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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-20


Washington, Mar. S.-(SpeciaD.-
The Committee on Territories today
reported to the House the substitute
bill of Representative Powers granting
to the Hawaiian Ditch Company right
of way over public lands In the Dis
trict of North and South Kohala. The
bill as reported to the House is identi-
cal with text of the bill as published in
this correspondence under date OF
March 8. with the addition of proviso
to Section stating that the right Of
way through the public LANDS Is grant
ed subject to all the conditions and re-
auirements of the Act of March 3, 1901,
so far as they are applicable to the
Territory of Hawaii" There was also
added to Section after the clause
which provides that II the Hawaiian
Ditch Company and any person or per-
sons DESTROYS of using said water shall
| not be able to agree as to reasonable
use or fair price, then, on the request
OF either party, the District Court OF
the United States. the words for the
Territory OF Hawaii"
The bill was placed on the calendar
and is subject to being called up and
passed at any time.
In reporting the bill with recon-
mendation that 1t pass the committee
submitted the following report:
The object Of the bill as its title
indicates is to grant to the Hawaiian
Ditch Company, Limited. the right or
way over public lands in the Districts
Of North and South Kohala and Hama
| kua for the purpose of constructing and
necessary reservoirs, dams, and like for
maintaining bitches or canals and the
| irrigation and domestic purposes in
said districts.
"The policy Of the Government OF the
United States in the matter OF grant
ing the right Of way over public lands
to a company or corporation organized
for purposes of irrigation has always
been liberal one and this liberality
Is justified by the resulting benefits
accrulng not only to the individual
holders, but to the government itself
in greatly enhancing the value of its
gions.
I'm the particular districts Of Ha-
wall which will be benefited by the
passage of this bill, the Government
of the United States owns approx
mately 10000 acres of land, all of
which is. today practically valuless.
but which will be reclaimed to cult
walton as the result Of the construc-
tion of this proposed irrigation ditch
Based on present values of sugar cane
lands that prevail in the Hawaiian
Islands It is estimated that the con-
struction of the proposed irrigating
bitches will give the public lands
which are today almost worthless a
value of not less than 5000 per acre.
This consideration alone should be
sufficient to Justify Congress in grant
ing the proposed right of way.
Further than this, the construction
of the proposed ditch will enable the
planters and homesteaders occupying
the lands contiguous to the same, ia
raise a full crop Of cane every year
whereas owing to the present scarcity
and insuiRclency of the rainfall in
these districts the planters and home.
:. steaders are unable to obtain a full
crop of cane oftener than once in four
years.
The rights of the Government and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-20
Kohala Ditch Scheme
RECEIVES
A Favorable Report

dams, reservoirs, etc, for irrigation
and domestic purposes, has had the
bill under consideration at its meet
ings for couple of weeks and today
Representative Powers of Maine intro
duced a substitute which Is given be-
low. Representative Powers informed
Bulletin representative that owing
to the illness of the Delegate members
of the subcommittee were unable to
confer with him as to its provisions,
but he understood that the modifica-
lions made were acceptable to him,
and the bill would have been submitted
to him as one which would receive the
approval of the committee. Following
is the text of the bill:
BE 1t enacted, ETC., That the Hawa-
iian Ditch Company, Limited, corpor-
alton duly organized under the laws o.
the Territory of Hawaii, its successors
and assigns be and is hereby granted
the right of way to construct and
, maintain two bitches, to be known as
the Upper Kohala Ditch and the Lower
: Kohala Ditch, through and over the
pubIic lands in said island of Hawaii.
Territory OF Hawaii, within the fol.
lowing described area: Bounded on
the north by the sea. on the east by
Waipio valley, and the summit separ.
ating the Waimea watershed from the
Kohala watershed. on the south by the
summit of the Kohala mountains and
on the west by Polulu guleh, said area
being known as the Kohala watershed.
and through over and upon such other
public lands in the districts OF North
and South Kohala and Hamakua a.
may be necessary TO properly supply
the consumers of water and for the
conservation and utilization OF waters
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Congressman Powers Bill.

Washington, March tSpecialD-
The subcommittee Of the Committee
on Territories u which was referred
Delegate WilcoXs bill granting the
right of way over public lands to the
Hawaiian Ditch Company for the pur-
pose of constructing and maintaining
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TIME TABLE.

From and after January 1. 1899.
TRAINS.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19
a largely attended reception was given
art night to the delegates and visito1S
at the state university armory.
COUNCIL CHATTER.

The musical program which was
prepared for the night meetings was
very fine and it was too bad that
some Of the best numbers were cut
out.
Mr.. Claude Jackson, the director of
the choruses at the night meetings,
may well be proud of his excellent
work. The Hallelujah Chorus and the
Last Chord we're artistically rendered
and gave evidence of the masterful
work of Mr.. Jackson.
The singing of Mr.. Cyrus Field
Adams was an agreeable surprise to
everybody and he made a hit and was
the only one to respond to an encore.
1t was something Of a novelty to have
a song rendered in French, German
and English. IS
St. Paul came to the front nobly in
the manner in which the various or
CARNATIONS sent delegates.
The local committee is preparing it's
report which will be published next
week.
Minnesota Jared very. well in the
distribution of the council plums.
A lady's wrap was found in the SEN
ate chamber during the sessions of the
council, which the owner may obtain
upon proving property. Call at THE
APPEAL Office. E.r> r... -
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IN MEMORIAM,

May 25th, 1902, at $50 a. M, passed
from the joys and sorrows of this life,
into the perfect life, Mrs Harriet
Louisa (Chesley) Mackey. She was
born near Chewsville, Washington Co.,
Nd, June, 1885, and was married to
Robert Mackey, October, 1852. Age
66 years.
Since early childhood she has been
resident of Hagerstown, Md, and
had lived in the house where she died
over fifty years. In early life she be-
came Christian, and joined Ebenezer
A. M. e. Church, of which she was a
faithful member until DEATH
The church and community suffers
great loss by her death, which touches
a wide circle of friends here, where
she has been loved, respected and
honored for her sterling integrity as a
Christian of personal piety and gen.
ulne benevolence, and as a wife and
mother, in the sacred precinct of a
| cultured and beautiful home life.
She was a genial, kindly woman,
ever ready to help the needy, and to
assist in every good work, a kind and
loving wife and mother, ever thought
tul OF others, full Of sympathy for all
suffering, keenly responsive to the
spiritual life Of the church, a lovely
friend, and humble disciple of the
Lord Jesus.
The last hours Of her life were quiet
rest, from which she went out gently,
and without struggle. Her face was
strlklngly beautiful, with a sweet con-
tent and satisfaction written upon it.
The slight trace which the years
had made was removed, and the look
of youthful days returned.
She was member of Perseverance
Lodge, No. g." Independent Order of
Good Samaritans, and Daughters OF
Samaria, also of ''The Laboring Sons
and Daughters.
she leaves to mourn their great loss
a husband, two daughters, Cora l.. at
home, Mrs. Martha Compton of Har-
| rlsburg, Penn, one son, VIM. K, St.
Paul, Mimi, four grandchildren, one
at home, Pearl Webster, and three in
Harrisburg.
But they mourn not as those with
out hope. They feel that she has only
gone little before, and is waiting
with other loved ones, to welcome
them, when they, too, shall have
crossed over the river. blessed are
the dead that die in the Lord"
The family wishes to thank all
friends for their kindness to her dur
ing her illness, and pray Gods bless
ing upon them.
Ills hard to break the tender cord,
When love has bound the heart
IT'S hard, SO hard to speak the words,
We must forever part
Dearest loved one we must day thee
In the peaceful graves embrace
But thy memory will be cherished
Till we see thy heavenly face"
Rest in Peace"
By a Friend, ~.
MRS. HATTIE NEWMAN.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

at the meetings, was much larger than
ever before, and, our own people evinc-
ed an interest, as shown, by their at
tendance at all meetings, which was
a most encouraging feature. These
meetings though at times somewhat
turbulent owing to the presence of
few malcontents who, however, were
not sufficient in number to either rule
or ruin, must. be productive of much
good among all classes. A feeble at
tempt was made to inject politics into
the proceedings of the council and at
tack the national administration, but
fortunately it died a bornin'.. On the
whole the meetings were a grand sue
cess and there is every reason to feel
gratified that they were held in the
great Northwest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

fling to founl that institution without a dol
lar, took hundreds of dollars out of their own
pockets and loaned it to me without a guar.
ansE that it would be returned, in orde- that
that institution might be built uD for the
benefit Of our race. Such white men are not
eneF'1es to the negro. whether they live in
the North or whether they live in the South
Is such organizations this shoull bear in
mind that We cannot by ourselves help for
ward the race in any. large degree by fault
finding, conaemning criticisng We must
bear in mind that destruction is easy, con-
struction IS difficult; but it is by construc: ion
Hfhat the ability of race is measured rather
than by destruction or ult-finding The OBJ
5ect lesson Of one negro succeeding in every
community as a, wealthy. prosperous farmer,
or as contractor banker or as a
srotton-mill owner, is worth scores Of mere
abstract speeches. We must not become dis
couraged and dishear tened as a race. see
nothing from which to grow hopeless At the
':H> time do not underestimate the serious
/; 1T the. tremendous problem that is before
The influence of property education and
high character are universal. are everlasting,
and these influences cannot be nullifed in any.
pvt Of our country. 9,s ss5 .:.fs -
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N. a. A. C.
IConttnuea Ernn, M. ~. =

Continued From First Pare.)
sense. to the solution or MS proplems, ne
should be able to wipe out the remainder
before Its close. and materially increase
his financial status 5.i5E lI',5 D. b ~ I
/, He has now the opportunity to improve
his home life, to learn the fine art of liv-
ing, and just in proportion as this home
lie becomes truly noble. truly Inspiring,
sruly artistic, shall we find the young
1eopla who go forth from this golden
opportunities and to achieve Success &C 'e'
he well rounded character embraces
The The art he science. the philosophy Of
intellectual forces Of the race, and to
seize the Industrial opportunities of the
let US not forget to develop the
morallties so essential to the permanent
progress of a people. i Is l5s
A feature of the musical programme
was the vocal solo by Mr.. Cyrus Field
Adams, president OF the National
Afro-American Press Association. as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1902.

The gathering of two of the Afro
American national organizations in st.
Paul last week was an event of very
considerable interest to Afro-Ameri-
cans and to the whole people, as well.
They brought together a large num-
Der of the thinkers and workers of the
race, though, owing, doubtless, to the
distance of St. Paul from the thickly
populated portions of the country,
the number was somewhat smaller
than it would have been in some city
easier of access. It may be said,
however, that the reception and treat
ment accorded the members of the
National Afro-American Press Asso-
citation and National Afro-American
Council by the press and the people
of the Twin Cities has never been
equaled anywhere during the lives of
the organizations. The homes of the
people were thrown open to all com
ers and the various daily newspapers
We'd with each other in reporting the
proceedings Of the meetings. Special
photographs of both organizations
were published together with numers
Gus portraits and sketches of the more
prominent personages in attendance.
The number Of our fairer brothers
and sisters, who were in attendance
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19
FRIDAY. JULY 18th.

The morning session was devoted te
routine business. DR.. I. B. Scott Offered
an amendment to the constitution, which.
after being referred to the executive
c.,mnlittee. was adopted. 1t provides thai
hereafter all elections OF officers shall be
by ballot and on the second day of the
annual convention, instead OF the last
Gay; and thatlit shall De in order after
the report Of the nominating committee,
Tor any member to made additional NOM
nations for any office, before the voting
Is begun.
: Three addresses were heard at the aft.
ernoon session, and the executive commit
tee, tho auditing committee and the com,
s't.ttee on resolutions made their reports
Isaiah 7. Montgomery, a former slave
owed by Jefferson Davis, and now re-
ceiver of public monies at Jackson, Miss.
vas down on the program for an address
on Fhe Economic Status of the Negro
in the South AS Mr.. Mont gomery was
not present. his paper was read by thu
secretary. ]. r. Clifford of Martinsburg
W Va, read a paper on The Best Means
of Organizing the Afro-American Caur-
ell . 1#s ~; e B ltE1 s.
One eff the most noteworthy addresses
was delivered by ] ]. Madison Vance OF
New Orleans. who is the director Of the
councils legal bureau, which has ir
charge the cases brought to test the
validity of the constitutional amendments
to those Southern states which have prac
tlcally disfranchised the negro. Mr.. Vance
reviewed the history of the legal status
OF the negro before and since the Civil
war, and discussed the effect of the va
rinus decisions of the supreme. court in
terpreting the thirteenth, fourteenth anc
fifteenth amendments:
The discussion of the convention, as well
IS the several resolut tons offered during
the. sessions, are summarized in the fol-
lowing s IS S5s
Address to the Country,
which was reported by W.. H. Steward.
chairman OF the commit ION resolutions,
and after some debate adopted by the
council:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

The report of the committee on vital
statistics sought to show the inacuracy
If the prevailing belief that the death rate
among negroes living in cities is heavier
than among whites.
Mrs. Barnett's report of the work of the
anti-lynching bureau stated among other
things: 1.-THE true extent of the lynching
outlawry cannot be told. Two weeks ago
a colored man was found hanging to a
tree. He had been lynched during the
night. What his name was, who lynched
him, or for what reason, has not been
discovered. For many years the Chicago
Tribune has made faithful compilation
of lynchings every year. The record thus
made shows to Jan. 1, 1902, the number of
lynchings since 1885 is 1858. OF the 1856
lynchingsi in 1901, 121 occurred in the
South and Il in the North. Of the total
number, 1O7 were negroes, % whites, /
Indian and l Chinaman. The alleged
crimes for which they were lynched in
cluded only p cases of criminal assault or
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19
PRESS ASSOCIATION NOTES.

Rev. McDaniels addressed the
Throne of Grace at the evening ses-
sion.
Pilgrim church never held larger.
finer looking nor more highly delight
ed audience than at the evening ses-
sion.
The pastor and members of Pilgrim
are entitled to much praise for the re-
ception accorded to the association
and a vote of thanks was rendered for
the same.
The symposium of rapid fire three
minute speeches was great. All
named on the program were not per-
mitted to speak for one reason or an
other, but those who was heard were
all right and met with hearty ap-
plause.
Everybody was delighted with the
evening meeting.
The patience of the large audience
Monday night was very commendable
to it and supplementary to the asso-
citation in view of the fact that it re-
manned until midnight, many having
to stand during the whole time
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

In his address at the meeting of
the National o-American Press AS
ISOLATION, President Cyrus Field
Adams paid a glowing tribute to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He was interrupted
by prolonged applause, when he said:
':It should be gratifying to us to know
that we have in the White House a
man who is President of all the peo-
pie, who is broad enough to take coun-
sci with Booker T. Washington, and
who is courageous enough to denounce
lynch law and mob violence -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

cannot be said Such nicely of execu-
tion, daintiness Of sentiment and ex-
pressed power in every number is
seldom heard in SO young an organ
ization as that which was under the
direction of Mr.. A. J. French. The
grand chorus from Faust which capped
the climax terminated which, taken
all in, all, was perhaps the most en-
joyable program ever given in Pilgrim
church Mr.. French's interpretations
are so artistic and his insistence on
every little detail so marked as to be
particularly noticeable. Mr.. French
merits more than a passing notice in
his adaptibility as a director and his
name may properly be classed with
the leaders in voice culture. Mr..
French does not claim to be a profess
sor OF music, but he has at 7O6 Ger
mania Bank building as fine a dental
laboratory as there is in the North
west, where he does claim to be
professor of mechanical dentistry and
caters only to the dental profession
OF course the St. James A. M. E.
church choir, under the direction of
the veteran Prof. J.. w. Luea, was all
that any one could wish for, both in
style and execution - "a
The singing of Mr.. Bradley S.. Wal
ker was as it always is, par excellence.
Mrs. Bertha Wilson added new
laurels to her already enviable repu-
tation by the superb rendition of her
numbers. To say that she was never
better is but mild praise.
Misses Edna Grey and Evelyn G.
Hickman crowned themselves with
glory in their piano duet. Both are
excellent performers
Mr.. Weir deserves special mention
| for the artistic rendition of his excel
lent composition.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

In the death of William Still, who
was widely known as the father Of
the underground railroad" the race
loses one of it's strong men. At the
time of his death, which occurred in
Philadelphia Monday, Mr.. Still was
80 years old and left a fortune OF
about s1,OOO,0OO. He was born slave
but helped more than 10000 slaves
from bondage to freedom over the
underground railroad" -
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THURSDAY JULY 10TH.

The program of the mornings session
rday included a report from the COM
mittee on vital statistics on Race Nor
talty, Causes and Prevention read by
DR.. J. p. Porter; a report from the anti
lynching bureau. read by the chairman,
Mrs. Ida q. Wells Barnett; the report Of
the business bureau, given by Emmett J.
Scott. its chairman; and finally an address
by p. III. Deas of South Carolina, who is
the chairman of the Republican state com-.
lnittsa- OF that atafa- q .s.--s