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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-04-12

Lot Of new ties at The Fair, sS4
Main st. S-2t
Sheriff Hall and Deputy Goodwin, Of
Weston, passed through here Monday
with ]. Wesley Smith, whom they
were taking to the penitent!ary fer
stealing money.
Well, il you can't buy high priced
lot IN clarl8burg, you can get one Ia
the Harmer-Dye addition thereto, az
a reasonable price and on very easy
terms. 2std
SQUIRE ]. n. David gave Judgment
of CSC. IS in favor Of II. A, Nnsbaum,
Tuesday, in his suit against the BaltI~.
more & Ohio railroad for the loss of .
box Of hats and the breakage Of 3 ta-e
BILE and other things in transit IS
freight.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-04-12
Business College Notes.

Mr. Bailey Thompson Of the short
hand department has accepted a posi-
tion with MeSsrs. Kelley s Bowen, as
stenographer.
Mr.. Frank Nutter OF the book-keep-
ing department, has accepted a posi-
tton as book.keeper for the Stout
Lumber c.. at Camden on Gauley.
We have had number Of appliea-
lions for ONCE help this week, which
we have been unable to supply, owing
TO the increasing demand for suck
help. Young men and women whe
think Of taking business course
should do so at once. Strike while
the iron is hot. Reap while the har-
vest is here!n
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL CoLLEGR AND
SCHOOL OF SHORTHAND.
2s.lt Clarksburg w. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-04-12

The Fair is the cheapest place in
town for hosiery. 1926
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
COLLECTING RACE MATTER.

A novel feature of the Charleston
exposition will be seen in the put
ting into operation in the Afro
American department of the exposi-
ton circulating news depot. Sam
pies of all musical compositions of
the Negroes Of this country, in con-
necti0n with samples of all journals
edited by colored men, are to be
placed in gigantic news depot and
exhibited for sale, not so much for
the amount they will bring the de-
partment, but for the purpose Of
showing to the world the progress
the race has made along this line
since the emancipation. Journal
lists will be asked to send copies of
their papers regularly to the news
department, where they can be ex-
posed for sale, and, if sold, pro
rata of the sale price will be returned
to the paper This will enable per-
sons of color visiting the exposition
to call in and get his home paper
and learn the local news the same as
if he was there to receive his regular
Saturdays paper. The plan is a
capital one, and it is hoped that it
will prove a success both financially
and otherwise.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

The Afro-American in this coun-
try can learn salutary lesson from
the treatment accorded to this dis
tlngushed japanese and profit
greatly therefrom. If the Afro
Americans Of this country wish to
become factors in this great western
civilization they will have to become
Influential in the business affairs of
the world. They will have to pos
sess those things that business men
want before royalty and all manner
Of men will stoop to pay homage to
them. But few years ago the
Japanese were branded as too igno-
rant and superstitious to be admit
ed into this country for even the
purpose of becoming servants, but
now the whole scene has been chang
ed, owing to the fact that these peo-
pie are considered among the most
progressive as well as aggressive peo-
pie in the Orient, and they are being
bowed down to by royalty. To get
the japanese trade means something
to any nation, hence whenever an
opportunity presents itself citizens
OF civilized countries are doing all in
their power to cater to the leading
citizens of the japanese country.
The same rule would hold good with
the Negro under similar circum-
stances, and it is here suggested that
the Afro-Americans of this country
make the japanese people an exam
pie after which they pattern for the
purpose OF the bettering of their own
conditions.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
HAYTI is PROSPEROUS.

Bishop James Theodore Holly, of
the Episcopal church Of Hayti, is
visiting the United States. Speak
ing for publication concerning his
country, he gave it out that Hayti
was in equally as prosperous condi-
ton as the United States; that the
country was peaceable and quiet in
every respect and that great prepa-
rations were being made by the en-
tire citizenship for the celebration
of their centennial in 1904. At that
time the little republic will have
reached its one hundredth milestone
since the slaves broke their masters
chains and proclaimed their freedom
to all manner of men on the island,
after having first driven their mas
ters from the island. The sea over
which they have travelled has been a
stormy one, and at times the little
republic seemed all but engulfed by
the mountain-like billows that surg
ed about it from the sea of internal
dissension, but it has weather.
ed the fiercest storms and has sue
ceeded in keeping its head above the
water until it has reached its one
hundredth milestone, and is in a
fairly prosperous condition, as we'll
as giving much evidence Of being
able to take its place among the
worlds republics, if not quite SO
large equally as durable. Hayti
can prevent further revolutions
among the citizens, it will continue
to prosper and grow as other repub-
lies on the American soil have
grown.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
SURPRISING FREE SPEECH.

Much is being said throughout
the entire country over the action of
the Virginia constitutional conven-
ton, which unanimously voted IA
voring restriction Of free speech in
that commonwealth. This is moth
ing new to the state Of Virginia.
nor nothing new to any Of the
Southern states. Free speech in
that section has been restricted for
10 these many years; yea, it might
be truthfully said that the restric-
ton of free speech is one Of the cor
nerstones of Southern Democracy.
First it was only the black folk
whose speech was restricted, now it
is the poor folk, regardless of their
color, whose speech is being re-
stricted. Through the personal in
fluence Of Senator Morgan and
others the Alabama state convention
not only disfranchised and restricted
the free speech of colored folk, but
it did the same thing to that class of
citizens known in the South as "poor
white trash" Thus does the re-
striction of free speech in the South
continue to gain ground, and it will
continue to do so until congress lays
violent hands on it with ''thus far
and no further" Something must
be done and done at once or two
thirds Of the bone and sinew of the
South will be legislated out of their
civil and political rights, and we
will have government similar to
the one which Lincoln said could
not exist in the United States, 'half
free and half slave" When men are
refused their civil rights, and these
are suppressed by the law and the
shotgun, then such persons, whether
they be white or black, are absolute
slaves. "The poor white trash'' of
Alabama is in no better condition,
politically speaking than the black
folk, and, worst Of all, these have
been arrayed against each other by
the leading white citizens, so as to
make it impossible for them to ever
come together for their mutual ben
eft. Under this condition of affairs
in most of the Southern states one
third Of the citizens absolutely rule
the other two thirds.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
PASSING
EVENTS
Of Men and Things in the
Public Mind.
AMERICANS NOT WANTED.

The announcement of M. Evanoff
a Russian engineer, that American
miners will not be allowed to oper-
ate mines or work for wages in the
mines Of Siberia, will cause great dis
appointment among the American
miners, who were looking forward to
reaping a rich harvest from the gold
fields of Siberia. That country is
said to be exceedingly rich in placer
gold, and the American miner, who
is looking for new gold fields to con-
quer, is exceedingly anxious to get a
foOthOld therein. Siberia has an area
of 4,295,000 acres or about one
fourth larger than all Europe, and
yet contains but a population of
100000. 1t is part of the Russian
government and is exceedingly rich
in mineral and precious stones. The
arabic land, which is about one-third
of the total area, produces wheat,
oats, barley, tobacco and other arti-
cles of like nature in abundance, and
on the whole, it is very rich coun-
try.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
OF
RELIGION
Among the Worlds Christians
and Quasi Christians.
METHODIsTIC UNIFICAT1oN.

The ecumenical conference which
recently adjourned its third session
was attended by 600 delegates from
all parts Of the world, and was per
haps the most extensive Of it's kind
that has ever been reported. One of
the striking features about the con-
ference was the tendency toward
Methodistic unifcation. The open
ing sermon was preached by Bishop
Charley P. Galloway, a distinguish
ed divine of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and he argued fer
vently for the unifcation of all Me-
thodist denominations. Much har-
mony prevailed among the entire
delegation. There were twelve dis
tinct Methodist denominations from
America and as many more from
other parts of the world, represent
ing perhaps 100000 actual Meth
odIst members, and Methodist pop
ulation of two or three times that
number. 1t will thus be seen that
the Methodist denomination is rap
idly verging on to the point Of being
the strongest religious denomination
in the world.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
MCCLELLAN AND SCHLEY.

Has American history been re-
peated in Admiral Schley. Is
Admiral Schley guilty of the same
thing that the world both believed
and believes Gen. Mcclellan guilty
of-both cowardice and treason?
No one hardly believes Admiral
Schley is tanned in a single instance
with treason, but since the court of
inquiry has been holding sessions,
from the evidence brought out as to
Admiral Schley's movements at the
Santiago naval battle, there seems to
be no doubt but that he was sadly
lacking in bravery when a battle was
actually on between the two naval
fleets. The friends Of Admiral
Schley must feel sadly disappointed
over the evidence that has been
brought out, and they must likewise
feel that their ideal proved himself
anything but gallant officer in the
heat Of battle 1t is evident from
the testimony brought out by the
court of inquiry that no other officer
in either the navy or the army Of this
this country, save and except Gen.
Mcclellan, ever wantonly disobeyed
as many orders as did Admiral
Schley, and just why he was not
court martialed after the battle at
Santiago is the question. Had he
received his just deserts he would
have been at once ordered to Wash
ington and at once arraigned before
a court of his superiors for openly
disobeying orders. Now that he has
invited this inquiry as to his actions,
it should be the duty Of the naval
authorities to put him on trial for
INSTRUMENTATION and the disobeying
of general orders issued by the sec
retary Of the navy. An excellent op-
portunity is herein afforded the sec
retary Of the navy and the naval
board to administer a salutary re-
buke to those naval officers who
think they know more than the
heads of the various departments,
by reducing Admiral Schley in rank,
if not actually suspending him from
duty.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
BUILD BATTLESHIP.

A proposition to build a battleship
costing $1,25O,O0O by colored con-
tributions and presenting the same
to the United States government is
being advocated by Albert S. Lowe,
formerly a private in the Tenth
cavalry of the regular army. Mr..
Lowe proposes to raise the required
amount of money by contributions
entirely from Negroes who are citi-
zens of the state of Georgia. He
proposes to make a personal appeal
to the 100000 Of that state, and he
believes that they will contribute
the required funds to build the bat
tleship as aforesaid. Mr.. loves pa
triotism in this instance is to be ad-
mired. His desire for his race to dc
something to show its appreciation
to the government for what the gov
ernment has done for it is to be com
mended by every patriotic citizen
but our government is sufficiently
able to build all the battleships that
it needs, and it would therefore
seem more in keeping with good
business tactics, if Mr.. Lowe would
follow in the wake of Booker T
Washington and erect in the state
of Georgia a gigantic industria
school, where the girls and boys O.
his race could learn to work with
their heads and hands, one and thu
; same; where they could learn Il
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
WHY NOT DO 1T RIGHTe

An editor Of a colored exchange
apologies to his readers for the
shabby appearance Of his paper the
two previous issues, and gives as an
excuse for the same, he was too busy
working at a theater to spare the
time to properly attend to this pub
lie educator. No wonder his paper
impresses one as having had a few
handfuls of type shot into it, rather
than regularly printed in it. Any
thing not worth properly looking
after is not worth looking after
at all; and it is an imposition on
the public to force such rubbish
into its consideration. When color
ed men learn to make newspaper
dom business just the same as
other business, and just the same as
other races do, then they will issue
papers that will reflect credit not
only upon themselves, but upon the
race to which they themselves be-
long. For general thing the aver
age newspaper printed and publish
ed by colored men Is a side issue and
used as a grating proposition, with
no eye or intention single to the ad-
vancement Of their race. Nothing
succeeds like success, and nothing is
so commendable of any race of peo-
pie as genuine wholesome success IN
whatever it undertakes.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
nMOLLINEUx COMES AGAIN.

Yellow journalism has received a
setback in Rollin B. Mollineux, a
New York murderer having been
granted a new trial. The history of
MollineuX is about as follows: On
the 28th of December, 1898, Harry
Cornish, of the Knickerbocker Club
Of New York, administered what he
supposed to be bromo seltzer to Mrs.
Kathrine J. Adams. The medicine,
however, proved to be poison and
Mrs. Adams died almost instantly.
Cornish had received the medicine
through the mails, and, owing to the
fact that he had had some dispute
with DR.. Mollineux, the newspapers
at once declared him guilty of send
ing bottle Of poison through the
mails to Cornish, with view of him
taking it and being killed. limo
Gently However, he gave Mrs. Adams
dose Of the medicine and she died
instead Of him. February 20, 1899,
Mollineux was arrested, but on the
18th of April the Indictment was
dismissed. Again in May the grand
jury refused to indict him, but in
July an Indictment was returned
against him, and he was found guilty
February, 1900 Mollineux, after
the sentence Of death had been pro-
nounced upon him, denounced the
newspapers and the prosecuting at
torney in the most scathing terms.
His attorneys too the case before the
court of appeals and as a result a new
trial was granted. The case will now
have to be all gone over again, and,
it is reported, that ''yellow journal
ISM is preparing to do its worst to
reconvict him.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
BUILD PARKER A PARK.

A New York paper is heading an
effort to raise sufficient funds to
build James B. Parker, the man
who prevented Czolgosz from firing
third shot into the body Of the
president, a palatial residence in
Washington City. The movement is
purely New York one, and only
citizens of New York are being call
ed upon to contribute to the fund.
L. Thomas Fortune, the editor of
the New York Age, is the chief pro-
moter of the undertaking, and that
being a fact, its success is almost GER
tain. Parker is deserving of all of
the good things that are being said
about him, as well as all the good
things that should be done for him,
and The Republican truly hopes that
a mansion will be purchased and
furnished for him in the United
States capital, if for no other reason
than to be pointed out as the home
Of the man who leaped to the rescue
Of United States president when he
was being fired upon by a red-hand-
ed murderous anarchist.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
BROTHER
IN BLACK
Under Critical Eye of OBJ
serving Men.
A MCKINLEY MONUMENT.

Strenuous efforts are being made
by the colored citizens of many of
the cities and communities of this
country to raise sufficient money for
the purpose Of erecting a monument
in memory Of the late William Nc
Klnley, our martyred president.
The A. NJ. E. church, as an organiz-
alton, has taken the lead in the eff
fort, and it is devising plans where
by it can raise the necessary funds
to do so with. Other organizations
among the ,colored folk have taken
up the cry, and, if the whole will
work with unanimity of purpose,
there is no doubt but that within a
short time much progress will have
been made toward the Mckinley
monument fund.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
ALL AMERICA UNITED.

Whether it be true that the trial
of Charles J. Guiteau was prolonged
for weeks with view Of making po-
litical capital out of it or not is a
matter of public opinion, but the
man who shot President Mckinley
was put on trial and in two days
thereafter he had been found guilty
and sentenced to be electrocuted one
month thereafter. The speedy trial
Of Leon Czolgosz shows the united
condition Of the country at present.
No political party could have been
profted by prolonging his trial, as
all parties were equally pronounced
as to his guilt and his punishment
America for Americans was never
before so prominent as when the
slayer of President Mckinley was
put on trial; and it will continue SC
yea, even growing stronger than it is
at the present time.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
NEW GRAND ARMY.

The men who fought for the pres
ervation of this union of states from
1861 to 1865, have no greater Grand
Army of the Republic than have the
women of the country who preside
over the '1ittle red school houses -
It is estimated that something like
100000 women, the brightest and
best the country has produced, are
engaged in the profession of teach
ing young America how to shoot
And it must be said to their credit
that no class Of teachers is more sue
cessful than these women teachers
that are to be found alike in the
country and city, happily engaged in
preparing the minds Of the young
folk Of this great republic for the ac-
ceptance Of higher grade Of civil
zation, such as America is rapidly
drifting into. From Maine to Mexi-
co and from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc, and even to the isles Of the sea
the women teachers are first and
foremost in disseminating religion
education, science and civilization
among the rising sons and daugh-
ters of Uncle Sans domain.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11

cements the disseminating elements
and factions Of the voters of the
North as Grand Army veteran can
didate, hence the advisability of the
Republican party selecting Grand
Army man as their standard bearer.
There is no South, no North, no
East and no West at present in this
country, especially on such occa-
sions as the assassination of the pres
ident; but when it comes to presi-
dents and political issues the lines
are as distinctly drawn as they ever
were.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
A JAPANESE HONORED.

The Marquis Ito, a distinguished
japanese statesman who is sOjourn-
ing in the United States for the
present, was royalty entertained in
Seattle while visiting here a few
days ago. A magnificent banquet
was rendered him last Friday even
ing, at which many of Seattle's
most distinguished citizens were
present. 1t is rather remarkable to
note the willingness of some Of the
men present, who boast Of Southern
aristocratic blood in their veins, to
do homage to this member of the
brown race, classed by the United
States census taker as a "colored
man." which is the symbol Of dis
grace in the eyes of all white Ameri-
can citizens. That unusual amount
of homage that was being paid to
this distinguished japanese by our
white citizens arose out of the fact
that he stood in a position to infu-
ence his country to extensively trade
with the United States, and it was
the trade, and by no means the man,
that our distinguished citizens were
paying homage to.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11

make themselves useful, whether on
the farm or in the factory, whether
in the kitchen or in the counting
room, whether as menials or as me-
chanics, instead Of building weapons
of war. The young folks that are
members of Mr.. loves race find
themselves at a serious disadvantage
when they try to compete with
skilled labor land it is very rarely
the case that one is found, who, after
having spent years in some college
or seminary of learning, on leaving
the institution have any special fit
ness for the duties of life save,'I am
educated" which is a small potato
and few in the hill for any one to
fight the battles of an industrial life
with. Build a Booker Washington
industrial school and the United
States government will appreciate
yoru more than if you built two bat
tleships, Mr. Lowe.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
VALE GRAND ARMY.

An exchange observes that Will
lam Mckinley will be the last presi-
dent recruited from the ranks of the
veterans Of the civil war. This,
however, is very doubtful, in view
of the fact that every president since
the close of the late civil war, with
the bare exception of Grover Cleve
land, has come from the ranks of the
Grand Army, or from the ranks of
the veterans Of the great civil war.
While there may not be at the pres
ent time any Grand Army veteran
as popular as was Maj. Mckinley,
yet there are still many Of the vete-
rams of the great civil war in the
prime of life and sufficiently popu-
lar to make a hard fight for the
presidency should something trans
pire that would prevent President
Roosevelt from being a candidate in
1904 or 1908. The feeling Of the
North against the South is still as
intense as it ever was, and no one SC
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-10-11
CHURCH EXPENDITURES.

The following figures have been
compiled showing the expenditures
of the churches of the world for the
maintenance Of educational, charit-
able and literary improvements.
United observation-disclosures Of all
churches, $137,563,2OO; education
and literature, $3s,728,0 900; hospit-
ais and orphanages, $28, 800, 900; i'm
provements and missions, $43,OOO,-
900; miscellaneous, 1886, 100.
England nd-Church of England offer
ings, $57, ,222,170; church of Eng
land revenues, $28,772,7S5; free
church, $25, 500; Catholic
churches, $11,411,282; education
and literature, $45, ,445, ,682; hospit-
ais and orphanages, $29, ,121 200; i'm
provements, missions, $18,85O,765.
Scotland-All religious purposes,
81, ,051 400. Western and Northern
Europe Roman Catholic, $1O2,-
138, 200; Protestant, $67,29O, 400;
other Christian purposes, $34, $780,
600; Russia and Siberia, $51 1855, 500;
Greek church, Patriarch or Constan-
tinople, $5,625, 900; Australian fed
Grafton, $6,9OO,0OO; Pacific islands
and Madagascar, $425,5OO South
Africa, $2,50O,OOO; West Indies,
$325,O0O; foreign missions not
given before, $2,9OO,OOO; constitu-
encies on the mission fields, $7O1,-
600; Roman Catholic orders, $21,-
$4,000; Roman Catholic missions,
SO, 100000; literature and education
not given before, $3O,44O,OOO; Or
phanages not included above, $16,-
O8O,OOO; Sunday schools, lesson pa
pers and libraries, $6,2OO,5OO; i'm
provements and repairs, $25,OOO,-
900; percentage estimated for nom
reporting, $69,8OO,OOO; miscellane-
Gus, So, 100000.