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General Race News FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT HALTS SEGREGATION LAW. Judge Dyer Grants Temporary Injunc tion Against City of St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., April 27.—Judge D. P. Dyer, in the United States District Court Monday, April 17, in granting a temporary injunction against the enforcement of the ordinances for segregation of the races, recently adopted by a referendum vote, de clared he was convinced the orui nances are in contravention of the United States constitution. He said he was only constrained from making the injunction perma nent by reason of the fact that the United States Supreme Court is con sidering the legality of a somewhat similar ordinance passed in Louis ville. The petitions asking for the injunc tion were brought by Albert Burgess and others, and James J. Doyle and others. The city was represented by Counsellor E. Paul Griffin and Sher man Steele. Wells H. Blodgett, Isaac H. Lion berger, Frederick N. Judson and Geo. B. Webster represented the petition ers. City Counsellor Daues asked Judge Dyer to postpone the hearing until the decision of the United States Su preme Court on the Louisville ca\„_ could be had, but Judge Dyer refused. The Judge said he had digested the briefs filed in the Louisville case and was convinced that that case was not “on all fours” with the St. Louis case, and he preferred to hear the argu ments. Judge Dyer said he had voted as a citizen against the ordinances be cause he did not believe they were legal, and he held the same view of them as a jurist. In giving his decision, Judge Dyer made a statement that ought to be come a classic when he said: “The Negro is entitled to the same consid eration and the same rights as is a white man. The Negro doesn’t want social equality. He wants the same rights before the law as the white man, and he should have them.” The effect of the decision, directed against the mayor, the Board of Po lice Comissioners, the city counselor and Building Commissioner McKelvy, is to restrain those officials taking any further steps to make effective the segregation ordinance until the case can be heard on its merits. NUNS UNDER ARREST FOR TEACHING COLORED PEOPLE. St. Augustine, Fla., April 27.—Un der the new state law making it il legal for white persons to teach Ne groes, three nuns from St. Joseph’s convent today were placed under tech nical arrest here. They were allowed their freedom on their own recogni zance. The case will be carried to the supreme court of the United States. JANITRESS PENSIONED. Philadelphia, Pa., April 27.—Mrs. Maria L. Cooper, who for thirty-one years has been janitress of the Drexel oank building, has ben pensioned for her long and faithful service. Mrs. Cooper is 82 years of age. DAHOMIAN CHIEF AT HEBREW PASSOVER. New York, April 27.—At the begin ning of the celebration of the Passover feast, commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt, held at the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid society, East Broadway, on Monday light, April 17, the most conspicuous figure was that of Chief Lobogola, a Negro Jew from Dahomey, who traces rs descent from the sons of Solomon nd the Queen of Sheba. Lobogola’s father and mother, al though they know nothing of Judaism, ! Nonor religious customs similar lu those of the Hebrew faith. It is their belief that King Solomon’s sons and the Queen of Sheba carried the wor ship of Solomon into the Arabian des ert. Lobogola ran away from home when 8 years old, and as a stowaway reached Glasgow, Scotland. Picked ip by the city chamberlain, he was :ducated at the Glasgow university. He is in this country lecturing on ustoms of his country. Wearing the ;kull cap required by his faith and ':he heavy necklaces of beads which nark him as a married man in his own country', Lobogola was a striking figure even in the polyglot assemblage which gathered at the rooms of the Aid society. CONSUL H. F. WRIGHT HOME FROM VENEZUELA. New York, April 27.—Among the passengers who arrived last week by he steamship Caracas of the Red D 'ne were Hon. Herbert F. Wright, \merican consul at Porto Cabello, Venezuela, and Mrs. Wright. This is Mr. Wright’s first trip to the United States for six years and was made necessary by the alarming state of lis health. He was taken ill last July nd lost some seventy pounds in .'eight, until his physician recom nended his return to his native air 'or recuperation. On the other hand, Mrs. Wright appeared to be in the best of health. Consul Wright stated hat the business of his district has ncreased greatly during his occu pancy of the post and declares that he possesses the best equipped consular 'ffice in Venezuela, although as there s no vice consul the full burden of he work falls upon the consl. After . day spent in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Yright left Friday for their home in Marshalltown, la. MERCHANTS CAMPAIGN. Memphis, Tenn., April 27.—The merchants of Memphis, Tenn., are planning a “get-together” campaign •somewhat similar to the campaigns ■ecently conducted in Atlanta, Ga., pnd Nashville, Tenn. FROM FAIR NEBRASKA TO SUNNY TENNESSEE. (Continued) vere told that they do an immense pusiness among the Negroes of Mem ohis. Our informant further advised is that there is a Greek syndicate in Jew York City which runs a chain of hese restaurants and ice cream par ors, catering for Negro trade, throughout the chief cities of tnc South. Shall we tell you the way he put it? “These foreigners are keen after the darky’s dollars; and they know how to get it.” The Editor Eats. We had a meal in a Beal street res taurant. It wasn’t a Green restaurant, however, but one run in a modest building by a Mrs. - Pshaw! We can’t at this moment recall her name. But no matter, a sunny-faced and pleasant-mannered Colored wom an who certainly knows how to cook. We enjoyed our meal there immense ly, as well as the people we met. Let us tell you how we happened to go. Mr. H. F. Sadler had taken us in his car for a little run about tne ?ity to visit one or two of the schools. We then went to his office—he’s a awyer, and a good one. He said, “I’ll telephone to the rec tory and tell them you are going out to dinner with me, because you are o busy I can’t tell when I can get :old of you again.” We gladly submitted to his judi ous ruling. We were soon joined hy Mr. Harry Shepherd, a splendid /oung business man, of whom we will ell you more when we introduce you o some of the friends we made in lemphis, and the three of us went to his restaurant. If Burt Williams could have the privilege of always eating such a meal as the Editor did eat in that res taurant, he never would have sung his popular song: “I’m tired of eatin’ in the restaurant, I’m nearly starved to death; The very thought of a home-cooked meal Just takes away my breath. Just found out one cook, cooks it all, For the food all tastes the same, And the only difference that there seems to be Is that every restaurant has a dif ferent name, That’s all.” We had a home-cooked meal. And t was good. There we met Mr. Barnett, an uncle of F. L. Barnett and Mrs. Sylvia Ste phenson of Omaha. Mr. Barnett re called a pleasant visit to Omaha dur ing the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. He spoke well of our city, but thinks '.here is no place like Memphis. Can you blame him ? He’s in the under aking business there and doing well. Please do not infer from this that we ire in any way reflecting on Memphis is being a live town. It is a live town despite the number of doctors and un ! dertakers—no necessary connection ; >etween the two—of which it boasts. Italians the Grocers. We saw many large grocery stores in the sections of Memphis occupied by Colored people, and the proprietors xf these stores are Italians. There are few grocery stores run by Negroes, but the majority of grocery stores which cater to the Negro trade are •un by Italians, who are piling up for unes from this class of customers. The sons of Italy and Greece are indeed the royal purveyors to the pal ates of th princes of Ethiopia in Mem phis. Greeks and Italians cater to Col i ird trade in restaurants, refreshment parlors and grocery stores. We wonder how many millions per xnnum the race in Memphis spends among these aliens? We wonder if they have ever* realized what a com mercial standing and rating it would give them if this money were to be concentrated and placed in circulation among our own race enterprises? As a matter of fact does our race anywhere realize the importance of supporting and building up business enterprises among our own people? ASK FOR AND GET SKINNER'S THE HIGHEST QUALITY SPAGHETTI 36 PAGE RECIPE BOOK FREE SKINNER MFG. CO., OMAHA, U.S.A. LARGEST MACARONI FACTORY IN AMERICA ilOE LEWIS—taxi; I New Easy Riding Seven-Passenger T Car | 3 P. M. to 11 55 Peoples Drug Store,! Doug. 1446 I (12:05 A. M. to 5 A. M. I Midway, Doug. 1491 or 3459 I 5 A M. to 3 P. M. Residence, Web. 7661 1 ALBERT EDHOLM, Jeweler Omaha, Nebraska. | Ladies’ New Spring ■ Cloaks, Suits and Dresses You can always save money here. BONOFF’S N. Y. SAMPLE STORE 206 North 16th Street. Tel. Douglas 4247 HOTEL CUMING Rooms with Bath, $1.00 and Up Per Week Barber Shop and Pool Room in Connection D. G. 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