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VOL. XXVI.NO. 44 THE ADMINISTRATION Sunday afternoon was a beautiful day. The Second Baptist Church Lyceum was crowded with a representative audience. The singing and playing under the direction of Mrs. Height were well executed. At four o'clock President Mitchell called the Lyceum to order, and the chaplain, Rev. L. C Moore, opened the exercises with prayer. After several vocal selections, under the direction of Mrs. Height, Mr. W. Calvin Chase was introduced and read a paper entitled "The Administration." At the conclusion of his address the following persons participated in the discussion: Mr. George W. Jackson, Mr. Shelby Davidson, Attorney A. W. Scott, Attorney Gilchrist Stewart of New York, Mr. Gordon and others. The following is the speech of Mr. Chase: Are we Americans under the Constitution of the United States or are we the hewers of wood and the drawers of water? Have our 44 years of freedom improved our condition or are we retrograding? In the American body politic we have retrograded, but commercially we have kept pace with the so-called Anglo-Saxon civilization. Whatever may be the shortcomings of the American Negro, he stands today the equal of the white man, notwithstanding the estimate that the present administration may place upon him. The colored American has been used politically to such extent that today he is regarded a nonentity in the body politic. By deception, and political chicanery the present administration obtained its ascendency, and drove to it the faithful black allies by holding out to them a door-of-hope policy, sandwiched in by the appointment to office of trimmers and apologists, whose jaws are locked so tightly that the rocks of Gibraltar are as apologists to them. By false hopes, broken promises, deception and political chicanery the colored Americans stand alone on a precipice, and in the deep beyond there is a glimmering light and he looks, looks and says to himself, "If I go backwards there is death, and if I remain on this precipice I go into eternity." What hope has he? What man among you can direct him? Never before in the history of governments has the condition of the colored Americans been so deplorable. The Administration like a reptile, day by day feeds to the reptiles the sacred bodies of men whose patriotism is never questioned, whose valor has always been applauded and whose ambition has been the diadem of past ages. Our government declares Equality of man and the Constitution says that the rights of American Citizenship shall be protected upon land and upon sea, irrespective of color or condition. But is this so? Are not the false declarations of political parties the panacea of political deception? Point out to me, if you please, one among you who has been placed in power and given a position of honor and trust that will dare to say to the Administration that its customs are barbarous and its acts brutal. In every department of the general government do we not see and feel acts of discrimination? Do we not see our women isolated and discriminated against because of their color, and the man who has been elected by the votes of the American people, continues to feed the reptiles by acts most damnable and in the hour of despair he realizes the result of his false ambition? The apologists of the Administration are the constituents of a betrayed race. The apologists of the Administration tell us that its acts are sacred and its promises shall be realized. O, what treachery! A noble and great race betrayed as Caesar was by those whose lives he saved. O, Rome, whose grand splendor was once the light of the world, a republic that was overturned by arch traitors and whose people suffered to satisfy a false ambition! The colored Americans are realizing the same conditions of the Dark Ages or ancient Rome's civilization. Men, that lived committed heinous offenses against those whose deeds were most sacred and whose services were most beneficial to the republic. The condition of the American colored man today is a recognition of ancient civilization. We may ask the question, how can man be so ungrateful? "Gratitude is the fairest flower that blooms in the human heart; gratitude is stranger than traitors' arms." Out of a Senate that represents over 250 million souls, ten millions of whom are colored Americans, it has one man who dares to declare by word and law, that the administration has committed a blunder. That the Administration has been false to its trust, that the Administration is catering to Southern prejudices to the dertiment of ten millions of brave and loyal colored Americans. If the so-called repre- Our Women Efforts have been made to pass laws to protect the purity of white women, but so far as our women are concerned we are told that they are not entitled to any respect. Who will dare to deny this assertion? The general government under the present administration has no respect for our women. The white man has debauched our women to such extent and he continues to do so, until he is afraid that his own women see more virtue in the colored American than they do in him. Notwithstanding his continued pursuit of our women he becomes indignant when we attempt to protect them. The heart of the colored man bleeds when he sees his women insulted in public inns and upon common carriers. Shall we die without a struggle? Have you no manhood? The white man sees nothing in our men or women. The colored servant is no more to him in the public eye than a cow, but, like a hound he pursues her in private. If there is one spark of manhood left in the colored American he should give this administration to understand that our women, in certain branches of the government, are insulted. That the prejudice is so great that we are of the opinion that the Chief Executive indorses it. That there is a certain branch of the general government under the present administration that rejects our women when they are certified to by the Civil Service Commission. In the Bureau of Engraving, a part of the government, over one hundred white women have been appointed within three or four months and not one colored woman, and a very few colored women promoted. Colored men who are doing the same work as the white men receive less pay. And the declaration is that no colored man or woman will get a promotion if it can be stopped. It can be seen that the servants of our government under the direct supervision of the present Administration have established a rule of discrimination which seems to have the sanction of the Executive. A government thus established and so conducted is in violation of our federal constitution, and if the Chief Executive, whoever he may be, fails to enforce the Constitution is subjected to impeachment. Some of the most drastic measures have been adopted by this administration, so much so that the better thinking people have become alarmed. It is indeed, a conjecture whether they are living under a republic or a tyrannical monarchy. Rulers of a monarchial form of government arrogate to themselves absolute authority. Antiquity records the fall of the Tarquins, which forced "Lucius Junius Brutus" to sacrifice the head of his son to uphold the purity and sovereignty of the Roman people. As civilization progressed, historians recorded acts of governments and characters of rulers which tended to show enlightenment. But, conditions today show that history is repeating itself. The colored American is the bone of contention. He is the target for political parties and subjects to satisfy the greed of politicians. It is the most forgiving race upon the globe and the most abused. It is the most loyal race, but the most injured. It is the most honest race but the most accused for offenses of which it is not guilty. In speaking of Our Leadership in connection with Administrations, it has been too easily intoxicated with WASHINGTON WillAppealToThePeople The citizens of this city will hold a conference next week looking to the organization of a protective league. The conference will be composed of some of the most representative citizens in Washington. Full particulars will appear later. DU BOIS DENIES LT Recently the Negro Annex of the Jamestown Exposition sent out to individuals and newspapers under the government frank, an item which among other things stated: "Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois is to prepare an exhibit along educational and sociological lines." This announcement was received with astonishment and incredulity by those familiar with Dr. Du Bois' views with reference to the matter. In a letter to Mr. L. M. Hershaw who sent the announcement to him for information, Dr. Du Bois says: Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 22, 1907. Dear Hershaw: The statement that I am preparing No SENATOR JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, THE NATION'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. an exhibit for Jamestown or intend to is an impudent lie, and you may publish this as you please. Very sincerely yours. The sensible people in this community are satisfied that the suggestion that The Bee made last week in the Cardozo case was just the thing. Indignation meetings will not help Mr. Cardozo, as The Bee stated before. The members of the Board of Education have been grossly misrepresented by those who have no interest whatever in the public schools. Dr. Chancellor, the superintendent, was charged with being inimical to the colored schools, which was unfounded. The Bee doesn't charge Prof. Cardozo with being responsible for what other people do. The mistake that Prof. Cardozo made was, he had too many free advisers. The Bee doesn't refer to his attorneys; it means outsiders. The Bee still believes that Superintendent Chancellor and the Board of Educators are willing to give Prof. Cardozo's friends a hearing. The members of the Board of Education are human and have feeling. They are entitled to be treated with respect and consideration. Let the friends of Prof. Cardozo make a respectful appeal to the Superintendent and the Board of Education. GALBRAITH. The members of Galbraith Church observed the holy week. The pastor, S. L. Corrothers had services twice a day for this week. On Sunday, March 31, there will be a grand rally, every member being expected to pay a dollar. Rev. I. C. Withrow has assisted Dr. S. L. Corrothers in his services this week and the meetings have attracted attention. The stewardesses of the church, Mrs. Mamie Tapscott, president, have decided to decorate the church, making it most pleasing and suitable for the occasion. The Sunday school has arranged for their exercises to be held at 3 P. M. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN OF PHILADELPHIA GIVE GRAND BANQUET IN HONOR OF DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Philadelphia, Pa., March 23.—One hundred and seventy-five gentlemen representing the strongest forces in the business, professional and religious life of the Quaker City, sat down last night at the finest banquet known in the history of this place in the commodious Musical Fund Hall. The elaborate function was tendered in honor of Dr. Booker T. Washington, and the enthusiastic reception accorded him by this company of leading lawyers, ministers, teachers, journalists, physicians, officers of the federal and municipal governments, insurance men, merchants of every description and business factors of the highest commercial rating, gave convincing testimony to the warm place held by the eminent Tuekegeean in the hearts of the real people of Philadelphia—the people who have lived in the Quaker metropolis all their lives and who have created the substance that has given them the right to claim the deepest respect of their neighbors of all races. Dr. Washington was never in better THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN spirits, and his speech on this occasion so thoroughly characteristic of the man and his work—so completely covering the ground previously occupied and so courageously and candidly advancing to even loftier heights and setting at naught the petty complaints of narrow-visioned opponents—that the audience as one man voted this address the "speech of his life." In fact, it is a matter of common report that Dr. Washington's latest utterance it always his best speech—"the speech of his life"—and this deliverance proved no exception to the rule. Philadelphia's Rare Public Spirit. Though the time was short in which to make the necessary arrangements, so eager were the representative citizens to see, hear and do honor to the distinguished educator that no trouble was experienced in getting the plans in perfect working order. The spontaneity with which the efforts of the committee were greeted on every hand speaks well for unity of the race in Philadelphia and the earnestness of their support of those who are laboring for the uplift of the whole people, is indisputable evidence of a public spirit that is as pleasing as it is rare. The affair was in all respects a monumental success. The energetic committee having charge of the arrangements was composed of J. C. Asbury, chairman; I. Edward Wilson, secretary; James A. Howard, treasurer; John S. Trower, Rev. William A. Creditt, Rev. W. G. Parks, R. A. Cooper, C. J. Perry, Dr. E. C. Howard, Rev. Clarence Parrish, Rev. Alexander Gordon, Ira J. Stewart and Walter P. Hall. The arrival of Dr. Washington and his party evoked a hearty round of applause. After an informal reception, the banqueteers were escorted to the spacious hall by Mr. J. J. Asbury, editor of the Odd Fellows' Journal, who was also the toastmaster of the evening, and contributed in no small measure to the enjoyment of the exercises. Dr. Wash- The Banquet. ington was accompanied by Mr. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of New York, whose presence was one of the inspiring features of the occasion, and by Messrs. R. W. Thompson and J. R. Cox. Prayer as offered by Rev. Alexander Gordon. Fred Forman's orchestra, concealed behind an immense bank of ferns, discoursed sweet music throughout the repast. The T-shaped table was beautifully decorated with silver candelabra, potted plants, and the service was flawless. Following is Blanched Almands Waldorf Salad The Speeches. When the hour for beginning the program had been reached, Toastmaster Asbury introduced in turn the speakers, his individual comments being most felicitous. Those who spoke were men who are "doing things," and the tone of each address was optimistic to the last degree. Their utterances bore the stamp of authority because the speakers were themselves pronounced successes in the particular field of endeavor they discussed. The facts and figures brought forward indicated that the enterprising business men of the Quaker City are wide-awake—alive to every opportunity to advance their commercial interests, and that the professional and ministerial elements are putting their shoulders to the wheel with an enthusiasm and directness that betokens gratifying results. The reports from the building and loan associations of the homes that have been built, the expressions of the medical men who are in private practice or engaged in developing hospitals, officials in the civil service, real estate dealers, heads of department stores, practical engineers and skilled mechanics, wholesale and retail dealers in various commodities, and men who handle daily the large affairs of their own or who serve others, came as a revelation to those whose attention had not been specifically called to the wonderful progress that the colored people of the city are making in so many helpful directions. The order of exercises was as follows: A Business Symposium. "Journalism"—Mr. C. J. Perry, editor of the Philadelphia Tribune. "Building and Loan Associations"—"Religious Unity"—Rev.Clarence Par-constructive influence of the National rish. "Colored Men in the Civil Service"—Mr. William H. Jones, City Street Crimissioner. "Ministers in Business"—Bishop L. J. Coppin. "Hospital Work of Negro Physicians"—Dr. E. C. Howard. "Commercial Incorporations"—Mr. Samuel Brown. "Civic Righteousness"—Rev. Henry L. Phillips. "Industrial Insurance"—Mr. R. A. Cooper. "The Gents' Furnishing Business"—Mr. A. E. Makell. "The Industrial Idea for Pennsylvania"—Rev. W. A. Creditt. "The Negro Engineer"—Mr. Preston C. Slowe. "The Negro Department Store"—Mr. R. S. Jackson. R. S. Jackson. "The Real Estate Business" — Mr "The Real Estate Business"—Mr. Charles H. Sandidge. "The Negro Physician"—Dr. Algernon S. Jackson, Mercy Hospital. "Our Guest"—Rev. W. G. Parks. Before the response of the guest of honor to the interesting remarks of the evening, Mr. Clarence W. Anderson, of New York, one of the race's most popular characters, was introduced, and delivered a stirring address. It fairly bristled with good points; it was witty, forcible and eloquent. Mr. Anderson was in his happiest vein, and paid an especially high tribute to the work and worth of the world's greatest industrialist, whom he described as "the worst abused and most lavishly flattered man of the race, yet one who was unsold by the one and unspoiled by the other. Mr. Anderson's lofty estimate of the guest of the evening was applauded to the echo. Dr. Washington Pleads for Creators of Opportunities. When the distinguished educator in whose honor the magnificent function was planned arose to speak, the great company arose enmase and amid tumultuous cheers, gave him the Chautauqua salute. The prevailing strain of the "Wiz- PARAGRAPHIC NEWS The report that the suit of Miss Annie D. Manley of Boston against Phillipe Marcon is to be dropped, is denied. It is peculiar, but nevertheless true, that the names of the most prominent men and women among the descendants of American slaves begin with the letter W: Washington (Mr. B. T.), Walker (Mrs. Maggie L.), both products of the South. Mr. R. W. Thompson's Short Flights in the Freeman are spicy. From accounts the Birmingham Presbytery is very much in need of ministers. The Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened last Wednesday at Mt. Zion Church, Georgetown, Rev. Perkins, pastor. The remains of Miss Edwina McCabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McCabe, were carried to Topeka, Kansas, and buried. Mrs. Frank Hubbard, of Macon, Ga., whose husband is widely known, after many years of suffering from rheumatism, died at her home last week. The death of Mrs. Gibson was a shock to her son, Prof. Gibson, who is now filling engagements at Chattanooga, Penn. The subject of the address before the high school of Baltimore by Dr. W. P. Thirkield was "Higher Education." Miss Mattey Bowen addressed the Women's Baptist Convention at the Union Baptist Church, Baltimore. Her subject was "Open Your Mouth." Rev. Norman, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, is a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. If talk means anything the Negro Exhibit at Charleston ought to eclipse all former attempts. It is reported that Miss Lady Emma Louise Phillips, of Nashville, Tenn., was the only colored lady among the 140 who took part recently in a chorus presented at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Senator Berthelot and his wife, who died March the 18th at Paris, were entombed in state in the Pantheon last Monday at Paris. The trial of William Johnson, alais George Midget, colored, under indictment for the murder of Charles Smith took place last Wednesday at Alexander, Va. William L. Church, a contractor of Kansas City, Mo., was found last Monday after an eight year's search, in the hospital for the insane at Dunning, Ill. Nicholas Flamm a prominent farmer of Meyersdale, Pr., drank a pint of kerosene by mistake, thinking it was water. Frank Tesmer, a horseshoer at Chicago, was killed one day this week while clipping a horse by electric power. A bomb was thrown at Gov. Gen. Bogalevski last Tuesday at Bialystok, Russia, while he was out driving. William Hall, colored, who was arrested on the charge of attempting assault on two very small white girls in Richmond, Va., was found not to be the guilty one and was discharged. Owing to the recent floods, great suffering is said to be existing among the people in Middley, Ohio. THE UENVENE COURT THE are many cases of youthful offenders tried in the Juvenile Court of that court that many a youth is reformed by the kindly but positive admonition that the judge gives. It is a pleasure to sit and listen to the kind-hearted judge when he admonishes these young offenders and the promises he gets from them to do better and to live a better life. There is nothing vindictive in Judge De Lacy. There is nothing crude or harsh in his sentences. He does not look for guilt. He goes on the theory that every defendant that is brought to his court is innocent until the contrary is established. He takes great care and pains to get at the truth. He has patience as well as good judgment. He reads human nature and is quick to discern in the child whether it has had proper home training. He knows no child by the color of his skin. All offenders, black or white, receive the same fair and impartial treatment from him. THE TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH. About 125 members of the Trinity Baptist Church, formerly members of Shiloh Church, went to that church two weeks ago and their letters of withdrawal were given to them. Everything is working smoothly in both churches and Revs. Waldron and Taylor are on the best of terms. The Trinity will go into its new quarters the first Sunday in May, at which time there will be a grand rally. Former Seantor Burton of Kansas, in a statement made, asserts that Roosevelt is a hypocrite. BEARD DIDN'T SUIT AN ECCENTRIC BACHELOR HAS SCULPTURED HAIR REMODELED. Phineas Wright, of Derby, Conn., Has "Part" in Whiskers on Stone Monument Cut Out So He Can Derby, Conn.—Because he drea that he could not enter heaven his beard parted in the middle on bust on his $1.500 monument, Phit Gardner Wright, said to be the wedest man in Putnam, less had a scotch bunch the stone whiskers at expense of $400. Wright, who is a bachelor, 78 years old, erected the monument on his fly lot in Groze cemetery, three years ago. It attracted much attention cause of the line he had inscribed on the granite shaft, just below bust: “Going, but know not where At the same time he had an mense grave dug and bricked up that the earth would not crowd he said, and he would have eno At the same time he had an immense graye dug and bricked up, so that the earth would not crowd him, he sald, and he would have enough room in which to turn over and move about, and with flat stones at the base so that he should not sink. "Them's true words," sald Wright, referring to the odd inscription, "but there ain't many folks what's got the honesty or the courage to say the same thing." A short time ago Wright had a gas pipe placed in the ground above his grave, so that there would be no difficulty in finding the flat stone cover, but last week he concluded that people would think he was trying to get air after he had been buried, so he is having a five-foot steel flagstaff with a banner bearing his name made to take its place. He has placed demi-johns of gin and whisky in the grave, so that he will not be thirsty. Wright's mother and sister are buried in the plot, and their names, birth and death dates, with those of his father, who died at, Stockton, Cal., in 1849, while gold-hunting, are inscribed on the monument. Wright was born at Fitzwilliam, N. H., April 3, 1829, and two years later his parents came to Connecticut. They were poor, and Didn't Like the Part In His Beard. young Wright had to work hard. He says he broke the first earth for the Air Line railroad. Then he carried the hod for 75 cents a day. After many years he got ahead by buying lumber. He retired ten years ago, after he had amassed a fortune of $125,000, invested mostly in real estate and mortgages. Wright says he was disappointed in love 40 years ago and he has written reams of poetry on the perfidy of women. He has provided that after his death this additional inscription shall be placed upon his monument; "Never beat by man, but by woman." Wright lives in a plain house with a niece, Mrs. Etta Crane, 20 years old, daughter of William Crane, a Hartford manufacturer. She does the housework, shaves him, cuts his hair and washes his face and hands. She owns a $4,500 farm at Ellington and Wright has made a will leaving his all to her, except $2,000 to the Putnam Congregational church, because his mother attended it, and $2,000 to the Putnam hospital. An old monument costing $600 which the present one displaced, he has offered to the city for a soldiers' monument, but it has not been accepted. Wright's occupation is given in the Putnam City directory as "having no business, but to mind his own." Imitation Always Bad. Clyde Fitch in a kindly leiter to a young and unknown playwright said: "I liked your play; I thought it promising, but in the first act you imitated Ibsen, in the second you imitated Piero and in the third and fourth you imitate Barrie. This will never do. Imitation in art is always bad. It suggests the shabby man who as he sipped a glass of beer looked in the mirror behind the bar and muttered to himself: 'Here I am wearing a railroad president's shoes, the trousers of a senator, the hat of a millionaire banker, the vest of a Newport society leader and an ambassador's coat and yet in spite of all I look like a tramp.'" Wanted Rec1procity. Salnt-Saens, the French composer, during his visit to Chicago made a brief address on America at a dinner party. "The American business spirit," he said in the course of this address, "is an excellent thing. To it, undoubtedly, America's unexampled prosperity is due. But I think that this spirit is sometimes carried too far. For instance, in a barber shop yesterday I asked the barber if he had ever heard a certain celebrated pianist. 'No, sir,' he replied emphatically. 'These pianists never patronize me and so I never patronize them.'" Rev. A. Binga. Jr.. Vice-President. Rev. Thos. Shorts, Sub-Treasurer. Giles B. Jackson, Director-General. John R. Hawkins, Auditor and Chief Washington, D. C., Branch, 12th at Norfolk Branch, 663 Church St. Pursuant to an Act of the Congrica, there will be held a Naval anlation of the Three Hundredth Anniversary English-speaking people in this commencing on the 26th day of April of November, 1907. That in order for the colored people achievements since their emancipated leaders of the race, to hold a separate put upon exhibition the marvelously, agriculturally, educationally, see and judge for itself the capacity as a producer. The Negro Development and Ex-States of America, a company duly ginia, with an authorized capital set at the Exposition what the race has engraved, invented, written and put has done or accomplished, from the world may form a correct and gro race of this country; to the en-problem may be had from a busin-dustrial point of view. It has, therefore, been decided to list for exhibition any and every race. It is the desire of the Co- of every character, except live st. Our women are noted for emb- knitting, weaving, and hundreds of our men are noted for their skill in welding, and putting together art- all such articles and hundreds of or Implements of every character are. There will be given a first, a seco-ous articles produced and exhibited. The Congress of the United S- the said Negro Development and a- creditable exhibit at the said James. Now, in order to list the article the Company for all persons who h- the names of said articles on the co- of the owner, his or her resieduce, every instance, please write plain- as to be sent for in time to be place. It is incumbent upon every mem- this Exposition is made a success; and expects great results. Washington, D. C., Branch, 12th and U Sts. N.W., Washington, D.C. Norfolk Branch, 663 Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia. Pursuant to an Act of the Congress of the United States of America, there will be held a Naval and Land Exposition in commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the landing of the first English-speaking people in this country, at Jamestown, Virginia commencing on the 26th day of April, 1907, and ending on the 1st day of November, 1907. That in order for the colored people of this country to show their achievements since their emancipation, it was deemed wise, by the leaders of the race, to hold a separate and distinct exhibit in order to put upon exhibition the marvelous progress they have made mechanically, agriculturally, educationally, and financially; that the world may see and judge for itself the capacity of the Negro as a race; his ability as a producer. The Negro Development and Exposition Company of the United States of America, a company duly chartered under the laws of Virginia, with an authorized capital stock of $800,000, proposes to show at the Exposition what the race has made, produced, woven, carved, engraved, invented, written and published; in fact, everything the race has done or accomplished, from an industrial point of view, that the world may form a correct and more favorable opinion of the Negro race of this country; to the end that a proper solution of the problem may be had from a business, commercial, financial, and in dustrial point of view. It has, therefore, been decided to ask every member of our race to list for exhibition any and every article made by any member of the race. It is the desire of the Company to have a complete exhibit of every character, except live stock. Our women are noted for embroidery and handsome trimmings, knitting, weaving, and hundreds of other domestic productions; while our men are noted for their skill in drawing, carving, inventing, welding, and putting together articles of value too numerous to name; all such articles and hundreds of others are solicited for exhibition. Implements of every character are much desired. There will be given a first, a second, and a third prize on the various articles produced and exhibited by members of the race. The Congress of the United States has appropriated $100,00 to aid the said Negro Development and Exposition Company in making a creditable exhibit at the said Jamestown Exposition. Now, in order to list the articles for exhibition, it is requested by the Company for all persons who have articles for exhibition, to write the names of said articles on the coupon below, giving the full name of the owner, his or her resiednce, together with P. O. address. In every instance, please write plainly, that the articles may be listed so as to be sent for in time to be placed on exhibition. It is incumbent upon every member of the race to see to it that this Exposition is made a success; as the world has its eyes upon us and expects great results. GILES B. JACKSON, Director-General. Please show this to two or more of for a copy. Tear off and fill out the blank below 528 East Broad Street, Richmond Name of exhibit ... Name of owner ... P. O. Address ... Remarks ... Value of Article ... or more of your friends and ask them to write the blank below and mail to Giles B Jackson, Bet, Richmond, Va. Please show this to two or more of your friends and ask them to write for a copy. Tear off and fill out the blank below and mail to Giles Jackson, 528 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va. Petroleum Plants Show Growth In Number and Capital. Washington.—In 1905 there were 104 petroleum refineries in this country. Their total capital was $136,280,541; they employed 16,770 wage earners; paid in wages $9,959,367; used materials costing $139,387,213, and manufactured products to the value of $175,905,320. As compared with the totals for the industry at the census of 1900, these figures represent increases as follows. In number of refineries, 35.7 per cent; in capital, 43 per cent; in number of wage earners, 37.5 per cent; in amount of wages paid, 48.7 per cent; in cost of materials, 35.5 per cent, and in value of products, 41.2 per cent. $1.00-For Hire-$1.00. Julius Cohen, 1104 7th street, N. W. The number of products which may be derived commercially from petroleum is so great as to make it impracticable to obtain returns for each of them separately. The principal products, together with the value of each, were as follows: Burning oils, including the different grades of both illuminating and fuel oils, $100,571,825; residuum, $3,138,361; paraffin oils, $6,210,279; paraffin wax, $10,007,274; reduced oils, $16,794,789; naphtha and gasoline, $21,314,537; neutral oils, $1,942,153; and "all other products," which includes coke, carbon points and black naphtha, $15,025,802. In 1904 the volume of refined products exported was 18,218,795 barrels, or 36.6 per cent of the total production for that year, and the total value at the ports of shipment was $74,273.525. Although the quantity was greater in 1901 and in 1902, this value is the largest ever reported for exports of refined petroleum. It exceeds the value reported for 1899 by 25.8 per cent, that reported for 1889 by 57.5 per cent and that reported for 1880 by 134.1 per cent. Of the total value of exports illuminating oils formed more than 70 per cent. . --- R. T. Hill, Treasurer. OIL REFINING MAKES GAINS. 528 East Broad St., Richmond, Va. WE KNOW OUR OWN FLOWERS. J. C. Powell, the florist, with F. H. Kramer, Central Market, and 916 F street, N. W., will be pleased to see all his friends during the holidays. Plenty of Roses, Carnations, Violets, Floral Designs and Decorations. Don't fail to call. Store phone, Main 3787. Market phone, Main 2197. Greenhouse phone, East 193. Private office phone, Main 3987. FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS. Hawley Knew How. Senator Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut was never known to miss springing a joke, even if it happened to hit a friend, and to sometimes hit hard. One year Elizabeth Beecher Hooker was up for president of a well-known Hartford society over which there was much local discussion. A lady friend meeting the senator on Asylum avenue one morning, she asked the genial statesman how he thought Mrs. Hooker would run. "Very much like a duck, I suppose," said Hawley, "but I hope, madam, I will not have to see her." No Room. An Irishman was recently travelling in a train, accompanied by a minister, when two very stout ladies entered the compartment. They placed themselves one on each side of Pat, who was, of course, much crushed. The minister, on seeing him so placed, said: "Are you sure you are comfortable, Pat?" To this question Pat quickly replied: 'Sure, your honor, I haven't much room to grumble.'—Tid-Bita. J. ```markdown ``` F-737 Put Your Money in Diamonds. No Better Investment To-Day. Prices in the Diamond market are advancing, but our prices have not been advanced in some time. We still have a large collection of superb Diamonds which we bought a considerable time ago at lower prices than prevail today. We shall not advance prices on these stones. We are merchants and not speculators and our fair percentage of profit is all we ask. So, as long as these Diamonds last, it will be possible to buy them here under the regular market for fine stones. Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150.00. Ladies' Diamond Broaches, $5.50 to $1,000. Diamond Earrings, $15.00 to $500.00. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings set in Tiffany Mounting which we are selling at $30.00. This will make an appropriate present for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. CLOCKS AND BRONZES Clocks of all makes—American, French and German. We have a Clock as cheap as $5.00—must be seen to be appreciated. All Clocks kept in order for two years. To Be Adversaries Go to HOLMES' HOTEL, No. 333 Virginia Ave., S.W. Best Afro-American Accommodation in the District. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN. Good Rooms and Lodging, 50. 75c. and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a Call James Otoway Holmes, Prop. Washington, D. C. Main Phone 2315. VOIGTE. MANUFACTURINGJEWELER 725 7th Street, N rthwest BETWEEN GI&H. Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-piece has been carefully selected and when you will bear us out that we have as far anywhere. Why not give us a call to meet Everybody has some friend whom may be mother or father, sister or broth be a sweetheart—and no better time than—so suggestive. Nothing makes one feel heart of another. Any article that you may select when wanted. Experienced clerks. P Engraving Free of Charge. WATCHES. Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-Brac is now complete. Each piece has been carefully selected and we feel satisfied that a visit from you will bear us out that we have as fine a selection as can be found anywhere. Why not give us a call tomorrow. Everybody has some friend whom they wish to make happy. It may be mother or father, sister or brother. It may be a wife, or it may be a sweetheart—and no better time than Christmas is so appropriate—so suggestive. Nothing makes one feel happier than to gladden the heart of another. Any article that you may select will be laid aside and delivered when wanted. Experienced clerks. Polite attention. We mention here but a few of our specials. Gentlemen's 20-year-Gold Filled American Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Ladies 20-year Gold Filled Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Gentlemen's 14-carat Solid Gold American Stem Winders and Setters, as cheap as $35. Children's Solid Silver Watches with Pin Attachment, $3.50; regular price, $4.50. Ladies Solid GoldWatches, Open Face, $8.00. Boys' Solid Silver Watches, $5 up. RINGS, LOCKETS, ETC. Gents' Solid Gold Signet Rings, $3.50 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Signet Rings, $2.00 up. Child's Solid Gold Signet Rings, $1.00 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Medallion Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies Solid Gold Crosses, $4.00 up. Gents' Solid Gold Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Bracelets, $5.00 up. Ladies' 14-Carat Gold Filled Lockets, $2.00 up. We engrave the monograms on them in the highest style of the art. SILVERWARE Silver Tea Sets, $10.00 up. Silver Cake Baskets, $4.00 up. Silver Cups for Children, $1.25 up. Silver Baking Dish, 7.00. Silver Butter Dishes, $3.50 up. Silver Pickle Castors, $3.00 up. The above silver is the Genuine Rogers, which speaks for itself. CATHOLIC GOODS We have the largest line of Catholic Goods in the city. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, 35 cents up. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, strung rh 528 Wm. Ca 1225 and, [1227,771] SOLE DISTRIBUTER James F. C James F. Oyster The Leading Place in the City for BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. Oyster's Butter is the sweetest in purest and Eggs the freshest. Square Stands, Center Market, 5th Riggs Market. OFFICE 'Wholesale Dealer and Salesman, 900 N. W. No one shall keep any kind of fowls M in any square of the District of Colum-musbia that has been 75 per cent improvedoping without consent of the Health Officer, of the neglect to obtain the same $10 fine. The Cathedral of the P. E. Churchmai Oyster's Butter is the sweetest in the market. His Cheese is the purest and Eggs the freshest. Square Stands, Center Market, 5th and K streets, N. W. and Riggs Market. OFFICE Wholesale Dealer and Salesman, 900 and 902 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. No one shall keep any kind of fowls Members of the Metropolitan police in any square of the District of Colum-must reside in the D. C., according to the bia that has been 75 per cent improvedopinion of Corporation Council Thomas without consent of the Health Officer for the District neglect to obtain the same $10 fine. The farmer in the long run is the The Cathedral of the P. E. Churchmain man in this country. The amounts of the D. C. will be located at St. Al-produced by him during the last year ban's, on the Tennallytown road. Itwas $6,794,000,000, while the R. R. will be 500 feet long and of Gothicreceived $2,330,000,000, and the iron style. $1,200,000,000. KEYSTONE D-229 on Fine Silver, with Solid Silver Crucifix, 75 cents up. Emerald, Sapphire, Garnet Ruby, Jade, Turquoise. Topaz Crystal, and Coral Rosaries string on 14-Carat Gold-Filled Cham $4.00 and $5.00. Will make a landsome Christmas present. Solid Gold Rosaries. Genuine Stones, $25.00. Rosaries for special devotion viz.: Immaculate Conception, St Ann's, St. Philomena, St. Anthony, Seven Dolors, Infant of Prague, St. Joseph, etc., with pravers entire English or German. PRAYER BOOKS High quality at low prices, such as Key of Heaven, Manual of Prayers, St. Vincent's Manual, Vale Mecum, Sacred Heart, Following of Christ (by Kempis), Bibles, Old and New Testaments, etc. We have them in cases suitable for bridal Christmas presents. RELIGIOUS MEDALS Religious Medals in Gold and Silver; Immaculate Conception, St. Benedict, St. Anthony, St. Joseph, Infant of Prague, St. Vincent & Paul, St. Aloysius, etc. Eight-Day Sanctuary Oil, $1.10 per gallon. Crucifixes, hanging and standing. Candle Sticks in Gold Silver, Brass. Sacred Hearts, Solid Gold, 75 cents and $1.25. annon, [Street, N.W. TER OF OLD LURI SIM W. SKEY Oyster, in the market. His Cheese is the 5th and K streets, N. W and FICE 900 and 902 Pennsylvania Avenue, W. Members of the Metropolitan police must reside in the D. C., according to the Opinion of Corporation Council Thomas of the District JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON STUDYING AGRICULTURE. Young Millionaire Socialist of Chicago a Student at Wisconsin University —Plans to Run a Model Dairy. Mallson, Wis.—There came to the Wis. state university last fall a young man who told the professors that wanted to learn how to milk a corn plow and sow and mix bran for hogs—he wanted to leave the farmer. a student didn't need to to work. He is a million- an income now of $50,000 more to come. His name Neil Patterson, Yale grad- dents to live what he calls "I don't despite his fortune relations. He means to do I. I clubs are left to grow rusty in in bag His automobile has been d. of Society is a closed book now What he purposes to do is to est- ablish a model dairy on a large farm near Chicago He expects to supply high quality products to the sick and the To be with, he is living the simple line He took his family to Madl- J. JOSEPH M. PATTERSON. (Millionaire Socialist Who Is Studying to Be a Farmer.) son, and they have taken an eigh- room cottage near the university. Any carpenter or dairyman could well af- ford to live in it. Four or five times a day the young man walks over from his modest home to his dairy work at the university. The household consists of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, their two baby girls and two maids. What little leisure the poor man enjoys is spent at home playing with his babies or read- ing. Occasionally he finds time to write for the realistic press. For these articles he refuses pay, but when he writes the everyday magazines he makes the regular recompense that renders no writer. Just now Mr. Patterson is working hard over the problems of scientific writing and up-to-date agriculture that he can't had any time to write his socialistic ideas. The course is taking is arranged for two years, with lasting four months. The other eight months of the year are spent in practical work on the farm. Mr. Patterson thinks he can get all he needs in one year. W. A. Henry has arranged a course for him, and it requires a week. The usual course about half as many hours include the value of dif- for livestock, dairying, dring, plant life, solls, seeds, agricultural engineer- science, farm mechan- subjects. millionaire pays a tul- 75, of which $35 is be- a resident of Wiscon- tars for general inciden- and 75 cents for the priv- general gymnasium. He the faculty as an excep- student and by his fel- as an agreeable associ- the latter, however, really is because of the short has been at the university of his rather retiring dis- mingles freely with the was in the institution, meet- them on the campus, in at the gymnasium and person has bought a farm of at Libertyville, Ill., 35 miles of Chicago, and will make some there. He is building and a number of stock and intends to stock it breds and make it a all respects. his father is Robert W. editor of the Chica- la graduate of Will- son of the late Rev. R. His mother is a daugh- te Joseph Medill, one of of the Chicago Tribune. Jason was editor-in-chief of during the absence of his elope in the fall of 1904. Once Sheltered the "Three Graces," America's Most Beautiful Women. Baltimore, Md.—Thunder castle, the home of the Catons, the notable old buildings from which Catonsville derives its name, has been purchased by former Senator John Hubner and will be torn down to make way, it is sald, for a more modern cottage. The building is in the western part of Catonsville. It was the property of a relative of Gen. Winfield Scott, and many persons have believed it belonged to Gen. Scott. The old general used to spend conside able time at Castle Thunder. The old house, tradition says, was at one time the leading hostelry of Catonsville. There the stages used to leave many a weary traveler westward, who desired a night of rest before continuing on The property originally belonged to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, first Thunder Castle at Catonsville, Md. signer of the Declaration of Independence, and came into the possession of Richard Caton through the marriage of Mr. Carroll's 16-year-old daughter, Mary Carroll. Beneath the roofs of Thunder castle have been sheltered three of the most beautiful women of America. They were the three eldest of Richard Caton's four daughters, who married abroad and were known as "The American Graces." Before the civil war a private school was conducted at Thunder castle by Mrs. Carrie Coale and her daughter. Since the war it has been occupied as a private dwelling. The building is constructed of stone. Several years ago a large frame wing was added to the structure. The old house is located on what was known in early days of the village as the national pike between Washington and St. Louis. It was the government mall route through Maryland, the western part of what was then the state of Virginia and the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and was the first great internal improvement that the government of the United States undertook. HEADS NEW RU88IAN DOUMA Feodor Golovin, a Constitutional Democrat, Elected Speaker. St. Petersburg — Feodor Golovin, who was elected speaker of Russia's new douma, or lower house of parliament, when that body met and organized in the Tauride palace, St. Petersburg, recently, is a man of great energy, and throughout the long-continued reign of turbulence has managed to hold the confidence of the people. He is a constitutional democrat, and al- FEODOR GOLOVIN. (He Has Been Elected President of the New Russian Douma.) though this faction has only 100 members, Golovin received 331 votes, against 91 for the conservative candidate, the socialists throwing their strength for Golovin. The new speaker represents the Moscow province. He is 40 years old, aristocratic and clever. During the regime of Grand Duke Sergius he was president of the Moscow zemstvo and is said to be well qualified to preside over what threatens to be a stormy session of the douma. Appropriate, but Cutting. "Miss Ethel Barrymore," said a comedian at the Players' club, "is continually besieged by painters. Her beauty makes her a desirable subject; her fame, too, makes her desirable; altogether there is no one more sought after for sittings than Miss Barrymore. And she is so gracious that sometimes she sits to indifferent artists. This happened in Philadelphia last year. A young Philadelphia impressionist made a rather ghastly yellow and green portrait of Miss Barrymore. When it was done he asked her to sign it and write something or other—some little sentiment—above her signature. Miss Barrymore smiled as she looked at the wretched portrait and she wrote: "Be not afraid; it is I. Ethel Barrymore." A Manitoba man who sold his household goods at auction got ten cents for a cat. One of his neighbors was probably willing to pay that much for the chance to kill it. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe From stereograph, copyright, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. Latest portrait of one of the most famous women in America, taken at her home at Newport, R. I. HAS OLDEST PULPIT DESK AT ALBANY, N. Y., WAS IMP PORTED IN 1650. In Property of First Reformed Church Built in 1793—President a Member While Governor of the State. Albany, N. Y.—This city has the honor of owning the oldest pulpit on the continent, along with that of being the oldest chartered city in the United States. The pulpit stands in the First Reformed church, which was built in the year of the building of the old California missions, 1793, but, unlike them, it is as strong and in as good repair as it was when the builders left it. The pulpit was brought over from Holland by the Dutch in 1656 to stand in their new church, which was just building. Twenty-five beaver skins were sent to Holland as part payment, but they became damaged in transit, so the pulpit was donated by the Dutch West India company. The building served as a fort as well as a church, cannon being mounted upon the roof, and while the service was going on within sentinels watched for signs of a foe. To-day the old hour glass and ancient Dutch Bible are still in their accustomed places, while in the olden time the pews in front of it were occupied by Col. Peter Schuyler, Albany's first mayor; the patrons of the Van Rensselaers, who owned land along both shores of the Hudson river for 24 miles, and Gen. Philip Schuyler, one of the first three major generals in the revolutionary army, also first United States senator from New York. Within its shadow the famous Iroquois chieftain, King Hendrick, who with Sir William Johnson defeated the French and Indians in the battle of Lake George, was converted to Christianity and Col. Aaron Burr, United States senator from New York and vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was married to Theodosia Provost. President Roosevelt sat before it and listened to the preacher's words as a member of this church when governor of New York state. The old pulpit is rich in years and honors; its history is Albany's history; the church's members having taken part in all the events of interest that have happened in "ye olde towne" since its founding. Deed Travels 6.000 Miles. Dayton, O.—There has just been placed on file in the county recorder's office the quaintest deed ever recorded in Montgomery county. The deed is written in German and transfers lots Nos. 133, 179 and 180 to Charles Haas of Cincinnati for a consideration of $20,000. The property belonged to the heirs of the late Henry Lessner, for many years a prominent Dayton clifter, who at his death recently left an immense estate. It was necessary to send the document to Alexandrowo, Russia, to secure the signatures of the heirs before the property, which is located in this city, could be transferred. The deed is written on six feet of foolscap paper and it has traveled more than 6,000 miles. Send Music by Wireless. New York.—Through a slight accident to an electrician in the employ of the De Forrest Wireless Telegraph company on the roof'of the Yale'club it became known that Dr. De Forrest is attempting to transmit music through the air without the use of wires as he now transmits messages. He is working in connection with the Cahill Teleharmonic company, which sends music by wire to any point. Idaho, Washington, and Oregon May Be Asked to Contribute Counties. Spokane, Wash.—Residents all over eastern and central Washington, northern Idaho, including the Panhandle and northeastern Oregon, are evincing interest in the proposal to create a new state by taking 26 counties, with a population of 400,000 in the territory bounded on the west by the Cascade range, on the east by the Bitter Root mountains, on the north by the international boundary and on the south by the Blue mountains, and, judging from the hearty support accorded, there is every reasonable prospect that the project will be carried out successfully. C. Herbert Moore, chairman of the city beautiful committee of the Spokane chamber of commerce, who is at the head of the movement, urges the assembling of a convention at an early date, at which the new state plan can be thoroughly discussed by representative men of the three interested states. The proposed action to create the new state by taking parts of three adjoining commonwealths is without a precedent in the history of the nation. An approach to it, however, was furnished in West Virginia, organized in constitutional manner in 1861. Prominent lawyers in the northwest declare that provision is made in the constitution of the United States for the creation of new states, and they point to section 3, article 1, as the method of procedure. The text follows: "New states may be admitted by congress into the union; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state, nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned, as well as of the congress." This will involve a lot of work. It means also that a "community of sentiment," unanimous among the people, must be created in the three state legislatures to secure their united action. NOTED HALF BREED A CHIEF. Greenwood La Fleur Conspluous in the History of the Choctaws. New Orleans—Near Greenwood, Miss., is Malmison, an imposing memorial to that picturesque half-breed Greenwood Leflore, or La Fleur. His father was a Canadian trader and his mother the daughter of a Chootaw chief. His father became influential in the tribe and accumulated considerable wealth. Greenwood was educated abroad and upon the death of his father was elected chief of the tribe. He was a unique character and widely known. He managed the treaty between the government and his tribe known as the treaty of Dancing Rabbit, by which the tribe agreed to be moved west of the Mississippi, it being stipulated that he himself should receive 12,000 acres of land near Greenwood. In the midst of this estate he erected his historic mansion Malmison, sparing no expense either of construction or furnishing. He spent much time in travel and brought home with him from his various trips abroad expensive specimens of art and bric-a-brac. It is said that at one time he owned 2,000 slaves. He was shrewd, independent and fearless, noted for hospitality and influential in public affairs. He died in 1872. His portrait adorns the statehouse at Jackson. Pond du Lac.—A Bond du Lac bow has broken the world's butter record. In a 60 days' official test at the state experiment station her milk was converted into 40 pounds of butter. SERVANT OF QUEEN MOTHER OF ITALY WAS ENTERPRISING. Unknown to Royal Mistress, Adele Sold Cast-Off Clothing and Hats to Foreigners and Netted $5,000 a Year by Practice. Rome.—Margherita, queen mother of Italy, is looking for another maid. And Adele Baccarini, who held that position until the other day, is looking for another mistress. And thereby hangs this story. The queen mother, though in many matters a woman of simple and decidedly democratic tastes, has always dressed as befitted a queen. Her wardrobe is extensive and costly. Of course; she keeps pace with the fashions, never has her dresses made over; and discards them for new ones on the slightest signs of wear and tear. Though no longer fit for a queen, these cast-off gowns, hats and bonnets are quite fit for less exalted feminine folk. In the estimation of some of these, more especially American women, the fact that they have been worn by royalty bestows on them a value far beyond that of ordinary second-hand clothing. Some six years ago, Queen Margherita had a favorite mald, Teresa, whom she trusted implicitly. One day while out shopping, the queen saw a woman enter the store wearing a dress which appeared to the queen singularly familiar. She continued her scrutiny, despite the obvious embarrassment of the stranger, until her eyes fit on a tiny spot on the hem of the skirt. That removed the last vestige of doubt in her mind as to the dress. It was one which she had herself worn, and which she had discarded only a few days before on account of that blemish. Then she returned to the palace and started an investigation. As a result, Teresa was bounced, for Teresa, it turned out, had been in the habit of ```markdown ``` (Mald Who Sold Cast-Off Garments of Queen Margherita.) selling her "perquisites," as she called them, to whomsoever would pay most for them. Teresa had several successors, who lasted only a brief while, until Adele Baccarini was given the position. In her the queen congratulated herself that she had at last found the perfect maid. She did not again see another woman wearing a dress which she recognized as having once been her own. But a week or so ago, Queen Margherita was driving in the Vla Triton, when, during a block in the traffic, her carriage came to a halt alongside of one in which was seated an American woman. And on her blonde hair was a hat which only a few days before had adorned Margherita's own royal head. She had cast it aside because it did not, in all respects, satisfy her exacting taste in the matter of headgear. Then followed another investigation. And Adele, the perfect jewel of a maid, was proved to be the culprit. The inquiry showed that for several years she had been in the habit of selling everything in the shape of apparel which her royal mistress had discarded. But more crafty than Teresa, she had adopted a method which enabled her to get considerably better prices for the articles and at the same time to keep the matter from coming to the queen mother's attention. She sold her "perquisites" only to foreigners, and, by preference, to American women, whom she found would pay bigger prices for such souvenirs of royalty than women of any other nationality. She hired a room just back of the Grand hotel, where she received her clients. One condition she imposed on the purchaser was that nothing they bought of her should be worn in Italy. It was because Mrs. M.—— of Buffalo disregarded this pledge that Adele was found out. The business had netted her something like $5,000 a year. The loss of it made her furious. As soon as she was dismissed from the palace she made a beeline for the hotel where Mrs. M.—— was staying and gave her a piece of her mind in language more forceful than elegant. Mrs. M.—— was found by her own maid on a sofa in a half fainting condition while Adele, the ragged remnants of the hat which had caused all the trouble in her hand, was raging up and down the room like a tigress. Mrs. M.—— discovered next day that Italy possessed no further attractions for her. Meanwhile Adele has been to the American consul's office to inquire if, under American law, there was any way by which she could sue her for damages. PROBE FOR CONGRESSMAN. Mondell of Wyoming Charged with Selzing Coal Lands. Washington.—Frank Wheeler Mondell, congressman from Wyoming, was one of those who opposed the president's reform plans for checking the extensive land frauds in the west. He now finds himself the subject of a special investigation and an agent has been sent to Newcastle, Wyo., to look into a claim on 160 acres of land filed by Congressman Mondell. The claim was filed under the homestead act. There is no record that Congressman Mondell ever lived on A. FRANK W. MONDELL. (Wyoming Congressman Under Invest- tigation for Land Fraud.) FRANK W. MONDELL. (Wyoming Congressman Under Investigation for Land Fraud.) the land, or that any residence was ever established there, as required by the homestead law. Valuable coal deposits have been found on the claim. The government charges a certain price per acre for its mineral lands. Millions of dollars have been lost by the fraudulent entry of coal deposits as free homestead lands. The greater part of the grabbing has been done by railroad and other corporations. The congressmen who are endeavoring to block the president's efforts to stop the wholesale land and coal thieving have suddenly taken a tender interest in the unhappy homesteader. After tolling for five years on his land, they ask, why must he wait until an investigation of the truth of his statement is made before receiving his patent to the land? Let the patents be issued on every claim without any investigation, they say. It will save the land office a lot of expense. And it will avoid embarrassing the sturdy homesteader. Congressman Mondell should be thoroughly familiar with the public land business. He left congress after serving his first term, in 1897, to become assistant commissioner of the U.S. general land office. He returned to congress in 1899 and has been a member of the lower house ever since. Before going to Washington he served five years as mayor of Newcastle and spent two terms in the Wyoming legislature. Mr. Mondell is 46 years old. SLAVIC CUP FOR PRESIDENT. European Society Recognizes Roosevelt's Peace Efforts. New York.-Gen. Count Arthur Tcherep-Splridovitch, president of the great Slavic society in Moscow and head of the Slavonic movement in Europe, is in America to present to President Roosevelt, in behalf of the Slavonic society, a cup in recognition of Mr. Roosevelt's efforts in bringing about peace. The cup is a fine example of Slavic art. It was made in M Present of Slavic Society. Moscow by the most skilled silver smiths, and is of silver and gold, enamelled with enamel. The base is three lion's legs. Standing two feet high, it is inscribed in Slavonic characters and bears also the initials R. R." Cups of this sort are presented, it is said, only to crowned heads and great rulers. "See here, Bridget," said Miss Housekeep, "the dishes you have put on the table of late have been positively dirty. Something's got to be done about it." "Thrue for ye, ma'am," replied Bridget, "if ye only had dark-colored ones, ma'am, they wouldn't show the dirt at all." THE BEE 7 PUBLISHED AT ~ tog Eye St, N. W., Washington, : DC : — ee _ W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR Entered at the Post Office at Wash- ington, D. C., as second-class mail matter, . SS ESTABLISHED 1880," TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year im advance. .$2.00 Six months .....cssessseeeses 1:00 ‘Three months .....sesseeeeees ‘oSC Subscription monthly ...ese05 2 = FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . SENATOR JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER OF OHIO. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, 1. OF NEW YORK ., i eos BUSINESS MEN’S ASSOCIA. ts TION. ‘ This is one of the most sensible associations in the city. Ata meet ing held last Tuesday evening a most sensible proposition was sug- gested, which, if it is adopted, will benefit the people in this city. The people want suffrage, and the rea- son they don’t get it is on account of the great colored vote in this city. . ‘The Bee has this to say: If prop- er men are nominated for office, no matter what their politics may be, the colored voters will support them If such Democrats as Hon, Henry L. West, James L, ‘Morris, W. V. Cox, Henry E. Davis, Captan J. F. Oyster, W. L. Lambert are placed in the field the colored voters would support them as soon as they would the best Republean, that could be found. What the colored voters of the country want is men whe represent principles,no matter what their politics may be. If suffrage is restored in this city The Bee would support Commis signer West against any white Re publican, with but exception, tha may be nominated. Mr. West i fair and just. There are hundred of Democrats that the colored peo ple would support. The Busines ‘Men need not have any fear of ask ing Congress to restore the right 0 franchise. The colored voters nav : Iearned some sense, and they don’ believe in electing lily-white Repub licans to office, They intend t vote for men, and not party. Le the pood work: go on . TAFT VS. FORAKER, ‘The Secretary of War, Mr. Taft who is the candidate of the Admin- istration, has given the Republican voters of Ohio to understand that he is in the fight to capture the del- egation from Ohio to the next Na- tional Republican Convention. Mr. ‘Taft may succeed in securing the nomination, but he will never be elected. The American people, the colored people especially, are deter mined that neither Mr. Taft nox President Roosevelt can be electec President of the United States, i either should be nominated. Ther are but few colored men favorabl to the Administration, and they ar the officeholders. If the Republicar party expects to win in 1908 it ha better nominate a man who is ac ceptable to the colored voters. Th colored American has come to on' conclusion: He is either going t be recognized as a citizen of th United States or a political nonen tity. 7 - The Bee sees no fault in Judge De Lacy, of the Juvenile Court.The Bee finds in him qualities that every | lie: SS a ete TUDGE DE LACY. em gee eee ewe ee et mm o SMA as Bee good citizen should commiend, He. is one man‘upon the bench who sees no difference in defendants who are brought before him, Judge De Laty is not color prejudiced, and this alone entitles him to the respect, confidence and support of all good citizens, APPLAUDED FIVE MINUTES Mr. W. Calvin Chase, in his ad- dress before the Second Baptist Church Lyceum, last Sunday after- noon,when he paid a tribute to Sen- ator Foraker,the applause continued for five minutes and the peoplestood up. Te ladies waved their handker- chiefs, It was a beautiful demon: stration of loyalty and appreciation. ‘The same sentiment preails throug out the United States. THE ADMINISTRATION. | Continued from 1st page. promises and small crumbs, It is the go-between, so to speak, for men and parties and for Administrataions. It's record in Congress has not been satisfac~ tory, its present in the great legislative halls do not record any great events And neither did it introduce a measure that would tend to free an oppressed people or ameliorate their condition. The display of oratory has been its stock in trade and like peacocks it has walked up and down the Congressional isles to make a display of its gray hair and long whiskers, Point out to me if you please! one bill or measure that has passed eith- ‘er branch of Congress that has been a benefit or that has advanced its people. Tha soung colored American of today, with his opportunities, would be a credit in our legislative halls. We are told by the distinguished Secretary of War, Mr. | Taft, that we must wait until our rights come to us. In the name of God, when will they come? Haven't they taken wings and flown and hasn't his admin- istration given impetus to that false fight? What was more hypocritical, deceiv- Jing and misleading than his celebrated Jorder of hold up? It was a hold up pure Jand simple and J so declared in the pub- |lic press that it was a national bluff. '| Was it not? What was the result? The weak-kneed preachers, stump orators and -I quasi politicians and modern statesmen ,| declared that he was a second Lincoln, A distinguished lady, Mrs, Terrell, tele- : graphed throughout the country that she had the order issued, that the President rJintended to revoke his order “of dis .| missal and that the brave negro. sol: | diers would not be dismissed. i] {The Secret of the Order. » j| The Chief Executive catered to South ‘em prejudices. He satisfied the thirsty d!and rebel Southern sentiment. He knew e|that he could never again be elected by g|the American people to the position tha o he has dishonored. But Mr. Taft mus issue a hold-up order that of cours t} would ingratiate him in the heafts 0 the colored Americans, notwithstandin; y|what the Chief Executive would d "| thereafter. Many saw through it. The "|see through it better today. It was : “| game of checkers that the Chief Execu tltive and his Secretary of War wer is| playing. The nation looked on, and to is|day we are wiser men and, better cit ,.|zens. It must be understand now, th [the colored Americans have no fait in present conditions. Every act of th ‘| resent Administration is spectaculai ofits deeds are unceratin and its motive re leave no doubt in the minds of the col ny lored Americans. . The Catholic Church, to which the colored American seen tOlto be looking today, is controlling Ri et| publican presidents. . The evidence one of the récent diplomats shows i ‘While I have no objections to the Cat! olic Church, but rather applaud its p ft» |litical manipulations through the Poy n-|of Rome, it is an object lesson to 11 [colored Americans. The Church at {Rome within a {et years will be controlling factor in the Americaf bo el-| politic. ‘Then will come the fight b fa-|tween Church and State, such as w fr,| witnessed in France. It is quite ¢1 he|dent, that human rights are seconds considerations with the Administ be|tion. It is planning and scheming he | ig can to control the next National F er-|publican Convention for the pres ior | Secretary of War, who is not the frie ted{Of the colored Ameritan. There is td) moe faith to be put in the Secret: if] of War than in the Chief Executive ete} the nation... Who is safe under this : ble} ministration? At any moment the are | sassins of this government are liable ar | destroy your homes, your character < can : ; lyour reputation. It can be readily s 1d | that the administration is in a strug ac-[It is in the middle of the Rubicon he|to speak as Caesar was when he cri one |Help me, Cassius, or I sink.” to |_ Ambition will often make yoit do ¢ which is unjust; ambition has tun the | the hair of young men gray and brou en- | destruction and devastation to the hor of the loyal and the brave, Not si the organization of our government | the colored American been subjected 1. {so much humiliation and an effort — nd act like dumb driven cattle with a walter around their necks, or will they rom this day throw off the yoke of yppression and declare their American ‘itizenship? I am not painting a dark’ picture; I don’t say that we are help- jess, nor would 1 say that ten millions of colored Americans in the Republic chall continue to be the hewers of wood and drawers 'of water or the sucklings of administrative influences. The col- ored American has been told that this is ‘ His Flag. He knows no other flag, but the Amer- ican which he has helped to uphold from the days of the Revolution to his going up San Juan Hill, which made America great in the pages of history and poster- ity immortal. The Chief Executive 4o hom historians have given credit for taking San Juan Hill, will bea black spot in the future ages of our American history. With shot and shells to the right of them, with shot and shells in front of them, the black soldiers took San Juan Hill and not the misnomer who has- dismissed without honor the heroes of the 2gth Infantry. In this connection Jet us turn over 3 few leaves of history and see if we can find a man who equals that champion of human rights; the man who is against wrong, ‘and the one to whom the colored Amer- ‘ican shall ever owe a debt of gratitude, for his expose of this ,executive mis- nomer who owes his elevation to the miscarrying of justice and the accident of fate, We thank Sumner for his noble defense prior to and subsequent to re- construction times; we cannot forget Garrison, Lovejoy, Douglass, and many others who believed in and advocated human rights. There is no cause for the colored American to despair. While | we must watch the enemies without as wel] as those within, the greatest enemies of human progress and civil and human rights of the colored American are the apologists in the present Administra- tion, who have not the temerity to pro: test against the wrongs of the present Administration for fear that the ator ney general will file a bill for divore from bed~and board. It is amusing when you think of it, We have a few who are merely drawing their salarie as a matter of form while the whit man directs their thought, acts and deeds | Reverting again to our leadership, whic! {has been such an impediment to the race vit is nothing more than fair that w « should extend Mr, Gilchrist Steward \New York the thanks of every colores American for the investigation and re | port of the alleged Brownsville riot, be ‘cause the final outcome of this will b just as he reported at the beginning Not guilty. This is the kind of leader ‘ship the colored Americans want an | stith atl due respect to the representative [who are holding positions under th “present Administration, remain quic ; draw your salaries, and do not attemy ‘to advise an injured and outraged rac y by apologizing for those who ate again t us, We know they do not represent th t sentiment of the American Negro a? © if they want to fool the Administratic f for God’s sake do not attempt to mi Z represent us. It was but a few da > ago when Bishop Grant went to tl y Executive Mansion and urged the a 2 pointment of a minister connected wi - his denomination for a position as Cha € Jain in the Army. The haughty Bish "stated to the Chief Executive that | tasked for this appointment i the nam t' after millions of colored Americal h' whom he represented. Now what do y ¢ think of this? The president told hi that he must first modify the criticisr $ that his people are making against hi - and set him right with them, then | | would give him the place for his past | The distinguished Bishop has 2 contr: S equal to that of Giles B. Jackson | unite all of the colored people on t of negro Jamestown Exhibition. Just he t. Bishop Grant should dream such a thir | that he represented ten millions of © >} ored Americans, is one of the myster 9 of the dark ages. Seriously speak 1¢ I want to say that demagagues and t of apologists are the only individuals w 1 will compromise a race of people. Th ty are the people who are to a great ext e- responsible for the political condition a3 the colored people—who are no mi ‘I~ than co-conspirators with administrat ry powers. I now come to the doctrine ——————— blacks who have been so cowardly sur- rendered by the author of the door of hope policy. The Chief Executive wants to perpetuate this policy by placing in the Executive chair as“his successor 2 man who believes in and will perpetuate his policies. As I said before, we can hope for no aid or advice from those who are controlled by the blandishments of official power. It would be an impo- sition upon the race for any of these men to declare or to presume that their self-styled leadership shall receive the indorsement of the ten millions of blacks in this republic. I have endeavored to discuss principally the question of human rights and civil liberty, because these two words occupy no place, so far as the colored Americans are concerned, in this Administration, The colored Americans can not expect any more than what they are now re- ceiving, so long as the policy of the present administration exists, Under this administration justice is partial; human rights and civil liberty sleep; spectacular displays are exhibitions for the ignorant and prejudiced whites; love of justice is hidden, and the subordina- tion of the colored American is its am- bition. Evasion and Nullification Instead of Enforcement of Laws. And now let me call attention to the “square deal” propaganda as exemplified by the Department of Commerce and Labor the executive department with the enforcement of certain laws, among them the labor, the emigration and the naturalization laws. Many of these law have been recently changed by Congres: after due consideration to meet existing conditions. In this department headec |by a New York business man, a He \brew, a ace of once despised people | what do we find, the proper enforcemen’ Jof the laws? | No, my friends, what'we find is adroi attempts to evade and nullify certai | 1aws to either suit the whims and fancie Jof certain officials or at the behest o || certain interested parties. | Now you may think this am extrem .| statement but here are the facts relativ ,| thereto as borne by recent reports in a ;|the papers of the country. Look a min s|ute at the conditions surrounding th s| so-called enforcement of the emigratio .| laws. 1] Briefly, the Altorney-General hold .|that under the amendments to the em |gration law made, by the last Congres f]a State cannot dé more than advertis i|its resources abroad and that other mett -|ods heretofore used to secure emigratio .|as in the case of South Carolina woul e|be illegal; notwithstanding the fact th: ;|Secretary Straus of the Department « :}Commerce and Labor has construed th d|law not to apply to States in their so s|ereign capacity. . ¢| The Evening Star of March 13, speal t,|ing of this subject said among oth st|things: “An important conference ¢ ¢|the -subject of immigration was held tithe White House last night. Eve ‘e| phase of the southern immigration pro d|lem was discussed at the meeting, whi n|began after 9 o'clock, The questio s-|raised by several States in the Sou ys| bearing on the labor problem, the ne, 1e| for the present of bringing certain lab y-|from abroad for work in the mills th| those States, the recent decisions of.t y-| Attorney General and the Secretary yp|Commerce and Labor on the subj re| were taken up and a general understan es| ing was, reached as to the application ns| the present immigration law and t | new law that is to take effect on July m|next, to the situation in the South. ns| Although no statement was given ¢ m|at the close of the conference, the d ne | cussion bore largely along the same ge yr.Jeral lines as at the other meeting, a ct] there was the same satisfaction expre to}ed as to the outcome.” he| The outcome was that it as conced w|that a way would be found to allow 1 ig, | States to get around the law. The Wa: o}-Jington Herald in an editorial on | jes|stuation headed “The South Strikes 1g,] Snag,” fearirig the proper enforcem he] of the law, had this to say in refere ho|to somebody in high authority: se] “The Southern Senators who oppo ent| the passage of the new immigration : of|and who abandoned their filibuster o ore|after they had become satisfied that ive]new law would be construed in acco ‘oflance with the decision then rece1 a-poke. They were able to hold up the immigration, bill indefittely, and might) have conducted a successful filibuster) against it. They would hardly bave withdrawn their opposition on the! strength of a mere rumor. It is possible’ that interesting disclosures may be made if the two Senators from South Caro- Tina and Georgia actually received 2 thoritative assurances that the immigra-| tion plans of their States would be sup- ported in the execution of the new law.” ‘A few days ago two Southern men, 3 Mr. Haywood and a Mr.Watson, came| to Washington to get what they termed| a definite interpretation of the Jaw and| after a conference with the President these Southern men talked for the press} as follows; “We feel that the President] is in sympathy with what has been done. and is being done in the South We cannot go further in our plans for for- eign emigration until we know where we stand, We told the president that we did not want to nullify or secede, but we simply wanted to know where we stood.” We do not understand what these Southern men meant by nullify or se- cede. Probably President Roosevelt clearly understood their meaning and its full import, : These Southern gentlemen will them- selves neither have to nullify or secede. They have received their instructions |from the White House and gone forth rejoicing to proceed with their plans to Jassist emigration to the South and the | daily press of yesterday, March 23, in- dicated the loop-hole provided by the |Administration = * || Attorney-General Bonaparte na doubt Junder instruction from the President, Jas modified his first construction of | the law in a manner to provide this very necessary loop-hole. The press dis- {patches read as follows: 1 “President Roosevelt yesterday made | public the decision of Attorney Genera | Bonaparte, which was rendered upor request of the Executive, who had re ceived certain questions bearing upor | daily, and it is to the credit of the judg the subject of immigration from Gov -| Ansel, of South Carolina, ¢| “Briefly, the Attorney-General find althat the Stafe would be violating m Taw if it advertised its wage scale anc Slinducements to prospective immigrant -| abroad; provided that no contract, ex »|pressed or implied, were made; pro ¢| vided there is no such contract, the Stat -| may prepay the passage of an immigran +) to its borders, if the immigrant is fre d} to choose his own employment when'h tl arrives; the State may, without liabilit f}under the Federal law, accept contribu €ltions for the purpose of advertising it -| advantages abroad, and the immigrant who come in response to thes induct | ments will be allowed to enter, but th T| partics who make the contributions t | the State for the same purpose may sut atl ject themselves to prosecution. Unde ¥| the new law, the Atorney-General hold b-| the status of both State and immigrar h) will be different. 5} When this statute goes into effect c th] Suly x all immigrants induced to m ‘d| grate from their homes by reason of it DF | ducements, offers, or promises, eve in| when no contract is made, will be ¢: ie | cluded. In the next place, the new Ja off will exclude the immigrant whose pas ct] age is paid by any corporation, or fo d-| eign governments; but, curiously enoug of | does not prohibit a State from thus pr he | paying passage money. Neither the o tInor the new law, the Attorney-Gener says, prohibits the importation of skill ut| laborers when the like cannot be fou s-] unemployed in this country.” n-] Now as to the investigation of nd|Child and Woman Labor conditions S-| this country as passed by Congress: “The bill provides that the investig ed| tion shall be made by the Secretary. he|Commerce and Labor, which means th h-| the work must be done by Commission he| Neill of the bureau of labor, who w alalso in consultation with the Presiden nt] “One stumbling block to. the Preside ice in the bill is that the investigation sh be made by employes of the governme ed| appointed under civil service Jaws 2 ct,| regulations. nly| “Representative Crumpacker, howev the | expressed the opinion that the Presid rd-| would no doubt be ‘able to circumy tly| the provisions of the law limiting | the| investigation to civil service employ ap-|'The President usually gets what cri-| wants,’ said Mr. Crumpacker, ‘and en-| will know how to take care of this” stated.” 8, 1907, the Senate, seeking: 2 sat appearance of paternatism en t¥= ga° the government and the one riiw et passed-the following resolet-~. Resolved, That the Secretu- +... Treasury, the Attorney-Genesa’,+ ¢.. retary Of the Interior, the S> - - oa Commerce and Labor, the $ ~~ of Agriculture, and the Inter-- ><. mence Commission are heret, « ~ directed to report to the Ser +. =. 2 earliest moment possible the n~<r an names of all persons eraployed + req Jor under their authority in t* > cent departments during the fiscal , :+ ea, ing June 30, 1906, or who aren yg employed as special agent, <- —, inspectors, employees, or «met where no specific appropriati:n - gen} is been made by Congres fr guy employment or only made :n geaenj terms, and also to report ine, ~y cay the amopnt paid, or to be paid, .s com, pensatjon, and make a spec‘ic siatemeq Of the nature of the employme-t in ex} case, and also whether such pers 2s x¢ in the classified service.” In answer to this the sever! S-=eup. ies submitted their reports t2 the Sey. ate and Senate Document No 3 4 copy of which I-hold in my kim's, re veals the fact that although bindrey of such employes were sent :.t unig instructions from the White H se mt a single Negro was selected, and thy a republican form of goverrment, It should not be necessary t> renind any one and especially a grest beh priest of the “square deal,” the head asd front of this Administration, of the fat ]that a republic cannot be suczessfuty maintained based on inequal.t. of cx '|zenship or opportunity and that a2 at tempts to maintain class and caste dy }tinctions have proven the dowefsd cf those who tried to enforce then, | In nearly all of the Execurre De || partments Negroes of ability, edsatss, Jand efficiency are employed ca wig || which their white fellow clerks bse. {nally failed to produce as god re Jas their Negeo compeets and v2t thee '|same Negroes are in a numn'er rf m stantes placed under these “fut a ,|sections that are tabooed a. ~sr | sections” and this too when the A= jJistration is Republican in nae i et jin form and loud in its acclam *f tx "|“square deal” and broad “door +f -p _| portunity.” ;| Why is it that when the wk 7 ¢|tain sections in the départmen:. - z|suited to Negro brain, brawn o? & ~|tellect, that some of the capa’. * y| ing and worthy Negroes who 'u * 5 "evidence of initiative effort: a- ¥-" a | executive ability of high «r+ 3 «| be placed in charge of thee «© ~ 2 | given the full credit of the wes ~ | out under their supervision? o| Asa mule this has not: - .-|the nominal head hag been «vs * | make his reports, working dag” ~> * ;,| from the constructive know". ~ it}eapable Negro who neither pay nor gets the credit. n| This condition is not c-- "7 ;.|to the Departmental Service» \s 7 1.|ton; while the most recent 7": 3|to be found in the appointm« +“ ~ ° ..|Civil Service roster of . *5 w|draughtsman in the Super, 5 °* ;-|tect’s office; the white emp! *= r-[Railway Mail service pet’ -s ' h,|Seategation is also to ther * © e-|prompt refusal, however. of “ P 1d| office Department to even cc * * at}an infamous discrimination + - 7 “| speedy remedy for these fart “5 1d| peated and winked-at con!" 3 prompt denial seems to furr .* ne| the panacea for the untowar: 2% injexisting in “the Bureau cf L~st and Printing, now under the ~~*' z-| the same official who at the I» :. “f% of | Postoffice Department was t 77% at|for the stamping out of tre 7°? er|color line in the Railway 3.1 #0 as| similar conditions existing in" ¢ O ,. office, under the control cf a Bett nt}man of culture, whose prs ie ° ail| Secretary of Commerce ar Lis? nt| felt in his own race the sting £ 79F nd|sion and prejudices and ! : t2 least, the Sixth Auditor's »° * ™% er,)is now also under the ow" £ rat| former head of the Nations! Rez = ent|Committee and who know t+ 6% hhe| tion of race, but Felies on ther °°? ¢s.|showing of the individual, w* "¥ he| Self overcomes obstacles a” “* he|the highest pinnacle. Tt] The Negro in the Departs“ °7 The Week in Society Mrs. M. J. Richardson has returned from Richmond, Va., where she was the guest of Mrs. Mary and Miss E. Brown, Mrs. Richardson was accompanied by her daughter on the trip. Mrs. M. Tyson was visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Wright in Baltimore, last week. Miss Susie Bias of Lawrenceville, Va., is here and expects to make Washington her home. Miss Mary E. Plummer, who has been here sometime, has returned to Pensacola, Fla. Mrs C. Hunter has been visiting in Virginia, and was the guest of Mr. R. Roberts and wife, of Lawrenceville. Messrs Geo. W. and B. J. O'Niel, of this city, passed through Rock Hill, S. C. last week, says the Rock Hill Messenger. Miss Virgie Burrell of Philadelphia is the guest of friends in this city and suburban points. Miss Izetta Bass of Richmond, Va., who has been here undergoing medical treatment, has returned to her home much improved. Mr Thos W. Harrold of Portsmouth, Va., spent a few days here. Mr R. W. Walker of Kansas, while on his two months' furlough, expects to put friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Fendall of Philadelphia will spend the Easter holidays in Washing- with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. McKenny of 63 P street, N. W., and they will be glad to entertain their many friends. Mr. Samuel G. Thompson, formerly the city but now of St. Paul, Minn., will city on a vacation. Mr. Royal Hughes is one of the long club members in the Metropolite Baptist Church. Liece Thomas H. Anderson sent the Baptist Church through Attor- mmas L. Jones, a handsome con- I want a live paper, read The P. L. E. Sheppard has arrived in Erie on week. J. I Anderson Taylor was ten- teen, a birthday party Tuesday evening to the numbers of his church. He was given over $200 in presents. It was one of the happiest moments of his life. M. I Kohler Chambers, formerly at The Ribbon Magazine, is now in portorial staff of The Bee. Mr. Chambers is also a social favorite in the town and a young man of much popularity. Any favors shown him will be appreciated by the management. T. Rev. Dr. Waldron, of Florida, some charge of Shiloh Baptist Court about May 1. M. I. Clay Hawkins, of the De- partment of Justice, continues to be Mr. William N. Ferguson, of New York in the city and will remain here. Last Wednesday afternoon, March 20, at 11 o'clock, Mr. J. Blaine Boyd and M. Mayne K. Clemmons joined hearts to fight their troth for life. As early as 4 o'clock the people began to fill the auditorium of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, until at 5, the time for the ceremony to be performed, there was available seat. At 4:45 the numbers were rendered. They were "Dearie," by Miss Louvenia which was sweetly sung; "Till Death," by Miss Clark, which was also sung and sweetness. To the strains of John's wedding march, play-Miss Josephine Price, the bridal for the church, where, with ful decorations, was seen a long to be remembered. The Moors, Fred J. Ewing, John H. K. John Flemings and James entered the church in couples, down the two main aisles, Miss Willie Andrews and Mr. H. Kelly, one in each aisle, M.otte Freeman and Mr. Sam-marched next down the aisles, Mr. Carter came the groom brother, Mr. Henry A. Boyd. We had reached their places the Miss Daisy Moores entered the church and proceeded to the altar, Rev. C. H. Clark performed the ceremony. The bridal party left the hall going out the same aisle for the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Blaine Boyd, on Fourteenth avenue, North, where a reception was tendered them and their many friends, who went out to bid them Godspeed on the launching of their bark on the matrimnoial sea. The bride, who is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Turner Clemmons, made a lovely picture in a handsome princess gown of Duchess satin with real lace trimmings and a train on which fell the veil she wore. She carried a large bouquet of bride's roses. Misses Andrews, Freeman and Moores were all beautifully attired in white dresses of silk and carried large bouquets of carnations. Mr. J. Blaine Boyd, who is the second son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Boyd of Second avenue, North, was attired as the other young men, in the regulation evening dress. All wore in their coat lapels a white carnation. Continued from 1st page ard's" unusually eloquent and timely address of three-quarters of an hour was the value of constructive effort in the solution of the race problem. "Our greatest need at his time," urged Dr. Washington, "is the dogged pioneer spirit that goes into the forests, the mines, on the farms, ferrets out the hidden treasures of nature, develops the crude materials of earth and creates original opportunities for racial progress. The old-time' leaders were called upon to destroy something—primarily that monster evil, slavery; the newer leadership is called upon to build up something—a store, a church, a school, a bank, and to make positions of advantage that did not exist before. "We want and must have educated men of the race who will become creators of wealth, of tangible evidences of our capacity in the religious, educational, business, professional and all of the branches that touch our daily life. Com- plants, inignation meetings and protests are sometimes justifiable, for we do suffer grievous wrongs, but let it be emphasized with all the force at the race's command that the acquisition of land, the building of homes, the successful management of a bank, dry goods store, a drug store or a dairy—the cultivation of a farm, the invention of a useful piece of machinery will go many times farther toward solving the race problem than all the abstract theorizing that we can indulge in from now until doomsday. When a Negro actually creates something of value to civilization, through skilled black hands, backed by cultivated black brains, he has furnished an object lesson in racial capacity that cannot be flouted even by his bitterest foes. Display Tangible Evidences of Negro Genius Dr. Washington said he wished to see the colored business men in the great centers like Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, becoming members of the commercial clubs, and thought it would be one of the most profitable of ventures if the colored business men would arrange to display of the products of Negro genius and material progress in some public place where the white people, whose opportunities for studying the new Negro are decidedly limited, might be able to see for themselves just what is being done. Instead of dwelling on the negative side of our problem, the intelligent Negro should bear heavily on the positive side, by showing his creditable achievements. There is nothing but disaster in store when we confine our activities to complaining of our disadvantages—by calling continued attention to our weaknesses and failures. No enterprising people want to invest anything in a sick man or a sick race. The natural instinct of mankind is to deal only in successes. Therefore, he declared, every Negro who desires to see the race problem solved along practical and permanent lines should look forward, not backward, should take note of the bright side of the picture, be cheerful, have race pride, and be sure to get on the front seat of the constructive handwagon. We live in the best age since the world began. We have more, know more and can do more than at any time since emancipation. We must not become discouraged or embittered. Study the object lessons furnished by our creators of opportunities—urge that their tribe increase—and fol low in their footsteps to the heights. Dr. Washington took occasion to state that he was in perfect accord with the demand for all the manhood rights of the Negro guaranteed by the Constitution, and believed in no surrender of a single atom of that which belongs to us as citizens of the republic; but, in the effort to secure these things we must not forget that we must travel the same hard road that other races have trodden in their struggle for the riches of earth and the privileges of men. Dr. Washington was most agreeably surprised at the magnitude of the business operations and professional development of the colored people of Philadelphia and assured the committee that his visit had been both pleasing and instructive. He was gratified to be informed that much of the prosperity observable was due in the largest measure to the Negro Business League. --- Elsewhere attention is invited to the Grand Easter Bazaar, beginning Easter Monday, April 1, 1907, in the Parish Hall of St. Luke's Parish. The baaar will continue ten evenings, and during each evening an hour will be devoted to some special feature embracing an entertainment from 8 until 9 o'clock. Fancy and useful articles will be disposed of each evening, and in addition thereto a first-class supper and refreshments will be served at moderate prices. A number of our most prominent young ladies have been invited by the Woman's Guild, under whose supervision the bazaar will be conducted, to assist in its management, among whom may be mentioned Misses Bertha and May Saunders, Dalsey Watson, Lottie Wallace, Jessie Parks, Mamie Broidie, Julia Collier, Clothilde Houston, Rosebud Murray, Flossie Tolbert, Eunice Dorster, Lillie Minor, Mrs. Katie Harris and Mrs. Elsie Bethel. Prof. R. T. Greener lectured to a large and appreciative audience at the Berean Church last Wednesday evening upon the Russian-Japanese War. The Men's Club of St. Luke's Parish are perfecting arrangements for a Musical and Dancing Reception at Odd Fellows Hall, Tuesday evening, April 23, 1997. The Lyric Orchestra will furnish the music. The popular Universal Pleasure Club will give its second reception at Odd Fellows' Hall Tuesday evening, April 8. WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE LOST. The colored people in this city have lost almost every political right they Charles H. Brooks. ever possessed. There was a time when they held several important positions under the local government, but, becoming dissatisfied and by holding public indignation meetings they have lost almost every position of honor and trust. At the time the people had the right of suffrage in this community many of their representative men held responsible positions. Under the local government the late John T. Johnson was treasurer of the District of Columbia. Just think of it! A colored man being treasurer of this city. Then there were policemen and fire commissioners; then there were street commissioners. In addition to these positions the colored people had a colored superintendent of schools, colored trustees, who conducted their own schools and expended their own money. About this time there was internal dissension. There were colored men who for selfish motives opposed the late Sayles J. Brewer for mayor of the city, and elected a man by the name of Emory. This was the beginning of the colored citizens' downfall. Then came Alexander Sheppard and a legislature. Mr. Sheppard was honest, and loyal to the people. Continued agitation and the treachery of colored men to each other everything was lost to them. The schools gradually got away from them. Interlopers infested the city as they have today. They continued to agitate and hold indignation meetings until they have about lost their hold upon the schools. These agitators will continue until the citizens of this city will lose everything. The Bee continues to warn the people against these helpless and irresponsible agitators. REV. CORROTHERS INDORSES IT. Editor of The Bee: I desire to extend to you my congratulations on your excellent and manly speech delivered last Sunday afternoon before the lyceum of the Second Baptist Church and to say further that I endorse every word you said. REGISTER VERNON WILL SPEAK. Hon. W. T. Vernon. Register of the Treasury, who has considerable fame as a speaker and lecturer speaks at the Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday afternoon, March 31. The meetings are held at True Reformers' Hall at 3:30 every Sunday and ever since the movement to secure the conditional offer of Mr. Rockfeller has been in force, the meetings have been taxing the seating capacity of the main auditorium and the gallery. At last Sunday's meeting, which was conducted by the ministers of the city over one thousand men were in attendance. The officers of the Association say that the building will not be able to hold the men Easter Sunday when Mr. Vernon speaks. The Azalia Mandolin Club, Mr. Gerald Tyler and Mr. McIntosh comprise the musical participants. The Association is even now doing good work, over a score of young men having been converted during the last three weeks. The outlook for securing the new building is very bright and every citizen of Washington should take advantage of this opportunity to help the young men. The building is badly needed here. Let everybody give a helping hand. The Metropoliton A. M. E. Church was comfortably filled last Sunday evening by an appreciative audience, to listen to the rendition of Sir. John Steiners "Crucifixion." The singing of this beautiful and impressive composition was under the direction of Professor Layton. The full vested choir took part and sang with great vim. Mr. Amos, the basso, easily proved the favored soloist. He has a rich, round and sympathetic, as well as a true and melodious voice, and seemingly knows how to use it. Not one out of the hundreds present regretted having heard this gentlemen. A silver offering was taken at the door. WEDDING BELLS From the. African League, Liberia, Arrica. On the 23rd ult. Prof. J. L. Morris of Monrovia and Miss Maud Lyon, daughter of U. S. Minister Ernest Lyon, were united in holy matrimony in the American Legation by Bishop I. B. Scott in the presence of a large number of people who were invited to witness the occasion. Of course the occasion was celebrated in a manner consonant with the dignity of the bridal party. Prof. Morris is a teacher in Liberia College and one of the promising sons of Liberia. Thus an America nwoman becomes a Liberian. The bridesmaids were Miss Anabell Lyon, sister of the bride, and Miss Clavenger Sherman. The best men were Mr. aHrry Lyon, brother of the bride, and Mr. H. Dennis. Luncheon was one of the special features on the pleasant occasion. NOT SATISFIED. Rev. Waldron of Shiloh Church was surprised when he saw so many people leave his church. It is not certain that he will accept Shiloh's call. 2,000 PEOPLE HEARD DR. DREW. The Ebenezer M. E. Church, corner 4th and D streets, S. E., was crowded from the pulpit to the door last Friday night listening to an interesting sermon delivered by the great evangelist, Rev. Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor of the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church on O street, N. W., and also president of the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School. His subject was "Dead Dog After a Flea." Fully 2,000 heard this wonderful sermon and showed their appreciation by giving $37.20, which was added toward getting a new carpet for the church. Dr. Drew made one of his special appeals to the unsaved, which caused twenty-five to come forward to be prayed for. The sermon was preached under the auspices of The McKinley Volunteer Club. 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He fought with fire and brimstone, too, His fiery missiles fairly flew, His hideous hordes joining in, Made a terrific, noisy din, But he had failed to count the cost He dared to risk his all and lost, That day when Crhist arose. Old Lucifer's still fighting yet, He still throws out his old drag net, He still takes victims unawares, With all of his wicked wiles and snares. He still has, this world in his power. Although he's weakening every hour. His great domain will surely fall His doom was written on the wall. That day when Christ arose. Let saints and sinners shout for joy Of Him who did death's sting destroy. Let every living thing proclaim The glorious risen Saviour's name. Let every creature shout and sing Let heaven and earth with echoes ring BAZAAR Grand Easter Bazaar for the sale of the suspices of the Woman's Guild of St Lukes day evening, April 1, 1907, in the Par'sh. On Tuesday evening, April 2, andead until 9 o'clock, will be devoted to spect. Season tickets, 25 cents; single admis. Order of exercises, beginning at 8 o'clock. Tuesday, April 2, juvenile musicale, Miss Jose Weston. Wednesday, April 3, address by Prost Thursday, April 4, the Keller Magic Friday, April 5, "Pictures of Famous" directed by Mrs. John Howe. Monday, April 8, "The Ugliest of Seven Y. Mays. Tuesday, April 9, musicale by several W. Wednesday, April 10, "A Hunt for M. Our Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Jas Thursday, April 11, operetta, "Rose of Prof. Thomas A. Johnson. Friday, April 12, juvenile cantata, direc. Jessie Lee. Admission to these attractive features All friends and well-wishers of St Lukes atronize these entertainments. Refreshments and supper will be served Come one; come all. Mer Bazaar for the sale of useful and fancy art, in Woman's Guild of St. Luke's Parish, beginning April 1, 1907, in the Par'sh-Hall, and continuing by evening, April 2, andeach evening thereafter, will be devoted to special and attractive fets, 25 cents; single admission, 10 cents. Exercises, beginning at 8 o'clock, and continuing April 2, juvenile musicale, costumes and orchestra. April 3, address by Prof. Richard T. Greene. April 4, the Keller Magic tricks, Professor Holm 5, "Pictures of Famous Persons," and "Backs. John Howe. April 8, "The Ugliest of Seven." A drama directed in 9, musicale by several well-known artists. April 10, "A Hunt for Mother Goose"—Comedie for the direction of Mrs. Jane' Sommers. April 11, operetta, "Rose of Savoy." Choir of St. A. Johnson. April 12, juvenile cantata, directed by Mrs. Myrtle. To these attractive features without extra charge and well-wishers of St. Luke's Parish are core entertainments. Arts and supper will be served each evening at come all. Washington Jockey Grand Easter Bazaar for the sale of useful and fancy articles, under the auspices of the Woman's Guild of St Luke's Parish, beginning Easter Monday evening, April 1, 1907, in the Par'sh-Hall, and continuing ten evenings. On Tuesday evening, April 2, andeach evening thereafter, one hour, from 8 until 9 o'clock, will be devoted to special and attractive features. Season tickets, 25 cents; single admission, 10 cents. Friday, April 5, "Pictures of Famous Persons," and "Bachelor's Dreams," directed by Mrs. John Howe. Monday, April 8, "The Ugliest of Seven." A drama directed by Mrs. J. W. Mays. Thursday, April 11, operetta, "Rose of Savoy." Choir of St. Luke's Church Prof. Thomas A. Johnson. Friday, April 12, juvenile cantata, directed by Mrs. Myrtle Childs and Miss Tessie Lee. Refreshments and supper will be served each evening at moderate prices. Come one; come all. Washington Jockey Club Spring Meeting, 1907. 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Peter Groga ten up the Home for section of some new pieces of Furniture, Rug Our magnificent spring stocks offer you evi your home beautiful and luxurious, and yo t whatever you desire and arrange the pa Our prices are all plainly marked, and if will find it as cheap to bu here on Credit a Peter Groga Brightenupthe Home for Easter Brightenupthe Home for Easter By the addition of some new pieces of Furniture, Rugs, Mattings, or Draperies. Our magnificent spring stocks offer you every opportunity for making your home beautiful and luxurious, and you are freely invited to select whatever you desire and arrange the payments to suit your income. Our prices are all plainly marked, and if you make comparison, you will find it as cheap to bu here on Credit as anywhere else for cash. Peter Grogan 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street Till every living soul confess That He is King of Kings and bless The day when Christ arose. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW How the officeholders can indorse the President. If Judge Kimball will remove the cages in his court. How much money will the colored people contribute to the Y. M. C. A. Who will be the delegates to the next National Republican Convention. Will there be a lily-white delegation. If Secretary Taft has an idea that he will be the Republican nominee. If Judge Kimball will remove the cages in his court. How much money will the colored people contribute to the Y. M. C. A. Who will be the delegates to the next National Republican Convention. Will there be a lily-white delegation. If Secretary Taft has an idea that he will be the Republican nominee. Why Prof. Du Bois' name was used in connection with the Jamestown Exposition. The man who wrote anonymous let- To whom will the Army go. Why Paymaster I the country. Will Ohio elect T. Why some men lose they are given a sm Will interlopers meetings. The forty-first ment of the G. A. Saratoga during S --- BUYAGO-CART wing of new patterns. 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R. will be held at Saratoga during September. --- DEALER IN The way of the boy is the Der Knab' und der Wind, 's ist die. way of the wind, As light as the leaves is dainty maid-kind; sel be Ge-schicht, Und Laub' wie das Mädchen, leicht man sie bricht. mf poco ritenuto o cresc. One to deceive, and one to believe—That is... the way of Ei-nes be-lört und ei-nes er-hört, So geht es im mer. poco ritenuto. a tempo. molto rit. lento. year to year; But I know you will learn it—too late,…… my dear aus Jahr ein, Doch wenn du es wirst ler-nen, su späl…… wird's sein. a tempo. molto rit. lento. cresc. THE WAY OR IT 2-3. JOHN VANCE CHENEY. (SO GEHT ES IMMER.) JAQUES MENDELSOHN. Allegro. mp a tempo. The boy is a broad, pretty Der Knä-be ist dort, schö-ne a tempo. maid, pretty maid, Be-ware his soft words, I'm a-fraid, I'm a-fraid; He has Maid, schö-ne Maid, Ihr nicht auf sein Wort, noch ist's Zeit, noch ist's Zeit. 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Esterville, In.—After a lapse of 32 years, the famous "Barber" meteor, for which George Larber, of this place, had searched for years, has been found in a Vienna museum, carefully labeled that all visitors may know that it is one of Iowa's product, and fell near Esterville in June, 1875. Fearing the Barber brothers, who dug up the great meteor, would be able to recover the largest piece of the precious rock, it was quickly passed from one person to another, as soon as it was shipped east, until its whereabouts soon became a matter of mystery. W. B. CORSETS The W. B. Reduso is the ideal garment for over-developed figures requiring special restraint. It has an apron over the abdomen and hips, so boned as to give the wearer absolute freedom of movement. REDUSO STYLE 750 for tall, well-developed figures. Made of a durable coutil in white or drab. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 22 to 36. PRICE, $3.00 REDUSO STYLE 760 for short, well-developed figures. Made of white and drab coutil. 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George Barber has followed the meteor almost around the world, and Iowaans have searched the museums of England and of Rome, expecting to see it, among the spoils of time, but it has been left to Thomas R. Wallace, a former Iowaan, to discover the rock which put Esterville on the map in one of the great museums of Vienna. Thomas R. Wallace, who has notified George Barber of finding the meteor in Vienna, is one of the men who saw it fall, on the farm of the, Seven Lee farm, two miles north of here, about one o'clock in the afternoon of June 28, 1875. Charles and George Barber dug it out of the ground some 14 feet deep. The largest piece, which is now in Vienna, weighed 132 pounds. The smaller pieces weighed together 400 pounds, making a total weight of 532 pounds. At the time of the great phenomenon on the land on which the rock fell had been sold to a Mr. Lee, and only a small amount paid down. The Barber boys were given permission by him to dig out the meteor, but the former owners brought suit against the Barbers and the Emmet county clerk refused to accept signers to a $500 bond offered by the Barber boys under replievin proceedings, after the land owners had secured possession of the rock. While the boys were trying to regain possession of the meteor, the parties loaded it into a wagon and hauled it overland to Keokuk, where it was to eastern parties, and resold to other parties for $58,000. It was sold a year or two later to an English company for $100,000. Small pieces which the Barber boys secured have been sold for $500 each, but Iowans have always wanted to secure possession of the big piece, which now rests among the marble and bronze statues of Vienna. Within a short time the scientific world learned of the meteor. The Barber brothers were offered $50,000 for the big piece, and, believing that it could be secured, efforts have been made from time to time to get it back on Hawkeye soil. The Barbers lost $10,000 because the county clerk refused to accept a man worth $25,000 on a bond for $500. INVENTS STUDYING MACHINE Northwestern University Student Finds Solution in Phonograph. Chicago. — Edward Jacobson, a Northwestern university student, has invented a studying machine which not only abolishes the ravages on the body caused by all-night sessions, with towel-encircled brows, over books of small print, but also saves, he says, the eyes and the mind. Young Jacobson's device is of a phonographic nature, for which he has prepared records on which are concentrated the essential points of the entire courses. 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Looks first rate and wears that way every time. It's worth your while to come in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy Always welcome. Wm.M 491Pen HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. . Moreland, Penna Ave OLD STAND. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT Wm.Moreland, 491Penna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. BIGN OF THE BIG BOOT WILL HONOR CUSTER MONROE, MICH., TO ERECT MONUMENT TO ITS SOLDIER HERO. Famous Cavalry Leader Was Born in Ohio, But Always Regarded Wolverine Village as His Monroe, Mich.—Though he was perhaps the most famous soldier who has ever called Michigan his home, there is as yet, 31 years after his death, no memorial within the borders of the state to Gen. George A. Custer. To remedy this the citizens of Monroe are now agitating the erection of a handsome monument to this dashing cavalryman who, from his later boyhood, always looked upon Monroe as his home. Though Gen. Custer was born in Ohio and though his parents continued to live there, with the exception of one year, Custer himself went to school at Monroe and spent much of his time there with his sister, Mrs. Reed, who had married a Monroe man. His appointment to the military academy at West Point was given him by an Ohio congressman, but it was always to Monroe that he returned for his furloughs during his academy course as well as on his later leaves of absence during the war. There he was married to Miss Libble Bacon, daughter of Judge Bacon, one of the most prominent of the town's citizens, and there was the sorrow greatest when the dread news came on that Fourth of July of centennial year of the annihilation by the Sioux under Sitting Bull, of the gallant general and his whole command of the Seventh cavalry on the Little Big Horn in Montana, eight days previous. Since that day the federal government has made the site of the "last battle" a national park, marked the route of the Seventh's last march, and erected a handsome monument on the site where Guster himself fell. PENITENT PAYS FOR FREE RIDE. But Michigan, on whose name he shed luster by his command of the "Michigan brigade" during 1863 and 1864, has done nothing toward providing a memorial to his deeds. It was Custer and his "Michigan brigade" that during the civil war restored the cavalry arms to the place it had occupied in the days of Napoleon, when the dashing cavalry charges at Murat were an important factor in almost every battle. Appointed brigadier general when but two years out of West Point for gallantry in small actions as an officer on the staff of Gen. Pleasanton, commanding the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac, Custer was assigned to the "Michigan brigade," composed of the First, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Michigan regiments of cavalry. At this time the cavalry was rather looked down upon by the other branches of the service, but the tactics of Custer and his "Michigan boys" soon changed all this. Instead of depending upon the carbine, as the cavalry had done in the civil war up to that time, Custer placed his trust in the saber and in the efficiency, of the sweeping mounted charge to dismay his enemy. That the cavalry came to be looked upon as an effective force from that time on was due as much to Custer and his actions as to any other single influence. For a year he commanded the Michigan brigade and then was advanced to the command of the Third of the Third . arison of the cavalry corps. His exploits there attracted the attention of the whole north and that of the south as well, and his generalship during the closing campaign which ended in the surrender of Appomattox left him with the highest individual fame as a cavalry commander of any man, either northern or southern, with the single exception of Phil Sheridan. After the war, when the principal duty of the cavalry, to which he was assigned as lieutenant colonel of the Seventh, was Indian fighting, Custer's success was as great as it had been against the southern legions, and in not a single instance did it fail, except in the "last battle." And even there the claim, made at the time by Custer's friends, that his defeat and annihilation were the direct results of the failure of his subordinates to obey his orders has never been disproved, so that there is nothing from his first action in 1861 until he was shot down in the midst of his men on the Little Big Horn in 1876 to tarnish his fame as a brave man, a gallant soldier and a brilliant commander. The citizens of Monroe have taken up in earnest the matter of a monument to be erected in the city of his adoption and will probably go to the legislature with a request for assistance in raising the money necessary, which it is figured will be about $25,000. Two sites are being considered. Toes Are Worth $722 Each. Green Bay, Wis.—A jury here has fixed the price of toes at $722 each. William Gussart, who lost three toes while working for the Greenleaf Stone company, brought suit to recover damages and the jury awarded him $2,166. Lancaster, Pa. Mrs. Margaret Snader, an aged woman, living in New Holland, has several strands of the hair of George Washington, given to her mother many years ago by a member of the Custis family. Glives Railroad Price of Ticket He Saved by Borrowing Pass. Springfield, Ill.—"This money has been hurting my conscience for more than six months, and I am glad of an opportunity to refund it." With these words, a man the other day tendered $4.75 to John H. Lord, city passenger agent of the Illinois Central. He explained that it was in payment for a ride which he had taken last July from Chicago to Springfield on a borrowed pass. The matter, he said, has been troubling his conscience ever since, and he finally concluded the only thing to do was to turn over the money to the railroad company. After a little questioning he gave his name as T. E. Timmus, but declined to say who the holder of the pass was or what occasioned his repentance. Mr. Lord was somewhat at a loss as to what to do with the money, but finally accepted it and gave the man a receipt for the amount. He has remitted it, with an explanatory letter, to the general passenger agent of the road at Chicago. The city passenger agent of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis railway received a communication from a man in Kansas City, asking the amount of the fare from Pekin to Granite City. He stated that he had stolen a ride over that route, and his conscience had troubled him so much ever, since that he waned: to pay the fare. NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON CANDY KITCHEN 1614 14th street, N. W. Chocolates, Bon Bons, Taffy and drops of all kinds ten cents pound. Columbia Ice and Coal Co. FILE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND WE WILL DO THE REST. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILL- ED. LEAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US THE KIND OF COAL YOU WANT. COLUMBIA COAL AND ICE COMPANY. W.SidneyPittman Architect RENDERING IN MONOTONE, WATER COLOR AND PEN & INK J. A. 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TICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK HOLE LIFE INSURANCE PAYABLE ONE HOUR AT DEATH AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. MFTH and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C. WM. T. SMITH ASSOCIATED WITH ROGERS and CLIFFORD Embalmers and Funeral Directors LEGAL NOTICES SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holding Probate Court. Estate of Margaret Matthews, Deceased. No. 14.185, Administration Docket Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testamen of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate by James L. Matthews, it is ordered this 14th day of February, A. D. 1907, that Lewis Hawkins, Lottie Brown and Joseph Porter, and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Thursday, the 21st day of March, A. D. 1907, at 10 o'clock A. M. to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and The Bee once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. John E. Collins, Attorney. W. C. MARTIN, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS- TRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holding a Probate Court. No. 14,333, Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of Administration on the estate of Wiley 'A Bailey, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 26th day of March, A. D. 1908; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 26th day of March, 1907. 'Ado L. Bailey, 1518 New Jersey avenue, N. W. James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. W. C. Martin, Attorney. SPECIAL NOTICES. For Rent.—Three good office rooms and lodge rooms for rent. See W. R. Griffin, Notary Public, True Reformers' Hall, Twelfth and U Sts., northwest. FOR SALE Stylish, up-to-date canopy top Surrey ('for one horse), for $85. Cost $200 three years ago. Highest offer takes it. Colonial Beach lot for sale; only $125, on high land, near the wharf. size, 50 by 150 feet. J. J. Gould, 421 Ninth street. DRUG STORES. One of the most successful druggists in South Washington is Mr. George W. Murray, Second and C streets. He is affable, and his drugs are always fresh. If you want Easter goods, don't fail to call and see him. BICHARDSON'S RICHARDSON'S. This is an up-to-date drug store, where you get everything you want in the drug line. Everybody in South Washington knows Dr. Richardson. CITY BREVITIES Four nurses have been dismissed from the Freedmen's Hospital. A great deal of dissatisfaction is expressed. There are to be some changes in the music department of the public schools. CITY NEWS. Mr. C. Chauncey Lee Brant, son-in-law of Mr. James O. Holmes, has assumed the management of his hotel, 333 Virginia avenue, S. W. Mr. Brant was formerly connected with the District government. He is an enterprising young man. The Personal Liberty League will secure new quarters at 306 14th and Ohio avenue. Mr. C. C. Curtis, the national organizer, is arranging for a grand opening. CAN TAFT WIN? Cleveland, O.—Can Taft secure a solid delegation from Ohio to the next National convention? That is the question politicians throughout the country are asking. My visit in Ohio conyinces me that unless the white Republicans to a man are for him, he cannot. The colored voters of Ohio, numbering be tween Taft and the other men against Taft, because they are for Foraker. In Cincinnati, where I spent two days, I learned that DeHart, Hayes, Copeland, Hill, and many others not only hold Secretary Taft jointly responsible for the discharge of the Negro troops, but they also hold jointly with Longworth responsible for the President's failure to appoint a colored man to an important office in Ohio, after he had heralded it throughout the country that he would do so. In Ironton, there is the same feeling, and at Dayton and Springfield the Foraker sentiment is strong, and the Taft senti- THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK REV. CHAUNCEY I. WITHROW. Established the Athens Collegiate and Industrial Institute with a Success that Challenged the Admiration and Wonder of the World. RIVALS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Rev. Chauncey I. Withrow, the subject of this comment, was born in Rutherford County, this State (soon after the Emancipation). His father was a slave of William Withrow, father of our country merchant, J. P. D. Withrow, of Hollis. Young Chauncey spent his early life on the farm, working under many disadvantages, as his advent into the world was at a time when the South was in a most distressing and trying ordeal. The war between the States had just ended and chaos and confusion reigned supreme. There were no schools even for the whites, and the colored race had less opportunities and fewer privileges than the whites. The casual observer can readily see that this young colored boy had but little to encourage him, and indeed nothing to inspire him to the higher and nobler life to which he has attained, and the success with which he has met is but the result of his own efforts and indomitable will. That there is something commendable and above the ordinary in the make-up of this colored divine, and a quality and character far superior to anything found in the majority of his race, is evidenced by the fact that he stands today without a superior and James H. UNDERTAKER AND PR ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. James H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. ment confined to whites only. In Columbus, O., where there is the largest colored vote in the State, now even exceeding Cincinnati, Foraker is stronger than ever, since the President failed to honor one of her distinguished colored citizens, Ralph Taylor. In Columbus, Wilbur King, Wm. Lynch, Harry Alexander and a number of other colored men prominent in politics are laying awake at nights, figuring how to vote all colored men against Taft. Here in Cleveland there has always been two factions, one headed by George Myers, the premier Negro politic of the State, and Harry Smith, the courageous editor of the Cleveland Gazette. These two factions have been at odds for a number of years, but I learn that they are now a unit in their opposition to Taft and their fealty to Foraker and Dick. Then sentiment expressed is that had the President carried out his announced intention of appointing a colored man to a federal office in Ohio, Taft might have had an even break with Foraker, as the colored voters of Ohio, in the way of patronage, which is as dear to them as to white voters, have been treated very shabbily for years by --- but few equals among his race in all this broad Sunny Southland. Booker Washington may stand with eager gaze watching over the mental and physical development of his thousands of students who come and go at Tuskegee, yet in all his display of talent and learning our Rutherford county colored divine outstrips him in every principle of character that goes into the make-up of a scholar, educator, preacher and benefactor to his race. His sermons, his lectures, his life as a public benefactor to and for his race, stands without a parallel in the history of the colored race in the South. Wherever he has gone, from the hovels in the mountain gorges, where he first breathed into existence, to the crowded churches in the populous cities, he has won the hearts of his own people and the plaudits and commendations of his white friends, who gladly bestow upon him, not only merited confidence but substantial support and encouragement.—Sun. Rev. Chauncey I. Withrow, the "Black Moody," pastor of the Zion Church at Bristol, Tenn., after conducting a most successful series of special sermons in this city for Rev. R. A. Morrissey, the result of which was one hundred and sixty converts, will lecture on the second Sunday in February; at Staunton, Va., and will deliver a special course of sermons at Montgomery, Ala., during the last ten days in February. The Doctor has studied Hebrew, German, Greek and Latin, completing a regular college course.—The Christian Recorder, January 31, 1907. Winslow ACTICAL EMBALMER. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. Ohio Senators. It is claimed here also that both Senators Dick and Foraker would have stood for the confirmation of a colored appointment by the President, and that when the President learned that the Ohio Senators would stand for it, at the solicitation of Taft and Longworth, he refused to make the appointment. If the colored voters of Ohio line up solidly with Foraker, it is impossible for Taft to secure a solid delegation from Ohio. The same sentiment exists at Toledo, where Cottrill, who is recognized as the colored Foraker leader in that section, is unequivocally for the senior senator, and very bitter against the President and Taft. The colored vote of Ohio is now being organized against Taft, and it is giving the Taft boomers much concern. It can be set down as a certainty, that unless the unexpected happens, the colored vote will be cast, both at the primary and at the election against the big secretary. In Cincinnati it is said that Charles Taft, the secretary's brother, is downcast because of this condition. It is said he has had two or three prominent colored men approached on the idea of organizing the colored vote for Taft, but each one refused the honor. As Ohio will be the first battle ground for Taft, the opposition of the colored voters of this State to him, because he represents Roosevelt, will attract national attention. At this writing it looks like the fifty thousand colored votes of Ohio will be the thing that will keep Taft from getting a solid delegation from Ohio, and both Senators Foraker and Dick are not trying to check this opposition, but are rather urging it on. THE ADMINISTRATION. Continued from 4th page. of the republic, where the railroads are about to create a panic and in which human liberty has evaporated and gone up in the clouds. In concluding permit me to extend to the noblest Roman of them all, the man who defends human liberty, the man that the present Administration has neither deterred by threats nor intimidation, the one, if Diogenes were here, would find and satisfy his hunt, and say I have found an honest man, in Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker. (The applause was five minutes.) If the colored Americans will sell their virtue for the filthy lucre or for riches and cast aside this man and the only man who has defied the Administration that has violated the Constitution to satisfy a greedy Southern sentiment, they should never again look to another for a defense when their rights are involved and the constitution is being violated to appease the thirst and hunger of a Southern rebel sentiment. Plutarch, in his life of Solon makes this observation: "Some wicked men are rich,some good are poor, We will not change our virtue for their store: store; Virtue's a thing that none can take away; But money changes owners all the day." A GREAT FIGHT TO BE MADE BY COLORED REPUBLICANS. A great fight is to be made by colored Republicans for a square deal through the country. If Roosevelt believes in fair deal, give it to us. The colored Republicans of the country, especially in the doubtful States, were never more determined than at present to defeat Roosevelt. If the Republican party nominates him, they will elect him without Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Kentucky and several other States. The idea of appointing three commissioners for the District of Columbia to dictate even who should or should not raise chickens. The colored votes of this country will never go to Roosevelt. He has no claim on us, and every one will strain every nerve to defeat him. We also do not want any Taft or DR. CARROLL C. STEWART. taffy in the next rush. Taft has no more show than Roosevelt. He had better take his chance or accept the chance of going to the Supreme Bench. That is 'about all he can do. Foraker will get every colored vote. I propose from now oh to call upon all of my colored Republican friends to stand up for those that have stood by us. What did Foraker say when President Cleveland wanted to restore the Rebel Flags to the Southern Confederates? He said he "did not care a but no Rebel Flags will be restored while I'm Governor." Where was Taft when this country was wrapped in gloom? "In Bed." The nation can trust Foraker because he has been truly tried. The people will demand him as President and Timothy S. Woodruff of New York as Vice? Roosevelt will be the most badly defeated man that ever ran, and so will his friend Taft. My advice to him is to find a Daniel who will interpret the writing on the wall. Some short-sighted people call Senator Foraker fire-alarm Foraker. Well, that's all right, for the colored people and all loyal Republicans stand ready to answer the alarm. C. C. Stewart, M.D. SOME OF THE HUGE FEES FREQUENTLY DEMANDED BY PROFESSIONAL MEN. From the Law Book News. Do the professions promise a field for the accumulation of great wealth, is a question frequently pondered over by young men who are casting about for the best opening in life. Do they rank in a financial way with business enterprises in these days when keen business judgment brings such vast returns? It might be suggested in reply, that an attorney's fee of $705,000 in a single case indicates that money can be made at the practice of law. Professor Lorenz, for his treatment of little Lolita Armour, receives $78,000. Other recent instances of great legal and medical fees are known, so that it appears that fame is not unattended by money in either profession. It was during a discussion of the general deficiency appropriation bill before Congress last summer that the $750,000 fee for legal services became known to the public. Among the items of the bill was one to pay the long-deferred claims of the Cherokee Indians in a land settlement case. Since 1838 the Indians had vainly clamored for pay for certain property of which they had been dispossessed. With, principal and interest, the amount to be paid the Indians reached $5,000,000. It developed that the attorneys for the red men had been allowed 15 per cent of the whole, or nearly $750,000, for their services, and opposition was expressed to this charge as being entirely too much. The claim, however, went through. Four years ago, litigation in Philadelphia over an attorney's fee attracted widespread attention. Executors of the estate of former Judge F. Carroll Brewster brought suit against Mrs. Rosalie Parant Coleman to recover about $71,000 balance of a fee of $100,000 for legal services said to have been rendered Mrs. Coleman by Judge Brewster. According to statements made, the sum involved in the preceding litigation was about $2,000,000, and Judge Brewster won his case. It had dragged its way through the courts for seven years. Some remarkable charges have been made by physicians of recent years. In 1902 the claim of Dr. Walter C. Browning of Philadelphia against the estate of the late Senator Christopher L. Magee, of Pitsburg, was aired in court in the latter city. Dr. Browning's claim was for $190,070 as payment for services during several years of Mr. Magee's illness. During the trial one of the doctor's attorneys stated that a total of $350,000 would be demanded of the estate, the amount over and beyond dtheer Ugcerser$..$ over and beyond the regular bill being the proceeds of cash which Mr. Magee was alleged to have invested for his physician out of gratitude. One witness in the case testified that Senator Magee had confided to him an intention to pay Dr. Browning the great-000,000. "I intend," he was reported as having said, "to beat Peter Widener's record. Widener, you know, paid his doctor $800,000." Senator Magee, the witness continued, told him that the doctor's charges were $20 an hour in his office and $40 outside. Judge J. W. Over, of the Orphans Court, awarded Dr.Browning $29,239.25, which was later increased to $35,168.18. Most persons will recall the journey of Dr. Adolf Lorenz, of Vienna, to Chicago in 1902, to operate upon the little daughter of J. Ogden Armour. Later the distinguished surgeon made a second visit. For these trips he was paid $78,000, not including his expenses. This large fee of Prof. Lorenz, however, was exceeded, it is said, by the amount which Mr. Flagler paid Dr. Shelton of New York, for curing his daughter. The gratified father handed the eminent specialist securities which had a par value of $50,000, but were worth $87,000 in the open market. Dr. Galezowsky, of Paris, was paid $25,000 for curing the second son of the late shah of Persia of an affection of the eye, while Sir Morrell Mackenzie, the famous English throat specialist, earned $60,030 for his services to the father of the Emperor of Germany. Dr. Anderson Critchett, a famous London specialist, refused an offer of $35,000 and expenses to journey to India for an operation upon a native potentate.—The Law Student's Helper. ITEMS ON THE WING. Last Tuesday the Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons held a continued communication. Much business was transacted. H. Cox, 33, Grand Master. Henty Frazer, 33, Grand Secretary. Principal officers of the M. W. E. Grand Lodge of F. A. A. Y. M. are H. Cox, 33, G. M.; H. F. Frazer, 33, Grand Secretary; R. Norman, 33, R. W. S. G. Warden; D. F. Seville, 23, Commdr. Higher Degrees, and Sup. Patron Adoptive Rite. Joe Gans will fight Nelson providing 60 per cent be arranged, win, lose or draw, and no other terms. The fight will take place at Ely, Nevada, July 1. A $1,000 purse will be given and a split of 75 and 25 per cent. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican State Committee of New York, was hurrying across City Hall Park in New York a few days ago when a professional beggar accosted him. "Boss," whined the beggar, "will you give me ten cents for a bed?" "Sure," said Woodruff, "where's the bed?" Grover Cleveland is trying to convince the Democracy that he is as young as ever. William Phillips, colored, of 1121 Queen street northeast, died suddenly last week. The Chiefs of Police will meet at Jamestown and Norfolk, Va., during OAKSTER TRAMINER AUSIESE, 1695 A Vintage that is classed as one of the grand Rhine Wines. A rare treasure f a gen. leman's cellar. $16 doz. $1.50 qt. F CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Phone M 774 316 4-1-2 STREET, S. W. MURRAY'S. I have made extensive purchases for the Easter holidays, consisting of fine Toilets and high-class Perfumes, and beautiful and useful articles. Just the things for Easter presents, at prices to suit my customers. 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Sold by the 1940 drugstore pply you, be can get it to your drugstore. for one whole postpaid, or ties or $2.50 for six bet- sions postspend and exp in D.S.A. When order- esress money order, at this paper. Write your blainly to d Ox Marrow Co. without my signature) St., CHICAGO, ILL- ited everywhere. e 18. No, 8. Masons, had Saturday. d in Chicago couses die annually. 153 P. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. the week of June 18. Warren Lodge, No. 8, Masons, had a funeral last Saturday. Raw milk used in Chicago couses 5,000 babies to die annually. Women in Louisiana can no longer wear bird plumes on their hats. Decision of the State Criminal Code. "Guilty or not guilty?" Guilty of the guilty. "Yes," responded the man at the bar. "What's that?" queried the court, sharply. "You asked whether I was guilty or not guilty, and of course I am. Of the two conditions I could not well escape both." "But which are you?" "Aw, go on, judge. What's the jury for?"—PhiladelphiaPublic Ledger. The Grand Lodge of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have admitted to membership two infants; one is one week old, and the other three weeks. Their fathers are members. The Public Library will issue a monthly bulletin to select books from to library users.