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The Washington bee., 1899-04-22

prices and home comfort to the
masses. Nor are the wages the
coIored miner receive much less
if any, than were received by the
whites. The difference is so in
considerable as not only to justify
them in accepting the wages, but
constitutes no reason for strikes.
When mine owner has colored
labor, whether paid scheduled
wages or somewhat less, he is
satisfied that the output will be
fair and the demands reasonable.
The opposition to enact law to
prevent colored people from seek
ing or accer ting labor wheresoever
they see fit, is another indication
of the spirit of ostracism and
injustice on the part of white labor
organizations. These labor organ
izations while protesting to be
advocating the cause of labor and
amelivrating conditions, are seek
ing to restrict the labor rights of
the colored people by trostitu-
ton of the legislative power to the
worst forms of prejudice, tyranny
and injustice. They would have
the law deny to the col
ored people the right of free
locomotion and circumscribe his
opportunities for self support. The
proposition in itself Is enough to
show that labor organizations are
more grinding and unreasonable
than the power of monopoly which
they are constantly opposing. 1t is
needless to state that the Congress
will be too just to pass so uni ust
and unconstitutional a measure;
but the attempt to secure it indi-
Gates the unfriendly spirit of labor
organizations to .arl colored peo-
Pile. Between the policy Of refusing
20 employ colored labor in North
Carolina and the proposed legisla-
ton to force it to remain there is
to place the colored laborer
between the upper and neither
miilstones. Even if it is desirable
to displace the colored ,borer. it
is ungenerous and criminal to seek
to do so through the law-making
power. The colored people are
denied labor by white organizations
and he is justified in obtaining it
under the best terms possible.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
PEACE JUBILEE.

We are in receipt of the program of
the coming National Peace Jubilee
which is TO take place next month.
The celebration, if we are to Judge
from comprehensiveness of the
program, is to be one Of which
Washington may be Justly proud.
In addition to salute by artillery,
reception by the President, Marine
Band concerts and tableaux, there
are parades of military organiza-
tions, public, private and sectarian
schools am historical pageants,
representing all of the great mill
tary and naval epochs which are
to be given for the instruction and
entertainment of citizens and
visitors. If these representations
are true to the facts of history, the
part played by the colored people
cannot be justly ignored. Nor do
we believe that those who are the
projectors and managers of the
Jubilee will fail to do us justice.
But the fact that in this city there
has been shown, hitherto, a spirit
and disposition to ignore our people
impels us to call the attention of
the managing committee to the
absence of proper representation of
our race in the constitution of the
sever'l select committee and to ask
that our school board, the colored
soldiers and sailors. the colored
pulpit and press be gwen appro.
pirate representation. This request
seems but reasonable when we con
slider the important part played by
colored Americans in every epoch
of our nations history. During
the colonial wars, the war OF
the Revolution, of 1912, of 1S4s,
of the Rebellion and the Spanish.
American conflict, the colored man
freely, patrioticaliy and bravel
fought, bled and died fo: the flag
and American honor and institu-
tions, as has been proven by the
rolls of the War Department and
sttested by Washington, Jackson,
Grant, Hunter, Butler and Miles.
1t would be manifest,y unjust to
ignore the colored people and thus
to falsely instruct the rising gener-
alton. The battlefelds of Boston,
New Orleans, Forts Wagner,
Pillow and Fisher are wet with the
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Rack AlIeys,

This scheme of back alley has
never been adopted in New York. 1t
is known in Boston and is not uncom-
mon in Philadelphia. The advantages
of the plan are obvious, but it is urged
that city or quarter so arranged
is more difficult to police. As for the
space required. if the passageways
and front entrances with their ap-
proaches be reckoned up for all the
houses in a block. it will perhaps be
found that an alley through the centre
of the block would he a saving. On
the other hand. the arrangement
which has been made i'm some parts
of London. by which all the ground i'm
the heart of the block. upon which the
back windows look. is turned into one
continuous garden-the adoption Of
this admirable scheme would bar out
the back alley. as also our American
system OF doing the washing in the
house. London has It's washing, and
therefore its drying. done far away in
the country. out of reach of the
blacks. ."-Harper's Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
THE PROPER WAY.

The contrast between the measly
Emancipation street parade and the
exercises held in our public schools
and other places throughout the
city demonstrated the difference
between the senseless waste of
money, time, and common sense
and an intelligent appreciation and
Celebration of an important historic
vent.
The one favors extravaeance,
drunkenness, and an increase of
police court statistics, while the
other is a manifestation of wis
dom, propfiety, and patriotic devo-
ton to the underlying sentiment of
human liberty. There is no good
argument in favcr of street parades
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
ANOTHER STAB.

The following is what John
Mitchell, president of the United
Nine Workers of America, says
concerning the employment OF
colored labor in the mine:
Colored labor has been and is being
used for the purpose of reducing
wages of workingmen. They are i'm
ported from the South to the northern
states and frequently are kept work
ing under guards. To prevent this,
laws should be enacted, making it a
criminal offense for employers to in
duce laborers to leave their homes
under misapprehensions. Colored
laborerS are used to work in the mines
of Illinois more than IN any other
industry there"
Coming from such a source,
these statements and recommends
tion are no doubt designed and
certainly calculated to arouse
opposition to colorel labor in the
mines of the North. 1t is another
instance of the employment of
specious forms to mislead the
people and grossly misrepresent the
colored laborer. There is no tru h
whatever in the statement that the
underlying motive on the part of
the mine owners is to reduce wages.
The reduction may follow as the
result of the law of supply and
demand, as where the supply of
colered labor Is greatly in excess of
the demand and where organiza-
ton has not been effected by which
the fuctuation of wages may be
prevented or regulated. But that
this is the controlling motive OF
the employer is not true. The
fact is that colored labor in tha
mines is becoming more desirable
on account of the absence of color
ed labor agitat tors, waking dele.
| gates, mischievous demagogues
and mauplois, whose pleasure and
pride it seems to be, to foment
discord, encourage idleness, de
velop lnsubordination and array
labor against capital The colored
miner is satisfied to take what ht
actually earns, because it is more
than he can get in the South where
cololed labor is poorly paid and
because it is but fair. Moreover h,
is no intruder, he does not seek tc
dislodge other classes of miners
He accepts the opportunities ot
labor at fair wages only after
they have been ignored or lost by
the whites who insist upon unrea
sonable demands. On more thar
one occasion his timely assistanc.
in the mines has prevented a coaI
famine and thus insured moderate
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22

regret that in his address given
before the Normal school last Mon
dav, Mr.. Cheatham did not pay a
tribute to the pulpit and especially
to that matchless pulpit orator
and brilliant race champion Rev.
Francis j. Grimke. Brother Cheat
ham was silent on the utility of the
pulpit, we suppose for good
reasons.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22

blood of brave colored soldiers and
TO fail to commemorate their Valor
on an occasion like this, would be
worse than unkiud; it would be
cruel and unjust. Let US all be
made to feel the throb of national
pride unmixed with prejudice and
discrimination which have too
often emblttered our cup and
rendered celebations a meaningless
pageant and historical farce.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
THE REASON WHY.

In the ADril number of the PrGct
ical Farmer, Mr.. G. E. Caldwell of
DE Soto Parish, La, concludes an
interesting letter as follows: But
talking politics, chewing tobacco,
drinking whisky and cursing the
"niggers" occupy the time, and
both the farm and farmer 60 to
ruin. When will the end of these
things be-"
Here is a confession of a condl-
ton of things which everybody
knows to be so, but which the
maiorit1 Of southern whites are
seeking to hide. The southern
whites would have the impression
20 abroad that they are all inte:li-
gent, industrious and thrifty and
we have yet to see a southern white
man who does not claim that he or
his father owned ''niggers" and
belonged to an arlstocratlc family,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
slave holders were comparatively
few aud aristocracy still more
limited But the fact remains that
the majority are ''poor white
trash," lazy and ignorant, brutal
and aggressive. 1t is from this
class that the greatest opposition to
colored people proceeds and which
now dominates North and South
Carolina in the shape of Tillman-
ism and Waddellism. Having
nothing but the color of their skins
upon which TO claim superiority,
these people look upon the progress
OF the colored people with jealousy
and hatred and seek by brute force
to secure dominance to which from
the standpoint of capacity they are
not entitled. 1t is because they are
wasting their time in talking
politics, drinking whisky aud
cursing 'niggers, that their farms
are going to pieces and the name
of the Southland is becoming a
synonym for lawlessness, political
murder and injustice. "rhe end
of these things will be when the
southern white men cease to
employ their time in seeking to
impede the progress of other peo-
pie and when they come to honest
ly admit and act upon the truth
that slavery no longer exists and
that every man is entitled to the
exercise Of his inherent, God given
social rights. The country is sick
and disguised with the blood and
hluster continually coming up
from the South. The entire civil
ized world is even now ridiculing
the empty boast of southern civil
ization which is fast permeating
the whole country and the sooner
its influence is checked the better
will it be for the reputation of the
United States.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
COLOR is THE CAUSE.
From Saturday Monitor.

From Saturday Monitor.
A white man thirty-five years of
age was arrested last week in Atlanta,
who is charged with outraging little
white girl only eight years old. He
was bound over to the Criminal Court
under $Ioo bond and no excitement
was raised. Where were Georgia. S
gallant sons" who are only actuated
to lynch negroes because of the atroc.
ity of crime? All, ha. The fact can
not longer be disguised. Color is the
main atrocity of the crime.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Babylon EXPLORATION.

Interesting results are expected
from the expedition to explore the
ruins of Babylon sent out by the Ger
man Oriental society The ruins lie
about two days journey from Bagdad.
and cover an enormous area. The
part to be especially excayated is the
site of the palace in which Alexander
the Great died. The Turkish Govern
ment has given its consent. and it is
expected that the work will require
about five yesrs.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
E SPECIAL NOTICE. 81

There are regular authorized Coz
.ectors in the employ Of THE BEE
Printing Co., and when they call to see
delineuent subscribers they are re-
0uested to pay them. and not g'0e the
excuse that "they yih see the Editor. "
The Editor has no time to see the sm6-
scri6ers, and ii is 0ped that ms
Frfsnds and tie patrons If THE BEE
uiY pay The Collector s0hen he edlLs.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
AEgeline is not made Of highly
vaseline like 8 great nlpy
What AAGEIINE viii DG

1.-Angeline will positively ua0
kinky and stubborn hair straight. Ono
application wi prove to you OOnuu'
sively, that there is efficacy in il.
2. Angeline will stop the Haii
from falling out or breaking of, snd
will give to you an abundance Of SOfi,
piable, straight and glossy hair.
3.-ADgeliBe will actually make
hair grow.
4.-Angeline will cure EczsHA,
letter, Dsndrnf and all the dssteSt
able diseases of the Scalp
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
REAL ESTATE.
R. J. MARSHALL,
REAL ESTATE & LOAN BRoKEH,
sos nth Street, n. w.

FOR SALE-Near New York avenue
and North Capital street, new, buff
brick residence, 6 rooms, cellar and
bath, newly papered and decorated;
has all modern improvements and
convenlences: mirror mantels, speak
ing tubes, electric bells, etc.
This property is nicely located in an
improving section of the city. The
new electric cars will pass within a
half block. This property, $1,000, on
monthly payments about the same as
rent.
FOR SALE-In the northwest verv
desirably located, a dwelling and store
together, brick, large store room,
dining room and kitchen on the first
floor, a bedrooms and bath on second
floor, all modern improvements. Shell
wing and counters complete. Price
s., 500, on very easy terms. This is an
investment worthy of immediate atten-
ton.
Many other we'll located proper,ies
in different sections of the citv for
sale on easy terms. Stop pavire rent
and own your own home.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22

while orderly and intelligent COM
memoration is an expression of
progress and christian advance
ment. We congratulate the school
trustees and all good citizens upon
the institution of a wise departure.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
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and it will do the rest. Price 5Oc per
bottle: or 8 bottles for 81 20. Sent -
1urely packed to any part Of the WorIo; |;
SPECIAL-Any person ordering +.
bottles of Angeline will receive - ,
premium q package of BlOdau's ,as ueUs
Almond Cream. Any person ofueI,Ds
8 bottles of Angsline will receive :
Harris Hair StraIghteneT FREE
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
$50 REWARD

The Ange''ne Pomsde Co., will give
a reward Of '"'fsy Dollars TO any sna
q persons VINO use ADgeline and 81,
ter giving it o thorough and 'upsria
trial, will make an affidavit 6nat AN
geline contai1- any injurious lngfT
dianEa
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
BIOdau'S Cocoa Almond Cream II sdilIsD' sas |.

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ness. Gentlemen wi be delighted ny ~ U,iiS.sed
feet after shaving; and ladies will be psPsIIirr sssir
with IL as a valuable adjunct in arrsnssDs ~. gord
toile Sent b, mail TO any part of JUG
~ receipt Of 25c.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-18
NUMBER THREE
SIGNIFICANT
Thyec Times Wod and Senten-
ced TO Three Years In Jail.

KEYTEsvILLE Mo. April H.
Joseph r. Young and Miss Mary
narnstt. OF Sumner. were married
az this place last November. and
shortly after they went TO Arkansas
10 reside with the groom's parents.
In a short time 10 was rumored that
he had another wife living at Mt.
sterling. u. An Investigation fol-
lowed, which resulted IN his arrest
and he was brought back and was
lodged In jail.
lie was indicted Mt the present
term Of court on n charge OF bisamy
and the case was tried yesterday.
The Jury has returned n verdict "
guilty and fixed hts punishment at
three years In the pcnitentiary. The
evidence showed that the match
with Miss Barnett was the defend
antsa third venture in the matrimon-
iHl line, having married In Kansas
some years ago. his wife dying AZ
forwards. In 1891 he married Miss
Mary coppage at Mt. Sterling, ILL.,,
and they haa separated for some
time
wives Nos. and 2 were here at
the trial and both presented n good
appearance and demonstrated that
they were on the best Of terms. Ne
they chatted with each other quite
freely during recess Of court during
the day. The defendant II about 20
years OF age. and. like both his wives
il good looking. His plea was insan-
IT,. hut the fury evidently took very
slight stock in the defense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-18

tnk resolution citing said company
10 appear and show cause. II any Il
haH, why rs franchise should not
be forfeited"
Tho star wishes to emphasize the
statement that It made In the nrHt
editorial on this subject that the
question Of the possible pollution OF
the water supply should be conHid-
cred on lta merits. Independently Of
the interests OF any power company.
either at snoqualmte Falls or on
Cedar river.
city Engineer Thompson should be
required TO present all known facts
bearing upon the possible pollution
of the water. and. II necessary. other
men who have technical knowledge
aud impartial Judgment might be
authorized 10 investigate the matter
and report. II the investigation
shows that such dangers do serious
~ threaten. then It may become nee
essary Tor the city 10 take It's mcdi.
cline and buy up the property along
Cedar river, thereby Incidentally
making a monopoly out Of the sno-
aualmle Falls Power company. by
preventing the establishment OF
rival company on Cedar river.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-18
ALL
RUBBER TIRES
important Purchase Consum.
mated In New York.

aPRfN0FfELp. O.. April is--The
sale % the Kelley Rubber Tire
Wheel company 10 the whitney
Croker Auto Truck nyndieate. for
81 ga. 600 was contaminated by Pres
tdent I'D. 4 Kelley. during his visit
70 New York several days ago. TIE
plant viii remain here for some time
but lt il the intention Of the new
company 10 build a large factory
nsaf New York. The purchase %
the Kelley plant here means that
the New York syndicate practically
controls the rubber tire business %
the world. This WAS demonstrated
IN the suit against the American
T1re company. There are several
small concerns throughout the Unit
81 States. but they VIII rsthcr have
60 sell out or 80 into court and fight
the syndicate and lose In the Ions
run.
The Victor Rubber Tire company.
alec % this eiTy. Is another large
rubber concern Their are several
suits foe Infringement. aud II viii
eventually have 10 so into a deal
with the new company. although The
entire fight wtii no doubt be made
hy rrraldenf J. =. Hartman. who
is worth more than a million doll
lara.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-18
IT TOUCHED
HIS HEART
To Break tho Nows Of Death
to tho Convict.

SING sfSG. ". Y. April ts.--war-
den Sage was ia his Office IN Sing
Sing prison yesterday morning when
a telegraph messenger handed him
n Dispatch addressed 90 John Law
renee. a convlct. The warden open
81 this dispatch and read
John Lawrence. sling Sing prison.
Dear papa Mama 10 dead. I viii
do my hss, Willis,
Warden sage sent for Lawrence.
and asked him whether he expect
"a bad news
Well. warden" said the convict.
my wife has no; been well for some
time. and my daughter ia Hickiy.
what ia IT,
Have you a sonT" asked the war
don
yea replied the man In stripes
Hts name IL Willie. lie ~ a good
hoy"
The warden has Just broken tho
news - the death 81 the cpuNietA
wifc 20 the man when another mes
acnger entered the once. He hand
cd Col. sage a telegram. which read;
ssTlxrle In dead Willie"
Poor LlHzisi" sighed the convict.
she waa my only daughter. wish
could bury them. But am only
a man IN stripes and must stand u
all"
Warden Sage promised that the
mans relatives should be accorded
a decent burial.
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Elizabeth Of Austria.

The biography Of Elizabeth. re-
Gently published under the title The
Martyrdom Of An Empress" con
tains mnny interesting incidents and
adventures OF which the empress was
tho heroine during her long and
eventm life. Elizabeth and her con-
slant companion. the author. used to
disguise themselves and visit the
ulums OF the cities, nursing the sick
and comforting the afflicted. one
night they we're riding through the
outskirts Of Pesth when they heard
n woman'B screams from n rickety
howell.
ION the impulse Of the moment"
saws the author. I'VE both lcaped
from our horses. and. rushing TO the
door and pushing II open. we found
ourselves in villianoualy dirty
room. where huge ruffinn 81 a man
was dragging a woman about the
floor by her iururiant. unbound hair.
kicking her vigorously as he did 30.
Before ! realized what was happen
ing, the empress had laid her heavy
hunting crop about the fellows face,
and so Hurprised was he at cur un-
expected appearance, and at this Wig
oroua onslaught that he dropped his
victim and stared at ua In blank
arnazement. His establishment was.
however. as nothing TO ours when
the ill-usod dame Hprang to her feet,
and. putting her arms aklmbo, de-
manded, In her shrillest Hungarian.
and with torrent OF lnvectivcs.
what we hussies' meant by inter
feripR with her husband. The EN-
press burst into n peal Of laughter,
and, taking from her habit "A couple
of gold ten gulden pieces, she hand
cd them to this model benedict. ox-
claiming, Beht her, my friend; beat
her ain she wants. She deserves IL
for being no loyal to you"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-18
chsney's Big Creamery Sold

CHENEY. Wash, April is.-The
most important transfer Of Cheney
property which has occurred this
year was the sale OF the Martin A
Hubbard creamery TO the iIaEie-
wood Dairy company of Spokane.
The figures which the property re-
allied were not stated. but that 1t 10
no inconaiderabie sum may be in
fsrred when II II known that the
Cheney creamery was listed last year
At the head Of all the creamcries In
the state. Its capacity IL 1000
pounds Of milk per hour and the
product Of the institution IL famous
throughout the Inland Empire.
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DISARMAMENT
CONFERENCE
Our Delegates Will Not Take
aconspicuous Part.

WASHINGTON. April Is.-Ths
delegates from the United States TO
the disarmament conference will nos
be expected to take n conspicuous
part in the proceedings. for the pur.
pose of the gathering does not di.
rectiy concern our government.
They viii be directed 10 express
their sympathy with and approval
OF any measure that may be adopt
ed by the European powers TO pre-
serve peace. but otherwise they will
not participate In the discussion.
unless the subject OF the settlement
of international difficulties by arhi-
iration should be proposed. In that
event they will be instructed to usa
their influence TO secure the adop-
ton OF some definite plan by which
hostillties may be avoided. and the
public sentiment In the United States
no special directions will be neces-
sary.
DIR. White. our ambassador 90
Germany. and Seth Low. of New
York. who Is another of the dele
gates. are particularly interested in
that subject. and are familiar with
historical presidents. both in tho
Unitcd States and among other ma
lions. Very little in the way OF
practical results. however, IL ex-
pected from the gathering. because
as ex-presidcnt Harrison says. ''ths
devil ia stili unclaimed"