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WANTED FOR U. S. ARDfY-Able bod jed unmarried men between ages of a and 85; citizens of United States of good character and temperate habits. who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer N 20th st., Birmingham. Ala.
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 sers for frst-class household article.
 Call on Mr. IL. at Seals Piano Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

the trains over it's route from Chicago
across the state of Illinois to Rock ISL
and, crossing the Mississippi river at
that point, thence up through the
northeastern section of Iowa, passing
Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls and en-
tering the state of Minnesota south of
Albert Lea; then north via that city
and Faribault. The Rock Island will
come up on the west side of the Mis-
sissippi river to Inver Grove, where it
will cross and complete the distance
|. from Newport to ST. Paul over the
Milwaukee tracks, entering the union
depot. The Rock Island system with
connections extends throughout the
Southwestern states and reaches
through Oregon, California and Mex
leo. The main terminals of the system
are Chicago, st. Louis, Memphis, Dali
las, Tex; Ell Paso, Tex; Denver, Wa
tertown and st. Paul.
The Illinois Central, which opens its
st. Paul line Nov. 2, will run from Chi
cago across the state of Illinois to Du-
buque, crossing the Mississippi at that
place, and continuing through Iowa to
Waterloo; thence northwesterly across
the Minnesota state line to Albert Lea.
From Albert Lea the Illinois Central
comes over the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
tracks to Minneapolis, and then to St
Paul, entering the union depot. The
Illinois Central will have when the new
line is established a complete system
from ST. Paul to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

When the two great railway systems
of the Central states, the Rock Island
and the Illinois Central, establish con-
nections with the Twin Cities eight
railroads will have daily, train service
between ST. Paul and Chicago. ST.
Paul, the gateway of the Northwest,
has become one of the great railroad
centers of the United States, being the
terminal of the two great North Pacific
transcontinental routes, and the con-
Meeting point between the East and the
vast region composing the states of
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well
as the territory embraced in Manitoba
and British Columbia
The great influx of settlers into the
Northwest and the increasing output
of the region have added materially to
the passenger and freight traffic of the
railroads during the past year. The
amount of freight that has been offered
has often been greater than the roads
have been able to handle in the most
expeditions manner. The volume of
business flowing through here from
and to the Northwest has been the
magnet that has attracted the two
giants who carry a large proportion OF
the nations people and property with
arms that reach to the Gulf of Mexico
and the far Southwest.
Rock Island Will Be Here Nov. l.
The Rock Island, which will open
its new st. Paul line Nov. 1, will run
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

That road has absorbed the Yazoo &
Mississippi Valley railroads, which COM
plete the connection. The main termi
nails of the Illinois Central are Chicago,
Louisville, Aberdeen, Miss, New Or
leans, ST. Louis, Omaha, Sioux City and
Sioux Falls, and ST. Paul and Mime
apolis.
Omaha Started First.
Of the six railroads that now run
from ST. Paul to Chicago the North
Western was the first to open through
service. In 1871 the Omaha began
running trains from st. Paul to Chi
cago, and has continued the service to
the present time. In 1871 the West
Wisconsin railroad was completed, and
the road ran from here to Elroy, Wis,
via Huron. When that road was COM
pleted the Northwestern made ar
engagements to run trains over the
tracks to this city and beyond. The
road that was then the West Wiscon-
sin railroad is now part of the Chicago,
st. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha rail-
road. The present service over the
Omaha runs from here via Hudson.
This route is 400 miles long. The
North Western system extends
throughout the states of Wisconsin.
Northern Illinois, Iowa, Southern Min
nesota, Eastern South Dakota, North
ern and Eastern Nebraska, and reaches
a terminal point on the Fremont, Elk
horn & Missouri Valley at Casper, Wyo.
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Leaders Among the Cocored Men Of St Paul

Monroe county. Miss, Oct. %, 1861.
His father was Abraham McGhee, and
at the time of the birth Of Freder-
ick the slave of John A. Walker, a
blacksmith by trade, the only one in
the county and probably the only ne
gro in that section Of the state who
could read and write His son attend
support of the Freednlen's Aid of the
Presbyterian church. Later he en-
tered Knoxville college.
In 1879 he was sent as delegate to
represent the state Of Tennessee at a
2 National Temperance league at
Springfield, Ohio, and from there went
to the city Of Chicago. He began the
study Of law iii 1888, finishing the law
course in 1856. He was one of three
who received the highest mark in a
class of 40.
First coIored Lawyer.
He came to ST. Paul and was admit
ted to practice law in the northwestern
territory.
Mr.. McGhee is a prominent member
Of ST. Peter Claver's Catholic church.
He resides with his wife and family
on University avenue.
Another professional man, Dr. J. E.
Porter, came from Indiana three years
ago after finishing his course in the
Washbourn college. He is president of
the Mems Sunday club, an institution
for the advancement Of the race in
social, moral and political ways. The
club meets every Sunday in the Pill
grim Baptist church though 1t is in
no sense a religious organization. 1t
was organized two years ago and has
$50 members
% The Afro-Americans of st. Paul who
are in business are not very numerous,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

was in 1882 and the old depot has been
used by the company till this spring,
when the trains of the Minneapolis &
ST. Louis entered the union depot. The
present route Of the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis is via Minneapolis, Albert Lea,
Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Rock Island
and thence across the state Of Illinois
to Chicago. The route is $50 miles.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis extends
through Iowa, Northern Illinois, East
ern and Western Missouri and South
ern Minnesota. Its terminals are Chi
cago. ST. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux
City, Watertown and st. Paul.
The rapidly growing business of the
city soon attracted another road. The
next to come was the Wisconsin Cen
trail, which opened through service in
1884. The Wisconsin Central's route is
via Chippewa Falls, Neenah, Fon du
Lac, and thence to Chicago. The route
is 465 miles. The Wisconsin Central
lines, it's system being confined to the
state Of Wisconsin with the line run
ming to the Chicago terminal, and the
line running to st. Paul and Mime
apoliS.
First Burlington Train.
The first train over the Burlington
left here Oct. "a, 1886, making the
fastest run that had been made up to
that time. The present line was then
part of the Chicago, Burlington &
Northern, having been built by that
company, the road being completed in
the fall Of 1886. The service has been
continued from that time. The route
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

dering 1T comfortable and even lux
urious, are in marked contrast to the
means of transportation that were in
use fifty years ago. The traveller of
those days, in crossing any great dis
lance, was required to go on a peni-
tential pilgrimage. The cumbersome
wagons, the tedious horses who often
became unruly, the privations owing
to the difficulty of carrying provisions,
the numberless dangers that beSet the
wayfarer, and the exposure to the ele-
ments that was involved, all contrib
uted to render travelling anything but
safe and expeditions, convenience be-
ing out of the question. But now what
a change has come about. The travel
er may enjoy all the comforts of home,
and even more accommodations may
be secured on board an up-to-date
train than are found in most house
holds. The traveller is furnished with
the super1uities, while the moving
houses are flying over great distances.
When it is considered that within the
lifetime Of many now living it took
months to cover the distance that may
now be gone over in day or two, the
development of railroads, particularly
in the West, appears remarkable, to
say the least. The science of railroad
ing has not yet, however, reached per-
lection, and the coming generation may
see advances that, when compared with
the present conditions, may appear as
much ahead of the trains with the lux
uriouS equipment and the mile-a-min-
ute time as they are ahead of the by
gone stage coaches and immigrant
wagons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

Of the Burlington is along the Missis-
sippi river, passing Prescott, La
Crosse, Prairie du Chen and East Du-
buque. At Savanna the track branches
off into the state of Illinois, passing
Aurora and reaching Chicago. The
route of the Burlington from st. Paul
to Chicago is ADJ miles. The Burling-
ton system extends throughout North
ern and Western Illinois, Southern
Iowa, Northern Missouri, Nebraska,
and branches reach to Denver, Col,
Cheyenne, Wyo., Billings, Mont, and
Deadwood, S. D. The Burlington has
terminals at Chicago, st. Louis, Kan
sas City, Denver, Billings, Omaha, and
at st. Paul and Minneapolis
Then Came the Great Western.
Closely following the coming of the
completed it's line to this city and
! that commenced the present service of
the Great Western was run from Min
neapolis and st. Paul to Chicago Aug.
i, 1887. The route of the Great West
ern is south from st. Paul through
Dodge Center to Sumner and Oelwein,
thence east through Dubuque and
across Illinois to Chicago. The route
is 420 miles. The system of the Chi
cago Great Western runs west from
Chicago to Oelwein; it then branches
north, west and south, reaching St.
Paul and Minneapolis, Fort Dodge and
Kansas City. The main lines repre-
sent the ribs Of maple leaf.
Travel Made Easy.
The modern facilities for travel, rem
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

1877 at Nashville, Tenn, and has edu-
Gated over zoo physicians, most of
VIII have found lucrative fields in
the South, where the large percentage
of negro population assures them
practice. Some, however, have found
the North and West more attractive
field, although the experiment of hav-
ing to depend largely upon white prac-
.tice for supports was one which could
only be proven byftrying.
DIR. Val DO Turner, who was .gradu-
atad from the Physicians school of
Knoxville, Tenn, in 81, and who fin
ished his course in medicine in the
Harrow Medical college in '94, coming
to st. Paul in '9S, has the following to
say about the treatment accorded ne
gro professional men in ST. Paul:
. $50 far as my observation goes, we
have been well received by members of
the profession in the other race. The
one negro lawyer has access to and
practices in all the courts and is treat
ed with thea courtesy due one Of his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

The Omaha was not to have the en-
tire control OF the Chicago-St. Paul
business of the growing town for a
great while. The growth Of the future
metropolis soon attracted other roads.
In 1872 the Milwaukee opened through
train service to Chicago. The Milwau-
kee first had line from st. Paul to
Milwaukee, and in the year named ar
rangements We're made for the use of
the North Westerns tracks from Mil
waukee to Chicago. The Milwaukee
now has several routes from here to
Chicago, but the one used by the four
daily trains is via Hastings, Red Wing,
Wabasha, Winona, La Crosse, Portage,
WATERFOWL, Milwaukee, and thence to
Chicago. This route is 40 miles. The
Milwaukee system extends through
Wisconsin, Iowa, Southern Minnesota,
Eastern South Dakota and Northern
Illinois, with a branch extending to
Kansas City.
M. & S. L. Comes In.
The Minneapolis & ST. Louis was
the next road to establish Chicago
service. That. railroad first handled
ST. Paul business in 1879. The cars
were not run into this city, however,
but the passengers were transferred at
Minneapolis to the Minneapolis & Pa
cific Short line. The passenger tickets
for st. Paul issued by the company
bore coupons that were good on this
short line. That practice was contin-
uad for some time till the trains were
run into this city to the individual
depot of that. railroad company. That
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

Oldest and best known, as well as one
of the most successful, is T. III. Lyles.
Mr.. Lyles was born In Frederick,
Maryland, Aug. 1, 1S43, and spent the
first thirteen years of his life upon the
farm, when he entered upon the prac-
tice Of his chosen profession, that of
barber. His education was obtained in
the country common schools. At Is
he started in business for himself in
Frederick city, which place he left in
1856, migrating to Pittsburg, Pa. In
1874 he moved to st. Paul and has re-
mained here ever since. He lives with
his family on Selby avenue.
Mr.. Lyles has been active in politics
and though never a candidate for Office
has aided other colored men. He and
his wife are prominent members of
the st. James A. M. E. church.
Harry Shepard, the photographer, is
another example of the prosperous ne
gro of the North. Mr.. Shepard came
to ST Paul in 10. In SO he started
photograph gallery and was the found
er of all the photograph galleries in
the city that bear the name of Shep-
ard.
George B. Love-. who came to this
city in '92, does not take pictures but
he frames them. He has made spe-
cialty of this for advertising firms and
does work in ST. Paul now that for
merly went to Chicago. Mr.. Lowe
has charge OF the picture framing
work in one Of the large department
stores.
st. Paul has three colored churches,
st. Peter Claver's, the Pilgrim Bap-
fist, the St. James A. M. E., and st.
Phillips mission.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

ISOLATION. In the early '70s he resid-
ed in Arkansas, and was elected JUS
tice of the peace on the same ticket
with president Grant, and was en-
crossing clerk of the senate of '73.
Afterwards he was assistant superin-
tendent of public instruction of the
state, and subsequently deputy COM
missioner of public works. He came
to this city in 1885, and secured a po-
sition on the Appeal, of which he is
now editor and proprietor. Mr.. Ad-
ans had the honor of being the first
Afro American delegate to a state
convention in Minnesota. He is mar
ried and has a comfortable home on
st. Anthony avenue.
But few years have passed since the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

that st. Paul offers exceptional oppor-
tunities to the negro. Mr.. Adams is a
native of Louisville, KY, and is fifty
years of age. His father was the most
prominent Afro American Baptist
preacher of that state.
Before leaving his native state Mr..
Adams was for several years promi-
nent in it's public life, serving five
years in the revenue service as store
keeper in the Fifth Kentucky district
For seven years he was editor of the
Bulletin, a paper published in the in-s
terests of Afro Americans. In this
work he gained a national reputation
and was elected as the first president
of the Afro American Newspaper as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

neither are they to be found in very
MANY lines; they, however, have been
successful generally. Their business
standing is good, as a rule. and their
places of business and their manage
ment will compare favorably with
others in the same lines. There are
greater number in the tonsorial line
than sny other, and the time was when
they led in that line, but circum-
stances over which they had no con-
troll took much of that business from
them. Among the BARRIERS perhaps the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

est and much speculation by both
races. IN
Success Has Been Sure.
The Negroes success. along these lines
has been sure from the first, and his
progress noticeably upward, both
financially and mentally, In the South,
where heAstartea, from the beginning,
he had the hearty support of many Of
the white men in the professions.
Many publicA offices are open to him
there, such al assistant coroner, city
physician, county and city attorneys;
thus. showing confidence in their abil
ityssto do successfully what they have
undertaken.
Meharry Medical college. opened in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

ability. The physician is, indeed, pass
ing through his experimental stage,
although the best men in the profess
sion show kindly disposition toward
him; he has access to all the hospl-
tails for his patients where they are
we'll cared for and he courteously
treated. -
There is every evidence Of sue
here, since the demand of the people is
simply for some one TO do the work
in hand properly and quickly.
Frederick L. McGhee, st. PauIs only
negro lawyer. was born near Aberdeen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

and call himself free man, there was
hardly friend to whom he could turn
for succor; there was not a white man
who would, or, if he would, could ex-
tend a helping hand to the dark
skinned brother who desired to lift
himself out of the mire of slavery. In
his extremity he looked North and the
promises of aid and encouragement
that he read there nerved him to make
the effort to escape forever from the
thralldom that interfered with his men
tai and moral progress. st. Paul was
one of the stations Of that famous I'M
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derground railway by means of which
SO many Southern slaves travelled with
fear and trembling north to freedom.
Many living in st. Paul today will re-
call the story of the Parr family, their
dramatic escape by way of the under
ground passage that has symbolized
salvation for their colored brothers and
sisters; their cordial reception in ST.
Paul; and the faithful manner in which
their children afterwards repaid that
hospitality.
5000 CoIored Citizens.
These escaped slaves who reached
safely the little town of st. Paul then
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

scendants of the very men it once be-
friended2 Every Afro American in st.
Paul today will emphatically answer
no to such charge. A number of them
have given to e Clio be their rea-
sons why the city means home to them
in the best sense of the word. The cit
liens quoted include the more promi-
nent of their race. Others who have
prospered in a smaller way have been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

equally emphatic in stating that no
charge Of uncharitableness can be
made against st. Paul.
Opportunities Are Plentiful.
John Quincy Adams, editor of the
Appeal, the Afro American organ, is
one Of her citizens who believes firmly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

Less than fifty years ago the city.
though it was only a town then-of st.
Paul was bit of promised land for, the
black man of the South. At that time
In all the country south of the famous
Mason and Dixon line there was not a
spot on which the negro could stand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

negro entered professional life. and
necessarily that life began in the
South, the home Of the negro.
Like all other avenues, save the
most mental labor, entering the pro-
fessions was an experiment, and as
such, was watched with keenest inter-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

were the beginning of an Afro-Ameri-
can colony which has grown until to-
day it numbers 5000. Fifty years ago
the city of st. Paul offered its aid to
the runaway slave. Has the metrop-
oils today repented its early charity
and turned a cold shoulder on the de-