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The colored American., 1900-05-05

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The colored American., 1900-05-05

Brooklyn, August Is, I691-Tkis letter Is to
certify that my husband had gone away and
had been absent two years. / mourned fer
him night and day. l gave him up as dead.
Hearing OF the wonderful things Dr.. shea
was doing resolved 10 consult hxm. Z g tSld
me that my husband was alive and well and
where he was; told me he would come hone
and when. To my joy S IL OF it came trus.
the dead. also wish To say that this month
L lost $50 am poor woman ans / Was
almost insane: l went TO Dr. Shea and he
told me would IND nay money and 10 l8
tntenseJ Oy ind 1t as he told nae. / thank
God there is a man SO gifted In cur midgt
that can help people nd tell them what TO
do, Mrs. Mary Miller.
South Plainfield, n J
A SENSATION IN BRooKLYN-M1xIsYuas g
sTATEMENT
/ wish to state that one Of my parishion srs
Brown, 81 Cay street. Nc one seemed to an
derstand her case. She had BeveraI aoesers
Dut none OF theA seemed TO aHew what was
the matter. None could do her aay cod. Il
was nay duty as her pastor TO call and ses
her. Hearing of the wonderful work being
done by Dr.; Shea the last few years. L taeuaht
would calhand ses him myself. feuAa hiua
sympathetic gentleman. he gave nae q
wonderful test OF hts powers, told me to seRd
MIN lock o. PATIENTS bslr, which dta BY
her daughter. He told At once what was the
matter, and In q short time cured ksT souzd
and weIl. Her family had seexntnsas been
under cloud Now all is changed. An are
recommend Dr. Shea, to ali these In sickness
or distress OF any kind. Rev. WiliiaIs John-
son, pastor Lebanon church, BrookIya
DR.. Shea can show thousands such as The
above,
DR. SHEA
nas been carefully educated In the Homeona-
sh1c and Electric Schools OF Medicine kks
success is wonderful in curing paralysis
ESheumatism, Asthma, Sore Eyes. Tumors
Cancers. constipation, Ague, Oyspepsia
Tape Worms, Liver Coz. plants, Doafnegs.
CataErh, DFopSy, Piles, Nervous Debility
Heart diseases, Consumption, Diseases OF
Women and Children, Fits, Kidney uases se
ana strange mysterious diseases which 9th
ers don't understand. All diseases no mattAr
what they be. Nothing bat honorable treat
ment, he can and will honestly tell yuv fl
you can be cured. Has ali new remedies and
new success. Has an ample experience ia
public hospital and private clinics. No tr,-
hing with human life sall at once Do not
delay. diplomas hang IN parlorg. Is q res
lstered ply SiCiAn. A new rem edy 70 rheSl
IA atism just discovered, not q lin meat
Hopeless cases and those that others can not
cure solicited 10 call. Eat folks thin. the
cbtldless made parents. All letters muat
contain SIO, two stamps. age, lock OF hair
Charges for medical tFeRtrnen only Closed
Sundays. ftentiOn this paper.
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The colored American., 1900-05-05
DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.

Fad and Ponder Over the United State
Court Decision Newspapers Must be
Protected Against Intentional Fraud-lt
You Do Not Pay, The Court Will Take
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The colored American., 1900-05-05

M samuel g. Hudnell ef 2230 9th
Tneet, %n, who has been very i'll with pneu-
-OAis since his Ieturn fFOm Chicago
Apil Let, is cOnvaIescsnt.
The colored American., 1900-05-05
HOWARD UNIVERSITY,
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washington, ID. {.
ZEN distinct departments, under one hundred
L competent professors and instruCtOrs-Theo-
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Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial and
Musical. Forinformation address
Rev. J, +. RANKIN, D. D.. III. D., President.
GEO. H. Stafford, Secretary.
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cure any ordinary case. Particulars for stamp.
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The colored American., 1900-05-05
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERs.
The Hall Crowded to SufTOcafiOn-
Many People Overcome by Heat

London, July 17.-Although now and
hen young ladies were carried out of the
crowded meetings, fafnting and overcome
oy heat, the enthusiasm marking the
worlds convention Of the Young Peoples
Society Of Christian Eadeayor at the
Alexandria Palace grounds was to-day as
strong as ever.
Secretary John Vsiiam Baer. speaking
II the growth of the movement, said that
he Christian EndeaVor badge was worn
by more than one brawny Briton from
Her Majesty's ship Powerful in the fa-
-!a1e~ .s3e@e of 1adyemitt Mr.. Baer
strongly demanded that arbitration be-
tween Great Britain and America be
made compulsory. "Gold may come and
seals may co. he said "and boundary
ines be held in dispute, but palsied be
The hand and mute the tongue that
should again suggest strife and blood
shed between America and Great Brit
ain"
The Rev. Francis E. Clark, president Of
he society, delivered the presidential ad-
dress. He spoke of Christian Endeavor in
the Far East. His tour Of the world, Mr..
Clark said, had convinced him that 1.-The
Christian Endeavor tree would bear fruit
in any SOIL
The Rev Francis z. Clark and Mr.. John
Willis Baer, were reelected respectively,
world president and secretary of the
Young Peoples Society Of Christian En-
deavOr.
The leading event of the day was the
temperance demonstration, at which the
principal speakers were Canon William
Barker, of st. Paurs Cathedral, and the
Rev. Paul Strayer, of Baltimore, whC
deprecated the Indifference of govern
ments to the need Of temperance legisIa-
ton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
PROVIDING FOR AMERICAS CHI
NESE EXPEDITION.

Washington, July 1.-THE Adjutant-
Generals office tonight made public a
detailed statement showing the prOvi-
sion made by the War Department in
the equipment Of the eXreditionary
force sent by the United states TO
China. The strength OF this force in all
the arms Of the service aggregate TO-
665. 1 is possible that this force may
be further augmented to the extent Of
two or three thousand men, as WIS fore
casted at the Cabinet meeting to-day,
but the general preparations e1uTner-
Hted by the QuartCrmasJer' and COM
missary departments hold good for
whatever army may be dispa tchcd The
Commissary-G has made all ar
rangements for feeding the Chinese
force from the base already established
at Manila. The Sixth Cavalry, now
afloat, and all other troops following
them from this country viii carry sixty
days field ratiOnS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20

war ana was aprCI-t-u -r,UT-1 lrI-r-
ant in the regular establishment April
10. 1899.
A cablegram to Admiral Remey call
ing for some additional informa ton
upon which to act was formulated at
the Cabinet meeting and dispatched at
once.
Another meeting of the Cabinet may
be held tomorrow. 1t is the present
purpose Of the President to return TO
Canton on Thursday evening. unless
his presence here is deemed necessary
at that time.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
DAVENPORT, MORRIS
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20

New York, July 17-The following
eablegram was received to-day by the
'ndia Famine Relief Work Committee:
"Barorda, India, July H.-Special and
official kilograms received from the
famine districts indicate a more cheer
full outlook. Scant rains have fallen in
Madras and Gujaret, in which latter
province the famine has been most
severe and the mortality greatest. Else
where the rainfall has been fair, max
mg the general prospects brighter.
There has been a gratifying rain fall in
Rajaputana, and central India. which
g always a center of suffering during
famine, also reports a moderate rain
fall.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
A CHINESE LAUNDRY
DEMOLISHED.

CarlinviIle, Ill, July T.-Enraged at
The reports from China mob to-day
attacked a Chinese laundry at Virden.
ILL.,, ten miles from here. The entire
front of the building was demolished.
Six shots were fired at the two Chinese
laundrynen, but without effect The
Cinnamon have appealed to the au-
thorities for protection. l.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
Can You Tell Why


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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
TEN TSIN CAPTURED.
ITINESEiROLTED AND THE CITY
IN POSSESSION OF THE ALLIES.

The Casualties Sustained by the Allied
Forces Exceedingly Ueavy-Amer.
leans Lose 2I5 Men All the Forts
Around the City i'm the Hands OF
Allies Three EEOUrs OF the Hardest
Fighting Yea Experienced.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20

SpringfeId, III, JuIy IL-Ciovernor
Tarnor this evening received the ten
der to the Government for service IN
China of Battery a, Of the Illinois
Guard of DanvilIe. The Governor trans
mitted tie communication to Wash
ingtOn.
indianapolis, Ind, July 1Governor
Mount to-day telegraphed President
Mckinley offering the services in China
of three regiments and three batteries
Of Indiana for protection of Americans
In China.
Atlanta, Ga, July 1.-THE Atlanta
artillery at a meeting tonight decided
to tender the organization to President
Mckinley for service in China.
Athens, Ga, July l1.-Coionel K. T..
Thompson, of the Third Georgia Regi-
ment, has offered the services Of his
regiment to fight the Chinese.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
READY TO BEsIEGE THE TOWN

London, July 17.-AccOrding to a
Shanghai dispatch published here to-
day one hundred thousand CF inese
troops, armed with Mauser rifles and
modern artillery, are encamped at three
points within forty miles Of Shanghai,
ready to besiege the town in the event
Of an attack by the Europeans upon
the Woo-Sung forts. According to a
telegram from Che Foo, received here
to-day, 10 Of the allied troops were
killed in the assault upon the native
.ity Of Tien TSin.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20

New York, July 1.-THE Board Of
Management of the Missionary Society
of the NJ. e. Church al it's monthly
meeting this afternoon passed a reso-
luton giving full authority to secre-
taries, acting with the China commits
sior,. to recall all missionaries of the
society now in China if they should al
any time deem it wise to do so The
resolution authorized the expenditure OF
any sums necessary tc effect the pur-
pose. -
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
GERMANY's POLICY IN CHINA.


Berlin, July 17.~-An official Of the Ger
man Foreign Office to-day pointed gu
that Germany'S news from the fight from
Tien Tsin on July 18th was more faVora~
BILE than the report of the American Ad-
miral Admiral Beudcmann has reported
that attack upon the Chinese was sue
Cessful, but not wholly 50, one fort re
naming unCaptured.
Referring to the proposition fer an IN
ternationaI conference, made in the Ger
man Press, the official said: such plan
has not yet been broaChed by the Pow erS-
A conference is not necessary a this
stage of the developments. inasmuch as
an interchange of views between Cabi
nets is the quickets way to reach an
agreement upon measures for common acs
ton in China
When asked whether the massacres a
Peking had caused a Change in the att
tude of any power. the official reptile.
1T has not, and no fresh interchange c
views has been called forth in cons
quence."
The official added: "The massacre has
not altered Germany's policy in China
but has confirmed it,
The situation of the foreigners IL
Shanghai awakens concern here. The
Cologne Gazette prints a powerful arti-
Gle, arguing that the powers should
treat the Chinese just as barbaTous as
African tribes are treated by the Eu-
ropeans, who burn whole villages as a
punishment for crimes. 1t says:
Should the punishment be any less
for a people proud of their antique
civilization, like the Chinese, who must
be conscious Of thgzr atrocities, than
for the savages and the cannibal? Ger
tainly not, since the higher the civiliza-
ton the more aggravating the circum-
stances (OnSpnIanflyz hnf<in should he
razed to the ground"
The volunteer troops for the China
expeditionary corps have begun NOV
ing from the garrisbns in Berlin, Dres-
den, Cassel, Strashurg and DantZig to-
ward the ports of emHarkation.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20

This bulletin was received at the
Navy Department early this morning
and was copied for distribution about s
o'clock Before it was Given out it was
decided to make some change. the ma.
ture Of which was not disclosed, and
the above copy finally was given to the
nublic.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20

Pinples on the face are not
only!gannoying, but they 1nd1-
cate bad blood. Hoods Sarsa>
parilla cures them by purying
the blood.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-05-19
PROPOSED BY MAIL.
Happy Culmfnatton OF q Courtship
Carried On by Means of
Letters.

Robert s. Barrett. son of the late Rev.
r. s. Barrett, of Atlanta. Ca. and who
is now assistant editor of a paper in
Mexico City. was the other day married
ut the Grady hospital to Miss Viola
Upper, daughter of Rev. T. C. Upper,
of Portsmouth, o. Mr.. Barrett left At
lanta five years ago. At that time he
had slight acquaintance with Miss
Upper, which the young folks i'm
proved by frequent correspondence
Through the agency of the mails Mr..
Barrett made proposal of matrimony
and was accepted. When he arrived
at Atlanta to marry Miss Upper he
found her at the hospital critically i'll
with typhoid fever. He waited until
she was convalcscent, and then mar
ried her as soon as she was strong
enough to participate in the ceremony.
He has returned to Mexico. where she
will follow him as soon as possible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-05-19
NO. %.

said. shall revert and be restored to
said railway company, and said com
pany placed in statu QUO as to the
same.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
That-the map attached to the forego-
ing proposition and petition, show
ing the portion of said street herein
granted TO said railway company 10.
the use as aforesaid. and the ground |;
opened To public use by said compa-
ny, be filed az a public record OF said
town, and that this ordinance be In
force and take effect from and after
Its passage; subject, however, to all
the conditions set forth in the deed
from }. II. McNeely TO the Shreveport
ami Red River Valley Railway Cone.
pany, donating said grounds to,said
railway company for depot and sta
ton purposes. Adopted April0, 1907.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-05-19
The Property Sold Well.

At the succession sale of w. L.
Shackelford, last Tuesday, all the
property sold for cash at it's apprais-
ed value, and much of it brought over
the appraisment. The $50 acres oil
land was bought in by Capt. c. H.
Teal, who held vendors lien for about
three-iourths OF the purchase price, at
the appraisement, "a ,255 90, little
over 428 per acre. The 4-acre block,
appraised at 5000, sold for $500.
Mr.. A. A. Goodwin bough. in lot No.
l, the northwest quarter, for $3.50.
DR.: ". A. Jones bought lots No. 2
and 3. constituting the south hall
for $500. Mr.. W. B. Clarse bought
lot No. 4, for $3.50. Some of the fine
cattle brought double their appraise-
ment. Mr.. J. E. Dunn acted as law
yer and auctioneer.. Col. C. c. Dunn,
father Of the widow, was on Land to
look ont for her interests.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-05-19
Rensselaer, IN Edi.burch.

The authorities of Edinburgh. Scot
land, are disposed to be iconoclastic.
The old house in High street where
Allan Ramsey lived has been demol-
ished in order to effect improvements,
and other old buildings in which the
national covenant was signed in 1888.
will also be pulled down. The much
visited house of John Knox is. 1t is
said. claiming the attention Of the au-
thoritics, who regard it as an obstruc-
ton to the street traffic, while the Iron
church. long associated with the bac-
chanalian observance Of Hogmanay by
Edinburgh citizens win most likely
have to be sacri6cel.