The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

, ,,c,r income ana were com
1elied TO borrow OF ,oontb In
Would lend At 10 per cent; per n nf rbarles
lsSs he and a man by the name % ,ha ,hS,S
20" iamar were the only ones or tDtlr
race Engaged I'm the 10 per cent pu','' vi,
Matthews paid very little attenllvn " p ,'n.
ties. lie confined himseii 10 llony' no
.tDg When his business warrantcd u ne
M ,he POST Office Department ana open
"a an Office IN the lie Droit building. Dur
ing the past ten years every pt"t 49,
man OF bis race who has gone 10 am en-
ington has visited his office and been ,l-
tcTtained by Matthews. lie was H,nhan
did host and entertained iavishly. W ~"
he died he occupied one OF the lln.St
stdenccs on Eleventh street ~ the MOI - T.
west section Of the city. lie lett an ain ann,
fortune but hts will was 50 or 'ti1e
his widow and only daughter viii ' s', .,et
but little OF IL after the lawyers h"'N
oc TSe "s GRAND United order of odd Eel
lows I'm the Jurisdiction OF MASS .'oa'rs ago
was organized In 1874. Thirty get",,ents
Il had no property ana no lodges and
To-day is has seV EN- zoo. Investments.
T. a1o and 81 100 in funds. Durin5b o -" ~
past twenty years 1t mas pI.' md s. Uyo
the sick. $1,000 for fuiiei ".rbe expendi-
To- cb, ritohie purposes. ne Lac,
ior eh ar az sobiects in that period was
$4,000 o-,or Of Nazaritcs
was organized In baIlnno' ,.itb a nom
has t"entEo 20 and a bank account OF
"a 713 70 During the past year bIc OF
6er snent for all purposes $500. e. nd, -
49,, g,ock company was iOTined "i'll'h
JUN. - ,,iz,fIon I'm 1854 which has bullt
l"1 VtiIiny costing SD, zoo. upon which
- remains a debt Of 5000. IT Is n
beneficial organization.
,rbere are ten AfrO-American lawyers
IN New York who stick 10 their practice
and make a living out OF II. 7. McCants
stewart. who Is pronounced lllemocrat
and a member of the Brooklyn Board 81
Education, is the most noted ana sue
ccesful He has appeared in all the
courts of New York. lie was admitted
10 the New York bar on motion OF VI.
Daniel H. Chamberlain, OF south !ar0H-
ma fame. supported by H. 4. VI. KELLEY.
az Virginia. who Was appointed Minis
tor 10 Austria by Mr.. cleveland IN MS
first term. but did not quailiy, heca aus
the Austrian Government objected 70 nlrI
and by the late AlgeTnOn =. SULLIVAN
stewart graduated from the cChe$late
department. Of the University OF Ncuth
Carolina in the days OF reconstfucliohi
from the law department oi h"WaI'
University al Washington, and the theo-
logical depart Of Princeton college IN
der DR. McCosh The law firm of III
lott Dunbar. Strakcr ana stewart VIZ
once famous In South Carolina tht oi
the members Of the firm resided IN S.har-
lesion. Columbia. Georgetown. and Beau
fort The overthrow OF the OhaHlprI
lain Government in 1876 scattered we
firm TO the four corners OF the rcDuDhc
Stewart took 10 the ministry ana then
went 10 Liberia as professor in the IL
IBERIA College, under the auspices OF tHe
American Colonization Society, but be
coming dissatisfied with the work. ne re
Turned 10 the United States and opened
a law office in New York seven years
ago He does not regret doing so. re
is a finished orator and an interchangeable
student of men and books.
The WOman's Era is published In Bos-
b,r incpDninp - Pierre HnfflD.
the widow Of Lawyer George l.. Ruinn'
whom Governor y. +. Butler made
Judge Of the Charleston district. 10 the
horror and dismay OF the Back Bay
unusual force of character and belongs
to many Of the gilt-edged societies Of
Boston Her paper Is three-coluinn
siXteen-paGe journal. set in long primer
loaded. and makes u very Creditabtc ap-
pearance. Her main purpose Is TO or
ganzc the women OF her race into help
full societies.
Ex-Conector of Customs y. Wright
Quincy, Of Galveston has announced II
AS his determination to stand for Con
gross In his district
Afro-AmericanS take much interest in
the announcement Of Judge Albion ".
Tourgee that he will contest the nomi-
nation for Congress in the Thirty-fOurth
New York district Judge Pourgee is one
OF the most radical advocates Afro-Amer-
leans have among white men IN this
country. and if he succeeds in getting
into Congress he is likely TO give his
party as much trouble about the race
question as ex-senator Henry ". Blair.
OF New Hampshire did about the ques-
ton Of Federal aid TO education. Judge
Tonrgee lives AT Mayvile-On-Cha utauqua.
and is President Of the Citizens Rights
Association. which he says has a mem
bership OF 2OV0 and will soon issue
newspaper al Buffalo. under the au-
spices of the association, 20 be known
as the National Citizen.-New York sun