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SMS BLACKTHE WHITESTthat he wat a bad man to * t art.The fellow whu struck him tp #o wanton a manner Iff not kre*wn here, but is understood to have cotne In fr m §oma neighboring town with the excursion.lt;Hi-miwTHE RIVERdfDAVENPORT P4PI R TBLM OP ASAisMii/r on «*di dkm lt;iihis-a oi*ni^fi op thu cm.LIKETIMESatHI)thO’!Davenport Democrat: Between 5 and to'clock Monday evening a crowd of half-drunk ugllea, whose principal claim to liberty is the mere accident of white skin*, enacted a acene on the principal streetcorner of Davonpurt that de.*,lt; rved foreach of them a broken head-and came pear getting it.The big Dubuque excursion tilled the town with Sunday Visitors. Some of these improved the opportunity offered hero for getting fug, • A knot of a doaen or twenty men, ino*t of them in lt;ie nr 1cm exhilarated, atood on one of the corners at the intersection of Third and Brady at the hour mentioned, when two coloredmen and their wives came pn«t. The men wore tall, well built, athletic, and evidently powerful and active. They were quite dark. The women with them were several shades lighter, and tne mob across Che street possibly mistook them for white women. Taunting cries of “Nig* g*-r, and othe- things worse, were hurled nt the quartet as they walked quietly d.wn the street. finally one a!leg*dwhite man, a thII and ratner slim fellow who was spoiling for trouble of somekind, and who was emboldened to daring deeds by the else of the mob at ills back,walked up to the colored p«*ple, and. ua |:e met the largest man, struck him hardand fairly in the mouth, cutting his vic-tim's Up open. Hilt 'Between the behavior of the whites and the negroes the respectable white people on the street had occasion to blush for their racp. The colored man couid have smashed the fellow wtth one blow, hut he did not raise a hand. He did not run away, either. The twm men and their wives went on down the street to the I T'errv street station, where they aat down till time for their train to leave. Theywere followed a block with Joel's and insults. by the Individual who committed the assault, with several other noble andcourageous epeHment* from the mob pn th# corner stringing along behind him and heaping on further abuse. Meantime the four colored people sat quietly fn thestation, waiting for their train, mcantng only to get out of town In the easiest way possible, and not daring to walk th# streets of Davenport. Tt was certainly asingular episode for this city, which has taken delight In guaranteeing life, liberty end the pursuit of happiness to an manner of men as long as they behaveTn the minute following tho unprovoked sssault on the big black man a few' wmrda passed Tie told his assailant that he ■would not undertnke to whin him and ail Ms gang, but that he would meet them in proportion of flve to his one at any time they chose. The terms were not eatlsfactnry. It would have to he the whole gang on the one colored man or thev would not flght.The interesting fact of the whole affair is that the man who was struck ts “Dude” Christopher, a resident of Dubuque Respectable white men of that town who enme with the excursion sav fce is one of the whitest men in th* 1r tow n. The man with him hears an #*n#Jlent Character also. Dude Christopher Isone of the handiest men in the 34-foot ring !n this part of the country, Tils immense size a ml ik.k t* }d ill almost til-vincible and, In addition to thorn, he i* abox*r who is not equally In thin locality, Th* t Js ro doubt whatever that he wasgood enough to hr ml!* th* who!* crowdlive at a time. The self command hoStowed waft ou0 of th# beat of evidence*IS TERV WIDE %T Dt’RI l|t t£ AMI li FILL OF UI-HltlA FLO ATI MiDO U M.wiChabomanythreesmallriverThe Mississippi river at Dubuque juht now is about a mile and a halt wide from the ferry landing on tub side to tin* land* ifig on the other side. it nuw }*-u km only three or four ie*t of being even with the bank of the ice harbor and is still rising. River men asy that there have ft veryrains up north during the past or four weeks, and that all tha rivers and creeks emptying into the are swollen and pouring a greatvolume of water into the 4 Big Fellow/*Trees and lugs that hav'e been high on Un banks for several years have been floated from their n sting places by the rising water and are now on their way to the gulf of Mexico, provided they don’t “catch on*’ to some ohatruction before reaching thetr destination Trainmen whorun on the Milwaukee, sa.v that the oldti\er presents a pretty sight now. In some places between here and Clinton itD aver two miU n wide, and many of theIslands are almost covered, leaving only a green crown to be s«tn. Large numbers of *mal! animals, such as rabbits and squirrels, are to be seen on the Islands The squirrels are ail right, because tliev can climb trees, hot the rabbits will either have to swim or drown If the water j rts**g much higher. S rnv of the summer resorts will be submerged unless the river takes a tumble. A gentleman who camebp from Massey stition, says that the rwf t presents a healthful sight from that point and Showindape just now. it Is very wide and deep and boats can run any place without fear of coming In eon* tacf with a sand bar. Raft boats are making much better time The Ice harbor is full of debris from tho *aw mills, and a number of persons arc to bo seen out In skiffs catching logs andcord wood that is floating d«wn !An enthusiastic tourist who was corning up on a trfin Tuesday wanted tho |conductor to run about fix miles an hour so that he might have time to a«*e thegreat river between the emerald crowned bluffs but the “coo to|d him that4 however much be would like to accommodate him, be would have to push along on schedule time.If the elevation !n the river keeps on,New' Jerusalem, New Syria and New Russia which ar » located In the eastern part of the city, will be flooded out. The waterhag already fined up the bed of I^iko Psosta, which has been dry for years. The bottom lands between Dubuque and Buena Vista are getting a pretty goodslt;nking, and the Hlntrager narcotic weedfarm near Ifaquaksta chute Is said to be1*Coda(FritWpaiqulAQuevlt; prt fre prtAnin aDeiBa pat teg) (aHaOelt;me:a nc Nj DuI hotMIt in 1 fanBatItpisOi ftAtuHIgubiimt K»d. * Chicken floating down stream one of the coups wasand outbOiiMisand It Is said thatfull of poultry.A rurrntr Si ral g litr tied Out.II 4m at hers * completely 1I handed Pain Holm anti If riotA man living on a farm came In a short time ago doubled up with rheumatism, him a bottle of Chamberlain's nnd told him to Ute It freelysatisfied after using it he net d not j aya cent for ibM says C. 1*. Raider, of Patterns Mills, N. Y. “A few days later hewalked into the store as straight as asiring and handed me a dollar saying, give me another bottle of Chamberlain'sPain Balm. I want it in the house all thenine for it cured me/ *• Fox sale by alldruggist**K.WIkirOut•w.U!Hr**- m
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Daily Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Thu, May 28, 1903
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IA, USA 07 Jun 2023
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