The true reformer., 1900-07-25
Race Review.

Race Review.
The law passed by the Chickasaw In
dian Nation, providing that white men
must pay $1,000 license fee to marry
Chickasaw Indian girls, is now in eff
feet and will be rigidly enforced. The
law also provides that white men wish
ing to marry must also prove that they
are of good moral character. There Is
a provision in the act which gives a
non-citizen the right to marry Chicka-
saw Indians in Kansas or any other
State. He can only select an allotment
of approximately 500 acres Of land,
One-half the amount he might have
shared had he married under the
Chickasaw laws. The measure was
passed to lessen the abuses of inter-
marriages. Since the bill was passed by
the Chickasaw council last December,
it is estimated that 1,700 white men
took out license to marry Indian girls
in order to escape the new tax OF ST.
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Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams, in the
Chicago Times Herald, says: "The
colored people of the South are not
looking so confidently toward the Nor
thern States as they once did for their
complete emancipation. They have
learned from the experiences of those
who have already come north, that
there is a. distressing scarcity OF milk
and honey which they dreamed of. In
telligence and self-reliance are the two
things that the negro needs more than
a change of habitation. A large part
la icsr fxyin o.
and reassuring to see that he is awak-
ening to his power and opportunity.
The position of superintendent Of
colored schools for the District of CO.
iumbia has been abonshed by Con-
gress. However Congress has created
g. new office to be known as Assistant
Superintendent at a salary of $4,000.
The new system will continue to en-
ploy colored teachers for leotf---'5cd
schools.
Mr.. Daniel Brown, graduate of the
Indiana Medical College, has been ap-
pointed in the Indianapolis City Dis
! pensary, after a competitive examina-
tion. DR.. Brown is a Negro, and this
honor has been on merit alone.
Inc 9lU,UUU udmdSO SuIL vi heE
McComb, colored deaf mute, against
the L. and N Railroad Company for
| the loss of both legs, has been COM
promised for $4,000. McComb was
awarded $1,000 by jury at Hopkins
Vile, KY, but the case was reversed
by the Court of Appeals on a technical
| ity.
| The Canadian Australian steamship
company Disseminated against the Ho-
gan Colored minstrel company by re-
| f1lsing to sell them passage on a vessel
| to Victoria. Twenty-eight suits were
brought against the steamship compa-
| ny, the first of which has been decided
| in favor Of the plaintiff, Mr.. Ernest
Hogan, and judgment OF S2,25O rem
! dered.
An exchange says that Neeley, a
white man, has stolen more money in
Cuba in one year than all the Negroes
in America have stolen in 100 years.
Major Taylor, the celebrated Negro
cyclist recently purchased $4,000 res
idence by proxy in high-toned resi-
Dental district in Worcester. On find
Ing it out the white neighbors offered
him S. 900 for his bargain, which Tay-
Ior refused to accept. He has moved
in and declares tnat he will stay there.
Rev. J. Slattery a Catholic priest.
| of Baltimore, Md, has purchased 210
| acres Of land near Montgomery, Ala.
for the purpose of establishing a Cath
Ollie school for Negroes in that section.
The National Negro Business League
which will meet in Boston next month
will tend to solidify the business inter-
ests of the race and bring about help
/ full, sympathetic relation between our
| business men and women, which has
no existence at the present time.
The negroes Of Rome, Ca, have de-
clared an absolute boycott on the
Rome street railway, az nce Sund~y
not half a dozen ne Ke been
seen on the cars. r the,
i result of rule rest
resented.