o, Ill.; A. H. Grimke, Boston, Mass.; E. N.
Overall, Omaha, Neb.; H. M. Turner, Atlanta, Ga.; Hon. James
Lewis, New Orleans, La.; John S. Leary, Fayettville, N. C.;
Hon. Fred Douglass, Washington, D. C.; T. Thomas Fortune, New
York; Rev. M. Van Horn, Newport, R. I.; Lloyd G. Wheeler,
Chicago, Ill.; J. W. Birney, La Crosse, Wis.; M. M. McLeod,
Jackson, Miss.; George T. Downing, Newport, R. I.; D. Augustus
Straker, Columbia, S. C.; Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback, New Orleans,
La.; Peter Joseph, Mobile, Ala.; H. O. Wagner, Denver, Colo.;
Hon. W. A. Pledger, Atlanta, Ga.; H. Fitzbutler, Louisville,
Ky.; J. L. Walker, Atchison, Kan.; E. P. Wade, St. Paul, Minn.;
F. G. Barbadoes, Washington, D. C."

As a duty, mingled with pleasure, by this humble means I reproduce a
record of the names of men who in the last century were intent upon
every occasion to promote the welfare of the race, many of whom were
conspicuous in their battle for justice and the betterment of their
fellow man, thus fitting themselves for harmonies of a higher clime,
have now "quiet sleep within the grave," while with the residue "life's
shadows are meeting" and will ere long "be lost to sight," with, let us
hope, their memory only dimmed by greater activity and deeper
consecration by their successors for the ideals they cherished. Ever
loyal, we should not--

"Rob the dead of their sweet heritage,
Their myrrh, their wine, their sheet of lead and trophies buried"--

but--

"Go get them where they got them, when alive,
And as resolutely dig or dive."

[Illustration: BLANCHE K. BRUCE,

Late United States Senator, Register of the United States Treasury.

Born a Slave in 1841 in Virginia--Studied at Oberlin--Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate of Mississippi--Elected United States Senator in
1874--President Garfield Appointed Him Register of the Treasury May,
1881--A Record Honorable and Inspiring.]

With the departed was Hon. B. K. Bruce, who, living to manhood under the
blighting influences of slavery, by honesty, native ability and
persevering study, placed his name in the forefront, leaving his career
as a model. With an astuteness of perception for the retention of
friends, he had suavity of manner for the palliation of foes; with
diligence and faithfulness winning a constituency that honored him with
a seat in the United States Senate.

The conference called at New Orleans, La., to pro