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with averted eyes and deaf ears,
and In shaIned or sullen silence
among the protected and honored
daughters Of our native land
! accept the reputed confession
of Sam Hose regarding the murder
of Crawford. ] believe it was the
direct outcome of the Palmetto
shooting. While holdings Mothers
Meeting in Houston County tGa. +,
not very far from Newman. met
and talked with poor Lige Strick-
land and his wife, the mother of
his hapless little ones. | do not
believe him guilty Of any part save
that which any race-loving. manly
Christian would contribute. | be-
lieve the poor old man gave offense
in some unstudisd sermon. by pre-
dieting the wrath of a just God
upon the perpetrators of the cruel
and inhuman barbarities against
the weak and defenseless by the
strong and authority drunken class
of the South.
When | think of the origin of
African slavery on this continent.
of the four millions torn from their
native habitat, of the thirty million
whose bones outlive the path of
western civilization, of the debased
millions standing now as veritable
living witnesses of the direful
extent of the truth of mans in
humanity to man has made count
less millions mourn / think
of the thousands who probably fill
Wilmington trenches and remote
southern swamps, whose names
and records none but the death
angel wot Of; as ] think of these
things, with a knowledge of the
ever-increasing black contingent in
the great American Christian
Church, and wonder what measure
Of hope and sympathy is being
melted to the forlorn and terrorized
and homeless mothers with their
helplesss little ones scattered or
starving at their breasts-as
think of them, / lose all taste of
the JOY of living, and feel like en-
treating the women of my people
to clothe themselves in sack cloth
and retire in the secrecy of each
home or temporary resting place
where, with one accord, we may all
mingle our tears in token of our
common sisterhOod in sorrow and
oppression, andunite in petitioning
divine aid and protection for our
fatherless little ones and their wild
owed mothers.
VICTORIA EARLE MATTHEWS.
Vanderveer Park, n. Y.
May 10Th, 1899.
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The American Law Enforce
ment League meeting, held at St.
Peters A. M. E. church Sunday,
was unquestionably attended by
brilliant and talented men. Home
talent was as well represented as
that of abroad. The program
was quite unique, having a repre-.
sentative home speaker to intro
duce our distinguished visiting
speakers. The visitors will, no
doubt, accord Minneapolis speak
ers a place among other brilliant
orators. For some reason, our
leading and most eloquent orator
and the only colored member OF
the Minnesota house of represent
atives, and our most successful
attorney, Mr.. Frank Wheaton,
did not have an opportunity to
speak. We are sorry that the
strangers missed. perhaps. the
only chance to hear our most bril-
liant man speak, His presence
being in evidence and also mem
Der Of the league, it was naturally
expected that he would take a
prominent part in the exercises,
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-05-27
LYNCH Law
And It's DemOralizing
Influence Over
Society.

Mrs. yistsriA Earle Matthews makes An
Able Exposition Of the snbject. Basing
Her Argument upon the Georgia
Horrsrs-ssse Advocates = Fair Trial
before = Mixed Jury 10 Prevent =
Miscarriage Of Justiee-I e norant
whites and IIlarks Placed upon the
sap-s IeyeI-Like Conditions Produce
Like Results. WHISTLER Imputable 60
the Black or White Race Ihe soIa-
ton of the Problem lies In Kdueating
and chriotlaniziBg BOTH Races in the
south.
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Card of Thanks.

To the many friends who
so kind and sympathetic in our
bereavement, we extend our b,
felt thanks.
Mrs. Carrie Goodbar
Mrs. n. Ridgly.
Mrs. M. E. Pope.
Mrs. T. Rice.
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Seven colored men were lynched
in a Mexican town the other day.
The same old charge was preferred
against them. The Mexicans
have crept into the American
hobby--"attempt of rape; said
Negro was once a criminal" The
Negroes lynched were given the
opportunity to establish their ins
noeence or guilt as they are at
home. in America. Four of the
lynehed we're American Negroes.
Suppose an American mob should
lynch four Mexicans. Spaniards
or citizens OF any other nationality.
What would be the result ?
America wishes the world to
know that this country is an ex-
ample in this business of lynching
Negroes. Therefore. other foreign
nationalities cannot lynch too
many Of her Negro citizens.
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Consolidating. realizing that
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We further feel and believe that
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VANCE, which is the product OF the
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We ask the good will and CO.
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we have it. in order that we may
make of THE ADVANCE what il
ought to be one of the best
race journals in America,
Belle ing that we not only in
crease our abilitytoproduce much
better paper by uniting, but that
the public at large will heartily
endorse our action, VIC present
TnE Arho.AMERIcAS ADVANCE to
tho critical world. and bespeak for
il a cordial welcome,
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We beg leave to offer an apollo
gy to our Duluth. Chicago. Fisk
University and Tuskegee Institute
correspondents for having to
leave out their most valuable cor
respondence this week.
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In the course
Do OF Professor
Afro.Americans Billiards re-
Draw the Color marks last
Liner Sunday. he
intimated

intimated a
fact which has been prevalent
among the Afro. Americans ever
since We have become a part OF
the great American common
wealth. from the most illiterate TO
the highest intellect among us.
He said that "Afro-Amerieans
draw the color line among th m
selves" That such is true can
not be questioned. from the fact
that few have been bold enough
10 expose their ignorance to the
world. while thousands among us
foster secretly the very cowafdicc
which is praeticed by those who
claim TO be endowed with intel
lectual gifts sufficient to value the
high motives which creation has
favored mortal man with. to dis
tinguish his thoughts from the idle
thoughts Of the brute. That
unison among Atro.Amerieans
can never hope TO ever be &C.
eomplishcd until such non
sensical thoughts be absolutely
abolished In fact, needs no con.
sidcration. II cannot be doubted
that confusion feigus supreme in
the N gro race of America.
The white man does not care TO
be identified with the Negro. re-
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Application 10 The Po-t oaios. ., Minneapolis.
MINI, ~ aerond-claas matter
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Room 81. Window Block. Cor Washington
ard sscond Asslas. Boush.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-18

see very newest IN SUNNI. Hats
Mt NJ. Nearne \ Cos. t. White
House.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-18
Additional Locals.

Marion Jarvis, of nratiot' last
week received $50 Of Lafayette Go.
money for the capturing of eight
wolves.
John w. Bracket, a prominent
resident and old politician Of Bloom
ington. died Monday, May list, at the
age Of SO years
A complete line of spring and
summer shoes at Gundry q Gray's.
The marvel Of the season in quality
and price. u
A new base bali club has been
organized at Linden, which, il is eX-
pected, will soon be able to meet any
club in this part Of the state.
The old unused Catholic parson-
aye in the town Of Waldwick has
been torn down and the lumber util-
lied in improving the church prop
erty at Hollandale.
Baby sleeps and grows while
mamma rests, if Rocky Mountain
Tea is given. It's the greatest baby
medicine ever offered loving moth
ers. 81 Eastman q MeseroIe.
Because Of injuries sustained
from an alleged defective sidewalk
Mary J. Tincouil, OF Belmont mas
entered SUIT for 5000 damages
aey,ip.t tuat VILLAGE
Edward Osborne, cuba CITY
widower, was robbed Of S931 lately.
He kept his money ~ trunk. A
pile OF gold in the bottom OF the
trunk was not disturbed
The Soldiers Monument com
mittce, OF DodgeVllle. Will give an
international Tea on rag Day June
l4th, 1899 for the oeheiit OF the mon
ument iuhd. vi
-ohe isaac Lazarus "o'"o' "ilo
was IN business at NIlul'7oufg IL"
Gus "N', r
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-18
FROM THE COUNTY SEAT.

sprcmJ to the Tribune.
Miss Mabel Farrell Of RidgewaN.
visited frients'ifi t4rt- ~as';y tTt-3F ".'y~
last week.
II. w. Hops plead guilty before
Judge CIementson for a crime against
morality, atthe speciaI term OF court
last week, and was sentenced tot
three months In the county jail.
The junior class Of the high school
gave an arbor day entertainment lh|
the rink Friday evening, which was
very much enjoyed by al present
The Congregatiouulists held the
annual meeting Of the Madison dis
trict convention ia this city this
week
~ death for a long time has sad
deued this city 20 such an extent as
thar Of Morgan Williams, who was a
worry popular student Of the high
school aud general flyorite with
the entire community. Impressive
funeral services were held in the Bap.
tist church, the pastor being assisted
by Rev. Lincoln, Of Madison, Prot FL
wood OF the high school and Rev.
Atkinson, while the Dodgcyil lie lodge
of food TcmpIar, conducted the
burial services at the grave
The high school hold their local
iiali meet ON the 9Th inst The jun
ior class won ny majority of forty
points. 4 team of fourteen viii take
pnrt IN the W. y. A. T., to be held at
Spring Green on Saturday, May 20.
Hugh Jones, Of the firm Of Jones
IL Owens, is confined to his home by
sickness
60. Clerk Thomas has issued mar
riage licenses 10 VIM. Norva and
sophia Roth, of Highland, and John
Esch aud Clara Fenklemeyer, of
Mineral Point.
Lulu Thomas was taken before
Justice Boyle, on complaint Of Mayor
Hooking, and sent to the industrial
school for girls at Milwaukee.
TX Go. Treasurer Williams and
Jerome Jones -auutered Ia from Bar
ncyeId last Thursday and called on
friends extensively.
Mrs John Icy SON and daughter,
Of Ionr-dnlo were IN tine city Thurs
day
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
A Youthful Pessimist,

A New England school teacher pre-
serves among her treasures the COM
position of a former pupil, boy of H..
1t has its pathetic side as the meager-
ness of the boys life may be con-
jectured from his words.
The subject given was, "Anticipa-
ton. Do you enjoy it as much as reali-
zation?"
Dictionaries were diligently consult
ed, and the general vote placed an
ticipation on high plane of delight.
Net so, wrote the solemn-faced bow
of IL.
Anticipation is when you think
about things beforehand. If it's hay
ing your teeth out, that isn't much
fun; and if it's Sunday school picnics
you can't help worrying about the
weather.
retaliation is when the things
you've thought about beforehand hap
pen. Having your teeth out is a lit
tie worse than thinking about it,
Sunday school picnics would be nice if
it didn't rain, but when it rains thew
put them off; and then the day thew
have them, generally you can't 60
James Brown"
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JOHN BULLS PACIFIC NAVAL STATION.
the Fortress Which IS Designed
to Protect Victoria. =%y#

Inc recent shipment over the Cana
dian Pacific OF many heavy guns and
much war material to the new naval
station at Esquinaault indicates the
intention of the British government
TO erect, at the gateway of British
Columbia, a Pacific Gibraltar, which
Will render the British possessions in
this quarter of the world absolutely
secure against aggression by any other
nation.
The policy of Great Britain ever
since 1t became a naval power has
Deen TO seize strategic points and forti-
ty them so strongly as to render them
lnVulnerable, and thus, by their DOS
session, control immense stretches If
sea and large land territories which
could not be held in any other wav
save by great outlay This policy
is illustrated in the Mediterranean, for
instance, by a simple statement. AT
the western extremity of this great
inland ocean England holds Gibraltar.
which has long borne the renutation
OF being the strongest fortress in tho
"OAAu AAA IAS SOAICi LuCre IS Malta
which is scarcely inferior to Gibraltar
in the effectiveness of it's fortihca-
tons. At the eastern extremity there
is Cyprus, which has not yet been full
ly fortified, but no doubt. in nurs,,-
ance OF the British policy, will be dr.
ing the next few years. There are no
tortltlcations on the Suez canal, but
the majority of the company stock is
owned by Great Britain. Egypt has
virtually become a British province
and there is not the slightest douht
that should there be a prosnect If
serious trouble with any foreign ma
ton involving the Egyptian and east
ern interests of Great Britain tho o.
nal would be seized, and, if necessary
fortified and defended by Ene1isb
guns. At present there is no need Of
such action, for, although suez and
Port Said are not defended, England
holds at the southern extremity of
the Red Sea the great fortress Of Alden
and the island of Perrin, and could in
stantly close the Mediterranean and
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ESQUIMAULT HARBOR.

Red Seas to the commerce of the
world by stopping navigation at Gil
braltar and Alden.
The policy which governs the Brit
ish government in the Mediterranean
and Red Seas has prevailed elsewhere
and any one who is curious to observe
to what extent the British govern
ment controls maritime affairs by the
possession of strategic points and is
lands can enlighten himself by CLAN
cling over map of the world, when he
will find that the earth is girded by
lines of British fortresses, which
have been established in the last cen
fury and half. Great Britain is thus
the policeman of the ocean, all seas
the union jack.
Up to this time. however, the val
liable English dependencies which lie
along the North American coast of
the Pacific have received comparative
lily little attention. Now it appears
that the British government has be-
come thoroughly aroused to the i'm
portance of its great Pacific colony
and means to establish at Esuuimault
naval station of the first class, which
will be the rendezvous for the Pacific
feet. Esquimault has been but re-
Gently selected as a suitable point and
consequently it's name is to most
readers rather unfamiliar. It is sit
uated on beautiful and commodious
bay, three miles to the west of the
city of Victoria, on the island of Van
couver. 1t is thus in an important
sense the fortress which will protect
the capital of British Columbia from
foreign attack. It is said that at first
the propriety of establishing station
at Victoria was suggested, but the
close proximity of fine bay and har
Dor led to the selection of Esuuimault
rather than OF the capital as the prom
er site. Esquimault will defend not
only the capital of British Columbia
but also, among others, the important
city of Vancouver on the mainland
and the western terminus of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad. = q
At present Esquimault is a station
IN embryo. Extensive docks have
been built and Notifications begun
but the town now consists for the
most part of the houses Of employees
and Workmen. The extent Of the gov
ernment's preparations, however. in
dlcates work Of the most extensive
character, and in the next two or three
years Esquim1ault will become the site
81 OF great workshops and foundries,
here l1e shipbuil ding will be carried 81 +.
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repairs effected and all provision made
for the equipment and maintenance
OF the feet which England at all times
maintains in the North Pacific.
The interests to be safeguarded by
Esqulmault and the great guns now
on their way across the continent are
already enormous and will become
much larger during the next few
years. To begin with, there is the
transcOntinental trade, which at all
times in the year, even during the
winter season, is a very important
matter. The Canadian Pacific was
built for the sole behoof and accom-
mediation of the British colonies, and
it's western terminus must be perfect
ly secure against attack, otherwise the
railroad becomes of little value. Dur
ing the last few years it has become
clear that there is great future be-
fore British Columbia. A couple of
decades ago the entire region was
supposed to be practically uninhabita-
BILE by whites on account of the Sc
verify of the climate, but experience
has shown that the mild winds of the
Pacific temper the climate for con-
siderable distance inland, and that in
latitude where, on the east coast,
winter has almost perpetual reign,
the crops of more temperate regicls
can be grown in British Columbia. In
fact, the climate does not differ ma
terially from that of the states Of
Oregon and Washingto and the album
dance of rich lands which can with Ia
Dor be made available for farming
will unquestionably tempt from the
British Isles emigrants, who other
wise might have come to the United
States.
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That remark would have been super
fluous to two loving brothers in Chap
lain Trumbull''s regiment. He tells
the story Of his War Memories Of a
Chaplain : Il .S u sss5
The brothers were moving forward
in charge near Kinston, N. C.; one
Of them fell dead, shot through the
heart. His brother, with a cry, threw
himself on the body. Then as his
comrades advanced he rose, took his
place in the ranks and went on in
the charge. Patriotism triumphed
over natural affection.
On the James River, a Union sol
der, while in the firing line was shot
through the body An officer, seeing
that the, man, had but a. little time to
live, called to- two soldiers to carry
him to a shady place. s.,:.3&A>>
mo, no. colonel!' said the dying
man.. 18th !. at would take two men from
tho front, and every man, is needed
now: Il can just as well die here" And
die there he did - 4E~,i i
! what SURPRISING love for their
country and ours" comments Chap
lain Trumbull, was that of these ten
der-hearted, brave-souled5 soldiers"
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old gentleman took the first oppor
UNITY, as soon as the doctors back
was turned, of sitting up late to write
a Latin ode, and then afterward re-
ce1Ved high church dignity in audi
ence. DR.. Lapponi is evidently not
made OF the same metal as SchweniDg-
er, who was Bismarcks DOCTOR
SchWenlnger realized on the day Of his
appointment that he had got a very
unruly charge. His services were call
ed into reGuisition, and after an ex-
animation he forbade his patient TO
partake OF very favorite dish All
the same, Bismarck had the forbidden
fruit brought to him, and was doubly
enjoying 1t when DR.. Schweninger en-
tered the room, took hold of the dish
and hurled it out of the window. The
man of blood and iron gasped-and
then discreetly surrendered. He had
met his match.
Mr. Gladstone had many doctors,
and, except the last, outlived them all,
The most famous was Sir Andrew
Clark, who was held in high esti-
nation by the G.. o. NJ But he had
more than a handful in the statesman.
On one occasion Mr.. Gladstone prom
ised to speak only. half hour, and
the doctor sat by, watch in hand, to
time. When the half hour was up the
G. o. M. threw away the last of his
notes, and Sir Andrew replaced his
watch with a satisfied air. But Mr..
Gladstone was so absorbed that he
went on for thirty minutes longer be-
fore stopping. r