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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
THAT ALMsROUsE MIDDLE

Despite the attempt to silence talk
with reference to the appointment by
Superintendent GEORGE b. DAVIS OF
Sister BUSH (white) es matrOn at the
Colored Almshouse to virtually care
for and look after the welfare of the
Negro inmates, both male and female,
the public continues to talk about il,
There is a we'll founded desire to
know which of the white democrats
from Jackson Ward were guilty of
such breach of all rules of propriety as
understood here. to the extent of re-
commencing such change.
OF course Mr.. JAMES /. SMITH and Mr..
w. w. Wake, both member of the
Committee on Poor entered no pro-
test.
How long will this continue? 1t il
openly asserted that Mr.. DAVIS says
that he made the change upon the
suggestion of the Democratic mem.
bers of Jackson Ward.
We are glad to be assured of the
fact that the better element of the
democracy are outspOken in their de
nunciation of this display of peanu
politics. A change will yet come anC
the people will be pleased to wei
come a reform which will not embrace
a sacrifice Of defenceless woman anC
blow at one of the kindliest races o
people on the face of the globe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

There are small "deer" on the island
that arouse no poetry or, gracious senti-
ments- The mice, those pests of Japa-
nese teahouses, raced through the doll
houses at will by dark, the ornamental
traceries and designs pierced in the
pretty wood panels above the screens
giving them free range of every room.
They ran over my face, scratched my
pillow, nibbled my fingers and kept me
awake night after night with their rus
thing and gnawing On the third night
of mouse carnival called the servants
and had lights brought. The landlord
heard the sounds and hustled across the
court to see what the matter was. 81
think there is a mouse in this house,
said. "Oh, certainly, certainly, honor
able lady," he said, bowling low and
proudly. Eyes, indeed, / have many,
plenty of rats at the MONTH" And he
could not at all understand why we
should make such u trouble about SC
natural thing and object to these sure
evidences of abundant prosperity, these
companions of Daikoku. the god OF
plenty. -Eliza Rhuhamah Scidmere in
Century.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
MR. McKINLEY's LETTER.

The letter of Hon. WILLIAM MckIN-
LEY, H., accepting the nomination for
the presidency is an able document.
His discussion of the money question
is exhaustive and convincing and his
declaration that the tariff is an issue,
neither to be disregarded or ignored
will be hailed with delight by those
who have long since realized that with
the correction of the inequalities OF
the Wilson bill will come an increase
of revenue for the support of the gov
eminent.
No one can doubt the position of the
great Ohioan upon any question after
reading his able exposition OF his
views.
The deadly parallel which he draws
upon the Republican and Democratic
Parties by contrasting the official
messages of President HARRISON and
President CLEVELAND but adds to the
effectiveness of this magnificent docu-
ment for the purposes for which it is
intended.
Major MCKINLEY states truisms
in his references to the prevalence oil
lawlessness and the necessity fol
prompt action to ensure it's suppress
sion.
1t seems that the silver craze is sub
siding and the false premises estab
lished are wasting away before she
attacks of sound reason.
Republican supremacy can alone en-
sure prosperity and the people of the
country have not failed to see it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
SOME LEAP YEAR LAWS.

A Woman Could Propose Six Hundred
Years Ago and the Man Had to Accept.
In two countries, at least, and more
than 600 years ago, laws were passed
which gave women the right of propos-
ing marriage. These enactments went
even farther than this. They also stip-
ulated that if the man whose hand they
had sought should refuse he should in
cur heavy fine
A searcher among the ancient records
of Scotland has recently discovered an
act of the Scottish parliament, which
was passed in the year 1888, which runs
as follows:
''It is statut and ordaint that during
the rein of his maist blissit Megeste. ilk
for the years lnowne as Lepe Yeare, ilk
mayden ladye of baithe highe and lowe
estaet shall haze hberte to bespoke ye
man she likes, albeit gif he refuses ia
talk hir to be his lawful wye, he shall
be mulcted in ye sum of ane dundis or
less, as his estait may be; except and
avis gif he can make it appeare that he
is betrothit ane ither woman, he then
shall be free. -
A year or two later a law almost sim
liar TO the Scottish enactment was
| passed in France and received the ap-
/ prevail OF the king. 1t is also said that
before Columbus sailed ON his famous
voyage to the westward a similar priv
lege was granted to tho maidens of &C.
noa and Florence.
There is no record extant of any fines
imposed under the conditions OF this
! Scotch law, and no trace of statistics re-
garding the number of spinsters who
took advantage of it or of the similar
regulations in France, but the custom
seems to have taken firm hold upon the
popular mind ABOUT that time. TIL.
next mention of it is dated nearly 40G
years later, and it is a curious LITTLE
treatise. called Love, Courtship anC
Matrimony," which was published il
London in 1905. In this quaint worl
the privilege" is thus alluded to:
albeit it now becomes part of tn,
common law IN regard to social rela
tions of life, that, as often as every leal
yeare doth return, the ladyes have tn
sole privilege during the time it coptin
ueth of making love either by wordes O
lookes, no man will be entitled to bene
fit of clergy who doth in any wise trea
her proposal with slight or contumely.
Up 10 within "a century ago it was ON
of the unwritten laws OF leap year tina
if man should decline a proposal h
should soften the disappointment whicl
his answer would bring about by tn
presentation of silk dress TO the un
successful sutton for his hand.
A curious leap year superstition
| still to be met with in some narfs of NeN
England, and that is that during lea
year the ''beans grow on the wrong sid
of the pod. "-Philadelphia Examiner.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

All communications intended Republication
must be sent to the editor. John Mitchell, Jr.,
6i4 East Broad Street and should reach him by
Wednesday.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

1T is uncomfortable to us that there
should be any one, who can fail to see
the necessity for the administration OF
the law as in opposition to the visiting
of punishment by means OF Judge
Lynch's court.
There have been two many instances
of where serious mistakes have FOL
lowed the failure to observe the beat
en- paths.
Men have been ushered into eterni-
ty, and later developments have es-
tablished there innocence.
The Lunenburg Case emphasizes the
necessity of care in dealing with al
legged criminals and their cases, anc
declares in clarion tones that-lynch'
law must gol
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
A BLOODY FIGHT.
Oolored Men Attempt to Rescue one of
their Number.
[Scripps-McRae League Special Ser
vice I

[Scripps-McRae League Special Ser
vice.l
Montgomery, Ala, August 31-A Sc
rious riot took place at Camp Hill
Ala. Some county peace officers had
arrested several colored men and were
taking them to jail. when body of col
ored men attacked them, and under
took to release the prisoners. The OH
GERS were reinforced by number Of
white residents, and pitched battle
followed, guns, axes, and fence rails
being the weapons used.
The colored men finally retreated
not however, until several of theil
number were killed or fatally wound
ed. The trouble is not believe to bt
over.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
oOLoRBD MEN TO HELP.
Will Send Armed Men to Help the Gu
bans.
MuNCIK, IND, Aug

MUNCIE, IND. August ~.
The meeting held at Selma last
night to raise funds to assist Truman
stewart in defrayirg the expenses OF
landing one thousand cOlored troops
in Cuba, to assist the insu=gent cause,
was attended by nearly one thousand
people, and satisfactory sum was the
result from the sale of refreshments
and subscriptions.
Another man is colonizing the troops
in Georgia, and they will be sent from
Key West, Fla, about October l. Mr..
Stewart was once a candidate for 'he
State Legislature and is the chief pro-
promoter. Since his plans have been
made public he has received about
bushel basketful Of letters from
military men, anxious TO accompany
him besides donations.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
SUBLIME FOLLY.
subiimest foIly-from their camps uprise

6ublimest folly-from their camps upriso
Two mighty armies, eager for the fray
Tho drum beat rolls. the brazen trumpets
bray,
And guns and bayonetc fash against tho skies.
Now shall be shown on which side victory lies
Swords CLEAN. the booming cannon hurl dis
may,
The quick sharp rifle shots for death make
way.
On high the bird of evil omen cries
Men fall AS in the field the full ripe grain
Where bending reapers swing the sickle
blade,
In ranks they fall. never 70 rise again.
But wherefore the dread holocaust thus
NADER
That past all doubt man may make this truth
plain,
On honor more than life his heart is staid
Bishop Spalding.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

Ex-PREsIDENF HARRIsoS's speech
in New York will add interest to the
campaign and cause thousands of Peo-
pie wto might otherwise waver to re-
main true to those principles which
have brought prosperity to our shores
and caused the American Republic to
be the OBJECT of the envy of the civil
| lied world.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
PHOTOGRAPHS
OF
|LUNENBURC
PRISONERS,
For the Benefit Of the Fund.

1-Solomon Marable at Farm
vile Jail.
2-Solomon Marable in Cell
Farmville Jail.
3-Solomon Marable behind
bars In Richmond JAIL.
4-Mary Alternately and Pok-
ey Barnesat Farmville Jail.
5-Mary Alternately & Babe.
6--Mary Barnes in Penitenti-
airy.
7-Pokey Barnes a free wo-
man.
S-The Jail at FarmvilIe.
9-The Courthouse at Farm
vile.
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
TROUBLE IN ALABAMA.
0olored Men Killed-Another Alleged
Race War.
BIRM1NGHAM, ALA, August

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, August 30
Considerable excitement exists at
Camp Hill. Ala, and an uprising be-
tween whites and blacks is liable to
occur at any time. The starting quar-
rel occurred yesterday. The town
marshal had arrested a colored man
The prisoners friends, a dozen in mum
bers, attempted to take the man from
the officer. The white people of the
town sided with the marshal, while
the colored people flocked to the pris-
oner's side. shooting began, and four
colored people were seriously though
not fatally shot. Clubs, bricks, stones
and other missiles, were used, and
more than twenty men were injured
A riot between the two races is immi-
nent.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
FORK 2RONGs.
Plunged Into OOlored Mans Neck By
a Drummer.

Huntington, W. Va, August 31.-An
unknown travelling man entered res
taurant here yesterday and was seated
at a table when William Scott. a col
ored man. sat down opposite thedrum-
mer. The stranger picked up fork
and plunged the prongs into SCOTS
neck. The traveller escaped.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
A OOLORED MANS DEFENSE.
His Friends Rally to his Support
LEXINGTON, KY, August so.

A race war has been going on in
Adamstown. colored suburb of this
city, for several weeks. Last night
Lathe Carmine, George Kelly and
John Kimball, white, badly beat Hugh
Lawrence, colored.
This afternoon Lawrence got about
twenty-five of his colored friends to-
gether, and well aimed, they attempt
ed to kill the three white men, but the
timely arrival of the police prevented
a tragedy. Lawrence has been arrest
ed, and warrants have been issued for
several of his friends.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

The meeting of the National Con-
vention of Republican League Clubs
at Milwaukee, August 25-2eth was a
success
The efforts of this organization in
promoting the success OF the Republi-
can tickeHhaveEbeen of the mostlposi-
tive kind.
1t will in no small degree be the
means of increasing the majority OF
votes cast for MCKINLEY and HOBART
sound money and protection.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

S1ERPLANEr is Issued weekly. The subserip-
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

THEIRS should be no relaxation in
our demands for recognition at the
hands of the leaders Of this republic.
We assisted in adding 60 its mate
rial prosperity, and had no part in
causing its present industrial stagna-
tiOn
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

WE desire ten thousand subscribers
and see no reason why our friends
should not give US fifteen thousand
Our subscription list is on the increase
Send in the name OF your Friend.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

FEW people are aware OF the priva-
tions to which some ministers of the
gospel are subjected. 1t is surprising
that so many seek that field, and re-
main in it after it is found.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

ExPESsEs increase with the multiple
cation of salary, and it is SO subtle in
its nature that it is not long before
the receiver of il will find himself
again in debt.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

CHILDREN are the greatest imitators
aud we should be careful of what we
say and do in their presence.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

If the Republican leaders can keep
Candidate BRYAN and Chairman JONES
in the saddle and on the go until the
day, McKMLEY's majority will be I'M
precedentedly large.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

The colored brother as political
factor is looming up and both sides
are looking to him for encouragement
and support.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

THE colored men of the North and
West can WELD their ballots for the
protection of their brethren in the
South.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

SOME people settle their debts by
not paying them and moving out of
the reach of their creditors, and
their last condition is worse than the
first.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

The robbing of colored men has re-
suited as we expected, in the robbery
Of white ones as we'll.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

WE should engage in business even
though we fail in the attempt. We
have enough farmers already.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

CoLoRED men, stand up and be
counted. Defend yourselves at all
hazards. Lynch-lsw must be made to
go, and the lynchers with it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

FROM all parts of the country come
reports of outrages, but we are pleas
ed to announce that the American OF
African descent is striking back.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

MARRYING is god-send to some peo-
pie and a curse to some others.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

WE must continue to educate the
head and heart. Some of us can sue
ceed in the workshop and others in
the professions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

WANTED:-For United States Army
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

No fault which is apparent in the
Afro-American is lacking in the white
man. 1t is only their ability to con-
ceal that makes one think otherwise.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

WE should save our money. Old age
is q certain visitor and to meet him
with poverty is disaster from which
we all should shrink.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

WHITE men, be they Republicans or
Democrats, who stand by us in our
contention for rights denied us should
be supported.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

IT is g grand thing to be an Ameri-
can citizen. 1t is humiliating thing
to be treated as an alien in ones own
country.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

If we desire white men to dispense
with the word 'nigger" as applied to
US, we should quit using it ourselves.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

IvssoHrsso is murder, and the lynch
ers are murderers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-05

1T is a consoling fact tn notice that
the colored people are improving thor
condition.
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HousR-rent and taxes are terrors TO
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FOR vICE-PRESIDENT,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
POINT WILSON DIVERS FEAT.
Extent of Damages to the Stranded
Steamship Umatilla.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Oct. s.
A dangerous diving feat on the part
of A. o. Benjamin this morning re-
vealed in great part the extent of dam
age to the steamship Umatilla, which
last Tuesday morning scraped on the
rocky beach on the straits near Point
Wilson lighthouse, where it is now
beached. He went down between the
boilers and found that a hole 80 feet
long and three wide had been ripped
in the starboard garboard-that is, in
the second line of plates from the keel
son, the vessel having no keel. OF
course other plates are more or less
damaged and wrenched, but three are
gone entirely, having been ripped off
in the accident
Captain Hunter today filed a wreck
report at the custom house. He says
the accident was caused by a thick
fog and silent whistle on Point Will
son. The Umatilla is valued at $780,
600 and insured for $230,000. The car
go, valued at 100000, was damaged to
the extent of $4,000, and was insured
for $4,000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
Robbed the Paymaster.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1.-The S S.
China brings the news that the pay
master of the Boston is a serious loser
by the cruise. While the vessel was in
Shanghai he drew considerable money
in gold coin with which to pay various
debts contracted by the cruiser. Two
sailors, named Henrickson and Moon
ey, learned that the money was in the
paymaster's room and succeeded in
getting away with $1,000 of it. They
made their escape from China, but
were caught at Nagasaki while the Chi
ma was at Yokohama; not, however,
until they had spent all the money.
They were put on board the gunboat
Yorktown and will be sent to San
Francisco for punishment. Both men
Joined the vessel here and are we'll
known at Mare Island.