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The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01

A big millionaire divorce suit be-
tween the Diapers, Of New York
city, is now in the courts. Mrs. G
O. Draper is suing her husband fol-
a divorce and $4,000 alimony, as
well as the custody of her three chil
dren Mr. Draper, who is a son OF
the late United States ambassador to
Italy of that name, says that his
former wife is too fond of society to
have the care and custody of young
children. 1t is probable that an
agreement will be reached out Of the
court between the couple, and Mrs
Draper will accept $4,000 check
per annum as alimony and Mr.. ORA
per will have legal charge Of the
children.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
LAMENTABEE STATE.

The racial conditions in the South
is most lamentable, looking at it
from a civilized standpoint, and such
conditions cannot much longer exist.
There must come about either a
wholesale pacifcation between both
races or a wholesale determination Of
one of the races. The two races can
not much longer live side by side
and among each other with the
strained relations that now exist.
Irrespective Of whom is the aggres-
sOr, the conditions prevail, and some
thing must be done to assuage the
intense hatred that now exists be-
tween the two. Desperation on the
part Of the colOred folk at the treat
ment they have been accorded since
the emancipation is to be seen on the
faces Of every one Of them living in
the South, and the time is not far
distant when a clash will come,
which will either gain for them
racial respect or racial extermina-
ton. The horrors Of a general up
rising in the South are too sickening
to think of, and yet it will come
unless something is done, and done
soon. The men Of one race viii not
suffer the men Of another race to
abuse, murder and massacre their
women and children without eventu-
ally defending themselves and re-
turning the crime in kind. It is
noteworthy that the whites always
seek to murder the women and chill
dren when they wish to completely
overawe the black citizen. In the
past it has worked well, but for the
future it does not auger well for the
peace and happiness Of the country.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
PREACHERS in POLITICS,

New York ministers are taking an
active part in the political campaign
that is being fought in that city at
present. The leading divines in that
city not only think it right and
proper for them to take part in the
campaign, but they likewise believe
it the proper thing for preachers and
church folk in every city, town and
community in this country to inter
est themselves in the local political
situation in their respective towns,
which for the most part is left to the
politicians, who generally land the
city in the slums instead of a pro-
gressive and civilized condition.
When the church folk unite in elect
ing good men to fill the municipal
offices, then and not till then will
there be any reform in the munici-
pal affairs Of the United States.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
ADMITS COLORED GIRL.

The Northwestern University OF
Chicago has broken its record. II
has admitted a colored girl as a stu
dent. Miss Sarah Ellis, of Texas
corresponded with the university
with the view of entering the school
and after duly considering her rec
ommendation and previous school
record sent on by Miss Ellis, she was
favorably recommended for admis-
sion, but on her arrival at the school
it was found that she was cOlored
which caused hurried consultation
among the officials. For the time
being she was refused admission into
the students hall until a faculty
meeting could be held. After duly
considering the subject the faculty
decided to admit her into the stu
dents hall, and she was given a com
modious room and warmly welcomed
by the young ladies in attendance.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.

The Colored American Magazine
venture, which has been published
now for the past year, has proven so
successful that it was absorbed by a
number of leading colored men in
Boston and Pittsburg, Pa, and in
corporated with a capital stock of
$4,000. This is the first magazine
ever published in the United States
by colOred men and in the direct in
terest Of colored persons, and its sue
cess has been almost phenomenal.
The one drawback that this monthly
has lies in the fact that it has no
medium for being circulated. For
some reasons newsdealers do not
handle it, and it is utterly impossible
to get it in any town unless you run
across a subscriber. 1t is therefore
suggested that the new managers
make some effort to have the news
dealers of the country handle their
magazine the same as they do others,
and its circulation will be double and
treble in a short while.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
JAPAN AND CHRISTIANITY.

1t is claimed by leading religion
lists that an embassy Of japanese
Christians visited the pope of Rome
in the seventeenth century, and a
leading japanese writer who holds a
chair in the University of Toxic in
fers from that the first Christian or
ganization of Japan was in the six
teenth century. This professor
claims that in 1849, eight years after
the discovery of Japan by Portu-
guese Xavier, the apostle of the In
dies came into this country to preach
the teachings of Christ, and at the
end of that century the number of
Christians had reached 100000.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
COME TO CUBA.

Rev. D. H. Hart, who is now in
Cuba, is very anxious that the Ne
grOes Of the United States emigrate
to the islands in large numbers, if
for no other purpose but to initiate
the whites in the United States, who
are flocking to the island Of Cuba
and picking up vast tracts Of idle
land found there. Rev. Hart says
that Cuba offers grand opportunities
for the energetic and thrifty colored
man of the United States, and they
should at once take advantage Of
them. The Cubans, both white and
black, favor the American Negro in
preference to the American white
man, but they do not come, while
the latter, as said above, is coming in
large numbers Cuba, he asserts, is
the garden spot Of the world, and
has the most fertile land as well as
delicious climate that can be found
anywhere in the world.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01

Mckinley, paid the penalty Of his
awful crime in the deadly electric
chair. No country in Europe is in
tested with worse nor more deadly
and dangerous anarchists than are
the Southern white men Of this
country. The time is not far distant
when the North will have to lay vio-
lent hands on those people and sup
press them just as they are endeavor-
ing to suppress the anarchists Of this
country at the present time. Well
may such papers as the -Intelli-
gencer with their able editorial writ
ers warn the country of the impend-
ing danger that those red-handed
anarchists will eventually bring upon
it unless they are headed off in their
wild career. Without cause or prov
ocatiOn hundreds of those blood
thirsty ruffians banded together and
betOOk themselves to a colored camp
meeting and willfully shot down
men, women and children to appease
their insatiate appetite for blood and
violence. Not satisfied with having
previously burned one Of their num-
Der at the stake for an alleged crime,
they deliberately planned and exc
cuted this wholesale slaughter of the
blacks to further intimidate them.
to make sure and certain that they
are so completely cowed as to not
offer any resistance to anything,
however heinous and damnable it
may be, that may be imposed
upon them by those blood-thirsty
wretches. The Associated Press dis
patch, which was the work of one of
their gang, lied like a dog when it
intimated that those persons, who
are enthusiastic religionists, were the
aggressors in this pitched battle, in
which nine colored persons and three
white persons lost their lives. That
some of them protected themselves
while they were being charged upon
by the white savages is very appar-
ent, and the dead bodies of three of
their Oppressors are swift witnesses
of that fact.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
LET WE'LL ENOUGH DO.

1t is noted that a number of the
weekly papers edited by colored men
are urging that Booker T. Washing
ton be appointed by the president as
secretary of the agricultural depart
ment when Secretary Wilson yolun-
tarily gives up the position, which,
it is limited, he will do at an early
date. In the opinion of the writer,
Prof. Booker 7. Washington should
let well enough alone by keeping out
Of politics. This it is believed he
will unquestionably do. Mr.. Wash
ington, in the opinion Of the writer;
has no more desire to hold politi-
cal job, however honorable it may
be, than he has to become a citizen
Of some foreign country, and in this
he is quite right. 1t is utterly i'm
possible for him to get as much
honor and glory out Of anything else
which he would undertake to do, as
he has out of the school of which
he is director general, ,and for that
reason, it is repeated, he had better
let well enough alone.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
BARGAIN COUNTER JAM.

The world over women are attract
ed to the large stores on certain days
when the bargain counters are open
for business. Recently in Charles
ton, S. c., there was such jam for
the bargain counter that the propri-
etor Of the store was compelled to
close his place of business after three
or four women had been badly
mashed in their efforts to get to the
counters. Of all the foolish things
that women do, this seems to be the
most foolish. Just why a woman
should get it into her head that the
merchant is going to give away OF
partially give away any part of his
goods on a particular day is a very
perplexing question. That he will
not do so is very plain to be seen by
any one who will give the subject q
moments consideration, and wher
women take such desperate chance:
at bargain counters they show men
tai weakness rather than business
shrewdness, for they could go to The
same counter five days afterwards
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
SOUTHERN POLITICS.

A great deal is being said these
days about an expected political rev.
olution in the South, in which the
black man is to be lost in the shuttle.
This is hardly probable, but should
the Republicans in the South, and
even aided and abetted by the Re
publicans in the North, attempt to
eschew the colored man from the Re
publican party of the South, this pa
per has nothing to feel alarmed over
in their doing so. The black man is
already a man without a party, and
for the white Republicans in the
South, who will be nothing but
sugar-coated Democrats, who want tc
organize party without the black
man, could put the black man in nc
worse condition than he is at present
Yea, the writer is Of the opinion thai
i; it would be blessing instead Of {
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01

When a man has so much religion
that it overbalances what little COM
mon sense he may have and causes
him to say and do things that are in
furious to the cause he processes to
love, we think he has too much re-
hgion, that's all. He has so much it
sours on his hands, and then, woe to
him who must rub up against him,
especially in church work. He is
out Of plumb with everything and
everybody except himself. He is in
variably right, and would rather
break up the church than have it go
otherwise than he thinks. We pity
the church that has one or more such
individuals to contend with.-South-
western Christian Advocate.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
RELIGIOUS TAXATION.

1t has been discovered that the
monastic establishment of France
has fully 100000 inmates, or one to
every 100 inhabitants. 1t has also
been discovered that every twenty
five Frenchmen in France have to
maintain a monk, a nun and a SOL
dier or civil servant, and every five
persons possessing an income have
to maintain a monk and nun in
connection with the regular church
dues, that is to say, the civil govern
ment is so entwined with the re-
ligion Of the country that the citi-
zens of France are. compelled to
maintain an office-holding class of
religiOnists as well as the civil office
holding class, which, it would seem,
would make the burden doubly hard
for the citizens to bear.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
POWERS FOUND GUILTY.

A jury for the second time has
found Caleb Powers, ex-secretary of
state of Kentucky, guilty Of conspir-
ing in the killing of Governor Goe-
bel and fixed his punishment with
life imprisonment The supreme
court reversed the decision some
time ago and sent the case back for
a re-hearing, but owing to the fact
that the machinery is in the hands
of the Democratic party, which is
nothing more nor less than politi-
cal fuss, it was utterly impossible for
Powers to get a fair and impartial
trial, and though the supreme court
should send the case back for trial
again it would be no better than al
the present time.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
SOUTHERN SAVAGElDOM.

There no longer exists a spark of
religion among the white men of the
South, and the loss of religious re-
straints have caused them to lapse
into a state of barbarity that the
worst heathen cannibal in the isles
Of the sea would look upon in per
feet horror. 1t is but question Of
very short time when religious
missionaries armed with repeating
rifles and dynamite guns will have
to be sent thither to civilize the
blood-thirsty natives.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
JUDGE JONES JOLLIED.

The colored press throughout the
United States is unanimous in its ap-
proval of the appointment of Thos.
4. Jones, ex-governor of the state of
Alabama, by President Roosevelt to
the federal judgeship Of that dis
trict. Mr.. Jones has the reputation
of being one of the best friends that
the colored race ever had in the
gubernatorial chair of Alabama.
Single-handed and alone he has fear
lessly stood out against the lynchings
of black men, and has done many
other things to the betterment of
their racial conditions in the South.
Governor Jones has been a warm and
enthusiastic admirer of Tuskegee In
stitute, and while governor Of the
state did many things for its material
benefit, and it is said that he was
given the appointment on account Of
the liberal Endorsement given him by
Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
HAS BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

Last Tuesday the slayer Of Presi-
dent Mckinley met his doom. His
effects, consisting Of his wearing ap-
parel and thousands Of letters that
have come to him since he has been
confined in prison, were burned with
the view Of preventing them from
falling into the hands Of relic hunt
ers mOrbidly curious. If there were
others connected with Czolgosz'
awful crime he kept the secret tc
himself, and unless some later devel-
opments should bring it to light, il
will remain a secret for all time tC
come. In the meantime Emma
Goldman is still gallavanting around
the country writing and saying
things which should place her in thu
same condition as Herr Most-in thu
state penitentiary,
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Sitka is said to be the most pic
turesque town in Alaska, while Ju-
neau is the largest
Summer weather on Puget sound
is still playing a hide and go seek
game with the winter king.
During the last fiscal year 100000
persons were arrested in 1879 cities
of the United States for drunken
ness.
Mahogany is said to be the strong
est wood excepting lancewood. Ma
hogany wood sustains 21 900 pounds
to the square inch.
William Melville is the name of
the guard whose duty it is to keep
anarchists from doing King Edward
VII. bodily harm.
Mrs. Edward Gillespie, who was a
great-grand-daughter of Benjamin
rankin, died IN Pennsylvania last
week.
The first locomotive built for ac-
tive service in the United States was
IN 1880 and was for the Charleston
& Hamburg railroad. The locomo-
tive was built in New York city.
The Solent tunnel connecting the
south coast Of England with the Isle
Of Wight when completed is expect
ed to have great influence over the
transatlantic shipping traffic.
The total registration for the city
Of New York for the present cam
paign is 616,264, compared with
64O,779 in the last presidential cam
paign and SGT, 1872 in 1897.
The only difference between first
and second-class coaches on Euro
pean railways is the difference in
color. First-class seats are covered
with red, while second-class ones are
covered with gray.
Governor Stanley Of Kansas, who
offered premium of a silver cup to
all triplets born in that state during
MS administration, has withdrawn his
offer. Snce the offer was first made
twenty sets of cuDS have been hOuOht
Dy the governor.
The mineral output in the United
Kingdom for the year 1900 was
E136, 100000, which was an increase
Of f39, 100000 over the previous
year. Of this amount there was
225, 100000 tons of coal, valued at
20,000,000.
Erben Dubois is the name of the
first cook to whom a monument is
to be erected to his memory. The
chef in question presided over the
emperOr's cuisine with such masterly
skill that his brother cooks have
united to do HIM honor.
Five of the ex-governors of the
state of New York after retiring
from the gubernatorial chair subse-
quently became vice president of
the United States. They are: Clin-
ton, Tompkins, Van Buren, Morton
and Roosevelt. Of these two became
president, Van Buren and Roosevelt.
The proverbial pipe is the recipi-
ent OF another accident, which com
pares favorably with many others at
trlbutable to my pipe" In Austria
man while carrying a ffty-pound
package of powder was smoking his
pipe and accidentally tipped the con-
tents OF it into the bag of powder!
In 1884 the government of Japan
created peerage, and peerage pat
ents were issued to eleven princes,
twenty-six marquises, seventy-three
counts, 321 viscounts, and seventy
four barOns. The number has in
creased since that time until it now
stands, eleven princes, thirtv-four
marqulses, eighty-nine counts, 363
vlscounts, and 281 barons. The to-
Ial IN 1884 was 5O3, today it is us.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
DISFRANCHISEME THE ISSUE.

GOrmanism versus Republicanism
is the issue in Maryland. If the
Democrats are successful German is
to be returned to the United States
senate, but if the Republicans win
German is to be laid to rest for an
other six years. The Democrats
promise their constituents to COM
pletely disfranchise the Negro voters
of the state if they control the legis-
lature, which policy was dictated by
ex-senator German. The final re-
suits in Nebraska are being eagerly
watched by both parties throughout
the country. If the state goes Re
publican it means the death knell of
Bryan and the Democratic platform,
which is a wishy-washy affair and
was dictated by Mr.. Bryan, but if
the state goes Democratic he will
make a fight for the third nomina-
tion for the presidency The Repub-
licans have no reason to fear the re-
suits in New Jersey, as they elected
their governor in 1898 by 5000 plu-
rality and Mckinley carried the state
in 1900 by $4,000 plurality. Nc
mention is made herein of Southern
states that will elect state officers, a;
there is never but one ticket in the
field.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
REALM OF
RELIGION
Among the Worlds Christians
and Quasi Christians.
RELIGIOUS ARBITRATORS.

RELIGIOUS ARBITRATORS.
The Episcopal convention has ad-
jOurned, and their actions while in
convention are still the topic Of con-
versation among church-going folk
throughout christendom. One Of the
most important steps taken by the
convention was the appointment of
three bishops, three presbyters and
three laymen to act as a standing
arbitration board between labor and
capital. The object Of this commit
tee is to hold itself in readiness to
act as arbitrators in case their serv-
ices should be desired when there is
a controversy between labor and
capital.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
IN OTHER COUNTRIES,

Statistics show that between the
years 1856 and 1890 fifty persons
died in Great Britain and Ireland
whose ages ranged from 1O1 to 1863
years. The record shows that the
greatest number Of centenarians in
the world are to be found among the
Negroes Of this country, and the city
OF Chicago possesses a larger num-
Der of centenarians than any other
city in the world.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
CHURCH VS.. UNIONISM.

The church and the labor move
ment is still a topic of much CONVEX
sation and discussion throughout the
country, and owing to the fact that
the church is made up largely Of
poor people it is very strange that
there is such a wide difference Of
opinion between the church folk and
the labor union folk. Is it a fact
that the church opposes the labor
movement? is the question that is
being frequently asked even by
church folk themselves. It must be
admitted that the church does to
some extent oppose the labor move
ment, simply because the leaders of
labor movements are more or less
radical in their views and generally
advocate measures that are diamet-
rically opposed to the welfare Of the
country and certainly in direct oppo-
sitiOn to the teachings of the church
While the church labors to teach
pity, the labor unions labor to teach
destruction and animosity, hence the
incongruity between the two.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
COUNT DIDN'T COUNT.

Miss Meta Richards, a Philadel-
phia heiress, who was to marry
Count Hippolyte Palla Vicini, has
changed her mind, and he has gone
back to Hungary greatly displeased
with America on account Of having
lost a handsome fortune in Miss
Richards. She met the count while
travelling in Europe, and when she
returned he accompanied her, but
her father did not look fayorably OF
the match and said to the count that
he would have to show his ability fol
doing business by going into hi'
counting office before he would con
sent to the match. The count re
fused to do this, and the engagement
was broken off.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
SHE MAY BE QUEEN.

Lady Marlborough, who is the
leading Paris belle and queen appar-
ent to the throne of France, is much
talked Of in both the United States
and France at present. Lady New
borough was formerly Miss Grace
Carr, Of Louisville, KY, but she mar
ried Lord Marlborough, of British
peerage, and he claims right to the
title Of Duke of Orleans and the
head Of the house of Bourbon
which, if some lucky star should
bring about the overthrow Of the re-
public of France, would make him
king and his wife queen Of that
country.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
ELECTIONS NEXT TUESDAY.

Tuesday, November 5th, will be
election day in good many of the
states of the United States. The fol-
lowing states will elect governors and
other state officers on that occasion:
Iowa, Massachusetts,, New Jersey,
Ohio, Virginia and Nebraska will
elect a supreme judge and regents in
the state university; Pennsylvania,
state treasurer and judge Of the su-
preme court, and Maryland members
of the state Legislature.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
A NOTED HONEYMOON.

Miss Nina NJ. Phelps, who enjoys
the distinction of being the most
noted woman driver in the world, is
collecting a fine stable Of racing
horses. Recently she lowered the
trotting record to 2:O94 with Darrell.
For this driving feat Mr.. Chaplin, the
horses owner, made her a present Of
$4,000.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
A HANDY POTTER.

Miss May Handy, noted Virginia
belle, is to soon marry James Brown
Potter. Both Of the contracting par
ties are well and favorably known
throughout the United States and in
most Of the leading European coun-
ttries. Mr.. Potter is a descendant of
the well-knOwn actor of that name
and is highly connected in many
other respects.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-11-01
NEGROES AS NOMADs.

The movement of the Negroes in
the South since 1880 is Of much in
terest to persons who are watching
that phase of question with care
and consideration. The following is
clipped from a Southern exchanges:
In the South the movement Of
the Negro population has been diff
ficult to understand, as the following
figures giving the proportion Of Ne
groes to the entire population will
show.