The colored American., 1894-08-11
GENERAL RACE NEWS.
DOINGs OF AFRo-AMERICANs HERE
AND THERE.

sIrlke anu tney are still holding their DOS
tions.
An English steamer in charge of
Negro captain arrived in the Philadelpbi
port few days ago, and of course it was fl
occasion Of"quite STIR"
The Arkansas state comm it tee hs
organized might schools" for the educatIo,
cf the Negro in the art of voting according t.
the election law of that state
Miss Ednorah Nahar, the renowne,
elocutfonist has taken under her manage
ment the "Black Patti" Madam Ssserett
Jones, and they will star together.
Lincoln Institute, for the education
OF colofed youths, was recently DESTROYED b
hghtnlng The institute was located at Je
ferson City, Mo. but it will be rebuilt upon
larger plan.
Ida B. Wells was given "big recep-
tion" in Chicago on Tuesday night. tn
! Psynes Literary congress. the Tour~ee c,nt
ana the Woman's Club had the management
of the affair,
John freeman, negro who formerly
represented Waller county, Texas in the leg
lature OF that state Is now janit or O fthe com
ty court house of Waller county at a salary of
S25 per month.
The Cooperative Mutual Grocery
pany' is the name of business enterprise
| owned, controlled and managed by a COM
| pany of colored men at New Orleans. with a
capital stock of 5000
Bishop Arnett of the A. NJ. E. church
mas been presented with gold medal by the
| members of his connection in recognition OF
his work during the session of the Worlds
} Parliament of Religion
Bishop Henry M. Turner, of the A
M Il. church was the orator of the Emancipa-
tion celebration held at Pine Bluff. Ark, last
week, and he forcibly advocated his scheme
of sending Negroes to Africa
Prof. N W. Harllee, A. NJ. of Dallas.
Texas, has been appointed superintendent of
the colored departn ert of the Texas State
FAIR and DaAas Exposition which will be held
at DALLAS, during the month of October.
"Bagpipe" a master piece of art work
executed by artist H. o. Turner, has been pur-
chased by the Afro-Americans of Philadelphia
and it will hereafter be among the permanent
exhibits at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine
Arts.
The recent issue of the Weekly OBJ
server of Chicago, contains a lengthy editor
fal in commendatien of the Peoples Trans
portation Company of this city and bespeaks
for the management of the enterprise much
success.
In 1869 there were 4,44I $50 negroes
in the United States; in 1890, 7,46O.O4O, in 1850
there were practically no negroes in the pub
lie schools of the United States, in 1892 there
were in attendance in the public schools 300.
25l colored children. |
A number of colored men lynched a |
white man in w. Va, the other day. "The |
Afro-American" says the Free Speech of Chi
cago, sis being civilized ?) very rapidly in
deed, and this may be the means of suppress
ing the lynch law in the South"
John c.. Buckner of Chicago has been
nominated for the state legislature OF Illinois |
on the Republican ticket. There is little
doubt but that he will be elected He is major
OF the 9Th Battalion of chicago and State
Guard Master of the g. U. o. ofO.F
The young men of Colorado Springs
have organized an exploring club The object
is TO raise $500 or S400 throughout the State and
West to send one or two representatives to
Africa from colorado so as to learn of the cli-
mate, resources and etcetera Of Africa.
Eight Negro physicians and surgeons
practicing in Baltimore. Md. have organized
Faculty of Medicine, and have opened a hos
pital and free dispensary, to be called Provi-
dence Hospital. 1t is the only hospital in the
South controlled and attended by Negro pny-
sicians
The Afro American women of Iowa
are contemplating organizing an association
for the protection of their sex and upbuildtng
of the race in general. 1t is proposed that a
state organization shall be perfected and they
will use the churches as we'll as politics to fur.
ther their aims.
Wash Num- and Tom Huff, promi-
nent men and leaders among their people in
Giddtngs county, Texas, were arranged be-
fore the courts of that county charged with
shooting DIR. Patterson, a colored physician
formerly of Houston, Texas. Huff was re-
leased without bond and Nunn's bail was fixed
At 500.
The American Commercial League of
Kansas city Kan, Coal and Feed com pany, a
race enterprise, in it's annual meeting recent
y declared dividend to it's stockholders
|
share. The present officers of the company
are A, j. Neely. Pres, A. Hinton Vice Pres.
j. }. Thomas, Sec. j. ID. Orr, Treas
Policeman O'Shay, ofthe Buffalo DO
ice force, arrested distinguished (?), colored
man by the name of Jessie Williams. When
arranged before Judge King, he told his honor
hat he was the only living descendant of
7eorge Washington, the first President of the
United States, and was appointed detective
~ George Washington's father. The Judge
allowed him to make use of the wheels in his
read to get out of the town.
There are IA Negroes in italian uni
yersities, five of whom will graduate as ply
sicians in the fall tenn. They have each TAX
en- 100 per cent at every examination. Two
are from Africa, from the West Indies and1
from Liberia. The other students are at the
school of the propaganda in Rome. acquiring
all that can be learned ip languages and
science. They are all highly respected, and
re welcomed wherever they go.
HON. LEWIS SPERRY