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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24
WILL o YIELD.
Other Powers Refuse to Accept Ameri.

Other Powers Refuse to Accept Ameri.
can Idea.
Pekin, May 22.-The foreign min
listers meeting today was very unsat-
isfactory. No power was willing to
accede. to the American idea of the
reduction of the Chinese indemnity to
$40, 000, 900. although Great Britain
realizes the advisability of such a
reduction.
There will be another meeting to-
morrow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24

II had a running sore on my breast
for owe a year." says Henry R. Rich
ards of Willseyville, N. Y, land tried
a great many remedies, but got no
relief until | used Banner Salve. After
using one-half box, I was perfectly
cured. l cannot recommend it too
highly" Holmes & Calhoun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24
YUKON RIVER OPEN.
The Ice Has Gone Out at Dawson
City.

Port Townsend, May 22.-According
to advices from Dawson of May 16,
received here by the steamer Cottage
City arriving today, the Yukon river
at Dawson is clear of ice. On the after
noon of the 18th thousands of peo-
pie were attracted to the river front
by the cracking ice, which was heard
for miles. The scene was awe-inspir-
ing and business in Dawson was sus-
pended.
The passengers on the Cottage City
from Sitka say that that city is free
from smallpox.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24

Sir Thomas. When asked if further
time would be granted to Upton, he
said all that was businesslike and
sportsmanlike would be done.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-24

ers and Mr.. Watson, designer of Sham
rock IT.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

the world are J. Pierpent Morgan and
John d. Rockefeller. The Negro is
their friend, because they rise above
the pettiness of race prejudice, and ask
tor merit, pure and simple, rewarding
It regardless of the hue of skin. When
We can rally such forces to us, and
can invoke their aid in the matter of
protection while enjoying the right to
work, we have scored a point that will
shake the industrial world from center
to circumference. The entering wedge
is sinking deep. IF the IabOring I'm
ions are so besotten that they cannot
see their folly in ignoring the skilled
Negro. they deserve the disaster that IS
rapidly overtaking them. If we are
not permitted to make common cause
with the middle classes, we must, in
the light of self'preservatiOn, cast our
allegiance with the rich.
The steel strike is boon to the
black people. 1t may mean an alliance
OF the capitalist and Negro North and
South against the reactionary forces
that would govern intelligence and
wealth by mere numbers and disre
gard OF law. The hand of God is in
it all.
The colored American., 1901-08-17
The NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE.

The National Business League,
which meets at Chicago on the 2lst,
will be a success The best element OF
the merchants, tradesmen, bankers,
newspaper people, and all will be there,
prepared to do business on business
principles. No incendiary speeches,
no meaningless resolutions, no points
of order, no filibustering for political
advantage-the proceedings will be
conducted for the promotion of com
mercial unity, to encourage up-tO'date
methods on the rart of our men IN
business, and to urge the ENLARGEMENT
of scope of enterprises in which the
Negro can and ought to succeed. Booker
I, Washington will be on hand to lead,
and his efforts will be supplemented by
earnest representatives of the race
from many states. From this meeting
the race will receive a marked impetus
in the world of trade. The attendance
should be large, and thus indicate that
We are keeping up with the spirit OF
the times IN which we live.
The colored American., 1901-08-17
Our Methodist denominations appear
to be decidedly over'delegated.
The MOUTH OF TILLMAN

Senator God save the mark
Tillman has broken loose again, and
expelled lot of shot air" to Wis
consin audience. Tillmap needs pray
ing for. He decieveth only himself if
he imagined applause for a hypocriti.
cal platitude is regarded as northern
sympathy for lynching. No one in
dOrses the outraging of women of anv
race, and the South Carolinian begged
the question when he appealed for
cheers when denOuncing assault upon
wOmanIy virtue, As matter of record
not one percent of the persons Iynched
are charged with Offenses against WON
en-. The Senator" knows it, and the
Wisconsin audience which he address.
ed knows it toe. Tillman is a black.
guard-the last discordant shrek of
an era of hatred in the Southland. He
and his sympathizers are to be pitied.
In the regeneration that is to come
over Dixie, the wheels of progress will
grind Tillmanism to power. The forces
OF clvilaization are mounting the sad.
die,
The colored American., 1901-08-17
All Roads Lead to Chicago, Ill.

Ihe National Negro Business League
winch is TO meet in Chicago next week
IS attracting attention everywhere.
There is no doubt but that our people
are aroused in a business way as they
have never been before. California
has been added to the list Of States
that will send delegations. Booker L.
Washington, the President, is reach
ing out to every section with his Busi-
ness League correspondence. He Is
collecting photographs OF Negro
business men and women and of
their places of business from almost
every State. An exhibit will be made
of these photographs in Handel Hall,
10 and As Randolph street, during the
week of the meeting Of the League.
these photographs are to be arranged
by States. Business men and women
VINO have not sent their photographs
and photographs of their places Of bus"
lnesS should forward them to Booker
L. Washington, at 119 Dearborn ST,
Chicago. III. The meeting Will open az
lO a. ~, August p. The citizens OL
Chicago have the most complete ar
rangements for entertaining the dele
cations and visitors. 4 banquet has
been arranged for Thursday evening
August %. and on Saturday, August
24, the day following the close Of the
meeting, the delegates and others viii
be taken on a boat excursion 10 NH
waukee and return. This IS like Cl--
cagO. She knows how 10 entertain
her visitors. Persons desiring lnfor-
nation regarding hotel accOmm0da-
tons may write Mr. L. q. Wheeler
119 Dearborn ST., Chicago, III. .4-.+
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The Grand United Order of the
True Reformers Is making a record for
itself in the financial world that sur.
passes anything yet attempted by the
race The management of the bank
in Richmond, as we'll as the several
branch stores in the different cities, is
we'll nigh perfect, Every one of these
has proven a success, and the business
done is increasing at a rapid rate.
There are now nearly seventeen hun
dred fountains and within the last
twelve months seventeen thousand new
members have been added to the
brotherhood What a record! All the
departments are in good shape and
evenw ith the large army of clearks
employed at the headquarters, they are
unable to keep up with the rapid
growth of the business. The True Re.
f)rmer has won and is winning a great
victory.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

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All communications for publication should
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not necessarily tor Publication, but as q guar
ante g OF good faith.
We solicit news, contributions, opinions
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We will not pay for matter, however, unless
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OF instructions.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The Negro of the South and is be-,
ginning to be more concerned about
who is to administer the laws in his
county than who shall sit in the White
House, His next door neighbOr's at
titude toward him counts for more than
resolutions passed by state hundreds
of miles away.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

1t is strange how the average color
ed man will rush to newspaper office
before the ink on the sheet is cry to
make kick about an adverse criticism
but when he receives a rouud con-
pliment the editor is obliged to hunt
him up TO as him if he saw the article.
Such is life. Republics are not the
only examples of ingratitude.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

Editor I. Thomas Fortune, of the
New York Age, has bought hand
some homestead in picturesque Rad
Bank, N. j. With Fortune, Bisbon
Walters and Jesse Lawson located in g
the state of New Jersey, isn't there
danger OF "Over'Ieaderizing" that g.eat
commonwealth?
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The switch of the Ohio democrats
against Organism and the abandon
ment of free silver is a splendid justi
fcatiou of Grover Cleveland. After
all, wouldn't it be funny if the demo
c-ats should remember that Cleveland
IS the only democrat that hes been
elected since the war, and should again
call upon hIm TO lead them to the pie
counter? Why not? Cleveland is the
only leader of the party today who en-
joys the confidence of the real people
of the nation, Is there another run in
the distinguished apostle of 'inocuOus
desuetude"?
The colored American., 1901-08-17
The STEEL STRIKE.

Providence never creates q vain
thing. The great steel strike is not
without divine purpose. It is serving
a mission, the extent of which is not
now perceptible, The fact is being
demonstrated that in the hour of trial,
the Negro is the safest American. He
is always on the side of law and order,
and is the handmaiden of the standard
interests of the country. The mischief
makers, walking delegates, union ty-
rants, anarchists, socialists and enemies
to the peace and dignity of society are
invariably white men. When capital
is in distress, when corporations in the
assertion of their rights as owners, de-
sire to fill contracts for their patrons,
and when agitstors grasp them by the
throat merely because they can, the
magnates appeal at once to the Negro
for help. The Negro responds to the
call, because be needs the bread that
labor will bring to himself and loved
ones at home. 1t is not that he wishes
to defeat any just demand made by
white workmen. 1t is not that he is
the servant Of those who would grind
the poor to powder. He is not the
tool of soulless operators. 1t because
the white labor organizations refuse to
make common cause with him, and de.
cline to give him the opportunity that
is rightfully his to provide for his fam
lily. It is because his sympathy is
aliensted by treatment that drives him
to the capitalist in self-defense. The
corporation offers bread. The labor
union turns him away with a stone.
Who can blame the Negro for thank
ing the Almighty for the situation that
grants him what the unions deny, and
establishes his power as labor factor
among those who think more of quail
ty of service than of the color of the
servant, We are glad that the steel
strike has taken place despite the loss
and suffering it must bring to the busi-
ness interests Of the land. The con-
tention of the workers is poorly found.
ed, and is the outgroWth of the tyran'
ny that is making tor the undoing of
nnionism. Two of the greatest men in
The colored American., 1901-08-17
The Pan'African Association ought

The Pan'African Association ought
to secure a foot-hold IN this country.
We suggest however, where the pur'
poses can be accomplished by existing
organizations, there is little need of
multiplying names and confusing our
friends. The Afro'American must
take care of himself, and not leave to
others a work he can best do for him
self.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

Thomas B. Reed is mentioned 60 .
possibility for the mayOralty of Gregter
New York. Why not, although
newcomer? Newcomers, with plogrss,
sive ideas, are the salt of any com6nr.
ity. Reed is the one man who conid
whip Richard Croker to a standstin
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The Negro can afford to follow the
wealthy white man in politics and busi.
ness. When the better class of whites
prosper, the working Negro prospers.
The white man cannot benefit himself
without beneftting the black man who
is in his employ, or gathers from the
plenty that sound finance brings abou!
The colored American., 1901-08-17

Mr.. Douglass B. McCary, the ener~
getc and resourceful cashier of the
Capital Savings Bank, l8 a happy ex.
emplar of the progressive, high-pur
posed and capable young Afro,Ameri.
can. His daily life is a symposium of
useful and elevating activities. No
Washingtonian is held in more univer.
sal esteem than Mr.. McCary.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

After reading of lynchings in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Illinois, the esteem
ed Washingto Post Is moved to remark
that 1t might be in order for the South
to take steps to protect the Negro from
northern mob rule.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

When the Governor of Missouri set
apart day upon which the citizens of
that Commonwealth should pray for
rain, 1t Is matter Of interest TO know
If j. Milton Turner lifted up his voice
The colored American., 1901-08-17

John Temple Graves is trying to
disturb the peace that has for years ex'
listed between the southern white Wo'
men and their Negro servants. Graves
th0uld be suppressed.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

1t Is in order for the alleged "heath-
en-, Mr., WI, to make few morn OBJ.
servations upon our Christian Civil.
zation."
The colored American., 1901-08-17

That Indiana preacher who so gross
ly insulted the family of ex Congress.
man Martin at the funeral Of the latter
sheuld be kicked out off the pulpit
The colored American., 1901-08-17

In antagonizlng the teachings of
Booker L. Washington, Ben TilIman,
arrays himself against the intelligence
OF his own race throughout the land.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The northern advocates of eIimina.
tion OF the Negro in the interest of
harmony are meeting with some EN-.
barTassments.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The appOintees fer Justice of the
Peace must be clean men. The place
must not be political pawn.
The colored American., 1901-08-17

When lynchers grow so bold as to
murder women, the time for reaction is
at hand,
The colored American., 1901-08-17

and ridden out of town on a rail- suo.
charlatans and sensatisnalists sbonId
be made an example of. O
The colored American., 1901-08-17

The race problem is moving north
ward.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10

the law, and there is certainly no other that
concerns more closely the health OF COM
munity. ] respectfully ask the intercession OF
the Mayor in this matter
This is one of the cases in which the singular
construction of sentence does not hide Mr.
Nagles meaning There is no doubt of what
he desired to say. and he is right. No citizen
who keeps his eyes open can have failed TO
perceive that the law is commonly: broken in
the manner described, and the assertion that il
ought TO be faithfully enforced cannot be dis
puted. The Tribune is not likely to he suspected
of holding brief for Commissioner Nagle. We
have supposed there was ample evidence that
he had done many things badly and nothing
very we'll ami his present irdictment of pretty
nearly everybody except himself and his own
subordinates will probably not hold good at all
points. But we cheerfully concede that he has
produced a rather refreshing report on far
from fragrant subject.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
PERSONAL.

The only member of the first Australian Conn
monwealth Parliament whose return is TO be petit
toned against is King O'Malley who nearly headed
the poll in Tasmania, the veteran Sir Edward
Braddon being only few votes In front OF him
He is an Irish American, who went 10 Australia
ten years ago the representative of New York
assurance society. 1t Is alleged by the petitioners
that he went 10 the trouble of legally making
himself British subject. However that may be
he has already sat without objection in the local
Parliament of South Australia. where he dis
tnguished himself by his fanatical teetotalsm and
by bringing in bin every for the abolition Of
barmaids. He invariably referred TO public houses
as 'drunkeries"
The Peoples Church of London England has
selected the Rev. John T, Christian pastor OF the
La Sale Avenue Baptist Church, Chicago, to
preach to It's members two months The managers
have instituted as permanent policy the custom
preach TO them for few months each year
Surgeon Kinyoun. recently of San Francisco and
in charge of the Marine Hospital at Detroit
has been detailed 10 visit Japan and China to in
spect the work of the marine hospital service with
special reference to the plague.
Sir Edwin Arnold in writing TO friend in this
country Of his recent epic poem said that though
did not by any means intend that. II life were
said, work long he able TO do work
that satisfied him.
The survivors of the I'd New-Hampshire Regi-
in the Civil War have placed granite
memorial at the grave OF the famous army nurse.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10

for facts It is bad enough to have had for
twelve years his uncouth staggering inflicted
the people Of his own State. but it is even
worse when he goes out as representative OF
South Carolina and makes a show of his de-
fance Of law and culture How can we
expect people TO regard us as other than un-
civilized and barbarous when South Carolina
Senator boastilgly defends mob murders?
What sort of figure do we cut in the eyes of
the world when this eminent Southern states
man decres the work of uplifting a race de-
based through no fault of its own? We must
according to Tillran shoot negroes and hang
them because they are evil minded and at the
same time we must discourage every effort to
elevate them. Is that just? Is it generous, is
II humane or even civilized?
Little or nothing can be added to the force of
''The States timely rebuke. 1t would, indeed,
discredit both the South's humanity and it's
good Judgment if it could tolerate for a mo-
ment the attitude toward its black population
outlined at AIarinette by Mr. TiIlman. Lynch
ings will, Of course. continue to occur in South
ern States so long as popular sentiment, in
hamed by race prejudice and encouraged by
the easy practice of summary Justice. sustains
this dangerous and demoralizing method of
avenging crime But it is evident that sense
of the perils of lawlessness is growing in most
Southern communities, and that the example
Of Governors like John D. Gambler of Georgia
in sternly repressng vigilance committee vio-
lence is bearing admirable fruit. The eloquent
plea made before the Alabama Constitutional
Convention by Ex-Governor Jones of that State
for a more rigid enforcement of the States OBJ
legation to protect prisoners against mob ven
geance-a plea which resulted in legislation sub
jecting county sheriffs to removal for falling TO
prevent lynchings-is equally significant of the
change which is gradually taking place In
Southern sentiment. Such deliverances as Sen
ator Tillman's may becloud and hinder this
progress toward a strcter respect for legal
forms and legal authority. But they cannot
long defer the return. under the pressure of
enlightened opinion, of saner and more orderly
methods of administering criminal justice.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
DE WITTE TO BE INVITED HERE.
THE RUSSIAN MINISTER OF FINANCE LIKELY
TO BE THE GUEST OF BUSINESS
MEN OF THIS CITY

Prominent business men Of this city are said to
be interested in an invitation to be extended to
Serge Yulewich De Witte. the Russian Minister OF
Finance. to visit the United States. One of the
men. who did not wish mis- TO be used. was
reported in The Evening Post yesterday say
ing:
II is true that we carrying correspondence
with II view to getting Mr.. Witte TO return by way
Of the United States. He is now on the way 10
China by the Siberian Railway. When he reaches
China he might we'll return to Russia this way
as the other. We have reason TO believe that he
Will. The Minister OF Finance in Russia is quite
a different person from the Secretary of the Treas
ury in this country He is what the Secretary OF
the Treasury is Tut He is a sort of po-
tentate. He makes and unmakes laws. visit
from him could not fail 10 be OF great Importance
10 the trade interests of this country. II Is the
idea to receive MIR Witte at San Francisco and
bring him across the country in such a way that he
can observe for himself what enterprises are afoot
and how they thriving. He cannot be the guest
of the government Such thing is not contem-
plated He will be the guest of the business men
this city. and such will be shown all the cour
tesies possible and given all the opportunities for
coming in touch with the industrial interests OF the
country. There will be banquet in his honor.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
HAPPENINGS At NEWPORT.

NewpOrt r. 7. AUG. tSpeciaD-Ihe telill9 ~
+ornanent for mixed doubles for prizes offered os
vyiIIiar, II Sands was brought 70 close TINS
morning. the cups being Won by Mr. and MIS- !
A Havemeyer. who beat Miss Anna SandS anu
Chase Sands. 4-6. 6+ S-6. 81. 81
This morning Mrs. F. J. Berwind held recep
tion ~ The Elnns. her new villa large sa'hslllS
being present The guests were shown the new
villa for the first time.
Mrs Charles A. Berryman entertained at luhcHeOl'
at Berger's to-day her guest? uGn2erlhs AOi''
The table decorations were pink holly hocAS- -
Mrs r L Gammel entertained at luncneon q y
the CSooseberry Island Club. Mrs. Edwin -
at the Kane villa ana Miss ClaPp at her 'I
Bellevue-ave. ,,,- Van
Dinners were given this evening oy MISS s,,1t
Allen in honor OF Mrs. Astor, Mrs George > S-os
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs. George b. pe r '1S 1gSs
Mrs James Beekman. Mrs. Elisha Dyer ana MIS-
q /.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
soUTHERY VIEWS on LYycHfyG

IT is encouraging to find that Senator Benja
min r. Tiilman's recent fervid eulogy Of lynch
law before startled Wisconsin audience has
awakened no approving echo in Southern senti-
ment How indeed, the South Carolina states
man could have counted on home approval for
his Incorporate advocacy Of mob violence It Is
difficult 70 imagine; for he coupled with his
declaration that negro depravity made some
form Of Shotgun" justice necessary a con
temptuous depreciation of the enlightened
movement led by Booker T. Washington Ia lift
the Southern negro TO the plane of useful and
selfrespecting citizenship In the South Caro-
lima Senator's extravagant philosophy. the negro
was apparently an irredeemable brute, and
would better be left TO stagnate in ignorance
and savagery. To such a view intelligent
Southern opinion Indignantly refuses TO sub
scribe, and we are not surprised to see Mr.. Till
mans utterances at Marnette challenged with
candor and vehemence by perhaps the most in
fuential and representative organ of opinion in
the Palmetto State. Commenting the senior
Senator's latest performance. THE Columbia
State" had this to say day or two ago:
Senator Tilman's Sunday speech displayed his
characteristic brutality and his usual disregard
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
ROYAL PARTY LEAVES ENGLAND.

London. Aug. 9.-King Edward, Queen Alex
andra, Princess Victoria, Prince Nicholas OF
Greece and a distinguished official party leII
London tonight for Port Victoria. All VIII
sleep on board the royal yacht, that awaits the
King and sail for Flushing tomorrow morning
Their majesties will be welcomed on their ar
rival at Finishing by Vice-AdmiraI Kennedy and
other high naval persOnages. There VIII pen De no
saIutes however or other demonstrations Inc
royal party will proceed TO Cronoerg ana theN00
TO POtsdam for the funeral next Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
DECISION IN CHURCH DISPUTE.

Edinburgh Aug. 9.-The Court of Sessions has
dismissed the claim of the Free Church of Scotland
against the United Free Church. The plaintiffs
a minority who refused 70 participate in the union
OF the Free Church and the United Presbyterian
Church, claimed all the property and funds OF the
Free Church from the date of union and asked for
the resembling of the acts of the United Assembly