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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-02
always rull classes. under the Ion U,
twelve capable professors. "

always full classes, under the Zion ",
twelve capable professors.
There are eighteen additional schools @:
music IN the country, maintained by the gov
eminent at cost Of $4,000 or SIC, 900 a year
All these things, Guatemala owes to Barrtos
despot and tyrant though he was He found
the country as Richelieu found France, q
weak and tottering fabric, and in brief time
he made her the most prosperous and, pro-
gressiye OF the Central American states. His
methods were decisive, and in some cases ID
human-but the results he achieved almos,
justified the means. When he assumed the
role Of despotic chief, whose word was Law
n1d whose Msx viii 10 man dared 9ainsay. the
to the dark days Of the Spanish dominion ::
the people were lavish. superstltious anG
aensely ignorant, devoid of hope or ambition,
the majority Of them mere beasts of burden
In those days packmules were hardl,
known, much less the more modern means Of
transportation. The Indians and half breeds
d1d all the carrying, in city and hamlet, and
IN conveying all the products and merchan-
disc between the coast and the interior, fas
tened the packs to their heads and backs by
Continued an TIN. column.)
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Mr.. T. ]. Peterson of Mobile A.a. spen
several days in the city.
Mr.. Geo, A: Rucker of BIG Dearborn
street, remaines on the sick list.
Mr.. James Lewis of New Orleans La
is spending his vacation in the city.
Miss Mabel Wheeler will enter the
Chicago University very soon.
Secure tickets of committee for Prince
Hall Lodge entertainment Oct. 18th
Edward Bryan a brother of Alonz,
Bryan died Sunday Interment at O k
land.
Mr.. William Hays of Tuscaloosa, Ala
has entered the Colu bian College of
this city.
Mr.. ]. Hackley SMILEY who has been
very i'll atthe Provident Hospi al has
recovered.
MIS-. Ellen Fireman of Wabash Ave
and Oath street, who has been very sick
is much better.
Mrs Susie Barnett has gone to Parie,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-02

farmer of Simpson county, several
months ago, while the later was at
tempting to break into his house, and
who was pardoned by Gov. Bradley
after being sentenced to seven years im-
prisonment, was brutally assaulted at
Thirteenth and Maple streets severa!
days ago by gang of drunken rowdies
The Rev. H. H. Harris, pastor of the
Zion Baptist church on Ninth sire ct,
vhoee troubles with Miss Kate Childs
has been p lblished, ives NJ onday after
noon suspended from the local Baptist
Ministers association and the hand Of
fellowship withdrawn from him indef
inately. This confines his work to hje
own church.
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deceasedson the Wis.,, Central Private
Car has lost his position. He in turn lie
succeeded by Mr.. VIM w atson.

deceasedsson the Wis.,, Central Private
Car has lost his position. He in turn is
succeeded by Mr.. VIM w atson.
The young m N of the Plankinton
DINING room had their pictures taken
groupe. Those who want them can find
them at 79-5th Ave- Chicago III.
Dr., D. T. Coates, A Matthews, W 7.
Green J. J. NJ lies and Mrs. DR.. Carr
were invited to seats on the pulpit at the
dedication of Salem Baptist church.
Lea Robinson who shot awoman here's
months ago and fed the city, returned
few days since, and was prom pity arrest
ed. It is hoped he will get 80 years.
Rev E. M Harper D. D. of Bethel A NJ
E church Elmira N Y. was in the city for
few hours calling on his host of friends
The Rev Harper was formally pastor of
St. M ark's church in this city.
Doc Truss and bis troupe have return
ed to the city after counting railroad ties
Doc claimed to have struck hall where
the snow was very deep at the door, but
with the assistance of a friend be got in
to it and played to,--oh we'll never mind
if it was empty seats.l
Mr. Ira Stewart of Peoria Ill.,, is in the
city and can be found at 32O-3rd St. He
comes as an assistant of Mr.. john Mont
gomery whose business for the indian.
apolis Freeman became 80 extensive
that Cl. Knox was Obliged to send Mr..
Stewart to assist him. Mr.. Stewart CAL
ed on THE APPEAL agent.
! A committee resolved never to tax e
the crepe from Capt. J. B. Butord's
door until Corbett came to Milwaukee.
Now that he has come ana gone, the
crepe that has hung silently upon the
| Captains door, gentle reminder OF the
lost roll and Jim's defeat, has disappear
ed. The committee consisted of mem
bere of the famous No Hair Club" who
stood CALAMITY by Corbe!t ON March 18th
last.
DR.. E r billiard who cut euch dash
in this city some years ago has turned up
in Chicago where he. is charged With
come criminal offence. For the fifth
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John Owens was granted the CUSTODY
OF bis child by Special Judge Miller
Tuesday morning on habeas corpus pa
psrs filed by bin last Thursday. Owens
alleged that his child was being illegally
held by her grandmother, Rose Pope.
Huston Dulany of Bowling Green. at
tempted to cross the Big Four track in
'Jettersonville Wednesday night, when
pc slipped and fell in front of a RAPIDLY
moving train. He Was run over and his
left leg terribly crushed, while his right
foot and his head were injured.
The new Foreign Mission Board Of
Baptlsts at Louisville will consist of tho
Rev. John H Frank. Chairman: Rev. D.
A. Gaddie, Raw. c H. Parrish. Rev. s
K. Smith, Rev. G. w. Ward, Rev. &C.
Pierce, Rev. R. Mitchell, Mr.. w. H.
Stewart and one member from each
State.
George Dining the Afro-American
who killed Jodie Conn, a prominent
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GUATEMALA
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN
THAT FAR OFF COUNTRY.
SCHOOLS OF Arts and Trades-Au the Stu
dents are Required to Study English
The Law Schooloof -Barrios
And his Religious Reforms.
Continued from End Col,

ANIMALS, but human beings" and one of his
prst orders was that the people should cease
making themselves beasts Of burden. At first
! e enls was regarded as a great hardship. The
common people knew no other mode of earn
ing living, and looked upon the importation
VI mules from Nicaragua and Honduras an
absolute ruin to themselves and their FAINT
hes. me dictator pointed to the rich virgin
soil and commanded each man to till q small
sec'lon Oh land and to plant a given number
of coffee. rubber, and banana trees and to re-
port the results OF the labor at the end Of
each season. The order was absolute and
they sullenly obeyed, the few who dared
TO 90 otherwise being brought In and fogged.
AT the end OF the second year the few who
still d1sobeyed his commands were brought
before him. Then, in that dramatic way
wnlGa TINS famous son of CASTLE affected, he
woulc silently step to his desk, dip two
fingers In the inkstand, and, walking to the
culpr1t, make the sign of the cross on his
forehead and order him to immediate death.
In this way he struck terror to the hearts
OF delinquents, and Guatemala began to
flourish like well-kept garden.
There was no temporizing, no pardoning.
10 Judge or Jury; cold, pit1less, and inexorable
US 1ate Barr1cs carried out his will, and
heaven only knows how many hundreds Of
men were done to death in the great prison
OF Guatemala city. Not only in the matter
OF planting, but In all other walks of life.
Barr1os pushed his methods of Improvement.
ne commanded the regeneration Of church
ana state, established schools. made educa-
ZION compulsory, and even suspicion of dis
loyalty to himself or the state was met with
prompt execution. At first hated and feared.
ne began to be respected. His masterful mind
ana strong VIII: which permeated the entire
social and political fabric, his physical BRAY
cry and brilliant theatric displays, could not
fail to win the admiration, if not the love, Of
III emotional people. Terrible as wero some
OF his methods, they saw this neglected
country poisoning as the rose under his
rule, rich coffee estates, sugar plantations.
and rubber groves displacing the arid wastes
and r1otous 1ungles. the credit of Guatemala
restored by careful readjustment of it's
finances, roadways constructed, stage routes
established, railroad contracts made tele-
graph lines erected. and all modern facilities
introduced.
His Religious Reforms.
In religious reforms, too, Barrios adopted
equally heroic measures-expelling monks
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help it. 1t seemed that they were in
tended for each other, and 80 the sequel
proved. They had a beautiful home
wedding at the residence of the brides
sister Mrs. w. A. Lawrence PAS Carroll
st. Tuesday evening Sept. 81. Rev J. Z.
Anderson the new minister officiating,
he having come from his late charge at
Clinton. Iowa, little ahead of time es.
pecia!ly to perform the ceremony. The
attendants were Miss Lizzie B Roach,
bridesmaid, Alfred Kellum, brother OF
the bride, best man and w. A. Law
renee brother-in-law of the bride, usht r.
The bride was gowned in white bro
caded silk combined with white Radama
and trimmed with Duchess lace, silk
crepe and silk accordion plating
Her petite and graceful form was envel-
oped in white tulle veil caught up by,
a diamond breach and che carried q
bouquet of Marched Neil roses. The
bridesmaid wore gown of white null
and lace. The groom, bsst man and
usher wore tbs conventional black.
After the ceremony congratulations
were showered upon the happy couple
then refreshments were served. Mrs.
W. T. Francis served the punch. Ma.
sons mandolin orchestra furnished some
sweet music and the guests departed
wishing long life and happiness for thu
newly welded couple. They will reside
at 1863 Carroll street. Among those pre-.
sent were: ...., - .....
Mr.. and Mrs "A ] Bell, w Milton
W E Stanton, T R Morgan, A Clark, F
Beard, T r King, W.T. Francis, ca
Mason, w Smith, Jos Turner, McLain
w M Rife. M D Pettis. DF Colvillt
T Hickman, w A Lawrence, A Kellum
Mesdamef-J G Berry, Des Moines
o H Allen, Chas Allen. Florence Vii
liams, Addie Henry, A s Webber, 10
Allen, Sam Black, T H Griswold, ia
Bsnister, ] w Smith, E DeBaptiste,
Fogg, + Rice. Minneapolis, w Joyce
J II Dillingham;, tt Irwin, E Southall
J Young, Minneapolis; l. M Tarrill
Maggie Lawrance, Goodbar. Minnea
polls.
Misses Jessie Williams, Maud Rict
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lme ne was taken to the bureau Of iden
LITIGATION before they we're successful in
taking bis picture for the Rogue's gallery
DR. Dilliard. alias Dr. Baxten is now held
under $4,000 bonds, but the old man h ,s
gotten away on the ground of mental
trouble. This same old man has fleeced
innocent people out of thousands of dol
lars and until this time has always es-
capped justice. Judge Payne sent him to
tte house OF correction for 6 months in
Oct 1895. From all that has been said
about this man in THE APPEAL here it
would seem that he could not find peo-
pie to bite at his hook every time he
angles.
At o'clock Sunday afternoon Salem
church, Seventh between Cedar and
Wells street, was formally dedicated. It
ls the first and only Afro American Bap.
(Coo*tnued on Second Page.)
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Paups Church was largely attended.
Elders Battle, Rose, Sanders and James
Jones took part in the services.
All of our educat )nal institutions,
except Richard Allen Institute, are in
full blast, with good attendance.
Richard Allen will open Oct 4th.
The wife of Prof H. N. John son, OF
Missouri st., SCHOOL, was found dead in
her bed. last Wednesday. She was q
most estimable lady and many friends
will long lament her loss.
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GUATEMALA.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN
THAT FAR OFF COUNTRY.
schools of Arts and Trades All the Stu
Edents are Required to Study English
The Law School of Guatemala-Barrtos
And his Religious Reforms.

Guatemala 10 NueVA. ,-Special Cor
respondence-l doubt il any country on earth
OF equal size spends as much money for edu-
catlonal purposes as this small republic. with
Its less than So 900 square miles of superficial
area, and largely Indian population, Number
Jag, all told, only about 1,46O, 900. During
the past ten years the government has de-
voted extraordinary attention to the Develop
ment OF public instruction, under a system
'nausurated by the elder Barrios. BY the
cocpulsory education act, upward of thou
saho national schools as they are called
were established, and are maintained at an
expense aggregating one-tenth of the entire
revenues OF the country, an amount much
larger, In proportion, than is paid by any OF
the United States These schools, which are
scattered all over the country, are yariouslv
classed, as for "ninas'' (girls), "muchachos"
(boys), mixed schools night schools. and
SCHOOLS TOT Workmen, employing $50 teach
crs and having an average daily attendance
OF la,2O0 pupils. In them not only is tuition
1ree' but text books are furnished by the
government, the cost to the public treasury
being In the neighborhood of SO rer wear
!or each pupil, and attendance is forced bv
law, within certain restrictions in the line
OF pr lmary instruction there are also good
many private schools, and at least score
or newly established kindergartens. Besides
CAe numerous juvenile institutions, the gov
eminent supports several high" and normal
schools and has established number of
technical and collegiate nstitutions-such
as the law school, the college of medicine
ana pharmacy, and the school of engineers
IN Guatemala city, and the same in Quezal-
tenango.
Schools OF Arts and Trades.
There are three schools Of arts and trades
one IN the capital. another in Totonicapan,
and third in Quezaltenango, all supported
oy the public treasury. These three last
named useful institutions employ ten bro
1essors and thirty foremen in the workshops.
and have large attendance There is also
a school Of arts and trades for women, The
latest records have been able to find regard
Ing the expenditures of the government for
scnools was for the year 1890, during which
the sum of $1,O07, 942 was paid out for teach
ers salaries, rent of buildings, books, etc.
Inc University of Guatemala la Neuya is
the especial favorte of the government and
costs 1t pretty penny. Some Of it's faculty.
imported from Germany and Spain, receive
salaries o. $4,000 year each, greater com
pensation than is paid to college instructor.
IN the United States except in rare instances.
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BEREA COLLEGE OPE NED.

Only Educational Institution of Its Kind
in the South.
Richmond, KY, Sept. 3o.-Berea Col
lege' in this county, the only educ ,tio n
al institution in tbs south where Whites
and blacks matriculate together, has jus
opened, with an increased attendance
Among the new features of the college
ls department of biology and hor;icul-
ture.
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PINE BLUFF, ARK.

PINE BLUFF, ARK.
Prof Corbip, during his recent visit to
Chicago and st Louis, purchased sew
ing machines for the Branch Normal
College,.
The funeral of Emily, eldest dauQhte,
of Mr. Samuel Washington was preached
at St. Paul's Baptiet Church, on Wednes
day last.
The county fair will open Oct. 10Th
and from the Preparations now making,
it is reasonable to predict that 1t will be
grand success. .
The funeral of Mrs Emily Lewis, at St
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-02
Died for Love.

Paducah. KY, Sept. 3d. Jennie
Davis. committed suicide here this after.
noon with twenty-five cents worth Of
opium in whisky. disappointment in
love is supposed 10 be the cause.
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MILWAUKEE,.
THE CREAM CITY OF THELAKES
AND ITS FOLKS.

Items of all Sorts Gathered Together BY
Our Ubiquitous Reporter and Served up
In Dainty Style for the Dedication of
Our Readers.
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Mime apolis; Lizzie Roach, Linnie Fogg
Add,e James, Gertie James.
Messrs- 81 High. Geo James, w
Luca, Wv Howard, D Hardin, VIC
Casey. S Cut ebert, g H Miller, Milton
Fozg, Creon Thomfs, 20 Adams.
Continued on Third Pase,)
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LOUISVILLE.
FACTS AND FANCIES OF THE
BEAUTIFUL FALLS CITY,"

Reliable Record of the Happenings
Among the Afro-Anerican Residents of
the Metropolis Of Kentucky-Louisvtl
Local LacOnics.
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CHICAGO.
THE "WORLD'SF FAIR CITY" VlEW-
ED BY THE APPEAL MAN.

A Compilation of a Number of Happenings,
Social and Otherwise, Among the Afro
Americans Of the Second City of This
Glorious Union.
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WALKER-KELLUM.
WEDDING OF TWO YOUNG AND
LOVING SOULS

Two More of the Yonng People of St Paul
Plight Their TrOth at the Nuptial Altar
And Promise to Live. for Each Other
Alone It'll Death Parts Them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-15
Accomplishing the .Imnor.iIhe..

Nikola Tesla announces the completion
of an apparatus with which he can trans
nit messages by electricity without wires
He says he has already transmitted sig
nails by the system for a distance of
twenty miles, and that as soon as he has
completed larger apparatus he will be
able to send messages for any number of
miles; across the ocean, and possibly to
the stars, if they are inhabited. With the
large apparatus he says the whole world
could be brought into immediate
communication. Time and space would be
annihilated so far as the transmission
Of messages is concerned. An operator in
New York could communicate instantly
with an operator in London, or Berlin, or
Calcutta, or Buenos Ayres, or with all at
the same time.
Mr.. Tesla has not yet explained in de-
tail his apparatus, and while the explain
alton is wanting Mr.. Thomas A Edison
declines 10 believe the results can be ac-
complshed as claimed. Still, Mr.. Tesla
is a most wonderful man, not second to
Mr.. Edison himself in electrical science.
Moreover, he is a modest man, and a
truthful one. He is an inventor of de-
monstrated ability, and has perfected
many apparatus which are now in daily
use. II was through his genius that the
secret of transmitting power from Mag
ara falls over long distances with little
loss was solved. The vacuum lamp is also
his invention. There is reason, therefore,
why some confidence should be reposed
in Mr. Teslas claim.
He says his apparatus for transmitting
Geographic signals without wires for dis
tances up to twenty miles has already
reached the commercial stage; that is, it
can be probably employed in a money
making enterprise. For longer distances,
however, more power and larger apparat-
us will be necessary. The principle en-
ployed will be the same Prof. Helmholz,
after hearing Mr.. Tesla explain his theory,
said, Yes, it is possible, but you have
not the power" Mr.. Tesla says he had
already solved the problem of the power
with his electrical oscilator, but he did
not tell Prof Helmholz of it. With the os-
cillator, he says, he sets in motion the
static electricity of the earth, and with
the instruments he catches and records
the disturbances. He makes the earth the
conductor, so to speak, of his waves, and
says distance cuts little figure. Besides
transmitting messages by his new sys-
TEN, Mr. Tesla hopes 10 be able to send
currents of power from place TO place,
without wires.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-15

is Jerry SIMPSON,"

where is Jerry Simpsons"
Probably a hundred members Of congress
have asked themselves and others that
question many times during the last three
days that the House has been in session,
says the Washington Post. For bills have
been called up by unanimous consent and
passed, and Jerry was not there to object.
Such unexplained absence was enough
TO create comment, for Jerry had Pledged
his word in open debate that he should
never give his consent when unanimous
consent was asked, and one objection is as
good as a hundred in such a case.
Why is the gentleman from Kansas
absent? No notice of his sickness has ap-
peared."
Thus asked one member yesterday, and
to him another replied: "WeH, you see
several Of the boys had some little bridge
bilis-merely formal authorizations, which
had already passed the Senate-which they
wanted TO get through, and it was neces-
sary to get Jerry out of the way. They
took Clerk Mcdowell into their confidence,
and this is the way it was done:
Say, Jerry" said Mcdowell to the
Kansan, wouldn't you like to take a run
home and see the folks for little while,
since the House has determined to do
nothing? A fellow offered me a pass the
other day. / can't go, but I can get the
pass for you if you would like it,
Jerry swallowed the bait, hook and all,
and that is why he is out in Kansas now
and the bills have gone through"
This story was telegraphed to Kansas
last night, and Jerry may be expected here
before the gavel falls Thursday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-15
The Public schools.

The report of the finance committee Of
the board of education, submitted to the
board last night. should be read carefully
by every taxpayer in the county, especial
~ by those who are patrons of the public
schools. 1t will be seen that the COM
mittee proposes that the board shall meet
the views of the late grand jury, as far
as it is possible for them to do so. The
committee recommends the Closing of the
night school and doing away with the
singing and drawing classes. These elm
nations will decrease the expenses by
about s.. $50 a year. If fees are charged
for tuition in the high school, about $1,000
will be added to the income of the board.
The report shows that with saving Of
the salaries of the teachers of the night
school and singing and drawing classes
about 81, 900 for the remainder of the year
the deficit on Dee. 81 OF this year will be
S37, IS. and that on Dec. 81, 1898, it will
be (from the best estimates that can be
made about $21, 932,7 These dates include
the time to be covered by the appropria-
ton made by the late grand jury, and the
sums include the appropriations from the
the state up to Dec 81, 1898.
The committee strongly recommends that
In the future the board of education shall
not erect, rent or purchase additional
school buildings, or enlarge or improve
those now existing, except upon specific
appropriations made for that purpose" If
the board will carry out that suggestion
it will relieve its members Of much trouble
and place the matter of increased school
facilities where it properly belongs, with
the people. If the people want increased
school facilities, they viii have to provide
the money to pay for them. The board
of education will have done its duty when
1t has presented the necessities to the
grand jury.
There is one thing which should give
satisfaction to the people, and that is that
while there can be no increase in the pub
lie schools, there will be no curtailment
OF them during the balance of this year
or during the next year. except those men
toned.