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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-05
COME OFF VICTORIOUS

and did so, we firmly believe, because of
the intrinsic merit of his system.
Asked yesterda by HERALD represen-
tative when he would commence work, he
replied, almost Immediately. / have tele-
graphed my house the acceptance by the
city of their offer and told them that work
must begin at once"
'tAnd when do you expect TO have the
system in full operationl'' --...-
"Well, under our contract, we are lin
tied to one hundred days, but do not think
we shall consume more than sixty-five days
at the outside"
How many boxes does your contract
call for!''
Twenty five for the public use; but !
have assurances that I shall dispose Of at
least ten .or fifteen to private establish
ments, the owners of which will prefer to
have the means of sending in an alarm
under their own roof, rather than depend
ing upon the public service. The private
service will be no more efficient, of course
than the public, but it will be. far more
convenient and accessible InEall cities
where the electric fire alarm system is il
vogue, private boxes are looked upon as
being
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-05
The ELECTRIC ALARM
Work VIII Be Commenced on the
System at Once.
IT WILL BE VERY COMPLETE.
Sgent Whitacre Says it Will Have No Peer in
the United States-A Few Remarks OH
the Subject.

Galt Lake made preparations on Tuesday
evening to take another big jump forward
in the march of progress, when the city
council accepted the proposition Of the Gay
nor people to put in their Incompatible fire
alarm system. agent Whitacre, who has
been lowering in this vicinity for seven
weeks or more, was one of the most con-
tented men in town yesterday and was as
pleased over the success he had attained as
a boy over his first pair of suspenders. He
came in with his apparatus at the eleventh
hour, when both the Richmond and tn
GameweD people had had their say, but
their rivalry he has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-05
A MOST VALUABLE AID

to the nightwatchman in reporting fires,
who thus need not move from the building
IN order to send in an alarm"
Where will the boxes be located!'
''That, of course, will be left to the chief
engineer and the committee on fire depart
ment Usually, though, they are placed
closer together when the property is valu
able. I suppose they will be either placed
on lamp posts or on corners of buildings.
To each box we furnish four or five keys,
which will be distributed among reliable
people in the vicinity where the box is To-
Gated. Each of these keys is numbered
and the number recorded against the name
of the person to whom it is given. On
turning in an alarm, the key becomes
trapped in the lock, and can only be re
leased by key carried by the chief. BY
this method we are enabled to tell who
turned in the alarm, or at, least who was
responsible for it -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-05

shoulder braces at Crismou Scarf Co.'S
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-05

THE GRAND JURY
were then put to work, and at 4 40 o'clock
today came into court with report OF
three indictments found.
The petit jury are summoned for to-
morrow, when they will be put right to
business, criminal and other cases being set
from the 5th TO the 10th instant. The
work on
THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE,
under contract of the Adams & Sons com
pany, of Nephi, is progressing very nicely.
The outside begins to speak Of what the
building viii be when completed The
tower is now within six feet of his final
height.
The new county court elected at the last
election, held its first session Monday,
Tuesday and to-day. Some points OF in
terest concerning cattle and cattiemen
were before them.
shoulder braces at Crismon Scarf Co.'S
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
NEWS SUMMARY.

Elk. Auditor McCabe is being urged
for Register of the Treasury depart
ment.- Washington Bee.
According to the Daily Press there
will be but z big negroes appointed.
Elk.
The Hon (7) G. Ii. J. Taylor. bar
rister, lawyer, politician, lecturer,
democrat and republican is in hot
water in Atlanta, Ga, with the Bethel
A. M. E. ChRrch.-Ex.
The AMERICAN CITIZEN, published
at Topeka, Kansas, = newsy sheet, de-
voted to home rule, good government
and in the interest of the race. IL. W..
Rolfe, editor, A. Mortar, manager
Brothers Optic (MO.)
The laws Of Alabama do not seem
to have yet emerged from the bar
barrie state. A colered woman has
recently been sentenced to death in
Birmingham for robbing an itinerant
trinket peddler. 1t would be inter
esting to know just what penalty
would have been visited Oh the cul-
prit had she been white person.
Probably a few months Imprisonment
at most.-Cieveland Gazette.
The Regulators have been whip
ping Negroes. mel, women and chill
dren. around Royville. They killed
little girl II years old by shooting
through the cabins at night. All thi
is "white supremscy."- New Orleans
Crusudar.
D. B. Garrett, locating agent of tn
oklahoma colered colony arrives
from the promised land" Sunds,
morning He says that he left his peo
pie lin q prosperous condition. Ou
of the 314 members Of the Emigran
society of Topeka, there are 267 10
Gated on 100 acres each. making 46.
900 acres owned by colored PeOpl
from Topeka. There are about ii
that were located by agents Of the 90
clety. Mr.. Garrett says that he hs
obtained permission for his colony I
D cut and sell posts, cord-wood. hsuse
/ logs, railroad ties, etc. provided tbs
g they improve the lands, Some of ia
!. men make FROM S. TO $40 per Cday.-
n Daily Capital.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

tons the Republican party 10 safely
ensconseed in power in the govern
ment for an indefinite period: this
however, must depend to Z very
great extent upon the still doubtful
states of New York. Indiana and Per.
haps Ohio, Connecticut aud Michigan,
in all of these states the Negro yoto
cuts very important figure in de-
termining results, and while the
wissacres are banking and upb uildlnr
the party in the south, : gentle re-
mlndOr Weuld hardly be out OF order
should it be intimated that ! little
disadectiou among that clasS Of votes
might eliminate the .dominent party
once more, but since President Har-
rison has the power he will look I
little oct and AVOID such ! calamity.
More Anon.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
John Ruggles Lynch Of Mississippi,
Auditor Of the Treasury.

Ex-Congressman Lynch, just ap-
pointed fourth auditor Of the treas
ury, is one of the mightiest colored
men in the country. He was born
a slave in Concordia parish, LouisI-
ana, fortYtwo years ago. His
mother and he were sold to resident
Of Natchez when he was child. The
war gave him his liberty, and he be-
gan business as photographer. He
was made justice Of the peace in
1869, and was elected to the legisla-
ture of Mississippi the same year.
In 1871 he was re elected and was
subsequently speaker. He was a
member Of the Forty-third and For
ty-fourth congresses. His claim tc
a seat in the Fifty fifth was defeated.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

months, at the expiration of which
time special act entitled the ''de
Iona Act" was passed by the Do
miniOn Parliament permitting him to
practice. Returning to England he
wrote the following "Brochures;
Fragment on Titles" "Precedency
Of the Bar" "The case of the Ben
cheers and the Truth about the Bar"
In 1886 he went to DemerarG and
entered upon the practice of his pro-
fesslon, Blessed with q large and
generous soul and still smarting under
a sense of wrong by the adverse de-
cision of the court of England, aud
whether rightly or wrongly entertain
ing the idea that the Judges Of Dem-
ezra were ignorant and incOmpe
tent and that their judgments were
inconsistant with one another, and
that even handed justice was not
melted out to suitors, did not hesitate
to say. He wrote letters to the news
papers in which he unsparingly criti-
cised their judgments. For months
he continued to expose the rotten
ness of the judicial system. At length
the Judges cited him before them for
contempt of court, the alleged con-
tempt being charged that he criticised
a judgment that had been wholly dis
posed. Being adjudged guilty. he
was ordered to pay fine of $500 and
be imprisoned for six months. AL
though subjected to the harsh and
repeated decisions of the judges while
III prison he continued to expose their
| ignorance. He directed his case to
England and BY the aid of the Press
association, brought his case before
the Privy Council for leave to appeal
which was finally granted and his re-
lease secured. But broken in health
and debarred by the sentence hang
ing over him, he returned to Barba-
dos and died. His wife died while
he was in prison, whose funeral h'
was not permitted 10 attend.
Mr.. de Lonza was not man t.
tamely submit to oppression ans
wrong doing, and Notwithstanding
the sufferings he had passed through
the agony be endured, the tyrannica
proceedings of the Judges. the attack
of the vsnal :.and pusillanimOus sec
ticn of the Demerara press, hi
spirit remained uubrOken even i'll nj
prison cell. His was
"The unconquerable will
With courage never TO submit Q
yield?"
Hard pressed and wounded fell
Fighting fer liberty"
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

Well the Negro has got into
the Presbyterian and Episcopalian
church organizations aud Is giving
them trouble-he will do 1t. He has
become like The lice in Egypt, no
place 10 without him, and the only
way to get rid Of him Is 10 carry him
to God aud ask that he be made ever
again.-Industrial Day.
The election Of Mr.. John II. Lynch,
the colored statesman, for . good fat
office. is q hard blow TO the Ambi.
tlous. or rather Office hungry white
republicans of Dixie. But the colored
brother must net be entirely ignored.
even for the sake of the gentleman
who shed such streams Of crocodile
tears over his wrongs and woes about
election time.-Emporia News.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

He was elected to the Forty-seventh
congress but defeated in his candi-
dacy for the Forty eighth. Lynch
was temporary chairman of the Re-
publican National convention OF
1884 He has a large force OF
white people Of both sexes under
HIM in the office to which he has
been appointed. Few men possess
an address as pleasing as that OF
Auditor Linch.
Mrs. G. L. Jefferson has removed
to St. Joseph, Mo.
]. B. Jones and wife are visiting
at Perryville.
johnson & Wilson Juvenile min
strels, gave a very pleasant show at
Music hall last Friday night. The
stars Ed Johnson and Joe Wilson
made good impressions and were re
peatedly called for by the audience
The drum majors drill was excellent
With a stronger chorus. The Wilson
& johnson Company will be one o
finest in the west.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
TIE LAMENTED BARRIsTER AT
LAW.
LOUIS de LoNzA, OF BARBAD s.

The subject of this'skstch was born
in the Bahamas. and when yet boy
went to Barbados where he secured
employ ment with q mercantile nrn'
doing business on Broad street. In
1877 he went 10 England and en- tereo
The honorable society of Llncoln's
Inn from which he graduated win
high honors receiving the nfty guinea
prize in Equity. In 1SS4-s5.by speclAl
request he visited Canada, ana was
retained in an important case one
of the regulations of the Law Asso-
citation Of the Dominion required 'hA'
every new member Of the Bar should
pass an examination before ne was
admitted 10 practice. Mr. dc LonA
refused to comply with this reg0lA'
ton Of the B,r, resting his claim %
appear aud be heard III the court -
the ground that his diploma ironl
T,pcolu's'Inn entitled him to aH0ien0'
in every court in the British Emp.
He contested his point for sever
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

The Leavenworth "Advecate" is
receiving not only the generous sup
port Of the colored people, but also
the unstinted support of the white
people in the way of good paying
"ads." Let the colored people of
LeavenwOrth show their appprecia-
ton in return by patronizing the men
who advertise in their paper.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE.

Fort LEAvENwoRTH, KANSAS
The object of the following is intend
ed to inquire whether We shall vste,
bolt or stay at home. ! generally
vote the Republican ticket. What
gre the limits Of party allegiances
This is tho question to be ccnSid-
cred. Instances are not few whore
the utterances Of the press and plat
form might be quoted where the
right of voting is strongly denied.
A discussion Of the subj oct at this
time may not be out Of place. All
the colored vOters from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Slope are more Or less
connected with the Republican party.
shall for the present presume that
this is the best arrangement for the
Conscientious colored citizen. lie
can best discharge bis political du-
ties by discOnnectiug himself from
that party whose methods seem most
Objectionable and oppressive, By
staying at home on election dAy.W
| noticed an article in the Kansas
City Globe Of tbs 23d, entitled "PO
litical Revolutions The excite
msnt at Forest City, Arkansas was
at fever heat, The guard around
the city were attacked By band Of
Negroes and put to fight. After :
lively skirmlsh, the Negroes we're
put to fight, and that the object Of
the NegrOs, was to burn the town
as revenge for the Staying Of a. =
Nelly one of their leaders and edls'F
Of tn. colOred paper Of Forest City,
and member Of the state Republican
executive conmitte. II was reported
that Mr.. Nelly lay twelve hours
with TIVE bullet holes through bis
bodv. in a hole under the aoor Of his
newspaper building, whore be and
his father took refuge. On being
coupd he was nddlsd with bullets
; and to express their pretended con
! d.mna,ion Of the assasination Of a.
, N. Nicely, his father was put in Jail
? CHARGED with shooting with intent q
Z. kill. This is said to b the white
: mans country, and that b mus
: rple il Such terrible and barbaroul
c scenes tkat are constantly witnessed
1 in the state Of Arkansas, make !
we'll nigh : hell on earth. ! n.v'
} .asn statements where IL aid thai
h bundr.d. Of colored people were 70
e inp from the south to settle down y
/ Arkansas. leaving bad for worse
vbv cur people are . blind. Nc IL
e n understand. However II take
d time 70 reach the final point Of sue
: cess. Stand up and contend 10
'r your rights whether they are granite
sr not. Tell the powers that b, .
G sbvlock the Jew told the eosFs :
= Venice Justice and equal rights -
70 nine I have bought them and ~
>. 80 ~ j. j. ).
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
Especial to AMERICAN CITIZEN. ]


Washington, May 20, '09.
The changes are now beginning to
take place. Geo. Tanner aud Joseph
Houser, special examiners in the
Field Pension Department have been
removed from their positions for what
tne Democrats pleased to character
iZe as offensive partizanship
Under the Cleveland Rule innumer-
able appointments Of cOlored men
were made, nor did it stop there.
More promotions of colored Republi-
cans were made than the record will
show of any previous administration.
But the Old Soldier is being care
fully cared for by this AdmiHistra-
ton, to its credit it may be said. The
following will show this to be true;
Commissioners Tanner has several
times asserted that he had not ell
tered the office of commissioner of
pensions for the purpose of carrying
on a warfare against the employees of
that bureau, especially whom he
found that the emplOyo W as All eff
Gent one and a soldier. He asserted
this in a letter to G. d. Shank, Of
| Nsrth Vernon, Ind, who is located at
Lima, Ohio, as a special examiner.
Shank rendered his resignation on
the ground that he was Democrat,
and assumed that Mr.. Tanner would
probably prefer to give his place to q
Republican.
Que of the most efficient officials OF
the pension office under General
Blacks administration was Capt. Jas
S. Fritz, of Gosport. Ind. He was q
good soldier, having been the first
man to enlist in his country at the
breaking out of the war. Soon after
Mr.. Tanner assumed charge of thu
pension. bureau his attention was
called TO Capt. Fritz as a Democrat
and in few days he requested Fritz
resignation. Fritz wrote his rOHigna
ton and carried 1T to Mr.. Tanner il
person. He said. mr.. Commission
err, here is my resignation. | am
Democrat, and when the campaign
begins | always &c into 1t and do m.
best TO secure the success of III
Democratic ticket, both by my worl
and with my money. When the cam
paign is concluded return TO my du
ties, and my political work ends.
was . soldier. Ny brother was ia
first man enrolled in the county i
which he resides in Indiana, and
: was the first to enlist in an adjoinin
county when the war broke GU
Here is my resignation; | suppos
you want my place foI q soldier VIII
votes the Republican ticket"
Mr.. Tanner thanked Capt. Fritz fC
: his resignation, and the latter r.
: turned TO his desk. A few days Late
5 Mr.. Tanner sent for FRITZ. aud hsnt
ed him back his resignation, sayinl
Q Capt. Fritz, when asked for yot
d resignation | was not aware that VI
y were a soldier. However, | want vol
, place all the same. AT the came tin
1t And from an examination OF vol
# record in this office that you are oil
} OF the most efficient men in the &c
: vice. | desire to retain you in it
e sendihg you to the field as speci
Is examiner. If it is your pleasure
, col tinue in the service, l will 81
y you The choicest of locations an
% where outside of Indiana. So. ma
E your selection. and let me kno
II when you have done So" Capt. FRI
ls chose the city of Chicago, one of 1
= most desirable assignments in {
fsld. and Commissioner Tanner ga
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
NOTICE.

4, A. Morton, who has been act
J, /. Business Manager for the
r 4 since its inception, is now
en.r,l Travelling Agent, and as
M !, authorized to solicit and col
i Or the CITIZEN wherever he
~ %. All matter for publication
nd Sthsr business pertaining to the
,,Dsr must be sent direct to FL. ".
R.la, Editor and Business Mana
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

MISS Ida Butler Of the Lea7en-
worth High School, is the first col
s''0 glrl ever invited to take part in
ne exercises held every Monday
a'fnlDg' In her first effort she did
, ,'lssli and the race proud. Hurrah
" Miss Butler and the Leavenworth
High School!
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

There is not a dissenting voice to
III appointment Of Hon. ". a.
Price q member Of the State Board
L Charities.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

Hon B. ?. McCabe's interview
that app'arsdn the st. Louis "GlObe
Democrat" some days ago, has re
csiVsd vide circulation and is Gre
atDg % little stir. While Mr.. Nc
VaOs makes no claim to oratory, he
never speaks without saying some
thing.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

viii our leading men, for the good
dh. race, lay aside personal differ
asG, and unite in the common in
iaat Of the race? We are getting
tired sf this II can't" and "yOu
sAan't" business. Our leaders must
q forward or step aside. That's
I'll
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

III weekly "Pslican" La, dated
Ml0 reached our Office last Mon
hHsy 27. This is what we call
aIpesd in Kansas.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

Under Harrison as under Cleve-
y ne numbering Of Negroes in the
"''l continues. Is our government
! vanity Or q mere sham? How
.'cl longer will mob violence and
' 'll'A law reign supreme in the
sum- y How long, oh! how long!
1aefe will be q reaction.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

Col, John NJ. Brown is candidate
b. County Clerk and not District
Cart Clerk as stated IN our last
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

complaint is made that We do not
- nentisL Of the many murders
j ,lynchings Of Negroes in the
s.l' Well friends just look On
j inside Of the CITIZEN, under the
lng The World at Large" and
''aHlll lind a brief statement Of these
!, sges every week. To US it is an
aclOus task and We prefer to
- some one else fournish their
''srtrsnding news.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

.lere IS . growing sentiment
s'iast the employment Of married
''Aen aS teachers in our public
4''ls' and unless some Of them ex-
e more prudence, the probabili-
j J 'fs that the employment Of mar
4. i Nsmen as teachers will be a
: q the past. A hint to the wise
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
Flashes From National CAPITAL

Flashes From National Capital
Changes in the Different Depart
ments.
The Ola Soldiers are being cared for.
Capt. Fritz as Soldier, Politician,
and Official.
Give the Negro Soldier a Show!
State Organizations Meet and Dis
band-None pleased with the
Presidents Policy.
Negro Appointments up to date,
Seven.
The Latest Touching the Haytians.
Galveston COllectOrship still in Doubt
Auditor Lynch appoints as his Pri-
waite Secretary Miss SomerVille,
His Sister-in-lAw.
With New Territories the Republican
Party is safely Ensconsed in
Power for an indefinite
Period.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

COLORED MAN IN HIGH OFFICE.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

-. -.cond class natter ct Topeka z:
9Th. Holt, Topeka, Kansas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
Some Good Alliance Rules,

We herewith submit n set Of rules for A IT.
auce men, as published in the Progressive
Farmer. the Alliance organ OF North Caro-.
lima, and think 1t would be well, not only for
the members Of the Alliance, but for all our
farmers to put them into practice. Here they
are:
Learn to make dollar and then learn to
live on ninety cents OF 1t. Don't worry your
self about plans and schemes for buying goods
but study hard how not to buy them. If you
would fight trusts and combinations success.
fully, you must have your crib well stored
with corn and your meathouse well sup
piled. Study. this question; Did gracious
Providence give me this land, Of such wond-
erfully varied capabilities, simply to produce
u single crop on it2
"If you would have cheap meat and bread
and cheap stock-rnise 1t.
ITO get oat Of debt, lesson your expenses
and increase your profits.
STUDY your business as clo7ely rs does the
merchant, the manufacturer, the doctor md
the lawyer.
"Rely more OH your own bralnshnd energy
and Industry and economy and you will grow
more independent.