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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-11

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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
ST. LOUIS COLORED FOLK.

From a recent annual holiday
number issued by the Palladium, of
st. Louis, Mo, a publication which
is presided over by P. H. Murray, it
is learned that out Of a total popula-
ton of 3,106,600 in Missouri, there
are 175,000 colored folks, and that
out of a total population Of 1928
in st. Louis, there are $4,000 col
ored folks; also out of a total school
population of 10000 in st. Louis,
there are $500 colored children.
For the enlightenment of those col
ored children, there are 142 teach
ers, all cOlored. There are thirty
three distinct religious organizations
for colored folk, about 100 business
establishments among the colored
people, sixteen colOred dentists, thir-
ty-seven colored letter carriers, and
thirteen colored men at work in the
various departments of the muni-
cipal government. There are also
eleven attOrneys-at-aw, fourteen
physicians and numerous other col
Ored men who are employed in pro-
fessional work not herewith enumer-
ated, all Of which shows that St.
Louis is a very conducive place for
the development Of the colOred man
who desires to push to the front and
become a part and parcel Of this
great republic.
A comparison between the Negro
and the Indian Of this country shows
very discouraging result, so far as
the Indian is concerned. In 1920
twenty Negroes were brought to this
country and landed at Jamestown
Va, where they met Indians, who
roamed over the entire North Amer
ican country, and probably number
ed into the millions. At present
there are but 5S,8O6 Indians in the
United States, and all Of them are
public charges on the general gov
ernment. The government during
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
DOM PAUL is COMING.

1t is now reported by VIM. I.
Stead, the great English labor agi-
tator, that Paul Kruger, late presi-
dent of the Transvaal republic, is
soon to sail for the United States, to
try to interest the people Of this
government in the cause Of the
Beers. It will be remembered that
Mr. Kruger went to Europe for the
selfsame purpose, and while he met
with a most fattering reception in
France, owing to the fact that the
French republic desired to offer
some kind of insult to the English
government, he met with a rather
cold reception in every other part Of
Europe that he visited. Personally,
he has been received with honors
and courtesy by the lay citizens of
the governments he visited, but Of
ficially he has not been received by
the rulers Of the European govern
ments and has been given to under
stand by them that he need not ex-
pect their government to take any
part in the restoration Of the BOer
republic, and that its agitation with
in their confines would not be tOler-
ated. Kruger, should he visit the
United States, would be likewise re-
ceived here; the private citizens
Of this country would receive him as
distinguished private citizen, but
the president nor his official house
hould would hold out to him no
hope Of getting any aid in this coun-
try for his fallen republic, nor would
they permit him to agitate or try to
excite the minds Of the public in gen
eral to offer any assistance in any
way for his lost cause. The Trans
vaal cause is lost one, and Presi-
dent Kruger had as well submit tC
the fate and seek some place II
Europe or America where he car
pass the balance of his days in peace
and quiet.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

A petition bearing 500 signatures
of the most prominent men in Seat
tie, from a business standpoint, was
handed to the city clerk last Monday
and the same was read to the city
council on Monday evening. The
petitioners asked that the ''ladies' en-
frances" to saloons be closed, and
that the city officials enforce the laws
that have been passed by the city
council to the effect that all saloons
close at 1 o'clock Those persons
who took the most active part in get
ting the signatures to the above pc
tition are men who believe that it is
the saloon that runs all night and
the side entrances that permit all
classes Of humanity, both young and
old, to become patrons Of the saloon,
that are responsible for the over
whelming amount of vice that Seat
tie is now festered with. They bet
lieve that if the saloons were closed
at 1 o'clock at night, and that if the
side entrances were closed for all
time to come, that men and women
and boys and girls, if such there be,
who visit saloons, we're compelled to
enter at the front door and drink at
the public bar the same as do men,
there would be fewer women and
children who would visit saloons for
the purpose of drink. The side en-
frances and the boxes that are to be
found in close proximity to the side
entrances are the harbingers in
which more vice and wickedness are
bred than any other spot in or out of
saloon. The Republican has always
advocated the running Of saloons as
other business houses are run, Civ
ing no more leeway or privilege to
run night and day, week in and week
out, than are other business houses
given. The city council should care
fully consider this petition and the
names thereon and close up the sa-
looms at l o'clock as the ordinance
which is now on the statute books Of
this city requires, and for the sake
Of the young Of this community they
should close the boxes and side en-
frances to saloons and drinking re-
sorts.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

the year 1899 expended $12, ,184,676
for the care Of the Indians. On the
other hand, the twenty Negroes Of
1920 have increased to 100000,
for which the government is not
called upon to spend one cent for
his care and maintenance. In other
words, he is self,suppOrting ere
ature, though he may be bronded as
an inferior one. There is no hope Of
ever ciyilizing the Indian to the ex-
tent of preserving the race to which
he belongs, either as a historic relic
or otherwise, so rapidly is it dying
out. His indolent habits are rapidly
telling on him as a race, and before
the present century will be half past,
the Indian will be almost extinct.
On the other hand, the Negro has
steadily increased, gained strength,
wealth and education, and before the
present century will have been half
passed away, he will be one of the
factors of the United States govern
ment. AS freed man, he is devel-
oping the industries Of the sections
of the country where he is to be
found in greatest numbers, more
rapidly than as a slave, which will be
seen from the following: In the
year 1850, when slavery was at its
highest, there was raised in the
South but 2,233,781 bales Of cotton,
while in 1899 the same class of la
borers raised 8,9O0,OO0 bales of cot
ton. Despite the opposition that the
Negro is meeting with in the Sauth
at the hands of the white people, he
is nevertheless rapidly gaining
wealth and homes and becoming
more prominent factor than he was
when a slave
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
HAS BEEN HUSTLING.

New Years day, which marked the
thirty-eighth anniversary Of the free
dom of the Negroes of this country,
was quite generally celebrated by
them throughout the United States.
When the Negro was emancipated in
1868, he was started out without
money, means or education. He had
some experience as an American citi-
zen, but it was not the kind of ex-
perience that would prove very ele-
waiting to any man; and it was very
generally conceded that at the time
of his emancipation, $1,000 would
have covered the entire possessions
Of the four million Negroes that
were set free. But January, 1901,
the beginning Of a new century, finds
a far different state of affairs exist
ing among them than did January,
1868. In other words, the century,
or that part of the century in which
they enjoyed as citizens, has been
a most productive one, so far as they
are concerned, as it wrought some
mighty changes in their condition,
for there are now within the United
States $4,000 colored teachers, 1000
colored lawyers, $4,000 cOlored ply
sicians, church property valued at
1000, churches numbering
1899, with seating capacity Of g.
100000. Besides this, the colored
people are worth many millions Of
dollars in farm and realty in the
United States, as well as IN business
and manufactures; they
receive more money as wage
earners than any other dis
tinct class in the United States;
through their own efforts col
ored people support seven colleges,
nineteen academies, five high
twenty-five theological sem
and raise $11, 100000 for
their own education. And all Of
this has been accomplished in thirty
eight years.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
DANISH WEST INDIES.

From official circles at Washing
ton City it is learned that Minister
Swenson, of this country, who is
stationed at Copenhagen, has offered
the Swedish government $3,240,000
for the Danish West Indies Islands.
The consummatiOn of this interna-
tional deal would have been perfect
ed a year ago, and ere this, it was
thought, the United States would
have been the owner Of those islands.
This government has constantly
pounded away at the Swedish gov
ernment to get her to relinquish her
rights to the islands, but up to the
present time, to no avail. That the
United States could be in a position
to compete with England or any 9TH
er European country, it seems abso-
lutely necessary that she own that
group Of islands. England owns the
dominican group of islands, to the
south of the Danish islands, and it
has been officially given out that if
the United States buy the Danish
West Indies, England will make an
effort to either sell her possessions
to the United States or establish in
dependent republics among the
Dominicans. In such a case the
United States would become either
the possessor of all of the islands in
the Atlantic ocean within the Amer
lean radius, or a protector of them,
thereby putting into effect the fam
Gus Monroe Doctrine, which has
been the guiding star of the Amer
lean republic since that famous doc
trine was first enunciated by Presi
dent Monroe.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
PASSING
EV rs
Of Men and Things Through.
out the World.
Big Sunday Death Record-P. D.
Armour, Bradbury of Maine, Edi-
tor Schnebly Minneapolis Hola-
caust ALI Reported New Dem
ocracy-Frank Jamas.

Last Sunday was rather day of
fatalities for leading men Of the
country, as well as some leading
lights of our own section. The death
OF Phillip D. Armour, the great Chi
cago packing house king, last Sun
day, was reported, he having sue
cumbed to a protracted illness that
has been hanging on him for the
past two years. Mr. Armour was a
many times millionaire, and he con-
trolled all Of the leading packing
houses of the United States at the
time of his death. He has but one
son that survives him, and he will
take his fathers shoes in the fnan-
cial world at once. 1t was the death
OF son two years ago bearing the
fathers name that hastened the IA
theirs death. Mr.. Armour's estate is
estimated to be worth in the neigh
borhood Of $1O0,OOO,O00.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

David j. Schnebly, the pioneer
newspaper man of the Northwest,
died at his home in Ellensburg last
Sunday, at the ripe old age Of 83.
He was the first man to ever start a
newspaper in the Northwest, and
remained in the business, practically
speaking, until his death. His first
effort in the newspaper field was in
Oregon City, with the Spectator,
which was established in 1852. He
has had various other experiences
with newspaper work and has been
connected with a number of different
papers at different places, but Of late
years he had devoted his entire
time to the Localizer, at Ellensburg,
which he conducted as a local Dem
ocratic paper. In 1896 he partially
retired from the paper, leaving its
management to his sons, who con-
Quoted it as a Free Silver Bryan
paper. Father Schnebly was uni
versally liked by the members of the
craft of this State, and whenever he
was able to get to one of their edi-
torial meetings, he was always the
center Of attraction. This leaves but
one other pioneer newspaper man in
the State, in the person Of Thomas
Prosch, who now resides in Seattle
and is historian Of the Washington
Press Association. Mr.. Prosch be-
gan active newspaper service in the
Northwest a short time after thai
begun by Mr.. Schnebly, who has Sc
recently passed away.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
GOV. MOUNT ON LYNCHING.

If there were more such men as
Gov. Mount, of Indiana, there would
be less lynching i'll the United
States. The stand that Gov Mount
has taken on the lynching of the
three Negroes in that State some
three weeks ago is herewith COM
mended to Gov. Thomas, Of Colo
RADIO, and few other Northern gov
ernors, who do not seem able to cope
with the lynching spirit that has
sprung up in their midst. Gov.
Mount learned from official sources
that one of the three men lynched
was innocent and had no connection
whatever in the case, which the 9TH
er men were guilty of. 1t so aroused
his feelings that he offered a large re-
ward for those connected with the
lynching, and since that time he has
had an army Of detectives ferreting
out the case, and says he hopes with
in a few weeks more to have all of
the men who participated in the ne
farious and barbarous act behind the
bars, and that justice, according to
the laws of the State, will be meted
out to them. He has no fear Of such
proceedings injuring him or his
party among the voters Of that State.
If doing right will defeat him, he
has determined on being defeated.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
CLEVELAND'S NEW PARTY.

For some time it has been very ap-
parent that ex-President Cleveland
and a few of the leading Democratic
politicians Of this country, who be-
lieve as does he, that a strangeness
had arisen between the Democratic
party and those gentlemen. Though
Mr.. Cleveland was twice elected to
the presidency of the United States
as a straight Democrat, he was COM
pletely shelved by the Bryan Democ-
racy, which Cleveland was pleased to
term the Strange gods of 1896"
which same strange gods nominated
Bryan for the presidency and at the
same time so overloaded the Demo-
ocratic party with political isms as to
cause a large number of Democrats,
who were Democrats under Cleve
lands administration, to either with
draw from the party or remain neu-
tral in the famous campaign of edu
cation Of 1896, and likewise in the
similar subsequent campaign Of 1900.
Since the last election, Mr.. Cleve-
land has made public his views as to
the real condition Of the Democratic
party, and has repeatedly demanded
Its reorganization and a return of it
to its old principles, but realizing
this impossible so long as it was un-
der Bryan's influence, Mr.. Cleve-
land, David Bennett Hill, Daniel S.
Lamont, William F. Sheehan, Will
lam G. Whitney, James A. Carter,
and a number Of other old school
Democrats Of New York, have or
ganized a Samuel J. Tilden Club,
and through this club they propose
to bring the Democratic party back
to its political senses and make it a
party Of standing and merit among
the business men in the United
States. This has brought forth Sc
we're criticism from Bryan, the new
leader Of the Democratic party,
which criticism has been voiced by
number of lesser Democrats of the
different localities of this country,
who believe as does Bryan, and, as a
result of the whole matter, it begins
to look as though the United States
in the near future will be favored
with two Democratic parties instead
of one, as for the past century.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

The evil that one does in early life
is sometimes lived down, in a way,
but the ghost Of such a life always
makes its appearance when such
persons endeavor to step forward in
to public life and become one Of the
men of the day. There is no doubt
but that even renegade can reform
sufficiently to become a good Amer
lean citizen, and not only good cit
izen, but an ideal citizen. Neverthe-
less, it does not necessarily follow
that such persons should be pushed
to the front in the affairs of the
country which they tried so hard to
tear to pieces in their more youthful
and reckless days. When Frank
James, an associate and brother OF
the notorious Jesse James, both OF
whom robbed and wrecked banks,
railroads and every other enterprise
in which a dollar could be found:
who murdered men, women and chill
dren without mercy for the sake OF
obtaining their money, as such per
sons passed to and fro on the rail
roads, when, it is repeated, such out
laws come before a legislature Of
State for public recognition, as did
Frank James before the Missouri
legislature a few days ago, asking the
members Of that honored body tt
honor him with an official position
within its ranks, that his posterlty
might be protected from the disgrace
his own recklessness had brought OF
it, owing to the fact that he and hi
brother were the boldest and mos
daring robbers the world has evel
known, this is asking altogether too
much of civilization, and this, too
regardless Of the fact that James has
TO some extent reformed, and there
is no doubt but that the civilized
world applauds with profound graf
itude at the stand the Missouri legls
lature took when Desperate james
only got Is votes out of the II;
members, for the honor he sought
| James, since he surrendered himself
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
OKLAHOMA HAS NEGROES.

Evidently the Negro Of this
country has found one spot where it
is all sunshine for him, and where he
can flourish like a green bay tree un-
der its shining influence. In Okla
homa, which is a territory cut out of
the Indian reservations, and which
was thrown open to the public for
settlement in 1890, there are now
$4,000 colored people within its con-
fines; Of this number there are 49,
900 colored voters, and OF this num-
Der there are 1000 cOlOred men own
ing farms, which have been conser-
vatively averaged as being worth
$500 each. While this is very con-
servative estimate, as it is said that
some of the farms in the territory
aret worth as high as $4,000. But
figuring on the $500 basis, it would
show that the colored people of Ok
lahoma, though the territory is but
ten years old, are now worth S., ,60O,-
900 in realty, At the same rapid
growth, ere another decade, they will
be worth at least $2O,000,0O0 in that
territory, or, in other words, finan-
cially rule the territory, as well as
make strong effort toward ruling it
politically and otherwise.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
A MAINE MAN DIES.

The next most important death
that occurred on Sunday was that of
a former United States senator,
James W. Bradbury, Of Augusta,
Me. Though native Of New York,
he early emigrated to the State OF
Maine, where he at~once became
prominent in politics. In 1916 he
was elected to the United States SEN
ate, serving full term. For num-
Der of years Mr. Bradbury has lived
IN private retirement, taking no part
in politics or public affairs. He was
80 years of age when he died.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

and was pardoned by the government
for his numerous border outlaw Of
fenses, has not lived an ideal life af-
ter all, for instead of becoming one
Of the people and identifying himself
with leading business enterprises,
he has hung about variety theaterS
as ticket seller, door keeper, and
other occupations connected with
such institutions, which, to say the
least, is not the kind of man the citi-
zens of this country wish their sons
to emulate.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

Quite fire fatality occurred in
Minneapolis last Sunday, which re-
suited IN eight persons losing their
lives and quite a number Of Others
being dangerously, if not fatally, in
jured. They were all employees Of
the Standard furniture store, Of that
city, which was destroyed by fire
early Sunday morning, and in their
attempt to save the property from
destruction they lost their lives. The
dead are Mat. Perley, painter; c. j.
Skidmore, oiler; j. s. Bentley, news
paper solicitor; B, Schocnfeld, la
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

Mr.. A. Dean, Of Everett, spent a
few days in Seattle this week attend
ing court. When Mr.. Dean and Mr.
Collins were partners in restaurant
enterprise on the water front, it will
be remembered, the same went into
the bay and they lost all Of their ef-
fects. Since that time a suit has
been pending against the proprietors
of the building to recover damages,
which suit has been on trial for the
past week.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11
CARNEGIE.s GIVING SPIRIT.

The following excerpt will show
that Andrew Carnegie Is in a mood
of library donation at present: Just
before Booker T. Washington left
Boston, recently, where he has been
raising funds for the permanent en-
dowment of the Tuskegee school, he
received letter from Andrew Car
negie to the effect that the latter had
decided to give $4,000 for the cree
ton Of library building for the
Tuskegee Institute. The building
will be erected entirely by student
labor" ~
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-01-11

IN BLACK
Under Critical Observation
by the Anglo Saxon
Making Much Progress Since
Emancipated Some Thirty-Eight
Years Ago A Brief Review of
His Accomplishments st. Louis
Journal Talks.

1t has been learned from the Asso-
ciated Press that Cyrus Fields Adj
ans, OF Chicago, who was advisory
member of the late Republican ma
tional campaign committee, and who
handled the news Of the Afro-Amer-
lean papers that supported the Nc
klnley campaign with much credit,
has been appointed assistant register
Of the treasury. This is quite an
hOnored position, and doubtless will
be filled with perfect success by Mr.
Adams. In years past the register Of
the treasury has been once presided
over by a colored man, Hon. Blanche
X. Bruce. At the time Mr.. Adams
was appointed he was serving as
town clerk in South Chicago, to
which position he was overwhelming
ly elected last spring, and which
same position he has twice before
been elected to fill. He is said to be
a very able and clever politician, and
was selected by Mark Hanna to fill
the position on the central commit
tee on account of his qualifications
to act as a confidential lieutenant
under the great Republican leader,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-12
Golf In the Old DAYS.

Centuries back golf was a pastlme OF
the royal family. though then usually
played I'm Scotland. The Stuart family
was very fond OF the game, and the
first English club was established at
Blackheath In 1908 by James |. His
eldest son. Henry. frequently played
and on one occasion nearly struck by
accident his tutor with club, where
upon he coolly remarked, Had | done
SO had but paid my debts" Charles
| was playing golf when he received
the news OF the Irish rebellion. james,
duke Of York, afterward James ii, was
another ardent player. Golf is fire.
quently mentioned In ancient Scottish
records and In the fifteenth century
was prohibited because II lnterfered
with the practice OF archery. Strut
considered It the most ancient game at
ball requiring a bat.-London Chron'
lcle.