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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-27
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-27
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-27

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The colored American., 1900-07-07
GREAT RACE BOOKS.

It is fact that J. T. Haley q. Co.
346 Court Square Nashville, Tenn
are the most extensive Race Book pub
fishers in the United States. They are
our friends and are giving employ
ment to hundreds of men and women
of the race. They publish the AFRO
AMERICAN ENCYCL oPAEDA COLLEGE
OF LIFE, UNCLE Tons CABIN, SP Ark
LING GEMS, LAMP OF WISH ON, etc.
These books sell at sight. Agents are
having harvest. Write Quick for
terms and Territory. !,
The colored American., 1900-07-07
IN THR EDUCATIONAL ARENA.

The GDICIt pSUPlC OI GEO OlptdlOu VI
Columbia pay taxes on $4,000. 600
Mr. Warren Logsn. the efficient
ressurer OF Tuskegee Institute, has
s besp connected with thss institution
8 seventeen years.
MI Charles Winter Wood, TIE gifted
eIocutioBist, who is now a successful
instructor at Tuskegee Institute, will
.Our portions of Louisiana and Texas
duIing the summer vacation.
Miss Lillian 6haIpenstein graduated
ffom the Lincoln (Neb.) High School
10 June. The exercises were held in the
Oliver theatre. Miss Lille as the Only
colored graduate out OF a class of
eighty-One and took high rank.
Morris Brown College, one of the
leading schools Of the A. NJ. e. Church,
had an enrolment this school term of
Of 8sS students. 1t has II instructors
and with all It's apparatuses, grounds
and buildings is valued at $40, 600.
Among the 1876 graduates of IL New
York Law School, who received the
degree Of LII B. at, Carnegie Music
Hall few nights ago, was Rev. Fran
Cis +. Giles. Mr.. Giles is a graduate Of
Howard University and a paster Of the
A. NJ. Il. church at Jamaica, N. Y.
The Indianapolis School Board bas
reseiEded the action of tbs old board
that when teacher married she must
resign her position. The Board thus
'ays that com potency is the main
consideration, rather than the Decessi-
les Of individuals. A woman who is q
capable instructor and loves her work
should not necessarily be depOsed
merely because she wants a partner TO
share her unofficial life. The enforced
celIbacy OF female teachers is produc-
tive Of far more evils than permitted
imposes.
Miss Mabel D. Bolden, eolored, has
the honor, or at least the satisfaction of
alone from the Ridgefsrm
High School OF Danville, IL. That
honor aad satisfaction, however, has
not been without some cost. Her six
white associate pupils refused to grad
uste with her, notwithstanding the
length of time they had been associ-
sted, But the School Board, true TO its
original intentions, saw to 1t thas Miss
B0lden should publicly finish her
sOuIse, If she had to do 1t alone. Miss
BOlden graduated. We have fre quentIy
designated Illinois as Goods country"
but when we hear ofsuch contemplate
ebullinOns of race prejudice from the
state of Lincoln, Grant and Mason, 1t
ls extremely difficult to say to q esr-
tainty just where Goods country"
really is. The Board is to be commend
ed for It's exhibition of man hood and
backbone.
The colored American., 1900-07-07
Good Words for Mr. Harris.

Mr.. VIII Harris, Of The Topeka Plain
dealer, has gone to the Washington
COiored American, probably the most
co mplete ard all round representative
tace journal in the country. Everybody
In the West knows something about
Will Hanis. He was the I. MeCorker
OF the old Leavenworth Herald, and
Wro te the short paragraphs OF wit and
wisdom which the press in general
once copied from The Hersld, The At
Ais0n Blade, The st. ice Radical and
Ihe PlalndealeE. Willie is all right,
'Aough modest, and Manager Cooper
VIII find that he has picked up West
sEh diamond ont of the blue mud OF
Asnsas.-The Colorado Statesman.
The colored American., 1900-07-07
CHR. XANDER
9O9 SeUep,th Street ". W.

His Sweet Norton, . deep tinted red wine,
his own pressing, allows douhie dilution la
the drinking glass and remains ss v1nous and
sweet, as the best sweet Catawba unWatered.
Both be sells ct 81 gallon. see the halt gal-
Ion- Chs XaRAar's Rye Whistles 81 76e. 65es
60e and 50s Lac fuil quart, are frse fram fueel
potkon OF some age, kspt IN heated storage,
az ccmpa advantagsously with any whis'
kiss at Eheir Hrtee. EqusIly SO bis Branches
Gins ana um are pure sn0 Well developed
ard the ms asFats use of them sVex causes @
headache. he has an array OF ever SO mRny
sian daFds of W Tres sB4 W hisEies stored IL
his cellars and warehouse. Remember the
NUusber 90S,
- EoDranch houses
The colored American., 1900-07-07
THE FREDERICK. DOUGLASS WATCH

magnificent Time Piece Which Cam. be
Secured Dy One Hours Work.
Every well regulated citizen ought
TO have watch.
1t matters not whether he be white
or black, Jew Or Gentle, Catholic or
Protestant, the man to whom time Is
an object reeds ''ticker" to guide bis
movements.
DO then, in the first place, every body
get watch. In the second place, get
good watch. In the third place, get 1t
at rock bottom price.
How:
That Is an easy proposition. You
dent need any money. You have two
friends, intelligent, public spirited
friends-who appreciate a first class
class newspaper, and who aito feel q
personal interest in your happiness.
90 directly to them and explain that
If each will give you years subscnp
ton to The Colored Ameucan-$2.o(
each, and they get mOIe thsn value re,
celved-y you secuIe fine watch free
No one can luse-eveIy party t0 the
transaction n made happy. ihe asaange
ment can be mace IN coupe o.
hours pick out your people. Or senC
one yearly subscription at 81 90 snG
add $1.00 10 1t $500 in all-and you
get the watch. Again, if yCu are IN &
big hurry, aid Wtntt 10 eal directly fol
cash, We will as a kpe clal Inducenent
let you have the same watch Tor 50 25
Now, tIy some OF these propositions
All are simple, and easy of accomp
lishment.
Let US examine the watch. You are
entitled to know all about anything
you are expected TO part with cash OF
energy 10 obtain. They are stem
windeEs and stem settlers, having ali
{ he modern appliances known to the
watchmaker's art The cases are nickel
silver. They are made on the cele
brated thin model plan. Remember
this is not a small clock commonly
called watch, but highly jeweled,
nickel movement, made by one OF the
celebrated watch manufacturers III
America, on our order. These watches
are guaranteed by the mar ufacturers,
and If not found as exactly as repre-
sented this guarantee is assumed by
US. They keep exact time. Watches
like these generation ago would have
cost $50 if they could have been pro
duced, but the fact is, ID contains ap-
pliances then unknown. Each watch
has been properly adjusted and Will be
sent in running order. It's character
They have jewel balance wheel. The
cases are nickel 81 yer. Are stem wind.
ing and stem setting. They have a
duplex movement.
In addition 10 these sterling quail
ties the watch has capital attraction
for the race loving Afro American
Each watch bears upon lis face q bust
medallion Of Hon. Frederick Douglass,
the matchless philosopher. orator and
statesman. This is novelty that all
are sure to appreciate. It Is further, a
splendid recognition of the value Of the
NegrO's Importance in the commercial
vUorId-an ohaiEanca tn the nurphasino
The colored American., 1900-07-07

Mr.. Joseph A. Savoy is dangerously
Ill at his residence on 17th ST., n. ".
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
ALL OVER. THE STATE
ITEMS or INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.
Servant Girl Becomes Heiress to Large
Amoupt-Oshkosh Society Loses Saw
yer Request Dynamite Exploded I'm
der Residence-Senten for Murder.

Erna hide, who few days ago was
plain servant girl, has left Milwaukee for
New York on her way to Germany to
claim fortune estimated at from ~
600 900 to $3,OOO,000. The girl has been
In this country nearly two years, and
during that time has been engaged in do
nestle service. She was well liked by
her employers on account of her industry
and intelligence. A few days ago she
informed her mistress that she had re-
ceived an official document from Ger
many which made it necessary for her TO
return there at once. Miss hide said
nothing about her windfall, but later 1t
leaked out that she had been left a large
fortune by man who wished to marry
her before she departed from the water
land, but her parents objected to the
match When seen just before leaving
Miss hide would furnish no information
whatever as to her good luck and seemed
much annoyed that the story had got
out. She is about. "a years of age, and
has comedy face.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
News of Minor Note.

Northwestern IL" road. Chicago. was
formally opened.
Chicago First National and Union Ma
tional banks may consolidate.
1t was reported that torture of Co
rean minister ended in death.
Venezuelan troops captured Gen. Her
nandez, leader of the revolution.
New Zealand has now sent nearly 1000
men to the front in South Africa
Chicago police have stopped the rabbit
chases conducted by the Coursing Club.
Near Fort Scott, Kan, a farmer boy
accidentally shot and killed his 7-year-oId
brother, while initiating an expert shot
with what he thought to be an unloaded
pistol.
Pine and hemlock stumps and old logs
that we're supposed to have become
worthless years ago are being gathered
in northern Michigan to be manufactured
into iath.
The original manuscript of the speech
fayoring the admission OF Kansas into
the Union, made By William Fl. Seward,
has been secured by the Kansas State
Historical Sociery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
SOME AMUSING SIDE LIGHTS
One Delegate Wanted Hall Boy and
Got a Physician.

One Delegate Wanted Hall Boy and
Got a Physician.
Philadelphia hotels have some new-fan-
gled conveniences that some of the dele
gates had trouble in getting along with.
For instance, at the Walton they have a
taleseme system. If you want anything
you turn handle and push button A
Southern delegate wanted to call hall
boy, and he got his dates mixed. By
vigorous repeated punches of the button
he drew two gin rickeys, the house physi-
clan. and the head laundress, the fire de-
partment and his mail.
But it is not only this machine that
bothers the delegates. Most of the hotels
are fitted with electric lights. A Montana
man landed in room where an electric
globe was tied by a wire to the head Of
his bed. 1t had been placed there, of
course, to enable him to read after he had
retired. The Montana man wasn't used
to electric light. He could not find any
way to stop that thing shining in his eyes.
He tried hiding it under the bed. Finally
he got up and put it away in the bureau
drawer, and then shut the drawer on it,
The chambermaid found it there when
she made up the room, while the Mon
tana man went down to the clerk and
swore that he was going to change his
hotel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
Brief State Happenings.

Mrs. Thomas Hill of Waukesha, aged
II wears, fell off the sidewalk at Eagle
and dislocted her shoulder joint.
At Eau Claire FIRE on the north side de-
stroyed Markman's warehouse, barn
and small dwelling. The loss is estimated
at $500.
John III. Donlin, weli-known con-
tractor of Chico 20, died in the dining
car of a Northwestern train while with
a party of friends OH his way to northern
Wisconsin for a fishing trip. Heart dis
ease was the cause of death.
Hiram Searles received notice from
Washington stating that he was on the
eligible list as cadet in the United
States revenue cutter service. lie IS at
present teacher in the high school at
Oshkosh. He is 81 years old.
The celebrated Cole will case was up
for another hearing in the Circuit Court
at jefferson, before Judge Clementson
The trial was an appeal from the decision
of County Judge George Grimm, who re-
moved one of the trustees, Oscar A. Cole,
son of John w. Cole, the testator, sew
eral months ago. Judge Clementson re-
versed the decision of the County Court
and also reversed the same courts de-
cision in regard to two parcels Of land
which were held by the County Court to
he part of the trust estate. The decision
gives Oscar Cole the ownership of the
land in question. The estate is valued at
$4,000.
A shocking accident occurred at Gift
ford's when Louise Boisclaire and Josie
Pruess, the maid and cook in the family
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Aikens Of Mil
waukee, were drowned in Oconomowoc
lake, not far from the shore.
g. IA. Smith, who gives his address as
Milwaukee, and who was visiting eight
miles north of Seymour, was shot at
twice and badly wounded the other day.
A woman drove in a rig and called him
from the house. When he got about q
foot from her she fired at him. The
name and whereabouts of the woman are
unknown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28

nearly two blocks wide and it's area was
confined to that portion of the town only
through the most strenuous efforts of the
Bloomington fire department, aided by
re-enforcements from Springfield and Pc
oria. Dynamite proved powerful agen-
CIV in fighting the confagration, and some
fine buildings were sacrificed to save the
blocks to the southwest of the court
house.
The court house stands a blackened
shell, Quilted from dome to basement, but
the records were removed and saved.
The clock in the tower of the court house
struck the hour of four before the roof
fell.
Originating in the Model Laundry, on
Monroe street, the pillar of fame trav-
eled with marvellous rapidity across the
intervening block to the court house
square. In less than an hour the entire
block was destroyed, with the exception
Of the Government building, in which was
the postofice. This structure of fire.
proof material escaped unframed, but the
old Durley Theater and several buildings
being remodeled were destroyed with
the rest Of the block.
From the rapidity with which the fire
spread it was soon apparent that the
Bloomington department was poWerless
and messages were sent to the surround
ing towns for aid. Responses were quick,
but steam could run no race against the
con1agration. Before the special trains
carrying aid from Peoria could arrive the
fire had encompassed the court house.
In the block west of the square the west
ern branch of the fire was checked by the
combined efforts of the departments and
with liberal use of dynamite.
1t seemed that the court house square
split the confagration into two wings.
one circling to the blocks east of the
square and the stronger gathering into
| it's NAV the blocks west and northwest.
AS soon as the western branch was rem
dered safe the departments hurried across
| the burned district to the front Of the
eastern wing burning 6ercely southeast
| of the court house. At the critical stage
| of the fire the water pressure was def
| Gent and the departments were power
| less. Business men were compelled to sit
with folded hands and see their merchan-
disc destroyed with nothing to check the
onward march Of the fire. Dynamite was
used with telling effect and the fire was
checked more through this agency than
| with water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
rHlRTy-FIvE PLUNGE TO DEATH
Fall Sixty Feet Into Torrent Beneath
the Southern Railway.

Fall Sixty Feet Into Torrent Beneatn
the Southern Railway.
Thirty five persons lost their lives IN
wreck on the Southern Railway, one mile
north of McDonough, Ga, and twenty
six miles south Of Atlanta, at 9:2O o'clock
Saturday night Although flood OF rain
was falling and the train was partially
submerged in the bed of raging creek,
many of the victims We're burned to
death.
The train, running at the rate of forty
miles an hour, plunged into Camp creek,
and engine, cars and sleeper were pied
up together. The storm had caused a
torrent of water to rush down the creek,
sweeping away the 125-foot trestle just
before the appearance of the train, which
rounded Il curve and fell over a bank six
ty feet high. Lamps in the coaches ex-
ploded, setting fire to the cars, and many
Of the victims who were pinned down
were burned to death, others were drown
ed in the rushing water and still others
were killed by the Mreckage and fearful
fall of the train.
A hagman named Quinlan was one of
the first to get out of the wreck. He ran
to McDonough, notified the telegraph OPP
orator of the wreck and fell fainting to
the floor. Citizens organized rescuing
parties ut midnight and the work was
kept up all night and the next day, with
the result that thirty-fve bodies have
been recovered. Only three women We're
on the train and of these two escaped.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
LOSS is TWO MILLIONS
Bloomington, ILL.,, Visited by De
structiye Con1agration.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Visited by De-
structiye Conflagration.
A wild confagration swept over the
business portion Of Bloomington, ILL.,.
Monday night and Tuesday morning.
leaving in its trail the charred and black
ened ruins Of more than half Of the city's
finest business blocks, together with the
court house and other public buildings.
Conservative estimates by insurance
agents place the loss at not less than 81.
100000.
In the block northeast of the court
house square the fire broke out at 1890
o'clock, and, borne by strong south
west wind, cut diagonal swatch across
the court house square into the blocks
on the south and west. Both the north
and east sides Of the court house are in
ruins; two other blocks cornering on the
square and one-half of the block west OF
the square are destroyed. In the vicinity
of the court house the path of the fire is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
SIX KILLED IN WRECK
FORTY PASSENGERS HURT NEAR
GREEN BAY. WIS.
wisconsin singers Crushed to Death
or Injured Through an Excurslon
Train Running Into Freight
Coaches Smashed and Burned.

An excursion train carrying OUU mem
hers of the Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Me-
nah and Menasha singing societies ~ tue
sangerfest at Green Bay. WIS, was
wrecked near Depere at 1910 ococA
sunday. Six persons were instantly XIII
ad Ave fatally wounded and forty others
;n;nrad The wreck occurred at Donald,
curve one and one-half miles from De-
mere. the excursion train everlasting
double header freight. The engine Dag
gage car and two smoking cars 81 Tue
passenger train were completely crusneu l.
ITO add to the horror the wreck caugnI
fire and many of the injured were Dufheo
before they could be rescued.
At the time of the collision the eNcuf-
sion train was running at fairly aver
age speed, and is said to have been Ten
minutes ahead of time. The engineer
fireman and occupants Of the baggage
CIR saved themselves by jumping, as did
the members of the freight train crew
in the caboose. The passengers had no
warning.
The Jolly singers in the smoking car
were joining in chorus just as the crash
came. The song came to an abrupt stop
and was followed an instant later by the
shrieks and groans of the injured. Inc
uniniured men in the cars farther PACK
on the train now rushed to the rescue and
dra pged their comrades from the wreck.
But so rapidly did the flames advance
that it was necessary in one instance TO
chop off the arm Of a young man to pre-
vent his body from being burned. Inc
dead and injured were taken to Depere,
where the school house was turned into
hospital. Some of the injured were taken
later to the General and st. Vincent hos
pitfalls in Green Bay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28


William Durant of Boston, who has
just celebrated his SD birthday, has been
a newspaper man for the past sixty-tive
years.
I A man has just died at Middleboro,
Ky, at the age of 81, after drinking,
chewing and smoking all his life For
forty years, it is said, he drank half a
gallon of whisky day
Mrs. Arson Jones has just celebrated
in perfect health her eightieth birthday
in Houston, Texas. She is the widow of
the president of the Texas republic She is
the president of the Daughters of the Re
public of Texas.
Ruggles w Clapp. who went to Cali
fornia in the gold craze days of 40, is
now Il years old. He is mining expert
and has large income but he has never
been able to control Il craving for drink,
which took hold upon him half century
ago.
Hiram Hedges of Anderson, Ind, aged
lug years, who some time ago whipped
his S0year-old son Hiram at lndianapo-
lis and placed him in the hands of sur
geons, who sewed his scalp together,
claims the distinction of being the man
who drove the first spike on the first rail-
way ever constructed in Indiana.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, people believe
they have living in their city the oldest
married couple in the United States.
Uncle Peter Stansley and his wife,
Aunt Susan have record of eighty
one years Of married life, and only Il few
days ago they celebrated their wedding
anniversary. Uncle Peter is now 102
years Old and his wifp IL t1 and matt har
of them is an invalid.
Abraham Stingley. an eccentric resident
of northwest Missouri, who died at the
age of 93 at his home near Ravenswood,
Mo-, was a most ardent Democrat, and
had voted for every President candidate
from Jackson to Bryan. Among his PEE
culIarlties it is recorded that he never
gave note, never paid II cent of interest,
never took dose of medicine from ply
stefan and never lost any Of his teeth,
although they were worn down to the
gums at,the time of his DEATH"
John MACEDONIAN of Clay County, Fla,
claims TO be the oldest pensioner IN this
country. According to papers now on file
IN Washington he is 121 years old. He
was born in Ireland on March 10, 1873,
and came to this country in 1904 He en-
iisted III the Seventeenth Connecticut reg
intent IN 1863, when he was 81 years old
The pension officials are inclined to be-
lleye his statement
Nine Ristori, who is now 10 years old
and was d rival of RacheFs nearly half
century ago, is still vigorous. She de-
llvercd an address at the recent dramatic
congress IN Rome
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-28
NEW BED FOR RIVER.
FARMERS CHANGE COURSE OF
THE MISSOURI.
Cutting of New Channel Through
Bruigher's Bend Throws Much Land
from Nebraska Into South Dakota
Midsummer Quietness of Trade.

An armed band of thirty two men from
South Dakota has cut a channel through
Rininger's neck, or, as it is known on the
maps, Bruigher's bend, in the Missouri
river. There is great excitement over
the matter at Jackson, Neb. The bend is
some twenty-five miles around and not
more than a quarter of mile across its
neck. At one time probably the channel
of the river ran across it. Residents OF
the bottoms along the river, east from
Elk point, have always contended that
if channel could be cut through the
neck it would prevent the recurrence OF
the spring floods. Another result Of cut
ting through the neck is to throw thou
sands of acres of excellent farming land
into South Dakota which has been part
of Nebraska.