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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
FOR PANA... ROJ
Senate Passes Spooner Bill
 by Vote of A to 34.
Si3O,OOO,OOO IN BONDS PROVIDED.
The Measure Empowers President to Select Panama Waterway if Title Is Good, Otherwise He ShaIl
 Adopt Nicaragua Plan.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-An isth- milan canal, while not yet absolutely assured, is nearer to construction than it ever has been. The senate yesterday by a majority of eight votes adopted the Spooner substitute for the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill, the vote on the substitute being 42 to 34. After two amendments to the measure had been adopted, one providing for commis- sion to supervise the construction of the canal and the other providing for the issuance of $13o,000,o00 of ? per cent gold bondss to raise money with which to construct the waterway, it was passed by vote of CT to 6.
 It has been evident for several days that the Spooner substitute, which in brief provides that the president shall select the Panama route if he can ob- tain clear title to the Panama Canal company's property, but otherwise he shall adopt the Nicaragua route, would command the votes of majority of the senate The Panama route was considered more desirable by the sen- ate than the Nicaragua route. The only question left open is the title to the property, and that the president will determine if the house should adopt the senate's amendment to it's bill.
 MT. Morgan (Ala.) closed the days debate with an earnest appeal for the adoption of the Nicaragua route. He had been preceded by MT Clark (AIont.)
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
Tn proof of it we tell what those who have used it say.

In proof of 1t we tell what those who have used it say.
 MT. Patrick Nolan, of No. I2S Railroad Avenue, Bridge port, Conn. says: "To any one troubled with any form of ir-l ritation of the skin, I can with confidence recommend Doan's Ointment. I was for a long time bothered with a persistent irritation on my body, and none of the many preparations and ointnents I used did me any good until I procured Doan's Ointment at a Drug Store and applied 1t. It was so soothing and healing, and acted so promptly that I felt relief from the first, and improved steadily. It is the best remedy for ir- ritation of the skin there is on the market"
 Just such emphatic endorse ment can be had right here in Waterbury. Drop into Lakes drug store and ask what his customers report.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20

President Patton, the honored head of Princeton, resigned in order to pur- sue literary work, though he still re- tains the chair of ethics in the uni versity. Woodrow Wilson, probably the highest authority on American civil government and history, succeeds to the presidency, the nomination having come to him as a surprise. He is the first president Princeton has had who was not an ordained minister.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20

Amid the great mass of commence ment news, in Waterbury as we'll as in every part of the country, there is recorded that the Rhode Island Agri- cultural college has faculty of ? members and student body number ing B. At young ladies' seminary in New York there was only one grad uate, who had commencement eXer- cises with flowers, music, etc, and who recited both the salutatory and val edictory addresses.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20

SOLD sv ALL DRUGGISTS,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20

The use of the autinobiIe in Europe last year resulted in a demand for 30,000 additional fur coats for devotees to the self propelled vehicle, and this increased demand avdanced the scale of prices for furs all over the world from 10 to 30 per cent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Fidelity court. Danish lodge, No 103. Democratic association. Waterbury Burns club. Court Lincoln, A. O. F Third division, A. O. H. Night Electricians union. Speedwell lodge, K. of F. Court Champlain, F. of A. Sheridan lodge, N. F. O. F. Mizpah colony, U. o. r. F. I. o. o. F school meeting Friendly league, dressmaking. Waterbury lodge, B. F. o. E. Connecticut lodge, A. o. U- W. Household Ruth, c U. 0. Q. +. Court Stephen J. Meany, F. of A. Court Richard Wagner, F. of A. Waterbury Steam Filters and HelT
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
phf,ippsne Juageship Declined.

JACKSON, Mich, June 20.- Charles Fl. Smith of this city, who was recent :. lv appointed to judgeship in the Phil iDpine Islands, has declined the office,
The colored American., 1902-08-30

ment of few luxuries. He contributes
to the states Golfers every time he rides
on a railroad, takes out a license, pur
chases an article from a licensed
vender, or records a legal psper-to
say nothing of the direct assessment
sgainst his houses, lands and personal
properly.
The whole argument is empty and
illusory. ANY school superintendent
who runs for Office on the issue that
learning impairs the Negroes usefulness
as workman, ought to be rebuked by
overwhelming defeat at the polls. AS
our best thinkers are claiming and
proving, education is not privilege
it is civic right, and is necessary for
the well'being of the state. The higher
the degree of intelligence of the peo-
pie, the stronger the force of law, the
purer the society and the more har-
mOniOus are the relations existing be-
tween the several classes and clans
Education reduces crime and its cost
to the government, and promotes COM
merce and the industrial capacity of
individuals. A dollar invested In the
school serves Ten dollars in depreci'
alton of property and expense ST
criminal prosecution.
The Negro is no exceptional being.
What is good for him is good for any
other race under similar conditions,
what is true of him is equally true #
others The law of economics knows no
color Interpretation. Division of taxes
based On race holdings. and its conse'
quent retrogression in mental culture
for the Negro, would he blow to the
entire South. We do not believe the
better element will permit such a
blunder to be made-let the crackers"
cry out ever so vehemently for it.
The colored American., 1902-08-30
GOV. AYcocK's DRASTIC MEASURES.

Althousb b Gov. Aycock became the
chief executive of North Carolina du-
riDg a reign of terror and VS. con
sldered the representative Of the law
less elements, he is agreeably sur
pricing the respectable people Of the
state by his rigid sta d for law and
order and for the education of the
Masses, black and white. In this re-
spect he far Outclasses the former
governor, enc d. l.. Russell who was
enrolled as a \ ember of the republi-
can party, but Nho was too much of a
moral and physical coward to be a
credit tn any organization. When two
colored boys were lynched at Salisbury
not long ago, Governor Aycock
without hesitation, offered rewards
for the apprehension of the lynch
ers, aggregating $4,000. In &C
cord with the Governors policy, the law
officers have pronounc d such crimes
murder, ard Judge Shaw on July
18th, issued the first bench warrant
0f the kind ever known in North Caro-
lima for the arrest of the person alleged
to have been guilty of taking the life
of the colored boys. Drastic measures
ike these are the antidotes for the
lynching disease.
The colored American., 1902-08-30
The FRO AMERICAN COUNCIL ON IRlAL

The esteemed gentlemen at the
head of the National Afro American
Council should not mistake the atti-
tude of The ColOred American for one
of hostility. Far FROM it. A few
weeks sgO we published an estimate of
the work done at st. Paul from facts
that W re found in the official reports
Of the delegates, assisted by the ac-
counts in the daily press and the COM
ments of many who themselves were
p -esent and protested against the
methods by which the "slate" was
elected. Organizations are not above
honest criticisms, and no one is more
disappointed than The Colored Ameri.
can that the Council has not accomp-
lished more in the FIVE years of its ex-
istence, yet no one has more cheerful.
ly given it credit for what has been
done If the people are lethsrgic, we
are doing our full duty toward stirring
them-lp If outspoken sentiments will
do anything 70 awaken the nation to a
realization Of our desires we are doing
that each week. Not one word of OBJ
lection have we put forth against a
single officer chosen at St. Paul-and
We shall not utter one. On the con
tTary, we aEe urging them on to make
the Council what it ttarted out to be.
and are cOunselliDg the race to get to-
gether In local co ncils so as to bring
the national body closer to the masses.
We object to Heterogeneous organiza.
ton doing business on Taper, and
which, in the nature of things must be
controlled b few each year by main
force, because of a lack of responsible
ty o. delegases to a definite constituent
cy. Let the organizers get to work.
Appoint local organizers in each state,
and see if six months do not produce
hopeful results. Let US nos get red in
The colored American., 1902-08-30
SATURDAY, AUGUST so. 1902.
WAY ATTEMPT The IMPosSIBLE7

Negro education promises to be a
campaign issue In several southern
states. 1t is proposed by the kickers"
to apportion to the races the taxes paid
by each. The property records are
kept separate, so that the exact amount
of taxes paid in by whites and blacks
can be ascertained without trouble.
The Macon GA } News says that the
Negro in the several so thern states
owns from one sixtieth to one-thirtieth
of the property and pays that pro
portion of the taxes and complains that
yet the Negro schools get just as large
funds as the whites, and many white
people on account of poverty have to
do without an education to work their
farms, on which they pay taxes to send
Negroes to school. The News argues
further that if this division Of the taxes
between the schools, in proportion to
the amounts paid 10y the whites and
blacks is carried out, it Will reduce the
appl opriatien for the Negro schools to
a mere fraction of what it is today, in
some cases to less than per cent. It
means that the Negro viii pay for 8
education according to what he is worth
and the whites will pay for theirs.
This burden of taxation of the white
people for the many Negro schools
takes away much from the fund for the
white schools and the News thinks the
proposed measure W uld remedy this
The contention of the Macon paper
is poor philosophy. Division of taxes
on the face of the returns cOud not be
made equitsbly. Legal obligations
are paid mostly by indirect methods,
and the most skill.ui mathematician
could not draw a line showing just
where the receip.s of one race leaves
of and those of the other begins. Labor
is the foundation Of production and OF
values, and from these comes these
rover to pay money. The Negro Is
the backbone of industry in the South
and is capitals strongest pi lar. H
pays more than his share by his par
ticipation in production, and by the
prafts derived from his consumption
of the ncessaries of life and the enjoy
The colored American., 1902-08-30

1t is hoped that the fakirs who ara
dunning we'll disposed white people foT
subscriptions to establish an industrial
school medeled after Wasli1gfon,.
famous institute at Tuskegae" will he
unmasked before popular confidence
in honest Negro travelling agents i,
shaken.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

Mr.. j. e. Cliff Jrd, a ffth-rate
lawyer, who dives in Martinsburg, W,
Va, and publishes patent back news
paper complains because The Colored
American has ceased to exchange with
his "hand bill" The COlOrgd Ameri
can has large exchange list already
and henceforth will refuse to exchange
with newspapers whose editors indulge
in billingsgate aud falIehood these
same small bore editors not only pur'
loin the C plumns of The C)lored Amerl-
caa and use It's matter as their own,
but abuse it. The day of gUtersnipe
journalism is over and we have no
time to give to exchanges Of this cla's.
What is true of the Martiu5burg hand
bill is true also of the Cleveland mud
scOWe.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

So. in spite of the atmosphere of
culture that pervades the groves of
Chautauqua, N. Y, the serpent of
race prejudice will creep in. Amelie
W. Sullivan, superintendent of the
Negro schools of Augusta, Ga, was
invited to deliver an address at that
place, but when she was found to be a
Negress, her reception was very frigid
and she had a hard time getting the
most meager accommodations, being
turned away from several places. She
complained through the local papers
but the author ties defended themselves
by claiming that they did not know
their guest was a Negress when tn
Invitation WAS extended. Evidently
Miss Sullivsn's Irish name deceived
them-but nevertheless. the country
has been given an opportunity'to lear
that few asses are to be found, even
The colored American., 1902-08-30

If the democrats insist upon restrict.
ing the ballot to few intelligent
Negroes, they will tie a miIsfono
to the necks of the liiy.white repubf,
cans, for the more highly educated ;,
voter is the more seriously must he be
reckoned with.
The colored American., 1902-08-30
"Chickens will come home to roost. I"

"Chickens Will come home to roOst -
Jul us F. Taylor, editor Of the Chicago
Broad-Axe, has just completed a
sentence of five days Jail, and paid a
fine of $50 for criminal libel, on
charges instituted by Capt. Hannibal
Carter. The allegations made by Tay
lor involved the chastity of woman
now dead, but she had friends who
were determined to protect her memory,
Taylor was unable to substantiate his
statements-hence the conviction and
punishment. People who go about
circulating scandalous rumors cannot
be too careful, for rumor in most in-
stances is a liar of monstrous pro.
portions.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

A wOuld-be rapist, who attempted
an assault upon his niece at Bristol,
Va, got off with a fine Of s 90. Cor.
respondent Menard thinks if he had
accomplished his purpose, the fine
would have been raised to $500. 1t tis
&C freely necessary to add that this
miscreant was encased in a white skin.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

1t takes nerve to " out, but a stlH
stand will whip a white man to recog-
nition of the rights If NegToes II ms
pocket can be made to suffer A white
capitalist thinks more Of his dollars
.han he does of his prejudices, and be
.'holIers" when he begins to iose more
money than he deems bis whim' to De
worth We have said this many times
but the truth is more and m)rs aP.,
parent as We go along, The colore1
people of Mon -gomery, Ala, reIus5u
to ride in the Jim crow CT recently
when the rule was attempted. Hhen
hey had walked around the town
few days, the street car COMPANY
weakened at the loss of good CON- anu
1ecided TO let the eolored re3Ple rue
where they pleased. No pre- Is Ioo
great to pay for genuine seit-respec''
The colored American., 1902-08-30
constitutional

The constitutional amendments
adopted by the South to keep the Ne,
gro down Will fail of their PURPOSE
The forces of nature are OPP sed to
artificial restriction, and the Eegro's
klnetic energy and mental expansion
wreck the entire infamous fabric of
unjust repression.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

che face and call folks hard names be.
C use of an honorable difference of
opinion as to methods of procedure.
Washington City has shown the eff
cacy of the local organization. What
has been done here on a large scale
can be done on a smaller scale In New
York, Boston, Jersey City, Philadel
phia. Chicago, Louisville, Indianapolis,
ST. Louis and Richmond. What is be-
ing done IN any of these pla"es along
the lines indicated? With the sturdy
work of which Mr.. Fortune is capable,
the Louisville meeting can be made
historic-but a repetition of the scenes
that have occurred at some of the
previous meetings will not help the
race at large. We say again the
Council must build from the ground
upward. The local organization must
precede the national federation.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

The Star of Zion's editor is q care
ful reader of The Colored American.
Nothing concerning Zion and her do
ings escapes the keen eye of Brother
J. w. Smith.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

Subscriptions may Ds sent Dy pOstofECt
money order, express or by registered letter.
All communications for publication should
De ompanisd with the name OF the writer
lot nscsEaariIy for Publication, but as 8 guar
an --ss OF good faith.
We solicit news, contributions, opinions
and in fact, all matters affecting the race,
We viii not pay for matter, however, unless
II il Ordsred by Us, All matter intended for
publication must reach thiE office by W sdnss-
day OF each week to insure insertion in the
current Issue
s. Agents are wanted svsrywnsrs, Send
or Instructions.
The colored American., 1902-08-30
We hear a great deal of foss raised

about the Negro covering up tn
crimes of the race, and defending
malefactors from the consequences Of
their evil doiDgs. AS q matter Of
fact, when Negro criminal is appre.
hended, it is generally upon iltorma'
ton furnished by one of his own race.
These same K ckers are silent as the
grave, however, when a white mis-
creant who has committed an outrage
against Negro women goes uuWhipt
of justice There should be no color IN
crime or in the administration Of law.
The colored American., 1902-08-30

in the supposed garden sp-t of fbsr-
ality-Chautauqua.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-09-24
RICH STRIKE IN
THE OLD ARASTRA
Property is Being lntelligently
and Rapidly Developed.

Having learned Of an unusually rich
strikc recently made. NJ the Old Arastra
mine, ON Granite creek, four miles north
of Granite, the editor Of this paper visit.
ed the property this week and found
that "thc half had not been told"
Active operations on this rich proper.
ty were begun only two weeks ago. A
good tunnel and shaft honse ARE already v
completed AMI now fully stocked up with
blacksmith and carpenters outfits. 4
working shaft has just been commenced
and is now down about thirty feet, and
we'll tim,sre,l. Work on this shaft is
icins pushed vigorously, night and day,
with two shifts of men. The shaft is be-
ing sunk on the Arastra ledge, which in
nearly vertical. II carries very high
grade free gold ore, which is being sack.
ed for shipment.
The Arastra Gold Mining company is
u corporation recently formed for the
purpose of operating mines on Granite
creek. The company is otiicered as fol.
lows: President, j. +. Saylor, superin.
tcnlcnt of Spokane public schools; vice
president, ID. l.. killen, Of the firm of
killcn, Warner Il Stewart, Of Sumpter;
treasurer. T.. i. Warner, of Sumpter:
secretary. Dr. ". II. Hoppe, Of Sumpter;
superintendent and general manager,
Capt. &. :. Miller, Of Granite.
Mrssrs. Killcn. Warner 4 Stewart are
the fiscal agents Of the company, and
their ability as tinancicrs insures u good
working capital for development work,
which will In vigorously pushed during
the winter ON the famous old WcigMan
group III mines.
The selection of Capt. 4. :. Miller ~
general manager and superintendent of
the company will inspire confidence IN
an able, intelligent and honest admins.
trat,Om Of its affairs. His vast mining
experience In all its branches, commence
rd thirty years ago at silver City, Idaho,
where NJ one time he had in charge for
San Francisco capitalists three mines and
two mills, for which he received salary
oi 1850 ls'r month. Capt. Miller's ex.
Icricncc in mines and mills IN this camp
covers = Is'rinl II twenty-five years. lie
formed the original Monumental COM
pany and under his entire supervision
the mine was husht, extensively dcvel.
o,cd and II milling plant erected there.
On, which successfully treated the ores.
We Il" not hesitate to say that no min.
ihr man in the state outranks him IN
ability in III. mining profession, and th.
Old Aras,ra Gold Miaing company is
exceedingly fortunate IN securing man
.oi his ability and experience i"r general
manager. .--,iranlic Gem.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-09-24

came swarms Of the Acknowledged Celes.
tial In the placer fields, day by day
for many long years toiled these disci.
pies Of Confucius. How many millions
they extracted from the gravel and tn,
sands is only a matter of conjecture, a.
John Chinaman makes no statements to
the public Of his gains. Like their pre-.
decessors. the Cinnamon paid no atten.
ton to the mineral ribbed hills whicl,
development has proven is the real
source Of the; noble metal which they
| sought.
Again il remained for the Caucasian to
do the thinking and make the effort tO
discover new source Of wealth.
1t was in 1875 that the Mammoth, the
first quartz mining claim, was located.
The discoverers, Andy smith and Jack
Sanderson, should 20 down in history ~
the two men who gave quartz mining. in
one Of the most extensive and richest
districts in the world, its start '
For thirty years following the discov.
cry Of the Mammoth mine there IL not
much in the way Of quartz mining for
the historian to record.
The region was remote from lines Of
transportation. The principal popula.
tion Chinese. who took out all they
could and put nothing back. The com.
parative inaccessibility and other causes,
although there were some fine showinys
in the country, kept capitalists and
mining men from investigating its re-.
sources to great extent.
In 1895, three decades after the first
discovery of quartz gold, the little Grape.
vine logging road, styled the Sumpter
Valley railway, extended its diminutive
scrap pile rails and ran its small tinpot
engines and second hand toy cars into
Sumpter, thus connecting. In u measure,
the heart of the mining district with the
Oregon Railroad 4 Navigation Co. r lines
ut Baker City.
With this narrow guave, the district
from that date began to forge ahead.
bue uCN0utC 0uNO WIN
tors. Mining men and investors began
pouring in and the country awoke into
new life. Naturally It took about three
years to prove the many mines that ha.i
been found. and IL is authoritatively
stated that In no instance where proper
mining has been carried on has ther,
been u failure.
Some of the most prominrn, yeol,-
gi-,s and n,ineralogists Of the continent
have carefully examined the entire Ills.
trict. and all are oi the same opinion,
viz: that the ore hslirs ~ down t.
such u depth that Mslern mechanical
appliances can not hht.W them.
The mineral belt has ls.rn traced sixty
miles in length and twenty miles H.
width, yet prospecting in that area j.
in its infancy.
However. IN the short time that de-
velopmcn, has lsrm v,iny IN, there ar.
now 72l stamps dropping in the district |
II H. Eemn i'm Mining
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-07-31
MARRIAGE ENGAGEMENT
M'CLATCHEY,
A Popular Marietta Cou-
pie to Marry, We'd
nesday, Aug. 2oth.

Mr.. D. F. McClatchey, Sr., announces
the engagement of his daughter, Miss
Pearl Porcia McClatchey, to Mr.. James
Patrick Welsh, of this place, the marri-
age to take place Wednesday, August
10th, at home, $50 p. m. The event is
to be a very quiet affair, owing to the
recent bereavement in the family.
Miss McClatchey is one of Marietta's
most beautiful, cultured and charming
young ladies, possessing all those true
womanly traits that make her pearl
of great price," Mr. Welsh is one of
Marietta's noblest young men, pure in
life and gentlemanly in department..
He is one of the trusted employees of
OF the Brumby Chair Co., whose bust
ness qualifications and reliability make
him an invaluable man. We are sure
all of Marietta will join the journal, in
wishing this esteemed couple happy
and prosperous future.