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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
GEARY ACT EXPIRES.

Speaking about the decrease in
the Chinese population for the past
few years calls to mind that the Chi
nese exclusion act expires May 5th,
1902, and the renewal Of which
promises to cause much discussion,
both pro and con. Many Of the lead
ing and most influential daily papers
in the East, as well as many of the
leading industrial operators, do not
favor the proposition of enforcing
the Chinese exclusion act as it de-
prives the country of vast amount
of help that it is sadly in need of at
present, while, on the other hand,
organized labor will wage a bitter
war against admitting Chinese into
this country, as were they prior to
the passage of the Geary act. To dis
continue the Chinese exclusion law
would demoralize labor all over the
Pacific coast, and, perhaps, the same
might be said as to many points in
the Eastern states. and while the
United States has no particular OBJ
jections to encouraging friendly re-
lations with the Chinese govern
ment, yet it should not consider for
a moment any proposition of admit
ting Chinese in wholesale lots into
this county to take the place Of la
boring people and thus put the coun-
try in a worse demoralized labor con-
dition than it now is.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

In a number Of the Southern
towns large joint stock companies
are being organized among the Afro
Americans for the purpose of engag-
ing in the mercantile business. The
first efforts that were made along
this line proved a failure, but at
present there are a number of Joint
stock companies in operation among
the colored folk in various places in
the country, all Of which are doing
exceedingly well. Even in Chicago
there is a joint stock mercantile in
stitution, which has branched out on
a most elaborate plan. and if the In
ter-Ocean can be believed on this
point, it promises to become a rival
of some of the large department
stores that are so common to the city
Of Chicago.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
FREE HOSPITAL BEDS.

An effort is being made in Seat
tie by the Protestant denominations
to furnish a part Of the Lippy Hos
pital with free beds and apartments
for persons unable to pay for hospit-
al accommodations, and yet are COM
PEELED to be taken to some hospital
for treatment. For years a great
many Of the miners in this section Of
the country labored under the be-
lief that Providence Hospital was
charity hospital pure and simple,
and if they should happen to get
sick or injured, whether they had
the money to pay their bills at the
hospital or not, they would be taken
in and cared for by that institution.
This, however, is not correct, as the
Providence Hospital authorities will
take no one who is not able to pay
his or her bills. No sooner is the
money of any patient out than sucn
person is taken to the county hospI-
tai, this having been found out by
the miners, they no longer contrib
ute as they formerly did. Now this
move on the part of the Protestants
to have a charity department, pure
and simple, is a most commendable
one, and it is hoped that all persons
will contribute something towards
maintaining it as such. To run
charity department in any hospital
means an outlay Of a considerable
sum of money without any compen-
sation, and to maintain this it must
be supported by charity, and there
are enough Protestant churches in
this city TO maintain such in good
shcape and it should be done.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
AN EXCELLENT BUILDING.

The building for the colored folk
IN the Interstate and West Indies
exposition, which will be held in
Charleston, South Carolina, between
this and Juni 1st, 1902, is said to
be the most elaborate Of its kind
that has yet been erected on any
exposition grounds. 1t will be erect
ed on 15U-acre tract, two and one
half miles from the business center
Of Charleston, and the building will
contain $4,000 square feet Of floor
space and walls sufficient to accom-
mOdate all of the exhibits that will
be taken thereto. A special effort
will be made by the colored folk IN
the South to make this exhibit the
finest that has ever been seen on any
similar occasion. The directors un-
der whom the exhibit will be are:
Booker L. Washington, commission
er-in-chief; w. ID. Crum, NJ. D.,
assistant commissioner; Thomas j.
Jackson, secretary and field agent;
Booker I. Washington, chairman,
Tuskegee, Ala; W. D. Crum, acting
chairman, Charleston, S. c.; N. B.
Sterrett, Charleston, S. c.; Thomas
E. Miller, Orangeburg, S. c.; ca w,
Bennett, Charleston, s. c.; j. l..
Dart, Charleston, s. c.; E. A. Law
renee, Charleston, S. c.; William In
gliss, Charleston, S. c.; W. J. Par
ker, Charleston, S. c.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
MATTER MUCH DISCUSSED.

The Brooklyn Times in discussing
this matter is lead to remark, there
are very few clergymen, and a very
few men in general, who have given
any degree Of attention to Bible
study who would not be ready to
give hearty endorsement to a much
stronger statement Of the unseien-
tifc character Of the record in Gene
sis than the above. 1t is right that
children should be reared in respect
and reverence Of all pure and holy
things, but nothing is gained by
teaching them to believe what they
will be most thoroughly taught not
to believe later in life. And along
this line it likewise reasons that pa
rents should not teach their chill
dren the harmless fiction Of Santa
Claus, for, when the child has it's
faith shaken in that direction, it will
so upset its ideas along that line that
it will not believe anything that does
not have facts and figures to prove
its actual existence.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
IteMS OF INTEREST
Fassar College has a farm en-
bracing 1000 acres OF land.

bracing 1000 acres OF land.
In 1900 there were 5,151 CON
stables IN Scotland, or one to every
047 persons.
The worlds consumption Of cotton
is estimated at about 100000
bales a year.
General DeWet Is said to be the
finest horseman in South Africa,
and is likewise a crack shot.
The Cross Of the French Legion
Of Honor has been bestowed upon
thirty-eight different women.
1t requires four years for the cof-
fee plant to reach maturity and pro-
duce profitable crops.
A man in Calaveras county, Cal
lfornia, is Matching phesants IN in
cubators.
There are ten battalions in the
British regular army that still wear
the old Scotch kits.
tasmania is said to be the richest
island Of the Australasian group
from a mineral standpoint.
During the past century, it is es-
timated that Ireland has lost 1,746,-
600 people from famine.
1t is estimated that the inhabi-
tants Of Ontario write more letters
than all the rest of Canada combin-
ed.
1t is estimated that the popula-
ton of London during the day num-
bers 1880, while the night is 28,-
O39.
The census returns show that the
percentage Of capital invested in
manufacturing in Rrode Island has
increased 42.2 per cent. sinve 1890
The widows and orphans Of the
soldiers who lost their lives in the
South African war are to be pension
ed by the British government.
According to entomologists the
sugar cane plant has 227 varieties Of
insects as enemies to It's perfect ma
turiUy.
At the equator experts say that
the average temperature of the SCI
at the depth Of mile is but four de
grees above freezing point.
BY the will of Jacob II. Rogers, th(
Locomoters Museum Of New Yorl
was left an endowment fund Of $S,
100000, which is to purchase works
of art for the museum.
A cement house is under con
struction at Pittsburg. Vast quan
titles Of furnace Stag that are throwl
away each year will be used il
manufacturing cement houses i
this proposition proves practical.
The Moniteur, one of the bes
known journals throughout th'
world, ceased to appear last montl
after an existence of more than {;
century. 1t was founded in 1890
and was the French government or
gan until 1868.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
STEEL STRIKERS STRIKE ON.

1t is remarkable with what tenac-
iousness the steel strike holds on.
Weeks and months ago it was main
tanned by those who seemed to know
whereof they spoke, that the steel
strike would soon be settled, but it
has continued to hang on and still
there is no Visible evidence that it
will be settled at any time within the
very near future. AS has been re-
pearedly said i'll these columns, this
seems to be war to the knife between
capital and labor, each realizing that
the success of one means the final
overthrow of the other United la
Dor lost a point in this deadly strug-7
gle when 1t failed to cali out all la
Dor union help in general ''sympa-
thy trIke," and the steel strikers fail
ing in that point must prepare to
fight 1t out relying on their own
strength to accomplish this purpose.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
WOMAN OF THE WEST.

When Mrs. Josephine Silone
Yates was elected to the presidency
of the National Association Of Col
ored Women over such well known
characters as Mrs. Ex-senator
Blanche X. Bruce and Mrs. Prof.
Booker T. Washington, it was an ad-
mission on the part Of the Eastern
ladies that Mrs. Yates was not only
their equal, but quite their superior.
But such an admission was wholly
unnecessary, for Mrs. Yates, from an
educational standpoint is head
head and shoulders above any wom-
an Of color in the United tSates.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
HOGAN HAS RETIRED.

Ernest Hogan, the "unbleached
AmericaL." as he styles himself, has
practically retired from the stage,
and has bought him home in New
York and is making quite a financial
success at song writing at present.
Hogan started his musical career in
the city Of Seattle, making his first
appearance on the stage Of one of
the local theatres here. He has
written number Of songs, which
have netted him we'll for his trouble.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
UNCLE SAM GETS GOLD.

The financial conditions of the
United States have materially inn
proved since 1898 or thereabouts,
when Grover Cleveland as president
of the United States was borrowing
money from foreign powers at an eX-
orbitant rate Of interest and gold was
flowing out instead Of into the coun-
try. AT the opening OF the business
year, beginning July 3lst, the Unit
ed States had in It's possession the
largest fund OF gold held by any ma
ton in the word and the greatest
ever before possessed at once by this
government, as on that date the
fund amounted to 1904, ,354, ,297. The
fund now held by the United States
treasury consists of the following
items: Amount held against gold
certificates $292, 535, 689; reserved,
$1O5,000, 900; monies in the genral
fund of the treasury, Sol, ,818,500,
which shows that after all of the
governments financial obligations
have been fully liquidated and the
constitutional gold reserve laid away,
she Will still have an immense sum
to her credit for the benefit Of inter
nal improvements. No government
has ever before had so large gold
reserve on hand as above mentioned,
except the Russian government,
which at one time is said to have
had a gold fund Of $598, 100000.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
ATTACK GOOD BOOK.

The Bible is being attacked in
Chicago from a most unexpected
source. The Pilgrim Series Sunday
school quarterlies issued for Sunday
schools Of the Congregational
church, are advocating that the Bi-
bic account of the creation is in op-
position to history and science, and
that the story of the fall Of man is
regarded as allegorical and by no
means literal. 1t is assumed by the
ablest divineS of the land that, if
there is one sentence in the Bible
that can be successfully disputed, ii
destroys the effect Of the entire book.
If, therefore, the Congregational
church accpets the teachings Of the
editor of the Sunday School Quar-
terly, it means radical overthrow
of the former biblical faiths and the
religion Of our fathers will be bad
ly shaken. If the account Of the
creation be story without founda-
ton or facts, but purely one of fic-
ton, then why is not the account Of
the crucifixion Of Christ equally fc-
titious and every other point on
which the Bible is based? If the
story Of the fall of man is mere
mythology and has no real founda-
ton, then why is not the redemption
Of man equally NEUROLOGICAL, and
the whole biblical theory roar
ing farce? But this new theory will
not become very firmly fixed in the
minds Of the human family for a
good many generations yet to come
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23

the part Of the colored folk to pre-
vent lynchings in the South. The
shotgun effectively used proves a
most salient lesson, it must be ad-
mitted, but the shotgun game is one
that two can play at, and in the end
it is more than likely that the col
ored man would be weighed in the
balance and found wanting, if he
should start in to playing the game
in the United States.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.

Hon. Daniel II. Murray, assistant
librarian in the Congressional Ii
brary, is said to be an historian Of
the most profound type, and is as
well veresd in this line as any edu-
Gator in the United States. Mr..
Murray is originally from Maryland,
where he enjoys the distinction Of
being one man of color on whom the
"color line" is very seldom drawn,
and for no other reason than on ac-
count Of his national reputation as
an historian and a scholar in gen.
eral.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
YOUR OWN ENEMY.

An exchange published by a col
ored man gives uuterance to the fol
lowing very interesting and applic-
able remarks: The color OF our
skin is not the worst of our atflic-
tions. The lack OF moral stamina,
punctuality, original thoughts, thor
ough execution and patience, is what
keeps the Negro in the background.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
LEFT A FORTUNE.

Robert Rhiems is the name of
colored barber, who recently sailed
for Australia to claim a fortune
which was left by his father a year
ago, who died in that country. The
father was formerly a slave in this
country, but escaped and went to
Australia and engaged in the mining
business and accumulated fortune.
which was not claimed until his son
Robert proved his identity a few
days ago.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
ABROGATE THE TREATY.

The treaty which was entered in
to between the United States gov
eminent and Great Britain to the
effect that neither of the great ma
tions should maintain or build war
ships on the Great Lakes, which sep
arated the United States government
from the British possessions, is not
being favorably looked upon at this
time in the United States Not tha;
the citizens of this country desire to
maintain an armed fleet on the
Great Lakes for fear of foreign in
yasion, but the owners of large ship
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
CHINAMEN DECREASING.

According to the last census there
are but o9,oOU Ch1nanaen IN this
country, showing decrease Of H.
500 from The number reported IN
1890. The Chinese exclusion laws
account for this wonderful decrease
III the Monaghan population IN the
united STATES.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
GETS A BIG WAD.

Within the past few months the
Tuskeegee Normal and Industrial
Institute has received $4,000 to-
ward an endowment fund, which was
contributed by two persons, one liv-
ing in Boston and the other in New
York, who will not permit the dis
closure of their names.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
wILBERFoRCE,s SUCCESS.

At the thirty-eighth annual com
mencement exercises at WiIberforce
University, denominational school
under the auspices of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, thirty
six young men and women received
diplomas from tie academic depart
ment.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
ALABAMA's LYNCHING SPIRIT.

Within the past ten years 100 per-
sons of color have been mobbed and
lynched in the state Of Alabama, all
Of whom were taken directly from
the possession Of the officers Of the
law.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
AN INVENTOR DEAD.

Eugene Burkins, a young Afro
American inventor, who furnished
the the government with Burkins'
rapid fire gun, died in New Orleans
July 18th.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
FORTUNE FAST FADED.

Fickle fortune never faded from
the grasp of a human being more
completely than it did from Ex-
Governor W. A. Newell who recent
ly died in Allentown, New Jersey
Though Dr. Newell had associated
with the lords and grandees, with
the highest and lowest officials Of
the land, and the richest and poor
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
BROTHER
IN BLACK
Under Critical Eye of OBJ
serving Men.
BORROWED THOUGHTS

Fathers FOrtune-Lynched One Hum
dred-"RapiG Fire. Burl1ins Dead
-GraduatinG ROSter-Peter Jack
son Passes Away-Tuskeegee Re
membered - Hogan Retires-COm-
merciaI Combinations Defend
HOurseIves-Murra an Historian
Mrs. Yates SeIected.-Other Notes.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
REALM OF
RELIGION
Among the Worlds Christians
and Quasi Christians.
PECULIAR CUSTOMS

For Free Hospital Beds in the Lippy
Says the Gennesian Account
Cheap FictfOn-Is Any Part of the
Bible. Untrue-The LabOring Man
and the Church-CIaims the Sa-
looms More Inviting than the
ChUrch-DO Christians Cater to
MiIIiOnaires?
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
PASSING
EVENTS
Of Men and Things in the
Public Mind.
THE WEEKLY REVIEW

VIII the Chinese Exclusion Act he
Renewed-NO End in Sight of
Steel Strike-UncIe Sans FinHn-
ciaI Status Par EXceIIent-Great
Lake Concerns Want to Build
Warships-BOstOn COrbett Turns
Up Again-BOasted of killing
BOOth-GOV. Newell Dead.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
CHURCH AND LABORERS

A leading church worker has pro-
pounded three pertinent questions
to labor leaders, asking their atti-
tude toward the church of Christ,
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23
USE YOUR GUN.

The Afro-American Press Asso-
citation, which recently met in Phil
adelphia, is said to be on record as
advising the use Of the shotgun on
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-08-23

The canal project to connect the
Caspian and Black Seas Will cost
S2O,OOO,OOO. The waterway is to
be 23 feet deep and $50 feet broad,
and will begin at Astrakhan on the
Caspian Sea and end at the harbor
of Taganrog on the Sea Of Azar, !. 1t
is a Russian project from start to i'm
ish.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20

CHAPTER soe-H r. NO Ts714
AN ACT to appropriate money to aid in BUILD
ing roa DIS and bridges.
Amounts appropriated to each county as fol-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20

CHAPTER 32-H F. NO. 21s.
AN ACT % amend caaacteg three hundred eud
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20

b 5Iaae are Inconsistent with this act are
sec. .. This act shall take effect and be
III force from and after its passage. 4
Approved April IL, lgOl. ~"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20

l..
Statutes Of 1884 be and the sams IS aInsndsd
90 as to read as follows: r
Section 100. The sala5y Of the county auditor!
in their respective counties ixed by the
state board OF equalization for the preceding
q taxabie properly does not asoesd The sum
Be entitled to receive stx e, mills on each
lars and ono mill on each dolar Of ell amounts
IN excess OF said last named sum and less
third Of one mill on each dollar on all amounts
In excess Of said last named SUM In counties
where the value Of the aat taxable property for the
equalization, exceeds the sum Of one and one
half million dollars, the County auditor ehall
s &c ssf 70 Tss Ons xs @ l1s q es s
lars ard one-aaalf of one mill On each dollar
OF all amounts In excess Of saia sum ana less
mill on each dollar Of all Sums IN excess there
OF. In all counties where the valuation OF
taxable pr9pery exceeds two hundred and frty
allowed for clerk hire one-nfth Of one mill
On each dollar IF s,a hs anont q ssaable prop
ali sums in excess Of Ave mii1ion dollars, one
tweuttieta Of one mill on each dollar Thereafter;
more than twelve hundred dollars Per ann,,n,
for his personal services in counties where the
yluation does n 5es sassea four million dollars
ties where the valuation exceeds four million
dollars, and does not exceed six million dollars
nor more than two thousand dollars In counties
Where such valuation exceeds SIX million ds1-
lars and does not exceed ten million dollars
nor more than two thousand Ave hundred doI.
dollars; provided, that THE act shan e not afras
existing provisions of law relating 70 salaries
Of aTs eu than forty thousand zoooe iabi
taIfts, and all moneys received as fees or peT-
centage IN exeess Ct the amounts provided fof,
in this act shall be paid by the auditor al
the end OF each year, into The revenue fund OF
shs county; proytdsd that ths ceuau ooza-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20
CHAPTER s1s-H r. NO. 1s4.
CHAPTER s1a-H. +. NO. .o7.


Of Minnesota: F.. X
Section ,on ! Al AZ person. under tn. as. Of
from playing pool OF Billiards In any saloon or
In any restaurant. or public place OF aI11ase-
ment within this state. In which tobacco in
any form. confectionery OF any kinds, or
drinks Of any kind, except water. are sold
given away or In any manner disposed Of.
Sec. 2. The proprietor or keeper Of any such
saloon, room. restaurant or publtc place u
amusement within this state, who suffers or
permits any minor to play pool or billiards In
by him, shall be guilty Of a misdeuieanor and
punishable in any court Of competent jurisdic-
ton, by nns Of not less than twenty five
(26 or more than one hundred 600 dollars, or
by smprisonme1s IN the oos,nH jail not to ex-
Sec 8. This act shall take effect ana b In
force from and Ater It's. passage.
Approved April 18th. 1901.
CHAPTER s14-H. F. NO. 251.
AN ACT for the relief OF Jane Ward and ia
appropriate money therefor. :,
Be It enacted by the Legislature OF the stats
Of Minnesota: -. = :,
Section !. That tho sum Of one thousand
propriated out OF any money in the state traas
ury, not Otherwise appropriated, fSr the relief
OF Jane Ward, widow, for personal injuries
sustained by her son and sole support, Ignatius
as member Of the National Guard Of the
State Of Minnesota, from which injuries saii
1gnatius Ward died. October fourteenth Gay
eighteen hundred and ninety.six t1se61,
ceive, in lieu OF all claims ten (S1Ol IoIlaT.
per month. ayabfe quarterly, an long a ss,a
remains single, or until the above one thoa1sanS
$1,000 shall qbi. h ass 5 been PAID gas t. , her
force from and after its passage.
Appruved April IL 1901.