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The Greatest Negro Journal. One Year---Only $1.50. THE FREEMAN AND ETHIOPIA SMALL STRETCH FOR ON HER HAND A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME 13. NUMBER 12 OUR CONTRIBUTORS SPECIAL NEWS OF INTEREST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND Church Amusements-Rowdy Whites Kill the Wrong Man--The Star City Corresspondent Sends His Interesting Budget--The Political Pot. Houston, Tex., Special.—Lee Johnson who was killed in Fifth ward Saturday night is thought to be wrong party. He was killed by three white men, each one was placed under a $1,000 bond. Goose Neck Bill McDonald was in the city last Monday, discussing politics. He represents the Republican party at Terrell, Tex. Everybody is now discussing politics for the coming city election which takes place March the 29th, 1900. It is said that President McKinley will pay a visit to the two leading towns of Texas, Houston and Galveston in July, 1900. Wiley Hubert has resigned partnership from Ed Banss the barber and now is in business of his own. Victor Brown, an employee at Stuart's drug store was cut by an unknown party last Saturday night on Main street. The concert at Macedonia church was well patronized last Friday night, Mr. Tom Ramsey kept the people laughing in his funny dialogues. Miss Hettie Shelby also rendered some beautiful ballad songs. John Taylor, an employee at the Houston Drug Company has been promoted from porter to assistant shipping clerk and has prospects for better promotion. Newsy Notices. Brownsville, Tenn., Special—Miss Anna Wenfield who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Dupree in St. Louis, has returned and expresses herself much pleased with her stay. Brownsville is well represented in other educational institutions. At Lane Institute, Jackson, Tenn., are Misses Etha Bachelor, Lula Allison, Louvenia Easly, Bettie Sangster and Sallie Walker. At Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tenn., are Messrs. Jacob Estes, A. S. Reed, Martin Owen and Misses Lilly Owen and Susie Ryon. The following pupils of the Brownsville public school have taught during the winter and have given entire satisfaction: Misses Sarah Sangster, Esther Bailey, Eva Reed and Buelah Womble. Rev. E. W. D. Isaacs, correspondent secretary of the National B. Y. r. U., delivered a lecture at the First Baptist church, Friday, March 16. We anticipated a grand treat which we had and are proud as he is recognized to be a profound scholar. The M. E. church of which Rev. W. E. Farmer is pastor, succeeded in raising their conference claims last Sunday amounting to $7.00. Rev. Fulton is preparing to have a grand rale Easter; Rev. W. H. C. Stokes of Clarksville has been invited to preach the Easter sermon. Mrs. Gloster, organist, will have special music for the occasion. Doing in the Freight District RT. REV. B. W. ARNETT. A Prominent Bishop of the A. M. E. Connection. son who is still seriously ill and also her daughter-in-law is here to cherish her sick husband. Master Edward B. Brooks of 708 Adams street celebrated his 14th birthday March 12, with many of his schoolmates and he received many handsome presents. Luncheon was served from 10 to 12 p. m. All reports having a nice time. The Freeman agent is Mr. David Pittman who implore the subscribers to pay him without having to call so often for it is too inconvenient—it takes money to run a newspaper the same as it takes money to pay a grocery bill as its bills cannot be put off from time to time and make a successful business venture The employees are expecting their wages whenever they are due. Pay your honest debts and all will be well. My best wishes for The Freeman is progress. Gem City Notes. Frankfort, Ind., Special.—Subscribe for The Freeman. The Lone Star Quartette met Monday evening to rehearse songs for the coming campaign. It consists of Robert Kersey, Messrs. Radotiff, Higgins and Fanning. Rev. J. H. Johnson delivered an excellent sermon Sunday night. The Busy Bee Club held a business meeting Tuesday evening. The public school of Frankfort has been increased by two colored children, Miss Ester Harper and Mr. Lester Cummings, Jr. Mr. Charles Moore was in the Gem City Tuesday. Don't forget the meeting of the Sewing Circle Thursday night. Church services every Sunday: Sunday-school promptly at 2:30, J. D. Kersey, superintendent; Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m.; prayer meetings, Wednesday nights. Rev. John Harper, pastor, of Princeton, Ind., has returned to his home to spend a few days with his family. The ladies of the Sewing Circle met Thursday evening at the A. M. E. church. The colored organization met Thursday night at Republican headquarters. Mr. H. C. Mury passed through this city Wednesday en route for Munice. Rev. J. H. Johnson and Miss Minnie Valentine are on the sick list. Mr. S. B. Williams, an endeavoring and faithful Sunday-school worker has withdrawn as teacher on account of an effective eye. Mr. Withers and Waterfold were in the Gem City Sunday. They were the guests of Miss Myrtle Parker. Don't forget the Sewing Circle quilt blocks. The Freeman can be obtained by seeing Forrest Mitchell. Owing to cold weather the gas pressure has been very low. Mr. Albert Idle was the guest of his sister Sunday. Be on the alert, for a drama to be given in the near future. Important Mention. DeSoto, Mo., Special.—Our prosperous littler city is being enlivened to the extent of $150,000 with new buildings for the Catholic College. Ben Johnson, the popular eastside barber, has been ill for several months. Ed Bufort with a scare of our brawny young men, has had charge of the transfer yards of the Iron Mountain railroad company for the past year, and has given entire satisfaction. Mrs. Amanda Taylor a very much esteemed old lady of, the A. M. e. church, was buried last week. She was an active member of several societies. Smith & Emmets' minstrel, local talents, are rehearsing now preparatory to taking the road. If you want a good meal, a good cigar a copy of The Freeman, or anything in the grocery line, call on Dave Johnson; goods delivered to any part of the city. News From Zanesville. Zanesville, O., Special.-Lawson Tate of Fair Oaks has gone to Homestead, Pa. Daniel Bolden has gone to Dayton, O., to work in Bennett & Horton's Hotel. Mrs. Augusta Carlile is still very ill at her home on Mt. Auburn. George Castleman has gone to Indianapolis, Ind. William Jackson, a member of the Ninth cavelry is visiting Mrs. Lafayette Harris. Mrs. Silas Johnson is visiting her son Charles Johnson of Columbus. Miss Sivie Harley of Coshocton is visiting Mrs. Alexander of Third street. Do not forget Rev. Thomas and his great rally. The Women's Mite Missionary Society gave a social Thursday evening at St. Paul church. There was a social at Union Baptist church Friday. Notice Newspaper Pointers St. Louis, Mo., Special—John H. Clark has opened at 1900 Market street; the "Anne Cafe" finest in the West. Mr. George Chandler, one of the managers of Melroy & PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY SIX MONTHS, 85c; ONE YEAR $1.50 Chandler's minstrels, has put his car in the St. Louis car shops to be repaired for next season, then he anticipates going out with a "huge" company. The Parker Lodge No. 5, B. O. of B., St. Louis, M., held their annual election Friday, March the 9th, 1900: Prof. John Arthur Freeman, principal Delaney school, prelate, Charles Ellis, clerk in city hall, vice-president; Prof. R. C. Cole, principle Simmons' school, financial secretary; Henry Bridgewaters, treasurer; William Wilkerson, proprietor Burlington barber shop, state organizer; Capt. Robinson, chaplain; Charles A. Willis, hotel proprietor, recording secretary; H. R. Johnson, inside sentinel; Louie Hall, outside sentinel—membership 136. Report From Catlettsburg. Catlettsburg, Ky., Special—Girard Martin and Howard Thomas journeyed to Huntington last week. Messrs. Alex and Charles Dickson of Ashland were seen on our streets Sunday. A small but appreciative crowd from this place witnessed Scott's minstrels at Ashland last week. Read The Freeman and keep in touch with the progress of the race. Mesdames George Russell and Jess Mayo are numbered with the sick. Mrs. Woodfin, wife of the late Henry Woodin of Ironton, O., spent Sunday with Mrs. Laura Barnes. Joe Booker was in Huntington last week. The cake walk given by our young people for the benefit of the A. M. E. church was a success. Mr. Harry Bartram and wife were the victors. KENTUCKY SOCIETY CITIZENS OF THE BLUE GRASS REGIONS REVELLING IN PLEASURE--HOSPITALITY BY THE People of This Community Unsurpassed Doings of the Race as Gleaned by our Correspondents----Church and Societies. Paducah, Kentucky., Special.—The Greer boys three in number, have just been indicted by the Marshall county grand jury for the murder of John Thomas, colored, near Calvert City, on Feb. 23, last. Our people are devising means to employ an able attorney to prosecute them to a bitter end, a subscription list is being circulated by well-known citizens giving all a chance to chip in and help a worthy cause. It can be found at H. B. Davis' barbershop 221 S. Seventh street. There is a notice of eligibles for carriers tacked up in the postoffice here; it is really amusing for a colored voter who is acquainted with the facts to read it. Given Clark is quoted as to have withdrawn his name at his own consent (nit) according to his statement it leads the people to judge for themselves, instead of stating that Clark has withdrawn, it should read: "No Negroes Need Apply." There is one thing certain and that is these things will be ventilated in a proper manner and at a proper time. There is a deep sentiment here in favor of Albert S. White of Louisville as a delegate at large to the National Republican Convention. Frank Owens a Paducah boy born and raised here, wives from New Mexico that he is doing well; he can run any kind of an engine, play several kinds of musical instruments and is enjoying life to his heart's content. Mrs. Hannah Lee returned from Chicago last week with her son, Thomas who has been in bad health for sometime. It is rumored that W. A. Lawrence will be a candidate for county chairman at the next meeting of the Republican convention. All colored voters who have any race pride at all should bear in mind, as he will not play falsely to you on account of your color. Mr. Urah Thomas of Mayfield was visiting in the city Sunday and was highly entertained by all base ball boys. Mrs. Thomas Emry has returned home from Hot Springs after several months' visit for health and greatly improved. Prof. Henry J. Shield's performance was great last Wednesday night, and was well attended by a large crowd. Mr. Lua Proctor has excepted a position with Mr. J. W. Moore and wants to see his friends there. The party of Paducahians who visited Cairo, Ill., last Tuesday the 13th, returned with praise to the colored Manhattan club of that city. The visit will be returned at a future date; watch for circulars. Mr. William Hughes of North Seventh street near Terrell street, died of consumption on the 13th. He was 24 years old; his remains were intered at Oak Grove. Rev. J. E. Anderson of Hopkinsville, Ky., has called a call to the pastage of the Tumble-street colored Christian church of this city. Rev. Oscar Durrett, D. D., of Princeton, Ky., is in the city and will conduct a series of meetings at the First ward Baptist church near Twelfth and Harrison streets this city. Mr. Tom Hanklin met with an accident—being kicked by the horse he has the cares of. Mrs. Burl Howell of the Maxon Miller section, is on the sick List at this writing. Please pay your agent for The Freeman. Little Miss Sarah, the niece of Mrs. Francis Turner, has been on the sick list for some time, is greatly improved at this writing. Mr. C. J. Howell of the Maxon Miller section has returned home from Louisville accompanied by several others who were summon by the U. S. District Court as witnesses in this month in regards of the election laws of last November. Read The Freeman for Sunday's comfort. There was a very swell party given last Monday evening by Mrs. Tom Lewis in honor of her husband and little daughter, Miss Stella B. Proctor, Mr. Joe Starr has just opened to the public of the handsome cafe ever open in our city at Seventh and Tumble streets and he solicits your patronage at all times. Mr Tom Galbreath of Mayfield was the guest of Mr. Alvin Logan last Sunday. We are glad to see you Tom. Greatest of all Negro Journals. Weldon, Tex., March 9, 1900. M. F. G. L. Knox, Hiddaapolis, INC. Dear Sir.-You'll find enclosed one dollar ($1.00) to pay one year's subscription to the dollar of all Nigro journals. The Freemason H. J. HONES THE WAITER 2 OF THE WAIT The waiters of Pittsburg recently gave a very successful classical concert in which some of the best talent in the city figured. Mr. J. C. Logan is the popular head-waiter at the Portland Hotel, Portland, Ore. Mr. Logan, has been employed at the Portland 8 years. Now is the time to subscribe for the Freeman and keep posted on all the news concerning head and side waiters from California to Connecticut. Mr. W. F. Glover, the head-waiter mentioned in this column last week, as making flying engagements with several hotels has retired from the Milliard Hotel, Omaha, Neb. Mr. J. H Hale is the efficient head-walter at the Scoville Hotel, Waterbury Conn., Mr. Haile is highly esteemed among both white and colored citizens of Waterbury. He is also state vice-president of the H. & S. W. N. B. A. The waiters of the Oriental Hotel Dallas Texas gave a fine full dress ball recently winding up with a swell banquet. They never do things by halves in Dallas and it goes without saying that everybody had a good time. Mr. W. L. Carey is the head-waiter at the Oriental. Mr. James Thompson, a waiter of St. Paul Minn., is now employed at the "Plankington" Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Thompson possesses a combination of musical powers being able to sing and perform on the guitar to perfection. Good luck to you James. E. C. Burris, former head-waiter of the California Hotel San Francisco, Cal. reiently took charge of the dining room of the Savoy hotel in that city succeeding a white man. Mr. Burris is a conscientious worker and is doing much to restore confidence in the colored waiters among the hotel proprietors of the Pacific slope. It is an undisputed fact that The Freeman is devoting more space to real live news concerning waiters each week than all the colored journals of the United States combined. This recognition should be appreciated by every waiter throughout the country. The waiters should show their appreciation by subscribing for The Freeman at once and keep posted on all news concerning the race. Mr. J. J. Miles, head-waiter at the Plankington Hotel Milwaukee, Wis., has a bright and intelligent little colored orphan boy 11 years old for whom he desires to get a good home with some charitable family. Anyone who may become interested in the above can call on or write Mr. Miles at 408 Wells st., Milwaukee, Wis. The Monongahala Hotel one of the old land marks of Pittsburg, Pa., will be closed April 1st. The old Monongahala Hotel, was built away back in the 40's. Colored waiters have always been employed at the Monongehala although white head-waiters have been employed over them several times, but somehow the white head-waiters could never prove satisfactory. Mr. H. Pettigrew is the affable head-waiter at the Monongehala having a well drilled crew under him. We regret to see them thrown out of a Mr. Pettigrew is the State vice-president of the H. & S·W. N.B.A. and will be readily placed in a good paying position. Mr. W. Alonzo Locke, head-waiter of the Halladay House, Cairo, Ill., has accepted an invitation to respond to address of welcome, at the Head and Second Waiter's National Benefit Association, which convenes in Pittsburgh, Pa. May 28-31. Mr. Locke is an intelligent and progressive young man and has been employed at the Halliday for five years. He has a first-class crew of waiters and maintains excellent discipline over them. At the head-waiters convention in Chicago last September, Mr. Locke was chosen recording secretary. THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER which position he filled with credit. He also captivated the convention with his eloquence. Commenting on the death of the late F. N. Dozier, the Rome Ga., Democrat said: "Sunday the remains of Flanders Dozier, at one time head-waiter in the Armstrong hotel, arrived here from Indianapolis. Dozier died at that point Thursday Jan. 25, from a complication of troubles. He was a most excellent colored man, and well thought of, not only by his own color but by all the whites who knew him. He served faithfully and with ability, the Armstrong hotel, as head-waiter for a long while. Dozier was courteous at all times and possessed that deference and humility that is fast becoming an unknown virtue in his race. He wrote verses of a fair character and with a wider learning would have turned out poems worthy of the prince. Many of his verses did show a delicacy and tenderness of thought and sentiment that indicated the true poetic fire, but he was hampered by inability to couch his work in elegant language. The funeral occurred Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and was largely attended. His wife accompanied the remains to this city." Bishop B. W. Arnett addressed the waiters of Chicago at Quinn's Chapel. In his remarks the Bishop advised the waiters to organize and thus come to a mutual agreement, whereby they could protect each other. "Organize local councils in most of the larger cities and then organize a National Association, hold your annual conventions in some large city or watering place like Saratoga and New York and if you can't get any one else, invite me and I will come and address you." Little did the Bishop know that some of the seeds of advice which he was sewing, were falling on good soil. 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A number of ministers were present from each conference in the district. On the night of the reception the spacious auditorium of Quinn Chapel was well filled with an audience of Bishop and Mrs. Arnett's friends and admirers, who vied with each other in doing them honor, enthusiastically applauding almost every mention of his name. The reception was in many ways a fitting climax to the great work of Bishop Arnett in this district. Chicago is the scene of two of the greatest triumphs associated with Bishop Arnett's fame. It was here as a churchman, in connection with the World's Parliament of Religion, he met the chosen representatives of the great religions of the world, and won unfading honor not only for his church and race, but reflected honor upon the Christianity of the United States. It was here that Hindoo philosophers and Buddhist priests, the representatives of Mohammed and Confucius, the unyielding Jew and the foremost representatives of Christianity, learned new respect for the manhood of the Negro, and were touched with new enthusiasm for the doctrine of the brotherhood of man, when Bishop Arnett stood forth in that distinguished presence and at the climax of his splendid address thrilled their hearts with the phrase, "We meet you on the height of this Parliament of Religions, the first gathering of the peoples since the time of Noah, when Shem, Ham and Japheth have met together. I greet the children of Shem, I greet the children of Japheth and I want you to understand that Ham is here!" It was in Chicago, at Tattersall's great ampitheater, where, during the presidential campaign of 1896, he addressed an audience of 15,000 persons, holding them chained by the spell of his eloquence for an hour, winning what was admitted to be one of the greatest oratorical triumphs achieved by any man in this city during that memorable campaign. The people of Chicago hailed with pleasure the opportunity to show their appreciation to this man who had so highly honored both their city and the race. We shall make no attempt to speak in detale of the complimentary and sublogistic address which were delivered by Presiding Elder Geo. W. Gaines, who was master of ceremonies; Dr. A. J. Carey, who delivered the address of welcome, and the speeches of Revs. C. H. Cheen, L. J. Phillips, A. J. Burton, our scholarly layman, H. P. Jones, and our esteemed business manager, Dr. T. W. Henderson. For Dr. Henderson, we are pleased to say, was here, and I think he heard enough and saw enough to make him happy from now until the votes are cast at the approaching general conference. The brethren of this district are very proud of the record he has made as manager of our book concern, and judging from the enthusiastic reception which they gave him they do not think he merits less than the highest honor which the connection has power to bestow. the banquet which followed—the speech-making was a bounteous feast, composed of six courses, all of which had been prepared and arranged by committees of women from the Chicago A. M. E. churches. The occasion was made all the more memorable and pleasant by the presence of Bishops A. Grant, B. F. Lee and Drs. M. M. Moore, and T. W. Henderson. Bishop Gaines came in on the morning of the reception to attend to some Episcopal business with his colleagues and left on the evening train. He was buoyant in spirit, and his eye undimmed by any lingering cloud of battle smoke, but he did not care to abide our blizzard, which had been raging for several days, as he believed he owed it to Providence and the connection to be in good health at the approaching general conference, where his strength will be needed to meet its many weighty responsibilities. I must not encroach too much upon your space in this rambling letter, to say many things I would like to say with reference to some of our distinguished visitors, but I must add in this connection that Bishop Grant took Chicago by storm. The few words he uttered the night of the reception at Quinn Chapel only quickened the desire of the people to hear his great lecture on Africa at Bethel church on the following night. It is a masterpiece, broad and statesman-like and brim full of hard-headed sense, which, climaxed by his thrilling oratory, makes this, like all of his addresses, a delight. After he had delivered his lecture even then Chicago would not give him up. Dr. Carey and the good people of Quinn Chapel prevailed upon him to stay yet another day and preach to them, which he did on the following night. Bishop Grant can not be written about in any commonplace vein, because nothing he does is commonplace. Whatever he touches is at once invested with new interest and attraction. If Texas had never done anything else but present Bishop Grant to the A. M. E. Church, and through her to the world, her lone star would shine with an added luster while his work and splendid personage remained in the memory of his fellow man. Doctors Failed. BLACK SKIN REMOVER COPYRIGHTED. BEFORE. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. This preparation, if used as directed, will turn the skin of a black person four or five shades whiter and that of mulattoes perfectly white. Any person using it can see the result in fifty-eight hours. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. It is a very good thing for the eye if allowed to get n the eye while washing the face. And Bishop Lee, solid as Gibraltar, was here. We had the great honor to have him for our guest. It was from him our wife learned her A, B, C's in the days gone by, and it was his hand which took mine in the initial steps of my career. The reserve power of this man is simply immeasurable; others may surpass him in appealing to the imagination and in touching popular chords, but no man that I have ever known surpasses him in those elements of strength which make man, truly man. Dr. M. M. Moore, who is a popular favorite in Chicago, kindly responded to our invitation to join in the farewell, and unite with the brethren here in honoring Bishop Arnett. No man was elected to the general conference from the Fourth Episcopal District who was not, and is not, Dr. Moore's friend. We feel that he has an added claim to our regard by the whole-heartedness in which he joined with us in making memorable and pleasant our testimonial to our distinguished Bishop. On the afternoon of the 7th of March, from 2 to 5, a reception was tendered to Mrs. Arnett at Bethel church by the ministers' wives and the women of Bethel church. I hope I may be pardoned if I say that it was a splendid affair, well worthy of the woman in whose honor it was given. The culture of Chicago was there. There were palms and flowers in profusion; the church had been darkened, fine tapestry hung from the windows, while soft rugs were about in profusion on the floor. More than two dozen tables were scattered about the lecture room, where all who called were served with an elegant luncheon. I trust I will violate no confidence if I quote a remark which Bishop Grant made to me. He said: "They do some fine things in the East, but the East can learn a lesson from this." The addresses delivered on this occasion by Mrs. G. C. Booth, Mrs. Catherine D. Tillman, Bishop B. F. Lee, Mrs. Daniel H. Wilaims and Mrs. Emuna S. Ransom were of a high order. They will be printed in the form of a dainty little booklet as a souvenir of the occasion. At the conclusion of the exercises, on behalf of the ministers' wives and the women of Bethel church, Mrs. Ransom presented to Mrs. Arnett an elegant dinner service, composed of more than a hundred pieces of Pitkin & Brooks's famous "Havelin" china, Bishop Arnett, on behalf of Mrs. Arnett, responded to the presentation in a most funny speech. During the four years that Bishop Arnett has been here, the brethren have vied with each other in making his administration a success, with the result that every interest of the church and of the connection has been advanced far beyond anything previously attained. While Mrs. Arnett, as head of the Mite Missionary work in the district, has more than doubled all previous records. If Bishop Arnett is to go from this to another district he will leave behind him here an unrivaled record of splendid achievements and the affectionate regard of the ministers and the laity, whose every interest he has so faithfully served. R. C. RANSOM, Rathbull M. F. Church, Chicago, Ill. Bethel A. M. E. Church, Chicago, Ill. Special Notices. Frankfort, Ind. Special—Monday night was teachers' meeting, after which a pound social was given for the pastor. * * Mrs. J. H. Johnson filled the pulpit Sunday evening. * * Miss Blanch Clark entertained a number of her friends Monday evening at her home at 308 West Green street. The occasion was in honor of her fifteenth birthday. Light refreshments were served. * * Mr. James McKern stopped in our city Tuesday en route for Chicago. * * Mrs. Alva Fanning has been very ill at her home on South Columbia street. * * Read a great race paper. The Freeman, of Indianapolis, Ind. * * Mr. Samuel Brewer, a well known gentleman of this city, married Miss Mathews at Bloomington, Ind. * * Mr. Bert Cummings, a popular young man of Frankfort, is at Indianapolis studying law. * * The first Sunday in every month is missionary day. The pastor expects to have a grand time. Let everybody come. * * Christian Endeavor promptly at 6:30. Morning and night services by Rev. Johnson. Sunday-school at 2:30, John D. Kersey, superintendent. * * Mr. J. D. Kersey is everybody to meet him at Sunday school the 1st Sunday in April, as he shall be fifty-one years old. * * Mr. R. N. Powell has again taken his route as mail carrier after a few weeks' illness. * * Last week afforded very unpleasant weather. * * The church congregation was not up to its usual stand Sunday, owing to such bad weather. * * Frankfort is soon to have a new depot on the Monon line. * * The Busy Bee Club meets Tuesday night. They are soon to have a drama known as "Love at First Sight." * * The colored Republicans, of Clinton county met Thursday evening. Mr. John Mitchell, of Thorntown, Ind., was in the Gem City Thursday. * * The ladies of the Sewing Circle met at the pastor's home Friday evening. Light refreshments were served during the evening. * * Mr. Archie Cummings and wife have moved to Thorntown, Ind. * * Mr. Theodore Valentine, was in the city Saturday. * * Sunday school was largely attended Sunday. * * See Forrest Mitchell, The Freeman's agent, about The Freeman. C. 66 In August, 1893, I was attacked by neuralgia and nervous prostration. For six months I was confined to my room and most of the time to my bed. Five doctors were consulted without results. Dr. Miles' Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills cured me. Today I am well and strong. Rev. W. H. Sarff, Union City, Ind. DR. MILES' Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on guarantee, first bottle benefits or money back. 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Advertise events should reach us on Saturday or Monday order to appear the following week. Omission to be made up at calculation of contract Lost Relative advertisements, $1.00 for one month, in advance. Entered at the post-office at Indianapolis, Indiana, as second class matter. matter should be addressed to THE FREEMAN. E. L. Knox, Pub., Indianapolis, Ind. SATURDAY MARCH 24,1900. THE A. M. E. CONFERENCE. Early in May, at Columbus, O., will convene the great quadrennial conference of the A. M. E. Church. Its delegates will be gathered from all quarters of the globe where African Methodism is known. Incidental with the legislation for the church for the next four years will be the creation of four new bishops owing to deaths in the past and probable deaths in the future. Among those who stand out prominently for elevation to the bench of bishops is Dr. T. W. Henderson, who labored so zealously while in this city and since his subsequent elevation to the managership of the A. M. E. Publishing house at Philadelphia. Dr. Henderson is entitled to great consideration by the A. M. E. church if efficiency and worth are the means by which men mount to fame and high places. What he did for the A. M. E. Church in Indianapolis speaks for itself. The church-honze erected under his guiding genius is one of the best in the connection. His ability for raising means by which he was enabled to rear such a magnificent structure did not overshadow his great ability for saving souls for Christ. Hundreds of young people, old people, people that were considered beyond the pale of redemption were garnered in under his pastoral care. Dr. T. W. Henderson is what might be considered an ideal candidate for the bishopricsy. His influence is magnetic, his zeal is contagious and his attamments run in several directions, all of which constitutes a well rounded man, as a minister should be. His executive ability is not questioned, when the grand record of his work here and elsewhere is known. Presiding Elder, J. H. Saunders of the Indianapolis district, says, that the hsgh purposes of Dr. Henderson, his gentlemanly qualities, his ripe scholarship and wide experience entitles him the consideration of every delegate to the convention. The coming census is a matter of great interest to the American Negro. He will be expected to answer the enumerator when he comes next June and naturally wishes to make a good showing in the big volumes that are to be printed about the people of the United States. "The population schedule" is the one which concerns everybody. On it are questions about name, age, sex, color, relationship to the head of the family and where each individual was born, as well as where the parents of each were born. The enumerator will ask who can read and write and how many months the children have gone to school. He will ask about the prosperity of the THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER family, whether only the man works for money or whether the women and children do, too, and whether they own or rent the house they live in. All the enumerator can do with this information when he gets it will be to write it down, for he has sworn not to tell anything about it, and then the papers will be sent to Washington to be worked out by electricity. The great books, when printed, will show how fast the colored people have been improving and where they have made the greatest progress. Our people should proceed along the line of right in all things and remember that as a class, we cannot move faster than the slowest element among us. Therefore, the general method of effort should include the doing of the best for the greatest number.-The Afro-American Presbyterian. It would be well for those who are qualified as leaders to take the above principles under consideration. The argument, that there must be distinct lines within the race itself, in order to show the strata of society, in order to prove that all Negroes are not alike, is very well known. But, for the best interest of the race it is not the thing to apply rules that are too hard and fast in this matter. The individuals of the race for years to come will be charged as their brother's keeper, whether they desire it so or not. Every Negro will stand charged to some degree with every crime committed by Negroes everywhere. It has been the law of the past, it promises to be the law of the future. The Negroes will appreciate in value according as the masses are lifted up. It is through the salvation of the masses that the whole race is to be saved. Those general rules that fit other nations in the matter of racial growth and prosperity are not the ones to be applied to the Negro race owing to its very anomalous situation in this country. Let those who are best prepared look to the salvation of the masses. It is not expected that the white people ar going to do this. They have their own masses and slum elements that require attention. The masses cannot look after the masses. They are not prepared owing to the lack of experience or wisdom. Bishop Turner's Scheme to plant a colony of Negroes in Africa is still alive. He and his conferes are industriously circulating a monster petition in the South which is to be presented to Congress when they have secured ten miles of names—monumental toll. This petition will pray Congress that it do appropriate and set aside one hundred million dollars in futherance of the aforesaid scheme. The managers of this gigantic undertaking are, doubtless, sincere. But, they seem to be working alone, working in the dark. It would take it seems, tremendous public sentiment on the part of the Negroes to induce enough of them to sign sincerely their names to make ten miles of petition. Let us study the figures; there are 5280 feet in a mile. Allowing 25 signatures to one foot, the total would be 182,000 names for 1 mile; ten miles 1,320,000 names. If these were men and should they stand for the heads of families with five members each, it would represent the grand total of 6,600,000 persons. It is not believed 1,320,000 individuals are in favor of such a movement. It would mean at least one sixth of the entire race It is Quixotic in the extreme, this project, as honest as the intentions may be. If the bishop desires to emphasize his objection to the systems in this country let him get up something in a tangible form. The Boers aske no bounty when they trekked. The chances are that if Africa offers them a foothold, free from the blighting domination of England they will trek again. The Negroes should be "made of sterner stuff" and not stand on the ceremony of going, if they mean it and quit playing to the galleries. It is safe to say that if this colonization scheme depends on governmental bounty to the tune of a hundred millions, it is all up now. A crusade on the crudities of the race is in order. A refined person, white or black either excites no comment or favorable comment. Refinement does not consist altogether in fine clothes, but a gentle one is a gentle one, although clothed in rags. But rags are no part of the conventional idea of public appearing. These things tell. DR. FURNISS OF BAHAI. It is with pleasure that we submit the following letter from our Senior Senator Hon. Chas. W. Fairbanks, wherein he has shown his kindly offices in behalf of our fellow townman, Dr. Harry Furniss. We feel safe in assuring him that the colored people feel very grateful towards him and that this and all other attentions will not go unnoted. It is also a matter of congratulation to know that Dr. Furnish in the zealous performance of his duties has merited consideration by the government. It is equally gratifying to know that our government is great enough to look beyond the color of a man, to the acts of a man regardless of his color. Such examples of merit and rewards certainly have a wholesome effect on the race, no matter who be the beneficiary. You will be pleased to know that I had the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill amended to increase the salary of the counsel at Bahia from $2000 to $2500 Mr. Furniss has made a good official The manufacturers interested in commerce in South America have written me stating that Mr. Furniss gives more earnest and intelligent consideration to the duties of his office than any other consul in South America. They say he is wide-awake and always on the alert to promote American commerce. He is prompt in answering all questions, giving every assistance in his power, while many consuls are indifferent to their inquiries. With best wishes Very respectfully. (HAS. W. FAIRBANKS.) We do not need men in this community who are running around trying to work mischief to others, who may or may not stand in their way. Any man that plots to blight the life of others even though it be at the behest of others is no more than a covered assassin, even though the intent is not realized. A covered assassin is no better than an uncovered one. If such an individual plied his vocation in the South they would lynch him on the spot. Such summary justice would be hurting to the country at large, baneful to the race generally but it would be salutary to the community. Says the Odd Fellow's Journal, of Philadelphia; "If white men hunt up and seek to parade our weaknesses, let us parade the evidences of our strength." Just so, but let us not forget to speak of our weaknesses occasionally as the Odd Fellows Journal has so well spoken. Let us admit a thing occasionally and we will be more respected for the admission, and gather strength from the very admission. There are rascals in the Negro race that need exposing every once and a while. We must not screen them. We must give them up. As to the legislative situation, it is the plain duty of the Negroes, if they insist on presenting candidates, to present the best men. These "best men" are with us, several of them. Some of them are unaquainted with the mazy ways of the politicians, others are. There is no reason for compromising with individuals who do not come up to legislative requirements. There is no sentiment in the matter. It would be racial stupidity to urge men for the legislature if they are known to be unable to properly acquit themselves. The qualified Negroes should not loose sleep o'nights trying to get away from the Negro masses, but on the other hand they should be the mainstay and comfort of those who have been denied the opportunities of experience or education. The mass must be leavened in order to make Negro life tolerable in America. Every day is casting forth new events, events that are forbidding in appearance. These events must be met with a determination equal to the emergency. Is it being done? Calvin W. Chase, of the Washington has been selected as Delegate-at-Large to the Republican Convention. He seems to be in high glee. Col. Carson, our late friend of convention memory retires in favor of new blood. The Germans have built ein Deutchhaus, why cannot the colored people of this city erect a building in which to conduct their better social affairs? The day is over when a man must be stricken down for his views; no matter what they may be. if society is not injured thereby. The colored race stands more in need of money than education, opinions to the contrary, not-with-standing. FIRE SALE OF FINE FURNITURE We have a good assortment of the finer grades of Furniture, that was slightly damaged by smoke and water. The prices we ask are ridiculously low. Our Upholstering Department is again in operation. We will call for and return your furniture. Read and Consider WASSON'S Saturday's Announcement 69c For $1.25 Black Crepons If you miss this cance to buy a fine Black Skirt or Costume Pattern, you'll regret it, for here are more new Black Dress Goods to choose from than any two departments in the city contains; all of the right sorts, the modes that are in demand; bought long before the big advance and marked away down for a lively Saturday's selling. Imported silky, fluffy Crepons—a rare assortment of the newer spring designs—all $1.25 qualities go to-day .69 Black Poplin—nothing out this year in black goods more popular for stylish dressy costumes, $1.25 grade at .69 Black Tailored Suitings in almost endless variety Black Cheviots, that unapproachable cloth, unequaled for wearing qualities, Cheviots worth 75c a yard, to day at ... Black Zibelines, the much wanted cloth for spring costumes and skirts, a $1.25 grade, goes to day at .. Spring's Fair Those who are preparing their pretty, dainty ideas in wash fabrics for here. Enlarged departments filled with Pretty, airy Dimities, with dainty colored figures, the latest ideas for spring..... Soft, clinging Madras Suitings, one of the most popular cloths for children's wear, very pretty..... Imported Anderson Ginghams, the swellest pastel shades for spring, 75c styles..... Imported Irish and French Dimities, an aston- ishing array of patterns, 25c, 19c and... Spring's Fairest Wash Goods Those who are preparing their spring sewing now, who are looking about for the pretty, dainty ideas in wash fabrics for women's and children's wear, will do well to look here. Enlarged departments filled with the chicest of wash fabrics that will wash. Tissue Ordule, that beautiful crepe effect in wash fabrics, fast colors. Goods In to foreign novelties as well as a bet than figures, less weight and in 15 styles. with silk effects will free from starch Leko novelty stri ed here at 12 Department comp Linens, Fo Cambrics, sh bought before CO THE BUSY STORE H White Good Special attention given to foreign dras giving a much better effect than f offered for shirt waists; shown in 15 st Mercerized novelties, soft in finish with silk eff retain this in washing. Beautiful Batiste Claire, sheer gauzy, free from the prettiest muslin for gowns. H. P. WASSON & CO White Goods In Profusion Special attention given to foreign novelties as well as domestic, the new corded Madras giving a much better effect than figures, less weight and thickness. The best thing offered for shirt waists; shown in 15 styles. Mercerized novelties, soft in finish with silk effects will retain this in washing. Beautiful Batiste Claire, sheer gauzy, free from starch the prettiest muslin for gowns. Leno novelty stripes, 50 styles, every good thing represented here at 12½c and up. Department complete with Domestic and Foreign India Linens, Foreign Persians, Lawns pure Linens, Cambrics, sheer and medium Nainsoaks. All above bought before the advance. H. P. WASSON & CO THE BUSY STORE H. P. WASSON & CO name RICHARD ALLEN the Advocate of Manhood Christianity in the choicest gems or their recollection. The Independent of Houston, Texas at the conclusion of an editorial in a recent issue says: Then, too, there are white men who are unwilling to deal with Negroes unless they can use them to suit their fancy. They would rather deal with a Negro who is homeless ambitionless, moneyless and characterless than one who is upright, honest, and true. Now what will you do? Let the race suffer because the white man wants "tools" and because the "tools" are so much in evidence, or will you shake off your lethargy, assert your manhood, organize a good club in each district, put your best men forward, and help build up your community, your home, and your race? The above is a wail from Texas. It is not without its troubles. It behooves the Negroes of all communities to see to it, that their best men are put forward for public p'aces. --- Rev. F. G. Snelson, M. A., Ph. D., F. R. G. S. presiding and General Superintendent of the A. M. church in Sierra Lone, Africa has issued the following circular letter. DEAR CHRISTIANS: We are about to celebrate the 140th Birthday of the RT. REV BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN the Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal church, which numbers today seven hundred thousand African Christians dwelling in the United States America, Canada, Nova Scotia, West Indies, San Domingo, Hayti, South America, West Africa and South Africa. We should celebrate ALLEN's Birthday because he is the Founder of the most successful and complete organization ever put in operation by the Negro Race of modern times. England celebrates the birthdays of her poets and churchmen; Germany honors her William and Bismack; France still arouses the minds of her people with the recital of Napoleon's deeds; America walks silently to the tombs of her Washington and Lincoln; Hayti honors her Hyppolite, and now Africans everywhere will emulate the ON'S Saturday's Announce Black Crepo Black Skirt or Costume Pattern, you'll re- choose from than any two departments that are in demand; bought long be- ly Saturday's selling. Black Poplin—nothing out this year in black goods more popular for stylish dressy cost- tumes, $1.25 grade at..... Black Tailored Suitings in almost endless variety of styles in this great special lot, worth from $1.75 to $2.50, to-day. Storm Serges, one of the best black clothes ever produced to sell at $1.25 a yard, goes to day at..... It Wash Good sewing now, who are looking about his and children's wear, will do well nicest of wash fabrics that will was Black Poplin—nothing out this year in black goods more popular for stylish dressy costumes, $1.25 grade at..... .69 Black Tailored Suitings in almost endless variety of styles in this great special lot, worth from $1.75 to $2.50, to-day..... $1.19 Storm Serges, one of the best black cloths ever produced to sell at $1.25 a yard, goes to-day at..... .98 Tissue-mon, mercerized Foulards, exact copies of the $1.25 silks, very handsome, special... Pretty wrapper and waist Percales, fast colors, 10c kind... Dress Ginghams in all of the plaids and stripes, fast colors, 10c kind... Choose from 85 styles spring Percales, full width, soft finish, the best and prettiest line on the market... Nearly 50 styles printed Foulards, silky effects, very stylish and pretty for wrappers and waists.. In Profusion les as well as domestic, the new cord less weight and thickness. The best Lerio novelty stripes, 50 styles, every good thing ed here at 12¢c and up. Department complete with Domestic and Forest Linens, Foreign Persians, Lawns pur Cambrics, sheer and medium Nainsoooks. bought before the advance. STORE H. P. WASSON & Lexo novelty stripes, 50 styles, every good thing represented here at 12½c and up. Department complete with Domestic and Foreign India Linens, Foreign Persians, Lawns pure Linens, Cambrics, sheer and medium Nainsoaks. All above bought before the advance. --- 205 and 207 E. Wash. Street Opposite Court House 'S Saturday's Announcement Black Crepons ostume Pattern, you'll regret it, than any two departments in the demand; bought long before the selling. nothing out this year in black popular for stylish dressy cos-grade at..... .69 cuttings in almost endless variety this great special lot, worth from to-day..... $1.19 one of the best black clothes ever sell at $1.25 a yard, goes to..... .98 ash Goods who are looking about for the man's wear, will do well to look fabrics that will wash. Profusion Domestic, the new corded Ma- thickness. The best thing types, 50 styles, every good thing represen- c and up. Complete with Domestic and Foreign India Persians, Lawns pure Linens, Ster and medium Nainsooks. All above the advance. E. P. WASSON & CO The Negroes are to be saved through the salvation of the masses. "Jim Crow" cars would not be in demand in the South, if there was not an element among the Negroes who do not know how to deport themselves in the cars or any place else. There should be no sentiment in the matter. It is not necessary to go all the way to South Carolina to find out that Negroes very often need guardians when in public places. The country is watching the effects of education on the race. In the South the hue and cry is that education and crime go hand in hand. Is it true? If education does not tend to uplift, renovate the individual, then it fails in its purpose. Ignorant rascals are no worse than educated ones. If politics and Negro Ku Kluks are to be synonymous. Let us pass it up. A MALLORY BROS. John D West, leader of orchestra with Georgia Up-to-Date says 'Hello' to all friends. Fountain B. Wood, slide trombone soloist, is still a feature of Georgia Up-to-Date. Jones & Earthquake, "two Southern Coons" are recent acquisitions to Georgia Up-to-Date. J. E. Wallace sole proprietor of Jamblyne and Dugans minstrel is suffering with a factured leg. Emmet Davis and Buddie Glenn are the star comedians at the Litle Solo Theatre, Houston, Tex. "Gracie Mallory, I am very sorry to hear of your sad trouble. Please accept my sympathy" -Jennie Scheper. C. Balibo, formerly a member of the company at the Little Solo Theatre, Houston, Tex., is dead. Jennie Scheper was the recipient of a fine torquise diamond ear-rings also a diamond ring—gifts from her husband. D. C. Scott sends regards to Leroy Bland, Fred Simpson, Harry Fidler, the Mallory Bros., and all members of the Mahara Minstrels. Bailey & Dodd are taking curtain calls nightly on their aluminum chimes with the Rusco & Holland's Big Minstrel festival. They send regards to friends. "Hello! Ollie Burgoyne, how-about chop sue last summer? We will kill it this summer, Eh?—Jennie Scheper. "Gillam & Mizelle only want a place they can occupy in the profession. Their songs are all published, but they have learned 'em right Success to all. A.T.G. The Big Four—Jennie Scheper, Clara Freeman, Estella Ware and Pauline Freeman, send regards to Madge and Odessa Warren, Maggie Davis also to Poney Moore. Wm. Sherrah, bass profundo, with Lowery & Green's Minstrels is making a big hit singing "The Bird With the Broken Wing," with illustrations in the olio. Isle Afro-American Concert Company are now rehearsing at Houston, Texas to play dates through the east; they are expecting to make a hit with Mr. John C Dancer the famous baritone soloist. Black Diamond, formerly of A. G. Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, is now giving open air exhibitions to the public at Houston, Tex. One of tricks is the placing of four billiard balls in his mouth. Smith & Prince, musical artists, with Lowery & Green's Minstrels, will soon complete their collection of musical instruments. They have collected novelties from San Francisco, New York and Elkart. Bee Bee, the "Coon" shouter and ragtime comedian has been on the sick list but is up again hitting them hard singing "When a Coon Sits in a Presidential Chair" at the Little Solo Theatre, Houston, Texas. Briggs & Payne last week closed a very successful engagement at the New People's Theatre, Lowell, Mass. They have signed with Shea & McAnilife's Reportoire Co., and send regards to Ben F. Payne. The latest song and dance originated Chapman & Perkins, song and dance artists, with Lowery & Green's Minstrels, is said to be far superior to any contest work that has been presented to the public. They send regards to friends in and out of the profession. Prof. P. G. Lowery writes the following: "Through the columns of The Freeman, I again thank my many friends for their letters of compliment on my recent article 'The Cornet and Cornetists.' My next article will take in the tuba, baritone, trombone and solo also instruments of which I am not an art upon, but feel capable of criticising as they appear as solists. Success to The Freeman, is my best wishes.—Lowery." Chas. H. Williams writes the following from the A. G. Alleu New Orleans Minstrels—"We played Savannah, Ga., to a large audience last night. We turned them away in Augusta, Ga. Miss Elder will introduce her serpentine THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. dance next week. C. A. Burton our interlocutor, is singing great success 'Just As the Day Light was Breaking'. Logan and Watts still bring down the house with their buck and wing dancing. Our old friend P. Owens still keeps the members of the show laughing over his bad luck in life. Our regards to all." The Mascotte Theatre, at Tampa, Fla., is playing to big business every night. Miss Kittie Brown never fails to make a big hit. Miss Jessie Thomas, male impersonator is hitting them hard with her act. Messrs. Holmes & Bush, a southern team that arg good, are a big thing on the bill, and they keep the crowds in an uproar. Horace Murray, the old-man specialty artist, is clever. Prof. A. W. Ross is still leading the orchestra, while Clarence Bush, is stage manager. Pat Chappell, is general manager. During the engagement of the "Hottest Coon in Dixie" company at Duluth, Minn., they were highly entertained by Harry J. Elza, the "Gold King" and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney, 107 West First street. A nice lunch was served about half-past ten o'clock, and then they proceeded to play whist until two o'clock in the morning. Members of the company present were: Billy Cole, Georgia Dobbs, Chas. Crawford, Eddie Harris, Janes Douglass and Pap Norris. The evening festivities ended by Miss Dobbs and Jas Douglass carrying of the honors away afterwhich the "Gold King" told a funny story, and the party left for the Douglass Club where Mr. C. O'Neil gave them a good time. Notes from the Buckingham Theatre, Ft. Brooke, Fla. — "The house is crowded to the doors every night with Cubans Spaniards, Negroes and white people. Business is fine. D. Ireland Thomas is here with us. McMurry is hitting them hard in his original musical act. The Marshals are making good. John Weaver, the one-arm comedian is a big favorite. Miss Lizzie Roberts is getting her share of encores. J. Carter is our stage manager and he is filling the position in a most satisfactory manner. The above talent will be succeeded by Billy and Madrid Jackson, Cissel and Mines and many others. Our business and patrons call for the best talent money can secure. Mr. Pat Chappelle is general manager." James White, a "boy from home", principal comedian with the Scott's Refined Minstrels, was a pleasant caller at this office Friday of last week. Stopping over here to spend a few hours with relatives. "Jimmy" was looking the picture of good health, and stated that the show has been playing to an enormous big business this season. Mr. White's two latest compositions have just been issued from the press of the Buckeye Music Publishing Co., 911 Vine street, Cincinnati, O.—"I Dreamed of You Last Night My Dear" a very pretty love song, and it will soon find favor with ballad singers in search of a com- position of merit; the other is "My Dixie Dinah" a coon song which is bound to become popular. Professional copies can be had by addressing the above named publishing house. Notes from "Georgia Up-to-Date"—"We are still playing to big business. Roster: George & Hart, owners: Gardner Hart, manager; J. Ed. George, business manager; Harvey B. Day, representative; Jack M. Oliver, stage director; Prof. John D. West, leader of orchestra; Fountain B. Wood, bandmaster; Ben Bembry, master of transportation; A. L. Mason, properties; Will G. Kennedy, B. Shirley Tyler, Alex M.Kenzene, Harvey Holmes, Billy Earthquake, Chas. Jones, A. L. Mason, W. M. Fletcher, Buddie Robinson, Frank Clermont, Fred C. Richardson, W. T. McKay, Robert O. Henderson, the Suwannee River Quartet, Miss Carrie B. Wood, Miss Legretta Henderson, Miss Mattie McLemore, Jno. Adams. All members of the company wish to be remembered to all friends in and out of the profession." Scott & Burns' "Hotest Sports From Coontown" company reports big business through British Columbia. The following is the roster: D. C. Scott, sole proprietor and manager; Frank Burns, stage manager; Jno. Woods, Jesse Mitchell, Ike Brown, Claude Burns, Henry Williams, James Johnson, Simon Epps, Anthony Overton, John Scott, Billy Cushion, John Person. Frank Daniels, Henry Wolf, Billy Fifer, John Hason, Jas. Watson, Misses, May Diggs, Fannie Williams, Janie Wilson, Mrs. Jessie Mitchell, Maude O'Neal, Jennie Harmdon, Blanche Hewitt, Gracie Elmert, Mamie Dobbs, Nodie Lane, Mattie Griffin, Stella Cook, Blanche Lane, Annie Jackson, Hattie Hamilton and Sadie Siderson, Maude Samuels, Dot Williams, Carrie Williams, Willie Johnson and Master Ernest Scott. Mr. Harry Givens our representative at Duluth writes: "Monday night, Duluth citizens witnessed the best colored show ever seen in the Northwest. This company came to our city with indorsements from all the cities in the Northwest, such as San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Butte, Spokane, Helena Billings and Fargo and to say they made good would be putting it mildly. The show was one great big hit from start to finish and had crowded houses both nights. Miss Neal G Hawkins, exquisitely gowned and in excellent voice sang her way to an immediate hit. Three songs and two bows was her recompense for a delightful contribution. The Grundy's specialty in the first act was an emphatic and deserved hit. Miss Bessie Hamilton's coon songs were the best rendered here. Her voice was the strongest and sweetest ever heard in Duluth. Mr. Arthur Payne gave a clever rendition of the Holy City. One of the most pleasing numbers on the bill, Norris Smith's rendition of "Who Dat Say Chicken." The song and dance participated in by the Misses Sullivan, Kennie, Dobbs and Grundy, was the For Paris Exposition IMMEDIATELY. Can use nothing but professionals. Will forward tickets for the right people. Anyone writing must have a reputation or reference. Anyone misrepresenting themselves will be cancelled and their baggage held for payment of their tickets. So amateurs beware. ON engagements runs from 8 to 12 and we work with the best staff. ON MATTIE'S THEATRE, at Tampa, Fla. NOTICE-All business must be transacted with PAT CHAPPEL, Tampa, Fla. CHAPPELL & DONALDSON, Sole Owners. spiciest and most catchy ever done here by colored soubrettes. Bob Kelly scored a screaming hit with a somewhat different round of nonsensicalities. The executive staff was Mr. Phil. R. Miller, proprietor and manager: Will H. Barry business manager. Louis K. Gilbert advance representative. Robt. A. Kelly, stage manager. Albert Johnson, musical director. Billy Cole, master of transportation. J. Ed Green, of Oliver Scott's Minstrels, writes: "We're hurriedly advancing towards the Queen's land, and are long will be singing at the termination of each performance 'God Save the Queen.' The boys all had the pleasure of witnessing a performance of the Octoroons and were well pleased at the treat. James White took a flying trip to the Hoosier capital last week. The first-part is being commented upon daily by press and public, as to its beautiful setting and red-hot numbers. The setting is a facsimile of a Roman reception room showing the Arch of Titus in the distance, with thirty people in the circle; the first edition includes the eccentric comedians—Wm. Johnson and Bob Pannell, massed in by Messrs. Frank Cassel and Cicero Reed. The second edition embraces the funmakers James White and Clarence Powell; the music and fun run fast and furious for fully thirty minutes. Then the elo of first class numbers follow which includes Harry Craton. Clarence Powell, Arthur Maxwell. James White. Kitcni, J. Ed Green, and 'Stoke Moore's Ragtime Reception.' The Freeman is a great favorite with the boys in this show and they wish to send through the columns regards to members of all companies." Lowery & Green's Improved Minstrels has proved to be a box-office winner as it has broken all previous records through Nebraska. Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Arkansas S. R. O., sign is common with this mammoth attraction and the Press and Public speak highly of our concert band of twelve so oists treated by the worlds famous cornet virtuoso P. G. Lowery. Our performance never fail to please the most fastidious each act is carefully arranged and placed by the renowned stage manager Harry L. Gillam. The combination of the two talents of Lowery & Gillam making this the best show from the first appearance of the parade to the ringing down of the curtain that has appeared any where on their route. Harry L. Gillam has not only proved to be a stage manager of ability but a business manager as well, as the secret of our success lies in his shrewd care management. The Eastern show or the big white tent vaudeville attraction will be headed and managed by P. G. Lowery while the western combination is headed and under the sole management of Harry L. Gillam. Address all mail for the Eastern show to P. G. Lowery care of The Freeman Indianapolis, Ind., and all mail for the Western show must be address to Harry L. Gillam, Wells, Minn. Notes of Local Interest. St. Louis, Mo.—(Special.)—The annual meeting of the Forum Club was held on the 11th inst., at which time was the annual election of officers. The Secretary and Treasurer's report showed the receipts to be $2,137.59; expenses, $2,037.58; balance, $100.01. The following named gentlemen were elected as officers for the ensuing year, the race for Treasurer resulting in a tie vote, between Messrs. George Boldrew and Edward G. Burles, each gentleman receiving 63 votes: For President, H. H. Jones; First Vice President, C. K. Robinson; Second Vice President, B. J. Caruthers; Secretary, Charles A. Pitman; Assistant Secretary, Charles F. Randalls; Financial Secretary, George E. Temple; Treasurer, no election, tie vote; Race Commissioner, Peter H. Clark; Chaplain, R. H. Cole; Sergeant-at- Arms, John Johnson; Board of Directors, Hutchins Inge, A. W. Lloyd, Geo, S. Simms, W. W. Trice, Walter M. Farmer, John A. A. Agee, Charles E. Quinton, D. L. McLeod, E. H. Taylor, W. C. Gordon. Against "Negro Building." While I am heartily in sympathy with the plan of having the colored citizen exhibit here or in Europe the products of his skill or inventive genius, I am utterly opposed to his being relegated to some "Jim Crow" corner or "Negro Building." If the colored citizen has anything to exhibit he should be allowed to do so among the other citizens of his country, and should not be relegated to any "Jim Crow" corner or "Negro Building." It is painful to see that our so-called leaders (leaders!), with all their learning and boasted intelligence, fail to perceive and feel the gross insult put upon the race by this proposal to segregate the colored exhibitors in the forthcoming Paris Exposition. Of course, there will be some of them who will say: "There is no prejudice in this; the whites wish to have us in a separate building merely to show what progress we have made." To this I reply: "Can any colored man put his hand on his heart and say that he really believes that had the colored citizens firmly refused to be assigned a "Jim Crow" building in the expositions at Atlanta and Nashville, that the whites would have told them to come into the main building and exhibit along with their white fellow citizens? No! No man can do it and be truthful. It is the bugbear of social equality which induces the whites at every exposition to relegate the colored man to a "Negro Building." Is this the only country that has a large Negro element? England, France, Spain, Brazil all have a large Negro population, but we have never seen any of these countries when exhibiting at an international exhibition assign a separate building to its colored citizens. This is the only country in the world which imposes upon its colored citizens such an insulting, humiliating situation, and, I regret to be compelled to say it, among all our learned and intelligent (?) leaders there is not one with sense enough to see and dignity enough to spurn the offer to be segregated at the Paris Exposition of 1900, G. H. HARDING. 737 W. Walnut St., Louisville, Ky. Simpson, Pittman & Patrick HIGH-CLASS MUSICAL ARTISTS Richards, Pringle's Georgia Minstrels season 99-1900. WILLIAM NETTIE GARLAND & GOFF, ....SKETCH ARTISTS..... Mr. Garland Tuba soloist; Tenor vocalist and Comedian. Miss Goff Slide Trombone soloist; Soubrette. PETE STANLEY TRAP DRUMMER with Rusco & Holland's Big Minstrel Festival. Per. Address, The Freeman. THE FREEMAN A National Negro News paper. It is conceded to be the leading Newspaper published by the race in the world. No expense is spared by the publisher INDIANAPOLIS the ideal home journal. More special contributors than any two other Negro papers. We want an active agent in every town and city in the United States. Write for terms Add: The Freeman, Indianapolis. Richards, Pringle-Rusco & Holland Big Minstrel Festival 55 People----3 Bands---Special Trains. The Largest Minstrel Show in the World. Richards and Pringles Famous Georgia Minstrels 45 People--2 Bands --Special Train. The 5 Whirlwinds, Arabian Acrobats. Fifty People----Two Cars----Two Bands. Home Office of RUSCO & HOLLAND 346 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Ill., care National Printing Co. WANTED----at all times First-class People----ONLY W. A. & JACK MAHARA, Permanent address: 160 Clark street, CHICAGO. The Leading Colored Theatrical Organization of the World . . . BOB COLE AND BILLY JOHNSON Mr. Lloyd G. Gibbs, Mr. Walter Dixon, Mr. Sam Cousins, Mr. Barrington Carter, Mr. Thomas Craig, Mr. Samuel King, Mr. Geo. Ledbetter, Mr. George Brown, Mr. Willis Accooe, MR. S A TRIP TO ED. E. LESTER, R. MADISON ED. E. LESTER, Rep. Management of ED. W. COOK. MADISON OPERA HOUSE, MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA. H. WILLHITE, Manager always wanted. Seating capa- tion 80. Population 3,000. Good St. P. Easy connection wit- h celll. Fifth-Street C Grand Fountain U, O. T. R. class place of amusement All colored troupes visiting cars from door to all parts of ALHITE, Manager and Lessee. Now booking for 1900-1901. Up-to-D- ented. Seating capacity, 800. Sosman & Landis new scenery. Electric lig- uage connection 3,000. Good railroad accommodations and hotel accommodations. On easy connection with Sioux Falls, Pipestone, Aberdeen, Watertown, Huron. Street Opera House, 906 5th Ave. LYNCHBURG, W. Mountain U, O. T. R., owned and controlled exclusively by colored people. House of amusement—a splendid one night stand. Large crowds to greet gov- red troupes visiting the town are given a royal reception by colored citizen- door to all parts of the city. W. S. WOODSON, CHIEF AND MANAGER. LOUIE H. WILHLITE, Manager and Lessee. Now booking for 1900-1901. Up-to-D Shows always wanted. Seating capacity, 800. Sosman & Landis new scenery. Electric lig Stage 2550. Population 3,000. Good railroad accommodations and hotel accommodations. On Stage 2550. Easy connection with Sioux Falls, Fipestone, Aberdeen, Watertown, Hurd mit Mitchell. Of the Grand Fountain U. O. T. R., owned and controlled exclusively by colored people—A first-class place of amusement—a splendid one night stand. Large crowds to greet good plays. All colored troupes visiting the town are given a royal reception by colored citizens. Street cars from door to all parts of the city. W. S. WOODSON, CHIEF AND MANAGER Roosters have stopped laying eggs in Kansas. For Lowery & Green's IMPROVED MINSTRELS have broken all previous records in the above state—playing to 8. R. O., nightly. WANTED—Performers in all branches, those doubling brass perforated State lowest salary and don't misrep- have broken all previous records in the above state—playing to 8. R. O. nightly. WANTED—Performers in all branches, those doubling brass perforated State lowest salary and don't misrepresent yourself. This show does not close. Address all communications to HARRY L. GILLAM. Sole Manager. Wells. Minn 6 PRESENTING SPORT EDITED BY NED LMO BEE 7 The application of Jockey "Tiny" Williams for a license for 1900 has been denied by the Jockey club of Chicago. Williams was ruled off at Brighton Beach last summer. *** Sporting Editor The Freeman—"I. Bud Montgomery better known as Young Walcott, hereby issue a sweeping challenge to meet any man in the world at 133 lbs, also agree to bet from two hundred and fifty to one thousand dollars on the side, any one wishing to accept this defy can be accommodated by addressing Thornton Williams 171 21 street manager and backer Chicago, Ill., March 5, 1900." --- One of the prettiest exhibitions of scientific sparring ever seen in this city was the ten round bout between "Kid" Roberson, the clever California lightweight and Dave Barry the Canadian middle weight at Mozart hall on the 12th. The contest was declared a draw as the men had agreed too, if both were on their feet at the finish. Owing to the fact that the authorities would not stand for a "knock out" the "Kid" was handicaped by not being allowed to use that terrible right, which has put many to sleep. Mr. James Vaughn the well known saloon man in Indiana avenue is manager and backer of Roberson. The Columbia Giants of Chicago, the leading colored base ball club of America have been ordered to report not later than April 3 for practice. George Johnson Jr., first baseman, arrived last week. Second baseman Charlie Grant writes from Cincinnati that he has begun training. George Wilson will arrive on March 24, and will be ready to pitch the day he arrives. Barton says he is in good shape. Miller, Buckner, Binga, and Burns have begun light road work. Sol White has been engaged as athletic instructor at Wilberforce University and will be in good shape when the season starts. The Giants will go to West Baden Springs on April 5 and remain there one week before starting the season. J. W. Patterson, 3030 State street, Chicago, Ill., is the Giants' manager. --- The sale of the late Isaac Murphy's home recall's to mind a story about the famous jockey. Some years ago, when Murphy was at the zenith of his powers, he was asked by Colonel Jack Chinn, the Kentucky horseman, to ride his horse, Ban Fox. Morris sey's Bankrupt had been sweeping everything before him. Chinn asked Murphy if he thought he could beat Bankrupt with Ban Fox the next day. "What can your horse go the distance in?" Murphy asked. Chinn told him that he could run the distance, six furlongs, in 1:14½. "If he can do it I can win," was Murphy's rejoinder. Chinn knew that Murphy was the best judge of pace in the world, and he asked Murphy why he thought he could win with Ban Fox when it was known that Bankrupt could cover the distance in the same time. Murphy laconically replied: "I'll head him off, and when this is done Bankrupt will quit." Murphy figured out the pace he intended to set, and before the race said that he proposed to run the first quarter in $0.25\frac{1}{2}$, the second in $0.50\frac{1}{2}$, the next furlong in $0.12$, and finish inside of $1.14\frac{1}{2}$. Well, Bankrupt took the lead and the rail at the start, but, turning into the stretch, Murphy sent Ban Fox to the front, and he won by a length in $1.14\frac{1}{2}$ exactly, each division of the race being covered in precisely the time he allotted it. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25 cents. GROWTH OF NEWPORT NEWS VA The Home of the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute--Its Natural Advantages and Thrify Citizens. A few miles from the famous Hampton Normal and Industrial School lies a town, which, although possessing one of the finest harbors in the world, has just of late years attracted the attention of the capitalists and the public in general to such an extent to induce the former to seek investments and the latter to migrate to in any considerable numbers, until the town has sprung from a tiny acorn to a mighty oak in an incredible short space of time. The town referred to is Newport News, Va., affording a harbor that will furnish sixty-five feet of water twenty-five feet from shore. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. also the largest dry dock in the United States. Its grain shipments for the year of 1899 exceeded that of any port in the United States, being only outstripped by Montreal. To the tourist who passed through the section ten years or even five years ago, with nothing but barren wilderness to greet him, would pause in wonder at its growth. Ten years ago a village of four thousand people, and to-day a healthy town of 25,000, with indications of absorbing the two towns of Hampton and Pheobus. One of the most remarkable things about Newport News is the division of the town, on one side dwell the whites, and on the other dwell the colored people. While the white people have been successful in keeping the negroes from living or being property holders in their section the colored people have not been as successful, which is evident by the inroad made by small Northern and Western white merchants in their field. These men are principally Jews. This feature of separation, while it may be considered by some as being distasteful or detrimental to them, is just to the contrary, being to their decided advantage from a business standpoint, and the inroads made by the small white merchants are due to the negligence of the colored people and not to any preference. The first thing in the colored section that would attract the eye of the visitor would be the Columbian Opera House, which is the finest and best equipped colored playhouse that your correspondent has ever had the pleasure to witness. It is new, modern in style and fixtures and will comfortably accommodate 750 people, and a thousand if crowded in. From point of beauty, architecture and other salient points, as well as accommodation it is the superior of the white opera house. It is to run first class colored shows the year round, under the management of Prince Oaskazuna, a man of sixteen years' experience in the theatrical business. The building in which the opera house is situated is one of the most imposing buildings in the city, composed of red pressed brick, three stories in height, 80 feet deep and 46 feet wide. The ground floor is divided into three large rooms, two facing on the front, one occupied by the Newport News Beneficial Association, and the other as a grocery store. The Daily Recorder formerly of Norfolk, Va., occupies the rear room with a fully equipped plant, cylinder press operated by motor power, and an office force of ten. This is the only daily newspaper published in the State. The second floor is the opera department, the third floor is divided into three large rooms and is rented for lodge purposes. The building is assessed at $19,000, the law of this State being that all property must be assessed at less than two-thirds of its value. This valuable property was built and is owned by the Columbian Investment Company, an organization composed of colored men, of which a write-up will appear in The Freeman in the near future. The Newport News Beneficial Association is one of the most successful insurance companies operated in the State of Virginia. Its capital stock is $10,000. Its plans are somewhat different from the general run of insurance companies, as they place their members in immediate benefit, on the most reasonable terms possible. Send for circular of information. Mr. B. A. Cephas, the Secretary and Manager, is a young man at the helm, courteous, affable and is carefully placing this company on the firm rock of Gibbarratt. The most prominent business man in the city is Mr. Philip Brown, who conducts a wholesale and retail liquor establishment. He is also chairman of the Board of Directors of the Newport News Beneficial Association, and Treasurer of the Columbian Investment Association. He is practical and is alive to all of the hopes and possibilities centered in this thriving town and in the Negro race. Mr. N. B. Clark is at once the most prominent attorney in this city, and is the only colored member of the Public School Board. He has the confidence of both the white and colored citizens with whom he comes in contact. Dr. W. J. Jones, formerly of Washington, Pa., is the most successful practicing physician here. There are several other thriving colored business men here, but space will not permit me making mention of, but a visit to the city will suffice to prove to the most pessimistic that Newport News is the Mecca for the Negro. E. C. B. Notes of Local Interest. Notes of Social Interests. Rockford, Fld., Ill., Special—The Dunbar Club. Tuesday evening a short program was rendered, consisting of instrumental solo by Miss Etta Evans, selections by the Dewey quartet, under the direction of Mr. Edward Lee, recitation by Miss Johnson, recitation by Mr. E. B. Smith, entitled "Balance Due," in which Mr. Smith was master of the selection. * * Mrs. Jno. Galloway, late of Zanesville, O, who has been visiting her parents, was taken ver yil and has been detained much longer in the city than she anticipated. We wish her a speedy recovery. * * Mrs. A. Dochier seems to have retired from society, as we do not see her out. * * The Dunbar Club will give an entertainment for the benefit of the church soon. * * Mrs. James Lehman, as was mentioned in last week's issue, entertained a number of her friends in celebration of her birthday. Dancing and games were enjoyed, af- BEFORE. AFTER. course the colored people had no way to tell that they were being fooled and bought most of them to their sorrow. Now we ask you a plain question: Would we absolutely agree to refund you your money provided you are not satisfied with the preparations we manufacture if our goods were not true to all we claim for them. We assert right here that we have advertised for nearly 24 years offerment of our products and that we are satisfied and we have never yet had to refund the money. Zono will positively take the Kinks. Kinks are kinky, Curly, Refractory Hair. It will make short, harsh hair, long and straight. It will cure your head of all allure, worrying, running scalp diseases, Eczema, Pimples, Dandruff, Ichc, Etc. It will stop your hair from falling out and keep it from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the Long and Soft, Fine and Silky and as beautiful as an arm or a morning of 10,000 people are to day using Ozone and not one complaint. We have thousands of sandals and minis that we have made. Divine of the Church writes: I have found your Ozone to prove satisfactory in every particular. Kate W. Page, Blacksburg, Va., writes: Your preparation has proven true to all you claim for it. The price of Ozone is $0.50 a box. It takes from 3 to 4 boxes to accomplish the treatment. We make it liberal for the Ozone at $1.00 and we will forward to you 4 boxes of Ozone and one bottle of Electrical Skin Refinishing which rough skin soft and plant and cures all skin diseases. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—nature's great beautifier, removes wrinkles, Moth patches, freckles and all facial blemishes, and to prove our liberality we will add to this one Package of Anti-Odor. A positive c e for Sore Throat, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet, also from the human body such as Feet, Arm Pins, Etc. Cut out and mail this Coupon to us with One Dollar and get this Grand Combination Offer, this opportunity will not occur again. BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, where are the following goods at once; 4—(FOUR) Large Express Ozono* Hair Grower and Hair Straightener. 1—(ONE) Large Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner. 1—(ONE) Large Jar Electrical Skin Food. 2—(ONE) Large Package Anti-Odor Food. Some of the Late Claims Paid Colored Military of the American Mutual Aid Assessments The American Mutual Aid Association of this city has paid the following late claims in Indianapolis—M. M. Meadows 719 West Eleventh st., fell and skinned face, $8.58; Alfred Outland, 430 Yandest., fell down steps, $7.15; W. H. Johnson, 623 West North st., mashed foot, $15.70; Geo. H. Goins, 543 West 12th street, broken arm, $50.00; John Prince 1707 Alvord st., foot mashed $15.71; O. S. McGee, 1022 Senate avenue fell and hurt arm; three days, $3.00. O. S. McGee, 1022 Senate ave., injured finger, $7.00; G. St. Clair, 320 Muskingham street, struck with brass knucks, $5.75; Andrew Smith, 1019 N. Missouri street, injured foot, $6.85; John N. Beck sick list, $14.30; and Mary Hampton struck nail in foot, $1.00; Jno. M. Beck $2½ days, strained limb, $3.55; Ellis White arm broke, $55; Rufus Allison, Anderson Ind., $5; J. R. Gaskin, 210 Roanoke street, $5.00 Mrs. F. Taylor, 1419 N. Missouri street, $2.85; Rev. A. L. Murray, $2.49. Mr. E. B. Hampton is the agent in this city, at room 43 Baldwin Block, corner of Deleware and Market streets. Read THE FREEMAN $1.50 $1.00 BUYSTHEBEST 52 Larch St. LANSING MICH. Dr. Colley's Private For the Accommodation of all Colored People in attention is still doing business on strictly pr Dr. Colley's Systemic Regulator and Blood Purifier, Restored for $5.00. Send money with order, as For information write For the Accommodation of all Colored People in need of Surgical or Medical attention is still doing business on strictly private basis. Write for Dr. Colley's SYSTEMIC REGU- LATOR and BLOOD PURIFIER. $1. bottle. 437 Pion Write for Dr. Colley's SYSTEMIC REGULATOR and BLOOD PURIFIER. 1. bottle. 437 Pioneer St. Cincinnati, O ter which a light luncheon was served. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Diamond, Mrs. Ella Smith, Jno. B. Goins, Mr. Howard Williams, Miss Hattie Hawkins, Miss Ida Duncan, H. A. Brown, Lord E. B. Smith, Sir Jacob Stephens, Miss Susie Wood, Arthur Flannagan and many others. Mr. Robert Dodson had charge of the refreshments and was equal to the occasion, with his merry jests, while Mr. Lehman looked after the pleasure and comfort of his guests. Many valuable presents were received by Mrs. Lehman. * * Miss Grace Riley, of Chicago, is visiting Miss May Blakeley, of North Rockford. * * Miss Lizzie McCord gave a whist party Thursday evening at her residence, on Court street. Those present were Messrs, Smith Miller, Boy Miller, Miss Lottie Williams, Miss Newman and Helen Tucker. * * Mr. Harry Brown has left the city for a trip East, to the sorrow of his dear girl. * * Miss May Blakeley gave a party last evening in honor of Miss Riley, of Chicago. * * Mr. J. W. Walker sends his regards to Miss Hattie Jackson and family. * * We were very much surprised Sunday morning to learn that our esteemed friends, Mr. Howard I. Williams and Miss Hattie Hawkins, were united in marriage. If he mentioned the matter to the hotel boys he would surely have received a grand present, as Mr. Williams and Miss Hawkins are both well liked by all. * * Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Kingcannon will give an April-fool party, which will be new and novel. They will send out invitations to the young men with a list of young ladies, not stating the place the party is to be held, which, of course, will leave the young man to wander around searching for the party, which will be at one of the young ladies' house mentioned in his invitation. * * Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, of Aurora, HI, have moved to Rockford. Another family added to our circle. The more the merrier. * * Mrs. Watson, of Cherry Valley, will be the guest of Mrs. Jno. Kingcannon next Thursday. * * Mrs. Reuben Boyd was taken very sick last Friday and has been confined to her room. We hope her a speedy recovery, as we miss her in society and the church. * * Mr. Jacob Stephens continues to run his dancing school to large attendance. The Rockford young people should be very glad to have an able instructor as Mr. Stephens. * * The Kings of Pleasure have an eye to business. They have chartered the May Lee for the first trip up the river. So says Mr. P. J. Cooper. * * Mr. George Edmonds and Mr. Lucas are new arrivals at Rockford. CAUTION TO OUR READERS! In buying the remedy "To Cure a Cold in One Day," LAXATIVE BROMO-QUNINNE TABLES be sure the signature of the inventor appears on each package. Many worthless imita- tions are the car names and are calcu- lated to deceive the public. A Pleasant Surprise. Tuskeekee, Ala., Special—The young men of the senior class working in the wheelwright and blacksmith shops have just completed work on a "trap" of their own design. This vehicle has been made within the past three months, an hour and a half each day being devoted to the work. * * A few days ago a two-year-old sheep belonging to the shool was weighed and tipped the beam at 200 pounds. This is chiefly remarkable in showing the advantage of up-to-date methods in stock raising, such as are employed in the department of work at Tuskegee. Few such animals are to be found in the South. SANTAL-MIDY In 49 hours Gonorrhea and discharged from the primary care, arrests by Santal Midy. Outside without convenience Price $1.0, of ALA Draughts, or P. O. Box 2051, New York. BE NOT DECEIVED RECOGNIZING THE FACT that there are many so-called hair growers and straighteners now being offered on the market, and knowing to a certainty that most of these are frauds and simple. We wish to make a straight-forward statement to the colored people of America through the letter. In the year of 1871 our present Secretary through a fortunate circumstance acquired the recept for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or pushed to any extent until 1875 when it was put upon the market, and met with marked success. A thorough test by the leading colored people of that time, it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy. True to all we claim, it was not only a genuine coloration of the colored race. Because they found it to cause the hair to GROW LONG and STRAIGHT and fine and as beautiful as an April morning. It also cures all forms of itching, humiliated scalp diseases, stops the hair from falling out, and causes a new growth to grow on the bald head. Now, when ever a genuine appearance on the market, there are always lots of people who have not yet found a new hair grower and marked success numerous so-called hair growers and hair straighteners were put on the market. Something New Finest ever put on sale. Ask your grocer for them. HITZ'S BAKERY $5.85 Im. 17 JEWELED adjusted, patent regulator, stem wind and stem set, genuine NATIONAL SPECIAL movement. If a case size. WARRANTED 20 YEARS. 14K. Gold plate hunting case, elegantly made. If not made, watch made. Must be seen to be appreciated. Special offer for next day's delivery. If found, address and address and we will send this watch C.O.D. with privilege tox- ment. If found, and your pay- agent $8.55 & express charges. A guarantee and beautiful chain. charge sent free with every order. Write at once this may not appear and MATU ST. B, 827, Chicago, 344 Deerborn ST. B, 827, Chicago, IL. private Hospital. People in need of Surgical or Medical strictly private be Dr. Colley's Private Hospital. DR E. DUVAL COLEY. KNOXVILLE COLLEGE Classical, Scientific, Literary, Agricultural, Mechanical, Natural and Common School Courses, together with Theological and Medical Schools. Fifty-five Dollars a Year will cover all expenses of board, tuition, fuel light and furnished room. Separate home and matron for little girls and another for little boys from 6 to 15 years. Farm begins in Monday in September. Send for catalogue to President of Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. A GOOD THING. --- Switch made for Colored People. This goods is the best of its kind made. They are 28 inches long and a very short stem and retail at $1.50 to $2. sent to any address post paid on receipt of $1.00 and your money back if don't suit you. O Creole Switches. I have a fine line of them 22 inches long and a very short stem black and wavey, weighs one ounce each, sent post paid on receipt of $1.50 or will a pair of them for $2.50. Send a sample of hair. AGENTS WANTED. Agents are making big money. Write to-day for terms to agents. T. W. TAYLOR, St. LANSING MICH. To The Colored People of America: BEFORE. CHRISTOPHER EING CO. SHELTON, MN. AFTER. HITZ'S FAVORITE Crackers NEW GERMICIDE TREATMEN FOR CANCER. This is the only Treatment in the World that destroys the largest CANCER or TUMOR by a single application of medicine, and is the least Painful of all treatments. An application is made that penetrates at once the depths of the CANCER, destroying every ROOT, BRANCH and FIBER no matter how deep they may go. A permanent cure assured in from 2 to 5 weeks. Home Treatment sent to any part of the United States for $20.00 with full instructions are when directions are followed closely a cure is sure to follow. Address for full particulars, THE M'CARTY CANCER CURE 121 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. P. BUSINESS MEDIUM. MRS. MARTH, the world *denowned* and highly celebrated business and test MEDUM reveals everything. No imposition. Can I help you? Marriage a speciality. Every mystery vealed, also of absent, deceased and life, removed, removed, and entrapment, mental, emotional any Medium woman her in her startling revelation of the past present and future event in one's life. Remembe her, she will not, for any price, matter you; on any occasion, any Medium woman nonsense. She can be consulted on all affairs of Life, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friends etc., with description of future companions, friends, enemies, etc. Her advice upon sickness, change in business, journeys, is awake, contested wills, divorce and speculation is good or bad; she withholds potholes. MRS. MARTH tells your entire life—present and future—in a DEAD TRANCE, the power of any two mediums you oversee, the power of your family to foremarriage, the names of all your family, their ages and description, the name and business of your future husband, the name of your ex-wife you are to have come, the name of your future husband, the name of your future husband, and the day, month and year of your marriage—how many children you have or will have—whether you are married or not, how much money you are to be true to you and if he will marry you; if you have no sweetheart, she will tell you when you will have, and his name, business and date of acquaintance. ALL YOUR FUTURE will be told in the home, a plain manner and succession. Mother's day, for their husbands and children, young ladies should know everything about their sweethearts or in-lived husbands. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you are sure that all religious sorrows prevent your consulting. Madame is the only one in the world who can tell you the FULL NAME of your future marriage, the age and date of marriage, tells you when you will be married. There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting a Medium, but such beliefs are contrary to what is taught in the book. That such a conclusion can be reached It is not everyone who placards himself or herself as a Medium that can stand a test of what he or she claims. And a person of any acquaintance mind may ask the reason why he or she will take the trouble to study human nature. 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It is worthy of special notice that in the past four or five years the Negro has given a great deal of attention to literature, and that white authors have dignified the Negro problem by devoting their efforts to subjects which directly concern the Negro race in the United States. Even while I write I am more deeply impressed with this fact when I note that Prof. John Uri Llyod, one of the most astute and cultured white men in this country, is running a most interesting serial story in the Bookman, in which he gives his impression of the gentle, faithful, sympathizing Negro of the by-gone days—the days of race humiliation and degradation. In this story, "Stringtown on the Pike." Prof. Lloyd pictures in a scientific manner the sweet disposition of a character who was not a stranger in the days of slavery. But I did not mean to refer to this story just now. I intended to give my impression of three books which, while they have not startled the world, have a merit, and appeal to the reader in a manner that is truly prophetic. I want to write about "The Negro and the Sunny South," by Samuel Creed Cross, of Martinsburg, W. Va. This remarkable production for a Southern white man, is worthy of special study. Mr. Cross says in his introduction: "With a mixture of regret, I am proud to be a member of the perilous Anglo-Saxon race. Yet I am both fortunate and unfortunate in being a member of that race; fortunate in not receiving the outlandish cruelies and crimes my race has imposed upon the Negro race; unfortunate in being a member of the wicked race that imposed these awful crimes." In this one paragraph he argues that the disgrace can not to the race who is wronged, but to the race who imposes the wrong. He sees that there is the greatest injustice in the strong taking advantage of the weak. He further says in showing the contrast between North and South: "While the South has made considerable progress in the last thirty years, it can in no way be compared with the North. In its educational advantages, in its social conditions, in its industrial pursuits, in its political institutions, and in its intellectual development it is sleed far behind the North, but it is feverfully admitted by the brightest and the best—by the intelligence and wisdom of the South itself. During the last thirty years, the North has made the greatest discoveries and inventions, reached the rarest accomplishments; fathomed the greatest depths and gained the greatest heights of civilization and enlightenment of any nation on the globe. They have wrought the grandest triumphs and achievements of the heart and soul. They have subdued the subdest and profoundest laws of nature. They have conquered and enslaved the most powerful forces of the universe that they may do the work of the world. They have mustered the most marvelous miracles and mysteries of hand and brain. Furthermore, they are among the nobest, greatest, grandest people that ever touched this orb of dust and dew. Since there exist this remarkable difference between the North and the South, let us dig down to the very backrock to discover the cause. Let us underline the foundations of progress and drink from the springs of action, before we launch upon the waves of a mighty theme. What is the cause of this striking contrast between the North and the South? How can we account for this vast difference between the advancement of the South and the civilization of the North? Why is it that these two sections of the greatest republic on this planet are so familiar with and yet apart from each other? They are transversed by the same railroads. They are both ringing with the music of the same telegraphic wires. They are both protected by the same beautiful banner of the free. They have equal access to the fountains of liberty and learning. They both speak the same language—have the same facilities of commerce and transportation—have substantially the same unbounded natural resources, have equally fertile and productive soils and equally valuable products. The same sun shines; the same showers fall on the North and South alike, and yet the contrast is so amazing, so awakening and so great that when one travels from the North to the South or from the South to the North, he feels as though he had been carried to a foreign land. Mr. Cross in a most delightful manner shows in what respect the people of the Sunny South differ from the people of the North, and he indicates the direct cause of all apparent or real difference in the people of the two sections. He further shows that notwithstanding the oppression and the tendency to do the Negro injustice, that through the efforts of men like Booker T. Washington and others, race has been able to demonstrate its ability to accomplish wonders in every line of activity. The book is fully worth the $1.00 charged for it, and every reader of this notice should avail himself of the opportunity to read a new phase of the great problem which gives us so much perplexing thought. "Links of Friendship" is another book worthy of special praise. This is a book of poems by Mr. Joseph S. Cot- ter, of Louisville, Ky., and it sells at $1.00 per copy. These poems are beautiful and full of genuine fire. Perhaps nothing in the entire book is so suggestive and strikes the reader with more force than the following stanza: "Now thou art gone, the little men Of fluent tongue and trashy pen Will strive to imitate thee; And when they find they haven't sense majority of the delegates are settled upon Dr. T. W. Henderson, the efficient business manager of our book concern. While he was born in North Carolina, a State which has been prolific in production of some of the best brain of the race, he has been nurtured and matured in the West. The West has opened for him the door of opportunity for the realization of his capabilities. The West claims him, and will feel herself honored in placing the blessing upon his brow the They it turn and underate thee. "Sanctification vs. Fanaticism," by J. H. Eason, D. D., is a compilation of pulpit and platform efforts worth reading. Dr. Eason is an orator and scholar, and his work gives us some idea of his genius. It can be truly said of "Sanctification vs. Fanaticism" that in dealing with Christianity among Negroes it plainly points its readers to the path of religious duty in a manner that is pleasing and helpful. This is of course, as it indicates, a book on the religious phase of the race problem. Yours for the promotion of Negro literature. CHARLES ALEXANDER. METHODISM IN MISSISSIPPI. An Excellent Program--A Gala Day in the Mound Bayou District--Bishop Derrick Receives an Ovation. Shelby, Miss., Mar. 9, 1900. Editor The Freeman: Lend your ear to us a moment and we will sound in it the program, through this epistle, of the high day at Mound Bayon, 8th and 9th inst. Rev. E. W. Lomton, D. D., presiding elder of Mound Bayon district, flung abroad through his district and the adjacent territory that the Bishop, Rt. Rev. Wm. B. Derrick, D. D., of the Eighth Episcopal District, A. M. E. Church, would be at the above-named place Friday. The Bishop, with the majority of the cabinet of North Mississippi conference. His cabinet consisted of Rev. E. W. Lampton, D. D., P. E. Mound Bayon district; Rev. White, P. E. Greenville district; Rev. Horton, P. E. Myersville district; Rev. Jones, P. E. Turner district, and Rev. Green, P. E. New Orleans district associated. The staff of ministers: Rev. Uphegrove, Boon, Patterson, Pillow, Love, Branford and the writer. Hon. Charles Banks, supervisor of the Third Congressional district for the Twelfth Census of the United States; business manager of the Bunderole, published at Clarkdale, Miss.; Mr. Gilliam. These reverend and honorable gentlemen made up the Bishop's touring company to Mound Bayon. The honored mayor, Hon. I. T. Montgomery, with his Board of Aldermen, met the Bishop and his company at the depot at 12:40, and within a few moments we were distributed in every part of the town, and within the excellent happy homes that go to make up the beautiful little town, for the refreshing midday meal that the hostesses had prepared for their expected guests, all of which was exquisite. At 2:30 o'clock the Bishop and the mayor, I. T. Montgomery, led the way to the Normal School building, followed by his cabinet and staff of ministers. Business suspended and within a short time the building was filled. We found this school under the management of Miss Washington, a charming lady, with most excellent qualities. She is truly an educator. Miss Washington, you had better keep your head level, for some of those reverend gentlemen were wildowers and we heard among those that wore the black silk shirts say that they were carried away and that they were going to sail upon the Bayou waters frequently. The Bishop spoke at length and among many good things, he said: "I am standing on holy ground, and the air that I take in is perfect freedom. You tell me this is a town whose mayor and aldermen are Negroes, such I have not been able to witness before anywhere in America." At the conclusion Rev. E. W. Lampton introduced the accompanying clergy and then the company repaired to the church, where the welcoming address was delivered by the mayor and was responded to by the Bishop. At 8 o'clock sharp, according to the program, the Bishop preached, using for his text the 14th and 8th verses of Numbers: "If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us." Truly the sermon was soul-inspiring and instructive, so much so, under its influence the congregation, without a cloud in the sky, rained down tears. At the conclusion a handsome sum was taken. The mayor, the Bishop and the company were then led to the school building, from whence the high day begun by a corps of Mound Bayous selected ladies, who there had prepared a banquet, and the tables shook under the burden of festivities. The day then reached its highest climax and at the conclusion the clerical company made their bow. REV. M. CLAUD BUFFINGTON. DR. T. W. HENDERSON Endorsed for Bishop by Delegates From Indiana--The West Must be Recognized by this Conference. It is practically settled that the general conference in May will elect at least four Bishops, for which office the claims of a large number of men who have rendered distinguished services to the church are being urged by their friends. While the West does not, perhaps, count as much numerically as some other sections of the church, yet in influence, according to numbers, it is not surpassed by any. The last general conference honored us by elevating to the Episcopacy that splendid product of the West, the lamented Bishop J. C. Embrey, D. D., a man who in intellect and character measured up to every requirement. As a worthy successor to this distinguished son, the mind of a large ma- THE INDIANAPOLIS FREEMAN has its own force of Colored Artists. has its own force of Colored Printers. THE YEAR.....$1.50. SIX MONTHS.....85c. SINGLE COPY.....50 AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. GEORGE L. KNOX, Publisher, jority of the delegates are settled upon Dr. T. W. Henderson, the efficient business manager of our book concern. While he was born in North Carolina, a state which has been prolific in production of some of the best brain of the race, he has been nurtured and matured in the West. The West has opened for him the door of opportunity for the realization of his capabilities. The West claims him, and will feel herself honored in placing the blessing upon his brow the crowning honor of the bishopric. He is no novice. He knows the work, the labors, the hardships and the trials of the biterant minister from the lonely mission, the isolated circuit up to the larger metropolitan charges. He has helped to give to the Church some of the best work in the Northwest. As he has demonstrated his capacity for the management of large affairs and has shown executive ability of a high order. However men may figure on the results of the coming General Conference, any calculation which denies to the West a place among the bishops to be elected is not only erroneous, but unjust and they who thus calculate will be compelled by a solid and united West to revise their figures. The Fourth Episcopal District is practically a unit in support of Dr. Henderson, and the delegation from this district is composed of men who are not lukewarm and who will not waver in their support. The claims of no other man from this section will be seriously considered. The West will present Dr. Henderson to the Church, believing him to be worthy of his illustrious predecessor in the episcopacy, and easily able to rank with those who may be chosen from other sections of the Church. While we out this way have never been filled with the spirit of sectionalism, we think it but simple justice, that this in common with other sections of our great Church, should receive that recognition which is its due. 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