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The colored American., 1900-10-13
AFRO-AMERICANS FOR BUSINESS.
The Union League Revived ard will Issue
Second Business Directory.

With the feorg snizstion ofthe [ nOn
League with sll thst Its PUpeee i'm
plies, it is ferveutIy to be hoped that
every Negro in whose breast Is spak
of race pride will lend UnssIfsh effOh
10 pefpetHate It's new existence It's
scope, brief y, Is 20 promote the mate
rial welfare Of colored enterprises, me-
ehanics, business and professional men
and women. 1t is 10 money-nsking
affair with salaried officers, shares to
sell, etc. Its purpose is purely tenef'
cEary-to interest the race IN Itself. Al
10 cents per capita per diem for food
alone for the 90, 900 colered people Of
Washington requires nearly 81 CpJ,0U
yeef. Add to this all other expeDdi
tufes will give an aggree ate Of sl0 COZ.
600 or more which they annually spend
In this city alone.
1t is sickenfng to think what pitt
fai-intinitesimslly small part CT this
enormous wealth is diverted into such
channels that are OF more than passing
bent f1t to the race. 1t would make
thousaku Ii eIchants. mechanics, busi'
ness and professional men cich IN
little while who in tuPn could give tBe
same opportunity to thousands OF otn
ers and so oa ad iOfnitUm, There
no reason other than the most enm
insl shiftlessness and indifference Why
8 reasonable portion Of this vast Tealln
cannot be made te benefit the very ones
through " hose pockets it passes.
No mere society ought 10 be nece'
saFy TO point the Negro his dui5 IN tnH
matter but since there are few esfh'
est unselfish men who would pave Inc
way by organized direction il Wouiu
seem the part of every black ma1, iol
obvious reasons, 10 regard the efcEEs
his own personal affair and 10 woIk lol
it's highest advancement. The Cflce!'
are as follows: A. S. Gray, presldel.'
John A. Gray, sr., vice president; a.
E. lilly er, secretary; Dr.. R. I. Hamn
ton, treasurer; Rev. y. J. Gnmke' ehaS
am.
The colored American., 1900-10-13
NOTICE.

Madam g A. Finnje Msck will omen
a class this fall by request. The class
will open with five ladies If there sre
any others desir Us of joining. call n,
address her at 1910 Vermont ave. n
The class will open October the 15h
mouid IKE to have all to begin as ne2r
sogetner as possible. Office hours from
. TO IL q. m. and 2 to and 7 togp. m
The colored American., 1900-10-13
Di0HSlUS III

Mr.. Mcguire. Of Syracuse. met the
brethren OF the Fifty-third Street Poker
Club a few evenings ago, and hlnted
vaguely about distributing a few of
fees among them when Bryan takes
the chair.
Bre'r Lee got wound up before Mis-
ter Mcguire arrived. and he cOuldn'
break away from himself for the long
est while Mr.. Lee likes TO hear his
own voice.
This is the season for political
prophets. They'll be rife about Oct. 15.
a political prophet is a man who
thinks he knows things that no one
else knows and who looks wise and
acts mysteriously whenever he emits a
chunk Of wisdom q.
Say, Mr.. Editor, that man you call
Menard is about as dangerous propo-
sition with his goose quill as ever
tackled the Democratic party. looked
at his picture through a magnifying
glass after reading that piece he writ
for your paper, and l sez TO myself.
sez L: Sonny, you'll do. You know
your business. and if you ever come to
New York you can drink out of my
flask" Where did you get him any
how? By Jocks. he's a hummer. and
an ornament to the profesh, if he does
look like a Sunday school teacher.
Bishop Derrick, Governor Pinchback
and our own Charley Anderson shook
the timbers of Cooper Union at the big
mass meeting held there recently with
their powerful logic, eloquence and ora
tory. DR.. Derrick walked about in
the witty Irishman and the loyal and
patriotic negro were there to meet and
applaud our old man eloquent as he
poured the oil on the Democratic devil
of caste and oppression and sot him on
fire. Governor Pinchback is one of the
finest looking men 1 think 1 ever saw.
white or black. He is really a hand
some man. He made a capital speech.
and he was frequently interrupted by
applause. Charley Anderson, Genial
Charley" couldn't make a bad speech
# he tried. He is eloquence and grace
combined, a good locker. and has the
happy faculty of saying something
every time he opens his mouth. Char
ey,' as we like to call him, is quite in
demand up the State, and if he fills |
half the dates made for him by the
committee he'll have to have new
copper lining put in his throat He's
me of the speakingest young men that |
.ver shot words of wisdom at an appre- |
.iative audience.
Wibecan, of Brooklyn, "the dwarf"
S doing the Democrats over the bridge.
md doing 'em right. Wibecan is
'retty good all-around hustler and cam
'aigner, only he has to stand on a bar
ell or dry goods box to be seen. These
hort men are mighty determined and !
OF in their ways, and Wibecan is one
Il them. He'd speak his piece. though,
he had to climb trolley pole to get
bead on the crowd.
There are upwards of As colored
pellbinders in the employ of the State
ommittee who are shouting with all
heir voices for Mckinley and Roose-
elt and Oden and Woodruff.
Richard the Third, the eloquent ".
sufus Davis, is one of them, Mr.. Da-
is kyard reads, 'W. R. Davis. the
lack Chauncey NJ. Depew," etc. etc
here is no question about Mr. Davis
He is undoubtedly a black
enueman. He has a bright mind and
very extensive vocabulary. There is
o question whatever about Mr. Davis
olitics- He is Republican from
aWth ka1ina, sab. and hates Demo ,
The colored American., 1900-10-13

The violin recital see ms to be the
main topic Of the day.
Miss Marion Wheeler. niece of Mr..
and Mrs Whitfield McKinlay of Wash
ington, Is now living in Charleston.
Mrs. Mason arrived IN the city Mon.
day after spending two months in
Cincinnati with her daughter, Mrs. L
A. Cornish, Jr.
The colored American., 1900-10-13
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27

nation, but they did not appear The
| case excited great attention on account
of the numerous efforts to capture
Pritts in his mountain home and his nu-
merous escapes from the revenue off,
GERS. He was finally car tured at his
home last May. John ara I7enry Pritts
were arrested in October, $780, but the
old man made his escape, being wound
ed in the heel during his flight by a bull
let from the revolver of United States
Deputy Marshal Frank Campbell. The
two boys stood trial at the May term
of court and the jury disagreed.
"Bill' Pritts first came into promi-
hence with the killing of Tony Hoch-
stettler several years ago. Robert Mil
Ter, one of the party implicated, gave
himself up and served four years in the
| penitentiary. The others were never
apprehended. The history of his nu-
merous encounters and escapes has sew
eral times been printed, and romance
has placed famous old "Bilr' near the
top of the list of the queer characters
| developed in the mountains of western
Pennsylvania.
| Like all men of his class, Pritts had
many stanch friends among his neigh
bors and these assisted him frequently
in eluding the officers of the govern
ment. Among the people of the noun
tain region it is not regarded as a crime
to cheat Uncle Sam out OF the tax on
| xx-hi oh
not scruple to traffic in whisky that had
paid no tribute to the government, and
those who endeavor to collect it have
| rocky time of it. The moonshiner is
seldom without notice of the presence
of revenue officers in the vicinity of his
still, and he has ample time to conceal
all evidences of his Illicit occupation.
His patrons can never be induced to
testify against him, and the officers,
even though they may be morally cer-
tain of the guilt of a suspect, have a
hard task TO procure the evidence neces-
sary to convict.
Bill Pritts was fortunate in having
the good will of his neighbors. He adj
mitted that be drank all the whisky he
could get aud made the admission as
though it were good joke and it tick
led him. He admitted. however, that he
had done so twenty years ago. He was
as delighted as youngster when
United States marshals told of the
trouble they had experienced in captur-
ing him. Like many another man Bill
Pritts is mixture of simplicity and
guile, but the proportions are hard to
determine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
Have Gone Or. of style.

Porterhouse steaks have gone out of
fashion, according TO one Of the uptown
butchers who supplies meat TO a lot of
the families in the Fashionable districts
on Riverdale drive and West End ave
nue.. For years and years the porter
house steak has been considered the
best cut of beef and has fetched the
highest price. Now the demand Is for
the Delmonico steak. which is the por-
terhouse with the bit OF the tenderloin
cut out of It A dislike for the taste
less bit of tenderfoin seems to have de-
veloped. unless the tenderloin is served
separately. either as 8 roast or fixed I'D
as one OF the fancy steaks tlat the ac-
complished chef knows how TO pre-
pare. There is more flavor TO the sir
loin, and so the demand is for either
the bone sirloin. as it is called, or the
Delmonlco steak. which follows it in
the carving OF "critter." This fancy
has generally put out the butchers, who
have now TO find q new way TO carve
their meats to en- advantage. Even
when the tenderloiE Is cut away from
the bone. 1t is said By the dealers TO be
the hardest piece Of the beef 10 now
dispose OF to sys@stage.-New York
Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING DAY.
Why American People Observe the
Custom with Such FerVor.

Far back in 1851, when our great coun-
try was but tiny baby in its English
long clothes, it happened that there was
a great scarcity of food and the little col
ony settled on Massachusetts bay found
themselves threatened with a famine.
The prospect grew darker and darker,
the hearts of the people, brave as they
were, were filled with anxiety, and they
knew not which way to turn. Finally,
feeling that God alone could help them,
a special day was appointed for fasting
and prayer. But before it came the long
expected boat containing an abundance
of provisions made its appearance and
the day of fasting and prayer was trans
formed into one of good dinners and
hearty thanksgiving.
This is the first general Thanksgiving
of which we have any record, but by no
means the last, for from that day to this
successive governors and presidents have
set apart many different days for special
thanksgiving for some propitious event
in State or country. After the Revolu-
tionary War was successfully ended
Washington appointed one which was
universally observed with the greatest
rejoicing, as we may well believe, and af-
ter our own sad war of the rebellion was
nearly over, President Lincoln proclaim
cd another, and though many hearts were
full of sorrow there was great deal to
be thankful for.
For more than 100 years the States of
New England have set apart day in
the autumn for giving thanks to God for
the many blessings of the year. 1t grad
uaily came to seem very pleasant, APP
propriate custom and one State after an
other adopted it, until for several years
past the President has issued q proclama-
ton for a day of public thanksgiving
throughout the Union-usually the last
Thursday in November. 1t is now isgal
holiday. so that rich and poor alike can
spend it as they will. 1t is great day
for family reunions and great dinners,
where roast turkey, pumpkin pie and the
like are always to be expected. Boys and
girls anticipate its coming and welcome
it with delight, for who in all the wide,
wide world have more to be thankful for
than the young folks of American
Teachers World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27

Preston Porter, Jr. the negro who con-
feSsed the assault and murder of 11-year-
old Louise Frost. was burned to death
at Limon. Colo, in the very place where
the crime was committed
This frightful punishment was meted
out by mob of 800 men, who made no
effort to conceal their purpose No at
tempt was made by officials to stop the
awful proceedings. The sheriff surren-
dered his prisoner without Offering Seri-
Gus resistance, after deliberately leading
him TO the place where it had been pub
lcly announced vigilance committee
would await his coming
Porter was removed during the night
from the city jail in Denver 10 the county
jail He was sakcn oat shortly after
noon by Sheriff Jones, placed in a closed
carriage and driven rapidly to Magnolia,
a small station east of Denver. There
he was delivered to Sheriff freeman Of
Lincoln County, who was on the train
bound for Hugo.
The train bearing the negro, in custody
of Sheriff Freeman and his deputies. ar
rived in Limon at $40 p, N. The ears
We're crowded with newspaper reporters
and people who were curious to see the
negro executed. Il. w Frost, the muir
dered girls father, was one of the pas
sengers. When the train stopped sixteen
men who had been selected by the Wig
lance committee entered the train and
demanded the prisoner from the sheriff.
Their every action was marked by calm
ness and determination. The sheriff
yielded and the train was then allowed to
proceed. AT Lake Station. about three
miles from Limon, the party left the train
and began preparations for the deed OF
vengeance.
The doomed negro was chained to
railroad rail that had been set firmly in
the ground and about this the fuel was
placed. Porter did not seem to realize
the awful punishment he was destined to
undergo
While every man looked on with bated
breath II. w. Frost, the dead girls faith
er, set fire to the mass Of comhustible ma
terial, and the flames commenced to
erackle. Almost instantly the negro's
trousers caught fire. Even though the
flesh must have been scorched, he did not
utter sound. The flames crcpt slowly
upward on his clothing; the sparks flew
up in cloud of pale smoke. Porter turn
ed his head and frightful expression
changed his face. With sudden convul-
sive tugging. he stretched his head as far
from the rapidly increasing flames as lie
could and uttered cry of pain: "Oh, my
God, let me 80, menl I've got something
more to tell you. Please let me go! oh,
my God my God'
In terrible screeches these words, the
first he had uttered aloud, came from the
negro. Tugging at TIRE chains, he gave
out succession of fvsul groans and
screams. Not an oath escaped him, but
he begged and pleaded to be shot. In the
negro's struggles one OF the ropes binding
him was broken and he fell partially out
of the fire. Some wanted to throw him
over into the fire; others tried to dash oil
upon him. Boards were carried and a
large pile made over the PROSTATE body.
They soon were ignited and the terrible
heat and lack of air quickly rendered the
victim unconscious, bringing death few
moments later.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
soLILoQuY BY A GoBBLER.
He Regrets the Football Butchery of
Thanksgiving.

A gobbler, whose beauty of figure and
stately demeanor had saved him from the
headsmans block for 10! these many
years, once unon time ON Thanksgiving
day stood up on the top rail of a back
yard fence when he beheld in the dis
lance a gayly decorated tallyho. 1t was
loaded with young men who had chrysan-
themums as boutonniers and ribbons of
variegated colors and assorted lots to
make glad the heart Of the shopper ON
bargain day.
The wise bird deliberately scratched his
head until his curiosity was aroused, and
then showing unwonted energy he follow
ed the procession. Keeping well hidden
behind kindly disposed fences he at last
reached the inclosufe where the game
was to take place. A delightful perch
was found in a neighboring tree and soon
the gladiators came forth to combat.
When one afte: another they were
carried wounded and bleeding from the
gridiron arena the tender-hearted bird,
who had escaped when his brethren had
given up their lives for the cause of hui
mainly and a proper observance of the
day of blessing and rejoicing, slowly be-
gan to soliloquize in this manner:
Il always thought it needless cruelty
for mankind to wage war on my race on
the day appointed by the President for
feasting, but bless me! would rather
be hung, drawn and quartered than to
run after that ball those fellows are fight
ing over | have heard of a society for
the prevention of cruelty and | am con-
WINGED that field for usefulness is open
right here.
''The human race is thoughtless of the
suffering it infiicts on inferior life, but
it is apparently as regardless of human
pain and agony. For me, would rather
be dead turkey on Thanksgiving day
than live football player"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
since the Ciru War.

It was not until President Lincoln's
time that the custom Of issuing
Thanksgiving day proclamation by the
President of the United States was inau-
gurated, although on two previous occa-
sions of a special character proclama-
tions had been issued. The circumstances
under which Lincoln's first proclamation
was made We're in Il sense fully as mo-
mentous as were those under which that
of Gov. Bradford was issued.
Wearied with interpecine strife, the
American nation. which had sprung from
a handful Of colonists at that early period
Of its history to a nation powerful enough
to put 1000, 900 troops in the field. was
about to end the most painful and bitter
war OF all history. The conflict was not
auife over, but the result was a foregone
conclusion, owing 10 the fact that the
South was unable to further prolong it,
and the feeling of joy at this fact was
almost Undesirable. Ii was, therefore,
with a practically unanimous feeling OF
thankfulness that the nation in 1864 well
coined the Presidents timely suggestion,
and. in spite Of the many sad gaps in the
family circles. united TO celebrate the oc-
casion and a feeling of profound salts
faction reigned.
Since these two memorable proclama-
tons were issued there have been many
Others OF note. A year later the darkest
episode in our annals had closed, and,
although the shadow OF a martyred Pres
ident somewhat marred the full joyful
ness az the occasion. the nation was
again profoundly stirred 10 the utterfng
IL deep and heartfelt thanks. The swords
had been turned into pruning hooks and
the battle charger neighed peacefully in
the pasture. while the bite and gray
clasped hands once more over the bloody
chasm which had rent the nation in
twain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
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Missionaries in Pekin propose to open
the Bridgman School for girls either in
Ten-tsin or Pekin.
The American board will receive from
the estate of G.. ID. Sweetser Of New
York the sum of $4,000.
The students in the Yale Divinity
School have decided by vote TO undertake
mission labor in return for benefits re
ceived from scholarship funds.
Dir. George A. Gates, who resigned the
presidency Of Iowa College at Grinnell,
Iowa, expects to engage in church work
among the miners Of the far West.
A returned missionary says that the
Chinese Emperor, in giving out an order
for 129 books some time ago, selected "a
that dealt with the Christian religion.
The executive committee Of the United
Society Of Christian Endeayor has decid-
ed that the twentieth international con-
ventiou shall be held at Cincinnati in
1901.
Over 1000 children in Havana are re-
ceiying instruction in the Protestant day
and Sunday schools. The Roman Church,
for the first time in its history in Cuba.
has established Sunday schools.
The Rev. l.. w. Gowen and wife. who
are Baptist home missionaries have just
returned from a journey OF 1,153 miles
in colportage wagon over the mountain
Gus roads Of eastern Oregon. They made
600 visits and distributed hundreds Of
copies Of the Scriptures.
The Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, rector OF
Trinity Church. New York, viii deliver
the BedelE lectures in Kenyon College,
Gambler, Ohio, on Nov. s and ., his sub
iect being, ',rhe Supernatural Character
OF the Christian Religion and Its Three
Witnesses in the Bible. the Church, and
Our Lord Jesus Christ"
At the beginning Of the present century
there were only seven Protestant mission
ary societies In the world. To-day there
are more than 200, with more than 1900
missionaries.
In the chapel Of the Marble Collegiate
Church, New York, the Rev. D1lnaid
MaeDougall, native Of the Scotch High
lands, who was educated at Yale and
Princeton. conducts a service IN Gaelic
every Sunday afternoon.
Bishop Romero Of Argentina is said 10
be advocating the sending Of divinity stu
dents from Argentina to the United
States to be educated in North American
atmosphere and to imbibe American rath-
er than European ideas.
The Rev. r. w. Vaughn, 90 years Old.
Is vicar Of the church In Llautiert.
Glamorganshire. Wales, which IS built
on ground representing the most ancient
Christian center in the British Isles.
II. A
Bishop Gaughran. In the name Of the
Catholics Of Kimberley, has sent an Of
ferir,V to the Church o. the Sacred Heart.
Monfmartre. Paris. In thanksgiving for
their safety during the four months siege
Of the town.
A recent traveller in South Africa tells
Of Benedictine nuns who have undertake
en- not only to build their house, but even
10 manufacture the bricks. These devOt-
ed women have already made over lOO,-
900 bricks with their own hands.