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The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

The missionaries find that the
opposition of the government in
terferes greatly with the mission
work, because, even though the
blacks are supporting their own
churches and schools, they must
not be allowed to hold even religi-
Gus meetings by themselves. for
fear this growing independence
might fan the fanatical flame of
Ethiopianism. In some of the
cities the blacks are restricted to a
certain quarter by lay and not al
lowed to live in other parts. An
other thing which the British
government has done to hold the
blacks in check is to ley a hut
tax upon each hut at SIS year.
This is resented by the Zulus. 1t
is an enormously heavy tax. More
thar this, in order to earn money
enough to pay it, the owner must
leave his home and 80 to the cities
to get work. Plenty of work is to
be had, and the white people want
it enough to pay well for it, but
the blacks do not like to work
more than is necessary, and this
hut tax is one of the devices of the
government to get workers to come
into the cities and to help solve
the labor problem, which is very
serious in spite of the abundance.
This tax is a source of dissatisfac-
ton among the blacks.
1t is said that the race problem
in South Africa makes ours here
seem to be nothing in comparison.
There is a growing feeling on the
part of the blacks that they do not
want the white people to come in
and drive them out of their own
country The proportion of blacks
to whites in that part of Africa is
II to 1, and the whites are looking
forward to the future with appre-
hension. 1t is not said that the
blacks show yet any tendency to
rise against the whites, but they
are showing more the demand to
be treated on an equality and
show more the spirit of manhood
and of independence. The situa-
ton is very disquieting, and in
spite of all that religion and law
can do for the elevation of the
blacks. there is apprehension that
a terrible struggle for race supre-
macy is coming. The Springfield
Mass Republican.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06
IF Andrew Foster had not been

IF Andrew Foster had not been
born with a dark skim" says the
Philadelphia Daily Telegraph,
''the great pitcher would wear an
American or National League uni
form. Rube Waddel. Cy Young,
Matthewson. McGinnity, and
other are great twirlers in
in the big leagues, and
their praises have been sung from
Maine to Texas. Foster has never
been equalled il pitchers box.
Out of 40 games pitched this sea-
son he has won As. Aside from
his twirling ability, he is a heavy
hitter and a fine fielder and ranks
among the foremost of the coun
try"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 1.-Thous-
ands of Negroes paraded here to-
day in honor of the signing OF the
emancipation proclamation. The
parade was marked by the greatest
disorder. Capt. j. @. Nc Bride, a
former officer in the United States
army, and now in newspaper bust
ness in Georgia attempted to cross
the line and was set upon and
badly beaten. A street car con-
ductor who endeavored to run his
car through the line, which ex-
tended about II blocks. also was
painfully hurt and forced to leave
his car. A photographer who at
tempted to take a picture of the
parade was run from his post by
the Negroes, who objected to the
taken of the picture. This was
the first time in a quarter of t
century that Negroes have paradeo
On the day without a military es
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

John Hill, colored driver of
Atlanta, Ga, risk his own life by
throwing himself in front of a
maddened team of horses and thus
saving the occupants. The speed
of the horses was such that Mr..
Hill was dragged 500 feet before
he brought them to stop. Had
he failed in his effort to grasp the
bits or had his hold weakened he
would have been instantly hurled
to death. A number of prominent
Atlanta men, among them Terrell
and the Mayor of the city, are re-
questing the Carnegie Hero Fnnd
of New York to present him with
a medal for his heroism.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

Boston, Dec. 26.-Public be-
quests amounting to S45O,OOO are
provided in the will of Mrs. Helen
G.. Coburn, of the Black Bay sec
ton of this city, which was filed
in the Suffolk County Probate
Court Officer today. Mrs. Coburn
was the widow of George Coburn
and maintained a summer home
at Andover. Her private bequests
amount to S727,2 200. Mrs. Co.
burns public bequests include the
following: Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute, Alabama, S25,
900: Atlanta University, Atlanta,
Ga, $4,000; Oberlin College,
Oberlin, o, $4,000. Other be-
quests are made to Eastern insti-
tutions.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

Information from South Africa
to the missionary people here
shows many discouraging features
from the administrative point of
view. But on the other hand, the
trouble give the most positive as
surance of the rapid advance OF
the black people III manhood and
independence, a phase of the stu
alton which does not seem to i'm
press those who are troubled by
the outlook. "Africa if for the AT
ricaus," is the cry which is spread
ing among the blacks in Natal and
other adjacent parts of Africa, un-
til it has become a sort of blind
fanaticism, and is making trouble
both for the British administra-
ton. which is sitting on the safety
valve, and for the missionaries.
who are left in the shade by the
advancing ideas of the blacks, Just
as they were left in the shade by
the rising spirit of the Japanese
independence until certain stage
had been passed. when former
pleasant relations were gradually
resumed. 1t is actually said of
these preposterous blacks in Natal
that they have got beyond the
stage where they are content to
wear simply a breechcloth, but
they want to be clothed after the
custom of the Europeans, even if
their finery be nothing more than
an old ball dress. The converted
blacks, who are testimony to the
efficiency of the American board
of missionaries, to say nothing of
their own good character and sus-
ceptibility to higher impulses, ac-
tually support all of their churches
and schools. The white mission
aries serve as general superinten-
dents of moral and religious pro-
gress and guide the work, but in
these particular cases the blacks
pay their educational and religious
expenses. They feel their dignity.
Formerly they were content to be
called by their first names when
addressed by the whites, and John
and Fannie were satisfied. Ii was
good enough for them. But this
demoralizing "Ethiopianism," as
as it is called by the alarmed
whites, has now reached the point
where first names are too familiar
and undigniied. The blacks now
insist that they must be called
Mr." Mrs" and Miss" and
the whites, Judging by evidences
here, are perplexed to Judge where
this tendency will lead.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06
KICK ON COLOREO SCHOOL

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. l7.-Rev
Mother Catherine Drexel, the sew
eral times millionaire daughter of
the late Anthony Drexel of Phila.
delphia. has aroused the indigna-
ton of residents of South Nash
vile by establishing an industrial
school for Negro girls in the heart
of the most aristocratic resident
section of the city, Mother Drexel
purchased the old residence of
Sam j. Keith. the wealthiest citi-
zen of Nashville. She then con-
verted it into Negro school over
the protest of the former owner
and almost every citizen of that
section of the city. The residence
occupies "a beautiful elevation of
a double block, and was bought
through an attorney for $4,000.
Mr.. Keith, the former owner, Of
fered Mother Drexel 250,000 dol
lars to return the property, but
she refused. He pleaded that the
old residence had been his home
for 40 years and that all his child
rem had been born and reared there
and he had much rather give the
property for same other use than
to sell it as convent for Negroes.
Finding that persuation would
accomplish nothing. legal methods
were resorted to. Injunction was
sought on the ground that a Ne.
gro school would be a nuisance,
but this failed. Then came talk
of violence and guards patroled the
grounds to prevent the enraged
persons from setting fire to the
building or doing other threatened
damages. In spite of all efforts
Mother Drexel opened her school
last week with an attendance of
over fifty students.
1t is the first school of this kind
in the South. Mother Drexel in
herited about 100000 dollars
from her father, Anthony Drexel
the banker, She expects to
expend 100000 dollars for new
buildings and equipment next
year. Housework is the most
strongly course, but the general
idea is to educate the girls for
profitable occupations as well as
general education and moral train
ing. Expert instructor in sewing,
cooking, nursing and general
housework have been secured.
Those opposing the location of the
school have offered to buy proper
ty in the suburbs and donate it to
Mother Drexel. if she would use
the Keith property for other pur-
poses.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06
WHY EDITORS GET RICH.

After good deal of study and
work we have at last figured out
why so many country editors get
rich. Here is the secret of success.
A child is born in the neighbor-
hood, the attending physician gets
10; the editor gives the loud-lung-
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

The Negro Bank in Mound Ba-
you. Miss, during the cotton sea-
son in one month reached a total
clearing OF over S190,000. This
bank is entirely under Negro con-
troll.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06
NO. Is.
cort, the Negro militia companies
having been disarmed by the leg
islature at its last session.

Palmyra, Va, Dec. Emily
Scott, an old Negro woman in this
town. is at present the center of
general interest. The fact that
owe night, so to speak, she has
become a millionaire, after having
been a poor and lowly working
woman all her life, has made her
an eight days wonder and has Civ
en- to her prominence which she
seems to enjoy immensely. Emf
ly Scott, who has lived here for
years, has a son, Thomas who is
of mature age and making living
by doing odd jobs. Recently
John Bowles Flanagan an old Ne
gro, and the father of Emily Scott,
died in the West, having just
come into possession of property
in Omaha Nebraska, valued at
81 100000 after a long drawn-out
litigation in the Nebraska courts.
He was 114 years old at the time
of his death and did not live long
enough TO enjoy the wealth which
fortune had suddenly thrown into
his lap, The property involved
consists of several city blocks in
the heart of Omaha and was given
to Flanagan by an adventures for
whom he had worked several
years without compensation.
Omaha at that time was a village
of fourteen houses.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06
Rule of Africa

The Outlook on the Dark Continent is Not Encouraging.
.-Africa for Africans is the Cry Which is Spread
ing Among the Blacks in Natal and other Ad-
jacent parts of Africa Whites Alarmed
over rapid Progress of Blacks.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

A large bank building will be
constructed in the near future by
the Negro business men of Rich
mond. Va. The building is to cost
several thousand dollars and will
be put up by the board of directors
of the Nickel Saving Bank The
Nickel Saving Bank has already
purchased several thousand dollars
worth of old buildings, which will
be torn down in order to afford
room for the new building.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

Isaac Evans retired from the
United States Navy as cook on
November 81. Mr.. Evans has
served the government as q. S.
Navy cook for over 40 years. Not
only was he the oldest cook. but
was considered in and out of the
navy, as one of the best cooks in
the State of Maryland. Mr.. Evans
retires op first class retirement,
first class pay and a pension.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

New York, Dec 20.-A Pullman
car porters' union, which is intend
ed to include every Negro railroad
employe in this service in the Uni
ted States, has been organized by
the porters, cafe and dinning-car
men running into New York City
on the various lines. Articles of
incorporation will shortly be filed.
The union is known as the Amer
lean Association of Railway EN-
ployes and Negroes only are eligi-
BILE for membership.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06

Mrs. Lottie Davis colored died
at Waelder. Texas Sunday 10th
inst at the age of I07 years. Her
husband James Davis, lis years
old, survives her The couple had
lived together as husband and wife
for 90 years.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-06
RACE !, NEWS
Gathered from Various Sources.
e & e e :ggAA33: -

Wheeling, w. Ma, Dec. 90
In a fit of jealousy today Ashby
Willis, colored crushed the skull
of his wife with an axe. Later
when an attempt was made to ar
rest him, he cut his throat with a
razor
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
The Alaska PrOSpectOr

Published st Valdez, Alaska. every Thursday hy the PRospRCrrR FuBLIsHIHo Ce.
 PHONE MAIN 1. Entered at the Valdez Postefice as Second
 oiass matter. -usssri ptisn & per year. f2 for six months Single Copies 10 cents.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

Tbs best place for poor prospec- tors to try their luck at placer min ing is certainly Alaska. There are there . large number of unexplor- ed creeks, some with pay dirt, which will repay splendidly the labors and hardships of the hardy prospectors, strong and energetic enough to go after them. But prospecting in Alaska is almost the hardest work . man can find. To Do successful requires strong and powerful frame, . will of iron and an optimism able to overcome all material hardships and obstacles. Prof. Ritter in Profit x Loss.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
Extension of Delinquency

Be It Resolved by the Common Council of be- and is hereby authorized and instructed to extend the term of delinquency for town taxes for the year 1906, from the first Monday in De- cember 1906, December 3. l906), at o'clock D. m., to December 3l. 1908. at o'clock p. m., and not to make any charge for penalty and interest until after said Decem Der 3ls, 1906. at o'clock p. n, and
 Be It Further Resolved, that the Town Treas urer be instructed not to allow interest on Town Warrants presented to him in payment of taxes, after said first Monday in Decem Der, 1906. December 8, l906l.
 Passed and approved December 3, 1906.
 Attest: H. W. MILLER,
 ". II. CRARY, Mayor. Clerk.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

A case was settled this month Tn Fairbanks where q man had staked more than twenty acres in q placer claim and another man located the excess ground as fraction. The original locator started suit for cjectment, and then had his claim surveyed, throwing off the excess on sthe opposite side to that on which the fraction had been staked. Judge Wickersham decided that tie original locators had the right to take their twenty acres from any part of the staked ground and ii was not for the new locators to say where the fraction should be. The locator of the fraction was elected.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
Summons.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TERRITORY
 OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TERRITORY
 OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION. GEORGE M. AuTEN. Plaintiff }
 vS No. l6S NELLIE AUTEN, Defendant The President of the United States of America, Greeting; To the above named defendant: You are hereby required to appear in the United States District Court, in and for the Dis trict of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty days after the day of service of this summons of this summons upon you, and answer the com plaint of the above named plaintiff, a copy of which complaint is herewith delivered to you; and unless you so appear and answer, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint
 This action Is for divorce. and summons is herewith served on defendant by publication pursuant to order of above Court dated Septem- Der 18th. 1906, signed by HONORABLE JAMES WICKER9HAM, Judge of above court.
 WITNESS, the HON. JAMES WICKER SHAM, Judge of said Court this 29th day of NOvem Der, in the year of our Lord one thOus- and nine hundred and six, aud of our indepen- dence the one hundred and thirteenth.
 EDWARD J. STEER, Seal Clerk
 By s. A. CRAHDALL,
 Deputy. BROWN & SMITH, Valdez, Alaska,
 Attorneys for Plaintiff Date of first publication Nov. 20, laos Date o: lest publication Jan. 10. 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

The Fairbanks Times says that the first and most important mat ter for the Alaska delegate to work on is the appropriation of money for roads. Valdez people will agree heartily with ths Times. If the delegate will devote more time to the road proposition and less to the useless agitation for territorial government the people of the Third division will be better satis- fled.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

With Hovt's report on Wicker sham m the hands of the president there IS q chance that the judge will receive a Christmas present from the executive. There is al- 50 strong chance that the present will not be very acceptable to the recipient.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

Fred NJ. Brown has letter from Delegate Waskey, io which he states that he has every reason to believe that the bill creating a fourth judicial division will become a law at this session of congress. The bill favored by Mir. Waskey is ,imilar to the one drawn up here three years ago, which was defeated by Judge Wickersham. l. provides for the appointment of complete new set of officers and iavors Valdez as the headquarters oi the district.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

Now the grand jury at Juneau has tackled the stea rship com panies, but all Alaskans know how much attention Is paid to grand ju- " recommendations in this coun- trv.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
WANTS ANOTHER CABLE
General Allen In Favor Of Doubling Alaska
 Line

Washington. Dec. 26- General Allen has sent his annual report to the House committee on mill- tary affairs. Among other things he advocates the laying of another Alaskan cable He says that the present line is ovcrburdened with business and an additional Ca ble would pay for itself in short time.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

Roosevelt appears to be doing the strenuous along the wrong lines lately, judging from the loasts that he is getting from all over the nation.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

Mining litigation has reached a point, not only in Alaska hut in other sections, where it IS almost obligatory that Congress take some step to abate the evil. Now that Alaska will have a representative in Congress, the members of that body may no longer turn a deaf ear to the needs of the territory, and will in al, probability make many changes in the present min ing laws which will greatly benefit the whole of Alaska.-Alaska Min ing News Record.
 Hudson Bay Company's stock of 8 nominal value at E1O, is selling at eS6 a share, and paving div dend of 80 shillings. This venera- ble corporation is now in it's 237 b year. The company still deals in furs and does a large general trade, but it's great profits are de- rived from it's land sales. Thirty six years ago it gave up it's terri torial rights to the Canadian gov ernment ill considerations of $1.- 5OO,O00 in cash and the right to claim one-twentieth of the land in any township or district surveyed for settlement in fifty years after 1870,
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27

Delegate Waskey says that he will welcome any suggestions from the people of this section regarding desired legislation, and will do his best to help them in any way pos ,ible. This shows a good spirit in the delegate when one considers inst he did not get a vote in Val Gez.
 Judge Wickersham has handed Gown a decision that the expense ct jury is not a proper charge against litigant, but he also says the government has made no pro- vision for paying such expense. Jurymen in the Tanana will have to put . lunch in their pocket when subpenaed.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
tiIerS Rip Van Wrinkle Show.

Has tent built expressly for
them. 1t is made of Kahki, which
is used and recommended by our
government as the best. 1t is abso-
1ute1y waterproof. This elegant
tent is built egg shape and has no
center poles in front of the stage,
therefore giving everyone a good
view of the performance. The stage
is lighted with Acetylene gas,
which can be lowered and raised TO
give the proper effect, as desired1
Lightning and thunder is made by
an electric storage battery. The
scenery for each and every act is
all new and painted especially for
this elegant production. Mr.. Filler
prides himself in having the swell
est outfit in the country and de-
lights in having people come and
see his pavilion thcater before the
performance. People can depend
on seeing a first class entertain
ment. They appear at Mountain
Home Tuesday and Wednesday, July
3 and a
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gratis, public and private; who has
used his official position to betray
the people in the interest of big
combinations of predatory wealth.
1t will be noted also that his theo-
ries conflict, that they are as inn
possible of harmony as the mixture
of oil and water. He was speaking
of the proposed income and iherit-
ance taxes, declaring that the
twentieth century is getting ready
for the readjustment of the inter-
ests of humanity, continuing said:
''After a certain point wealth
becomes a burden and robs its
owner of ease and repose, he
said, yet I have observed how
eager and willing people are to
struggle along through life with
the burden of wealth upon them.
Very rich men never whistle. Poor
men always do Bird songs are in
the heart of the poor man. This is
we'll. In every condition of life
there is compensation. There is
enough wealth in the world now to
prevent poverty, but we have not
yet learned how to distribute it.
Competition and individualism go
hand in hand, and up to a certain
point are wholesome and beneficial
to commerce and business.
''Unrestraincd competition in the
business world throws society back
on the cruel law of the survival of
the fittest, and in the end the strong
prevail and dominate. Competition
and individualism are the parents
of present conditions, of trusts,
/ combinations and colossal fortunes.
/ Theodore Roosevelt once said that
he thought a compromise between
individualism and socialism would
be best. l replied that apparently
this might be a solution, but how
could society get rid of the evils OF
both while holding on to their bene-
/ fits 9''
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