Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
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last week, but as it contained some.
thing he was afraid would displease
somebody, or get him into trouble, the
editor, Mr.. John Taylor, concluded to
suppress the edition which he did and
no one knows what it contained, as moi
one copy went out Of the Office
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On April 9th, the people of Chicago
will have the opportunity of hearing the
brilliant lyric star, Madame Marie
Seleka, the justly celebrated Creole
prina donna. She will appear at Far
well Hall and will be assisted by the
primo baritone soloist, Mr.S.W Williams.
This will be her first appearance since
her tour in Europe. Don't miss hear
ing her.
Last Sunday morning a fire broke out
in the two story frame dwelling, No.
1928 Clark ST., which cost the lives OF
two human beings. The ground floor
ofthe building was occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin starke, Colored and
Lucie Briscoe, white. The second
story was tenanted by Mr. and Mrs.
William Dalton, white, and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Whitfield, and Mr.. and Mrs,
John G. Cough, Colored. All of the
tenants were badly overcome by smoke
and Mrs. Dalton and her four year old
daughter were burned to death.
Excelsior Consistory, working under
the Sovereign Grand Consistory of the
United States, met at their hall last
Sunday and initiated the following can
didates: Henry Graham, James Dixon,
FL. G. Buford, Burrell Johnson. After
the initiation they repaired to the
famous Estella Cafe where a banquet
was given. In addition to candidates
named above, the following persons
were present: ]. Z. Jones, NJ. W. P.
NJ, Thomas F. Dickson, D: w. NJ. 2.
NJ, Jesse Andrews, j. W., M. A.
Arnold, S. w, j. w. Taylor, r. F..
Moore, Joseph. Barbour
A testimonial rec ION WAS rendered
to DR.. &C. Hail. under the auspices
of Olivet Baptist church, Thursday
evening, March ~. The following
artists appeared:
Mr.. B. Waring
Miss Ochis Wells
Miss Fannie Hall
Mr.. w, r. Campbell
Miss Adah o. Brown
Miss Julia Plnmmer
Miss Gertie Jackson
Mr.. J. Rucker
An excellent programme was rem
dered, the. whole affair being under the
of Mr.. J. 2 Hale.
Since the change in the religious
beliefof Rev. Bird Wilkins he has also
changed in other respects and now does
not hold to the Baptist idea that there
is harm in attending the theater.
Last Monday night, the Reverend
gentleman had desire to witness the
dramatization of DR.. Jekyell and Mr..
Hyde, now being presented at the CO.
lumbla Theater. He invited Mrs. Frank
Dennis to accompany him, the lady
accepted and they in due time arrived
at the theater. Mr.. Wilkins procured
tickets to the paraquette for seats Nos.
5 and 6, sec D Left, but when he pre-
sented his coupons to an usher, instead
of giving him the seats which his tickets
called for, this servile cur led the way
to the gallery. It was at once quite
plain to Rev. Wilkins why this insult
was put upon him and he demurred,
but no redress was made. The inference
can readily be drawn that instructions
have been given by the management to
SO insult the Colored patrons Of the
house, whenever they think they have
ignorant or timid ones to deal with, but
i'll this case they will find they made a
large mistake; for, to use Rev. Wilkins
own words to the APPEAL the next
morning, he intends ITO have little
fun with them = and the proprietors
will soon learn Colored people know
their rights and dare maintain them
The German concert at Lincoln Hall,
Monday night was a complete success
in every respect. The rain which
poured down in torrents prevented
several hundred people from attend
ing, but the beautiful hall was we'll filled
with an intelligent and refined audi
ence. Considering the very Indictment
weather it could truly be called 8
large crowd. A very large number Of
Germans were present who enthusias.
tically applauded the German exercises
Half the exercises were rendered il
English and these were greatly appre
ciated by those who could not under
stand German. There were Rotations
declarations, readings, solos and