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The colored American., 1899-12-16
Special Notice 10 Agents.

A large number OF very acrive agents
for the Colored American are ia arrears
in their accounts with the paper, and
1t seems that no amount Of CORE pom.
dence can procure settlement fr0m
them. After this Issue such agent viii
receive no more papers unless W. hear
fro-n them. Subscribers who take
papers from the agents are bereby lUti-
fed that the failure of the agents to
deliver papers hereafter will be cue TO
the fact that the agent is in arresIs in
his account with this paper. Iii apPsd
that every agent, however, will write
US at once making a settlement in part
or in full.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
We have had little to say anent tht

We have had little to say anent the
plan to oh~nse .he basis Of -nrrn-
sentatIon in the next national republi
can convention. The arguments have
been gone over many times and the re
vision has been abandoned as i'm
practicable, for present uses at least.
The South, and of course, the Negro
would be reduced in strength, without
commensurate benefits being offered
from any other source. We have 10
idea that any change will be made lbe.
fore the question of southern congres
sional representation is settled. No
radical action need be apprehended
Just now, and Mr.. Mckinley will be
re.nominst ted next summer in the
':same sweet way"
The colored American., 1899-12-16

subscriptions may De sent py postolhce
r,on-.v order, express or by registered letter.
An communications for publication should
he a ,companied with the name of the writer
not necessarily for publication, but as guar
antee Of good faith.
We solicit news, contributions opinions
,d IN ,ac+. all matters affecting the race
,r,u not nav for matter, however, unless
IT is ordered by us. All matter ln'enueu io-
publication must reach this ONCE py "eue
day of each week to insure insertion LII 'ne
current issue So,d
ua- Agents are wanted everywhere 9enU
or instructions.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
Monfclair, N. j., News.

The Colored American is in great de-
mand here. Everybody calls !Or IL
and the agent can scarcely supply tne
demand. Mr.. e. II. Baker conducIs
one Of the best restaurants IN the ely
Meals are served at all hours in lf'!
class style Call on him at 551 Bloom
field avenue.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
The Wife as First Clerk,

In French families, where the father
conducts any business, the wife be-
comes his best clerk. and usually his
cashier. The wives are exceedingly in
telligent and acute, extremely sharp at
driving bargains, and accurate in keep
Ing accounts. They are their hus-
bands partners in every sense OF tha
word, and it is wonderful to see how
they acQuit themselves of sr"h null
.iplicity Of duties. Self is completely
lnnihilated; and if weak health IS
mentioned, It is never an impedimeat
20 what they have to do for their child
ven or their husbands.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Booker T. Washington is feeling
good over the..defeat of the Hardwlck
bill in Georgia. He labored early and
late and threw the whole weight of his
influence to overthrow this effort to de-
stroy the Negroes citizenship. He is OF
the opinion that this pulverization of
Hardwickism means the beginning OF
a newer and brighter era tor the entire
South.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

"Gin'ral" Joe Wheeler didn't set
the rivers on fire in the Philippines as
he imagined he would The diminutive
fighter should at some early day make
up his mind which he prefers to be,
soldier or statesman.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
How About a Fund.-

In his Boston letter of last week, Mr..
John +. Bruce very pertinently sug-
gests that fund be started here to aid
in the prosecution of Messrs. Burke and
Chase, the proprietors of the "Jim
Crow Grand" and nominates Mr..
Daniel Murray for treasurer. We Sec
and both subscription fund and nomi-
nation. Who will start the ball arolline?
The colored American., 1899-12-16
THE KAMA KHA'S BOY ORATOR
The MeteOriC Political Career of a Young Man
Whose Name will SCintlllate Upon the
Pages Of History.

Canvassed a Congressional District at
Conventions and winner of Numer
Gus Trophies in Forensic Contests
AS Corporation Clerk, Writes More
Charters than any Similar Off cial in
the United Statcs-What Industry and
Fidelity to Duty Can Acco mplish in
Spite of Racial Disadvant ages.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
Bishops Nav Meet Here

The house Of Bishops Of the A. NJ. E.
church will likely hold their merit ses-
sion in this city on the 30th Of Janusry
Further information will appt ar later.
Conditions, it is thought, will compei
its removal from Charleston, s. c.,
where Engagements had been made.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
IS KILLING NEGROES A CRIME?

The Colored American has no sym
pathy with polygamy and no toleration
for polygamisls. but The hysterjcal
clsmor and mnch ado raised by the peo
nIe Of thi. country ovor ths seating Ur
Brigham II. Roberts, when crimes
equally as helnous as that with winch
he is charged, are dismissed with a
wink, certainly tries our patience to
the limit. Here is aman compelled to
step aside upon sn allegation of some
body that he has married more wives
than the law allows He is denied the
position to which fe was fairly elected,
and his sovereign state is today with
out repres entation in the lower house
of Congress. Without going into the
details of the case, we submit that q
dangerous precedent established when
a duly certified legislator, bearing
prima iacie evidence of his title to
recognition, is refused admission on the
unproven statement Of one or more
persons, whose knowledge of the facts
NAV be open to question. We thlnk
Roberts credentials gave him the
right TO be sworn in, and that the
charges should have gone to the proper
committee, just as is the rnie in other
cases where a seat is contested. In thus
shutting Roberts out, without process
of law, we are inclined to believe that
a mistake has been made, which in he
future, when majorities are slender,
may return to plague those who are
parties to the present transaction
Roberts is an innocent man, until his
guilt and unfitness are established by
authorities qualified to pass upon the
evidence brought forward.
The milk in the cocoanut with us is
this. II the virtue and dignity of Con
gress are 80 tenderly regarded. why in
the name OF common sense and de-
cency is not the rod Of chastisement
directed with like vigor toWsr others
whose claims to membership are
tinged with blood, and whose alleged
election are the result Of theft, forgery
and assassination? Why is no protest
raised, no hue and cry sounded from
the firesides of the land, when fiends
like Bellamy, of N orth Carolina, whose
yell of victory rings discordantly with
the groans of Negro victims now lying
at the bottom Of Caoe Fear River? Why
do not sthe fair women Of our land
circulate petitions to purge our Con
gressional halls of o man who exlled
hundreds of families from Whining
ton. and caused mothers and babes to
perish from exposure and fright in the
forests of Hanover County? II Roberts
is Objectionable from the violation Of
one article Of Ihe moral code, Bellamy
and his kind are inconceivably 30 as
enemies to every command in the
decslogue. If the public veal demand
ed that Roberts be unhorsed, the good
name of the nation in no less degree
demanded the exit Of Bellamy and every
other member who comes from dis
tricts where ballot suppression, in
timidation and murder deprive the
electors of their lawful privileges.
Is the conscience of the nation dead
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Possibly no state in the Unio can
boast OF a more versatile and accom-
piished young man of our race than
West Virginia. Favored by nature and
environment, this rich and Iesourceiul
common wealth over against the blue
Alleghani 8, amid the hum of the
spindle, the merry click Of the miners
pick and the musi al roar of the coke
furnace, has given 70 The world the
the subject Of this sketch, "Phil'
Waters, known far and wide as the
"B oy Orator OF the Ksnawhs." He first
saw the light IN Leesburg, Va, how
ever, August 81, 1873, and is the son
Of Rev. W. Waters, leading men,
Der of the Washington Annual Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. From hoyhood "Phil" was
noted for his marvellous powers OF de-
claiming In public. He entered Nor
gan College, Baltimore, Md., at the
age of eleven, graduating Ill 1891.
During mis- stay there, he won the prIze
for the best English Grafton, also the
declamatory medal. He then attended
Howard University for DIief period,
being compelled to leave on account of
sickness.
Having acquired a love for the study
Of law, and possessing the quality of
mind best adapted to that intricate
branch of knowledge, he matriculated d
at the University Of Michigan, and
graduated in the class CT '95.
Mr.. Waters is best known on account
of his remarkable political career. His
success in politics has been Of The most
phenomenal and meteoric character,
and while brilliant and and dsshing III
execution, every step forward has been
gained and kept by the force Of hard
and well directed effort, ceaseless activ-
ity, and a degree OF industry almost
beyond description. He burned his
"mIdnight OIL" and though by no
means an ascetic, The "frolic" had no
charms for him when clean-cut work
was to he performed, upon which his
reputation as q man and scholar might
depend
He began his political career when
only fifteen years Of age, csnvassiDg
the seventh Congressional district of
Virginia for John E. Roller against
Elk Governor c. L. O'Ferrall IN 1888,
speaking IN every county in the dis
trict. In 1892, before he had attained
bis msjority, he was chosen as a dele.
gate to the West Virginia State Repub-
lican Convention, and attracted wide
spread attention by his speech nomi.
na'ing Hon. g. w. Atkinson for gov
ernor. The same year he canvassed
the second Michigan congressional
district for Gen. Spa llding.
Immediately after graduating from
the University Of Michigan, Mr.. Waters
settled in Charleston, West Virginia.
He was delegate to all the conven-
tlons OF 1896. and st the state conven'
ton Of that year again presented the
name Of MIR. Atkinson in a marvel.
lously magnetic speech.
The Cincinnati Enquirer said: "The
speech of the young c)lored orator,
Phil Waters, was the gem Of the con-
vention." He was elected permanent
secretary of the state convention that
selected deleg stes to the national con-
vention at st. Louis, though there were
only six colored delegates out of a body
nine hundred. This was
the first instance where a eolCred man
had ever been thus honored in the
state. He took an active part In rhe
stirring campaign which followed, and
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Manager Chase is practically a
stranger in Washington, but he is bet
ter known by his police record than
by any aeumen asa theatrical manager.
He is said to have court record else
where, before his attempt to import
Georgia methods into the Nations
Capital,
The colored American., 1899-12-16

The C)Iored American is not an
"organ'-it is newspaper. 1t has no
prejudices. 1t gives all sides he .ring,
and in its editorial columns expresses
opinions drawn from en impartial sur
vey of the facts as recorded on the
pages of current history. We know
men and parties only by their merit
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Booker T. Washington's misguided
critics talk and write. The Tuskegee
Wizard simply works and saws wood.
The critics construct sentences and
waste ink. The Wizard builds school
houses and makes pepitentiaries less
necessary.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

If the colored people of North Caro-
lima, show half the nerve and dogged
determination of Georgia brethren, the
proposed constitutional amendment
amendment will be 'Hardwicked."
The colored American., 1899-12-16
NOTICE.

Mr.. P. A. Hairston, formerly co.,
lector on this paper, is not now in 81!
way connected with it. The public
hereby warned against paying hirs any
money on the accounts of The COlore'
American.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

1t is bad policy TO condemn any
man or woman on hearsay evidence.
People who deal largely in the business
of retailing what they have "heard,"
are invariably liars.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

IAN Humble Unit" from ALBANY.
N. Y, writes very pertinent letter to
The Colored A Anerican. If"Unitu will
give US his name, not for publication
but as a guarantee uf good faith. we
shall be glad to print its item,
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Congressman White is man, every
inch of him. He is the single repre-
sentative of 100000 American
citizens, and he enjoys their fullest
confidence. There isn't one of them
in all the land that isn't proud of the
record he has made and is making in
the national legislature.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

The Negro exhibit at Paris should
be success. 1t should represent our
highest capabilities. Give Director
Ca loway the proper support, every
body, snd the showing will be up to
the standard. Write Mr.. Galloway at
Washington for any information de-
sired.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

General Taylor has been inaugu'
rated as Governor of Kentucky, and
the blue grass state is spared the stain
of Goebelism. No casualties.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
SATURDAY. DECE uBER 10, 1899
In THE LEAD.

Thereare III 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
pauer believed to have the largest circula-
tIon is THE CoLoRED AMERICAN, Washing
ton, D. C.-Printers Ink. June "a. 's6
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Does not the conscience of the ma
tion revolt against governmental sys'
tenn which permits such a crime as the
Maysville tarbarism 60 unpunished?
The colored American., 1899-12-16

The man who succeeds must work.
be he white or black. He may not get
all he earns, but he will usually earn
all he gets.
The colored American., 1899-12-16
And Bishop Walters simply smiles.

A jyncher is no better than his
victim.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

People who know the least frequent
" talk the most.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

1t looks like Secretary of War
Root for vice president. We have a
great deal of faith in Mr.. Root.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L..
Jones at Rockville, Md, is all smiles.
It's fine boy.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

We have right to expect good re-
sults from the Congress that has Just
come in,
The colored American., 1899-12-16

The public official who stands by
his friends will make no mistakes.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Lynching is national crime, and
the law should so declare it.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

Mr.. aud Mrs. E. W. Henry are IL
Clar ksburg, West Virginia.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

The Presidents message las met
with general indors sment at the hands
of the Negro press.
The colored American., 1899-12-16

President Mckinley will be his own
successor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
BIB COTTON DAYS
Thursday and Today Banner Prices
 of the Season Again Reached.

The firm of RagIand & Go. on Thursday paid the banner price of ahe season for cotton.
 From Capt. s. Geisreiter bales were bought Thursday. Their weight aggregated 22s3 pounds. It brought II cents pound. It was raised by B. M Brown. of Pas toria township.
 Another purchase from the same plaee was made by RagIand & Go. of eWo bales weighing I068 pounds, aud brought II cents Q pound; it was raised by Ned Clark.
 Today Raglaud & Co. purchased of T. Sanders two bales weighing 550 and 635 pounds, respectively; it brought 10 cents a pound and was raised on the Will Nichol place All of the above cotton is of the ex= ira long staple
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03

entered Ut the Post-office at Pine tufI, Ark, as second-class mail ,taeeer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
The Pastor.

Miss Greene-You sing in the Wes. ley street church don't you? Miss Crochet-Yes. Miss Greene-Then you must know that gentleman over oppo. site. I have seen him going into the Wesley Street church Sunday after Sunday. Miss Crochet-Oh, yes, he fills In the intermissions when the choir Is not singing. He is the pastor of the Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
New Designs in Wall Paper just received.
 A. Brewster tE Son.
The Laughing PIant of Arabia.

4Hp A4AuB utu4 lahE or AE&Dhas
 The laughing plant" grows in Ara bia. It obtains its name from tue ef- fleets produced by eating its seeds. The natives of the district where the plant grows dry these seeds and reduce them to powder. A small dose of this powder has similar effects 10 those arising from the excessive use of in toxieants. It causes the most sober person to dance, shout, and laugh, with the boisterous excitement of a madman, and to rush about cutting the most ridiculous capers for about an hour At the expiration of this exhaustion sets in and the excited per- son falls asleep, to wake after several hours with no recollection of his an tics.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
rnen ne reels at Home.

They say Troppo, the concert pf- anist. always practices with q phono- graph running opposition" How strange! What's his object?" ssWhy. 1t makes him feel as if he were play ing before fashionable audience. - Philadelphia Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
The The Non Irritatin9 Cathartic
 Easy to take, easy to operate Hood s Pills

The mission Is an auxiliary to every church and is strictly undenomina- tional.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
A FIRsT CLAss DRUG sTORE

is boon to any community, where anything in the line of high grade toilet articles. rubber goods and sundries of all kinds can be found. and where physicians presentations and family recipes are compounded with scrupulous care, and from pure. fresh drugs Everyone in Pine Bluff knows that it can always be found at the Mann-Tankersley Drug Com pany No. 206 Main Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-26
MONEY MARKET FACTORS.

Local money market conditions were not ma
tcrally changed from conditions ruling last week
Call loans ruled at per cent. with exceptions at
5t,al5 per cent. Time funds were I'm Hight demand,
with rates at 53Q6 per cent The sterling exchange
market was a trihe nrmer. and II was said that
some brokers holding bills in expectation ~
higher rates Higher rates. according TO competent
exchange authorities are not probable X1ept, per-
haps in passing fluctuations. The tendency OF the
exchange market IS toward lower level. and the
outlook favors gold imports. In the afternoon
after the greater part Of the days business IN
money had been done. rates were pushed up 70 10
per cent but the closing rate was per cent
large amount Of money will be brought ITO TINS
city this week by Dewey Day visitors. ana II only
one million people come TO town. and spenl $50 as
an average. the amount Of money I'm circulation at
this centre will be increased by $4,000 600 Reports
from Chicago state that the general tendency Of
the money market in that city s toward increased
frmness Chicago ent upward or 100000 In the
local market last week The Sub-Treasury re-
coved yesterday slaOcr) In gold certificates. and
paid It's balances at the Clearing House In these
certificates There deposited AT the Sub
Treasury 10000 for shipment 70 New-Orleans.
Further calling 81 loans may take place this week
incident 70 ARRANGEMENTS for October interest pay
rneufS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-26
THE GRANGER SHARES.

No known development was responsible for the
weakness IN the granger shares. Professional
traders for the decline said thar the granger stocks
were selling TOO high and they accordingly sold
them short Bear traders have no reason for say
ing that these stocks too hieh-they merely be
lieve that they too high II they be lowered
and that the present IS good time any u
depress thom Bear trading does NOT Involve actual
value. and holders of the granger shares have
nothing ~ worry over II market values are tempo
rarily reduced The volume OF trafhc in the West
IS enormous grain receipts az Chicago last week
amounting 10 iS2 nm bushels against $4,000 bush
els year ago Roads have more traffic than they
can handle. despite the constant addition 70 equip
ment The weeks movement OF grain and general
merchandise on the roads entering Chicago was
larger than In any other week this year. and there
were no Indications that a reaction would occur foI
a long time 10 come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-26
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

Outside SECURITIES MARKET. 49, Market
opened steady closing irregular and dull Standard
OH closed at 4S0i0 against 46Ja47o on Saturday.
Last prices Of other prominent issues We're. Ha-
vana Commercial 2d'4Q27i4. preferred, 6f446si2;
Baking Powder. 9su9sA4. Bay state Gas l1saias;
Pump 23ikG25 preferred 7'zn'Zi2. MaSkeen COP
ner lN5QllIb. Amalgamated Copper. 92a93 Amster-
dam Gas 32a33. preferred. ooicaoo'2 Rubber Goods.
2ea.03l. preferred. sr2QS6: Distilling Of America.
IeTlsl.. preferred. 5sa6O soss- Sheffield (when is
sued) 4OQA: preferred 1880 subscriptions. l35q
lio old stock. ai443.
FOREIGN TRADING.-London houses were not
sc,ive in the local market. Total transactions
amounted 10 less than 300 shares, about evenly
distributed among sales and purchases. The Lon
don market was extremely duh. and an unfounded
riIrnor was put in circulation that the London Ex-
change had suspended business pending the meet
ing OF the British Cabinet
STOCK LOAN OUOTATIONs.-Loan quotations
Yesterday were: Atchison preferred. Chicago. Bur-
lington and Quincy. Peoples Gas. Consolidated Gas.
Erie General Electric Missouri Pacific. NewYork
Central Northwestern. Northern Pacific common
and preferred. Reading. Rock Island. ST Paul,
Sugar Refining Union Pacific common and pre-
ferred American Tobacco. Manhattan. Cleveland
Cincinnati. Chicago and s. Louis Delaware and
Hudson Tennessee Coal and Iron. Southern Rail
way preferred Jersey Central United States Rub
her common and preferred. Brooklyn Rapid Transit
and Federal Steel common and preferred and Met
ropotan street Railway. 8. Western Union &
Southern Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio sa5
Louisville and Nashville 514 There was a fair
borrowing demand FOR Atchison preferred Chicago
burlington and Quincy Consolidated Gas. ST. Paul
Western Union. Louisville and Nashville and Bal
timore and Ohio and good borrowing demand fo-
Southern Pacific Brooklyn Rapid Transit and
Metropolitan Street Railway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-26
WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.

The Improvement in the soft coal trade and the
general increase OF merchandise traffic over It's
lines due to now connections and industrial eX-
pansion are making new friends for the Wheeling
and Lake Erie as reelected I'm the growing activity
fl its securities Since the reorganzauon Of the
property botn the financial and physical conditions
Of the road have shown striking Improvement, and
the fact that Brown Brothers 4 co. and Maitland
Conpeu & O. recently bought the new first mort
gage per cent bonds issued for the acquisition Of
the Cleveland. Canton and Southern. and improve
ments Is 4 guarantee Of the sound financial posi-
ton Of the company In yesterdays market there
was good buying OF the securities The common
stock selling around p is one 81 the attractive
cheap issues in which speculative profits appear
promising while the second preferred is moving In
a manner that suggests good support