The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-30
WASHINGTON
THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS.
TANCES.

| TANCES.
A Collection of Few Of the Events
Occurring Among the Afro-Ameri
cans of the Capital of This Great
and Glorious Nation for Our Many
Readers.
Mr.. Leslie Davis Of Louisville, KY.
| who has been indisposed for several
days, has greatly improved.
! Mr.. Fred D. McCracken of st. Paul
gave German lunch" to several OF
his intimate friends recently.
The many friends and admirers OF
! the late Col. VIM. Pledger will hold
memorial services at the Third Street
Baptist church Sunday, February 21.
There are sixty thousand more col
Ored females than males in the Jni-ed
States, and the Afro-American race is
the only one which shows an excess
of females.
Mr.. Thomas w. Allen of Chicago
who recently severed his connection
with the Department of Commerce
and Labor, has gone to Palm Beach,
Florida, for the winter.
Persons of Negro descent represent
11.6 per cent of the total population
of this country, and their illiteracy
has decreased from ST. per cent in
1890, to 44.5 per cent in 1900. -.
The census bureau is preparing a
very important special bulletin in
which will be compiled all of the stats
tics pertaining to the Afro-American
race, as gathered by the bureau.
Messrs. S. w. Starks, state librarian
of West Virginia, and James A. Halle.
wood, member of the Board of Reg
stitute, were visitors in the city last
| week.
Nearly three-fourths of all the
homes owned by Afro-American pro.
prietors in the United States, are free
of encumbrance, and about two-thirds
or 68 per cent of homes owned by
white proprietors are free.
DR.. John w. Prather of Baltimore,
has recently been appointed to the
position of emigrant inspector under
the Bureau of Emigration, Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, with
headquarters at Montreal, Canada.
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Mr.. J. Harry Harris, we'll known in
Chicago, was recently elected chair
man of the executive committee of the
senior class in the Howard University
Law school, Mr.. Harris will probably
locate in central or southern Illinois.
Lovers of music are anticipating a
great treat upon the occasion of the
song and piano recital, soon to be
gwen under the direction of Mr.. Wal
ter B. HaysoI, who has announced the
positive appearance of Mr. Harry Bur-
leigh, baritone of New York, and Mr..
Augustus Lawson, pianist of Hartford,
Conn.
AS compared with native white of
native parentage the Afro-American
race shows a slightly larger proper
ton of single, a somewhat smaller
proportion of married, and larger
proportion of widowed and divorced.
The number of of married males is
1,423,039; females, 1,444,533; widowed
males, 151,245; females, 414,151 di-
vorced males, 11,O28; females, 22,043.
Although hope. beats high in the
breasts of numerous gentlemen who
would like to represent the district in
the Republican convention, which
meets in Chicago next June, there
seems to be feeling that unless Mr..
Calvin w. Chase can be declared, in
some mysterious way, "out of the run
ming; they might as well save their
time and money, and in order to show
that they are good fellows, climb on
the Chase band wagon.
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Mr. James C. Campbell of West Vir
ginia, is favorably mentioned as the
person who will have charge of the
Afro-American Republican State head
quarters, to be- located at Charleston,
during the coming campaign. West
Virginia is doubtful state, and much
depends upon the Afro-American vote.
Mr. Gar1nho1l ic ct116onT IF nO1itic3l