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Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

and 40 employers of 3,214 Negroes prs
Ter them to white laborerS in the same
capacity.
TO the inquiry: Does it add to the
Negro's efficiency to educate him?' the
answers are very interesting. To ques-
tlons Z and s, concerning this topic,
there were received 139 answers, most
OF which were quite brief Employers
so In number, having 2,S6O colored en-
ployes say that the amount of educa-
ton which the younger Negroes have
received has been Of benefit to them,
and that it adds to the efficiency of
Negro to educate hien"
From the answers received there is
left no doubt that the Negro is be-
coming capable of doing better work,
and that where the opportunity is given
him. to do skilled labor, as it is in the
south, he is capable of developing SO as
to improve it There has been some
fear on the part of few that the Negro
was not holding his own, or gaining
ground in the industrial or mechanical
line However, in spite of his many
drawbacks, he is steadily going for
ward, and to one who has made his
progress a study, in this line, his adj
vancement is truly marvellous. The
Tradesman's inquiries were directed to
employers in the Southern States only
In the north the wages run considera-
bly, higher For instance, I have been
Investigating the wages received by
Negroes in the north and their accept
ance as employees and find that the
highest wages paid to skilled Negro la
borers in the north is $4. so; 81. so in ex-
cess of what is paid to skilled Negro la
borers in the south. The lowest wages
paid to skilled colored laborers in the
north, S1.75; the average So. so per day.
For unsl1illed Negro labor in the north,
the average wages per day S1.35; rs
cents in excess of that in the south. /
also find that the skilled Negro laborer.
when given chance, is as preferable,
if not more, as the whites, and that
there is no difference between the eff
cheney of skilled Negro laborer and
skilled white laborer. LARPH
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
IN THE NORTHWEST.

Railroad Mans Tour and What He Saw
Grain Enough to Tax the Carrying
Capacity of the Railroads of the Country
to the Utmost for Months-The Outlook
for the Worlds Fair-Yeliowstone Park
-Vastness of the Wealth and Resources
of the Country.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. %. - Frank
Thomson, first vice-president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., returned
yesterday from long trip through the
northwest, undertaken partly to OBJ
serve the business and railroad situa-
tion and partly for pleasure. In an
swer to inquiries Mr.. Thomson said the
published accounts of the enor-
nous crops were not at all ex-
aggerated, and through the en-
tire northwest he passed thou
sands of acres of wheat in perfect con-
dition and says that the crops were
greater in acreage, and that wheat to
the acre is better in quality, than ever
before. The railways, Mr.. Thomson
says would be taxed to the full capa-
city of their equipment for months to
move this tremendous tonnage. He
found the railway managers of the
northwestern lines all fully alive to
the situation, and making every possi-
BILE arrangement to meet the unusual
demands upon them.
On his way westward Mr.. Thomson
stopped in Chicago and he was very
greatly impressed with the excellence
of the plans and arrangements of the
Worlds Columbian exhibition, and pre-
diets, without hesitation, that the Chi
cago Worlds fair will be the largest,
most important and most magnificent
ever held. He was particularly pleased
with the scheme for interior water
transportation and says it will prove TO
be most restful to visitors.
Mr.. Thomson visited the Yellowstone
park and is most enthusiastic in saying
that it affords more of interest and
pleasure to the traveller than any other
part of our country, and that fort
nights trip from the seacoast will ena-
BILE one to make the excursion with
evn'y comfort, and have six days in the
Yellowstone, where the arrangements
for stage transportation through the
park and the conveniences of the
hotels are unexceled, and that the long
rail- rae from = Z. 1aul over GnG NOrbu-
ern Pacific railroad is made with every
possible comfort and convenience.
The changes in the far northwest,
brought by the opening Of James J.
Hills great northern railway, Mr..
Thomson says, are wonderfully strilS-
ing, and the extension of that line to
the Pacific coast will make it one of
the most prominent arteries of the
traffic across the continent.
Mr.. Thomson returned home more
impressed with the vastness of the
wealth and resources of the country
than after his many previous western
visits, and he does not lose sight of the
fact that the condition of foreign mar
l1ets will give our farmers such an op-
portunity as they have never had be
fore and that the addition to the wealth
of the country this year will probably
be greater than any previous year in
its history.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
Smothered in Their Beds.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-A fire at Nos. $40
and 55l Sedgwick street at l a. m.
caused the death of seven persons, all
of whom were smothered in their beds
by the dense smoke that filed the burn
ing structure. The fire ran its course
in less than an hour Those who lost
their lives were:
Robbie Burns, u or Is years old;
taken to the rear room on the second
floor.
John Schalk, mechanic; As years old;
taken from the rear of the third floor.
Mrs. Schalk, 42 years; with Mr..
Schalk.
Annie Schalk, Is years old.
John Sehalk, II years old
James Henry Schalk, years old.
Unknown woman.
Cynthia schalk, II years old, taken
to the German hospital; can not ra.
cover,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
"A HORSEl a HORSEl"

Anything for q Horse to Get to the New
EIdorado-Enough WouId-Be Settlers
the Newly-Opened Lands to Occupy Ten
Times as Much.
GUTHRIE, Okla, Sept. GA horse,
horse, my pile for horse" is the cry
that goes up from hundreds of disap-
pointed men and women who have ar
rived here on the trains and can not
get Transportation to the new lands.
Many have given up and will leave,
but scores have started out to walk the
fifteen miles in the hot September sun.
One old colored man, accom- panied by
his wife and fourteen children, are now
trudging valiantly over the long dreary
strip, hoping to get homes in the new
Eldorado. Couriers from the different
county seats say the surveys can not
be finished before Friday night, and
thousands will be camped around each
by that time. The supply of water is
already short, and before the week is
out water will be worth twenty-five
cents a glass there. The locations of
the town sites are miserable, and there
is already movement on foot to move
the towns by force to better locations.
At Langston the negroes are getting
restless and trouble will surely occur
between the races there.
At Topee one man was killed Sun
day night, and as hundreds are drunk
there will be more shooting.
Five thousand people are gathered
on the streets here preparing to leave
for the line, and fully 80, 200 are al
ready there.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
ACCUSED OF ARSON.
An Indianapolis Firm Accused of Burning
Their Stock for the Sake of the Insur-
ance.

An Indianapolis Firm Accused of Burning
Their stock for the Sake of the Insur-
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. GA gen.
uine sensation was created in business
circles yesterday when half dozen in
surance companies, acting in concert,
fled answers to the. Bryan & Sullivan
suit for insurance money. The firm
lost its entire stock of dry goods valued
at $50, 900 by fire in March last. The
firm carried S55, 900 insurance, and the
fire was followed by refusal to pay
the insurance.
Suits were fled and the companies
to-day filed their answers. These
pointedly charge the firm with having
set fire to their store, and say that they
are not entitled to compensation for
the loss of their stock. The fire oc-
Cured on Sunday night, and it is
claimed that member of the firm left
the store q few moments before it oc-
Cured. Sensational developments are
expected AZ the trial Of the case.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
THE NEGRO AS A WORKER.

The efficiency of the Negro as skill
ed worker, as a factory operative, and
AS a free laborer generally, is a ques-
ton of general interest, especially IN
teresting to southern states. The
Tradesman recently sent out to exten-
siye employers in the south, circular
asking the following questions among
others:
81. What degree of efficiency do you
find in common and skilled Negro labor
as compared to white labor in like
work?
"5. Do you intend to continue the
employment of Negro labor?
"6. Are your Negro laborers improv-
ing in efficiency?
~. What effect has such education
as the Younger generation has acquired
on them as laborers?
ssS. Does it add to or detract from
Negro's efficiency as laborer, in your
opinion, to educate him?"
The replies received indicate that the
wages now paid the Negroes in the south
equal if they do not exceed, the aver
age wages of white factory operatives.
as shown by the census of 1880.
The Negroes, moreover, are as yet
generally exempt from the curse OF
child labor in mine and factories. The
summary of answers received by the
Tradesman are thus given:
"Replies were received from LOG per-
sons residing in all the southern states
and employing 1925 colored workers,
of whom 97S are reported to be Skilled
laborers. The highest wages reported
as paid to skilled laborers is So per day,
the lowest 81. 10, and the average wages
of skilled laborers S1.75 per day. The
highest wages received by unskllled
laborers, as shown by these replies,
are 81. so per day. the lowest 60 cents
ner day. and the average S1.1O per
day.
THE replies to the fourth question:
What degree of efficiency do you md
in common and skilled Negro labor as
compared to white labor in like work?
are not so general as the answers to
some of the others. Briefly stated, Y
EMPLOYERS of 1879 colored workers see
no difference as to their capacity as
compared to white labor. 80 employers
Of |, Ill colered men prefer white lapoF,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
HUNTSVILLE. ALA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 1891

renect credit upon his race. admit
that at one time felt little doubtful
because OF his apparent unresolve as to
which course to adopt However he is
now in the middle Of the road, and is
bending every effort to accomplish a
laudable purpose. This young man is
Dr. Frank johnson, native of Ripley,
u, and now practicing chiropody in
columbus, o. He attended the common
schools OF his native city and finally
the high school, graduating from
there with high per centage.
He afterwards came to Colum-
bus, O., and entered the business
college at that place, acquiring good,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

Ioinetlme ago | was talking with a
'. ~e'i known gentleman, and we fell to
egScusSlng the Afro-American in the
held Of journalism
\, Durlhg the conversation the name of
MI Bruce was mentioned as one of the
PTarueularly T bright~ correspondents.
M;.s Gs. while we were discussing Bruce, a
oan ~nu party came up and joined in the
y"' elsatlon. | asked him for his opin-
.Up "n ol Bruce as journalist. Said he:
luce Luce Is no journalist, he is a news
gr., r,' man How happily he strlek it.
aa n.uVe IS not journalist, he is news
VIZ ~ man. Perhaps there are but few
enao are aole to distinguish the differ
W.. .e any one who has been connected
tro,: udliy paper as long as /, can dis
naS,a alsN between a journalist and a
newspaper man.
b,ns. journalist can write you an ex-
v;one sS'i'e editorial. He can dissect the
tbs".; ana opinions of others. He can
f,r,l- -.Ae 20 your hearts content, but no
can sr 81 can he go. A newspaper man
huStla al thls and then get out and
m )" ior life news and shape it
iIt W please the reader A journal
presop;S lSeScrloes newspaper man
iam;l;oe ii-oeS and administers. ANY one
Brnca ,.,, with the writings of Mr..
he iSa VII agree with me when say
bril- ne"spaper man, and one of the
not sl o1 IN the profession. You can
the n,hI! nhSI!!-esumate the influence upon
agerasS; ilc' The articles of such bright,
]. + s.Fe p@ and incisive writers as Mr..
mo yaS yeelAS that Calif5rnia is now invit-
n 'Ssro emigratica, and learn that
"s"l9mla is nov IN the south
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

Won csn always tell a real live news
lvD ~ man by the way he goes after
Pr dsbes up an item of news. There
an' ii Linds of alleged correspondents
.no+ az a. are identified with the race, but
'i's. l"s ora hut a limited few that stand
~ n hold relief OF course we sub
.n".t Dr the disadvantages the race has
,aborpd under, add the unwonted preJu-
1;oo .gD nrevailing against US and multiply
.ha obstacles that beset our path and
s.d that the sum, fate has been against
However there are few that have
hr energy and ability pushed them
sslrss to the front These few deserve
II the more credit and honor. Among
tbis limited few, there are none that
sbine with greater lhster than }. E.
Prince of Washington, d. c. There is
d. force about Bruce's writings that sets
ora to thinking after reading them.
There is rapid flow of thought that
connects his sentences without any per-
contihle break, this makes his articles
attractive and interesting. Another
fact in Mr. Bruces makeup is his per-
,istence All these points go to make
LE Bruce one of the best newspaper
correspondents that the race possesses.
There are those that hate him. They
have felt the sting that his incisive SEN
fences have inflicted. However, 'hate"
i one of the Injuries that correspond
ent enjoys, and none can proceed to
dissect the hatred of his enemies with
more grace and better results than this
same j. E. Bruce Many are familiar
with his letters over the signature OF
"Bruce Grit, and those that have read
after him, know with what remarkable
skill he showed up the sins of omission
and commission OF our would be lead
erS
ltsan honor to be a self-made man,
and there are many sycophants who,
h0Eing this, lay claim to being such
Tden they are not. j. E. Bruce is not
OF that lot. He is a self-made man and
the proof can be easily ascertained
Mr.. Bruce first saw the light of day
at Piscataway, Nd, about thirty-f five
years ago. Going to Washington at
an early age be gained meager educa-
ton, however it was foundation upon
which he has reared fine superstruc-
ture. He is connected with the Ma
tional Capital News Syndicate besides
doing a very considerable amount of
corresponding for a number OF papers
throughout the country His writings
have always attracted wide attention,
and have oeen food for reflection
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
OUR CATTLE EXPORTS.

Advantages Accruing to Shippers Under
the New Inspection Law-Action on this
Side Beating Down the Bars of Preju-
dice-The Removal of the Ten Days
Quarantine in England Only the Question
of Little Time.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. = Secretary
Rusk's next step in the interest of the
American farmer will be to effect the
removal of British restrictions upon the
American cattle trade. The export of
cattle and beef products has grown
enormously within the last year or two
as the following figures show:
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
FUN FOR NEWSPAPER MEN.
One or Two Incidents in Which Green Jour
naIists Have Figured.

One or Two Incidents in Which Green Jour,
nalists Have Figured.
More funny things are seen by a
newspaper man than offer themselves
to the observation of twenty average
individuals in other walks of life, y said
veteran in the craft to a Washington
reporter. Fresh arrivals in the jour
nalistic field at the capital do much to
contribute to the merriment of their
older fellows. A while ago came per-
son who may as well be called Snooks
whose appointed task it was to keep a
New York evening paper apprised OF
the legislative doings of the nation
| Two jokers of his own profession here
conceived little off-hand jest to play
upon him, not really imagining that
he would take it seriously. Meeting
him one day-it was a month before
the close of the last congress-they
Said:
" 'Snoolzs dear boy, we've got big
piece of news 1t was our intention to
keep it exclusively for our own papers,
but We'll give it to you on condition
that you do not communicate it to any
one
''Of course Snooks pricked up his
ears, gave the promise required and ex-
pressed his anxiety for the facts.
1.-The fact is, said one of his inform
ants, that d caucus was held last night
by both parties in the house and senate,
the result of which was an agreement
by the entire national legislature that
II, l~o o1i
March 8.
"'You don't tell me so!' gasped
Snooks
".Pon honor replied the other man.
But the thing is.exclusive, and we
count upon it that you will not sell it to
any paper besides your own.
"On no account asserted Snooks,
who presently started off for the West
ern Union telegraph Office. He sent
the dispatch in sober earnest but the
really funny part of it was that the
news editor in the home Office took the
matter in good faith and printed it with
display headlines.
Nine years ago | myself was en-
ployed on the staff of the New York
Times The newest reporter was a
rather dudish youth, who was pretty
well convinced that he knew it all be-
fore hand One night, rather late
there was fire down town on Frank
lin street, and the city editor sent him
out to get story about it. shoe fac
tory was in flames. An hour later he
returned in a very cheerful frame of
mind seemingly.
"'What was the loss?' asked the city
editor
I'm sure l don't know replied the
youth. L couldn't find out.
".Wel1, did you get the amount Of the
insurance.
81 didn't think to ask, really
'''But who were the owners?'
81 was unable to learn said the re
porter They must all be at home il
bed and the signs were burned away. "
For Gawds sake, young man, what
did you get?' howled the city editor.
81 got these, responded the novice
complacently, holding up two pairs of
pink and blue baby shoes. They
ioated out upon the sidewalk with the
water
1.-The city editor did not say anything
further aloud He simply tore his hair
somewhat for a moment or two and
then sent out another reporter to get
the facts. Washington Star.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

OUR army. small as it is, eats 25,
pounds of meat day, an equal amount
OF vegetables and $4,000 pounds OF
-four,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26
LARPH'S
c,icv Budget of News and Com
0p''' .,e,,+s Regarding Afro
Americans.
The Negro. as Worker Show" TO Be
Rapidly Advancing.

.oricans In California-Hon. G. L.
Aro'l- Aau and the Haytian Mission-J. Il.
haA"' .ho vide-Awake Correspondent
Something About Dr. Frank Johnson
rho Raleigh Exposition.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

thorough business education He then
entered the Colum bus medical college,
his aim being to make a physician of
himself. DIR. Johnson like many other
young men of our race, has to support
himself while pursuing his studies, and
feeling that if he took a course in
chiropody it would enable him to sup
port himself while attending medical
college, he took course in the College
of Chiropody at Cincinnati and then re-
turned to Columbus to practice for a
spell He will graduate this year from
the Colum bus medical after which he
will give up the practice of chiropody
and turn his attention to surgery. DR..
Johnson is one of those young men who
believe that the end iustities the means
He is in love with the profession of sur
gerry, and desiring to accomplish his
aim, he took up chiropody as a means
to assist to the end in view. This was
laudable and shows a determination
which, if continued, will land him in
the front rank of physicians. Dr.. John
son is yet young man, being not past
25 years of age. He is type of the
bright young Afro Americans who
are forging ahead with surprising ra-
pidity.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

The Raleigh expositions to occur in
October is attracting considerable at
tention, and the Afro-Americans of the
southern states are bending every eff
fort towards making it grand sue
cess.
There is no doubt but what this will
be wonderful display of Afro Amer
lean industry, and'it will display won
derful progress on the part of the race.
Those Afro-Americans, as well as
whites living in the southern states,
who are of the opinion that all the in
telligence and wisdom to be, found in
the race, is to be found among those of
the north, and that all the ignorance is
to be found among the members of the
race in the south, will find that it's
possible to reverse this opinion. The
Negro in the south is making the great
est advancement
Huntsville gazette., 1891-09-26

!he Nm ysl> mat California is now invit-
T. d s[o 3 emigratica, and I learn that
" 8eal9mia is now IN the south
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-18
COMMISSIONERS TO CONFER.


General Meeting In December OF Those In.
terssssd In the Worlds FAIR.
j.. q. Ramsay, secretary Of the board Of
Worlds fair managers for the state Of
Montana, Ii In receipt Of 1 communication
from John r. Dickinson, secretary Of the.
worlds Columbian commission. in which
an invitation 10 extended TO tho Montana
board to send = representative to take part
In 4 general conference with the board Of
reference and control Of the national com-
mission and the Worlds fair Columbian
exposition. The meeting will DO held at
the Worlds fair headquarters NJ Chicago.
Dsc. .. Tho meeting II for the purpose OF
securing tin systematic co-opsrationof ths
various state boards In securing proper
linss Of exhibits and generally promoting
the best interests Of tho fair.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, president Of the ma
tionnl board Of lady managers, desires that
ladies. members Of state boards, also be
present In Chicago Ct the time mentioned.
The expense OF sending q representative 10
to be paid by the state board.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-18
JOTTINGs ABOUT TOWN.

A meeting of the school trustees of Lewis
and Clarke county is set for tuesday, Nov.
"a, at which . full attendance is desired.
All a recent meeting of the New York
Pomologioal society, the Montana apple
was pronounced to possess the finest flavor
OF any grown in North America.
Teachers of private and parochial schools
and all others interested in the work OF ed
uoation are invited to take part in the sxer-
cises of the Lewis and Clarke county insti-
tuta.
The Arm of J. H. Kincaid & Co., jewelers..
dissolved partnership Nov. II. 1891. Mr..
Kincaid continues business ut the old stand,
lbs North Main street, where he will be
pleased to meet his cold friends AZ we'll as
the new.
Arthur Marks, who was shot at Great
Mr.. Marks feels very grateful towards
AGENT Langley and Passenger Agent Stab
bins, of the Montana Central, for their
kindness in furnishings special car for the
use of the injured boy.
Hubert Dyer, the chemist at the Lehi
sugar works is credited with being ono of
the best posted men in the beet sugar bus
mess. He was for a long time connected
with the Alvarado Sugar company in Cali
fornia, and in connection with other NOM
bers of his family has charge of the Lehi
works.
Secretary Walker yesterday received
from Herbert Dyer, chemist at the Lshi
Sugar works, the results OF the analysis Of
ten samples Of sugar beats sent some time
a The first sample. from Choven d
Wilcox, Of Great Falls. returned 11.O3 per
cent. sugar; the second sample, sent by w.
G. Child, won't 14.G2 per cent. in sugar.
There will be a very important meeting
of the congregation of the First Presby-
terrain church at the church parlor, room 8,
Denver block tonight at $3.50 O'Clock. This
meeting is for the purpose of hearing the
report of the board of trustees, of slscting
a board for the coming year, and of attend
ing to important business connected with
the trustees report.
Avery enjoyable party was held at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Meysen, No. 721
Eleventh avenue. on Monday night. The
occasion WAS the twenty-third anniversary
of the birthday of Miss Gertie Thorssn.
Among those present were: Misses Iona
Brasstt, Andrea Kivam, Ellen Billstad,
Jenny Nysen, and Messra. Peter Hanson,
Jacob Anderson, l.. 7. Nelson, John Kol-
shus, John Rooth.