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The Afro-American., 1897-04-17

Mr.. Dickson was born in Warwick
County, Virginia, March 6tl, 1854.
Came to Baltimore in 1868 and enter
ed the Public schools and continued
bis studies until 1875; passed the cir
riculum of studies then taught in the
Public Schools; he placed himself un
/ der private tuition which he continu-
ed unbfl 1879. In 1884 before Enoch
Pratt LibrarY was finished he was
elected by the board of directors to
| take charge, and from the day the
! first book was brought into the Libr-
ary until it opened in 1886 he made
!. excellent use OF the opportunities for
lasa dY- -dea commenced the reading of
French under Mrs" iIiams. He took
eral years, He took an active part :nI
the organization Of Literary Societies
and other educational work amongst
his race. He was always active in |
politics "a, d in 1888 he was elected |
delegate at large to the Republican |
National Convention. the first and |
only cOlOred man so hOnored bv his |
party. He voted at the convention
1irst, last sud all the time for Hon. /
John Sherman, now Secretary of
STATE; ard Offered resolutions to the
memory Of GRAM. LogFn, Arthur and
Conkling. In 1883 heN IS appointed
as deputy c9llt cfOr in ne Internal
Revenue Service, AMI in 80 TOOK the
civil service examination, passed at
Tue head uI the class, and was APP
Wrigher in the Custom Ser
to be among the best
FrS
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live, active agents and cores
ondents wanted in every county
|nd town in Maryland. Good
arms to tie right sort Of people.
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popdents will please have all
catlons inathis office by noon
esdays.
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marches ald others having notices
1--we will pease have the same at
zee BY Wednesday to insure pub
in the weeks issue.
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DONATION DAY
At the Aged Men and Women's Home
Lee Street, April 8th. Donations
received from he several
Churches.

st. Paul, 1876 lbs. groceries aud one
barrel of flour; Sharp Street, 40 lbs.
groceries. 'wo hams, pairs of shad;
~ metropolitan, 100 los. groceries; John
Wesle, 81 pounds groceries; Ames, IS
lbs. groceries. ham; Asbu,y - lbs.
g nc cries; Centenniel, so pounds gro
ceri' s; Mt. Zion, basket fruit; Waugh
chapel, IS pounds groceries.
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l Normal and Collegiate In
stitute Notes.


7 ICf1eV dIIUW lie SDaCr
journal, to say, that the Win
passed, and only have the
IN yOuFiu ouds oI the trees which
ter ba9Ve support to Lees army in
grass aglil 10 look forward to enviro-
alone g"hIch they meet upon such
1865. btl; out even the Students who
ruents ;rested in their summer work.
ocuasiOoSe VINO are soon to gather
are int tnelr parents and to give an
and thi o! thelr eight months work
aroundVSl0f these we zee the base ball
accomplishing their part. The V. N.
Along l.. Gian9ts4 met the Granite
clubs Saturday, April 10TH Sc~Ie,
and { ana T. /, IL; Granite LeagI
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Not one word in reference to
their own interests, nor one word
ia the interest of the race was ex-
pressed in the resolutions adopted
BY the Citizens League at their
mass meeting last Monday night.
Mr. White Man was lauded to the
4kies. The 'sparty" was washed off,
nice and cleal, and freshened up
-'Fijth Nasbs : 9R4oa, R4 heavy coat Of white
were added, and the G : a haIQ
was invested with such an angelic
expression that they all bowed
down and worshiped as in days of
yore, when such tried and true pa
triots as John Brown, Abraham
Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens, Amos
LoTejoy and Charles Sumner stood |
for The right in the face Of ostra-
cism and death. And this was a
Of colored men. Men who
ave voted the Republican ticket
were driven from the
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17

J. A. Martin, astor.
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AN OBNOXIOUS OFFICIAL.

The record of the Journal will show that
it is not habitually clamorous for changes
in office or vindictive towards Democratic
officials. 1t believes in fair play and in an
honest observance of the spirit of the civil
service Jaw. But the record of the Journal
in this regard need not prevent it from
urging the removal of NJ. V B. Spencer,
United States pension agent at this point.
The reasons for his removal are strong
enough to have justified it among the ear
liest changes made by the present admin
istration. AS a soldier he never had any
claim for the office, as an administrative
officer he has not demonstrated any par
ticular fitness and as pronounced enemy
of the veterans he has more than earned
dismissal. When he took the office there
were men employed in it whose military
records were beyond comparison better
than his. Some of these he has dismissed,
he has insulted, Inundated and tried to
force them to resign. From the beginning
of his term he has Disseminated against
veterans. He has violated the civil-service
law by making the office a political head
quarters and machine, and he has ignored
the law which requires preference to be
given to veterans His chief clerk and
confidential political henchman was secre-
tary of the Democratic committee and Bit
ter partisan. The salaries OF veterans were
reduced in order to increase that of this
man of all dirty work, and if any complaint
was made the veterans were told that if
they did not like their jobs they could re-
denounced in loud voice by a veteran
employed in the office and in the presence
of the office force as a sneak and a liar.
He did not deny the charge and he did not
resent the insult because the veteran was a
man he did not dare to remove.
He has been guilty of gross par
tisanism, of favoritism, of nepotism
and of every species of official tyranny.
He has established a system of political
espionage and spying that is if possible,
more detestable than his persecution of
veterans. In the pursuit of these ends he
has shown as complete a disregard for the
morale of the office and the efficiency of
the service as he has for the law and the
feelings of those he prosecuted. This man
should go, and that at once. He has
thrown himself on the mercy of the admin
istration but he does not deserve any mer-
cy. He pleads sickness and poverty, but
he did not regard either plea when made
by veterans whom he discharged He
should receive from the administration the
same measure of mercy and consideration
he has shown for others. Those whom he
has prosecuted could not wish him any
thing worse than dose of his own medi-
cine. He should be removed Immediately.
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WHAT PUBLISHERS ARE DOING.

The success of the anonymous America
and the Americans. from French Point of
View which went into FIVE editions in less
than three months, has caused the Serb
ners to issue a paper bound edition of the
work
Mr.. Richard Harding Daviss first novel,
Soldiers of Fortune" just published by
the Scribners, was in its second edition over
a week before it appeared, the advance
orders speedily exhausting the first edition
of fifteen thousand copies.
Peter the Great is the title of a new
work by X. Waliszewsk author of the
remarkably successful Romance of an
Empress, Catharine II of Russia" The new
book, which is said TO be of striking inter
est, will be published by D. Appleton & Co.
Mr.. r. N Stephens will soon bring out
the historical romance, IAN Enemy to the
King" based upon his drama of the same
name which was presented with such sue
cess by T.. H. Sothern. The book will be
published by Messrs. l.. c. Page &, Co. of
Boston.
c. Ellis Stevens. the well-known author
of Sources of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States is out with a volume of poems,
THE Romance of Arenfels and Other Tales
of the Rhine, of which Edmund Clarence
Stedman says: Il am surprised at one thing
quite unusual nowadays, 10 wit: they are
interesting.
1t is known that Dr. Weir MitcheIl's
novel, Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker" which
is now appearing serially in the Century,
was to be published in book form last
autumn, and a large edition had been man
ufactured, when the great adaptability of
the story for serial publication caused the
issue of the book TO be postponed for a
year 1t will be brought out this autumn.
and the great interest in the novel during
it's serial appearance indicates a large sale.
A sumptuous book announced by the Lip
pincotts. on the country dear to Kipling,
is "Picturecaue Burma, Past and Present"
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One of the commercial agencies, speaking
of the continued gain in business, in its
report of Saturday says:
1t is still in quantities rather than prices.
although in some branches an advance in
prices appears. but on the whole the num-
Der of hands employed the volume of new
orders and the amount Of work done are
slowly increasing. Prospect of good crops
of wheat and cotton helps; growing demand
from dealers whose stocks a gradually gain
ing consumption depletes also helps and in
the money and exchange markets large
buying of American securities has an in
fuence
BY no other methods than those above
named has depression in business and in
dustry yielded to better times First a de-
mand must be made for more merchandise
The demand cannot be made until more of
the unemployed are employed and have
earned wages with which 20 purchase. AS
men who have been idle are taken upon
ray rolls there Will be more money TO spend
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STILL IN THESSALY.

A few weeks ago the belief prevailed that
the Sultan would be required to leave
Greece and that the question of indemnity
would be settled by the powers. The Sui
tan's army is yet in Greece and while the
Sultan is silent, he seems to have deter
mined upon long abode in Thessaly. This
province seems to have new attractions for
him, perhaps because his predecessor was
forced by the powers to return it to
Greece years ago. The Sultan has $50 900
soldiers in Thessaly at the present time,
and 300, 900 more in Macedonia ready to join
them. This is a larger army than Napoleon
had when he was marching over Europe.
1t is SO large a force that it seems the
Sultan is wondering if it is not so large
that he can afford to take his time. Prob
ably he is watching the movements of the
powers, and because they have done moth
ing, he has concluded to wait awhile in
Thessaly with his army. 1t is not improb-
able that "the greatest diplomat in Eu-
rope knows that there can be no concert
on the part of the powers, as there has
not been during all the years that Turkey
has been permitted to exist as a govern
ment Great Britain will retire from the
concert if the Sultan will not leave Thes-
sally. That will doubtless please him, be-
cause no other power will care much
whether Thessaly is a part of the Otto
man Empire hereafter or is retained by
Greece.
There is a growing feeling in Europe at
the present time that Russia is be-
hind Turkey now as it has been
throughout the entire affair with Greece.
The Turkish representatives in the
courts of Europe are claiming the
assistance of Russia in the event that eff
forts should be made to cause the Otto
man armies to retire to Turkish territory
Suppose Great Britain should undertake to
drive the Sultan from Thessaly, what could
it do unless it should proceed against Con-
stantinople with its war ships? 1t has no
armies which can match those of the Sui
tan. But no one who knows of the policy
of Great Britain for seventy-ftve years sup
poses that of itself it will make war upon
Turkey to expel the Ottoman from Thes-
sally. Great Britain has not engaged in any
war in many years in which it was probable
that it would be confronted with EQUALS
As for Russia, ne one can fathom the pur-
poses Of that government in the present
complications. Il is the only power now
that can master Turkey alone, and the only
one for which the Sultan has the respect
of fear. For Great Britain, which has all
ways held Turkey in check and which in
terfered to save the Ottoman rule the sit
uation must be so embarrassing as to de-
tract something from the triumphs of the
Queens Jubilee
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excellent as to reveal the planet almost as
II cut In steel against the sky. The fact
tnat other observers Under less favorable
atmospheric conditions have failed to find
the markings which he saw on the surface
or the planet is no discredit TO their Keen
ness or observation, and their failure TO see
what he saw at Flagstaff certainly should
not in any way discredit the accuracy of
his work.
The markings which he saw were plainly
seen by every one of six observers in Flag
stan, and We're visible equally well
Lowell relied on a low power eye piece
which magnified the planets disk TO about
the size OF the moon seen with the naked
eye. The markings were absolutely and
clearly differentiated from one another.
me permanency of these markings, as
shown in his drawings, taken at different
do not change their position with reference
to the sun-that is, that Venus's rotation
period and orbital period are identical.
Venus, in other words, always turns the
same face to the sun, and, therefore, has
no day
The fact that the markings traversed the
DISK in straight lines in their apparent
journey with the terminator shows that
the axis of rotation is practically per-
This means that Venus has no
season. 1t was further found that the
markings were always visible with unvary-
ing clearness. In other words, Venus has
no clouds.
Further, the intense lustre of the disk
is extended alike to all the markings 1t
seems as If a bright, straw-colored veil
We're drawn over the planet making its
bright parts brighter and its dark parts less
dark. This veil, in Mr. Lowel's opinion,
is unques tionably atmospheric.
There is a notable absence of color in
Venus, especially when it is compared with
the beautiful tints of Mars. This means
much more than the lack of beauty. 1t sig
nifies, first, the absence of water. and,
second, the absence of vegetation. This ndi-
Gates that there can be no life on the sun
burned side of Venus The appearance is
that or vast desert. and this agrees with
pect.
But how about the other side-the side
that is perpetually in the shadow, and so
forever invisible to every eye in the uni
verse? That portion is believed to be a
mass of glittering ice. The exposure of
one side to the full blaze of the sun would
Mr. Lowell believes, create funnel-like in
draught from the dark side to the bright
and then an umbrella-like returning cur
rent would result in the depositing of al
most all the water on the unilluminated
side, where, in the form of ice, it would
remain.
The data upon which these conclusions
are based Were fully verified by this years
observations in Mexico 1t is believed that
these markings and the conclusions based
upon them will stand as among the most
valuable recent contributions TO astro-
nomical science
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14

A few months ago, when gold began to
leave the country, the calamityites, or what
is the same, the sNerites were in high glee
because it was about to be demonstrated
that a supply of gold adequate to the de-
mands of business could not be kept in this
country. These people forgot that there
had been no note of trouble about the gold
supply from the date of specie resumption,
in 1879, until the tariff fears of Clevelandism
unsettled confidence. But they have waited
in vain. So much gold was there in the
country, and so great confidence in the
situation, that the export of gold which
began the last week of April, attracted
only momentary attention, and could not
be said to have affected the financial stu
alton in the least. 1t was estimated that
about SIS, 100000 would go abroad. The
treasury statement shows that the reserve
is only 81 10000 less than it was the last
week of April; the figures show that SIS Co.,
000 in the aggregate has been shipped, and
the export has practically stopped. Shortly
before the election the reserve was down TO
500 DOC, 600, and was shrinking, not because
there was not enough gold in the country
but because many holders of money feared
the election of Bryan and silver mono
metallism. Without the sale of a bond the
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two passengers and trainmen were killed
and only four train robbers. These facts
make it clear that the wrecking or holding
up of trains is no more nor less than a
robbery. Worse than the bandits of the
old world, the train wreckers recklessly
take or risk the lives of trainloads for the
sake of booty. Such men should be hanged
or electrocuted without delay when appre-
hended, to the end that crimes involving
such an awful loss of life may be checked
by the severity of the punishment
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THE INDIANA PRESS.

Our Democratic FARMERS were compelled
to accept from A to cents a pound more
for their wool this year than they received
last year. Too bad, wasn't it?-Seymour
Journal.
Hon. F. B. Posey declares that he will
not be candidate for office again. His
law practice, he says, is worth more to him
than any office, and he proposes to stav
with it.-Petersburg Press!
Barnums tents were packed and jammed
with people at so cents "a head. There APP
pear to be a few dollars lying around loose,
in spite of. the dismal outgivings of the
woemaker.-Terre Haute Express,
At last an Ohio man has been found who
does not want a government appointment
Ex-Governor Cox declines to be sent to
Spain, or anywhere else. for that matter
He simply does not want office.-Logans-
port Journal.
Governor Mount is right. He thinks there
should be general scaling down of salaries
in the state institutions The goId-stand-
ard era has resulted illna reduction in all
other kinds of labor. why not that of the
office holder ?-Covington Friend.
Over 100000 was paid to the employees
of the factories at Elwood last Saturday.
Such pay as that means something to the
business interests of the city. 1t suggests
too the degree of prosperity that would
prevail in this country when all the fac
tories are running full time at full pay
-Middletown News.
The old Democratic party ought to take
warning from the explosion of that gun
cotton shell at Indian Head. 1t went off
too soon and wrecked the gun and nearly
killed the spectators. When there is an
effort to hit the mark with a free-silver
shell fired through the old Democratic
smooth bore, something will be sure to give
way.-Fort Wayne Gazette.
The chorus Of croakers demand immediate
prosperity at high-water mark. They are
afraid to wait because they know it has
always come under Republican legislation
Every sign of prosperity makes beads of
cold perspiration stand forth on the Popo-
cratic brow. 1t is a sad spectacle of in
creasing misery.-Ei wood Call-Leader.
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The Populist convention in North Vernon,
next Thursday, promises to be lively af-
fair unless the leaders should be seen"
and silenced before that date. 1t is very
evident that the Populist leaders do not like
1ir Griffith. They are not pleased because
some of Mr.. Griflth's most earnest hackers
are gold men and because the speaker who
put him in nomination declared that he
(Griflth) is IA Democrat and will be
elected by Democratic votes" They quote
the late Representative Holman as attrib-
uting his election last fall to the votes of
1850 Populists But whether the Populists
nominate a candidate at North Vernon or
do not, it viii not fail to be feature in
the season of dull politics
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The country would like to hear more of
that new trust in the South which pro-
poses to control the cotton industry be-
cause of new patent for baling that sta
pie. Senator McEnery, of Louisiana, re-
ferred to it on Saturday and declared that
the senators who were hostile to the sugar.
growing interests were interested in this
cotton packing monopoly with Mr. Searles,
of the Sugar Trust. Perhaps the Louisiana
senator told the whole story and it will
appear in due time in full in that lively
siX-days-a-week paper, the Congressional
Record. If it should not, some one should
tell the people of this new monopoly in
cotton packing which looks to control over
the price. A list of shareholders in which
the names of Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
and Senator Vest, of Missouri, would be
separated by the names of officers of the
Sugar Trust like Secretary Searles, would
not only be interesting but really improv-
ing reading. The whole of the McEnery
speech Will be awaited with lively interest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14

Mr.. O'Sullivan, of Lowell. Mass, who
was the man who led George Fred Will
liams to silverism, is now in the work
house for eighteen months because his dis
cussion of the money question was devoted
in part to accusing some of his opponents
who are city officials of malfeasance in
Office. These officials brought a suit, and
as the result the statesman is in the work.
house because he cannot distinguish be-
tween argument and libel.
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No Difference.

Did you get an invitation to that little
blowout Nudge is going to give?"
Il haven't yet What sort of an affair
is it?'
He told me over the telephone, and 1
am not quite sure whether he said stag
party or jag party9''-
.ReallY. now. what is the difference2,,
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gold in the treasury ran up to $155, 100000
after the election of Mckinley. During 1896
the director of the minis shows that S54,
600 of gold was mined in this country, and
this year the estimate is S6O,000,OoO Before
another presidential election the stock of
gold coming into the market in the United
States alone will exceed $200, 100000, the
greater portion of which will go into use
as money. Facts like these give confidence
to the situation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14

The new Grand Army which the Kansas
Populists are talking about is an old de-
vice, but when they say that there are
1000 Populists in Kansas who belong to
the Grand Army they betray their unfor-
tunate habit of initiating all things. The
Grand Army in Kansas does not number
25 600 all told
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14

The Indiana strawberry is of monstrous
size this season and it fills the Hoosier
heart with pride to read of fourteen to the
quart: nevertheless and Notwithstanding
the frugal householder who goes out to do
his marketing would feel his patriotic joy
rise a little higher. if he were privileged
to buy these overgrown berries by the
pOTud
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The COrnfed PhiIosopher.

And now" said the Cornfed Philosopher,
is the time of year when the college grad
uater gets on the rostrum and utters great
thoughts-thoughts, in fact, that have been
thought by the greatest thinkers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14

While there are several thousand men in
Washington who would be more than glad
of a place in the public service, Secretary
of the Navy Long is insisting that the
cadets graduating This year shall remain in
the public service and keep their contract
with the government, which they regard
as a hardship. But the several thousand
who wait cannot help to sail war ships.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14

China is a good place for ex-senator
Dubois to go to study finance. The money
of China is silver and the amount per cap
ita is SOS. If the Chinese system of silver
monometallsm suits that statesman and
his associates, we now have twice as much
silver as is needed and therefore can dis
pense with all coinage.