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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16

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The colored American., 1904-02-13
In fact this wonderful UOM4N
is the Greatest on Earth.

Now if you want to find out
what your future life will be and
what your past has been, and want
to have it changed from evil to
good, send at once to this wonder
full medium.
Send lock of hair, date of your
birth and 25 cents in silver, and
receive your life written from
cradle to grave. Do not send pos
tage stamps. Address all letters
to Mrs. DR.. WHITE, o
1917 E. Pratt st. Baltimore, Md.
The colored American., 1904-02-13


Did you ever know man to invest
his money in mountains unless for
gold, silver and coal? These grow in
the earth and they must be dug from
it, Did you ever hear of man who
went to gather pearls, looking for
them on the top of the water?
You ask me what made the white
race great and I will tell you that the
great secret was love, the blessed gos-
pei and the art of commencing low.
The Bible is the stepping stone to
greatness. For, in as much as the BIZ
BILE has been a great help in elevating
the Saxon race, it will aid in elevating
| this race of ours. The black race is
Gods race and I believe whatever we
ask he will give to US No one can
go to the top alone, the man or woman
who attempts to climb to the top alone
will certainly fall. Some of our enc
mics say we are kin to monkeys and
therefore will never reach the highest
heights of civilization. If we can pro-
| luce from monkeys Frederick
|
hundreds Of others I might mention,
we should be encouraged to continue
the well begun work of preparing our
selves for every duty performed by
other citizens of our country, regard
less of what our enemies say
"'I was in the city of Philadelphia
some time ago in the white women's
convention and was invited to answer
| in lecture this question, What does
the black race of America want?" The
conclusion of my address was as fol
| lows: 1--WE don't want your teach
ars, we have our teachers: we don't
want your furniture, nor your clothes;
we have plenty of clOthes-( daughter
anu applause) we don't want your doc
tors nor your preachers; we have our
| doctors and our preachers; we don't
want what you have earned, all we
ask of you is mans chance. CAP
Dlause). What we ask is fair play
and to be let alone" "Talk about
dividing the fund for education; that
white men are paying for our educa-
ton, our education was paid for in ad-
vance by our mothers and fathers, our
Observation-Disclosures and our great
grand fathres. Tremendous ap-
olause)." "There is a great noise about
the race problem,-there is no race
problem-it is simply a problem of
Justice and injustice. The Governor
Of Mississippi says the Negro is immor-
al. that education is not the thing for
the Negro, that it is a curse and I'M
fits him for farm work. If it is a
curse it is a blessing.
mo, they don't want you to love ed
ucation, but they do want you to love
the Jail, the workhousse and the pen
iteniary. The Negro can go into any
Jail in the United States and there
is no color line. He can go into any
penitentiary and on any farm and
there will be no color line, but he can
not go into any place of amusement
or any school house. 1t has been said
that the Negro has begun to want and
demand typewriters and stenograph-
ers. The Negro is not beginning to
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The colored American., 1904-02-13
IN DIXIE LAND.
CONTINUED from Page u.


if 1 fail in the attempt. Woman can
talk enough on her own account with
out an introduction, but when intro
duced and given full liberty to talk
none but a divine intelligence can
correctly forecast what she will say
The men of our race have won distinc-
ton in various fields of human en-
deavor and now we must give our
women a chance. Let us hear the story
as only a woman can tell it. Hear
her, the gifted, the scholarly, the elo-
quent Miss Mamie H. Burroughs, of
Louisville Kentucky"
Like black goddess of liberty who
had come to bring messages of peace
anu love to her oppressed people, Miss
Burroughs arose amid loud and contin-
uous applause, standing like a statue
for several minutes waiting for the
applause to subside; she was a picture
to behold. When quiet had been re
stored, Miss Burroughs spoke in part
as follows: at would be the greatest
pleasure Of my life if Wendell Phil
lins. VIM. LLOYD Garrison, Frederick
Douglass. Chas. Sumner, Harriet
Reecher Stowe and Henry Ward
Beecher were here tonight witnessing
this magnificent scene of black pro
fessors, tea chers and pupils in one of
the grardest institutions of learning
in the South After paying tribute
in a most eloquent manner, which al
most raised the audience from its
seat to each one above named who had
done so much for the emancipation
of our ancestors, Miss Burroughs con-
tinued: ''The man who wrote this
piece of poetry seems to have written
it for me and for this occasion. He
knew better than I, doubtless, that I
would be called upon to present these
lines and a large number would be
present to hear them. The poet eX-
pressed the deepest craving of my
heart when he wrote, Lord plant my
feet on higher ground This should
be the sentiment of every teacher.
student and leader of the race with
which we are identified After
touching upon the life of Toussaint
L'Overture, Frederick Douglass, B. K.
Bruce, Phyllis Wheatley, John M.
Langston, Booker T. Washington, Prof
w. E. B. Dubois, Mrs. Francis Ellen
Harper, Mrs. Mollie Church Terrell
and Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams,
Miss Burroughs said Look upon this
great audience tonight and be not dis
couraged. Two thousand years ago
our Anglo-Saxon friends were eating
from the skulls of their ancestors in
the hills of Europe, Notwithstanding
which fact today they are the most
powerful people in the world The
same thing that made the white race
great will make the black race great.
We must realize that we have to
begin at the bottom; that if we would
develop a full grown race we would
begin low. Take the character of Je-
sus Christ, the humble position which
he occupied, at no time was he weigh
ed in the balance and found wanting.
God took David from the low position
of a shepherd boy and made him King.
Paul, one of the greatest and most in
The colored American., 1904-02-13


gro is making wonderful progress and
that is why you hear so much about
the race problem. They know that
we are getting near them. They real
ize more than we, that we are coming.
Beneath the black skin of the Negro
there is as much Intelligence and NOR
ality as there is beneath the white
skin of the blue-eyed and f1axened
headed Anglo-Saxon. There is no
field of labor, science or literature in
which the Negro has not held his own
"While we are enumerating our
wonderful progress we must not for
get some of the stumbling blocks that
impede our onward march. The Ne
gro race often reminds me of popcorn.
You know when you pop corn in a skill
let, when it begins to pop if you do
not put lid on it, it will all pop out.
I guess the American prejudice is the
lid to keep us in the skillet. If the
lid didn't keep us in the skillet we
would all pop out.
We have several ways of getting
away from the race; some are bleach
ing out and others are Strengthening
out. When we have almost bleachhed
out, we straighten out the rest. I am
sorry we are colored as we are-I am
sorry all of us are not black. When
we would get out prejudice tells us
to get out and pop with the rest. Hei
reference to this most shameful weak
ness brought forth loud and continued
applause. The speaker continued:
''The white man and the Negro are like
the fable. Once a white man had
house which was said to be haunted,
so he said to a Negro, John, there
are spooks in that house and if you can
stay there you may have it." John
said, eyes sir, boss" We all like to
have houses of our own. When John
quit work he was very tired and he
took a few quilts and spread them
on the floor and fell upon them and
there he went to sleep. About twelve
o'clock he heard a great noise, he un-
covered his head and began to look
around and there was a great death
like figure standing over him with his
finger pointing down on him. He COW
cred up again and decided to keep one
eye out the next time, so he did, and
there stood that same deathh like fig
ure with that same finger pointing
down on him. He began to think of
the convenience that the carpenter
had made whereby he might make
his escape. He jumped up and made
| his way out of the house and ran
about a mile and when he sat down
| to rest there was that same spook, and
the spook said, "Taint nobody here
but you and me, didn't we have a
rum" The Negro says, Eyes and 'taint
| half what it is gwine to be. Eyes, we
are living in a dark period and it is
going to be worse for a while but
believe that God will lead his people
through. ct us not discuss leader
ship but when the clarion note is
sounded let the Negro go forth. what
we want as a race is fair play"
/ After paying eloquent tribute to
President Roosevelt and ex-President
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08
York Subway

tion Company. with Mr.. Belmont as
president and Mr.. Mcdonald as con
tractor. was formed. The financing of
the enterprise was carried on without
any initiation 90 methods. and with a
pledge from the men interested that no
watcrcd stock % would be issued. and
that the company would be a sound
and conservative onc.
Under the original terms OF the
contract the city was to pay thirty-tive
million dollars for the road complete.
Extra work has since brought this
sum up to forty million dollars. The
equipment Of the road has cost fifteen
dollars. making the total eX-
pcnditure Of the Manhattan division so
far fiftv-five million dollars. The same
company has taken the contract for the
Brooklyn branch for three million dollars.
although it VIII cost ten million dollars
to build it. The low figure at which it
WAS taken was justified. it is believed. by
the prospective profits to be made out of
the handling of the transportation.
The money for building both these
roads is raised by the city by the issuance
Of three and one-half per cent. bonds.
which are readily taken. The city leased
road to the company for fifty years,
the rental being equal to the interest
payable by the city upon the bonds
and also one per cent. upon the whole
amount of the bonds Except for the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

square inch when the train Is in motion,
and the train pipe carries seventy
pounds pressure to the Squarc inch.
ANY reduction in the train-linc pressure
causes the brakes on the entire tram
to set automatically and simultaneously
and as the air line pressure Is coupled
with the electric controllers. II AT Il
time the motorman should take his hand
off the controller while the train Is IN
motion the brakes would be set At
once and the current shut of. II the
motormau should attempt to pass a
danger signal he would find himself
brought to a full stop. Under each car
is an automatic ~stop-valvc. From each
danger signal extends a short-arm. which
should the train pass on communicates
with this valve. The momcnt the two
connect the brakes are set, the power is
shut off. and the train ONE to a stop
Immediately.
On the same priaciple a tie-up may be
avoided. The subway is divided into
sections each containing a station where
there are switchboardS controlling the
power in the section.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

first five wears the payment is not to be
made unless the profit amounts to five per
cent. a YEAR. and for the LEI five wears
the payment Is To be only one-half OF
one per cent, unless the profit amounts
to five per cent. per wear. An option of
an additional lease OF twenty-five years
was granted to the company. the rental
Il be agreed upon and to bc not less
than the average amount of the rental
for the ten last years of the lease.
At the expiration of the s~eventv-five
wears the road revertS to the city. In
the same way a lease of the Brooklyn
line for t~hirty-fve years with an option
of an additional twenty-five years was
agreed upon. These leases were assigned
by Mr.. Mcdonald to August Belmont,
president of the operating company.
known as the marlborough Rapid Tran
sit Company, on August I, 1902.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08
Start Of the Subway


have been talking about an under
ground railway. They began as far
back as 1903, when the legislature
granted a charter to the New York
City Central Underground Company,
with ample powers as to route, capital
and facilities for construction. At that
time, however, it was found impossible
to raise the money. Four years later the
New York City Rapid Transit Company
was incorporated. Other grants were
made by the legislature after that, among
the most conspicuous being the Arcade
railroad which the Beach Pneumatic
Railroad Company pr posed to build.
Prior to the election of the late Abram
S. Hewitt as mayor in 1886, he was
interested in rapid transit. 1t became
apparent to him that underground
rapid transit could not be secured by
the Investment of private capital. The
only way. he believed, was 70 use the
credit of the city. If such credit WAS
used, he also believed that the property
should belong to the city. These views
were communicated to the common
council in the mayors message of 1888.
y bill was drawn up and presented to
the legislature, but the proposition
failed.
1t was the beginning. though. and in
1901 a bill was passed that provided
for the appointment Of a rapid transit
commission. y provision Of the bill
was that the road should be constructed
by private capital. The result was that
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commission continued to exist but with
out power to take further action.
In the meantime a proposition WAS
made to the city by a w~ell-known bank
ing house. through the chamber Of COM
mcrcc. that the construction Of an under
ground railway would be undertaken
provided the city would lend its credit
10 the corporation to the extent of
thirty million dollars. Nh Hewitt in
sisted on the Importance OF vesting the
ownership in the city if its credit WIS
utilized. This contention sas approved
by the chamber of commerce. which ap-
pointed a committee of which Mr.. Hewitt
was a member To draw up a bill to be
presented to the legislature. This bill
was passed MAY -. 1904. 1t is the act
under which the present rapid transit
commission was organized. Under its
provision the work to be done, by the
issue of bonds, vas to be under contract,
open to public competition.
The bids were opened on January Is.
1900. There were only two. One VS.
by Mcdonald, who offered to construct
the entire road for thirty-five million
dollars. The other was by Andrew
Onderdonk, who offered to build the
road for thirty-nine million dollars. The
contract was awarded to Mcdonald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
EIGHT TRUE BILLS
RETURNED BY JURY
Three Additional Indictments Are
Found Against j. w.
War;.

Eight indictments were returned in
the report of the grand jury of the
May term to Judge Z. c. Graves in the
circuit court this afternoon, as fol-
lows:
Embezzlemeut-J. W. War; three
indictments.
Burglary-Frank Evans, Bert Kas-
enberg. Ray Hammerly.
Larceny-Bert Rosenberg.
Assault with intent to commit muir
der-Ben iamin Merryman.
The charge of burglary brought
against George b. Roberts was ignor-
ed. There are five indictments sup
pressed for service. The additional
bills against War; are the result of
the discovery of notes of which no
knowledge was had at the session of
the grand jury of the preceding term,
by which II bills were returned
against him
, The jury made the usual inspection
Of the county Jail and in its report
complimented Sheriff w. G. Hcider for
the neat appearance of the prison and
the discipline among the inmates. The
jury had been in session since Monday
only. There were few cases for inves-
tigation compared with other terms.
many Of those bound over for petty
offenses having been permitted to
plead in the county court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
GALESBURG MAY GET BIG
AUTOMOBILE FACTORY

Rumor has it that the Brown Corn
Planter works at Galesburg is to he
sold to Chicago company, which will
manufacture automobiles. The deal
has been on for some time and was to
be closed Saturday, but a slight hitch
in the negotiations delayed the signing
of the papers for few days. 1t is said
that there is no doubt, however, but
that the deal Will be Il go. The Chi
cago concern is to be made a So .000,
900 stock company and will manufac-
ture new automobile that will be re
tailed at $500 The machine. it is said.
has passed the experimental stage and
is pronounced success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
SUIT ON A POLICY
Payment of Death Claim of Late
Gus NJ. Ford, Moline,
is Resisted.
IN ARREARS WHEN TAKEN I'LL
North Star Benefit Association is
Defendant-Court
Orders.

Trial of the suit of Mrs. Emily Ford.
of Moline, to recover $3.50, the amount
of a policy held by her husband, the
late Gus NJ. Ford, against the North
Star Benefit association. was COM
menced in the circuit court this morn
ing before Il jury.
ATr. Ford, who was the wcll-known
cenfectioner and former member of
the county board of supervisors. died
of pneumonia Jan. II. after an illness
of four days. He was in arrears to
the North Star association when he
was stricken with the fatal ailment.
J. Il. Oakleaf. acting for the family.
went to the office Of the association
and made a tender of Mr.. FCrd's dues
on Jan. 10.
G.. l.. Peterson. the secretary, de
clined to accept payment from Mr..
Oakleaf. holding that to do so would
be contrary to the laws of the organ
ization. which provide that. when a
member i in arrears, when he settles
satisfactory certificate of health
must be shown. Mr.. Oakleaf. the de-
Tense claims, admitted that Mr.. Ford
was then in a critical condition. his
death ensuing in four days.
w. Il. Moore appears for the plain
tiff and NJ. j. McEniry for the North
Star association.
During the noon hour Il settlement
was reached, a proposition of the as
ISOLATION To pay half the claim being
accepted by the plaintiff. The jury
was accordingly dismissed.
Court Orders.
Law.-City of Rock Island vs..
w. b. Ferguson and the United States
Fidelity d Guaranty company. Debt.
Cause of action satisfied. Cause dis
missed. Costs paid.
Chancery.-Jennie NJ. Scott vs.. Mary y.
Goode, ct al. Foreclosure. Demurrer
to bill sustained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
WILL SUE INTERURBAN FOR
FAILURE TO MAKE GOOD

The city Of Galesburg Will in the
near future bring suit against the
Galesburg d Kewance electric line for
$4,000 because they are not running
into the cHty by May l. 1904. When Il
franchise was secured from that city.
the road agreed to be running into
he city by May /. 1904. They faileo
to live up To their part Of the agree
meHt and at the regular session of the
city council Monday evening Il resolu-
ton was introduced that the city at
toruey he instructed to begin suit for
10000 against the bondsmen Of the
Galcsburg Il Kewancc electric line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
MAYOR LOSES WAD.
Rock island Executive Alone in
Chicago With Five Cents
in His Pocket.
AN OLD FRIEND TO HIS RESCUE
loaned Enough to Defray Expenses
of Return Trip-DrOps
Purse on Train.

Mayor William McConochie, through
losing his purse on train, found him
self on the streets Of Chicago yester-
day with a nickel in his pocket
He boarded the midnight train Mon
lay On the Rock Island at the close OF
the council session, arriving in Chica-
20 the next morning. He took break
fast at a restaurant. When he paid
he clerk he discovered the loss of his
purse. which presumably had slipped
from his pocket in the sleeper.
An inventory showed - cents The
mayor had a business call to make on
the North side, having an engagement
with tile manufacturing firm with
which he had placed an order. Ten
cents was expended for car fare. and
when he returned To his hotel he had
} cents.
The mayor has n number of bust
ness acquaintance in Chicago. but he
lid not wish TO confide his predIca-
mcnt to any of these. as they might
suspect he had been bucking the tiger.
Notwithstanding that he never tam
pcrs with games of chance.
Touches an Old Friend.
Finally he remembered an old friend
ne had not far distant from his hotel
He WAS called up on the telephone and
told that the mayor Of Rock Island
was in the big city by the lake finan-
cially embarrassed.
y loan sufficient to cover the eX-
pensCs Of the return trip was forth
coming. and the mayor arrived home
last night with set of new resolu-
ti"ns governing his future riding on
the cars. Hereafter he states he will
have a chain attachment to his wal
let. He did not recover his purse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
D'ng'r Hight Ch'gt
Line Sam. "a hrs.
POLICE ASKED TO ASSIST
IN SEARCH FOR JOHN WJEsE

John Wiese, having a family at 2017
Eighteenth avenue, has disappeared.
and the police of the three cities have
been asked TO institute search for
him. He was employed a driver for
the Gansert Candy company on Eigh-
teenth street. Monday morning. when
going to Davenport. where he had
some business matters to look after.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock he
boarded car on the Watch Tower
line and was given a transfer for
Milan at Sears. In the afternoon of
the same day he was seen in Daven-
port and Moline. His family relations
were pleasant. his health good. and
there i no known reason why he
should absent himself from home.
His family fears that he has met with
foul play.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
CRICAGOAN WINS MISS
NETTIE CoYNE FOR HIS BRIDE

Miss Ncttic Coyne, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth COync, i2S Nineteenth street q,
ana Soils Perry Holmes. of Chicago.
were uarried at 10 o'clock this morn
ing at the home of the bride. Rev.
FaNette l.. Thompson. pastor of ST.
Johns Methodist Episcopal church.
Davenport, officiating. 1t was a sim
pie home wedding. only the relatives
being present. After a wedding break
fast the couple left for Chicago. where
they are to reside and where Mr..
Holmes is engaged in the insurance
business. He is connected with the
Continental Insurance company and
enjoys an extensive acquaintance in
the west. The bride is one of the pop
ular young ladies of the city. where
she was born and reared. She has
been leading worker in the affairs
Of the First Methodist church and
was prominent in musical circles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
hike" FOR co. E
NOVELTY IN THE MILITIA

Company f. the Sterling organiza
ton of the 9th regiment. will take a
hike" next Sunday. Orders have been
issued that any man who fails to APP
pear for the march and does not give
reasonable excuse will be discharg-
ed. This Will he the first practice
march ever made by Il company of
militia in this part of the state. 1t
has been tried elsewhere and is found
to increase the efficiency and interest
Of the members. The plan at Sterling
is to start out early in the morning in
marching order with provisions for
the day, going several miles, camping
for noon mess and returning in the
afternoon. The idea might he put in
to effect here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
PERSONAL POINTS.

Miss Margaret y. Munger is visiting
in Omaha.
y. NJ. Parmenter. formerly mayor
of Knoxville. ILL.,. spent yesterday with
his friend, f. T. Myers.
Mrs. Z. \. Darlington. of Governors
Island. y. Y. is visiting with her par
ents, Capt. and Mrs. r. j. Buford.
Oscar Schmid has returned to the
city after soiourn of several months
in California, New Mexico. Arizona
and Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. Tilton are in the
city for few days visit with rela-
tives before going to San Francisco.
Cal. Mrs. Tilton was formerly of this
city and is a sister of II. X. Walker.
Sidney Loeb, VINO went to Seattle
several months ago to locate, has re-
turned to Rock Island. having dispos-
ed of his business interests in the far
west. He states that he does not like
the country.