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The Official of the M. W.
Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of
the State of Missouri and its
Jurisdiction.
Vol. 8.
educational corner.
. Negro has Accomplished
' for Liberty.
Rev . K. K. Wright, A. M. pres
. . State Industrial
iceni
folleg^* sd "'
Weare accustomed to regard
ijltertv as the white man's cause
tfdto ignore the part that the
flf jr ro ha's played in fostering it.
in this country the colored
n has rendered an efficient ser
to that end even as early as
A e revolution. Take the olassa
jjusetts patriots. There is Cris
pusAttucks, Peter Salem and
[,-aers. And in the south there
, Austin Dabney, who fought
through the revolution, was hon
ored l*v the state of Georgia and
rendered really a rare service to
country and its cause,
phe historical records of the
-j e aeof Savannah in the French
archives by the Hon. Richard
Kush, our minister to France in
ls4‘»,shows that the most brilliani
feat on that day, and one of the
bravest ever performed by for
eign troops in the American cause
tasby the black legion of Vol
unteers who came from Santo
Domingo to Savannah to help the
Americans win their indepen
dence. With Pulaski and Jas
per they faced “the dogs of war”
on that eventful day and saved
the retreating American forces
from annihilation by the British.
Like the Ninth and Tenth caval
ry, who occupied the right and
eft of Colonel Roosevelt’s Rough
Riders in the battle of La Quas
ima and who are said to have
saved the gallant Rosevelt, so in
177'* this Haytian black legion
>aved General Lincoln’s army
lrom disaster and defeat. In this
legion there were a number of
black men who afterw T ard distin
guished themselves; one, Henri
Dhristophe, became president of
he republic of Ilayti.
This same black patriot hand,
liter lighting at the siege of Sa
annan, became famous again in
.he spread of freedom through
out the South American repub
ics. It was by their aid that
'the illustrious Bolivar, liberat
or and founder of five republics
in South America," undertook in
1811. his great work of shaking
off the yoke of Spain and of se
curing independence to those
rich countries which swelled the
coffers of the Catholic crown. It
was by negro arms, money and
men that Boliver became the
{teat father of liberty in South
America.
The first great expansion of
i merica is, in some degree, due
bblack troops. When Spain in
""ceded to France the vast ter
ntories of Louisiana, and the
Peace of Amiens” in 1802 ie
■eved Napoleon from war with
"land. Napoleon thought that
Everything' was propitious for the
access of the great colonization
'heme which he had designed
• r America. Peace with Eng-
1 ‘ gave a tree highway upon
‘ ae ocean to the French fleets,
would enable Napoleon
‘ form an empire in the region
*' nere England would permit,
in 1 would, perhaps applaud.
,!rs t movement was to send
'xpedition to recover San Do
•r°m the insurgent blacks.
A-wr the conquest ot this black
•yablic, it was the purpose of
* apo.eon s army to take posses-
Eouisiana, and these two
to,ao ' e> united would give France
‘ 11 preponderance in the
est Indies as well as commer
‘ad\anta.TCS highly desired,
‘"‘heot America trembled
* e doubtful balance. It is
" t-ui the army which Napo-
Scril ou t for this purpose was
. P the most imposing which
ltu trance.
ijj ’ , artn - v - consisting of fifty
, shl pvof-war with 25,000
kr p men ’ e 1 France to con
* Un d subsequently to
Ta e a, tlle ' r on Louisiana.
itd r and all Italy
with the tramp of
Hv ° f now leaving their
cii -° r tllC l )Ur P ose °f plac
u,as on the limbs of the
THE ENTERPRISE
black people of San ‘Doago.
The Frenchmen were Itpver,
fortunately for theblaclUteMic
to meet men who had Rued
their lesson of patriots on
Georgia soil at the seig*
vannah. Besides Henri Chto
phe and his valiant comrade ey
were reinforced by Tons nt
L’Ouverture.
When the great French'. e>
dition reached Hayti, theFrth
general, LeClerc, sent a ines * 1
ger urging surrender and pror -
ing commission; to which ;
black chief returned in defia 1
this answer: “Go tell yourch :
that the decision of arms will; \
mit him only into a city in ash. <
and then on these ashes wil. 1
fight still.” The brave Tou
saint L'Ouverture declared th
“not France with all her trooj
of the Rhine, the Alps, the Nil
nor all Europe to help her, ca
extinguish the soul of Africa
'l'llat soul, when the soul of ;
man and not that of a slave, cat
overthrow the Pyramids and
themselves sooner than again be
crushed in slavery.” The world
knows the result: Franc did not
succeed in crushing the soul of
liberty out of the blacks of Sajn
Domingo.
Now the failure of France i|
her attempt to subdue San Dot
mingo frustrated Napoleon’i
plan of empire in America ana
enabled Thomas Jefferson to eft
feet the most splendid achieve
ment of his admiration—the pur
chase of Louisiana. Had Napo
leon secured the subjection of
San Domingo it is very doubtful
whether he would have agreed
(certainly not so readily) to the
surrender of France’s entire pos
sessions in the southern part of
the United States. Thus history
shows that black men aided the
United States in securing our
republic without bloodshed on the
part of the white men of this na
tion more territory than was won
in the eight years’ contest of A-
I merican patriots against the
British.
Not only does history show that
the negro has a place in its bat
tles for American independence
and for expansion in this coun
try, but that he has some place
and name in its record of discov
eries and explorations. Not long
ago it was my pleasure to an
nounce the name of a negro ex
plorer and discoverer. I did so
by the authority of Dr. Clement
R. Markam, president of the
i lay lay t Historical society of
London. That the Spanish ne
gro, Estevanico, was the discov
erer aid explorer of that portion
of our country known as New'
Mexico and Arizona is a fact so
well authenticated that it needs
no disc|ssion here. The story of
the hardships and the successes
of this negro explorer is equal to
any evtir told. The pluck and
courage of that man ought to in
spire everyone.
The ndines of Dabney, Chris
tophe, Lyuverture and Estevan
ico ought not to be left out of A
merican history. There are
many others, but I mention only
these. Tit special record of the
negro in history may not be very
long n.or biiljiant, but it is wor
thy of investigation. The tall
granite shaft which a gratified
state has reared above its own
sons who fa! in defending Fort
Griswold against the attacks of
Benedict Anold, bears the name
of John Fre man and others of
the America 1 race who there ce
mented with their blood, the cor
ner stone o the republic. The
Shaw monur ent and the Attucks
monument n t less than the Bun
ker Hill mon ment keep vigil a
bove the sart ; soil consecrated by
the blood of atriots and dedicat
ed to the pro; jsition that all tnen
are born fre and equal and are
endowed witl certain inalienable
rights, amonj which are life, li
berty and th pursuit of hap ff
ness.
I.awton'H K<fly on the Thomas.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12.—-Gen
eral Shafter received a telegram from
Nagasaki today, lent by Major Hyde,
quartermaster oil he transport Thom
as, stating that fie body of General
H. W. Lawton 4 on this transport,
which is due in S»i Francisco January
29. The body wiLlif escorted to Wash
ington by Genera fchafter himself.
OMAHA, NEB., FRIDAY, IANUARY 12 iyoo.
future oe the negro.
The New York Tribune Endorses
Booker T. Washington’s Idea, and
Pronounces Him the Most
Practical Leader of
the Race.
Probably no man in the Unit
ed States is better qualified to
advise both white and black races
for their common good concern
ing the Negro problem than Book
er T. Washington. Entirely free
from every trait of the agitator
and demagogue, and candid in
recognizing the Negro's faults
ind the practical obstacles in his
path, he is also respectful and
:ourageous in claiming for the
black man his full rights under
the Constitution, and in claiming
hem as much for the sake of the
white man as for the black. Mr.
Washington has just published
a volume on the the “The Fu
ture of the American Negro,”
which is the most sensible, prac
tical and clear sighted treatment
•of that subject that has chal
lenged attention for a long time,
lit every white legislator who is
I nclined to vote for laws to sup
press and degrade the Negro as
l . man and voter, while protect
jjag ignorance and crime in the
(I rhites, could read it carefully
lith open mind, he could
fail to be convinced. The
>n of the race problem
elp the inferior race to a
r civilization, lest in de
ig it the superior degrade
And if ever} 7 hopeless
it who thinks the Negro
3 future in America, could
Dnce grasp the full mean
if Mr. Washington's idea
learn what he and others
ing- cn the same plan are
; for southern prosperity
lannony we could see that
legro’s salvation and that of
hite neighbor’s is in being
iroducer and developer of the
South.
;e South needs skilled work
in every industry and offers
tdid chances to trained
Nellies as producers, while it
hasliprejudice against them as
polimiians or parasites. Mr.
WaaL.ngton believes that the in
telligent Negro should be pro
tect** in bis voting as well as the
whitl man, and the ignorant
whitman should be deprived of
the franchise along with the ig
norant Negro. He wants to see
his rale occupying high positions
in business, professions in the
State, Imt he believes the ideal
must le reached step by step,
and th t the present duty of the
Negroc ias a body is to learn to
be law labu'hig and prosperous
ho will command the
respect < t the wiite man because
they hatf som» hing the white
man wat^ s . Tfej best farmer in
a county i xv iU no be treated with
contemptl even lie has a black
skin. T.« c gocl dairy-man or
carpentettl w iU a ve a place in
life, and l\is eberen will have
chances which e cannot hope
for himseji. TV prime need of
the is apackground of
respectable 3^tchi<‘. m ent and pros
perity, A settled position of use
fulness ill their communities.
With accomplished, mutual
respect ami toleration between
whites and blacks will spring up
and the race problem will solve
itself. Thorough manual train
ing in white as well as colored
schools might be an excellent
foundation for conservative, law
abiding thrifty civilisation. The
Negroes need it more than the
whites, and they need it sooner,
for if they do not do the skilled
work of the South, the white trade
unionists will occupy the field and
shut them out and leave them
still to climb to respect from the
depth of unskilled drudgery.
But with growing competition
the whites will yet have to face
the same problem of making uni
versal education a preparation
for pratical life.
Reliable per»on» of a mechanical or Inventive mind
desiring a trip to the Far** Exposition, with goo 4
salary and expenaes write
The PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md.
STRAWS THAT TELL.
What the Negro is doing for himself
and Race Throughout the United
States—Public Opinion
Rev. John O. Fee. the founder of Be
rea College, Berea, Ky., an institution
established for the co-education of the
races, died there last week, aged 84 years
Salem Mason, colored, who was born
near Richmond, Va., 106 years ago, and
was the oldest man in Tennessee, died
at Nashville, on the 28tb. He was pur
chased with other slaves for the incorpo
ration of Nashville in 1824. He spent 73
years of his life as an employe of the city.
Mr. Frank D. France a native of Lake
Providence, La., has for six. years been
employed as salesman, by the Jesse
French Piano and Organ Co., 922 Olive
street, St. Louis, Mo.
Clara Hampton, the wonderful young
colored artist, has placed a life-sized
pic ture, ‘‘The Pointers,” on exhibition
in the Circuit Court room at Cincinnati.
The judges were so impressed with the
picture that they offered to have it hung
in their private room.
Kansas City, Mo., will build two new
school buildings, Ibis year, one the
Bruce school at 14th and Jacksou Sts.>
the other the Atlucks school at 19th and
Tracy ave.
To the numerous inquiries about young
Bruce who is raakiug such a stir in the
literary and oratorical world, the Stand
ard’s account of the brilliant young ora
tor will be satisfying: Roscoe Conkling
Bruce has flashed upon ancient, aristo
cratic. honorable, historical Harvard U
uiversity as an orator of great eloquence
and debator of profound capacity. He
is a Negro student iu the sophomore
class and a son of former United [States
Senator Bruce of Mississippi, who tor
many years was Register of the Treasury
Young Bruce was named for Roscoe
Conkling out of gratitude for a favo
the illustrious New York statesman once
did for the elder Bruce when the Negro
leader first went to the Senate. Bruce’s
colleague from Mississippi declined to
introduce him to the president of the
Senate. All the other Senators were
disposed not to interfere, and Senator
Bruce found himself in a most embaras
sing position. Senator Conkling took in
the situation and his generous heart was
touched. He promptly introduced the
Negro Senator to the presiding officer,
and the black Mississipfiian, who became
famous while the proud and prejudice
white Senator from that State sank in
oblivion, never forgot the kindness
shown him before the great men of the
nation in an hour of tribulation and hu
miliation.
The younger Bruce w r us prepared for
Harvard at Phillips Exeter Academy,
and entered the institution last year.
His splendid abilities were brought out
in the trials for a debate with Princeton
University, in which he surprised every
body by his mastery of thought, and by
the plain evidence he gave of an inborn
eloquence. Last year he earned much
praise by winning the Baron Coubert
medal, given by a uoblemau of France,
now living in Paris, to Harvard students
for excellence in knowledge of French
politics. It is predicted that this brill
iant student, still in the early morning of
his career, will rival the great Douglass
in many particulars.
There are 398 colored commissioned
officers and 9,861 colored privates and
non-commissioned officers serving a
moug the volunteers during the Spanish-
American war.
St. Louis has two very wealthy people,
Mrs. Amanda Larbadie pays taxes on
$100,000; and Alfred White, a confect
ioner and caterer, has made §7.">,000 at
his business.
Race discrimination is legal in Cincin
nati, Ohio. In Judge Davis’ court room
of common pleas, last Friday, the ease
of James Rawlins, colored, who had been
refused equal rights at the Fountain
Theatre of Cincinnati, was decided a
gainst the plaintiff. In the initial trial
Mr. Rawlins was given judgement, but
the higher court reversed the decision.
A Manual Training school for colored
children is soon to be established in
Washington, D. C. Congress has al
ready made a liberal appropriation for
its maintenance. Mr Walter B. Hayson
who has for some years been instructor in
the Washington High seboo is being
urged for principaLbip.
A Colored Mercantile Establishment.
Durham, N C. (special.)—The Dur
ham Real Estate and Mercantile Co. has
been chartered here under the laws of
the State of North Carolina, capital stock
being 820,000 with privilege of increas
ing it to $lOO,OOO. Its doors were open
ed for business December, 16th, 1*99
A genetul mercantile business, manufac
turing cigars and cheroots, buying and
selling real estate, loans etc., will be
conducted. In addition a full line of
millinery and dry goods will be carried,
in which department young colored wo
men will be employed. The leading
white citizens of Durham have taken
stock. The establishment is controlled
exclusively by colored men, the most
representative of this section. Among
the heavy stockholders are R B. Fitz
gerald. J. A. Dodson, L P Berry, P. H.
Smith, Jno. R. Hawkins, W. G. Pearson.
The business is under the manage
ment of Capt. P. H. Smith, late of th*
3rd N. C. V’s.
OUR WASHINGTON CQRHESPONDENT.
Washing ton, D. C„ Jan., B.
It may be presumption for one so
far away from home to raise the
question, but it seems to the
writer that there is a situation at
Lincoln which demands the im
mediate attention and action of
every Afro-American citizen of
Nebraska.
The matter is no doubt well
known there, and is as follows:
Tne headquarters of the Republi
can state committee are located
at Lincoln in the Lindell hotel.
They seem to have been located
at Lincoln, not for the conven
ience of the state, but for the ben
efit of the particular hotel.
In the employ of the commit
tee has been a young man by the
name of Haynes. He is a gentle
man in every respect, is a high
school graduate, and has taken
two years in the State Universi
ty. He has lived in the state
since childhood, and was so much
respected in Beatrice, his home,
that he was under standing invi
tation to sing with .the choir in
one of the fashionable churches.
So much for his standing and
citizenship.
Now this hotel where the Re
publican committee lias its head
quarters is the same one which re
fused Bishop Turner a place in
the dining room, on the ground
that lie belonged to an inferior
race and was a descendant of the
monkey tribe. It seems the ho
tel man has gotten another one
of his aristocratic spells, superin
duced no doubt, by the increased
receipts of the whiskey saloon
which he conducts in connection
with his house. He refuses Mr.
Haynes, the employe of the Re
publican stale committee, the
privilege of riding upstairs in the
hotel elevator. In spite of pro
tests he presists in the refusal.
He thinks that “the descendants
of monkeys ought to climb instead
of ride.
Now the duty of the Afro-A
merican citizens is very plain.
They should unite in a demand
that the headquarters of the Re
publican state committee be re
moved from the Lindell hotel,
and they should not cease in the
demand until the committee
takes action. The writer believes
that every colored man in the
state of Nebraska owes allegi
ance to the Republican party,
but there should be something
mutual in the alliance. The col.
oped voters should be treated as
men and not as monkeys. If
they are not good enough to ride
in the elevator at the Republican
headquarters, they are not good
enough to vote the ticket.
If this matter is brought prop
erly and forcibly before the lead
ers of the party, I believe prompl
action will be taken. The Re
publican leaders are men. They
are not simpletons, and they art
not owned by a hotel keeper
They want the colored vote, anc 1
they do not want to see the race
needlesslv insulted.
Here in Washington the color
ed man is recognized by the Re
publicans. Our brethren hole
many places in the departments
and receive proper treatment
There is no place where local prej
udice is stronger than here a
the capital, and yet the c®lore<
employees of the departments
and of the Republican commit
tees are accorded good treat
ment, and ride in the elevator
of the palatial hotels.
Call on the Republican part;
to either protect the colored vo
ters, or dispense with their sup
port.
W. P. Kemp
Show at St. Joseph Mo.
St. Joseph. Mo., Jan., 6. (Speer** 1
respondence.)—The celebrated c^ rn
netoscope Traveling Entertf' wom ‘^ r ~
, , ...... at Ma
paDy placed on exhibitin' \ , ,
, , .. , . rp. >wded house,
ful machine last Thur ,
tt „ . , .entitle pleasure,
sonic Hall, before , . *1 . ’
. . and Dancing
After two hour. . , , 6
. inducted the dance
the chairs „ „
Master X , Y the el,te of St -
ltour, the orchestra play-
BWeet j, ome .. at 4 a m
Joey receipts were $5O w hich added
from other sources, made
0 house.
(In Afro-American Navsnafers
189S-1901 t no
Correspondence.
St. Joseph Missouri.
Revival services have com
menced at the A, M. E. church.
A few of the many friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Venable
gave them a surprise party, last
Friday night.
Miss May Lee of Brookfield, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee.
Mr. Albert Free who has been
very sick for the past six weeks,
died last Friday.
Rev. Jno. C. Bell left last week
to assume his duties at his new
charge.
Miss Braxton of Hannibal,
who spent the holidays in our ci
ty returned home Friday
Mrs. Essex Allen and children
have returned from Wichita,
Kas., where they went to spend
the holidays.
Mrs. Ella Noble who has been
visiting in the city, returned to
her home Tuesday.
Mr. B. F. Edwards and the
Traveling Entertainment Co.,
were in the city last week.
(To late for last week’s issue.)
Miss Braxton of Hannibal, is
in the city.
M isses Marie and Lydia Foster
of Bunker Hill, Kan., are in the
city, guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q.
Jones.
Mr. Stockton of Hiawatha,
Kan., was in the city a few days
last week.
One of the grandest social e
vents of the season was the bah
that was given last Thursday ev
ening, by the Yale Club, at th<
Odd Fellows Auditorium. There
were about ninety couples pres
ent. The programme consisted
of twenty-five numbers. Music
was furnished by Prof. Pryor’s
Orchestra.
Mrs. Kate Wilson and son o
Omaha, are in the city visiting
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Ella Noble of Des Moines
spent a few days in the city las
week.
Miss Moore of Topeka, whe
has been visiting her friend Mis;
Hattie MacDonald, returned t<
her home last Tuesday.
Messrs. Arthur Lett and Wil
liam Moore of Atchison, attend
ed the Yale Club ball last week
Misses L. M. Jackson, L. M
Montgomery, Messrs. B. T
Perkins and V. H. Jones'attend
ed the Inter State Literary a
Atchison.
Mr. Wm. Young spent New
Year’s day, in Plattsburg. visit
ing his mother.
Mrs. Everett Watts of t Omaha
is visiting Mrs Holland.
F. B. Cuming had his foot verj
badly mashed last week, by an el
evator falling upon it.
Milton Webster of Burlington
la., visited with his parents ii
this city during the holidays.
M. D. Lowery went to Inde
pendence, last week where he ex
pects to reside in the near future
Kansas City Missouri.
Williams and Walker with theii
great company are in town tly
week. They are playin<f ow
crowded houses. It
which our race inav
‘ P roUd - scare is on.
The small-pft c i a i ms lhat it I
; The city phy le Negro race, con
isconfinet’e colored man is se
sequent alone in cars, public
\ erebtc. Ihe cases among - the
pie people are reported as
dicken-pox and measles. Very
few deaths have been reported.
Mrs. Fannie Brinkley was call
ed to 1 opeka. Sunday, to attend
the funeral of her sister-in-law.
The Kansas City Dramatic
Club will give an entertainment
at Independence, Mo., in the near
future. It will be for the benefit
of the public schools.
Prof. Wm. H. Dawley, Jr.,
spent a few days in St. Louis,'
last week.
Mrs. Bettie Adams has been
very ill for the past two weeks.
Her many friends hope that she
•may speedily recover.
Miss Stella Celeman, of Spring
field, Me., has been appointed to
teach at the Garrison School.
This brilliaat lady will prove a
valuable addition to Kansas Ci
ty’s educational circles.
Mrs. Xat Harris who has beeii
seriously ill during the holidays,
is slowing improving. This
sweet lady has been very much
missed, especially by her Chap
ter associates. She is one of the
most faithful and intelligent
members of that Order.
Rev. Jesse Peck has been very
ill for the past week.
Mrs. Mattie Teeters, who spent
the ‘holidays with her parents,
returned to Sedalia, Monday, to
resume her school duties.
Prof. Crosthwait of Lincoln
High School was stricken with a
slight attack of paralysis Mon
day morning. He has greatly
improved at this writing.
Parkville Missouri.
Rev. J. M. Brown P. E., of the
Kansas District, visited us last
week.
Miss Eva. Brown gpent the holi
days with her cousin, Miss Lydia
Bolden, of Pleasant Villa.
Robert Carter, who runs to Gal
veston, Texas, was home Sunday.
Richard Rogers has added an
other inch to his height in faith
fulness since Christmas. His
employer presented him with a
hog on that occasion.
Lewis Nichols W. M., of Park
Lodge, No. 145 has entered the
Pullman service.
Wm. Jacobs, teacher of the 3rd
and 4th classes of the Richmond,
Mo., school, was among us dur
ing the holidays.
For unadulterated acuteness in
fair play regardless of race or
prejudicial environments Dr. C.
B. McAfee of Park College, is be
coming more noted daily. Of
course we admire him.
Reuben Brown is gaining each
(Jay of his life in oratorical abili
ty. His last oration which was
delivered in Kansas City, Mo., to
a large audience was a decided
“hit.” (He is not “fast or big
headed,” but slow, deliberate and
manly. May success attend him
ever.
It pains us to know that our
old friend, advisor, and teacher
Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt has pass
ed through our city twice and
failed to stop over either time.
Yet we are entertaining great
hopes that she ‘will do better if
she again comes our way.
Such articles as the one entit
led “Negro Educators in Session”
eulogizing the deeds, especially
of such model educators as Profs.
W. T. Vernon, J. W. Baldwin
and others, do more toward elec
ting the minds of our boys and
girls than anything els' 4 Liv
ing witnesses are able ° lm press
them with a deeper ' fl A m ore en
during impressio- tke undeni
able fact th' after “We
are what ' e raake ourselves.”
While «- Cast no re flections up
on t l f J, St of the staff of writers
-he Enterprise of whom we
Lhow nothing, we say without
contradiction if Mrs. Mahammitt
whose high quality of general a
bility and generally unfailing ef
forts have given her such an ex
alted place in our mind? and
hearts, has any connection with*
the editorial work of The Ente-
RPISE ’ that paper will be no
small factor in harmonizing, ele
vating and educating the race up
on all questions now confronting
us, demanding discussion and so
lution. Let The Enterprise a-'
dorn your home.
Mr. Spencer Caves and Mr.
Oatis Washington are now em
ployed by the Pullman Co.
Mr. and Mrs. LTolson have a
bout recovered from their small
pox scare, and the town in gener
al gives a sigh of relief.
Miss Emma Tolson is home
from Kansas City.
Mrs. Martha Brown is much
improved in health.
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