Washington Bee

VOL. XXVII NO. 3 The Jew And The Nepro and the Negro and the Prejut Exists Against Them in TheHebrew Is Strongly Orto Resent Discrimination Them. Colorado Statesman. weeks ago in these columns I continu to the difference be- jew and the Negro, as stared her of the former race. This said to me. "When the Jew that he was not wanted in any didn't go, ere any more; but was continually pushing him- he was not wanted. people through an organization the Union of American He- regations, with a branch in all cities, is prepared to make a aggressive warfare in the country for the safeguard- tion constitutional rights. Simon Wolf, the leading He- don of Washington, and a law- national reputation, is chairman and of directors, and is ever the best interests and civic fellow citizens of that race. there was brought to the at- the Union the action of a goal at Atlantic City in closing to some members of the fam- Senator Isidor Rayner. Wolf prepared and sent letters to brands of the Union, calling for action wherever discrimina- gent Jews are practiced, and report of whatever ac- cidents taken. The cases in evidence had its through the advertisements of at Lake Smapee, N. H., which drew patronage not solicited the news will not be received as Wolff's circular letter closed with significant words: "This continu- menture is becoming a nuis- isd and educating people in the direction, and we must not per- matter how contemptible the of the summer hotel people is." it is that the Jews are far and head of the Negro in the means test through a forceful, united and save union. Its leaders are re- and possess the confidence of ink and file of the race, as well as moral and financial encouragement J. Constitution of the United States amendments thereto, defining inible terms the rights and du-tizenshop, and leaving nothing missed at, nothing to be taken ented. Laders of the Hebrew people understand this and have the in- the courage and the pride of which impels them to see to it that leges of their people are not stubly abridged. Only, the status of the Negro be- Constitution is the same. To there are points o f difference civic racial history, but the nation and federal enactments are on the assertion of his man- rights. When does it appear that he is a thing that he is shorn at the most ordinary privileges that run with his citizenship? Number of reasons may be advanced condition: He has been so long under wrongs and outrages, oppressors have grown to feel the proper way to treat him. His trade is secure because he has no commercial business, and the golden stream which goes to purchase his comforts and necessities must therefore continue to flow in the same channel, so that however badly he may be treated, his patronage cannot be diverted. He has no powerful advocates to champion his cause as in former times, and must depend upon his own prowess to wrest from an increasingly adverse sentiment the very least modicum of consideration. The Grants, Summers and Logans advocating the fullest equality and liberty of action for all classes of citizens in the republic have given place to a long line of political acrobats who, for party advantage, or to appease a hostile sentiment, may vault with the most perfect ease over every bar which marks the high-water of Negro privilege. They have swung the 'door of opportunity' open, it is true; but at the same time they have equipped it with all sorts of duplex and triple-action springs, so that it is scarcely open before it swings to with a resounding bang. The Negro men who by training, ability and position are abundantly fitted to perform similar service for the Negro as is being done by Mr. Wolf and others for the Hebrew, seem to have hitched their destiny to a star that is self-centered and does not include in its orbit the aggressive championing of the fullest Negro privilege. Mr. Booker T. Washington has done much to prepare the Negro for industrial opportunity, and deserves the gratitude of all Americans, whether black or white, but it is to be regretted that an equal or even greater force has not been active in the safe-guarding and the preservation to Negroes everywhere of the legitimate fruits of his enfranchisement. To be sure there are local and national organizations galore, but their total measure of actual accomplishment may be quite fully realized by the smallest child without the least possible fear of fa brain-storm or a headache. Save a partial success in one instance, which may be credited to the Niagara Movement, efforts along such lines have been painfully futile. One case of discrimination handled by a Negro lawyer from the South seems to have made commendable progress, but was finally thrown out by the Supreme Court because a requirement of the court involving the payment of five dollars had not been met by the lawyer. How in the name of common sense is the world to regard such a showing as this? Is it incompetency, weakness, carelessness or what? Adequate laws supposed to operate for the protection of the whole people are everywhere null and void at the will of prejudice, as regards the Negro, principally because competent legal service, uncompromising devotion to principle and sufficient support, (an invincible trinity) have never yet in the history of the race been brought together in a proportion adequately strong to challenge the respectful consideration of citizens or government. It is a sad and pitiful commentary, yet the verdict comes in ringing, crushing tones—Guilty as indicted. It is true of the ten millions in the country at large; it is true, too, and much more sad, when affirmed of that intelligent and wel-to-do section of the race which forms a third of the population of the District of Columbia. Here it looms a very giant in stature, impressively grand and attractive in all of its proportions, yet its muscles are overflabby through disuse, and its veins seem filled with a sluggish, milky stream, where should flow and leap the bounding red blood of health and action. John H. Paynter. Mrs. Justina R. Hill and Prof. Barton W. Everman were reappointed members of the Board of Education Monday by the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for three years from July 1 next. R. R. Horner was appointed for three years to succeed Dr. Oliver M. Atwood. The membership of the board is now as follows: Three Years to Serve—Mrs. Justina R. Hill, Prof. Barton W. Everman, R. R. Horner. Two Years More of a Three-year Term to Serve—Rear Admiral George W. Baird, United States Navy (retired). Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, John F. Cook. One Year More of a Two-Year Term to Serve—William V. Cox, Capt. James F. Dyster, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. So many foreigners are pouring into Chester, Pa., that it has become a serious problem for the American residents. The rents have advanced to such an extent that it has got them worried. Mr. C. S. Burrell, general secretary, Y. M. C. A., Richmond, Va., addressed the prisoners of the penitentiary at Richmond a few Sundays ago, and it is said "nine prisoners accepted Christ." Rev. David S. Klugh, D.D., of Princeton, N. J., was elected as the corresponding secretary for the Education Board of the National Baptist Convention. The president of Howard University, Rev. Wilbur Thirkield, preached last Sunday at St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church., Rev. W. H. Brooks, pastor, New York city. Dr. E. P Jones, the delegate of the Odd Fellows, who was sent to the A. M. C. in England, has made several addresses. Mr. Alain LeRoy Locke, who won a Rhodes scholarship, is to be complimented again in having won the first 1910 M. H. DR. JAMES E. SHEPPARD. of the three Bowdon prizes, $250,awarded annually by Harvard authorities. It is reported that Rev. J. W. Long, of Georgia, was killed by lightning in a recent storm. A call for the Business League of Virginia has been issued for July 10 at Suffolk, Va. Rev. F. J. Grimke delivered the oration at the commencement of Morgan College, Baltimore, last week. Mme. Hau, wife of Prof. Karl Hau, of this city, who is in jail at Karlsruhe, Germany, charged with the murder of his mother-in-law, committed suicide by drowning last week in a lake near Pfaeffikon, Switzerland. The sixty-third annual Zion Conference of the A. M. E. Zion connection convened last week at the Foote Street A. M. E. Zion Church, New Haven, Connecticut. The steamer Humbolt arrived last Monday at Seattle, Washington, from Soutneastern Alaska, with $525,000 in gold. L. F. Lambert, a saloonkeeper, who shot two United States soldiers of the Twenty-first Infantry last week, has been arrested. Forty tons of powder, contained in two buildings, exploded last Monday night near Gibbstown, N. J., causing great damage. While Marshal Collins, of Glen Echo, was arresting William Roberts last Saturday night he was bitten on the hand by the prisoner. It is thought that he is in danger of losing the middle finger of his right hand. In the will of Mary Shaw, who died Macrh, 1905, leaving an estate of about fifty thousand dollars, the greater part is bequeathed to the Tuskegee Institute. The one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the birth of "Old Glory" was observed in the public schools by the patriotic societies and by the citizens in general yesterday. The graduating exercises of the Washington Normal School No. 2, the M Street High School and the Armstrong Manual Training School took place yesterday evening at eight o'clock in the Convention Hall. Continued on 4th page. DR. SHEPARD'S GREAT SPEECH AT THE ROME CONVENTION The World's Fifth Sunday School Convention closed its session on May 24. There were seven colored delegates from America, and they reflected credit on the entire race by their quiet and cultured demeanor. In this convention there were 1,296 duly elected delegates, representing twenty-seven countries and fifty-seven religious denominations. The American delegates, which traveled by the White Star steamship Romanic, took up enroute $20,000 for the Sunday school work of the world. A letter of hearty endorsement was read from President Roosevelt, which was received with warm applause. Telegrams of felicitations were read from His Majesty the King of Italy and the Minister of Education. The American Ambassador, the Hon. Lloyd Griscom, gave an informal reception to all the delegates, irrespective of color or creed. The only speaker representing the Negroes of America was Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., Field Su- 1 permintendent of Work Among Colored People, International Sunday School Association. The afternoon of the speech the house was packed to hear the Southern Negro orator, whose fame had crossed the seas. The music was conducted by kcv. Carey Bonner, the great hymn-writer, of England; the meeting was presided over by Mrs-H. J. Heinz, the multi-millionaire packer, of Pittsburg, Pa. His "57 Varieties" have made his name to encircle the globe. In a few choice words he introduced Dr. Shepard. The audience gave the speaker a hearty reception. At the conclusion the applause was prolonged and repeated. It was a tremendous ovation. The great speaker had found the heart of his audience. The speech is reproduced below in full. The World's Sunday School Association is planning a movement that will take in the entire world. In December, 1908, a party of Sunday school business men will start on a cruise to visit the different sections of the world and see what can be done to help the spread of civilization and religion. The colored people of America will soon be made to rejoice on account of some forward movements in their behalf. DR. SHEPARD'S SPEECH. Mr. Chairman, and Members of the Convention: Joseph Mazzini, a great Italian leader, aroused his countrymen by the matchless words, "Not my rights, but my duties." These magic words permeated his whole life, and all of his writings. If each member of the convention could make these words part of his life, and if he could hand these words down to his fellowman as he comes into contact with him, and the fellowman hand them down to his fellowman, it would not be long before the farthest man in the farthest circle would be reached, and "Not my rights, but my duties" would be the rallying cry of the world. I bring you a message from ten million colored people in the United States who are seeking to learn the lesson of duty, and, as they learn these lessons, to impart them to their children, and thus will be raised up a people who will ever be seeking to do the right. It is a message of hope and cheer that I bring. They are learning the lesson of self-help and recognize that this is a God-given duty. A race that has enjoyed only forty-four years of freedom is not strong enough to stand alone in such a period of time, and yet, with the tremendous strides already made, it cannot be altogether a baby race. Compared with the other races of the world, however, it is a very small child indeed. They need the gidace, sympathy and helping hand that will rouse within them a desire to put forth greater efforts to help themselves. Of the ten million colored people in the United States, statistics show that two and one-half millions are seeking an education, and that they have thirty-five thousand public school teachers in the United States. This is a very creditable showing along educational lines. I regret to say, however, that the ngurgs are not so encouraging along Sunday school lines. The religious statistics are not at all accurate. Denominations, in their desire to have large numbers, and thus be in the lead, as far as numbers go, pad their statistics. From the most accurate that can be obtained we have only one and one-quarter million people enrolled in the Sunday schools of all denominations among colored people. The Sunday school presents a most inviting field for work, and there is no question about the fact that if the nation is to be strong and lifted up permanently, it must be done through and by the Sunday schools. Aoove industrial and above higher education, the race needs a religious education. In England the elementary education of the children began in the Sunday school and the present educational system of England is due primarily to the Sluday schools. In America, among the colored people especially, the elementary education of the children should begin in the Sunday schools. A few days ago I noticed where a wealthy lady in America gave a million dollars toward the elementary education of the colored children in the Southland. God bless the giver and the gift, for this was indeed a noble thing, and will be far-reaching in its effects for good and the lifting up of a helpless, struggling and ambitious people! If some person could be convinced that this foundation should be first religious and then be induced to give a million dollars for the elementary education of the colored youth through the Sunday schools, and give to the boys and girls a high Christian ideal in the beginning of their lives, what a magnitude of future possibilities would be revealed. With trained teachers, earnest, consecrated workers, and schools of methods along Biblical lines, the foundations will be safely laid and such a gift will do more toward lifting up the race and making them better citizens than a gift five times as large toward industrial or higher education on straight-out educational lines. God grant that the scales may fall from the eyes and duty stand revealed! For the harvest is truly great, but where are the right kind of reapers? I believe in the education of all the people, and I believe that the State is unsafe when the people are ignorant and superstitious—an ignorant man is a clog in the wheels of progress. But I believe that the moral Christian character should first be laid, and after wi-dom has thus been obtained, knowledge and wealth can easily be acquired. The races of the world need a Christian education, for with a Christian education will come Christian tolerance and love, which will lessen friction, bridge the chasm of hate, and make a way of peace. I wish that I could stoop down and lift up all the children of the descendants of the three fathers of the races, Japheth, Shem and Ham, and, if need be, put them in the clouds and tell them to gain inspiration from the heavenly host, learn the lessons of duty to each other, and to their fellowmen, and disseminate the seeds of Christianity and kindness upon earth. But seeing that this cannot be done, the only thing to do is to seek to gather the children into the Sunday school, teach them a new lesson of love and faith, and they will be the ones who will "scatter seeds of kindness." The United States contains the largest Negro population in the world, save Africa. In forty-four years of freedom from slavery the progress along industrial and educational lines has been simply marvelous. Although the wages paid in a great many sections of the country are poor, a large proportion of them have gone toward establishing churches and for the support of the same, and have gone toward the purchasing of property and providing comfortable homes. As a laborer the Negro is acceptable; as a soldier he has always Continued on 4th page. THE BUSINESS LEAGUE THE BUSINESS LEAGUE THE WASHINGTON NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE HOLL ITS AN..UAL MEETING. Officers and Delegates Elected to Attend the Annual Meeting of the Nation... al Negro Business League, to Be Held in Topeka, Kan. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the National President, Sent Encouraging Letter to League, Through Mr. J. A. Lankford, Organizer, and President. The Negro Business League of the District of Columbia held its regular annual meeting Monday night, June 100, at True Reformer Building, corner of Twelfth and U streets. It certainly was a great meeting. From many standpoints it was the most peaceful, harmonizing, uplifting and businesslike meeting held in the District of Columbia for the business welfare of the people for many years. Mr. J. A. Lankford, the organizer and president of the League, was nominated by the Hon. W. Calvin Chase and the Hon. John C. Dancy. He was elected by acclamation, without a single dissenting vote. So enthusiastic were the members that at least a dozen were on the floor to second the nomination. After the election of the officers, the delegates were elected to attend the national meeting, which will be held in Topeka, Kan., on August 14, 15 and 16, and some of the most representative business and professional me not the country were selected to represent the Washington League. The delegates elected 'are as follow- J. A. Lankford, to lead the delegation; the Hon. J. C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds; Mr. W. Calvin Chase, attorney at law, and editor of The Bee; the Hon. W. T. Vernon, Register o the Treasury; Dr. A. M. Curtis, Mr. W. L. Pollard, attorney at law and real estate broker, and Mr. Artur Gray, of Gray & Gray Drug Store; Dr. W. H. Davis, president of Davis' Business College; Mr. Charles F. M. Brown, groceryman; Mrs. L. R. Clark, president and manager of Clark's Domestic Science School; Mr. Daniel Freeman, photographer; Mr. James W. Poe, journalist; General Forrester, Alexander Underdown,fruits and delicatessen. After the election of delegates the president of the League told of the success of the League for the past year, and stated of the desire of the national president and organizer and of the great need to start a large business in the District of Columbia among colored people. He proposed that a stirring committee be appointed to take up this matter at once. The/subject was discussed by many of the business men present, and those who seemed most determined to start something in the next few months were the Hon. J. C. Dancy, W. Calvin Chase, W. L. Pollard and Dr. William Davis. Mr. Dancy stated that he was with the League with his mind, body and purse, and would be willing and was ready to take out a thousand dollars' worth of stock if organization and corporation was started in a proper way. Mr. W. Calvin Chase said that he had been in the District for the past forty years, and he felt more than ever like lending his spirit, paper and influence and money to such an enterprise. Dr. Davis spoke of the great work of the National League and its success along business and financial lines. Mr. Pollard moved that a committee be appointed by the chairman to take this matter under consideration at once and to bring in a report at the next meeting so that a canvass may be made of the entire city to establish a successful business of some kind in the District of Columbia. The League had a very large attendance and everyone present seemed to be enthused, interested, and expressed himself as being with the movement, both with the spirit and their finance. There is no doubt that there will be twenty-five thousand dollars raised in the next six months. Mr. J. A. Lankford and his associates have done great work for the enterprise which they have so successfully and energetically brought about in this line in the District of Columbia. The following officers were elected for a term of one year: J. A. Lankford, president; W. H. Davis and Edward Rouser, secretaries; William L. Pollard, treasurer; Daniel Freeman, first vice-president; Dr. Mary Williams, second vice-president; W. R. Griffin, third vice-president, and J. B. Nickerson, sergeant-at-arms. William T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury, was elected a member. Mrs. Losh, of Lexington, Ky., has married her son-in-law. USE OF ELECTRICITY INCREASE IN MACHINERY AND DEVICES IS SHOWN. Census Bulletin Tells of Extensive Improvements and Innovations in Recent Years—Distribution of the Industries. Washington.—Thomas Commerford Martin, expert special agent of the bureau of the census, has compiled a report of the manufacture of electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies, according to the census of 1905, which the department has made public in the form of a bulletin. "During the five-year period there have been extensive improvements in the utilization of electricity and electrical machinery and radical innovations in electrical devices for general use," the report reads. "There have been increases since 1900 in all items, even in the number of establishments, an item which in most industries has been reduced by the general tendency toward consolidation. The percentages of gain are as follows: In number of establishments, 34.9 per cent; in capital, 108.1 per cent; in number of wage earners, 43.9 per cent; in amount of wages paid, 54.7 per cent; in cost of materials, 36.1 per cent, and in value of products, 52.3 per cent. "The distribution of electrical manufacturing throughout the states has remained the same in all essential respects at the two censuses. New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana and New Jersey reported 631 of the 754 establishments making electrical apparatus at the census of 1905 and products valued at $126,807,804, or 90.1 per cent. of the total for the country. "In value of products New York led, followed by Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio in the order given. Their combined product constituted five-sixths ($4.5 per cent.) of the total value of products. Connecticut and Indiana did not reach the $5,000,000 mark. "Illinois is the great center of tele- phonic manufacturing industry in the United States, both as to number of factories and as to output. More than half the total product, or $8,357,521, was from this state. The output of New York was also large, but not quite half that of illinois. "The increase in total capital was distributed uniformly throughout the country, but was greatest in Penns- ylvania, where capital increased from $20,967,587 to $58,393,011, or 178.5 per cent, although the value of products advanced only from $19,112,665 to $26,257,569, or 37.4 per cent." "The capital and value of products of the other leading states were as follows: New York, capital, $30,643,167, and products, $35,348,276; Illinois, capital, $21,644,783, and products, $16,700,027; Massachusetts, capital, $12,735,427, and products, $15,882,216; New Jersey, capital, $18,457,821, and products, $13,803,476; and Ohio, capital, $10,408,184, and products, $11,019,235. "The general well-being of the industry must be attributed to the prosperity of the great public service corporations, private and municipal, street railway companies, lighting plants, telegraph and telephone systems, etc., by which the great bulk of electrical machinery is purchased." STORK BRINGS TWINS. Father Is Let Off Jury for Serving State Well. Kansas City, Mo.—Henry Axene, a tailor of this city, asked Judge Goodrich in the circuit court the other morning to excuse him from the jury service. "Why should I excuse you?" Judge Goodrich asked. "Because the stork brought twins to my house last night," the tailor replied. "Well I should say you will be excused," Judge Goodrich said, and he began searching diligently for the printed list of jurors that he might scratch out the name Axene. "That isn't all of it," the tailor volunteered. "The stork was at my house a year ago and left twins that time. I have two sets of twins now." Judge Goodrich dropped the printed list of jurors and the smile of approval on his face spread wider and wider. "I think you have served the state pretty well," the judge said. "I guess the state can spare you from jury service." Then the circuit judge began getting busy trying to find the tailor's name on a list of more than 100 jurors. He was so flattered in his real to dismiss the juror that he could not find it. "They're all boys, too," the tailor said while the judge searched. "They're all healthy and doing well." At last the name was found and scratched off. The juror hurriedly left the court room. "Good luck and congratulations," the judge said to him as he went. Paris.—Dr. Marage, of the Paris Academy of Medicine, read an interesting paper on the problem of making a voice carry in a large hall. His researches will prove useful to public speakers. He thinks that by exercise it is possible to train a voice so as to carry in a large assembly. He finds that the tenor voice is heard the best. Bass requires eight times the effort to produce the same carrying effect CANADA SEEKS NEW HARBOR. Hudson Bay Route Would Save About 1,000 Miles of Transportation. Toronto.—The Canadian government has published a description of the cruise of the Neptune In Hudson bay waters, the object of the cruise being to gain information as to the possibilities of a northern route as an outlet for the grain crop of the northwest. The conclusion is that Hudson strait is navigable for ordinary iron steamships from July 20 to November 1, and this period may be increased without much risk by a week in the beginning of the season and by perhaps two weeks at the close. The same dates apply to the navigation of Hudson bay from the strait to Fort Churchill. The approach to the harbor at Churchill, if aided by a few beacons, would be comparatively safe, as the channel is fairly deep and wide. Inside the mouth of the river there is a good harbor. North of Churchill harbor and along the west coast of Hudson bay the character of the coast is dangerous, and south of Churchill the mouths of all the large rivers are more or less blocked by deposits of sand, with the result that only small craft can enter the harbors. This means that Fort Churchill is practically the only available harbor as a terminus for railways from the Northwest or from Ontario if the proposal to extend the government railways to tidewater is carried out. The Hudson bay route would save 1,000 miles in transportation; besides a considerable amount of delay and handling which now takes place in the transportation of grain from Fort William to the seaboard. AMERICAN CLOCK DISPLACED. Consul Says Time Keeper Should Be More Ornamental. New York.—Ten years ago American clocks were in great demand at this place, but since then there has been a gradual falling off, until now one can hardly find an American clock in the whole city, writes Consul Felix S. S. Johnson of Bergen, Norway. On inquiry I find that the causes for the decline in this trade are many, and these can be remedied by our manufacturers, should they desire to regain the market for their goods in Norway. First, no care is taken to make the clock ornamental. As a dealer explained to me, the American clock has a plain wooden case with no carvings or ornamentals; besides, the dial could be improved. I found on examination that the clocks, manufactured in Germany (now controlling the market) have neatly carved cases, with faces of metal, engraved dials and figures. The works in the American clocks are better than those of the German make. It thus seems that it is the appearance of the article which catches the eye of the purchaser, as it is going to be an ornament not in his office, but in his home. The clocks imported from Germany are made in the Black Forest, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, where wood is easily obtained, where carving is one of the leading industries and where low rates for labor prevail. DIES STEALING A TIMEPIECE. Pickpocket Busy While Prayers Are Uttered for His Soul's Safety. Chicago.—Rt. Rev. Dr. Chadwick, bishop of Derry and Raphoe, in a speech at the synod of the Irish Protestant church referred to the story of a pickpocket having been found dead with the watch of the clergyman who had come to attend him in his hand. The clergyman In whose experience this strange incident occurred was the late Rev. W. H. White, chaplain of the Savoy and chaplain to the speaker of the British house of commons in the reign of Speaker Brand. Mr. White was aroused in the small hours of the morning from his sleep by a sick call when early in his ministry he was a curate in a Brighton parish. He was summoned to a bad quarter of the town and was led to the bedside of a man who was rapidly sinking amid surroundings of destitution and squalor. The man passed away while Mr. White was offering prayers on his behalf and Mr. White on rising from his knees discovered to his astonishment that his watch had been removed from his pocket and was held tightly in the grasp of the dead man. Hypnotist to Reclaim Bums. New York.—Thirteen candidates matriculated at the Bowery mission the other night, where Dr. G. A. Gayer has organized what he termed a "psychic clinic for the study of the subconscious souse." Several pupils endeavored to "sift" the teacher for a nickel, saying they desired to purchase slates and pencils. Dr. Louis Klopsch, a philanthropist and supporter of the mission, has employed Dr. Gayer to test his hypnotic powers in reclaiming gentlemen whose ambrosia appetites have outgrown their salaries. Dr. Gayer will notify the class when he is ready to turn on the current. Teat Stamp-Vending Machine Washington. — Postmaster General Meyer has decided to have exhaustive tests made by several types of automatic stamp-vending machines adapted to receive one and five cent pieces for the purchase of one and five cent stamps and postal cards. The postmaster general said the other day he believed that any measure that promoted the convenience of the public should be utilized whenever it was possible to do so without undue cost. HOBOS AT A BANQUET HOBOS AT A BANQUET KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD "FEED" AT SWELL CHICAGO HOTEL. Over One Hundred Attend Represent ative Gathering—Washington Flat Falls to Appear as Toastmaster, Cwring to Police. C. H. Webb's banquet, given by the Brotherhood Welfare association at the Windsor-Clifford hotel the other night, was a huge success despite several little drawbacks, such as the nonattendance of Washington Flat, the toastmaster, who was driven out of town early in the afternoon by the police, and the departure of Philadelphia Jack and The Dancing Kid for San Francisco before the beer was served. They explained that they had to catch the 11:15 "Q." freight. Dr. Ben L. Reltman and his alds in the new organization had searched the highways and byways of the city for a representative gathering of hobos and bums and beggars and they found them. There were more than a hundred present—some from the Bridewell, others from the municipal lodging house, Hogan's Flop, the New York house, and the barrel houses of West Madison street. Several incidents marred the occasion, but no one minded. Fred the Bum, wha' was down for a speech on "Why I Hang Around Barrel Houses," picked up two many drinks before he came to the banquet and was found under the table when his name was called. "Shoestring Chase," a pan handler, scandalized his fellows when he was found improving the golden occasion by passing his hat among the hotel guests during a lull in the banquet. A No. One, known as the Absent Member ("and never blamed the booze, boys"), whose name is written on every water tank between New York and Boston, and Yoken-Whitey, another professional hobo, threatened to depart at one stage of the speech-making, because the speakers were "not representative." "Why, they don't know the diff between a hobo and a bum," said A. No. One. "I wouldn't associate with a snide that carries the banner. Why don't they let a smart man talk?" After a dinner as good as a group of bankers or merchants could want, the long program began. Bum Mitt Casey interspersed the course with big chews of, tobacco, and Fred the Bum insisted on singing "Where Is My Wandering Boy To-Night?" The regular program began with a poem by Chicago Tommy, entitled "The Face on the Barroom Floor." It was a long poem, recited with deep gravity, and was the story of a hobo, Oatler Joe, who told a crowd of saloon loafers how he had fallen, illustrating his story by drawing the face of his lost angel wife in chalk on the floor, and then falling dead. It had a mighty effect. Fred the Bum was called on, but could not respond, so his chum, the Rocky Mountain Lemon, got up to respond. He started off nobly, saying: "They do not love who do not show their love," but A. No. One yelled: "Sit down. You're no hobo. You work. You ain't respectable." So the Lemon sat down. John Smith, a hard faced young man with a collar on, told why the criminal has a hard face. He said he had spent 14 years in penitentiaries, beginning his first term at the age of 14. He said it was worry that made the lines. Old Man Steers, 76 years of age, told a pitiful story of seeking work in Chicago, and how he was turned down everywhere. "My father told me never to be afraid of work," he said, "and I attribute my failure to the fact that I followed Horace Greeley's advice and came west." Willie, the ex-society man, told how to reform society. He wore a genteel brown beard, a collar, and held his cigar according to the best custom. The Louisville Kid recited a poem called "The Scale." German Fritz and Ohio Skip, down on the program, left word they had gone to New York on the bumpers. Before the Dancing Kid left for Frisco he sang a song about "There's always a Mother Waiting at Home for You." CLERK WINS A FORTUNE. Speculates In Wheat and Is Now One of Wichita's Richest Men. Wichita, Kan.—From telegraph operator, working on a salary of less than $100 a month, to affluence and a fortune within five years, is the record of Arthur Paulline, who in one day cleared $150,000 by speculating in wheat. Paulline has been a resident of Wichita about 20 years. During most of that time he has been employed as an operator. At spare times he did work on the wire for commission men, gaining an insight of the methods of the market, which he turned to advantage when the opportunities presented themselves. As a result, he is to-day classed among the wealthiest citizens of Wichita. Wheat was low when Pauline began to buy, around the 70 cent mark. He held on to the wheat he bought until the market was over one dollar then he sold. Something like $25,000 was the result of his investment. He invested the proceeds in Wichita property. That, too, proved a good investment, and he was enabled two years later to clear $100,000 by the same method. In the recent rise of wheat he bought for 76% cents and sold at 97% cents, clearing $150,000. IF YOU WANT A PLACE To Board ADVERTISE Go to HOLMES' HOTEL, No. 333 Virginia Ave., S.W. Best Afro-American Accommodation in the District. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN. Good Rooms and Lodging, 50., 75¢. and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a Call James Otoway Holmes, Prop. Washington, D. C. Main Phone 2315. Wm. Cannon, 1225 and, 1227 7th Street, N.W. SOLE DISTRIBUTER OF OLD PURI SIM CLOCK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE FOR EVERY FARM PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. North and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C. B. H. --- F-737 Put Your Money in Diamonds. No Better Investment To-Day. Prices in the Diamond market are advancing, but our prices have not been advanced in some time. We still have a large collection of superb Diamonds which we bought a considerable time ago at lower prices than prevail today. We shall not advance prices on these stones. We are merchants and not speculators and our fair percentage of profit is all we ask. So, as long as these Diamonds last, it will be possible to buy them here under the regular market for fine stones. Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 $150.00. Ladies' Diamond Broaches, $5.50 to $1,000. Diamond Earrings, $15.00 to $500.00. Diamond Scarf Pins, $7.00 up. Diamond Cuff Buttons, $7.00 up. Diamond Studs, $10.00 up. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings set in Tiffany Mounting which we are selling at $30.00. This will make an appropriate present for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. CLOCKS AND BRONZES Clocks of all makes—American. French and German. We have a Clock as cheap as $5.00—must be seen to be appreciated. All Clocks kept in order for two years. IF YOU WANT A PLACE E.VOIGT MANUFACTURINGJEWELER 725 7th Street, N rthwest BETWEEN G & H. Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-Brac is now complete. Each piece has been carefully selected and we feel satisfied that a view from you will bear us out that we have as fine a selection as can be found anywhere. Why not give us a call tomorrow. Everybody has some friend whom they wish to make her. It may be mother or father, sister or brother. It may be a wife, it may be a sweetheart—and no better time than Christmas is so appropriate—so suggestive. Nothing makes one feel happier than to glance the heart of another. Any article that you may select will be laid aside and covered when wanted. Experienced clerks. Polite attention. We mention here but a few of our specials. Gentlemen's 20-year-Gold Filled American Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Ladies 20-year Gold Filled Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Gentlemen's 14-carat Solid Gold American Stem Winders and Setters, as cheap as $35. Children's Solid. Silver Watches with Pin Attachment, $3.50; regular price, $4.50. Ladies Solid GoldWatches, Open Face, $8.00. Boys' Solid Silver Watches, $5 up. Gents' Solid Gold Signet Rings, $3.50 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Signet Rings, $2.00 up. Child's Solid Gold Signet Rings, $1.00 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Medallion Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies Solid Gold Crosses, $4.00 up. Gents' Solid Gold Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies' Solid Gold Bracelets, $5.00 up. Ladies' 14-Carat Gold Filled Lockets, $2.00 up. We engrave the monograms on them in the highest style of the art. SILVERWARE Silver Tea Sets, $10.00 up. Silver Cake Baskets, $4.00 up. Silver Cups for Children, $1.25 up. Silver Baking Dish, 7.00. Silver Butter Dishes, $3.50 up. Silver Pickle Castors, $3.00 up. The above silver is the Genuine Rogers, which speaks for itself. CATHOLIC GOODS We have the largest line of Catholic Goods in the city. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, 35 cents up. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, strung KEYSTONE D-779 on Fine Silver, with Solid Silver Crucifix, 75 cents up. Emerald, Sapphire, Garnet, Ruby, Jade, Turquoise, Topaz, Crystal, and Coral Rosaries, strung on 14-Carat Gold-Filled Chain, $4 and $5.00. Will make a handsome Christmas present. Solid Gold Rosaries, Sterling Stones, $25.00. Rosaries for special devotions, viz.: Immaculate Conception, St Ann's, St. Philomena, St. Anthony, Seven Dolors, Infant of Prague, St. Joseph, etc., with pravers either English or German. PRAYER BOOKS High quality at low prices, such as Key of Heaven, Manual of Prayers, St. Vincent's Manual, Vale Mecum, Sacred Heart, Following of Christ (by Kempis), Bibles, Old and New Testaments, etc. We have them in cases suitable for bridal Christmas presents. RELIGIOUS MEDALS Religious Medals in Gold and Silver; Immaculate Conception, St. Benedict, St. Anthony, St. Joseph, Infant of Prague, St. Vincent at Paul, St. Aloysius, e. Eight-Day Sanctuary Oil, $1.10 per gallon. Crucifixes, hanging and standing Candle Sticks in Gold Silver, 24 Brass. Sacred Hearts, Solid Gold, 75 cents and $1.25. TIMBER KING WALKER MULTIPLIONAIRE OF WHOM LITTLE IS KNOWN. Council Men He Opposes—Proud of His Five Sons. Minn.—"I have no re- on whose sole object is torol over other men for personal aggrandizement. in life is false, and just due. I shall, if such an arrangement prevent the lands which passing into the con- who might abuse them who require their prod- remarkable utterance of wealth is estimated at 100,000, and who, though trunks among the navalists of industry. By one of his pen, Thomas who owns more timany other man in the stack his millions in with those of John D. Andrew Carnegie. of vast wealth esti-Walker's wealth vary. as high as $100,000,000. is a very conservative view at his home, in this umber king discussed the question of the day in his own position. De- morous wealth he is little side of his immediate home circles. circles the unsolved ques- sion why a lumber trust was long the lines of other corporations. In an in- C. 1895 THOMAS B. WALKER. (Temper King Who Is Strongly Opposed to a Lumber Trust.) Mr. Walker gave the answer, for the first time publicly. He said: "As I live there will never trust if I can prevent it, been approached repeatedly and a combination that would practically all the lumber supplied to the United States and Canada. It is often positively refused to under the proposition." Mr. Walker is the largest individual timber beyond question. We asked about his five sons and the association with his enterprises, pride shone in his eyes. the boys run the business as they returned home from they entered into my business and to-day they understand thoroughly that I really believe no longer necessary to its con- d success." ch son manages departments in themselves singly constitute business enterprises such as millioned men would view with her L. has entire management great Minnesota timber tracts her mills. has absolute charge of the timber tract. Very little de- work has been done there a herculean task confronts M spent many years on a timber tracts and finally his father in an advantageous competing concern. I conducts his father's pers and manages the finances. I mean manages the Walker interests. Millions of invested in Minnesota. in his apartment. Archie had no fixed at six he was allowed to or himself. my favorite corner," he passed through his library, case in which the volumes worn than the rest. the general theme?" I love the study of po- ous and industrial prob- bid over. I can never tell me the greatest pleasure —these old volumes or my opened his great gallery several years ago. There days and no admission argued. Even catalogues visitors free. built years ago, is sim- pactively small. Its as- dearer to him than a many comfortable placed in the edge of the the people are wel- and sit beneath the his charitable and phil- lok is done quietly it is ex- tensive the main supporter stations in his city. 25 STATUE TO ENSIGN BAGLEY. Memorial to Young Naval Lieutenant Erected by North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C.-North Carolina now has raised two monuments to her soldier dead in the brief war with Spain. The first was to Lieut. William E. Shlpp, of the Ninth cavalry, who was shot and instantly killed by a Mauser bullet at the storming of San Juan hill, in Cuba. A few days ago the state erected another memorial to an officer who happened by Fate's degree to be the A Ensign Bagley Monument. only one of the naval branch of the service to meet death in that war. This was Ensign Worth Bagley, to whom death came in the Bay of Cardenas, Cuba. The monument to Shipp is at Charlotte. That to Bagley adorns the Capitol square at Raleigh, his native city. Ensign Bagley was born in Raleigh, April 7, 1874, his father, who had been a major in the confederate service, being at that time grand master of the North Carolina Odd Fellows. His mother was a granddaughter of Gov. Jonathan Worth. On both sides the families are thoroughly representative, and have so been from the colonial days. On June 30, 1889, he was appointed to the United States Naval academy after a competitive examination. He was made an ensign July 1, 1897. He served on the cruiser Montgomery, on the battleship Texas and then on the Malne. When Lieut. Bernadu took command of the torpedo boat Winslow he chose Bagley as his lieutenant, the latter having been recommended by many officers for fitness. He began his duties on the Winslow December 28. 1897. O'BRIEN TO BE TRANSFERRED. Minister to Denmark Will Succeed Ambassador Wright. Washington.—The state department has formally announced that Thomas J. O'Brien of Grand Rapids, Mich., United States minister to Copenhagen, will become ambassador to Japan in September, on the retirement of Luke C. W. THOMAS J. O'BRIEN. (Minister to Denmark Raised to Japanese Post.) E. Wright of Tennessee, who has given notice to the department that he wishes to leave the service at that time. Mr. O'Brien is 65 years old and a native of Jackson, Mich. At one time he had the reputation of being the ablest lawyer in Michigan, outside of Detroit. For years he was chief counsel of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, and a director in the road as well. He was never a candidate for office except in 1883, when he was nominated for supreme court justice and went down to defeat with the whole Republican ticket in the landslide of that year. He led his ticket, however, with a handsome vote. He was a delegate to the national convention of 1896 that nominated McKinley and was a member of the committee that officially notified McKinley of his nomination. Exporting Cats. The export returns of the board of trade for the current period will contain a notable addition serving to still further demonstrate the cosmopolitan character of England's free trade. It refers to a shipment of 100 cats to India, which a shipping office in the city was asked to arrange the other day. The reason given for the novel consignment is that one of the plague districts is overrun with rats and the cats are wanted to effect the necessary slaughter—London Tribune. JOHN H. HARRIS This is the man who confessed to the outrage by which ex-Governor Stunenberg of Idaho met his death. It was as a result of his confession that Moypr, Haywood and Pettlbone, the officials of the Western Miners' Federation, were arrested charged with conspiracy in connection with the murder. Haywood is now on trial. TOWN NEEDS SPENDER REVENUE OF SHAWNEE, OHIO, SWAMPS ITS TRUSTEES. Has More Money Than It Knows What to Do With—Fine Opera House Lima, O.—What Shawnee township, Allen county, needs more than anything else just now is a real live Brewster or some one else who can teach it new ways to spend its money. Shawnee township has more money than it knows what to do with, and now that it has built a gorgeous opera house, which it hasn't the least use for, it is facing the prospect of being swamped under the flood of revenue which it cannot stop and cannot use. The trustees of Shawnee township have done all they can, even to building the opera house, a magnificent architectural monument to too much prosperity, which was dedicated recently, and now they are in despair. Shawnee township has everything that the most fastidious community could desire, because it has had so much money the trustees simply have had to keep on doing things all the time. The township's streets are paved with expensive brick, its roads are of the finest macadam, the drainage system is a work of art; it has more handsome public buildings than there are officials, and the children in its schools sit at pollished mahogany desks and write with silver mounted pencils. With everything that the trustees have been able to think of done, even to the opera house which nobody wanted, and which was built just to keep the revenue from piling up, there is still bushels of money in Shawnee township's treasury. To use up some of this there is talk now of building a grand cathedral, something like that at Cologne, the trustees say, but a little better. The Standard Oil company has enormous storage tanks, refineries, and car works in Shawnee township. These represent millions of dollars and are properly taxed by the little township. That is why it is wallowing in wealth and crying for help. ROBBERY LEADS TO WEALTH. Prospector Thrown Over Cliff Finds Signs of Gold at Bottom. Sturgis, S. D.—Arthur Brewer, a young man who came into the Black hills eight or ten years ago, is in a fair way to become rich as the result of an attempt made to murder him. Recently it has come to light that Brewer was on his way from his home up in the hills west of here to Whitewood with several hundred dollars which he intended to deposit in the bank, when he was held up by two masked men heavily armed. The bandits stepped out in front of Brewer at a lonely spot in the hills and commanded him to throw up his hands. Instead of throwing up his hands Brewer pulled his own revolver and opened fire on the robbers. They returned the fire and Brewer was wounded in the left arm. The bandits finally overpowered Brewer, took all his money from him and then threw him over a perpendicular cliff down into a canyon with murderous intent. Brewer was rendered unconscious by the fall, but his injuries were not serious and he was soon able to pick himself up and look around. His practiced eye quickly discovered signs of gold in the canyon and the next day he set diligently to work, with the result that he now has a lead for which he has already been offered several thousand dollars and which bids fair to make him a rich man. GROOM TOOK TIME TO SHAVE. Former Lover Came While Sweetheart Was Waiting and They Eloped. Cleveland, O.—Because he was compelled to leave his intended bride to get a shave Sherman Tweedy of the west side lost the girl on whose finger he had placed a diamond ring. His fiancee, Miss Blanche Dewey, whose sudden disappearance caused widespread alarm and brought her father to the verge of insanity over her safety, wrote to her father from Buffalo and stated that she had become the wife of Claude McRowe. "Please forgive me, mother," she wrote, "as I could not help running away. I have married the man of my choice and we are coming home to see you in about three weeks." Tweedy, the forsaken lover, called at the Dewey home and when apprised of the news was overcome. When he could control himself he stated that this was the second time a girl to whom he had given a diamond ring in promise of marriage had run away and left him. Miss Dewey disappeared a few nights ago. It all happened because Tweedy needed a shave and told the girl to wait on Superior avenue. She walked to the public square, where she met McRowe, whom she had not seen in five years. After a moment's chat they decided to get married and went to the Union station and took a train for Buffalo, where they were married. It developed McRowe five years ago was engaged to wed Miss Dewey, but she filted him and he disappeared. DOG HER ONLY FRIEND. Woman Pleads for Death When Animal Is Slain. Kansas City, Mo.—"No, no, no, officer, you must not kill my dog. Poor little Nero, he is the only real friend I have on earth. If you must kill Nero, you must shoot me, too." Thus pleaded Mrs. Mary Kaufman of Kansas City, Kan., with Patrolman Robert McGlibben, who had been detailed to kill Mrs. Kaufman's pet dog under directions of the board of health. Two fully developed cases of smallpox have been taken out of the Kaufman home within the past week. Nero being a house dog was constantly with the two patients until they were removed to the pesthouse, and the authorities decided that it would be unsafe to permit the dog to live for fear that it might be the cause of spreading the contagion. When Officer McGibbon told Mrs. Kaufman that the fate of her pet dog had been decreed and that he would have to carry out the instructions given him she burst into tears. In the presence of the weeping woman the officer drew his revolver, and directly thereafter Nero was no more. Mrs. Kaufman became all but hysterical and repeatedly requested Patrolman McGibbon to shoot her. She was finally led away by City Fumigator Skinner. Child Has Two Mothers Paris.—An amusing story comes from Quimper, in Brittany, where the wife of a man named Le Saux last week gave birth to a boy. The father took the child and sold it for $40 to the wife of a local butcher, Mme. Bonan. The woman presented it to her husband as her own newly born infant and Bonan hastened to register the child's birth. Le Saux, fearing that he might get into trouble with the police, next consulted the butcher, whom he supposed to be a party to the fraud. The duped husband threw Le Saux out of the house. The latter then registered the birth of his own child. In the eye of the law, therefore, the infant has claims on two separate families and enjoys the unique distinction of being the son of two mothers. RAN THE FIRST ENGINE RAN THE FIRST ENGINE ENGINEER OF FAMOUS "ROCKET" IS STILL ALIVE. Edward Entwistle, of Des Moines, Ia. Has Unique Claim to Distinction —Recalls Building of Locomotive and Trial Trip. St. Louis.—The engineer who ran the famous Rocket of George Stephenson, the first passenger locomotive to draw a passenger train in the world, is still alive, in good health, and celebrated his ninety-second birthday a few weeks ago at his home in Des Moines, Ia. Edward Entwistle is the name of the man who has this unique claim to distinction. Entwistle was a lad not 16 years of age when Stephenson completed his plans, secured a charter for the railroad between Liverpool and Manchester, laid his track and was ready to run the train. Entwistle was recommended to Stephenson by no less a personage than the duke of Bridgewater, whose steward informed his highness that Entwistle was the best mechanic in the shops. Mr. Entwistle, in his humble home, delights to live over the old days and tell the story of the preparations and the trial trip, the events of which are fresh in his mind from frequent iteration. His story is told in this manner: "I was born at Tilsay's Bank, Lancashire, England, March 24, 1815. When less than 15 years old I was apprenticed for seven years to the trade of mechanical engineering in the The "Rocket." large works of George Stephenson and his son Robert, at Newcastle. "In 1828 the Liverpool & Manchester Railway company began building a railroad across Chat Moss, an immense bog between the two cities. Steam carriages had been in use for some time carrying light merchandise at slow speed over the ordinary roads. The Stephensons believed the engines could be made to run on iron rails at high speed. The directors of the railway company were decidedly skeptical, but finally decided to offer a prize of $2,500 for an engine, conditioned that if of six tons' weight it must consume its own smoke, draw, day by day, 20 tons weight, including its own water tank and tender, at ten miles per hour, with a steam pressure not exceeding 50 pounds per square inch, and must be delivered at the Liverpool end of the road before Oct. 1, 1829, the price not to exceed $2,750. "My employers, the Stephensons, decided to compete for the prize, notwithstanding the opinion of the leading engineers of the country that not only a high speed engine, but the building of the road, would be a failure. The elder Stephenson contracted to construct the railroad across the bog, a huge undertaking. "The locomotive was constructed in the shops where I was employed. I being engaged for some weeks on various parts of its mechanism and assisting in putting it together at the last. I was then but a mere lad, but had good mechanical ingenuity and understood machinery thoroughly, having a special knack and fancy for it. "When our locomotive was completed it was named the Rocket, was given a trial trip, and won the prize against three competitors, settling the question for all time whether horse traction or steam traction was to be used on railroads. "By the skill and inventive genius of George and Robert Stephenson that first engine took on the form in all essentials maintained in the great engines drawing transcontinental flyers to-day. "After the trial trip the Rocket was put in service hauling material for construction of the road. The gauge was four feet eight and one-half inches, or that of the regular wagon road, Stephenson intending that if his locomotive failed on iron rails to run it on dirt roads. It is a singular fact that the gauge of the Rocket has been the standard gauge of railroads all over the world. Other widths have been tried, but abandoned. "When the railroad was completed, Sept. 13, 1830, was set for the date of the trial trip drawing passenger cars. The train consisted of two double-decked carriages, each seating 18 persons—nine on the upper deck and nine below. The weight of the train was not quite ten tons. The average speed was 14 miles an hour, although at times we got as high as 29 miles an hour." Mr. Entwistle has not seen the Rocket since it was exhibited at Philadelphia, and greatly regrets that he was unable to go to St. Louis two summers ago and see his pet once more before he dies. "HELLO" GIRLS OF MANILA The Work Attracts Members of Aristocratic Filipino Families. Manila.—Manila telephone subscribers feel that, though living in what the average American believes to be a semi-barbarious land, the rest of the world has no "edge" on them in being served by comely maledens as "hello girls." The Filipino telephone operator comes from the best families of her land, and takes her work more seriously than her fair-skinned sister of the occident. She has her servant, who is also her chaperon, to accompany her to the office, carrying her lunch, and who calls to chaperon her back to the security of her home when A "Central" Office in Manila. the gong rings on her day's work. The Spanish custom of never permitting an unmarried woman above the age of 12 years to leave the portals of her casa unaccompanied, still prevails with both Spanlards and Filipinos of the better class, and their employment as telephone operators permit no relaxation of the watchful care. The fact that the field of labor, aside from domestic service, for the Filipino girl is so limited, makes employment in this line especially desirable and much sought after by the daughters of the well-to-do Filipinos. Hence, to be a "hello girl" in the Philippines is an honor carrying with it prestige and enters into the best society. To serve as "central" in Manila, a girl must speak and understand English, Spanish and Tagalog, and some of them possess a "working" knowledge of Chinese, Japanese and other oriental tongues. The chief operator—an American woman—of the recently established Manila line states that the Filipino girls employed as operators are very apt and intelligent and are rapidly developing a most satisfactory service. They receive, as beginners, a salary of 20 pesos ($10) per month, which is increased to twice that amount on their becoming proficient. As the word "hurry" is an unknown one in the far east, so likewise it is often necessary for an impatient subscriber to curb his temper when telephoning. But the tones of the dulcet-voiced operator, "Dhe Lyne ees beesse, senor," soothes his soul to patience. NEW HEAD FOR PATENT OFFICE. Grit Makes Edward B. Moore of Michigan Commissioner.. Washington.—Edward B. Moore of Michigan has been appointed by the president to succeed Frederick I. Allen as commissioner patents. Mr. Moore, who is the present assistant commissioner, won his appointment B. H. EDWARD B. MOORE. EDWARD B. MOORE. (Recently Appointed Commissioner of Patents.) through pure grit. Moore came to Washington when a boy to visit his brother, who was secretary of the Spanish claims commission. While playing ball on a scrub team, a senate page told him he had resigned his place. Young Moore immediately hustled down to the senate chamber, and tackled Senator Morrill of Maine for the job. In 1876 President Grant appointed him inspector of internal revenue, and he had a lot to do with the expose of the whisky frauds. After that he was appointed to a position in the patent office, and in 1900 was sent to the Paris exposition. While absent he was made assistant commissioner by President McKinley, and reappointed by President Roosevelt. Mysterious Sounds in a Church. Strange sounds have been heard coming from various parts of St James' church, Exeter, for a considerable time past, and efforts to solve the mystery have been fruitless. At times the sounds are like the chanting of psalms and the practicing, of the scales. They are usually noticed before the morning and evening services. The officials of the church admitted the other day that they have been heard for the past two or three years. London Daily Mail --- THE BEE PUBLISHED AT 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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 A DIFFERRENT EDUCATION PROPOSED. There is a growing belief among the thinking people of America that many mistakes have been made in the training given to the Negro. In the beginning the Negro was brought to America for the purpose of religious training, and if this original idea had been carried out, what a different story would have been told! What blots that might have been omitted from the history of the past! The religious idea was displaced by the commercial, and slavery for gain in all its worst forms was practiced. There are many who believe that the country must get back to this original idea, and that religious education must be the basic principle. Environment has nothing to do with the individual, unless there is a desire and a change upon the part of the individual himself. We can readily see that an education that does not change the man amounts to little in the permanent elevation of the race. Train a brute nature industrially or in the higher intellectual walks of life, and not change the inner nature. very little is accomplished, so far as growth upward is concerned. The charge is made, and unfortunately with some truth, that the religious idea is not emphasized in our secular schools. That there is not a single school in America training colored young men to do practical Y. M. C. A. work or especially along lines of work suitable for all foreign fields as missionaries, or even as expert Sunday school workers. Dh. Shepard, in his address before the World's Sunday School Convention, at Rome, called attention to the fact that the elementary education of the children began in the Sunday schools, and stated that unless this fact was more emphasized in this country, failure would result in the long run. We understand that there is a movement backed by money to establish a university modeled on this idea, and will at the same time embrace many of the good features of other schools. We know little about the plan. We oppose no education that will bring in one ray of light, and we hope that these ideas will become realities. It will be a great thing. And while we do not want want to see everybody better, and we want to see everybody bettr, and we believe that his institution will be far-reaching in its efforts to make the people better. The movement and the leaders have our warmest support. The Bee wants it understood that the appointment of Prof. Roscoe Conkling Bruce meets the approba- young man and when an opportunity presented itself they recommended him to Dr. William E. Chancellor, who today commands the respect and admiration of the people in this city. The Bee from the very beginning, has sustained the Board of Education because it was right. Professor Bruce will make equally as good a record as superintendent of the schools as he made at Harvard College, and as supervising principal. The teachers will have no trouble in conferring with him. He invites their co-operation and support. Professor Bruce has neither friends to reward nor foes to punish. His ambition will be to be loyal to his superior officers and to promote the best interest of the colored schools over which he has jurisdiction. In this connection The Bee is pleased to know the indorsement from Harvard professors was so unanimous as well as indorsements from several other leading educators in the United States. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. There has been a great deal of criticism against the appointment of Prof. Booker T. Washington as one of the trustees of Howard University. Professor Washington has come to the platform, of higher education and upon that platform he now stands. He believes in the theory of Rev. Wilbur Patterson Thirkield,the president of Howard University. These two distinguished men believe in higher education, and Howard University will be one of the greatest institutions in the world one of these days. Dr. Washington will be a great factor on the trustee board of Howard University. The things that Dr. Wasihngton used to believe he now disbelieves. He believes in higher education now as well as industrial education. The Bee believes in Dr. Thirkield and in Howard University. It believes that he is the right man in the right lpace, and it is the duty of everybody who believes in the institution to give it support and encouragement. NOT PREJUDICED. The Bee, in justice to those who heard the cases of the employment agencies, is too glad to state that no prejudice was manifested against the colored agencies on account of their color. Every case was heard on its merits, and if the contrary is stated it is an injustice to the District Commissioners who heard the cases. The Commissioners must adopt strict and stringent rules. They must protect the interests of the people. Many of these agencies get careless and do not care whether they satisfy the people or not. The Bee commends the course of the Commissioners because it is just and proper. THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN. The following article concerns the Seattle Republican, published in the State of Washington. It has just issued its first number of its fourteenth volume. This number will make a worthy addition to any library. It contains 78 pages, and is filled with matter concerning the growth and progress of the people of that new State. There are sixty cuts of the leading professional men and women of the once-opressed Americans, persons among whom are Andrew R. Black, a Virginian by birth, Dr. David T. Cardwell, born in North Carolina, both graduates of Howard University, and Prof. J. Byron Reed, a Washingtonian now recognized as a music master, who was a pupil of Professors Bishoff, Tenny and Sousa. Ten years ago not one dozen Negroes owned their homes in Seattle; now the number goes into the hundreds. The only bank is owned by Japanese, in which all the people deposit. The Negroes are engaged in all kinds of labor. The pictures of all the State officials are presented, also the Capitol Building. The average wages of the labor is between $2.50 and $3.00 per day; mechanics from $4 to $6. "Color is no bar and race no objection." "Come West, black man," is the invitation of the Seattle Republican. Too much praise cannot be given to the editor and proprietor and his associate, who have made the fourteenth anniversary number of their paper such a grand success. Their paper has the hearty support of all the people. May the editor and his associate continue in their noble work. The north western section may be the youngest, but is abreast with the progress made by other sections. ITEMS ON THE WING. The Colored Letter Carriers and Clerks Postoffice Relief Association gave a grand smoker and musicale at Odd Fellows Hall, May 30, 1907. The president is Mr. A. Branch; vice-president, James Miles; treasurer, John George; secretary, H. Bell; Prof. C. H. Champ, ex officio. There was a large attendance of the Ill. Sirs. The secretary, Brother George, is a past grand master of the G. U. O. of T. C. of the District of Columbia. Booker T. has rented a 100-acre place three miles from Sagamore Hill, at West Neck, Long Island (being near neighbors, we can now exchange visits). Ack Hale, of Bristol, Tenn., criminally assaulted and murdered pretty Lillie Davis, who had refused to marry him. (All white.) Governor Cummings will enter the senatorial race against Senator Allison, of Iowa. The Senator is not much disturbed. Miss Dr. Lucy Moton; late principal of Normal School No. 2, has been demoted. She will be offered the assistant directorship of primary instructions in the colored schools. A large number of janitors will receive official papers. Leon Graham, of New York, assaulted five-year-old Minnie Luck at Corona, L. I. He was araigned before Magistrate Connorton in the Long Island Police Court. (N, B.—All white.) "Father," said Little Willier Quizz, "what is expert testimony?" "Expert testimony, my son, is a sort of legal umbrella that is hoisted to shield a man from the effects of a brainstorm." Officers and Eureka Council, Royal and Select Masters of the Crytic Rite for the District of Columbia: Ill. Robert Norman, 33 degree; Ill. MaMster, James Possey, 32 degree; Principal Conductor of Work, George Goodell, 33 degree; Treasurer, H. F. Frazer, 33 degree; Secretary, Daniel Taylor, 33 degree; Conductor, D. F. Seville, 33 degree; Master of Ceremonies, H. Cox, 33 degree; Standard Bearer, Todd Johnson, 32 degree; Captain of the Guard, Ill. W. A. Moton, R. Brown and Benjamin Dyer; Keepers, H. D. Newton, H. Walker and James H. Watson; Inner Guards, Ill. James F. Johnson, 33 degree. The management at Jamestown Exposition has even drawn the line with sailors in the government uniform. Admiral Evans, U. S. N., has thraseted to withdraw his fleet to Hampton Roads. As the naval part is the main thing, it will be awful on them if the Admiral puts his ideas into operation. Dr. W. J. Long, of Stamford, Conn., is after the President with a big stick. It appears like the President has placed the good Doctor on his list: I mean those that play with the truth. He demands an apology from Roosevelt. ```markdown ``` PRESS COMMENTS. THE BOOM. The Gazet eer and Guide, Mr. James Ross, editor, in this month's issue comes out strongly for Vice-President Fairbanks and Hon. Timothy Woodruff for the next Republican banner-bearers. It says the "Indianapolis man stands well with favorite sons East and West because of diplomacy." The popularity of Hon. Woodruff has long since been established and his ability as a statesman cannot be questioned. SEATTLE REPUBLICAN The Seattle Republican has another congratulation coming, and it is none other than that it is killing two birds with one stone, the issuing of the Northwest Negro Progress Number and the celebration of its Fourteenth Anniversary. Without having lost an issue or a change in management, the Seattle Republican has plodded along from year to year, never setting the world on fire, but going on and on without fear or particular favor. Weekly punsactions, since it began to supply the time-worn "long-felt want," published by both white and black men in Seattle, have burst forth in a flame of glory, but like the poor Arab, "silently folded their tents and stole away," but, like the "poor," the Seattle Republican seems destined to be always with you. It has been our aim to make the paper a business proposition and a publication that "man," irrespective of race, color or creed, just sq he reads the English language, would feel thebetter for having read its contents. How well we have succeeded is for you, who have from week to week since it was first issued, May 10, 1894, to say. "At the same old stand" the Seattle Republican will be found doing duty, and may be communicated with, from the utmost points of the globe. Some cynic has said that a man talks to show how much he knows, but a woman delights in telling what she does not know. However that may be, there is certainly a different character to the personal confidence of men and women. She will-probably relate her small trials and triumphs, but the deep experiences of her heart are seldom bruited abroad. But let a man meet a great disappointment or suffer a severe loss, he becomes first moody and morose; then he takes to inflicting his woes upon his friends, who often find it difficult to know how to console him, not to mention their brutal lack of interest in-griefs of any but of the briefest narration. On the whole perhaps the woman's way is more agreeable, since her hearts are not put to such severe tests of frendship. The editor of The Guide is in receipt of a "feeler" sent out in the interest of Vice-President Fairbanks, who is anxious to receive the Republican nomination for president of the United States. The gentleman in question is an exceptionally fine man, but when we take into consideration the bold and uncompromising stand of Senator Foraker in behalf of the Negro race, every other fellow in our great party sinks into insignificance, so far as The Guide is concerned. DEGENERATE Having given the whipping post a trial, Baltimoreans want to abolish it.There are few communities in this country so degenerate as to warrant so drastic a remedy for social offenders. RACIAL HARMONY Yesterday, while the great Confederate parade was marching up Franklin Street there came marching along Broad street a large company of colored boys in uniform carrying wooden guns and headed by a band. While the white people and Confederate soldiers were going to unveil the monument to General Stuart the Negroes were returning from the National Cemetery, where they had been to participate with the local Federal veterans in the decoration of the graves of the Federal dead. It happened also that a group of Confederates—some of them from Arkansas and Texas—had wandered away to see the battlefields of Seven Pines, on which they had fought. On their return they fell in with the Federal veterans and by invitation joined them and went to the National Cemetery, where they were most cordially welcomed and participated in the ceremonies. The Negro boys marched and drilled exceptionally well, and the white people along the route, including many Confederate veterans, who had strayed from the procession, applauded them heartily. At the same time, while the white procession was moving on Franklin street, many Negroes were in the crowd along the sidewalk, and they were the most enthusiastic in applauding notable individuals and organizations as they passed. The little group of incidents is interesting as illustrating the absolute goodwill that exists here in Richmond and in Virginia. We are great people. We are great because all of us are governed by good feeling, kindly impulses and common sense, which qualities constitute greatness. It is announced that Dr. W. E. B. DuBois has sailed for England for a vacation. The liberality of a friend enables Dr. DuBois to take this much-needed rest. He will be gone until the meeting-time of the Niagara Movement in Boston, August 26, 27 and 28. This will undoubtedly be a largely attended meeting. Before going on his vacation Dr. DuBois sent out the following financial statement of the Movement for the years 11905-1907: Receipts, $1,098.83; expenses, $1,313.23 first annual meeting, $106.71; second annual meeting, $275.36; office expenses, clerk hire, postage, etc., $389.52; donations, $20; plate of John Brown, $25; legal expenses, Pope case, $394.94; printing, $147.70; deficit, June 1, 1907, $214- The Niagara Movement sets a good example to make public its financial affairs. Continued from 1st page. Mrs. Joseph Galichecio, a bride of less than a week, and who is six feet tall, was locked up in the rooms of the Children's Society, New York, this week, charged with the theft of $150 from her father. She is only fifteen years of age. The house and lot of Mr. H. R. Cayton at Seattle, Washington, are valued at $10,000. The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, one of the finest edifices in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, was destroyed by fire this week. The immense light having the resemblance of a star dangling in the skies near the earth aroused the wonder of a number of the passengers and employees on the Baltimore and Ohio train which arrived in this city at 3:30 a.m. last Tuesday. Ex-Mayor James D. Phelan, of San Francisco, considers the war talk of Japan of little importance, and "believes the whole thing one of politics." The subject of the address at the graduation exercises of the University of Chicago by Ambassador James Bryce was "What University Instruction May Do to Provide Intellectual Pleasures for Later Life." Among others remembered in the will of the late Samuel Stoutenburgh is the Mount Pleasant School for Negroes, near Charleston, S. C. The school gets the sum of $500. Dr. Carl H. Van Klein, of Chicago, claims that he discovered a new method of destroying germs in milk and water. He hopes to be successful in his treatment of fruit and vegetables. His method is by electrocution. General Kuroki expressed his thanks for the courtesy extended him by the heads of this Government just prior to sailing for Japan. The new Washington Sanitarium of the Seventh Day Adventists, located at Tacoma Park, Md., was dedicated last Wednesday afternoon. Medical-persons from many cities were present. The United States Fish Commission steamer Phalarope, which has been gathering shad eggs for the propagating station, has sailed for New London, Conn., to be used in deep-sea fishing in connection with the fish hatching stations on the Massachusetts seacoast. been found at the post of duty and amongst the first to answer the call of his country; as a friend,true;as a Christian, although he practices back-sliding sometimes, his faith in God is supreme. It is this faith in God and hope that have caused gladness and songs of joy through all the days of gloom and darkness that have passed, and will give strength for the sorrows of tomorrow. The International Sunday School Association of America realized that the hope of the race lay in the saving of the young, and they have sought for several years to secure a closer organization and co-operation of the different denominations in the United States to work together for the purpose of discussing new methods and plans, equipments and general improvements along Sunday school lines. I am glad to say that this has largely been successful and I could cite you instance after instance where the people have been directly benefitted and helped, due to this association. There has beena dissatisfaction with old methods and old ways, and a longing after new and better things. The leaders have had to get a "move on them," and in many instances have gone to school. Denominational lines, which have been a great drawback herefore to the salvation of the people, are largely disappearing under the benign influence of this association. A better understanding between the races has been brought about, and I believe if this association continues its work amongst the colored people in the South that it will not be long before all friction will entirely disappear. Several Sunday schools have sprung up, Baracca and Philathea classes have been organized, county conventions and Sunday school institutes have been held, adn improvement along general lines of management and equipment have been made. To encourage self-help the International Association agreed to pay half of the salary and expenses of a State Secretary (the salary being fixed at $700 per year, and $200 for expenses) provided the colored people in the State, accepting the proposition, would pay the other half. Under this plan, six States have state secretaries who are devoting their entire time to the work, seeking to reach and save the unreached masses. You can readily see what a task we have when $750,000 are not yet reached by the Sunday school. The International Association is not able finance carry this work farther, and until is secured and funds raised for source it must eventually be Will the Christian men of Am of the world let this glorious war and bequeath to their children burden than their fathers boo time we shirk a duty or fail problem in the face we make for our children. Would that this appeal some hearts and they could a duty and not their right" to money! Do you want to save of the world's population—the races? Then lift up the in America and they will carrings across the ocean and the tramp of millions redeemed the station and idolatry will sing es in this world and in the come. I believe, Mr. Chairman, t demption of the colored rises largely effected by the c There have been mistake wrongs committed,but let us —let us overlook the mistake we are oppressed let the opp the oppressor by humbleness ness, and exemplify in da Christianity. There are many this audience,however,wil the progress and oppose the st vancement which are put forward for the Negro, and they say that was a mistake. To those who believe that t cipitation was a mistake and t race will eventually fail, I to them, "You have not caref amined into the case. The t of black faces seeking for the t have caught its shadow and t are turned to the sun. Just they catch its gleam,they will lift up their fellows. Mr. Cha the race will not fail." I bring to you the thanks of the for all that you have done and that you intend to do, and to tell that they only want a chance race of life, that they are not wiling but are, trying to work out the tion with fear and trembling. Their need further help until they are to stand alone, and the kindness show to them they will return or to your children. A beautiful German story, of a hunch-back girl, the only child of her parents. The mother was very thoughtful and careful about this child. She never let her know that she was a hunch-back, she was not allowed to look in the glass; whenever she went to her mother was with her, so that she did not know that she was not other girls; But this mother did after a few years, and the father, as fathers often do, married again. The stepmother was different from the mother. She never took her but left her alone. One day the little back girl asked her stepmother to take her out for a walk as her own mother used to do. The stepmother replied, "Why! take a hunch-backed girl for a walk! Everybody would look at and laugh! No; the place in the hunch-backs is at home! She turned away grieved; she looked at the glass, and, sure enough, she found that she was a hunch-back. It preyed upon her mind, and a few weeks are wide she took sick; and just beware she dreamed she saw an angel came to her and in such tone, "Little girl, do you want to go to see your mamma?" "No, not want little hunch-backs in He-said, "Oh, you are not her ed," and he touched the place back where the hunch was off and in its place there came a pair wings and the little girl heaven into her mother's arms. If our friends will stop taking the mistakes and the failures chiding and telling us that like other folks, after whie of mistakes and superstitions ances will fall away and it will come wings of peace gence and an honest desire to men and virtuous women, we will ride above all the difficulties and take our foremost ranks of the r and you can be the angel hunch so that it will fall "For there is never a r The Week in the Society arty was given by some of the younger set last of the residence of Mrs. seventeenth street. The prettily decorated by family for the occasion, over for the use of who enjoyed themselves etc. The invited W. J. Janeefer, H. Har- R. Grumshaw, J. Scott, Merriwether, E. Welch, Wilson, M. Wilson, B. evening, under whose air was conducted, in C. Fisher, E. Butler, M. Curtis, J. Albert, R. Loomey, E. West, R. Wilome, J. Evans, O. Jen- Hayes. Hilley is in the city, the Mr. J. Shaad have as Mr. M. Cowdery and chil- ladelphia. Wiggs returned to her home accompanied by her cou- M. Williams. Station the wife of Rev. B. All- ment to this city last week way to Henderson, N. C. M. V. Gates, who was the guest Mrs. Eatterson, Petersburg, contort Washington last week. Worried Pleasant, of Richmond, rived in this city last week, on her sister. Kers Carter, of Birmingham, only a visit last week. Mary Williams and Mrs. E. F. returned to Hampton. Cries Alexander, editor of Al- magazine, gave a dinner in honor of his wife, who had Washington and other cities the for her health. d. use Stewart has returned to g. Va. Frank L. Cardoza and family are in Philadelphia as the guests in M. Jones. McDamels, who has been school, has returned to the city. Robinson is the guest of Mrs. Jane Phifer, who was called to be near Biddle University, by the of a relative, has returned toington. Lucy M. Washington, of Wil- n, N. C. has sent out invitations marriage of her daughter, Miriam to Mr. Thomas A. Scott, at St. Episcopal Church, June 25. Re- 409 North Seventh street, from even. W. Cabaniss made a visit to Va., last week. Arts Brown spent some time last week. Master Houston returned from the early part of the week, went to attend his monthly to inspect the new building erected at the corner of Spruce streets as headquar- Grand United Order of The structure is pro- tactorily, and will be ready of the cornerstone in the July. When completed it finest office building owned color in the world; with furnishing it will reach a one hundred and twenty chairs, proving a cred- and a monument to the a number of years the Order of Odd Fellows has secure suitable headquar- ambition of the fraternit ed under the progressive successful administration master Houston. It will be pancy before the close of Mrs. Charles F. Thompson, Wards Place Northwest, the city for their beautiful line in the Blue Ridge Moun- companied by their nephew, Island Clarkson, of No. 1710 street Northwest. Mrs. Clarkson and her daughter will leave the city next week for the East. Miss Blanche Morgan, who has been spending some time in New York city, returned to the city last week, and is the guest of Mrs. Martha Peak Jones, 1828 E street northwest. Miss Morgan has received several social functions since she has been in Washington. Last Friday evening Dr. Thomas J. Brown, rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, was the recipient of a substantial testimonial from the Woman's Guild and the Men's Club of the parish. Among the individual donors (other than the Guild and Club) were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burlls, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Pickett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas, Mrs. Hattie E. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Slaughter, Messrs. Joseph C. Piles, Frank Byron, James F. Alston, Darwin D. Moore and W. W. Grymes. The presentation speeches were made by Messrs. Burlls and Pickett. Dr. Brown was taken by surprise, and happily responded, returning sincere thanks for the token of esteem and the consideration shown him by members of the parish. A very large audience greeted the Walker and Williams Glee Club at the song service last Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at the C. M. E. Church, First and B streets southwest. The choir of the church did most of the honors, and sang several numbers. The Glee Club gave but one number, which was quite disappointing to the large number of persons present. Our old and esteemed friend, John Francis Wilkinson, of South Washington, and a prominent member and official of the C. M. E. Church, never looked better than at the present time. He is as active as a boy, and says that his appetite could not be better than it is. Now is the time to begin preparations for the second grand excursion and outing to Somerset on Tuesday, August 6, 1907, by the congregation and friends of St. Luke's Church. The seven-cent lawn party at the suburban residence of Mrs. A. M. Cole, in Park road, Mt. Pleasant, last Friday evening was a recherche affair indeed. Prof. Charles Hamilton's orchestra never played more charming music, nor showed to better advantage. It was a most delightful entertainment. Mr. Hamilcar Turley is rapidly improving, we are glad to announce. Music, flowers, and an appreciative audience that filled every available place in the main auditorium and gallery were to the fore at the True Reformers' Hall, Twelfth and U streets northwest, Monday evening last, the occasion being the seventh annual musicale by the pupils of Prof. R. J. Daniels. The pupils were assisted by Mrs. Lucy a Blagburn, Miss Laura Tyler, Rev. Lewis C. Sheafe, as vocal solists. Miss Grace L. Daniels, accompanist, and Mrs. Mary F. Scott, dramatic reading. Among the pupils whose playing deserves special mention were Miss Eula Oliver, Miss Viola Wright, Miss Hanezelle S. Walker, Miss I. A. Gaskins, and Miss Lorena Seldon. The other juvenile participants acquitted themselves well, and all were generously applauded. * A letter from Rev. Louis S. Sheafe was read in which he regretted his inability to be present and take his part on the program by reason of a pressing engagement. Mrs. Lucy A. Blagburn and Miss Laura Tyler fully sustained their reputations as vocal soloists of unusual charm and sweetness, and Mrs. Mary F. Scott, as "Zingerella" was heartily received by the large audience. The ushers were Miss Kate L. Robinson, Mrs. Margaret Somerville, Mrs. Sarah E. Tyler, Miss Emily Dickson. From the St. Louis Advance. Artee Flemings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Flemings, of 2740 Morgan street, has returned from Howard University for the vacation. Mr. Artee Flemings is taking a collegiate course at Howard and will study law after he finishes. He will remain home during the vacation. MISS BESSIE L. LAPSLEY. MISS BESSIE L L\PSLEY. The marriage of Miss Bessie L. Lapsley, the youngest sister of Mrs. Dr. W. H. Heard, the poetess and musical director of Morris Brown College, to Mr. George R. Carter, prominent business man, was solemnized Monday evening, June 10, 1907, at the home of Rev. Edward B. Gordon, pastor of Walker Memorial Church, and nephew of Mr. Carter. Miss Lapsley is a school teacher, culturist, musician, and elocutionist. Her field of labor has been principally in the South. She successfully principaled Woodward Academy, of Bessemer, Ala., and England College, of Birmingham, Ala., for the past four years. She left of her own accord for a change of work in a business line in Washington. She began the instruction of domestic science for the Clarke Training School, but, finding little support for the cause, has taken up her trade of millinery and culture, deciding to become the wife of the honored gentleman whose name she is proud to bear. AN EVENING OF PLEASURE. An evening of pleasure for the Men's Club, Berean Baptist Church, was had at the residence of the president, L. Melendez King, 1224 U street northwest, Wednesday evening, June 12, 1907. The members of the club turned out in large numbers, as also did a number of specially invited guests. There were present, all told, forty-five or fifty persons, all of whom had a most enjoyable time. The entertainment was made very pleasant by a literary and musical program arranged by a committee appointed by the club. Some of the parties who took part were as follows: Mr. Felix Weir, violin solo. Prof. J. 1. Layton, vocal solo. Mr. A. S. K. Kay, graphophone productions. Prof. Gerald Tyler, piano solo. Short speeches were made by Dr. W. T. Vernon, Dr. W. Bruce Evans, Hon. John C. Dancy, Editor W. Calvin Chase, Attorney William I. Lee, Hon. Richard T. Greener and Dr. William H. Davis and others. The object of this club is to promulgate religious spirit among its members. It is open to all men without regard to denomination. INVITED GUESTS. Dr. M. O. Dumas, Attorney William L. Pollard, Hon. W. T. Vernon, Attorney Thomas L. Jones, Dr. Harry J. Williams, Editor W. Calvin Chase, Prof. John T. Layton, Mr. S. E. Lacy, Rev. Rivers, J. T. Layton, Attorney W. H. C. Brown, Hon. Richard T. Greener, Attorney James A. Cobb, W. H. Clifford, W. R. Griffin, Dr. A. M. Curtis. Two very sweet vocal solos were sung by Master Layton. Buffet service by A. H. Underdown. RECEPTION TO ATTORNEY JONES. The Auxiliary Club of Trinity Baptist Church tendered a reception to Attorney Thomas L. Jones last Tuesday evening in the main auditorium of the church. The church was beautifully decorated with bunting and upon the platform were massive palms and potted flowers. The table was set in T shape, which seated two hundred. There were fully one dozen bunches of American Beauty roses, besides several dozens of variegated buches of flowers, which gave the table a beautiful appearance. The lady members of the church were beautifully dressed in white, and upon their bosoms they wore a pink badge. The male member of the club were in full dress. The programme of exercises was music by Amphorion Glee Club, followed with prayer by Rev. S. L. Corrothers, and a welcome address by the pastor of months at their summer home, and shall welcome their many friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Carter will spend a few JOHN W. HARRIS MR. GEORGE A. CARTER. Trinity Church, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor. Rev. Taylor spake of the esteem in which the guest of honor, Mr. Jones, was held by the member of his church, and he hoped that the same friendly relations would cotinue to exist. After reviewing briefly the success of Mr.Jones and others who had assisted him in establishing Trinity, he introduced Attorney W. Calvin Chase, the master of ceremonies. Mr. Chase made a humorous address, which seemed to please everybody, and concluded by introducing as the first speaker Mrs. Rose, vice-president of the Auxiliary Club, who delivered a most pleasing address. Mrs. Rose is one of the foremost workers in the new Trinity, and a lady highly respected. She was followed by Mrs. Shelton, who spoke on behalf of the club. Mrs. Shelton delivered a beautiful address, extending the congratulations of the club to Mr. Jones. Mrs. Taylor was the next in order, and she paid Mr. Jones a high compliment. Grand Master W. L. Houston was the next speaker introduced, and in his usual pleasing and eloquent manner he congratulated Trinity Church and Mr. Jones on his success. His address was loudly applauded. Dr. S. L. Corrothers was the next speaker. He also paid a high coempliment to the lawyers, and concluded by saying that the lawyers and the pulpit must work together. M Mr. Jesse Foster was the next speaker. Attorney M. T. Chinkscales made one of his characteristic speeches. Dr. C. C. Stewart was the next speaker. Dr. Stewart created great enthusiasm. The other speakers were Revs. Sales and Jarvis and Deacon Cook. Music was furnished by Miss Annie L. Taylor; solos by Mr. David Taylor, who sang very effectively a vocal solo entitled "Save me, and the world is mine." 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PHON, MAIN 3148. ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO THE ELGIN CREAMERY CO., A Word To The Women Courses in Dressmaking and Millinery. ALSO Instruction in Cooking and General Hol Day and Night Classes in All Department Employment Provided for Pupils While Graduation. Excellent Opportunities for Young Woman This school was established eight years, trained and secured employment for near and all are now employed in various citizens, and sewing in families by the o For further information, address, Mrs. L. R. CLARKE, Principal, 2000 Eleventh Street oNrthwest..... In Cooking and General Housekeeping. Right Classes in All Departments. Provided for Pupils While Attending School. Opportunities for Young Women to Become ful was established eight years ago, during which secured employment for nearly three hundred now employed in various cities and towns and sewing in families by the day. Information, address, R. 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The monster battleships building, completed or to be laid down before the close of the summer of 1907 are as follows: England—Four Dreadnoughts, three invincibles; total, seven. Germany—Four Dreadnoughts, two Invincibles; total, six. France—Six Dantons; total, six. France—Six Dantons; total, six. Japan—Four monster battleships, two monster cruisers; total, six. South American republics—Six Dreadnoughts; total six. United States—Two Michigan, two Pacificators; total, four. All these ships have been ordered since January, 1905. In the five years January, 1900, to January, 1905, the same group of powers laid down or ordered 47 first-class battleships, of which 16 were British. Thus in the Dreadnought era the British proportion has enormously declined. In 1905-7 it is only 20 per cent of the battleships of the great naval powers; in 1900-4 it was 34 per cent. Another point is very striking. In 1900-4 the British battleships were, on the whole, more powerful and larger than those of rival nations, the sole exception being the United States. But in 1905-7 many of the foreign battleships and armored cruisers are larger and more powerful than the British ships, so that the numerical disadvantage is now accompanied by a disadvantage in quality of ships. Three German, four Japanese and two United States ships will be larger than any vessel that the United Kingdom possesses. It is true that to the above total of British monster ships should be added to battleships which will be begun about January, 1908, and possibly a third, which may be commenced in March, 1908. But, even so, the British total will be only ten, and will still be below the proportion of a few years ago. Not only this, but for the first time in the history of the British navy the two-power standard in large armor 1. Bra. 2. al l'om. Dame of the Banshee ships will have been abandoned. The two-power standard, as defined by Mr. Balfour in the house of commons this year, is equality in numbers to the fleets of any two powers plus a margin of ten per cent. As there are three different groups of two powers, each of which is building 12 monster ships, this involves for England 14 monster ships in reply. But when even the ship to be begun so late as March of next year is counted England has only ten and of the ten some may be whittled away by parliament. Geronimo Is Guarded Constantly by Apache Scouts. Lawton, Okla.—Chief Geronimo, the great Apache warrior, who is said to have scalped more white people than any other living Indian, and who for 20 years has been a prisoner of war on the Fort Sill military reservation, near here, is reported by an Apache Indian to have completely lost his mind and has to be guarded almost night and day by Apache scouts in the government service. He wandered away from home the other day and was not seen until nightfall, being discovered about dark wandering carelessly near Fort Sill, watching the highways and murmuring to himself. A carriage approached and he galloped toward it with a ferocious grin that frightened the occupants. He was taken in charge by two scouts who came up and prevented him following the party. Geronimo is believed to have grown demented because of the refusal of the war department and the president to grant him liberty or permission to return to Arizona, the scene of his many devastations of villages and slaughtering of whites. Since his last appeal to the president he has been morose and a few weeks ago his wife, the eighth of his career, left him to return no more. Council Bluffs, Ia.—James W. Main, a farmer residing near Glenwood, was in Council Bluffs the other day, and attracted much attention. Main has whiskers seven feet long, the result of 35 years of uninterrupted growth. 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Instead of dying, as everything indicated he would, Chapman lingered between life and death. His head was almost frozen in an effort to keep the temperature down. Part of the right ear was actually frozen off in this manner. But after spending two years in bed, not being able to stand as a result of the injury, he finally became able to get around. A huge scar remains where the surgeons removed the skull and brain from Chapman's head. The brain substance here lies beneath a single thickness of skin and it is possible to observe the pulsation of the cerebral blood vessels by watching the bare skin which covers the unprotected brain. In sleeping if he lies on the right side of his head it fills with blood, practically drowning the brain. He is then completely paralyzed and helpless until some one turns him over, when his brain drains and resumes its functions. Chapman makes his living by traveling about and exhibiting himself to medical colleges, taking up a collection at each place. He is in great demand as an illustration of the relations between the hemispheres of the brain and the muscles of the body. He has exhibited himself all over this country and in Europe and Canada CALLS METHUSELAH NOT SO OL Chicago.—Prof. Frederick Starr is of the opinlon that Fernando Jones is older than Methuselah. Not that he believes the best local inhabitant to be more than 50 years old—oh, no! But he refuses to accept the word of Holy Woman regard to the age of the tradition. Old man, and asserts that his probably was shorter than the lives of modern and up-to-date, who rarely pass the century now. This shattering of another was essayed by Prof. Starr while bedding forth to his class in his polygon at the University of Chicago. Waiting to test his students' fund, information, he suddenly pounds the question: "How old was Methusel A great, blank silen among the 60 embryo the professor gloated ove comfiture. Then he condescend them that Methuselah old, and that they had and read their Bibles "But," he continued probable that Methusel to such an extreme old doubtful, If Saul, Davi ever reigned 40 yeas Bible declares. Men In biblical times, than In fact, I believe th longevity is higher to has been in the histo race." And then, after run, thuselah's reputation turned to a discussion crasles of the froquos. HERITED A FORTUNE CHIEF HER OF "SILENT" SMITH LTED" BY NEWS. at Mason, Nephew of De- tonaire, Tells of Him- aged in Railroading He Left Yale. If you think you could woke up and found of $12,000,000? If you'd get up just as morning and drill down same old way when touched you in the bank tricks your checkbook George Grant Mason, just fortune of "Silent"—being.calm and hold-which supported him entric uncle died sud-a tour of Japan and the Dakota trainman a who was recently in ling a family reunion and incidentally on busi-with the settlement of state, frankly says that he was to inherit the of the Smith millions for the time being stated Then, having the blissful shock, he the monotonous routine which had been his be- quisition of wealth. does this tall, well- man differ from was famed for his more than for his J. GEORGE GRANT MASON. Prince Her to Fortune of "Silent" Smith is the first place Mr. Mason is willing to talk about him most way, but he does it specially entertaining man- I think something about myself?" with a smile. "Well, what in say? I was an old Yale that with my brother and I were We were prepared at Lynne, Conn., and then we went to college, where and I attended the Shef- the school. days fond of athletics; in year I was substitute both socball and football teams, not lost my love for either. At Yale we attended the tute for a year, and, of in strongly for athletics brother having been cap- baseball team. She was a Miss Marion daughter of Mrs. Neville, the way, is very well known Federation of Women's Clubs very talented woman. I may say that my trip to Green Bay luckiest I ever made, not opting this last visit to New ned two years in Green I was roundhouse fore- returned to Milwaukee as shtsman in the drawing of I was sent to Mason City, I was trainmaster for five final shift was to Aber- where I remalned two half, which brings us present time. I can tell job in Aberdeen was no the Pacific coast extension the-end of my division a tremendous lot of work contrast between the life in the city is startling, annual grind, but some- life. lanned my course so as my own feet, and I think gotism I may say I did successfully. I thought at one day get some sister, my brother and Chicago, Milwaukee & under the will of the Smith, but never in my did I imagine any- d I anticipate it that ast I applied for only am of absence. I did not nally expected to return. Close up my house, but to stop here a year Mason has returned our affairs in Aber- at Mason, latest recruit of millionaires, gives one that he is going to be justition to that order, well-known railroad man ass trainman has been process. McCall Patterns sold in the United States then of any other make of pattern. This is on account of their style, elegancy and simplicity. McCall's Marcasite (The Queen of Fashion) has more subscriptions than any other Lingerie Magazine. 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CARDINAL TO VISIT AMERICA. Merry Del Val Plans Trip to Western States. New York.—Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, who has announced that in the near future he will visit the middle and western states, is pontifical secretary of state and is no stranger to America. Formerly he was papal delegate to Canada, and he also has PRESIDENT CARDINAL, MERRY DEL VAL. (Catholic Prelate Who Will Soon Visit the United States.) visited New York. The cardinal was raised to his present eminence in 1903, after the election of Pope Plus X., by whom he was appointed pontifical secretary in succession to the renowned Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro. He also was secretary of the sacred college that elected the present pontiff. Cardinal Merry del Val was born in London in 1865, his father having been then secretary of the Spanish embassy to the court of St. James. He is descended from an Irish family who emigrated to Spain at the end of the seventeenth century. PRIMITIVE WRITING TABLET. Old Sand Table and Aged Man Who as Child Was Taught to Write on It. London.—It would be interesting to know how many people now living remember the days when their three R's" were taught them by means of sand—ink, pencils and paper being too costly. An interesting reminder of those times is the old sand writing table to be seen at Dennington, in Suffolk. It consists of a long, smooth board, with a rim all round. On this surface fine sand was sprinkled to a depth of about an eighth of an inch, and the writing was traced thereon with the forefinger. A plasterer's leveler was used for smoothing the sand for the next pupil. The sexton shown in the picture seated at the table is just fourscore Old Sand Writing Table. years and ten, and he learned to write on this board. These tables were often kept in church, and writing lessons took place after morning service. CHASED BY SPOOK TABLE. An Amusing Adventure of Gabriel d'Annunzio. An amazing adventure of the poet Gabriel d'Annunzio, who was chased by a spook table, is related by the Messangero of Rome, Italy. This newspaper declares that Sig. d'Annunzio often goes to the villa of the Marquis Clement Origo, near Florence, to attend spiritualistic seances. During his last visit, a small table, from the studio of the painter Coros, was used, and the spirit in response to an invitation to declare itself, answered in the conventional manner by rapping on this piece of furniture. The spirit introduced himself as that of a gentleman who was killed recently in a motoring accident and immediately proceeded to make the most damaging statement against d'Annunzio, who, with his friends, at first smiled, but later began to show obvious uneasiness. This troublesome spook was accordingly switched off, and a second invoked, but matters only became worse, for the table seemed to be imbued with the most violent animosity against the poet. It moved steadily in his direction, and finally leaped at him with such violence that he was thrown against the wall. The Marquis Origo, having calmed the table, asked the spirit for its opinion as to d'Annunzio's literary merit. "All smoke," came the answer, "smoke which will be speedily dissipated." The experimenters then decided to call the spirit of a lady who died not long ago, but the statements made by her were such that the Messagero refrains from publishing them, adding that the poet is about to issue a statement in reference to his remarkable adventure. Too Much System. Every large manufacturing concern now considers "system" as one of the commandments. But it can be overdone. Some ten years ago there was not enough of it; now it seems to be in danger of running mad.—Engineering Times. FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS. $1.00-For Hire-$1.00. Julius Cohen, 1104 7th street, N. W. ST. LUKE HALL HRADQUARTERS L.0. of St. Luke, Richmond, Virginia. THE CHURCH OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY Independent Order of St. Luke Independent Order of St. Luke Richmond, Va., is a growing Fraternal Society, with several Incorporated Departments, operating: 1 A Fraternal Society paying Sick Dues and an Endowment at death. 2 A Juvenile Department paying Sick Dues and an Endowment at death. 3 A Regalia Department. 4 A Savings Bank. 5 A Large Department Store. 6 A Weekly Paper—The St. Luke Herald. 7 A Job Printing Office. The St. Lukes are now operating in 15 states, and are rapidly spreading in every direction. We want good, hustling Deputies. Good terms for the right persons, male or female. When you write close testimonial as to character and ability. For further information, address MAGGIE L. WALKER. Grand Sec'y, I. O. St. Luke, St. Luke Hall, Richmond, Va. Japan Is Applying Latest Methods to Husband Timber. Washington.—Luke E. Wright, United States ambassador to Japan, has forwarded to the state department details of the cooperative agreement between the Japanese and Korean governments outlining a plan for the use of forests in the Yalu and Tumen valleys. The plan is similar in many ways to the methods of the United States in developing the national forests of this country under the administration of the forest service. The decision of the Japanese government to apply methods of forestry to the use of the forests of Korea is given especial attention because it is said that the matter of a large timber concession by Russia to a corporation was one of the ulterlor causes of the declaration of war between the two countries. Before Korea came under the rule of Japan its timber resources were being rapidly depleted by wasteful lumbering. Japan's plan for the management of the timber lands of Korea is to establish in the next five or six years pine model forests in the neighborhood of the cities of Seoul, Pingyang and Taiku. The capital for this enterprise is about $600,000, one-half of which is to be furnished by the Korean government. Nuns as Strikesbreakers. Cuneo, Italy.—When the compositors of the Roman Catholic weekly newspaper here struck for higher wages the proprietor, at his wits' end, went to the prioress of the convent. She was a woman of resource and suggested that her nuns should go to the printing office and do the work. They did. In a few days they had become fairly expert and the paper appeared only one day late. The nuns made one characteristic stipulation, that the money they earned should go to the support of the strikers' families. 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SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT Court of Appeals Dismisses Plea for An Injunction Review of the Case, but the Constitutional Question Not Passed Upon. The District Court of Appeals Monday, in an opinion by Mr. Justice McComas, dismissed the appeal of Francis L. Cardoza, the deposed supervising principal of the thirteenth division of the public schools, who sought by injunction to prevent the Board of Education from placing him on trial to answer certain charges and specifications brought against him. Cardozo based his right to interruption on the plea among to equity intercede with others, that the Board of Education was not legally constituted because the act vesting the appointive power in the "Supreme Court judges of the District of Columbia" was unconstitutional in that it attempted to vest administrative flic-tions in officers purely judicial. Justice Gould, who heard the petition in the District Supreme Court, declined to issue the injunction prayed for. The appellate court in dismissing the appeal declares the present Board of Education to be at least the "de facto" board, and that the appellant recognized its authority by taking the oath of office under it and receiving his salary by its order. The board has also been recognized, declares Justice McComas, by the departments of the government and the appropriations of Congress have been paid out under its authority. The trial by the board, the dismissal of Cardozo and the refusal of the Equity Court to enjoin the trial have made, the opinion states, the case a moot one, such as renders unnecessary the decision by the court of the constitutional question urged. Interesting Question. After reviewing at length the record in the case, Justice McComas says: "The interesting constitutional question, which was presented with much force and ability by appellant's counsel, should not be considered by us on this appeal. It is conceded by counsel that after the court below dismissed the bill, the appellees proceeded with the trial of the appellant on the charges and specifications described, adjudged him guilty, and removed him from his office as supervising principal. "The trial sought to be enjoined ended March 9, 1907, and this appeal came to this court ten days later. When an injunction has been dissolved it cannot be reversed except by a new exercise of judicial power, and no appeal by dissatisfied parties can of itself revive it. A fortiorari, the mere prosecution of an appeal, cannot operate as an injunction where none has been granted." It would be vain, declares the opinion, to reverse the decree in this case because the things sought to be prohibited have been done and cannot be undone by any order of this court. There is nothing left but a moot case. In support of this contention the court quotes fro mthe case of Gannon against Georgetown College, where the scholastic year had expired before the Court of Appeals was called on to decide whether the college authorities should be required to remitate young Gannon as a member of the freshman class. The decisive action which made this appeal of no affect, declares Justice McComas, was taken by the Board of Education which suceded a prior board, and under the act of June 20, 1906, the appellees are at least the "de facto" Board of Education. "It is made up of members who have discharged the duties of this office since July 3, 1906, when they were appointed by the justices of the Supreme Court of the District." Its authority, it is declared, has been rec- ognized by Cardozo in taking office under it and accepting his salary by its authorization. The departments of the government, states the opinion, have recognized the Board of Education, and the appropriations of Congress have been paid out under its authority. This board succeeded another, which did not dispute the lawful succession, and it is now the only Board of Education in existence in this District. No good cause appears, states Justice McComas, why, if the court could do so, it should seek to review the proceedings of the board in behalf of the appellant, who has "in several ways recognized the existence of this Board of Education." Justice Field Quoted. In conclusion Justice McComas quotes with approval Justice Field, who said. "Where an office exists under the law it matters not how the appointment of the incumbent is made, so far as the validity of his acts are concerned; it is enough that he is clothed with the insignia of his office and expresses its powers and functions. "The official acts of such persons are recognized as valid on grounds of public policy and for the protection of those having official business to transact." It was such a board, it is declared, that found Cardozo guilty and dismissed him, and before this appeal came to the appellate court the court below had dismissed the bill, the object of which was to restrain the Board of Education from proceeding with that trial and from deciding the case and dismissing Cardozo. "Accomplished facts," it is stated, "have made this a moot question ,and this appeal should be dismissed, and it is so ordered." BOOKER WASHINGTON ELECTED TRUSTEE OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Leading Industrial Educationalist Put on Governing Board of Higher Education School. The Suffrage League of Boston and Vicinity held an enthusiastic meeting at the New Twelfth Baptist Church at Shawmut avenue and Madison street yesterday. A vote of welcome to the Niagara Movement which comes to Boston August 27-29 was passed. The main business was action against the recent election of Booker T. Washington nas a trustee of Howard University. Secretary Taft was severely condemned. The following resolution was passed unanimously: "Whereas, Booker T. Washington was recently elected a trustee of Howard University, his name being proposed by a white trustee who, on March 8, 1904, appeared before a Congressional committee in behalf of trebling the appropriation for an industrial department at said university, saying: "I can see nothing more important than the industrial system for our colored race." Therefore, be it "Resolved, That we, the Suffrage League of Boston and Vicinity, believing in the American system of education for all Americans, regardless of race or color, unalterably opposed to any color line in education, do protest against Booker T. Washington, or any man who is committed to industrial training as best for colored people or whose chief interest and work is for that brand, being made a trustee of Howard University. Higher education men for higher education schools." DR. CURTIS IN THE LIMELIGHT. From the Indianapolis Freeman. Dr. A. M. Curtis, Washington's popular physician, is undergoing some rough hibit at the Jamestown Exposition. His letters to one or two physicians, asking their co-operation in making a creditable display of the progress of the Negro in medicine, surgery and hospital management, have been given to the press with much ado, and under misleading headlines, in a desperate effort to make the public believe that he is engaged in some shady transaction, and is anxious to bribe them into giving their sanction that a semblance of "respectability" may be thrown about it. A minute inspection of the contents of the published letters discloses nothing to warrant the sensational headlines used by the "yellow journals" of Boston and Chicago, and the learned doctors themselves, who have thus gone out of their way to strike one of their own cult, have only violated the ethics of a most honorable profession, but have transcended the bounds of common decency. That is the opinion of the unbiased, and the general feeling is that the men responsible for the outrage are inspired by an insatiable desire for public notoriety, rather than a wish to "save the race from humiliation," and similar hypocritical rot. The proposition submitted by Dr. Curtis, in his capacity as chairman of the special committee designated to prepare the medical exhibit, was as open as the day, and carried the statement, usual in cases where the time of busy men is asked, that all legitimate expenses in connection with service would be paid. It was simply "up to" the persons mentioned to accept or decline—and let it go at that. Such would have been the natural course of gentlemen of fine taste and disposition to deal squarely. In view of the fact that the individuals invited, by Dr. Curtis to assist him are operating a separate hospital for colored people in a community in which access can be had to the general hospitals by colored citizens, the extraordinary amount of "thundering in the index" perceptrated by them, because of a request to take part in the Jamestown enterprise, is notoriously absurd. The country is laughing at them, while it sympathizes thoroughly with Dr. Curtis' honorable effort to do something for the good of his people. The blow intended for Dr. Curtis has fallen upon their own heads. The Philadelphia hospital may not make an exhibition at Jamestown, but the managers have certainly made an exhibition of themselves nearer home. THE I. L. U. IS A RAY OF HOPE FOR COLOR PLANET FOR COLORE DLABOR. From The Pilot, Philadelphia, Pa. Some weeks ago we called the attention of our readers to the work being done by the International Laborers' Union, of Dayton, Ohio, whose advertisement appears in another part of this paper. We doubt if the average reader ever pauses to wonder what that modest advertisement "Highest Wages to Negro Workmen" means to the race. But before discussing further this particular point we must assure our readers that the fact that the I. L. U. advertises with The Pilot has nothing to do with the opinion which we may express. The officers of this Union could easily inform those harboring such an opinion that it was fully one month after they applied to us for advertising rates before we could satisfy ourselves that they represented a movement which would be real help to the race before we would allow their advertisement to appear in our columns. Our study of the plans being pursued by this organization, however, justifies us in saying that the one hope of the Negro against being still further crowded to the industrial wall lay in his being allied with some such movement as the one under discussion. Colored people must be awakened to the fact that they have never been given industrial opportunities at the North, while every effort is being made to supplant and subjugate them at the South by the introduction of foreign labor. Being more and more shoved aside in the industrial fields both North and South, what is soon to become of the millians of Negros in this country whose only hope for a living will ever be in toiling for wages? The I. L. U. is the only organization of white men which has ever attempted to answer this question and to meet these conditions, and this it does by seeking to make it possible for every breadwinner to have an opportunity according to his merit. It is the duty of every colored man to at least get in touch with this organization and give it his moral support. The hope of the Negro workman, both North and South, will be largely gauged by the growth and influence of such unbiased organizations as the International Laborers' Union. Colored workman, ostracized, buffeted and suppressed b ythose who deny you a right to live-"Flee as a bird to your mountain." FINE CLASS SENT OUT FROM AVERY. Mayor Guthrie and Judge Terrell, of Washington, Speak Words of Encouragement. Diplomas for Twenty-four Pittsburg, Pa., May 29.—"I have a strong desire to help any movement that morally and intellectually advocates usefulness in all lines," was the opening remark made to the graduating class of the Avery College Trade School, at the Allegheny Carnegie Music Hall, last night, by Mayor Guthrie. More than twelve hundred friends of the graduates of this institution for the training of young colored men and women crowded the hall, and the address of the mayor of Pittsburgh, which was very brief, brought forth great applause. Continuing, Mayor Guthrie said. "Labor is dignified and honorable, and it should be encouraged among all classes and races. There is no dignity in idleness. I believe that in Allegheny we have one of the greatest institutions for the training of the colored race that exists in the country, and it cannot be given too much encouragement. I personally know that this institution has turned out some of the most industrious people of this section of the country, and it is most gratifying to us all and reflects considerable credit upon Professor' Mahoney, the principal, to learn that no less than eight of these graduates are to go to similar institutions throughout the country as instructors." The Mayor, after wishing each of the graduates' success, concluded by appealing to all to render all the aid in their power to the institution. Mayor Guthrie's address was necessarily brief in order to allow him to catch a train for the East. One of the most interesting addresses ever delivered in this section by a colored orator was that of Robert Terrell, a judge of the District Court at Washington, D. C. Judge Terrell, who is popular with the colored people of the National Capital, and who has a host of friends throughout Western Pennsylvania, inspired the graduates and the big audience with patriotism, and after giving credit to the white people of the country for the aid they have rendered in the uplifting of the negro, reviewed the progress made by the colored man since the close of the Civil War. In part Judge Terrell said. "The public schools of the South have done much for the white, but infinitely more for the colored children, and as a consequence no race can furnish a better record than the colored race. I mean by that, no race can show more advancement than the Negro since the terrible conflict in the '60's. While we are still cursed with some of the cruel relics of barbarism yet we must admit a veritable revolution in conditions has been wrought. There are more than fifty thousand colored pupils in the public schools of the South and millions have been spent for colored education. Since the emancipation the colored man has accumulated $889,000,000 in taxable, property, and is still after more. The idle man is not a representative American. It is our plain duty to train the untrained; and do it well." The exercises opened with an invocation by the Rev. J. W. Jefferys, and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Jeffries, after Principal Mahoney had presented each of the twenty-four LEGAL NOTICES THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Estate of Horace Orrid, Deceased. No. 14441. Administration Dockt. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary and said estate, by William D. Jarvis, it is ordered this 10th day of June, A.D. 1907, that Charles Orrid, of Cleveland, Ohio; Horace Orrid, Jr., of Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Va., Harrison Orrid, Henry Orrid, George Orrid, Anna Evans and Martha Barnes, of Hampstead, Va., and all others concerned, appear in said court on Tuesday, the 16th day of July, 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. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of Probate Court, Thomas Walker, Attorney. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA No. 13209, 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 testamentary on the estate of Allen B. Hamm, 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 third day of June, A.D. 1908; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this third day of June, 1907. 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