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VOL. XXVI NO. 48 Mr. President, I have been informed that you intend to make several more colored appointments, as a set-off to the discharge of the three colored communities of the 25th Infantry. Now, Mr. President, while I am willing to admit that a great number of colored representative men belong to a bread and butter race. I am of the opinion that you have struck a blow that will and has driven the colored man from that organization to that of "stand patters." Ralph W. Taylor, the colored man you have named as auditor for the Navy Department, will not satisfy the masses of colored people whom you have insulted. You will be convinced that the seven millions colored Americans have long since realized that you have done more to increase prejudice in this country than any man that has occupied the Executive chair. You see what John Temple Graves has said after having called on Mr. Bryan to nominate you for President. The entire South is a doubtful as John Temple Graves. You have made every effort to pacify the South at the sacrifice of those who have been true and loyal to this republic Why, Mr. President, you can feel the prejudice in the atmosphere. In fact, you will find it in the free waters of the ocean, as well as in every river, stream and brook. It is too late, Mr. President. The colored Americans have left you never to return again. They have best faith in your administration and confidence in you. You have struck down your friends and catered to your foes. You have appeased the prejudiced third of your enemies and given to your friends the marble heart. The stand that Senator Foraker has taken force you to name Taylor auditor for the Navy Department. President McKinley was the first President to give a colored man that place. It is nothing new. You have shown by your action that you want nothing to do with the colored race, notwithstanding your pretended friendship now. I had a talk with Bishop Grant and he informed me that he did not make any promises to you and neither would he oppose Senator Foraker for you. I was glad to hear him say this. He also stated that Senator Foraker was the best friend the colored race has. I want you to know, Mr. President, that the appointment of Rev O. J. W. Scott will have no more effect on the colored voters than the appointment of Mr. Ralph W. Taylor. If you believe that any colored man under your administration can win the colored vote to you, you are mistaken. Don't be deceived. Don't labor under delusion. If any colored officeholder you have appointed has answered you that he can win back the colored vote, he is only deceiving you. To talk to the colored voters is like talking to a stone wall. He will listen to nothing. Now, if Foraker talks, he will listen. Brownville is so instilled in the minds of the colored Americans that it will not be displaced for anything. You have no idea what effect that name has had in the minds of the colored people. It is a household word to him. And the more he thinks of it and the more he hears it, the more steadfast he is. Yes, Mr. President, we cannot forget that name. There is something in a name after all. Secretary Taft will return soon and enter the Ohio campaign. He will meet a man worthy to combat his steel. Why don't you admit, Mr. President, that you have committed a blunder? Why don't you say to the country that you have been misinformed, and restore those brave soldiers to the service? Or course, don't understand me to say that this will right the wrong that you have inflicted. The sore will not heal, no matter what you may do to heal it. To restore these men you will do an act of justice, but you can't expect us to have any faith in you. Governor Hughes of New York will be a candidate for the Presidency, will he, Mr. President? Just think of what you are doing, Mr. President. He can never draw the colored vote, if nominated. You might as well nominate a cake of ice. It will have the same effect. Don't you know, Mr. President, that thousands of colored voters in this country are only waiting for the hour of retribution? You know as well as I do that a few small offices will not satisfy the colored people. What the colored people want you will not give. They want their civil and political rights. They want an opportunity to live and breathe the air of liberty. Please investigate the several departments under the government and you will be surprised, if you don't already know that the prejudice is so strong that it makes one sick to come in contact with it. I shall wait with great anxiety to see what your next move on the checkerboard will be. Don't allow your moves to be too sudden, Mr. President, and be careful that you don't jump THE BEES WASHINGTON Congressional Library. DR. CURTIS, SOUTH Dr. A. M. Curtis has returned from the South after an absence of several days. He was in attendance at the annual session of the Alabama Medical Association, where he delivered an oration in surgery. He also performed several major surgical operations in the new hospital just erected at Birmingham, Ala. He did surgical operations in several other Southern cities. At Athens, Ga., he removed an unusually large abdominal tumor, which several eminent surgeons of the South had refused to operate. The doctor reports that all of the operations were successful and the patients are all convalescing. Dr. Curtis is called frequently South by various doctors to perform all kinds of difficult surgical operations. He will return to the South for a week in May to perform several operations which are now being prepared by various doctors. The doctor interested several physicians in the post-graduate medical school of Howard University, and he expects many to take the course beginning on the 6th of May. Many will come knowing that Dr. Curtis is professor of clinical surgery, and they want the opportunity of receiving some practical knowledge of surgery under his derications. The Nation's Capital is fortunate in having a surgeon with such a national reputation, and it is not only an honor DR. A. M. CURTIS. ELECTRIFIED THE SOUTH BY HIS SKILLFUL SURGICAL OPERATIONS. to this surgeon but an honor to Washington to know that they have a physician who is called eight hundred to a thousand miles from home to perform some of the most difficult surgical operations known to medical science. In Athens, Georgia, the colored physicians were so impressed with Dr. Curtis and his work while he was in their city they have decided to start a hospital or sanitarium, where those needing surgical treatment can receive the proper care. Drs. Thompson and Harris are formulating plans for this institution, and the surgeon from the City of Magnificent Distances will open it formally for them by doing several surgical operations. This trip was one of the most successful that the doctor has been on since his stay in Washington. As a surgeon he has won a national reputation. The operations that he performed in the South were surprises to the most eminent white surgeons in that section. DON'T WANT NEGRO PATRONAGE. The Washington Times, to which reference was made a few weeks ago, seemed to have passed out of the minds of the colored people. All ministers, teachers and colored citizens are requested to keep these two paragraphs in their minds: "Washington, the capital of the nation, has a population of 335,000, of which 95,000 are colored and are disregarded in The Times calculations. What is said below, therefore, applies wholly to the white population. "The Times has not only not sought circulation among the colored people, but it has deliberately avoided it, and in its news columns has shown emphatically that is a paper for white people." The Rev. and Ill. A. B. Allen, M. W. N. G. Master of Masters for North America, the highest Negro Mason in the world, is getting ready to make another round of inspection of the Craft. Ill. D. F. Seville, 33, Commander of the Highest Degrees, and Supreme Patron Adolphus Rite (Compack) met with a painful accident last week. What I Saw And Heard GREAT WORK OF THE The people are very much surprised at the inconsistency of the colored members of the Board of Education. A man is permitted to make charges of a serious character against certain teachers and when he is called upon to produce his proof he informs the committee that he knows nothing against the character of the teachers against whom he makes charges. The colored members vote to sustain the man who makes the charges and insults the teacher against whom there is no proof. If the colored members of the Board of Education will not do their duty it is hoped that the white members will see to it that the offending teacher is disciplined. In the Craig case the Board of Education has been defied. I also understand that the papers of the superintendent have been tampered with, which will no doubt cause a change in the official force in the Franklin School. I see my old friend Ex-Governor P. B. P. Pinchback is in town. He is look- THE NEW YORK TIMES M. B. DR. WILLIAM E. CHANCELLOR VINDICATED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ing well and is highly pleased with New York life. One of the most gentlemanly teachers in the Armstrong Manual Training School is Mr. Mattingly. He has won his way by perseverance and hard study. There are in this city many benevolent organizations which are beneficial to this community. The Young Men's Immediate Relief, the Young Men's Protective League, the Bankers, the Fred Douglass and the Crispus Attucks are great organizations. I would like to see these several organizations unite and build a large hall. The fight for delegates will soon begin. The contest promises to be a hot one. There is a rumor affoat that a new superintendent of the colored schools is to be appointed. Just when the change is to take place I am unable to state. The Men's Club of St. Luke's Church is composed of some of the leading men in the city. Whenever I see the old boys it reminds me of old times. My friend Bill Mayes looks just the same as ever. He grows better looking with age. Jerry Johnson holds his own, and remains a landmark of Washington. Richard Nugent has that same bland smile and affable appearance. Eugene Brooks is the old nester of Pierce Place. FAIRPLAY The two successful candidates in the recent drawing examination, Horace G. Anderson and David V. Green, are graduates of the Armstrong Manual Training School. They specialized in drawing under the personal direction of Messrs. W. Stanton Wormley and Boynton C. Dodson, who prepared them for the recent test. It will be remembered that Anderson led all candidates in the drawing examination last year; but failed of reappoint through the opposition of a certain HEAD. He has again demonstrated his efficiency, as has his classmate, Green, and will probably be assigned. Dr. Bruce Evans' school may be accounted as a normal school for the training of teachers if he continues to turn out such developed talent. COLORED Y. M. C. A. COLORED Y. M. C. A. The movement to erect in Washington, D. C., a building for the Colored Y. M. C. A. is attracting national attention, and the campaign now in progress for the necessary funds gives every assurance of a successful issue. There has been in existence here for the past three years a movement looking to this end, during which time meetings have been held every Sunday for the men of the city. One result of these meetings has been the conversion of some sixty men, a very potential fact when you consider that until this year the work has been done on rather a small scale. A small body of men initiated and have continued the work during all that time, making up in enthusiasm and determination what they lacked in numbers. New impetus was given the work this year when it was announced that Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the philanthropist, had become sufficiently interested in the 17 movement to offer $25,000 on condition that a like amount be raised among our people. This created new enthusiasm, and committees were promptly set to work to raise the necessary money. To assist Dr. J. E. Moorland. International Secretary Y. M. C. A., who has kept constantly in touch with the local work, the association was so fortunate as to secure the services of Mr. Lewis E. Johnson, Branch Secretary Y. M. C. A., a young man thoroughly identified with every phase of Y. M. C. A. work, until the call here was in charge of the association at Buxton, Iowa, where great success has attended his efforts. Mr. Johnson at once set about the practical work of arranging for a canvass of the city, and to this end a citizens' committee and young men's committee, each composed of one hundred men, were appointed and called together. At the head of the first-named committee is Dr. Furman J. Shield, while the young men have an enthusiastic chairman in Mr. Benjamin Washington. A good-natured rivalry has sprung up between the two committees as to which will obtain the greatest amount of money, and at this writing the young men are several thousand dollars ahead. The second week of the canvass is over, and the figures given out by the secretary Saturday night showed that $15,123 had been subscribed, $10,000 of the amount having been raised in the first week. This would certainly seem to indicate that the required $25,000 will be raised by May 7, when the canvass closes. The city is affame with enthusiasm, and it is planned to reach every colored family here before the campaign is over. Big meetings are held every Sunday, where men of the city have an opportunity to listen to speakers of national reputation. These meetings are growing in interest, and there is hardly a Sunday when standing room is not at a premium. It is not an easy matter to arouse Washington men, but this Y. M. C. A. movement has done that very thing, and ultimate success is now assured. There is not a class of men in the city not represented in this movement for a call --- at headquarters will disclose to you educators and professional men working alongside of the ordinary day laborer. News of the movement here has gone broadcast, and there is hardly a day that a subscription is not received from some Washingtonian now residing elsewhere. The campaign is run on strict business principles, and at the close of each day the subscription books balance with the reports of the canvassers. Mr. Johnh Joy Edson, one of Washington's leading financiers, gladly consented to act as treasurer of the building fund, and all checks are made payable to him. There are unique features in connection with the work under way. For instance, a large chestnut bell in the main office is rung every time the secretary receives a $100 subscription; a large clock in the front window gives daily information to the passerby of the total subscriptions received; and a chart in the main office gives in detail the daily reports of the two committees. Besides the leading newspapers of the city are lending their powerful support to the movement, having editorialized on it in recent issues. Practically all of the work being done is of a voluntary character, the men on the city giving freely of their time and ability to further the movement. No sooner is the school day over than a number of young men, both teachers and pupils, flock to the headquarters in the True Reformers' Building and offer their services, turning their hands to whatever is to be done. One incident of last week, which attracted the attention of the local press, was the fact that one of the members of the local police force, an enthusiastic Y. M. C. A. worker, secured ten days leave of absence from his work, and with a bicycle started in to canvass the city among his friends. When it is remembered that these hard-worked guardians of the peace are allotted but fifteen days' leave per annum, you can understand the sacrifice made by the man in question. Several instances are related of men who secured the permission of their employers to report for work two or three hours earlier than usual that they might have extra time in the afternoons and evenings to devote to the canvass. These are the things which give inspiration to those in charge of the canvass, and cause them to see success before it is achieved. A site for the building in the heart of the city had already been selected, and when your friends visit Washington for the next inauguration they will have opportunity to inspect a finely appointed Y. M. C. A. building for colored men. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. President Baird Causes a Riffle, and Captain Oyster Puts a Quietus on The meeting of the Board of Education was interesting last Wednesday afternoon. Admiral Baird, in his usual dignified manner, called the Board to order, and Secretary Connor, who has tendered his resignation, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were adopted. The most amusing feature in the meeting was the charges of John Lissering against Dr. W. Bruce Evans. In his charges Mr. Lissering stated that he wanted Dr. Evans-suspended because he had recommended the appointment of Mr. Monroe, who he stated, drinks whiskey. The whole matter was investigated by Admiral Baird, and when the President read the report of the Collector of Taxes, which showed that Mr. Lissering had no real estate, but paid taxes on personal property to the amount of seventy dollars, it caused a great deal of merriment. Mr. Lissering stated in his communication that he was authorized by the Taxpayers Association, of which he was chairman. Mrs. Murray held in her hand a magazine article which, she said, she desired to have investigated. Captain Oyster immediately arose and asked if she had any charges to make against anyone. She said no. He thereupon asked Dr. Chancellor if he wrote the articles referred to, and in helpy he said that he never wrote them nor had he anything to do with them directly or indirectly. Mrs. Murray quickly found out that her motion was lost, but she declared that it had not been seconded and that she had withdrawn it. Other minor business was transacted, after which the Board adjourned. The resignation of Mr. Connor was a surprise as well as a regret. The ArmstrongManual Training School matter goes over until after the return of Admiral Baird. THE BULLETIN. The Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor, No. 69, has reached us. It embraces in addition to wholesale prices, Kansas, Maryland, West Virginia, Belgium decisions of courts affecting labor and various State laws relating to labor. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS Dr. A. T. Braxton, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, and a prominent physician in Columbia, Tenn., died not long ago. A woman who claims she is a princess and a cousin of the Czar of Russia was detained on board the liner Ventura at San Francisco, awaiting the decision of the immigration commission as to whether or not she is a victim of trachoma. It was stated this week that the buildings at Jamestown are about eighty per cent. finished. The revenue cutter Apache arrived at Washington last Monday morning and carried Assistant Secretary Edwards and other Treasury officials to the the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. The drought in San Juan, Porto Rico, is said to be affecting the sugar plantations. Robbers broke into the tailoring establishment of Joseph J. Continett on Thirteenth street northwest, last Sunday between two o'clock in the afternoon and seven o'clock last Monday morning, and took a blue serge suit. The immigration commission which met in the room on the Philippines of the Senate, and was in session over three hours. It is announced that Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, the R. W. G. Secretary of the I. O. of St. Luke, will deliver a lecture next Monday at Bethel A. M. E. Church in Baltimore. Last Monday was the forty-third day of the trial of Dinger Hermann, who is charged with destroying thirty-five letter copybooks of the records of the Government. Garden and Arbor Day was celebrated the first of this week by the students of Normal School No. 1 and the Franklin Public School. Edward Saunders, colored, was arrested last Sunday, charged with furnishing liquor to minors. The Weather Bureau in this city states this week that winter is about over. The funeral services of Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, who died last week, were held in the Church of the Covenant, of which he was pastor, later Sunday afternoon. Dr. Hamlin was also president of the Board of Trustees at Howard University. It is said that much comment was caused at Honolulu, Hawaii, by the announcement from the mainland that the residents of Hilo "were considering the advisability of trying to tap the live volcano of Kilauea." A large crowd attended the services at the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, on O street, last Sunday. Rev. Drew, who is the pastor, preached in the morning and in the evening. Last Tuesday morning, Baroness Anisia Louise de Massey, New York, who is accused of the murder of Gustav Simon, president of the Queen Waist Company, on November 19, 1906, was placed on trial for her life. James W. Cornelius, known as the "gentleman murderer," was electrocuted at Columbus, Ohio. It is believed that the wooden lumber barge Arcadia, which left April 12 for Two Rivers, at Manistee, Mich., with a cargo of hardwood, has been lost in Lake Michigan. It is said that the State Federation of Labor, which was holding a session in Montgomery, Ala., last Tuesday, wired the President to explain his alleged assertion "that Haywood and Moyer, the Idaho miners, are not desirable citizens." Red Cloud, the aged chief of the Sioux, has gone blind and is sick. It was thought that the five runaway cars which entered the Baltimore and Ohio depot last Tuesday morning in this city would do considerable damage, but very little damage was done. The next meeting of the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention will be held at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church May 18. John Harding, of Franklin, Pa., has sued the detective and policeman for false arrest last September for an alleged attack on a white girl. He was never arraigned on the charge, and sues for $5,000. Rev. L. B. Banks, of this city, has accepted the call to be the pastor of Morris Chapel Baptist Church at Henderson, Ky. John Temple Graves, at the Iroquois banquet, held in Chicago, stated that either Bryan should name Roosevelt or he — Roosevelt — should name Bryan. This only goes to show that this country is slowly but surely merging into a monarchy. To begin with, Mr. President or anyone else has no right to select their successors. The People, by the Ballot, decide this matter. Vivare 8va... 8va..... ad lib. mf. Gillette SafetyRazor No Stropping, No Honing Set consists of 12 double-edged blades (24 keen cutting edges) with triple silver-plated holder in velvet lined ease. Each blade good for an average of more than 20 satisfying shaves. Handle and blade guaranteed to be perfect in material and workmanship. Sold by leading Drug, Cutlery and Hardware dealers. Inquire about SPECIAL FREE TRIAL OFFER. Gillette Sales Company, 21 Times Building New York City. is the ideal garment for over-developed figures requiring special restraint. 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Report In Indian Territory Towns That Earth's End Is Near. Muskogee, I. T.—The ignorant negroes throughout Indian territory are greatly excited by the reported approach of a destructive comet. In many places they have quit work and are assembling nightly in churches and holding religious services. It is reported at Fort Gibson and at many other points along the Arkansas river where there are large negro settlements that the comet is the only thing talked about, and the negroes believe that the world is coming to an end. This condition has reached such proportions that the Times-Demoorat, a local newspaper, telegraphed Prof. P. J. J. See, of Mare Island, asking his opinion about the comet. His reply was: "The comet is a ghost of the air. It is going from the earth instead of toward it. There is no danger of contact." A great many Indians have also become alarmed over the agitation, but they are not demonstrative about it, as are the negroes. At Westville it is reported that meetings are being held nightly and prayer offered. These reports come from the smaller towns and rural communities. There is not much excitement among the negroes of the larger town, although it is understood that in nearly every church service Sunday reference was made to it. Man Haled Into Court for Working His Machine During Night. Parla.—A few days ago, according to a report from Balz, Switzerland, a journalist who manipulated his typewriter in his room at night was summoned in legal action for disturbing the other tenants. He was fined 80 cents or four days in jail with warning that a second offense would be dearer. Similar cases crop out occasionally in Paris, where freak cases abound. Planists are the most frequent offenders. The law says that planes must not be banged after ten o'clock in the evening. Phonographs are rapidly becoming close competitors of planes, but an instance has recently been recorded in which a phonograph played a role more useful than annoying. The landlord of a residential house let his ground floor to a copersmith, the noise from whose workshop greatly disturbed the other tenants. One of them, instead of resorting to the complicated procedure of calling in experts, simply had the nurse by a housemaid for them. antabile. Naval Department Has Medals for Many Modest Sailors. Washington.—Uncle Sam is to run opposition to Andrew Carnegie in "hero medal" distributing. Beneficiaries are to be those who fought with the American navy or marines in the Spanish-American war. It is not required that "heroes" Uncle Sam is hunting for saved the lives of anyone. If a veteran can prove he was especially active in the war he will get a medal. "The navy is looking for every man who helped whip the Spaniards, as it has several hundred medals on its hands of which it wishes to dispose," the instructions received here read. "Heroes who risked their lives in the service of their country are being advertised for, but still the most of them have failed to answer the honor roll call." By a legislative resolution on March 3, 1901, the secretary of the navy was authorized to issue bronze medals commemorative of naval engagements in the waters of the West Indies and on the shores of Cuba in the Spanish-American war. A board of awards submitted a list of engagements, but the secretary has enlarged the list so as to include all officers and men who were under fire. MAKES HIMSELF AT HOME. Burglar Breaks Into House, Bathee, Sleeps and Then Robe. Stamford, Conn.—After breaking into the home of two wealthy maledissisters, the Misses Frances and Cornelia Smith and finding it untenanted, a burglar calmly took a sleep in one of their rooms before selecting the articles which he wished to steal. He set the alarm clock for five o'clock. When he arose he took a bath, ate a hearty breakfast and then commenced a leisurely inspection of the valuable articles in the house. The Smith sisters are in the south, and when the caretaker found the broken window in the kitchen he ran to summon the police. While an officer was climbing through the broken window the burglar walked out of the front door with several hundred dollars' worth of booty and escaped in the direction of Greenwich unseen by the officer. New Haven, Conn.—William G. Gilbert, a shoe clerk, was elected mayor of Danbury by a majority of 425. He is president of the Danbury Republican club. He earns ten dollars a week. His opponent, William A. Braum, was elected last year by a majority of two votes. ED: PINAUD'S HAIR TONIC (EAU DE QUININE) You can make your hair beautiful and improve your personal appearance by using ED. PINAUD'S HAIR TONIC every day it cures daidraff and stopp falling hair, because it goes to the root of the trouble. FREE! A sample bottle of ED. PINAUD'S HAIR TONIC (3 applications) for 10 cents to pay postage and packing. ED. PINAUD'S LILAC VEGETAL Ask your dealer for ED. PINAUD'S HAIR TONIC and LILAC VEGETAL THIS OFFER WILL INTEREST YOU! The New York Age 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. To begin with, we offer ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) in GOLD, divided into Four Prizes of $50.00, $25.00, $15.00 and $10.00, each, to the persons sending the largest number of new subscribers to The Age, before May 1, 1907, when the prizes will be awarded. In addition, we shall allow a regular commission of Ten Per Cent. in this contest on each subscription forwarded at $1.50 a year; or $1.00 for 6 months. EARNEST. HUSTLING CANVASSERS WANTED Regular Agents of The Age are permitted to participate in this contest. This offer applies to new subscribers only as renewals cannot be counted in awarding the prizes. Further information furnished on request. Address, THE NEW YORK AGE 4 CEDAR STREET . . . NEW YORK CITY | eect eee aba ni cai Rg se, ott Sc | La aestom oot tee Te TF to ee a re SZieTY OF ETERNAL YOUTH. new oa Organization Fines All Sick Members. + Sy nes, la—“"Thé First Soclety , , Youth’ fs the name of an in founded here, which bas y «ot the prolongation of life, : . warposes to fine every ,' 1 becomes sick. That the 1 is im earnest is evidenced 1 that 100 men already have r 1 1 the scheme, the preamble . reads as follows: : +cat object and businéss of . swt) shall be to renew and the mental, moral and ‘ vouth and strength of all . +12, to bulld up and continue ie -hest degree the mental vig- c ih individual member; and ‘+ vely requiring from each and «ct smber that he Ive the life of ' ch. thereby contributing hi!s pe * hanishing the specter of dis- ase oid death from the face of the art " Acy member who fs reported sick fom uaF disease, and so remains sick aed Is confined to his bed for a con- tsuous period of three days or more, shall be fined in a sum not less than ze dollar nor more than ten dollars for the first offense For the second eferse under this article any mem- der stall be suspended from member- ybip and for the third offense of any member {n violation of this article ex. pulsicn from the society shall be the penalty Ai members upon joining must sicr « pledge that he or she will con- tnial’ assert that there {gs nothing but «u-tom and habit of thought that cass people to be sick, grow old, or die SPORTSMEN LOSE A PARADISE. Not Allowed to Bring Game From Mexico Across the Border. San Antonio, Tex.—Mexico as a sportsman s paradise is a thing of the past for the hunters from the United States This is due to the strict en- forcement by the United States cus- toms authorities of the provisions of the Lacy bird law, which makes per- sons baving possession of game brought from another state or terri- tory amenable to the laws of the state in which they are found, regardless of the fact that the game comes from without the state. For years northern Mexico has been gorlsg in popularity among the sportsmen from the States, owing to the abundance of game to be found In the republic and to the increasing re- strichons of the Texas game laws. Un- tl now Texas hunters have been al- lowed to return from Mexico with any quantity of game Killed in the latter country and no questions were asked. Cistoms officers along the Rio Grande have recelved strict instruc: tons as to the enforcement of the Lacy law and all along the border now the hunters are discouraged and un- easy, for many men have made thelr ‘ving by killing game in Mexico and elipmng the same to the northern Tarkets. _ CRISSCROSSED MATING. OM Man Weds a Girl and His Sor Takes Her Mamma. = moma, S. D.—A unique double wed- . at which a man 60 years old mar . a girl 20 years old, and his son, * sats old, married her mother, 44 ~ old, was celebrated near here + days ago. is! od Ellsworth, a widower, and ~on Keene Ellsworth, lived on a adjointag that on which Mrs “aE Barrett. a widow, and her ‘wr, depmle Barrett, made their The elder Ellsworth drove sntly to the’ Barrett ranch to ‘an evening, and so did his son. +. suppaged by the neighbors that “her was paying court to Mrs. . "t-and thar the son was pay- seart to her daaghter. It was de- ‘o have a double wedding and ~ a weddips Journcy together To'+* and son and mother aud “sue started south .mmediately a’ the ceremony and will spend a “+! there. Young Ellsworth will “as charge of the Barrett ranch, while Ys fcher wil live with his young tr on the Elsworth ranch. They toe ten anxtously trying to figure . shat relation eac. is to the Three Years to Deliver Letter. “Nos \York—Midvale, In Passaic \ew Jersey, 1s about five talles * ' +f Paterson, the county seat, ‘Was them nearly three years for + maied there to reach Pater- sus semt July, 23, 1904, by David i asvessur of Midvale, and was snowleigment of the receipt of “ ceutificates of 20 excursionists ‘* ai a train wreck on the Green. * ‘ Lahe railroad. The letter was : wd to the register of vita) sta. “> «+ of Paterson, and it arrived Sat “14s ufternvon. ‘tere is nothing on the envelope to flow that the letter had been miscar. Ted It Is stamped July 23, 1904. Neo explanation has been offered. 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Front Parlor suitable for a docter and a back bedroom, 1410 First street, N. W. SILL EAT SALTPETER Year’s Experiments In Interest of Beef-Eating Public—One-Half to Be Fed on Meat Cured with Solution, | New York—For a perlod of from six to twelve months a squad of vig- orous and healthy men will be the subjects upon whom a small company of savants, working in the interests of humanity in general and beef-eat- ers in particular, will test the effects of meat that has been cured with saltpeter and other supposedly injuri- ous preservatives. ‘This was settled the other day, when what will be known as the na- tional commission for the investiza- tion of nutrition problems was formed in New York at the Fifth Avenue ho- tel. This organization will act under the auspices of the University of Mlinois and it is composed of Prof. H. 3. Grindley of that institution, Prof. R H. Chittenden of+ Yale university, Prof. J. J. Abel of Johns Hopkins uni- versity and Prof. A. P. Mathews of Chieago- university. The movement was inaugurated by Prof. Edmund J, James of the Untver- sity of Mllnols, who will also take an active part in Its progress. The ex- periments will be carried on at the ‘University of Iinofs, and it is said that they will be the most thorough of the kind ever undertaken in the United States. “There has been great: difference of opinion among experts,” sald Prof. Grindley, “as' to the effect of certain Preservatives used in the curing of meat and the commission will direct its attention first to the determination of some of these important’ questions. The first experiments will be to dis- cover the effects upon the human body of the saltpeter used in curing meats. “It is a well-known fact that salt- peter taken In considerable quantities is a poison, but whether the small amount consume} by the eating of cured meats is In any way injurious has long been a mooted question. “The data obtained will be of prime importance In aiding the enforcement of the present pure food laws and of the utmost importance In aiding in the formulation of further just regu- lations as to the use of this and other preservatives in food products.” The “saltpeter squad,” ag it might jbe called, will be boarded in a special- ly equipped house in such a way that the weight of all foods eaten by each man can be accurately determined and the food completely analyzed. A physicfan will keep a dally record of the physical condition and health of each member of the squad. ‘The diet of half the men will in- clude cured meat products now on the market containing galtpeter and the other half will be fed on a diet exact- ly almilar except that the cured meats will contain none of the preserva- tives, Another Interesting feature of the experiments will be that efforts will be made to have the men housed Pleasantly and their meals so pre- sented to them as to eliminate if pos- sible the {nfluence of the mental con- dition of the squad on the processes of digestion and nutrition. It is the purpose of the commis- sion also to make experiments of a similar kind upon the lower animals, so that at the end of the work the an- imals may be killed and a thorough examination made by the most ap- proved methods to determine the ef- fect of the saltpeter upon the internal organs connected with the processes of digestion and assimilation. CREW BESET BY KIDDERLAK. Pecullar Polsonous Bug Frightened Whole Ship's Crew. New York.—The crew of the Ger- man steamship Wartenfels, which has arrived from Calcutta, had a thrilling experience during the voyage with a poisonous insect, known as 4 kidder- lak, of the family of centipedes, For more than 20 days the sailors and Yater the officers dodged the much- dreaded pest, Its bite is said to be almost certain death, . The insect was first discovered by a Lascar fireman, to whose race It Is particularly inimical, First Officer Frevichs and Capt. Schmidt had at first laughed at the story of the pres- ence of the kidderlak. _ While Capt, Schmidt's steward was leaving the saloon for the pantry with alahes ‘a week later, he heard a crash behind him and beheld the potatoes he had just brought to tne table, on the floor, together with fragments of the dish. On the other side of the tYoom stood Capt. Schmidt, pointing Bpeechlessly to a corner of the cell- ing. There, clinging close to the wall, was the kidderlak, ready to make a junip for the table. Second Officer Ruse walked in just then and with a blow trom a poker laid the kidderlak out so dead that the insect had not even a chance to make one of the pecullar nolses from which it derives its name. Etiquette of a Real Gent. Weary Willie—I'll talk straight, sport. I’m dyin’ fur a drink. Gimme a quarter, will yer? Gailey—But you don’t need a quarter to buy one drink. Weary Willle—One? Why, I ain’t de kind of a gent w'at’ll drink at anudder gent’s expense an’ not ask him ter join me. 7 FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO © SUITS. $1.00o—For Hire—$1.0u. Julius Cohen, . 1104 7th street, N. W. | e Columbia Ice and Coal Co. FIFTH AND L STS., N. W., NEAR K ST. MARKET. WOOD AND COAL UNDER COVER. OUR COALIS CLEAN, AND WE SELL CHEAP. % REDUCTION ON COAL FOR CHURCHES. FILE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND WE WILY DO THE: REST: . ri ORDERS PROMPTLY FILL-ED. 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Mr, Pratt hired the man, Henry Jones by name, to do general work about the farm and help him out dur- ing the maple sugar season. He knew that Jones had been employed during haying last summer by a neighbor and had given satisfaction, so he didn’t go into particulars. When it came time to prepare spiles, or taps, for the maple trees, Jones appeared a bit rusty as to their manufacture, but after watching the boss for a few minutes he proved a master hand at whittling them. The farmer delegated Jones to tap the trees. Everything went well until the first run was boiled, The sap seemed ex- ceptionally sweet, but when it had been boiled down the syrup tasted ‘bitter and he and Jones were ‘nauseatéd. , | “You are sure you didn’t tap any- ‘thing but maples?” inquired Mr. Pratt. _ “Why, there ain't nuthin’ else in the orchard, !s there?” asked Jones. “Nothing else!” shbuted the farm- ‘er. “Why, man, theré must be 30 hemlocks sticking around.’ | “Well, then, I must have tapped ’em,” groaned the hired man, “for I nad every tree on the bill.” “A: HIGH-DEGREE- I | | La ' Satsfoctius CS — rare thing in : , | al 2 Mest $3.4 shoes. Shoes at this | prac usually lack style or comfort LI oe or both. | [_. “\ tue style of more expensive ralZ0 | -lwes and good solid value are || « sah in our A | J SIGNET SHOE . L| Ld Wee. « eh = Ll | because of the exceptional attention bee) 2 | stowed on the making. The only cheape! ness in it anywhere Is the price. 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One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... .50 Subscription monthly ..... .20 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 NO NEGRO NEED APPLY. In another column of The Bee will be read with much interest, a special communication from Jamestown, Va., concerning the Negro Exposition. Dr. Washington has become disgusted and will not exhibit. It will also be seen that the Negro Building will be infested with Southern crackers who will parade within 30 feet of it. The colored people will be insulted and humiliated if they attend this Expositoin. The Negro exhibit will be a failure because the colored people in this country do not intend to take any interest in he Exposition. Mr. Calloway has called in his field agents and has also notified the people not to send exhibits. It will be over sixty days before the Negro Building will be opened, and certainly the colred people don't want it said that they are in any way connected with this failure. It is quite evident that Dr.Washington is convinced that blunders have been committed and he does not propose to be a party to any scheme that will tend to humiliate colored people at Jamestown. It has also been reported to this office that Mr. Calloway has been notified that no colored people will be permitted to ride on the white boats from this city. Just why Mr. Calloway has not made this public The Bee is unable to state. Will Mr. Calloway explain? Every space on the boats from this city has been taken up and those Negroes who want to go to Jamestown must walk. THAT BAIT. The appointment of Ralph W. Tyler as Auditor for the Navy Department will deceive nobody and will not affect the situation in Ohio among the colored voters. The President made the appointment as an off-set to his unjust and unwarranted discharge of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. But the only proper atonement he can make for that monstrous wrong is to acknowledge his error and place the men in the position they were before he issued his order. The colored voters of Ohio and the North will not forgive a gross act of injustice for a single federal appointment in the departments in Washington. There are three things which show the President's bad faith in making the appointment. First, his change of mind from the intention to appoint Mr. Tyler to a place in Ohio. Second, the time he has selected to make the appointment, viz.: on the eve of the opening of Senator Foraker's campaign in Ohio. Third, the renunciation of his own gospel of purity in politics, or the doctrine that federal patronage should not be used to debauch elections. The President has turned many sharp corners during his incumbency in office, that everybody understands him, even to his sermonizings. THE OHIO CONTEST. THE OHIO CONTEST. This nation owes a debt of gratitude to Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. The coming political contest in Ohio will decide the question whether justice and fairplay shall face, or whether ingratitude and treason shall predominate. A man who has given the best years of his life to uphold a republic and sacrificed money and property is entitled to the plaudits and encouragement of the American people. Must a man fall because he fights to uphold a principal? Must a man be defeated by treachery because he declares that innocent men must be protected? Is this the policy of the American people—to destroy the righteous? The Bee cannot believe that the cause for which Senator Foraker is fighting is to be destroyed to satisfy the selfish and treacherous ambition of any one, no matter how great and powerful he may be. The Bee believes in the justice and fairness of the American people and the principles which actuated Senator Foraker. There is nothing selfish in his great fight to uphold human liberty. He has a just cause and it is believed that the American people will rally around his banner. Right is bound to prevail. THE PROPHET (?) SPEAKS. Mr. Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal would have the country believe that he is a prophet. He predicts the nomination and election of Governor Hughes of New York. It is one thing to nominate and another thing to elect. How is Mr. Hughes to be elected? It requires votes to elect. The American people are no fools. There may be a few fools, but the sensible people are in the majority. The President may trot out Mr. Taft in Ohio but when Senators Foraker and Dick are through with him, there will not be enough left of him to tell a good story. Mr. Watterson may be a modern prophet but in this case The Bee is of the opinion that his prophecies will not materialize. It will be remembered that the late President Chester A. Arthur tried to nominate himself by federal patronage and failed. In the event that Senator Foraker fails to secure the Republican nomination, Vice-President Fairbanks will. The officeholders will not win in any State where they have control of the federal patronage. OUR SCHOOLS The time is fast approaching when there will not be a colored member on the Board of Education. Will it stop there? No. The Board of Education, it is hoped, will not be injured by the courts when efforts are being made to discipline the schools. The colored schools to a great extent need reorganizing. The first step that the school authorities should take when Congress convenes is the abolition of the supervising principals. Principals of buildings have a better knowledge of the teaching ability of a teacher under his direct supervision than supervising principals, who very seldom come in contact with the teacher. Our schools are in a terrible condition. The most deplorable condition of affairs may be found in buildings where the teachers defy the school authorities and then resort to the courts for protection. Just how long these unruly teachers shall be permitted to ride "rough shod" over the principals of schools the Board of Education must decide. The Bee's most esteemed contemporary, the Chicago Conservator, edited by Mr. Wilkins, one of the ablest editors in the United States, that took the editor of The Bee to task and charged him with having been converted to the doctrine of surrender, as he called it, as advocated by Prof. Booker T. Washington, has at last given up the ghost and confessed religion to the same doctrine that he charged The Bee as having advocated. Well!! Well!! What do you think of it? In another column the readers of The Bee and those who read the editorial controversy between the editor of The Bee and the editor of the Conservator, will read the religious change of heart and soul of the distinguished editor of the Conservator. Welcome to the mourners' bench, Editor Wilkins. Only one more sinner out of the fold and when he has a change of heart we shall start a Salvation Army. TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE The Bee has never heard of a taxpayers' league, citizens' taxpayers' committee or any other kind of taxpayers' organization. The fight against the Armstrong Manual Training School is personal and the white members of the Board of Education will, The Bee hopes, put a stop to it. Let the obstruction be removed. DR. CHANCELLOR At a meeting of the Board of Education last Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Wm. E. Chancellor vindicated himself as the alleged author of certain magazine articles. Dr. Chancellor was positive and unequivocal in his frank denial. The reply of Dr. W. Bruce Evans was a broadsider. It struck a blow that almost killed father. The Bee congratulates Dr. A. M. Curtis on his successful operations in the South. WHAT THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. A colored deputy marshal in the United States Supreme Court. Senator Foraker the next President of the United States. Taft taught a lesson that he will never forget. Every colored man in the United States indorse Senator Foraker. The Jamestown Negro Exposition given the marble heart. President Roosevelt better informed on the Ohio situation. The Judge of the Juvenile Court supported by the people. The Y. M. C. A. raise the $25,000. More colored men appointed on the jury. A bailiff from the colorful Americans appointed in the Police Court. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW What Mr. Taft is thinking about. How many colored officeholders will explain the President's position. Who will be the first to announce himself. Will there be any changes in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Is the country satisfied with Bishop Grant's explanation. When will J. Milton Turner be heard from again. Which side of the fence will he be on. When will school suits end. When will the Board of Education have power to remove for the good of the service. If the rumor is true that Dr. Moore of Howard University is to be the next colored superintendent. If the offices of supervising principal are to be abolished. How the colored teachers' beneficial association is progressing. If Mrs. A. M. Curtis will resign from the Jamestown Exposition. Is the Jim Crow building three-fourths of a mile away from the government building. What power Col. Giles B. Jackson has with the Jamestown Exposition. If the President intends to reinstate the colored soldiers. SAME SITUATIONS HERE. From the Daily Herald. The statements made by Civil Service Commissioner McIlhenny as to the pathy of the young men of the South in regard to taking examinations for positions in the civil service is borne out by the civil service examinations which have been held in Vicksburg. The last civil service examination held in Vicksburg was conducted by George S. Donald, of Atlanta, examiner for this district. The examinations were of applications for positions as clerks in the United States Railway Mail service. Of the applicants only four were white men while thirty-eight were negroes. The unwillingness of Southern white men to apply for these positions is based on the fact that in taking the examinations they are put exactly on the same basis as the Negro applicants and if successful in obtaining positions, in many instances they have to work alongside of Negroes or under Negro bosses. They will not place themselves in such humiliating situations. TEXAS WOMAN REVIVES. Colored Citizen. Kitbyville, Texas, Monday.—Mrs. T. --- T. Tissue, who was shot Saturday evening while fishing on a creek, has revived and told the story of the affair. She signed a sworn statement saying her husband did the shooting and threw her into the creek. He took his wife's blood and rubbed it on his shirt to conhis story that he was attacked by a Negro. Feeling is high and a lynching is probable. The Orange State Guards are now guarding the prisoner in the Newton County Jail, the company having been ordered to proceed to Newton by the adjutant-general today. I was very glad to see that you had published my letter in the last week's issue of The Bee concerning the Jamestown Exhibition, and in order to let the public know the exact situation and great discrimination and humiliation the Negro of the country will be put to I deem it my duty to write you again in order that you may be thoroughly convinced of the exact location of the Negro and the other buildings. Included I send you an official plat of the grounds with the names and location of each building. You will notice on the plat that the Negro Building is at least three-quarters of a mile from the main pier and other buildings. It is located in a far-off corner near the camping and drill grounds, where the Southern soldiers will come, the nearest building being the "War Path," which was shown at the Chicago World's Fair as the "Mjd-Way" and at the St. Louis exhibition as the "Pike." All who know anything of exhibitions fully understand that these are the places where the rough elements from all over the world will attend, and, between the Southern soldiers and the crowds that will attend the "War Path," 'will keep our ladies in constant contact with these rough elements and especially to their many insults. The military encampment is not more than forty feet from the ground set aside for the Negro, the athletic grounds and main State buildings and the Commercial Pier is at least one mile from the Negro Building. The building will probably be finished from eight to ten weeks after the exhibition opens, and we have great sympathy for Dr. Booker T. Washington and the leading Negroes of the country, who decline to make an exhibit under these circumstances, and we hope that the leading Negro newspapers of the country will let our people throughout the States know the exact condition. Send for official charts of the grounds, and they will tell you the whole story. WASHINGTON, D. C., SCHOOL TROUBLES. From the Colored American Magazine. Lawsuits galore, criminations and recriminations seem to be the ruling news items from the colored schools of the District of Columbia. We do not know who is to blame in this grand mix-up, and we are not attempting to decide; but of one thing we are quite certain, and that is, Negroes should learn to stop quarreling so much, and learn to adjust their differences without so much airing in public. This constant washing of dirty linen in the limelight is hurtful to race progress, and exhibits an inherent weakness that militates powerfully against the boasted capability of the race for self-government. We have constantly watched and expected that we should develop such an esprit de corps in the teaching force of the District of Columbia, where the Negro schools are many and proficient, that the whole management of this great work would ultimately fall into the hands of competent men and women of the race which a system of schools like those in the District of Columbia should produce. While this institution, for various reasons which it cannot overcome, is not to make an exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition, the officer of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute are in hearty sympathy with the Jamestown Exposition and the Negro Department, and we earnestly advise all our people throughout the country to make a creditable exhibit at this exposition. It will be a great mistake if our people do not put forth their very highest and best efforts. In the case of the Tuskegee Institute we have lately gone to so much expense in making exhibits and in connection with the celebration of our Twenty-fifth Anniversary, that we are compelled to call a halt for awhile in making exhibits, but we have the greatest sympathy for the Negro Department of the Jamestown Exposition, and wish for it the greatest success. Mr. Thomas J. Calloway and others, who are leading actively in the work, deserve great credit for what they have already accomplished. READ THE BEE 300,000 INDORSE HIM At the conclusion of the business the Philadelphia and Washington Annual Conference of the C. M. E. Church announced the following ministerial appointments: Washington District—G. T. Long, P. E.; Israel Metropolitan Church, J. W. Smith; Miles Memorial Church, L. E. Bosser; Lane Chapel, C. A. Leftwich; Hillsdale Station, J. I. Carroll; Gallilee, Baltimore, Md., R. K. D. Barrett; St Luke and Fairfield, Baltimore, Md., A. Martin; Front Royal Station, F. L. Boney; Bentonville, Browntown and Strausburg, C. E. Hillery; Mount Olive Mission, Baltimore, Md., G. Coleman; Mount Pleasant and Edwards Mission, Baltimore, Md., W. H. Wilmore; Bakerton Circuit, William Burrell; Teneytown and Seneca, W. M. Ivey; Holsey Station, Philadelphia, Pa., N. J. Watson; Union Station, Philadelphia, Pa., A. E. Ferebee; Sheron Hill and Chester S. Womack; St. Paul Station, Philadelphia, Pa., J. B. Bowser; joint board of finance, J. W. Smith and J. W. Boston; examining committee on first year's studies, L. E. B. Rosser, J. I. Carroll and R. K. D. Garrett. Petersburg District—J. W. P. Leeswood, P. E.; Union Station and Gilliam Mission, T. H. Allen; Lawrenceville Church, E. P. Sterling; Bethel Station, Richmond, Va, P. P. Ballou; South Boston and Mount Sinai, H. L. Johnson; Danville Circuit, Neuse Ferry and Wesley Chapel, L. W. Hilery; Brooklyn Circuit, Union Grove, Meadville and Mount Pleasant, H. A. Pettus; Halifax Circuit (to be supplied), W. T. Woods; Evanton Circuit, G. P. Jones; St. James Station, W. C. Coleman; Hillsville Mission, William Ivy; Horse Creek Mission, L. A. Hancock; Good Hope Station, J. H. Anderson; joint board of finance, P. P. Ballou and G. W. Woods; examining committee third and fourth years' studies, C. H. Tobias, T. H. Allen and C. A. Leftwich. Alexandria District—R. B. Robinson, P. E.; Alexandria Church, James Hilery; Auburn and Bigwood, H. Robinson; Madison Circuit, to be supplied; Fredricksburg Mission, to be supplied; Charlottesville Mission, to be supplied; joint board of finance, C. H. Tobias and Letchie Coleman. Jersey District—F. A. Burkhalter, presiding elder; Hickstown Church, P. S. Woods; Camden Station, H. Frazier; Burlin and St. John, J. J. Sanders; Spring Lake and Manasquon Station, A. A. Hopkins; Woods' Tabernacle, Pittsburg, Pa., H. C. Woods; St. Luke, Pittsburg, Pa., I. S. Williams; Paine's College, C. H. Tobias; East Camden, J. G. Hardy. Appeal to the Church. The bishop then made an earnest appeal to the ministers and the Woman's Missionary Society to do their whole duty to spread the gospel, extend the Church and to build up healthy moral communities of God-fearing and law-abiding citizens. Rev. G. T. Long, who built the fine C. M. E. Church at Fourteenth and C streets northeast, this city, was promoted to the position of presiding elder of the Washington District, which is the largest of the four districts in the conference. The adoption of the report on the state of the country, submitted by J. W. Smith, put the conference, with over three hundred thousand members, on record for Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio for President. The ministerial reception, with S. T. Craig presiding, opened at 8 p.m., with the rendition of "Coronation" by the audience. Mrs. M. E. Booze, pianist, and the invocation was by Rev. N. J. Watson; piano solo, Madame Booze. The welcome address was delivered by John F. Genus. Rev. J. I. Carroll made the response, followed by a solo by W. J. Jones. Following this Dr. J. W. Smith said the connection has over three hundred thousand members, seven colleges, and property in the District of Columbia alone worth $750,000. He said the local churches have large representation in the departments and twenty-seven teachers in the public schools of the District. Dr. J. W. P. Leewood, newly appointed presiding elder of Petersburg District, responded. Then followed a select reading by Madame Henrietta Vinton Davis, an original poem by a colored author. Dr. C. A. Leftwich, a candidate for bishop in the C. M. E. Church, made some remarks and recited "The Raven." There was a solo by Mrs. Eva Shanklin. Prof. C. H. Tobias, of Paine College, thanked the congregation for its presence and for the way in which the conference had been entertained during the session. Again." The benediction by Watson closed the reception A WORD FROM THE W April th Mr. Editor: Please allow me space in your paper to express my opinion of all thinking Negro Glancing over the Association news of the Los Angeles Exposed that three of our los groes had a conference with Roosevelt, he expecting their influence with the Negro South, East and West, to ha with him. I wish to speak out in plain without an apology, and as Fri retary for more than three thousand souls, that we need to let what a few officeholders friends say buy us over, never position which may be given strain us from casting our man whose heart and sympathy us, and who has showed by a stead of talk, that he believes "square deal" policy. It must be remembered that given this country some of the men who ever wore uniforms. We have always answered try's call, and won honor as victories. We saved the life stands at the head of the has no gratitude, wit and means another, and been in keeping with pression of the Nge deeds he has done been for spite. Crum of South Co House was simply appointment of Tav buy votes, also the Oscar Scott, the to buy votes. But I am glad I sugared and bought sitions and fair pr in the West are th in love with Pres feel he has muli loves his race, and man who will carry We want the Pre that we no longer for us; that day must be questioned we will stand by en himself our frie We hail from the day on the Coast, story from the C within the next you and your fearless,cess, Mr. Editor, Yours, for the Field Secretary for Baptist Convention States and Territory BISHOP NOT IN LU Describes His Life From the Post, April Bishop Abraham bishop of the fifth the A. M. E. Church the financial board Church, now in session much surprised to read paper a statement recording the White House with B. and Register Vermon the afternoon paper "both of the colored bishops influence, politically, and there are said to be willing to task of dictating the Negroes the administration." "Such a statement is quite as to the President as to me and the companying me," said Bishop F. We indorsed Rev. O. J. W. Seed a chaplaincy in the army, for which pointment we feel grateful, for that indorsement our visit ended. "I did not express myself repreting the colored vote of the country entire story is false, and I require a pleasant visit to the White House must be made the occasion for a agreeable discussion in a daily and that I should be placed in the tude of opposing Senator Forlane whom I have the highest regard who, to my mind, is one of the friends the Negro has in America day. Such has been he record in past thirty years. Vice-President banks is a fellow-townsman of the Indianapolis, and a personal who whose high character and acknowl ability I much admire." THE HUMANE SOCIETY We are in receipt of a copy of annual report of the Washington mane Society for the year ended cember. The report contains usable information concerning the of the society, its rules and men ship. The amount of receipts during year was $20,433.88, d'argument 360.29; balance in hand, December 1006 $1,073.50. The fact that the society is a good work in our city is established yond doubt. We have some ministers who are disgrace to the profession. READ THE BEE. --- The Week in Society Mr Samuel G. Alexander, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was coiled home last week by the illness of his mother, who lives in Mecklenburg county, Virginia. Mr Edwin Brown, late of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, is in the city, stopping with his mother, in Linden street northeast. Mr. Brown is a petal and thinks he will come out all right. Persons coming to this city on their way to the Jamestown Exposition will do well to visit Dr. W. S. Richardson, 64th floor-and-a-half street. This is one of the best and most up-to-date drug stores in this city, as well as one of the and most reliable in Washington. I best to buy your toilet supplies on end. Mrs. Addie Terrell was among the great at a Japanese whist party given wild and Mrs. H. H. Stewart at their own New York city. Mrs. Kate Sheppard, of Baltimore, we visiting the schools. Mrs. flarence C. Clark, of Colorado, to visit Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington and Jamestown Exposition, is the Baptist churches of Col- A. C. Griffin, of Smithville, W. I spend some weeks of his time city and other points North and A. E. Berry and bride, Miss Dai- n, who were married the 4th Rev. B. T. Perkins, will re- baltimore. J. T. Allison arrived in Wash- last week. BRILLIANT RECEPTION. Young Men's Immediate Relief Association gave a reception at Odd Fellows' Hall Monday evening, which was largely attended by a brilliant ar- ty of young ladies and gentlemen. There were two halls and two of the most orchestras in operation. The mu- nic was furnished by the Columbia Or orchestra, one of the best orchestras in e city. The costumes of the ladie were most brilliant and unique. Mr. Ham W. Ball, president, wore a full dress suit and the manner in which he conducted himself won the admiration of all who saw him. Mr. George W. Cole was floor manager. Mr. Cole is one of the most dignified floor managers that can be found. This organization is one of the strongest in the city and its many entertainments are always attended by the best young people in the city. Dancing began at 8 o'clock and continued until 2 A. M. The large crowd that filled both halls was well handled by the management. GALBRAITH CHURCH. The members and friends of Galbraith Church came out in full force to both morning and evening services last Sunday, in response to the call of the pastor for a financial rally. Over five hundred dollars was subscribed by the twelve classes. Class No. 1, Mr. Frank Sesser, was assessed $75, but raised $1135. He led the list of all classes. The total amount raised was $495.18. Class No. 2, Mr. Charles Liverly, $75; Mr. Ed. Wells, $51.11. These three classes were the highest among the 12 classes. Dr. S. L. Corrothers' time expires May 30 next. The annual conference will be held in his church this year, and the members decided to pay off all indebtedness against the church before conference convenes. The several clubs connected with the church will royally entertain the ministers, and bishops who may attend. Dr. Corrothers never does things by halves. He will give the greatest reception to the bishops and ministers that has ever been held in this connection. COSMOPOLITAN BAPTIST CHIRCH. A great crowd attended services at the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, O street between Seventh and Eighth streets, Rev. Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor. Dr. Drew preached both morning and evening. The attraction was the conditional offer made by Mr. Samuel G. W. Weatherspoon, of New York, to give $10,000 toward the building fund of the new edifice of the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, if the congregation will raise $10,000 additional. The offer was accepted by the congregation, and rally services will be held as a means of raising the money. The services will continue until July 7. At 3 p.m. Rev. Alexander Dennis, D.D., pastor of the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, accompanied by his congregation and the McKinley Volunteer Club, Mr. Hiliary Martin president, delivered a most able sermon. The church was organized December 13,1904, and since then it has become one of the largest and strongest negro churches in the city. It has a membership of about two thousand, and has, it is said, already raised and banked nearly three thousand dollars toward the building fund. Dr. Drew made an appeal for a collection to aid in raising the $10,000, and there was a total of $506.70 in cash contributed. It is hoped to raise the remainder of the $10,000, which is $7,000.35, by the first Sunday in July. The following clubs contributed toward the fund—New York Club, Rev. Dr. Drew,president, $320.95; North Carolina Club, Ursher's Board, Deacon H. E. Evans president; Rhode Island Club, Mrs. Annie Lewis president, $8.35; Silver Leaf Club, Miss Sarah Dorsey president. $3.56. Special services will be held as follows—Sunday, April 28, May 5, May; a great True Reformer meeting. Sunday, May 19, at 8 p.m.; sermon by Dr. Drew, address by W. R. Griffin, chief of Washington Division. Sunday, May 26, Rev. Dr. William Perry, of New Jersey. Decoration Day, May 30, at 8 p.m.; oration by Judge E M. Hewlett. Short addresses by Prof. M. Grant Lucas, of the public schools; Lawyer W. Calvin Chase, and Lawyer Perri W. Frisby, of the District bar. G. A. R., Old National Guards and Cadets, Free Masons, Odd Fellows. Sunday, June 16, annual sermon to the Grand Lodge of Good Samaritans. CONSTITUTION LEAGUE APPEAL WANTS ASSISTANCE IN THE FIGHT FOR THE SOLDIERS. BROAD OBJECTS STATED. Wants Support in the Effort to Secure Fair Deal for All Citizens Under the Constitution. The Constitution League appeals to patriotic citizens, throughout the United States for moral and financial support in its defense of the constitutional rights of all citizens, regardless of locality, race sex political or religious creed. race, sex, political or religious creed. We make the following statement in answer to many inquiries and for new friends of the cause. The present incorporated league is the outcome of the preliminary organization of 1903. It is a belated expression of American conscience and patriotism, organized to achieve specific results. The league believes that the Constitution of the United States is "the supreme law of the land" and that "the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding" (Article VI); that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of government" (Article IV); that the Constitution guarantees "freedom of speech" and "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" (Amendment I); that "the trial of all crimes **** shall be by jury" (Article III), and that all persons accused of crime shall have "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury," and "have the assistance of counsel for his defense" (Amendment VI); that "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" VIII); that no "involuntary servitude (except as punishment for crime) shall exist within the United States" (Amendment XIII); that "All persons born in the United States are citizens" (Amendment XIV); that, in States where citizens are unlawfully disranchised, its Representatives in Congress "shall be reduced in the proportion" prescribed in the Fourteenth Amendment; that "the right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (Amendment XV); that Congress, by special provision of the Constitution itself, is giver "power to enforce the provisions (of the last three) articles by appropriate legislation." That the President, the Congress and political parties should be held accountable for long neglect of this constitutional obligation. The League recognizes the valuable assistance given by the Federal Administration in the prosecution of violations of the Thirteenth Amendment in the so-called "peonage cases," first initiated by independent effort. All friends of the cause hope that violations and disregard of other constitutional provisions will not in the future remain ignored either by the Executive or by the Congress. With trial by jury ignored, freedom of speech denied, the mandates of the Supreme Court defied, with the constitutional rights of citizens "denied," "abridged" or more dangerously circumvented, by perversion of the forms of law; with a weekly average of three citizens put to death, without legal trial, every week for nineteen years, it would seem that the time for organized protest and action had arrived. It is to the credit of sympathetic America that we have been horrified at the Jewish massacres and Armenian assassinations, but the outside world has also stood agast at the face mobs, lynchings and massacres in "Christian America," North and South. The League desires the united influences of Christian civilization, North and South, to uphold the law, adequately punish the guilty and make every citizen respect the guarantees of the Federal Constitution, without regard to person or locality. The League proposes, by means of organized lawful resistance and positive action, to aid in suppressing lawlessness, mob violence, lynchings, and all forms of the murder spirit, which, as statistics show, make life in the United States, five times less secure than in Australia, six times less secure than in Japan, nine times less secure than in Canada, fourteen times less secure than in Germany. (See address of Judge Thomas at Nashville.) The League's "defense of the Black battalion" has earned for it the moral and financial support of the nation. The great history-making "Brownsville affray" will rank with the international awakening which required ten years' hard work to clear the record of the persecuted French Jew, Dreyfus. The League regarded as unjust, unconstitutional, and without "due process of law," the condemnation and punishment of the members of Companies B, C and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry, discharged "without honor." It demanded an open hearing for these defenders of the flag, and sent two commissions, part white and part colored, to the scene of the disturbance in Texas, to San Antonio and also to El Reno, Oklahoma, to ascertain the facts. The facts and affidavits gathered by the League were laid before the President and the Senate of the United States (Senate Document 107); in consequence of which the President sent two messages to the Senate (Document 155), hastened his Assistant Attorney-General to Brownsville and revoked the most drastic feature of his sweeping order of discharge. There was then precipitated one of the most important debates on "Executive authority" that the country has witnessed. It has brought the people of the United States again face to face with the fundamental questions of liberty, justice and humanity. The investigation of the entire proceedings through the Senate Committee on Military Affairs is now under way, largely through the heroic efforts of Senator Foraker, supported at every point of the inquiry by the League's commissioners and representatives. The League is representative. It invites and has the hearty co-operation of Independents, Democrats, Republicans, labor organization men, Prohibitionists, Socialists and others. A large number of college presidents and instructors are "charter" members, and there are in affiliated relationship hundreds of clergymen, and thousands of professional business men throughout forty States and the several territories. Up to the present time the League has been supported by the private contributions of a few patriotic citizens, but the work has grown to such vast proportions that it is now necessary to nationalize its support, and hereafter its "plan and scope" will be limited only by the funds in hand. We use the term "in hand" advisedly, for the League is incorporated and will manage its affairs on a strictly cash basis without individual liability or corporate indebtedness. We feel that the League has behind it the heart, brain and conscience of the nation. That our cause is just. That it does not represent personal exploitation, but national betterment and makes for the ultimate good and peace of the Republic. No one is authorized to collect cash for the League. All checks, postal and express money orders should be made payable to "Treasurer, Constitution League, U. S." and sent direct to headquarters, 500 Fifth avenue, New York. All contributors should insist upon an acknowledgment from national headquarters. All bankable remittances will bear the deposit certification of the Colonial Trust Company of New York as fiscal agents for the organization. By order of the Executive Committee. A. B. Humphrey, Secretary. New York, April, 1907. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the most remarkable man of the age in more senses than one, has just completed a visit to Chicago, during which he made several speeches to a large number of the most intelligent people of the city. Mr. Washington met and talked with people of all walks and avocations, and while he made no enemies and caused no just criticism among the people heretofore indifferent to his views, Mr. Washington made hundreds of new admirers and checked the venom of lots of those who had regarded him as an instrument of hurt in the hands of the white South toward his own people. Let us be frank, honest and brave and discuss Mr. Washington and his methods as we see them today, and not as we saw them in other and more turbulent times. To begin with, Mr. Washington made no difference in the subject-matter of his speeches when talking on the race question to crowds representing the different races. He said nothing which any fair-minded man could object to, whether that man was white or colored. His reference to the Negro press was about as any first-class newspaper man would make who desired to see the craft succeed in the work of real advancement of the people, and his complaint that too large a portion of it was working itself to death and doing more real harm than good was natural for a man who saw things as they are His advice to his newspaper brethren to stop so much bad and ugly printing of conditions and turn their attention more to the things that give joy and gladness was timely and acceptable to well-balanced people. Washington's visit and talks in Chicago were of great value to the people, and if by these he made any enemies he made enemies of the enemies of the people. We welcome him back. He asked the Negro press to cease its knocking and get together on great principles and strike as one for the race, and so keep its eyes open as to be able to see and tell of the advancement of the race; and to do the most of its fighting for the race, where it was most needed, and to follow the example of the old game chicken hen—not to cackle and make a fuss until something was accomplished; not to cackle until an egg was laid. Mr. Washington advocated with an all-around manual training a higher education for the whole people, and more than emphasized this to his big white audiences. Washington and his people are getting together, and we are proud of it and now are proud of him. Mr. Washington protested earnestly against any State making any laws which discriminated against a person on account of color. In this he is with his people, and they are with him, we are glad to say. In a word, Mr. Washington took the city of Chicago as by a storm, and left the impression on every man, woman and child that he was one of the biggest, best and most race-loving Negroes now on the rostrum. LAKE MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE. For many years we have received a catalogue from the proprietors, Messrs. A. K. & D. Smiley, of the famous Mohonk Mountain House, but the one for 1907 eclipses all former ones. The entire work is most artistically executed, and realistic. The flower gardens from Huguenot Drive, with the House, looming up in the distant background, make a pretty picture. A representative of The Bee called to see Biihop Abraham Grant on last Thursday, April 18, and had a long talk with him concerning his visit to the White House in company with Register W. T. Vernon. Both gentlemen stated to the representative of The Bee that neither made any promises to the President and in fact politics was not discussed at all. No reference was made by the President as to the colored vote. The President did say, so those gentlemen stated, that he was the colored man's friend. The Bee thinks that he has a poor way of showing it. They talked to the President about the appointment of Rev. O. J. Scott. The President informed them that he had just that moment signed the commission of Rev. Scott. So far as being opposed to Senator Foraker, stated Bishop Grant, he has always, stated that Senator Foraker, was the best friend the Negroes have and that he knew of no man that he would rather see President of the United States than Senator Foraker. The Bishop was very much chagrined and exercised over the report that had been published that he and Dr. Vernon had promised the President to secure the colored vote for him. The Bishop declared that he was not in politics. There is an old but true adage, viz, the devil sits cross-legged. READ THE BER. A GRAND JOINT ENTERTAINMENT AND MAY RECEPTION Will be given by Bloom of Youth Lodge No. 1638 and Silver Queen Household of Ruth No. 740, G. U. O. of O. F., on Odd Fellows' Hall, 1606 M street, N. W. This being our first time before the intently for a time, we respectfully invite the patronage of the entire city and our many friends. We guarantee you an evening of real pleasure no pains will be spared in the way of preserving good order. Dist. Household and Subordinates are invited. Committee on Arrangements. J. S. Jones, Chr., Mattie M. Holliday, Sec., Mary E. Clements, J. A. Purvis, Ass't Sec., Fannie Blackford, Vice-Chr. M. M. Holland, Chr., Ida Rhone, Mary White. Thomas Taylor, Annie Burke. Rebecca at the Well. Bettie Rhone, Chr., Fannie West, J. A. Purvis, Angelane Brown, W. B. Harris. MEXICO Blaney's Theater Baltimore, Md. Week Commencing Monday April 29 HOUSE & HERMANN. 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We are very carefu that it contains no doubt our prices mean genuine easy credit terms to suit ogan Between H and I Streets. --- FRANK GARVAN IS MAN WHO PREPARES CASES. Weeks and Months of Work Are Often Necessary to Prepare for Trial That Lasts but a New York.—There was a trial in the criminal courts building a short time ago in which it took two days to present the evidence to the jury. It was a trial of some importance to the community and for that reason there was some comment on the speed with which it was disposed of. Nothing was said about the time that had been taken in preparing the case from the standpoint of the prosecution. As a matter of fact, two members of the district attorney's staff had been engaged for two months in examining witnesses and getting the evidence in shape. When the public hears of a trial that lasts two weeks, or perhaps six weeks, little attention is paid to the days and weeks there are put in whipping the case into shape. There is a young man in the district attorney's office to-day who has had practically sole charge of preparing five of the most important criminal cases in recent years. He is Francis P. Garvan, an assistant district attorney. It is no exaggeration to say that he has had a wider knowledge of the inside history of the Nan Patterson murder trial, the second Roland B. Mollneux trial, Albert T. Patrick's fight for life, the Dodge-Morse marriage and divorce tangle and the Thaw case than any other one man. It has been his job to get these cases ready for presentation to the jury, and A. H. FRANCIS P. GARVAN. (Assistant District Attorney of New York City.) while that was being done he has had charge of the homicide bureau in the district attorney's office in addition to prosecuting makers of fraudulent claims against fire insurance companies and taking the routine court work which every member of Mr. Jerome's staff has to do in his turn. Mr. Garvan is a young man, a few years past the 30 mark. He looks younger, almost boyish. An observer of the Thaw trial pictured him as "the man behind the gun." He was prompting District Attorney Jerome in some important technical piece of evidence in the case. More than once Mr. Jerome has spoken of the careful and palnstaking manner in which this young man, who was an athlete at Yale and got his early legal training in the office of Col. James, got in shape all the evidence concerning the killing of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw. "I never knew of a case better prepared," was one remark made by Mr. Jerome. In every criminal case, especially the ones that are taken up by the newspapers, an enormous amount of anonymous information is sent to the district attorney's office. If the case is properly prepared all this information, unless it is absurd on its face, must be investigated. It has often been the case that information furnished anonymously has been very valuable. Scores of witnesses who think they have something to tell are examined only to show that they know nothing of value, but are seeking notoriety and feel that by being a witness of some kind they will be able to get into the court every day and hear the trial. Then there are cranks who look sane enough, but have only theories which they expound as facts. In every so-called "big" case these persons have to be disposed of before any real work is done, and all through the preparation of the case they have to be eliminated. It requires enthusiasm, tenacity, cleverness, a knowledge of the law and human nature and common sense to prepare a difficult case. It is all done in the office, where the limelight is shut off. One of the essential things is to keep from the public, and therefore the lawyers for the defendant, what is going on—unless it helps the prosecution's side of it. Mr. Garvan possesses all these qualities. He has a great capacity for work—work that means many sleepless nights. To his friends he is known as Pete, Mike or Pat Garvan as fancy dictates. Through it all he remains young—so young that a district attorney from a western city, a veteran of many cases, remarked when Mr. Garvan was pointed out to him at one of the trials: "So that is Garvan, who has been mentioned in our home papers so often. He is a mere boy." Handsome Country Home In Tennessee the Retreat of Paulist Fathers. Memphis.-The many prominent families of Tennessee who were entertained at Hundred Oaks, the historic country home of Former Gov. Albert S. Marks, near Winchester, Tean., during the life of that statesman would hardly recognize the beautiful old place should they visit it again. The stately oak trees have never been touched by the ax and the outward appearance is about the same as it was when Gov. Marks entertained dignitaries there so lavishly, but the interior has seen a revolution. Hundred Oaks is now the retreat of the Paulist Fathers of the Roman Home of the Paulist Fathers. Catholic church and the interior of the place has been changed to meet the tastes of that sect. For many years Hundred Oaks was, and, perhaps, is yet, the handsomest home in Tennessee, and its history is about as interesting as the place is beautiful. The castle, it might be called, sits in the center of an elevated plat of ground of about 30 acres, heavily wooded. Oak predominates, hence the name. Some years before the war, the Hunt family, one of the wealthiest in middle Tennessee, bought' the place and erected the first brick residence built in that section. It was then a two-story but pretty house. The civil war brought conditions that broke up the family fortune and the place was purchased by Gov. Albert S. Marks soon after the war. He moved there and occupied it as his home, rebuilding it at the same time. The place was completetde as it now appears in about 1872. It was handsomely finished in hardwood and the old English hall contained one of the finest libraries in Tennessee. Gov. Marks loved company and frequently had many guests there for weeks at a time. Some 17 years ago the place passed to Gov. Marks' son, Arthur, who married Miss Mary Hunt, uniting the lineage of the first owner with the new. A few years later Arthur Marks sold the place to the Paulist Fathers, having been converted to that faith, and it has been made the principal retreat for the order in America. Priests of that faith come there from every quarter of the United States, and spend their allotted time in reconsecration services and recreation. KNIGHTED BY ITALY'S KING. Signal Honor for Prof. Lanz, a Mechanical Engineering Expert. Boston.—Prof. Gaetano Lanza, head of the mechanical engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of technology, has been knighted by King Emmanuel III. of Italy. The knighthood is of the order of Mauritius and Lazarus, one of the most important and ancient in Italy. Its membership is small, being made up wholly of men of signal ability who are of Italian descent. Prof. Lanza is known the world over as an eminent authority on test- A. B. PROF. GAETANA LANZA. (Mechanical Engineering Expert Honored by King of Italy.) ing of materials, and he is a corresponding member of numerous societies on that subject. He is a native of Boston, being born in 1848. His father was an Italian from Palermo, while his mother was from Vermont. From the time of his appointment to an instructorship in applied mechanics in 1871 at the institute of technology, his rise has been steady in his chosen profession. Since 1883 he has been in full charge of the mechanical engineering course, one of the most important in the curriculum. His greatest work is his book on applied mechanics with which all students of engineering are familiar to a greater or less degree. Woods of New South Wales. The woods of New South Wales are so varied as to meet the world's requirements. HOODOO IN THE NAVY BAD LUCK OF MEN ASSIGNED TO SHORE DUTY. As Soon as They Return to Ships Some Accident Usually Happens—England and France Never Give Extended Land Leave. New York—A nemesis, or what may be more vulgarly termed a "hoodoo," seems to pursue captains of the United States navy who are detailed to the command of battleships after they have served a certain length of time on shore duty. Officials of the navy yard are now wondering whether Capt. Hugo Osterhaus, who has been nominated to succeed Capt. William Swift as commander of the battleship Connecticut, will be the next victim of the relentless pursuer. The "hoodoo" should stand Representative Foss in good stead when he renews his campaign to put the administration of the navy and navy yards strictly in civilian hands and to allow the admirals, captains and other officers of the line more time to develop their seafaring ability. It may simply be coincidence, but it is a striking and persistent one, that catastrophes of late years have fallen every battleship that has been put in command of officers who have assumed charge after extended shore duty. The last mishap to battleships occurred to the brand new Connecticut when she touched bottom off Culebra. Capt. Swift was put in command of her after he had served some years on shore as head of the ordnance department of the Brooklyn navy yard and as a member of the general board at Washington. Capt. Osterhaus, who succeeds Capt. Swift, has been a member for some time of the board of inspection and survey. When the Rhode Island went ashore in the Potomac as she was leaving the Washington navy yard not very long ago she was in command of Capt. Perry Garst, who, up to the time of his assuming command of the ship, had served as a member of the lighthouse board. And the Kentucky was in command of Capt. E. B. Barry two years ago, when she was inadvertently beached on the west bank of the Narrows. Capt. Barry was transferred to the Kentucky after he had served three years as aid to Commandant Rogers of the Brooklyn yard and a like term as a member of the local labor board.. The old Kearsarge met her fate eight years ago on Roncador reef, off the coast of Honduras, when she was in command of Capt. Oscar J. Huyerman, who, for six years, had served as head of the board of inspection at the Brooklyn navy yard. There are those who declare that extended shore duty is a detriment to seamanship. They declare that those who are educated at Annapolis to run ships should be kept at sea, on the principle that practice makes perfect. In the navies of England and France no officer is given extended shore duty. At the various naval stations there is never but one captain who is detailed to shore duty, and his duty terminates after a period of three years. He is designated as captain of the port, and it is his business to look after sailors on shore and the care of ships while in port. Admirals are never delegated as commandants of naval stations or navy yards until they have completed the term of sea service. In the American navy, however, a different system obtains. The various departments in every navy yard are headed by captains, with the possible exception of the department of construction and repair. At present there are three captains, six commanders, seven lieutenant commanders and five lieutenants stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard who some day will be designated for sea duty. "Will the Nemesis also pursue these?" is the question they are asking. SNIFF KISS ORIGINAL CARESS. Ancients Did Not Understand Art of Osculation, Says Professor. Philadelphia.—The climax of interest at the recent session of the American Oriental society was reached when Prof. Hopkins of Yale read his paper on "The Sniff Kiss in Ancient India." The paper was a history of the kiss as we know it. The learned professor traced it from its birth and proved that the earliest peoples and earliest times knew it not. That there might be no mistake he labeled the kiss of to-day "the genuine kiss" and "the perfect kiss." Oddly enough, he finds that the genuine kiss was invented by a woman. The description is given in the epic of ancient India which treats of the science of love. "She laid her mouth to my mouth," recites the poet, "and made a noise which gave me pleasure." With that discovery, said Prof. Hopkins, grew the fashion which has since known no abatement. "The early peoples," he continued, "knew nothing of the kiss in any form. Had they known of it they would have told something of it in the mass of records that has come down to us, for, surely, an act which conveys such pleasure could not have been forgotten. "With the development of the genuine kiss, the sniff kiss disappeared, never to reappear. 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Sacred Hearts, Solid Gold cents and $1.25. ‘ a Se & ce en nnn nee Ne aE ee at CHRIST ss Monks Continue to Rlot Over rating Place of Prince of Peace “arrangements Made with the Sultan. jygaton—In the one place In all the wher» noise of strife should be tusted. and only sounds of ‘px heard, men met in bloody Sy weotly Crucifixes and cens- were the Weapons, Francisclan yAcsenaa monks were the com- ats ar! the scene of the strug- pas “i comb of Christ. fe47'} ume the battlefeld of peu echoed again to the 4 ui ‘lashing arms, the groans e weriaded, the cheers of the aos. u: this was not a battle of rer aga.nst unbeliever, heathen zs Christian. The contestants ‘oaks sworn to teach the doc- mes of the Prince of Peace. ‘Toe bone of contention Is a desire ‘con:rol the sainted sepulcber. It yu this ambition that brought the essders swarming frour all Europe, {nue a form of the same desire Jy he monks of the Franciscan or ind the Armenian branch forever ‘each other's throats. They quarrel over the right, to reep off the steps, and the Greeks, wegh they had Iittle part in bring- the tomb of Christ under Chris- 1 control, have profited 80 skill jy by the quarrels of France with ckey, that they have Ingratiated easelves with the Pasha till he ts garded 2s thelr silent ally. In this last battle one sacristan had s skull smashed In with a heavy ser, and a number of the con» ants went to hospitals for treat. ent. So frequent have the quarrels fe TE bSrtigze™. a) wf es if bam Sift pares 7 tt ee ¥. if ‘h, ac \ eee “ \ Pa oe rg a 1a bh ey x, Bors ay Fie an fe iz. A) =a “ihe | A nee Me ‘ eis ao : we ee AS Bs ie” HS if 3 Newly Discovered Tomb of Christ Near Jerugalem. Yeen ‘a the last decade that often Tora sh soldiers have been forced to hiteroe Fh Greek and Itallan consuls hiv umes been dragged into the for'roversies that resulted from tes. onvreaks. Apparently no per Zap't” peace Is ever to come to the tomb of iim who as bis cardinal doc- tine tiught the law of peace, For the events that made the tomb o Chnst a permanent battleground the devout Helena and Emperor Constaniine are Indirectly responsible, though the motives that led them to Jerusalem were the holiest. Furst Helena embraced Christianity, tad then converted her son, Emperor Constantine. Once in the faith he Mite it his resolve that Jerusalem, aity of the holiest deed in the world’s story, should not be neglected, ‘With reverent care Constantine and Helena sought out all the spots that Were sdentified with the Holy Passion aad erected on them churches and wludle memorials. Over the spot where the cross was Maced a chapel was erected, and the ‘cred Wood Itself was retained in Jerusalem by Helena ant placed un- (er the sreat basilica or church erect- 4 by Constantine over the place of Grist s bunal The erection of these buildings, par Seularly the church, made Jerusalem & piace of pilgrimage, such as {t has Temained to this day. For 300 peace fal sears the cross remained at the Basliica, and nothing but the wor ‘ping songs and prayers of the faith {tl rosounded over the sacred stones. Jn 614 warfare and slaughter came ‘yon the holy spot, Jertsalem was Rormed by the Persian king, Choe tes U. The Christians mado thelz bravest defense at the door of the chivch. but were defeated, and the tonb of the Saviour was the prey of dewhen. Fourteen years later, Em peo: Heracllus regained possessiox the tomb for the Christian faith, bien the end of the wars between tke mfidels and the Christians did not “wg peace, for the Saracen contro! *4 disputed by other heathen na ‘wat The Mamelukes took the city ‘22.82 The Turks recovered it i itt dy the valor of Sultan Selim ‘Te son of this leader, Soliman, bull “+ wall that now surrounds the city \" last being unable to occupy the ‘sev the scenes of the Holy Pas + th CLret.an nations made at “ev ah the sultan by whict sesct bis ight to control, bu f° 4 eum permission to worshl * + and to Fave the sacred basille + sue of Christian priests. |." even this has not brought peac: i che tomb, and strife and hatre <S. reign where only love and wor tp should be. ar SAVES FORTUNE FROM WAGES. Massachusetts Man Lays By $10,000 from Meager Income. .Boston—Octave Girard of Ware, “Mass. boasts of a fortune of $10,000 after working 27 years without miss- ing a day for wages that were never more than $1.25 a day. During this ‘Ume Mr. and Mrs. Girard have brought 13 children Into the world and cared for them well. They hare Myed thriftily, but not in a niggard- ly fashion, and Mrs. Glrard’s house- wifely skill has done much to stretch ‘her husband's income over such a date family. For the last few years Girard has been a coachman, in Ware, but he has now retired to enjoy a life of eg X, i as Baggot . 4 iy, iy UPA Hilti) aes) i a f - Was Y ie OCTAVE GIRARD, . [He Saved $10,000 Out of Wages of $1.25 a Day.) ease. Systematic saving was Girard’s rule. He was born in Canada, and in his youth was much impressed by the fact that the old folk usually were considered Incumbrances if they had no money, He says that while the young people took care of thelr par- bats, it was a burden for young mar- ried people, who had a right to their own lives and who had trials enough of their own to face without having to take on the support of the old folk. He resolved that no one need take care of him’ in.bis old age. He hustled to the United States with this idea in his mind, and arrived in Wor- ‘ceater, Mass., with only ten cents. He walked to Grafton, a distance of 16 miles, to get a job, and worked for a shoemaker for several years. Then he shipped on a whaling vessel and ‘went around the world. When he re- turned he married a former*sweet- heart In Canada and settled down to save money. He saved a certain por tion of his wages, no matter wheth- er they increased or diminished, and when some of the children grew large enough to go to work they added to his savings by paying board money. Mrs. Girard ajded greatly in buying raw wool, washing it, carding it and spinning It Into cloth for their clothes, instead of buying material from the stores. She also knew where and how to buy provisions, and a carefully tended market garden lessened tho expenses of living. ‘Mr. Girard has made only one in- vestment, but that was a successful one. He bought a pleco of property for $900 and sold it a few’ years later for $1,500, but he has not cared to make money In that way since. He has preferred to stick to his principle of systematic saving. . “Marry a woman for her practical commonsense instead of her doll face; leave Uquor alone; have a steady job at small pay instead of an trregular job at large pay; don’t increase your expenses as your'salary Increases,” are the precepts which Mr. Girard Jays down to the man who would ao cumulate a fortune, REMARKABLE HORN SETTEE, Trophies of the Chase Arranged In Ingenious Form. San Antonlo, Ter.—One of the most remarkable trophies of the chase Is & settee which adorns the front gal- lery of a home In this city. It ts ee SS ay Xd ae By Z Y eS % Y f>AR (7 a I} 5 Pet / ‘A IZ Ua 4 ea te pee Unique Settee Made of Antlers. made of the antlers of deer and elk shot by the owner. These antlers are among the most perfect specimens to be found anywhere. The settee is wide enough to hold two persons and has a back that rises six feet sbore the floor. The antlers are bolted to- gether and 20 arranged as to form a comfortable seat. Only antlers are used In the construction of this set- tee, even the seat belng formed of smaller specimens. The arrangement of the settee Is Ingenious to a degree that makes It an object of deep inter- ee to visitors. It was made many years ago as a curlous and effective manner of preserving the trophies of ee chase. Student of Economics, Agent—Why don't you own your home instead of paying rent? Hardup—Bocause it's cheaper just | now to pay rent Discovered Compound for Burning Ashes. Ny) Cy . 3 a | ae || a/l 7 eee SERENE N Es SOREL NS: OF Taare One © Cary a Weare os John Elimore, a cobbler of Altoona, Pa. says that he has discovered & compound for burning ashes which will revolutionize the industrial world. He Says that tests have demonstrated that ashes treated with the compound make 2 fire hotter and at the same time cheaper than the fire produced by the burning ef coal. Should the new process prove practicable, It Ie assgrted, the price of fuel, especially coal, will be reduced to but a traction of Its ‘pres ent cost. Another advantage clalmed for the new compound is that-It almost wholly does away with emoke. TO BOOM TRIAL MARRIAGES. COAL IN SPITZBERGEN sats mermssa-e canon Further Its Practice. ANTHRACITE DEPOSITS OF GREAT aoe "ue oiyeat of which _iepenaree VALUE BEING WORKED, therance of trial marriage principles, has filed articles of incorporation here. The directors of the associa- Mines on West Coast Have Proved tlon are San Francisco, Oakland and Most Profitable—First of Arctic | San Rafael residents, who have been Islands to Send Fuel holding meetings recently. ’ ‘S Mana. ‘The corporation name of the or Washington.—The prospect bright- ens that Spitzbergen may become a sgurce of anthracite of some impor tance. The more the archipelago is examined, the more promising, it is anid, are the coal mining prospects along some of the coasts, and In a number of the valleys. The railway, which was bullt three years ago a llt- tle inland from Advent bay to bring coal down to the shore, !s to be ex- tended further Into the main Island to tap new sources of supply recently discovered. This is in about 78 de grees north latitude, or a little more than 800 statute miles from the north pole. In order to make the short rail. read already in operation avallable the year around the miners built it all the way under cover. Many tons have been hauled down to the shore on these tracks to await the.arrival of steamers that have carried several loads of excellent coal to European markets. ‘The chlef discoverles of coal have been made in Ice fiord, the deep in- dentation of the west coast, and espe clally in Advent bay, where the rall road was built. Here about 50 miners yare living {n small, warm dwellings. They have already proved the practi cability of winter mining, and two years ago they {nstalled-electricity to Mumine the long Arctic night In, the coal mine, and in their Httle settle ment, so that they may add to the coal output every month in the year. I was in Advent bay that Mfr. Conway, who made the first crossing of Spitz bergen, replenished the coal supply o! his little steamer 11 years ago. ‘The world will not be indjfferent tc any important coal resurces which the Arctic regions may afford. Some da it may be drawing appreciable sup plies from Greenland, and news o fresh discoveries of coal\in any par! of the accessible Arctic will be hear: with Interest. Meanwhile Spitzbergen, the first o the Arctic tslands to send coal to mar ket and to be the goal of tourist: every summer, Is still a neglected wal: whom none of the family of nations: [bas yet sought to adopt. Some beney olent party of tourists may give it 2 flag of its own, unless the protectior of one of the nations ts extende aver it. Nitrate of Soda to Be imported. Mobile, Ala—The first cargo of nitrate of soda ever brought to this port has arrived on board the steam: er Brantwood from Chill Further shipments will follow to supply not only the territory adjacent, but those points in the middle west where the inland freight 1s cheaper than from Baltimore and Philadelphia. A few cargoes have been recelved at New Orleans during the past 18 months. Nitrate {s used in this coun- ‘try for a variety of purposes, the principal ones being for the manu. facture of powder and fertilizers; par tioularly in the latter Meld consump tion of same has increased rapidly, especially in the south, ‘Chill, it Is sald, 1s the only country tm the world where nitrate of cam sor value is found. Beleeo Chinese to Gpen Bank, San Francisco.—Arrangements are almost complete for the organizw tion of a commercial bank to be financed and conducted entirely by Chinese merchants of this commun: ity. The bank will be known as the Canton bank. So far $200,000 of the capital stock has been subscribed, and it {s the intention of the directors to {ncorporate with a capital stock of $1,000,000. 7 \, \s \\ \ i\ TO BOOM TRIAL MARRIAGES. Boclety Incorporated In California tc Further Its Practice. San Francisco, Cal—An {ncorpora- tion, the object of which fs the fur- therance of trial marriage principles, has filed articles of incorporation here. The directors of the associa- tion are San Francisco, Oakland and San Rafael residents, who have been holding meetings recently. 2 ‘The corporation name of the or ganization is the Eugenic Associa. tion of California, which fs defined in the articles to mean “the science of so propagating the human race a3 will lead to the highest attainment in mankind, spiritually, mentally, moral- ly and physically.” The purpose of the organization, aa set forth, are “to encourage an inti- mate acquaintance with the laws gov- erning the propagation of the human species, to study and encourage the application of the laws of heredity to the improvement of the human family and so propagate It through the in- termarriage of persons found best adapted to each other for the upbulld- ing and betterment of mankind.” The corporation reserves the right to issue charters to similar assocla- tions In other cities of the state. The directors are C. A. Grimmer of this city, S. Bachrach of Oakland, 3. Sophia Curtis of this city, Mrs. T. Olson of this city, H. H. Overbeck, Oakland; Jennie Chamberlin, Dr. Eugenia C. Campbell, Oakland; Mrs. M. C. Burnett of thfs clty and Dr. A. N. Boyen of San Rafael. TELLS OF OUTPUT OF MINES, ee Lead and Zinc Production of Dubuque District Is Enormous. Dubuque, Ia—A bulletin of the United States geological survey just issued from the government printing office reviews the history of lead and zinc mining {n the upper Mississippi valley. The bulletin was prepared by State Geologist Bain of Illinois and covers exhaustively the entire region. In the 83 years preceding 1904 the value of the lead output of this region at the then prevailing prices was the enor. mous sum of $50,000,000, and this was produced for the most part with the crudest devices—mere hand wind: lasses and sump pumps. The bulk of this wealth came ont of the hilla at Dubuque, where lead was first discovered by Indians, and the mines developed by Julien Du buqué, an adventurer and the founder of the city. ‘The zinc production has been inces siderable until recent years because there was little market for It and ex tracting processea were crude aud wasteful. | The hundreds of thousands of dot Jars going into mining in Dubuqee now is for zinc no less than lead. Zim ore worth from $3 to $12 10 and 1 years ago, today commands $14 t $18, yielding an immense profit ca ¢ comparatively small outlay. — ABANDON UMBRELLA, ‘Makers Complain That Poorhowse Seems Not Far Away. London, — Umbrella dealers are complaining that their trade fs de clining. It {a certainly less brisk than formerly; The English climate hag not altered, but many persons are ceasing to regard the umbrella ag Indispensable. The dealers attribute the falling off fn sales to the disuse of silk hats and the more frequent use of derbies, which aro better adapt fed to wet weather and are cheaper, ‘Another supposed cause is‘that ratm proof coats are worn by many morg | persons than formerly. Women buy fewer umbrellas now, notwithstanding they risk their bright est finery outdoors without suck means of protection against the wet. | They rely upon refuge in tearooms, omn{buses and the underground rail ways In case of rainy weather sudden: ly coming upon them. - FORT DODGE’S MOCK MARRIAGE ACT A NATIONAL JOKE. Document Which Terrorized Bachelors and Spinsters Credited to Mayor —Best Ad. for Town Since Cardiff Giant. Fort Dodge, la—Not since the days of the Cardiff giant has Fort Dodge had such signal distinction heaped upon it as has been conferred through the Introduction of the marriage or dinance in the city counell recently. Not long ago people who did not know that there was such a place as Fort Dodge, Ia., are today falking about It. From almost every state {n the union letters have poured in, elther con- demning the ordinance or upholding ‘its originator In his purposes. The past few days the mayor's mall has been burdened with an unusually large number of letters from girls, who have azked him to pvt them in correspond: ence with some of the more eligible bachelors of the vity, whom the may- or declares are growing entirely too numerous. =" é As is commonly the case with the unteard-of, some small ncident can be traced to the beginning as the prime mover that suggested the Idea, and the marriage ordinance In this case fs In no wise an exception. It all came from a small matter originating with the police force. On the force are two bachelors, Peter McCabe and John Qualey, who have had to endure the expense of all “layoff” on account of the other members being married and the mayor favored them. Both of these men protested at the discrim ination, and at last the mayor sug gested that the only way in whiok iff mam : ad A ‘ ; aw » 7 i: We” aN HH Yh I I H s an Mayor Alleged 5 Mo jarriage Ae patho Mek Marig they could be placed on an even foot- ing with the other members of the de- partment was for them to get mar- led. They again protested that it ‘was not reasonable that they should ‘be singled out for compulsory mar- riage and no one else, whereupon the mayor declared that he would make the thing general. No one who looks at Mayor Ben- nett’s picture would pick bim out as a joker, but there {3 not a man in all Iowa who enjoys a joke more than he. It was not intended that the or- dinance should have any further at- tention, and while the local papers used it as a feature of the council proceedings, there was nothing more thought of it until outside papers cop- ted {t and letters of inquiry began to arrive. From that on the joke grew to auch proportions that marked cop- jes of papers and letters from all over the United States were addrese- ed to the mayor. Probably no one person has enjoyed this huge flasco more than he, and many are the hearty laughs he has had over letters addressed to him, Far years there has been a deadly strife between Fort Dodge and Water- loo for supremacy. Just recently Wa- terloo bas enjoyed the distinction of a street car strike which has won for it a larger portion of metropolitan dis- Unction. Fort Dodge could not stand idly by and permit her hated rival to Rcquire these newly achieved honors and make no effort to ontdistance her. The outside papers asked for more news tegarding the marriage ord! nance, and here was the opportunity for which the reputation builders of the city were looking. Miss Jenny Cameron, principal of the Castlewood private schools for children, was cre- Ated a leader of the spinsters in oppo- sition to the ordinance. Jennie was made to hold mass meetings, boycott a mythical department store with a mythical manager, and Charles Swift, another fictitious personage, was made to take up the opposition in behalf of the bachelors, And thus the story of the ordinance and its effect, resulting in the agitation and scenes, was fos- tered and added to until every dally paper from coast to coast bas given space to more or less of the teports sent out. ‘Throughout: it all there has been the very best of humor, and no one has been {n anywise injured. At] past history of the Cardiff giant and the hobo convention have been sur. passed in notorlety and fame achiey. ed through a simple little joke in the form of a mock ordinance which was read at a regular session of the council. % MULE AMBULANCE FOR MINES. Car to Be Used in Pennsylvania to Ald the Injured. Pittsburg.—Car ambulances, drawa by mules, are to be introduced In the hard coal mines of Pennsylvania to fadilitate the work of the First Ald to the Injured Corps, when accidents occur far from the mine openings The body of the ambulance cars is similar to those of the ordinary mine car, but between the two platforms are sets of springs which prevent Jax ring as the car is moved. On the up per platform two upholstered strotch- jers are placed side by alde, and the car Is go arranged that elther streteh- 7 may be’ used separately. Tho Me yt, SR eS ae ee: s Fe 2 at ela nn = > 3 VF s | ee | Ambulance to Be Used In Mines, sides of the cars are also unholstered, and 80 bullt that when once an i= Jured man Ig placed on the stretchers he Is held firmly and suffers the smallest amount of movement while being taken to the surface. When the outer air Is reached the stretchers may be taken off the car without disturbing the accident vic tim at all, and be carried to the hoe pital In an ambulance without moving the sufferer from the stretcher om which hé was first placed. Each car has a full emergency equipment of rubber and woolen blankets, a medical case containing bandages, olntments, stimulants, means for stopping flow of blood and splints for broken limbe. Competitions for prizes, organized by the mine owners, between First ald Corps are becoming frequent in the anthracite regions, and surprising akill Is shown by the miner-doctors ia the work for which they are thorouzk- ly drilled by the companies’ physt clans. CHICAGO'S NEW POSTMASTER. Stato Senator Campbell Named to Succeed Busse. Chicago.—Senator Daniel A. Casap- bell of the Twenty-first district has been appointed by President Roose- yelt to sucteed Fred A. Busse as post- master of Chicago. * Daniel A, Campbell was born ta Elgin, Ul, June 23, 1863, but he re- ceived bis education in the Chicago public schools and at the Chicago col- lege of Iaw. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and since that time he has devoted his attention to the prac- tice of his profession and to legisla- tive duties at Springfeld, Mr. Camp- bell was first elected to the general assembly as a house member in 1893. ‘Two years later he was elected to the Siero hoe NN Te a e Ha e Ses LIZ 4 aC ST | ad aS ia meee? i. RS : es ! eon kar , Se ae Q DANIEL A. CAMPBELL. (Successer to Fred A. Busse as Post master of Chicago.) ’ genate and has served continuously from that time to this. He was last reelected In November, 1906. He is known as “the silent man” and his leadership in the [linois sen- ate of late years bas been absolute. The present organization of the sen- wte is probably the strongest in the country. Senator Campbell is 2 member of the Republican executive commitise of Cook county and has long been @ factor in local politics. Ordered to Sew Up Their Pockets. ‘The amusing fact was elicited ta the honse of commons receatly that a regimental order of the royal gar rison artillery, First Scottish sed district, was issued on March 1, whisk ‘required officers commanding com- ‘panies to report not later than March & that all trouser pockets of non-com- missioned officers and men under thelr command had been sewn up or removed, says the London Express. | Neglect of the order was to entail a regimental entry on the conduct of any noncommissioned officer or max concerned. Mr. H. C. Lea, who drew the st- tention of the secretary of state for war to the remarkable order, was {n- formed by Mr, Haldane that instrue- tions bad been given to cancel it. BELMONT BOOM The attention of the colored people of the District of Columbia and elsewhere is again called to the unparalleled opportunity they have to secure homes in one of the most beautiful suburbs of Washington. Belmont is on the Tenallytown car line, just opposite Friendship Hts., only one car fare to any part of the city, and, besides being attractive in itself, is in the very center of the most select and exclusive settlements around Washington. Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights, Somerset, Drumpond and the two or three suburbs recently opened up, make a complete circle around Belmont. The title to the property is absolutely good, as certified to by Ralston & Siddons. There is a provision in the deed to the property to the effect "that no structure or buildings shall be erected thereon or used for the purposes of gambling, poolrooms, disorderly houses, livery stables, which insures the erection of only first-class houses and the building up of a beautiful suburban settlement. Friendship-Heights, just opposite Belmont, is literally covered with beautiful homes, which the promoters of Belmont hope to rival or even surpass. If you fail to take advantage of this opportunity to secure a home in the northwest suburbs you will never have the like again, for never again will colored men control a suburb in the northwest section of Washington. The location is unsurpassed. Prices reasonable, lots being sold at from 10 to 30 cents per square foot on terms to suit anybody that wants a lot. Don't hesitate because you haven't money to pay cash; we will sell you a lot on a small cash payment and monthly instalments. We can also build you your house on reasonable terms. Call at office, of Company for further information, 609 F street N. W., J. L. Neil, Secretary. James H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. Whelan'sMarket Whelan'sMarket FINE FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, MUTTON AND PORK. SMOKED, SALT AND CORNED MEATS A SPECIALTY. MARKETING DELIVERED PROMPTLY. PHONE MAIN 3246. N. W. COR. 3RD AND C STREETS, S. W. SPECIAL DEALER IN FOR EVERY THREE BUSH-ELS AT OUR YARD WILL GIVE ONE DURING THE COLD WEATH-ER. COLUMBIA COAL AND ICE FIFTH AND L ST., N. W., DEATH OF WILLIAM H. COLLINS William H. Collins, an old resident of this District, who was the victim of an accident last Wednesday evening, was buried from the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, 11th and K streets, N. W., Wednesday. Deceased at the time of his death was sexton of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of 16th and Church streets, N. W. His death was the result of an accident, having been run over by an automobile in the vicinity of Odd Fellows' Hall, on M street near 16th street, N. W. A coroner's jury, after an investigation decided that Collins' death was an accident, and the chaffeur who had been arrested was released from custody. The victim was well known both in church and fraternal circles, having been an active member of the several branches of Odd Fellows, embracing the Grand Lodge, the Past Master's Council, and Bloom of Youth Lodge, which had charge of the funeral ceremonies. Rev. Dr. Clair, pastor of Asbury Church, delivered the funeral sermon. Addresses extolling the deceased, telling of his good qualities, his Christian character, his high standing in this community as father and citizen, were made by Rev. Drs. Howard, Perkins, Dr. Moore, pastor of Foundry Church, and the presiding elder of this district. The victim was a native of this city and well known, having large family connections, and his untimely death is greatly lamented and sincerely regretted by a large number of our citizens. Interment at Harmony Cemetery. 一 The late bazaar under the auspices of the Woman's Guild of St. Luke's Parish will net over three hundred dollars. Wm. H. Fossett has been reinstated in the Auditor's Office for the Post Office Department. Mrs. Joseph E. Hannoe has left the city to reside at Saratoga during the forthcoming season. OF COAL PURCHASED PECK OF COAL FREE COMPANY, Near K Street Maktet. Thursday morning the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Willson, one of the best-known colored women in Indianapolis, and who died Monday, was held at her late home, 1639 College avenue. Mrs. Willson was 75 years old and was born at Augusta, Ga., but later removed with her parents to Poughkeepsie, N. Y. After being educated in that city she went to Philadelphia, where she was married to Dr. Joseph R. Willson, a dentist, who died about 12 years ago. She was a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. Three daughters and a grandson survives, namely Misses Victoria and Mary Willson, Mrs. Emily H. Lang, of Joseph, Miss., and Roscoe Conkling Bruce, supervising principal in the Washington, D. C., schools. The funeral of Mrs. Amanda P. Gowens, nee Davidson, of Lexington, Ky., wife of Mr. Henry L. Gowens, many years principal of the public schools of that city, and brother of Mr. Shelby J. Davidson, of this city, president of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association, took place at the family residence, 744 Harvard street northwest, Wednesday. Mrs. Gowens' death was quite a shock to the immediate family and her friends, as she had been in perfect health up until Monday morning, when she was seized with her last illness in the absence of any of the family, and was found by them on their return home, dying in a short while thereafter. Four children, Henry Jr., Willard, Modena and Virginia, survive her. Mr. Gowens, the father, had only recently accepted an appointment here in the service in order to complete the education of his children. Rev. Walter H. Brooks, of the Nineteenth Street Church, officiated; the funeral was private. The funeral services over the remains of Mr. William H. Collins, who died Thursday night, April 18, at his residence, 1448 N street northwest, at 11.30 o'clock from the affects of injuries received by being struck by an automobile on Wednesday night, April 117, operated by a careless driver, took place from Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Bloom of Youth Lodge, No. 1368, G. U. O. of O. F., of which he had been a member for more than thirty-nine years, and was one of the only two surviving members who organized the Bloom of Youth Club, prior to the initiation of the club into Odd Fellowism by the John F. Cook Lodge. Mr. Collins had passed with high honors through all branches of the Order, and was leaving an official meeting of the Council when he met his sudden death, or received the injury which caused his death. The Odd Fellows, and all of the higher branches of the order turned out in a large number, forming in front of their hall and marching to the residence, and from there to the church. Rev. M. W. Clair, the pastor, preached the funeral sermon, which was short, in order to give the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Moore, the pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Sixteenth and Church streets, where Mr. Collins had been janitor for several years, a chance to speak. Rev. Mr. Moore, who made an eloquent talk and paid the highest tribute to Mr. Collins, said in part that he did not want it understood that he considered Mr. Collins faultless, and that he had always been free from temptation, and that he had not left undone things that he should have done, and that he had not done things that he should not have done, because he was human; but that he was glad of the opportunity to say that after taking all of those things into consideration, that if he could live the life and die the death of Mr. Collins, his true and loyal friend, that he would be satisfied. He said that Mr. Collins had been a good friend and adviser to him in some of the dark days of his ministry at the above church, and that he had had the highest respect for Mr. Collins. The presiding elder of the Foundry connection was also present, and offered prayer. There were about fifty white people present to pay their last respects to him. Mr. Collins was sixty five years of age, and had been a member of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church forty-three years. He leaves two sons, a daughter, sister, and host of friends and associates to mourn his loss. METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH. The annual report of the Meropolitan Baptist Church, Rev. McW. D. Norman, pastor, for the year from April 9, 1906, to April 9, 1907, shows a great increase in the church work. This well-known divine has made remarkable progress since he has been pastor of that church. Below will show what has been done by the church within one year: Additional Memberssip. Received, 223 Dismissed by Letter, 3 Dismissed by Death, 10 Total net increase 210 Occasional Services. Visits to Sick, 250 Visits to Others, 300 Total Visits, 550 Marriages, 23 Funerals, 25 Special Sermons, 17 Special Lectures, 3 Finances—Collections. April 9, 1906, $ 248.73 May, 1069.24 June, 291.70 July, 206.39 August, 181.25 September, 294.41 October, 519.73 November, 1934.73 December, 349.57 January, 259.88 February, 271.12 March, 431.80 April 9, 1907, 49.34 Total, $6107.89 Sunday School 252.97 Y. P. S. C. E, 37.00 Poor Saint Funds, 36.97 Total collections from all sources, $6434.83 Balance brought forward from last report, 178.76 Grand Total, $6613.59 Disbursements. Salaries, $1754.25 Floating Debt, 420.20 Incidentals, 618.94 Repairs, 727.94 Bonded Debt, 1139.25 Interest on Bonded Debt, 803.49 Charities, 311.83 Total paid out, $5775.90 Balance in hand, 510.75 Established 1866. Gold and silver watches, diamonds, jewelry, guns, mechanical tools, parel. Old gold and silver bought. Unredeemed pledges for sale. 361 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. LEGAL NOTICES. JOHN E. COLLINS, ATTORNEY. Estate of Margaret Mathews, deceased. No. 14,185. Administration Docket 36. 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. Mathews, it is ordered this 16th day of April, A. D. 1907, that Lewis Hawkins, Lottie Brown and Joseph Porter and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Monday, the 27th day of May, 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: W. C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. John E. Collins, Attorney. W. C. MARTIN, ALIORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS- TRICI OF COLUMBIA. Holang 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. L. MELENDEZ KING, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS- No. 14419, 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 Joseph West, 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 22d day of April, A.D. 1908; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 22d day of April, 1907. Charles T. West. 924 M street N. W. Attest—James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. L. Melendez King, Attorney. COLE & SWAN, WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS. No. 1514 14th St., 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. DR. MORSE'S PHARMACY. 1904 L Street N. W. Purity, accuracv, and promptness. Not how cheap, but how good. Toilet articles of every description. School Supplies. Imported and Domestic Perfumeries. Dr. J. W. Morse, 1904 L Street Northwest. Sister Norman, wife of Brother Norman, Grand Master of Masons for the District of Columbia, is improving. His Holiness, the Pope, has promised to create an English Cardinal. For a long time the Italians and French have had the run; but time changes. are included in our excellent stock of 307 beverages. Prices range from 40c to $3full qt. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Phone M 274 316 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. $2 to $5 PER DAY 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 win-Address, Taylor Remedy Co., Dept. 21, Louisville, Ky. MONEY. For everybody at terms lower than the lowest. Don't be deceived; come to us and investigate. Business strictly confidential. No one knows of your transaction with us. We lend on furniture, pianos or salary. If you have a loan now anywhere and need more money, come to us. Nothing deducted from loan. You get full amount. Extension in case of sickness without extra charge. METROPOLITAN LOAN & TRUST CO. 505 E Street, N. W. GOOD RED BLOOD MAKES YOU FEEL GREAT. This is a compound cleansing tonic remedy which we can recommend to those who desire a general blood and system medicine. Suitable for spring. It is an excellent blood purifier and enricher. Make a run-down, tired person eat better, feel better, sleep better and look better. It is a reliable, meritorious article, guaranteed under the pure drug law, and backed by the manufacturer's personal guarantee that if it does not give good results in every case the money paid will be promptly and cheerfully refunded. Especially beneficial in eczema, skin troubles, boils, pimples or any blood impurity. A STRONG TESTIMONIAL: I had a terrible case of eczema with intense itching, and after trying several physicians and a number of proprietary preparations without results, a friend advised me to take Graham's Sulphur Compound. I took two bottles, and am happy to say it effected a complete cure. Respectfully. W. D. ARRISON, Cigar Dealer, 200 5th St., S. E., Washington, D. C. Doesn't the above convince you? This is only one of many genuine testimonials from well-known Washington people. $1.50 COUPON $1.50 Present this Coupon and we will give you the mammoth $1.50 size Graham's Sulphur Compound for $1.02. Only one bottle to a customer, and the Coupon must be presented. :::: $1.50 COUPON $1.50 Sold by all Druggists. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE, Special Agents, 824 Seventh St., N. W., Washington, D. C. WSRichardson At this drug store are all the freshest drugs, choice perfumes and toiletts. Before going to the James-town Exposition get your toilet articles at this store and save money. SODA FOUNTAIN open the year round. RICHARDSON'S, PURE DRUGS, 316 4½ Street, S. N. 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. 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. SPECIAL NOTICES For Rent.—Three good office rooms and lodge rooms for rent. See W R Griffin, Notary Public, True Reformers' Hall, Twelfth and J 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 J. Jay Gould, 421 9th street. FOR SALE 'Colonial Beach lot for sale. only $125, on high land, near the wharf, size, 50 by 150 feet. J. J. Gould, 421 Ninth street. 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 are 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 $10000 for the burial of each deceased member. A fine monthly Journal is published. A Membership Book of the Order is recognized by all Lodges everywhere. Distressed members are assisted. Fish member and Subordinate Lodge has the privilege of buying stock in the order on low monthly payments, said stock paying 8 per cent interest, guaranteed. A Leading Negro Deputy is wished in each locality, AT ONCE, to form Lodges, sell Buttons, take Journal Nominections, 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 good hustlers. Write at once. State name of paper, and enclose 10 cents for all information and postage. Address THE I. L. U. 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Reface all others. Full directions with every bottle. Price only 50 cft. Sold. The dealer can not supply you, he can get it for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us 50 cft. for one or two cft. express paid. We pay postage and express charges to all points in U. B. money order or mention name of this paper. Write your name and address plainly to The Ozenized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Paid 153 P. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere.