Washington Bee

VOL. XXVI. NO. 45 Y. M. C. A. MEETING Meeting at the True Re- Hall last Sunday was a record Though the weather was not still men came from all parts, city and filled the large Audi- to overflowing. This great mass came out in such large numbers of their deep interest in secur- table building for the Young Christian Association and to hear W. T. Vernon, Register of the speak on the "Two Talent mical part of the program was in order. Mr. J. Gerald Tyler wear Ye Not, O Israel." Mr. Wilsh and a special quartette ordered vocal selections very cred- the Azzah Mandolin Culb first appearance and made a table impression. interest is at high water mark well trained army, the men for the battle which begins April 8. The Citizens' Com- mune the Young Men's Committee hundred men each are ready to the greatest campaign ever started Colored Association. It will be a good credit to the people of Washington when May 7 comes, if they can say so. It can be done—it must be done. Dr Vernon's address last Sunday was right to the point. It was appreciated by an audience of men that they can be surpassed. Dr. Lemon said in part: vermilion said in part. I glad to see so many interested in great movement which means so alone to the young men of Washington but to the young Negroes in great country. No man lives himself. Ever since the cry of the murderer, "Am I my brother's man has been his brother's keeper and will be until the end of the world. An Association here for colored would present a great opportunity to effective work for the betterment of colored youth of the District of Columbia. This building should be rebuilt and with our co-operation and it must be erected. I have speak today of the average man, man of five talents, necessarily, I always succeed, no matter un- circumstances, but of the two man, the average man. This man surrounded with temptations, dis- ments and must struggle to make of life. For each man here be an epitome reading thus: poverty, struggled in youth, with evil companions, took to ink, died of failure, or possibly or, born in poverty, strug- genth, fought valiantly life's bated- and died a good citizen." respected by all who knew me here today desires the state former. None here today that such a fate for his fellow at we, each of us, may succeed, see our talents to the very best We must each have a vision we would live, a vision of life and of the higher things makes us to grow into that older We should thus grow ideal life as set forth in Christ. it on into a better life is but of the plan of the Eternal Diety. and is growing toward this high- I believe we shall always regret activity which ew exhibit when betterment of the conditions of our men is to be considered. Human brushed ood exacts that we should labor others quite as much as save We protect ourselves also elevate those around us. The on of society rests upon the shift of the individuals. "I fear of the saloon more than I fear of enemies of the race. I fear theis and dens of vice, which more to drag down our people the untoward influences that brought against us. Let us do realizing that we are not We are in partnership with God great work for the uplift of the We are working for the com- day when men shall be better Christ shall be enthroned in all when sin shall be no more, and less shall work no more tragedies these sons and daughters of men. D W P. Thirkield, president of Howard University, speaks April 7, at 330 P.M. on "The Hour Strikes." Mr. Felix Weir will render several selections on his violin. Mr. Ernest Amos will sing and Mr. Robert Giles will play a cornet solo. Every man in Washington should attend this meeting next Sunday. It will be an important one as it is the last meeting before the opening of the canvass. READ THE BEE. FORTY FIVE THOUSAND. From the Columbus, Ohio, Press Post. One of the leading Negro Republicans of Ohio, in an interview with the PressPost, makes the statement that the 45,000 colored voters of the State are with Senators Foraker and Dick to a man, and says that all are prominent colored newspapers are turning their batteries on Roosevelt and Taft. He said: "It is going to be a tug of war between the Foraker-Dick and Taft factions as to which faction will control the colored vote at the primaries that will select delegates to the next State and National Conventions. Just now the 45,000 colored voters of Ohio are to a man with the Foraker-Dick people, and if they can hold them there will be no question as to which side wins. "It is said that both Secretary Taft and his brother, Charles P. Taft, have seriously considered this matter, and both are impressed with the gravity of the situation. Colored voters hold Secretary Taft jointly with the President responsible for the Brownsville order, and the fact that he is favored by President Roosevelt makes their hatred of Taft the stronger. Prominent colored men throughout the State are already in correspondence regarding a systematic and united opposition against Taft, and some of the best known men of color in Ohio are in the movement. "The colored newspapers, not only in Ohio, but throughout the country, without a single exception, have turned their editorial guns on Taft and Roosevelt. As the first test will be made in Ohio, colored men in every State in the Union have signified their intention to assist Ohio colored men, even to the raising of a fund to fight Taft in Ohio. A well-known Cleveland colored politician of State and national reputation, speaking about Vorys as manager of the Taft boom, said: 'Mr. Vorys will find that a colored manager is the most indispensable requisite for the Taft boom just now, and I don't believe there is a colored man in Ohio that would come out openly for Taft. The greatest desire of the colored voters in Ohio is to stop the Taft clock, and later on put a crimp in Mr. Longworth's ambitions.' "It is said that Senators Foraker and Dick have already a splendid colored organization. In fact, it is known that they have, and many ward meetings have already been held to perfect plans for opposing Taft." Malloy's Statement. Former State Oil Inspector, John R. Malloy, in discussing the situation, said: "No, I do not believe the whole object of Mr. Vorys and his advisers is to ascertain the sentiment of Ohio towards Secretary Taft's candidacy, because Mr. Vorys himself has said that sentiment is deep, emphatic and spontaneous. I repeat that it is my conviction that the efforts of the organization of which Mr. Vorys has accepted the leadership will be toward the control of the State Convention, the nomination of State officers and the selection of a State Central Committee. Being of this opinion, I cannot but feel that it is most unfortunate that Secretary Taft's friends have permitted their candidate to be drawn into a movement that must necessarily precipitate a contest which will result in at least a divided delegation. No National Convention has ever nominated a Republican candidate for President whose own State was not behind him." Goes to Cincinnati. State Insurance Commissioner Vorys was not at his office in the Statehouse Wednesday, but had gone to Cincinnati on business connected with the Taft Presidential movement, and where he is to confer with Charles P. Taft, the brother and millionaire backer of the Secretary of War. It is the concensus of opinion about the Statehouse that the statement of Senator Foraker ised Tuesday night presents a new situation, indicating a factional contest for control of Ohio political affairs, which for acrimony and bitterness will excel anything in the history of the State, and naturally force Mr. Vorys to retire from the commissionership or involve the governor in the controversy. MRS. MUSSEY. One of the largest audiences that has ever greeted Bethel Literary was present last Tuesday evening when Mrs. Mussey was booked to speak. Her address was in a conversational tone which was very interesting. At the conclusion of her address Mrs. Dr. A. W. Gray in a most eloquent address presented Mrs. Mussey a bunch of American Beauty roses on behalf of the citizens. The Armstrong Manual Training School under the direction of Prof. J. T. Layton, rendered several musical selections. What I Saw And Heard PARAGRAPHIC NEWS HON W. B. ALLISON I am not certain that the Business Association is sincere in its efforts to restore suffrage to the people in this city. It is claimed that the colored vote would be the balance of power. Suppose it is the balance of power. The colored citizen is sufficiently intelligent to select and vote for the best men. I don't believe that politics would cut a great figure so far as the colored voter is concerned. I mean by that he would not vote for a man simply because he is a Reupublican. He must have other qualifications. There are Democrats in this city who have done more for the colored people than many Republicans. This is a Republican administration and one would presume that the colored vote would be a unit in voting a Republican ticket. I venture the assertion that if Mr. Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt were the nominees of their respective parties, the colored voters throughout the country would vote for Mr. Bryan. The colored citizen feels that he owes nothing to this administration. He has been disappointed. HON W. E. I am glad to know that Rev. Taylor will soon enter his new church. His congregation is on the increase. Rev. Simon P. W. Drew is also making great headway. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cortelyou, will see to it that the colored employees in his department are treated fairly. He doesn't propose to have any more foolishness. Those white people who don't want to work with colored clerks are at liberty to tender their resignation. The colored teachers are highly pleased with Dr. Chancellor. They say that his lectures are very instructive. Dr. Chancellor is an educator in deed and in fact. His lectures are well attended and the teachers say that he is doing what no other superintendent has ever done. The "Jim Crow" business is on the increase in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The colored employees are not at all satisfied. They are never promoted, although their work is good and many of them do better work than those who are promoted. Let us have patience. There will be a change in a few weeks. Mr. Cortelyou will enter upon a thorough investigation. There will be some changes in the schools. The people will not be surprised because these changes have been contemplated for some time. There will be a change in Normal School No. 2. Just who will be the successor of Miss Moten I am unable to state. The schools are undergoing a thorough investigation by the Superintendent. I find that there is quite a favorable sentiment for Admiral Baird. He is not the man some would have you believe he is. His object is to have good schools and nothing more. He is not against the teacher. He will protect the teacher if he is right. All the teacher has to do is to obey the rules and work for the success of the schools and nothing more. THE LOCAL BUSINESS LEAGUE. The Bee wants to know what has become of the local business league which Mr. J. A. Lankford is president of. It is about time for a reorganization or something. The members of the St. Luke organization held the Easter services last Sunday afternoon at Zion Baptist Church, S. W. Mr. Henry Jackson went to Baltimore to attend the funeral of Mrs. Louisa Wilkinson from her late residence. The funeral was Tuesday a week ago. Mr. J.H. Asbury, editor of the Odd Fellows Journal, was toast-master at the banquet to Mr. Booker T. Washington, in Philadelphia. The news of the death of Rev. Joseph I. Buchanan, South Africa, has reached this country. He was born in Baltimore, Md., over fifty-four years ago, but has been in Africa for the last twenty-five years. The addresses of welcome to the ministers of the 44th Annual Session of the Washington Conference were delivered by Rev. Dr. Thirkield, president of Howard University, Presiding Elder Alfred Young and Rev. B. T. Perkins, pastor of Mt. Zion Church, where the B. ALLISON conference was held. Many of the wives of the ministers were here at the conference, with their husbands. Hartford, Conn., has lost one of its best residents in the person of the late Mr. Charles Seymour, who died suddenly at his home recently. Mrs. Joseph Jack, who was seized with a fit of sneezing, just before retiring, at her home in Trenton, N. J., was unable to see the following morning. Harry KimM of Sultan, Va., who is deaf, and who was leading a blind horse last Saturday night, collided with a patrol wagon. It is stated that there is a decrease in the public debt. An effort is being made to raise $25,000 for the erection of a hall for the colored V. M. C. A. in this city. It is thought that an exposition will take place in Baltimore in 1914. After being closed for two weeks, the Corcoran-Gallery of Art was opened last Sunday, at which time many visitors, it is said, took advantage of the opportunity and viewed the exhibits. In an address last Sunday before the Secular League, Thomas E. Will in his discourse declared that the world is growing better instead of worse. The new sweeping schedule which is to go into effect April 15 provides for the cleaning of an average of 88 miles daily for the men of the department. The largest human heart said to have ever been found was discovered last week at an autopsy on the body of B. O. Stafford, who died in the Tombs prison. It is said that 54 gallons out of every 100 gallons of illuminating gas in the world is produced in the United States. Sir Robert Cranston, lord provost of Edinburgh has arrived in the United States to attend the dedication of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburg. With last week's issue the St. Luke Herald began its sixth year's work. We predict for the Herald continued prosperity. Much good has been done through and by the Herald. We see by the Washington news in the New York Age that Mrs. Jas. H. Merriweather has been appointed teacher in the public schools of the District for defective minds. James Parker, who made himself famous by striking down the assassin of President McKinely, has been pronounced insane by some physician. Miss A. Pitts made her appearance Miss A. Pitts made her appearance in New Haven, Conn., last week. Judge Lammus of Lynn, Mass., does countenance discrimination on account of color. Dr. W. P. Finley of Texarkana, Texas, died in St. Louis, Mo., the 27th of last month. Dr. Finley graduated from the medical department of Howard University in 1900 and started out with a bright future. He was in his 31st year of age. If we are not mistaken, both Mrs. Maggie L. Walker and Mr. Booker T. Washington are Virginians by birth. Virginia sends forth some fine women and men. GOOD WORK. The excellent results being accomplished by Mrs. I. G. Richardson, the attendance officer of the public school system, may be approximately estimated by the following excerpt from the recent report of Assistant Superintendent W. S. Montgomery: "The intelligent, energetic work of Mrs. Ida. G. Richardson, attendance officer, has been of incalculable value in keeping up the attendance of the pupils and in educating them up to a sense of their duty in this matter. Her reports show hundreds of children in school as a result of effort on her part. The territory, however, is too great for one person. The public good will be subserved by increasing this force which saves the boys and girls from becoming social liabilities." The above is far from over stating Mrs. Richardson's usefulness and activity in her capacity as attendance officer, as the editor of The Bee has frequently met her in the police and juvenile courts looking after the interest of truants, and non-attendants. We agree, however, wit hDr. Montgomery's recommendation to increase the number of attendance officers as the field is entirely too large to be completely covered by one person. The successful operation of the compulsory education law will not be realized until sufficient number of officers are provided. "A worthy compliment." EASTER AT SIMPSON.M. E. CHURCH Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather Easter Sunday the attendance at Simpson M. E. Church was good at all the services. There were many ministers present. The choir rendered special music for the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. The choir members are Mesdames Jordan, M. L. Upshaw, M. Minor, J. Roberts; Messrs J. C. Jackson, Chas. Smallwood, W. Calvin Chase, Jr., cornetist; Miss Beatriz L. Chase, organist, and Mrs. A. V. Chase, directress. The following selections were rendered: Tell It Out Abroad; anthem, Come Sound His Praise; Sweetly Are the Birds Singing; duet, Glory, Glory to His Name. Misses Curtis and Chase; cornet solo, Cavalleria Rusticana, Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Jr.; anthem, Our Risen Lord; solo and duet, Christ Arose and Left the Grave, Miss Curtis and Mrs. Upshaw; solo, As It Was Written, Mrs. A. V. Chase; anthem with cornet obligato, The Lord His Life Did Give. On the second and fourth Wednesday evenings at eight o'clock of the months of April, May and June the choir will render special musicals in the church. Free will contributions. Dates, April 10-24, May 18-22 and June 12-26. FORAKER HAS NOT LOST HIS NERVE In a statement issued at Washington Tuesday night, Senator Foraker announces his willingness to measure swords with the Taft-Burton-Vorys combination, and suggests that the call for the State Convention shall provide for the selection of delegates by a direct popular vote, allowing a sufficient time for the discussion of the questions about which all are concerned, each side to abide the termination of such a contest and ever after hold its peace. The statement is not only of a sensational character, and shows that the Senator still retains his nerve. "I do not want any political honors from the people of Ohio," says the Senator, "without their hearty approval." But if the Senator takes the stump, and since he has challenged his opponents, they cannot well get away from it, there will be something doing, and he will be supported in the forum of debate by some of his friends. It is presumed this speaking campaign will be on in all its fierceness by the Fourth of July, 1908, and there will be no occasion for the expenditure of any money by anyone for fireworks. Teacher, Arthur P. Craig has been ordered before the School Board for investigation (colored). AT KANNS MRS. CURTIS CALLED HIS HAND. There was a lively tilt at Kann's this week when Mrs. A. M. Curtis called for lunch at Kan's store. A white lady entered the lunch room and seated herself at the lunch counter and said that she wanted lunch for herself, nurse and child. The lady was informed that she and her child could be accommodated but the Negro servant could not. "But," remarked the lady, "my child will not eat unless you permit her nurse to eat also." "I can't help that," remarked the attendant. Mrs. Curtis, who was enjoying a deviled crab at the time and who is one of the best and one of the most thoroughly bred women in the country, jumped up from the table and rushed to Mr. Kann's office and told him that a colored girl came to his lunch counter with a little white child and she was told that she could not be served because she was a Negress. "Is this the policy of your place?" remarked Mrs. Curtis in a very cool and indignant manner. "Do you know me?" "Yes," remarked Mr.Kann, "you are Mrs. Curtis." "Well, sir, I want you to know that I spend sixty dollars a month in your store and from this day I shall not spend another cent," said this distinguished lady, and she returned hastily to the lunch counter and finished her crab, but before she had finished the girl asked her if she wanted anything else. "No," said Mrs. Curtis, "I shall never come in your place again." This is the way every colored woman and man should act when he or she is insulted. WOMEN WHO ARE DOING SOMETHING. There are some noble women in this community who are doing something for the people. These women are doing more than the men and they should be commended. Now there is Mrs. Dr. Gray of the Reformers' Drug Store. She is one of the most enterprising women in this community. Miss Mattie E. Bowen is doing a great work for the colored girls. She ought to be encouraged. Mrs. A. V. Chase is organizing international labor associations among her people in this city. She has recently organized a union which is doing well. Mrs. Chase goes among those who need help and is not ashamed of them. Mrs. A. M. Curtis, while she is an enthusiastic woman, she is a thorough race worker She sent a letter to Thomas Colloway this week and asked him if the colored people are to be treated properly at Jamestown and if there is to be any discrimination, her resignation was ready to be forwarded. Mrs. Julia W. Layton is a wholesouled woman. She is another good worker among her people. She is respected and honored for her womanly principles. Mrs. Layton is from good stock and whenever she goes she is saluted as a woman in deed and in fact. Mrs. Anna Murray belongs to the progressive class of women educators. She is the promoter of the kindergarten system among the colored people in this city. She is being urged for the Board of Education. Mrs. Murray is a woman of refinement and an honor to the race. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL It is believed that the new Advisory Council that has been organized by the superintendent, Dr. Chancellor, will be a great acquisition to the schools. The superintendent means to be properly advised upon all school matters, but it does seem that such persons should be selected who have a thorough knowledge of the workings of their respective departments and such persons who will properly advise the superintendent. It is believed that the superintendent is endeavoring to place the public schools upon a basis that will be beneficial to the schools. The great trouble with the colored schools will be found among those who have some personal animosity against certain teachers and instead of properly advising the superintendent, they will misrepresent the teachers to him. The only way that the superintendent is to know whether a just and honest report is given is for him to make a personal investigation of the reports that are made to him. GOOD CITIZENS' LEAGUE The colored citizens will organize next week a league known as the Home Rule Good Citizens' League. Its object is to protect the interests of the people in this city and have none but good citizens members of it. It is the desire of the organization to have a membership of five thousand. Its first public meeting will be held shortly and full particulars will appear in The Bee. BEARD DIDN'T SUIT AN ECCENTRIC BACHELOR HAS SCULPTURED HAIR REMODELED. Phineas Wright, of Derby, Conn., Has "Part" in Whiskers on Stone Monument Cut Cut So He Can Get Into Heaven. Derby, Conn — Because he dreamed that he could not enter heaven with his beard parted in the middle on the bust on his $1,500 monument, Phineas Gardner Wright said to be the wealthiest man in Putnam, has had a sculptor bunch the stone whiskers at an expense of $400. Wright, who is a bachelor, 78 years old, erected the monument on his family lot in Grove cemetery, three years ago. It attracted much attention because of the line he had inscribed upon the granite shaft, just below his bust: "Going, but know not where." At the same time he had an immense grave dug and bricked up, so that the earth would not crowd him, he said, 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," said 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 demljohns 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 letter 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 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 Reciprocity. Saint-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.'" Of the United States of America 528 EAST BROAD STREET Richmond, Virginia. W. Isaac Johnson, President, Rev. A. Binga, Jr., Vice-President, Robert Kelser, Secretary. R. T. Hill, Treasurer. Rev. Thos. Shorts, Sub-Treasurer, Giles B. Jackson, Director-General, John R. Hawkins, Auditor and Chief Washington, D. C., Branch, 12th Norfolk Branch, 663 Church St. Pursuant to an Act of the Congo, there will be held a Naval action of the Three Hundredth Anniversary English-speaking people in this commencing on the 26th day of A- day of November, 1907. That in order for the colored p achievements since their emancip leaders of the race, to hold a sepa put upon exhibition the marvelou ically, agriculturally, educationally see and judge for itself the capa- city as a producer. The Negro Development and E States of America, a company du ginia, with an authorized capital at the Exposition what the race engraved, invented, written and p has done or accomplished, from the world may form a correct and gro race of this country; to the e problem may be had from a busi dustrial point of view. It has, therefore, been decided list for exhibition any and every race. It is the desire of the C of every character, except live to Our women are noted for em knitting, weaving, and hundreds of our men are noted for their skill welding, and putting together are all such articles and hundreds of Implements of every character and There will be given a first, a seou s articles produced and exhibited. The Congress of the United S the said Negro Development and creditable exhibit at the said Jam Now, in order to list the article the Company for all persons who the names of said articles on the of the owner, his or her resiednce every instance, please write plain as to be sent for in time to be pla It is incumbent upon every men this Exposition is made a success and expects great results. GILES B Please show this to two or more o for a copy. Tear off and fill out the blank bel 528 East Broad Street, Richmo Name of exhibit Name of owner P. O. Address Remarks Value of Article Jason, President, Mr. Jr., Vice-President. Secretary. Measurer. Ports, Sub-Treasurer. Man, Director-General. Ins, Auditor and Chief of Finance. M. C., Branch, 12th and U Sts. N.W., W. North, 663 Church Street, Norfolk, Virgina. An Act of the Congress of the United States held a Naval and Land Exposition three Hundredth Anniversary of the land growing people in this country, at James on the 26th day of April, 1907, and en- dober, 1907. For the colored people of this coun- tinent their emancipation, it was deem- race, to hold a separate and distinct ex- position the marvelous progress they have seriously, educationally, and financially; ther for itself the capacity of the Negro an- ger. Development and Exposition Company, America, a company duly chartered under the authorized capital stock of $800,000, on what the race has made, produced, written and published; in fact, evi- accomplished, from an industrial point form a correct and more favorable op- portunity country; to the end that a proper one had from a business, commercial, and view. Before, been decided to ask every member on any and every article made by any the desire of the Company to have an acter, except live stock. We are noted for embroidery and hand- ing, and hundreds of other domestic pro- tented for their skill in drawing, car- cutting together articles of value too nu- t and hundreds or others are solicited for every character are much desired. We given a first, a second, and a third pro- duction and exhibited by members of the States of the United States has appropriated Development and Exposition Company at the said Jamestown Exposition. We to list the articles for exhibition, it for all persons who have articles for ex- sisted articles on the coupon below, giving this or her resiednce, together with P. We please write plainly, that the articles in time to be placed on exhibition. Ant upon every member of the race tha this made a success; as the world has great results. GILES B. JACKSON, Direc John R. Hawkins, Auditor and Chief of Finance. Washington, D. C., Branch, 12th and U Sts. N.W., Washington, D.C. Norfolk Branch, 663 Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia. 190 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 or 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. Please show this to two or more of your friends and ask them to write for a copy. to two or more of your friends and a and out the blank below and mail to G ad Street, Richmond, Va. Tear off and fill out the blank below and mail to Giles B. Jackson, 528 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va. OIL REFINING MAKES GAINS. 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 $9,989,367; used materials costing $139,387,213, and manufactured products to the value of $175,005,320. As compared with the totals for the industry at the census of 1900, these figures represent increases as follows: In number of refineries, 38.7 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. 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; reslduum, $3,138,361; paraffin oils, $6,210,279; paraffin wax, $10,007,274; reduced oils, $16,794,789; naphtha and gasoline, $21,314,837; 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. people of this country to show their nation, it was deemed wise, by the late and distinct exhibit in order that his progress they have made mechanically, and financially; that the world may city of the Negro as a race; his ability to ask every member of our race to article made by any member of the company to have a complete exhibit stock. Scribroidy and handsome trimmings of other domestic productions; while in drawing, carving, inventing articles of value too numerous to name, others are solicited for exhibition; are much desired. Second, and a third prize on the varied by members of the race. States has appropriated $100,00 to aid the Exposition Company in making a Westown Exposition. Tests for exhibition, it is requested by have articles for exhibition, to write coupon below, giving the full name, together with P. O. address. Imply, that the articles may be listed so acted on exhibition. Number of the race to see to it that as the world has its eyes upon us. S. JACKSON, Director-General. 528 East Broad St., Richmond, Va. If your friends and ask them to write now and mail to Giles B. Jackson, and, 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. $1.00-For Hire-$1.00. Julius Cohen, 1104 7th street, N. W. 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'll not have to see her." 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. ica, T, No Room. J. --- F-737 DIAMONDS 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. Diamond Scarf Pins, $7.00 up. Diamond Cuff Buttons, $7.00 up. Diamond Studs, $10.00 up. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings set in Tiffanv 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. IF TO BOA... ADVERTISE 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 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 so gladden the heart of another. Any article that you may select will be laid aside and delivered when wanted. Experienced clerks. Polite attention. Engraving Free of Charge. 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. We have the largest line of Catholic Goods in the city. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, 35 cents up. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, strung James F. Oyster Oyster's Butter is the sweetest in the market. His Ckeese is the purest and Eggs the freshest. 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 idle consent of the Health Officer of the District. without consent of the Health Officer, of 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. man will be 500 feet long and of Gothicreceived $2,320,000,000, and the iron man style. $1,200,000,000. Eric-a-Brac is now complete. Each and we feel satisfied that a visit from as fine a selection as can be found tomorrow. whom they wish to make happy. His brother. It may be a wife, or it may one than Christmas is so appropriate one feel happier than so gladdea the effect will be laid aside and delivered. Polite attention. KEYSTONE P-279 on Fine Silver, with Solid Silver Crucifix, 75 cents up. Emerald, Sapphire, Garnet, Ruby, Jade, Turquoise. Topaz, Crystal, and Coral Rosaries, strung on 14-Carat Gold-Filled Chain, $4.00 and $5.00. Will make a handsome 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 prayers either English or German. High quality at low prices, such as Key of Heaven, Manual of Prayers, St. Vincent's Manual, Vach 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, 73 cents and $1.25. annon, 11 Street, N.W. TER OF CLD FURI SIM WHISKEY D-779 NEW GOTHAM DISEASE ENTIRE CITY NOW SUFFERING FROM "THAW-MAD." Persons Who Attend Trial Especially Afflicted—Even Judge and Lawyers Show Effects of the Disorder. New York—"Thaw-mad" is the new disease which is puzzling doctors in New York. Its insidious effects are not confined closely to the habitues of the courtroom, but it is a regular pazz-ters situation on the streets. Imagine a sane individual stopping a friend on the street and saying: "Psychoatic Pete, how are your gazees scratches this evening?" And then imagine his once equally serious companion saying: Brain storm, Bill; my scratches are all of a paranolac or pazzuzzling quality. You show signs of a fulminatory quality. All of which goes to prove that there has spelled up among those who have attended the trial day after day or have had the minute details of the processings, a sort of mild madness—a mental incapable of exact defining, and very real. The strain upon those most interested in the trial is greater than can be expressed. Though all are as eager and alert as before, wanting to catch each circumstance as it transpires, they begin to evidence the truth of the old saw. A man can stand only so much. On the lawyers themselves the strain has been great. Justice Fitzgerald, who was calmness and tolerance itself through the early stages of the case, has grown sharp in his speech to the lawyers. The persistent Mr. Delmas seems to wax weary of his tax, and Jerome, so alert and inclusive when he began his labors, grows tired, but bears dreadly at his work. During lulls in the courtroom all sorts of weird Mother Goose rhymes are written and passed about to be laughed over by those who wish to write away the time. Such a fine old child memory of the nursery as "Baa-baa, black sheep," has been paraphrased within the week to read "Delphin Delmas, have you any wool!" Yas mum, yas mum, three bags full." Not that there is the slightest reason in the rhyme, but just because the grain of the pathetic, the tragic, the grab has been so great that the contrast becomes silly. One writer of reputation has shown his oddity by the constant accumulation of fresh lead pencils. One day he sharpened 42 and filled his pockets till they bulged. Apparently even then he was possessed of a fear that they might not last him through the morning session. Requests to make a noise like a "systematic delusion," or to give an imitation of a "paranoidac at play," have been made, and the responses have apparently pleased and satisfied. the "idiots' quadrille" and the "imbelles' promenade" were among the suggestions that have been made as a method of relaxation, but no dancing master has appeared as yet to take the matter in hand. Still the trial is not ended The weary, dreary hours drag on, and one thing seems now certain—though the Thaw case has been the most sensational in the history of modern murder trials—it will hold the record before it closes as the most brain falling cause celebre of modern days. GREAT COTTON INVENTION. Machine to Take Fuzz from Seed Will Effect Ten Per Cent, Saving. Washington—One of the most important devices in the history of cotton culture has been perfected by experts of the department of agriculture. It is a machine for the removal of the fuzz on cotton seed and for the separation of light from heavy seed. of America amounts to million a year, it easily can that such a saving would importance. Removal of the fuzz from the seed may be planted in ordinary gravity drill. By the which the smooth seed can implanted they can be planted without unnecessary waste, plants so located can be tilled rections. President Jew of Texas Receives Dec to Burial Plot in Palestine. Tex—Jacob Label of this receipt of a burial lot at Palestine. This is four yards as they measure land in Pal- yard. Kansas City.—Among the freak propositions offered in the Oklahoma constitution are the following: Levying a tax of one per cent on the gross receipts of railroads; to eliminate the name of Almighty God from the constitution, substituting in the preamble, "The supreme ruler of the universe;" taxing peddlers and taxing theaters and circuses; to locate the capital of the state on a barren prairie at the exact geographical center of the state; to prohibit the system of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" through the trading of votes on proposed bills in legislatures; poll tax qualifications for voters; providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people and compelling the iexisature to ratify such election or expel members voting against it; compelling insurance companies to invest at least 75 per cent of surplus reserve fund within the state; prohibiting the leaving of a large estate to one child; compelling corporation officials and employees to testify and then denying them the right of immunity from evidence tending to incriminate themselves; providing that all persons of good moral character may be admitted to practice law in any of the courts of Oklahoma without examination and to allow persons not lawyers to serve as county judge, and a provision forever prohibiting all foreign building and loan associations from doing business in Oklahoma. A proposition to prevent the piping of gas out of Oklahoma by denying pipe lines the right of eminent domain and forbidding them from crossing public highways or alleys without consent of the state is now under consideration by the convention. Also a proposition to make it a misdemeanor for any person other than employees of the road, physicians and nurses in case of emergency, to ride on a pass upon any railroad in the state. 18 RUSTY ON SHAKESPEARE. Missouri Senator Gives Bard of Avon Mere Credit Than Is Due. Jefferson City, Mo.—The senate struggled with the banking bill most of the other morning. The bill is one by Wormall to take control of the state bank examinations out of the hands of the secretary of state and create a banking department. The bankers asked that the law do not take effect until the end of the present administration as it would disorganize a capable force now in charge of the work. The bill was so worded. The secretary of state being a Republican, part of the Democrats wanted the bill to take effect forthwith so that the patronage could go into the hands of their own party. McDavid offered an amendment to make the law take effect this year. Farris, Ely and Avery were fighting for McDavid's amendment when Farris, answering some comments by Humphrey, said: "In the language of Shakespeare, 'Evil to him who evil thinks.'" "If that's the case, sit down," Wornall said. Gilmore said: "In which of Shakespeare's plays do you find that language?" Farris: "I don't remember." "Maybe it was in 'The Isle of Spice.' Bäuman suggested. McDavid's amendment failed and the senate finally engrossed the bill by a vote of 16 to 11. FACTORIES' IMPORTS GAIN. Total for Seven Months Ending with January $262,000,000. Washington.—A statement issued by the bureau of statistics shows that the importations of manufacturers' materials for use in manufactures in the seven months ending with January, 1907, was $262,000,000, against $223,000,000 in the same months of last year, while manufactures imported for further use in manufacturing amount to $158,000,000, against $123,000,000 in the corresponding period of last year. Crude materials formed 32.2 per cent. of the total imports for use in manufacturing and imports for further use in manufacturing 19.5 per cent. Cement imports aggregated $47,000,000; copper, $23,500,000; raw cotton, $8,500,000; uncut diamonds, $7,000; diamonds cut but not set, nearly, $15,000,000; fiber, $24,333,000; hides and skins, $45,000,000; india rubber, $32,000,000; plig iron, $8,300,000; silk, $44,500; plig tin, nearly $23,000,000. In quality the cement imports aggregated 744,000,000 pounds and wool 95,000,000 pounds. All of these items showed large increases except wool, which decreased over 5,000,000 pounds from the corresponding period of last year. Cuspidors on Sidewalks. Williamsport, Pa.—Church people of this city have started a movement to insist on the enforcement of the city ordinance prohibiting splitting on the sidewalks in the city. They claim that the mayor and chief of police are not doing their duty with regard to this law. A fund has been started, with which cuspidors will be purchased and placed on the sidewalks, and all people who find it necessary, to expectorate will be asked to use these receptacles. Canine's Grave Next Hers. Milton, Pa.—Miss Sadle Laform, who died here, left a bequest in her will that her dog Charlie be cared for out of her estate, and then, if cemetery rules permitted it, that he be buried in a fine casket beside her. 1 From stereograph, copyright, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. Neuschwanstein from the heights in the Bavarian Alps, the magnificent creation of the unfortunate King Ludwig II., of Bavaria. TUTOR OF MAHARANI PENNSYLVANIA GIRL ACCEPTS UNIQUE POSITION IN INDIA. Miles McLean, of Lawrenceville, Well Fitted to Occupy Post—Has Obtained Degrees from California and Yale Universities. Lawrenceville, Pa.—It is safe to say that every woman of artistic taste and a love for the beauties of the arts of an ancient civilisation will be pleased at and perhaps envious of the distinction which has come to Miss Mary E. McLean, who has been appointed tutor and companion to the wife of the Ma- harasal Galkwar, of Baroda, India. Miss McLean is the daughter of the late George McLean, of Lawrenceville, and is a charming young woman deeply interested in the study of the occult, and the mysterious phantasmagoria of the Indian rites, as practiced thousands of years ago. When the Maharajah and the Maharani—which means the "little princess"—were in this country a year ago they decided to engage an American college woman who would be fitted to relieve her highness of the fatigue of social duties when occasion required, and to aid her in such duties. It was somewhat of a task to select one capable of performing such a work of delicate diplomacy which meant a thorough knowledge of social customs and a wide familiarity with the history of India. The Maharajah consulted a friend in New York and after an exhaustive inquiry Miss McLean was decided upon as possessing all the necessary qualifications, with her lovely personality as a kind of bonus. There are a few young women in America possessing a better educational equipment for the novel position she is to occupy. She went from here to Oakland, Cal., where she was graduated from the girls' high school. She next entered the University of California, from which she was graduated with the degree of bachelor of philosophy. This was supplemented by two years' study and travel in Europe. Returning to America, Miss McLean entered Yale university, from which she obtained the coveted degree of doctor of philosophy. Since that time she has been engaged in literary work in New York city until she received her present appointment, and has recently entered on her duties. Miss McLean, who is now in India, has written to her friends here that the Maharani is a very beautiful and intelligent woman. The Maharajah himself is a graduate of Oxford and possessed of vast wealth. To the great disappointment of Miss McLean everything about the palace, even to the rugs and furnishings, is imported from England. She has had the greatest difficulty in making the people who are fitting up her bungalow understand that she wants everything Indian, not English. Her highness is a Brahmin of the highest caste, dresses in native costume, and wears its accompanying vell of 15 or 20 yards length. Sausage: 85 Feet Long. Pennsburg. Pa.—All sausage records, not only in this region, but probably in the entire state, have been broken by Charles K. Gougler, of Nlantic, who has made a sausage that measures 65 feet two inches and weighs 42 pounds. The hog from which this was made welghed 520 pounds when dressed. Milwaukee.—Wisconsin university girls have formed a "single blessedness society," with branches at Chicago and Northwestern universities. Georgla Doctor Has Unique idea for Utilizing Waste Marble. Macon, Ga.—The patchwork palace being built by Dr. W. W. Billinglesla on Walnut street has reached the second story. In many respects this will be the most unique dwelling-house in Macon. It was something over a year ago when Dr. Billinglesla conceived the idea of building a house with the chips from the marble used in building the new federal building in this city. It was to be his own house, planned and built by himself, after his own ideas, so he drew the plans in April and started to work. He made arrangements with the contractors at the government building to cart away all the chips and broken marble. With day laborers he mixed the cement and marble and up grew the walls. The house is commodious. There is to be a steel and cement roof, with roof garden, and the elevator will run from the basement. With the exception of the day labor, Dr. Billingslea has done all the work on the house. Up to date the material, labor and every expense amounts to less than $1,000, and he expects to complete the building for less than $1,500. The building was inspected by Inspector Blumbarten, of the government building, whose only criticism was that the walls were too strong. WEALTH GOING TO WASTE. Cornstalks Contain Enough Alcohol to Run the Country's Machinery. Washington.—Professor Wiley of the department of agriculture says that inasmuch as every 100 pounds of cornstalks will yield six and a half pounds of absolute alcohol it is obvious that the ignorant agriculturist has been allowing an enormous amount of wealth to go to waste. Say that one acre will yield from ten to 12 tons of grain stalks, or about 20,000 pounds, and you have a quantity of raw material which will produce 1,300 pounds of absolute alcohol, or 216 gallons. Alcohol at the present time is worth 40 cents a gallon. Ground in a wet condition and dried, cornstalks may be kept indefinitely, and are ready at any time for conversion into alcohol. Professor Wiley says that the alcohol derivable from the cornstalks that now go to waste in this country would not only drive, all the machinery of the factories but would furnish the requisite power for all the railroads and steamboats, run all of the automobiles, heat and illuminate all the houses and light the streets of every city in the union. PROUD OF HIS NEW NOBE Original, Frozen Off, Is Replaced by One of Vulcanite, Philadelphia.—Greatly altered in appearance, but for the better, David Dodson, of Barnesboro, Pa., walked out of the dental hall of the University of Pennsylvania, proud wearer of a substitute for his nose that was frozen off in a blizzard several years ago. Last year Dodson prevailed on Dean C. H. Frazier, of the medical department, to attempt to graft a finger of his right hand on his face to form the nose. When the operation was about to prove successful, Dodson, crazed by pain, pulled the finger out of its place and made the operation a failure. The new nose is made of flesh-colored vulcanite, with block-tin tubes, and is held on the face by means of a pair of bow spectacles and a heavy false mustache. The case was handled by Philip Kurtz, a senior of the dental department, under the direction of Dr. A. De Witt Gritman. TO ENRICH THE POOR MEXICO'S RICHEST MAN MAY DIS TRIBUTE MILLIONS. Thousands of Alvarado's Countrymen to Receive Aid from him—He May Yet Pay His Country's National Debt—Rapid Rise. City of Mexico.—Dame Rumor has it that Don Pedro Alvarado, the richest man among the Mexicans, is about to distribute several million pesos among the poor of his country. He is the owner of the phenomenal Palmiro mine, in Parral, state of Chihuahua, and his only peer in wealth is Don Luis Terrazas, ex-governor of the state of Chihuahua, and father-in-law of Hon. Enrique Clay Creel, the new Mexican ambassador to Washington. Alvarado is rated at $150,000,000, Mexican money. Of course, that is a moderate fortune alongside those of Rockefeller, Belt and other billionaires, but the Mexican millionaire, if Dame Rumor is correct, is about to teach a lesson to many a man who might profitably go and do likewise. It is said that Don Pedro will distribute the sum of ten million pesos among the needy poor of Mexico soon. among the needy poor of Mexico soon. It is not his plan to give the cash outright, but to provide homes and lands for the poor, and equip them so they can earn their living at trades and on plantations. It is a sort of cooperative plan; this philanthropic man will co-operate with Providence in the undertaking that will have the effect of making 10,000 Mexicans independent, educate as many poor children and give away a few odd millions every year. Ever since he got his money he has spent large sums along just such lines, and the new idea therefore is but a broadening of old methods on his part, for he has always been liberal to the poor and has erected quite a number of churches and schoolhouses where they were needed in the great state of Chihuahua. Six years ago Don Pedro Alvarado was a poor miner, but soon fell under A. (Mexican Millionaire Who Will Distribute Wealth Among the Poor.) the witchery of fortune's smiles. Nearly two years ago he offered to the government of Mexico what is unique in human history—to pay off its public debt—but the offer was refused, while most graciously acknowledged. But it is said that he proposes to come to this city and see President Diaz and personally renew and press the offer. Don Pedro's capital is commencing to roll up so swiftly that he could easily pay off, with one check, the public debt of $225,000,000 carried by Mexico, and that at an early date. Thus he would save to his country at least $9,000,000 to $10,000,000 per annum, as well as lift the principal itself. Don Pedro Alvarado's plan to provide homes for needy Mexicans on a huge scale, if carried out, will establish a precedent in human history, and go to prove that after all the world is getting better when men of means will sacrifice for others. Senior Alvarado is credited with saying quite recently: "I got my money from the earth itself, which is a part of Mexico, and Mexico ought to receive some benefit from my acquisition." He said this referring to his pet scheme for paying the debt of his country. Referring to his other plan for distributing relief to the needy of Mexico, Senor Alvarado is quoted as having said also last month, "Mexico has enriched me, why should not I enrich my countrymen? To exect monuments, establish libraries and universities only helps the rich and their children. But that form of philanthropy does not feed the body, clothe the naked nor save the souls of the deserving poor. I propose to give away much of my wealth before I die, for none of it can I take with me, and only a fool will hoard wealth while half the world starves." As Senor Alvarado has been in the habit of helping the poor who come within his radial activity ever since he commenced to acquire wealth, his words have not only much of power and beauty and homely force, but all the weight of consistent experimental endeavor. Laborers Flock to Hawaii. Fillipino laborers are leaving Manila for Hawaii in parties of from 50 to 100. These men and their families go to Hawaii as contract laborers on sugar plantations. Extension of sugar raising in the Philippines can not be carried on while the door of the great American market is practically shut against Philippine products. Congress Raises Army Doctor Made Invalid by Yellow Fever Tests. Washington—Dr. James Carroll, contract surgeon in the United States army, has been raised from lieutenant to major by a special act of congress in recognition of his sacrifice in submitting himself to inoculation from yellow fever mosquitoes at Havana, which gained the government important knowledge of yellow fever, but made him an invalid. Dr. Carroll was born in England in 1854 and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He has served continuously in the army since January, 1874, on the plains and else US US DR. JAMES CARROLL. (Army Surgeon Promoted for His Self- Sacrifice.) where, as a private soldier, noncom- missioned officer, and, during the last nine years, as contract surgeon. In the summer of 1900, after demonstrating that the so-called bacillus bacteroides of Prof. Sanarelll was simply the common American hog cholera bacillus, he was detailed as a member of the army medical department yellow fever board, which has proved that yellow fever is a disease conveyed by a particular variety of mosquito. Dr. Carroll and another member of the board, the late Dr. Jesse M. Lasear, voluntarily subjected themselves to the bites of purposely contaminated mosquitoes, in order to justify the application of them to other individuals. Dr. Carroll was the first to suffer an attack. He was bitten once on August 27, 1900, by a mosquito that had been applied to three yellow fever patients in one of the Havana hospitals. Five days later he was carried on a stretcher to the isolation camp as a yellow fever subject. His attack was a severe one. During Dr. Carroll's illness the same insect was applied by Dr. Lazear to another individual, who suffered a mild attack, from which he promptly recovered. Dr. Lazear came next. After being bitten by a stray insect in one of the city hospitals at Havana he was taken sick September 18, 1900, and died one week later. Dr. Lazear left a wife and two young children. Dr. Carroll has a wife and five children. ON THE BITE OF OLD BAILEY. Famous London Prison is Displaced by a New Building. London.—The new central criminal court, erected on the site of the historic old Newgate prison, commonly known as the Old Bailey, was opened the other day by King Edward, who was accompanied by Queen Alexandra. The function was a semi-state affair and considerable ceremonial was observed. The streets traversed by the royal procession were decorat- Front View of "Old Bailey." ed with hunting and lined by large crowds. The lord mayor and the sheeriffs, in their robes of state, met the king and queen at Temple Bar, where the lord mayor presented the king with the city sword, symbolical of handing over the defense of the city to the king while he remained within the boundaries. In a pavilion in front of the portico of the new sessions house an address was presented to the king, who replied and declared the building open. The king and queen subsequently inspected the interior of the courthouse, the corner stone of which was laid in 1902. It is an imposing structure with a frontage on the thoroughfare known as the Old Bailey of 287 feet and 142 feet on Newgate street. The dome is 195 feet high, and the whole building cost $1,500,000. This street corner, in the center of the city, has been the site of prisons since the year 1188, and for more than a century Newgate was the scene of all the public executions of the death sentence until the private executing act of 1868 ended the gruesome spectacles. --- THE BEE PUBLISHED AT 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... 5.00 Subscription monthly ..... 2.00 FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATOR JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER OF OHIO FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, OF NEW YORK What is the Negro Church in the District of Columbia doing? Has it suggested any reforms to the masses or the ignorant classes? There are several different denominations among the colored people and nothing is being done to elevate or to relieve the ignorant masses by Negro ministers. There is a great deal to be done by the Negro pulpit. There are certain theatres in this city that discriminate against the colored people and yet many of these people continue to patronize them. The pulpit should not only condemn those for patronizing these theatres but it should encourage those who love the theater to build one of their own. The Negro pulpit should also say to its congregation to be careful and act in a proper manner in street cars. The conduct of many colored people in street cars is embarrassing. Just see what the pulpit could do in this direction if it will. Building churches seems to be the ambition of many colored ministers. The Bee in this connection must commend the work of Miss Mattie Bowen, Miss Julia W. Lytton and many others. Now these women are actually doing something to ameliorate the condition of the poor. The teachers in our public schools should teach good manners to their pupils. Aside from teaching from the books there are other things that should be taught in the schools. While the work of teachers is arduous and hard, many of them don't get what they deserve. The teacher is abused and criticised for not doing what it is the duty of the pulpit to do. The Negro pulpit is too slow in many instances. What it should do it seems to allow to pass. Many of our ministers have gotten into their heads that they must go abroad. Not satisfied with a great debt that many of them have placed upon their church building, they tax the congregations to give them money for the purpose of having a foreign frolic. Let the Negro pulpit do something. The Bee doesn't want it understood that all Negro ministers are alike. There are a few honorable exceptions. THE COLORED VOTE. The question is being asked about the colored vote in the next Presidential election. Will it remain with the Republican party if Mr. Taft is nominated or any one nominated by Mr. Roosevelt? The colored Republicans throughout this country are satisfied that the administration has been and is now inimical to them. They have come to the conclusion that Mr. Roosevelt went out of his way to do them an injury, and all that he has ever said in their behalf had no mean- ing to it. The removal of Register J. W. Lyons from office was unjustifiable and a stab at the honesty and integrity among the colored people. His removal was actuated by a prejudiced and vindictive motive. Ex-Recorder H. P. Cheatham was led to believe that he was to be taken care of by this administration and after he voted for Mr. Roosevelt he was flatly turned down. Mr. Cheatham will be a delegate to the next National Republican Convention and this time he will take the advice of The Bee and vote for a man. It is believed that the colored voters will be more independent in the next campaign in the next campaign than ever before. The colored vote will be a factor in the next campaign and men will be voted for. Of course if Mr. Foraker is nominated the colored vote to a man will be cast for him. Mr. Fairbanks is successful or any man named by Mr. Foraker the colored vote will support. There is no man in the Republican party who has the confidence and respect for the American people more than Senator Foraker. The colored vote is with him until he says go to his choice. If Mr. Taft and the President have any doubt let them wait and see. THE MAN. If there ever was an act of ingratitude it is of the present Administration toward Senator J. B. Foraker of Ohio. What is his offense? He is accused of defending the colored soldiers against the unjust, unwarrantable discharge from the army. This is all Senator Foraker has done. He is being pursued by the President, and it is the duty of every colored American to stand by him—not the President, but Senator Foraker. When this country was in peril Theodore Roosevelt had on his knee breeches, or he may have been in his mother's cradle. Senator Foraker was then battling for a principle which has made this nation immortal. It was through Senator Foraker and such other men that the colored man is enjoying his freedom today. Would it not be base ingratitude for us to desert him? If he falls we all fall. But Senator Foraker will not lose in his great fight for Justice and fair play. Those colored ministers who called at the Executive Mansion a few days ago ought to have a rope tied around their necks. If you treat some colored men roughly the better they like you. Just think of it! Well, there are some sensible colored people in this country who believe in Senator Foraker and will stand by him. It is gratifying to see the United front of the colored people of Ohio, and indeed throughout the entire country. We want to say to the distinguished Senator from Ohio that the colored people throughout this entire country will stand by you. We don't expect these jacklegged preachers to do anything but hunt for chicken. Pen cannot express our indignation at the action of the Negro Methodist Episcopal preachers. They are traitors to the race. MR. TAFT. The Secretary of War, Mr. Taft, said, among other things, in an interview a few days ago, that he did not like to scramble for an office. Before he is made President of the United States he will have to scramble for it. Suppose Mr. Taft is nominated, would he expect the colored vote? The colored voters in this country are no fools. They are convinced that the next President of the United States, so far as they are concerned, must be a man who has some conscience, sense and liberality. Mr. Taft has been the "me too" of this administration. He has obeyed his master, and if he were fortunate enough to secure the nomination he would pursue the same policy that is being pursued by his master. How can the Republican of Ohio forget Mr-Taft? Can they forget his speech of a few months or more ago? Mr. Taft cannot be elected if nominated. EDWARD H. HARRIMAN. President Roosevelt ought to know that everybody is not a liar. Some people can tell the truth as well as himself. Letters don't lie and neither do figures. Ex-Judge Parker was called a liar in the campaign of 1904, although Judge Parker was too pure a man to resent the imputation. Mr. Harriman is called a liar notwithstanding his authentic statements. If Roosevelt was the purest man in the world and his honesty and integrity never questioned, the people would have some reason to believe that he was immaculate. Mr. Roosevelt has played his last card and The Bee is of the opinion that he would make a remarkable record if he'd resign the Presidency. It is not believed that Mr. Harriman would make such charges unless they were true. WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED? After all, what has been accomplished in the school agitation? It is quite evident that the Board of Education will do all in its power to improve the condition of the public schools, no matter who may be affected. How easy it is to adjust your differences if there is a desire to be fair and just! Now, what do we find? We see public meetings held and Dr. Chancellor speaking to the colored teachers, showing that he has the most kindly feeling for them. The colored teachers in return state that the talks of the superintendent are very beneficial to them. These useless agitations result in more harm to our schools than anything else. SECRETARY CORTELYOU The protest of white clerks in the Supervising Architect's Office, in the Treasury Department, against the colored draughtsman did not amount to very much. Secretary Cortelyou gave the white employees to understand that the colored man would not be disturbed. All that the colored man wants is a show, and he will convince his white competitors that he is equal to the occasion. The Bee congratulates Mr. Cortelyou for his manly stand in defense of right and justice. Secretary Cortelyou intends to see that the colored employees in his office will have a square deal. SHAMS. There are lots of shams in this country, both among men and women. It is amusing to see so many of these shams going from place to place, making speeches, telling the people how much they love them and how much they think of them and then if they meet them upon the public streets they ignore them. There are a great many shams among colored people; and especially these so-called representatives of the race. Howard University is progressing nicely. All "cappers" in and around the police court should be arrested. The public printer has made one or two colored promotions in his office. Senator Depew is getting doty in his old age. He doesn't seem to have a thought of his own. The Bee is of the opinion that Commissioner West would appoint a Negro detective if the proper man is presented. No thief- or blackleg need apply. If the Business League has any doubt about the colored vote in this city put up a white Republican and place Commissioner West along side of him. Then count your votes at sundown. Dr. F. J. Shadd was at one time a member of the school board and his record was above suspicion. Some people may think that they can ride two horses going different directions, but wait! THE Y. M. C. A. It better be stopped before it goes too far. There should be nothing done by this association unless the entire board of directors are aware of it. In the preparation of plans for this new building the colored architects should be permitted to bid and if possible a thorough and competent colored architect should be selected. The Bee is of the opinion that the colored people in this city will rally to the assistance of this new building fund, especially if they are properly treated. SIMPLIFIED SPELLING. From the Literary Digest. A controversy seems to have arisen as to whether simplified spelling has the support and approbation of the American Philological Association. In the January number of The Bookman (New York), Prof. Harry Thurston Peck asserted that it had not and declared that there were "only three members of that association who take any active and pernicious interest in the thing." In support of his statement in general he quotes, in the March number of The Bookman, a declaration of Prof. Frank Gardner Moore, secretary of the Association. It is this: "In the newspapers it has been made to appear that the American Philological Association stands as sponsor for simplification. The Association is, of course, interested in the problems of English spelling, but the present membership does not feel itself pledged to any method of reform, or even to the cause of reform itself. No action of recent date commits the Association to a policy in the matter, and its yearly volumes have never followed officially simplified spellings, except as individual contributors here and there saw fit to do so." THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW Who told Mr. Taft that he"was Presidential timber. Why there are so many shams in the pulpit. If the administration can control the next National Committee. If the South will be largely represented in the next National Convention. Will the Young Men's Christian Association succeed in raising the $20,000. If it would not be better to strike out Young and leave Men's Christian Association. If Capt. James F. Oyster is in favor of suffrage in the District of Columbia. Where James A. Ross stands in politics. If Will Pollard is not tired of a bachelor's life. Who said that Messrs. Bundy and Walker did not know how to earn a fortune. How many colored men in Washington want to be white. What has become of the lily white social club. If it hasn't changed its name. If Jerome Johnson and Bill Mays couldn't pass for twin brothers. If they are not a handsome pair to draw from. IT IS RUMORED. That Senator Foraker will be nominated President of the United States. That Mr. Theodore Roosevelt will be licked out of his boots. That 45,000 colored Republicans in Ohio will stand by Foraker. A few changes will take place in our schools next week. AGITATORS THEN AND NOW. From Appeal to Reason. At this time, when labor agitators are denounced by the "conservative" and "eminently respectable" as enemies of society, it is interesting to turn back a few leaves of history and compare the treatment and experiences of these agitators of our time with those of half a century ago. The chief issue then was chattel slavery, and the agitators against it were known as abolitionists and violently denounced, mercilessly persecuted and many of them put to death. Among these John Brown had a leading role and acted his part with heroic firmness and self-denial until he perished on the gallows. Fifty years ago he was hanged as a monster. A mighty change has since taken place, and in fifty years more the despised agitator who was put to death in the name of law and order and the peace of society will be the patron saint of American freedom. Wendell Phillips, another agitator of that period, eloquent, fearless, conscientious, lashed without mercy the institution of slavery and those who profited by and supported it, and he was hated, mobbed and threatened with death. John Brown, Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison fought chattel slavery just as Charles Moyer, William Haywood and George Pettibone are now fighting wage-slavery. Brown, Phillips and Garrison are no longer hated, denounced and pursued as outlaws, Chattel slavery is abolished and what was a crime fifty years ago is now a glory. And so it will be again. Fifty years hence, Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone will be honored for what is now their crime. It is the same struggle that coexists down through all the ages, the struggle of the oppressed and exploited against their masters and rulers. Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone are the abolitionists today and must bear what Brown, Phillips and Garrison bore fifty years ago. And they will do it, and with equal heroism and fortitude. The ruling power, the master class, the lords of profit, are against them, but the God of Justice and his millions of devoted worshipers are on their side and they will triumph at last. All hail, comrades! You are fighting the great battle of the oppressed, you are suffering for the suffering, you are true to yourselves and your trust; and they who revile you today will live to see their own children pronounce your names with loving lips and call you blessed. Victor Hugo must have had McPartland in mind when he bit off the following: "He had a slung-shot in his pocket, a flower in his button-hole. He had all the vices and aspired to all the crimes. The digestion of what was bad gave him appetite for what was worse." EDITOR TROTTER SPEAKS. Boston, Mass., March 26, 1907. Dear Editor Chase:— I notice that on your editorial page you have this item: "The Crispus Attucks monument on the Boston Common will be transferred to the Exposition grounds at Jamestown." This is untrue. It is one of the falsehoods put out by R. W. Thompson, Booker Washington's "staff correspondent," who has gotten the job of press booster. Here is the letter of Mayor Fitzgerald in answer to the protest of colored Boston: City of Boston, Office of the Mayor, March 21, 1907. William H. Scott, Esq., William Munroe Trotter, Esq. 3 Tremont Row. Dear Sirs: I am directed by His Honor the Mayor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 19th inst., concerning the alleged transfer of the Crispus Attucks monument on Boston Common to the Exposition grounds at Jamestown. The Mayor directs me to say that at the request of United States Senator Lodge in February of this year permission was granted to the Exposition Committee to reproduce the Crispus Attucks monument at the Jamestown Exposition. To that end the Superintendent of Public Grounds was instructed to allow the reproduction of the monument and a permit was issued by the Mayor to sketch the same. No authority has been or will be given to transfer the monument itself to the Exposition. Please note the last paragraph, by which you will see there will be no transfer of the monument to Virginia and certainly not to the "Jim Crow Annex" building. It is not a "Jim Crow" monument. The truth is the colored women of this State would not allow any transfer, to say nothing of the men. Any attempt would lead to another massacre worse than that of 1775. The colored people here were stirred to anger, as the following news item from the Boston Post will show: (Boston Post, March 20, '07.) The following letter of inquiry has been addressed to Mayor Fitzgerald, and a somewhat similar one to Governor Guild, by the presidents of the Boston and New England Suffrage Leagues with reference to a transfer of the Attucks monument to the separate Negro exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition: "Hon John F. Fitzgerald, Mayor of the City of Boston. "Sir: A bulletin from the Publicity Bureau of the Jamestown NEGRO EX-HIBIT, under the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Commission, announces that 'Mrs. A. H. Curtis, fiscal agent,' the same colored woman-who managed the 'Jim-Crowing' of colored Americans at the St. Louis Exposition,' went to Boston this (last) week to confer with Mayor Fitzgerald and to CONCLUDE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 'THE TRANSFER of the Crispus Attucks monument on the Boston Common TO THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS at Jamestown. "The bulletin further states that said monument 'WILL OCCUPY a conspicuous place in front of the $40,000 NEGRO BUILDING.' "Will you please inform me what action, if any, your Honor has taken with regard to the above matter, and whether in case there is any truth in the above assertion a hearing may be had by those who desire to protest against the use of this sacred monument, representing, as it so conspicuously does, that human-brotherhood, oneness of citizenship and the IGNORING OF RACE AND COLOR which its chief projector, the late lamented John Boyle O'Reilly, stood for so nobly, in connection with a movement which CONSPICUOUSLY REPRESENTS SEGREGATION of Colored Americans because of race and color, in what should be pre-eminently a national undertaking, aided by the federal government? "WILLIAM H. SCOTT, "President Suffrage League of Boston and vicinity. "W. M. TROTTER "President New England S. Fring League. A similar letter was sent to George Guild. It is said the proposal to transfer the monument has aroused much opposition among the colored people of Boston. Mrs. A. M. Curtis slipped in: Beon and slipped out. She was not here three hours. She did not see Governor Guild at all. She did not even call upon her sister-in-law here, who has a little baby boy, and all she got was the permission to have a sketch made of the monument, which anyone can make without permission. Representative colored people here regard it as a desecration even to have a copy of the monument in front of Giles Jackson's "Jim-Crow Building." We honor Crispus Attucks' memory REGISTER J. W. LYONS One of the most level-headed representative men in this country is Ex-Register J. W. Lyons of Georgia, the National Committeeman of that State. Mr. Lyons is not saying much, but he is doing a great deal of thinking and he colored people throughout this country are waiting to hear from him. He J. HON. JUDSON W. LYONS. always makes the proper political prediction and it is quite evident that his opinion will be asked by his people at the proper time. Mr. Lyons in the Mr. Kinley campaign was the head and foe of the Negro politicians in this country and today his opinion is asked for more than any other colored Republicans in the United States. He is the honored National Committeeman the honored Republicans have and it is believed that he will give the proper advice at the proper time. NEGRO EXHIBIT COMMITTE AT NORFOLK. Norfolk, Va., Special, March 25—The Executive Committee in charge of the Negro exhibit of the Jamestown Exposition has reached the city and is fully established in spacious headquarters at 194 Cumberland street. The Washington office in the Treasury building has been abandoned, the entire force of clerks and stenographers, special agent, etc., being transferred to Norfolk. The roster at the busy headquarters here includes Messrs. T. J. Calloway chairman; A. F. Hilyer, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. A. M. Curtis agent; Giles B. Jackson, director general; R. W. Thompson, special agent Prof. Robert Kelser, field agent Mesdames Ruby Page Hughes, Josephine Harris and Mattie E. Tyler Muses Frances B. Spencer, Pearl Davis and Nannie B. Jackson. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman, architect of the $40,000 Negro Building, is in the city, supervising the erection of the structure, and he states that the tractors, Bolling & Everett, are making gratifying progress with the work. The building is under roof, and will be ready for the installing of exh DON'T BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS Ingratitude is no doubt the sin that a person can commit most a crime, and the greatest men, for such an offense is science. That is, you become stricken. Yet we see friends daily. We see the benefactors sons cast aside and new friend temporary power come to the We have never known it to fail bution makes its appearance and the victim sees his mistake and We should never forget those helped us. A wrong can never no matter how much money we have or how successful for a time may be. If you have a friend is in need of your assistance, help Again, don't slight those who may be in poverty. The richest person often falls to the level of a pauper day we may be rich and tomorrow of our riches go from us. The great man or woman will always care you in the hour of need. Always keep in mind what has been done and how you have succeeded in the aid of those who could help you. If you do you will never betray frends. The Board of Condemnation of the District of Columbia has condemned over two hundred insanitary buildings one hundred and three have been demolished. ~ ay - . 7 ’ . . sit . oo. oe be telcos FB ue say ss vie ett. 5 UR teepene” ce casBoue axrte tae: wa adh ley et deel Cee eect ee ete (> TEN The . I], -~SSs ek, Pad GN ONS SA Feu ee ee OY ‘ : Ne SRC] | > e- ENA eM AAS” ae \< AGRE, at ag bas en Nace . v AS . ve ae kastern Star of the District Colombia and the Southern al gem Junsdiction was recently in- ted sn the District of Columbia. The mcorporators were Serena Hop- ‘Alexander Payne, John W. Wash- Matne Sparrows, Elizabeth Gar- Eimewa Carter and Grace Wil- Tha we the trat colored order of East. Star that has‘ever: been. incorporated “be Dicnict ef Columbia. Mrs. Hop- 1s S:preme Royal Grand Matron ite Order of the Eastern Star of forth 2°! South America. : W eres Pittman, who has been in rf and at the Exposition grounds ‘ing the erection of the imposing ‘qure he has designed, is one of the fing archtects in this country, irre- me ef race or color. He is a grad te oi the Tuskegee Institute, and of Drexe! School of Fine Arts at Phil- fiipha The building is a classic ctvre ait by 129 feet, two stories Theght and will cost $4,000. Tt will in te’? monumental exhibit of the ete «mechanical genius of the Kegro pecple an. America. Dr and Mrs Charles I. West will be be get on Dr. and Mrs. Terry at At- suc Catv durmg Easter week, Re TA. Jones, president of the emer Univerety at Shelbyville, Tenn, a high tribute to the abilities of is Ir T Brant an the current issue th Soother Chnstian Recorder. j: - st 1s very favorably ‘mentioned cote son with the secretaryship of 4 ME Sunday School Union. D- TM Renson, of Freedrmen's Hos- fu! - x stg his family in Richmond % * Sr +g Tors are being made for the any of Prof RT. Greener to ¢ dplomatic service, from which he as cnched without apparent justifi ve He has done excellent servic oh. pate. . Th ‘ana “A Dress Rehearsal,” wa sets attended last Monday eveninj fra Reformers’ Hall. The dram: js ander the auspicos of the Niagarz imement Tt was a swell affair. Mr Lud Chambers is with The Bee. At « meeting of the Mystic Twelv ¢ last week a resolution was adopte: éor-ng the position of The Bee o: Se question, “nt colored tegchers of this city ar Is pleaced with the lectures of Dr E Chancellor They say that the; reructive and entertaining. The Personal Liberty League has se new headquarters at the corner 0 rit and Ohio avenue, N. W. A Teevng of the executive committe ‘he organization a resolution wa ec indorsng The Bee The Per i Liverty League has a membershi hr thowand, “\ 1 Grimke made a trip t 6 week. : Mi “1qne Fleming of Philadelphi ** stg friends in this city. Ms Lee of Washington attend H+ ath marriage anniversary “os Mes Wm. H. Ross at thei % 1h umore Tast week. Br \ Fergueon has returned t he Na r Carpenter wis here to th ul as looking well. * 8 Rests at the anniversar fs t Mr and Mrs. W. H. Ros ~ were the following Wash ec Muses Mary Ross, Lizzi * ie Cabaniss. v- — sy > Moller iF aatertaining Mr +_* Teter, of Baltimore, durin Es = Tobdars. Ss 1s Rass who has heen he “s+ has returned to Richmon SL Moved, | ~ th Johacon has .gone t "7 > Md. to visit her brothe aS Brown, who is, still ve Mr Cra Hunter his been visitin Seale : Mt i> Atkinson was.in Baltimor A Ass the guest of Mr, Albe pc ote ‘+ Tessie Taylor as in Philadelph Mrs ‘Laura Dunean, who Ei sce E. M. Hewlett will add as ae Literary Society to-morro' mis sfternoon. THis is one of 2 * Tepular literary societies int] Sen sour names for The Bee 5. 't 4 live paper. = * daily in deed and in fact. Mr. John H. Beck and Dr. W. C. Brooks of New York City were in the city this week. Miss Hattie Ricks and Dr. Manly L, Taylor of Columbus, Ga, will be mar- ried this month in the Third Baptist Church. Dr. Samuel M. Pierre was takeg sick again last week. He is slowly improv- ing. ‘Attorney Thomas L. Jones, who was suddenly called to Richmond, Va, last week on professional business, has re- turned. Miss Laura Dyson is sick at her home, PRESENTATION TO DR. DREW. Easter services were held at the Cos- mopolitan Temple Baptist Church, O street, N. W., between 7th and 8th streets. There was special music and 2 very able sermon preached by the pas- tor, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, D.D,, PhD., subject, “The Resurrection of Christ,” at.the close of which Mrs. Mary E. Thomas, representing the Sil: ver Leaf Club, presented the pastor a handsome bunch of Easter Lilies. Mrs. Susan Hall, representing the Pastor’ Aid Society of the church, presented him a purse of money. Dr. Drew thank ed the leaders for the support they ha¢ given him, in his usval pleasing manner: Also for the gifts. The church has been recently organiz- ed into clubs to aid in raising $5,00 toward the building fund, which will b held at the Annual Spring Grand Unit ed Rally Sunday, April 21. Rev. Wil liam Perry, D.D, pastor of the St Paul's Baptist Church, of New Jersey will preach. RETHEL LITERARY. On Tuesday night, March 26, the au- ditorium of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church was filled to heat Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, member of the Board of Education. On this occasion Mrs. Mussey spoke from the depths of Her heart, her remarks being full-of sympa- thy, practical illustrations and magnet ism. Her attitude was that of one lift- ing ancther up to a higher plane of liv- ing for she demonstrated very clearly that no home could be what the Creator intended all homes to be without “Un- ity.’ Therefore the keynote of her speech was “Unity in the Home.” And if there ever was a time when that all- important force is needed, it certainly is now. Not only in the colored home, ‘but in the white, the brown, the yellow and the homes of all races. When this force is taken out of the home, then the ‘social world becomes corrupt | Mrs, Mussey’s ability to adapt herself to all conditions seemed to be para- mount on Tuesday night. She spoke freely on the subject, introducing here and there in her rentarks, differen points of interest, which she thought might appeal to the practical mind. Given this freedom of speech, she did not forget to mention it in her final re- marks to the audience. Mrs. Mussey emphasized very em- phatically one of the important requisites in order to have unity in a home was “Comfort,” giving as a practical illus- tration a comfortable chair in a comer for mother or father. She said that there should not be simply a comfort- able chair for mother and father, but lthere ought to be one for the children. Irlow often a child will wait until the | mother or father goes out of the room, and then he will jump into the com- fortable chair of the mother or father. (Many people, she said, sacrifice comfort in the home for fine dressing, which is quite 2 temptation. | In order that there may be comfort tn the home, the children should be educated. That is, the hand, the head and the heart should be trained to da something. Dr. Amanda Gray presented Mrs Mussey with a handsome’ bouquet of roses, together with a presentation ad- dress, which any after dinner speaker would ehvy. They were graciously re- ceived by Mrs, Mussey. Mr. Mertz, Director of Night Schools who was the guest of Mrs. Mussey, wa: called upon to open the discussion. He said that he would not discuss the pape ‘hut would make a few remarks empha | Geing what Mrs. Musscy had said. Th Jone thought that he wished to impres |svon the minds of the people was, “Giv Ht the world the best you have and th [ best will come back to you.” Fittin, “remarks were made by Rey. 0, J. W Scott, Mr, Gray and Prof, Richards. for her still greater success. Miss Maric Madre feels very encouraged over the success which has been attain- ed along all lines with reference to Bethel Literary this year. We bespeak J. A. LANKFORD & BROTHER DE- SIGN ANOTHER LARGE | BUILDING. The Good Hope building, which is to be located in Baltimore, Md, maid to be the largest building ever designed by Negroes, is to be located on West Lex- ington street, extending through the ‘en- tire block to Vine. It is strictly ot = classical design, being of the Roman and Ionic class) The-building. is one hundred ‘and fifty feet long, -sixty feet wide and one hundred feet high. It will be of gray press brick with granite and marble trimmings and will probably cost one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The puilding will have all of the most modem improvements. In the basement there will be a printing office, lauhdry and rooms for storage. On: the first floor there will be a drug store, a dry goods store arid a large catering depart- ment, with a dining room large enough to seat a thousand people, On the sec- ond floor there will be a large assembly hall with a stage which will accommo- date two hundred actors with sceneries and dressing rooms. The main floor will seat three thowand. people. The third floor will consist of the same num- ber of rooms which will be specially arranged for the invitation and accom- modation of the order which owns the building. It will be heated by steam, lighted by gas and electricity with an electric elevator for freight and passen- gers. If the building be erected as planned and designed by the noted architects, J. A. Lankford & Brother, it will no doubt be the largest and most up-to-date and most expensive building in the country designed, owned and operated by Ne- groes. All honor to these young men. Call and look over their work, at 317 Sixth street, N. W., Washington, D. C Mrs. M, J. Hailstock, nee Mollie Saunders, well known to Washington- ians, is visiting her friends in this city | POPULAR TALKS ON LAW, Bee WU etitnes Ceeeeeee Densttene ni CONTRACTS. 7 II, Capacity of Married Women to * Make Contracts. (states in alphabetical order betore Kentucky already published.) Kentucky: A married woman may be a sole trader and may be held for debts contracted in her business the saine as if she were single. She may contract and sue and be:sued as if single. The wife may mid her real estate for her own debt of the debt of her husband by mortgage, in which he must join. Louisiana: A married woman may carry on business in her own name. Asembly District, but Mr. Stewart Money or property other than that acquired by donation or inheritance that accrues to the wife after mar- riage becomes the community prop- erty of husband and wife. The sepa- rate property of the wife is not re- sponsible for community debts. A married woman carrying on business may pledge herself in any manner felating to her trade. Her husband is bound also if there exist community property between them. A married woman except a public merchant can- not make any contract or bind herself in any way without the consent or assistance of her husband or of the court. Maine: A married woman may be- come a merchant in her own name and be held for indebtedness contract- ed while carrying on the business the same as if she were single. She may ‘own, manage, and convey her real property, sue and be sued, and trans- act business generally as if unmar- ried. Maryland: A married woman may ‘contract and engage in business as jthough unmarried, Her property is protected from the debts of the hus- band. : Massachusetts: “A married woman may make contracts, engage in busi. ness, and so on, as fully as if she were a single woman. Contracts and suits between husband and wife, how- ever, are not permitted. When doing business on her separate account there must be filed in the clerk’s office 8: the city or town where she does suck business a certificate setting forth hes and her husband's names, the nature of the business, and the place and the name under which she proposes tc carry it on. When the place or na |ture of the business is changed, < | new certificate must be filed. If suct certificate is not filed the husban | may become liable for the debts. | Michigan: A married woman, may | take, ‘hold, convey, and encumber rea | and personal property, and make con tracts -relating. thereto, and may sue and be sued on such contracts, the same as if unmarried. She may en- gage in business as if unmarried, and be held in law for the debts she con- tracts. .She cannot become a surety for nor form a partnership with hehr husbarid. She may mortgage her prop- erty to secure a debt of her husband or a third person, Her earnings, as a getieral rule, belong to the husband, but she may with his consent carry ‘on business in her own name,in which ‘case he has no control over the busi- ness or, the profite. Minnesota: A married woman may éngage in business in her own name, and is liable for its debts, She may make contracts in‘her own right. The husband must join in ‘all conveyances of real estate, Mississippi: A married woman has all the rights of a single woman. Hus- band and wife may sue each other Neither can encumber his or hes homestead without the joinder of the other. Missouri: May engage in busines: in her own name and be held for its debts. “A married woman's contract: will bind her, and shé may sue and be sued as a single woman. 3 Montana: Married women have the same ‘rights regarding property as have single women, A wife's prop- erty when specified in a list and re- corded is not liable for the debts of her husband, except for necessary articles procured for herself or chil. dren under eighteen years of age. She may engage in business the same as if a single woman. Upon an applica. tion made to the court she may be come a solextrader. Upon procuring such an order she may engage it business in her own name, and th property used and acquired shall no be liable for her husband’s debts. Suct sole trader is responsible for the maintenance of her children. Her hus band is not,responsible for the debt: contracted in the carrying on of th business. He must not manage ro superintend the business. Nebraska: May engage in busi ness the same as if a single womai and be liable “for its debts, A mar ried woman may contract, ‘bargaif sell, and convey, sue and be sued, th FOREIGN MISSIONS. Rev. L, G. Jordan, secretary of. the Baptist Foreign Mission Board, with headquarters at 726 W. Walnut street, Louisville, Ky. feels confident that they will raise the ten thousand dollars asked for foreign missions on next Sunday. Foreign Mission Rally Day was inaugu- rated just eleven years ago. Only three hundred dollars were realized from that rally. Last year, the Board’s Report showed seven thousand dollars collected. This year Dr. Jordan is very anxious that they reach the ten thousand dollar mark,. and indeed every Baptist in this country should see to it that he or she do his or her part in helping to raise the amount asked*for. We learn that even their little churches and missions in -Africa, South Africa, West Indies and their one little missions in Russia are taking part in this great rally for the foreign work. ITEMS ON THE AVING. The body of Pope Leo XIII. will be removed from St, Peter’s to the new tomb in St. John Lateran some time in Apri. ¢ ‘The Passover as observed by the Jews should be followed by the colored broth- jer in the United States upon his Pass- over from slavery to freedom, Geo. C. Mitchell, colored, of Hart- ford, Conn, because he was unable to rent his house to white people, com- mitted suicidg last week. Wm. Lloyd Garrison presided at an educational mass meeting held in Tre- mont Temple, Boston, under the aus- pices of the Industrial Department of Morris Brown College at Atlanta, Ga ‘The discussion was the Negro Problems. Many prominent citizens of both races were present. We would advise the members of the various Masonic factions to cease firing and close up. There are several very ‘interesting points we can give in con- nection with the fight now pending; possibly in our next issue we may hand down. If our people would only listen and follow the advice of our Ill, and Hon, Bro. Judge E. M. Hewlett, 33rd degree, how much better would our position be in many ways, Read The Bee—greatest Negro paper ever produced. The Rosebud Sioux Indians will sell to the Government 1,000,000 acres of land in Trip County, South Dakota very soon, at $6.00, $450 and $2.50 pet acte. . ‘ The saloon keepers of Chicago have a drunkard’s book on file, created by Municipal Judge Cleland.’ Failure tc observe the rules is treated as contemp of court, 7 , A true gentleman never .consider: himself above speaking to a poor per son. A great many who are in offic now, six months from date, if out, woul be glad to shovel coal, or stand behin Marsa Charles’ table. We are born, bu Grand Easter Bazaar for the gale of useful and fancy articles, under the auspices of the Woman's Guild of St Luke's Parish, beginning Easter Mon- day 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” | Order of exercises, beginning at 8 o'clock, and continuing one hoir, | Tuesday, April 2, juvenile musicale, costumes and orchestra, arranged by Miss Jose Weston. ‘ Wednesday, April 3, address by Prof. Richard T. Greener. Thursday, April 4, the Keller Magic. tricks, Professor HowelJ. é Friday, April 3, “Pictures of Famoous' 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. . ' Tuesday, April 9, musicale by several well-known artists, . Wednesday, April 10, “A.Himt for Mother Goore"—Comedy. By the Jus- jor Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Jane Sommers, Thursday, April s1, operetta, “Rose of Savoy.” Choir of St. Luke's Church —Prof. Thomas A. Johnson. . Friday, April 12, juvénile cantata, directed by' Mrs. Myrtle Childs and Miss Tessie Lee. ‘ |. Admission to these attractive features without extra charge. All friends and well-wishers of St. Luke's Parish’ are cordially invited to’ patronize theseentertainments. 2 * Refreshments and supper will be served each evening at moderate prices. Come one; come all, 3 Washington Jockey Club Season Grand Stand and Paddock Badges for sale by S. T. Walton, Lenman Building, 1425 New York avenue, N. W., Room 103, and Jones’ Ticket Agency, 1219 F street, N. W. Club House Badges for sale by S. T. Walton, Lenman Building, 1425 New York avenue, N. W., Room ‘103. Phone, M-2992. i . _ ay) Whelan’s Market . DEALER IN FINE FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, MUTTON AND PORK. SMOKED, SALT AND COR NED MEATS A SPECIALTY. MARKETING DELIVERED PROMPTLY. . PHONE MAIN 3246. N. ‘W. COR. 3x> AND C STREETS, S. W. . : HOUSE & HERMANN. 2 : 3 ee Of Brass and Enamel Beds we are showing will appeal to your artis- tic tastes and the low prices will appeal to your pocketbook. Many distinctly new designs have just been added to our already large stock. We are always glad to arrange accommodating Credit terms, if you desire. . HOUSE AND HERRMANN, 7TH AND I (EYE) STS, N.W. ; | FOR EVERY THREE BUSH-ELS OF COAL PURCHASED - AT OUR YARD WILL GIVEONE PECK OF COAL FREE DURING THE COLD WEATH-ER. j : COLUMBIA COAL AND ICE COMPANY, FIFTH AND L ST., N. W. Near K Street Market. CREDIT FOR ALL WASHINGTON, e Newest Styles in FURNITURE You can always be sure of finding the latest styles of Furniture and Metal Beds here, for we are very particular to keep our stocle strictly: up to date. Our new spring assortments are fascinatingly complete, and we have been unusually succesful in securing big values. We show every good class of Furniture for every purpose. Our stock of Re: frigerators, Go-Carts, Mattings, and Rugs is also splendidly complete and contains-good grades at all prices. -Make your selection when you wish, and we will arrange the terms to suit you, Peter Grogan — 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street. Between H and I Street. not buried. Nashville, Tenn., Friday—Booker T. Washington, president of the negro schoo] at Tuskegee, Ala, addressed the students of Vanderbilt University this afternoon, “I believe,” said Mr. Washington, “the causes that, most frequently lead to lynching can be largely blotted out and controlled by co-operation between the races. This unfortunate habit of lynch- ing, started to punish individuals who are charged with assaults on women, has gradually grown until in the las year two-thirds of the lynchings for crimes or supposed crimes other thar those connected with assaults on womer only.” UOTE SRE OT RRS. < ni ——__—X—X—X—X—X—_— Last week we ran across our friend, Il, Bro, Colies, 324 degree, former letter aarrier; also IIL.J. O. Bamfield, 334, G. S. G. H. E. (Va. Ave. Faction). The Rev. S. H. Gibson, colored, of Mt. Vernon, IIL, has attached the church property for back salary of $271.00, due him as pastor of the First Baptist Church. . The National Compack F. A. A. A. . Y. R, Masons of the United States, old- est Masonic Jurisdiction in the United States, held a very interesting meeting last Tuesday. Particulars later. IL He Cox, 33d, G. M. Ill H. Frazer, 33d, Grand Secretary IIL D. F. Seville, 3ad, | Commander of the Higher Degrees and Supreme Patron Adoptive Rite. English version by SPERANZA. Composed by A. HENSELT. Con moto. Bear me, ye light, dancing bil-lows, Fra-get mich, schwankende Wel-len, Swift-ly a-cross the blue seas; Ue-ber die Tie-fe ge-schwind; To those bright isles where the Dort zu den In-seln, den p legato. wil-lows Whisper love-songs to the breeze! hel-len, Fueh-re mich, schwellen-der Wind! Then,when the pale stars are gleam-ing Dort in der son-ni-gen Fer-ne O-ver each val-ley and hill, Lockt mich ein schoener-er Strand; Bliss-ful-ly I would be dream-ing, Glaenzender leuchten die Ster-ne Lull'd by some mur-mur-ing In dem glueckse-li-gen rill! Land! In that far land the sun, shin-ing. 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They do not take any interest in the commercial possibilities of the matter. Dr. Day, for instance, says that they have shown that the thing can be done, and now if a commercial company wants to take it up it can do so, all of the facts having been made public in the scientific press and before learned societies, so that there is no possibility of anyone getting a patent on it. The value of quartz glass over ordinary glass is that it can be heated to a temperature of about 1,000 degrees Centigrade without softening, and its expansion under any ordinary heat is so trifling as to be almost a negligible quantity. It also can be heated almost red hot and plunged into cold water without cracking and has the peculiar property of allowing the passage of the ultra violet light rays, making it remarkably valuable in photography. The value of quartz glass had been recognized for a long time, and owing to the cheapness of German labor it had been manufactured in a way for laboratory use in the form of tubes by heating small clear quartz crystals and sticking them together. The tubes and other vessels thus built up were rough, patchwork-looking affairs, but served a number of useful purposes. However, there was no way of manufacturing the substance into glass sheets of any size because random masses of broken quartz could not be fused together without having the resultant glass full of air bubbles. The workers of the Carnegie laboratory tried all sorts of methods. If the quartz was intensely heated, free silicon was deposited on the inside of the air bubbles, and the glass was spolled in two ways, instead of one, which was a-plenty. The final solution of the problem was found in heating the quartz to the melting point, about 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and then subjecting it to an air pressure of between 400 and 500 pounds. After this it was allowed to gradually cool. Then the soul never is plunging. For the cool stillness of night, Land voll un end bar er Won ne, Gleichst der bold se lig sten Frau; Ze phvers of pa ra dise, sigh ing, Sing to the trees a sweet strain, T d in den rauschen den Baeu men Toent es wie Geis ter ge sang; W st an gel voi ces, re ply ing, Mur mur the ca dence a gain! u den berr li chen Raeu men Zicht mich un endlich er Drang! Hence then a way; yes, for ev er to stay in that dis tant land! Hence, then a way; Hin zu dem frochli chen, bin zu dem se li gen, fer nen Land! Hin zu dem froel. ev er to stay in that dis tzzt land! in that dis tant li hin zu dem se li gen fer nen Land! zu dem fer nen L. The air pressure squeezed out the air bubbles, and the result was a solid and clear mass of quartz glass. The plates that have so far been made are only about three by five by half an inch in size. The bubbles are few, not over one-half a millimeter in diameter, and are not frequent enough to interfere with the use of the glass for lenses, mirrors and other optical work. The experimenters think that a little more skill and experience would enable them to make the glass entirely free from flaws. The value of the glass in photographic work is due, as has been said, to its property of allowing the passage of the ultra-violet rays, which are the rays that do the actual work in photography. In this connection the glass will be peculiarly valuable for the Cooper-Hewitt incandescent light tubes, such as are now in use in the post office building. These tubes are very valuable now for photographic work, but with the quartz glass tubes they will be immensely more so. The glass, when it is once made, can be blown or pressed or cut like ordinary glass. It takes a much higher degree of heat to handle it, the oxyhydrogen blow-pipe having to be used, while the material has to be worked much more quickly than ordinary glass. As to the cost of the process, Dr. Day would attempt no estimate, merely saying that they had spent a great deal of money in doing as much as they had done, but that probably if the thing were done on a commercial scale and a larger unit of production adopted the cost would be considerably reduced. The cylinder where the glass is made is a powerful iron "bomb," lined with graphite, and one of the problems in working on a larger scale would be to secure larger sheets of graphite for this lining. These sheets could be supplied only by one of the big companies now operating at Niagara. Ranchman's Wife Has Hysterica Until She Is Exhausted. McPherson, Neb.—Mrs. Amanda Hill, wife of Morris Hill, a ranchman living in this county, literally talked and sang herself to death. She had been an acute sufferer from a nervous affection for a number of years, and her malady did not yield to medical treatment. At times she became hysterical, but her hysteria was of the usual kind until a few days before she died. Four days before her death she began to talk and sing, and she talked and sang almost constantly from that time until, completely exhausted, her heart ceased to beat. ED.•PINAUD'S HAIR•TONIC (EAU DE QUININE) Ask your dealer for ED. PINAUD'S HAIR TONIC and LILAC VEGETIL THIS OFFER WILL INTEREST YOU! We desire the names of 30,000 persons on our subscription books before June 1, 1907. To get them we are planning a special campaign throughout New York City and the Country. 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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 Custer 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 aviation or 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 tail, 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 earhest 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. Gives 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 c all kinds ten cents pound: Columbia Ice and Coal Co. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILL- ED. LEAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US THE KIND OF COAL YOU WANT. W.SidneyPittman Architect RENDERING IN MONOTONE, WATER COLOR AND PEN & INK STEEL CONSTRUCTION Phone: Main 6059—M. Office 494 L. J. A. Lank EXPERT BUILDERS EXAMINERS Plans gotten out at short notice from re- ings, written or verbal description, and m country. In the past forty-two months we repaired and built over Eight Hundred lars worth of work in Washington, D. C. ing of nearly every description and charac WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DES ES, SCHOOL BUILDINGS We also make a specialty of building u and industrial plants for schools, college one contemplating having plans gotten repaired, we would be glad to have them Main Office 317 Sixth St., N. W., Reside Washington, D., C. J. A. Lankford, O EXPERT BUILDERS EXAMINERS AND ESTIMATORS. Plans gotten out at short notice from rough sketches, pencil drawings, written or verbal description, and mailed to any section of the country. In the past forty-two months we have designed, overhauled, repaired and built over Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000) Dollars worth of work in Washington, D. C., and vicinity, the work being of nearly every description and character. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DESIGNING FOR CHURCHES SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND HALLS. We also make a specialty of building up vacant lots,installing steam and industrial plants for schools,colleges and business places. Anyone contemplating having plans gotten out, buildings overhauled repaired, we would be glad to have them call on or write us. Main Office 317 Sixth St., N. W.,Residence, 1210 V Street, N. W. Washington, D.,C. Telephone 4629. Branch, Miller's Hotel, Richmond, Va. Branch, Taner's Hotel, Norfolk, Va. TICK AND ACCIDENT UP TO $25.00 HOLE TYPE PAYABLE ONE HOUR AME, ICAN HOME LIKE IN FTH and G Streets N. W. TICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK HOLE TYPE PAYABLE ONE HOUR DEATH AMERICAN HOME LIKE INSURANCE CO. FTH and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C. WM. T. SM ASSOCIATED WITH ROGERS and CL Embalmers and Funera 1224 U STREET, N. " 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 testament 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. Ashley M. Gould, Justice. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. 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, 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. Ada 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. 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. COLE & SWAN, WATCHMAKERS AND JEW- ELERS. No. 1514 14th Sr., N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Choicest jewelry of every kind, To suit the most fastidious mind; With taste and skill combined, The best and finest you will find. MADRE'S APRK FOR PICNICS Madre's Park is being fitted up for picnics, lawn fetes and other outdoor amusements. A new floor will be put in the pavilion this year. For terms and other information call and see M. A. D. Madre, 1314 Eighth street northwest. THE LUNCH ROOM CLOSED. Marshal Palmer, to whom Justice E. M. Hewlett made complaint against the discrimination in the City Hall lunch room, has made his word good by closing up the lunch room because the proprietress refused to accommodate colored lawyers in the private dining room. Deacon John Lewis has been appointed the first Apostle of Zion by Dowie. The President, as we can infer, has thrown his choice towards Mr. Taft. It strikes us that in a republic (and not a monarchy) the right of succession comes through the ballot. The United States, we are sorry to say, is gradually merging into a monarchy (like the platform of the Southern Confederacy), with slavery the platform. GIRL INHERITS GOLD MINE. Silver Deposits and Vast Wheat Fields Also Part of Windfall. Beverly, N. J.-Miss Helen G. Arnold, who has been clerking in a candy store here, has been notified that she has become the chief benefi-cary under a will executed in Idaho by her late uncle, John T. Arnold, who left Philadelphia in the '60's to carve out a fortune in the west. The western attorneys inform her that she has been given his interests in gold and silver mines near the Bitter Root mountains and vast wheatfields along the Snake river in Idaho After Arnold left Philadelphia no word came home from the supposed slilless son until about 25 years later, when, after having made a fortune in the mining of gold in the northern part of Idaho near a place now called Murray, like one from the grave he came back to his homestead and upon inquiring found that his parents had died and his brother George, father of Miss Helen, had also been dead a year or so. He searched far and wide for the widow and her two children—a son, who recently died in this city, and a daughter—and found them in Altoons; and for a time freely shared his wealth with them. But then the voice of the west kept calling him back and he made an excuse that urgent business required him in Idaho and left them with the promise that he would come back as soon as he could find an opportunity. Nothing more was heard of him, and the widow's letters received no replies. Then unannounced came the message that Miss Helen Arpold had been left considerable money. Her uncle had taken such a liking to her than when he left Idaho he expressed desire that she would go back with him for only a short time to cheer his childless home, but the mother would not hear to such a separation. The exact amount of the fortune has not been ascertained. SIGHTLESS WHIBT PLAYER. Uses Special Cards and Has Wonderfully Retentive Memory. Philadelphia:—Henry Kuhl Dillard, whose funeral took place a few days ago, had a marvellously retentive memory that served him well in the 25 years of his life, during which he was sightless. Becoming blind in 1882 when a member of the firm of George C. Carson & Co., which succeeded to the business formerly conducted by Carson & Newbold, Mr. Dillard retired from active business and had remained at his home for the greater part of the time since that date. Being a devotee of whist Mr. Dillard was loath to be deprived of this pleasure when stricken, so he obtained cards upon which the numerals and letters were raised and became a member of a whist-playing coterie in his neighborhood, playing almost daily for more than ten years. Until he lost his sight, he was a member of the Philadelphia club and a director of the Philadelphia National bank and belonged to many societies. For many years he was a vestryman in the Church of the Epiphany and St. James's church. Born in Philadelphia in 1834, Mr Dillard came of a distinguished ancestry. In 1870 he married Sallie Poultney Williams, who, with a son, Dr. Henry Kuhl Dillard, Jr., survives him. FINE IS $10; COSTS $500. Harvard's Student's Refusal to Work Causes Expensive Litigation. New Orleans.—Powell Crichton of Minden, La., a student at Harvard University, has been fined $10, with costs totalling $500, for refusing to work in the streets of his home town, the supreme court having dismissed his appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Crichton recently returned home on a vacation to find that an erratic alderman had obtained legislation forclag every able-bodied inhabitant to shovel dirt and improve the streets two days out of each month. He resisted this law on the ground that he was a student temporarily absent from college, and, therefore, came under the provisions of the act which exempts teachers and pupils from road duty. The case was decided against him in the lower court, and he met with no better success in the supreme tribunal. Crichton will have to pay 50 times the amount of the fine because of court costs involved. DISASTER POSTAL CARDS. Made From Material That Has Figured In Some Accident. New York.—The disaster postal is one of the latest forms of the souvenir postal craze. It is fashioned from some material which has figured in an accident or calamity and is properly labeled and dated. The collision off Noyes Beach, by which the steamer Larchmont was lost, furnished a number of these cards. They were made of a piece of sail, cut regulation postal card size, and on the back was printed: "Piece of sail from wreck of schooner Harry Knowlton at Noyes Beach, R. I. Wrecked by collision with steamer Larchmont, February 11, 1907." The cloth was about an eighth of an inch thick and on its face bore the address and the usual stamp. San Francisco and Kingston have furnished any number of these postals. From a read wrecks have been sent pieces of car cushions or Pullman draperies. ADMIRAL FOR SULTAN CAREER OF R. D. BUCKM. M. MASSACHUSETTS EOY. Began Sea Life on Collin Boy at Sixteen—it Fits, He Has Charge of Fleet, Country the Bosporus and Dardanelles. Worcester, Moa—After a varied career "Rancy" , Knan, formerly of this city, is now a pilot to the sultan of Turkey, and the deet of which he is actual guards the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. Knowledge of his attainment of this high position has recently been received by a relative here. While he was a resident of Worcester he was known as Capt. Ransford D. Bucknam. His father was lost at sea, and when a had the son was taken in hand by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bucknam. After receiving a good education he had the choice of going to sea, to which his boyish ideas and hereditary inclinations led, or of remaining on a farm. He chose the sea, but first went to Duluth and gained experience with a Capt. Elllot on a schooner plying on the great lakes. From cabin boy at 16 to admiral at 40 is his record. He included mechanical and electrical engineering in his study of navigation. His first rise was to make on a lake schooner. Later he went to Boston and shipped for a number of years on one of Peabody's Australian packets, plying between this country and the orient. He was once shipwrecked on the north coast of Australia, worked his way to Iloilo, in the Philippines, then to Hong-Kong and finally back to Worcester. Then he returned to the great lakes, and John D. Rockefeller, who sailed with Capt. Backnam from Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Duluth, with his family, liked his work and offered him command of the first of the whaleback steamers just building at ADMIRAL R. D. BUCHNAM. (American Naval Adviser to the Sultan of Turkey.) ADMIRAL R. D. BUCHNAM. (American Naval Adviser to the Bulk tan of Turkey.) the time. Bucknam was then known as "the Kid Captain." He accepted Mr. Rockfeller's offer and became master of the Joseph L. Colby. His first trip on her from the great lakes to the Atlantic was exploited far and wide. He then went into the service of the Cramp Construction company and took a battleship to Constantinople after its completion at Philadelphia. Bucknam remained there several months training the sultan's men. Abdul Hamid offered him a vice admiralty and he returned to America to look after some business interests before accepting. He went to San Francisco and married Miss Rose Thayer and then to Constantinople. He has now been made an admiral. He speaks several languages, but has remained an American at heart. He holds many patents on navigating instruments now in use, among these a ship's compass which traces the course of a ship in ink on a chart. MADE HIMSELF AT HOME. Tommy Atkins Scored One on His Commanding Officer. Private Tommy Atkins. of the regiment, was considered the smartest man on parade that morning, so he was told to report himself at the commanding officer's quarters at ten a.m. m. sharp; dress—belt, and bayonet, and his stick. The commanding officer, who was just having breakfast, startled by the sudden "rap, rap," thundered forth, "Come in." Tommy (entering and saluting)—Commanding officer's orderly for the day, sir. Commanding Officer — Don't you know how to report yourself to a commanding officer? Tommy (nervously)—N-no, sir. Commanding Officer—Then I will show you. Just consider you are the commanding officer for the time, and I am your orderly. Just sit here. The commanding officer then retired, closing the door, and Tommy, creeping up behind. turned the key, then deposited himself in the chair, and commenced eating the unfinished breakfast. Then a knock sounded at the door. Tommy—Who's there? Commanding Officer — The commanding officer's orderly for the day, air. Tommy—Oh. just stay there until I have finished my breakfast.—Tit-Bits. The Dress Hat. The quiet mushroom shape of moderate and small dimensions dominating one to the dress hat Quite a number of extremely large hats are worn at afternoon functions They depend for their style upon the beauty of the outline of the curved brims, and the quality of the ostich plumes which form the only trimming CITIES MAY CURE DRUNKS. Sanitariums Planned by Indiana Muni palities. Wabash, Ind.—The reform wave which has been sweeping Indiana for many months has taken a peculiar turn. In threatening to invade the county jails throughout the state. This particular reform is not aimed at the jail management, though some may be badly in need of attention. It is proposed to install it as a department of each jail in the larger cities. If it is established it means a new terror in the bastile for the toper who is wont to imagine strange and dreadful things in his cell while he forgets his debauch. The new terror will be the "jag cure." In other words; a movement to provide a system of treatment for drunkenness in the case of habitual drunkards at each jail or lockup in the cities that can afford such a plan has been started and is being favored in several Indiana cities. One of the most interesting features of the movement lies in its origin. It was started indirectly by a woman. The fame of "Tish" Higgins, of Wabash, is not confined solely to the city in which she lives. Year in and year out for a decade or so "Tish" Higgins has been a frequent visitor at the Wabash county jail. Usually she came unwillingly, protesting with maudlin vigor against being locked up. It is said that no other woman in Indiana, and it is not a record of which any woman would care to boast, has been locked up as many times as "Tish" Higgins. She came so often to the Wabash jail and became such an expense to the city that Mayor Murphy finally began to wonder if it would not be money in the city treasury to devise some way to quench "Tlash" Higgins' unfortunate thirst. Then he decided to give her a "jag cure." and broke the news to the woman after one of her numerous appearances before him. It was enough. She has not been back since. L'EAVES MANSION FOR SLUMS. Daughter of Wealthy British Contractor or Labors Among the Poor. Elkhart, Ind.-Mrs. Howard James Clifford, wife of the Salvation army ensign who has been assigned to the Indianapolis field, is the daughter of a wealthy contractor of London England. This fact, which was kept secret from the husband until recently, became public a few days ago. The husband first learned of his wife's prominence and wealth while on a trip abroad. Mrs Clifford's father was so generous in paying the expenses of the trip and providing them with entertainment that the truth dawned upon the ensign. Ensign and Mrs. Clifford have been in Elkhart two years and have won innumerable friends by their persistent, modest and incessant labors in bowels and slums, and upon the streets. Mrs Clifford is a tireless and able assistant in the work. Ensign Clifford is a native of Charlbury, a village near Oxford, England. He has been in the United States about five years. One of the first sacrifices that he made upon entering the Salvation army in his native country was that of personal liberty. He was imprisoned for a time during the bitter persecution which the army suffered in the early years of its warfare in England. His parents were Methodists of the old type. A boast of the ensign is that every male of his family from the days of John Wesley has been a Methodist minister. Two of his sisters and three brothers, one of them Major John Clifford, who did heroic rescue work following the Kingston, Jamalca, disaster recently, are engaged in the work. ARTISTIC COIN IS DESIRED. Numismatic Society Favors Change In Appearance of Money. New York.-The American Numismatic and Archaeological society approved the recommendations of its committee on coinage in regard to the issue by the United States of an entirely new coinage, artistic in design. The committee, of which Dr. George F Kunz is the head, was authorized to bring the society's recommendations to the attention of the proper authorities. The society believes that congress should appropriate $100,000 for new designs for the ten denominations included in the American coinage. Besides the president of the United States, the report suggests that the members of the committee on selection should be the secretary of the treasury, the director of the mint, one senator, one representative, three numismatists, one sculptor and one painter. It was announced that Augustus Saint Gaudens had been commissioned by the treasury department to execute it new design for the $20 gold piece. Gas Well Sneezes Tools. Irwin, Pa.—Twenty years ago Irwin citizens put $10,000 into a 3,000-foot hole in Derrick hill and were ready to go deeper for gas, when the drill and attachments were lost in the bottom. Three months' fishing failed to recover them and the well was abandoned. Occasionally boys would light the gas and a small flame would result. The other afternoon the well broke loose. A column of water and dirt shot up 100-feet, and among the debris was part of the lost tools. After the upheaval the gas pressure was found to be strong, and when lighted the flame shoots up 40 feet. HOLLY MOUNT PURE RYE WHISKEY. Sold Only By JOHN F. MEENEHAN, 14th St. and Rhode Island Avenue, N. W., WASHINGTON. D. C. Phone N. 3166. James H. UNDERTAKER AND PRAN ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. T TWELFTH AND James H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS. N. W. HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN Secured by This New Union Order—Grows By Leaps and Bounds—Started Five Years Ago with Nothing But a "Principle"—Now Has Over 400 Subordinate Lodges and 36,000 Members. Over 30,000 homes of our people have been filled with joy, because of the Protection of a great and powerful Union Order, which is using its strength and influence to secure better conditions for our people. This is the first and only great Union Order in this country, holding an International Union Charter from the Courts, which gives full Protection and Benefits to our race. There is no color, race or sex discrimination in this Order. The negro has an equal standing with the white members, and can be elected to hold any office. Every effort is made to advance the condition of the members, by securing equal opportunities to work with other workmen, to learn the trades and to have steady work at high wages and Union hours. The Grand Lodge donates $100.00 for the burial of each deceased member. A fine monthly Journal is published. Membership Book of the Order is recognized by all Lodges everywhere. Distressed members are assisted. Each member and Subordinate Lodge has the privilege of buying stock in the Order, on low monthly payments, said stock having $ 3 per cent interest, guaranteed. A Leading Negro Deputy is wanted in each locality, AT ONCE, to form Lodges, sell Buttons, take Journal Subscriptions, sell Stock, and act as DISTRICT DEPUTY ORGANIZER. This work can be done in spare hours, but many are devoting their whole time and attention to it. Big money is made by good hustlers. Write at once. State name of this paper, and enclose 10 cents for full information and postage. Address THE I. L. U. GRAND LODGE, 34 to 40 Canby Building, Dayton, Ohio. 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. Corner Second and D streets, S. W. Is easily made by our agents. Will you be one? Besides allowing large profits we also give our workers choice of over 108 useful and beautiful articles free. We want a representative in your town to sell Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure (pomade) and Taylor's Face Cream and Beautifier in 25 cent sizes. First to write, first to get agency, Write for our proposition today. It's a winner. Address Taylor Remedy Co., Dept. The principal crimes committed of this day and time are by the white race and not the Negro. --- $2 to $5 PER DAY Winslow ACTICAL EMBALMER. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. R STREETS, N. W. IVES VA. CLARET -offrank,delicate taste,dilutable amalgamates* with sparkling water. $3 doz. 30c qt. 29c pt O·LY AT CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 509 7th St. Phone SOUTH WASHINGTON DRUG STORE. 316 4½ STREET, S. W. RICHARDSON EASTER FOR EVERYBODY—A CHOICE SELECTION OF EASTER TOILET ARTICLES. FINEST PERFUMES, DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED. HARMLESS DYES FOR EASTER EGGS. SYRUP. WHITE CEDAR PINE SYRUP FOR CURE. WILL CURE YOUR COLD IN THREE DAYS. THIS IS THE LEADING DRUG STORE IN SOUTH WASHINGTON. TRY OUR ICE CREAM SODA. EVERYTHING PURE AND UP TO DATE. DRUGS ABSOLUTELY PURE. RICHARDSON'S. 316 4½ STREET. S. W P. S.—DRUGS ABSOLUTF. Y PURE. 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Price only 50 cft. dealer can not supply you, he can give for you from his sober or wholesale 40 for three bottles or $20 for ties, express paid. We pay postage and cap- charges to all points in U.S. money order mention name of this paper. Write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Paul 153 E. KINZIE ST. CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere.