The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-09-07
CHICAGO.
stiE MISUNDERSTANDING lTy VIEW
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ED BY THE APPEALsM MAN.
! COMPUTATION Of q Number of Happenings,
Social and Otherwise. Among the Afro
Americans OF tho Second City Of This
Glorious Union. IS
Miss LOttie johnson, of New York
City. is in the city, visiting Miss Eliz-
abeth Wallace, 1929 Dearborn street.
Mr.. Arthur A. Brown, an employee OF
the custom house, has gone to Charles
town, w. Va; to spend his two weeks
vacation with his relatives.
Mrs. Anna Freeman, of New York
who has been spending several weeks
in Chicago with friends at 222O Dear.
born street, has returned to her home
Mr.. David S. Darlington and Miss
Laura Colley, of New Orleans, were
married at Quinn Chapel church Aug
28th by Rev. A. j. Carey. They will
| reside at. 3O01 Dearborn street.
| The labor parade on Monday was {
grand and imposing affair. A few Afro.
| Americans were seen in the line o
march in several of the trades therein
represented and appeared to be perfect
Fly at home.
! Next Sunday afternoon at A D. m
Hon, Howard S. Taylor, prosecuting
attorney for the city of Chicago, viii
address the Young Mems Club of St
Marks Church on the subject, "The
Road to Freedom
Mr.. Charles S. Sager, the young
playwright, whose Darkness an6
| Dawn was SO favorably received al
the Institutional church several weeks
ago, is again in Chicago, after an alb
sence of few weeks in the East.
DR.. R. G. Ransom, OF the Institu-
tional Church and Social Settlement
is now touring the Holy land. An, in
teresting letter of his appeared in the
Baltimore Afro-America Ledger last
week. He is accompanied by several
bishops and ministers.
Mr.. Louis White, the young expert
proof reader in the employ of the Pet
tiborne Printing Co., is now enjoying
good health and is wholly recovered
from his recent Severe sickness. His
| numerous friends rejoice with him
| upon his complete recovery
/ The reception given in honor of the
knights of Pythias at the Coliseum
last week was one of the grandest en-
Entertainments ever given by Afro.
! Americans in this city. Too much
cannot be said of the grand march, led
| by Prof. J. W. Hall and Mrs. S. A. r
| Watkins. -
l. That story in the Daily News OF
Tuesday about the secession of Bethel
church from the A M. e. connection
| because of Rev. A. L. Murray's alleged
shortcomings, will not bear investiga-
ton. There is. no truth whatever in
the story, so say the most prominent
| mem bers of that church AL
Lieut.. Campbell, formerly of the
Eighth regiment, but lately a ieuten-
ant in the Forty-eighth u. S. vulun-
teers, Just returned from the Philip
pines, will in the course of a month
go back to that country to permanent
ly reside and engage in the mercantile
business. He reports the prospects OF
Afro-Americans better in the Philip
pines than in Cuba or anywhere else
A few members of Prof. J. w. Halls
private dancing class met at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. T. Wat
kins, 1903 Armour avenue, last Mon
day evening and enjoyed the latest
dances and the elegant refreshments
that were served. Among those in
vited were Mr.: and Mrs. ]. Gray Lucas
Prof and Mrs. Leroy Dago, Misses Es-
telle Bonds, Maude Robinson, Alice
Robinson, Arthur Anderson G: Brown.
Twenty-ninth and Dearborn streets
have been the scene lately of many
disgraceful rows and drunken brawts,
the latest, however, was the unpro-
voked shooting Of John Skidmore by
George Hawkins, who because he was
Janitor at one of the police stations
has been playing the role of special
detective. This is the second man he
has shot in that neighborhood within
the past six months: At present he is
safely lodged in the county jail, and
Skidmore is at Provident hospital, and
is reported to be slowly improving.