The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24
AFRo.AMEnroAN :

American companies and regiments 10 be ofhcored
by white men has been . failure. The Afro-Ameh-
cans would accept no such arrangement.
EH-oonsressmAn John r.. Lynch Of Mississippi.
who resides in Warrington and was recently ap-
pointed q Paymaster in the army with the rank Of
Major by the President, has had presented 10 him
by admiHng friends a Gold-mounted sword with tor
toiseshell handle, and = Majors uniform.
The Rev. Richard Carroll Of South Carolina, the
Rev. @. I. Walker OF Georgia and the Rev. b. ".
Arnett, Jr, OF Ohio have been appointed ~chAplAins
in the volunteer service. II IL q singular fact that
mono Of the four A~fro-Amercan chApiains Of the
regular 9my was allowed to 40 TO CubA with his
regiment, They arc all doing the peculiar work Of
recruiting ofhceru, Mr.. Arnett IL q son Of Bishop
Arnett.
A convention was called TO meet ~ Paris, Ky,
July 4. to consider the matter of Iiborian emigra-
ton. Tho prejudice displayed In accepting officers
and recruits for the pending war and the hArsh and
cruel things that have been said By such newspapers
- the Washington Pod and the New Orleans TiNses-
Democrat are likely TO intensity the desire Of many
to 20 to Africa or somewhere else.
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The Afro-AmercAn schools Of higher education
have been busy during the past few weeks comforting
degrees of one sort or another upon mon VINO have
no claim TO them. This degree business has become
. scandal and nuisance among Afro-Amercahs, and
especially among the preachers, most Of whom are
doctors Of divinity by the grace Of some race school
or By bold and unblushinR appropriation oft.
The Afro-American League Of California viii meet
at PASADENA Aug. 2. and will be attended by about
400 delegates. It Ia expected that the National Afro
American League will meet in September.
The Grand Lodge OF Knights Of Pythias Of Masna-
chuaetta. Rhode leland, and Connecticut convened in
New Bedford July 8. The next semi-annual oonven-
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The Floridd Epdnoefist does NOT like tho vnr atatuu
of q bit. Il Haya, "Raoe proiudice
and race hatred have dominated evorvbody from
the President down to tho nrmy p~cullion. when DEAL
ing with the negro soldier. Tho black soldiers who
have always been true to the Stars and Stripes. have
been sliahted, sent to outofthe.vnv nlooea ah,ttea
from pillar to post, insulted. prescribed. forced 10
ride TO camp in Jim Grow cara and denied +bo rI,ht.
~ ptlvneEoso ioyAl ana brave soldiers simply TO
th.I~Sa-.- y" n u oon.y aru Nnih
thot 80 y ~. sm u fAoIn
\ great deal further In accepting
soldiers and giving them commissions than the
President or the Governors Of some of the Northern
States. AT the battle of Santiago the Ninth and
Wheeler of Alabama. had tho most Of oreates. honor
and danger. and oIorIons,v srstahna6 a. a,o,o -I.h
Woods rough riders. In tho main rosrv =, ~.
Southern Goyernorn have ncted Win noro o.nsros,tr
and fairness, than the Washington aptborisss
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J.H. Jackson has been elected President Of I'm
coin Institute at Jefferson City. the
State institution OF Missouri. OF which Inman A.
Page was long President. Mr.. PAge resigned recently
TO accept tho Presidency off new schoolin Oklahoma,
Ant-colonelcy to Major Charles 3. Young of the Ninth
Ohio Battalion. who is a West Point graduate and .
because Il ia said be ern.ct. ~ Ia onno,ntod . 60
mel nv Gov. pushnerl of Ohio Gov I.adv h,. oon-
,missioped John M Brown ~ Ton.t. .nd lev,
Beck Of Manhattan Ia he matters ana Jobn NJ WIZ.
Of Kansa. CITY IN be a cantoin. Nv walIor {. ,b. ~.
Consul to MADAGASCAR who cot into tronhI. vIth ~.
French 0overnment and had ao much +ro,h,o - -.
ont. His claim for A. roo 900 .ooIr.t a. 80
Goyenment for the loaa NJ n conce..,or 80 I'M.
lands-s still hanging Arr.
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Mr.. William L. Reed Of Boston. an ex.member Of
the General Court OF Massachusetts, has been ap-
pointed = Deputy Collector OF Internal Revenue.
"
~ nef T." d. Love, one OF tho volcanic elements
Vi 'no p"pas' i@''h IN eoutn' VINO II q onronio
Baptist Truth ct Savannah. Ga.
VI the nepuoiioan s'ase oom-
- y. AiAoHnS' u { Al warner and WI.
V q reaa Cut o inc party THESE mon be-
- "f'n 'ne eoi"i OK inc republican
n%o nu nominate , state ticket. and
s..e' ~ helu. WIN warner Tor Governor. The
'Ao naS recommended Republicans to
'o'e o II fopunst candidates who are pledged
against Demoeratn programme to restrict tho
suulAHo . y oonsHtuuonai enaetment. as has been
oone IN hiiSSiSsippi' soutn carolina and Louisiana.
Tt 4. a.nn.+.d +h.. .h.,o :. -
members of tho Masonic frot.rn,.v
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Tho amount Of money that Afro-Americans raise
for church purposes is bewildernR. The Baltimore
Aro-Amsriedn says that in Baltimore the sharp Street
M. f. Church is building a church to cost $40. 900:
st. Johns Church has contracted to purchase A par
sonago for $4,000, and the North Street Baptist
Church ia collecting funds to build = $40, 900 church.
90, 900 of which II has in bank. Thu An,o- Iu,rEo1r
~ IN. memhora - a. oy "a mAny
meet their beayv oInsnd,trr.." nv 80
onnouncss tb.t ,bo CoIor.d w. 49, p.pot
As.oc,ot,on ho. hoon oo,nno1.A - o,a.".@"n
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wom.n.. chr,,I.n Issoo,ato, - iouns
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