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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-29
OTTUNiWA NEWS.

special Correspondence of tn, Bystander.
Miss Helen johnson is reported on the
sick list this week.
Daisy B. johnson wentto Hedrick We'd
nesday to spend Thanksgiving.
Sarah Rhinehart is reported on the sick
list.
Benjamin johnson. manager OF the H.
of z. brass band at Evans, vas IN the city
the first of the week on business with the
X. of P lodge OF this city. He returned
Tuesday last.
Sunday vas quarterly meeting at the A,
M. T.. church. Rev. a. A. Burleigh was
present and preached three able discourses
during tie day. The meetings were well
attended all day long and an unusual good
time was had. Elder Buzleigh is ali excel
lent speaker, very learned gentleman,
and has wonderful zeal for the cause
which he represents. lie lett tuesday
morning for Clarinda.
Green Coates and wife of Sioux City
spent day in the city this week with l.
N. johnson and family.
Margaret Green is still confined to her
sick room. She has the sympathy of her
many friends.
Shall we or shall we not have Young
Peoples society in our churches IT SO,
what shalli be? For the past three years
there has been charter OF the Epworth
League society hanging on the walls OF
the A. NJ. f church, implying that there
is an organization Of ofyoungpeopc enrolled
under this banner, bat where are they2 1t
is true there was an organization of this
kind two years ago, but they, like sheep,
have all scattered, and apparently have
gone astray. Why is this the case? Is il
because we have lost sight of all that is
good. glorious and grand, or have we al,
lowed some impediment 10 get IN cur way
and turn us aside from doing our duty te
God? Let US get or young people to
gether and start up the Epworth League
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BENNETT & co.
FINE CHINA
==and-
GLASSWARE.
EVERYTHING WANTED
FOR THE KITCHEN.
7oS WALNUT STREET.
LOVED HIS FAIR CLIENT.
And He Paid the Penalty With His
Own Life.

Lawyers are ordinarily supposed to
be cold blooded and cautious, but Eli
gene Carre the Paris advocate who 4
shot himself in consequences OF do
nestle scene of exceptional vivacity.
must have been otherwise constituted.
While pleading in the divorce court the
cause of lady who was struggling 20
get out of the matrimonial cage he feil
in love with her.
She was so moved to admiration Dy
the eloquence of her advocate that sne
had hardly breathed the air OF free
dom again before she married him. She
had good fortune and he had hrst-
rate practice. They were both well cai-s
culated to shine in society by fne
sprightliness and Partisan tone o.
their conversation, and they became fa-
miliar and notable figures in literary
and political salons.
Nine. Cares appearance was re-
markable She was still young, but her
hair had turned white. She looked like
youthful nlarquise poudree OF the last
century. She received her friends twice
a week, and on the afternoon OF the
tragedy her salon was as full as usual.
At length she took leave OF her last
visitors Among these was lady VINO
had called to see her privately. She was,
greatly agitated. She was the vile Of 2
gentleman between whom and Malsros
Care a duel had been secretly ar
ranged, and she had resolved to tell
! this to Nine Care, with the hope tnat
she might stop the hostile meeting.
"But what is it all about2s asked the
lawyers wife.
About me- replied the visitor.
ssOh.' Presently Nine. Carre walked
| into the room where she knew her nus
| band was, and the conversation SOON
became extremely animated A. Care
was heard to say: Nothing then re-
mains but to die?
8.. Nothing" replied the lady AS she
| rushed off to her own room Tith the
1 intention of poisoning hersesf has aeTss
sign. however. was frustrated, and the
report of pistol brought her back to
/ the room where she had left her hus-
/ band. a friend entered at the same
| time.
NJ. Care was still standing, al
though the blood was pouring from 3
/ bullet wound in the temple. As he fell
upon the ground his wife screamed.
forgive you! I love yeu!! Then before
her intention was realized she seized
/ the revolver and fred bullet into her
own head she fell lifeless, whereas net
husband fingered an hour or tive.
/ One thought is in every mind VILE
\ resrect to this terrible drama of dos
mestic life. 1t is expressed by the Hcrsss;
.How Parisianv
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Items of Interest.

Mrs. j. G. Crosby (Jennie June)
has been sent TO the Atlanta Ex-
position as a delegate by the New
York Moments Press club.
Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams OF
Chicago, the artist and lecturer
who occasioned the admission of
colored women to the Chicago
Woman's club, was q contributor
to the women's edition of the Chi
cago Evening Journal.
A cotton mill for the employ
ment OF Afro American operatives
only will be Immediately erected
at Admission, Ala. The company
has been chartered under the
name Of the Afro-American Cot
ton Mills company, with a capital
stock Of 100000.
In the North Atlantic States
there are 5,50S farms and houses
owned by Negroes free from mort
-
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Message on Lynch Law.

The following is Governor Atk;nson's
message to the legislature Of Georgia on
lynchlng:
Since the day OF my Inauguration there
have been five persons lynched in this
state. In each instance the party lynched
is charged with the same offense. Noone
has been lynched during my ad'ninstra-
ton except for the crime ofrape. have
vainly endeavored by an appeal to the
civil authorities and by offering rewards
for the lynchers, to bring to trial some of
those violators of the law but neither an
appeal to the courts nor the offering OF
rewards have had the desired effect. The
courts have been unable TO secure proof,
and without this they are powerless to ell
force the law Our people are peculiarly
situated No civilized people on earth
other than the southern states are sur
rounded as we are. Our country in many
sections is thinly settled, and fully one
third of our population is composed OF
those who up to a few years ago were
slaves, large percentage of whom lacks
moral training, and have not the proper
respect for law or the rights Of Others.
In some portions of the state our women
in the country are constantly exposed to
the brutal attack of the outlaw, who has
rcspect for neither virtue nor law. 1t is
for this reason that sometimes when these
outrapes upon women do occur, our peo-
ple-who feel that the safety of our wo-
men depends upon prompt punishment,
find their Indignation uncontrollable and
infict penalties which should only be i'm
posed by lawful authority after q trial by
court of Justice. This is wrong. ltsac-
rifices the good name OF our State in the
eyes of thescivilized world, the good opln-
ion of which should he desired by all.
These mobs, by violating the law, create
a spirit of lawlessness and indirectly in
crease the very crime which they seek to
suppress. n several instances the person
| lynched IN sis state has been taken from
| the hands of offises and most brutally,
I crsielly ( "a Snhumanly treated. Spch con
! dpa -. ~. too severely condemned
'ssaess.s.s....a. s,nit viii be wise for the gen.
to enact a law providing
: x person is takels rol the
IL snsN Send clsck, t-officeg-
IN q 4t
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Satural history in washington.

The time is not far off when nuns
her of prominent personages Will unlsE
dertake in this city that periious trans
ition from political hustiers to leaders,
Of society. The successful man nian}
achieves "a residence in Washington ana
the reward Of his patriotic efforts wifll
the gang undergoes a netamorph phosisS
in many cases which is strange ass
complete. And these butterflies
they disport themselves in the draa a
ingsroona ana the: society column, ars}
the more brilliant end Interesting M
having passed through the cary
period, as the laws of natural kiss<sf5
a saksti
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NEW TON NOTES.

Special to the Iowa State Bystander.
Mrs &. A Brown was q Sunday Wis
itor.
Mrs George lucas Of Ewart visited ?
few days III our little burg. the guest Of
Mrs. Moore and family.
Miss Eldora Green left on the 18th for
the capital city to attend the Patltinder's
ball.
Rev. scearcey of the A. NJ. Z. church
led the Union meeting Thursday morning
at tie Baptist church.
j. G Coates Of Sioux City arrived Sat
urday night TO visit his wife and daughter.
Misses Latti and Genevieyc Green will
spend a few days in Oskaloosa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-29

gagged. In the South Atlantic
States there are 10S,0S4 homes
and farms owned by Negroes free
from encumbrance and 7,60S are
mortgaged.
The Patent Office at Washing
ton will have on exhibition in the
Negro department. at Atlanta
2,300 patents, the product OF Ne
gro genius.
The colored people in Berlin,
Germany, recently held celebra-
tion. They are called "brunettes'
and are received on equality by the
Germans.
Denver Statesman: The time
seems fast approaching when those
engaged in newspaper work will
not dare express their views on
any subject, whether they be
wrong or right, and no matter to
what they may pertain, without
fret consulting each and every
subscriber to their paper. A num-
Der Of people have harbored in
their minds the idea that the edi-
tor Of a newspaper should write
on, and only allow to be published
such articles as meet their appro-
baton. Such an idea is erro-
neous and cannot be complied
with. 1t is just as much the duty
of a good newspaper to show up
the wrong done in q community
as to continually fatter the per
formers of a few good deeds.
Texas has just lynched another
Negro. The charge against him
was that he had ridden over and
seriously injured a little girl. A
few hours after the lynching was
over it was discovered that the
wrong man had been put to death,
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ONLY AFRO AMERICAN REPUBLICAN PAPER IN iowa,

CORRESPONDENTS AND AGENTS.
ALBIA--U. S. JONES.
BOONE- FRED ANTHONY.
BURLINGTON - VIM. sHACKEI-
FORD
CEDAR RAPIDS = MRS. G. II.
WADE.
COLON II p. DAVIS.
CLINTOE--JAMES WILLIAM.
COOPER.
DAVENPORT MRS. II. RICHARD
SON.
FORT DODGE-LUCY KENNETH.
kEOSAUQUA-MR. DETWlEER. /,
KEOkUk-MRS G. C. BANNISTER.
MUCHAKINOCK-E. LONDON
NEWTON-MISS JESSIE MOORE.
GTTUMWA-W S. PAGE.
0SKALoOSA MISS LUCY BUCK
NER,
MT. PLEASANT-D. SMITH.
pEkAY-MR.S. A. SAWFOOT.
SIOUN CITY MRS. HATTIE L.
ROBERTS.
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MI. PLEASANT NOTES.


Special Correspondence Of the Bystander.
Harvey Keith has returned from his visit
III the south.
The members and friends Of the A. NJ.
f. church gave a very pleasant donation
surprise on the pastor, Rev. Gordon, last
Saturday evenintf.
Mrs. Spots Of Lincoln. Neb will spend
the winter in this city.
Hester Bartlettlelt Thursday for Quincy,
III 10 spend the winter.
William Burnaugh Of Fort Madison is
in the city.
Caroline Williams left this week for
Chicago, where she will make her future
home.
Mrs Gordon has arrived in the city.
She has Been taking treatment at st.
L,1ke's hospital in Davenport for the past
three months. She uses crutclies yet, but
is considered much better.
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be the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
VIM. +. Lucas. A most cordial
reception is now waiting her ar
rival Mrs. Price will be remem-
bered by many in the city as a
contralto singer with the Fisk Ju-
bilee Singers several years ago.
Madame Sisieretta Jones is in
Europe and has an engagementln
Proctor's Pleasure Palace, Paris,
France, at the handsome sum OF
one thousand dollars per week.
Wagner's stepfather was named
Geyer, and until almost grown
Wagner himself went by that
name. Geyer wanted to make a
painter Of young Richard, but the
latter could never learn to draw.
His gift for music was first sus-
pected from his learning to play
bits from ssDer Freischutz. Mr..
Walter Damrosch recently said of
Wagner: "Everything comes in
time, and today Wagner is not
only a genius, celebrated in Ger
many, but in every land.
The Bible says: "But the very
hairs of your head are all num-
bcred." The recording angel who
is assigned to number Mr.. Pade.
rewski's hairs has before him an
arduous task. To begin with, the
color is very unique, the prevail
ing tint being light orange yellow.
There are many shades, however,
and occasionally you catch Gimp
scs of old gold and of a shade re-
sembling Il tremendously hot fire.
The average length Of each hair IS
five inches, and their total length,
if placed end to end, would be
15a miles.
Miss Clara Irene Ford, an Afro
American artist, has appeared sue.
cesstully in the theaters Of St. Pc
tersburg and Berlin. She has just
made new contract with Nine.
Adele Weltenburg, with whom
she went to Europe. The new
contract is for four years.
One of the most pleasing musi-
cal events Of the season took place
Thursday evening, Nov. q, at the
Y. NJ. G. A. Auditorium. The
chorus, under the leadership OF
George | Holt, deserves especial
praise for the manner i'll which
! they rendered the Hallelujah cho-
rus. The old time favorite, Come
Where the Lilies Bloom, received
a rousing encore. On the Whole,
the concert was a musical success,
though it was devoid of the enthu
siasm usually displayed on sucl
! occasions. The enjoyment OF the
program was marred by noise from
the gymnasium to great degree
RAMONA.
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ton at his charge, and was well pleased
with his visit. In fact he speaks very
highly Of the Yankton church on account
Of the sincerity that prevails among its
ncmhers
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OUR FRIENDS WRITE LETTERS
BOONE NOTES.

Special Correspondence of the Bystander.
Bertha Terry has been on the sick list.
j. Richards OF Council Bluffs passed
through the city Tsesday.
The young ladies gavean entertainment
and supper at the church Thursday of las!
week
Thanksgiving the stewardesses Of the
church gave supper, and everybody pres.
ent enjoyed themselves.
Simon Terry played on the B H. S.
football team against Ames on Thanks
giving
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-29

ance that in his declining years
there is one spot on earth that is
his, from which no power can
drive him, and none can take from
him. There, under his own vine
and fig tree he can make the dear
est spot on earth--a home. There
he will be independent Of grasping
landlords; there he can rest as
sured that he will receive no
notice to take up his bed and
walk. There he can rear the little
olive branches that may be sent
him, as true American citizens,
feeling indeed that they are a part
Of this glorious republic, and in
the years, to come they and their
children's children shall rise up
and call him blessed. Get a home,
young man. get a home
Since Charles O'Ferrall has been
governor Of Virginia there has not
been a man or woman lynched.
He has taken proper precaution in
all cases. An attempt was recently
made to transfer three women and
one man from a place Of safety to
another place, when they would
certainly have been lynched en-
route. The governor has right
under the constitution to protect
citizens, and he is using it. He
simply leaves the courts TO deal
with those charged with crimes
according to the law and the evi-
dence This state Of affairs in
Virginia was brought about by
agitation. John Mitchell Of the
Richmond Planet has been at his
post Of duty doing yeoman service
on the side of law and order,
Hon. George D. Wise and Judge
Ii. w. Flournay are defending.
The sentiment Of the following
from the Colorado Statesman
Exponent should be read by all in
| this community and the sentiment
find lodglnent in the minds of the
Afro Americans: We have elect
ed the first colored constable that
Arapahoe county ever had. We
have had several members OF the
legislature, bat never before has
even the smallest, permanent elec
tive Office been accorded us. Da.
vid MiIlen, the republican candi-
date, who carried the convention
with a rash, was just as successful
i'll tile election Tuesday. While
we bespeak for him q good, clean
and honorable record in this office,
we wish to urge upon the people
the necessity Of making this smalI
gain stepping stone to something
better in a future campaign.
Rev. j. G. Emery, D. D., is
spoken of as one of the coming
bishops in the A. NJ. 3. church
He will be remembered by many
Of the people Of this city, He
was present at the conference hele
here two years ago, and many
made the remark that he shoulC
have been the bishop at that time
| He made the best address of thu
session. He spoke i'll the large
tabernacle to a large and appreci
| ative audience. He is a studen
! and hard worker, and if selected
as bishop will bring ability ane
| dignity to the position in the west
The Negroes Of Georgia this
year returned for taxation prop
erty valued at S12,941, $50. Tha
is not bad for a lot of fellows wht
were sold like cattle in the marke
thirty-five years age.
Items of Interest.
Mrs. j G. Crosby (Jennie June
has been sent TO the Atlanta Ex
position as a delegate by the Ney
York Women's Press club.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-29

Senator j Z. Rowen, of the
Wright Hamilton-H Hardin district,
was Des Moines visitor last Fri
day. He says he will be on hand
when the legislature reassembles
to work for the Republican party
and the best interests OF the state.
lie says the liquor question will be
i'm! ortant, but the code will be
still more important. He is in
favor OF taking up business mat
tcrs and legislatlng on them this
year, They have been too long
neglected. On the question of
prohibition, he said lie would be
conservative, Prohibitionists had
to admit that there had been a
change in sentiment in this state.
He is a resubmissionist himself.
but he said: "You may quote me
as saying that ! am opposed to
caucus rule on the liquor question.
The Republican convention rele-
gated that question, allowed every
man his views, and no caucus can
now bind any Republican" Sen
ator Rowen is giving careful study
to public questions, and will be
well prepared for the session.
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HOW TO BE POPULAR.

HOW TO BE POPULAR.
Don't find fault.
DO not be one minute late at a
lunch or dinner.
Do not forget that well-bred
people are always thoughtful and
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There is growing feeling in
some of the southern states in op-
position TO mob rule and lynch
law. The constitutional conven-
ton now in session in South Car
olina has gone at the root of the
question, by allowing damages to
be recovered in case of neglect or
permission by officers of the law
in the county where such crime
is committed. The minimum
amount of damages is one thou
sand dollars, but the jury may
give as much more as it sees fit.
An officer who shall aid in any
manner a mob, and is indicted,
shall be deposed, and if convicted,
disqualified from future office hold
ing. Ii a county is liable for dam
ages for the destruction of prop
erty by a mob, it ought to pay
something when life is taken by
the same unlawful gathering
Touch the purse of the American
citizen and the heart will respond.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-29

One of the first objects in the
life of young man should be to
secure a home of bis own. The
young man, if he expects to suc-
ceed in the world should early
take the steps necessary to secure
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-29

The Negroes Of Georgia this
year returned for taxation prop
erty valued at S12,94 $50. That
is not bad for lot of fellows who
were sold like cattle in the market
thirty-fve years age.
The free press., 1895-09-26
Bicycles Dangerous in Collision.

The ability of bicycle and rider
in rapid motion to do serious damage
in a collision with another machine or
with q pedestrian, is fully appreciated
by few wheelmen. A man weighing
15O pounds, and moving ut the rate
of ten feet per second (which is only
about seven miles per hour has mo-
mentum of 1,500 pounds, leaving out
of the account the weight of the
wheel. This is sufficient to upset any
pedestrian with terrific force. 1t has
been suggested that the pneumatic
tire forms sort of fender which
would prevent serious concussion in
case OF collision. 1t would un-
doubtedly have slight modifying ef-
feet, but it would be of little account.
A collision between two wheels, each
with $50 pound rider, spinning at
the moderate speed of seven miles
per hour, would result in O smashup
with force of 5000 pounds. In view
of these facts, it is no wonder that
bicycle accidents are often very seri-
GUS. Scientific American.
The free press., 1895-09-26
"Jim' Fisk's Fortune.

A current paragraph says that at tho
time of his death Jim Fisk was sup
posed to be worth 50, 900, 900, and that
it is hard to believe that the only means
of support Fisk's widow now has is
small income from property in Yer
mont which came to her from her own
family. The writer of the paragraph
is seemingly ignorant of the popular
legend that Jay Gould quietly and re-
morselessly gobbled up every penny
of Fisk's belongings as soon as Fisk
breathed his last. The two friends
had offices adjoining each other, and
between ahem used one safe. After
Fisk's death an examination demon
strated that there was actually moth
ing in the safe but air and dust, and
Gould subsequently testified upon the
witness stand that the firm of Fisk ~
Gould had no assets. Nobody knows
where Jim Fisk's two millions went,
but everybody can give pretty close
guess. Chicago Record.
The free press., 1895-09-26
POpIARvT1,lE. MISS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2e, 1896.

fense of New York called for an out
lay of 1000, 900 for guns, S., 900, 900
for submarine mines and 81, 900, 900
for torpedo boats. In view OF the
cost of erecting the guns MS described
above it will be seen how ridiculously
inadequate the estimates are.
The cost of the gun itself is only
part of the outlay. 1t is necessary
before gun is mounted that the
ground be prepared, masonry con-
structed and all the necessary details
of the erection of heavy ordinance
properly carried out. In connection
with the erection of sixteen mortars
recently constructed the masonry
alone necessitated an outlay of $3.50,
900.
An interesting feature of the cost
of modern warfare is the frightful ex-
pense entailed in the discharging OF
one of the big guns. Every discharge
of twelve-inch gun means that nearly
81 ZOO has been blown away.
1t takes 450 pounds to discharge a
twelve-inch projectile, and with smoke
less powder at 81 n pound this means
an expense of $3.50 for every dis
charge, for powder alone. The pro-
jectile itself costs $500 to make. In
order to penetrate the sides of q mod
ern ironclad, it is necessary to use
projectile something more formidable
and solid than the old-style shot, and
to get this Uncle Sam has to pay $500
o shot.
Members of the Peace Society can
be forgiven for objecting to war when
the money expended in discharging a
big gun once would keep q family in
comfort year. New York Mercury.