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CITY ITEMS.

Dr. D. $. Mills is reported to be much improved.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

A new monthly called, American
Progress has appeared in Chicago The
title seems to be a misnomer. In his
Declaration of Principles" Editor
Belmont says:
Second: Every department of the
government should serve it's citizens
without favor, regardless of race, color,
wealth or position!" @'se
Thirteenth: Negroes should not be
eligible for election or appointment to
any Office under the United States gov
ernment.'' r.
How is it possible in a republic for a
man to be citizen and yet ineligible
to Office on account of his race?
The Negroes and those of Negro de-
scent in the United States number at
least 1O,OOO,O0O, that is one-seVenth of
the entire population. To say that a
republic has the right to deny repre-
sentation to one-seventh Of it's people
on account Of race, color or religion is
to strike a blow at the very root of
democracy. The man who is narrow
enough to advance such proposition
should have chosen the name Back
ward" or something like it for his
new publication.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
RICHARD YATES.

Republican Candidate for Governor
..... of Illinois. .>..5>s' -,
Richard Yates was born in Jackson
vile, Morgan county, Dec. 12, 1850, and
ne lives there yet. His father was the
noted war governor" After being
graduated from Illinois college, Mr..
Yates went to the University of Michi-
gan, where ~he was given a diploma
from the law school,. Then he Jour
neyed back to Jacksonville and began
70 practice law and work for his party
The money needed to send him
through the two colleges he earned by
working as city editor of the Jackson
Vile Journal and Courier.
He served as city attorney of Jack
<sonville, and later was on the circuit
bench. During that time he took
Judge Carriers place in Chicago at sew
:eral terms of court and passed upon
many special assessment cases. Then
PRESIDENT Mckinley made him revenue
collector of the district of Jacksonville
and Springfield. This was in recogni-
zion or his services in getting an in
structed delegation for President Nc
klnley to the state convention in 1896
Before that, backTin 1892. he was one
OF the nominees of the Republican con
Ventlon for congressman at-large.
His friends say he is a good politi-
c1an. His ability to make an interest
Ing speech is one of his strong points.
and his sense of humor is another: He
remembers names and faces and dates
and is good mixer Those are
more points in his favor in the eyes. Of
his friends.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1900.

The most outrageous TRADE of Ben
Tillman at Ann Arbor bore fruit very
rapidly, as may be seen from the fol-
lowing special from that city:
Samuel Bayliss is an Afro American
in the employ of James B. Angel, pres
ident of the University of Michigan,
in the capacity of coachman. Bayliss
is a man of unexceptionable character
and Intelligence, without a flaw of
any kind to which any person can
point. His wife is an educated and
refined woman, a graduate of the Ann
Arbor high school. "A short time ago
Mr.. Bayliss bought lot on Mary
street for ss25 This street is one of
the side streets, about five blocks from
the university campus, and was select
ed by him because not SO far from his
place Of work as are some of the streets
where a lot could be purchased at the
same moderate price.
A few days ago Bayliss bought
house and commenced moving it on
the lot purchased by him. There
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

There is a race war on in Chicago,
and the Swedes and Italians who re-
side on Milton avenue, are bitterly de-
nouncing each other The Swedes are
calling the Italians Objectionable for
eigners, - and the Italians retaliated
by wanting to know whether Sweden
is any more part of the United States
than Italy is. The Swedes met and
decided that the Italian must 60. The
Italians met and decided they would
not go. The end is not yet.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

can Methodist Episcopal church in ses-
sion at Columbus, O., speaking for the
Afro-American, declares that the Beers
are land grabbers and look upon a
black skin as badge of inferierity.
They conclude the resolutions which
were unanimously adopted as follows:
Resolved, That, while we deprecate
war between nations, yet we heartily
indorse the action of England in her
efforts in teaching these misguided
people (the Boers) the true lessons of
our Christian civilization.
Resolved, That the sympathy of this
meeting go out to the struggling ma
tives, who are groaning under the hell
born tyranny of oppression and wrong
at the hands of Beers. -. 49, ..-.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
THE REAL HERO
OF San Juan Hill Is Taylor, Not
. Roosevelt, s,..s 81.

OF San Juan Hill Is Taylor, Not
Roosevelt. ..s
Washington, May Sin washington
at he present time is the real, but un-
recognized, hero of the battle of San
Juan hill. His name is Taylor: not
Roosevelt. Capt. Charles W. Taylor.
60. H.. Ninth cavalry, U. S. A. He
was the first man up the hill. and at
his back-the first company up the
hill-not the Rough Riders, but the
brave Afro-Americans Of Co. II, Ninth
regulars. r. :"
This is the testimony of those who
are in position to speak with author
lty, and am Informed it is the general
understanding of people in Cuba. ), It
IS borne out by the official records.
Capt. Taylor was shot through the
neck white leading the charge, and
It was supposed that the wound was
fatal The bail ranged downward and
touched the spinal column, and for
months he was paralyzed on one side.
FINALLY he recovered; but there is still
partial helpIessness in the left hand.
Capt. Taylor never has received any
promotion or substantial RECOGNITION
OF his heroism. There is some sort
OF a "brevet commission" which he
has received; but it is sort of thing
at which your regular army officer
smiles.
There is. no secret or mystery in the
brushing aside Of real hero, in favor
of Teddy Roosevelt. The captain
makes soldering his business The
army is full of men who have done a
hundred more daring things than Mr..
Teddy, but whose names are scarcely
ever printed outside the official war
records. They do not WELD valient
pens, orwrite for the magazines long
stories Of How I did Tt ALL They
do not go into the army as political
Investment, and they do not reap their
rewards in political honors. After be-
ing shot through the neck in the per-
formance of thei rduties they step
aside for the spectacular gentlemen;
and while the spectacular gentlemen
are crowned with laurel and governor
ships they are assigned to special duty
in the commissary department, and
superintend repairs at the Soldiers
heme ... .'-.s. =. .- liz I--- .
The Appeal., 1900-05-12


refused to hear and overruled the mo-
ton. Whereupon Mr.. Smith filed an
exception to the judges ruling.
The next move made by him as c6un-
Gil for the defendant was after the
jury had been selected for trial and
duly accepted. He then moved to
quash the panel of petit jurors on prac-
tlcally the same ground as stated in
the former motion, and offered to sus-
tain the allegations with evidence: but
again the court ruled against him and
again he took exception The case
then proceeded to trial and aCrter was
found guilty an dthe death penalty as
sessed. Lawyer Smith, who is a tai
ented young. Afro-American, appealed
the case first to the court of criminal
appeals OF Texas, but that body affirm
ed the acts of the lawer court. Next
ne went to the Supreme Court of the
United States, which found for Carter
IN each and every contention set forth
oy his attorney, revising the case and
remanding it back for trial, -
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

Miss M. Genevieve Barnett, chief as
sistant organizer of the American Pro-
tective League, who is attempting to
form local organizations among the
Afro American people, claims mem-
bership of $4,000 for her organization.
Regarding the scheme, Miss Barnett
says,
ITO me the only solution OF the
present race problem seems to be the
founding Of cities in which the co1ored
people of the country may assemble
and work, free from the prejudices
which prevent them from becoming
prominent under present conditions.
When these cities have. been establish
ed and industries conducted entirely
by colored business men have com
menced operations the colored people
will show that they are possessed of
ability sufficient to conduct any great
business enterprise, and the prejudice
against them will be removed. z
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

seemed to have been objections on the
part of some of the people living in the
vicinity of this lot to Bayliss moving
in the neighborhood. Early yester-
day morning a thunderous explosion
was heard in that neighborhood. Some
white fiend, attempting to initiate Till
mans methods, had put some dyna-
mite under Bayliss' house and shat
tered it. AS just retribution to the
neighborhood who encouraged this
fendish act, the neighborhood suffered
from the effects of the explosion about
as much as was sustained by Bayliss.
The indignation in this city is very
strong against the fiend who perpe-
trated this outrage, and this indigna-
ton is as general among the whites,
Democrats as we'll as Republicans, as
among the Afro-Americans. If the
discovery is made as to who perpe-
trated the act, he will quickly meet
his deserts. An effort is being made
on the part of the neighbors to pur-
chase. the interest of Bayliss in this
property, but the white friends of Bay
liss are undecided whether to allow
him to sell out his rights in this man
ner or to advise him to keep the prop:
erty and live there. But there ought
not to be any hesitancy in the matter,
it's Bayliss' lot and if a man cannot
build on his own lot where will he
build. We hope that the good people
Of Ann Arbor will come to their senses
and let Bayliss alone. He won't both
er them if they don't bother him.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
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The Appeal., 1900-05-12
Important Supreme court Decision

An interesting decision has just been
handed down by the Supreme Court Of
the United States: Seth Carter was
convicted of murder in the criminal
court of Galveston, Tex, and sen
fenced to be hanged. When the case
was first called for trial, Wilford H.
Smith, Esq.,, who represented Carter,
made a motion to quash the Indictment
on the ground that the jury commits
sioners appointed to select the grand
jury which formed the Indictment Sc
lected no Afro-Americans to serve on
the grand jury, but on the contrary
excluded all Afro-Americans because
of their race and color; although the
Afro-Americans constituted about one
fourth of the population and the regis
tered voters of the city and county of
Galveston, and although otherwise
qualified to serve as grand Jurors. Mr..
Smith asked leave of the court to in
troduce evidence to sustain the allega-
tions made in the motion, but the court
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

Its pretty hard for an Afro-Ameri-
can to get situation above those
which old ''pitchfork tillman' OF
South Carolina says they are fitted for
so it must be doubly exasperating in
the case of the Afro American of Way
cross, Ca, who has received an an
polntment as census enumeration.
having passed the examination, but
who will be lynched by the superior
race if he attemps to do his work.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
AN AFRO-AMERICAN
TO Be Elected to the BishoDric of
.= the Methodist Church.


Rev. DR.. John w. E. Bowen, who is
mentioned for Episcopal honors at the
hands of the Methodist conference now
Ii session, is one Of the foremost min
listers of the day. His; fame rests
chiefly upon his attainments ais
scholar, although his eloquence is of
very high order. DR.. Bowen was
born of slave parents at New Orleans
III 1854. After taking the degree of
bachelor of arts from the University
OF New Orleans he passed through
the Boston University. with the degree
OF doctor of philosophy. He then en-
tered Cannon Theological Seminary,
and on leaving that institution a b.
d. he became professor of mathematics
IN Central Tennessee College. DR..
Bowen has been pastor of st. Johns
Church, Baltimore; professor Of his
tory in Morgan College, of Hebrew in
Howard University, and of historical
theology in Cannon Seminary. He.
has written voluminously on questions
concerning the Afro-Americans
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

The Fourth district Republican con-
vention met in Raleigh, N. c., last
week to elect delegates to the Repub-
hcan national convention. The Afro
Americans demanded that one of the
four delegates be an American.
When this was refused they bolted and
Will send a contesting delegation.
That's all right.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
EGKSIElN NORTON UNIVERSITY

CANE sPRlNe, sULLrTT COUNTY. Ky.
Industrial training VIII set to motion ten thousand
REV. WIN. J. SIMMONS, B. D., LID,
Co-founder and arst Chancellor.
THE LOCATION.
The Eckstein Norton University Is situated ct Cane
e aaa z S
state-the county being what is Known prohibition
on lofty hi of rich, rolling land, sarounded On all
sides by mountain streams, dashng miniature cataracts,
h q
city m free from the unhealthy seductions and allure
powers sssa9sd AZ ths Rays
who desire to prepare for an active life.
DEPARTMENTS
fFhsssEy, eesssu1ts Ps;a
Tailoring, Cooking Business & College.
9'S Sors shoPes yeSa Il Woods and Metals,
saGsshana sainsng ID s5d III aSSd aSdReW Wsssr1 Victims
r Musical Conservatory.
are under I eompetsn. n:oss
f they teach They hail from oberlin Horasi
5draRg
Our classes studies are suarranged that students
may study what is most esrable leave off any rage,
recruit their health finances andreturn complete
is the least possible, consistent with tnoroug
work in all departments.
TERMS. -..
Board room, fuel tuition and washing per Month.
Students may enter at any time in the year.
HELP FOR; STUDENTS.
Deserving students may have the privilege Of extra
reduction in proportion to the work they willing
do WeasE patronage not only on account of our low
rate but on account Of the very high character of the
work done, Our accommodations frst-cass and
offered alike to both sexes.
Psrsops en- route to Cane Spring, KY, Louisville,
may fnd Free accommodation No. 527 Laurel Street,
Louisville, KY.
Ror catalogues andall business address President
REM c.H. PARRISH, A.. NJ,
GAME SPRING. ~x.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
BISHOP &c. HARrzELL.

Cronje became the chief native COM
missioner, and the two men who con-
Quoted the fogging were made special
ENJOYS to study the conditions of the
natives in that section.
Every black man in America, and
every Well-wisher Of the black man in.
America and elsewhere ought to pray
for the triumph of British arms in
South Africa"
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

The ST. Louis public schools will
have monster picnic in June for the
benefit Of the Teachers Annuity Fund
in which all pupils and teachers will
participate without regard to race or
color or previous condition.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

Recently the press dispatches had a
thrilling account Of the holding up Of
a an Iron Mountain passenger train BY d
lone Negro bandit" It Turns out that
the .lone Negro bandit was white
= man with a blackened face.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

! One reason that will partially ac-
count for an export movement of gold
just now is the exodus of Americans
for the Paris Exposition. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars of our good money
will be expended in Europe this year.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
EDUCATIONAL.
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

g5.5Ft 81 y ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AIMS AND METHODS
The aim of Ais school is to do practical
work in helping men toward success in
the ministry. Its course of study is
broad and practical; it's ideas are high;
Its work is thorough; its methods, are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY
The regular course of study occupies
three years. and covers the lines of work
in the several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the leading
theological seminaries of the country
EXPENSES AND AID
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nished. Good board can be had for seven
dollars per month Buildings heated by
steam.
Aid from loans without interest and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv-
Ing students who do their utmost in the
line Of self-help. No young man with
grace, gifts, and energy, need be deprived
Of the advantages now opened to him
in this Seminary. For further particulars
address REV. WILBUR p. THIRKIELD.
D: D., President Atlanta, Ga.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

Senator Tillman's recent speech
about the Negro voter seems to have
been but preliminary toward dis
fhranchising = him in the South, judg-
ing from the action of the leading po-
litlcal party in Virginia.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12
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The Appeal., 1900-05-12

An Afro-American bishop Of unlim-
tied authority and widest jurisdiction
will be one Of the creations Of the gen
eraI conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, now in session in Chi
cago.
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

The Southern people have combined
to disfranchise the Afro-American.
The movement has suddenly sprung up
in Virginia and constitutional con-
yention viii be called for that pur-
pose
The Appeal., 1900-05-12

Issued srHuITANEousLx m
Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Louisville, st. Louis, DaIias,
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O. r. ADAMS, Manager.
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CANE SPRIN6, bUIIFfr COUNTY, kV.
Industrial training Will set to motion ten thousand
wheels.'' 1zEsE
REV. WIN. J. SIMMONS, ?; D., IL. D.,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
NORTH SCRANTON.

The funeral of Mrs. Orpha A. Slo-
cum was held yesterday afternoon
from her late home on Church avenue.
Rev. G.. A. Cure, pastor of the Provi-
dence Methodist Episcopal chruch, Of
ficiated, and Rev. S. q. Reading, pas
tor of the North Main Avenue Baptist
church, offered prayer, A quartette
from the Methodist church sang
asleep in Jesus" and MY Jesus AS
Thou Wilt" The remains reposed in
a handsome black casket in the front
parlor, and were reviewed by many
friends of the deceased, who had
known her during her long and use
ful life. Interment was made in
Clarks Summit. The pail bearers
We're: n. c. Cowles, Jacob Palmer.
w. II. Cooper. Murray Kennedy, Sam
uel Davis and Joseph STlkman.
Whats Next?" a farce was given
in the Auditorium last evening by a
number of the young people of this
section. The comedy was we'll received
by good-sized audience. Clever
work was done by all. but particu-
larry by Harry A. Smith. Lester e.
Losey, Grace Williams, Bernice Con-
ger, Phoebe Smith and Jennie b.
Smith. Conrads orchestra furnished
the music. At the conclusion OF the
entertainment a cake walk was par
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
GREEN RIDGE.

The Ladies' Aid society of the Primitive Meth
odist church OF Fast Market street will hold an
entertainment and ice cream social at the home
OF Mr. and Mrs, Aaron Powell, Woodlawn Park,
on Wednesday evening, May 0. The entertain.
ment will commence at $50 o'clock. The follow
ing programme will be rendercd: Piano scec.
tion, Miss 4. j. Owens; recitation, Miss Mary
Patterson; solo, Mr.. John 7. Evans; piano duct,
Nellie and Florence Prosser; recitation, Leone
Farnham; solo, Mrs. Joseph Myers; redtations,
Miss Lizzie whitaker; piano selections, Clarence
Phillips; recitation, Miss Glare Slocum; solo,
Mr. William Davis, A silver Offering will be
taken at the door.
The Lend a Hand Mission band ci the Grccn
Ridge Presbyterian church were entertained last
evening at the home of Miss Isabella Jones, Of
Monsey avenue,
The Heptasophs had great time Monday
evening. Initiation lunch and smC kcr
Esther the little daughter Of Mr., aud Mrs.
Z. r. Simpson, Of Monsey avenue, was oper-
ated on for appendicitis yesterday and had raj.
lied from the shock last evening" and her ply
sioinas now are hopeful of her ultimate recovery,
Green Ridge Camp Of Modern Woodmen Of
America, will be instituted at Masonic hall,