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The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-05-27
Special 10 Tar ADvarcE

WASHINGTON, ID. G.. May - -
II is interesting 10 note how see
tional prejudices influence people.
Tonight, the annual commencement
exercises of the Spencerian Bust
ness College will be held. | quote
from daily paper. The gradu-
ates include eight ladies and
eighteen gentlemen IN the dag
classes and six members Of a night
class, etc. " Observe: the night
classes are for eolored students.
who are excluded from day glasses.
The original college was founded
by the elder Spencer. al Cleveland,
Ohio, where no distinctions have
ever been made. One Of the ia
vorite students last summer vas a
eolorrd young man. son Of Rev
chas. Bundy, Of the A. ~ f.
Church.
The Rev. Frank N Clendenin.
who led the vigorous protest to the
recent ordination of the Rev. DIR.
Cilas. A. Briggs to the priesthood
Of the r. r. church. il a native Of
Washington. and. like the Rev.
DIR. whom he opposed. was brought
up in the Presbyterian faith lie
IL not only a very intellectual bat
a most spiritually minded man
His family held sway in ante.bel-
lum times lie il a thorough arts.
tocrai Of the blue blood type and
AT the same time most demoerntlc
lie xas for a while rector Of Grace
Church. Cleveland. but much 10
the regret Of his parisisioners was
foesed 20 give ap .his work there,
because biz degiease consultation
eoaid not withstand the rigorous
winters. After going 10 New York.
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trained barrister, but of a states
man as we'll, and in sending Hon.
Geo. II. White to Congress, the
North Carolina voters have
certainly honored themselves IN
selecting one that is eminently
qualified to do justice to their most
sacred interests in the congress
ional chambers.
Congressman White, among
other things, said that he was de-
lighted with the country, the
people and the great possibilities
of the northwest. He saw great
possibilities in the northwest fora
gradual distribution and immigra-
ton of our people in the South.
He believes that it is possible for
the colored race to accomplish Just
as much as other races have ac-
complished-all that is needed is
mans chance and fair play in the
race of life.
I'VE need no special legislation
said he, neither for nor against
us-and especially against us
Neither do we want special OPP
portunities-all we ask for Is a
mans chance. We ask for no
special favors; we are willing to
work ont our own salvation and
shape our own destiny. if we are
only given a mans chance No
race OF people, under like circum-
stances, has made greater progress
than the colored race. In 60 we
started up the hill Of progress and
have been gradually rising ever
since; and the time is not far
hence when we shall stand side by
side with other races
In referring to the practice OF
mob violence in the South. and
the barbarous wrongs perpetrated
upon our people in this regard,
Mr.. White spoke very feelingly
He advises sympathy for the
savage mobs as well as those who
are lynched. The thing most
needed to check lynch law" he
said, is the moulding of public
sentiment against such dastardly
deeds. All whites of the South
are not bad; the trouble is. the
mobs usually get charge of the
situation aud those who are opposed
to such lawIessness find themselves
helpless as against the infuriaied
passionate mobs, all Of whom are
consumunate towards. " He then
referred 10 the difficulty with which
justice could be meted out in these
cases, citing the Baker trial, ease
where one Of those who accom-
panied the mob that took his life
served on the jury 70 determine
how Baker came TO bis death. II
i very evident that conviction is
impossible when such eowardly
hypocrits have q voice in the de-
alterations Of q jury But Mr.
White claims that the race should
not become discouraged ar the con
ditioDs that confront il in the
south. The conditions are grad
ually changing. and much can BE-
hoped FOR in the future
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he married Gabrielle Greeley, the
youngest daughter of the great
editor. II was while Rev. Clonde-
min was rector at Grace Church
lac preached a memorial sermon,
which has lived since in my memo.
ry ] quote from it to show his
attitude on the race question
| commend To you the life of
Mary Ann Green, ms All example
of the adaptability of the Church
TO the spiritual needs of that great
race of which she was once a child.
Not thonsqnds, but milligns Of The
c0lored race are in our midst, aud
we must meet the responsibility
> = Those who witnessed that
very large congregation which as-
sembled in this church 10 pay
their last tribute of respect 10 her
memory, and who heard sung, aud
beautifully sung, by her own peo-
pie. the hymns Of the Catholic
Church, must have felt the Psalm
lists words were FULFILLED; Ethio-
pia shall stretch out her hands
unto God. !"
II was during this time that
Ernest Osborn, n coiored young
man was the bassO in a quartottc
choir One Of the books ! treasure
most is book Of prayers compiled
by the rector as "A Trinity Tide |
1885. II is well 10 re-
in the darkness that sur.
rounds us, God has left us some
good friends.
Strolhng leisurely down Fourth |
street. Sunday afternoon. the sign, |
Day Nursery attracted my at
tention. Going in, Mrs Isabel
Howard aud her sister. Mrs. Jennie
Lewis, gave me cordial greetings
This il the latest work inaUgurated
by the Colored Woman's League.
Il was opened less than three
ago. Its purpose is 10
furnish a place where working |
women may leave their babies
while they are at their daily tasks.
4 charge ~ Eve cants a dag fur
iishes the little ones with milk |
they have six neat little cribs. IN
! large, clean. airy room Mrs
Iewls has the care of the children.
)ue Of the most energetic workers
n the League il Mrs Anna r.
Murray. chairman If the Kinder
sarten Committee Twenty one /,
fouug women have been graduated
rom this department-tbree more
sill receive their degree 81 the next
commencement IN June II is the
purpose u the League next fall 10
pen = school for young women.
sho will become kindergarten
rainsrs II il expected 10 e0sf
rot less than three thousand dollars
year 70 maintain this new feature
dozt eoBmeBdable i the fac, that
solored people are doing this almost
lnaided, Tie entertainment con
with Mrs. Fannie T.. snyth
Il its head. raised the sum Of sIi3
1ne branch Mrs Iaaiei Howard.
.hasrgaal n promote ibe work ~
he Lesglie. supported : girl IN the
Manassas school for . year Mrs
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The Freedmen's Jubilee.
AT Westminster Church, Last
Monday Evening One of
the most Important SEES
sions of the General
Assembly.
Dr. w. II. Weaver. OF Baltimore, the
Principal Speaker lie held an Aud
fence Of 2,ooo people Spellbound
by most Eloquent Appeal
for the Colofed Race.


One OF the most notable and
enthusiastic sessions of the Pres
byterian General Assembly was
the one held last Monday evening.
in the interest OF the Freedmen.
The service was almost exclusively
IN the hands of the colored com.
missioncrs. Rev. A. u. Frierson,
professor of Greek in Biddle Uni
vcrsity. Charlotte. N. {. read the
Scriptures. aud DIR. Saunders.
president OF the same institution,
offered prayer. Then Dir w ID.
Weaver. ID. ID. OF Baltimore. one
OF the agents Of the trecdmen's
Board. delivered a most interest
ing and instructive lecture onthe
Christian education OF the colorcd
race. The lecture vas pro-
iuscly illustrated with stereopiicon
views, Which Was one OF the best
object lessons conceivable. The
scenes reproduced were mainly of
the schools and colleges in the
south which arc maintained by the
Presbyterian church DR.. Wcav-
ers lecture was conceded 20 be
one of the best ever delivered in
this city on this OF kindred sub
Iects The Minneapolis Journal.
IN referring To- II cditorially, says;
IA great meeting was held at
Westminster church last night in
the cause Of tho freedmen Of the
south. For nearly two hours Rev.
William II. Weaver, ID. d., col.
orcd. Of Baltimore, spoke OF the
Christian education Of the freed.
man. and he held the nearly two
thousand people before him spell
bound by a most eloquent appeal
for the black race. Df Weaver
introduced his remarks with tell
ing sentences that set out IN bold
relief the responsibility ri this
nation in the work Of educating
the eolored people. The eolofcd
man is here. and he is here to
stay, said Or Weaver. and then
he plunged into the philosophical
depths Of the argument until the
great audience broke into applause
as il realized that upon the plat
form stood man who had the
right 10 say what he was saying.
because he was living example
of what education can do for the
Negro
The loyalty Of the Negro was
touched upon. In the days Of the
war II vas the black man who was
left at home by the masters to
protect the white women OF the
south, and DR.. Weaver asked for
a single instance where that trust
was violated. la that war 1855 900
colored troops marched TO battle
for the union and thousands died
on the firing line. This Was re-
peaied at Santiago. Ahefe. as DIR
Weaver said, the eolorcd rcgi-
ments displayed such magnificent
courage as 20 command the adj
miration Of the on.Iooking world.
The lecture was admirably set
out by opficon views. made
BY Df. Breed OF Pittsbnrg. who
made tour Of the south three
years ago for the purpose Of Illus
tfaiing the educational institutions
Of the south that arc controlled
BY the Presbyterian church. This
part Of the lecture was reyela-
ton. II Is safe 10 say that not
contia@sd % lad paxv
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Sara ! Fleetwood is chairman for
Mothers Meetings, which are held
once n month at 81. Imke's Parish
Hall. The League was organized
IN June, 1892 incorporated Jan
1894 Mrs Helen a Cook has
been the efficient president from
the first
Monday night, Calico Recep.
ton was given at G. A. X. hall by
the ladies' chapter of the Eastern
Star, The entertainment opened
with musical program, partieipa.
ted ~ by leading local talent.
Dancing waS INDUCED Ia u late
hour.
The 18th street Presbyterian
church held a China Reception. the
same evening Each visitor was
requested to bring something cups
and saucers, table linen and silver.
ware were contributed The object
Is 10 have sufficient o! such things.
az the property III the church. to
render borrowing unnecessary when
giving entertainments. Inslru-
mental music was furnished
throughout the evening
A drama. entitled Who shall
Reign at the Festival " Is under
rehearsal at the Third Baptist
church, Of which Rev. james II
Lee is past0r. The participants
are young girls. ranging from five
10 fourteen years The piece was
written by Miss Mann Jones. one
Of the Sunday School teachers aud
a High School graduate This il
Mas Jones third production.
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Grirnke
visited the schools. accompanied
by Mr.. Jas II y, Waring
Tuesday al two O'Clock, the fu
neral Of Mr. Jeremiah Baldwin
took place at Asbury NJ II. church
He was u years Of age; a native
Of West Virginia. A widow four
aud fifteen grandchildren
survive him.
Tuesday evening. n musical en-
iertainmsnt Wa given by the
Church Choral Union Of Lincoln
Memorial church. ~ the residence
u Miss X =, Tayleur.
Wednesday evening lecture on
Africa vas given BY the sou Of an
African chief. Al 10th street Cburh
4 meeting was held at the 18th
Street Presbyterian church under
he auspices Of the Woman
league Papers were read by Mrs
Anna ] Cooper aud Mrs Ida u.
Bailey a short address was made
- Mr Archibald II Grimke. ex-
Consul TO sau Domingo.
Thursday night. Mrs Mars e
Terrell delivered the annual address
o the alumni n lIartsborn College,
Richmond, Va
Mis- Florence Dungee won the
ionors Of the Musical department
II Howard University from six
,ther competitors. The seventh
anniversary Of this department !
gas celebrated Fridsy night. NJ the
Rankin Me.lorisi Chapel.
Condeass on 2Ed page.
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When Congressman White was
through speaking, counsellor w.
Il. Morris was delegated to intro
duce DIR. ID. J. Saunders, president
of Biddle University. Charlotte,
n. c. In very fitting language,
Mr.. Morris very eloquently pre-
sented DIR. Saunders, paying high
tribute to his attainments as a
scholar and an educator. The
scholarly manner in which he well
coined DIR. Saunders and the other
visitors TO our city fully justified
the wisdom of the master of cere-
monies in selecting him TO intro
duee one engaged in educational
work.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
National Capital Items.

Commence msBt Exercises Of the spence
rian business College. where the CoI"r
Iine f. very Peculiarly DFasn Rev.
Frank n. CissdsnIo's Liberal PTiBsi-
ples-Work Of the Colored womaH's
League Mi@S Fi1renee Dungee Carries
away the HoBars Of the sfHsieai DE
pariment Of Howard University Pro
motion OF ME. Malachi Gibson Social
and Religious DoinEs ~ the People Ia
Washington.
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IE RACE PROBLEM
) Thoroughly Discussed by Con-
essman George H. White, Prof.
d. ]. Saunders, Rev. c. billiard
and many other prominent
Race Men, last Sunday.
Law Enforcement League Held an
Meeting at St. Peters
A. M. E. Church Delegates to
the Presbyterian Assembly
visited the League
in a body.

he citizens of Minneapolis need
eel proud of the fact that they
the residents of city that can
" such a strong and important
Y as the Presbyterian General
emily, which is in session at
stminster church; and especially
| Md the colored citizens rejoice
r the fact for, in consequence
he gathering, it has been our
"a fortune to see and meet some
he foremost men of the race
engaged in religious and ed
ional work on behalf of our
pie in the south
But not until last Sunday after
IN did we fully appreciate the
ne of the work that these men
doing in the South, when each
in his own way, told of the
k that was being done for the
ancemenf of the coIored people.
discussing the conditions in the
tn, there was unanimity of
timent among all the speakers
Christian education and prop
were the things most needed
our people just now
he following are short extracts
n remarks made by some of the
ting delegates before the prin-
lie speakers arrived:
ey. Frierson Charlotte, n. G.. j:
eolored race is rising in the
tn, despite the difficulties that
front it.
lev. n. y. Gregg Lancaster,
CO: Isee a brighter day for the
pred brethren of the South
y will rise in spite of their
iculties.
Rev. Gorden of Charleston s. C..
n gave a very practical talk
arding the work of the ministry
he South.
'rof. c. ID. Green dalton Ga. J:
determination of white supre-
ey is a partial cause of the
tlon between the races. The
chings in the South are not
Dutable to the better element of
whites-the lower classes are
ones who commit these das-
| ily crimes against law and
er.
he principle speakers having
lived, president Gibbs delegated
InseIlor l.. F. McGhee. Of St.
| ii. to introduce Congressman
b. White. That our st. Paul
Drney was equal to the occasion
: without saying; and. with
dlsparagement to any of the
akers. we are justified in saying
I no one was more eloquent and
sefnl in his remarks than Mr.
Ghee. notwithstanding the
I that he was called upon Hnex-
tedly to present Congressman
hite Not only our honored
itors, but our home people as
!. were deeply impressed and
pirrd By the remarks Of Mr..
Ghee; and we feel exceedingly
'ud Of one who can represent us
ably when occasion demands.
CONGRESSMAN WHITE.
Much Was expected Of the only
ored representative in the balls
con gresz. hut his eloqaenee and
very terse and eogent wAy be
Of stating things surpassed ON
shest expectations. He shows
instincts not only Of ; vel
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DIR. SAUNDERS.

Among other things, DIR. Saun-
ders said it was generally conceded
that the race has capacity for
acquiring an education. The
question with whites who are dis
posed to contribute funds for the
education Of the eolored people is
not as to the intellectual capacity
of the race, but it is the kind of
education that should be given.
The question is much mooted one
among the so called leaders of the
eolored race, and to-day we have
two distinct schools with their
respective champions--one set of
leaders advocating industrial edu-
cation, aud the other set maintain.
ing that the Negro should be edn-
Gated the same as other races -as
an American Citizen. There is
a great conflict between these two
schools. said DIR. Saunders; but
in my opinion, the same education
that is necessary for the advance
ment and the highest development
of other races is necessary for the
colored race.
He then spoke Of the advantage
in having colored teachers 10 in
struct and educate eolored children
maintaining that white teachers
we're disqualified 10 inspire them
in the same manner and to the
same degree that it was possible
for eOlored teachers to do. The
professor made another strong
point in justification of his claims
as to the kind Of education the
Negro should have. in stating that
the eolored race had not demon
strated It's capacity or originality
A. authors and scientists. There
fore, said be. we insist upon the
same kind Of education that pro-
duees these results in other races =
The third and last speaker was
professor billiard, principal Of the
Goldsboro. y. C., seisool Rev.
D. II. Harris, 10 his character
istie way Of speaking. introduced
professor billiard. who spoke along
the same lines Of theother speakers,
bat whose sentiments showed les
independence. Prof billiard denies
the idea that the question II color
is the eanse ol the race froubie IN
the soush. He maintains that the
cause i along the lines of the con-
ditions o. The race. lie asserted
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CHlLD'S PART-WOOL UNDERWEAR.

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comfortable and durable; sizes
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A Soldiers Remarkable Dream.

They were talking of dreams, when
the volunteer who was shot through
the hip at San Juan spoke up:
1T is strange" said he, how the
real and the unreal are sometimes con-
nected in dreams. I had an experience
down at Tampa, while we were waiting
for orders to go to Cuba, which was
remarkable in its way. One night, afte-
trying for several hours to go to sleep
in my tent, | went outside to see i:
there was a breath of fresh air to be
had. Near the tent there was a rough
bench, which had been built for card
playing. 1t was about three feet from
the ground and was just wide enough
for a man to lie down on,
Il walked over to the bench, ana
stretching out on it, was soon asleep
/ dreamed that I was standing in a
Spanish camp surrounded by hundreds
of excited Spaniards, who We're insist
ing that | be shot at once for spy
l was perfectly cool and had a supreme
indifference about my fate They took
me over to a stake driven in the
ground and tied me up to it. Then
they wheeled up an enormous cannon
to within fifty feet of where | STOOD
and aimed it straight at me. / saw the
gunner seize the lanyard and loo!l
around at the officer in charge for a
command to fire. Then / closed my
eyes. The next moment there was a
tremendous roar. ----.-..-
''The cannon ball struck me squarely
on the side of the right hip, and j
flew up into the air. woke to find
myself on the ground, where / had
rolled from the bench. There was a
sharp pain in my right hip, and. look
ing out into the open space beyond the
tent, saw that the morning gun had
just been fired. The smoke was still
hanging over the cannon. The pain
in my hip was caused by its coming in
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That Which Swept Over Northern
Montana Last Week.
Believed That at Least Twenty Persons
Lost Their Lives,
Estimated That Twenty Thousand
Sheep Perished in Te1on County
County-The Storm Ragged for
Five Days INCREASINGLY

HELENA (Mont), Oct. 23.-The
northern portion of the State is logging
itself out of the snow. For about five
days last week snow came down almost
increasingly. At the town of Choseeu
county seat of Teton County, it was
from ten to twelve feet deep in drifts,
and at least three feet on the level. The
wind blew great guns nearly all the
time, but, fortunately, there has not
been a great fall in the temperature.
Il. t. Burton, President of the Bur-
ton Land Company, and one of the
prominent stockmen of Teton County,
who arrived here last night from the
blizzard swept district, says that the
bodies of eight sheepherders have all
ready been found in his county, and fif-
teen other herders who are missing
have been given up as lost. He says
the loss of life will exceed twenty per-
sons in Teton County. AS nearly as
now can be estimated, 10000 sheep per-
ished in the storm in Teton County and
about 10000 in Choteau County.
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w. C. T. UNION.
Proceedings of the National Con.
vention at Seattle.

SEATTLE, Oct 23.-Owing to the
fact that the w. c. T. u. abandoned
the morning session to-day, the con-
vention is somewhat delayed in it's
work
The Committee on Resolutions, for
whose report the convention is anN-
iously waiting, went over until to-mor-
row. The committee briefly outlined
the resolutions favoring a flag law,
nti-divorce, against seating Congress
man Roberts of Utah, anti-canteen, and
hinted at several other special resolu-
tions
The anti-narcotic branch addressed
the public school pupils, twenty-five Of
the schools of the city being visited.
Some ten memorial life memberships
We're taken out.
The resolutions offered by the Ma
tional Suffrage Association, through
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of New
York, who is here, were voted down,
upon recommendation of the Executive
Committee of the w. c. 7. T., declar-
ing that they preferred to handle the
woman's suffrage question upon the
lines already laid down by them.
In the Sunday school branch contest
| Ohio took the first prize banner, North
ern California second, New Jersey third
and Illinois fourth, each State, how
ever being first in the special class of
work for which the banners were Of
fered.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-In the
appeal of Martin ]. Fragley VS.. James
D. Phelan ct al, the Supreme Court To-
day decided in favor of the respondents.
This means that the new city char-
ter is valid, and that the county ana
municipal election called for NoVem-
Der 7th next will be in accordance with
law.
In the case of Henry Martin, Sheriff,
ct al, VS. the Board of Election Com
missioners. the Supreme Court to-day
decided in favor of the defendants.
This means that there will be an
election of county officers on Novem-
ber Tth as ordered by the defendants,
acting in accordance with the provis-
ions of the new char<gr.
In the case of Henry P. Martin, the
decision was unanimous 1t was writ
ten by Justice Van Dyke, and con-
Cured in by Justices McFarlane, Ga
route. Beatty, Harrison and Temple.
Judge McFarlane said: L concur in
the judgment solely on the ground that
the constitutional amendment, Section
S1h, definitely settles the question in
volved in favor of the contention OF
respondents"
In the case of Fragley, appellant
Phelan ct al, respondents which was
TO test the legality of the charter, the
decision was rendered by Justice Har-
rison, and concurred in by Chief jas
tice Beatty and Justice Henshaw.