The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
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home At TaWhWa Cnimney SotnoT' WH"oahN'N' W
on June l5.
Young women Of Boston will chow their patriotism
BY Keeping Company L OF the sixth Masssohusetts
R.r,mept suppned with the latest newspapers and
magazines. they have organised the Soldiers Ala
Society through which TO accomplish their purpose
and have elected ~ onlcorsi Presideut' MSS Lhiah
Lewis; Secretary. Miss aeorEine 0loNeTi Treasurer
Miss Marie Lewis. The emblem OF the society Wihoe
a silver shield, with the letters IS. A.. g." cut in It,
The society," starts OF with fourteen members. Com
pany l. IL the only Afro-Amorican one north OF the
Potomac which has been mustered into the United
states service, ana At present 10 stationed ~ FeIs
Church. Vn.
The Dallas Epprsss thinks that "tho bravo Texan
soldiers at Key West who refused TO salute the black
soldiers may be patriots, but they are mos the kinu
that make glorious history"
The Seattle Repubitcan has printed a letter from
Mn. N. n. Mason. who Is said TO bs one OF the only
two Afro.Amerlcnn women at Dawson City, In the
Klcndike. In which. after describing the ups and
downs OF the party Of twelve with whom she maze
the Journey, she saysi 1--WE rested four days. When
three OF the company. with myself, went out pros
psctlns. We were out three days and all of us staked
claims on Mine Guioh. After getting back we nled
the next day. Mine is 8 bslow Discovery. I then
rested n few days more and went TO cooking Mt the
McCally Opera House for ESQ q week, but IL burned
after I had been there but two weeks. l then
rented myself q cabin and have been doing laundry
and baking ever since. I went up Reindeer
Creek on Nov. g. It was forty degrees below zero,
and 1 stayed out nve nights. I have q claim there
also. It Is No. ls. Mira. Butt and l have acme claims
on what 10 known as skucom Gulch No. o. for which
we have been offered $4,000, but we viii not sell,
as we hope TO do better in the spring. Mr.. Ewing Is
here and doing quite we'll. as are Mr.. Niles and an
other colored man who came up at the t1ne that Mr..
walker did. He has six claims. and they are all
worth money. He IA ono of the greatest busters /
ever saw, and is only 30 years OF age. Hecame from
the South. and his name 10 Edmonds," Mrs. Mason
must DO a very courageous woman, and she deserves
to reap q golden harvest.
John W. A. Shaw of Flushing. who has been a Dem.
ocrat for more than twenty years and once published
q newspaper In New York which he called the Suurrd.
ofst. has just been appointed Deputy Commissioner
Of TaxeS for the Borough Of QueenS. 1t is estimated
that Tammany has appointed nearly q hundred Afro
Americans TO oflce in Greater New York.
H. o. Tanner. the artist. u son Of Bishop d, T. Tan.
ner of Philadelphia, who resides most OF the time In
Paris, is gaining additional fame from his new can
vas, "The AnnunciAtion. Z" which has Just been put on
exhibition in Paris.
Prof. F. 7. Greener OF New York. who has Just re.
ceived the honorary degree of LID. from Howard
University. has been promoted from the Consulship
at Bombay India, to 4 that at vladivostock. while DR..
Us h SANhboh uhb OcSu pIOLhOtcu ATolH N SOhoui'
ship at cognAc to that of La Rochelle. both in France.
DR.. Jackson has been at his post for some months, but
Prof. Greener is still in the United States.
Robert ]. Holland has been elected q Justice OF the
Peace on the Republican ticket in Neptune township,
Monmouth county. M ]. He resides at ASbury Park.
He owns his home. Is intelligent and public spirited
and q member Of the Grand Army OF the Republic.
His bond OF 1000 was given by two men of his race.
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prejudice at Omaha as a result OF the Trans. Missis.
sippi Exhibition. NEARLY all the chophouSes have
drawn the color line, :" says the Omaha Progress.
Tho Territory of oklahoma has a total population
of 900. 900. 10000 of whom are Afro Americans and
Is, 900 Indians. Nearly all the Afro.AmerIcans own
homesteads.
The editor of the Germantown, Pa. Aatonisher is q
young man with q good deal OF common sense. In a
i recent issue he said: ave keep q chip on each
shoulder and run around asking somebody to knock
It of. Stop looking for trouble, and let trouble nnd
you. 1t will find onlong before you are ready for IT.
the TuSkegee Institute. is in greater demand than
any other man OF his race as q public speaker. Dur
ing the past wintor he was compelled. In the interest
of his educational work, to decline two Offers for q
hundred lectures at $40. 900 a hundred and expenses
He has to raise 500. 900 a year to keep his educa
tlOnel "oTA III otloh II thab ~ uiuSt "
his time. He will deliver the annual address before
the Regents convention in the Senate chamber al
Albany on June 90.
Judson w. Lyons of Georgia. who succeeded the
late ex-senator B. X. Bruce as Register Of the Treas
ury, has been wined and dined by friends in Wash
inRton and at his homo In Augusta.
Ex.Congressman Robert Smalls OF South Caroline
is one of the most successful onice getters in the coun
try. There have been very few years since 1S6;
when he was not drawing a salary from the public
Treasury. He has just been appointed Collector o.
Customs at Beaufort. His son.in-law Is Postmaster
at the Same place.
Discussing the question of A~fro.American officers II
the pending war the odd FeIoioS' journal says
There were several colored commissioned onncer
in the First. Second. and Third regiments OF the Louis
lana National Guard. who were among the colorec
soldiers enlisted In the war for the preservation o
the Union. Capt. Andre Cailloux. colored, fell at Por
Hudson. There were also in that charge First Lieut.
LonRpie, colored. and Major Ernest Dumas OF thu
Third Regiment of Louisiana volunteers. who Is sait
to have been tho hrst oolored man ever commissioned
Is Major in the United States service"
Congressman George II. White Of North Carolina
who has just been ren0minated, has formed a Law
partnership, 1t is said. with A. w. Scott of Whining
ton. q graduate OF Biddle University.
The Grand Fountain. United Order Of True Re
OrHtTh VIII utAuQuaTttTS " hlCnHlOnu, mas Deel
in existence since Jan. /. ! 1881. and has paid durinI
the past seventeen years for death benefits $3.50. 8l8
During q recent special collection In the Richmond
division for the beneht OF the Old Folks Homo fea
ture OF its work e94s.I 10 vas raised. The True Re
formers own their own building. have banking ant
insurance departments. and publish big newspaper
The Republican League Of Pennsyl
vRnia held n successful meeting at Reading on MAJ
81 and June l. An EFFORT was made TO change thu
name to the Afro American League of Pennsylvania
and take the organization out OF politics. but tn,
EFFORT failed. The following officers were elected
President. r. 8. Blackwell; Vice.Presidents John M
Clark. James Lawson, James Monroe. r. @. Ander
son; Chairman of Executive Committee, James L
Goodall; Secretary, Robert J. Nelson; Assistant Sec
rotary. W. W. Lee Treasurer. Andrew Lytls; Ser
geantsat-Arms Robert smothers and Edwin Brown
The next annual meeting will be held at Philadelphia
The Anticipating law OF Ohio has been so amende,
as to make a county in which q ~lynohing o ours liAbl
TO damages In favor OF the heirs OF the victim O
frnnn ANON IN Ar On0 10 ha defnruninad 10 i.,