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Evening star., 1899-05-03
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TUNNEL.
Proposed Construction by the South
ern Hallway Company.


The Southern Railway Company is about
to commence the construction of what is
not only a very important piece of work
from an engineering standpoint, but Of
great interest for other reasons. This Is
the tunneling of Lookout mountain. 1t
will be made in connection with the con-
struction of the extension Of the Southern
railway from Stevenson, Ala, to Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
Such an extension has been in contem-
plation for several years. but for many
reasons it has been heretofore impossible
to consummate the plan. The link means
that the Southern will get into Chatta-
rooga from Memphis over its own track
whereas now from Stevenson to Chatta-
nooga its trains run over the rails of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis road.
The line as located by the chief engineer
means a tunnel through Lookout mountain,
and the tunnel will be two-tkirds of a mile
long.
Evening star., 1899-05-03
ANACOSTIA HAPPENINGS
eet improvements Begun Now
Name for school building.

WORK upon Harrison street. which is TO
De Improved with concrete, has been com
menced by large force of men. The sum
Oh $4,000 was first appropriated for this
work. and 5000 additional becomes avail
aole the opening Of the next fiscal year.
some OF the streets in the town which are
iii heeo OF repairs are being improved with
the material that is being taken OFF of Har-
rison street The sidewalks of this thor
oughfare will be narrowed
IL Is said the public school authorities
Will De asked to designate a name for the
scnool building commonly known as the
van Buren Annex" The building is con-
sldered sufficiently large and important to
warrant the bestowal of a more appropri-
ate name, as at one time 1t was the only
school building in Anacostia proper.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church gave tea
last evening at the residence of Mrs. J.
X Simpson for the benefit of the society.
The affair proved to be very successful.
Evening star., 1899-05-03
His Usual Query.
rom the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The train with the distinguished Chinese
diplomat and sage, Ii Hung Chang, aboard
drew into Banff.
Those" said the Canadian Pacific rail-
way magnate, who was personally conduct
ing him across the continent, pointing to
three mountain peaks visible from the car
window, ARE the Three Sisters" 4"
How old are they?" inquired the Illus
trious Chinaman.
Evening star., 1899-05-03

pathic Dispeasary. s: certificates were
granted to I: certificate refused to l.
The effort being made by the board of
trade to have the national conference of
charities and corrections to meet in Wash
ington in 1900 heartily indorsed, and
the secretary was instructed as n delegate
to use his influence in favor of the PROPOSE
tiol
Evening star., 1899-05-03
Insurance Companies in Germany.

Herr Knebel Doeberitz and Marshall Won
Bieberstein, the insurance commissioners
appointed by the Prussian ministry to ne
gotiate for settlement of the prolonged
and vexatious controversy over admitting
insurance companies of the United States
to do business in Germany and German
companies in the United States, were pre-
sented to the President yesterday by the
chancellor of the German embassy. The
visit was one of courtesy.
Evening star., 1899-05-03

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Evening star., 1899-05-03

The regular permanent
family circulation of Tho
Evening Star I'm washing
ton is more than double
that of any other paper,
whether published I'm the
morning or I'm the after
noon.
As n medium for unoh-
3ectionable adverttse ments
IL therefore stands un-
eaualed and unRpproach-
able.
Evening star., 1899-05-03
Meeting of Railway Postal Clerks.

meeting Of railway postal clerks of the
territory comprising the states of Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia and North
Carolina was held at the city post office
last evening to elect officers for the en-
suing year and also to choose delegates to
the national association convention, to be
held at Indianapolis, Ind, June Z. The del
egates will discuss bills introduced in Con-
gress affecting clerks in this branch of the
pest office service
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: ]. c. Hutcheson Of Virginia,
president; Louis Milan Of Maryland, vice
president at large; Irving N. Davidson. sec
retary and treasurer; 8. G. Meyer vice
president, MARYLAND: W. NJ. Plunkett, vice
president Virginia; Geo. K. Gambrill. vice
president, West Virginia; o. s. Woody. vice
president, North Carolina The delegates
elected to the national convention at In
aianapois, lnd.. We're J. c. Hutcheson
Virginia: e. c. Plunkett, Virginia; Louis
Milan, Maryland.
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A NEGRO PRESIDENT
w. ID. Coleman Reelected
Wings Sweep the Country.
National Union Party Put to
Sleep.
Coleman Born in Kentucky,
u. S. A.

p. o. Gray, formerly of Mime.
apolis, and editor of The World
in this city, is now in Liberia. on
the west coast Of Africa. Mr.
Gray is in the slough Of Liberiau
politics, aud is welding apowerfuI
influence over the future destiny of
the African republic
He writes the following letter To
the Tribune Never since Liberia
has been a republic has political
fever been so high as it ran last
Saturday, May 2, when the old
Wing party, led by the plumcd
knight, w. d. Coleman, It's illus.
trious standard bearer, and Col A ,
ID. Williams, the Union party 4
standard bearer, met under a clear
sky, famed by cool breezes, to en-.
gage in a royal battle of ballots for
supremacy.
Ballots fell thick and fast be.
tween 6 O'Clock a. m. and 3 O'Clock
p. M, by which hour Coleman was
elected beyond reasonable doubt.
Some counties gave him as high as
3 10 /. The Union party ran be.
hind IN every congressional district
IN the republic. save one in the
county Of Maryland.
Senator A. b. King, the Id
berian commissioner commissioner
at the Worlds Fair, proved 10 be
second Mark Hanna in political
manipulation.
President Coleman elect has
many friends in America, who will
receive heartily aud with delight the
news Of his sweeping victory IN The
great fight for the presidency Of
the young African republic.
The national commission will
now 90 on with the work Of ex.
pansion especially as regards the
western boundary line on the
French soudan. with which ] have
worked 80 successfully since my ar
rival in this country. The prinei-
pies of republieanism aud fertile
soil here
Coleman is well known IN
Minneapolis, and the result Of The
election il awaited there With
interest.
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YALE's ANCESTRAL HOME.
Ths Ola Chapel at Dryn EaIwys.
wales, IL NAMED After
est. EIIha.s

To one spot In North Wales many nm
American pilgrim webds his way. This
IL Nrexham. In whose beautiful church
lie the bones ~ Eiihn Yale, who gave
both name and beuefnctlons 10 our hon
ored university. On his tombstone are
cut these concise linesi
Horn tn America. is Europe bred.
Ia Africa Travelled ana IN thaia we'd,
where be iiged AID thfiYed. At London
dead.
II Is from this region, says the
New York Tribune. that Elihm Ynle's
Pilgrim progeuifor went forth to
New England. and YaIea still live az
PInayn. Yale and worship In the tran
sept known az the Yale chapel In tho
ancient little church Of Bryn Eglwya,
near Mresham.
In .be body 81 the church amail con-
gFsgation 81 hin farmers, a. their IA
theirs before them have done for eentu-
riea. worship In tbs yernaeuiar. and
have often thought what amazement
and what strange emotions would stir
the breast Of Yale graduate II ha
eonld be transported 81 sudden across
the Atlantic and dropped down some
Sunday afternoon fnto this t!ne bat
tered. weather. beaten fane. booking Qua
from lta green ridge upon the everlags-
ing bills ~ the rustic choir were break
ing into the +MngniHeat''. .Fy enaid
. fawrba Sc arEiwydd a'm hyspryd q
iawencyshcdd yn Nuw ~ lachawdwr.s
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]. c. Reid not an Officer Of the
Law.
d. IL. IIARRls

II is essential that some colored
democrat should apply Tor the
position Of City police officer,
made vrcant by the honorable dis
charge of Mr. j. G.. Reid because
Of his republican convictions.
Mr.. Reds record as al officer
of the law, during his five years
service was brilliant and above re-
proech Not complaint was en-.
tered against him during b Is career
as an officer. He was highly
respected by his brother officers,
and by the people on ais beat
who was composed Of the best
element Of our white citizens. The
partisan feeling evineed by our
democratic mayor in releasing Mr..
Reid without a charge Of any kind
is much to be censured, because we
cannot get a more manly, honest
and fearless gentleman 10 represent
US as member Of the police de-
partment, than Nj, Reid. II is
understood that he will devote his
time exclusively to the interest Of
THE AFRO AMERICAN ADyANcR as
editor-in-chief. We wish him the
much deserved success that Il due
all men who has an honest aim in
life. Mr. Reid has asseryed his
ambition 70 take advantage Of
every opportunity, from the fact
that he, in connection with his
laborious duties upon the force,
attended the evening Law class at
the State University, prefsrring 10
work nights all the time, that be
might acquire . legal education.
He IL now a Junior Law He also
applied his mind 70 other literary
work with good beginniag. Why
ean's some of our young men with
greater opportunities thanour sub
iect. attempt TO make such valuable
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MAY BE BURNED.
Georgia Mob Eager to Repeat Horrors
OF Hose Affair.

ATLAsTA. June "A Negro
named Menni6eld. who assaulted
an eight.year-old girl near Powder
Springs yesterday, is surrounded
in swamp near Austell. aud when
captured, as be Is likely 10 be be-
fore morning, the leaders Of the
posse say he will be burned at the
stake.
There are a hundred men in tho
posse aud all are determined to ad.
minister death 10 the Negro In
some form The proposition 10
mete out TO him the dreadful fate
suffered by Sam Hose, near Macon
several weeks ago, il deprecated by
the most conservative Of the pur-
suers, but reports say the majority
favor il
Word also comes from Cedar
town that a mob is gathering
around the Jail in that town
elamoring for the blood of Negro
accused Of assaulting white
woman sixiy.Gye yenrs old mem
Der Of the leading families in that
part Of the state. The dispatch
from Cedartown does not say what
vengeance the mob eomtemplates.
bat a. anger over his crime ia Mt
fever heat, IL would not be sur.
prising. il lynehing occurs. IL he
also ~ burned alive.
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A ZULU BRIDE.
Elaborate Hair Dressing IL the Lead
ina Feature Of Her anptiaI
Gst-Up.

Tho daughter of Zulu In comfort
able circumstances does not leave her
fathers kraal without much pomp and
many queer rites, which doubtless are
held by her people In high estimatlon.
II may he noted. too, that the mar.
ringo customs Of these dusky Africans
are subject 10 innumeruble variations.
each tribe having lta own peoulinrities.
llair-dresaing, 10y the why, il an inn
poriant feature both to the bride aud
bridegroom, and the attention paid to
the couture OF the pair would ahnme
the performance of West end hair
dresser who arrauRes brides locks
and fastens the orange blossom chap
let. A cone-shaped erection. for In
stance, ia the lawful couture of Znlu
wife. aud this cannot be legally worn
GIL the marriage rites are duly COM
plcted Save for the all-important one,
the bead Of q Zulu bride il closely
shaved, an aKaegai being used for the
purpose, whilst. as soon as youth IA
81 marrihgeable age. his head Ia shorn
TO leave n ring around the scalp, aud
then literally beameared with fat and
ochre. without which upguents no Zulu
would feel ttiiDRly decorated for his
bride. When the bridegroom.elc has
been sborn Of all his hair save the wool
On the crown. which IA trained IN n
circular shape and some four inches
In diameter, n ring IL sewn 90 this, Of
gum and charcoal. In this the Znlu
thrusts long snutf spoons. needles and
small utility articles. and is very proud
of his ring. which Is the badge Of man
hood. -CaHnelpH magazine.
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AS FULL AS A GOAT GOAT
The Iowa'a Mascot Attends n Wake
and nIsRrasss the Amcrl-
eau Navy.

Tho goat OF the battleship Iowa sue.
eumbed 10 the temptations OF shore
teaye early one morning recently, and
vas locked up at the city prison on the
'harge Of drunk and disordlerly,' says
the San Francisco Chronicle.
In company with three or four jack.
les from the Iowa the goat had been
Intending "A wake at the undertaking
establishment Of Cnrew 4 English, az
Van Mesa avenue aud Oak street. In
the course Of the evening his conduct
became too boisterous even for wake.
officer S. Kahn made the arrrst. aud
one of the Town iacklcs who We're the
companions Of the goats re,elry went
part way 10 the station with his dis
graocd friend, and then Mt Thought Of
the fun they we're all having back ut
the wake he said 60 the gouii "Bill,
ald man, | hope you won't think hard
Of mo u | 80 back. You're Ia good
hands. just 20 along, aud III join you
after q bit"
Thus IL happened that the consiyiaf
mascot 81 the warship, stumbling along
aud blentinE occasionally some very
upmusical uuies, deserted hy bis mess
mates In time of heavy weather was,
hl the words OF the mariner. towed into
port with his propeller shaft damaged.
After he woke up he wna turned over
Ia his friends and taken aboard,
liill'H behavior at the wake Is de.
aerlbcd az having bcen something re-
marknhle. The services In memory 81
the dead had lasted through the even
Ing and until two o'clock In the morn.
ing, AZ that hour II was necessary
10 summon the police 70 insure the
safety Of both the living and the dead.
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more rapidly than he is being horn
Ii true, such state of things is
very serious, and behoos es all
lovers of the race to be alarmed /:
for deaths never outnumbei births
except where life, physical and
moral, is counted a light thing In
short, it means, If true, that the
Negro spends too much of life in
dissipation. 1t would be veil fof
bodies like the League TO look
closely into the truth Of snsh mat
ters, and in case the Allegation was
discovered to be well founded, q
deligent search after the remedy
might be instituted; and II not
true, think of no better thing
than the collection Of data, which
should serve to effeetually refute
such publication.
But my notes are already too ex-
tended. This is case where one
can be satisfied with limiting, feel
ing sure that the good women and
men of the American Law Enforce
ment League are wise enough TO
take hint, though it may not
come from very wise source
ID. ii. HARRIS.
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TORTURE ADVERTISED,
Southern Railroads Sold Tickets on tho
Strength Of 1t.


Strength of It.
CHICAGO. June l.-When the
Negro Hose was burned by a mob
at Newman, Ga. prominent oolored
people of Chicago raised a fund
aud sent local detective, named
Levin, To investigate all the cir.
enmstanees Today he reported NJ
a meeting held ut Bethel church
that the burning of hose was pre-.
meditated and was openly adj.
rocnted by the community az nm
example to the eolored people He
said he learned positively that
while Hose killed Crawford. Mrs.
Crawford had admitted that the
Negro did not modest her in any
way.
One of the most astonishing
charges made in his report il that
the railroad officials, who made M
n special train fora lynching party,
after the capture Of Hose actually
advertised the contemplated burn
ing aud sold tickets to people at.
tracted by these advertisements
Detective Levin said that the tor.
ture aud hanging of the aged
colored preacher, Elijah Strick.
land, was without shadow Of
reason,
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A Few Suggestions in Refer
ence to the Work of the
American Law En-
forcement League
of Minnesota.

Mr.. EDITOR: IL do not by any
means arrogate TO myself the
ability to teach the gentlemen and
ladies who compose the above
named organization, yet, because
deeply interested in the. cause
which called the League into being
it may not perhaps seem a thing
amiss for me to offer a thought on
two upon the way in which il
seems to me the body could be emin-
emily useful. The tides of fortune
seems to say that the league can
not hope 10 be very glittering
success as money maker, but this
need not estop its usefulness alto
gether. Money is handy thing
to have in the house" and yet,
there are great many houses in
which this commodity is not very
plentiful.
So since the League can not
secure, in an easy manner as many
shining dollars as it would like to
see adjoining its treasury, it may
wisely east about to devise whether
or not there are other lines along
which its mission lies. / think
there are. One among these is the
obtaining Of correct and reliable
information as to the real cause at
the bottom of all our so-called
racial troubles" and they
may very properly inquire as TO the
Negroes part in removing the
the cause. For with the cause re.
moved, the effect may be counted
upon to disappear. But how shall
this intelligent information be oh.
tainedl
do not think il can be while
the organization perigmiates
around from this place TO that in
order to hold its meeting. There
ought to be, it seems to me, one
fixed place. in one or the other OF
the cities, for the regular, stated
meetings, that at this place, at
regular times. there should be lee
lures upon all the phases Of this
question which 80 much interests
us all, and which is becoming more
source Of annoying concern to
our friends in the other race. For
instance, a lecture for occasion
upon In what way is the Negro
a helpful factor in American de.
velopment." and then a second
which would grow out Of the first.
How can America be made to
realize her need Of our presencefp
and then there might be another
on How can the Negro become q
Master. rather than a servant in
the field Of indastyi" and 50
might continue this series. but
think have given enough to illus.
trate my meaning
notice that some recently pub
Iished vital statistics are showing
that the Negro IN cities il dying
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A sample of usefulness in the
work of the students is seen in
their having laid about zoo, 900
bricks during the year. The re-
ceipts and disbursements this year
reached over $3.50, 900. OF this
"a 500 came from the State of
Alabama, SIS, 600 from the John F
Slater Fund. 1000. first pay
ment on the Huntington Hall; the
balance in different sums from
different sources.
The cornerstone Of Huntington
Hall was laid Thursday morning,
May 25. 1t is a gift of Mrs. G. p.
Huntington of New York, new
dormitory for girls. Rev. w. G..
Banton, ID, D.. of Eufaula, Ala,
A. NJ. f. Church, delivered the adj
dress. 1t was inspiring, scholarly
and intelligent.
Thursday afternoon, commence
meht exercises took place in the
chapel The annual address was
delivered by Mr.. II. T. Healing
editor, A. NJ. f.. Church Review,
Philadelphia. This class is the
largest in the history Of the school,
and the fourteenth to graduate.
The Normal graduates are forty
four; industrial graduates, thir-
teen. These still remain in the
Normal department. The Bible
training school graduates three;
music, making a total of 81.
The speakers did well and greatly
interested in the audience. During
the exercises a cablegram was read
by Treasurer Logan from Principal
Washington, who was then at
Brussels on his way to Paris. This
message was received wife tremen-
dous applause. The address by
Mr.. Healing was heartily received.
1t was indeed eloquent. The diplo-
mas were presented by DIR. Banton
of Eufanla. The singing was
fully up to the Tuskegee standard.
An inspiring announcement of
commencement week was the
promise by New York city lady
of building for domestic science,
to cost s15,O
The receipts and disbursements
Of the school last year were $780,
900. OF this sum "a, 500 came
from the State of Alabama. - 900
from the John r. Slater fund.
s., 600, a first payment on Hunt
ington Hall. a new dormitory for
girls given by Mrs. G. p. Hunt
tington Of New York. The re-
mainder came in various amounts
FROM many different sources.
The students brick masonry
division laid COO. 900 bricks during
the last school session. Plans are
now being perfected 10 make q
000, 900 bricks next year. At
present, the school is undergoing q
somewhat building period.
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use of their time, Ii is to he
hoped that more young Negro men
will take advantage of the oppor-
tunitics offered by our State Uni
versity and seek a qualified educa-
ton.
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The woodsawyers Of Atlanta, Ca. 200
IN number. hare formed trpst and
have raised the price Of saving sfnse-
wood from ~ cents 10 one dollar per
dsy. Every member Of the orranixs-
ton y bind nan or . crsppie.-Chi-
cage Journal
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|ker 7. Washington S
bhiaI School at Tuskegee,
| Alabama.
|usands Attend the Com
kncement Exercises A
Most Prosperous Finan-
cial Year-Prominent
Race Men Speak.

18th annual session of the
egee Normal aud Industrial
tute closed May 25th. The
pn to the graduating class was
hed Sunday, May 21st by
X. G, Bedford, Secretary of
Board of Trustees, Sunday
the anniversary of the re-
hs societies were held. Excel
reports were given of re-
hs, temperance and missionary
4. Nearly two hundred stud
were converted during the
Monday night was given to
Phelps Hall Bible Training
| ol. Two young men and one
g woman graduated, making
ty in all, in tine six years of
ork 1t has given instruction
Ter 800, 70 have been in at
ance this year.
lie contest for the Trinity
'ch Boston prize, established
r. +. Winchester Donald sue
pr to Phillip Brooks, was the
feature of Tuesday evening,
%. This was the fourth an
content. Six young men,
from the graduating class and
from the incoming senior
took part. The prize was
Great enthusiasm was shown
he speakers and the whole
|ent body. The prize was
'ded to Richard Hill 100 from
indian Territory.
ednesday night was given to
Industrial Departments. Mr..
l IL. Washington, Sr., director
Industries, presided. The
Uses were very impressive and
of promise. Thirty-two com
! d the course of study in the
rent trades, seventeen young
and fifteen young women
pity of these are also graduates
e Normal Department. They
ssent the following trades:
ting, painting, shoemaking,
billing, tinsmithing, tailoring
dry work, farming, dairying
Entry, steam engineering,
making, millinery, launder-
nursing and cooking.
he trustees held a very inn
|ant meeting will be made pub
tier. Mr.. G.. w. CAMPBELL the
IAN president presided. Most
fui views were expressed with
'enee to the future of the
| l.
] of Tuskegee's years have
remarkable, but none more 50
the one that closed May 25th
enrolment of students outsids
e Training School has reached
| boys, 1863 girls, ll64 The
|ldance has been wonderfully
lar during the year, the aver
having reached a fraction over
p. More than a 900 worthy
icants were turned awoy fol
Of shelter. Twenty-foul
Is have been represented with
,. Porto Rico. Africa, England
Jamaica. Alabama leads with
Georgia follows with 222
Cubans and Porto Ricans ar,
ily learning The English
nage; are doing well and seen
Ectly At home. All Of then
received promotion in III.
r.. The students have pax
towards their expenses thu
". 7S6.
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