heartily encored. A fecita- tion was read by Miss Hall. She was heartily applauded and encored. Miss Haris sung a solo, the rendition of which was perfeet. Mrs. Luey Lee Ferguson, who sung a soko, proved herself little less than a prima donna ard brought the house down by storm. Little nine-year-old Annie M. MePate aang @ solo which surprised the aw dience. She was also eneored. Ms. J. H. Riley was chairman, Mise Bertha _ Weeks secretury,, of the Ladies’ night. Mr. Joseph Lee, head waiter of the Grand Unjon Hotel, Saratega, is bon- ored this summer as the President of the Frederick Douglass Literary As sociation. He is the right man ic the vight place. His dignity as a Preset dent is unquestioned. We are pleased to state two eelered yeung ladies are clerks in @ itarge store in this city. They are Miss Lot tie and Mabel Wilder. Mr. Windru® ef Saratoga, has a-elerkship in « hardware store here and is highly re spected. It is pleasing to see the Col ored Race advancing. The Colored property owners ar very numereus here also. AMong then are Mr. J. Harris, Mr. H. A. Wayland head waiter of the Worden Hotel, Mf W. A. Latimore, W. Pieasants, C. W Hill, Mrs. B. Marshall, Mrs. Mar) Cacks, Mr. George Peterson, C. Peterson, Mr. E. Atkins, Mr. Charles Stewart, B. Latimore, J. P. Randolph H. Hyson and Mr. Henry Coleman, an‘ there are many more, whieh spaee gee uot permit us to mention. At the Baptist Mission last Sunde: night Thos. Richards, of Orange, ® J., preached a delightful and @ ver, powerful sermon to a erowded houss from II Kings, 7th ehapter, Sa vers At the conclusion of the sermon th Lerd's Supper was som morate Over $9.00 were realined at the solle tion. They have a choir at the Bi rion that they need not be ashamed o J. R. Frisby, Chorister, Mre. Mana Jehnsaon, Organist. ROOMS FOR RENT. Six elegant rooms for rent, turnisaed or unfurnished. All modern improve ments, and located near two ear lines, in a white neighborhood. Men and wife, or aingle gentlemen preferred. © ll a€ 624 Third serest, K. B., atker 4D. m. THE, COLORED AMERICAN. VIXENISH WOMEN ®6F COREA. Ever Ready to Slap a Handful of Stars Into Eyes of Husbands or Tourists. The women of the commonalty are voluble an@ vixenish, and ever ready to slap a haadful of stars into the eyes of a husband—or into those of a timid and sholaking tourist—should the occasion arise, says Outing. The women of the upper class are rigorousiy excluded from masculine eyes and a hearty yote of thanks is due the committee who fathered this unwritten law. The dainty little Japanese musmee, teetering along in sandals or on weoden,geta, is a genu- ine reldef to the eye after a view of the uncemely Gorean female, and it is a pleasing refleetion that Nippon is slew- ay but surely spreading her standard oyer fhe hermit realm. Uati Gorean boys are married and acquire the pseudo dignity of the top- knot, their hair is worn girl fashéon in twin plaits dewn their baeks. So much de they resembie giris that it is some- times difficult to determine the sex, and one is oftentimes uncemmonly surprised to ebserve what Ire is positive are two girls sprawihimg and vieiously fighting in a Goreaa strect._ BLOOD IN THE BEARINGS. Hindoo Thieves Wéuld Not Steal the “Deetored” Oil Used in Amer- Mean Machinery. ‘The prejudice against blood that ts a past ef the religion ef the Hindoos kas been made te serve a useful pur- pose. Wher the American engincers were buildiag aa electrie power sta- tiem im the Mysone territory ia south- era India they feund that someting Was wrong With the bebriection of the meobinery. ‘Ue ei disappeared. They @iscevered that a Biiudoe must, by his religiom, take a periodieal bath in of. The werkmen had drained the bear- image fer bathing purposes. Hew te stay the tifeving was a puz- Sitng problem wae some one solvad it. The Bimdee does not eat meat and he will met touch anytaing that has blood im & Twe or three animals were killed, therefore, and blood was dripped imse the Bearings. There was mo mere stealing of cH, however many ether thinge were stolen. ——$— caine OF THE AMAZON. Dread Mesquitoes Render People Along the Great River Miser- able at All Times. It is net a pleasure to live im the wild regions along the banks of the River Amazon. The Indians of that region aH suffer martyrdom from the mos- quitoes. Mobo@y in even the worst mosquite regions sf the United States ean imagine what the mosquitoes of the Amazom region are like. They actually drive the Indiars, hardened as they are, frem their villages at ‘times. The peopie drag their women ‘amd ehildrea into weods and uplands on such eecasiens, fleecing in headlong terrer, and they de net venture back te their hemes untN daylight. Smudges and ether similar means fer fighting the pest are of no use in the Amazor country when the mosqui- tees sally forth for a “night out.” They appear then in such hordes that the masses force themselves through ‘smoke aad even fire. The Ampiens! Phe Ampkicne! Bes Amphiags Lam cance thle seaswe. Saturday. Aligpaet 20, 7.30 oGleck satu. The Greatest : : r < Clairvoyant and Fortune Teller THE WORLD HAS BVER KNOWN. 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Please mention this paper when er dering ESTABLISHMENT.—The Tuskegee Institute, realizing that the demand for an educated minisiry is growing threughout the Seuth, opened the Pheips Hall Bible Training School in 1893. Te enter the Bible School it is net neces sary to have a specia] call to the ministry. Those who desire te ge mission ary work only, or to become intelligent Bunday scbee! teachers, as well es thoee whe Intend te preach, will be greatly helped by teking the course. OBJECT.—The chief aims of the Bible Traiming School are to give to young colered men and women a cemprehentive knowledge of the enégire english Bible, and to implant in their hearts e soble ambition f& dedrate their lives te the elevatiaa and Christienization of taeir people. The students ete required te do miscionary work in the various churches end Sunday sekeels near the Institution. In this way they have bean very-helpful to the seighber- tag comeaunities. Fhe teaching in the Bible School is wholly undenamisational, the faten- tion being. net to oppése or entagonize any thealogical work new belme done, but rather te assist all denominatiens. TWE BUILDING.—Pkelps Hall, the building In which tie Scheel is taught, was given by a generous New York friend. It is a frame structure, three stories high. On the rset floor are the Chapel, Library, Reading Reem, Office of the Dean, and three Recitetien Rooms. The two upper Seprs, eon- taining forty reoms, are used for sleeping apartmenis. ; TEACHERS AND LECTURDS.—Rev. Edgar J. Penney ts the Dean. He is assisted by Rev. B. P. Johnson and Rev. J. H. Gadson, Rt Rev. George W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C., and Rev. HL T. Johnson, Pk. D., of PAiladelphia, | Pa., deliver a reguler course of lectures during the term. Rev. Mosss Jack- ‘son, Pastor ef Presbyterian Church, C hicage, delivered @ special course of se RPENBRE. <The teaching is f .—The teaching is free. The cost of board, ineluG: fu: | room, Hght, fuel, washing, etc., 1s $8.59 per month Students soe eee opportunity to work out from §2.50 to $3.59 of this amount, thus leaving enly $5.00 to $6.00 te be paid in cash. In some cases arrangements may be made BS that a few may work out the whele emount. Lack of means need debar nene ze qi Sal eecincees . STUDENTS AND GRADUATES— There have been forty-three Sala from the Bible Scheol. Seme of theee are actively engaged in ministeral work: other, with the ministry In view, are pursuing further studios ia other dmsti- tatiens, 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, thifteen licentiates, and the remaining thirty-eight are laymen. These students ceme from eleven States, South Africa, and the West Indies. Nine denomina- nations are represented. For further information address J, A. WILLIAMSON, PRINTER 505 © ST., N. W. ELECTRIC POWER. The undersigned ig sending eut a few singers to Melbourne, Ausaralia, for work with an organisation under the management of Miss Belle F. Gib- bons, who is well-known herp. One tenor, ® bass, @ baritone and # soprans ia needed to eomplete the nnmber. Per- soha with suitable endorsement should make application at onee enelosing stamped envelope for reply. Libera] terms effered. Transportation and expenses paid. Address J. HENRY LEWIS, 39 Sum Building. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. TUSKEGEE, ALA. oe ms psset See) “24 eae nee es fei We eect ee ee— Sete eee a ye ee oe sae iH { ae iE ibs Praca hy fees eee ee = fe! F ie Siac ea = s Se Se Se ee \| (i ‘ eB Chitt s ry =~ ~ ' Se Magazine sears Life i aeee Guth Pas || SS PER DAY SURE “ eee We oe Agents are making $5 a day selling McGirt' '¢ Magaziee Va 2 ercsee A great periodical published sveay sy “ x i month in order that we may have a ! paper that will be read by both races, x the white as well as the colored that JAMES E. McGIRT, Ph. 8. cage ae fe = ZS the white race may know the many Editor-in-Chief and Owner of ee So “McGirt’s Magazine” race and what they are saying end ee SE apeme Se Hae wie Each month {t eontains 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 ef magazines, witk which you may begin work at once | Subscription to every ene is One Dellar Per Year. Write— | J.B. McGiRT, | S. 414 Eeventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. een eee Organized November, 1902; opened February, 1908. Recently remodeled and fitted up with modern improve ments, The finest colored hospital in the South. Sanitation is perfect. Rooms light and airy. Fees $5 per week and upward. In connection with the hespital is a Training Sehool for nurses, ender the supervision of Miss M. BE. Cabaniss, « graduate ef Freeémsn’s Hogpitel, class of 1887. For further {aformation, apply to— M. B. JONES, M. D., Surgeon-in-Chief. MORTGAGE BURNING AT PYTHIAN CASTLE HALL. Lest Dollar Paid—Vice-President Graham and Vice-President Jonathan. Large Crowd—Much Enthusiasm and Money. August 2, 1904, marks an important event in the history of the Pythian organization of Virginia of which Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., is the official head. This beautiful castle was purchased and fitted up in modern style, with every convenience, heated by a fine boiler and 22 radiators, lighted by gas and electricity, contains a handsome parlor, dining hall, kitchen, besides lodge rooms duly equipped and opened to its members July 4, 1908, at a cost of about $9,000. Every dollar of that amount was raised within twelve months, and the last note paid to the Mechanics Savings Bank five months ahead of time, causing great jubilee among the members of the order. The hall was literally packed with an enthusiastic, appreciative audience and the following program was magnificently rendered: EDITOR JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Rlehmong, Va. Scripture reading, Rev. S. C. Burrell; prayer, Rev. A. S. Thomas; address, Rev. W. F. Graham; Miss M. L. Chiles read a fine paper showing the financial condition of the business department. She read the names of those on her ten dollar list, who had paid $300 in about three weeks. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., President of the P. C. I. A., in his magnetic manner entertained them with facts, relating to Department A, and the Mechanics Savings Bank, and inspired all to rally to his next appeal. The figures showed that in two years time this order has paid for $18,000 worth of property with only an unpaid debt of $1,500 on the old hall. Total receipts were $16,252.36; expenses, $15,-086.86; balance in hand, $1,266.66, while nearly $9,000 have been paid by the Lodges and Courts on stock. The Bank has a cash balance of over $50,000, owns about $30,000 worth of real estate and has handled over $441,-000 in two years. The rents from the property pay all the Bank expenses. This superb management or financiering by Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., has caused him to be styled, the "Prince of Financiers." Mr. Mitchell divided his positions of honor, permitting Dr. W. F. Graham to represent the P. C. I. A. Vice-President H. F. Jonathan to act as President of the Mechanics THE COLORED AMERICAN Savings Bank in the Mortgage Burning. Dr. Graham presented the check for the balance of the money to Mr. Jonathan, who in return gave over the mortgage papers and release deed to Dr. Graham. Lawyer Hewin read these papers to the vast audience. Captain Ben Scott arranged the large pot in an unique manner, while Miss Marietta L. Chiles, G. W. R. of Deeds, who had raised so much money on stock had the honor of striking the match and lighting the mortgage papers, assisted by Dr. Graham. The whole program was enlivened by sacred music. The vast audience then passed down into the dining hall, partook of refreshments and with happy hearts wended their way home. The whole affair was managed magnificently. Planet. The Young Men's Business Association, No.1, will give a grand prize picnic at Madres Park, Eckington, D. C., Wednesday, August 24. This association has prepared an interesting program and has secured the services of the Invincible orchestra, of which, that prince of musicians, Edward F. Ambler, is director. Refreshments will be served by a committee of ladies, and a good time is expected. Misses Nellie Robinson and Lillie Ramsey, of 1147 Seventeenth street, northwest, left the city Saturday evening last to spend the month of Aug. in Oberlin, Ohio, at Miss Robinson's home. They will visit Cleveland, O., Detroit, Mich., and other points before they return to the city. Mr. J. W. Williams, will be united in marriage, to Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan of the recorders office, Friday next, at 10.30, a. m., at the residence of the bride, 1516 Sixth street northwest. They will leave the city immediately after the ceremony for points on the Atlantic Coast. MRS. CLIFFORD REELECTED. Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford, one of the most prominent club women in America, was electetd for the third time as president of the Ohio Federation of A. Colored Women's clubs. This is evidence of the high esteem in which Mrs. Clifford is held. It is an honor which the people of Cleveland appreciate very highly. The Bay B UCKBOB three in the season of 190 The Bay Shore Summer Resort BUCKBOE BEACH, fronting on Chesapeake Bay, three miles above Fortress Monroe, will open for the season of 1904, THURSDAY, MAY 26. With comfortable Electric With comfortable Bedrooms, spacious Parlor and Dining-room; Electric Lights, Fresh Water Bath and Good Sanitary Equipment. A LARGE PAVILION A FINE PIER, AND AS GOOD A BATHING BEACH and comfort during evidence requested. More than Bay Shore. THE BAY SHOP New York and M. P. SM 116 Br JAMES ROBERT AUGUSTUS C. Incorporated under Capitalization The New York & L. has a unique and unique Afro-Americans and gro combinations of Negro stock thousand dollars, the soon as the interest trade demands it, the ship Company is the ers in the near fur Liberia, touching Coast as Bonny and The enthusiast offers a field of pr absolutely closed equal footing in insures munificent shareholders. Ye Ye men and wo For further info and comfort during the heated 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 864, Hampton, Va. New York and Liberia Steamship Company M. P. SMITH & SONS CO., Gen. Mgr., 116 Broad Street, New York City. JAMES ROBERT SPURGEON, Chief Promoter. AUGUSTUS C. FAULKNER, Travelling Representative. Incorporated under Laws of the State of New York. Capitalization $50,000. Full paid and non-assessable. The New York & Liberia Steamship Company is a Negro Enterprise. It has a unique and unchallenged claim to the support and patronage of all Afro-Americans and well wishers for the success and promotion of Negro combinations of commercial and financial advancement; a corporation of Negro stockholders primarily, with a capitalization of fifty thousand dollars, to be increased to eight hundred thousand dollars as soon as the interests of the Company and the commercial needs of the trade demands it, and it is obvious that the New York & Liberia Steamship Company is the only one in existence that will run a line of steamers in the near future between the port of New York and the ports of Liberia, touching at Cape De Verde, going as far south on the West Coast as Bonny and Gabeon. ```markdown ``` The enthusiastic and hearty support of the race to this Company offers a field of profitable and honorable support to the Negro, hitherto absolutely closed. In it, the Negro becomes a strong competitor on equal footing in the commercial world. The success of this Company insures munificent returns in the shape of profits to the investors and shareholders. You may now secure a share of stock at five dollars. Ye men and women of the Race lose not this commercial opportunity. For further information apply to Main Office, 116 Broad Street, N. Y. REFERENCES: A Paying American=-1 A Paying Investment=-Advertise in the Colored American=-low rates. A NEAT, WELL CONDUCTED HOTEL, Comfortable Bed-rooms, spacious Parlor and Dining-room; Electric Lights, Fresh Water Bath and Good Sanitary Equipment. port during the heated term. Charges moderate—correspond- requested. Excursion parties can find no more attractive place in Shore. Use of grounds and piazzas free. Address, BAY SHORE HOTEL CO., P. O. Box 864, Hampton, Va. New York and Liberia Steamship Company P. SMITH & SONS CO., Gen. Mgr., 116 Broad Street, New York City. ROBERT SPURGEON, Chief Promoter. TUS C. FAULENER, Travelling Representative Rated under Laws of the State of New York Organization $50,000. Full paid and non-assessable. York & Liberia Steamship Company is a Negro Enterprise. Queue and unchallenged claim to the support and patronage of Americans and well wishers for the success and promotion of innovations of commercial and financial advancement; a corporate Negro stockholders primarily, with a capitalization of fifty dollars, to be increased to eight hundred thousand dollars, the interests of the Company and the commercial needs of the hands it, and it is obvious that the New York & Liberia Steam Company is the only one in existence that will run a line of steam near future between the port of New York and the ports touching at Cape De Verde, going as far south on the W. Bonny and Gabeon. In enthusiastic and hearty support of the race to this Company, field of profitable and honorable support to the Negro, hitherto only closed. In it, the Negro becomes a strong competitor, voting in the commercial world. The success of this Company unificent returns in the shape of profits to the investors. Holders. You may now secure a share of stock at five dollars, men and women of the Race lose not this commercial opportunity further information apply to Main Office, 116 Broad Street, N. REFERENCES: New York Produce Exchange Bank, New York Rt. Rev. Wm. B. Derrick, New York. Rt. Rev. Benjamin Arnett, Xenia, Ohio. Rt. Rev. I. B. Scott, New Orleans, La. Dr. Clarence E. Howard, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. J. B. Hayne, M. D., Charleston, S. C. Lawyer T. J. Minton, Philadelphia, Pa. aying Investment=-Advertise in the Co can=-low rates. as is to be found anywhere in the world. Several important improvements contribute to the comfort and pleasure of guests, made this year. Electric cars from Hampton, Newport News, and Fortress Monroe run to the door. We solicit the patronage of all who seek rest --- Credit for all Washington. Let us Send Out the Matting Ice Chest, or Refrigerator, and Any Other Summer Furnishings You May Need, on CREDIT We Will Measure Your Floors, and Tack the Mattings down free. This is the home of accommodation, and we offer you everything known to complete homekeeping at lowest cash prices, and on credit terms arranged to suit your own convenience. A little money weekly or monthly will be a great plenty for us. We sell the best and most durable grades of Mattings, in any desired quantity, at ROLL prices. Refrigerators and 10 Chests in every imaginable size on credit at less than department store prices. Porch Rockers, Lawn Settees, and other summer furniture in great variety. PETER GROGAN. 817-819-821-823 Seventh St. Between H and I Sts. WHAT PURE WHISKEY IS Can easily be ascertained. Smell your drink before imbibing it. Better still, smell the drained glass. The least disagreeable or foul odor betrays poison in the whisky. Perfect distillation means the careful separation of the first and the end run from the still, the poisonous, impure, essential grainoil, (phlegms, faints, fusel), from the middling product, good, potable spirit. Very likely the majority of cheap whiskies, either for economy or from ignorance, carry more or less of impurities. Such defective liquors could never be admitted to that grandest of stocks, and hence can not be obtained at the store of Chris. Xander's Quality House. 909 Seventh Street Northwest We have on our malling books, a large number of names of persons who are considerably behind in their subscription to this paper, and who have been notified a great number of times, but who seem to pay no attention to these mild duns. This doesn't mean the other fellow, but it means you. Who will be the first to start the ball rolling? ```markdown ``` THE COLORED AMERICAN Whooping Cough Not Simple Little Affair Many Suppose—Nearly as Fatal as Scarlet Fever. Eliza H. Root calls attention, says the Woman's Medical Journal, to the fact that this disease is too little dreaded by the medical profession and that it is by no means the simple affair that many seem to suppose. From the United States census of 1900 we find that 663 died in New York from whooping cough and 549 from scarlet fever. In Chicago 141 died from whooping cough and 373 from scarlet fever; Philadelphia, 179 from whooping cough, 182 from scarlet fever, and so on in the different cities. Death from whooping cough occurs most frequently from pneumonia as a complication that induces heart failure, or a bronchitis may occur that ends in suffocation. Asphyxia or marasmus due to the continued ejecting of the food or loss of appetite may cause death. Even when death does not occur, severe disturbance of the nervous system may remain, as weakness of the intellect and memory, imbecility. Visual defects, strabismus, blindness and deafness, partial or complete, and even deaf-mutism may remain. Whooping cough, it is evident, should be under the control of health authorities, subject to quarantine and other preventive measures as much as scarlet fever. NO "DAY OFF" FOR A JUDGE. Barristers in Great Britain Can Apply for Injunctions at Any Time and Place. Illustrating the proposition that a judge never puts aside his judgeship, the Westminster Gazette has the following: "Yesterday Mr. Justice Bucknill was surprised on the links by a barrister who presented an urgent request for a certain injunction. His lordship suspended his game, and after due consideration of the facts made the order, which was at once telegraphed to Cardiff, and no doubt took effect the same afternoon. "On another occasion a barrister on a similar quest is rumored to have found his quarry bathing at Brighton. With a commendable devotion to his client's interests, he hired the next bathing machine and rapidly joined the judge in the water. The judge's surprise at being suddenly accosted in the well-known formula, 'I have an application to make, my lord, in a very urgent matter,' may be imagined. The law sometimes atones for its proverbial delay by these lightning injunctions." Falconry in Turkestan. In a remote part of Turkestan Dr. Sven Hedin, the explorer, a few years ago discovered the ancient art of falconry in full flower. "Among the horsemen were eight falconers," he writes, "two of whom carried eagles, the others falcons, all duly hooded. In this part of the world falconers form an indispensable adjunct in any formal parade or procession. Later in the day they gave us an exhibition of their birds' powers by letting them kill four hares and a deer, all of which were presented to me." Telephone Girls Become Bald. A large proportion of telephone girls employed by the big companies in New York give up their places rather than incur the risk of becoming partly bald. This effect of the steel band or hood which telephone operators wear over their head is plainly noticeable in the case of those who have scanty hair. On keys who act as telephone operators it is even more noticeable than with girls. La Radium is the title of a new periodical which is to be issued in Paris ere long. / A BOY C We will send free of cost ten brig ORED AMERICAN, which you may neighbors at the rate of 5 cents per like to bring them the paper in the lowing them to stop when they plo get up a route of twenty to a hund to $1.00 to $5.00 a week. Of this as your profit. This means that at a clear profit of 20 cts., or two d you sufficient papers, free of cost, try the plan. We pay the postage ask for anything better or make m and reserve territory in your town. THE COLORED AMERICA We will send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COLORED AMERICAN, which you may sell amongst your friends and neighbors at the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would like to bring them the paper in this way from week to week, allowing them to stop when they please. It will be easy for you to get up a route of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount to $1.00 to $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep two-fifths as your profit. This means that an every ten papers sold you have a clear profit of 20 cts., or two dollars a hundred. We furnish you sufficient papers, free of cost, to start you and enable you to try the plan. We pay the postage and run all risk. Could you ask for anything better or make money more easily? Write today and reserve territory in your town. Address --- --- Howard University WASHINGTON, D.C. Tuition Free except in the MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Including MEDICAL, DENTAL and Thirty-Seven DAY SCHOOL FOR NINE TUITION FEE IN MEDICAL AND I PHARMACEUTIC C ALL STUDENTS MUST REGISTER LAW SCHO Organized Applicants for admission to this well-known and possess the proper qualifications. Matricula MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Including MEDICAL, DENTAL and PHARMACEUTIC COLLEGES Thirty-Seventh Session. DAY SCHOOL FOR NEW MATRICULANTS. TUITION FEE IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGES, EACH, $80. PHARMACEUTIC COLLEGE, $70. ALL STUDENTS MUST REGISTER BEFORE OCTOBER 12, 1004 Applicants for admission to this well-known Law School must be over eighteen years of age and possess the proper qualifications. Matriculation fee $10.00 strictly in advance. For catalogue or further information address The Secretary of the University, or the Secretary of the Medical, E. J. SHADD, M. D., 901 R St. N. W.; La Thomas Her Undertaker am For catalogue or further information address THE PRESIDENT, or MR. GEO. H. SAFFORD, Secretary of the University, or the Secretary of the Department which you wish to enter, vis: Medical, F. J. SHADD, M. D., 901 R St. N. W.; Law, JAMES F. BUNDY, E60., 420 Fifth St. N. W. --- ```markdown ``` A BOY WANTED In every town and hamlet in the United States and Canada who is willing to sell TheCOLORED AMERICAN on a liberal commission. Any boy with push can easily get up a large list of weekly customers and make considerable money. The work is pleasant and agreeable, and need not take up more than a few hours each week. HERE IS OUR PLAN: will send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COL-AMERICAN, which you may sell amongst your friends and at the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would bring them the paper in this way from week to week, al-hem to stop when they please. It will be easy for you to route of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount to $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep two-fifths profit. 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Medical and Law Departments open October 1, 1904. or further information address THE PRESIDENT, or MR. GEO. H. SAFFORD, Scotch University, or the Secretary of the Department which you wish to enter, viz: SHADD, M. D., 901 R St. N. W.; LAW, JAMES F. BUNDY, E6Q., 420 Fifth St. N W. Thomas Henry Hayes, undertaker and Embalmer, Telephones: Memphis 518; Cumberland 4261. 172 Poplar St., Memphis, Tenn. 15 REV. JOHN GORDON, D. D., PRESIDENT. Gives opportunity for Higher Education to all without regard to creed, race or sex. Ten departments—Theological, Medical, Dental, Pharmacental, Legal, Collegiate, Teachers, Commercial, Preparatory, Industrial—conducted by one hundred competent Professors and Instructors. NO COLOR LINE IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY 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 Lot. 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A Full Line General Merchandise Dry Goods, Notions, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Drugs and Med- eines and all household needs. Give me a call. JAMES W. TAYLOR, Prop'r. The Amphions announce the last of the series of their popular "Outings" Saturday, August 20. Those who attend the others and had such a delightful time will doubtless welcome this one. THE COLORED AMERICAN. THE BUFFALO SOCIAL CLUB will run its second of a series of excerSIONs to Somerset Beach, Sunday, August 21st, 1904. It has chartered the palatial and commodious steamer Jane Mosley, the largest and swiftetst on the Potomac, to take its friends and members down to Somerset Beach. The Buffaloes are up-to-date in everything, and took out the first excursion of the season on the Jane Mosley. Its membership includes men in every profession and in every line of business, and they are as jolly as they are wide awake. The Invincible Orchestra of which Prof. Edward F. Ambler is leader, will go down the river with the excursion, and will make the welkin ring with its enchanting music. You will miss the opportunity of your life if you do not take in this excursion. The attractions offered are instrumental music by the orchestra and vocal music by the quartet of the Buffalo Glee Club, also fishing, crabbing, boating and bathing. The officers of the club are: Messrs. J. M. Jackson, President; A. Laws, V. President; F. W. Brent, Secretary; A. J. Gaskins, Treasurer; C. D. Freeman, Fin. Secretary; G. W. Morgan, Sorgt-at-Arms; and G. Wash. Wood, Mastetr of Ceremonies. Ed. Green, Alexandria, Mgr. ABSECON, N. J., Near Atlantic City For a Short Time Only, at Two Dollars Down Will Do It! ```markdown ``` THE BUFFALO SOCIAL CLUB will re- sions to Somerset Beach, Sunday, It has chartered the palatial and com- largest and swiftetst on the Poton- bers down to Somerset Beach. The Buffaloes are up-to-date in everyth- sion of the season on the Jane Me Its membership includes men in every business, and they are as jolly as The Invincible Orehestra of which Pro- will go down the river with the exe- ring with its enchanting music. You will miss the opportunity of your cursion. The attractions offered are instrument- vocal music by the quartet of the erabbing, boating and bathing. There will be refreshments in great w The officers of the club are: Messrs. J. V. President; F. W. Brent, Secrete D. Freeman, Fin. Secretary; G. W. Wash. Wood, Mastetr of Ceremon FARE FOR ROUND TRIP 50c. LOOK OUT FOR THE Buffaloes B will run its second of a series of exenr- Sunday, August 21st, 1904. and commodious steamer Jane Mosley, the Potomac, to take its friends and mem- ach. everything, and took out the first encur- Jane Mosley. in every profession and in every line of polly as they are wide awake. which Prof. Edward F. Ambler is leader, of the excursion, and will make the welkin music. of your life if you do not take in this ex- strumental music by the orchestra and part of the Buffalo Glee Club, also fishing, thing. a great variety and abundance. Messrs. J. M. Jackson, President; A. Laws, Secretary; A. J. Gaskins, Treasurer; C. Gry; G. W. Morgan, Sorgt-at-Arms; and G. Corononies. Ed. Green, Alexandria, Mgr. 50c. CHILDREN 25c. 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 Fartors and first class Sleeping Apartments Arthur Webster, steward; William Leonard and William Hall, mixologists; Henry Johnson, manager, and Auto Scott, clerk. 331 W.37th St.New York EUGENE R. JAMES. J. ARTHUR JAMES. E. R. JAMESBRO UNDERTAKERS of McKENZIE SOOTT, 1826 L St., M. W. Phone 428, Wash., D. C. Private Funeral Parlor. Everything First-Class, Reasonable Prices. WHY DON'T YOU PATRONIZE THE Capital Shoe Store We are prepared to show you a better assortment of Shoes than here tofora. Our High-Grade Shoes for Men, Women, and Children are priced for quick selling. Come and profit by our..... * Special Sales Every Friday. * 788 Seventh Street, N. W. NEW JERSEY 2 THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. The Fifth Annual Session of the National Negro Business League will be called to order by Booker T. Washington, the President, Wednesday, August 31, in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, Ind., and will continue in session for three days. The program has just gone to press and is representative of the high purposes of the League, being confined to men and women who have actually succeeded in business,—example being considered more important than theoretical discussion not buttressed by tangible achievement. Among other subjects to be discussed are the following: "The Negro Publisher," "The Story of a Thirty-Six Years' Business Experience," "The Furniture Business," "White Coat Manufacturing," "Building up a Grocery Business," "Cigar Manufacturing," "Undertaking," "Fraternal and Industrial Insurance," "Meeting the Realty Needs of the Negro People," "Establishing and Maintaining Barber Shops," "Making Farming Pay," "Producing White Potatoes on a Large Scale," "The Negro's Success in Silk Culture," "The Growth of the Banking Idea," "The Affinity of Law and Business," "Building a Street Railway Line," "Photography," "Soda and Mineral Water Manufacturing," "Building an Industrial Community," story after story of success won in spite of many difficulties by men who represent the wealth of the Negroes of the country. These meetings of the National Negro Business League have proved incalculably helpful and successful. They inspire help and confidence and more than that, they afford opportunity for giving to the world examples of which it knew not of Negro thrift and accomplishment. For the Indianapolis meeting, reduced rates of one and one-third fare ON THE CERTIFICATE PLAN have been granted by all of the various Passenger Associations of the country, and, in addition, an extension of the return limit may be secured by depositing validated certificates with agents of the Indianapolis terminal lines on or before September 6. By this arrangement opportunity will be afforded for visiting St. Louis or any other point desired. The entertainment of the delegates to the Business League will be an especial feature of the coming meeting. The Indianapolis Commercial Club has expressed its interest by a special communication to Mr. George L. Knox, Chairman of the Local Committee of Arrangements. A street car ride about the city, with outing at Fairview Park, has been arranged for the afternoon of the second day; on Friday evening, the Local Business League and citizens of Indianapolis will tender a banquet in Tomlinson Hall in honor of the officers and members of the National Negro Business League. Last year at Nashville the Fisk Jubilee Singers rendered selections all through the three days' sessions so acceptably and pleasingly that the Local Committee at Indianapolis has arranged for a Select Chorus of one hundred voices to sing during the coming meeting. THE COLORED AMERICAN A special exhibit of photographs illustrating the development of business enterprises among the Negro people of the United States will be an especial feature of the coming meeting, and will be shown in the corridors of Tomlinson Hall. Such photographs will be welcomed if sent AT ONCE to Booker T. Washington, President, Tuskegee, Alabama. Delegates, intending to be present, are especially requested to notify Emmett J. Scott, corresponding secretary, Tuskegee, Ala., and Dr. S. A. Furniss, Secretary Local Committee of Arangements, 132 West New York Street, Indianapolis. Dr. Furniss will be glad to arrange for the proper accommodations of delegates. NICKERSON-LEWIS. A Notable Event in the City's Colored Society. A notable event in the upper circle of colored society was the marriage on Wednesday, August 3, of Prof. Wm. J. Nickerson and Miss Julia Ellen Lewis. The groom is well known in musical and educational circles, having been for the past twelve years the Principal of Southern University's musical department, and the director of Nickerson's Ladies' Orchestra. The bride is a daughter of Colonel James Lewis, Surveyor General of the United States Land Office, New Orleans, who is deservedly esteemed for his integrity and character in public and in private life. Miss Lewis received a thorough education in music, and is a A. MRS. JULIA ELLEN LEWIS NICKERSON. graduate, in music and drawing, of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. In October, 1900, she was appointed supervisor of drawing in the city public schools for colored children, and was reappointed every year until this session, when she tendered her resignation. The wedding of Prof. Nickerson and Miss Lewis took place at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. F. Nugent performed the ceremony in the presence of an immense concourse of people that filled the church to the doors. Several selections on the organ and the violin were played during the ceremony by members of Nickerson's Orchestra. James Lewis was best man, Miss Frankie V. Lewis, maid of honor, little Selina Boisseau, flower girl, little Etta Lewis niece of the bride, was ring-bearer, and the bridesmaids were Misses Deborah V. Johnson and Leona A. Deluc. Henry M. Maxwell, Albert Wicker, Joubert Lewis and George Collins were the ushers. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of Colonel Lewis, No. 2415 Canal Street, and at 8 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson left on a bridal tour. They will be at home Sept. 1, at No. 1918 Conti Street. The presents received by the newly wedded couple were very numerous and costly, comprising silverware and cut-glass, handsome sets of parlor, bedroom and dining-room ornaments and hundreds of articles de luxe and of usefulness. The parlors could not hold the large gathering of friends that called, bearing gifts and best wishes, and it was found necessary to utilize the lawn, over which a shelter of canvas was stretched, and this additional space served for the spreading of the wedding supper. The house and grounds were handsomely illuminated and decorated and the hospitality extended by Colonel Lewis was continued far beyond the stated hour at which the bridal couple was to leave so as to take the train for St. Louis.—N. O. Daily Picayune. I WILL NOT SING THIS OLD SONG. For the Colored American. I will not sing this old song If it brings regret or pain, If its tender memory recalls Dead memories again. If its simple strains are hallowed By thoughts of friends now dead, I'll not arouse the anguish Of hopes forever fled. I will not sing this old song If it causes tears to rise— Such tears would fail to ease thy heart Or check those bitter sighs; If it revives that passion In thy bosom soothed at last, Recalls a hopeless vision From the loved and burled past. I will not sing this old song, Though the air is sad and sweet— Though the dear old music thrills me As its burden I repeat. Since it has a spell that grieves thee, I'll not sing the song to-night. —R. W. T., Columbus, O. Go with the Amphions Saturday, August 20th, and keep cool. Last chance of the season. Miss Sara L. Tuffs of Albany, N. Y., has been appointed Directress of the Nurses at Freedmen's Hospital, taking the place made vacant by the retirement of Mrs. Sara I. Fleetwood. Miss Tuffs' name was first on the list of eligibles and she was appointed according to Civil Service regulations. SummerResorts and Baarders. HOTEL SHEPARD HILL, at Colton Point, Md. Every known resort attraction and convenience for summer guests. Boating, crabbing, and dancing. Write for terms to WM. D. BOND, PROP. Palmers, St. Marys County, Md. SENT ON APPROVAL TO RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE Laughlin Fountain Pen Guaranteed Finest Grade 14k. SOLID GOLD PEN To test the merits of The Colored American as an advertising medium we offer your choice of These Two Popular Styles For Only $1.00 Postpaid to any Address. (By registered small 8 cents extra.) 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Lands to Lease, Rent on Shares, or Sell, in the Creek Nation Indian Territory. Write, Lynwood & Lewis, Clearview, Creek Nation, I. T. --- Has an editor and associate editors six of the brainstem men of the race. It has pledged to its support nearly all of the writers and doers of the race. It is of ordinary size (no pamphlets.) From a grammatical and typographical standpoint it is without a peer in journalism. To see it want it. It discusses fully the Negro problems of the country. If you would be posted send in your subscription. ONLY $1,00 PER YEAR. Clip this ad. and sent it for a free sample. THE LATE W. H. PARMAM. A Tribute to His Ambition and His Worth. The recent death of William H. Parham in Cincinnati, O., a few days ago, suggests a backward look to the young men of our city whose active manhood lives began nearly a half century ago. Mr. Parham was personally known to but few of our people of this day, but his reputation in many ways was such as to make his achievements clear to some of the younger generation. He was indigenous to Quaker soil, and his school days, although meagre, were under the tutelage of James Bird. Although unable, through poverty, to THE LATE W. Ex-Member of the Ohio Legislature High School, who recently died E LATE W. H. PARHAN, Legislature, and Ex-Pri cently died in Cincinnati, [Name not visible in the image] Ex-Member of the Ohio Legislature, and Ex-Principal of the Gaines High School, who recently died in Cincinnati, Ohio, after winning fame and a small fortune. get all that he desired in the way of education, he got the impulse of study and reading, so that text-book deficiencies were in a manner made up for. Our subject was noted for his ambitions as a lad, and he was ever an ardent believer in self betterment. His contemporaries were Jacob C. White, Jr., George Garnett, St. George R. Taylor, S. Morgan Smith, Andrew F. Stevens, Davis D. Turner, John W. Simpson, George E. Stevens, William H. Minton and Daniel W. Parvis, among others; the latter being the only survivor of a band of young men whose aim was high and who started off to win out against an abounding prejudice, as well as impedimenta in a variety of ways. His early manhood --- --- imbibed the environing struggles of the antislavery crusade, and all the apostles and crusaders of that day, such men as John C. Bowers, Isaiah C. Wears, William Whipper, James McC. Crummell, Dr. J. J. Gould Blas. These were among the writers, talkers, thinkers, and reformers of the time when Parham reached manhood. He studied assiduously and yet there was another ambition, that of money-getting. Consequently, the field of steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers lured him westward, and he went and won out. He was hampered, as every one is, without systematic tutelage, but his unremitting and intelligent effort became proficient enough to become a teacher in the Cincinnati public schools. He afterward read law and was successful at the Ohio Bar. Some years ago he H. PARHAN, and Ex-Principal of the Gaines in Cincinnati, Ohio, after winning went abroad and later on returned to his old home in this city, where the few of his early colleagues vied with each other in bidding him welcome, and proffering hospitality. This Philadelphia lad taught the lesson in his own person of self-reliance, and what he accomplished under adverse circumstances is possible to the poorest, without cost. William H. Parham surely reflected credit in his old home, and this inadequate notice is written to accent the notion that: "It is not rank, nor birth, nor state But the getup-and-get, that makes a man great." —Pencil Pusher, in Phila. Tribune. THE COLORED AMERICAN North Carolina is not showing up as well as she should in the councils of the Republican party. The Negroes made a tactical error there in not opposing with all their might the narrow and prejudiced program of the "lily whites." They could have fared well at Chicago had they followed the courageous lead of Captain Waltetr L. Cohen. This was the advice of Dr James E. Shepard, of Durham, who represents the young blood of the Ne- M. DR. JAMES E. SHEPARD, Secretary of the International Sunday School Union, Durham, gro leadership in the state. He is popular and unusually capable, and has shown a remarkable degree of executive ability in the several federal offices he has held, and as the acknowledged brains of the North Carolina contingent in Washington, where he was chief clerk in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. Dr. Shepard is now serving as a field secretary of the International Sunday School Association, and his superintendents speak in the highest terms of his efficiency as a Christian worker. Dr. Shepard can not help putting in a blow for the race in the political arena when good can be accomplished. He is an ardent Roosevelt man, and there are rumors that the attention of the President is being called to his sagacious labors for the party where there is such a crying need for rehabilitation. Dr. Shepard will be heard from in a most gratifying way when the fight warms up.—Rio Tin, Charleston Advocate. NO SOCIAL EQUALITY. Henry Holmes was a colored man who objected to social equality so strenuously that after remonstrating with his mother for allowing and his sisters for receiving white callers, took his shot gun and dispatched them out of existetnce and then followed suit by shooting himself. Democratic papers will please copy.-Mobile Press. Mr. William Taylor, the colored bricklayer, who was appointed to a position at the barracks some days ago, is still holding down his position. Every effort is being made by the bricklayers union to oust him, and the "open door policy," is being attacked from every view point. N. C. SALOONS. Fritz Reuter'< Washington, D. C. Hotel and Restaurant, 451, 453, 455, 457 Pennsylvania Avenue. 202, 203 and 210 4 1-9 St Northwest. MOORE & PRIOLEAU, Sparta, Buffet, and Cafe, 1216 Fa. 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 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 HOTEL. Brown & Smith, Proprietors. Newly built and elegantly furnished. Electric lights, bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths. High Grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The Coldest Beer in the city. 103 and 105 6th st., N. W. Handsome rooms, $1.00 & up. 'PHONE 1738 Y. EDWARD SMITH, Gen. Mangr. 103-105 Sixth St., N. W. Opp. B & P Depot, Washington, D. C. Established January, 1897. Telephone, 803 Columbus. HOTEL MACEO, 213 West 53rd Street, N. Y. First Class Acecomodations ONLY. Handsomely Furnished Rooms for Permanent or Transient Guests Headquarters for Clergy and Business Men. First Class Restaurant. Regular Dinner, including Wine, 8c. 6 p.m. to 8. Sundays, 1 to 4.80 p. m., 4a. B. F. THOMAS, Proprietor. GOOD COLORED PRINTER WANTED A competent colored printer who understands job work, and the care of mailing galleys can find steady employment with fair wages at this office. Must be able to furnish reference. Address "Printer," 459 C St., N. W., Washington, D. C. oe MR. DOUGLASS IN THE WEST. He s Royally Entertained and Mathus fasticall Reesived. Washingtoniens shoulé ve exeesed- ingly proud of the fact that they hare in their midst @ young mam who has attained an exceptionally fine reeord in the musical field, eo mueb as to be Justified in assuming the non de plume of “Ole Bull” of the Negro race. This young man whose reputation is now thoroughly established sbroad as well as in his native eity, Is none other than Joseph H. Dougless, grand- won of the late Frederies Douglass, ‘whose likeness appears here below. JOS. H DOUGLASS OR OLE BULL kh Joe, as he is helled by bis intimate friends and soela] eompanions, Js 6 very eongenia) fellow, very sedate end extremely modest; yeé when the se easion demands itself, especially when he feels an Interview wil] net prove eny ways at al) emberrassing, Mr Douglass proves himeel? an adept sen. versationalist. In a recent interview with Nr Douglass concerning his western ané southern tours from whieb he has jus BERS ES ie #3 ee ra ——gee > C( Bees “Ge ty a me Xe : LW Ae “aps \ Wii Bene Tas \\ i SS SSF PRE SN Ae 7 x Sy (QS S38 Y Ae |! ae * WQS r/c SS SO A ela CI 4 DBE MR. JOSEPH H. DOUGLASS, Violinist returned, The Colored Ameriean glean- ed the following facts: . In the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky he was reesiv- ed with great cordiality. Not be cause he was the grandson of the im- mortal Frederick Douglass, but owing to the faet that his violin recitals were as soul inspiring as they were classical; while minds and tastes” of his audiences had been cultivated to the appreciation of classical music, but not to the extent to which our own violin virtuoso had transformed them by the harmonious touch of his bow. At one time when Douglass appear- ed eat Dayton, Ohio, in the largest ehureb {white} tn that city before an audience of several musieal loving people as well es musical eritica, he personally reeeived the entire eon- gratulations of all, especially from a young lady now a student in the New York Conservatory of Music, who told him she didn’t know colored people could play that ¢lassieal music. This is merely an incident of the impres- sion left by Douglass in the far Wes tern cities, In answer to the question as to whether the southern people appre ¢eiate classical musie in preference to rag time Mr. Douglass replied: “@h yes, decidedly. I noticed during my THE COLORED AMERICAN. southern tour In Tennessee that @ greater part of my audience were In- telligent colored people and many white people who I can truthfully state evidenceé no rag-time tendencies whatever. Again I notieed the ap- plause and encores I recelyed were not extended from force or habit, but lwere Sincere. This latter feature was more prevalent among the colored per- ‘son who probebly had become ex- tremely classical. | “While at Nashville,” continued Mr. Douglass, “I was the guest of the fac- ‘ulty of Fi.k University. Here I no- ‘ticed the students in the musical de- partment were under strict discipline, especially as concerning their music. There was nothing but igh-class music—Von Blou, Verdi, Wagner, and others, ® feature which occasioned me to remark, Our race is eoming to the frozt.” Mr. Douglas, while in St. Louis took octasion te visit the Fair. Amorg the places visited was the famous “Pike.” He states he experienced none of the soe*alled prejudice, and adds, further, that he experienced none of the separate gate entrances. Although M-. Douglass does not desire to be put on record as saying ne prejudice exists there. It is well to nete the fact that our violinist was not seeking notoricty hence his refusal to play at the Fair or © special occasion. DEFENDS MINISTER POWELL. | — Declared to be an Intelligent and Loy- al American Citizen. — Editor Post: In your editorial of August 6, styled “Our Predicament in Haiti,” you mention the names of the consular officers sent to that island to represent this government. When you add, “They seem to be, all of them, either foreigners or negroes, anda not one of them can be reasonably considered as representative of this country.” ® 2 : a 2e3 <W a So EES : PS > Ah |) ES Sa i ae = aw HRY we Z ey . 4 ‘ Ze fy SS FHION. WM. F. POWELL, U: S. Minister te Port au Prince, San to Domingo. * It is strange, to say the least,, that the editor of the Post does not know that Ministetr Powell and Consul Liv- ingston are native-born citizens of this eountry; that they are loyal citizens and descended from loyal parentage; that they have received an American education, and proven their scholastic attainments on their native soil, in competition with ether American cit- izens; and that in their official capact- ty they have shown themeelves worthy representatives of this nation, : — = mee 9. > oa irs S ‘ F = ~ ee S. ee ieee ee a he ily i Fa a ——t! Os ee eres are ies Ree oe Se web es eee a a = aa eee ae by ae ie ee oes Bre aeesta a _ i 3 = ae - : Seg s eee “Sg 5 abe aoa erin “>. — Sa Knowles Building. Boyt’ Hall. Stone Hall. Girls’ Fiall Model Home ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, Ga. Christian and unsectariaa. For the education of young men and women ia the hight: $073) Collegiate, Normal and High Scheol Courses, with Industrial Training. New Prs sas and Kindergarten building fc: training teachers. Graduates secure most importas! | oat peachers and leaders. Home life and training. Athletics. Superior advantages {9 Muss Sto Printing. Aid given to nee@y and deserving studests. Term begias the firgt Wedaesé Octover. For catalogue, address: en President HORACE BUMSTEAD, D.D., Atiasts, 6%, . Minister Powell has measured up te and has demonstrated his efficiency during the Haitien troubles, and has evinced tact, courage, and @ pers‘s- tent determination to pretect Ameri- can citizens and American intetrests; nor has he failed to show his interest in and extend his good aflees to for eign representatives. SS fj S wee (i: . 4 Py imei AES bet See Hit < ) | ut" geek feat WRN A ee?” Sy eae. econ : = PPE BE YG ‘ 4 Ig eRe LYS AS Se \ ff V PROF. JAMES STORUM. Minister Powell hes proven himself a representative of American citizen- ship, full of patriotism, pluck and courage. If he does not truly repre- sent this government with dignity, honor, efficiency, and loyalty, then this government has no representative any- where. A man must be measurec by his achievements, and not by the color of his hair or skin. 3 JAMES STORUM. Monday, August 8th, 1904. Washington is well represented in the literary department of the Con- gressional Index. Rev. A. C. Garner, Pastor of the Plymoth Congregational Church is Editor of the Department of Sociology; Dr. Sterling N. Brown, is Editor of the -Church Department, and Miss Georgia Brown, his daughter edits the Young People’s Department. Merchant Tailoring Gleaning, Altering and Re pairing a Specialty. We give prompt attention to our trede and guarantee our work. Give us a trial. Branch 503 14th Bt. W.-W. 1011 E Street, Headquarters BENNETT B. SLADE. Proprietoi tf PS = 3 > THE <& ; WOODLAND ; - TERRACE | Lawhside, N. J. Will open July & for the recep tien of gneets, ‘ Beth, modern otmyvenience, ; with shaded lawn Culsine un ; surpassed. q Terms are 9%, $@, §7 each, per | week. ‘ ‘Write for bookist. ; Fare 31 cents return, from | Chestnut or Soeth St Ferries, ' Philadelphia, ‘ P 0. Address, Snow Hill, ‘ New Jersey. MRS. C. A, SMITH, Prop. : . eee A. & Wi. College The Ywelfth Annug} Session will be g@in September ist, 1904. Good four year courses in Agriculture and Mechanle branches—Sbort Courses. Young Men desiring room for Fall Term should secure accommois * Gons at once, ag only about 100 wagers cap be recelved. Write to-day to wecure rowm. For fur ther information ot for cals | logue, address— | J. B. DUDLBY, President, Greensboro, N. Three unfurnished roms, Suitable for man end wife. Located in good neighborhood in Mt. Pleasant, nest two car lines. Terms reasonable to ths right parties. Call or addrees T., care of? this of—ca et Colored Citizens of the District of Columbia Testify Their Appre- Washington's Elite Turn Out in Large Numbers to Hear the Story of Her Trip to Berlin, Germany-A Feast of Reason and a Flow f Soul. If Mrs. Mary Church Terrell had any doubt as to the high esteem in which she is held by the citizens of Washington, that doubt was removed last Wednesday evening, at the reception tendered her at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. When it was learned that she would soon return to the city from her trip abroad as delegate to the International Congress of Women, which met recently in Berlin, Germany, a movement was started by 100 of the leading colored citizens of the District, to tender her a grand public reception, to show in a public way their high and warm appreciation of the great honor she had done herself and the race while abroad. The associated press and the magazines and newspapers have already told the story of her triumph abroad, and it is only left to the citizens of her home city to acknowledge the same in a public way. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church which has the largest seating capacity of any church in the District of Columbia, was comfortably filled with representative men and women of the race who had come out to hear the story of her triumph, and to make her return home, welcome. The church was beautifully decorated an orchestra was secured and a most interesting program was rendered. It was as follows: Master of ceremonies, Dr. J. R. Wilder; invocation, Rev. Sterling N. Brown; Introductory remarks, Dr. J. R. Wilder; addresses of welcome, Hon. John C. Dancy, and Miss Maria L. Jordan; Response, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell; Benediction, Rev. O. J. W. Scott; music for the occasion was furnished by the Invincible orchestra. Dr. Wilder, in a few well-chosen words, gave the reasons for the occasion of the committee of one hundred in tendering the ovation to Mrs. Terrell. He spoke eloquently of the hardships and the impedimenta, and of the embarrassments that are met with by the colored citizens of this country on account of race prejudice, and spoke interestingly of the progress the race has made with these difficulties to compete with. He felt that since Mrs. Terrell had done so much in a strange land to bring credit to herself, and the ten millions of colored people in this country, that it was fitting indeed that such a public testimonial should be given her. Hon. John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, was at his best, and in a most grandeloquent way told what the race had won through Mrs. Terrell's trip and triumph abroad.. His address was frequently cheered and punctuated with applause. To Miss Maria Jordan was assigned the duty of speaking for the women, and she performed her part nobly and well. Briefly she rehearsed the work and progress of the women of the race for the past forty years, and told in chaste diction of THE COLORED AMERICAN her long acquaintance and her incessant friendship and admiration for the host of the evening. Mrs. Terrell was then escorted to the front of the rostrum, by Dr. J. R. Wilder, but it was a few minutes before she could speak so thunderous and enthusiastic was the applause given her. Her response beggars description. It was only such a speech as Mary Church Terrell could deliver and for twenty minutes she charmed the audience with a pen picture of her trip abroad. She spoke without notes and had perfect command of herself. The Washington Post, speaking of her address, said: "Mrs. Terrell said that it was only because she felt that she represented not only the Afro-American women, but the entire race, that she decided in the face of advice to the contrary to attempt to address that great body of intelligent and progressive women in German, and again in French. "Mrs. Terrel is a Washingtonian by adoption and for several years was a member of the board of education. She is a graduate of Oberlin College, holding two degrees, A. B., and A. M., and has had the added advantage of thorough study in Paris, Berlin, and Florence. "She was touched last night by the heartiness of the reception tendered her. "When she stepped forward she was warmly greeted, and it was several moments before she could proceed. She began by giving credit to her parents for educating her and to her husband for enabling her to use her talents in behalf of the women of her race. "Coming to the incidents of the convention in Berlin, she paid high tribute to the Germans, stating that she doubted that the women of any other nation in the world could arrange a meeting which would surpass that held in Berlin. She was the only representative of the African race at the Congress, and she declared that the courtesy accorded her was equal to that extended to any other delegate there. She was entertained at the home of one of the prominent families of Berlin. Her hostess gave her not a room, but a suite, with a maid to attend to her wants. She spoke of the courtesy of the Count von Buelow, Ambassador Charlemagne Tower, Princess Maria Rohan, and other notables. She praised particularly the Countess of Warwick, who was to have addressed the Congress, but was unable to attend. The countess left her country seat and went to London to receive Mrs. Terrell on her return from Berlin. Mrs. Terrell spoke at several places in London before sailing for the United Stats. "She said that there was absolutely no prejudice against the colored people in France or Germany. In England, she said, there was a slight antipathy to the dark races, but no obstacles were thrown in the way of those who had high attainments. She declared that Europeans could not understand the prejudice and the oppression to which the colored race is subjected in America. She declared that they marvelled at the rapid progress made since freed from slavery. "She said that she had made up her mind to donate the remainder of her life to enlightning the people across the ocean on the progress of the Negro race. 'No people need ever despair,' she said, 'when their women are willing and active in trying to uplift the race.'" COMMITTEE OF ARBANGEMENTS. Mr. H. C. Tyson, Chairman; Maj. Chas. R. Douglass, Secretary; Rev. M. W. Clair, Treasurer; Dr. A. M. Curtis, Mr. W. H. A. Wormley, Mr. Geo. W. Jackson, Mr. Thomas H. Wright, Mr. Charles E. Lane, Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, Judge E. M. Hewlett, Mr. Whitfield McKinlay, Rev. Sterling N. Brown, Dr. John R. Francis, Rev. W. J. Moward, Rev. J. A. Taylor. SUBSCRIBER Dr. J. R. Wilder, Mr. Chas. E. Lane, Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Dr. F. J. Shadd, Mr. L. M. King, Dr. John P. Turner, Mr. Thos. H. Wright, Dr. Geo, W. Cabaniss, Mr. Chas. H. Shorter, Mr. L. O. Posey, Rev. W. J. Howard, Mr. H. C. Tyson, Maj. Chas. R. Douglass, Hon. Jno. C. Dancy, Dr. Jno. R. Francis, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Dr. W. H. Conner, Judge E. M. Hewlett, Dr. A. M. Curtiss, Rev. Sterling N. Brown, Hon. Geo. H. White, Mr. Wm. H. A. Wormley, Mr. A. P. Albert, Mrs. C. A. Fleetwood, Miss E. F. G. Merritt, Mr. Lank Hughes, Mr. L. H. Neill, Mr. J. A. Cobb, Mr. Howard H. Williams, Mr. R. R. Horner, Mr. W. A. Stewart, Dr. C. W. Childs, Dr. W. K. Price, Dr. C. H. Marshall, Dr. M. O. Dumas, Dr. R. W. Brown, Mr. A. J. Gaskins, Prof. A. U. Craig, Dr. H. M. Hargrave, Dr. W. S. Montgomery, Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, Mr. Jas. F. Bundy, Mr. L. M. Hershaw, Hon. Cyrus Field Adams, Miss Lula Chase, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, Miss M. L. Jordan, Dr. George H. Cardozo, Rev. F. L. Corrothers, Dr. H. W. Freeman, Mr. A. F. Hilyer, Mr. Thos. J. Calloway, Mr. J. T. Gaskins, Dr. A. J. Gwathney, Mr. W. A. Joiner, Mr. R. J. Harlan, Mr. Eugene Brooks, Dr. W. H. Hughes, Mr. Wm. H. Harris, Mr. Reuben S. Smith, Dr. J. N. Johnson, Dr. W. E. Morgan, Rev. D. E. Wiseman, Mr. Henry L. Jones, Mr. E. W. Henderson, Mr. W. S. Duffield, Mr. W. L. Pollard, Rev. Wm. T. Harris, Prof. Louis B. Moore, Jrof. J. A. Lankford, Col. P. H. Carson, Mr. Frank Langston, Mr. H. E. Baker, Mr. H. C. T. Newsome, Mr. Robert Pelham, Dr. R. W. Brown, Dr. Jno. W. Mitchell, Mr. Geo. W. Wood, Mr. F. D. Lee, Mr. R. J. Harlan, Mr. Edward Arnold, Mr. Geo. W. Jackson, Mr. Jno. F. Freeman, Mr. Jno. W. Ewing, Mr. Thos. Walker, Mr. Jos. H. Stewart, Mr. Whitfield McKinlay, Mr. Z. P. Moore, Mr. . G. Gregory, Mr. W. H. Davis, Rev. M. W. Clair, Rev. J. A. Taylor, Dr. E. D. Willison, Miss Lina E. Jean, Mrs. J. H. Meriwether, Mr. Shelby J. Davidson, Mr. W. B. Dandridge, Mr. Alfred H. T. Walker, Mr. Jerome A. Johnson, Mr. Wyatt Archer, Mr. W. L. Houston, Rev. J. E. Mooreland, Mr. Geeo. A. Robinson, Mr. A. H. Cooper, Mrs. J. M. Ryan, Mrs. John H. Brooks, Mr. James B. Wright, Prof. Kelly Miller, Hon. Josiah T. Settle, Rev. P. A. Wallace, Rev. W. H. Davenport, Lieut. Thos. H. R. Clarke, Dr. Edmond A. Burrill, Prof. Roscoe C. Bruce, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Dr. Chas. I. West, Mr. William Terrell, Jr., Mrs. J. Agness Smallwood, Mrs. J. F. Tompking. USHERS Miss Agnia R. Goyen Miss Marita 5 Clarke, Miss Daisy Watson, Miss Kitty Cromwell, Miss Ethel Storum, Miss Maude McClellan, Miss Rosetta Orme, Miss Nellie Meriwether, Miss Nettle Murray, Miss Julia Allen, Miss Elizabeth Howard. FOR RENT:Large front room suitable for man and wife, on Pierce Place near Fourteenth street. Address, C. T., this office. "WORLDS FAIR INFORMA- TION BUREAU" ....FOR COLORED VISITORS. With us are associated the best homes and hotels. Rates reasonable. Have your accommodations reserved. Stamp for reply. H. S. FERGUSON, Mgr., tf 1923 Market street. Opposite Union Station, St. Louis, Mo. SUMMER RESORTS. Madre's Park, situated on the Eckington and Suburban Line, at the corner of Seventh and Albany Streets, has been refitted and is now for rent for picnics, garden parties, etc. This park has a beautiful pavilion 50 x 50, swings, excellent water and everything necessary to make it a desirable pleasure resort. For further information call or address M. A. D. Madre, Madre's Park, Seventh and Albany Streets, Eckington, D. Q. WANTED:—Agents, Hustlers, Salesmen, Clerks and everybody who wants to enjoy a good hearty laugh to send goc for "Tips to Agents." Worth $50 to any person who sells goods for a living. If not satisfactory your money back. Circular for stamp. The Dr. White Electric Comb Co., Decatur, Ill. WANTED In a state institution, a person to teach mechanical drawing and carpentry and to conduct Manual Training Department. Acquaintance with wood-working machinery necessary as steam plant with machinery is connected with the department. A good salary offered. Address this office, Teacher. AN ADVERTISING SOLICITOR WANTED. WANTED. Wanted-An active man, who understands soliciting advertising, to take a position on The Colored American. It is a good paying, permanent position for the right kind of man. Apply at this office. If you have anything to sell, rent or exchange, put a small "ad." in this column. The results will be assured. Try it. SUMMER BOARDERS-At $16 per month; $5.00 a week; 75 cents a day, and lodging. My house is situated one-quarter of a mile above the station, 48 miles from the City of Washington. Two accommodation trains South, and three North, morning noon and night. For particulars write to Mrs. aKte McGuire, Catlett's, Va. (tf) 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. ```markdown ``` THE COLORED AMERICAN. owns five tetmement properties, and aa has the agency of a large number of a Py E others. its charter permits it to build [A pa S apartment houses,@and the directors ay 'S expect in time to build a number of ea SS ua buildings. : Ti Cp Le A Xo i, ee Ow as A WONDERFUL INVENTHDON. en il Ein It is interesting to note that for- tunes are frequenty made by the in- vention of articles of minor import- ance. Many of the most popular devi- ces. are these designed to benefit the pecple and meet popular conditions, and one of the most interesting of these that has ever been invented is the Dr. White Electric Comb, patented Jenuary 1, ‘99. These wonderful Combs positively cure dandruff, hair falling out, sick and nervous head- aches, and when used with Dr. Whites’ Electric Hair Brush are positively guaranteed to make straight hair curly in 25 days’ time. Thousands of these electric eombs have been sold in var- lous cities of the Union, and the de- mand is constantly increasing. Our agents are rapidly becoming rich sell- ing these combs. They positively sell on sight. Send for sample. Men's size 35c.; ladies’, 50e—(half price while we are introducing them.) The Dr. White Electric Comb Co., Decatur, I. tf. CAME FROM SOUTH AFRICA . .- TO STUDY COOKERY. Three Yourg Women Arrive in Allie gheny from Port Elizabeth. Will Take a Course in the Domestic Science Department ef Avery Trades School and College. Three colored girls arrived in Alle | gheny yesterday frem the extreme southern part of South Africa to study culinary art and domestie selence. | The girls expect to acquire knowledge in the modern methods of housekeep- ing and cooking which will apply at their homes. The girls have arranged to take a complete course in the domestie science ef the Avery Trades School and College, Nelson and Avery streets, Al- legheny. Their names are L. Rocco, Alfreda Blucklick and Army Onetti. They are each about twenty years old and are typical South Africans. The new arrivals, who are eager to obtain the secrets of the American women in cooking, are natives of Port Elizabeth, on Algoa Bay, Cape Town. They are possessed of an elementary education bat beyond the crude meth- ods taught them by their country- women they have no knowledge of the modern methods of eooking and keep- ing house. In South Africa thé” colored Wouse wife who is successful in tickling the palate of her husband or guests with _ cooking is looked upon as some jthing more than a queen in her pro vince. They will be taught eooking Sin all its breaches at the Avery eol- lege. ae | The girls are the firet natives of Africa to be enrolled at ths Avery Trades School and College. They will finish their studies at the end of next {3une, after which they will return te Port Elisabeth —Pitiedurg Times. 6 . —————— AN AFRO-AMERICAN CO WITH $100,000 PAID UP. Bvery Stock-holder is a Negro and The Object of the Company is to Promote Negro Ownership of Land. ®Wew York City, Special Correspon- @ence.—The Afro-American Realty Co. with a paid up capital of $100,000, has pene? offices at 115 Broadway. It oc- eupies a suite of rooms handsomely furnished in mahogany, with Nile green carpets. Not a white person is eonaected with the company in any @ pacity; even the typewriter keys be ing mantpulated by colored ladies who are very businesslike and obliging The Company is devoted to the eause of African ownerahip and tenancy. James C. Thomas is president of the eompany; James E. Garner, secretary, and treasurer; and Philip A. Peyton, Jr., vice-president and general mapas: er. The directors are: Wm. Ten Eyck, Winston Dabney, Waiter E. Handy, Frank E. Stewart, Richard R. Wilson, Joseph H. Bruce, John Stevenson and Wilford H. Smith. The last named is general counse!. The par value of the stock is $10, and it is sold at par and exclusively to colored investors. Al most all of that already sold is held by the directors. = | eae < wD Pes : Sa : ZF ss Se 4 Seo =o a cS. oe Se ee Pia ee, Se. See ace es Paes pee ee, Se MR. JAMES C. THOMAS, President of the Afro-American Real “ty Co. The company’s prospectus, bound in Shoeolate colored covers and adorned with the imprint of an African’s head en the corer, aays that race prejudice is an expensive luxury, and that preju- @ice ean be made so expensive that it will become impractical. The prospec- tus urges Negroes to cooperate with ene another to the end that owner, agent and tenant may 41! be colored. The company owes its corperate existanee to a short-lived war between white landlords and colored tenants in 135th street some six months ago. Many of the men who are in this com- pany were then conducting a reaity business under the name of the-Afro American Realty Co., but it was not imeorporated. When the white land. Jords began evicting their tenants. these men immediately bought several Dlvekws of tenements on the opposite side of the street, and began evicting the white tenants, and putting the evieted colored folke in their places. @Micors of the comp*ny state that i fo = orem => Ae Colored People PS sc OS = a | Oe » 5 a” SE CHP Xour salvation ts at hand. The ~ Ze Wyyy Yj 2s 1. ne we Yj Negro need no longer be different ~ Y Win color from the white man— \ Y S_ pEiack-No-More, discovered by a SS Z —pachemist of the New York College B. — } Vg! ZS of Pharmacy, is the greatest sci — YY ZA entific discovery of the age. Chan- —— 4 Uy B ges the blackest skin to purest —— Ly white without pain, inconvenience, #j%——— Yy NS Z or danger—easily, surely, perma- —— (| SF nently. Considering its wonderful ww 4 lj Y work the- price, $2.00 a bottle is re Z, ;|Piittie enough. By express prepaid I'S > A, on receipt of price. \ E Y DR. J. A. HERLIHY, \Z CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. \ Y & Supported by the State of Missouri. Eee ation ‘ dics 2s : —? <> | ERO ee a eee = eee Se é SERS Ser Bp oC ewe Pee af east oS ae Ate : es. Ape ie . ee ae : Do ae ee oe oe be SPB Selist ox Li pphome Eee Se ee ci Ap oer reey Ma Me oc peewee: Ao Rt Pon eee eves Seah tee eee Ce ee oe SE Cee et pas 6 COURSES English, Normal, College Preparatory, College, Industrial, Agricuiturai and Business. A few students can be aided. ADVANTAGES Free Tuition, Competent Teachers, Modern Butidings, Good Moral Tone, Healthful Surroundings, Reasouable Expenses, Diplomas are State Certii- La Opens, Sepiember 5, 104. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, President, J fferson City, fo. Books Now Open for Charters. . a . oa = - THE JANE MOSELEY Does See re : : . THE SAFEST,SWIFTEST AND MOST COMNMCODIOUS STEAMER ON THE POTOFMAC RIVER. | This boat is now in Baltimore where itis | undergoing a complete and thorough over hauling. Carefully inspected, a new bollor put in, repainted and renpvated, new elec | trie Nights and all modern improvements. | It will be licensed to carry 1800 passengers. BOOKS NOW OPEN FOR CHARTERS. j For terms apply to Lewis Jefferson, Gen'l | Mgr’s., 1901 Ist St.. 8. W., Phone 1779. i Mrs. Mary Brown, Porters’ Exchange, 103 | 6th Bt., N. W., phone 1733 ¥. i COME EARLY AND SECURE THE BEST | : DATES. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO CHURCHES AND CLUBS. REDUCED RAILROAD RATES. To the National Business League Meeting at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug- ust 81, September 1 and 2, 1904. September 2, 1904. The Central Pas senger Association has granted a rate of a fare and a third for the round trip on the certificate plan. Tickets at: full fare for the going journey may be. secured at any coupon office in the ter- ritory of the Central Passenger As- sociation, which includes Illinois, In- diana, Ohio, Michigan, portions of western New York, western Pennsyl- vania within three days (exclusive of: Sundays) prior to end during the first day of the meeting. Be sure when purchasing your ticket you request a certificate. If there are not less than 100 persons holding cer- tificates in attendance, and your cer- tificate has been duly validated by the Joint agent of the railroads and the transportation agent of the National Business League, you will be entitled up to September 6, to a continuous passage ticket to your destination by the route over which you made the go- ing journey, at one-third the limited fare. “The joint agent will charge a fare of 25 cents for validating each ticket. An extension of the return limit ef thirty days, for the purpose of visiting the World’s Fair at St. Louis or any other point, may be obtained by. depositing validated certificates with agents of Indianapolis terminal lines on or before September @, 1904 | Other Passenger Azsociations have been requested to concur, and when definite information can be given an- other circular will be iasued. Truxx Love Association Rartae. A rate of a fare and a third for the round trip has been granted by the Trunk Line Association. The reduc- tion is from Trunk Line Territory, 1. e. from Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Dun- kirk and Salamanca, N. Y., Brie and Pittsburg, Pa., Bellaire, O., Wheeling, Parkersburg and Huntington, W. Va., and points east thereif, except in New England. List of roads meking phe reduction: Baltimore & Ohio (Parkersburg, Bel- laire and Wheeling and east thereof), Buffalo & Susquhanna, Buffalo, Roches- ter & Pittsburg, Central of New Jer- sey, Cheyapeaxe & Ohio (Huntington, W. Va., and east thereof) Chesapeake Steamehip Co.,, Cumberland Valley, Delaware & Hudson, Lackawanna & Western, Erie (Buffalo, Dunkirk, Sala- manc& and east thereof), Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville, Jamestown & Chautauqua, Lehigh Valley, New York Central & Hudson River, Main Line and Branches, including R. W. @ O., Adirondack and Penna. Divisions, but not including stations on the Har- lem and Putnam divisicns, New York, Ontario & Western, New York, Washington Steamboat Co., Pennsyl. vania, including Buffalo and Allegheny Division. Northern Central, Philadel phia € Erie, Philadelphia, Wilmingtor & Baltimore, Washington Southern S2HEB COLORED AMERICAN. States of New York, New Jersey, Penn- Sylvania, Delaware, aryland, portions of Virginia and West Virginig and the District of Co:umbia. By depositing validated certificates with agents of terminal lines ‘on or before September 4 and payment of a fee of 50 cents at time of deposit, an extension of iciviu Uwit of thirty days may be cbiained. It ig urged that Leagues arrange for special Pullman or reclining chair cara. This will insure comfort and enable delegates from the South to avoid the “Jim Crow car. A number of delegates are arranging details for special transportation, and delegations from other places are urged to join them enroute or arrange similarly. In order that the matter may be systema- jtiaed Leagues which arrange for spe clal cars should notify Cyrus Field Adams, Transportation Agent, 934 8 street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Booxes ©. Wasupxeror, | E President. | T Tuomas Forrunn, | Chairman Executive Committees. ; Emmett J. Soorr, Corresponding Secretary. | Crgus Frerp Anas, | Transportation Agent. WANTED: A FIRST-CLASS COL | ORDD PRINTER. ee th goed practical printer, who underatands genera) fob work, and make up and lock up of forms, and who could fill the position of fore- man in a -weekly newspaper office, will learn something to his edvan- tage by answering thi» advertisement. Must be sober and industrious, good wages, and permanent position to the right kind of man. Address, Printer, care of this office. —_——-+—— | BUY A HOMZ. A fine home with all modern im- provements, consisting of 15 raoms, located in West’ Newton, Mass., oan be purchased on reasonable terms. It is centrally located, in white neighbor- hood. For particulars address, Rev. S. H. Smith, 451 Curve St., W. Newton, Mass. tf. THIS PAPER FOR SALE AT: Phmmer’s, 722 2d 8t., $. W. McNulty’s 14th and P Sts. N. W. eatherwood’s, 1501 M St., N. W. Brinkman’s, 4th ané Pa. Avs., NW. Mercoe’s 421 12th 8t., N. W. Ayery’& cor 4th and Pierce Plece. Mrs. Keys, 1808 7th St., N. W. Stegieten’s, cor. 20th and E, N. W. Mam Adams’, cot. 8th and G Ute . Ww. I, B. Williamson, 601 N. ¥. Ave. T. Smith, 1213 N. Y. Ave, N. W. Cigar Store. 706 Fifth N. W. Stafford’s 1000 Twentieth St., N. W WANTED COLORED GIRLS. To sell our dainty toilet powder. Guaranteed to absolutely destroy and prevent all-odor of body or feet aris- ing from perspiratioa. $10 to $18 per week easily made. Send 25 cents for full-size box as sample, “The Gem- shop,” 49 B. Long St., Columbus, Ohio. FREE TO ALL THAT I DO BUSI NESS WITH — QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY. ‘The great Clairvoyant and famous medicine man, Dr. C. G. Gonond, will answer questions for anyone and guar- antee correct answers. Thousands tes- tify he can reveal secrets and mys teries past and future. -To those send- ing us an order great or small, the doctor will answer questions free of charge. We have three Prescriptions which positively cure Rheumatism, Piles and Female Trouble. All three ‘prescriptions sent for 50 cents. We want agents to sell our six great remedies. There is big money in hand- ling them. Send one dollar as a guar- antee for express charges and pay the balance when goods are sold. Forty cents on the dollar goes to you for your trouble. Address e DR. G G. GONOND, il Harmon Court, Chicago,, Il. tf LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT. Supreme Court of the District. of Columbia, holding a probate court. _ Estate of Howard M. Armistead, de eeased. No. 12312. Administration. Application having been made to the Supreme Court of the District of Col- umbia, holding a Probate Court, for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testa- mentary on sald estate, by Mary BE. Armistead, the widow of said decedent it is ordered this 25th day of July, A. D., 1904, that notice be and hereby is given to Lewis R. Pendleton, Rose Clayton, Cassie Hill and Walter Pen- dieton and to all otherg concerned, to appear in said court on Monday, the 29th day of August, A. D., 1904, at 10 o’clock a. m., to show cause why such application shov!d not be granted: Provided this notice be published in the “Washington Law Reporter” and “The Colored American” once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Wright, Justice. Attest: W. J. Grif- fith, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Pro- bate Court. R. S. Smith, Attorney. tf OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEK The demands im ail parts of this country, and im several foreisn coun tries, for well trained men ef our race m the direction ef « icatifie and prac ties! agricultire are se grat that this institution ig williag te offer excep tonal advantages te young men whe wish to come hers and tale either « repulet o¢ peet graduate course iu agriculture. We caanct Begin to sup ply the demrands that come to us fer trained tamm in the direction of agri euiture. Bee positions fer which ‘these trained men are wanted ar. theze in most every case whith pa: bigh salaries, - hold of men who have received ag te: ae peseible, a good education befcr: coming here, and ara ready to enter upon a thorowgh course of agricuttura tratning. For further tufermation address, BOOKSR T. WASHINGTON, Prin. Teekegee Institute, | Toskegse, Alabame. A WOMAN 86 years old would corre- spond with a colored man of means or ability. Possible object, matri- mony. Addrese:—Mrs. Req Y. Lemen, Butte, Mont. i ence | fa = uJ Sacer a ea 0c) 8) Beane Bayes cam Ee agy toe a ee Bitte ae 3 ois eee Se RS 6 OL TS Se ae eee ite G = > 7 é 7 1e4 A (CZ shag 7 _ L P go EM Seer ee : Incorporated March 2, 1867. Gives opportunity of Higher Education B toall without regard to creed, race or sex. 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We solicit news, contributions, opim fons and in fact all matters affecting the race. ‘We will not pay for matter, however, unlesa it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publicatien sh®ald reach this office by Wednesday of ach wsek to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents ere wanted everywhere.— Send for instructions, ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line — advertisements, $2 per square fi per insertion. Discounts made em large contracts. Entered at the Post Offiee as second_ cimas matter. All letters, commuaications, and bus tmess matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN. EDWARD &. cOoPrEs, Monager, 459 C St, Northwest, Washington, D. © Sold by ail News Dealers. AUGUST 2 , 1904. SUMMER LITERATURE. The Voice of The Negro, an illue trated monthly magazine, published at Atlanta, Ga. ia cut for August. Its pages are replete with good things. Although a new candidate for public @avor, the Voice of The Negro bas al- ready won a& place for itself in the lit- erary world, and each issue seems to be an improvement on the preceeding one. The August number is devoted largely to the Wordlds Fer, at St. Louis, and the National Negro Busi- ness League, which meets In Indiana- polis, Indiana, the-last of this month. Those who would keep up with the literary progress and development of the race will ito well to secure a eopy each month, of The Voice of The Ne- gro. fi se EDITORIAL THOUGHTS. We are giving some opinions of the colored press in this issue of Tue Cor- orED AMPRICAN anent the strikers and strike breakers. There are some differ- ences of opinion, but the main issue is: Does the colored man who accepts employment in times of strike bene- fit himself? He is merely used as a means to an end it seems, and his job lasts no longer than the strike lasts. He is then turned out, the strikers re placed and the feeling of race preju- dice increased. fhe man who is pessimistie about everything, who is continually finding fault with others, is the man to be watched. The optomistie, well mean- dag man is too much engaged in his own affairs to meddle with the affairs of others. THE COLORED AMERICAN..: If the colored people of the country will follow Dr. Washington's advice of making themselves useful and as far as possible indispensable in the community in which they live and ia the occupations in which they are en- gaged. they will have gone very far toward solving the race problem. The volunteer editor is a new factor in race journalism. He, like the car- pet-bag leader, grows out of conditions. He is usually a man with a smattering of en education and with a number of axes to grind. He volunteers his ser- vices to the elitor and uses that ser- vice and privilege to flay his enemies unmercifully; this accomplished he re tires, leaving the real owner of the paper to bear the ealumny and iaw suits’ and whatever trouble that fol- lows in the wake. The colored press of Indiana and I)- linois is not at all mealy mouthed in praise of the National Democratic Chairman, Thomes Taggart, of Indi- ana. The Star of Zion contributes a very timely editorial in its issue of August 4th, to the preachers, whom it denomi- nates the “truest leaders of the race.” and the Star sustains its position by strong facts and arguments. It is a fact that for the past forty years no class of men have contributed so much to the development and to the advanc- ment of the race as has the preacher. The school teacher has done his work, the politician and the business men have done their work: but the efforts to develop the race along all lines, to organize it into active working bodies, has been the work of the minister. They have not all been educated, and all of them have not lived up to the tenets of the decalogue, but their power for good has been great and far reaching. We Go not hesitate, to say that the most scholarly, most liberal, most eloquent and the profoundest men of the race, belong to that class known as preachers. The notoriety seeker is abroad in the land and when all else fails to at- tract attention he has Booker T. Wash- ington or Theodere Roosevelt to fal! back on. | There is a little stir in G. A. R. eireles and the ripple emanates from Kentucky, where the Whittaker Post raises the Lily White flag and declares it wil not march under a colored State Vice-Commender. There is indeed no fool like the old fool. The Post Office Department has de- clined to name a Post Office after the gubernatorial bully of Mississippi. The colored Republicans of Virginia have very wisely decided to become a part and parcel of the Republican or- Zanization of that State. Heretofore they have let all of the honors and emoluments go to the white Republi- cans for peace and harmony sake, but they have learned that old. old lesson which is as old as the Hills, that the more one does for others the more he may do. , ee | The Cleveland Journal, one or our picture of Mr. Charles Alexander, edi- tor of the Boston Colored Citizen in a recent issue. Mr. Alexander is a prac- tical newspaper man and since taking hold of The Colored Cttizen has brought it up into the first ranks of Trace newspapers. He is a tireless work- er and gifted speaker and has proven already his ability to give the people of the ifub City an interesting up-to date newspaper. REGISTER LYON’S RETURN. _ Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the: Treasury, and member of the Na- tional Republican Committee, has just returned from a trip to Kansas and other points in the West. He spoke at an emancipation celebration at Kansas City, Mo., on the fourth instant, where ten thousand people turned out to hear him.- He states that the Republican outlook in the West is very bright, and that the very mention of the Roosevelt and Fairbanks in that sec- tion, causes the wildest enthusiasm. The people are all prosperous and hap- PY, and are satisfied to let well enough alone. Mr. Lyons is in great demand as a speaker and his counsel is fre- quently sought by the party leaders, aud by the members of the Republi- can National Committee. LAWYER CUMMINGS COMING. The young men from the different States of tha Union, moved by the com- mon desire to show appreciation of, and honor to, the Hon. Harry Sythe Cummings, of Baltimore, have arrang- ed for a banquent to be given in his honor, Tuesday night, August 16, 1904, at Odd Fellows’ Hall. From present indications the affair gives promise of being a notable ond CITY PARAGRAPHS. Mr. William L. Pollard spent his va- cation in the East this summer instead of in the wilds of West Virginia. Miss Louise Alston Burleigh contri- butes an original poem to the Philadel- phia Tribune, entitled, ““A Real Love.” Mr. H. J. Green, a successful insur- anee Agent, located in Charlotte, N. C., spent a few days in this city last week. ae Mr. J. Max Barber, business mana- ger ef The Voice of the South, is so- journing in this city looking after the interests of his publication. Miss Maude Flemings, a graduate of M street High School, class 1904, has gone to Detroit, Mich., where she has accepted a lucrative position. Mrs. Mary I. Ross, of this eity, and who is now sojourning in West Glover, N. ¥., will attend the G. A. R. Encamp- ment in Boston. Mr. Thes. H. Buckingham, proprie- tor of the Waldorf on Druidhill Ave., Saitimere, Md. spent a few hours in he city iast Friday. Prof. G. H. C. Williams of this city, Superintendent of Agriculture at the Normal Industrial School, Normal, Ala. is making a fine record at that point. Hons. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury and John Cc. Dancy, Ra corder of Deeds, have return-; from Kansas City, Mo. where they both made emancipation speeches 4 gust 4, ee - The Jane Moseley left the Potomac wharf last Friday evening augis; 3, for Baltimore, where it wil! Spend two weeks running ¢xcursions ot from the Monumental City. It ¥i1) return in time to take th® Buffaloes to Som. erset Beach, Sunday, August 21. Mrs. Mary A. Brown. proprietor of the Porters’ Exchange, accompanicj by her daughter and Mr. Edward Smith manager, will attend the Fifth annua! meeting of the National Negro Buai- mess League, which meets ai Indiaa- apolis, Ind., August 31. A large delegation of the business men of this city will attend the Busi. ness League in Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 31. Among these who will go are Messrs. J. H. Winslow, W. H. Dabney, Lewis Jeflerson, Mr. Frank Gaines Bd. ward E. Cooper, Jack M. Ryan, sade number of others. Mr. Jesse Gerald Taylor, a graduate from the Conservatory of Music, ob erlin, Ohio, has accepted a position as head of the piano department of the Conservatory of Music, in this eity. Mr. Taylor stands at the head of his profession. | Mr. Edward Williams, head waiter at the Hotel Lincoln, Pittsburg, Pa., is spending his vacation in this city. He is on old Washington boy and found many old friends and school- mates to greet him on his return visit. — The success of the reception tender 2d Mrs. Mary Church Terrell by the Sommittee of 100 colored citizens of Washington, at Metropolitan church, fast Wednesday night. is dus very vargely to the efforts of Dr. J. R. Wilder and H. C. Tyson, both of hom contributed gensrously of their time and talent to make the affair the suc- cess it was Avery College Trade Schools, ALLEGHENRY,'PA. Offers: superior advantages to yours eolored women, who desire to become expert dresemakers, milliners or Mu- sic teacher®. The inetruction at AT ery are excelled by no Negro Institu tion im this country. Amply endowed, under no church Genomination. [ncor- porated January 17, 1849, with power to confer degrece. . DRESSMAKING, MILLINERY, TAILORING, Music, Cooking, im connection ¥ith the Western University. § Ciril-min ing, and electrical engineering. Pre pares for Yale, Princeton and Harvard Universities. Tuition free. Board'5s. Logging, Laundry, Material and [= struments for use. Al] expenses. $- per month. Catalogues now resi). Adéress al] communications te— | 4OSEPH D. MAHONEY. | General Manager, ailegbeay, > The ideal race newspaper, and published at the Capital of the Nation, is Tire 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. ```markdown ``` 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 COLONED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., will shortly issue a twelvepage paper weekly—seventy-two columns of reading matter. Under the able management of Editor Cooper it has forged ahead till it earned the name of "Monarch of the Weeklies." The Western Outlook THE COLORED AMERICAN, a local hebdemadal, published in the interest of the colored people, came out in a new dress and with a beautiful heading Saturday. It is one of the best newspapers in the country edited by colored men; has a good circulation, and carries a large line of live advertising. The Washington Post. THE COLORED AMERICAN is without doubt one of the ablest journals published by Afro-Americans. It is a Republican paper, very free in its expressions, which makes it more popular even among those who deny the "equality of man." This paper is published at Washington, where the doings of the lawmakers of the great Republic may be had pure and fresh, and submitted to the people for their disposal.—The Rock Hill Messenger. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Gotham Notes The Hon. Blihu Root, in his speech the other day notifying the Hon. C. W. Fairbanks of his nomination adverted to the fact in delicate phrase that his democratic opponent Mr. Henry Gassaway Davis was living on borrowed time, and intimated that the old gentleman might not be equal to the demands upon him should he be elected, and succeed to the upper office. He also alluded to the fact that the venerable democratic candidate would soon pass the age limit, one hundred, in which event some other democrat—probably Dave Hill might find himself Vice-President, or Ben Tillman, or Governor Vardmann, the executive blackguard of Mississippi, and then there would be the deuce to pay. The Constitution would in all likelihood be repealed with the fifteenth amendment smashed into smithereens, the colored citizen deported to Africa or the Philippines, or some other congenial clime, and the white man would have this beautiful country all to himself. * * * Mr. Davis was nominated, no doubt, because there was no other democrat willing to take the long and lonely journey up Salt river, which is scheduled for him and his accomplice. Judge Parker, early in November. Perhaps if he had been a younger man he would have balked just as younger men did, and refused the empty honor thrust upon him so suddenly. But being only a few years removed from the century mark, he doubtless concluded that he could stand the mortification of defeat with better grace than a younger man, so he cheerfully consented to allow his party to lead him as a sheep to the slaughter, conscious that the executioner will do his duty. He will! * * * Mr. Root further said in his speech to Senator Fairbanks, "We gave you formal notice of your nomination. It was not made for the purpose of conciliating possible malcontents or of swelling the campaign fund of the party. No bargains or intrigues contributed to it. No suppression of the truth or misleading of the convention as to your principles or opinions were necessary." And then Mr. Root sat down and fanned himself. * * * Did he mean to insinuate that the contrary is true in respect of nomination of Parker and Davis? What on earth did he mean in saying: "No suppression of the truth or misleading of the convention as to your principles or opinions were necessary to bring it about? Does the honorable gentleman wish to have the public understand that because Judge Parker sent a telegram to the St. Louis Convention defining his views on the money question, that he suppressed the truth? and misled the delegates most of whom believed that up to that moment he was all right? and does Mr. Root imagine that Judge Parker would have been so indiscreet as to have sent that telegram to the convention when it was in session? What did the majority of those delegates know or care about the Gold Standard anyhow? "Te have sent that telegram to the con- vention proper would have been like "casting pearl before swine, and that which is holy to the dogs. It would not have appreciated such a masterly stroke at first hand, and this is proved by the wild and demoniacal outbursts which greeted its reception in the dying hours of the convention, when all hope of retaliating upon the candidate had vanished. Judge Parker wisely communicated his views to the Statesmen in that convention, and they in turn delivered it in broken doses to the fellows who think they are statesmen. Ben Tillman tried to stand on his head and spit backward when he heard the news, and when he recovered his voice, said, what everybody on earth knows to be true that "The democratic party can always be depended upon to make a — fool of itself at the crucial moment," and them he collapsed. The courtly Senator Daniel was so overcome that he had to be taken to a Sanitarium. Willie Hearst's bangs became disarranged in the excitement of the moment, and his rooters conscious that the psychological moment had arrived proclaimed him the man of destiny, the logical candidate, the savior of his party, etc. Meanwhile Mr. William J. Bryan was resting his lungs in his room at his hotel and reading the story of Joseph and his brethren, he laid aside his Bible for a moment and diving into his pocket extracted a package of letters, picking out one of them he read: "My dear Danforth.—It was entirely right of you to bring to my attention the question which the sincere friends of Mr. Bryan are pressing upon you. I can say to you frankly and sincerely that you can assure them that I voted for the last national nominees, of the democratic party, as I have voted for all of the regular democratic nominees since I had a vote. "Yours truly "Alton B. Parker." "Sept. 22, 1897." Mr. Bryan smiled as he replaced the letter, and resumed his reading. Then he turned to the story of Judas, who betrayed our Lord for thirty pieces of silver. When he had finished it friends interrupted him to say that Judge Parker had revered himself and was bowing to the Golden Calf, that he was no longer in favor of free silver if he ever was, but had surrendered unconditionally to Wall Street. Mr. Bryan pulled out the letter to "My Dear Danforth" scanned it hastily put it back into his pocket and got real sick. "The jig is up" he muttered to himself in a stage whisper, "there is yet work for me to do, I must do the huckleberries who are doing me. * * * It will be remembered that in the two Bryan campaigns the Gold democrats styled themselves "regulars," so that Judge Parker's statement that he voted with the regulars is correct. Our old friend G. Grant Williams, one of the handsomest men in the press gang, has been selected by the National Committee to do campaign work in the States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, this fall. Williams is a hustler and worthily deserves the honors which have come to him. BACKACHE AND DIZZINESS. Most of the Ailments Peculiar to the Female Sex are Due to Catarrh of Pelvic Organs M. MRS. M. BRICKNER. "A short time ago I found my condition very serious, I had headaches, pains in the back, and frequent dizzy spells which grew worse every month. I tried two remedies before Peruna, and was discouraged when I took the first dose, but my courage soon returned. In less than two months my health was restored."---Mrs. M. Brickner. The reason of so many failures to cure cases similar to the above is the fact that diseases peculiar to the female sex are not commonly FEMALE TROUBLE NOT RECOGNIZED AS CATARRH. recognized as being caused by catarrh. Catarrh of one organ is exactly the same as catarrh of any other organ. What will cure catarrh of the head will also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs. Peruna cures these cases simply because it cures the catarrh. If you have catarrh write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. It seems to me that the democrats are burning daylight, gas, and electricity in a fruitless effort to elect a wobbling candidate for president and an estegonarian who can hardly hear himself whisper for vice-president. But they have got to make a bluff even if their hopes of winning are below zero or the freezing point. They haven't the ghost of a chance to win, and they know it. There are thousands of democrats who in their hearts believe that the eminent Judge Parker, otherwise wise and prudent, and becomingly silent, made a tactical mistake when he sent the famous telegram to Billy Sheehan, the blue-eyed statesman of Buffalo, renouncing his faith in the two platforms for which he had voted as he said in his letter to "My dear Danforth." Those who think they see straight (and Judge Parker is one of them) do not see a democratic victory in the campaign now shaping. The Judge has already made arrangements to enter upon the practice of the law after the campaign is over. Herein he is as wise as a serpent. There will be other "else bans" not so wise perhaps.