Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
IN CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI.
Oolored Employees.

We left Richmond Monday. August
oath 2:15 p. m, via the picturesque T..
Il o. X. X. of which the popular and
efficient, Mr.. John ID. Potts is Assist
ant General Passenger Agent.
At the train was Prof. ] Andrew
Bowler, who was conversing with
Prof. w. Philip Dabney, OF Cincinnati,
who was enroute to that place.
FINE TRAIN SERVICE.
The service of this magnificent line
is excellent. The yestibule cars,
lighted by electricity, engines with
he ad lights furnished by the same
mower was a feature, surprising to the
newcomer and pleasing to the trav-
eller.
Reaching Gordonsville, we changed
TO the + +. V from Washington. As
we neared the Kentucky line and final
ly crossed over, two white men seated
in front OF us consulted, aSSs iiii >,
one OF them spoke t0 the conductor
about the presence Of Negroes in the
coach. He wanted to know why they
had not provided separate cars. I'VE
pay no atten ion to that" replied the
II coma HCcc dIC I'LL ONh II
/ trains and make no discrimination"
The dead poor" white men who
/ had been conversing on the subject
subsidized and later we noticed one OF
them engaged in a friendly converse
tion with the colOred porter.
| Prof. Dabney had with him his mus
| ical instruments, but our desire for
music. owing 10 the unfavorable sur
lroundings could not be gratitied.
Reaching Cincinnati, at sos n. m.
we we're soon enroute to Chicago
THE STATE OF INDIANA
No one who travels through the
state of Indiana is likely TO be favora-
lbly impressed with it, as viewed from
a railroad train. indianapolis how
ever is a notable exception.
| Reaching Chicago, we we're soon II
the omnibus of the Parmalee line
Ibeinq carried to the station of the
ICkicago end Northwestern line. It Is
ALWAYS a rush in this locality. We
Iboarded the train for Milwaukee IL
is singular, and somewhat surprising
TO the uninformed to notice the ex.
tent to which colored men have spread
lover the country. Go where you vii
land YOU meet the sable sons of Ham
sometimes "a little distigured but still
in the ring"
1t was a sight long to be remember
ed as we stood on the platform OF the
idepot and gazed at the porters, stand
ling like blue-coated ebony sentlnels a.
their posts guarding the interests o
1.-The Pullman or Wagner Co.
PROF. WASHINGTON AND TRE BARBER.
IT might be we'll to say that we learI
led that while enroute from New Xorl
Ito Chicago, a white barber refused t
Ishaye Prof. Booker 7. Washington
principal of Tuskegee Institute. W.
lhave not learned whether or not III
Ihas been reported as he should hay'
Ibeen. Pro-. Washington was compli
mented by the President OF the Unit
ed States and his merit recognized b.
Harvard College, when the honorar,
degree was conferred upon him.
The coaches on the Chicago ant
Northern Pacific were finished II
: unique fashion on the inside. Tn
trains run at high rate of speed, tn
ldriving wheels to the locomotive be
: ing six feet, three inches.
TROUBLE WITH THE WHEEL.
, AS We were OHCIC W dc
! spasmodic pull of the bell-cOrd, an
|. the conductor and train hands hurrie
through.
Thoughts of the "hold ups" by tn
, train robbers flashed upon our mind
> and we were ready for the fray.
We hurried outside. 1t was onl
the hot-box on the sleeper. Fire wa
a Issuing from it in sheets. Water wa
secured from the engine and in tn
. ice was placed. A man was sent baC
: to flag any approaching train and I'll
n men worked with a will.
After a loss of about half an hOI
q the trip was resumed.
FIRE IN THE sHIP-YARD.
q AS we neared Milwaukee, we notice
lurid glare TO the right No effo
was being made to extinguish Il
flames, and the entire neighborhOt
was lighted mp.
Reaching Milwaukee, we entered
cab and were soon at Hotel Pfste
where was located the headquarters
the National Republican League Cll
IConvention 1--WE are filled up" sa
le the night clerk Il am endeavoril
1S1 to scrape up place for this gentl
~ man."
a. The white porter had rushed fC
~ ward, and brought in our luggage.
SECURING HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.
We went to the Globe Hotel 81
ofour room 8 are TAKEN" he replied.
white gentleman had entered and "
similarly greeted, and after pausinl
few moments, he retired.
The night-clerk kindly called up t
n, other ho'el Three answered th
ly they had all of their rooms taken.
e. nally at the Kiby House, the inform
is tion came that two beds were lie
We Going there, the elderly nightly-cle
se informed us that he had two beds, /
on he could not let us have one OF thI
ur as some one might object to our pl
sence A white man came up an,
lis bed was let to him.
ur This was the first and only exhi
ng tion of prejudice that we met in {
re- city.
of After further telephoning, it y
found that a room was at Wind
90 Hotel.
e1 PINE QUARTERS.
lis Going there, the register was turI
of and we we're assigned to our room.
was one of the parlors OF the ho
be The bed was a folding one and the
cation OF our apartments was on
second floor, facing the street. As
was now after o'clock a. m, it '