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COMING CHAMPIONS.

by p to 1S. Batteries, T. Mitchell and
Purcell: Gordon and Perley.
The Nationals were defeated by the
DaYton's Bluff team, the score being Is
to 10.
The whirlwinds defeated the Young
Palace by q score Of Is to 3. They chal-
lenge any thirteen-year-o1d club for a
game next Saturday. Address Herbert
Goette, 1916 ArkwrigEt street.
The Volunteers will meet the Colts this
afternoon on the Payne avenue grounds
at $50 WinQuist will pitch for the for
mer and Dell will officiate in the box for
the Colts.
The Quicksteps will cross bats with
the Western Rule company this morning
at Chatsworth and University, and II.
Mcbride will be in the box for the Quick
steps.
A game, which may. end in a close
score, will be played this afternoon on
the Transfer grounds, Merriam Park, be-
tween the Plymouth Clothing House and
the Our Minnie teams. Dehring Will
pitch for the Plymouths and Southpaw
Hanson will deliver his large assortment
of benders for the Our Minnies. The
game will commence at 3 p. M.
The Defenders have organized for the
season and challenge any team IN the
city under seventeen years Of age Adj
dress II. c. Smith, 255 Colborne street
The Remipgtons defeated the Orioles
by IS to D. The winning team would like
a game with any ffteen-year-old team.
Address John Fee, 225 st. Anthony ave-
nue..
The I.afayettes defeated the Young
Pick-Ups by 5 to 2 or the West side
grounds The features were the pitching
of Check Rossman and the catching OF
Teddy Falkenberg for the Layayettes.
The Nationals were defeated bF the
Daytons Bluff team. The score being 10
to Is. The feature OF the game was the
all-arouud playing OF the Dayton's Bluff
The Youngsters defeated the Young
Eagles yesterday by score of p to ID.
Mclaughlin and O'Malley were the bat
terry for the winning team.
The Leatherworkers viii meet the
Floan & Leaverus team this afternoon
on the ice house grounds Thew will not
be as strong as usual on account OF Nit
took and Foley not being with them.
The West Side Rivals defeated the
sco,e of to 3. and In the afternoon the
Yourg Scouts by a score of 10 to 10
The Cleveland high school team de-
feated the South Side high school of Min
neapolis. by II to . Hoff, of the Cleve-
lands. pitched a good game.
The Rockets defeated the Cretir Juniors
yesterday by to s. The Cretin Junior
that the score should be reversed. The
Rockets are anxious to meet anv fftecn-
Near-old team IN or out Of the CITY
Tho Twilights defeated the Banners
by q score of to 4. The batteries were:
Ed pinoche". Sidney Wall, Wallace Cook
and Marion McC,ue
The Colts defeated fhc Gerbers yester-
day afternoon by 70 :? The feature was
the pitching of E.lnnerson. who struck
Colts play Hart 6 MUrphy's team on the
out fifteen men. This afternoon the
cricket grounds.
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GOOD RUN BY BANASTAR
TOOK THE METROPOLITAN HANDI-
CAP FROM CONTDSTOR BY
A NOSE
PRAISE DUE TO JOCKEY oDoM
Made n Great Ride for the Rich
stake-W. c. Whitney's star
Fright, the FavOFite,
Failed to ShOW.

NEW YORK. May 4.-The biggest
crowd since Pessara won in 1882, saw
Clarence H. Mackay's Banaster win he
Metropolitan handicap at Morris park to-
day. In a fierce drive he beat Contester
a head while the three-year-old All Green
was third length away. The time. 1:42.
was only fair.
The Metropolitan was the feature Of
the opening days meeting Of the West
chester Racing association. From noon.
until the first race was called, crowds
poured into the track, and by the time
the first classic fixture of the eastern
racing season was run, there were fully
25,O00 people present. A better day
could not have been desired At the
close of the betting, Star Bright. owned
by w. c. Whitney, was sett,ed upon
as the favorite at odds Of four to one.
while Banastar went to the post at u 20
l. The first break was bad one, Ban
astar refusing, but on the second
attempt they got away in good
order and Unmasked took up the running
and rushed up the back stretch with
Heliobas close by. while Banastar was
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TO MAKE CRUCIBLE STEEL.
New Plant Designed to BE Erected
at Pittsbnrg.

FITTsBURG, May 4-The Standard
Crucible Steel company the new rival
and off-shoot OF the Crucible Steel com,
pany has secured twenty acres of land
near Schoen Works. McKec's Rocks. and
within the next few weeks buiidlne
operations Will have commenced The
new corporation has an application pend
ing at Harrisburg for n charter in which
1t is stated that the capitalization
amounts to 100000. This. however. IS
only the nominal amount. as the great
works that are planned TO be erected viii
cost not less than s 600, 900 and they ex-
coed that estimate.
those who are behind the movement In.
clude Frank -. Hofstott. W. SchOen. A.
+. Frazer. OF the SchOen company:
Reuben Miller. James w. Brown and w.
G. Park the three latter having recent
~ retired from the cruc.ble steel COM
pany.
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UNDER NATIONAL PROTECTION.
List of Minor Leagues Under Pres
ident Young,a WING.

WASHINGTON, May 4-President N.
ball clubs announced today that the fol-
lowing organizations had qualified and
paid for protection under the National
agreement for 1901: The Western league,
Class A, T. ]. Hickey, president; the
Western association, Class A, William
Meyer Jr., president; the Eastern league,
Class A, p. T. Powers, president. The
Southern association, Class B, r. w.
Kent, president.
The New York State league, Class C,
]. Fl. Farrell, president; the Virginia
North Carolina league, Glass c, 4. H.
Cunningham, president the Illinois, Iowa
and Indiana league, Class D, NJ. II. Sex
ton, president; the Pacific Northwestern
league Class D, w. II. Lucas, president;
the Connecticut State league, Class E,
Sturgis Whitlock, president.
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Baltimore ........1 o 2 o OIL
80 0 A 0 0 0 0 p

Earned runs, Baltimore G, Philadelphia
4; two-base hits, Williams, Keister, Rob-
inson, Laioie 2, Powers; three-base hits,
0 seTo S0I Iacks s59iS o Ids na McGFa nav
Graw to Williams to Foutz; LETT on bases,
Baltimore 5, Philadelphia s: first on balls.
off McGinnity l, Piatt 4; hit by pitcher,
McGraw; struck out, by McGinnity q
Piatt /; time. 1:40; umpire, Haskell
WON WITH THE STICK
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Boston won
today's game by superior batting. hits be-
ing timely and well punched. The home
clubs fielding was inferior. Young pitch
ed a beautiful game and was accorded
excellent support. Score:
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Earned runs, Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn
l.. three-base hit, Delehanty; two-base
hits Delehanty 2; first on errors, Phil
Philadelphia Z. Brooklyn l. struck out,
by McJames 4, by Orth 2; stolen bases,
Delehanty Flick, Sheckard DAILY 2,
Dahlen; bases on balls. off McJames 3,
off Ortiz /; double play, Cross 70 Dele
hanty; hit by pitched ball, by McJames
1, by Ortiz /; time 1:4O; umpire, O'Day;
attendance, 5000.
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Ric Lencne PInyers ReIease.il.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 4 = President
Robinson, of the st. Louis National
League Baseball club, today notified Out
fielder Bernard J. Wefers, the celebrated
sprinter, and Infelder Victor King that
the club would not need their services
after May 10. The Cincinnati club today
announced the release Of Outfelder
Dobbs, effective May 5.
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BLUES PLAYED RAGGED BALL

KANSAS CITY, May 4-(special.) 1.-THE
Nillers won, Z to g. on muddy field to-
day by punching hits in the fourth In
ming. Tannehnl, Belden, Congalton and
Rrasbear singled which, with the aid Of
a wild throw by Klopf, brough in three
runs, and established a lead that the
Blues could not overcome. The Millers
got their first run on Belden's singh,
Brashears error end Congalton's single.
In the second inning Glassccck and Tan
nehill singled and came in on the widest
kind Of a throw by Robinsln. In the
third Congalton singled and came in OH
Hardesty's muff Of Glasscock's fly. Then
came the winning fourth inning, which
ended the run getting for the Millers.
The blues did most Of their run getting
in the second by punching four singles,
which netted three runs. Neither Wads-
worth nor Butler was very effective N
the box, a possible explanation being {
mud The fielding on both sides was
ragged, the Blues making several partic"
Clarly eSregious errors.
The Blues did stupid base running alsu
Congalton was the star for the Millers,
getting three singles and stealing two
bases, the only two of the game. The
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Earned runs, Washington 1, Boston 4:
two-base hit, Quinn; three-base hits,
Freeman. 2; stolen base, Hemphnl;
double plays, Criger to Collins, Quinn to
Clingman to Everitt, Clingman to Quinu.
first on balls, off Mercer /. off Patten 8;
struck out, by Patten 2 by Young 7: left
on bases. Washington 6. Boston 5; wild
pitch Mercer; time. las; umpire, Cam
tillon; attendance, 1,S00.
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Immary-Earned runs, Kansas City
8, minneapolis .; two-base hits, Hartman
ard Glasscocl1; double plays, Kansas
City 3. O'Brien to Klopf to Brashear
O'Brien to Rrashear, and O'Brien to
KIopf to Brashear; hit by pitched ball,
Klopf; bases on balls, Wadsworth ]. But
Ter /: struck out, by Butler 2, by Wads'
worth 2; umpire Freeman; time, 40
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Wmxeca May Come.

Manager Whitmore is trying to get the
Waseca club to play a game here Sun
to prove a good drawing card, as the
Waseca club is known to be the fastest
semi-professional club in the Northwest.
Wilson, the star colored pitcher, is with
them.
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Earned runs, COLORADO Springs 3 SLOIen
bases, Hulen, Hemphill 2, CASTOR, Schae-
fer; two-base hits, Rebsemen. CASTOR,
Whitridge; left on bases, Colorado
Springs 8, Des Moines Z; struck out by
Steffani 6, by Whitridge s; bases on balls,
off Steffani 2, off Whitridge 4; wild pitch,
Whitridge; umpire, Papkay; time, 1850.
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ST. Johns gu" Won.

At Collegeville yesterday st. Johns
university team won in a fast game Of
ball from st. Cloud high school by 20
7. For the college, O'Leary and Schroeder
officiated in the points while Grleber and
Vandyke were the battery for the high
school.
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WON WITH THE STICK

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. May A.
Especial --Hulen's Nllionaires took the
second game of the series from Chase's
Prohihitionists here today. The locals
put up an almost errorless game, the
cnlT error being n wild throw In the
ninth, which allowed Des Moines to score
one ran. Whittridge pitched a fine
It difficult for the batteries to do effective
wor', Donahue got his little finger split
open and Will be laid off several days.
HemDhiil made 4 sensational catch of
long drive 10 left field i'm the fourth.
The wind made II hard for the iielders to
judge the ball. but 10 errors were made
on this score. Attendance, $500 Score:
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CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS WE'RE
TIED IN THE TENTH
SUPERBAS GET A SETBACK
Lose One to the Quakers-Orphans
Win at P1ttsburg and Beam
eaters Take One in
Gotham.
SUPERBAs GET A SETBACK
National League.

ST. LOUIS, May 4.-The st. Louis and
Cincinnati Nationel league game today
ended in tie at four to four in the
tenth inning, on account of a fire which
destroyed the grand stand st. Louis was
at bat and Wallace had just made his
fourth hit Of the game. WaIlace's all
around play was the feature. Tomor-
rows game will be played at Athletic
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ORPHANS DOWN PIRATES.

PITTsBURG, Pa, May 4.-Wfh two
out and two on bases. in the eighth
inning, Ritchey's error, followed by two
hits, allowed the visitors to score three
runs, winning the game. Menefce pitch
ed good ball and had the home team
guessing all the way. Attendance, J,C09.
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College Rnu Results.

At Princeton 5, Brown ..
At Philadelphia-Penns Is, Cor
nell 7.
At Cambridge-Harvard 4, Williams 5.
At New York-Calumbia 8, Carlisle 16
At Chlcago2Notre Dame IL. Chicaeo
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Earned runs, Omaha 2. two-base hit,
Stew art: three-base hits. Calhoun, Leewe.
I.etcher home run, Calhouns bases on
balls. Kostan ?, Graham s. struck out,
by Meredith 3, Graham s. Kostall 4; hit
by pitcher. 5y Graham 3; wild pitch.
Graham; time, hours; umpire, Carruth-
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Boston ............O 800 2 80
New York ..........O o 2 Ga

Earned runs, Boston 2, New York /;
two-base hits, Hamilton, Crolieus. Bower
man; stolen bases, Long, Kittridge,
Dineen; sacrifice hits, DemOnt 2 Kit
Off Taylor q hit by pitcher, Crolieus;
struck out, by Dineen 4, by Taylor q;
wild pitch, Dineen; time, 1.45; umpire,
Nash.
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By DEFEATING THE BREWERS
THEY TIE DETROIT FOR
THE LEAD
LATTER LOSES TO CLEVELAND
baltimore Takes a Game at PhiIa-
deIDhia, and Boston TrOunces
the Senator's at Wash
3ngtOn.
American League.
PLAYED. Won. Lost. Per c.

MI. WAUKEE, May Allowing out
pitched Katoll this afternoon, but the
miserable support given him IN the first
two innings lost the game to the home
team. Chicago made their first six runs
on three hits, five errors and one gift.
McFarlands fielding was feature.
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OArAHA HrTs RTCuT

DENVER. May 4-Omaha won today's
inning. The play was not as good as
that of the opening game Lauzon's
hand was broken in the third, and Glade
was substituted Attendance 1000. Score:
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WON IN THE FIRST.

DETROIT, May 4-CIeveland took the
lead from" the first inning today and
Moore's magnificent pitching kept the To-
cal team from catching on. Cronin was
hit for four singles q. double and a three
Dagger in the first inning before he was
replaced by Owen, who kept the hits
well scattered during the rest Of the
game Score.
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Two-base hit, Schrall; three-base hits,
AIcIIibben, Flood, Hall, Werden, Parker;
passed BAH, Holmes; wild pitch, Jones;
Struck out, Honeyman 2 Schan 2, Ryan
Siegier, Jones 2; bases on balls, Hall,
Ma1pin 2, Flood, Crooks; left on bases,
St Joseph 5, st. Paul 5; sacrifice hit,
Hulswitt; stolen base, Maupin; time, l:3V;
umpire, MeSner.
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BOSTON PUNCHED HITS.

BOSTON. May 4.-Boston won today
by punching hits in the fifth inning, when
four singles and a sacrifice netted them
three runs. The fielding of Taylor was
feature. Attendance. 200. Score:
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Two-base hit. Doyle sacrifice hits.
Beaumont Phillippi; stolen bases Ritch-
ey, Bransfeld Eagan; double play,
Philippi to Ritchey; first base on balls.
off Philippi 2; struck out by Phillippi
5. by Menefee 4; time, 1:40; umpire, Ems
lie.
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PLAYED BETTER BALL.


PHILADELPHIA, May baltimore
defeated the home team today by better
all around playing. With the exception
Of the fourth and ninth innings McGin-
nifty pitched a steady garne, while Piatt
was hit freely throughout the contest.
The fielding of the Philadelphia team was
at times Indifferent. Attendance 5000.
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Earned runs, Milwaukee 2, Chicago 8;
two-base hits, Conner, ShUgart, Hoy;
three base hits >, Hartman Downing,
on balls, off Bowling 2, off Katoll 2; wild
pitch, bowling; struck out, by Bowling
6, by Katoll l; double play, Conroy 10
Anderson: left on bases, Milwaukee II,
Chicago 5; umpire. Connolly; time, 200;
attendance 1000.
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Des Moines at Colorado Springs.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May 4-(Special)-
The Apostles were not in it in today
game as McKibben's men played all
around them. Maupin was an enigma
10 the visitors as only in one innings
We're they able to touch him with effect.
He had splendid control and gave but
one base on that account. Jones on
the other hand was touched up when hits
meant runs and was otherwise ineIfec-
tive. Both shortstops did fine work
and Ryan again distinguished himself
by his great work in the field. Singles
by Holmes Higgins and Ryan supple
mented by an error by McKibben ac-
counts for the pair Of tallies scored by
st. Paul in the eighth inning. In the
third inning an opprobious remark made
by Holmes to McKibben at the homo
plate almost provoked row. Hall and
others players picked up bats but the
counsel Of Ryan and other cooler heads
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COULDN'T FIND ORTIZ.

BROOKLYN. May 4-Orth was hvin-
chile today, holding the Brooklyns down
TO four hits. McJames pitched fair
timely hitting lost the game Delehanty
made two doubles and triple, scoring
four runs for his team. Score:
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Gophers Beaten at Ann Arbor

ANN HARROR, Mich, May 4-Univer-
sity of Michigan, 5; University of Mime
sofa, l.
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trailing along in seventh place As the
horses rounded into the turf Of the With
ers mile, Odom began to make his move
on Banastar and as they neared the turn
into the stretch Banastar had moved
the lot down one by one until he was
at the saddle girths of the flying leaders
and Odom held him there for the final
run through the stretch. Around the
turn they came every one having a clear
field, inch by inch urging with the hands
Odom sent Banastar along until he had
poked his nose in front OF Helobas. VINO
dropped back beaten Then Banastar
went after Contester, whom McCue was
driving hard. In the meantime there was
a wild shout from the crowd, for All
Green was coming with a rush. Odom.
on Banastar then got to work with whio
and spur. He hung at Contester's with
ers for an instant, and then the last
five jumps Banastar succeeded in poklnz
his nose in front and he landed the stake
for his new owner by a head The
Juvenile stakes, another fixture, was
won by J. u. Madden's Little Girl in
record time for the stakes-dfty nins
seconds
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THEsE ARE WINNERs

First race, five and half furlongs-
Water Color won, King Pepper second,
Ida third. Time, 1:O7H
Second race, selling seven furlongs-
Hespen won, Petra H. second The
Chamberlain third Time PSF
Third race, Juv emile, five furlongs-
Blue Girl won, Hyphen second, The Hoy
den third. Time, 80
Fourth race the Metropolitan, one mile
-Banastar. 1913, Odom, y to / and TO ],
won; Contestor, Ill McCue. 7 to / and
to 2, second; All Green 102 Brennan,
Is to and to l, third. Time 1.42 sgd
ney Lucas Brlgadier, Knight Of Rhodes,
star Bright, Ogden, Watercure I'm
masked. All Gold, Motley, Hellobas. Bel
lario, Raeffale and King Bramble also
ran
Fifth race. half NATURALIZATION won.
Evelyn Maud second. Gold Cure third
Time :46A
Sixth race, the New York steeplechase.
about two miles-Ronkonkoma won Wal
ter Cleary second, Zanzibar third. Time,
4'U412'
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%F'rislc batted for Owen In the ninth
Earned runs, Detroit 2, Cleveland 7; in
nings pitched, Cronin l, 8, Owen 3, 2, 8;
basehits, off Cronin G, off Owen 4 two
base hits, LaChance q Beck, Woods;
carthy g; Stolen bas a Holes q ii DnTo n
LaChance, Clemson; first base on balls,
off owen 4, off Morre z; hit by pitcher,
Mccarthy; first base on errors, Detroit 1,
Cleveland 8; left on bases, Detroit II,
Cleveland Z struck out, by Owen q by
Moore 4: double plays, Elberfeld to Dill
Ion, LaChance (unassisted): wild pitch
Owen; time 2:15; umpIres, Sheridan and
Mannassau; ATTENDANCE 1000.
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(Note-Game called on account of fire,
with St. Louis at bat, In tenthl
Earned runs. Cincinnati 8; two-base hit,
PeitZ; three-base hits, Burkett and Wal
lace; home run, Crawford; double plays,
Wallace to McGann, Corcoran to Stein
feldt to Beckley; stolen bases, Irwin and
pitch, Harper; time, 1:45: umpire, Dwycr;
attendance 5001 =
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CLUBS TIED WITH Us FOR
FIRST PLACE
TABLES WERE ALL TURNED
Each Club That Won in the Open
ing Series Lost to Their OPP
pOnents in the Sec
Ond Round.
Western League standing.
GAMES TODAY

St. Paul at st. Joseph.
Minneapolis at Kansas City.
Omaha at Denver.
Des Moines at Colorado Springs.
The colored American., 1901-10-19

Prof. Robert II. Terrell cOntlnuefl
as Grand Master of Free and Accept
ed Masons for this jurisdiction.
A proper appreciation shown by OJ2t
people Of the great work being accom-
pIished by our colOred IyceumS. !
y proper recognition of the stability
Of the Capital Savings Bank by the
so 900 cOlOred residents of this city.
Judicial cognizance of the letter and
spirit Of the fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
Negro clerks in the several depart
mentS to receive promotions cOmmen-
sUrate with their ability and efficiency
Less ''hOt air. expended at our
lyceumS and more serious and tangi-
BILE propositions presented for discus
sion.
Normal school graduate given a fair
chance in our night schools and all
day teachers to take a good nights
rest
Prof W. II. II. Hart granted an
appropriation by Congress for the con-
tiDuatiOn Of his good work at ''Hart's
farm"
Recognition shown the pioneer man
ager Of illustrated colOred journals,
Col. e. e. Cooper, by "the powers
that be-"
A few more progressive churchmen
like e. II. Terrell, r. S. Smith, E. r.
Russell, Z. @. Manley, and Thomas
Walker.
The right of suffrage, for upon the
principle of taxation without repre-
sentation" was this great Republic
founded.
Narrowing of ''mossback" and ig-
nOrant preachers by many congrega-
| tiOns, and let the Industrial world
| claim it's own.
A few Methodist and Bap iSt
churches to emulate the example Of
| Park Temple and Lincoln Memorial
| Church and merge into one assembly
| and get out of debt.
More papers read before our Iy-
! Ceums touching upon scientific and
| general subjects and let the Negro
| problem rest for a while.
w. L. MENARD.
The colored American., 1901-10-19
A SUCCESSFUL ILLINOISAN.
Mr.. Louis Steward "A Pioneer in Indus.
trial Movements Among Afro-Ameri-
cans in Central Illinois.

Mr.. Louis Steward, whose portrait
appears in this issue was born in De
catur, H., July II, 1868, at which
place he received his education. Mr..
Steward is one of the most popular
and prosperous young cOlOred men in
Decatur, Ill. He entered the Haworth .
Iron Fellow Wagon Co. to learn the
wagon trade. He entered the wheel
department as a wheel shaper, and
was on the eve of promotion At ttnat
time the POstOffice Department. estab-
lished the Free Delivery System, and
he was offered the position as u. 5.
mail carrier, he being the only colored
man Of the fQPur appointed. He re-
signed his position at the wagon man
ufactory and accepted the position as
mail CARRIER, which he held for eight
years, srat which time he was released
on saccOunt of change of Postmaster,
there being no civil service there at
| that time. Mr.. Steward was pro-
n0unced the best carrier in the serY-
ice. Two years later the civil service
was established and he took the exam
ination and successfully passed, and
was appointed substitute, which pO-
Sition he held for four years. At the
expiration of the four years he was
appointed a regular carrier. which DO
sitiOn he still holds, with dignity to
himself and his race. Mr. Steward
is a self-made man, having accumu-
| lated considerable real estate. and is
one OF the WealthieSt cOlOred men in
Decatur. He ranks as one of the lead
ing colored citizens in Deca-
tur, being actively engaged in
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