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Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
$4,000 Endowment Paid.

charlottesville, Va., April 2Sth, 1904 :
This is to certify that / have received
from John Mitchell, Jr, Grand Chan
cellor OF the Grand Lodge of vir ginia,
knights of Pythias, ($lh0. 0o) One Hun.
dred and Fifty Dollars in payment of
the endowment claim of Sir John Mel
son, who was member Of Monticello
Lodge, No. 55, X. of p, N. A, S. A,
E., A, A. e. A.
Signed
JENNIE p. NELSON.
Witnesses
j. L. ScoTT. NJ. W.,
HUDSON JENKINS,
JOHN ALLEN, X. of r. and S.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
RUSSIA BEATEN
IN BIG BATTLE
ON THE YALU
Lost at Least From 5000 to 1000
Killed; Japs Loss 79S.
ANTUNG REPORTED BURNED
Japs Captured % Quick Fire Guns,
80 officers and 800 Men.
TOGO ATTACKS PORT ARTHUR

Eight Fireships and Two Torpedo
Boats Sunk in Desperate Effort 20
Block the Harbor-Russian Fort,
and Guardships Poured a Rain Of
Shells Into RottIing Fleet and Sent
Them Oown-JaPs Pursued Enemy
After Battle on the YaIu-Ne~-
chwang Reported Captured.
st. Petersburg, May 4.-In a report
received by the emperor from General
kuropatkin, under yesterdays date, it
is stated that at least 5000 to 1000 men
were killed in the Yalu river fight
General Kuropatkin's report is AZ
follows:
General Zassalitch's report on the
fight of May 1 says that the battle vas
fought under the following circum-
stances:
The 18th and 22d. arguments and
the secont- anu third batteries OF the
sixth brigade of artillery were engaged
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
A COURT AT PULASKI.
The Grand Worthy Counsellor There
Many Visitors.

Pulaski, Va, April 30th, 1904. - Grand
Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell. Jr,
and Col. K. r. jefferson arrived hers
yesterday morning at about 700 a. M.
They were met at the train by a com
mittee of the Knights of Pythias AND
conducted to the residence of Sir
Williams where they were made com.
Portable.
The noon train from Radford and
New River brought Deputy Grand
Chancellor r. M. Pettis and the lady
members of the courts from both
places.
A meeting had been arranged for al
the Methodist Church Rev. w. r.
Mitchell was master of ceremonies
After singing and prayer Grand Wor-
thy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr., SPOKE
on the aims and purp Dse of the order.
He pictured the scene of Damon and
Pythias and explained the positions of
Oalanthe md Hermione. He told CT the
Dement'S OF the order and upon being
urged TO continue concluded with a dis
cussion of the race question. He was
frequently applauded.
The imitation took place in the Odd
Fellows Hall at d. m. The following
assisted: Grand Worthy Inspectrix'
Mrs. Mary Casey; G. w. Inspector
Mrs. Laura Tate; G.. w. s. D.. Miss
Lottie Floyd; G.. w. J. D., Miss Vene.
zuela Delaney; G. w. E., Mrs. Ella
Fields; G.. w H.. Mrs. Missouri Ed
wards; G. w O., Mrs Della Lawrence:
G, w. Asst. Cond., Mrs. Roxie Austin: /:
Assistants, Mrs. Mary .. Jones; Sirs
X. NJ. Pettis and James Pack.
After the initiation the following new
officers were installed:
w. O., Narcissa Shadd; w. Ink
Flora B. Mayo; W. Inspector, Sarah j.
Murphy; s. D., Libbie P. Duncan; id.
Myra Lee Mills; o., Lucy Moon; r. of
Deeds. Rev. w. E. Mitchell; r. of A :.
Virginia M. Calfee; Rec. of Deposits
Mary V. Mitchell; E., Mary Hairston; |;
y, Ellen Anderson; A. O., Sarah i
Charlton; H., Christina K. johnson;
p, Mollie Scott.
Trustees: Sarah J. Murphy, Jennie
Redd and Louisa Scott
A Abounteous repast had been prepared
and the assemblage was happy.
Grand Worthy Counsellor Mitchell
was pleased with his visit here. He left
last night for Richmond, much TO the
regret of the Knights here who desired
him to be with them here Sunday.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Bows Wrecked Cars For Fun.

Harrisburg, Pa. May 3. = Arthur
Snoddy, 16 years old, and Ivan Hicks
and Alvin McGarvey, both aged IT
years, were arrested here, charged
with wrecking number of cars of
the Central Pennsylvania Traction
company, near their homes at Penn
brook. Two of the boys confessed that
they had their heads filled with dime
novel stories of train wreckers, and
that they spiked the switches and
placed heavy obstructions upon the
tracks "for fun" No serious damage
was done to the cars.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
COLOKED MAN SHOT TO DEATH.
Assaiiant OF Alabama Woman Lynched
at Scene of Crime.

Prattsville, Ala, May News reach
ed this city this morning that Gaines
Hall, the colored man who assaulted
Mrs. Josiah Owens yesterday morning.
was caught at KingstoB late yesterday
AFTERNOON by posse, who took him to
the scene OF the crime aud tied him to a
tree. The body was then riddled with
bullets. Several persons have visite i
the place, and report the lifeless body
still there.
it is said the colored people refuse to
take che body down and bury it. 1t is
also reported to day that he accomplish
ed his fiendish purpose yesterday, and
that Mrs. Owens is in a very critical
condition. The town is quiet, but it is
said excitement ran high last night.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.

Mr.. Lewis w. Holloway OF Fort
Russell, Wyoming has returned Co this
city to live.
The place to deposit your money
is the Mechanics Savings Bank. You
should begin saving now.
It's sad business, but we all must
die and Mr.. w. Isaac johnson has made
admirable arrangements TO convey you
in rubber-tired funeral car to your last
resting place.
To live in house well painted is
a blessing and Mr.. Frank Waller. Jr.
knows it. He has m lIe special uuota,
tions on work and sh al be pleased to re-
ceive your orders. See advertisement.
-Robinson's Bitters need no intro.
duction to either city or country folks.
lt aids digestion, stimulates blood cir.
culation and makes the patient feel
generally good. if he will call or send to
18th and Franklin streets and get a
bottle. Of course we mean Mr. S. w.
Robinson. Everybody knows him.
1t may not be so cold now, but if
your roof leaks, you'll find the right
man when you call on Mr.. Fred q.
Gray. He's polite and obliging, and
very reasonable in prices.
When you say Sydnor & Hundlev.
that means furniture, ana at the most
reasonable prices. The Door and the
rich man, the high and the low have
reached the proper shrine if in search of
house furnishings when they enter these
gentlemen's palatial headquarters. See
advertisement
Mr.. Charles H. Bailey of Atlantic
Highland, New Jersey, is ready TO re-
ceive you. When travelling you'll not
have to wander about. if you find his
place and accept his comfortable accom-
modations. See advertisement.
when you said insurance, every
one thought of the Southern Aid So
ciety. The record of this company
speaks for itself. If you have one of it's
policies, you have something that is as
good as gold and as satisfactory as a
Pullman Palace Oar.
The corner stone of Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church was laid laft Monday
afternoon. A large crowd was present
Rev. w. IL. White is pastor.
Rev. Caesar Perkins, ID. D., who
has been indisposed Is improving. He
visited our office this week
The revival season is at hand and
the refrain of the converts is now heard
IN the streets of the city.
The American Grocery Company
is Offering prices and making induce
ments which will make any hungry
man mouth water. Read adver lse-
ment
Never faltering. never tired. al
ways ready, you'll find Mr.. A. ID. Pri ,e
with the finest funeral equipment ready
TO I'LL every order. His popularity and
sympathetic bearing makes for him
friends and You have only to make
known your eds to him in order to
command his entire attention.
When it comes to teeth extracting
DIR. +. b. Ramsey's name will be on
your mind. He has a thoroughly up-to-
date establishment, and is as gentle as a
woman in handling patients.
Capt W. H. Stokes, who was
operated on at the Virginia Hospital
April 22nd, 1904, is improving. He will
be glad to see his friends from 10 a m,
TO p. m, F. M, to p. m, 7:30 to
$3.50 p. m,
Miss Lizzie P. Coles, formerly of
this city but now of Philadelphia, Pa,
has returned home after pleasant v isit
OF six weeks to her sister, Mrs. s. S.
Baker.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
100 Atchinese Killed.

Amsterdam, May A dispatch to
the Handelsblad from Batavia. Java,
says that Dutch column captured the
Atchinese position at Tjantoe, after a
desperate fight, in which 100 Atchinese
were killed The Dutch casualties
were seven rnen killed and five officers
and 38 men wounded.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Those Other COlOred Folks.
tFREDERIcK OITy, Md, HORNET

Those Negroes who are now riding on
hlcnmond City's street-car line after
the instruction by the best brain of the
race; to stay off of them rather than hu-
initiate their race, reminds us that
words without acts to back them up are
SAD commentaries. We have entirely
TOO many who talk like philosophers and
act like fools: men who should make the
races interest their highest and first
consideration. Such men we sorelv
need, whose acts are in accord with
tnelr words as well as being used vigor-
ousiy for the good of the whole instead
for part or for selfish ends.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
An Unanimous Verdict.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, FREEMAN.

Walk Walk Is the unanimous yer-
dict of the colored press of Richmond
va. LIZ is shame that such a city as
Richmond should find it necessary to
introduce Jim crow" street cars. That
city has thousands of refined colored
people that should not feel that thew
are subjected to laws that reflect ON
them as citizens. IL the colored people
are determined to walk as they declare,
the street car companies may be com
PEELED to sue fer peace.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Grand Lodge to Meet at Charlottes-
Vile, May 17h.

The Grand Lodge of Va, X. ofP,. N.
As. a E.. A, A. & A. and the Grand
court, L. .. of Calanthes will meet ar
worcestershire, Va. Tuesday, May 18th.
lSo4. The session promises to be one
OIL the best in the history of the organi-
zation, the Uniform Rank will no doubt
make a good display there
The Richmond delegation will leave
Monaav, May 10th at 2 p. m, via! @. &.
o. r. r..
-. special rates have been sece5ss for
the Uniform Rank.
day.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Eighteen Miners Had Narrow Escane

Eighteen Miners Had Narrow Escape.
Hazleton, Pa, May Am abandoned
portion of the Harleigh workings, op-
Grated by Stauffef & Rowe, caved in.
and Is miners employed in one section
of the slope had narrow escape from
death. 1t was at first feared that all
had been killed, but by wading through
piles of culm that had dropped into
the mine from the surface above, they
emerged safely from the gangway an
hour after the fall occurred. Several
thousand people were gathered at the
mouth of the slope until the men
reached the top.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Death.

BRADLEY-Died, Wednesday, Nav
4th, 1904. John B. Bradley at his resi-.
dence, No. I5 S. 18th St, in the full
triumph of faith. Funeral: Sun day
morning tomorrow at ii O'Clock a,
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Fulton
he leaves u wife and five daughters tC
mourn their IS.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Have Set the Right Example
MOUND BAYOU, Miss, DEMONSTRATE

nooND BAYOU, MISS, DEMONSTRATION.
The Negroes of the State of Virginia
IN coneendIng for the right to live pea.
ceably, and according to the snirit and
letter Of the fundamental laws of tba
land, deserve the congratulation of
the colored citizens of the entire conn
try. Their concern in this direction is
no more admirable, however, than the
disposition Of the Virginia colored man
20 appropriate sufficient money to meet
the necessary expense in these moral
ana legal campaigns. They have set
an example which the colored men of
tne other States might profitably and
sensibly initiate. anu
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
All Walk.

NEW YORK PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN
We hope that every Negro in Rich
mond, Virginia, will refuse to ride on a
Jim Crow car. AS long as they have
strength and manhood let them walk,
as advised by that able paper, the
PLANET. Yes, walk.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
The National Baptist S. s. Union.

The regular monthly meeting of the
National Bapt. s. s. Union will be held
on next Sunday, May Sth., 1904, at the
Zion Baptist Church. (Rev. w. r. Ash
burn, b. D., Pastor.) Manchester at $3.50
p. m. Excellent programme.
B. II. PEYToN, Pres, E. A. WASH
INGToN, Vice-Pres., A. w. DAN
BRIDGE, SECY.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Killed BY Batted Ball.

Baltimore, Md, May Frank T
Duncan, 20 years old. was hit by a
batted ball in an amateur ball game.
and died in hospital several hours
later.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
Money in Their Pockets.
lCLARKSDALE, MISS, JOURNAL.

A Jim Grow street-car law has been
passed In Richmond, Va, and the Ne
groes are not riding. but are walking to
where they want to go. Now if thew
Will continue to walk, it will be money
In their pockets, and they will teach the
whlte man lesson that they will not
accept every discrimination aimed at
Negroes. "'
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07

DIR. j. ID. Wilder of Washington.
ID. o., was In the city this week, the
guest of Mr.. /. j. Miller. He was mach
pleased with Richmond.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07

Have you read the Seven Seals by
Mrs Lucinda Young. See notice of it
in these columns.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07
PROF. Il. w. HAYES TO DELIVER
AN GRAFTON.
"Higher Education Of the Negro
Youth" RefOrmers' Hall, Monday
Night, May 9th.

"hiyher Education Of the Negro
Youth" Reformers' Hall. Monday
Night, May 9th.
You and your friends are cordially
invited to witness an oration, subject;
The Higher Education of the Negro
Youth" by Prof. c. w. Hayes. pre- Al
dent Virginia Seminary and College.
Lynchburg, Va. at True Reformers'
Hall, Monday eve, May 9th, 1904, 500
O'Clock. For benefit of Mt Carmel Bap-
tist Church.
Prof. Hayes is q national character
He ranks among the leaders of his peo-
pie he is scholar of the highest typa.
and enjoys the distinction of being the
greatest orator of the State The lovers
of education will hear him.
Master of Ceremonies, Lawyer ]. r.
Pollard. Welcome Address, Oapt. b A.
Graves, Response on Behalf of Prof
Hayes, Prof. Chas. Mitchell, President
Richmond Business College, Solo; intro
duction of Speaker. Hon Jno. Mitchell,
Jr., President Mechanics Savings Bank.
Grafton, Subject THE Higher Educa
ton of the Negro YOUTH" Prof. @. W.
Hayes.
General Admission, 10 cents.
Reserved Seats, 10 cents.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07

Mr.. William S. Morgan, who has
been so i'll is somewhat improved at this
writing.
Richmond planet., 1904-05-07

From Jersey City, N, ].

Jersey City, N. J., April 3Oth, 1904
Hon. John Mitchell, Jr..
Editor the PLANET.
Rich ".
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06

was ambuscaded at Oriskany by Brant
and Sir John Johnson. The battle
which followed was one of the most
desperate ever fought. The loss on
both sides was more than one-third OF
the total force, and, though the Amer
leans finally repulsed the enemy, Gen
eral Herkimer received q wound from
which he died a few days later. The
credit of arranging this ambush has
always been given to Brant.
The battle of Oriskany, however, so
crippled st. LegeTs force that the ap-
proach Of Benedict Arnold with an
other army forced him to raise the
siege of Fort Schuyler and return to
Canada, leaving Burgoyne to his fate.
After the war was over Brant, who
had received q fair education at DR..
Eleazar Wheelock's school at Lebanon,
Conn, became an Episcopalian mission
airy to the Mohawks and translated the
Prayer Book and parts of the New TeS-
lament into their language. Suisse
quently he visited England, where he
made influential friends, and with mon
ey raised during that visit he built the
first Episcopal church erected in upper
Canada. He died in 1907 on his estate
at the head of Lake Ontario, where, on
lands given to him by the king, he had
built handsome residence. Historians
friendly to Brant have united in de-
claring that he was the greatest In
dian of whom we have any knowledge
and assert that despite his dreadful
work in the war for independence be
was generally kind to captives and
opposed torture, though they admit
that he frequently sanctioned putting
prisoners to death on the grounds OF
policy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06

neoEsly with the arrival of the Penn
sYlvanians came another band of men
from Connecucut, and the controversy
over the possession of this beautiful
ealk4y ragged for many years.
When the war for independence
hrOl,e out, the Connecticut claimants to
ownership of the valley were in pos
session, Five times had they been
driven out by the Pennsylvania claim
ants and each time they returned. The
dispute over the lands was awaiting
settlement at the hands of George
III, and his council, but in the mean
tine, believing in the maxim that
possession is nine points of the law"
the claimants fought fiercely for the
soil
The scene changed when Boston be-
came the center of the struggle for in
dependence. The Connecticut Yankees
had raised two independent military
companies for the valleys defense,
owing 20 the menacing attitude of the
Indians and Tories, who were plotting
treason at Niagara, but when congress
adjourned hastily from Philadelphia to
Baltimore, its last act was to order the
WgVg0iHg valley soldiers to the assist
aRcc o9 Washington, who was then in
desperate straits. The patriotic Yam
llees OF Wyoming responded, sent for
W. nd their stalwart defenders to the
assistance of Washington and left their
own homes unprotected.
Al that very time another Pennsyl-
wanna expedition into the valley under
Rfsp notorious Plunkett was actually set
In 1uoGIen with the cOnniyance of Gov
error John Penn and invaded the val
ley with a fiotilla and army Of 700 men.
They were met and defeated at the en-
trance to the valley by Captain Zebu-
loM Butler and a miscellaneous force of
3es3 ulan and boys armed with anti
quaTexH guns. scythes and farming i'm
pIenentS.
A desperate British soldier named
AIajOr John Butler with his rangers"
had crossed from Canada to New York
aIE3 there fraternized with the leaders
OF tine Six Nations. who had espOused
the cause Of Burgoyne. After Bur
EOYue'S defeat those Indians were free
for other service, and John Butler or
Ea8ized them for a descent upon WyO-
miTas. The terrified settlers appealed
IN congress TO send back the two in
dependent companies organized for
their defense, but no heed was paid to
Eseir cry for help. Several officers and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06


"The mammoth comes, the foe, the
monster Brant, with all his bowling
desolating band" shared in the hOr-
rors of Cherry valley and Minisink
and fought against the gallant Herki-
mer at Oriskany, he was not with John
Butler at Wyoming.
Brant and Walter Butler led 600 In
dams and 200 Tories and British in the
attack on Cherry valley, in Otsego
county, n. Y, on the 18th of Novem-
Der, 1778. This peaceful settlement Of
the Mohawk valley was mercilessly
exterminated Sixteen of the small
garrison and thirty of the inhabitants,
including women and children, were
killed in the attack, while seventy -One
were carried off, most of them to die
by torture. Nearly all the buildings Oh
the village were burned. This massa-
ere was perhaps more awful than that
of Wyoming in that at Wyoming tho
victims were mainly soldiers, while at
Cherry valley noncombatant women
and children were Unfortunately
slaughtered. It would have been bet
ter for Brant's reputation had he been
at Wyoming rather than at Cherry
valley.
On the 10Th of July, 1779, Brant
made a descent with a force of one
third whites and two-thirds Indians,
variously estimated at from 90 to 100,
on the village of Minisink, in Orange
county, n. Y. on the Waikiki river,
and utterly destroyed 1T, massacring
at least thirty persons of both sexes.
Brant was the leader in many other
bloody raids, but it was at the battle
of Oriskany in Herkimer county, N. Y,
Aug. 6, 1777, that his tomahawk claim
ed its greatest number of victims.
Colonel Peter GansevOort Of the patriot
army was besieged in Fort Schuyler,
previously and afterward known as
Fort StanwiX, on, the site of Rome, n.
Y, by a large force of British, Tories
and Indians under Colonel ST. Leger,
who was ON his way from Canada to
effect junction with the army of Bur
goyne. Eight hundred American mi
litiamen under the old Dutch general,
Nicholas Herkimer, were marching to
the relief of the fort when his force
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06
The Border War
For Freedom.
Wyoming Valley MInnk Cherry Valley and Oriskany
Bv SLATON FORD.

N the Sd and 4th Of July,
ITS occurred the Wyoming
massacre, one of the most
sanguinary conflicts of the
war OF the Revolution, and one which
has been Joined in history with the
massacres of Cherry Valley and Min
iSink because of the dreadful part
played therein by the red skinned al
lies Of the invader. The Wyoming val
ley, lying along the north branch of
the Susquehanna river, in Luzerne
county, the garden spot of Pennsylva-
mia, was first opened by pioneers from
Connecticut, who bought the land from
the Indians. These men were either
lnassaCred or driven away by the red
men, and shortly afterward the same
lands were bought from the Indians
D. Pennsylvanians. Almost simulta-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06
HIGH GRADE VEHICLES

We have just received carload of fine buggtes embac
in the latest models of g Art workmanship of the pro-
ducon ofhe best manufacturers in this country We con-
graduate ourselves having bought these goods extremely
low prices which places in position to offer the trade
values that cannot be duplicated by any other dealer south
west GEORGIA. Come repository and inspect our line
and you will be convinced Every vehicle sold on guarantee
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06
TWO Cars
Of Standard Grade Wagons
Have Just Been Received

We have Just received of the famous Studebake
and also one car of the celebrated Mitchell wa These
goods are standard grade work all the ID and the only
standard wagons sold in this market w these goods
at reasonable figures and it will be to your interest Gallon
and inspect line and get prices before placing
der Thanking you for your past liberal patronage and
awaiting your further commands your friends,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06
HIGHLY ENDORSED.

Rev. Walker Lewis, the well-known
Methodist minister, writes: II have
used DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir in my
family with very beneficial results. Its
an admirable medicine and excellent as
q tonic and liver regulator"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-06

Give The News your job work.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-20
KNIGHT FOR SENATOR

Washington. July 1s.-When Orator
George knight went home from the
Chicago convention and soon after.
wards announced that he was In the
fight 10 succeed United States Senator
Thomas II. Bard. he took with him. ac.
cording to politicians closely identified
with the Roosevelt machine, a pledge
that the Administration will give him
tangible and effective assistance.
Republican managers here are sura
that a Republican will succeed Bard.
and II Is no longer a question who the
President prefers as the junior Sen
ator from California. Mr.. Roosevelt
admires knight. and the big guns OF
the party are satisfied that he is a re.
liable programmer.
Senator Perkins spent considerable
amount OF energy last winter knocking
his colleague from the South, and Bard
h. not Il tayorite with the White House.
Henry L. oXnard. the sugar magnate,
would be satisfactory TO the President.
but IL Is u Presidential year and the
trust men will have TO be kept under
cover somewhat. Then. too conflden'
tai knocks have been coming from
California that the Republican voters
will not stand for 0xnard; that he IL o
Carpetbagger, and the people out there
might elect q Democratic Legislature
II Oxnard had IN apparent walkoyer
In the event OF Republican success
This IN, Of course, only remote con
tinsepcy.
One OF the surest Indications OF Al.
mil latr ga Ian Of I<nlohs Ia A