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»N, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900.a financial standpoint, and he ratherresembles a certain colored man thatvisits his place. Well, there was aI laborer who had done some work To Have a Color Dine Drawn on for the ltaliau aud called for lusHim—Knocks a Hasher Cold in money. When he went into thebei151L[a Beer Hall—Breaks Dishes place of business he had no definite and Causee Consternation in idea of the man he wanted to see.Saloon I1 dually, after waiting for some time,he espied a man whom he took toRestaurant—Helps a Mon to Break up His GlassesLItalian and a Negro is Mixed| be his debtor. Once, twice andIup by a laborer, and Each Re-then the third time without gettingany response did he ask for hissents Being Called The Other., nioncy. Finally he lost his temper,land with an oath demanded hisv Speaking about local race preju- jdice against the .Negro, which occa-imoney. Then the story was too sionallyf bobs up'serenely in thisgood for the crowd and the drinksneck of the woods, the writer heard vvus 01l the right man, for the la-a pretty good story the other day in that connection, and the same is herewith reproduced: Not longsince a well known colored man about town went into a beer hall and ordered a small glass of beer, which was given him. He then went over to the lunch counter and asked for a plate of stew. “We do not serve colored folk here,” quickly came back to him. Without saying another word he went back andordered a schooner of beer, and then made another request for the plateof stew, which was again refused.The beer in the schooner went tothe iioor like a Hash, and the hash-slinger got the schooner over hisliead with such violence that he wasdead to the world for two hours ormore, and a surgeon had to be call-♦1ed to attend his wounds. Before the police judge the colored man plead Ins own case for being refused, and he was fined one dollar and costs, and the whole amount was remitted by his honor.oorer had been talking to a coloredNot lonlt;»!man^stead °f the Italian. TheItalian was told of the mistakenidentity, and then it was his timeto lose his temper. ‘‘Why,’’ hesnouted at the top of his voice, “dovon mean to tell me that you dido0ti\yscNow it seems the above colored man is always very peaceful until [some one draws the color line on ‘ mm and then there is blood in hiseyes at once. 'Inis same man went into a restaurant on Second avenue and ordered dinner not long since. Alter waiting lor some time and no one coming to take his order, he asked a waiter to take the order, andnot know me from a damn nigger?”Then it was the colored man s time to let go a few rather satirical remarks. “The man seems to have not been able to tell a damn dago irom a damn nigger, old man, andatsihiLoihjin the mistake the nigger has suifer-ieelscscIt;11]ed very materially/’ said the colored man. Thentolore the Italian and Negro had been very fast lt;memenus, Put now they never speak as they pass by.AaMLiaaOiGen. Alfred Ameedee Dodds is to oe assigned the supreme command oi the rrencli forces in China, and owing to circumstances, this will place him at the head ol the “allied iorces. inis means that even the lantastic I mted States’ “liUy white’ soldiers are 10 he under the command oi Gen. Dodds. He is a Negro and very swarthy in complexion.ms lather was an kmirlishman andms mother a Senegalese woman,which would make him what the cultured white citizens of tins country would tinbiusinngly pronounce alie is said to be areininn.mininiOlT«WClit*illill'uamn limner.oogot no attention whatever. The pro-;, i i u very brilliant military leader, and ispiaetor hnaliy came and said he J Jcoma not make lus union white help a lmlltal-v ldo1 throughout France, wait on him, and he, the proprietor, ho is equally as popular with the did not have time to do so. Do not masses at present as TSoulanger ever serve colored men?” Whereupon he was m ins palmiest days. Gen.at once sprang to ins loot, and inougu every table was crowded witn guests, no started in at the rear ol the dining hail and pulling oif ta-oie Imens and scattering disnes, lnp and thigh, from the rear to the iront, doing not less than $'^5 damages. lie stood waiting for some one to say something to him, for heDodds was commander in chief oi the Trench forces in lndo-China. ne also led the expedition into Da-nomey,and led other military expeditions sent out by the Trench government with singular success. His present appointment m China shows me high estimation he is held in by me Trench government. It is nowwanted to fight, but not a word! m order for the L mted States to came either from any one then or1 break oil diplomatic relations withsubsequently. The place serves col-! r ranee less some of lier great menrrencli Negro general.ored toik now. This same man hadanother laughable experience a few nights ago. He went into a popular rirst avenue saloon and ordered a drink. The bartender looked at him' Afor a minute rather disdainfully, butfinally served him. W hen he hadset the glass down from which liehad drank and handed his moneyover, it was not accepted, and the e0'011101^1^ bartender deliberately took the glass 1 aited States »and broke it into atoms. ‘“Oh,” said the colored man, 4if you want tobreak up things i will help you,” and he took his walking cane and reached over behinct the bar and swept off bottles and paraphernalia(f) be compelled to do honor to theThe Christian party of the state of Illinois h'as placed Rev. C. H. Thomas, a well known Afro-American Methodist divine of that state on their ticket for the lieutenantIn the history of the but two Negroes have ever been elected to the lieutenant governorship, Hon. C. 0. Antwine, of Louisiana, and a colored preacher of Mississippi. The latter failed to serve ins time, the Democrats bavinlaci.VILIStP1uiustLtsiult;IILttilaiuistiP1aaiKaaitiing captured the state government, of all kinds, worth not less than $50.1 and, threatening to impeach him, he The bartender started for a revolver,resigned.but he found one leveled on him,with the command, “Make one move and I will kill you.” Though therewas a policeman on the outside, no arrests were made, and no more glasses are broken when colored men are served drinks.uThere is not much difference in the color of a Mulatto and an Italian. Now there is an Italian in this city who is a high muckv-muek fromNot long since the Union Record took The Republican severely to task for advising colored men to let labor unions alone. Now. if the Record ever heard of a labor union that did the fair thing bv colored men. providing there were any number of them to become members of their order, then that will be news to all colored men. Colored men have about as much business in la-PstC-.nhti1!:clt;oevIt0
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Seattle Republican
Seattle, Washington, US
Fri, Jul 20, 1900
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