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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
PLAZA AT QUEZALTENAGO.

They moved off down the street Hers
was What the fair listener in the WINDOW
above did rot hear: "Well now. look
heah (.awge, If you expect to WIN out
in this game, you've got 10 push mat
tabs
eff T make a KILN tonight, We'll 40 1t
to morrow, an I'll stake you fu' true
my toy.'
George Johnson had made KILN. lie
came down the street in an entirely new
outft-check suit, patent feathers. new
hat and cane-he vas gorgeous.
i Eilly Black was standing conveniently
at Miss Melinda's window, La w he
exclaimed, ''jest look at OF Gawge john
son, amt he wahm? I'll bet dollah
he's done sent a song away.
The damsel turned her eyes upon the
approaching spectacle and gasped in ad-
miration. She stepped back from the
window. Get him to come in," she
gasped.N
"Hyeah Gawge." Billy hailed from the
window, ''you must a-been sendin' away
one of yo' songs at last.
eyes, I sent one away
well, you'sc purity wahm.
eyes, I'm too hot to- ho1d;t but this is
| only the advance anticipation-when that
song comes out. they'll have to SEND
| fire company with me whensl come down
| the street to keep me from scorchin the
! houses"
Come on in. Gawge"
"NVell. l do know, will drop In fu 9
! minute"
! In few minutes more athe gorgeous
Mr. Johnson was bowling before Mis-:
! Jones, and she was murmuring how
| happy she was ito fawm his acquaint
ance.'' Then Billy found it convenient t
| leave. ~
| It need not be chronicled what word
| passed between the two, but there is on
s word in loves summertime vocabular.
| which George johnson knew and uttered
1t was-ice cream.
1 When Melinda passed the barber sho
on the arm of her admirer. the idle crow
in wonder forgot to laugh, and they di
4 not recover until they noticed George
new hat sweeping the ground in profoun
salute as he passed them.
4 George took Billy's advice and pushe
matters. and nsless than ten days tim
there was a wedding at the home c
! Widow Jones. her daughter and M
! johnson being the high-contracting pal
tiles. The groom's song, for some reaso,
cid not appear, but he makes a KILN
now and then. and the widow keeps
restaura at, so they get on. Billy Black
always welcome in the Johnson house
bold. 0
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street. Among the varied sounds she
How'd do, Mistah Johnson? jest been
takin' bout you"
''Howd do, Billy? Who you been talkin'
''The lady in this house'-in a stage
whisper. 4-a@@I
II do know what that lady could have
right .'|- 88
"That's all right now, Mistah Johnson.
l knows all about that,tan' it was a mis-
take. She took you for somebody else"
Me fu' somebody zelse-me, Gawge
Johnson? Oomph, that's wuss still. She
mus be vcry''-
'Sh-sh': don't get riled now. ] wish
you 60 with me to call on sher some day"
'Not on yo' life; nobody that insults me
that way"
''Eut, l tell you. she didn't mean it
for you. an that's diff rent
''Yes. that is diff rent-well, mebbe
soma dav TIL wifi vnll',y e.
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TO court We'll, the two talked long to-
ge.her, and later on the dNlcet strains
of a banjo were heard urdSr the charm
ers window, and Mr. johnson was sing
ing tender strain.
Melinda promptly blew QUO her light.
This did not seem like ENCOURAGEMENT,
but the Screnader went away chuckiing
to himself: That's a good start, sho.'
Billy Blacks form was on the bellies
sofa next evening, and he was saying:
"Law. Miss Indy, you don't mean 10
tell me that you blowed out yo' light
while he was sngin!'
"Of cose I did. didn't want that mig
gah singin' under my window. don't
know nothin' bout him." @
Don't know nothin bout him: Whew"
whistled Billy, don't you tell nobody else
that-they'd set yo down as jest plum ig-
n'ant that's what they would '-s.
"Why, who is he?. He amt so many. I
guess" ~-.. -s-r
"Aint so many! Well reckon he's a
purity good few, yo' do know who you sc
a-foolin with"
At never seen him before"
'sNo, course you never, that's because
he don't hang around no SIGH parts o the
town as this very much. He lives up
among Gods people," The lady began to
show an accession of interest in the SUB
ject. and her informer went on: why
that's Mr.. Composer Johnson, you q
ought to heard tell of him."
mo r amt never heard his name. What
did he ever compose. I'd like to know: p
"Why. barrels o songs; makes EN- W
right out of his own head. po try an all
You Jest say to him: "Gawge. sing us
! a 'riginal scrg, he'll Jest set there an
think a miEute, an then hell PICK W
| that OF 10 of his an the way he'll
| sing to You'll be a caution-an SO'neu n
| new too He can make any song yol
want him to. Why, that mans th'
| greatest musical genius in New YORK
only they're holdin' him back on accoun
Of his colah.
!, 1T amt never heard none Of his songs
You Amt: Well. you ought 70 D
1 around to the club some night Whe'
| they're givin smoker
II cughtnt to be nowhere of the kind
! Mistah Billy Black.
ttWell mean there Is where you'd &c
! q chanst tn Fear en-.
81 guess can get EN- in sheet music
cant IT,
! Riry was sti,r,1e Cd for a mom"nt, hu
lie rose to the occasion: Nav he san,
"you cant git 'cm in sheet music. Don.
J suppose Gawge is gOin' to put out nj
songs hathaway SOS anybody could
around singin' EN-.
II 4'If he's goin' to make any money GU
of them, that's what he'll have TO 90.
II .sWell, guess he Will print one. al
bet it'll make his fortune, too. Loo
at the money that fellow made tina
wrote & After the Ball. an some
lGawge's songs Is hotter n that He XII
q do them coon songs to nevah quit, al
| you know. they're all the rage now.
IS on must bring your friend up som
a time, Misfah Black. I'm vey much IN
rested in music. =
n oh. don't think he'll come now, Mil
Lindy. eft you put out the light While
was singin' t. IL.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
QUEZALYENAGO.
ONE OF THE HISTORIC CITIES OF,
GUATEMALA.
An Interesting Letter-Indians every
where-A Refreshing Spot Volcanoes do
ing Business-Guatemala's Second City
Plaza at Ouezaltenago.
Continued from End Col.

Is Quesada, which has an altitude Of 10 900
feet and whose last grand eruption occurred
about q century ago. little to the south
ward rises the perpetually smoking Volcan do
Santa Maria, whose crater opens $4,000 feet
above the plain. Half way between this
point and Guatemala's capital stand the twin.
giants, San Pedro and Atitlan, with the bot
tomless Laeo de Atitlan between them Both
tue prothers snow signs or activity, ana only
few years ago San Pedro belched forth such
quantity OF stone and lava as to form a con-
siderable island in the lake. Only fifty miles
due west Is the boundary line Of the Mexican
state, Chiapas. The country between pre-
sents an unparalleled succession of rugged
heights and fertile valleys, the latter hold
Ing some OF the most prolific coffee estates in
tne world. The section is rich also. beyond
compare, with rubber and other natural prod
ucts, and nobody knows what mineral wealth
may be hidden in the mountains, the source
whence. so says tradition, came the wealth Of
the Indian kings.
This plain Of Quetzaltensngo is classic
ornnHd. The nresent citv. at An alava ION q?
1000 feet above the sea, occupies the site
OF the ancient Xelahue, one Of the largest Of
the aboriginal cities. In the Quiche Ian
guage-that Of the original inhabitants-the
word Xelahue signifies under the govern
m I OF ten," that is to say.
me town was governed by ten
principal caciques. each cacique presiding
over 5000 dwellings. 10000 in all. containing.
according to Fuentes, not less than 800 900
Inhabitants. The same historian asserts thar
in the defeat Of the chief cacique, Tecum
Imam. by Alvarado. the inhabitants aban-
doned their city and fled to the strongest
fortress of all-EXcansel-between the smok-
ing volcanoes, Quetzaltenango and Cekxak.
Guatemala's Second City.
Then the Spaniards entered the deserted
city, captured the caciques that remained,
and forced them to embrace the Catholic,
religion. Two Of the so-called converts
were retained as hostages, and the others
sent to the fortress, EXcanses, to bring back
the Indians. They returned with such q
ready to be baptized and become
model Christians, that long before all could
be indicted into the fold, the priests arms
dropped to their sides from sheer fatigue;
and. therefore. being no longer able to per-
form the full ceremony, they were ever AFTER.
word troubled by doubts as to the complete
salvation Of all their flock. Though so sudden
an acquisition on the part of the conquered
people, the new religion seemed to havA
thrived apace, as the numerous church tow
ers attest. Quetzaltenango is now the second
city of Guatemala in size and commercial
Importance. Its Hotel de Europe, where We
are donliciled is as comfortable an inn as may
be desired; and many Of the
houses. though of mastered adobe with iron
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

gentlemen deemed worthy and proper
for the resolution, which was uuani-
mously adopted at the Alton Conventloo
and whom ninety nine out of every one
hundred colored men in the State of
Illinois will indorse as being entitled to
more consideration than any OF his pre-
decessors, if their only estimation of q
public official is to give man a position
only on account of his color, and moth
ing else. For the sake of argument I
say no more on this point until another
time. As the editor of the Conservator
is lawyer, i will present the evidence
and facts, which are lndisputable, and
the people will decide for themselves
who ia right or wrong.
Gov. CulIum from l876.to 1882 appoint
ed u. Bird. of Cairo, Trustee of the
Champaign University for two years
without salary attached, only honor.
He appointed R.. H.. Gorbm, OF Spring
field, Messenger at $72O rer anntm This
is all that he did. Gov. John M, Hamil.
ton. 1882 to 1885. Bros term having ex-
PRED retained the messenger G@rhm
end appointed no other colored man
10 Biro's place. This is all he did. Gov
r.. J. Olles5y, from 1885 to 1899, APP
pointed Dr., ]. II. Magee. of Metropolis
Illinois, or the Recommendation of Hon.
Simon Burger to the Sample Clerk in
Grain Inspection Department at q Sal
airy Of S., $1,000 per snnum. He appoint.
I'd Walter j. Oglesby of Springfield az
Clerk and Messenger at q salary of $72O
90 per annum. He retained Gurhm
y Messenger 1T 1920 per snnum. This !.
ali he did. Gov Fifer. from 1889 to 1892
!, retained all the appointments made By
} Gov. Oglesby, WEIGH were four but mad,
an addition BY the appointment of DR.
Daniel III. Williams member of the Stat,
u Board of Health. With no salary onl,
,ravelirR expenses coming to and fron
J meetings, who received his appoin,
meLt through ex state Senator b. T
Echort Of the old third District atth
solicitation Of some OF tho promineu
colored men who took part in the Alto
,, convention, snd this inexperienced ee
baucher. of truth and fairness brand
these men % usurpers. This 10 al ur
, der Fifer. Yes, ono more Mr. Simn
. Janitor in State GTsin Department /
500 per annum. Read and compal
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= ]. 4 aat II
-lebpe he would ert he thought took
him fur somebody else do admiah yo
cuff buttons SO. Mistah Black
him. anyhow.
Billy Black took his departure with a
very serious face as III he were carefully
weighing the chances for and against
the success Of the mission which Miss
Melinda had given him. But the remark
that fell from his lips as soon as he had
left the charmer's presence belied the
lugubrious expression Of his face.
"Pshaw," he said, why. OF Gawge is Jest
boun' to win in a walk; what lot o.
human nature thaih is in a colo'ed
woman
About an hour afterward, perhaps by
accident, Billy and Mr. Johnson happened
to meet directly in front Of the females
house and under her open window OF
course. they could not know that she
happened at that very moment to be sit
ting at her window In theS darkness list
ening to the varied sounds of Thirtietb
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
Afro American on the BALLOT.

Danville KY. Oct. Is. James Harvey
Wilson of junction City, is the first Of
his race to ever get on the ballot in .
County election in B ,yle. He is an in
dependent candidate for Magistrate
in the district which includes Junction
and Shelby cities. Wilson wantad the
u omenation Of his party for Asg1strate
in his district and 9. A. Dunn : white
man, vas nominated. This .'rileds vii
son and he got on the ballot BY petition.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
LOUISVILLE.

Miss Ethel Tate is on tue sick list.
= Mrs. J. c. N, Fowles who has been
quite i'll is improving.
Mrs. M. P. Adams who was 80 severe
ly hurt by fall is able to sit up.
The political pot is boiling at fearful
rate and there is no telling which way
the out come for Mayor will be Both
sides are confident.
An sssaultin daylight on Broadw Way is
an unusual occ ourence, but Will Rehk-
OPT was the victim of an attack Saturday
afternoon about 8 O'clock. Rehkopf was
passing the corner of Jackson and Broad
way, when six men set upon him and
threw him down. They hurridedly took
all lis money, about 81, from his pock-
cts and ran out Jackson street. So dar-
ing was the attack that several pedes.
TRANS who were passing on the square at
the time did not interfere, believing that
the man bad said something t. the men
which they were resenting. Private
Policeman Gardiner arrived on thu
scene shortly after the robbery occurred,
and knowing that some of the men who
stav about. the corner are ex-convicte
gave chase. He fired two shots at the
fugitives, but they escaped.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
old and Now.

81" said the Spirit Of the Fading
Past. 81 saw horrid girl on.a bicycle
today with her dress away up to her
shoetops."
You don't mean to say so?" auoth
the Spirit Of the Progressive Present.
Away down to her shoetops! Well!n
ndianapolis journal s355
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
Loved and Eloped.

Berlin, Oct 22.-The wife Of Julius
Jaeot. : saddler OF this city, has eloped
With Edward James, Of Jacksonville,
Fla. The couple took With them 5000
marks belonging 70 the womsn's hus-
band.
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p
:enango. nestle he FOOT OF a great range
u mountains. behind It the Volcan
oe Quetzaltenan\ Akes his grim pipe un-s
,easingly That @ not always been a
pipe or peace Is NAd by the deep rents
n his sides, from y2h mighty ridge of
ava trends Oh to- he south. Had the
overflow happened 2ke the city In its
course there would ae second Hercu-
laneum In this vale less summer.
words are Wholly Y to picture this
tropic nature is wonderfully Slended with the
bleak grandeur Of the mountains, The
trim, well-built town, with its population of
10000, Its numerous churches, many-towered
cathedral, and handsome public buildings, it's
red-roofed Moorish casas, cocoa palms, and
gardens, lies directly in that stupendous line
OF volcanoes which traverses this small re-
public. @. = -..-
Volcanoes Doing Business,
A score Of the volcanoes are "active," and
In whatever direction you turn clouds of
lurid vapor are seen rising to the turquoise
skies. After the Volcan de Quetzaltenango,
the most conspicuous of the near-by volcanoes
Continued Al 7tn. UolunaI
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30
ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS.
Mics Eunice Jones of Detroit is in the
city.
Mrs. Fuller Thomas and SON have re-
turned from Chicago.
The Airo-Americsn orphans in chasg
of the Oblate Sisters will he given ben
eft.
The dwelling house q. 3lO1 Chestnut
street will be remodied and opened as q
hotel exclusively for Afro Americans.
The color line was obliterated in the
baptizing which took place Sunday in
the river ct the foot of Mullsnphy st.
The doctrine of the brotherhood of man
and the universal fatherhood of God az
taught in the bible theoretically believed
by Christians, but rarely practically ap-
piled was accepted by these converts
Nineteen kfro-Americans and whites
we're immersed by Rev. Peffley.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

barred windows, are models OF Moorish ele-
gance, with their great, lofty rooms and.
Inner courts shaded by palms and orange
trees.
The central plaza is double, so to say; one
half bounded by the church Of San Juan de
Dos the stone penitentiary and line Of
shops, the square space In the middle Oc-
cupied by garden of rare flowers, surrounded
by wall Of carved stone and provided with
stone benches. miniature lake in the
center has the indispensable band stand
Ia sort of Grecian temple) on little island.
The other side Of the plaza Is paved and used
as a market place, and surrounded by tho
handsome new government buildings. The
trade in native cloths centers here, and is
considerable. Some beautiful and endurable
fabrics in cotton and wool are woven In the
neghborhood, and the cloth merchants in tho
shops make a rainbow display Of brilliant.
colors. Besides the structures already COM
pleted, the builders are busy piling up cut
and sculptured stone into one of the most
imposing edfices have seen in Guatemala
The church, San John de Dios (St. John Of
God), has an ornate facade, with dozen
saints in sculptured inches. and seven
jangling bells in It's two towers three OF them
bound to the beams with rawhides, the
others on yokes 1t was in this old sanctuary
that Vice President Flores was literally
torn in pieces by women In the last days OF
the confederacy, when the church party was
in power. The adjoining cloisters are In
ings they contain, mostly of scrptural his
| tories. In them Christ is always represented
| as shaven monk, with girdle of the Corde.
HERS. In the property -room," II it may be
| so called, we saw a lot of heads, arms, bodies.
wigs, boards, etc., not sacred relics, as one
| might imagine, but the membra d!sjecta Of
! the images that are put together and dressed
| up on holy days. Among them is figure
| Of the Savior with permanently bent legs
and staples in the ankles by which to strap
49,
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
Hanged by His Friends.
alarat ruined gold miner once
!, con lied suicide in dramatic man
ner. During the time of the gold rush
a certain deserted claim was for years
held sacred, and the tools strewn about
the windlass were left to rust away
untouched. A party of varsity men,.
old schoolfellows and of gentle BIRTH.
had sunk their shaft there and worked
without success until their money was
spent. One evening one of them at
work at the bottom of the shaft shout
ed, Haul up. boys, the time is come:
at last" They hauled up, and when
it came to the top they found their
i. comrades lifeless body hanging from
! the chain. He had detached the bucket
tied moose about his neck, fastened
the moose to the chain, and was hang
ed by his dearest friends. The party
had been much liked and respected by
d the other miners, who would readily
i have subscribed 1000 ounces Of gold
dust to give them a fresh start, but
: ere the dawn Of the next day the whole
party had disappeared, leaving their
claim IN the same state as it lay at
Fl the time Of the tragedy.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-13
A HOT CHASE.
Burglar and Pursuers Were Blazing
Away.

Southboro, Mass, December ia
man calling himself Frank Connors, who
broke into the summer residence of
Charles A Kidder of Boston, was capt
ured here today after an exciting chase,
during which fire arms were discharged
by Connors and his pursuers. Connors
was shot twice and severely, though not
dangerously wounded. His shots went
wide and did no damage.
Just before noon today George, Lane,
caretaker Of Mr.. Kider's property, which
is unoccupied at present, called at the
place to see that everything was in order,
as is his custom daily. AS Mr.. Lane
was approaching the house he was sur
prised to see man jump out of ground
floor window. He shouted at the stranger
to find out what he had been doing in
the house. The man did not reply, but
whipped out revolver and fired at the
caretaker. The shot went wide of its
mark
Mir. Lane ran to the Metropolitan Water
works, nearby, where number of Ital-
ians were digging, and asked them to
help him catch the burglar Several Of
the men threw down their TOOLS willingly
and one procured a shot gun from the
temporary abode Of the Italians.
Police Officer Werkes came along and
ftll HdllOS JOluSu III O1O OAcSCs AAC 1EfsA
led them across a cemetery and into the
woods. He fired two shots at his pur-
suers, but they did not take effect. At
the edge of the woods the Italian with
the shot gun, fired charge at the fleeing
man. It struck him in the head and
back. He turned and received a second
charge in the breast. He fell and was
easily captured.
He was carried to the Fayville police
station, where he said his name was
Frank Connors, and that he came from
the West. The Metropolitan police be-
lieve he is a professional burglar, and
Boston inspectors will try to identify
him. The revolver he had on him was
stolen from the Kidder house. He had
on three of Mr.. Kidder's suits of clothes
and had carried away quantity of sill
yer ware and other goods. Connors is
about 20 years old and Is a complete
stranger here. His wounds are painful,
AZ shot having taken effect, but they are
not dangerous.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-13
INMATES FOUGHT FIRE.

Boston, December 1.-THE east wing
of the women's hospital connected with
the city institution on Deer Island, o.
oupied by the nursery or children's ward,
was Quilted by fire this afternoon, causing
a loss of about $500, upon which there
is no insurance At the time of the fire
there were three or four women inmates,
with their infants in the wing, and
through the GOODNESS Of Miss McCreight,
the matron, they were removed without
the slightest suspicion of panic. The
fire originated in the bath room in the
basement, where plumbers had been
working only q short time before, but
just what caused it is at present I'M
known.
The fire service of the institution,
manned by officers and inmates, fought
the flames for nearly an hour, being re-
inforced by a chemical engine and hose
company from Winthrop, which came
across Shirley Gut, and also by the fire
boat which was sent down from the city,
and soon after the arrival of outside help
the fire was gotten under control. Near
" 300 of the inmates of the institution
worked with will in helping to extin.
guish the flames, and Commissioner
Marshall state that they cannot be given
too much praise for their conduct.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-13
THE HIBERNIANS SPLIT.

Trenton, N. J., December 11.-Bishop
McFaul of this city today gave his de-
cision providing for plan for the unit
ing of the two factions of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians now in existence In
the United States. One of the organiza-
tions is known as the Ancient Order of
Hibernians of America and the other as
the Ancient Order of Hibernians of the
United States, affiliated with the Board
of Erin.
The split in the organization occurred
in 1884. Two of the main points in dis
puts which have prevented a reuniting of
the bodies were: First, the question o
the organization in this country being
under the jurisdiction of the parent or
ganization in Ireland; and second, the
question as to what should constitute
eligibility to membership.
At the recent national conventions OF
both organizations committees were ap-
pointed for the purpose of bringing about
a consolidation. This joint committee
met in Atlantic City in August last and
decided to refer all disputed points to
bishop McFaul.
The bishops decision provides that the
name Of the reunited organizations shall
be the Ancient Order of Hibernians, with
the words "In America" added. The
bishop decides that the constitution in use
previous to the disunion and adopted at
the national convention in Cleveland in
May, 1894, shall be taken as the ground
work 10 which all necessary amendments
shall be made.