The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-10

ton of master carpenter Of the navy
yard.-IndianapOhs World.
David love. colored, was elected
councilman at Xenia, Ohio, and CAL
vim Hunter was defeated for street
commissioner, after holding the once
ten years.-Torchlight Appeal.
Kansas City, Kansas. (WYandotiel
with its $500 colored people IL pretty
fairly represented. The colored poo-
pie have stree. commiesioner, police
clerk, one constable, deputy conota-
BILE. two policMn II, one Justice, Que
mail carrier aud jaaltor for city hall.
Few cities are doing 50 we'll by tho
colored yoters,-Gate City Press.
The honest aetllsr OF Oklahoma
who rode a valuable saddle horse .
death in order to be the frat TO reach
a choice quarter section twenty miles
from the boArder. and then tound
that an Arkansas cracker had crAWlod
out of the brush aud eQuAttod on the
ground. may be excused for thinking
that some people are TO mean to live
-Endoro News.
The dead beat list has been poat-
poued until next issue. we want 10
see each one personally, aud SEQ II
they will pay their bill and then No
will let her go Gallagher. We do not
desire to do any one al injury inten-
tionally, but We mean for you 10 pay
what you owe for the paper, we can
, not run this paper on air, We must
, have money or we will publlsh your
, name in full so everybody may know
= who you ars.-Spring6eld MOI rri-
bune.
Editor Scott of the Cairo Gazette.
in celebrating the eight years Of IL
existence, says IL 10 tho oldest colorod
paper in the country, outside Of the
Christian r ,corlsr. Brother Scott
il away of. The San Francisco Ele-
vator is over twenty years old, and
the "Conservator" was three years
old before the Gazette picked lite shell.
The Gazette may be getting there.
but il must give the "old folks"
" show.-Chicago Conaeryator.
Thebuilding committee 81 the board
:, of E iucAtion HIS negotiated : trans.
: fer of the lots on Qnincy street. be-
tween fourteenth aud Fifteenth
streets. for the northwest corner Of
Monroe sud FiIteeth streets, In the
Fifth ward, and will proceed imms-
= diately TO erect elk room build
- ing for colored children. The build
:, ing will have . high basement. adapt
- ed to school purposes and Will =
:, equal to any six room building In the
city,
;. Judge Tourxse's optimistic view q
!, the Negro race 10 America Il chosr-
ing. We have heard too much lately
of the inevitable inieriority OF me
:. black race. lie tells us that quarter
"A of century ago these people we're
:, not worth any apprcclAblc amount Of
property: but in ten years they &C.
:, cumulated $l2.OO0,00O In Saying1
- banks, and to-day held property
:, valued At 500 .OOO. 900. IL Gsorgt'
they own q million acres Halt tai
:. mechanics IN the South are Negroes
:, and they raise two.thirds Of the cot
ton. The African Methodist chnret
has II 900 churches, 10000 ministers
aud contributes ~ 900. 300 annually
for church work. Thh percentage Q
= illiterate whites. 81 present rate o
y. progress, will soon - greater tnAi
DIG that of blacks. III . conflict shouls
-"' be forced, the Judge assures the no'sl
~ 6re.eaters that The odds would LOT D
TO surely with the whites. If every con
-, mon sense aud truly Christian chart
III ~ were needed, IL IL 10 dealing VII
this Negro problem Globe Dem"
errt.
Kansas L,w-kas.As City knn
p Nnv7 cosorsd by wAs shot -
nj. killed tL,s morning by one OF I'D
,es metropolitan police. The boy -
smoking = cigAre r. aud va Asks
bv The officer where 10 got H. ID
- demand was no oulY refused, out "a
:, boy pulled away frem The om'sr -
started to ran. whcrruppn The omcs
drew his revolver aud shot The %
Tue deAp.
on II j. uu-American in he highs
IA sense for our people 10 pirate A0oa
ful Europe 40 gtibly when . mAny
them are profoundly iEnorAni q 80
"n woudrou. beauties Of ihsaF uAhs
al land. Asa matter Of fact there =
PIC hundreds % thousands Of Am"raeA
ne. citizen- Who Ars thoroughly fAm.ii.
win Sutherland. who have lsfs
away weeks ~ Lncerne. done CaAa
lnd ouni. and attempted The AAiteFhorl
All aud yet have never ieastea OF =
a I'D II