The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
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Or. Scott Of tire Southeastern cATtsttaa l6vo.asS
who used TO be President OF Wiley Lane UntVsEsty
negroes OF Texas IL ESQ, 900. 0O0." And perhaps Tara1
has more aggressive and publiospiritsd AfroAmsr.
cans than any other state in the Union. The puhtio
school system provided for them IL among the best
in the Southern States, and they have. bssidsa. some
ten schools Of higher education.
The Hampton Institute annual conference Of Are
American educators and farmers, the sessions -
which last year were OF 20 Instructive = oharastsr.
will begin on July III this year and continue three
days. Or. II, p. Frissell. the successor OF Ger. ARM
strong in the Hampton work. has very rapidly dsvsl.
oped into one OF the most capable. sympathetic and
succeasful forces in the Southern educational work.
He takes a personal pride in bringing together in the
annual conferences the most a~uccessrul and thouaht
full in ali walks Il Hfa.
Tho Afro Americana Of Bleeding Kanssa are very
much disappointed because At the recent R~epubncan
State Convention they failed to capture the nominas
tion for state Auditor. which they got onoo about
ten years ago AMI have been cunning for ever since.
The Parsons Blade voices the general discomfort -
follows; The negro has reached the plaoS in Kan.
sas politics where he Is tired and weary OF working
for . party the white element of which revels in the
milk and honey OF party success. while the negro
element of IL alta in silence waiting for n taste %
glory. only to be told to wait q little longer" nj \
very sad.
The Afro-Americans OF Greater New York ere
chock.fu OF patriotism and martial spirit and juso
a. anxious to get at tho spaniards - other raoe ols
ements OF the nation. They have q recruiting ste.
tion in Bridge street, Brooklyn. and one in Seventh
avenue. New York, and about 500 names have been
enrolled. They have drill practice every night az the
Seventh avenue headquarters. under the suparyision
of Mr.. Eckhard, Q West Pointer. After drill lasn
Monday night when there were upward Of $50 men
present, the mon listened to some patriotic and 81.
oouent addresses by Booker 7. Warrington OF Ale
bama, T. MccantS Stewart. J. 4. Garner. and others.
John overton died at New Albany, Ind, three
years ago. and since then his reputed wife, Ida
overton, who resides in Omaha and IL an Afro-Amers
lean, has been drawing q pension ~ hts widow. This
was brought out when his New Albany wife, who 10 Q
white woman, applied for q pension. overton II said
TO have bocn an Afro-Amorican, although he claimed
to DO white and enlisted as such.
The Afro Americana of Chicago receive q Ereat deal
of confederation from the Republican Managers. n
H. Wright has Just been renominated a. County Com.
missioner of Cook county and w. L. Martin a. Q leo
i~slative nominee.
The Grand United Order of ODD Fellows will Aola
fits ninth annual b. N. c. at 81. Louis Oct. Ia
The Afro.AmericAns of Wichita, Kan, have orrau.
lied . drug company; those OF PlttsburR. Pa, have Q
department store. and those OF Concord. N. c., have
q cotton mill.
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Affecting the race were considered and discussed.
Mrs.. Eliza Tunnel applied for the third pension
! gro wing out OF the Spanish war on June q ON A.
! count OF her husband, Elijah Tunnel. who was hrloa
on the torpedo boat winslow, OF Cardepas. on Nav
Q. SO far Tunnel IL the only Afro. killed
a &C., -,s tsS ~. '"S' "u"O'f VI "sAS
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The numerical strength OF Afro.Amerioan church
~ N 60, ~ Pr 's',ooS'
90. - ~ n 60 ,o, 100"
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n Notiolk. . Da"Vh eooraeT 'no only aely
w" 'ue ! nifoAmeFe~n nePuolcAnS unosR
70 w" says IN neHrooS OF
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anco Of John N Gonna and van. n % "a An. a,
7, all tho A,ro,A u.rtc.r. vho ~, % o.h, ~ -
cborc. N do an th.r. vor,d M, n. ,,,nd,,. roor, o.,
vb,ta volpnteera
Collector of Customs John n. Deveaux of Savannah
says In his newspaper. the TrfbunoI 1T Is reported
that tho authorities IN Atlanta have refused,to oneu
sunicIent land for the encampmeut OF colorea troopa,
They have q perfect right to their feelings. II ths
Government W ants to locate the troops there 10 can Be
done without much ado. Besides. there IL plenty of
property owned by hundred of oolored people in We
rious parts Of the State which 10 available, and would
The Rev. W. h. Heard, who was appointed Ministsv
to Liberia by President Cleveland. has returned fror
West Africa, and Is at his homo near Phuadolphia.
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W. n. Macdonald. q prominent Of
Texas. who is said to be the logical successor e
ately called by the newspapers " Goose Mack BILL. -
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Richard Theodore GreOner, who was appointed