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The colored American., 1900-02-17

Zion Connection meets in this city.
This will be the largest religious body
of cOlored 10 en- to meet In this city for a
long time. All of the Bishops, the
ministers and delegates who have been
elected from the various districts and
churches in the country will be here
and the number will run up into the
hundreds. The Conference sessions
will be held at Union Wesley A. M. E.
Z.on church Oh 23rd street and the
different Zion pastors will have charge
Of tie Conference. There will be
great expense attached to this meeting
and The Colored American has been
authorized to receive subscriptions for
this purpose. All of the Zion ministers
are actively engaged in the work.
Among them are Revs. g. w. Kincaid,
Union Wesley A. E. Zion church, W.
II. Snowden, Metropolitan A. M. +.
Zen church, P. L, Cuyler. Galbralth
A. M. E, Zion church, w. A. NJ. Cy-
Dress, John Wesley A. M. e. Zion
church, Logan Johnson, Trinity A. M.
E. Zion church.
The colored American., 1900-02-17

oil while committing his scintillaing
thoughts to paper.
IF Negroes would refuse TO run any
more excursions over Virginia's, Ken
tuCky's or other States "Jim Grow"
car lines.
II the Negro would contribute more
Of his own means to the causes in which
he is interested, and depend less upon
the whites.
If "interlopers" wOuly allow the ma
tives everywhere to forever run town
solely because the latter happened to
be born there.
II The race had more graceful polish
ed and thoughtful female orators like
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and Mrs.
Julia Mason Layton.
II Governor Roosevelt would adjust
his eye glasses and observe that there
are a lot of faithful but unrewarded
colored republicans in New York State.
II the Negro had one hundred Negro
clerks in the Census Bureau, ten in the
Government Printing Office and three
In the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
gin.
The colored American., 1900-02-17

Gives the names of dead and living frinds
tells who and when you will marry also OF
health or anything you wish to know, no
matter what IL Is. II e can call up your spirit
friends and show them to you. Can make
them rap all around the room. He as ks NO
questions don't ask you to write names +
him. Don't try TO pump you in any wa out
tells yOu right of. ID e is thoroughly inuorsed
by leading sp1ritualists everywhere, received
from them gold medal and special license
TO practice his wonderful powers; credentials
no one else can show can give the usands OF
references to both " hite and colored patrons
Twenty. five years practtce-seVen in EroOk.
iyn-will show you that he can DO all he
Of Can tell what business is best for you and
where, how to win speedy marriage with the
one you love. How 10 be successful in all YOUR
doings in FhOrt what is best 10 do, II g Will
tion or no pay. Call and see. You will find ii
luck to consult this hristfan gentleman.
He has medicine that Will cure drunken.
ness; can be given patients not knowing it.
Thousands through hin are now
RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL
with ali their undertakings,wh those o
neglect his advice are still labOr1ng again
poverty. Through his perfect knowledge
chemistry he can impart to you q secret tina
will overcome Your enemies and win you
friends. His aid and advice has often been
solicited; the result has always been the Sc
curing of speedy and happy marriages and
| all your wishes. In love affairs he never falls
He has the secret of winning the affections of
| 1t is the curse OF Spfritualism that in all
| large cities there are a class OF men and wo-
/ men who claim powers they do not possess.
| They have neither gifts, credentials, nor ref
| erences. Surely the cOIOred people are not
/ so wanting in sense as TO throw their time
| and n Oney away on such. DR.. Shea refers TO
| the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2481 Al
| lanttc avenue; the Hon. William DenmOre,
| architect and builder, AZ Cleveland avenue,
| and Mr.. Arthur Sewell, ship builder South
Brooklyn. All have known him for
| the past ten years. He gives tree test of his
power TO all. The doctor has practiced five
years in New Orleans, st. Louis, Memphis
| and Louisville, understands thoroughly the
| diseases, spells or Influences the race is
| subject to. He has now and always had large
| patronage from them
| PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING;
| Brooklyn, August, Is, 1891-This letter is to
| certify that came To New York from Alba
| ny. was q stranger in q strange city, out OF
| work and out OF money. l had no luck In
| anything 1 undertook. What to do 1 did
| not know. a friend advised me to go and
| see DIR. Shea. did. He told me the cause
| OF my troubles; he took me in and treated
me as a brother Through him l got a good
position that very week. l had been to 9th
| ers, they took my money and did me no
| good. l bless the day first met DR., shea
| | would advise all in bad luck, sick or In
| trouble to go to htm at once,
| Sincerely, Albert Ayers,
| 1881 Atlantic Avenue.
The colored American., 1900-02-17

Brooklyn, August Is, I891-TkiS letter In 70
had been absent two years 1 mourned for
him night and day. gave him up as dead.
Hearing OF the wonderful things DIR. shea
me that my husband was alive and well and
where ne was; told me he would come Aoms
and ~ when be to- TO my 10y ell IL. OF i came srss
the dead. also wish to say that this HontA
lost $3.50. am poor woman ana / was
almost insane. l went to DIR. Shea and he
told me would find my money and te nay
1ntenseJ oy find 1T as he told me. ] thank
God there is a man SO gifted in our nai0st.
do, Mrs. Mary Miller,
South Plainneld, n
A SENSATION IN BRooKLYN-NINIsTERs
STATEMENT
1 wish to state that one Of my pa<ishionors
was sick and IN trouble tor q long time, Mrs.
Brown, 81 Gay street. No one scanned 10 pn-
derstand her case, She had several doctors
the matter. None cOuld do her any ooa. IL
was my duty as her pastor TO call and see
done by DR.. Shea the last few years. thought
L would call and see him my SELF found hin
sy1mpathetiG gentleman: hs CAV. "a: .s
MIN lock o. PATIENTS hair, which did by
her daughter. He told at once what was the
matter, and in q short time cured her sound
and well. Her family had seemingly been
under cloud. Now all Is changed. All are
well snd prosperous. l can truly and heartily
or distress OF any kind. Rev. William John
son, pastor Lebanon church, Brooklyn.
DR.. Shea can show thousands such ss The
above.
DIR SHEA
has been carefully educated in the Homeops-
thic and Electric Schools OF Medicine. His
success is wonderful in curing paEaly sis
Rheumatism, Asthma, Sore Eyes, TuRors,
Cancers, Constipation, Ague. Dxspspssa.
Tape Worms, Liver Com plants, Dsefn esss
Catarrh, Dropsy, Piles, Nervous Debility.
Heart Diseases, Consum pt1on, Diseases OF
! Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease
and strange mysterious diseases which 9th
ers don't understand. ALI diseases, NO matter
what they be. Nothing but honorable treat
| ment, He can and will honestly tell you IL
| you can be cured. Has all new remedies and
new success Has an ample experience IN
public hospital and private clinics. Ne tn.
fling with human life. Call at once. Do not
delay. Diplomas hang In parlors. Is reGt
istered physician. A new rem medy 70 rheu
| 10 attsm just discovered, not q lin ments
Hopeless cases and those that others can NOT
cure solicited to call. Fat folks thin. the
, childless made parents. All letters muaE
contain StOo, two stamps. age, lock OF hair.
Charges for medical treatment only. Closed
| Sundays. nentiOn this paper.
651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Y.
The colored American., 1900-02-17

The A. Nj. E. Zion Ouadrennial Confer
ence.
Washington will have rare treat in
May of this year when the Quadren-
NAL Session of the General Conference
of the African Methodist Episcopal
The colored American., 1900-02-17

Mr.. J. Thomas Butler appeared be
fore Mrs. Mckinley and select audi.
ence last Saturday, reeiting some OF
his favorite selections Mr. Butler isa an
eIooutionist of no mean ability. EA
The colored American., 1900-02-17
11FE " OULD BE GONE
GRAND, SWEET SONG.
4 more race pride.

,,C.na4or CullOm is trlumpnantJy Ie
elected w
ngtOns.
I,,nr afnrches were well filed every
Sunday
- onr .ubscribers would pay US what
they owe.
# our kindergartners could get iiv-
ing salaries.
# all great conlaves should come to
Washington.
1.-THE White antilynching bill should
become law.
nKentucky would resume her place
in the Union.
1T T. AlIain secures a gilt-edged
Capitol Job.
II free trains should be run to Phila-
delphia in June.
Ifsufrage were permitted IN the Dis
rlct Of Columbia.
IfFoEtune should get into the track
of official lightning.
IfBEhOp Turner should be complete
ly resorted to health.
IfIaw governed every foot OF our be-
Iovad Amerfcan soil,
II Negroes would stand together
earnestly and loyalty.
If every day were pay day and every
night Saturday night,
II female bicyclist would quit wear
ing outlandish costumes.
II John P. Green and Harry c. Smith
would kiss and make up again.
II education and character could b'
made perpetual running mates.
If Burke ana Chase, of the New
Grand dshould b9indicted and convicted
II the administration would fittingl!
recognize Governor P. B. s, Pinch
back,
II the lOW-toned personal organ
should be taboOed by every first-clas
family.
II We had at work more able, ener
getlc, public spirited women like Dr
Lucy E. Moten.
Ifthe people of n orth Carolina shOul'
riseup and Hard wicKe" the proposed
suffrage amendment.
II the people would use every mean
TO develop a prosperous and well. pait
class Of wage. earners.
II the A. N. E. Church would elec
six Bishops IN May, and the A. M. E
ZION Church choose four.
II the Negro churches, lodges ant
societies would finish up that $500, OO(
endowment fund for Tuskegee.
tthe National Afro. American Coun
Gil had q local branch in every county
and could raise 100000 on demand.
II T. n. Hewlett would inspire in hi
ielOW' citizens some of the ginger ht
possesses to such an abundant degree
Ii syery fellow who wanted to read 6
paper OF talk heap" could only gel
himself up little ly ceum of his own
Il the Washington school system
'Ouid only be sufficiently expanded tt
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
cAMENEAR DYING ON DESERT
Three Men Almost Perish of Thirst
in Texas

F7 Paso, Tex. August pa runner ar
rived here this afternoon from the co.e
ranch, sixty miles north OF Ei Paso. bring
ing the news that three men were found
almost persisted Of thirst on the desert
bevOnd there yesterday afternoon Tic
says that one of the men is Professor r.
H Cook. who recently came to this city
from the east The men left Aiamogord9.
y NJ. on bicycles Thursday. bound for
FL Paso They took the overland road
through the TulTarosa valley On that
route there is a desert Of sand seventy
miles across. When the three men had
gone about thirty miles their bicycles
gave down and they had 70 walk One
of the men reached the Cole ranch, nut
had 10 be treated for several hours be-
fore he could speak. lie told OF his
companions
Two men with jugs of water tic3
ON their saddles went back in search II
them. One was found fifteen miles away
exhausted and unconscious in the sand
and was brought to the ranch The Other.
Professor Cook, was found twenty miles
further away. in spasms. and would prob
ahlv have died In an hour had he not rt-
Ceived water. All the men are now IN
a critical condition at the Cole ranch The
names of the other two men were not
learned
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
STEVENSON WILL BE CHOICE.
Populist Executive Committee Meets
Today in Chicago.

Chicago. August 26,-Unless the unex-
pected happens. Adlai E. stevenson To-
morrow will be substituted for Charles
y. Townc as the vice presidential nonli-
nee on the pcpulist ticket. A poll OF the
national committee CT that part- was
taken tonight. and the Illinois man was
seemingly assured a comfortable major
ity. The populists who are advocating
unity with the democrats predict that the
selection of Mr.. Stevenson 10 De B.ydli 5
running nate on both tickets WILL %
unanimous. though Senator Marion But
Ter. chairman of tine committee, anu SeF-
eraI others have declared themselves as
unalterably opposed to such action Ed-
gene Smith, secretary Of The conference
coyonitfee ana the official in charge Oc
the Chicago headquarters. said:
Friction is out Of the question. eFefF-
thing will run so smoothly that you "9uid
not believe an important polllcai qits-
ticn was being passed upon nav H'
authority to make a forecast OF the COM
mjttee's action, but from what iaF
heard | an pretty certain that pop 1i-s. mss )
Will be working with all their energies Ior
Bryan and Stevenson
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
LIGHTNING KILLS LITTLE GIRL.
She Was Playing Near Her Parents
at Time Stroke Came.

Columbia $ c.. August 4--tSpeclai)
News has reached here Of the tragic
death of a little girl about ten miles from
Snartanburg Yesterday afternoon MI
Joseph billiard. mis- wife and their only
child. Alma. seven years of age. were
sitting out in front Of their home. aDou'
one-half mile from Cannon's camp srouhu'
under the shade OF large OAK. IL was
lat. i'm the afternoon at the time Nheh
biz. HACK cloud came up. anu suiiiii'Vi
storm sci in. during the lapse OF whlch
the lightning and thunder was awful AHe
lt;tle sirI was playing some distance
from her parents and near the trunk ot
IN, Tree. y clothes line Is stretcheu lloii l
th,. oak TO the house. Suddenly lheIe W.
a Ziezar flash OF lightning. followed Dy
loI,d clam OF thunder The ciOthes iie
acted ls a conductor ana carried tlc bult
To- th,. little one Just beneath, klllihS Her
instantly. MIR. billiard was struck 10 inc
ground by the shock. but quickly reSoN-
cred His wife was unscathed. lhe ilall
tlazed and stunned man, upon reSalh1ls
his feet hastcned at Once TO the spot
vher. his daughter was lying, but she
WAS beyond human aid. Her body was 50
heated by the stroke Of the bolt that Mr.
piIIarI's hards now Dear the marks OF
burns caused by them coming IN contact
with her flesh.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
.nue or nftr members can come into- the as.

ty-five or fifty members come into the
sociation by payment OF so cents each. The
larger the membership the better our opportu-
mites TO control the situation. Every county
should have at least 400 members, which
would reduce the annual membership dues 20
25 cents each. The secretary and treasurer
should send in promptly fun list OF the
names and pOstoffce address Of each membe-,
and the amount collected. when a certificate
Of membership into the state association win
be at once issued. All Of the information re-
cured b. the association viii be promptly
transmitted to eacn sub-organization. and all
the aid and protection possible given 10 the
members. by keeping fully posted ana han4-
Iin, the crop inteiigently we can force the
buyers this season TO pay 10 cents per pound
for the staple. The speculators are striving
to depress the price to cents when the sta
ple Is worth at least 10 cents per pound Ths
crop is short. demand heavy, and by enrorc-
ing the payment Of q fair price the farmers
of this state will save more than 81 o.Ot]U.O1O
on tba nres4ut crop. Whatever may be ths
situation another year, let us think only Of the
present and determine 10 come toEethef win
axed ana unaIterabIe purpose to whip tho
fight BY united effort
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
JUDGE oRRIcK PASSES AWAY.
He Secured 10 Confederates Ihelr
citizenship without an Oath.

ST I.oi.is. August 2l.-Judee John 'r"n-
well 8rrick cx-speaker oi the Ni@r.,~ii
house II representative. who was ch.tI-
lv instrumental in restoring 30" hatlo1
u e..sosslonists in Missouri without com
ueiIiua. them 20 take the oath OF loyalty
died today Al his residence after an III
ness uf nearly Eve years.
Mr orrick was prominent attorney
before his health failed and Tor many
wears was the law partner of General
John W Noble. the firm being dissolved
shortly before General Noble went 10
Washington as secrctarg oi the interior
under President Harrison.
Ia the republican caucus of the conNeu-
tiou Of 1870 Mr. Orrick presented rei-
ulutlnn which afterward became an
amendment Tn the state constitution re-
storing the rights Of citizenship 10 all
male citizens who had been diSfranC nisyd
um account Of the service in the army oi
the -uufederacy. BEFORE that eN-confcd-
crates had been compelled TO take the
oath Of allegiance before being permitted
- vote Mr. Orrick's widow is the
daughter of Mrs. Beverly Allen, niece OF
General John Pope.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
YoUTsEY GETS A CONTINUANCE
Accused Murderer of Goebel Is Too
Ill for Trial.

Georgetown. Ky. August 1.-THE case
of George + Weaver. accused of perjury.
was called this afternoon before County
Judge Yates Several Witnesses testified
that they saw Weaver NJ Grayson's
Springs the day on which Senator Goehel
was shot The commonwealth concluded
its sIie ~ the case today.
The cases Of Henry T. Youtsoy. "Tallow
Dick Combs and Harlan Whitaker.
charged with the murder Of William Goe-
bel. and Of Captain John Davis. charged
with being accessory. We're continued un-
IN The October term Of court. Whitaker.
Combs and Davis We're allowed bond. the
sum being s3.r0.
Quite "A number Of afidavits were filed
charging that Jurors Munson, Mulberry.
Murphy. craig. Crosswait and Mussel-
man had formed AMI expressed opinions
that Powers was guilty and ought TO
hang.
The affidavit against Craig. who is a
prominent shoe merchant. charges that he
said after being summoned that III Sc
lecfed ne would not be controlled by evi-
dence. but only by instructions from the
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
DEATH OF S. M. WHITNEY.
Prominent Augusta Cotton Factor
Dies While Visiting Sons.

Augusta Ga. August 26.-tSpeclaL)-
Mr. :. NJ. Whitney, one of Augusta best
known cotton factors. died today IN Lynn
Mass. where he was on visit To TWO
az his sons. who are graduates of the
Technological institute and hold impor-
tgnt positions in - mn. Sirce the muir
der of his son. Alex Whitney. on the
street car. about .hree months ago, Mr..
Whitney has been mach depressed. but
Lis death was not Anticipated, ana the
80 - y'as r. shock to his family and
friends here. Mr.. Whitney was born In
New York I'm 1929 and came 10 Elberton,
Ga. i'm 1853. After the war he came 10
Augusta. and in 1862 married MISS otiile ,
f{afrv of Atlanta. For many years he
has been a successful cotton factor in
augusta, and an authority on cotton
row lie is survived by his wife and two
h9|tbers tvo sisters five sons. His re-
n aims will reach Augusta on Tuesday.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
NEW SPANISH TREATY SIGNED.
Thorough Agreement with Spain Is
Now Negotiated.

Washington. August 2l.-hinister
Storer. at Madrid. informs the state de-
partment that treaty Of amity, COM
merce and navigation and general inter-
course has been signed Professionally by
tho minister OF state and himself. TINS
practically marks the last step IN the
complete restoration OF relations between
Spain and the United states.
The new treaty modernizos the treaty
relations between the two nations. Prior
to the severance of all communication
uuOn the declaration Of war with Spain
the two governments wcrja proceeding un-
der the terms OF a treaty negotiated in
the last century.
Ii was very cumbersome, and In some
respects wholly inapplicable to existing
conditions. one provision. for instance,
relief between the United States and
Florida as a colony of Spain.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
LIGHTNING'S QUEER FRANKS.
Electrical Storm Passes Over Section
of New York.

New York. August pa severe elec-
trical storm passed over New YORK ana
vicinity this afternoon. number o1
houses being struck by lightning. Al
Union Hin. N. j.. the annual feast or the
Platt Deutscher Verin was being held
when the storm came up. Everybody
who sought shelter in pavilion were
affected BY a shock and two young men.
Joseph Schoening, of Union Hill. and an
other who was not known. were Killed.
A woman who had also sought shelter In
the place was so badly affected by the
shock that it was a long time before
she could be brought back TO conscious
ness.
The lightning took off the upper part of
on mans ear and burned off one side
of another mans mustache. A policeman
on duty at the park had shoe torn
from his left foot.
At Middletown. N J.. Walter stevens
was badly injured by lightning stroke,
and a morse which was tied In front of
tho Stevens residence was instantly
killed.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27

Washington. August 25.-The Postal
Telegraph Gable Company has extended
the courtesy of it's cable service in behalf
of the officers and men Of the army serL-
ing I'm China and their families and friends
AT he me one half rate cable tolls ioF
messag in plain language when these
messages are sent and received thrpu-A
the adiutant general of the army. The
American army is serving is H.G per
word. including address and signaturt-
The rate applying under the offer of the
Postal Telegraph Cable Company. as OUT
lined above. Is Mia cents per word. Those
rates are payable in advance of sending
massa eres
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
GOMEZ AGAINST THE sPANIARD
Old Warrior Wants RevolutiOnists
Only in Convention.

Havana. August a0.-ien~ral Naximo
Goul-z publishes a letter in IA Lucha re-
CartIiul. tho election n delegates TO the
forthcoming constitutional convention.
which he - an the papers II the island
"a prfnt Il is addressed 10 the old soi-
,iiers of th.. revolutions u lssS and lS.s5.
General Gomez says in part:
Ideas must not b. cOnfOunded wi:h
principles. Honor demands that princi-
pies should Ise saved even NJ the cost OF
life The convention should consist Of
genuine res ulutionists. and IL will SO con-
sist. unless the People. fattered by fine
words. allow what they have conquered TO
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
TEXAS CORONER KEPT BUSY.
Pistol, Knife and Excessive Heat Fill
Graves.

Dallas. Tex. August 26.-JaTes Daniel
was shot in the left side and In the
groin today during an ARRAY between
John Ronner and Clement Long. Bonner
and Long cmptied their pistols a ,ach
other. but neither was hit. Daniel, who
was disiDtorested bystander. Is mo:t'tiIy
wounded. Bonner and Long are in jan
James Boston stabbed Jennie Le4aw
twice in the right eye today. destroying
the sisnt Cause. jealousy Boston Is IN
sail. and his victim is III the city nos
pitaI.
lohp Thrasher tonight struck small
boy on a street car The boys brother
stabbed Thrasher in the back, inllict.hg
what is regarded as "a fatal wound. The
police are trying to learn the names and
whereabouts of the boys.
GINS KocbeI, a saloon keeper from Fort
Worth. today committed suicide in Dalias
bv shooting himself through the head. lie
iaft no message or word explaining his
pCt. -,
John Albert. n contractor. fell in the
street from excessive heat this afternoon
ana died in a few minutes.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
AIABAMA's OFFICIAL TRIAL
BattIeship VIII Be Worked for Four
Hours OFF New England Coast

PhiIadelphia August -a.IIhe nitsd
state tattI.ship Alabama left cramps
shfnvarF This afternoon for her Official
trial which viii take place on the New
England coast during th" early part 81
,,,xr week The AIauama viii go direct
" 20 the Br1uk klyn uays yard where She
viii h. ufar.si iu dry dock for the pur-
s..F F-rur1 There ths bnttltship VIII
- a. T.ns.uu h1rhnr Whrr. ~.fe VIII an
..YI,r for several sIa-s while ler mac Cniil'-fy
h being ovsriEul.l The speed uiai
Vii r-I.. u.sre over e measured course
f,.--v-...rr t'aua- ANN and Cape Furpul~-'
'rha Alahanla contract calls for "A speed
a. Eighteen knots au hour for fourteen
consecutive hours
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
Two rnndred Students.

Two hundred students studying dentis-
r. for trr.- selrs in one school THIS -
th. record - the Atlanta Dental Coiies'''
vhszs alumni are scattered ail over tAe
south
Judging from its past record. We should
not -. surur sci n the attendance Within
thr next .v. years inersa I'd To- iiv" hun
sred hut this s. Atlau-i's way' See
aunuuurerleut ln another column. ~ To-
Catalogue address william Sr'nsia"'
Dean. 81 Prudential. atlanta, Ga-