davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The colored American., 1899-11-25

colored, are ready to give their ap'
proval when an individual is refused
privileges by reason of uncleanliuess,
disorderly conduct to failure to observe
the just regulations OF the premises
where they elk entertainment; but we
submit that when our teachers, doctors.
lawyers, editors, business men and re
spectacle industrial elements present
themselves, to turn them away, like so
many cattle, is not only humiliating
and outrageous to the lady or gentle.
men so insulted, but is an infraction
of a fundamental principle of our
government which carried to its logical
conclusion means an usurpation of the
functions Of the judiciary by private
individuals and the reduction of the
nation to a state of anarchy. The black
man is fully justified in this determined
stand against the management Of the
New Grard and it is hoped they will
not be persuaded to abandon their
position until the highest court in the
land has had CHARGE to pass again
upon the applicability of the civil
rights law to the District of Columbia
and the territories. In this controversy,
IS bound up the dearest jewel of our
Burke and Chase merely
furnish the occasion for the demon
'tration of farreaching principle,
The colored American., 1899-11-25
PRE- SIDENT MCKINLEY
TENDERS an Elegant Reception 10
Bishops and Missionary Com
mittee Of M. E, Church-Noiso
Afro.Amerlcans Present.

On thursday. November IS from j."
to lO:3U p. m, the Bishops and Mis'lo'
ary Committee of the Methods. Epl'-
copal Church were rendered a msgnII-
cent reception at the White House y
President and, Mrs. Mckinley. !"
executive and his amiabs wife Ta'
assisted in receiving by the mem'"'
OF the Cabinet and their wives. PfoI
lnent guests from all over the c9ln"!
were present, the total num0ef -
Ioying the Presidents hospitality oIs
556. Luncheon was served in the o"s
dining room, and the menu emOia'''
many select snd toothsOme dls1"
those who were 1nvi'ed '"'
Rev. DR.. NJ. Z. B. Mason, conesFo'.
ing secretary Of the Freedman' o.
Society, Cincinnati; Rev. d. i
Scott, editor of the Southwestern C|'
tisn Advocate. Rev. DR.. Ernest LyO-'
Of Baltimore, Nd; Rev. NJ. w. onr'
presiding elder Of the Washington ~
5rict; Rev, DR.. i. L. Thomas, ps;'ol
Church, and Rev. DR.. T. "
3. Peck, pastor of BIT. Zion church ~
,ity.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The colored people of the town would
have had great deal mere respect for
Williams and " alker had they refused
to play last week, after learning Of The
shameful way our best citizens were
being treated by the ps snut snsgers
of The Grand. They W ,uld have lost
anything in the 10 ig ruu by sticking
out, for they are in such sttong de
mand every wher- that they can make
the theater managers come their way.
A white mau will not sand fer color
to the detrIment of
his pocket book.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey evidently read
the newspapers. The Admiral highly
offended the American people by fool
ishly conveying his home to his wealthy
wife, but strong adverse public SEN
timent forced transfer of the proper
ty to his son. The explanation why
three deeds were necessary to do the
thing that enc would have done with
equal satisfaction, is an explanation
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The fact that the respectable white
people of this community do not hate
worthy Negroes was happily demon
strated last week, when scores of Cau-
casians willingly walked up to the box
office of the New ursnd and purchased
orchestra tickets to he used by colored
people. The Americsn Instinct of fair
play is Mt dead. This is the silver
lining to the black mans cloud.
The colored American., 1899-11-25
A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER
Pub ished every Saturday at 459 st. N. W
Washington, ID. c.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

subscriptions may De sent py postoffce
money order, express or by registered letter.
All communications for publication should
he ACCOMPANIED with the name Of the writer
not necessarily for publication, but as guar
antee Of good faith.
We solicit news, contributions, opinions
and in fact, all matters affecting the race
We will not pay for matter, however, unless
1t is ordered by us. All matter intended ior
publication must reach this Office by canes
day Of each week TO insure insertion IN the
Gu Mt issue
Ca Agents are wanted everywhere SEM
or instructions.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Whatever may be the moral aspect
Of MIR. Roberts presence in Congress,
it seems that he Is about as good as his
constituents, and that his numerous
wives are satisfied with matters as they
stand. There are people who are
stirring up lot # trouble for the
Utah Congressman, but it is not our
guess that he will be unseated.
The colored American., 1899-11-25
Williams and Walker Entertaine,

Williams and Walker Entertained
Messrs, Cray and Cost, entertained
in splendid manner Williams aud
Walker, the comedians, after the matt
Zee performance last saturday the
other CUES were D.. W. B. Evans ana
Mr.. A. o Stafford, m m.kIDg a parry of
six The choicest dellca les of the
season, among them oysters, terrspln
and quail were served In that style in
keeping with the culinary repuGatIc n
of the beverages bore the marks Of
France.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The New York Telegraph is an
enemy to the progress of the Negro.
The Washington Post cannot better
ruin its so called 'sinfuence" with de
cent people than by printing The Tele-
graphs vicious libels upon struggling
race, with comments that scar like a
hot iron.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Booker I. Washington's interview
on suffrage in Georgia, published in
our last issue, strikes the nail squarely
on the head. 1t is the tul est and most
comprehensive utterance be has vet
made on this subject, and will be read
with interest and profit everywhere.
The colored American., 1899-11-25
q PRINCIPLE AT STAKE,

Washington has a "Jim Grow" the
ater, 1t is run by strangers in thi:
city. men who have no concern for the
good name of the national capital
Burke and Chase, theatrical adventu-
rers, mistaking the temper of the lib.
eral and law-abiding citizens of the
white race, who have made Washing
ton the most orderly municipality of its
size in the country, have come here to
stir up a race feeling that had, to a
large extent, been allayed by the gene
rous policy of our leading amusement
managers and business men. They de-
cided that they would shut colored peo-
pie out OF the orchestra of the theater
recently leased by them, in defiance Of
the civil rig Is law of the District
The directors of the first class houses
have sold seats to Negroes for any
portion of their auditoriums, and no
complaints have reached the ears of
anyone. The Washington public has
made nc outcry that would justify the
New Grand in excluding the better
classes OF our race from the enjoyment
of the most comfortable privileges of
the theaters here, There was no call
for this importation Of methods foreign
to the feelings or demands of this COM
munity. If this gratuitous insult to the
hum, ,1e and Christian impulses of
the Ca pital, and high-handed outrage
against one.third OF its population, is
not resented by a general declination
to patronize such an institution, we are
very greatly mistaken. Messrs. Burke
and Chase's finish is in plain view, and
we predict that they will soon find the
New Grand, with its "Jim Grow"
tactics, losing speculation. as all
such ventures have been in the past
"Whom the gods would destroy, they
first make mad"
Now, the matter of purchasing a
particular seat in a theater is a small
issue in itself. Very few people find
satisfaction in forcing themselves into
places where they are not wanted, and
it is not believed that our citizens de-
sired to make any trouble of the kind
that has risen. But when a body of
men undertake 10 elect what laws they
will obey and what they will ignore, a
serious and far reaching question pre-
sents itself, and dangerous precedent
becomes established, if the thing is not
checked by vigorous resistance. There
is statute, duly entered Ep0n the
books, that no person shall be denied
admission to tbeaters, restaurants, ETC.,
on account of color.
This law was unceremoniously set
aside by Burke and Chase, If they are
permitted to violate this statute with {
out objection, it is only a matter Of
time when the same practice might ex'
tend to other theaters-eveu where the r
patrons offer no protest against colored
persons. This is the principle involved,
and those who believe that laws are
passed In good faith, do not intend to t
yield an inch in their contention for q
heir honest enforcement. We are not !;
unreasonable in expecting and de- v
handing the rights that are legit' t
nately ours. In insisting upon them, t
We do not interfere with the preroga. i
ives or comfort of anyone else. III
The sensible citizens here, white and q
The colored American., 1899-11-25

There is a civil rights law in the
District of Columbia. All that is
needed is a determined element of our
race who will contend for their rights
under it, and set of officials honest
enough to enf1r it.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The so-called explanation" of
Manager Chase, of the New Grand
published in last Sundays P, st, was
the lamest thing ever given to thepub-
lie prints. 1t as tissue of falsehoods
end misrepresentation.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

1t is barely possible that men
standing for evil worse than polygamy
may hold seats in the coming Congress,
and the churches women's conventions
and other agencies OF reform won't en-
ter protest agninst them either,
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Judge Mills is made of the kind of
material that we should like to see
grace bench in one of our courts. He
believes in enforcement of law applica'
bic alike to black and white.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

We opine that Manager Chase will
conclude that drawing the color line 10
Washington theaters is an expensive
pastime. The New Grand is "dead
un."
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The Afro American Council promp..
ly came to the rescue of the Negroes
who were Disseminated against by the
management Of the 'Jim-crow" theater.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

One mistake on the part of popu-
far idol can ruin the work of life
time. He who walks in the white light
OF public scrutiny must be careful or
he falls.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Tne kind of people Manager Chase
says he wanted to keep out OF range of
his "regul If patrons" do not indulge
in orchestra seats.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

that does not explain. The peoplecan
see as far into a milestone as the man
who picks it.
The colored American., 1899-11-25
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1895
IN THE LEAD.

Theresre 1l2 newspapers, with combined
circulation each issue of $500 copies, pub
lished in the interests of the 100000 Afro
Americans in the United States. This one
paper believed to have the largest circula-
ton is THE CoLoRED AMERICAN, Washing
ton, D. C.--Printers Ink. June "a, '96
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The Washington Post last Sunday
week threw neat and deserved
bouquet into Booker T. Washington's
corner.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Correspondents and patrons will do
we'll to read the remarks we made IN
the Editors Corner" department last
week.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Perhaps Manager Chase hereafter
will be content to enroll respectable
colored ladies and gentlemen among
his "regulat patrons, "-it they Will con
sent to come to his ''Jim'l row" house.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

We do not think the Washington
people or the Washington courts will
stand for" "Jim Crow" theater, any
more than they will tolerate a "Jim
Crow" street car.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Bishop Walters can get even with
his enemies by praying for them. Some
of them need it,
The colored American., 1899-11-25

The Grand Opera House desef'"
fail.
The colored American., 1899-11-25

Dewey's presidential boom is "bust-
d."
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
oUR VIEW NATIONAL HYMN.
william g. llggIeston.

We are marching on to glory with the Bible
We are carrying the Gospel to the lost in
foreign lands;
We are marching on to glory, we are going
forth to save
With the zeal of ancient pirate, with the
prayer of modern knave
We are robDing Christian churches in our
missionary zeal,
And we carry Christ's own message in our
shells and bloody steel
BY the light of burning roof-trees they may
read the Word of Life;
In the mangled forms of children they may
see the Christian strife
We are healing with the Gatling, We are
blessing with the sword
For the honor Of the nation and the glory
of the Lord.
Then march on, Christian soldiers with
sword and torch in hand,
And carry free salvation to each benighted
land!
Go. preach Gods love and justice with steel
and shot and she'll
Go. preach future Heaven and prove
present hell
Baptize with blood and fire, with every guns
hot breath
Teach them to love the Father. and make
them free in death;
Proclaim the newer Gospel-the cannon
giveth peace.
Christ rides upon the warship his army to
increase
So, bless them with the rifle and heal them
with the sword
For the honor of the nation and the glory
of the Lord.
Springfield, Mass, Republican.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26

The Jr. o. U. A. M. will givo their
annual entertainment in tho Grand
Opera House on January 22d.
Some Christiana hundred farmers
have posted signs warning gunners to
keep of their properties.
Miss Annie Conrcy of Sixth avenue
and Duncan street fell from her bicycle
at Fifth avenue and Coleman stieet
Tuesday and was slightly injured.
While at work Monday afternoon in
the machine shops of the Pusey &
Jones Co., John Bennett had the
fingers of his left hand painfully
crushed.
A letter has been received in this
city from San Fernando, Philippines,
stating that Cellestino Bottino, Will
mineton boy who was shot in the loft
elbow on August 9th, is improving.
Sometime Saturday night or carly
Sunday morning, carriage owned
by Charles Bullock and stored in the
carriage house of the Bellevue Hotel,
in the Ninth ward, was damaged by
fire, the whole top being burned. As
the fire was confined to the carriage.
one theory is that it was started by
someone with erudge against Mr..
Bullock and who saw that other crop
erty was protected.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
CHRISTIAN ENOEAVOR RALLY.
Address by Rev. z. t. Little on "The Dawr
of the New CannnrY.n

of the New Century"
The fall meeting of the Wilmington
Christian Endeayor Union was held
Monday evening in st. Paul's M. +.
Church, the Rev. William Main Schall
presiding. The Rev. Charles Wesley
Smith sang solo and the Rev. It. L.
Little of Baltimore made an address
on "The Dawn of the New Century. =
He said that at the end of each 1000
years of the worlds history God has
given some grand exhibition of bis
wonderful power and Judgment At
the end of the first 1900 years the
world was destroyed by the flood, and
OILY chosen few were left 10 propagate
the human family and to hand down
the story of the anti-deluvian period to
the post-deluvian ages. Al the end of
the second 1000 years angels appeared
and guided the shepherds to Bethle-
hem, where the Christ child lay, and
sent forth in glory the message OF tho
birth of Christ.
1t will not be strange if, at the end
OF the next 1900 years, which will be
in Is months, God should burst forth
with some other marvellous exhibition
of His power. There was n system Of
preparation for all these great events.
Only those in harmony with Gods
plan outrode the deluge and fulfilled
tho mission assigned by God. Then
lie threw out the promise that He
would never again destroy the world
by water. There was period Of
preparation. in the way of expectation,
for the birth of Christ. God in povi-
dence, by miracles and in history,
brought up the people to an under
standing OF what He intended to re-
veal. While we cannot tell what glory
will burst forth at the end of the 6,0OO
years Of the worlds history, we can
understand that there is at work in
fluences in special directions, which
indicate that this is the way He
means to prepare for the dawn Of the
twentieth century.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
1HE MUsE or LABoR.
Edwin Markham.

"And saw a new heaven and a new EARTH"
Revelations.
l come, heroes, to the world gone wrong |;
bring the hope of nations; and / bear
The warm first rush of rapture in my song.
The faint first light of morning on my
hair.
l look upon the ages from tower;
| anu the Muse of the Fraternal State;
No hand can hold me from my crowning
My song is Freedom and my step is Fate.
The toilers go on broken at the heart;
They send the spell of beauty on all
But what avail ? the builders have no part
No share in all the glory of their hands.
I have descended from Alcyone;
am the muse Of Labor and of Mirth;
/ come to break the chain of infamy,
That Greed's blind hammers forge about
the earth.
l have descended from the Hidden Place, =.
To make dumb spirits speak and dead
feet start;
I feel the wind of battles in my face,
hear the song of nations in my heart.
stand in Him, the Hero of the Cross,
To hurl down traitors that misspend His
bread;
touch the star OF mystery and loss
To shake the Kingdoms of the living dead.
wear the flower of Christus for crown;
weigh the stars and give to each name;
And through the hushed Eternity bend
down
To strengthen gods and keep their souls
from blame.
come to overthrow the ancient wrong,
To let the Joy of nations rise again;
am Unseltish Service, | am Song,
l am the Hope that feeds the hearts of
men,
l am the Vision in the world.eclipse,
And where pass the feet of Beauty burn;
And when set the bugle to my lips,
u The youth of work-worn races will return.
am Religion, and the church build.
Stands on the sacred flesh with passion
packed;
In me the ancient gospels are fulfilled
In me the symbol rises into Fact.
am the maker of the Peoples bread,
bear the little burdens of the day;
Yet in the Mystery of song tread
The endless heavens and show the stars
their way.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
For the Beuent OF q coIored schooL

The Gazette has received cirou-
lar, headed IAN appeal to tho citizens
of Smyrna, which says: "The colo red
school of Smyrna opened September
25th, 1899. Now, there are enrolled s8
scholars, with nearly as many more
still to enter. To seat this number of
scholars, we have IA desks, intended
to seat two scholars each, one bench
eight feet long, one box 215x21a feet
and one hook box 21ax1ls feet, all
in one room, with cne teacher. The
commissioners have no money with
which to purchase desks. The teacher
and his pupils have undertaken to raise
money with which to purchase them.
So IN order to give all lovers of educa-
tion an opportunity to aid us in our
effort, We will give an entertainment in
the Odd Fellows Hail, East street,
Smyrna, on Friday evening, October
27th, prime feature of which will be
an old Southern burlesque cakewalk.
Music will he furnished by Johnson's IS
Cornet Band. Should the weather be
stormy October 9th, the entertainment
will be held November 3D."
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
DEATH OF CAPT. GUY HOWARD
The Ruror Confirmed in a
Dispatch From Gen. Otis.
WAS KILLED WHILE ON A LAUNCH
Shot by Insurgents Concealed
on the Rio Grande.
The Forwarding of supplies to Gen. Law
ton, Who Is Operating at San lsidro, is
Attended with Some Difficulty, on Ac-
count of the Lack of Transportation.

Washington, Oct. 23.-The following
telegram, confirming the report of the
death OF Capt. Guy Howard, was re-
ceived at the War Department today:
Manila, Oct. 90. Capt. Guy How.
ard, assistant quartermaster and quar-
termaster of volunteers, was killed yes
terday, near Arayat, while on launch
on the Rio Grande River, by concealed
insurgents His clerk, civilian em-
ploye and native, was wounded. A
scouting detachment of the Thirty sixth
Volunteers encountered the insurgents
southwest Of Sanata Rita, scattering
them, killing six and capturing eight
men and 10 rifles. Gen. Lawton is
operating at San Isidro The forward
ing of supplies to that point continues,
attended With some difficulty, on ac-
count of the lack of transportation,
which will be supplied soon. The in
surgents in Southern Luzon attacked
Calamba, but were driven off; no
casualties. This morning, Kline, COM
manding at Calamba, vigorously attack
ed the insurgent force concentrating ON
his front, routed them from trenches, and
pursued them three miles. His casual
ties were one private killed, and cne
col poral and three privates wounded.
The enemys loss is unknown.
Otis. -
The following cableeram was also re-
ceived at the War Department today:
manila, Oct. 90. Columbia sailed
for San Francisco October 10th; Bel
gian King, today Siam, via Honolulu,
October Goth.
Otis.n
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
snaolnl sorrloes al clnxmnnt,

Ciaymont, Oct. "a. Interesting all
day services were held in the Methodist
Church Sunday. The programme was
as follows:. $50 a. m., lovefeast. cen
Quoted by Harry II. Golf Of Chester;
10. 30 a. M, preaching by the pastor,
the Rcv. George r. Tompkins; !. 45 p.
m., platform meeting, under the aus
pices of du Pont Post. G.. A. r., of
Wilmington; 3 p. M, preaching by
EEen N. Baldwin 30 p. m, Epworth
League meeting, conducted by william
Hcopes: 7.45 p. M, preaching by the
pastor. Adiutant Ayais, Quarter rmaster
Bcgia ard tho Rev. John +. McLaugh-
lin made addresses at the platform
meeting, and Mrs, J. A. Fitch of Phila-
lelpha sang at all the services. Visit
OILS from Wilmington, Chester and
Philadelphis were present, and the at
dance was large. Lunch was provided
for tho visitors. The collection was
for the benefit OF the stewards fund.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
MIbDLErOpN.

Middletuwn, Oct 90 While working
on one Of the Bradford farms, near
Middletown, Saturday. n young colored
man complained of illness, and Walter
Buckworth, his employer, started with
him to consult doctor, but the man
died before the physician Is residence
was reached. His death is supposed
to have resulted from heart disease
Mr.. Buckworth left the body at n
tenanthouse, and notified DIR. j. j.
Wright of Warwick
A horse driven by s. S. Hoton ran
away Saturday. The carriage was de-
moished, and Mr.. Holton sustained
severe injuries. ''H