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UNIQUE PHILADELPHIA HOTEL.
Il Is So Narrow That Big Men Have -
Squeeze In Sideways.

oSV '" ~
PHILADELPHIA, June 2l.-In a side street Of
this good old Quaker City there is a hotel known
commercially as the Chambers, but flippantly
as the Wafer. 1t is thus allied because
it's 80 narrow from front to back
that heavy delegates Ike Sam Raymond OF Chi
ca4o and j. c. Baldwin. Jr. OF New York have
to enter and leave II sideways. The build
ing was erected TO Ali a long-felt want, and II il
said by It's patrons to do it. although it flls no
material space. The structure is twenty-three
feet in depth from the sidewalk to the room reg
lister b behind the clerk e desk, and a uniformed
giant stands at the main entrance to warn ig-
N no s,rIt, ins9 'hs no S1sh io Wsl nos r.. Of sls sns danger ger
hung along the interior like picture frames and
are 'sandwiched." because only one piece Of
meat can be put in at a time. On each floor a
Gates csS 's the sign i@' sfffc' 'p xhiie 'n sRe
startled passenger. decides whether to
turn to the right, or the left. not being able TO
backward except down the elevator shaft. II
a guest unfortunately happens to meet a
chambs rmaid in the hallway be bows and re-
II two guests come tosetber I in ike man masp Sy.
they fight 1t out on the basis OF the best man
Tor woman) wins.
,r The o cafe Soc oeG ~ ,ss a strip ,, along lon 1.-THE the Sidewalk
where breaks are made for windows and door
ways. A feature OF the Chambers is a telephone
IN each room and the reason OF this Is found in
the fact that II bellboys. were employed there
would be no unoccupled places ior guests 10
squeeze into. From the top Of which is some
where in the clouds, TO the the bottom. III feet
below the sidewalk. the sleeping hunks
like folding 2 Fhairs when %unoccupied.
Only guests with steamer trunks are admitted,
and the cases holding their goods and cbattels
are hung on hooks, az keys In a rack. The bath
tuhs are in A ~neip hbO street. The atairvavs
are winding and are incased In the fire escapes
on the outside OF the building. Men whose
girth prevents their entrance into the elevator
kitchen Is on the roof. and supplies are Brought
in on q wire stretched over the chimney tops
from different quarters OF the city.
The Wafer Is admitted to be an experiment
and its success Is yet problematic, not to be put
TO the crucial test until the convention OF the
jolly Order Of Fat Men meets here In Eighteen
Hundred and S'teen.
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with visitors the last few days. A Pittsburg
delegate tells this story:
Il was drunk and | thought I was up against
II. when n bluecoat took me by the right arm
in front Of your City Hall. He was one OF
those big. tall fellows that you call reserves.
] did not know where he was taking me as
he walked me along, but we had not got more
than a dozen yards when he wheeled me around
with one hand. while with the other he held
up my badge and said:
YOU'RE from Pittsburg. chr Well, We've
an order 10 treat all strangers with courtesy,
and we're doing our best In, that line. Now,
where are You putting up at?' he asked.
Il confess | was "A little muddled at first as
10 my surroundings. but | gathered myself
together and told him where | wanted to go.
Well. he said. you've been raising a crowd
around you, and you know that's not right.
The town is yours. however. for the time being.
and you don't want to know anything about
the ~lock-up. Go. see all Of our other insti-
buttons, but keep away from the cells Of q police
station, Now, here's a man who will take
you home. Take him along. Bill
And ! was at my hotel and up in my room
in less than half an hour. Now, that's what
| call real white"
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RATIFICATION IN HARLEM.
Central Club Begins the Campaign Work
Right Away.

The Central Republican Club Of Harlem held
a ratification meeting last night in front OF their
clubhouse at l0l West l27th street. The
speeches began nj s o'clock and the street was
damned and packed with people the entire
length Of the block, The clubhouse was equally
crowded. The crowd was in a cheering and
jubilant humor. First the band came in for a
generous round Of applause and when the
fireworks were set off each individual rocket or
Roman candle was cheered. Every once in a
while somebody would veil What's the matter
with Mckinley" or What's the matter with
Teddy" or something of equal import and tho
sanswer was given in stentorian tones by every
body In the block.
Assemblyman Slater presided over the rati-
fcation meeting and his short remarks in
praise OF the ticket were applauded, Pratt A.
browne. j. {. Myers and Philip B. Low made
addresses. Mr.. Low said that Mex inley had
made the best President since the days Of Lin
coin and that no man had ever deser we'd a sec
ond term more than he. He also spoke Of Gov.
Roosevelt's record and declared him to be a fit
running mate.
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Broad street station said that no special trains
were leaving on the Pennsylvania road. They
were making up trains Of ten and fifteen cars
and DOUBLING them up into sections when neces-
sary. but they were not adding 70 their regular
schedule service. And 1t was the same with the
other roads as with he Pennsylvania.
by Q o'clock In the evening the hotel corri-
dors. which for the past three days have been
so solidly packed that II was al you could do
TO edge your way through them, began to thin
down 70 something like their normal condi-
ton. The heavy Fog banks Of cigar smoke
had SO far cleared away that you no longer
saw forms and faces vaguely and blurred
through q blue haze. In the railroad ticket
on1ces about town people were still lined up
waiting to be served, and the clatter of the
ticket stampers sounded like a busy afternoon
In a %typewritinR school
And as the crowds in the hotels disappeared
the throngs In the streets melted away. Broad
street. which ever since Monday has been SO
packed In the evening that the only way you
could make anything Ike rapid progress was
by taking the middle Of the road, was peopied
principally by the street fakirs who lined
the sidewalk and shouted wares, more from
force OF habit than because there were
customers in sight. By IL O'Clock in the even
Ing you would hardly have known that
there had been a convention in town. By to-
morrow noon the Philadelphia streets will be
back to their usual Sabbath quiet.
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ROOSEyELT'S PICTURE FOR PARIS.
Bayard n. Tyler Il Painting the Governors
Portrait for the Exposition.

YoNKERs. ". Y, June 2l.-Bayard Fl. Tyler,
the portrait painter, Is painting a portrait Of
Gov. Roosevelt at his studio, 50 East Twenty
third street. New York. Mr.. Tyler said tonight
at his home in Yonkers that he has been at
work on the picture for eight weeks. The
Governor gave him several sittings at the Exec
utive Mansion at Albany. The picture. he
said, Wa ordered by the New York State Conn
hibited in the New York Building at Paris, IL
will not be ready for shipment until Aus. /.
Mr.. Tyler does not know what disposition will
be made OF the portrait after tho Exposition.
toll at Albany.
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ALBANY TERRORs DO Up A COZ.
The Policeman Tried to Arrest q Terror and
was Laid Low with q Blow on the Head.

Inc EUilCeuieu hHh1u y HHHost - beBTUb ouu
Was Laid Low with q Blow on the Head.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2i.-Banes's Terrors
from Albany started back ZONE tonight on the
steamship Shinnecock. Before they went they
did up Policeman George Jones Of the Phils-
delphia police 80 badly that he Is In the Penn
s~ylvania Hospital. In telling OF II tonight the
Telegraph says as they waited at Pier 10. foot
OF Chestnut street, for the hour Of departure
for their boat. they amused themselves in vari-
Gus ways in keeping with their Ideas OF pro-
priety and greatly to the annoyance OF people
passing near the wharf on their way to the fer
ries. As the hour for departure. 9 O'Clock, drew
near, their conduct became unbearable. and
Jones approached the ringleaders and remon-
strated with them, at the same time ordering
several who were smoking tn stop on account OF
the danger OF fire. there being considerable in
hammable material lying about.
Apparently the action Of the policeman was
Just what the men had been looking for, as sew
eral replied TO him In the coarsest OF language.
The policeman then attempted To arrest the
principal offender. and no sooner had he laid
hands on him than a dozen Of his companions
made a rush for the guardian OF the peace,
hitting him with their fists and bottles. He
succeeded in giving two OF the Terr9rs
wounds that will, cause them to remember the
occasion, when a blow from q whiskey bottle on
the crown Of his head laid him low: The Ter.
rors crowded on their boat. which steamed
away while the policeman was being cared for.
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Mckinley C~ongrstuis tes Roosevelt,

WASHINGTON. June 2l,-The President this
afternoon sent the following telegram to Gov.
Roosevelt;
WASHINGTON. June d.
ITO Hon. Theodore RoosereIt. Phdddeiphta
Your unanimous nomination Is a high and
deserved honor. extend my hearty congratu-
latiCns. WILLIAM MCKINLEY
President Mckinley received the bulletin tell
ing OF his denomination by acclaination at H. Is.
Private Secretary Cortelyou Col. Bingham, he
Superintendent Of Public Buildings and
Grounds, and Capt. MONTGOMERY Of the White
House stan. who were present, offered their
concentrations. for which the President re-
turned his thanks. He then took the bulletin To
Mrs. Mckinley.
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TO wave the silk flag. Al last the excitement
began to die out and the senator aided her TO
climb down from the table TO the floor again.
Then he got down himself,
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p Before the demonstration that followed the
naming Of President Mckinley was at an end
to-day. a young woman with a compilation like
the pink Of peaches pushed her way to the front
of the platform. She carried a silk American
flag. She wore a bright red waist and a gray
skirt. Her hat was Of the campaign order and
was gray also, she had hair like fax and snan-
ping eyes. and she was bubbling over with en-
thusiasm. steam that she had to let Of where
people could see her. She wore a New Hamn-
shire badge. She was waving her faQ yivor-
ously about her head when she spled an OPEN
ing and a chair near the table at the left OF the
platform. Senator Hanna was upon that table
waving q fan In one hand and a handkerchief
in the other. The young woman made a bound
for the chair, and in a moment she had climbed
upon IL and then upon the table beside Senator
Hanna. The Senator saw her coming and held
out his hand calamity to aid her, She seized
his hand. and while she was on the table abe
held on TO II. much 70. the Senator's embar-
Iassment. He blushed like a school girl. He
blushed even more than the young woman
beside him. but still she .gripped the hand with
one Of herAwhue with the othsr she continued
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In the Roosevelt demonstration to-day there
wac one mar in the Iowa delegation who had
been hot for Dolliver, butswho was bound not
to let the standard Of his State be topped by any,
He was tall himself and he stood straight up on
the shoulder OF another tall 0 an and held the
standard as high as he could above his head.
In that fashion he Joined the parade and was
carried thus around the hall.
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At the conclusion Of the convention to-day
the souvenir hunters, who are always present
on such occasions, made a dash for the plat
form. They grabbed all the pens that had
been used, the penholders, the inkstands. the
thing that was not nailed down, even the
potted lower did not escape.
Philadelphia policemen have been lenient
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The reception that the Hon. Matthew Stanley
Quay got on Wednesday, when he made the
proposal to amend the report Of the Committee
on Rules in the convention, was repeated to-day.
II was evident that the crowd was friendly to
the former Senator. When he arose this NOM
ing to withdraw his amendment the whole
audience jumped up and cheered him. and it
was a minute or two before he could state what
he wanted TO. Again. when he arose 10 an
nounce the casting of the sixty-four votes OF
Pennsylvania for President McKinley's nom
nation, the entire Pennsylvania delegation
arose with him, the audience shouted and cheer
ed loud and long. Senator Hanna smiled
grimly at the demonstration
The colored American., 1900-11-10
Educational News Notes.

ness, is due to the efforts of Prof. Jack
son.
Prof. tR. w. 8. Thomas, who for a
number of years was Professor of
Languages In Bennett college, Greens
boro, Il. c., and later pastor of the Ii.
E Church, Charlotte, is now professor
IN Goodman Institute, Jacksonville,
Florida.
Prof ]. 8. Williams, for q number of
years was principal of the Greensboro
IN. e } graded school, and later, Presi-
dent Of KittTel College, an A. IL. E.
Church institution in North Carolina
is now principal OF the preparatory de-
psrtment of the North Carolina Slate
College.
The colored American., 1900-11-10

and to hold" and it has come by sheer
force of character, earnest effort and
hard labor. DE-. Shepard ran for the
republican nomination for Congress
from the fifth North Carolina district
in 1898, and but for the cake Of harmo'
ny in the party would have been the
successful man. One thing striking
about the real man is, that he claims as
many good. reliable white friends as he
does eolored. and 1t has come through
"purity and truth. !" Among bis most
ardent supporters for any position he
desires or has been a candidate for,
are men no belong to the dominant
race and who are blessed with this
worlds goods and good characters.
DR.. Shepard has always been identi'
fed with every good movement put
forth in the interest Of the race, and is
the em bodiment himself of some of the
best ideas that have been advanced for
our best interests. He was a delegate
TO the Business League which met in
Boston and read paper before that
body.
DR.. Shepsrd's reputation as a spell
binder is equally as great as his worth
IS an organizer. He is deeply in
tetested IN the re election of President
Mckinley and is working to that end.
Numerous invitations were extended
to him 10 talk In the interest of pros.
perity. West Virginia, Maryland and
Kentucky have sent him the most
pressing invitations-"Come over and
help u.s." but he realized the fact that
all is not lest in his own state. and
preferred trying to save her. That
grand state, known for its production
of eminent Negroes, has produced none
with grander past or brighter future,
than her favorite son, DR.. Shepard.
H1s life too is yet before him aud his
achievements are of the first order. Not
yet thirty, his record bears the battle.
marks Of one who might be fifty and
five. his sun has not reached the noon
mark yet. His work has been in the
morniLg of his life; may the evening
of such bright career be crowned with
the honors which do become such.
The colored American., 1900-11-10
The Cost of National Campaign.

That the election of President has
become the greatest of business enter
prises ia proved by timely article on
the of Cost of National Campaigns, )"
which has q prominent place in the
currens number of the new magazine,
The Worlds Work. The writer traces
the growing use Of money ia politics,
and cites the interesting fact thar while
it cost only 800 600 to re elect Lincoln
not less than 5000, 600 will be spent
this year by the campaign managers OF
the two great parties.
The colored American., 1900-11-10
Captain R6win Belcher,

The remains Of Captain Edwin
Belcher who served as captain of a
company Of Pennsylvania volunteers
during the Civil War were removed
from Augusta, Ga and buried Friday
November End at Arlington Cemetery
without ceremony.
The colored American., 1900-11-10
Well Did You Ever

It is worth while saying at this stage
of the game that The Colored American
of Washington has rendered loyal ser
vice TO the Republican party.-New
York Age.
The colored American., 1900-11-10
NORTH oARoLINA's BRILLIANT SON.

NORTH oAROLINA'S BRILLIANT SON.
DR.. Jas. E. Shepard OF Raleigh -Ex-O Com
parer of Deeds-Deputy Collector In
ternal Revenue-A Race Mana Pen
Picture.
That North Carolina claims a bril-
liant array OF favored sons-no one can
reasonably question. There is Cheat
ham, White, Dancy Young, and host
OF others who are Just as well known.
These are the landmarks. the battle
SCARED. This same state has younger
set Of me-. Who are just entering seri-
Ously into the battle. Among the latter
class OF men none are 90 widely known,
none have probably sceompIls he'd more
than DR. James E. Shepard Of Raleigh.
The ''Dr." prefxed TO his name has
never added many laurels to his Crowd,
for public life, sacrificing one in be-
half of his race, has always claimed
him and right nokiy has he yielded TO
the call.
Dr.. Shepard is a native Of North Car
olina, and the bulk OF his great service
has been there, still the outside world
6IOWS AA4A@ 1A& LIE 1A1l
we'll. Ever since he has been old
enough to understand thoroughly the
condition of his people, he has been q
constant Iaborer in the vineyard. Nor
has this work been spasmodie or artifi
cisI in the least. but q continuous toll
Ing, never doubling, never wavering.
DR.. Shepard became more widely
known when the Hon. Henry p. Cheat
ham appointed him to the most reapon.
sIble position of comparer IN his office
1897. The doctor served this position
with credit TO himself and To the good
juds ment OF MIR. Cheatham, bat when
politics became so very interesting in
North Carolina in 1898, feeling that he
could be Of more service to his party
and to his race by being on the spot,
and throwing his personal influence
end power into the work DR.. Shep-
ard Tesigaed his position in Washing
ton, went back to North Carolina and
engaged the enemy. His efforts in
those troublesome times were the espe.
cisI comment OF the state press, and
TO day grateful people in that state,
approaching the Doctors aid, are al.
ways ready TO do him homsge, not the
kind the American people generally
gfv& but that which springs from the
heart, sincere and everlasting. AS an
organizerand worker, he has few equals.
His hold on the people, his command
and power over men is indeed inspir.
ing. They love him because he is sin
cere, no trickery, no traitor, straight
forward man with the interest of the
G 0. ,. and the race with which he is
identified, uppermost in his mind.
After the bitter fight in 'eS wnen the
red shirts even by ''feIce and fraud"
took the ele ctIon he still wished to re
main In the state, snd accordingly sc-
cepted position in the internal Reye.
nue. Department. The same honora.
bic record which has been his since he
entered public life, has followed him
through his work IN this office. Pro.
motion has come more than once. IT
Is the same old tale of merit. No fayors
have been granted him at all. Dr.
Shepard Is one CT the largest real es.
tate dealers in North Carolina and be.
fore he entered actively into his pres.
ent work, handled as much of the real
tate business as any man In the state
Success has always been his sto have
The colored American., 1900-11-10

agency.
Washington City has two colorsd
members Of the School Board. Mrs.
Bette G. Francis and Mr.. J. z. Bundy.
The Meridian (Miss Academy has
grown more in size than any school of
the Methodist Church, and in fewer
years.
In the next few years many colored
teachers, those who acquire Spanish
VII be employed In the Philippine
schools.
Mr. Charles Alexander, who resigned
as instructor In the printers art st Tus'
kegee was succeeded by MIR. L. A. Gil
more of Texas.
When completed, the new building
being erected at the Georgia Industrial
College. will be one Of the finest In
the South. r. r. Wright Is president.
Miss Villa II. Hadley formerly in
charge OF the medical department at
Tuskegee, is in charge of the same de
partment at the State College of Florida.
The Central Tennessee College here
after will be known as Walden Uni
versity and Mehsry will be known ss
Mehary School Of Medicine Of Walden
University.
The graded schools OF Macon, and
Aberdeen, Mississippi are said.to be the
best In that state. Prof. l.. l.. Ivy and
Prof j. II. Harmon are principles re.
speetively.
Prof, E. A. johnson, the historian,
has been re elected Dean OF the Law
Department of Shaw University. Prot.
Johnson is compiler Of the Negro Busi
ness League.
The Turner School of Theology is
now q part Of Morris Brown College
Atlanta, and was named IN honor OF
Bishop Heury 81. Turner, senior bishop
of the A. 81. e. Chnrch.
Mr. Austin W. Curtis, q member of
the class of 1893. North Carolina State
College, Is Professor OF Agriculture in
the West Virginia Institute for COlCred
Youths, the state institution.
Livingstone College, Salisbury, n.
O. has enrolled up to date 225 students
Prof. w. B. Crittenden has been chosen
TO I'LL the chair of mathematics caused
by the death OF Prof. Frank II. Noble
The Wharton Normal and Industrial
InitituIe, Charlotte, n. c., is new
scnool under the Baptist DenOmins-
ton. It viii endeavor to prepare stud
ents for Shaw University, Raleigh,
4 T..
The Escsmbia High School is 8
young institution in Pensacola, Fla
which is progressing nicely. Prof. ".
w. Wilson, the principal, is graduate
Of Tuskegee and is doing effective
work.
Mr.. Edgar Webber. who, for num-
ber of years, WAS connected with the
Tuskegee Institute is nov a successful
lawyer In Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr..
Webber Is a graduate of Fiske uni
versity.
Prof. J. Fl. Nj. Butler, who for
number OF years was principal OF the
preparatory department Of the North
Carolina 5 ate College, is now presi-
dent of an industrial school in Elizabeth
City, North Carolina.
To correct q wrong impression in the
South, We will say that Prof. Kelly
Miller is Professor of Mathematics st
Howard UniVers ty and Prof. Robert
81. Terrell is principal OF the Washing
ton Colored High School.
The school law. the requirement for
teachers OF the state Of Alabama is the
hardest Of any Of the southern states
Pref Hugh NJ Brown, formerly OF
Washington, has charge of the con-
ference work at Hampton.
Prof. Thomas J, Jackson who re
signed the Negro Conference work st
The colored American., 1900-11-10

DR.. Jas. E. Shepard OF Raleigh-Ex Com
parer of Deeds-Deputy Collector In
ternal Revenue-A Race Mana Pen
Picture.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14

One Waa Enongh.

That illuStrious astronomer, Profess
or Simon Newcomb. In an article on
Science and the Government" in The
North American Review, gives an
amusing Instance Of the ignorance even
of the most prominent politicians ne
garding the work of the greatest sclen-
lists:
ut is said that some 30 years ago the
British academy had printed few COP
les of an important work for presenta-
tion to some foreigners who, from their
prominence in the scientific world, were
best entitled to be honored with the
gift Professor Airy, the astronomer
royal. was requested to make selee-
ton of the names A few days after
he had sent in his list he was informed
by the secretary of the admiralty that
my lords were struck by the number
of unknown names included and that
they wished to make an inquiry on the
subject. Airy asked the secretary for
some specifications as to the names re
ferred to-
''Well, as an example, said the sec
retary. here is the name of Professor
C. F. Gauss of Gottingen. Who Is heY
Gauss is one of the greatest math-
ematicians of the age and stands
among the two or three most eminent
masters in physical astronomy now liv-
ing. Who else do you wish to know
aboutT
No one else. That win do replied
the secretary"