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Vol. 1. Ne. 17.
“The Twin-City American™ and “The Colored Citizen” Consolidated
The Afro-American Advance
With a Circulation of over 15,000.
'ORRESPONDENCE.
National Capital Items.
e Jubilee Festivities—Dr. M. E.
Strieby, late Secretary of the
A. M, A. Memorialized,
rcuglm and Social Doings in and
About Washington.
to T ADVANOE:
WasHiNaToN, D €., May 29,
99.—Jubilate! Jubilate! has
n the motto of Washington for
e past week. This fairest of
ities has decked herself in gala
ttire while even the weather god
as been propitious. The first
orning, Tuesday, was ushered in?
ith chimes of bells, answering
illery, blowing of whistles. The
ilitary parade was the most
inent feature. The ecolored
. A- R., the District National
nard and: the High School Cadets
ade a ereditable appearance in
.
On Wednesday, the civic and
nsiness men’s organizations
arched. The race was conspicu
us for its absence. In the his
jcal pageant of Thursday, the
plored man in Commodore Perry’s
pat: in: the tableau of ''Perry’s
ictory’* was the only wepresenta
ion given the race, and he was a
hite man blacked.
The flower parade Wednesday
as a failure in point of numbers.
his is due, it is whispered, to the
resence of an ex-queen of the
alf-world, who came to join the
roeession of flower decked private
arriages. She has moved from
he proseribed district into a repu
pble neighborhood, but her repu
ation, went along with her. So
hen she came, her sisters of fairer
ame passed by on the other side.
The four colored Congregational
hurches lield a union service May
1 in.memoryof Dr. M, E. Strieby,
te corresponding secretary of the
fmerican Missionary Association,
life long friend of the race; and
pr thirty-five years, secretary of.
he Association, which has led all
; in its work for uplifting
puthern blacks, mountain whites
nd Chinese located in the west.
isk, Atlanta, Straight, Talladega,
pton. and Berea owe their ori
into the A. M. A., which has
it more money into southern
incational work than all other
neieties eombined:
President J. E. Rankin preached
bacealaureate sermon at How
-1 University last Sunday,at4:3o
m. A large number of city
roople attended.
On Monday night, the 22ndinst,, |
Supreme Couneil. of the Seuth
Southwest jurisdietion A. and
- Seottish Rite conferred the last
(33rd) on the present Grand
. Robt. H. Terrell and P.
. M. Hamilton, 5. Smith, Messrs.
wen M¢ Waller, rector of St.
's P. B. church and Chaplain.
of the National Council,
Mrs. Dunlap, member of the
ince Hell Chapter, Bastern Star,
i small-pex this week, the
- one to si.ccumb to the disease
.of about: ninety eases.
The most important: eveat' se
was the Jubilee Reception to
strangers. This was held at
Fellows: lall, Wednesday
' Ome hundred twenty-five
. adtended: Supper by
' was served during the en
evening. The mmsic- was by
was trigped until 1 5. w,
i in tive throng of well
To the Public :—
The Twin. City American and The Colored Citizen have consolidated, forming THE AFRO:-AMERICAN ADVANCE, aweekly news
paper devoted to the local and national interests of the colored race, especizlly those of the race who live in the northwest, particularly of
the Twin Cities. THE ADVANCE is owned and operated by a company of Minneapolis citizens, who will spare no pains nor money in making
this the leading Negro journal of America. J. C. Reid, formerly president of the Colored Citizen Publishing Company, is president of the company;
J. M. Griffin, formerly editor and proprietor of The Twin-City American, is manager; and McCants Stewart, formerly business manager of
the Twin-City American, is business manager.
We especially desire to call the attention of business men to the fact of our consolidation, because it enables us to control an extra
ordinary large trade. THE ADVANCE reaches the homes of more than twice as many people as either of the other papers, of which it is the
outgrowth; and we solicit your patronage in our advertizing columns. To advertize in THE ADVANCE means a profitable investment for the
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dressed women were Mrs. Anna J.
Cole, Mrs. Lincoln Brown, Miss
Laura Arnold and Miss Evelyn
Turner of Baltimore.
~ Oliver P. Morton Post, No. 4is
the first post composed of colored
veterans, organized in the Depart
ment of the Potomae. It numbers
between four and five hundred.
Sidney Herbert is commander.
Charles Sumner Post, No. 8
has about one hundred and sixty
members. The ecommander is
comrade Bradshaw.
Frederick Douglass Post, No. 21
is the last post organized in tnis
department with an enrollment of
forty. James Butcher is com
mander. At the regular meeting
Thursday night, a beautiful eighty
dollar flag was presented by the
friends, wives and daughters of
the veterans.
Thursday at Zion Baptist Church,
Rev. J. Anderson Taylor called the
Missionary Baptist convention to
onder at 11 o’clock. Owing to the
parade and festivities incidental to
jutilee work but few delegates at
tended: This is the seventeenth
annual session of the eonvention
which is composed of Maryland
and the Distriet of Columbia. Rev.
Taylor is one of the most suceess
ful pastors in the eity. This
’chmh. Shiloh, has been almost
‘remodeled, its appearance has been
greatly improved. Sunday was a
great day in honor of the event.
This church has been especially
fortunate in its pastors, and has
had tew ehanges in that respeet.
Under the will of SarahJ. Quinn,
filed for probate Friday, S. Augus
tine’s Roman Catholic church re
eeived one hundred and fifty dol
lars.
James Butler died from heart
disease while at work in Harmony
cemetery, Friday morning He was
sixty-five years old, a resident of
Garfield, D. C. 1
The teachers and pupils of John
P: Cook building ghve an enter
tainment from three to five Friday
;dwmon for the piano fund. At
night, the pupils of Lovejoy gave
a concert.
i The Woman's Leagne entertained
their friends with a fine musical
treat at: Odd: Fellows’ ball. The
proceeds are to. bemefit the Day
Nursery.
l}‘Atfln A. M. B. Zion confer
pnce, Bishop. €. €. Petty presid:
ing, the following appeintments
were made for Washington: Rev.
P. L. Cuyler, Galbwaith; Rew, W,
'A. Cypress, Jolm Wesley: Hew
JLogan Johnson, Trinity, Rev. Ji
‘W. Kineaid, Union Wesley; Rev.
W. H. Saowden. Metropolitan,
smeceeding Rov. M. Daniels, whe
becomes Presiding Bider, of the
Washinten aud Baltitaore distriet.
: I connection with the meeting
it may not be amiss to say
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL. SATURDAY. JUNE 3, 1899,
I
tnat colored professorsand teachers
have been for several,years in
charge of Biddle University, their
most important work.
Rev. Dr. Weaver, of Baltimore,
is travelling id the interest of this
school, to endow it andincidentally
presenting all work among the
colored people, before the different
synods. He is meeting with
gplendid suceess in arousing an in
terest throughout the ecountry.
Rev. Weaver resigned the pastorate
of one of the leading churelies o
his faith in Baltimore to take up
his present work.
The magnificent house built by
the late James G. Blaine, situated
in the exclusive northwest, facing
Dupont eircle has been sold by his
widow to Mr. George Westing
house of Pittsburg.
The residents of the vicinity of
the colored Manual Training
school have protested against its
erection, but the Commissioners
have refused to change the site.
Park Temple 15 preparing a class
of young women for positions in
the States, as teachers of cooking
and sewing.
Miss Susie Cowdery, of Phila
delphia, is the gunest of Miss Mamie
Shepherd.
Mrs. Perry is visiting her
daunghter, Mrs. H. C. Tyson.
- Miss Pet Owens, of Detroit, who
for four years has been prineipal of
the Temperance Industrial School,
Surrey County, Va., was in the
‘city. the guest of Miss Frankie
Martin,
Rev. John Jenifer with his wife
and daughter were guests of Misses
Chanie and Emma Patterson.
Dr. and Mrs. Connor had Mrs,
Dallas Chestnutt as their guest.
The brilliant, brainy Fortune is
usually eorrect, but in his revisw
of the "'Conjure Woman'' he
makes one mistake. | am willing
to concede much to North Curo
lina for she has produeed many
eminent men and long before the
war was noted for her liberal treat
ment of free colored people, but to
point. Fortune says the author is
a North Carolina man, Charles W,
Chestnutt was born at Cleveland,
Ohio. While he was a small boy
his pareits moved to the Tar heel
state, where he was edueated. His
teachers were Rev. {(now Bishop)
C. R Harris and his brother Prof.
Robert H. Harris (deccased). On
the death of Prof. Harris at that
that time, principal of the State
Normal Sechool, Fayetteville,
Chestuutt beeasne his suecessor.
At-odd times stadying short hand.
Wishing to follow this as a liveli
hood he went to New York City
remaining but a short time, thenes
to Cleveland, where with nothing
but merit to recommend him, he
forged his way to the frout,
Speskieg of Prof. Harris, it
he who flast arged me to write for
newspapers, He was spending
his vacation at home, e spoke
of a young man, named Wallace,
an ex-pupi of lis who was publish
ing a paper and suggested that 1
send a letter from Cleveland. |
demurred but finally agreed and
sent my copy to the professor who
was my first cousin. I was only a
grammar school pupil and so dis
trustful of my ability that I wrote
under the ‘nom de plume’’ Maudie
May.
b thauk the eolored ADVANCE
for its kind words. I write now
because of my belief in the power
of the press for good and beeause
of my faith in it for the uplifting
of a race.
LENA Essig JEAN
Chicago.
Hoa. T. T. Allain was out last
Sunday and attended the Men's
Sunday elub. The genial senator
i 8 quite popular and has a host of
friends. :
Mr. C. H. Raymon gave a high
tea party at her home 4737 Dear
born street, last Thursday, which
proved to be one of the swell
society events,
Mrs. J. A. Tandey is the presi
dent of a woman’s e¢lub which
meets on Armour avenue, She
wields a powerful influence
amongst them,
The maximum temperature here
isn 55°. Henee Chicago has on
her Spring ague,
Duluth.
Mr. Frank Derricks, of Chieago,
was in the city this week and was
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Black.
Rev: R. Taylor has been quite
ill during the past week.
The Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Reading Club was royally enter
tained by Mrs. H. E. Johnson, 813
East Seventh street, Tuesday
evening. The evening had been
set aside for pleasure and an
elaborate program was prepared.
It was as follows: Voeal solo by
Miss May Black; Life of Sir
Walter Seott, Miss Blanche Pol
;hrdt base solo, ‘‘Sleep in the
Deep,”” Mr. W. B. Richardson;
Life of Moore, Mrs. H. E. John
sone instrumental solo, Mr. ', W,
Dorsey; temor solo, "'Queen of
Hearts,”” H. C. Richardson; in
strumental solo, Miss Amelia Por
ter. Notwithstanding the faect
that the evening had been set
aside for pleasure. After this
very elaborate program was ren
dered, one of the members called
the club’s attention to the faet
that it was the regolar timne set by
the constitation for the quarterly
election of officers. Business was
then taken up and the foliowing
officers were installed: Mr. H. (.
Richardson was honored with re
election as president, with Miss
Josephine Vaughn as his assistant,
Mr. J. H. Dorsey. was elected
secretary, with Miss May Black as
as assistant, Miss Amelia Porter
was elected treasurer- Mr. 8. J,
Mason, sergeant-at-arms. After
the election of officers, a dainty
little chocolate table was brought
in by the hostess, The lighter re
treshments were served. Thenthe
chocolate was served out by Miss
‘May Black, assisted by Mr. W, B,
Richardson. The rest of the even
ing was devoted in writing namnes
on each others napkin to keep as a
souvenir., A very beautiful even
ing was spent.
THE OTHER STORY.
Hevelation Made by the Discavery of
the Indian Pieture of Custer’s
Massanere,
InAinslge’s Magazine s a very inters
esting account of some recent discovs
ered picture writing by an Indian who
took partin the celebrated Custer man
sueres The pietures are noticeable for
being the work of a Bloux chief who
was a prominent actor in the conflict,
The original pletures measured very
nearly two feet at each dimension, The
first of the two represents the Sloux
in their contest with Custer and his
men., The prostrate forms of white
men are scattered across the base of
the drawing. In the right upper cor
ner & soldler is seen falling from his
horse to the ground, Directly nnder
neath the characteristic fighting pos
ture of the Indian on horseback in de
pleted,
Notable features in the pleture are
the bugles which are seen toward the
left lower corner. Only a mind of com
prehensive power could recall such
petty details in a scene of sueh excite
ment and carnage.
The other illustration pletures the
dead Bioux after the battle. The differ
entiation of the figures in their apparel
and adornment is not without signifi
cance. It is to be supposed that by this
means an intelligent Sioux eould fix the
identity of the slain. The weapons are
placed just beyond the grasp of the sev
eral figures, It is not an inadequate ex
pression of the powerlesspess of the
dead. g
Creator of England’'s Sea Power.
Under Cromweil England for the flrst
time feit the power of & strong navy to
build up a great nation. It is true that
Queen Elizabeth had repelled and de
stroyed the Spanish fieet; but she as
sembled her ships ouly to resmiyl inve
sion, and her important mansuvers
were on the defensive. Cromwell buiit
the first fleet that England had yet
seen created for the purpose of crush
ing her enemics and striking down the
oppressors of free religion. Spain, still
siming at universal empire, received
her first staggering blow when Crom
well, daring te throw sway the tradl
tional poliey which England had
hugged for four centuries, allied him
self with France soad made war on
Bpain. His enemies sald then, and for
long afterwards, that he destroyed the
talance of power in Europe. But Crom
well cared nothing for political maxims
when they stood in the pathway of that
buman Hberty of which he was the
champion. Holiand sent out her fleels
more terrible than the old Bpaniek ar
mada; tut Cromweil's genarals, acting
on sealed orders penved by his own
;hll. beat the Duteh admibrais and sent
thele aships to the bottom,
THE UNION'S FRIEND.
Riekard Cobden Waas an Ardent Ad
mirer of Linecoln and His
Polley,
No man in England felt a keener In
terest in the American question than
did Richard Cobden, He made no seeret
of hix sympathy with the union, He
had been in constant correspondence
with Mr, Lincoln,and felt for the many
sided American patriot the deepest af
feetion, Both were engaged in a na
tionnl and far-renching stroggle, and
defeat In America meant another cen
tury of tory domination in Great Drit
uin, writes James M. Seovel in Lippin.
cott's,
By a seaceonl fire, lnte In a Novem
ber night, Mr, Cobden gave me his opin
lon of Abrabam Lineoln, *“l'his con
tury has produced no man like Lin
coln, Here s a man who has risen
from manual labor to the presidency
of n great people. To me he seems to
be the man God has ralsed up to give
vourage and enthusinsm to a people
unused to the arts of war, fighting
what seems to me to be a doubtful bat
tle In the greatest conflict of modern
timen,
“I like Mr. Lincoln's intense vener
ation for what is true and good. His
conselence and his heart are ruled by
h¥s reason.
I spenk of your struggle an doubt
ful, beeanuse Mr. Lincoln will have more
to contend agninst in the hostility of
foreign powers than in the shattered
amd weattered resources of the vonfed
erney."”
Mr. Cobden predicted the triumph of
our arms, but he died before he had
more than a Pisgah view of the prom
ised land.
COOING TO THEIR EGGS
The stormy petrels nest just above
the Atlantic surge on the islets near
lons and the Hebrides, There above
the roek on certain islands in o biack,
buttery soil, in which they burrow like
little winged mice, and on a nest of sen
pink lay one white egy. As this deser
tion of the regions of light and alr by
birds is something outside the natural
course of their lves, it leads to various
odd and unexpected social complicn
thons and domestie problems. Among
the latter is a serfous one, the difficulty
of keeping the underground house
elean or moderately eool. It s usually
very hot. Sand-martine, for instance,
do not attempt to ventilate their bur
rows as rabbits and rats do, neither do
kingfishers nor the stormy peirels
when they make their own burrows,
and do not ereep into ehinks between
piles of stones or rocks. Evidence of
the high tempersturs of this “hot
chamber” where the young petrels are
hatehed in seen in & very pretty popu-
Jar belief in the Outer Hebrides.
The people say that they hateh their
egge, not by sitting on them, but by
sitting near them, st & distance of six
inelven, batween them and the opening
of the burrow., Then the petrels turn
their heads toward the eggs, and “coo”
at them day and night, and so "hateh
them with thelr sang.” ‘This, whieh
sounds ke a fable of the east Atlantie
islands, has really s basis in fact. Mr.
Davenport Graham says that the ae
coqnt is “very correct; though [ never
henrd the coving noise by day, I often
did in the evening. It is rather s pure
ing noise. When its nest is opened up,
the bird is usually found eowering »
few inehes sway from its egg.” Thi¢
hot and stuffy stmosphere mway aid the
hatebing of the eggs; but there is no
doubt that it brings into being other
and very undesirable forms of life, The
pests and burrows of sand martins are
full of most unplessant inseets, and
those of the kingfisher sre neariy ss
bad.—Losdon Bpectator.
Wuoan's Travellng Expemses.
The queen’s sanusl comings and go
fage to and from Secotlsnd slone cost
her elose on §25 000 & year,
Price 5 Cents.
ANIMALS' ATTACHMENTS.
Devoted Monkeys Attempt to Resap
ture One of Their Number=A
Devoted Dog.
Edgar Quintet, in his journal, tells
how one day he went with the natural
ist, M. Geoffrod de 8t Hilaire, to the
Jardin des Plantes: “In one of the
oages were a lHon and a lloness togeth
er, They were standing up, quite mo
tionless, and seemed not to see us,
Presently the Hon, lifting up his great
paw, placed {tslowly and softly on the
forehead of the lHoness, and both cons
tinued in the same attitude as long an
we remained before them. What was
intended by the gesture? A puinter
who should have desired to represent
enlm griet and the deepest compassion
could not have invented any thing more
striking. ‘What does it mean? said I
to Geaffrol, “Their ion whelp died this
morning,' replied he. Then I unders
stood what [ saw —plty, good-will, sym
pathy—all these sentiments might be
read in those flerce countenances,'
The following interesting account is
oxtracted from James Forbes' “Orlen
tal Memories:” “One of a shooting
party, under a banyan tree, killed a fo
male monkey, and earried it to his
tent, which was soon surroundegl by 40
or 5 of the tribe, who made n great
noise, and seemed disposed to attack
their aggressor, They retreated when
he presented his fowlingpiece, the
dreadful effect of whiek they had wite
nessed, and appeared perfectly to un
derstand, The head of the troop, hows
ever, stood his ground, chattering
furiously, The sportsisan, who per
haps felt some little degree of com
punction for having killed one of the
family, did not like to fire at the crea
ture, and nothing short of firiug would
wuffice to drive him off. At length he
eame to the door of the tent, and find
ing threats of no avall, began o lnments
able monning, and by the most ex
pressive gesture seemed to beg for the
deadd body., 1t was given to him; he
took it sorrowfully in his arms, and
bore it away to his expecting compan
fons, ‘They who were witnesses of this
scene resolved never again to fire at
one of the monkey roace”
But perhaps the most impressive and
extruordinary case that has ever yet
oome beforw us is that of poor Nor
man's dog in the Isle of Skye. Here it
in, an told a year or two ago in the In
verness Courler, one of the moat re-
Hable papers in Beotland: :
“A elreumstance has just occurred
at Portree, lale of Bkye, which may be
added to the many ehapters recording
the fidelity and attachment of dogs to
their masters. A rumor spread
through the town one morning thaton
the previous night the dogs had torn
open the grave of a young man who had
died of fever and was Interred some
weeks previously, It transpired, how
ever, that the case was not so revolt
ing. When the young man was buried
his dog followed the funersl to fi’
churehynrd, and was with diffieulty res
moved, It returned again and again to
the spot, and, unobserved, had dug into
the grave until it reached the eoffin,
The dog hnd gnawed through the cofs
fin when the fact was discovered, but
the body of his dead master was un
touched; and there the faithful animal
was found, eagerly looking into the
grave. ‘I doubt, says the eorresponds
ent, ‘if there be an record a more strik.
Ing instance of eanine attachment, for
you must bear in mind that foufor five
weeks had elapsed since the interment,
and the ehurchyard is six -%‘ from
the house where poor Norman's fathes
Hyen.' "—Cussell's Magnrzine,
Wanted His Horse,
A Beoteh farmer, celebrated fn his
neighborhood for his immense ."“f,‘:
and wkill in athletie exercises, very
quently had the pleasure of eontending
with people who came to try their
strength against him. Lord D, &
great pugilistic amateur, went from
London on purpose to fight the athletio
Seot. The lutter was working in anens
elosure at a little distance from his
tiouse when the noble lord arrived, His
lordship tied his horse to o tree sn.d sds
dressed the farmer. “Friend, | hove
heard marvelous reports of your skill,
and have come 8 long way to see which
of us two is the better wrestier,” The
Scotehman, without answering, selzed
the nobleman pitched him over the
hedge and then set sbout working k|
ngain. When Lord Do got ups
“Well,” sald the farmer, “have you sy
thing to say to me?” “No,” replied bis
lordship, “but perbaps you'd be o
enough to throw me my horss.” e
Tenantlens Swiss Prisons.
A correspondent writes from Lau.
sanne that the distriet of Laveus, site
usted between Lavsanne and VO'?
and having s populstion of 10,000, sat
this moment in the proad position of
being able to boast that ip the several
prisons o the distriet there is not &
single prisoner. A white fioutsover
every prison in token o:‘&tm
worthy faet, and virive reigns supreme
in the canton of Vaud, iR