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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

Mr.. Isham Moeeby and his wife, who
live on Spring ave., have been married
min ETY. years.
There has been marked increase in
the pupils in the white public schools at
Alton this week. In the Lovejoy and
Douglas schools there is no Improve.
ment. The fnll force of teachers is re-
tanned always ready to- instruct all who
come and extend the full priveledges Of
public school education, but parents are
keeping the Afro.Americsn children at
home. There will not very likely be-
any change in the situation until some
decision is reached by the courts regard
ing the color line In the meantime the
Af1o-American children are etaying al
home. The truant officer, who was to
force the attendance of Atro.American
children, vas never appointed. 4
January IL, 1865. was red letter day
in the history OF the city of st. Louis and
State Of Missouri. It YVES on that date
that The Constitutional Convention, re-
p, esentirg t. voice Of tt g Commonwealth
of the State, proclaimed to Q world it's
stand fer the abolitie n of slavery, and by
the passage OF an ordinance freeing all
slayes held within the State, attested
the faith that was in them. While this
convention was held in st.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
Interest in the Convention.

The call for the convention has met with
ready response consequence, until at
this time it looks as though it would be one
OF the most important gatherings the colored
people have held in recent years. Preliminary
to the convention the local clubs will hold
banquet on the evening of the 18th Of April.
when they will entertain Bishops Lee and
Arnett and Dean Mitchell. The clubs In the
Iowa conference, which includes Northern
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, will
be asked to cooperate with the local clubs
as fast as they are organized by the churches
in the conference district. Rev. G. c. Booth
and r. c. Ransom were appointed at the last
conference as the president and secretary OF
the district. The Iowa conference district
will have about 200 delegates in the conven-
ton. @a3 s-.5s
DR.. John Mitchen.
DR.. John Mitchell, the dean Of the Payne
Theological seminary, Is one OF the strong
men Of the colored people. Together with
the late Bishop Daniel w. Payne, the found
er Of Wilberforce university. he has stood for
4 number of years a champion for an edu-
Gated ministry for the African Methodist
church He is native Of Ohio, and was ed
ucated at Oberlin college, and at the Drew
Theological seminary at Madison, N. J. He
has been the dean Of the Payne seminary for
about ten years and has made it a most off,
cient agency in the securing OF we'll
! equipped ministry for his church.
F.! Bishop B. l.. Lee is regarded as the scholar
| OF the board Of bishops of the African
church He was born at Gouldtown, N. J..
| i'll the year 1S41. and was one of the first
colored men to take degree at Princeton
college. He has always been an advocate Of
advanced positions in his church, and az
such has given much Of his time to the or
ganizing of twentieth century clubs and in
| the work of the Payne seminary.
Bishop Arnett is well known to Chica-
goans. He was one Of the prominent figures
| in the Parliament OF Religions at the World'l
| Fair. where he secured renown for his elo-
| quence and learning. He IL the bishop IL
ing an active and personal interest in the
successful issue of the forthcoming conven-
ton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
LIGHT OF LETTERS.
NOV
.EMENT lN.THE A. M. e. CHURCH.
"A Big Convention to be Held in Chicago in
August when the Twentieth Century
Clubs Meet There-Talented People from
Everywhere will Be There.

There win be national conveatlo> Of the
so-called Twentieth Century Literary clubs
of tho African Methodist Episcopal church
held in this city during the first week in next
August =. ;
The plan OF arrangements is in the hands ct
& local committee, composed of Rev. George
c. Booth, pastor of the Quinn Chapel church /:
Rev. Reverdy c. Ransom pastor Of the Bethel
church; w. II. A. Moore president of the
Nothcl Twentieth Century club, and Henry
Z Lanes the chief spilitsin the Quinn chapel
riga niZation.
The foremost literary people Of the colored
race will be in attendance, and have prom:-
nent places in the programme arranged for
the OCCASION Paul Lawrence Dunbar, who is
just now regarded the first colored writer of
verse in this country, will be here, as we'll
as II. Cordelta Ray, who is rated by the col
0red people better poet than Dunbar; Alice
Ruth Moore writer Of capital short stories
rs wei: a.: good verse; T. Thomas Fortune tho
editor of the New York Age who takes rank
rs writer of poetry; Alberry A. Whit
man whose Rape of Florida" has the dis
hnction Of being the most ambitious effort of
colored American poets; Josephine Heard
Charlotte Forten Grimke, Frances W. Har-
per. Mrs. B. F. Lee. Daniel w. Davis. and
William H. Perry, all of whom are regarded
among the best OF the colored poets.
Intellectual Leaders. -.
First among those who have distinguished
themselves in other branches of letters, and
have signified their intention to be present ut
the convention, are w. E. B. Du Bots, author
Of ''The Suppression of the African Slave
Trade" written for the historical series CT
the Harvard Historical society, and at pres
emit member of the faculty of the University
of Pennsylvania and Professor w. F. Scar-
borough of Wilberforce university, who en-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
MAKING WAX LIFE-LlkE,
How the Figures Arc Modelled and Col
ored to Look Natural. '@&

How the Figures Arc Modelled and Col
ored to Look Natural. '@& ..
"How long does it take to make one
of these?" said the manufacturer in
response to an, inquiry from a Boston
Transcript man. well, it depends
entirely upon circumstances. It is not
a mechanical operation, the finishing
on OF a wax model as true to life as
this," and he pointed to the bust of
laughing child, whose rosy neck and
bright eyes were framed by clustering
curls. ITO make these one must have
studied anatomy, as we'll as drawing
and modelling. We begin in the same
way as a sculptor would to make a
statue. After the wax has cooled the
eyes are put in, the face is made up
as theatrical folks say, and the wig
is fastened on and the wooden body is
shaped. We make all our hands and
feet from life and they cost about SO.
If we have an order for an entire fig
ure we model it from life. The life
size wax figures of infants are among
the finest things we manufacture, and
they add much to the attractiveness
of show window, as was illustrated
last winter, when a Washington street
retail dealer displayed one during the
holiday season. The head and shOul-
ders, such as are seen in the milliner's
windows, cost from $40 to $45. The
wig makes considerable difference in
the price, as we use the best hair and
it is expensive, especially the natural
blond, which is scarce The children's
heads cost $40 or thereabout.
"All the finishing off imaginable, -
he continued, would not make figure
stand the test Of season behind the
glare of glass unless the wax has a
natural pink tinge. The reason some
of the models look so deathly is be-
cause the wax is bad and not properly
colOred. We use beeswax, slightly col
ored, and flesh tints are put on in ad-
dition.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

Middlesboro. KY, Jan. IA special
from Hynen saws that the fight on Sandy
Fork in Leslie county continued all day
yesterday. Eight men we're reported
killed and four seriously wounded. In
tense excitement prevails and further
fighting is expected. The extraordinary
blood letting began on Wednesday when
a party of men who vera playing cards
ut what,,is called "biind tiger" got into
a dispute concerning the way the game
WAS progressing. Drunkenness added
to the brutality of the fight that followed.
Four men were killed then and subse-
que ntly the fighting was renewed by
friends on both sides until the mortality
list is equal almost to the casualties in a
military engagement.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

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Continued an TIN. Column.)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

Joys the reputation OF being among the fore
most Of American Greek scholars. Archibald
w. Grin1ke, who wrote "Chares. Sumner" for
the American Statesmen series; Anna ].
Cooper the author Of "Tbe Voice from, the
""nth:" Mrs. p. " 7,e" 1T New ,Tersc-, ''c'--
-. ,lon, II. e.; Bishop
!. u,amln Tanner. the author of several
st~.ries of religious life; Elmer w. Brock, and
Josephine Earl Matthews Of New York city,
writer's OF short stories, and others. -
Chicago will not be without representatives
who have more than a local regulations:
Fanny Barrier Williams. Emma Ransom, Ida
p, NeIls-Rarnett Reverdy G. Ransom, and
william, Moore. the rnet will be at the heal
of the Chicago delegation. @
Convention and Programme.
Between one and two thousand delegates
are expected to be in attendance at the CON
vention, These will come from every sec
tion Of the country. a"d will represent the
brains and culture of the entire colored peo
pie. The gathering will be the first of a
series Of biennial conventions, which will
consider. in its various forms, the intellec-
.uaI DEVELOPMENT of the race
The programme as arranged provides for. 9
four days session, which will include an
authors day. and days when the intellectual,
growth of the people will be discussed in aG-
!:esses and papers by prominent men anE
! held in ore of the big colored churches The
Authors Readings" however, will be give,
in one OF the larger halls-Steinway CT Cen
trsl Music hall-and a monster musical en-
| Auditorium, at which time the greatest must
cal artists Of the colored race will appear
| These two features OF the weeks programme
are provided that the general public might
have a chance to judge Of the progress the
colcred people have made in the higher walks
Of intellectual achievement.
Promoters of the Movement.
1 ss ~ -
The Twentieth Century clubs Of the Afri-
can Methodist church is the idea Of DR.. Johr
l;nary. at Wilberforce university, WILDER
force, Ohio. Bishops B. +. Lee and B. w
Arnett joined with him in the movement, ant
| the result is that in nearly every place where
there Is an African Methodist church there
Is one of these literary clubs. The chief OBJ
5ect Of the clubs is to assist the church al
! large to secure an educated ministry. Thii
Is done In two ways. First, by raising money
to be used in the maintenance Of the theologi.
Z cal seminary ct Wilbeyforce; second, by de.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
COSTA RIGA
Scenes, Industries

Louis was held but 81 years ego, there
a. g but few persons low living Who have
a d stinct recollection of it. or these
few but three are living in the city of S..
Louie. They are Chaur cey Ives Filley,
Emory S. Foster and Judge H enry A
Clover. These men were in the prime
81 life al the time, and as delegates to
the historic convention took very. active
psrs. The event was commeme rated
We'd ,esday vening under t. g auspiceso OF
the Merchants League Club, at the
rec qna,tere, Eighteenth and Olive
streets. Stretches we're m ade by Judge
Glover. E. S. Foster, Chsnncsy I. Fllley,
Mayor 2 egenhem and O M.sWoods.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

county in which the lynching occurs
some heavy pecuniary penalty 1t might
help to great public sentiment against the
crime which would bear fruit in the
choosing OF officers who would use
intelligent ard courageous efforts to pro-
tect their prisoners and dicover and pros
ecute those offenders against law md
order.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
The Wheel In Africa.

A bicycle has reached Central Afri-
ca and has greatly exercised the minds
Of the natives. It was at first put
down variously as grinding-mill and
a circular saw. The owner, a flanagan
yika missionary, gives the people a
treat when he discounts a bearing, and
allows them to examine the bullets .
as they call the balls-an eloquent
commentary on their education; and
when they see him mounted and spin
ming along their exclamation is: "Ko
banda kasikolow which is alleged to be
equivalent to Good gracious! New
York Tribune. ~ @I5
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
Surprise for DObbs.

Bobby Dobbs. the lightweight, At
tempted to put out Paddy Sheehan, OF
bethlehem. Pa, at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
saturday evening. Dobbs had all he
could 10 to prevent being put to sleep
himself He was knocked down several
tmes and badly punished. Sbeeaan
got $50 for entering the ring and $lOc for
staying four rounds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
WOULD PUNISH THE COUNTY

Governor Lowndes Suggests Fine as q
Remedy for Lynchings.
Ann polls, Md, Jan. Is. Governor
Lowndes has submitted his message to
the Legislature. Much space was de-
voted to lynch:ng Of which there have
been three .during the presant admin
stration. In commenting on mob rule,
the Governor says:
Lynching constitutes murder pure and
.siple, and no legislation could moro
clearly define crime or prescribe the
punishment. and yetit seems impossi-
Bile to secure even q presentment against
those who thus set the Law at defiance II
4 law could be paesed placing upon the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

velopins young men who may have the talent
as we'll as the INCLINATION to become good
ministers of the church. The plan has been
success from the very beginning. The
twentieth century d"sfor the past year
mas exceeded the claims made by the pro-
jectors Of the plan. And the indications are
that this years work will be distinguished as
one of the most remarkable features Of the
work of the greatest organization Of the
colored people - the African Methodist
church.
The convention is the outcome OF a banquet
given by the Bethel Twentieth (~anturv c1,, h
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

Beautify your teeth with DR.. Steele'
Tooth Preservative, manufactured by the
Union Dental Co., Chicago, I'll. Geo. W:
Carroll, 464 Webster avenue. agent, who
viii receive and promptly I'll all orders
Price Is cents by mail postage paid.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

to number Of visiting colored school teach
ers last August. There were between two
and three hundred Of these teachers who had
come to Chicago last summer for the purpose
of taking course of study at the summer
school Of the Chicago university. They came
from every section Of the land, and were
splendid reprss eHtation 4of the cultured and
better educated among the colored people.
Since that time they have spread the TWEEN
tlet1 Century club motion, until now it bids
to he National body of large proportions.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
FREE 'PHONE SERVICE.
The Bell Company Meeting Dcfen
In the De2 MOineA BUSINESS

The He'll Company MeetfnG Defeat
In the Des Moines Business.
Des Moines, Ia, Specialize wal
between the Iowa, or Bell, Telephone
company and the new Mutual, owned
by business men, has reached the free
service stage. The Mutual has made
steady gains and now has considerably
more phones than the Iowa. Bust
ness mems organizations have one by
one, by resolution, thrown out the Bell
phones, and last night the Bell people
offered to allow the phones to remain
in place and give free service. How
the Mutual will meet this move is hard
to tell, but it has had apparently lit
tie effect.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
Veteran Financier OEstcd From In
Auential Positions.

Auential Positions.
New York, Special-Russell Sage's
day has passed. The financier who
for nearly half a century has been one
Of the foremost forces in Wall street
has been shorn Of his power. The.
men through whom he ruled, with
whom he made his deals, have turneds
their backs upon him. With fortune
Of $50 100000 he is no longer power
in Wall street. He has been dropped
from the directory Of the Mercantile
Trust company. He has lost control
of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
company, and the Gould interests are
turned against him
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
SAINT LOUIS.
SOCIAL MATTERS, CONDENSED
INTO SMALL SPACE.

For the Benefit of our Thousands Of Read.
ers-Al Sorts of News Items From tho
City BY the Big Bridge-Ths Future
Great" 1T the Present Time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

There are many women who never
had one intrigue, but there arc few who
have had only one. Rochet oucauld:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
MILWAUKEE,.
THE CREAM CITY OF THELAkES
AND ITS FOLKS.

Items of all Sorts Gathered Together hs
Our Ubiquitous Reporter and Served "r
in Dainty Style for the Deiectatlon -
Oar Readers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
FIERCE FIGHTING.

War of determination Over q Game of
Cards.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

Joys the reputation OF being among the fore
most of American Greek scholars. Archibald
w. Grin1ke, who wrote "Charles Sumner" for
the American Statesmen series; Anna ].
Cooper the author of '"Tbe Voice from the
b." Mrc NJ Now Torcc--
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-11
MOTHER ABANDoNs HER BABY.

An unknown woman abandoned her
north old child, on Monmouth street. Sat-
urday. She approached fourteen year old
Barney Bierdouski, of No. 4S4 Monmouth
street, while he was sitting in front of
his home. about half past eight o'clock,
and told him that if he would hold her
baby for her few moments she would
give him nickle She gave him the
money and disappeared saying that she
would return as soon as she dropped in
to see a friend.
When the woman failed to appear in
half an hour. Barney began to get tired
Of his job The child cried. and neighbors
heired Barney to quiet and amuse the
youngst er. When an hour and a half
went by without the temperance of the
mother, it began to dawn upon the minds
of Barney and his friends that he had
been either duped by some woman who
wished to get rid Of her child or else had
met with some accident. At 1920 he
handed the child over to Policeman Bar
ry, who took it to the Seventh street sta
ticn house 1t was taken to the City Hos
pital The woman is described as being
about twenty-seven year old. five feet
two inches in height, dark completed and
wore q dark dress, white and black
striped shirt waist and black cape.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-11
BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS" !"

arrives Buffalo s.55 P. M. Pullman vestibuls
Day Coaches and Parlor Cars Dining Car Ser-
vice Meals a la carte. Connects at Buffalo
with through sleepers to Detroit and Chicago.
LIS P. NJ. daily, for EASTON, MAUCH
CHUNK, N1LKESBAHRE. SCRANTON tweeA
days., P1TTSTON and Coal Branches ChaiE
Car to Mauch Chunk
422 P. NJ daily, excert Sunday, for WILKES
BARRE, PITTSTONs SCRANTON and princi.
pal intermediate stations. Connects for all
points in coal regions. Pullman Buffet Parlo1
Car to Wilkesbarre.
4.Ss 2: NJ. daily, except Sunday, for MAuCH
CHUNK and intermediate stations Chair Car
to Easton.
5 % P. NJ, Sundays only, for Mauch Chunk
and intermediate stations.
6.23 P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for EASTON
and principal intermediate stations
FALLS and all points West. Pullman Sleeper
Vestibule Train. New York to Chicago Sleep
to Buffalo and Toronto. Dining Car New
York to Easton.
s.A p n daily. sHceps sunday. ssopplns
GENEVA. ROCHESTER,, BATAVIA. BUFs
CALO and TORONTO. Pullman Sleeper for
Buffalo. None but Sleeping Car passengers
carried. No baggage carried.
S.z5 P. NJ. daily for ITHACA, GENEVA
ROCHESTER,, BUFFALO NIAGARA FALLS
Additional local trains daily. except Sunday,
for SOUTH PLAINFIELD, BOUND BROOK.
and intermediate points. leave foliows:--
s.45. 1850 Sundays oniy). HOS A. NJ; 2ls.
Tickets and pullman accommodation at Penn.
svlvania Railroad Depot.
N Y Transfer Co. will call for and check
baggage from hotel or residence through to
destination
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-11
ROMANCE ON THE HEIGHTS.
KeisseI Drops His Divorce Snit and
Returns to His Wife.


A very pretty little story has developed
in the Hudson City section Of the Heights.
concerning the reconciliation Of well
known couple. estranged three years ago
the discontinuance of a divorce suit which
has been pending III the courts during
most of that time, and the removal of 4
united family to western city, where
the head of the family has built up a
prosperous business.
The couple are MIR and Mrs. Paul Keis-
sci, who formerly lived happily with
several children, at No. 129 Hutton street.
Three years ago they quarreied. Keissei
left his home, and shortly afterward be-
gan suit for divorce. He was at that
time brew master, at the Lembeck &
Betz brewery, in Ninth street. The di-
vorce case dragged along in the courts.
Meanwhile Keissel went West and started
a brewery, with another man as partner,
at Jeffersonyille Indiana. The wife re-
manned with her children. three boys and
one girl, the eldest NOW twelve years old,
ar tie hcane deserted by her husband, in
Hutton street.
Recently Kessel was notified by his
counsel in the divorce suit he had instf-
tuted that the case was about to come up.
Ex-senator Stuhr his COUNSEL was al
rsosG amazed at The receipt Of a letter
from Keissel, saying he was sorry that.
he had ever instituted the suit; that he
believed now he was in the wrong; that
he loved her and wished that reconcile
alton could be effected.
Mr.. Stuhr Immediately sought Cour-
selor Hughes. of the Heights. who was
Mrs. KesseFS counsel in The suit He
broke the news of her husbands appeal
for a reconciliation 70 the defendant;
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-11
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Hobokens Defeat the Mont
gomerys in an Old Time
Running Game.
MANY GOOD GAMES PLAYED
Clever Cricket Playing--Ath-
letic Champions : News
of the Wheelmen.
MANY GOOD GAMES PLAYED

Tim Hurst's st. Louis team. the Rough
Riders, defeated the West New York
Field Club team yesterday by administer
ing a whitewash to the local aggregation
The game was well played from the start
and the victory was one Of the hardest the
visitors have won in their career. Both
teams played fast and snappy ball from
the start, The quick work in the field and
the light batting or bosAssides combined
to settle the argument IN Assllort tisne, an
hour being consumed in the battle Kid
Carsey pitched for the st. Louis, and 1t Is
safe to say he never worked harder. He
was formerly a member of the West New
York Field Club, but was released, and
he went into the game yesterday to come
out a winner if it was possible He played
fast and carefully and received such ex-
.cellent support that the two hits the local
batters made were unavailing, as they
died on the home route. Score