The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22


examining board.
Rev. j. Francis Robinson, who
has been in Lawrence, Kansas, for
some time, left last week for his
home in Virginia.
Jerry Marshall, the Australian
black, says he will fight George
DIXON at 120 pounds and a wager
of 50, 500 side.
The Fourteenth annual session
of the District Lodge of Odd Eel
lows, will convene in Montgomery,
Ala, June 25th.
The bill appropriating s1OO, 900
for the establishment of home
for aged colored people, passed
the House of Representatives.
The Colored High School, Of
Louisville, KY, held its annual
commencement at Masonic Temple
in that city, Monday evening.
Mr.. Edward Harvey, colored,
of Lawrence, Kansas, graduated
last week from the regular collegi-
ate course of the Kansas State
University.
Isaac Kemp. colored, who mur-
dered Deputy Sheriff Ned Carver
in Westover, Md, was taken from
jail by mob of about 400 men
and shot to death.
w. J. Oglesby Of California,
/ secretary of the Afro-American
League of that place, has been ap-
pointed notary public for Ala
media county.
The o-Americans of the
state of Virginia have 4 colleges
13 high schools, 25 doctors, 30
lawyers, 4 building associations
and Is colored newspapers.
During the past week eleven cal
loads of colored miners have been
brought into the Greensburg, Pa.
coal region and there will be over
30, 900 at work by tomorrow.
The Central High School Of
Galveston, Texas, had four color
ed graduates this year. They were
Misses Alice Dixon, Birdie Grang
er, Katie Harris and William
Green.
Rev. W. H. Phillips, d. D.
colored, pastor Of Shiloh Baptis
Church, Of Philadelphia, Pa, wa
recently elected Moderator of th'
Baptist Minister'S Conference 0
that city.
Wheeling Grant, a trustee o
Wilberforce College, died Ma.
10th and in his will donated one
fourth of his property, which
amounted to $148,O0O 900 to Viii
berforce College.
The colored Baptist church a
} Chattanooga, Tenn, which is on
of the finest colored churches il
the United States, owing to di
vision among the members, wa
!. sold for the trife of $4,000.
Jeff. Crawford, colored, who
murdered w. r. Blackburn, white
of Bethesda, S. c., last Decembe
and who was convicted at the re
cent term of court and was senten
ced to be hanged, was lynched las
week.
The old African Baptist church
corner Of Howard and Cypres
streets, in New Orleans, La, vii
be sold at public auction by tn
civil sheriff, Tuesday, July 3rd, t.
satisfy a judgement decreed agains
the church in favor of Paul Chap
/, man.
Thirty families were evicted a
the Trotter Coke works in Union
town, Pa, and 100 negroes pu
into the houses. The operators
are issuing eviction papers by th'
wholesale. So far the deputie
t have had no trouble in maxim:
evictions.
Right Rev. Bishop T. NJ. Ward
died Tuesday morning of last week
t in jacksonville, Fla. BishoI
Ward was one of the leading mel
of the African Methodist Episco
: pal church and his death viii b
sad news to all. His body wa
; carried to Washington, d. c., TO
interment.
Lee Porter and Will Brown
colored, aged 9 and 10 years, LEI
their homes in Kansas City, Kans.
Saturday morning, to pick berrie
: for a farmer west of that city
About 3 o'clock in the afternoo
l both were found lying in the mu
to drunk to stand. The polio
: were notified and took them to tn
T central station Their mother