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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
OPINIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

Mayor Walbridge, of st. Louis. Mo-,
has appointed Albert Burgess attorney
for the Carondelet police court.
City Auditor Alvin H. Pickens, of
Denver, Colo, has appointed Miss Mar
Gle Goodin to clerkship in his office
| Wilmington, Del, has a drug store
and a jewelry store owned and con-
trolled by colored men, the former by
Drs. Ebert and Stevens, and the latter
| by a Mr.. Williams.
Dallas, Texas, has four colored
doctors, two colored drug stores, two
colored dentists, number of colored
grocery stores, feed stores. barber
shops and a Juvenile band composed of
| boys under 13 years Of age.
WILDER Register: A printer on an
exchange in making up forms one day
in hurry got a marriage and grocers
notice mixed up so that it read as fol-
| lows: John Smith and Ida Quarry were
united in bonds of good old sauerkraut
which will be sold by the quart or the
barrel Mr.. Smith is a highly esteem
| ed Goldfish at ten cents a pound while
| the bride has nice fresh hams to
display.
JouIudl VI UIIC tIlICu oUiCSS
District Judge Golf, through an in
junction applied for by the republicans
in South Carolina, has put temporary
| destined to- disfranchise the colored
voters of that state The matter will
in all proba bility go up to the supreme
court. and its settlement there will be
awaited with much anxiety by thou
sands of disfranchised citizens in the
south.
The Inter Ocean says: Mrs. Ida
Mcintosh Dempsey, who did such good
work in the campaign last year, has
been complimented by an invitation to
speak at the Chautauqua, which is held
annually at Waterloo, Iowa. She is
one of the ablest colored women IN
Chicago, and as modest and retiring as
she IS intelligent She is a finished
writer and graceful speaker, and
both with her pen and upon the plat
form will accomplish much for the
advancement of her race"
Journal of the Lodge: Two white
men, said to be drunk, shot and killed
u colored boy at or near Dublin. Ga.
They also shot into a colored school
creating CONSERVATION among the
children and causing several to be
severely hurt. And yet the dailies
seem to treat it as a harmless, drunken
spree of two young white bloods, who
We're too prominent to be arrested.
God grant that some day and in some
way the Negro will get justice.
Omaha Enterprise: In answer to the
question, ''What progress has the
Negro made during thirty years of
freedom?" Mr. Smith, of Virginia,
says: the Negroes of the United States
own S275, 100000 worth of property.
About $3.50, 100000 of the amount own
ed by those who were slaves and their
children. 3O,0O0,0o0 have graduated
from the industrial schools in all de-
partlnents and trades In the public
schools of 1894 there were upwards of
1,6lO447 Negro pupils with 27,09o
fan
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

They must be short-not to exceed one
page OF note paper and to the point.
Again we would like to see some of
the young men and women who have
been given proper opportunities by
their good parents-go to the govern
ment building and take civil service
examination. The majority of the
employees in the building are young
ladies, some of them former school
mates of the colored girlsin Des Moines.
They are getting good salaries and
have nice work. They took the ex-
animation before securing these posi-
tions. An effort must be made in this
direction.
Young men and young women are
seeking places every day. Some times
there are dozen after one place.
Some one of them will be successful.
Skilled labor is always in demand at
high wages. and he who wants to
learn a trade must keep both eyes
open and be faithful and study after
he enters upon his duties.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
FIRST OVERLAND EXPRESS.
The Manager of the Original Tells How
the Venture Was Brought About.


the Venture Was Brought About.
"The first express ever run across
the plains was started by man named
Butterfield in 1855" said Alexander
Benham, of Montana, the mama ar OF
the first overland express. TT started
at Little Rock, Ark, and followed a
southern route through Kansas, New
Mexico, Arizona, and then to Los An
geles, Cal. About two years later, in
1860, our company was formed for the
purpose of carrying the mails to the
Pacific coast. 1t was known as the
Central Overland, California and Pixies
Peak Express company. William H.
Russell, Alexander Majors, and man
named Wadell formed the company
and the contracts with the government
for carrying mails were made out in
their names. | was chosen manager.
and had my Office in Denver. The
southern route run by Butterfeld did
not have as much prominence as ours,
which for years was known as the
pony express route. 1t was started
in at st. Joseph, Mo-, running through
Nebraska to Fort Kearney, to Fort
Laramie, Wyo., thence to Denver, to
Salt Lake City, to Placerville, New,
and to Sacramento, Cal. The whole
trip, extending half across the conti-
nent, was made in seventeen days,
when no accident befell, and accidents
were not so numerous as some people
have imagined. From st. Joseph to
Denver the trip took seven days, and
from Denver to Sacramento was
journey of ten days That was, of
course, by the regular stage route, and
little time was lost in making it. To
accommodate our business we had
about $50 coaches, most of which were
kept running all the time To haul them
we had 1900 horses scattered along
the route from st. Joseph to Sacramen-
to. In addition we had 5000 or 1000
head of cattle, which were used in
hauling heavy freight and transport
ing feed for the horses and feed for our
men. You can see that the business
was not by any means a small one, and
it continued to grow as long as there
was any use for such means of trans
portation. This was until the compile
tion of the Union Pacific railway to
California in 1870. Then overland traf-
fic and mail service could be managed
to better service by the railroad, and
our pony express went out of existence.
But up to that time, from the day when
the route was first opened in 1860, its
business had steadily increased Even
the building of the railroad assisted us,
for our line was the best adapted for
carrying to western stations employees
and provisions
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

able record at polo playing. Young
Whitney will probably inherit something
in the neighborhood Of $40, 900, 900, and
he has just come into a fortune of $780,
900 invested In western real estate.
Whitney promises to be something Of a
leader in the swell set. At Yale he was
chosen to lead the class germans, and
was on the promenade committee, a
unique distinction in the social life at
that college. He is possessed OF brill
liant talents of skyrocket character
but tempered with sound Judgment.
He was never a strict student in his
college days, as his love of outdoor life
interferred with continued application
to his books. Young Whitney has not
settled down to any business occupa-
ton as yet. but it is the intention of his
father to thoroughly equip him with a
knowledge of the management Of street
railroads, in which many of the Whit
ney millions are invested.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the 21-year-
old son of the Standard Oil King. will
have greater responsibility to deal
with some day than any of the other
rich young men. He is being fitted so
that he can step into his fathers busi-
ness at any time, a position which
means the management of one Of the
wealthiest corporations in the world.
Eight and nine hours a day are spent
by the young man in the Standard Oil
building. He works harder than the
average SIS week clerk and has al
ready displayed rare business tact. He
is conservative by nature and is op-
posed to any kind of speculation, two
traits which his father has been care
ful to cultivate. It is continually
pointed out to him that in speculation
he has everything to lose and little to
gain. and that his particular aim must
be to preserve the existing wealth OF
the family rather than to try to in
crease it in other ways than the ac-
emulation Of income. Young Rookie
feller is considerably interested In re-
ligious matters, and the philanthropic
schemes of his father, and he is like
him in one respect--in his fondness for
driving horses. In appearance he is an
ordinary young man. plainly dressed
and wearing no jewelry. He attends to
much of his fathers business and now
the elder Rockefeller only goes down
town three days week.
Frang Gould is the youngest of the
four Gould brothers. The others.
George. Edwin and Howard, have al
ready taken their places in the busi-
ness world Frank is in his nineteenth
year, and the day that he reaches his
majority he will be placed in the dilrc-
tory Of some of the Gould holdings like
the Manhattan IL" system, the West
ern Union or the Missouri Pacific. He
is short and slender in build, with dark
hair and eyes. His business training
has already commenced. The Goulds
do not believe in collegiate education,
and regard actual experience as the
most practical method of instructing
the young men in the management OF
millions This is Jay Gould's idea and
he started his son George In business
life at the age of 16. George is only
80 now, and for the past eight years
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
PLAIN TALK AND TRUE.
From the Mobile Wakty Sentinel.


Our young men with all their intel
ligence, respectable appearances and
brilliant opportunities, are like cart
with one wheel, when they fail to
exercise their political privileges. The
old song of psfaw should no longer be
uttered by them. They should come
out ard help to repair the broken down
machinery which they declare does not
run correctly. The same old condition
Of affairs will remain SO long as the
young and proficient continue TO lag
behind, instead of pressing forward and
becoming aspirants for the positions Of
honor, which they now claim are being
filled by men wholly incompetent to
fill them. political strength is public
power. Corruption and fraud can
only be regulated when those opposed
to it will rally to the cause of true
reform. If man insults your mother
you are ready to strike him dead, from
the actuation of affection: and yet
when the time comes for the discharge
of that duty which affords the mother,
the sisters and the younger brothers the
proper protection of citizens, the young
man upon whom these great respon-
sibilities devolve are found wandering
in the backgrounds and laughing at
the defeat Of those who are depending
upon them for assistance to win battle
to throw about themselves and families
that boon of protection accorded every
race except the Negro. Wake up,
young men, and prepare yourselves for
the fight. ''Do not let your chances,
like the sun beams, pass you by," but
take advantage of the golden oppor-
tunities which will elevate you and
benefit the race.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY.
Of certain families-that of leaving the
bulk of the money to the eldest son or
the one best fitted by business aptitude
to manage it-were to be continued
from generation to genera ton, there is
no saying what the limit of individual
wealth might be. The thousand time
millionaire would surely be reality.
Looking ahead, it becomes matter
Of interest to study the young men who
will WELD this great power which their
fathers and grandfathers are fashion,
ing for them. 1t is too early to say any
thing on this subject about the Astor
wealth. John Jacob in only young
man. not out of the twenties yet, and
his son is but baby Of 8. Mr. Astor
will unquestionably follow in the foot
steps of his ancestors, buying real
estate, with corner lots and property
just on the edge of growing city the
favorite investment John Jacob has
$60,0O0000, which, under his careful
guidance, will probably reach the $780,
100000 mark before his life's work is
done.
His cousin, William Waldorf Astor.
has boy of 10 years, too young to pre-
dict about. Mr.. Astor is a young man.
too, and his $12,000,000 may extend to
5000, 100000 before his son assumes the
management of the great estate.
But there are number Of young men
who will in the natural course of affairs
inherit vast wealth. Prominent among
these is Cornelius Vanderbilt, eldest
son of the present head Of the famous
family. Young Vanderbilt graduates
at Yale this year, and Immediately after
begins his business training in the
officers Of the New York Central road.
Young Vanderbilt is 81 years of age.
and is a modest. quiet young man, shy
with strangers, but a pleasant COM
panion with intimates. No one would
suspect from his manner or mode of
living at college that he is destined to
be one of the richest men in the world
It is this very fact which has made
him popular among his college mate.
He Is nothing of snob, and carefully
avoids anything bordering upon affec-
tation. He is plain. manly young
fellow, with sound ideas and little non
sense. He has never figured in any Of
the riotous doings Of the college boys,
and takes active interest in sports, but
Is always ready with his pocketbook 10
further any legitimate scheme of the
college. His rooms in Durfee hall are
not furnished with particular grandeur.
and his personal expenses are about the
same as those of his roommate, Fran
els Burton Harrison, son Of Mrs. Bur-
ton Harrison, the weil-known writer.
Harrison Is heir to next to nothing, and
it would be a difficult matter for a
stranger to decide which was the richer
of the room-mates. Indeed, young Har-
rison would probably be chosen, as he
Is a strikingly handsome young man,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
HENRY G. MURPHY.

Henry c. Murphy has announced
himself as candidate for treasurer OF
Polk county, subject to the Republican
convention. He has lived IN the
county twenty-five years and had the
honor of casting his first vote for the
peerless and immortal Lincoln He
has always been identified with the
best interests of government: is a
soldier with clean record, and would
make most competent and efficient
treasurer. His wide experience in
business circles more fully prepares
him for the position of treasurer, and
if elected he would serve the people
honestly and well. He has never held
office His candidacy is open and above
board and his many friends are asked
to support him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

has been a figure in the world Of
finance Frank promises to be more OF
society man than great railroad
manager. He likes fine clothes and the
pleasure of spending money. Like all
the Goulds, he is sharp and clever and
with natural leaning toward money
making. Elliot F. Shepard. son of the
late Elliot E. Shepard, will come in for
$20, ,000, 900 or more some day. He does
not care overmuch for business affairs.
but fancies the pleasure of society life.
His mothers money, which he will one
day inherit. is securely invested In the
Vanderbilt properties and does not re-
quire much management beyond the re-
investment of the surplus income. There.
are dozens of other young men In the
metropolis who will sooner or later have
to assume the responsibility of great
wealth, but those named are the princi-
pal ones and the ones who promise to
be the great financiers generation
hence.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

Many papers have attempted to boil
the contest for governor down to two
men, but it has been failure. They
all have friends They are all good
men. They will all make some kind OF
showing if they go before the
convention. Senator Harsh is ex-
ceptionally strong in southwest Iowa
and in the river counties and must be
counted as factor in the contest for
governor. He has a record as a
Republican and legislator that is to
his credit.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

with fondness for fine clothing and
an ambition to shine at the head of his
class. When young Vanderbilt leaves
college he will go for six months trip
abroad, and will then take up the seri-
GUS business of life. His father has al
ways regarded his enormous wealth in
the light of sacred responsibility, and
it will be his endeavor to teach the
young man the same feeling for it. The
son will have to so through the same
course of railroad education as his
father, beginning at an humble clerical
position and working himself up as
rapidly as he displays his capacity for
increased responsibilities.
Another young man who viii inherit
great wealth is Harry Payne Whitney,
son of William G. Whitney ex-secretary
Of the navy. Young Whitney gradual
ed at Yale last year, and seems to be
out for busy life similar to that Of his
father He is fond lover of outdoor
sports, and has already nalde an envl-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

Teach temperance in the home, carry
into it lesson of kindness, love and
truth. Make it the happiest place on
earth for the husband and wife, the
daughter and son. Teach industry
frugality, honestly, and all the things
that go to make good men and good
women. The home makes nation
great or small, good or bad. 1t makes
the church whatever it may be. The
church does not make the home. The
home is the first cause. What follows
are but effects.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

The Union Standard is the name of a
new publication which made it's
appearance on May 10. 1t is edited by
Mr.. Herman Tiedjens, a good printer
and versatile writer. 1t IS published
for the benefit of the industrial
population of the city and state. The
paper has a large field and is a necessity
If the labor organizations do their
plain duty we are satisfied the editor
will give them paper worthy Of their
support and confidence. We wish the
Union Standard success.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

There is an attempt being made to
establish Lily White Republicans in
the state of Kentucky. The Republican
party of the country should look TO it's
interests in that state and the entire
country. Wisdom looks ahead The
Democrats had an opportunity to make
friends and supporters of the Negroes
of the south by simply giving them the
protection of the law and an equal
chance to make an honorable living
1t preferred to let lynch law run riot
and let an opportunity go by. What
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
Coli an Old Sport.

People are not apt to consider that
golf in England is quite a modern in
PRODUCTION, and it will be news to many
that it was popular and that it -four
ished pretty close to London more than
a hundred years ago. Evidence OF this
may be found in a fine engraving by
Valentine Green of a picture after L.
F. Abbott. entitled Golfers on Black,
heath" and dated 1890
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

The receptions held by Gen. Drake at
the Grant club rooms and at the
Goldstone hotel on Tuesday and
Wednesday were largely attended and
demonstrated the fact that the general
has host of friends in Polk county
who were glad to see him. Hon. Nat
Coffin took great pleasure in intro
ducing many who were not personally
acoua;nted with Gen. Drake.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

The Republican platform of The
Iowa STATE BxsTANDER does not permit
it to openly or silently acquiesce in the
lynching of a single human being by a
mob. 1t stands for due process of law
all the time.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

viii the Republican party do? Mob
law is disgracing the name of the
United States of America, and the
Republican party must be for or against
it's further disgrace
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

The State of Columbia, S. G., pub
lished the entire arguments of counsel
on each side of the registration contest
and the full decision of the court 1t was
white mems contest, but the Negro
will be benefited.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

A Negro cigar maker was in the city
last week. He is union cigar maker
and met many of the boys. He has
worked in the largest cities of the
country and finds no trouble in getting
employment.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

Mayor Hills and the city council
manner in which they have handled
the gas question. Let the good work
90 on.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
Must surely Re Crazy.

1t is feared that the members of the
present Australian legislature are on
the dizzy verges of insanity. They have
voted to reduce their own salaries.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
ONLY AFRO AMERICAN REPUBLICAN PAPER IN IOWA.
CORRESPONDENTS AND AGENTS.

CORRESPONDENTS AND AGENTS.
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DAVENPORT MRS. R. RICHARD
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

some of the sons of the very rich men
Of to-day will be the financial kings OF
the future, and that their moneyed
powers will be double what they are
to-day. In fact, if the present policy
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
Bronze Images.

Some of the little bronze images OF
Chinese deities are supposed to have an
antiquity of 1000 years before Christ.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17
ARE RICH YOUNG MEN.
LADS WHO WILL YET POSSESS
MILLIONS.
Eeioni Of the Nations PIutocracy-
Something About the Habits OF the
Younger Whitney, Vanderbilt, Rocke-
fellers and Many Others.
Especial Correspondence

no WILL BE THE
great financial men
of the c o u n t ry
twenty or thirty
years from now?
It's a hard question
ito answer. as for
tunes are uncertain
things, and the men
who handle them
are still more un-
certain. But 1t is
ullita Sllra that
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-17

A white marble swimming bath, forty
by twenty feet and nine feet in depth,
is to be constructed for the Russian en-
press in the palace at ST. Petersburg.
She likes to take a plunge every morn
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-03-20
Don't CFOiCd.

Have you any idea of the number of
persons that the United States would sus
tain without overcrowding the population
or even going beyond the limit of density
now shown by the State Of Rhode Island !?
The last census of the Pigmy State just
gives it population Of 100000. The
area of the State in square miles is only
$50, thus we find that there is an aver
age of 318 persons on every square mile
of her territory.
We can best illustrate The sustaining
capacity of the whole of the United States
and of the other States by making some
comparisoDs The State of Texas has an
area of 265, ,7SO square miles and, were
it equally as densely populated as Little
Rhody," would comfortably sustain a
population of S3,523,62S inhabitants-a
greater number Of persons than the whole
country is expected to have in the year
1900. Scatter people all over the whole
land from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
aud from the Gulf to the British posses
sions as thickly as they are in Rhode Is
land, aud we would have 945, ,766, 300 in-
habitants, instead Of an Insignificant g.
100000.
In other words, if the United States
could be peoped to their utmost sustain
iog capacity, we could take care of nearly
twothirds Of the present population Of
the globe.