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The colored American., 1900-03-03
Mr.. WHITES BILL
Full Text of the Measure Placed Before
Congress for the Prevention of or
Punishment CT Lvnchng,

Following is the RRe text of the line
drawn by our Congressman George 81.
White, and subHitted to the House as
his and the Negro races idea as to the
best plan to stop the campaign of mur-
der and outrsge, inaugurated against
the black race by a lawless class OF
whites.
BE 1T enacted by the Senate and the
House of Represen entatives Of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled:
SECTION l. That all persons born or
naturallzed in the United States and
subject to the jurisdiction hereof, and
being citizens Of the United States are
entitled to and shaE receive protection
in their lives from being murdered,
tortured sr burned to death by any and
all organized mebs, commonly known
as 'lynehiag bees," s" whether said mobs
be spontaneously ass embed or organic
ed by premeditation for the purpose OF
taking the life or lives of any citizen
or citizen Of tho Unlsed States afore-
said, and that whenever any citizen or
citizens Of The United States shall be
murdered by mob violence in the man.
ner herein above described, all partici-
pating, aiding and abetting in such
murder ana lynching, shall be guilty
OF treason againss the Government OF
the United States, and shall be tried fol
that effsnss In she United States Courts
full jurisdiction beiug hereby given to
said United States Cour md all Off
GERS, to Issue process, arrest, try and in
all respects deal with such cases in the
manner now pres cribed under exist
ing law for the trial of felonies ID the
United States Courts.
SECTION 2. That any persons duly
tried and convicted in any United
States Courts as principal OF principals,
aiders, abet.ors, accessories before or
after the fact for any murder Of any
citizen or citizsns of the United States
bY mob violence or lynchiDg as de-
scribed In Section 1, hereof, shall be
punished as is now prescribed by law
for the punishment of persons convict
ed Of treason against the Government
of the Uuited States.
SECTION 8. That all laws and parts
of laws in conflict with this statute are
hereby repealed.
The colored American., 1900-03-03
Editor Benjamin'S New.Found Joy.

Editor Benjamin'S New.Found Joy.
Editor r. @. o. Benjamin is now re-
joicing editorially and otherwise over
the advent in his household Of q 10 and
one half pound baby girl to play with
his three year cid boy, says the Dallas
Express. Tie editor expects to play
nurse aftei hours every day, and to
prevent the youngsters pulling his hair
La wearing clean shave, besides turn.
ing bald-headed. Time brings many
changes.
The colored American., 1900-03-03
DkoP US A POSTAL CARD

IL
You are going out Of town
You have guest waiting you,
Your pastor Is given . reception,
You are managing q concert,
You or your friends are I'LL,
An heir is born into your house.
aoId.
A meeting for a specific purpose Is
caLled,
Your pastor rreaches an exception
sly good sermon,
You buy piece Of property,
You are appointed to an ofnce,.
You know anything of general in
tsrest,- drop us card, briefly stating
tbs facts.
The colored American., 1900-03-03
City Paragraphs.

Mrs. George 81. Whites condition
shows gratifying improvement.
Cougressman White was recently
h,nouet5d In New York by Gotham's
leading citizens.
Mrs. Ostavia Morgan attended the
Wedding of MISS Alice bmIth, her niece,
and Mr.. John Thomas, at Warfenton,
Va.
The numerous contingent of North
Csroli.isns now in Washington talk OF
srssnizlng North Carolina Associa-
ton.
Mrs.. Lizzie Tyler, of 1921 4th Stree
northwest, handsomely entertained
ssteris of friends On Washington's
birthday.
Miss Lucy Webb Is succeeding nicely
tn charge If tRs school at Seat Pleas
ant, Nd, formerly taught by the late
Mss Virginia Bradley.
Health fer 70 cents. Casoarets make
the sswds sfd kidneys act naturally,
destroy microbes, cure headaches, bill.
iioasness ana constipation.
Or. g. J. Daniels and Miss Hattie 8.
Robinson were married Thursday, Feb.
e, at the residence Of the bride, 1922
. Street northwest. The recption was
held at I127 24th Street, the future home
happy couple.
Mr. T. g. Miller, of Wilm ington, N
O., may locate here and 60 irto mer
canttIe business. He is a frst- class
man and solid property owner. The
advent of such citizens Is always a ben
eft to a community.
Miss Hsttie Burrell has closed pros
porous term as teacher Of school
few miles ever ths line in Maryland and
spending some time with friends and
slativss ia the city. She win resume
Il er seheoI work shortly. She spent a
few days In Baltimore this week.
The District Afro American Council.
st Its last meeting, through the good
CfGiees Of Miss Lucy d. Meten. M. D..
gave 75O votes Miss J. Imogen Howard,
the New York teacher, who is contest.
ing fer the Telegrams' offer of free trip
5s the Paris Exposition.
Mrs. Charles i. Hall, OF Batavia, ILL.,,
holds lucrative position Ia the Census
Bureau, through the good Offices Of
cngressman A. J. Hopkins. Although
ar, Hopkins district contains but few
Negroes and he is in no wise dependent
uIOn their vote for his election, he
never fails to remember his colored
tends when the "pie" Is being cut and
passed around.
MF. J.T. Johnson, the well known
toasorialist at 140S P street has made
extensive improvements upon his plan
Cf business and the emporium Ia
thing of beauty. Mr.. Johnson and his
sentlemanly assistants control q large
an6 influential custom.
The colored American., 1900-03-03
MPG. DIR. RENNER
SPECIALIST

In obstetrics; gold medal awarded tor the
silence ct obstetrics nom the university O,
Tupieh. Bavaria: treats successfully womens
com ulaiptA and irregularities; private saIfta-
rium for ladies befbre and during conf10e-
mani. once hours trem 8 TO p. m,
0I9 P0Bn. Avenue,
WASHINGTON. ID. @
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never forgive him-never, never!

never forgive him-never, never!
Throwing herself into a chair, she
wept p~assionately for a space, Their
sprang up alarmed. In half an hour
her husband would be home; she could
not meet him-she dared not. She
would go to her fathers. Selling a
pen, she wrote:
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$500 Reward

We will pay the ABOVE reward for
any case of Liver Comulaiut, Dyspep-
sia, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Con-
ST patton or C~ost:veness we cannot cure
with Liverita, the Up-to-Date Little
Liver Pill, when the directions are
strictly complied with They are purely
Vegetable and never fail to give salts
faction. CSC boxes contain 100 Pills,
1Oc. boxes contain 40 Pills, SC boxes
contain Is Pills. Beware of substitu-
tiops and limitations Sent by mail.
Stamps taken NERVITA MEDITAL
co Cor Clinton and Jackson SITS. F.,
Chicago. I'll. For sale by jenkins &
FAIRIES, Druggists. 90 dsboro N. G.
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81 have discovered the trick you have
played on me respecting the diamonds.
How could you, how dared you so hui
initiate me-me-your wife? I'll never
forgive you, Cecil, never; I can't. It
was cruel-cruel. I have gone to papa.
[ dare not meet you yeti am too an
cry; I might say words to regret. No,
best not meet for some time.
"Your erieved. inSuIted Wife,
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neither opium, cocaine, nor other mar
cotics. Accept no substitute. There IS
NO other medicine " just as good" for
weak and sick1y women.
Ell had been a great sufferer from>fema1e weak
ness for about two years" writes Mrs. Emma
Richardson, Of Goss, Wayne Co, KY. wCould
not do my work part of the time. took four
bottles of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
felt as we'll as I ever did,
Young married women will find a
lasting friend in DIR. Pierce's Medical
Adviser. 1t contains 1908 pages and
is sent free lin paper cover), on re-
ceipt of 81 cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Cloth bind
ing, 81 stamps. Address DR.. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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A Musical Ring.

The most charming little ring in the
world is the property of Mr.. Temple, of
London. This gentleman is a nephew
Of Sir Richard Temple, and the ring in
question is a highly-prized old family
heirloom. Inside of this tiny circle of
gold are the works of e. perfect little
music box. You touch a spring and
hold the ring quite close to your ear.
Then you heal the sweetest, wierdest,
t1niest little tune, which seems like a
voice from spirit land.
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Of course, dear, you will wear
diamonds?" said Miss Ethel
seated in her friends pretty
4ng-room at Bethber Gardens
h K~ensington, slipping afternoon
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which makes life
an utter burden.
The great func-
tiona1 changes
follow
marriage are not
usually antici-
pated, or the wife
~ suffering might
be avoided.
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription
is the best friend
of weak and sick1y
women. It u r
the woman1y dis
eases that rob the
eye of brightness
and the step OF
1ightness. 1t tones
up the system and
establishes the
won1anly organ
ism on a basis of
sound health.
"Favorite Pre-
scription" con-
tainS no alcohol.
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Board.

Two or three gentlemen can be
supplied with table board, if refer
ences are satisfactory. Convenient
location. Address BOX I. CITY
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Years have passed. Now much Of hei
jewels Mrs. Mainwaring keeps at hel
husbands bankers, but she likes none
so we'll as those first diamonds, worth
five pounds, which II keeps carefully
in their case, though she wears them
no longer.
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where Cats Grow wild.

Cats have made a home on Cat ISL
and, one of the Kerguelens, where they
are so wild that it is impossible to tame
them. Their progenitors escaped from
Whaling vessels. They were put ashore
on Sable Island, off Nova Scotia, to
kill the rabbits that had become a pest.
Now the rabbits are gone n the cats
are worse.
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Uniucky Wedding Days.

Prospective brides may be interested
to learn that there are thirty-two days
in the year on which, it is said, it is
unlucky to marry. They are: January
l, 2, A, 5, Z, 10, is; February 6. z, g.;
March 1, 6, g.: April 6, II: May 5, G, q:
Tune Z, Is; July 5. 10; August II, 10;
September 6, Z; October s; November
15. 16, and December 10. 16, II
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cure Cold in Head.

Kertnott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine, easy
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| udT1n HGE w
What is the real value of these dfa-
! monds?' she asked, in an off-hand
tone.
The shopman turned them, examined
them minutely. .
'They are beautifully set," he said.
"I should say about three to four
pounds-possibly FIVE"
"Five!" calculated Sibyl, actually
pale. ooh, that is impossible. Why,
six pounds was given only for this
ring" extending her hand.
Probably. Those are GOD stones.
These diamonds smiled the shopkeep-
er, "are merely limitations"
Imitation! It was we'll Sibyl was
sitting down, or she would have fallen.
"Ohi" she gasped family. 1T can't
bel"
81 am very sorry, madam, but really
it is So" said the man, civilly Il
thought, of course, you knew. Did you
think them reaI?'
Yes, and have worn them as such,'
replied Sibyl. "Are you quite sure?"
The shopnan beckoned another, who
also pronounced them false.
"They get these things up so admir-
ably now he remarked.
IF vol please, Will you give them to
me?" sal Sibyl. IT do not want any
thing done to them. I shall never wear
them again"
Dazed, she re-entered the cab, and
was driven home. Then her anger burst
forth.
Oh! how cruelty had she been de-
ceived by her husband. How lie must
have laughed at her and her friends
admiration of the diamonds. Dia-
mondsi-they were paste! paste paste!
Perhaps some of her friends knew it,
and their praise was cnaff. Oh! the
humiliation, the bitter, bitter hurnilia-
i ton. Why had ne ever given the
: trumpery things at all? She could
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The Bridal Feast

Is not infrequent1y followed by a long,
1enten period of enforced fasting and
feshly Modification. The cheek grows
hollow, the eyes are dull and deep
ringed, and the step is slow and 1anguid.
There is an vail dragged-out feeling
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
PRESS COMMENTS.

imperialism at half a billion a
year comes high, but we haven't get
to have it-NaY. World.
The Porto Ricans want to know
now, not what kind of citizens, but
what kind IF subjects, they are.-Indi-
annapolis News.
THAT Porto Rican tariff bill may
yet make the republican party so sick
at the stomach that it will have to
throw up the sponge.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Webster Davis can point to the
fact that it is only within the last
three years that a man became
traitor to the republican party by eN-
pressing sympathy with a republic
struggling for its life.-Omaha World
Herald.
Poor little Porto Rico now has
piteous occasion to deplore the bEssful
ignorance which led her to so joyously
celebrate the signing of the peace pro-
tocol which surrendered her to the
American syndicates.-St. Louis Re-
public.
No matter who wrote the Porto
Rican tariff bill, whether it was Payne
Root, Mckinley, Davis or the colored
porter at the white house, the sugar
and tobacco trust dictated it, and the
subservient executive and his congress
sional cuckoos have slavishly obeyed
the ukase of the trusts and tariff bar
ons in the matter. The American peo-
bile are aware of this fact. They have
already fixed the responsibility upon
the guilty parties. and veil hold them
Il to strict account when the time
comes for administering punishment
kansas City Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
CAN'T FOOL THE PEOPLE.
Wrong They Can Decide
Very Quickly.

The administration organs profess to
think that after the formal approval OF
the Porto Rico tariff bill the people will
soon settle down to the contented reali-
zation that the congressman knew
what their constituents wanted better
than their constituents knew thesn-
selves. Such does not seem to he the
Tiew held by the stalwart republican
press of the middle west, which 9vas the
bone and s4new of the ''origislai Nc
Kinley" movement. The nearer 10 en-
actment the tariff bill approached, the
more earnest and strenuous heeame
the protest of such papers as the Chi
cago Times-Herald, which has been
the foremost administration organ In
its entire section, and whose proprietor.
is said to have written the so-calIsd
gold standard plank of the St. Louis
platform. Bitterly as they oppnse the
bill itself. there is an added shade OF
bitterness - their resentment Of the
impudent claim that TIE people DO not
know their own minds OF wishes, but
must be led, like children, by their self
constituted guardians at Washington.
The Times-Herald of recent date says:
with one heart, one mind, one voice
the people of the United States, as rep
resented by the press, have protested
against the Outrage against Porto
Rico-the violation of American honor
contained in ,this tariff bill. Their pro-
tests have been received witk contempt
and they have been told you are igno-
rant. you do not understand
True, <Gey do not understand how the
republican majority has the e1rontery
to pass a bill which violates all Ameri-
can precedents against thu will of a prac-
tically unaniEdous people.
Just as surely as this is q government
# the people. by the people, for the peo-
,le, Che American people will not suffer
he obloquy this bill casts their honor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Re-
ieved OF Pain by E9rs. Pinkham.

'DEAR Mrs. PINAHAM Before I
commenced to telSe your medicine 1
was in q terrible state, wishing myself
dead good many times. Every part
of my body seemed to pain in some
way. At time OF menstruation my
suffering was something terrible. Il
thought there was no cure for me. but
after taking several bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all
my bad feelings were gone. I am now
well and enjoying good health. shall
always praise, your medicine. MRS.
A<os FEsCHLER, Box 226s Romeo, Mich.
Female Troubles Overcome
"DEAR Mrs. PENKHAA:-Ihadf female
trouble, painful naenses, and kidney
complaint, also stomach trouble. About
a year ago I happened to pick up a
paper that contained an advertisement
of Lydia E. PinkhaInis Vegetable Com
pound, and when I read how it had
helped others. I thought it might help
me, and decided to give it 3 trial. /
did so, and as q result ana nev9 feeling
perfectly well. l wish to thank yeu TOR
the benefit your medicine has been to
me. ''-Mns. CLARA STIEBER, HiIler, Neb.
No rIcre Pain
stDEAR Mrs. PINKEAM Your Vege-
table Compound has beezs Of much
benefit to me. When nay nenses first
appeared they were very Irregular.
They occurred too Often aad did not
leave for week or sfseEe. I always
suffered at these times 1sith terrible
pains in my back a.na ahiemen. Would
be In bed ter ssverai days aud would
not be exactly ratisn:a1 at times I
took Lydia s.. PiaiehaG,s Vegetable
Compound. ard menses became regular
and pains left ne entirely. Mus. g.
n c1-s,e.r,. t,,s.1sS yE7ss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27

universal in this land aAG shoasd be
limited by a property qualification.
that is, that many OF our people are
unfit for self-goyernment, and that
the dollar, not che man, should vote.
We have seen the constitution terra 20
shreds by the Unlawful issu9 ef boods
and by the violation OF evegS eousti-
tutional guarantee in the sasuf
d'Aiene. We find the post efies au-
thority used to curtail fres speech and
destroy the liberty of the press. We
see day by day the encroaehRseHt eff
the executive power and tAs5 progres-
sive curtailment of the powers ef che
elected representatives of the people.
That is Imperialism. ct is net a
distant danger, but is already con-
fronting us. 1t has won its victories,
and with each it has advanced per
ceptibly toward the substitution OF
an empire for the republic. If our
liberties are to be saved it should be
attacked at every point, and it's fore
most champion, William Mckinley,
should be the first to fall.-Press Bull
1etin. q
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and good faith to be perpetrated with i'm
punity. If the republican majority per-
mits it there will be a reckoning with the
republican party by republicans next No
vember.''
The people know. They are not deep
~ concerned with the abstract con-
stitutional questions involved. They do
not much care whether the constitu-
ton extends of its own force to Porto
Rico or whether it is necessary for con-
gress to pass law extending the shell
ter of the constitution % newly-ac-
CURED territory. They care little for
the detail, the technicalities, the let
ter; but as to the spirit, as tothe mora.
question involved, the Aemrican people
are unit. 1t is question Of right
or wrong, with most of the republicans
in congress deliberately choosing the
wrong. The American people know
where they stand. They thought that
they knew where Mckinley stood aft
er his 'plain duty message; but that
Gyas before the sugar trust and the to-
bacco trust began to work and he to
wayer-Albany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
French by the Dictionary.

Nobody who may be thinking of stop
ping in peace at the Grand hotel, in Paris,
should ask the maitre d'hotel about the
l.merican woman who spoke French with
no need for it, as they all spoke English, she
persisted in firing off Ollendorfan French at
The walters every moment. One sad-eyed
knight of the apron came down one morning
and asked for leave of absence and the
maitre d'hotel himself went up to solve the
mystery. After a violent TRADE against the
incivihty of the garcon she declared that
his French was so frayed out at the edges
of embonpoint'' was. And it took the
manager % minutes to discover that she had
intended to ask for stout. Chicago Even
iag News. @
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RANK MPERIALISM.
RepHhlican Representative Of the
PesBle Are CnrtailinG the
Rixhes of Anzeriezns.

Evidence Of the complete surrender
Of Mckinley and his followers to the
impHrialiatic element IN the republic
an party is Overwhelming. The record
began with the purchase of the people
OF the Philippine islands from Spain
like cattle. It was continued when
the president. without constitutional
authority employed the United States
aeIny to eonsummate that ''forcible
anAaxation" which be himself de-
seesated as criminal aggression. It
found rev Expression in the refusal
OF the administration forces at the
sapital to permit any expression OF
natipnai sympathy for the Beers in
their struggle against imperial Brit
ain, and it has had ats most impress
sive and menacing manifestation in
the determination to tax the Porto
Rieans without granting them any
representation in our national con-
gress-the exact issue upon which the
colonies in 1776 revolted from British
domi alton.
These are the manifesto tons OF i'm
perialism in its relations to our for
eign policy. But it does not exert it's
baleful influence beyond seas alone.
The same element in our society which
is trying to prove that the Filipinos
are not fit for self overnnent, that
che constitution does not go where the
flag goes and that the declaration Of
independence is an antiquated and out
grown collection of sentimental fall
laeies, will in time turn their atten-
ton to matters at home. Indeed, it
ia nat nQodf11 To cav in time-fhpV are
doing it already. You can hear almost
daily the voice Of some imperialist
raised to say that the suffrage is too
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
10 learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Care is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
It che disease, and giving the latent
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
IpFoprietors have SO much faith in its cura
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollafs for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list OF testimonials
Address f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
|. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
disappointing Baptist statistics,

Statistics given in the Baptist year
book show that the denomination
made gains last year, although they
did not even reach the disappointing
figures of the year before. The num-
Der of Baptists in the United States
IS 4,1S1.6s6,, gain of 39,6e1 over 1899.
The number of baptisms showed a
decrease, being 1s4, s45, while during
1898 they were 1896 The number
OF new churches and of ministers in
creased entirely out of proportion to
the number of members. Over $4,000
were erased from the rolls.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-27
letin.

a Canadian or an Australian has
all the political rights of every other
British subject, and is eligible to a seat
in the imperial parliament if any con-
stituency in the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland should
choose to elect him. Mr.. Blake, former
1y of Canada, now represents an Irish
district in parliament. Why should
not the citizens of Porto Rico enjoy
the like privileges in the United
States? If we are to have colonial pos
sessions, why should their inhabitants
not be treated as fairly as those of the
British colonies? Is the American re-
public to be less liberal than the Brit
ish monarchy ALBANY Argus.