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The colored American., 1904-09-03
OLD M STREET HIGH SCHOOL.

There are many young girls and
boys who are more than anxious for
school to open. Those who attend the
N Street High School, which place
they love next to home. viii be glad
to know that the 18th of September
is almost here. We love dear old n
Street because every teacher there
is just the same as a mother or father
tC every child. II has always been
said that this school is the best one
for the education Of colored youth.
Next year viii bring forth many
events. The courses have been chang
ed and we have now five. 50 you see a
child has three more courses to choose
from than at first With our studies
next year are cadets viii be in march
Menard and Comes our captains. will
fight for the metal with manual train
ing not in It. Our foot ball team was
not so strong last year, but our coach.
Mr. Garnet WfIkersOn, premises q
much better team. NJ.
The colored American., 1904-09-03
HERO PARKER RETURNS.

Mr.. James B. Parker. 'Tbe Hero Of
the Nation" who was at Buffalo when
President Mckinley was assassinated.
who caught the assassin, and who has
been travelling throughout the south
giving his lecture. My Efforts 70
Save the Life Of President Ne
KIEley," viii be in this city
next week He speaks IN Richmond,
Va, on Labor Day. the 9Th Of Septem-
ber. and viii arrange for a number OF
lectures in this city.
The colored American., 1904-09-03

Tuesday, Aug. 23d. for a two weeks
stay al the Worlds Fair. in St. Loufs
They viii 90 by the Penna. R. p
going via Harrisburg, Pittsburg. pa
and Indianapolis, Ind, thence TO =
LcUis- Returning, they will s-oD
over for a week in the Windy Cfrv
reaching Washington again about The
10th Of September
The colored American., 1904-09-03
Avery College
Trade Schools,
ALLEGHENY, PA.

Offers superior advantages TO young
eOlOred women, who desire to become
expert dress-makers, miIIiners or Mu-
sic teachers. The instruction at Av-
cry are eXcelled by no Negro Institu-
ton IL this country. Amply endowed,
under no church denomination. IncOr-
DOTated January Il. 1849. with power
TO confer degrees.
The colored American., 1904-09-03
THE CULPEPPER HORSE SHOW
AND RACING ASSOCIATION.

The colored people of Culpepper,
Va, have shown great enterprise in
arranging their First Annual Exhi-
b.tion OF The ColCred Horse Show
and Racing Association. They are
thoroughly organized. and the veal
thiest farmers. stock breeders and
business men OF that section. and have
put their heads and money together
for the purpose Of showing what the
race has done and is doing in the way
Of breeding fine horses, cattle and
stock of ali kinds
The colored American., 1904-09-03
DRESSMAKING,
MILLINERY,
TAILORING.

Music. Cooking. in connection with
the western University. Clviimin-
ing, and electrical engineering. Pre-
pares for Yale. Princeton and Harvard
Universities. Tuition free- Boarding
Lodging. Laundry, Material and IN
struments for use, All expenses, }l2
2er month. Catalogues row ready
Address Ell Communications to
JOSEPH D. EIAHONEY,
General Manager. Allegheny, "a
The colored American., 1904-09-03

Judge D. Augustus Straker, Of De
troit, Michigan, who has held a num-
Der of Offices of honor and emolument,
is a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Circuit Court Com
missioner.
The colored American., 1904-09-03

a canard has gone out FRI q the
associated press from the political
headquarters in New York TO the ef-
feet that delegation of cClored lead
ers. called on Chairman Cortelyou,
and while waiting their turn, discuss
ed the issues Of the day, in Latin.
We are free to say that We do not
believe a word OF It
The colored American., 1904-09-03
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

The people Of Georgia are attracting
the attention Of the civilized world.
by engaging in their favorite pastima
-lynching cOIored men.
The colored American., 1904-09-03

In Prof. H. Y Arnett's account Of
his visit 10 the Worlds Fair in St.
Louis, full description CT the great
Fair, and its treatment of coIored peo-
pie are given. Mr.. Arnett finds very
little discrimination and advises the
coIored people to take in" the Fair.
The colored American., 1904-09-03

Complaint has been made from
subscriber of The Calored American
at Vorhies, La, that the Peoples
Mercantile Association CT Washington,
D. c., of which Mr. c. H. Watson is
President, and general manager; Mr..
F. G. Manly is Secretary, and Mr..
z. R. Russell Treasurer. is not looking
after its correspondence. and refuses
to answer letters Of complaint, from
those who purchased stock in it Par
ties in Louisiana, who subscribed $50
90 are complaining and investigating.
The colored American., 1904-09-03
A ST. LOUIS JAUNT.

DR., ". 8. Lotion and Mr. ". A
Dinquid, viii leave Washington oil
The colored American., 1904-09-03

die, unless they receive the support Of
the race.
The colored American., 1904-09-03

Subscription may be sent Dy post
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All Communications for publication
should be accompanied with the name
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lication but as a guarantee OF good
faith.
We solicit news, contributions, opln-
ions and in fact all matters aHectlng
the race. We VIII not pay for matter
however, unless it is ordered by US
All matter intended for publication
should reach this Office by "Wednesday
of each week to insure insertion n the
current issue.
Agents are wanted eYeryWheTe--
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The colored American., 1904-09-03
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SEPTEMBER 3 1904
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
BADLY MIXED MESSAGE
GETS TO ST. PETERSBURG.

st. Petersburg. July "a a. ma
badly mutilated dispatch from Tatche-
kiao. dated July 90, which has been
received here. indicates that an en-
gagement of some Importance has &C.
CURED on the seacoast road between
Kia Chou and Yin Kow. The dispatch
states that the Russians made a night
attack on a fortified Japanese camp
at Sangoss, on the seacoast, north of
Kia Chou. They got within close range
and opened fire on the camp before
they were discovered and forced the
retirement of the japanese towards Kai
Chou
Here a portion of the dispatch is
missing. Apparently the attackers
were enveloped by a counter japanese
movement, and the Russian detach-
ment was in danger of being cut off
and annihilated.
The message continues by saying
that when the Russians had given
themselves up for lost, a welcome di-
version was created in their rear by
Capt. Rotvoski, in command of three
Russian companies of Russian troops,
who threw his force into the fight.
Cossack companies also came up on
gallop.
Here occurs another mutilation. The
message says the next day the Rus
slams abandoned their position, leav-
ing the bodies of fifteen Japanese.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
SIMPLE AFFAIR
AT R0SEM0UNT.

Continued from First Page.
ton that you would accept the Of
fered nomination for the presidency
only if the offer came in harmony
with your sense of public duty has sst
up before the American people one of
those noble standards of moral cour-
age and civic virtue. of which our
public life stands so much in need. The
higher you lift that standard. the
higher you will rise in the esteem and
confidence of your countrymen. and the
more surely they will hold you worthy
of their highest trust"
Cousin with Twins.
A pair of Tennessee twins are to
bear the names of members of the
Democratic candidates family. Homer
Parker of Taxon, Tenn, who believes
himself to be distantly related to
Judge Parker. in announcing the birth
of twins. has written to Rosemount as
follows:
My Very Dear Sir: Myself and wife
have twins born to us on the 18th, a
boy and a girl. The boys name is Alton
B. Parker. Please give us the name of
your wife or daughter as we want to
christen the girl the same. Thanking
you in advance, / remain, respectfully
and probably a distant relation.
Homer Parker"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
PARKER AND MURPHY
WILL MEET PERSONALLY.
To Reach the Political Understnnd-
ing Expected.

To Reach the Political Understnnd-
ing Expected.
New York. July 23.-Friends of
Charles F. Murphy. the Tammany
leader, say that the political under
standing to be brought about between
Tammany Hall and Judge Parker will
be through a direct conference between
the judge and Mr.. Murphy. There will
be no dealing with any of the men who
have been representing Judge Parkers
interests before and since the National
Convention. The recognition which the
Tammany organization is to have in
the coming State Convention or in the
selection of a candidate for governor
will be settled. it is said, by Messrs.
Parker and Murphy personally and not
by representatives of these men,
The Tammany leaders recognize in
Judge Parker as good a politician as
any of his friends, and the belief is ex-
pressed that an amicable understand
ing will be reached when the Judge
and the Tammany leader confer, and
that the programme agreed upon will
be for the best interests of the party
in the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
FAIR FOLKS
Don't Blame Nature But Investiga

Don't Blame Nature But Investigate.
MANY claim they are nervous by
nature" when IL is really only because
they are slaves to the coffee or tea
habit and this IS easily proved by
cutting out the coffee or tea for ten
days and using well boiled Postum
Food Coffee instead-then comes the
change.
I seemed endowed by nature with
nervous constitution" says a lady of
Knoxville. Tenn. land although l felt
tea and coffee were bad for me the
force of habit was so strong / Just
couldn't give them up.
Someone suggested that I try ce-
real coffee, but I remembered what
insipid drinks we used under that
name during the Civil War and so
without ever looking into the subject
or realizing what progress science has
made in this direction I just wouldn't
give Postum a trial until finally the
w. G. T. u. i'm our city started an ex-
change where there were so many
calls for Postum il was served regu-
larry and many were thus induced to
try IT, myself among the number. How
delighted l was 70 find IL SO agreeable.
delicious and satisfying As ] had
suffered from nervous prostration a
change from tea and coffee was inn
perative. but all these troubles disap-
II
faithfully for few weeks
"A sister and son-in-law were
converted 10 Postum at the same time
and now we oil enjoy IL as well as we
ever did coffee. but instead OF making
US nervous like coffee we enjoy steady
nerves. sleep sound and are in every
way better for the change" Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Creek.
Mich
This lady found what she thought
was natural nervousness was only due
TO an acquired taste for coffee that Is
to some people a sure destroyer OF
nerves and health Like her anyone
who cuts of coffee altogether and
uses we'll boiled Postum I'm its place
viii be greatly benefited after few
days and the return to health is a joy
fll journey.
There's a reason.
Look in each pkg for the famous
little book. The Road TO Melville"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
BREESE ON THE STAND
To Give Much Testimony I'm His own
naEause

To Give Much Testimony I'm His own
Defense.
Charlotte. n c., July 23.-To-day
marked the close of the second week
of the Breeze embezzlement trial. one
of the most interesting and important
actions ever brought in the federal
courts in this or any other state. A
great mass of testimony has been in
troduced and the indications are that
at least one more week will be required
in bringing the case TO close.
William E. Breese, the defendant,
has been on the witness stand the
greater part of the time since We'd
nesday at noon, and it is probable that
his direct testimony will not be finish
ed before the adjournment of court
Monday afternoon. The district at
torney will have him under cross-ex-
animation for a day and perhaps
longer.
The defendant was taken off the
stand this morning to permit several
witnesses who were anxious to return
home to testify. Four witnesses testi-
fed to the character of Breese and the
government introduced witness to
testify concerning note which the
First National Bank of Asheville had
discounted in Charleston shortly be-
fore the failure.
Breese resumed his direct testimony.
He took up the discount ledger,
book of which Mr. S. T. Dorset testi-
fed at length. and explained to the
jury the method of keeping the book
and why it was kept.
Considerable time was consumed IN
the examination in reference to the
letters Breese had written other banks
concerning notes signed by insolvent
persons The witness said he consider
ed the notes good by reason of the fact
that they We're Endorsed by J. f. Dick
erson & Co., the First National Bank
of Asheville and other firms and cor
porations. He had no intention to de-
ceive when he wrote banks which had
re-discounted the notes.
Touching the failure of the First Ma
tional Bank to remit checks for drafts
that had been collected for other
banks, Maj Breese said they were
signed and held back for the simple
reason that it was impossible to send
them off. 1t had been necessary to
withdraw the money from the banks
upon which the checks were drawn
and as money was being drawn from
the First National faster than it was
being deposited, it was impossible to
replace the funds. The witness was
striving to carry the bank along and
still hoped to be able to avert the
threatened panic AS it turned out
the depositors at home got the bene-
fit of this action and the creditor
banks in the North lost.
The witness averred that he re-
ceived no personal benefit from any
of the money that was withdrawn from
the bank, the checks that were charged
against his account having been drawn
to pay various bills. His over-drafts
were for the purpose of making good
the interest and renewals of notes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
The Mails TO Defraud.

New Orleans, July 23.-On the COM
plant of Postoffice Inspector Warren,
local detectives to-day arrested David
b. Conner, president, and David Conner.
Jr., and charged them with violating
the federal statute relative to using
the mails for fraudulent purposes. The
accused conducted the German Cheml-
cal Company here, and are said to have
represented the phenacetine product
they were selling as having been manu-
featured in Germany and purveyed i'm
original packages Covington. O.. Sac
ramento, Cal, and other cities are
given as places where the product was
disposed Of.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

1t is said that Senator Fairbanks
never took drop of liquor in his life
and is heartily opposed to the treat
ing habit. In fact he has no use for
a person who treats. That reminds
me of a fellow who used to travel
around with the boys" says Colonel
Clifton of the Arkansas Republican.
He liked liquor, but hated to treat,
but when any one else ordered he was
Johnny on the spot. Suddenly he got
sick and when about to breathe his
last sent for a friend and said: I'm a
goner. Here's my bank book. I have
no heirs. Take it all. We have been
friends for many years and you know
my style. Give me decent burial, erect
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
REPORT ON LYNCHING
FOR TRIVIAL 0FFENSE
Is Made to Gov. Hayward by So
IicitOr HiIdebrand.

IicitOr HiIdebrand.
Columbia, S. c.. July 23.-Solicitor
P. T. Hildebrand. upon instructions
from Gov. Hayward to proceed to Eau
tawville, Berkeley county, to repre-
sent the state of South Carolina at
the coroner's inquest over the body of
Kit Bookhard. a negro, who was
lynched last week for the most trivial
offense, has just made report to the
Governor of his investigation.
The coroner's jury was, made up of
ten white and two colored men. In
his report to the Governor, Solicitor
Hildebrand says: THE testimony has
been published mostly in the newspa-
pers. but, of course, you must under
stand that that testimony does not
represent one-tenth of what was said
or done: and. indeed, we did not de-
sire that all the testimony should be
reduced to writing or published, be-
cause some of the details were too hor-
rible to appear in the columns of any
respectable newspaper.
I'VE are satisfied think the acting
coroner is satisfied. and, indeed, think
every citizen who heard the testimony
is satisfied as to the personnel of the
guilty parties. We think the per-
petrators of the crime number not ex-
ceeding six
The coroner's jury seemed to be
composed of a lot of conscientious and
upright men. willing and anxious to
ascertain the truth. and were willing
TO make a presentment as to certain
parties, but after advice and consulta-
ton, it was decided to leave the finding
of the verdict open until some future
day, upon additional testimony for the
reason that we want no innocent man
punished, and no guilty man to escape.
Public sentiment in the community re-
CARDS it as a most heinous offense, and
one that certainly ought to be met
with the most condign punishment
When the coroner's jurys verdict is
rendered sensational developments are
expected"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
RUSSIAN TROOPS
WERE FORCED BACK.

st. Petersburg, July 23.-Gen. Kuro-
katpin reports in a dispatch to the
Emperor that detachment of Rus
sian troops. commanded by Col. Tsy-
bulsky, gave battle in the Sybel pass,
July II, to a superior force of Japa-
nese. The engagement resulted in the
retirement of the Russians and the
loss of an officer and forty-six men
killed and four officers and 1872 men
wounded
In another fight on the Mukden
road, July 10, several companies of
dismounted Cossacks offered a stub
born resistance to the Japanese ad-
vance guard. The Russians fell back
on Siaosyr. One man was killed and
thirteen were wounded. The Japa-
nese suffered considerable losses.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
HE OPENED FIRE AND
THREE MEN WENT DOWN.
Herman Miller Used n Revolver
With Fatal Effect.

" uu HNHl EHecNs
New York, July 23.-One man is dead,
another may die, and a third has a
slight bullet wound as a result of
row over woman in Third avenue
early to-day
Herman Miller, who is under arrest,
according to the police. has confessed
that he shot the men to avenge an in
suit to his woman companion, Mary
Whaien. who is held by the police as
witness.
The dead man is John Martin. a
driver Dennis Healy, a blacksmith.
and Frank O'Brien, a printer, who
were wounded. are at a hospital. All
the parties to the affair were residents
of the upper East Side. According
to the story told the police, the Whalen
woman encountered Martin, Healy,
O'Brien and a man named Kempsey
near One Hundred and Ninth street
early to-day ad after passing a few
words with them, Miller appeared sud
denly from across the street and began
firing with revolver Three of the
four men fell.
Miller told the police the woman told
him that four men had insulted her and
struck her over the head with a beer
can. He then went out to avenge her,
and finding the four men. he says he
Pumped them full of lead"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
A PRINCE ENDORSES PE-RU-NA
For Summer Colds Coughs and All Catarrhal Ailments
The Great Test of a Medicine Is the
Result Obtained.
The Source of Catarrh Must Re
Reached If 1t Is Cured
Pc-FU-Da Cures

Catarrh is simply f1abby condition
OF the mucous membrane. This fab
biness has been brought about bv ev-
posure to cold which finally depresses
the nerves supplying the mucous
membrane
Peruna operates Immediately -
strengthen these nerves and give tone
10 the mucous membrane. There is
no othe rinternal catarrh remedy that
mas proven effective in all cases.
Inc most distinguished men of the
Unlted states have no hesitation in
iendlng their influence to assist in
letting the people know of the virtues
of Peruna. Nearly one-haIf the neo9
pie are in some degree affected by ca
tarrh. Therefore it is almost a ma
tlonal curse and it is of national i'm
port that the people should know of
Peruna.
Pe-ru-na Cannot Be Initiated.
some things may be successfully i'm
ltated, but Peruna cannot be. Everv
one purchasing Peruna should look
out for limitations. Examine each
package carefully. If you have ever
used Peruna, or if YOU have ever
tasted 1t, you are not in the slightest
danger of being misled by those imi-
tations, but all those beginning the
use of Peruna should beware
Beware of limitations. Believe no
one who tells you that he has rem
edy that is making the same cures
that Peruna is making.
III you have any doubt as to the
genuineneSs of the bottle of Peruna
YOU are using, write to DIR. Hartman.
and the fraud, if there be any, will
soon be detected.
A Presidential Candidate on the Pom
ulist Ticket Endorses Pe-ru-na.
Hon. John E. Weaver, of Colfax. Ia
candidate for the presidency on the
Populist ticket, writes from the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, D. G., as
follows:
Il can unhesitatingly recommend
your remedy, PeYuna, for coughs,
it will do all you claim for it."-John
B. Weaver.
A cold is the beginning of catarrh
It may cause catarrh of any of the in
ternal organs-the head throat, lungs
and stomach. remedy that will
cure a cold. then, would cure all these
different effects of cold. Peruna is
such remedy. We have letters from
all over the United States attesting to
this fact. The poor and rich alike use
and recommend it..
Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. Peruna is not guess nor an
experimental is an absolute scientific
certainty
We have on file many thousand tes-
timonials like the ones given. We can
only give our readers a slight glimpse
of the vast array of unsolicited en-
dorsementS we are receiving every
month No other physician in the
world has received such a volume of
enthusiastic and grateful letters of
thanks as DR.. Hartman for Peruna.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
FOUND HELPLESS BARK.
Crew Half Starved and PowerIess to
Navigate the Ship.

Navigate the Ship.
New York, July pa pitiable story
of suffering and death at sea, of a ship
without a navigating officer and with
a half starved crew, who had neither
food nor water when help came to
them, was brought here to-day by the
officers of the Hamburg American Line
steamer Tenedos, which arrived from
the Levant
When the Tenedos was north of Ma
deira Islands on July she sighted a
sailing vessel showing signals of dis
tress, and short time later came up
with the italian bark San Pietro,
bound from Montevideo for Genoa with
a cargo of guano. When an officer from
the steamer was sent on board the
bark, a most deplorable condition was
found to exist. A half starved, thor
oughly exhausted crew stood helpless
ly about the deck. The captain had
died and had been buried at sea and
the mate, the only other person on the
ship with any knowledge of navigat-
ton, was lying at the point of death
in the cabin. The store of provisions
and water had been completely ex-
hausted.
In this hopeless condition, after the
crew had worn themselves out at
tempting to work the ship. with no
knowledge of where they were, the
signal of distress had been set Hope
had been nearly abandoned, when the
Tenedos hove in sight.
After the sick mate had been at
tended by the Tenedos' surgeon a
plentiful supply of provisions and
water was put on board the distress
ed bark, and the steamers first officer
and an able seaman were detailed to
assist in taking her to her destina-
ton.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
Too Late!
Too Late!

Stammerer. unless you go to see
Dr. Randolph soon you will be too
late to get cured by that noted spec
ialist of the voice. He has a voice
school in Atlanta. where many are be-
ing cured by his partner. DIR. Lanier.
DR.. Randolph is visiting a few cities
in reach of Atlanta in order to leave
behind him walking and talking ad-
vertisers for his Atlanta school. No
one who stammers should let this OPP
portunity for a cheap cure slip. Lead
ing papers all over the South are loud
in his praise. He is now at los West
Perry street. Many are cured in a few
days time. and all leave happy. Some
go 1000 miles to be cured.